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VOLUME  V.,  No.  I. 
Oi'PiCE,  No.  TSA'l  Mkuchaxt  street. 


SAN  FRANCISCO.  MAY   26,  1866. 


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CONTENTS 


PROSE: 


Jiiigoiogs.— By  "  Inigo." 

Stags  -  Coach  Conversations  —  By 

»  Bret." 
My  Friend,  the  Cosmopolitan.— By 

"  Philip." 
Roses  :  Continued. — By  "  Iris." 
Olmstcad's  Report  in  Regard  to  a 

Public  Pleasure-Ground. 
1  Mark  Twain  "  on  bis  Trave's. 
Not  Hung  Enough. 
The  Field  of  Fair  Oaks. 
Undo  Ingot. 


A  Taste  for  Glass  Houses. 

Les  Bourras  Paillo  Son. 

Popular  Fallacies. 

The  Thieves  of  Bengal. 

Life  in  Havana. 

The  Story  of  a  Machine. 
AMUSEMENTS  : 

Theatrical  Events,  and  Announce, 
ments. 
POETRY  : 

The  Eagle  :  A  Fragment. — By  Chas. 
Wiirrcu  Stoddard. 

Embroidery. — By  *  *  * 


IForthe  Califomian.] 

THE  EAGLE. 

A  FRAGMENT.  —  (AFTER  TENNYSON.) 

He  spurns  the  peak ;  he  courts  the  gale  ; 
He  fronts  the  storm  with  breast  of  mail : 
His  thousand  years  are  ripe  and  bale. 

His  iron  pinions  cannot  tire; 

His  steel-knit  talons  do  aspire 

To  pluck  the  Sun's  red  heart  of  fire. 

Charles  Warren  Stoddard. 


STAGE 


(For  the  Califomian.) 

COACH  CONVERSATIONS 

BY  "  I1RET." 


SCENE — a  stage  coach  en  route  to  a  California  watering- 
place.  Driver,  expressman,  passengers,  etc.  A  gloomy 
silence  lias  prevailed  for  teu  minutes,  during  which  time  a 
palpable  dust  pours  into  the  windows.    Passengers  perspire. 

Agricultural  Passenger,  (looking  at  view,  and  addressing 
nobody  in  particular,)  "  Them's  fine  oats." 

His  next  neighbor,  (finding  the  other  passengers  glancing 
toward  him,  and  feeling  painfully  conscious  that  his  position 
makes  him  in  some  way  responsible  for  reprehensible  conduct 
of  A.  P.,  but  knowing  nothing  about  grain,  feebly.)  "  Yes." 

A  gloomy  silence,  broken  by  Agricultural  Passenger,  (who 
has  been  encouraged  to  rashness  by  this  attention,)  "  Too 
much  baird  (beard)  on  that  barley,  though." 

His  Next  Neighbor,  (wishes  he  had  said  nothing,  but  find- 
iug  the  other  passengers  looking  at  him  for  an  answer,  puts 
on  a  critical  expression.)  "  I  should  say  so — rather!" 

Elderly  Rustic  Female,  (with  round  basket  containing  a  sus- 
picious napkin,  vivaciously,  to  His  Next  Neighbor,)  "  Ranchin' 
out  this  way  ?" 

His  Next  Neighbor,  (who  is  really  a  dry  goods  clerk,  but 
feels  that  he  has  somehow  lost  caste  with  the  other  passen- 
gers by  being  identified  with  Agricultural  Man,  sharply,) 
"  No,  Ma'am  !" 

[Interval  of  five  minutes.  Passengers  stare  hard  out  of  the 
windows,  and  affect  to  be  intensely  interested  in  nothing. 
Dust  silently  pours  in  and  powders  them.  Perspiration.] 

Elderly  Female,  (who  has  been  revolving  His  Next  Neigh- 
bor's answer,  and  is  dimly  conscious  of  having  made  some 
mistake,  soothingly.)  "  Daguerrotypin'?" 

|  Passenger  in  linen  duster  and  passenger  in  straw  hat  both 
smile,  bat,  detecting  each  other,  repudiate  the  Bympathy,  and 
frown  out  of  their  respective  windows.  Stage  crosses  a 
bridge.]      ^  -. 

Father  of  Family,  (confidentially  to  two  grown  up  daugh- 
ters,) "Did  you  notice  the  peculiarly  hollow  sound  of  the 
horses'  hoofs  on  that  bridge?" 

Agricultural  Passenger,  (seeing  a  chance  to  put  in  his  oar,) 
"  Rotteu  timbers — cave  in  some  day?" 

Father  of  Family,  (sternly  oblivious  of  A.  P.,)  "  It  re- 
minded me  of  a  line  in  the  classics." 
Daughters,  (together,)  "  Yes  ?" 

Father  of  Family  (begins  amid  a  general  silence.)  "  Quadu- 
pedunteputrem— no— petrum— no— bless  my  soul— (finds  he's 
forgotten  it,  but  makes  a  wild  dash  to  a  conclusion)— "  qualit 
vngida  campum." 


[Passengers  endeavor  to  look  as  if  they  understood  it. 
Gent  in  corner  smiles,  and  pulls  his  hat  over  his  eyes.  Gent 
in  white  choker  audibly  repeats  the  quotation  correctly. 
Father  of  Family  resolves  never  to  quote  again  iu  mixed  com- 
pany. Agricultural  Passenger  sets  him  down  as  a  foreigner.] 
Pretty  Girl,  (to  heryoung  man,)  "  What's  that  he's  saying?'' 
Young  Man,  (not  wishing  to  commit  himself,)  "  Something 
from  Homer." 

Sharp  Young  Lady,  (confidant  of  Pretty  Girl,  and  a  little 
vexed  at  somebody's  want  of  attention.)  "  But  Homer  was  a 
Greek  poet,  and  I've  seen  that  line  in  the  Latin  grammar." 

[The  other  passengers  try  to  look  as  if  they  had  seen  it  in 
t  he  Latin  grammar  too,  and  glance  superciliously  at  Father  of 
Family.  F.  of  F.  wishes  he  hadn't  said  anything.  Stage 
reaches  top  of  hill  and  comes  in  view  of  ocean.] 

Bride,  (to  Bridegroom  iu  back  seat,  on  wedding  trip,)  "  How 
lovely  the  ocean  looks  !" 

Bridegroom,  (who  wishes  to  show  that  he  can  quote  also, 
murmurs  in  an  undertone  as  if  to  himself,)  "  Break — Break — 
[stage  commences  to  go  down  hill,  and  careers  frightfully] — ■ 
Break." 

Elderly  Rustic  Female,  (who  doesn't  recognize  Tennyson, 
but  is  "  timersome,")  "  You  don't  think  there's  any  danger  of 
breukiir  down,  do  you?" 
Bridegroom  : 

"  On  thy  dark  grey  crags,  O  sea." 
[Stage  clatters  so  frightfully  that  Bridegroom  is  obliged  to 
raise  his  voice  :] 

"  And  I  would  that  ray  Ron!  ronld  utter 
The  thoughts  that  arise  iu  me." 

Bridegroom,  (to  himself,  finding  that  the  stage  has  suddenly 
come  to  level  ground,  and  that  he  has  delivered  the  concluding 
lines  ill  a  stentorian  voice  which  has  attracted  every  eye  to 
him.)  "  D — n  it." 

Outside  passenger,  (confidentially,  to  expressman,)  "  Drunk!" 

Dead  silence.  Several  passengers,  (to  each  other,)  "  How 
far  is  it  yet?"  [General  depression.] 

Agricultural  passenger,  (deliberately  to  His  Next  Neighbor, 
settling  himself  in  a  comfortable  position,)  "  In  the  fall  of 
'49—" 

His  Next  Neighbor,  (to  expressman,  nervously,)  "  How  far 
did  you  say  ?" 

Driver,  (suddenly,)  "  Muggiusville  !  Change  horses." 

TABLEAUX. 


[For  the  Califomian.] 

HYBRID    R  O..S  E  S 


[We  observe  that  "  Iris  "  is  not  without  honor  abroad,  mauy  of  our 
Eastern  exchanges  copying  his  articles  with  words  of  encouragement 
and  commendation.  We  trust  that  at  home  he  may  succeed  in 
awakening  a  like  interest,  and  thereby  add  to  the  loveliness  of  Cali- 
fomian homes.  The  following  paper  wa6  unavoidably  deferred  last 
week  ;  it  is  a  continuation  of  remarks  upon  a  subject  introduced  iu 
a  former  contribution :] 

WE  have  previously  referred  to  the  absurd  distinction 
which  is  drawn  by  cultivators  of  the  Rose  between 
hybrid  and  cross-bred  varieties.  This  accords  with  the  desire 
manifested  by  so  many  to  multiply  unnecessarily  our  florieul- 
tural  names  and  classes.  Let  the  botanist  be  as  minute  as  he 
wishes  in  his  distinctions  ;  the  florist,  on  the  other  hand, 
whose  object  has  a  more  practical  character  than  that  of  his 
botanical  neighbor,  should  strive  not  to  involve,  but  to  sim- 
plify the  subject  with  which  he  deals.  But  how  often  is  this 
overlooked.  Many  a  tyro,  beginning  his  culture  of  the  rose, 
lias  been  frightened  and  mystified  by  the  increasing  divisions 
of  the  rose  catalogues. 

The  Bourbon  Rose  is  generally  considered  to  be  a  hybrid 
variety.  It  was,  in  the  form  in  which  it  was  first  obtained, 
the  result  of  accidental  impregnation.  Jt  was  discovered  in 
the  Isle  of  Bourbon  in  1817,  and  hence  its  appellation.  The 
history  of  its  origin  is  generally  given  as  follows  :  It  is  the 
custom  of  the  inhabitants  of  this  islaud  to  form  enclosures 
by  means  of  rose-bushes,  which  grow  there  in  great  luxuri- 
ance. Two  varieties  are  generally  miugled,  the  "  Chinese  " 
and  "  Rose  of  Four  Seasons."  M.  Perichdh,  a  gentleman 
who  resided  at  Beuoist  in  the  island,  when  plantiug  a  hedge 


of  roses,  discovered  amongst  his  plants  one  whose  foliage  and 
habit  were  distinct  from  the  two  species  which  we  have 
named,  and  which  were  the  only  species  cultivated  at  the 
time  in  the  island.  This  in  due  season  bloomed,  and  was  the 
originator  of  the  Bourbon  family.  Plants  were  sent  in  1822 
to  M.  Jacques,  at  Neuilly,  and  to  this  cultivator  are  we 
indebted  for  the  first  new  varieties  of  this  attractive  group. 
Amongst  its  gems  are' the  "Queen  of  Bourbons,"  flesh- 
colored  ;  the  favorite  White  ;  "  Souvenir  de  Malmaison  ;"  the 
rich  crimson,  "  Paul  Joseph,"  and  the  peculiarly-tinted  "  An- 
gelina." 

The  "Noisette." — It  is  generally  supposed  that  the  original 
Noisette  was  a  hybrid,  whose  parents  were  the  Musk  Rose 
and  some  tea-scented  or  Chinese  variety.  It  was  obtained 
by  a  florist  in  Charleston,  S.  C,  and  sent  by  hirn  to  his 
brother,  M.  Noisette,  in  Paris.  At  the  time  of  its  first 
appearance,  in  1817,  it  attracted  much  attention.  It  has 
since  then  been  much  improved,  but  still  the  old  Blush  Noi- 
sette remains  a  favorite.  It  may  not  possess,  in  its  blooms, 
the  size  and  colors  of  some  which  are  descended  from  it,  but 
it  excels  all  of  them  in  its  hardiness,  and  consequently  in  the 
ease  with  which  it  may  be  cultivated.  We  can  have  no  finer 
blooms  in  the  garden  than  those  produced  by  varieties  of 
this  class,  such  as  "  Lamarque,"  white  ;  "  Solfaterre,"  pale 
sulphur  ;  "  Cloth  of  Gold,"  yellow  ;  "  Isabella  Gray,"  yellow, 
(raised  by  a  Mr.  Gray,  an  American  florist,  from  seeds  of  the 
"  Cloth  of  Gold  ;")  also,  "  Ophirie,"  distinct  from  every  other 
rose  in  its  coppery  tints,  etc. 

The  Hybrid  Chinese  family  contains  many  of  our  loveliest 
varieties.  The  members  of  this  family  owe  their  origin  to  the 
Gallicas,  Provence,  and  other  hardy  roses,  impregnated  with 
the  Pollen  of  the  Chinese.  We  consider  "  Chenedole  "  to  be 
the  gem  of  this  group.  No  object  can  be  finer  than  a  large 
plant  of  this  variety,  covered  with  its  fiery-scarlet  blossoms. 
So  inteuse  is  the  color  that  it  strikes  the  eye,  even  at  consid- 
erable distance,  and  produces  the  dazzling  effect  >f  flame. 
This  variety  was  raised  in  France,  and  named  in  honor  of  the 
deputy  of  a  province.  "  Brennus,"  "  Blairii,"  and  "  Gen- 
eral Jacquiminot,"  are  also  well  known  and  much  admired 
varieties  ;  while,  lastly,  to  the  same  group  belongs  "  Madame 
Flan  tier,"  certainly  the  best  white  pellar  rose  which  wo  have. 

The  Hybrid  Bourbons  closely  resemble  the  Hybrid  Chi- 
nese, and  among  them  may  be  found  some  of  our  most  beau- 
tiful roses. 

"Coup  d'Rebe." — None  surpass  this  lovely  variety  in  shape 
and  color.  It  is  of  a  beautiful,  shaded  blush,  and  the  form 
and  arrangement  of  its  petals  are  all  that  can  be  desired. 
Another  superb  member  of  this  family  is  "  Paul  Ricaut." 
This,  too,  is  magnificent  in  its  form,  size,  and  in  the  rich  crim- 
son of  its  hue.    "  Charles  Duval  "  is  also  a  fine  variety. 

The  "Hybrid  Perpetuals." — It  is  difficult  to  individualize 
many  of  a  class,  all  of  whose  members  are  so  valuable  and 
so  attractive.  Of  the  crimson  roses  of  this  class,  we  have 
the  peerless  "  Geant  de  Batailles  "  and  its  descendants  ; 
",  Lord  Raglan  "  and  "  Cardinal  Patrizzi ;"  the  fiery  "  Gen- 
eral Jacquiminot,"  so  exquisite  in  its  dazzling  brightness ; 
and  "  Gloire  de  Sautenay,"  more  novel  but  worthy  of  one  of 
the  highest  places  on  the  list,  besides  others  of  more  chastened 
hues,  such  as  "  Julos  Margottin,"  "  Louise  Odier,"  "  Reiue  do 
Fleurs,"  "  Comtesse  de  Chabrillian,"  "Anna  de  Diesbach," 
and  a  host  of  others. 

If  rose  amateurs  will  only  use  a  little  discretion  in  selecting 
and  cultivating  good  varieties,  they  will  add  greatly  to  tlio 
taste  for  fiue  flowers.  Never  cultivate  a  poor  kind  on  any 
account. 

FLORAL  CALENDAR  CONTINUED. 

May  13th.  St.  John  the  Silent,  Conifrey  ( Sympkitum  Officinale.  J 
May  1 1th.  St.  Pontius,  Pjeoilia,  (Panin.  Corallina.) 
May  15th.  St.  Dympna,  Welsh  Foppy,  (I'apaver  Cambricvm.) 
May  16th.  St.  John  Neponiucen,  Star  of  Jiethlehem,  {Ornitlio/f/um 
Umbdtalum.) 

May  17th.  St.  Paschal  Babylon,  Red  Poppy,  (Pnpnver  Argcmone.) 
May  18th.  St.  Eric,  Monsc-Ear,  (I/ieracum  Pi/osel/a.) 
May  19th.  St.  Deuistau,  Monk's-hood,  (Acomtam  Napellus.) 

Iris. 


2 


THE  CAL:F0RN1AN. 


|  May  26th 


NOT   H  U  N  G"  E  X  0  D  G  H . 

WE  do  uot,  as  a  nation,  hang  so  niauy  culprits  as  in  by- 
gone years.  We  may  by  and  by  cease  to  inflict  this 
awiul  punishment  at  all.  But  so  long  as  the  law,  and  religion, 
and  justice,  and  public  sentiment  are  considered  to  warrant 
the  continuance  of  this  ancieut  mode  of  retribution,  so  long 
ought  there  to  be  no  mock  ?ry,  no  mistake,  no  trickery  about 
it.  If  a  man  survives  after  hanging,  without  a  proof  of  his 
innocence  accompanying  his  recovery,  it  would  be  infinitely 
better  to  society  (of  his  wretclied  self  we  say  nothing)  that 
he  had  not  been  hanged  at  all ;  seeing  that  the  sense  of  a 
just  punishment  would  be  swallowed  up  in  a  kind  of  pity  for 
the  novelty  of  his  position. 

Now  such  things  have  occurred,  sufficiently  often  to  merit 
attention.  Men  have  recovered  their  lives — or  rather  retained 
life  under  nearly  desperate  circumstances — in  spite  of  what 
seemed  to  be  a  due  infliction  of  the  punishment  of  death  by- 
suspension.  Something  of  this  possibility  of  escape  was  ow- 
ing to  the  mode  in  which  the  punishment  was  usually  inflicted  ; 
aud  to  many  it  may  probably  be  unknown  that  a  change  has 
beeu  made  in  recent  times  in  the  construction  and  arrange- 
ment of  the  apparatus  for  carrying  out  the  last  great  penalty 
of  the  law. 

For  something  like  six  hundred  years,  at  any  rate,  such  es- 
capes have  from  time  to  time  been  recorded.  In  1264,  there 
was  a  woman  named  Inctta  de  Balsliatu  condemned  to  death 
for  collusion  with  robbers ;  she  was  hanged,  and  remained  on 
the  gibbet  (if  the  records  of  the  time  are  to  be  trusted)  no 
less  than  three  days  ;  and  yet  she  survived  to  receive  pardon 
from  Henry  III.  In  1313,  Mathew  o(  Enderby  was  hauged 
for  some  crime  of  which  he  had  been  convicted  ;  he  was  cut 
down,  aud  revived  just  before  the  body  was  about  to  be  in- 
terred. In  13C3,  Walter  Wyukeburn  was  hanged  at  Leices- 
ter ;  when  cut  down,  he  was  carried  in  a  cart  to  the  cemetery 
of  the  Holy  Sepulchre  in  that  city  ;  he  gradually  regained  I 
sensibility  while  the  cart  was  rumbling  along,  and  escaped 
with  life.  Similar  cases  occurred  in  the  fifteeutli  and  sixteenth 
centuries.  The  seventeenth  century  was  exceptionally  full  of 
such  instances.  Dr.  Plot  meutions  the  strange  lot  of  a  .Swiss, 
on  the  authority  of  Dr.  Obadiab  Walker,  Master  of  Univer- 
sity College  ;  this  man  is  said  to  have  been  hung  no  less  than 
thirteen  times  without  losing  his  life  ;  his  windpipe  having 
been  converted  by  disease  into  a  substance  almost  as  hard  as 
a  bone. 

No  instance  has  been  so  much  discussed  and  written  about 
as  that  of  Anne  Green,  which  took  place  during  the  time  of 
the  Commonwealth.  Judges  and  physicians  alike  referred  to 
it,  as  affording  illustrations  for  or  against  legal  and  medical 
testimony.  This  poor  girl  wa3  executed  at  Marston  in  Ox- 
fordshire, on  December  14,  1C50,  for  infanticide,  a  charge 
which  could  only  be  proved  against  her  by  much  straining  of 
the  law  ;  this  severity,  and  a  knowledge  of  the  wrong  she  had 
suffered  in  other  ways,  made  her  an  object  of  much  public 
sympathy.  The  hangiug  was  accompanied  by  certain  coarse 
and  shocking  pulliugs  aud  strikings  of  the  body  and  limbs, 
which  in  those  days  were  supposed  to  insure  more  effectually 
the  death  of  the  victim,  aud  to  lessen  the  period  of  suffering. 
After  hanging  the  usual  time,  she  was  cut  down,  actually 
trampled  on  while  prostrate,  and  left  with  the  rope  unslackeued 
round  her  neck.  She  was  put  into  a  coffin,  and  consigned  to 
the  doctors  for  dissection.  To  the  surprise  of  all,  when  the 
coffin  was  opened,  the  bosom  was  seen  gently  to  heave  ;  upou 
which,  brutal  blows  and  pressure  were  brought  into  requisition. 
The  incident  was  too  remarkable,  however,  to  remain  con- 
cealed ;  and  men  of  superior  position  took  up  the  matter. 
Sir  William  Petty,  Dr.  Walli3,  aud  Dr.  Clarke,  who  at  that 
time  filled  the  three  offices  or  Professor  of  Anatomy,  Presi- 
dent of  Magdalen  College,  aud  Yice-Chaucellor  of  Oxford 
University,  beiug  present  at  the  intended  dissectiou,  perceived 
that  the  heaving  of  the  bosom  was  followed  by  a  alight  rat- 
tling in  her  throat.  "  Hereupon,"  said  Dr.  Plot,  "  desisting 
from  their  former  purpose,  they  presently  used  nieaus  for  her 
recovery  by  opening  a  vein,  laying  her  iu  a  warm  bed,  and 
using  divers  remedies  respecting  her  senselessness,  head,  throat, 
aud  chest  ;  iusouiuch  that  within  fourteen  hours  she  began  to 
speak,  aud  the  next  day  talked  aud  prayed  heartily.  During 
the  time  of  this  her  recovering,  the  officers  concerned  iu  her 
execution  would  needs  have  had  her  away  again  to  have  it 
completed  on  her ;  but  by  the  mediation  of  the  worthy  doc- 
tors aud  some  other  friends  with  the  then  governor  of  the 
city,  Colonel  Kelsey,  there  was  a  guard  set  upon  her  to  hinder 
all  further  disturbance  till  he  had  sued  out  her  pardon  from 
the  powers  then  in  being  ;  thousands  of  people  in  the  uieau- 
tiine  coming  to  see  her,  and  magnifying  th*  just  providence  of 
God  iu  thus  asserting  her  innocence  of  murder." 

It  is  not  stated  by  Dr.  Plot  whether  the  medical  men  satis- 
fied themselves  concerning  the  cause,  anatomical  or  physio- 
logical, of  her  preservation  ;  but  they  sought  to  ascertain 
whether  there  were  any  peculiar  mental  phenomena  connected 
with  her  recovery.  They  found  that  the  half  hour  of  hang- 
ing bad  left  no  special  impression  on  her  memory.  "  She 
came  to  herself  as  if  she  had  awakened  out  of  a  sleep — uot 
recovering  the  use  of  her  speech  by  slow  degrees,  but  in  a 
nanucr  altogether  [all  at  once,]  beginning  to  speak  wh 


she  left  off  on  the  gallows."  Among  all  the  printed  narra- 
tives of  this  remarkable  case,  there  is  none  that  offers  a  clear) 
explanation  ;  and  we  are  left  to  our  surmises  ou  the  subject.  I 
There  was  a  strong  religious  bias  in  the  public  mind  at  that 
period,  and  this  feeling  led  to  a  belief  iu  the  direct  interposi- 
tion of  Heaven  in  Anne  Green's  tavor.  The  undergraduates 
of  Oxford  University  viewed  the  matter  in  another  light ; 
they  sought  to  exercise  their  wit  and  poetry  on  it,  and  there 
have  been  preserved  twenty  or  thirty  epigrams  written  by 
them,  and  signed  with  their  names— one  of  which  was  "  Mr. 
Christopher  Wren."  Anne  Green,  having  received  a  pardon 
after  this  strange  resuscitation,  retired  with  her  friends  to 
Steeple  Bartou,  where  she  married,  had  a  family,  and  died 
iu  1659. 

Somewhat  about  the  same  period,  one  Gordon,  a  highway- 
man, was  condemned  for  execution.  He  found  means,  when 
his  sentence  was  no  longer  doubtful,  to  obtain  the  aid  of  a 
young  surgeon,  who,  shortly  before  the  execution,  fixed  a  small 
tube  through  an  opening  cut  in  the  wind-pipe.  The  artifice 
failed  in  its  intended  effect  in  this  case  ;  the  culprit,  being  a 
very  heavy  man,  drew  down  with  too  great  a  weight ;  he 
breathed  for  a  few  minutes  when  removed  alter  hanging,  but 
did  not  recover.  In  1658,  a  female  servant  was  hanged  for 
some  crime  at  Oxford  ;  she  was  kept  hanging  a  longer  time 
than  usual,  probably  on  account  of  the  wonderful  resuscitation 
of  Anne  Green  a  few  years  before.  She  was  cut  down,  aud 
the  body  allowed  to  fall  to  the  grouud  with  much  violence  ; 
yet  she  lived  ;  but  the  severity  of  the  law  insisted  upon  her 
undergoing  a  second  and  more  fatal  hanging.  There  has,  it 
appears,  beeu  a  difference  of  opinion  among  legal  authorities 
concerning  this  double  infliction  of  the  sentence.  Some  con- 
tend that  if  a  man  is  hanged,  that  is  enough  ;  if  the  execu- 
tioners do  their  work  clumsily,  he  ought  uot  to  be?r  the  con- 
sequences, but  rather  should  be  given  "  the  benefit  of  the 
doubt."  On  the  other  hand,  it  is  contended  that  the  seutence 
means  execution,  and  that  execution  means  hanging  by  the 
neck  until  the  culprit  be  dead  ;  so  that  if  the  hanging  fails 
once,  it  must  be  tried  again. 

In  1697,  one  Richard  Johnson  was  hanged  at  Shrewsbury 
for  murder.  For  a  purpose  which  he  planned  while  in  prison, 
he  obtained  a  promise  that  his  dead  body  should  be  laid  iu  a 
coffin  without  being  stripped.  His  purpose  was  detected  a 
little  too  soou  ;  for  life  being  observed  iu  him  after  he  had 
hung  half  an  hour,  a  man  was  sent  up  the  ladder  to  examine 
into  the  probable  cause  of  this  prolouged  vitality.  It  was 
found  that  Johnson  had  twisted  cords  around  aud  under  his 
body,  connected  with  two  rings  or  hooks  near  his  neck  ;  a 
double  shirt  and  a  perwig  with  flowing  curls  concealed  these 
contrivances.  The  poor  wretch  was  stripped  of  his  ingenious 
apparatus,  aud  hanged  a  second  time  more  effectually.  In 
1705,  a  burglar,  named  John  Smith,  was  hanged  at  Tyburn  ; 
a  reprieve  came  alter  he  had  been  hanging  abont  fifteen 
minutes  ;  he  was  immediately  cut  down,  removed  to  a  neigh- 
boring house,  bled  by  a  surgeon,  and  restored  to  life.  The 
case  of  Margaret  Dickson  was  one  that  excited  great  interest 
at  Edinburgh  iu  1724.  She  was  hanged  for  infanticide  ;  the 
body  was  cut  down,  placed  in  a  colfiu,  aud  removed  in  a  cart 
to  Musselburgh  by  her  friends,  with  a  view  to  interment  iu 
the  parish  churchyard.  The  jolting  of  the  cart,  aud  the  ad- 
mission of  air  through  some  injury  which  the  coffin  sustained, 
appear  to  have  combined  iu  resuscitating  the  woman  ;  for  she 
showed  evident  signs  of  life  before  the  cart  had  proceeded  one- 
third  of  the  distance.  She  was  removed,  revived,  prayed  with 
by  a  minister,  and  received  back  luto  the  circle  of  her  friends. 
She  lived  creditably  mauy  years  afterwards,  had  a  large 
family,  aud  sold  salt  about  the  streets  of  Edinburgh — where 
she  was  known,  on  accouut  of  her  strange  escape,  us  "  rlalf- 
hauged  Maggie." 

William  Duell  was  one  of  those  who  have  revived  when 
almost  under  the  dissecting  knife.  This  man  was  hanged  for 
murder,  on  a  gibbet  put  up  at  Acton,  in  1740.  After  hang- 
ing for  twenty  miuutes,  the  body  was  cut  down,  and  taken  to 
Surgeon's  Hall  for  dissection.  The  attendants  stripped  and 
washed  the  body,  and  the  surgeons  prepared  for  their  labor. 
Just  as  they  were  about  to  begin,  however,  they  perceived 
faint  signs  of  life  in  him  ;  he  groaned  feebly,  and  his  breathing 
became  gradually  more  and  more  perceptible.  They  bled 
him,  aud  iu  the  evening  he  was  able  to  sit  up  again.  He 
was  conveyed  back  to  prisou  ;  but  there  was  too  much  public 
excitement  to  justify  the  authorities  in  hanging  him  again. 
In  two  days  he  recovered  his  health.  Fever  aud  delirium  had 
rendered  his  memory  a  blank,  and  he  had  lost  all  recollection 
of  the  hangiug.  It  was  supposed  by  the  surgeons  that  a  full 
flow  of  blood  at  the  time  had  enabled  his  system  to  resist  the 
tightening  of  the  veins,  and  to  have  thus  restored  him  to  life 
— uot  to  liberty,  however,  for  he  was  afterwards  transported. 

In  1751,  Ewen  Macdonald  was  hanged  for  murder.  After  the 
body  was  cut  down,  it  was  taken  to  Surgeon's  Hall,  and 
was  placed  ready  for  dissection.  The  operating  surgeon, 
haviug  to  leave  the  room  for  a  short  time,  was  surprised  on 
his  return  to  see  the  man  sitting  up.  Possessing  more  pro- 
fessional zeal  than  humanity,  the  surgeon  took  a  mallet,  aud 
killed  Macdouald  outright,  in  order  not  to  be  disappointed  of 
an  opportunity  for  dissection.   The  atrocious  caso  gave  rise 


to  much  iudignant  comment  at  the  time.  Iu  1767,  a  tailor, 
named  Patrick  Redmond,  was  hanged  at  Cork  for  highway 
robbery.  After  hanging  less  thau  the  usual  time,  the  body 
was  cut  down,  and  conveyed  hastily  to  the  house  of  au  actor 
named  Glover,  who  fuuud  means  by  friction  aud  fumigation  to 
revive  him.  Redmond  had  the  incredible  audacity  to  go  to 
the  theatre  on  the  same  evening,  and,  to  the  horror  of  the 
audience,  publicly  thanked  Glover  for  having  saved  bis  life." 

The  present  century  has  not  been  without  its  instances. 
About  thirty  years  ago,  a  servant  girl  was  convicted  of  ad- 
ministering poison  to  the  household  of  a  farmer,  in  a  fit  of 
passiou  at  some  petty  injury.  A  legal  doubt  having  led  to  a 
postpouemeut  of  the  execution,  the  steady  demeanor  of  the 
girl  led  to  her  being  employed  as  a  servant  by  the  jailor  at 
Durham.  One  morning,  the  govamor  received,  much  to  his 
regret,  and  to  the  regret  of  many  of  the  citizens,  an  order  for 
the  immediate  execution  of  the  girl.  She  was  hanged,  but 
the  rope  broke  :  and  the  wretched  girl  remained  crying  at  the 
foot  of  the  gallows,  while  a  man  hastened  off  on  horseback  to 
fetch  a  new  rope.  This  distressing  scene  was  perhaps 
scarcely  a  case  in  point,  so  far  as  concerns  resuscitation  after 
hanging  ;  but  it  is  one  of  the  instances  of  deferred  executions, 
which  are  so  bad  because  they  give  rise  to  hopes  destined  to 
disappointment.  In  auother  instance  (meutioned,  like  the 
foregoing,  in  Notes  and  Queri.ts.)  a  boy  of  only  thirteen  or 
fourteen  was  capitally  convicted,  but  respited  indefinitely  on 
account  of  his  youth.  He  remained  in  jail  at  Worcester,  was 
found  to  be  a  docile  lad,  and  became  a  general  favorite  both 
with  the  jailor  and  the  prisoners;  everybody  believing  that 
his  full  pardon  would  soon  come.  One  day,  he  was  playing  at 
ball  in  the  yard,  full  of  life  and  glee,  when  suddenly,  to  the 
utter  dismay  of  the  jailor  and  the  inmates  of  the  prison,  an 
order  arrived,  after  many  weeks  of  delay,  for  the  execution  of 
the  poor  lad  ;  aud  the  execution  accordingly  took  place.  An 
instance  more  in  point  is  that  of  a  man  who  was  executed  at 
Tyburn,  and  whose  apparently  dead  body  was  purchased  by 
a  surgeon  for  dissection,  and  brought  to  his  house.  A  ser- 
vant, wishing  to  see  the  body,  stole  into  the  room,  and  found 
the  man  sitting  upright  on  the  dissecting-table.  The  surgeon, 
a  humane  man,  shipped  him  off  quietly  to  .America,  where  he 
amassed  a  fortune,  which  in  gratitude  he  bequeathed  to  his 
benefactor.  Sir  Jonah  Barrington.  in  his  Personal  Sketches, 
mentions  the  case  of  one  Lanigan,  who  was  hanged  for  the 
murder  of  one  Captain  O'Flaherty.  Lanigan  survived,  by 
some  means  which  are  not  explained  ;  and  Sir  Jouah  saw  him 
at  the  house  of  Mr.  Lauder  in  the  Temple.  He  was  smuggled 
over  to  Abbeville,  where  he  died  mauy  years  afterwards  in  the 
monastery  of  La  Trappe. 

Some  of  these  momentous  escapes  have  plainly  depended 
on  the  imperfections  of  the  gilibet  as  compared  with  the  drop  . 
These  imperfections  led  to  the  abandonment  of  the  one  kind 
of  dread  apparatus  for  the  other.  Several  statements  have 
beeu  made  in  the  public  journals  from  time  to  time,  concern- 
ing "  the  last  gibbet ;"  but  many  of  these  are  destitute  of 
meaning,  unless  we  take  into  the  account  the  exact  particulars 
of  the  case.  In  1856,  the  Examiner  said  :  "  A  few  days  ago 
(April.)  the  last  gibbet  erected  in  England  was  demolished  by 
the  workmen  employed  iu  making  the  extensive  docks  for  the 
North-Kasteru  Railway  Company  at  the  Jarrow  Slake,  on  the 
Tyne."  This  statement  was  shortly  afterwards  disputed  ; 
for,  later  in  the  same  year,  a  gibbet  was  still  left  standing  ou 
Ditchling  Common  in  Sussex.  It  was  known  among  the  sur- 
rouuding  villagers  as  "  Jacob's  Post,"  being  named  after  a 
culprit  concerning  whom  a  copy  of  verses  was  longcurreut  in 
the  neighborhood,  recording  among  other  things  that 
At  Horsham  (Jallows  he  was  bunged  there, 
The  thirty  liret  of  August  that  same  year  ; 
And  where  he  did  the  eriuie,  they  took  the  pains 
To  bring  bini  back,  ami  hang  bitn  up  in  chains. 

It  has  been  stated  that  the  last  gibbet  erected  iu  England 
was  at  Saffron  Lane,  near  Leicester,  in  1832  ;  it  was  soon 
afterwards  removed,  by  order  of  the  Secretary  of  State  for 
Home  Affairs.  Whatever  may  be  the  exact  dates,  however, 
when  the  last  gibbet  was  erected  aud  the  last'demolished,  it 
is  certain  that  the  drop  has  been  almost,  if  not  quite,  substi- 
tuted for  it  in  Kngland.  In  the  old  gibbet,  the  wretched  cul- 
prit was  turned  off  from  a  ladder,  at  a  height  which,  it  was 
supposed,  would  elevate  him  sufficiently  above  the  grouud  or 
platform;  whereas  the  drop  consists  of  a  trap-door,  which, 
being  suddenly  opened  by  the  withdrawal  of  bolls  underneath, 
causes  the  whole  weight  of  the  culprit's  body  to  be  in  au  in. 
stant  at  the  mercy  of  the  noose.  Some  of  the  instances  of 
escape  are  doubtless  attributable  to  the  careless  way  in  which 
the  prisoner  was  turned  off  the  scaffold,  or  rather  ladder,  on 
which  he  ascended  to  the  gibbet  ;  some  to  the  insertion  ot  a 
tube  which  might  prevent  the  constriction  of  the  throat  ; 
some  to  the  opening  of  an  orifice  in  the  windpipe  by  an  ex- 
pert surgeon  ;  some  to  a  natural  hardening  ot  the  windpipe, 
which  occasionally  happens  ;  and  some  to  a  steel  collar,  con- 
nected with  an  elaborate  system  of  braces  and  bandages. 
These  varieties  offer  elucidations  of  most  of  the  cases  of  re- 
suscitation that  have  been  recorded. 

Did  Sir  Walter  Scott  rely  on  his  imagination  alone,  or  was 
he  depending  ou  a  real  narrative,  when  he  wrote  the  striking 


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scene  of  Bonthron's  execution  in  the  Fair  Maid  of  Perth  ? 
It  will  be  remembered,  by  the  readers  of  that  novel,  that  Bon- 
thron  received  a  hint  from  Dwining.  the  physician,  that  ai 
attempt  would  be  made  to-preserve  him  from  any  fatal  result 
of  the  hanging,  and  that  tin;  hangman  would  be  a  party  to  the 
manoeuvre.     The  execution  took  place,  apparently  in  the 
usual  way,  and  the  hangman  remained  near  the  suspended 
body  about  half  an  hour,  after  which  lie  contrived  by  a  r'rise 
to  get  rid  of  the  assembled  multitude.    Early  next  morning, 
when  the  populace  returned  to  enjoy  the  spectacle  of  chaining 
the  dead  body  to  a  permanent  gallows,  they  were  surprised 
ami  enraged  to  see  that  the  body  had  been  removed.  At 
midnight,  it  afterwards  appeared,  three  men  had  quietly  ap- 
proached the  spot,  cut  down  the  body,  reanimated  the  almost 
stifled  wretch,  and  smuggled  him  away.    One  of  them  was 
Dwining,  the  physician,  and  he  explained  to  the  other  two  in 
what  manner  Bonthron  had  been  specially  prepared  to  under- 
go this  execution  scatheless.    He  pointed  out  that  death  by 
hanging  results  Irom  a  compression  of  the  veins,  which  drives 
the  blood  to  the  brain  instead  of  the  heart,  and  also  that  the 
lungs,  owing  to  the  ligature  of  the  cord  around  the  thorax,  no 
longer  receiving  the  needful  supply  of  air,  another  cause  of 
suffocation  arises.    The  problem  would  be,  therefore,  how  to 
effect  the  hanging,  so  that  neither  the  veins  nor  the  windpipe 
should  be  too  much  compressed.    Dwining  solved  this  prob- 
lem thus,  as  described  by  himself:  "I  get  me  certain  band- 
ages, made  of  the  same  substance  with  your  horse  girths,  hav- 
ing especial  care  that  they  are  of  a  kind  which  will  not 
shrink  by  being  strained,  since  that  would  spoil  my  experi- 
ment.   One  loop  of  this  substance  is  drawn  under  each  foot, 
and  returns  up  either  side  of  the  leg  to  a  cincture  with  which 
it  is  united  ;  these  cinctures  are  connected  by  divers  straps 
down  the  breast  and  back,  in  order  to  divide  the  weight,  and 
there  are  sundry  other  conveniences  for  easing  the  patient ; 
but  the  chief  is  this.    The  straps  or  ligatures  are  attached  to 
a  broad  sj,eel  collar,  curving  outwards,  and  having  a  hook  or 
two, Tor  the  better  security  of  the  halter,  which  the  friendly 
executioner  passes  around  that  part  of  the  machine,  instead 
of  applying  it  to  the  bare  throat  of  the  patient.    Thus,  when 
thrown  eff  from  the  ladder,  the  sufferer  will  find  himself  sus- 
pended, not  by  the  neck,  if  it  please  you,  but  by  the  steel 
circle  that  supports  the  loops  in  which  his  feet  are  placed,  and 
on  which  his  weight  really  rests,  diminished  a  little  by  similar 
supports  under  each  arm.    Thus,  neither  veins  nor  windpipe 
being  compressed,  the  man  will  breathe  as  free,  and  his  blood, 
saving  from  fright  and  novelty  of  situation,  will  flow  as  tem- 
perately, as  your  valiencies',  when  you  stand  up  in  your  stir- 
rups to  view  a  field  of  battle." 

Sir  Walter's  description  thus  involves  one  among  many  of 
the  considerations  relative  to  this  peculiar  kind  of  resusci- 
tation. 


A  TASTE  FOR  GLASS  HOUSES. 
r"TUIE  leaders  of  French  society — the  stars,  literary  and 
JL  artistic,  they  who  set  the  fashions,  or  own  millions — 
have  a  decided  taste  for  dwelling  in  glass  houses.  I  have 
more  than  once  sent  you  some  samples  of  the  intrusive  quality 
of  the  Paris  chroniqueur.  They  were  samples,  it  would  seem, 
however,  of  an  art  that  was  in  its  infancy.  They  were  mere 
glimpses  at  the  interior  of  people's  houses.  We  had  just  a 
peep  at  the  great  man  in  his  slippers,  or  the  notorious  lady  in 
her  robe  de  chambre;  the  veil  was  iust  lifted,  and  then 
quickly  dropped.  It  occurred  naturally  to  English  readers, 
that  even  these  peeps  into  the  privacy  of  notable  people  must 
be  offered  to  the  unwholesome  appetite  of  the  public  at  the 
cost  of  great  annoyance  to  the  people  who  were  exposed. 
But  the  French  journalism  of  the  present  day  proves  that 
such  an  impression  is  a  false  one  ;  people  have  a  taste  for 
glass  houses.  They  expect  to  have  their  salon  and  dining- 
rooms,  the  dinner  they  give  to  their  friends,  their  getting-up 
and  their  going  to  bed,  duly  set  forth  in  a  newspaper.  A 
year  or  two  ago,  it  was  only  at  intervals  that  the  private  life 
of  a  known  man  or  woman  was  served  up  for  public  amuse- 
ment ;  but  now  M.'  de  Villemessant  appears  to  have  given 
orders  to  his  staff  of  writers  to  set  a  glass  front  in  the  house 
of  every  uotability  in  the  French  capital.  A  few  days  since 
he  led  one  of  his  writers  to  the  house  of  Baron  James  de 
Rothschild,  and  having  persuaded  the  Baron  to  admit  his 
ckroniijueur  into  his  kitchen,  left  his  scribe  with  a  uote-book 
to  follow  the  Baron's  cordon  bleu  and  his  butler  through  the 
departments  of  the  baronial  kitchen  and  wine-cellar.  The 
chroniqueur,  with  his  note-book,  seems  to  have  amused  the 
kitchen-maids  aud  scullions  as  he  took  notes  amid  the  game, 
the  pastry,  and  the  wines  ;  but  he  did  his  duty  for  his  master, 
and  came  forth  with  a  note  even  on  the  Baron's  partiality  for 
truffles  and  pheasants.  He  was  about  to  pass  through  the 
gates  into  the  street,  when  he  was  requested  to  step  into  the 
Baron's  bureau  for  a  moment ;  the  Baron  had  reflected,  and 
begged  the  chroniqueur,  whom  he  had  thoughtlessly  a3mitted 
into  his  kitchen,  not  to  make  copy  out  of  his  sauces,  his  lar- 
der, and  his  cellar.  The  writer  says  that  he  bowed  pro- 
foundly, but  made  the  Baron  no  answer  ;  and  he  printed  his 
notes,  justifying  himself  by  saying,  that,  had  he  asked  the 
Baron  ou  the  eve  of  the  issue  of  the  Austrian  Loan,  not  to 


put  it  on  the  market,  the  Baron  would  nat  have  submitted  to 
the  request  of  a  "  plumitif."  Then  why  should  not  the 
"plumilif"  make  copy  out  of  the  Baron's  kitchen?  The 
Baron  is  timid  and  too  modest. 

M.  Jules  Valles  serves  up  M.  Paul  Feval  as  a  public  dish, 
and  provokes  no  rebuke  from  this  gentleman  ;  his  table  cov- 
ered with  papers,  his  children  playing  on  the  grass  in  the  gar- 
den, his  bath-room  and  his  billiard-room,  are  the  writer's 
property.  We  are  told  that  he  is  threatened  with  an  *.'  innu- 
merable paternity  ;"  for  he  has  already  six  children,  the  eldest 
of  whom  is  not  more  than  seven  years  of  age. 

From  Paul  Feval  M.  Valles  turns  to  Emile  de  Girardin's 
last  weekly  reception  ;  this  gives  him  an  excellent  opportu- 
nity of  painting  the  late  editor  of  La  Presse  at  home,  sur- 
rounded by  journalists.  An  editor  in  the  lap  of  luxury  is  a 
refreshing  picture  : 

"There  was  a  great  deal  of  lively  conversation — not  bro- 
ken up  into  little  private  discussions,  but  general.  One  sub- 
ject only  was  discussed,  but  what  that  subject  was  I  have  no 
right  to  mention.  I  have  never  seen  the  editor  of  the  Presse 
surrounded  by  more  sympathy  or  listened  to  wilh  more  atten- 
tion. Never,  also,  did  his  conversation  take  a  more  fami- 
liarly eloquent,  decided  tone.  There  were  present  MM.  de 
Fonvielle  and  Bekmann,  of  the  Temps;  M.  Hector  Pessard, 
of  the  Epoqae ;  MM.  Cohen  and  Escudier,  of  the  France^ 
M.  Duelling,  of  the  Opinon  Nalioiude ;  M.  Ganesco  repre- 
sented V Europe  and  the  Nain  Juane  ;  M.  Emile  Ollivier  was 
expected,  but  his  Achates  only  was  forthcoming. 

"There  was  but  one  deputy,  M.  Eugene  Pelletau,  who  still 
talked  of  Proudhon  ;  the  puritan  maltreated  speech  as  he  had 
already  done  his  pen.  Besides  the  above-named,  there  were 
MM.  Lebey,  Turgan,  Yriarte,  and  many  others  that  I  do  not 
know,  or  that  I  forget.  The  whole  body  of  the  Presse  was 
there  ;  the  contributors,  eager  and  animated,  surrounding  their 
chief,  who  was  full  of  fire  and  verve. 

"  Very  few  assembled  till  ten  o'clock,  so  I  profited  by  my 
earlier  arrival  to  wander  about  the  library,  where  the  lamps 
above  the  books  lit  up  the  pictures,  marbles,  and  bronzes. 
Antiquities  are  not  abundant  ;  some  of  the  bronzes  are  of 
ancient  date,  but  the  greater  part  appear  by  their  signature 
to  belong  to  the  present  day.  At  the  foot  of  a  charming 
statuette  was  the  following  inscription  :  '  Jiaporte  d'Alhenes 
par  le  Prince  Napoleon,  1851.'  Close  at  hand  is  the  portrait 
of  the  Piince  en  robe  de  chambre,  by  Gavarni.  There  is  a 
characteristic  sketch,  by  Delacroix,  of  Dante  and  Virgil,  aud 
one  by  Chaseriau,  of  a  woman  entering  the  bath — a  perfect 
episode  of  the  Tcpidarium.  A  paiuting  by  Gigioux,  if  I 
remember  rightly,  represents  M.  de  Girardin  as  a  Roman — 
decollete;  he  looks  like  a  thin  Vitellius.  Another  canvas  por- 
trays him  in  a  black  coat ;  elegant  and  clever.  I  saw  the 
name  of  the  Princess  Mathilde  very  clearly  written  in  the 
corner  of  a  water-color  painting  hanging  in  the  small  room 
which  is  between  the  large  salon  and  the  library. 

"  This  library  differs  from  most  others  ;  it  is  long  and  nar- 
row, like  a  passage,  and,  as  it  were,  skirts  the  house;  the 
books  are  on  the  shelves,  the  highest  of  which  is  only  up  to 
one's  breast,  so  that  there  is  no  need  to  climb  steps,  or  put 
one's  arm  out  of  joint  in  order  to  get  a  particular  volume  :  all 
are  within  reach  ;  and  in  this  plan  I  recognize  the  simple  and 
practical  mind  of  the  master  of  the  house.  Another  sign  is 
a  drawing  of  a  plau  for  the  opening  of  the  Rue  de  Rivoli, 
according  to  the  design  of  M.  de  Girardin,  and  bearing  date 
1832 — thirty-four  years  ago!  The  proposed  plan  has  not 
been  quite  carried  out.  According  to  that,  the  pavement  was 
to  be  raised,  and  to  be  reached  by  steps  and  a  railing. 
Amongst  the  marbles,  two  superb  busts  of  Madame  Emile  de 
Girardin,  a  statue  and  a  statuette,  signed  '  Pradier,'  are  con- 
spicuous. 

"  The  souvenir  of  Rachel  is  everywhere  ;  a  chair  has  her 
name  engraved  on  it.  In  one  place  is  a  reduction  of  the 
celebrated  portrait  by  Gerome,  also  vigorously  painted  by  the 
same  hand.  In  another  is  a  fine  drawing  of  the  great  actress  ; 
farther  on  a  large  painting,  in  the  corner  of  which  I  read, 
'A  mon  veritable  ami,  M.  Emile  de  Girurdin.'  Then  there 
are  the  two  following  letters  : 

"  '  Paris,  January,  1858. 

"  '  I  embrace  you  this  new  year.  I  little  thought,  my  dear 
friend,  in  1858,  to  be  able  still  to  send  you  my  sincere  affec- 
tion. Rachel.' 

"  This  was  written  in  January.    The  next  runs  thus  : 

"  '  Paris,  April  21,  1858. 

"  '  Monsieur — According  to  a  letter  dictated  by  Mdlle. 
Rachel  on  the  day  ol  her  death,  she  leaves  you,  as  a  souvenir, 
a  gold  pen  ornamented  with  forget-me-nots.' 

"  Poor  great  artiste  ! 

"  The  foregoing  notes  were  not  taken  yesterday.  I  was 
was  unable  to  do  more  than  glance  round  at  what  1  had  before 
takeu  two  hours  to  examine.  It  was  ou  the  occasion  of  my 
first  visit  to  M.  de  Girardin.  1  had  been  begged  to  wait,  and 
I  had  been  forgotten  !  But  I  am  not  at  all  angry  at  the  for- 
getfulness  ;  if  I  am  ever  anything,  it  is  to  M.  Girardin  I 
owe  it." 

It  is  evident  that  M.  de  Girardin  is  not  displeased  that  his 
debtor  should  pay  him  in  this  coin. 
But  I  have  reserved  my  best  illustration  of  the  comfort  it 


is,  hereabouts,  to  live  in  glass  houses  till  the  last.    In  this 
instance  no  less  an  authority  than  M.  Alberic  Second  is  th 
writer.    He  introduces  Alexandre  Dumas  in  his  kitchen  witli 
great  ingenuity.    It  seems  that  the  culinary  knowledge  and 
skill  of  the  author  of  Monte  Christo  had  been  called  in  ques- 
tion.   Unhandsome  detractors  had  said  that  M.  Dumas  could 
not  serve  up  a  dinner  that  should  be  worthy  the  knife  and 
fork  of  a  gourmet.    M.  Second  had  been  reported  as  among 
the  great  Alexander's  detractors  ;   whereupon  he   writes  : 
"  I  had  often  heard  that  Alexandre  Dumas  pcre  wa3  as  good 
a  cook  as  author  ;  but  in  spite  of  the  affirmation  of  persons 
who  brought  forward  the  proposition,  a  vague  scepticism 
with  regard  to  it  floated  in-  my  mind.    Criticise  the  roinan- 
cist,  the  chronicler,  the  dramatic  author,  and  Alexandre 
Dumas  will  allow  you  to  say  what  you  please,  without  taking 
the  trouble  to  answer  it ;  but  attempt  to  criticise  the  cook, 
and  you  will  run  the  risk  of  being  pierced  through  by  his  spit. 
How  the  author  of  Monte  Christo  knew  that  I  had  not  a  blind 
faith  in  his  culinary  talents  I  am  at  a  loss  to  imagine  ;  but  he 
evidently  wished  to  prove  to  me  how  far  I  was  unjust  in  the 
matter  of  his  ragouts  and  his  sauces.    '  I  expect  you  to  dine 
with  me  on  Tuesday  next  at  seven,'  ran  the  note  I  received 
from  him,  '  and  I  warn  you  that  I  shall  have  a  hand  in  all 
the  dishes.    You  shall  judge  from  experience.'    Needless  to 
say,  I  accepted  ;  but,  instead  of  arriving  at  seven,  I  made  my 
appearance  at  107  Boulevard  Malesherbes  as  the  clock  struck 
six,  and  I  had  my  reasons  for  this.    If  M.  Dumas  has  told 
me  the  truth,  said  I  to  myself,  I  shall  take  him  by  surprise 
in  his  kitchen  ;  if,  on  the  other  hand,  I  find  him  in  his  room, 
his  study,  or  his  salon.  I  shall  know  what  to  think  of  it.  I 
entered  one  of  the  sumptuous  houses  on  the  Boulevard  Mal- 
esherbes, mounted  a  fine  staircase,  and  rang  at  the  door  of 
an  appartemenl  on  the  third  story.    '  M.  Alexandre  Dumas  ?' 
1  inquired  ?'    '  Yes,  Monsieur,'  replied  a  little  groom.    '  Can 
I  see  him  V  again  I  inquired.    '  No,  Monsieur,  he  is  busy,' 
was  the  answer.  '  Ah  !  he  is  in  his  study,  no  doubt,'  observed 
I.    '  No,  Monsieur,'  replied  the  groom,  '  he  is  in  the  kitchen.' 
Guided  by  a  most  savory  and  appetizing  odor,  I  made  my  way 
into  the  antechamber,  crossed  a  passage,  and  penetrated  into 
the  temple  ;  here  I  found  Dumas,  without  coat,  collar,  or 
cravat,  his  shirt  sleeves  tucked  up  to  his  elbows,  agitating  a 
large  spoon  in  a  dazzingly  bright  stewpan,  while  giving  his 
orders  at  the  same  time  to  his  cook  and  kitchen-maid,  who 
executed  them  with  the  greatest  promptitude  and  intelligence. 
'  So  it  is  you!'  cried  Dumas,  on  seeing  me.    '  I  suppose  you 
know  you  are  an  hour  too  soon  ?    You  are  not  come  to 
exense  yourself  for  to-night,  I  hope.'    When  one  is  in  the 
wrong,  the  best  thing  is  to  acknowledge  it.    I  therefore 
frankly  toh'  him,  without  any  beating  about  the  bush,  my 
motive  for  being  beforehand  in  our  rendezvous.    Dumas,  who 
is  good-nature  itself,  pardoned  me  on  condition  of  my  going 
and  awaiting  his  appearance  in  the  salon,  where  the  other 
guests  presently  dropped  in  one  by  one.    Our  host  quickly 
joined  us,  and  at  seven  o'clock  the  groom  threw  open  the  door 
and  announced,  '  Monsieur  is  served.'    O,  dear  great  man  ! 
whatever  has  been  said — whatever  you  may  have  said  your- 
self touching  your  culinary  science — you  cannot  have  said 
enough  ;  and  I  call  the  guests  of  Tuesday  to  witness.  What 
a  success  !  what  a  triumph  ! — a  diner  bourgeois,  such  as 
princes  do  not  taste  every  day!    We  set  out  with  a  cabbage 
soup,  at  which  Dumas  had  labored  for  two  days  ;  then  fol- 
lowed fried  smelts.    To  these  succeeded  a  jugged  hare,  fol- 
lowed by  a  ragout  of  mutton  a  la  Ilongroise.    Then  came 
roast  pheasants,  ecrevisses  a  la  Bordelaise,  and  a  salad  of 
maches,  celery  and  boot-root.    I  pass  over  in  silence  the 
vegetables,  intrements  and  rocher  de  glace  prepared  by  hire- 
ling hands.    It  may  be  interesting  to  observe  that  the  hares 
and  pheasants  had  been  killed  a  few  days  before  by  our  host 
himself,  at  a  hunting  party  at  M.  Joubert's.    It  was  difficult, 
as  will  be  at  once  seen,  to  select  simpler  dishes,  but  impos- 
sible to  eat  anything  better.    I  watched  Alexandre  Dumas 
when  the  solemn  moment  of  mixing  the  salad  arrived,  as  I 
am  myself  not  without  pretensious  to  a  certain  strength  in 
this  department,  so  essential  to  every  well-organized  repast. 
In  presence  of  the  chefs  d'wuvre,  which  I  saw  seasoned  be- 
fore me,  and  which  I  tasted  with  a  sensuality  full  of  emotion 
and  respect,  it  only  remained  to  me  to  acknowledge  my  infe- 
riority.   I  now  confess  it  publicly.    If,  according  to  my 
advice,  Alexandre  Dumas  would  open  a  restanrant  near  the 
Champs  de  Mars  during  the  Exposition  of  1867 — a  restau- 
rant, be  it  understood,  in  which  he  would  be  the  cook — I  will 
undertake  to  say  that  he  would  realize  a  million  of  francs  in 
six  months !    Our  host  does  not  smoke,  and  in  addition  de- 
tests the  odor  of  tobacco  ;  so  that  there  were  no  cigars.  In 
spite  of  this  privation — a  greater  one  than  he  thinks — it  was 
necessary  to  turn  us  out  at  one  o'clock  in  the  morning.  Du- 
mas gossiped  on,  and  we  were  all  but  too  happy  to  listen." 

Dumas'  reputation  as  a  cook  is  now  established, and  people 
do  not  wonder  about  it  here  as  they  would  in  London.  A 
few  dsys  since  a  friend  of  mine,  a  physician,  suddenly  invited 
two  relatives,  one  of  them  a  physician  also,  home  to  dinner. 
The  lady  of  the  house  was  horrified  ;  not  a  scrap  ot  dinner 
was  prepared.  "  Never  mind,"  said  the  doctor,  "  we'll  cook 
the  dinner  ;"  and  he  and  his  non-professionnl  friend '  repaired 
to  the  kitchen,  sent  for  a  pheasant,  and  in  due  time  produced 
an  exquisite  dinner,  including  a  risutto  that  was  pronounced 
superb. 


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THE    CALjFORN  IAN 


|  May  26th 


[For  tlic  CMifornlan.| 
EMBROIDERY. 
TN  the  rich  rosy  light  of  the  window, 

She  sits,  so  bewitcbingly  fair, 
Her  face  glancing  out  from  the  shadow 
Of  the  queer,  old-fashioned  arm  chair. 

Glancing  ont,  with  her  face  like  a  lily, 
From  the  cushion  of  crimson  and  gold, 

With  that  glistening  robe  of  white  satin 
Floating  over  her,  fold  upon  fold  ; 

With  her  foot  in  the  daintiest  slipper — 
Ah,  the  gipsy!  she  kjiows  how  it  charms ! — 

And  the  soft,  slender,  tapering  lingers, 
And  the  snowy-white,  gem-circled  arms  ; 

With  the  pearls  looping  back  the  dark  tresses — 
Those  warm,  wavy  curls  of  brown  hair! 

And  the  cheek,  with  its  faint  tinge  of  opal, 
And  the  shoulders,  so  dazzlingly  fair : 

There  she  sits  at  her  ease,  in  her  beauty. 
With  the  face  and  the  air  of  a  queen ! 

Not  a  rose-bud  she  daintily  fashions, 
Half-sheathed  in  the  delicate  green 

Of  its  leaves,  nor  those  great  golden  lilies- 
No  blossom  or  bud  one  can  name — 

So  fair  as  the  face  bending  over 
The  glowing  embroidery  frame. 

As  she  lifted  her  dark,  hazel  eyes  then, 
Did  that  quick  glance  of  hers  understand 

How  wofully  little  the  wiser 
I  grew  from  the  book  in  my  hand, 

That  the  rose  of  her  cheek  kept  unfolding 

Its  delicate  crimson,  the  while, 
And  the  wise  little  mouth  dimpled  over 

With  Buch  an  arch,  coquettish  smile? 

Oh,  her  needles  are  Cupid's  own  arrowB, 
And  this  garland  a  spell  which  she  weaves 

Bound  my  soul,  while  she  ruthlessly  sittches 
Jly  quivering  heart  in  those  leaves  ! 


IFor  the  OihforiiKin.] 

MY  FRIEND,  THE  COSMOPOLITAN. 
A  TALE  OF  WAR,  FRIENDSHIP,  AND  AGONY. 
AFTER   THE    FRENCH.  —  BY  "PHILIP." 
CHAPTER  L 

4t  T  AGAIN  bid  you  farewell,"  he  said,  looking  skyward 
_L    "  Why  ?"  I  asked. 

"  The  fates  master  me  and  lead  me  away." 

"  Cannot  the  fates  be  appeased  ?  Foryour  companionship's 
eake  I  will  offer  bribes,"  I  said. 

"  You  cannot  avail  by  your  noble  endeavors.  I  feel,"  said 
he,  "  the  strength  of  powers  I  cannot  see  or  comprehend.  I 
sec  a  hand  you  cannot  see,  that  beckons  me  away." 

"  This,"  I  replied,  "  is  a  new  and  a  fresh  disappointment  to 
me.  You  come.  1  welcome  you.  You  stay  bufr  a  moment, 
and  extend  your  hand  ior  a  farewell  grasp." 

"  My  present  is  like  my  past  ;  my  future,  I  believe,  will  be 
like  my  present.    'Twas  ever  thus  !" 

"  Alas  !  alas  I"  I  cried,  "  from  childhood's  hour.  Again  do 
you  pursue  your  way  upon  the  sea  ?" 

"  Again  the  blue  rolling  wave  is  to  be  my  path.  I  leave 
you,  about  whom  my  affections  so  fondly  cling.  My  step- 
sister, who  dwells  fur  away,  I  left  years  ago,  and  she  awaits  my 
return.  I  never  write  to  her.  But  you,  who  now  grasp  my 
hand,  I  will  never  forget  nor  cease  writing  letters  to.  Peace 
be  with  you.  Remember  the  ides  of  March.  1  believe  I  will 
then  return,"  ho  continued,  "  bringing  with  me  sheaves.  Take 
these  my  last  verses ;  read  them  when  1  am  far  away. 
Adios." 

So  passed  out  of  my  sight  Clarence,  the  friend  of  my  youth, 
changed  from  hiin  of  former  years,  with  whom  I  had  quietly 
pursued  the  road  to  knowledge.  Then  he  was  demurely  con 
tent,  and  did  not  question  the  facts  of  geography  nor  seek  to 
verify  them  by  personal  experience.  He  read  the  history  of 
Herodotus,  but  never  asked  to  go  to  the  seats  of  ancient  em- 
pires or  republics  to  assure  himself  of  the  possibility  of  the 
historic  ages.  He  has  lain  upon  his  back  on  the  mead  in  sum- 
mer evenings  and  found  the  places  of  the  stars  and  quoted  the 
learning  of  the  Professor  of  Physics,  from  the  morning's  lec- 
ture, but  an  inland  home  had  made  him  fond  of  the  stability 
of  the  earth,  whose  daily  revolutions  did  not  turn  his  stomach, 
gad  rjever  longed  to  ascertain  by  sight  the  position  or  beauty 
of  the  Southern  Cross,  because  his  geographical  knowledge 
and  the  advertisements  in  the  Evening  Journal  assured  him 
he  would  be  obliged  to  veuture  upon  the  sea  to  pursue  his 
taste  for  the  astronomies. 

CHAPTER  It 

Thf.  years  that  have  passed  since  we  were  together,  have 
brought  Clarence  out  of  the  reach  of  hi9  adolescence,  and  the 
Fates,  using  him  like  a  teetotum,  have  twirled  him  so  that 
he  has  been  bruised  and  developed  on  all  skies  of  his  nature. 


Recently  they  twirled  him  into  my  arms  again.  I  looked  at 
him  in  amazement,  as  he  appeared  and  disappeared  on  the 
arena  of  my  life. 

A  good  many  months  ago — perhaps  all  the  months  would 
be  better  called  a  lew  years — he  came  iuto  the  routine  of  my 
experience,  suddenly,  unheralded,  and  as  unexpectedly  as  the 
gentleman  who  lives  in  the  moon. 

"  This  is  my  Ricardo,  whom  I  love." 

"  This  is  my  Clarence,  whom  I  love." 

"  Whence  do  you  come,"  after  an  interval  of  salutation,  I 
enquired. 

"  Ah  !  The  world  has  not  been  kind  to  me.  The  Gends  are 
abroad.  The  enemies  of  my  country  have  arisen.  I  have 
seen  the  strife,  have  mingled  with  it,  have  fought  upon  the 
seas,  have  wearied  of  the  restless  turmoil  of  war,  and  have 
come  to  these  skies,  not  to  rest,  no,  not  to  rest,  but  destined 
to  wander,  wander,  until  the  reign  of  peace  shall  come.'" 

'•  Stay,  stay  with  me,"  I  answered.  "  Rest  here.  You  will 
not  hear  the  sound  of  the  battle— the  enemy  is  not  here.  The 
telegraphic  despatches  in  the  evening  papers  will  be  a  balm  to 
your  unquiet  nerves.    Rest  with  nae,  perturbed  spirit." 

"  I  do  not  think  my  spirit  is  turbid,  but  I  must  away.  I 
shall  go  mad  if  I  go  not." 

"  I  do  not  understand  you,"  I  answered.  "  You  are  not  the 
Clarence  of  early  days.  If  you  are  indeed  he,  take  this  Elixir 
of  Life,  mixed  in  the  same  proportions  which  I  know  you  loved 
once." 

The  old  calmness  came  back  to  his  face,  and  there  was  not 
lelt  there  a  memory  of  his  recent  unrest.  For  two  short 
hours  I  gained  again  the  fellowship  of  Clarence,  my  early 
friend,  and  we  returned  to  the  old,  old  days  and  the  old  famil- 
iar faces. 

A  night's  repose  obliterated  the  calmness  that  sat  so  well 
upon  him,  the  evidence  of  which  I  found  under  my  door 
the  next  day  : 

"  Dearest  Ricardo — These  are  lines  of  farewell.  This 
night  1  sleep  again  upon  the  seas.    I  will  return  anon. 

Clarence." 

Whither  had  flown  this  restless  soul?  At  daybreak  the 
sloop-ol  war  Sinagaw  slipped  her  cables  and  steamed  out  to- 
wards the  Golden  Gate.  The  fever  was  still  in  the  blood  of 
Clarence,  and  he  was  not  at  rest  until  he  was  again  in  motion 
on  the  waves.  There  was  more  than  a  ripple  upon  the  water, 
but  not  a  rough  sea.  The  little  steam  vessel  ploughed  her 
way  vigorously  through  the  water,  meeting  each  wave  that 
seemed  to  throw  up  a  protest  against  her  advance,  with  a  sibi- 
lant swush-sh  sh-h,  swush-sh-sh.  swush  sh  -sh  sh  sh.  My  logic 
could  not  convince  his  activity  to  repose,  bnt  the  dancing 
water  and  the  recurring  swush-sh  sh  lulled  him  to  calmness. 

CHAPTER  III. 

A  few  months  passed  away,  and  I  met  on  the  highway  my 
friend  seeking  my  sanctum.  "  I  have  just  arrived  from  the 
North.  1  have  been  playing  with  the  white  bear  and  the 
walrus.  They  have  been  my  constant  companions.  1  have 
climbed  the  iceberg,  and  dared  the  rigors  of  the  Pole.  The 
Arctic  or  Antarctic  seas  have  no  horror  for  me.  I  have 
caressed  the  lair  Esquimaux,  and  drank  the  oleaginous  toddy 
of  the  northern  bibler.  Doei  war  carniverous  still  gnaw  at 
my  country's  heart?" 

"  It  doth,"  I  responded,  briefly  ;  "  the  Norman  and  the 
Southron  still  contend." 

With  his  left  hand  pressed  against  his  brow — that  bore  the 
insignia  of  an  inheritance  from  patriotic  blood — he  stayed  his 
steps,  raised  his  eyes  towards  the  sky,  and  whispered  :  "  My 
step  sister  1  Cannot  see — the  home  of  my  childhood  is  as  il 
it  wasn't — and  I  must  wander  still." 

I  said  :  "  At  least,  you  will  rest  one  night  upon  the  land. 
You  will  polate  with  me  ol  the  Elixir—  Ruinpunch — as  of 
yore.    I  demand  it  of  you  by  the  memories  which  are  yours." 

Even  while  I  was  talking,  he  glided  from  nip. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

My  friend  was  vibratory  as  a  pendul  Jin,  but  returning  unto 
me  with  the  irregularity  of  a  cloudy  day.  lie  appealed  to  be 
attached  in  some  mysterious  and  official  manner  with  the 
Central  Government,  yet  why,  in  time  of  trouble,  he  should 
consider  his  duty  accomplished  in  seeking  its  fulfillment  at 
those  posts  furthest  from  tumult,  1  never  quite  understood. 
The  seasons  or  the  months  did  not  control  his  coming  or 
departure.  I  encountered  him  in  the  windy  days  of  June, 
and  he  exclaimed  that  since  he  left  me  the  other  day — perhaps 
four  months  before — he  had  experienced  an  interview  with  the 
typhoons  of  the  Western  Seas,  but  that  they  were  gentle 
zepyrs,  compared  with  a  San  Francisco  summer  day. 

The  quieter  days  of  autumn  brought  him  soon  afterwards 
into  my  presence. 

"Just  eleven  days  ago,  I  dined  with  my  excellent  friend, 
the  Governor  of  Chihuahua.  I  liked  not  his  frijoles,  but 
would  not  object  to  a  life-lease  of  his  immense  opulence.  Like 
all  true,  intelligent  Mexicans,  he  believes  the  consummation 
of  liberty  and  justice  is  to  be  found  in  Mexico  as  a  Republic. 
Between  us,  Ricardo,  that  district  of  country  will  be  the  prey 
of  incursions  aud  ravages  until  it  shall  come  uuder  the  pro- 
tecJion  of  the  a?gis  of  our  own  great  nation." 


A  rather  lofty  flight  for  Clarence.  He  was  a  patriot,  but  bad 
achieved  no  great  repute  as  a  statesman.  He  knew  the 
senoritus  of  Lima,  for  I  have  heard  his  conversation,  "  as 
musical  as  is  Apollo's  lute,"  melodious  with  their  praises, 
and  have  seen  his  pockets  wealthy  with  the  images  of  those 
who  had  been  honored  by  his  admiration.  He  had  deigned 
to  be  smiled  upon  by  the-exuberant  beauties  of  that  southern 
clime  for  several  weeks.  He  forgot  lor  the  nonce  the  exist- 
ence of  his  dear  country,  and  knew  not  if  it  had  a  heart  on 
which  the  fiends  of  war  might  guaw.  But  his  knowledge  of 
the  gentlemanly  warriors  of  the  country  that  adjoius  his  own 
was  very  limited — bounded  not  by  his  experience,  but  by  his 
diligence  in  perusing  the  newspapers  of  the  districts  he 
occasionally  visited. 

CHAPTER  V. 

Clarence  was  tossed  betweeu  the  continents  like  a  shuttle- 
cock. He  rested  on  neither  of  them,  but  lived  in  the  nowliero 
whose  boundaries  are  the  continents.  I  call  him  the  Cosmo- 
politan, because  he  knew  by  experience  as  much  of  one  part 
of  the  globe  as  of  another.  » 

"  Good  morrow  to  thee,  thou  spiritless  worm,"  he  exclaimed 
to  me  oue  dry  when  I  thought  the  sunshine  of  fortune  had 
given  a  new  glow  to  my  lace.  "  flow  dost  thou  live  on  the 
land  in  contact  with  the  monotonous  character  of  a  single  race 
of  people.  You  know  not  the  earth.  I  glide  from  laud  to 
land  and  regard  not  the  difference  of  the  families  of  men.  I 
have  sported  but  yesterday  with  the  kangatoo  of  New  Hol- 
land ;  I  have  laughed  at  the  hyena  of  Asiatic  Turkey,  aud  the 
hyena  has  laughed  at  me.  The  sweet-breathed  children  of  the 
Celestial  Empire  1  have  met  in  their  native  pagodas,  and  have 
barely  missed  shaking  haifds  with  the  King  of  the  Cannibal 
Islands." 

"  As  in  my  youth,  I  love  you  still ;  but  tax  not  my  credulity, 
lest  in  a  moment  of  unfriendly  suspicion  I  ask  you  to  step  be- 
hind me,  calling  you  Satan." 

He  did  not  distrust  me. 

"  If  the  enemies  of  my  country  but  ceased  to  gnaw  at  her 
throbbing  heart,  I  would  rest." 
"  They  have  ceased,"  I  replied. 

"  What  i  lias  peace  come  again,  and  my  country  not  come 

to  pieces,  but — saved  ?" 
"  Saved  !"  1  answered. 

"  The  Angel  of  Truth  speaks  to  me,  Bicardo  ?" 

"  I  now  represent  that  mythical  person." 

"  One  other  question.  Has  the  Executive  of  the  country 
been  true  to  humanity?  Has  he  shown  mercy?  Has  that 
mercy  been  tempered  with  justice  ?  In  the  exercise  of  divine 
clemency,  has  he  not  proclaimed  pardou  to  the  lost,  the  erring, 
the  benighted  aud  ignorant  enemies  of  our  couutry?" 

"  He  has  fulfilled  more  than  the  demands  of  justice.  Per- 
sons so  sunk  in  the  depths  of  ignorance  as  not  to  have  at- 
tained high  rank  or  not  to  be  worth  the  paltry  sum  of  twenty 
thousand  dollars  in  greenbacks,  have  been  pardoned." 

"  Can  they  roam  at  their  own  sweet  will?" 

"  Anywhere,  anywhere  under  the  sun." 

'•  My  heart  rejoices  at  this  evidence  of  returned  reason, 
justice  and  humanity.  1  advocate  clemency.  1  embrace  you 
in  my  inestimable  joy." 

You  have  seen  the  flaming  sun  decline  from  his  meridian 
glow  ;  you  have  heard  the  roaring  oceau  subside  to  n  whis- 
pering murmur,  as  if  to  lull  his  kingdom  to  sleep.  So  came 
the  glow  of  unnatural  excitement  from  the  face  of  my  Clar- 
ence. So  gently  attuned  his  wild  accents  to  the  sweeter 
tones  of  his  nature.  Theu,  first  since  I  met  him  on  these  dis- 
tant shores,  did  he  seem  to  wear  the  becoming  habiliments  of 
gentle  peace.  I  found  a  more  sympathetic  humanity ; 
the  old  lustre  came  bi'ck  a  rain  to  the  recovered  jewel. 

CIIA1TEE  VI. 

It  was  quite  remarkable  to  me  to  witness  such  sublime  lovo 
of  country.  This  nonle  fellow  had  thrown  up  home,  companions, 
a  step-sister  of  whom  he  spake  so  affectionately,  and  whom  I 
had  reason  to  believe  he  dearly  loved — everything  that  seemed 
to  render  life  ha,  py — aud  had  fled  to  these  uttermost  parts 
of  the  earth,  to  the  life  on  the  sea,  in  order  to  escape  the 
constant  rumors  of  war  and  the  oft-told  tales  of  battle  and 
misery.  His  soul  was  sick.  And  then,  after  his  restless 
wanderings,  1  could  scarcely  comprehend  the  sublime  mag- 
nanimity that  would  forgive  his  country's  enemies,  and  forget 
the  wrongs  they  had  done.  1  said  to  myself  :  "  My  soul,  take 
on  these  larger  virtues.  See  how  worthily  they  adorn  the  per- 
son ol  thy  friend." 

He  had  so  subdued  himself,  that  he  could  almost  jest  when 
speaking  of  some  incidents  which  were  narrated  of  tho  wily 
rebels.  Upon  his  library  table  in  the  lodgings  he  had  taken, 
I  saw  one  day  a  little  brass  button.  He  tossed  it  in  his  hands, 
even  lovingly  as  a  toy  that  pleased  him,  and  theu  rolled  it 
towards  nie  with  a  look  that  inquired  if  I  had  seen  a  rebel 
ornament.  And  on  it  1  read  the  C.  S.  A.,  that  made  it  a 
cut  iosity  to  be  kept  for  one's  children.  To  my  uuawakened 
sagacity  there  was  no  significance  iu  this  single  possession. 
But  he  had  other  relics  of  the  war  that  had  so  rent  his  heart. 
In  his  open  porfolio  I  perceived  something  that  appeared  like 


May  26th) 


THE     CALIF  ORNIAN 


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rather  coarsely  engraved  paper.  "  Some  of  the  money,"  he 
said,  carelessly,  "  which  pays  for  raiment  and  cigars  in  Dixie." 

But  why  should  he  carry  it  so  carefully  laid  away— the 
scrip  which  all  the  rational  world  knew  was  worthless  ?  He 
was  loath  to  part  with  any  to  me,  who  would  take  a  specimen 
as  a  curiosity.  As  we  passed  out  of  his  apartment  that  day, 
after  a  lengthy  indulgence  in  cigars  and  a  learned  discussion 
about  nothing  of  any  importance  whatever,  the  door  of  his 
wardrobe  swung  open,  and  I  caught  a  glimpse  at  a  suit  of 
gray  hanging  against  the  wall,  with  brass  buttons,  one  of 
which  was  missing.  To  my  friendly  eyes,  there  was  at  that 
moment  nothing  of  special  meaning  in  a  suit  of  gray.  Black 
or  blue  would  have  been  as  meaningless,  and,  to  my  own  taste, 
much  more  sensible  garment  for  the  season. 

Beneath  his  opeu  wiudow  I  passed  homeward  from  an  en- 
tertainment elsewhere  one  moonlight  evening,  and  I  heard  his 
well-modulated  voice  bearing  out  ou  to  the  evening  air  the 
words  of  an  unfamiliar  song — now  raised,  as  if  in  the  excited 
strain  of  a  battle-song — now  subdued  to  the  sweeter  tones  of 
the  peace  that  follows  after  victory.  I  caught  only  these 
words : 

So  rest  we  when  the  battle's  tloue, 
So  rest  the  South  when  victory's  won  ; 
The  Northern  vandals  one  by  one 
Sball  bito  the  dust  they  tread. 

This  was  my  friend's  voice.  I  was  not  mistaken.  After 
vainly  listening  to  catcli  other  words  of  the  song,  I  passed  on. 

The  fearful  truth  burst  upon  me  like  the  morning  sunlight. 
He  bad  deceived  me.  He  had  played  with  my  friendship. 
I  had  been  an  enemy  to  my  country,  by  being  a  friend  aud 
compauion  of  this  cosmopolitan.  Strange,  my  eyes  had  been 
closed.  Why  had  1  forgotten  the  laud  of  his  birth — the  home 
of  his  boyhood,  in  the  southern  clime — in  the  proximity  of  the 
rice  swamps,  where  he  had  breathed  the  miasma  of  rebellion 
from  his  childhood?  I  had  seen  in  him  only  the  friend  of  my 
cloister  life.  But,  might  I  not  be  mistaken?  Let  the 
shadows  of  night  pass  away  and  the  morning  come,  and  I  will 
meet  him  and  challenge  his  patriotism. 

Tho  dreadful  reflection  that  I  had  been  deceived  oppressed 
me.  My  blood  was  heated.  I  reached  my  chamber.  My 
head  seemed  as  if  it  would  be  bursted.  Yes,  yes.  He  had 
played  me.  But  why  such  profuse  professions  of  patriotism, 
if  he —  The  thought  was  tearing  my  heart.  I  ceased  to 
think.  I  sought  repose  in  my  French  double-bed,  aud  slept  a 
troubled,  dreamy  sleep. 

CHAPTER  VII. 

Early  the  next  morning  I  discovered  upon  my  table  letters 
from  the  East.  One  of  them  was  from  auother  dear  friend, 
who  detailed  to  me,  among  other  incidents  of  the  death,  fame, 
misfortunes,  and  glory  of  old  companions,  what  in  fewer  words 
1  narrate  here.  "  Had  I  heard  of  our  old  and  loving  friend, 
Clarence,  who,  living  in  the  lands  of  vilest  rebeldom,  had  im- 
bibed from  the  first  the  poisonous  principles  now  attempting 
to  be  carried  out?  He  had  been  made -a  Lieutenant  in  the 
Bebel  service  ;  had  fought  ;  been  wounded  ;  taken  prisoner  by 
the  loyal  troops  ;  had  been  led  by  the  Sanitary  Commission, 
that  great  minister  of  soups,  jellies,  and  new  blankets,  had 
recovered  and  finally  had  escaped,  and  was  now,  it  was  thought, 
in  Canada  or  somewhere  else."  I  could  not  read  farther.  My 
heart  ached  again.  "  1  will  go  aud  seek  him,"  i  said  to  myself 
—  but  did  not. 

Fate  trips  us  in  our  eagerest  moments. 

1  received  at  that  moment  a  note  in  the  autograph  of  Clar- 
ence :  < 

"  Deakest  R'CARDO — I  have  just  received  a  telegram  an- 
nouncing the  dangerous  illness  of  my  step  sister.  1  flee  to 
her  by  the  overland  route  this  morning.  Write  me.  J  would 
1  could  talk  once  more  to  you  of  the  glorious  achievements 
of  war.  1  have  wept  for  my  country,  but  now  rejoice.  When 
you  sing  again  the  songs  of  loyalty,  U  !  think  of  me. 

Clarence." 

This  was  a  moment  for  reflection.  He  had  gone  and  1 
should  not  have  to  seek  him.  But  to  remember  that  I  had 
been  deceived  ! — as  I  before  remarked. 

My  thoughts  flew  backward  to  that  hour  in  his  room.  That 
button.  I  saw  the  truth.  It  had  become  loosened  and  had 
fallen  from  the  left  breast  of  his  coat  of  gray.  That  coat  of 
gray  and  those  trousers  of  the  same  color  were  his,  of  course, 
but.  they  were  more  :  they  were  the  uniform  of  Clarence,  the 
Rebel  Lieutenant. 

That  coarse  paper  in  his  portfolio.  It  was  the  little  change 
he  had  about  him  when  he  was  taken  prisoner. 

My  thoughts  flew  further  backward. 

Why  did  he  wander  on  the  sea  ?  He  feared  the  vigilance 
of  his  country's  government  would  pursue,  capture,  aud  exe- 
cute an  escaped  prisoner  and  a  traitor. 

Why  did  he  commend  and  dwell  upon  the  humanity  and 
justice  meted  out  by  the  Executive  of  his  country  when  peace 
came  ?  Alas  !  He  had  not  risen  to  higher  rank  than  that  of 
Lieutenant,  and  was  not  worth  the  paltry  sum  of  twenty  thou- 
sand dollars,  greenbacks. 

He  was  free — a  pardoned  though  unworthy  rebel.  I  placed 
my  hand  upon  my  brow.    I  looked  upward. 

I  said, "  My  soul!  his  virtues  were  not  large.  Assume 


something  large  to  thyself.    Pardon  him  in  the  name  of  this 
country,  for  he  knoweth  not  everything  that  he  doth." 
My  soul  was  at  peace. 

Struggling  with  my  tears,  I  forgave  the  Cosmopolitan. 


LIFE    IN  HAVANA. 

THE  custom-house  was  an  apartment  as  big  as  a  barn — all 
the  rooms  in  Havana  are  enormous.  The  floor  was  in" 
tolerably  dirty  ;  but  the  roof  was  a  magnificent  opeu  timber 
one,  the  timber  being  solid  beams  of  delightfully  fragrant 
cedar.  So  you  had  the  Augean  Stables  underneath,  and  Solo- 
mon's Palace  in  all  his  glory  above — not  an  uncommon  con- 
trast in  Cuba.  The  custom-house  officers  gave  us  very  little 
trouble.  I  addressed  the  first  gentleman  with  a  cockade  I  met 
as  seiior — I  should  perhaps  have  called  him  caballero — begged 
a  cigar  light  from  him,  and  slipped  a  dollar  into  his  hand.  He 
opened  one  of  my  trunks,  let  a  little  tobacco-smoke  into  the 
orifice  to  fumigate  it,  and  then  dismissed  me  with  a  very  low 
bow.  Then  I  was  handed  to  a  little  grated  wicket,  where 
another  official,  who  was  smoking  so  desperately  that  he  sat, 
as  it  were,  in  the  midst  of  a  fleecy  cloud,  like  one  of  Sir  James 
Thornhill's  allegories  in  the  painted  hall  at  Greenwich,  asked 
me  my  name  and  country,  and  delivered  to  me  a  printed  license 
to  reside  in  Cuba  for  the  space  of  three  calendar  months, 
which  was  very  kind  on  his  part,  seeing  that  I  only  intended 
to  remain  in  the  island  until  the  West  India  mail  packet  came 
in  from  St.  Thomas.  This  license  cost  a  good  deal  of  money, 
four.or  five  dollars,  I  think  :  and  I  noticed  that  when  the  offi- 
cial had  filled  up  the  form,  he  was  a  very  long  time  handing  it 
from  a  small  pepper-castor,  and  looked  very  hard  at  me.  1 
know,  from  long  experience,  what  being  intently  regarded  by 
an  official  of  the  Latin  race  means,  and  so  "  executed  "  myself 
without  delay.  We  parted  the  best  of  friends,  and  I  was 
peseta  the  poorer. 

I  was  now  free  to  proceed  to  an  hotel  ;  but  this  was  much 
more  easily  said  than  done.  In  the  first  place,  there  were  no 
public  conveyances  about,  save  the  volantes,  which  are  vehi- 
cles far  too  ethereal  to  carry  heavy  luggage  ;  in  the  next,  to 
find  any  tolerably  comfortable  hotel  in  Havana  is  a  labor 
which,  had  it  been  imposed  on  Hercules,  might  ha'-e  caused 
that  strong  man  to  be  a  little  less  conceited  about  his  triumph 
over  the  Erymanthian  boar  and  the  eleven  other  difficulties. 
The  wealthy  and  splendid  city  ol  Havana  is  worse  off  for  ho- 
tels than  any  other  in  the  civilized  world.  Tho  Antilles,  per- 
haps, cannot  be  held  as  belonging  entirely  to  civilization  ;  but, 
as  the  "  Queen  "  of  the  Antilles,  I  think  Havana  might  main- 
tain at  least  one  decent  inn.  There  is  an  hotel  in  the  Flaza 
Isabella  Segunda,  close  to  tho  Tacon  Theatre,  kept  by  one 
Legrand,  a  Frenchman  ;  but  I  had  heard  dismal  reports  of  its 
cleanliuess,  and  it  was  situated,  besides,  beyond  the  walls, 
whereas  I  wanted  to  be  near  the  Plaza  de  Armas  and  the  sea. 
There  is  a  very  excellent  boarding-house,  clean,  comfortable, 
aud  well  appointed,  kept  by  Mrs.  Almi,  an  American  lady; 
but  her  accommodation  is  limited,  and  her  establishment  is 
nearly  always  as  "  complete  "  as  a  Parisian  omnibus  on  a  wet 
day.  I  have  been  told,  also,  that  there  is  a  slight  drawback 
to  the  comfort  you  enjoy  at  Mrs.  Ahni's,  in  the  fact  of  the 
house  being  the  chosen  resort  of  consumptive  invalids  from 
the  United  States,  who  have  fled  from  the  asperity  of  the 
northern  winter  to  the  warmer  sky  of  Cuba.  But  they  are 
often  in  the  penultimate  stage  of  the  disease  when  they  land  ; 
they  don't  get  better  ;  aud  it  is  apt  to  spoil  your  dinner — so 
I  was  told — when  inquiring  for  your  next  neighbor  of  the  day 
before,  who  talked  so  charmingly  of  the  last  opera,  and  so 
hopefully  of  the  coming  bull-6ght;'you  are  informed  that  he 
has  been  dead  lor  some  hours,  and  will  be  buried  this  sundown 
in  the  Potters'  field.  You  grow  accustomed  to  this  at  last ; 
for  it  may  be  said,  without  exaggeration,  life  in  these  regions 
of  vcmito  andfever  resembles  life  on  board  a  man-o'-war  in 
war-time.  You  are  very  merry  with  Jack  and  Tom  overnight ; 
and  on  the  morrow  Jack  is  "  knocked  over,"  and  Tom  "loses 
the  number  of  his  mess,"  and  you  say,  '•  Poor  Jack  I"  "  Poor 
Tom  !"  Their  clothes  are  sold  by  auctiou  before  the  mast, 
ami  you  forget  all  about  the  event. 

With  the  exception  of  Legrand's  and  Mrs.  Almi's,  the  inns 
ol  Havana  aie  all  very  like  what  I  should  imagine  the  fundus 
and  posadas  of  old  Spaiu,  away  from  Madrid,  to  be.  1  had 
heard  such  dreadful  stories  about  them,  that,  blinking  the 
pulmonary  drawback,  I  determined  to  try  Mrs.  Almi's.  By 
this  time,  with  the  assistance  of  several  winning  and  grinning 
negroe3,  who  danced  with  delight  at  the  gift  of  a  very  small 
silver  coin — I  never  saw  any  copper  money  at  Havana — my 
luggage  had  been  piled  on  a  machine  closely  resembling  one 
of  those  miniature  drays  in  England,  on  which  a  very  small 
barrel  of  beer  is  drawn  by  a  very  big  horse,  conducted  by  a 
very  big  man.  The  beast  of  draught  was  in  this  ease  a  bul- 
lock, with  an  enormou3  gole,  not  over  his  shoulders,  but  right 
across  his  head.  The  poor  animal  certainly  earued  his  bread 
by  the  sweat  of  his  brow  ;  and,  to  judge  from  his  lean  flanks 
and  protruding  bones,  I  should  infer  that  the  jerked  beef  he 
might  furnish,  subsequent  to  his  demise,  would  be  dear  at 
threepence  a  pound.  The  conductor,  who  sat  the  horse 
side  saddle  fashion,  was  a  prodigious  old  negro  whose  wool 
had  turned  white,  and  whose  wicked  old  head— he  was  such  a 


nasty-looking  old  man — was  surmounted  by  a  ragged  straw 
hat.  He  was  singing,  of  course,  occasionally  varying  that 
recreation  by  skinning  and  gobbling  the  pulp  of  some  oranges, 
of  which  he  had  a  pocketful,  and,  on  the  whole,  took  things 
very  easily.  I  presume  he  was  a  slave.  I  was  bound  to  walk 
behind  this  sable  drayman,  for,  although  I -might  have  taken 
a  volante,  was  it  not  my  duty  to  follow  my  luggage  ?  And, 
but  for  an  uncomfortable  fancy  that  if  I  stepped  on  the  dray 
and  sat  beside  my  trunk  1  should  look  like  a  traitor  being 
drawn  to  execution  at  Tyburn  on  a  sledge,  I  would  have 
patronized  that  mode  of  locomotion. 


POPULAR  FALLACIES. 

THAT  warm  air  must  be  impure,  and  that,  consequently, 
it  is  hurtful  to  sleep  in  a  comparatively  warm  room. 
A  warm  room  is  as  easily  ventilated  as  a  cool  one.  The 
warm  air  of  a  close  vehicle  is  less  injurious,  be  it  ever  so  foul 
from  over-crowding,  than  to  ride  and  sit  still  and  feel  uncom- 
fortably cold  for  an  hour.  The  worst  that  can  happen  from 
a  crowded  conveyance  is  a  fainting  spell ;  while  sitting,  even 
less  than  an  hour,  in  a  still,  chilly  atmosphere,  has  induced 
attacks  of  pneumonia,  that  is,  inflammation  of  the  lungs, 
which  often  proves  fatal  in  three  or  four  days.  It  is  always 
positively  injurious  to  sleep  in  a  close  room  where  water 
freezes,  because  such  a  degree  of  cold  causes  the  negatively 
poisonous  carbonic  acid  gas  of  a  sleeping-room  to  settle  near 
the  floor,  where  it  is  breathed  and  re-breathed  by  the  sleeper, 
and  is  capable  of  producing  typhoid  fever  in  a  few  hours. 
Hence,  there  is  no  advautage,  and  always  danger,  especially 
to  weakly  persons,  in  an  atmosphere  colder  than  the  freezing 
point.  That  it  is  necessary  to  the  proper  an.d  efficient  venti- 
lation of  a  room,  even  in  warm  weather,  that  a  window  or 
door  should  be  left  open.  This  is  always  hazardous  to  the 
sick  and  convalescent.  Quite  as  safe  a  plan  of  ventilation, 
aud  as  efficieut,  is  to  keep  a  lamp  or  small  Cre  burning  in  the 
fireplace.  This  creates  a  draft,  and  carries  bad  airs  and 
gasses  up  the  chimney. 

That  out-door  exercises  before  breakfast  are  healthful.  It 
is  never  so.  And,  from  the  very  nature  of  things,  it  is  hurt- 
ful, especially  to  persons  of  poor  health,  although  the  very 
vigorous  may  practice  it  with  impunity.  In  winter,  the  body 
is  easily  chilled  through  and  through,  unless  the  stomach  has 
been  fortified  with  a  good  warm  breakfast ;  and  in  warm 
weather,  miasmatic  and  malarious  gases  and  emanations 
speedily  act  upon  the  empty  and  weak  stomach  in  a  way  to 
vitiate  the  circulation  aud  induce  fever  and  ague,  diarrhoea 
and  dysentery  ;  entire  families,  who  have  arranged  to  eat 
breakfast  before  leaviug  the  house,  and  to  take  supper  before 
sundown,  have  had  a  complete  exemption  from  lever  and 
ague,  while  the  community  around  them  were  suffering  from 
it,  from  having  neglected  these  precautions. 

That  whatever  lessens  a  cough  is  "good"  for  it,  and,  if 
persevered  in,  will  cure  it.  On  the  contrary,  all  coughs  are 
soonest  cured  by  promoting  and  increasing  them  ;  because 
nature  endeavors  by  the  cough  to  help  to  bring  up  the  phlegm 
and  yellow  matter  which  is  in  the  lungs,  and  the  lungs  cannot 
heal  while  that  matter  is  there.  And,  as  it  cannot  be  got  rid 
of  without  coughing,  the  more  coughing  there  is  the  sooner  it 
is  got  rid  of — the  sooner  are  the  lungs  cleaned  out  for  the 
fuller  and  freer  reception  of  pure  rtlr,  which  is  their  natural 
food.  The  only  remedies  which  can  do  any  good  in  coughs 
are  such  as  loosen  the  phlegm,  aud  thus  less  cough  is  required 
to  bring  it  up.  Those  remedies  are  warmth,  out-door  exer- 
cise, and  anything  which  slightly  nauseates. 


Unlocking  the  Rocks. — The  great  cost  of  silver  and  gold  arises 
not  80  much  from  their  scarcity  in  the  earth,  as  the  difficulty  of 
extracting  thera  from  their  stony  combinations.  Dr.  J.  C.  Ayer,  the 
well  known  chemist  of  Massachusetts,  bus  cut  this  gordian  knot. 
After  having  merited  and  received  the  gratitude  of  half  mankind,  by 
bis  remedies  that  cure  their  diseases,  he  is  now  winning  the  other 
half,  by  opening  for  them  an  easy  road  to  the  exhanstless  treasures  of 
the  bills.  He  has  discovered  and  published  a  chemical  process,  which 
renders,  at  little  cost,  the  hardest  rocks  and  ores  friable  like  chalk, 
so  that  the  precious  metals  are  loosed  from  their  confinement,  and 
easily  gathered.  Mines  too  poor  to  pay  may  be  worked  at  a  profit, 
now,  and  the  yield  of  rich  mines  is  largely  increased,  while  the  cost  of 
extracting  the  metals  from  the  ore  is  diminished.  Either  is  a  great 
achievement,  to  enrich  mankind,  or  cure  their  diseases.  But  we  are 
informed  our  celebrated  countryman  adheres  to  the  latter,  us  bis  spe- 
ciality and  chief  ambition.  —  Bujjiilo  Sentinel. 


Middlktons'  National  Oil  PORTRAITS  consist  of  portraits  o 
Washington,  Martha  Washington,  Lincoln,  Clay,  Jackson,  Webster, 
Douglas,  Grant,  and  Sherman,  imprinted  on  canvas  by  the  newly  in 
vented  process  of  Mr.  E.  C.  Middleton,  of  Cincinnati,  in  such  a  man 
ner  as  to  be  faithful  counterparts  of  oil  paintings.  As  works  of  art, 
they  are  peculiarly  appropriate,  as  well  as  patriotic,  for  parlor  orna- 
ments; and,  as  portraits,  their  accuracy  and  fidelity  are  attested  by- 
Edward  Everett,  Senator  Richardson,  Speaker  Colfax,  Mrs.  Lincoln, 
Mrs.  Daniel  Webster,  Mrs.  Stephen  A.  Douglas,  Mrs.  General  Grant, 
Mrs.  General  Sherman,  and  scores  of  others.  These  portraits  are  (tu 
exhibition  attbe  salesroom  of  John  Middleton  &  Son  of  this  city.  Mr. 
D.  Warren  Smith  has  been  appointed  special  agent,  forthe  solicitingof 
subscriptions 

Nor  to  bk  Destkovko. — Davidson's  Circassian  Iiloom.  is  the  most 
inimitable  perfume  of  the  day,  and  is  the  most  delicate  and  harmless 
dressing  for  the  complexion  and  skin.  The  air  and  winds  do  not  dry 
and  roughen  the  skin,  when  Davidson's  Ciccassiau  Iiloom  is  used  as 
uttresBiog,   Sold  by  al\  dnig^te. 


THE    C ALIF0RN1  AN 


M  qy  26th 


UNCLE  IN  GOT. 
TF  ever  you  or  yours  get  five  pounds  out  of  me,  madam, 
_L  before  I  die,  I  promise  you,  you  shall  have  five  thou- 
sand ;  and  I  am  a  man  of  my  word."  So  spoke  Mr.  Ingot 
Beardmore,  drysaltecand  common-councilman  of  the  city  of 
London,  to  Dorothea  Elizabeth,  his  widowed  sister-in-law,  who 
had  applied  to  him  for  pecuniary  succor  about  three  months 
alter  the  dea'th  of  his  younger  brother  Isaac,  her  husband. 
There  were  harshness  and  stubborn  determination  euough  in 
Lis  reply,  but  there  was  no  niggard  cruelty.  Mrs.  Isaac 
wanted  money,  it  is  true,  but  only  in  the  sense  in  which  we 
all  waut  it.  She  was  only  poor  in  comparison  with  the  great 
•wealth  of  this  relative  by  marriage.  Her  income  was  large 
enough  for  any  ordiuary— Mr.  Iugot  said  "  legitimate  "—pur- 
pose, but  uot  sufficient  for  seuding  her  boy  to  Eton,  and  finish- 
ing him  off  at  the  universities,  as  it  was  the  maternal  wish  to 
do.  Mr.  Ingot  hated  such  genteel  intentions  ;  Christ's  Hos- 
pital had  been  a  fashionable  enough  school  for  him,  and  he 
had  "  finished  off"  as  a  clerk  at  forty  pounds  a  year  in  that 
very  respectable  house  of  which  he  was  now  the  senior  part- 
ner. "With  the  results  of  that  education,  as  exemplified  in 
himself,  he  was  perfectly  satisfied,  and  if  his  nephews  only 
turned  out  half  as  well,  their  mother,  he  thought,  might  think 
herself  uncommonly  lucky.  Her  family  had  given  themselves 
airs  upon  the  occasion  of  her  marrying  Isaac — "  allying  her- 
self with  commerce,"  some  of  them  called  it— and  Ingot  had 
never  forgiven  them,  lie  gloried  in  his  own  profession, 
although  government  had  never  seen  fit  to  ennoble  any  mem- 
ber of  it,  and  perhaps  all  the  more  upon  that  account  ;  for  he 
was  one  of  those  radicals  who  are  not  "  snobs  "  at  heart,  but 
rather  aristocrats.  He  houestly  believed  that  noblemen  and 
gentlemen  were  the  lower  orders,  and  those  who  toiled  and 
strove,  the  upper  crust  of  the  human  pie.  When  he  was  told 
that  the  former  classes  often  toiled  and  strove  in  their  own 
way  as  much  as  the  others,  he  made  a  gesture  of  contempt, 
and  "  blew  "  like  an  exasperated  whale.  It  was  a  vulgar  sort 
of  retort,  of  course,  but  so  eminently  expressive,  that  his  op- 
ponent rarely  pursued  the  subject. 

He  rather  liked  his  sister-in-law,  in  spite  of  her  good  birtlu 
and  would  have,  doubtless,  largely  assisted  her  had  she  con- 
sented to  briug  up  her  children  according  to  his  views  ;  but 
since  she  preferred  to  take  her  own  way,  he  withdrew  himself 
more  and  more  from  her  society,  until  they  saw  nothing  at  all 
of  one  another.  He  had  no  inteution  of  leaving  his  money 
away  from  his  brother's  children  ;  he  had  much  too  strong  a 
sense  of  duty  for  that ;  aud  as  for  marriage,  that  was  an  idea 
that  never  entered  into  his  hard  old  head.  He  had  not  made 
a  fool  of  himself  by  falling  in  love  in  middle  age,  as  Isaac  had 
done  (in  youth,  he  had  not  time  for  such  lollies,)  and  it  was 
not  likely  that  at  sixty-five  he  should  commit  any  such  impru- 
dence. So  his  nephews  and  nieces  felt  confident  of  being 
provided  for  in  the  future.  In  the  present,  howevor,  as  time 
went  on,  and  the  education  of  both  girls  and  boys  g  ew  more 
expensive,  Mrs.  Isaac's  income  became  greatly  straitened. 
Her  own  family  very  much  applauded  the  expensive  way  in 
which  she  was  bringing  up  her  children,  and  especially  her  in- 
dependence of  spirit  with  relation  to  her  tradesman  brother- 
in-law,  but  they  never  assisted  her  with  a  penny.  The  young 
gentleman  at  Cambridge  was  therefore  kept  upon  very  short 
allowance  ;  and  the  young  ladies,  whose  beauty  was  something 
remarkable,  affected  white  muslin,  and  wore  no  meretricious 
jewelry.  Their  pin-money  was  very  limited,  poor  things,  and 
they  made  their  own  clothes  at  home  by  the  help  of  a  sewing- 
machine.  If  Uncle  lngotcould  have  seen  them  thus  diligently 
employed,  his  heart  would  perhaps  have  softetud  towards 
them,  but,  as  I  have  said,  they  now  never  got  that  chance. 
Julia,  the  elder,  had  been  but  six  years  old  when  he  had  last 
called  at  their  highly-rented  but  diminutive  habitation  in  Hay- 
fair,  and  now  she  was  eighteen,  and  had  never  seen  him  since. 
Although  she  had  of  course  grown  out  of  the  old  man's  recol- 
lection, she  remembered  his  figure-head,  as  she  wickedly  called 
his  rigid  features,  uncommonly  well  ;  and,  indeed,  nobody  who 
had  ever  seen  it  was  likely  to  forget  it.  His  countenance  was 
not  so  much  human  as  ligneous  ;  and  his  profile  Nephew  Jack 
had  actually  seen  upon  a  certain  nobbly  tree  in  the  lime  walk 
of  Clare  Hall  at  Cambridge — much  mote  like  than  any  silhou- 
ette ever  cut  out  of  black  paper.  They  had  laughed  at  the 
old  gentleman  in  early  days,  and  snapped  their  fingers  at  his 
churlishness,  but  it  had  become  no  laughing  matter  now. 

That  remark  of  Uncle  Ingot's,  "  if  ever  you  or  yours  get 
five  pounds  out  of  me,  madam,  before  I  die,  I  promise  you.  you 
shall  have  five  thousand  ;  and  I  am  a  man  of  my  word,"  had 
become  a  very  serious  sentence,  condemning  all  the  family  to, 
if  not  Poverty,  at  least  very  urgent  Want.  What  it  meant 
of  course  was,  that  he  was  resolutely  determined  to  give  them 
nothing.  In  vain  the  young  ladies  worked  for  Uncle  Ingot 
slippers  aud  book  markers  for  his  birthday,  and  sent  to  him 
their  best  wishes  at  Christmas  in  Kimmel's  highly  scented  en- 
velopes ;  in  vain  Jack  sent  him  a  pound  of  the  most  excellent 
snuff  that  Bacon's  emporium  could  furnish,  at  the  beginning 
of  every  term.  He  always  wrote  back  a  civil  letter  of  thanks 
in  a  clear  and  clerkly  letter,  but  there  was  never  any  enclosure. 

When  Mrs. Isaac  asked  him  to  diuner, he  declined  iuacaus- 


tic  manner — avowing  that  he  did  not  feel  himself  comfortable 
at  the  aristocratic  tables  of  the  West  End— and  sent  her  a 
pine-apple  for  the  dessert,  of  his  own  growing.  He  had  really 
no  ill-feeling  towards  his  relatives,  although  he  kept  himself  so 
estranged  from  them  ;  but  1  think  this  sort  of  couduct  tickled 
the  old  gentleman's  grim  sense  of  humor.  If  he  could  have 
found  some  legitimate  excuse  for  "  making  up  "  with  his  sis- 
ter-in-law, within  the  first  year  or  two  of  their  falling  out, per- 
haps he  would  have  beou  glad  to  do  so  ;  but  time  had  now  so 
widened  the  breach,  that  it  was  not  to  be  easily  repaired. 
What  ho  had  satirically  written  when  he  declined  her  invita- 
tion had  grown  to  be  truo  ;  he  rarely  went  into  society,  and 
almost  never  into  the  company  of  ladies,  the  elder  portion  of 
whom  he  considered  frivolous  and  vexatious,  and  the  younger 
positively  dangerous.  He  had  a  few  old-bachelor  friends, 
however,  with  whom  he  kept  up  a  cordial  intercourse,  and 
spent  witli  them  various  festivals  of  the  year  as  regularly  as 
they  came  round. 

On  the  31st  of  December,  for  instance,  he  never  omitted  to 
go  down  to  Reading,  and  "  see  the  old  year  out  and  the  new 
year  in,"  in  the  company  of  Tom  Whallles,  with  whom  he  had 
worn  the  yellow  stockings  in  those  school-days  that  hail 
passed  away  more  than  half  a  century  ago.  Tom  and  Isaac 
had  been  even  greater  cronies  as  boys  than  Tom  and  Ingot, 
but  the  latter  did  not  like  Tom  the  less  upon  that  account  : 
secretly,  1  think  he  esteemed  him  the  more  highly  as  a  link 
between  himself  and  that  luckless  family  whose  very  exist 
ence  he  yet  chose  to  ignore.  Mr.  Wharlles  had  intimate  rela- 
tions with  them  still  ;  they  came  down  to  stay  with  him 
whenever  his  sister  paid  him  a  visit,  and  could  act  as  their 
hostess  ;  but  this  never  happened  in  the  last  week  of  the 
year.  Tom  was  never  to  speak  to  them  of  his  old  friend — 
that  was  not  only  tacitly  understood,  but  had  even  been  laid 
down  in  writing,  as  the  basis  of  their  intimacy. 

On  the  31st  of  December  last,  Mr.  Ingot  Beardmore  found 
himself,  as  usual,  at  the  Paddington  Station,  looking  for  an 
empty  compartment,  for  his  own  company  had  got  to  be  very 
pleasing  to  him.  Having  attained  his  object,  and  rolled  liim- 
salf  up  in  the  corner  of  the  carriage  in  several  greatcoats, 
with  his  feet  upon  a  hot  tin,  and  his  hands  clothed  in  thick 
mittens,  and  looking  altogether  like  a  polar  bear  who  liked  to 
make  himself  comfortable  :  when  everything  was  arranged,  I 
say,  to  the  old  gentleman's  complete  satisfaction,  who  should 
invade  his  privacy,  just  as  the  train  was  about  to  start,  and 
the  whistle  had  sounded,  but  one  of  the  most  bewitching 
young  ladies  you  ever  set  eyes  on  ! 

'•  Madam,  this  carriage  is  engaged,"  growled  he,  pointing  to 
the  umbrella,  carpet-bag,  and  books,  which  he  had  distributed 
upon  all  the  seats,  in  order  to  give  it  that  appearance. 

■•  Only  engaged  to  you,  I  think,  sir,"  replied  the  charmer, 
flippantly.  "Happy  carriage!  I  wish  /  was.  Isn't  that 
pretty  t" 

Mr.  Beardmore  had  never  had  anything  half  so  shocking 
said  to  him  in  all  his  life,  and  if  the  train  had  not  been 
already  set  in  motion,  he  would  have  called  upon  the  iruard 
for  help,  and  left  the  carriage  forthwith  As  it  was,  he  could 
only  look  at,this  shameless  young  person  with  an  expression 
of  the  severest  reprobation.  At  the  same  time  his  heart 
sank  within  him  at  the  reflection,  that  the  train  was  not  to 
stop  till  hi;  reached  his  destination  —  Heading.  What  indig- 
nities might  he  not  have  to  suffer  before  he  could  obtain  pro- 
tection !  Siie  was  a  modest-looking  young  lady,  too,  very 
simply  dressed,  aud  her  voice  was  particularly  sweet  and  pre- 
possessing, notwithstanding  the  very  dreadful  remarks  in 
which  she  had  indulged.  Perhaps  she  was  out  of  her  mind  — 
and  at  this  idea  Mr.  Ingot  Beardmore  broke  out,  notwith- 
standing the  low  temperature,  into  a  very  profuse  perspira- 
tion. 

••  N  ow,  what  will  you  give  me  for  a  kiss,  you — you  old  polar 
bear  ?"  asked  the  fair  stranger  playfully,  as  the  train  Hew  by 
Baling. 

'•  Nothing,  madam,  nothing  ;  I  am  astonished  at  you," 
answered  Mr.  Beardmore,  looking  anxiously  round  the  car- 
riage in  the  desperate  hope  of  finding  one  of  those  newly- 
patented  inventions  for  affording  communication  with  the 
guard. 

"  Well,  then,  I'll  take  one,  and  leave  it  to  your  honor," 
continued  the  young  lady  with  a  peal  of  silver  laughter  ;  and 
with  that  she  lightly  rose,  and  before  the  old  gentleman  could 
Iree  himself  from  his  wraps,  or  ward  her  off  with  his  muf- 
fetees,  she  had  imprinted  a  kiss  upon  his  horny  cheek.  Mr. 
Beard more's  breath  was  so  utterly  taken  away  by  this  asault, 
that  he  remained  speechless,  but  his  countenance  was  prob- 
ably more  full  of  expression  than  it  had  ever  been  in  I113  life. 
"  O  no,  I  am  not  mad,"  laughed  she  in  reply  to  it,  "  although 
I  have  taken  a  fancy  to  such  a  wondcrlul  old  creature.  Now 
come,  if  I  kiss  you  again,  what  will  you  give  me  ?" 

"  I  shall  give  you  in  charge  to  the  police,  madam,  the 
instant  that  I  arrive  at  Beading." 

"  Give  me  in  charge  !  What  for,  you  curious  piece  of  an- 
tiquity ?" 

"  For  an  assault,  madam  ;  yes,  for  an  assault.  Don't  you 
know  that  you  have  no  right  to  kiss  people  without  their  con- 
sent iu  this  manner?" 


She  laughed  so  violently  that  the  tears  came  into  her  eyes. 
"Do  you  suppose,  you  poor  old  doting  creature,  that  any- 
body will  ever  believe  such  a  story  as  that?  Do  you  ever 
use  such  a  thing  as  a  looking-glass,  you  poor  dear?  Are  yon 
aware  how  very  unprepossessing  your  appearance  is,  even 
when  you  don't  frown,  as  you  are  doing  now,  in  a  manner 
that  is  enough  to  frighten  one  ?  You  have,  of  course,  a  per- 
fect right  to  your  own  opinion,  but  if  you  suppose  the  police 
will  agree  with  you,  you  will  find  yourself  much  mistaken. 
The  idea  of  anybody  wanting  to  kiss  you  will  reasonably 
enough  appear  to  them  preposterous." 

"What  is  it  you  require  of  me,  you  wicked  creature?" 
cried  the  old  bachelor,  in  an  agouy  of  shame  and  rage. 

"  I  want  payment  for  my  kiss.  To  a  gentleman  at  your 
time  of  life,  who  scarcely  could  expect  to  be  so  favored, 
surely  it  is  worth — what  shall  I  say  ? — five  pounds.  What !  not 
so  much  ?  Well,  then,  here's  another  for  your  other  check." 
Like  a  flash  of  lightning,  she  suited  the  action  to  her  words. 
"  There,  then,  five  pounds  for  the  two,  and  I  won't  take  a 
shilling  less.  You  will  have  to  give  it  to  the  poor's  box  at 
the  police  station,  if  not  to  me.  For  I  intend,  iu  case  you 
are  obstinate,  to  complain  of  your  disgraceful  conduct  to  tho 
guard,  at  the  first  opportunity.  I  shall  give  you  into  custody, 
sir,  as  sure  as  you  are  alive.  You  will  be  put  upon  your  oath, 
you  know,  aud  all  you  will  dare  to  say  will  be  that  /  kissed 
you,  and  not  you  me.  What  '  roars  of  laughter '  there  will 
be  in  court,  and  how  funny  it  will  all  look  in  the  papers!" 
Here  the  young  lady  began  to  laugh  again,  as  though  she  had 
already  read  it  there.  Mr.  Beardmore's  grim  sense  of  humor 
was,  as  usual,  accompanied  by  a  keen  dislike  of  appearing 
ridiculous.  True,  he  hated  to  be  imposed  upon  ;  still,  of  the 
two  evils,  was  it  not  better  to  pay  five  pounds  than  to  bo 
made  the  laughing-stock  of  his  bachelor  friends,  who  ure  not 
the  sort  of  people  to  commiserate  one  iu  a  misfortune  of  this 
kind  ? 

In  short,  Mr.  Ingot  Beardmore  paid  the  money.  Mr. 
Thomas  W  baffles  found  his  guest  that  evening  anything  but 
talkative.  There  was  a  select  parly  of  the  male  sex  invited 
to  meet  him,  by  whom  the  rich  old  drysalter  was  accustomed 
to  be  regarded  as  an  oracle  ;  but  upon  this  occasion  he  had 
nothing  to  say  ;  the  consciousness  of  having  been  "  done  " 
oppressed  him.  His  lips  were  tightly  sealed  ;  his  cheeks 
were  still  glowing  from  the  audacious  insult  that  had  been  put 
upon  them  ;  his  fingers  clutched  the  pocket-book  in  which 
there  was  a  five-pound  note  less  than  there  ought  to  be.  But 
when  his  host  and  himself  were  left  alone  that  night,  "  seeing 
the  old  year  out,  and  the  new  year  in,"  his  heart  began  to  thaw 
under  the  genial  influences  of  friendship  and  gin  punch,  and 
he  told  his  late  adventure  to  Tom  WhafhVs,  not  without  some 
enjoyment  of  his  own  mischance. 

"  I  could  really  almost  forgive  the  jade,"  said  he,"  for  hav- 
ing taken  me  in  so  cleverly.  I  daresay,  however,  she  makes 
quite  a  profession  of  it  ;  and  that  half  a  score  of  old  gentle- 
men have  been  coerced  before  now  into  ransoming  their  good 
name  as  I  did.  And  yet  she  was  as  modest  and  lady  like 
looking  a  girl  as  ever  you  saw." 

"  Was  she  anything  like  ihis?''  inquired  Mr.  WhafHes,  pro- 
ducing a  photograph. 

'•  Why,  that's  the  very  girl  !"  exclaimed  the  guest.  "  Ha  ! 
ha !  Tom  ;  so  you,  too,  have  been  one  of  her  victims,  have 
you?    Well,  now,  this  is  most  extraordinary." 

"  Not  at  all,  my  dear  fellow.  I  know  her  very  well  ;  and 
her  sister,  and  her  mother,  and  her  brother  too.  I  can  intro- 
duce you  to  her  if  you  like.  There's  not  the  least  harm  in 
her  :  bless  you,  she  only  kissed  you  for  a  bit  of  fun." 

"  A  bit  of  fun  !"  cried  Mr.  Beardmore.  "  Why,  she  got  a 
five-pound  note  out  of  me  !" 

"  But  she  does  not  mean  to  keep  it,  I  am  very  sure.  Would 
you  like  to  see  her  again  ?    Come, '  Yes  '  or  '  No  ?'  " 

"  II  she  will  give  me  back  my  money. '  Yes.'  " 

"  Very  well,"  returned  the  host;  "  mind,  you  asked  for  her 
yourself ;"  and  he  rang  the  bell  pretty  sharply  twice. 

•'  Here  she  is  :  it'syour  niece,  Miss  Julia.  Her  mother  and 
sister  are  now  staying  under  this  very  roof." 

"  Yes,  uncle,"  said  the  young  lady  demurely.  "  Here  is 
your  five-pound  note  :  please  to  give  me  that  five  thousand 
which  vou  promised  mamma  if  ever  she.  or  hers  got  five  pounds 
out  of  you  ;  for  you  area  man  if  your  iron/,  1  know.  Hut 
what  would  be  better  still  would  be.  to  let  me  kiss  you  one  e 
more,  in  the  character  of  your  dutiful  niece  ;  and  let  us  all 
love  you  as  we  want  ti  do.  It  wa3  an  audacious  stratagem,  I 
admit,  but  I  think  you  will  foririve  me — come." 

"  There  go  the  church-bells  !"  cried  Tom  Whafh>s.  "  It  is 
the  new  year,  mid  a  fitting  time  to  forget  old  enmities.  Give 
your  uncle  a  kiss,  child." 

Uncle  Ingot  made  no  resistance  this  time,  but  avowed  him- 
self fairly  conquered  :  and  between  ourselves,  although  he 
made  no  "  favorites  "  among  his  newly-reconciled  relatives  > 
but  treated  them  with  equal  kindness.  1  think  he  always  liked 
Niece  Julia  best,  who  had  been  the  cause  of  healing  n  quarrel 
which  no  one  perhaps  had  regretted  more  at  heart  than  Undo 
Ingot  himself.  

Tub  highest  inhabited  place  on  the  globe  is  the  post-house 
of  Aucumaico,  iu  Peru,  nearly  1G,00U  feet  above  the  tea. 


May  26th  j 


T  H  JW     CALIF  ORNlAN. 


7 


THE   FIELD    OF    FAIR  OAKS. 

[George  Alfred  Townsend,  in  Tile  Campaigns  of  a  ■Non-Corn- 
batant,  gives  Hie  following  vivid  description  of  the  field  of  Fair  Oaks 
after  the  battle.  The  incidents  mainly  relate  to  that  portion  occupied 
by  Meagher's  Irish  Brigade  :J 

A YOUNG  staff  officer  took  me  over  the  field.  We  vis- 
ited first  the  cottage  and  bams  across  the  road,  and 
found  the  house  occupied  by  some  thirty  wounded  Federals 
They  lay  in  their  blankets  upon  the  floors— pale,  helpless,  hol- 
low-eyed, making  low  moans  at  every  breath.  Two  or  three 
were  feverishly  sleeping,  and,  as  the  flies  revelled  upon  their 
gashes,  they  stirred  uneasdy  and  moved  their  hands  to  and 
fro.  By  the  flatness  of  the  covering  at  the  extremities,  I 
could  see  that  several  had  only  stumps  of  legs.  They  had 
lost  the  sweet  enjoyment  of  walking  afield,  and  were  but  frag- 
ments of  men,  to  limp  forever  through  a  painful  life.  Such 
wrecks  of  power  I  never  beheld.  Broad,  brawny,  buoyant,  a 
few  hours  ago,  the  loss  of  blood,  and  the  nervous  shock,  attend, 
ant  upon  amputation,  had  well  nigh  drained  them  to  the  last 
drop.  Their  faces  were  as  white  as  the  tidy  ceiling  ;  they 
were  whining  like  babies  ;  and  only  their  rolling  eyes  distin- 
guished them  from  mutilated  corpses.  Some  seemed  quite 
broken  in  spirit,  and  one,  who  could  speak,  observing  my  piti- 
ful glances  toward  his  severed  thigh,  drew  up  his  mouth  aud 
chin,  and  wept  as  if  with  the  loss  of  comeliness  all  his  Ambi- 
tions were  frustrated.  A  few  attendants  were  brushing  off 
the  insects  with  boughs  of  cedar,  laving  the  sores,  or  adminis- 
tering cooling  draughts.  The  second  story  of  the  dwelling 
was  likewise  occupied  by  wounded,  but  in  a  corner  clustered 
the  terrified  farmer  and  his  family,  vainly  attempting  to  turn 
their  eyes  from  the  horrible  spectacle.  The  farmer's  wife  had 
a  baby  at  her  breast,  and  its  little  blue  eyes  were  straying  over 
the  room,  half  wonderingly,  half  delightedly.  I  thought,  with 
a  shudder,  of  babyhood  thus  surrounded,  and  how,  in  the  long 
future,  its  first  recollections  of  existence  should  be  of  boom- 
ing guns  and  dying  soldiers  I  The  cow-shed  contained  seven 
corpses,  scarcely  yet  cold,  lying  upon  their  backs,  in  a  row, 
aud  fast  losing  all  resemblance  to  man.  The  farthest  removed, 
seemed  to  be  a  diminutive  boy,  and  I  thought  if  he  had  a 
mother,  that  she  might  some  time  like  to  speak  with  me. 
When  I  took  their  names,  I  thought  what  terrible  agencies  I 
was  fulfilling.  Beyond  my  record,  falsely  spelled,  perhaps, 
they  would  have  no  history.  And  people  call  such  deaths 
glorious  ! 

Upon  a  pile  of  lumber  and  some  heaps  of  fence  rails,  close 
by,  sat  some  dozens  of  wounded  men,  mainly  Federals,  with 
bandaged  arms  and  faces,  and  torn  clothing.  There  was  one, 
shot  in  the  foot,  who  howled  at  every  effort  to  remove  his 
boot  ;  the  blood  leaked  from  a  rent  in  the  side,  and  at  last, 
the  leather  was  cut,  piecemeal  from  the  flesh.  These  ate  vo- 
raciously, though  in  pain  and  fear  ;  for  a  little  soup  and  meat 
were  being  doled  out  to  them. 

The  most  horrible  of  all  these  scenes— which  I  have  de- 
scribed perhaps  too  circumstantially — was  ptesented  in  the 
stable  or  barn,  on  the  premises,  where  a  bare,  dingy  floor — 
the  planks  of  which  tilted  and  shook,  as  one  made  his  way 
over  them — was  strewn  with  suffering  people.  Just  at  the 
entrance  sat  a  boy,  totally  blind,  both  eyes  having  beeu  torn 
out  by  a  minuie-ball,  and  the  entire  bridge  of  the  nose  shot 
away.  He  crouched  against  the  gable,  in  darkness  and  agony, 
tremulously  fingering  his  knees.  Near  at  hand,  sat  another, 
who  had  been  shot  through  the  middle  of  the  forehead,  but 
singular  to  relate,  he  still  lived,  though  luuatic,  and  evidently 
beyond  hope.  Death  had  drawn  blue  aud  yellow  circles  be- 
neath his  eyes,  and  he  muttered  incomprehensibly,  wagging, 
his  head.  Two  men,  perfectly  naked,  lay  iu  the  middle  of  the 
place;  wounded  in  bowels  and  loins  ;  and  at  a  niche  in  the 
weather-boarding,  where  some  pale  light  peeped  in,  four  muti- 
lated wretches  were  gaming  with  curds.  I  was  now  led  a  lit- 
tle way  down  the  railroad,  to  see  the  Confederates.  Theraiu 
began  to  lull  at  this  time,  aud  the  poor  fellows  shut  their  eyes 
to  avoid  the  pelting  of  the  drops.  There  was  no  shelter  for 
them  within  a  mile,  and  the  mud  absolutely  reached  half  way 
up  their  bodies.  Nearly  one  third  had  suffered  amputation 
above  the  knee.  There  were  about  thirty  at  this  spot,  and  1 
was  told  that  they  were  being  taken  to  Meadow  Station  on 
hand  cars.  As  soon  as  the  locomotive  could  pass  the  Chicku- 
hominy,  they  would  be  removed  to  White  House,  and  com- 
fortably quartered  in  the  Sanitary  and  hospital  boats.  Some 
of  them  were  fine,  athletic,  and  youthful,  and  I  was  directed 
to  one  who  had  been  married  only  three  days  before. 

"  Doctor,"  said  one,  feebly,  "  1  feel  very  cold  :  do  you  think 
that  this  is  death  ?  It  seems  to  be  creaping  to  my  heart.  I 
have  no  feeling  in  my  feet,  and  my  thighs  are  numb." 

A  Federal  soldier  came  along  with  a  bucket  of  soup,  and 
proceeded  to  fill  the  canteens  and  plates.  He  appeared  to 
be  a  relative  of  Mark  Tapley,  and  possessed  much  of  that 
estimable  person's  jollity — 

"Come,  pardner,"  he  said,  "  drink  yer  sup  1  now,  old  bey, 
this'U  warm  ye  ;  sock  it  down  and  you'll  see  yer  sweetheart 
soon.  You  dead,  Ally  burn  my  ?  Go  way,  now.  \ou  ll  live 
a  hundred  years,  you  will.  That's  wot  you'll  do.  Won't  he, 
lad?    What?    Not  any?    Get  out !    You'll  be  slap  on  your 


legs  next  week  and  hev  another  shot  at  me  the  week  a'ter 
that.  You  know  you  will  I  Oh,  you  Rebil  I  You,  with  the 
butternut  trousers  1  Say  1  Wake  up  aud  take  some  o'  this. 
Hello  1  lad,  pardner.    Wake  up  1" 

He  stirred  him  gently  with  his  foot ;  he  bent  down  to 
touch  his  face.  A  grimness  came  over  his  merriment.  The 
man  was  stiff  and  dumb. 

Col.  Baker,  commanding  the  88th  New  York,  was  a  tall, 
martial  Irishman,  who  opened  his  heart  and  bottle  at  the  same 
welcome,  and  took  me  into  the  woods,  where  some  of  the 
slain  still  remained.  He  had  slept  not  longer  than  an  hour, 
continuously,  for  seventy  hours,  and  during  the  past  night  had 
been  called  up  by  eight  alarms.  His  men  lay  in  the  dark 
thickets,  without  fires  or  blankets,  as  they  had  srossed  the 
Chickahominy  in  light  marching  order. 

'  Many  a  lad,"  said  he,  "  will  escape  the  bullet  for  a  linger- 
ing consumption." 

We  had  proceeded  but  a  very  little  way,  when  we  came  to 
a  trodden  place  beneath  the  pbes,  where  a  scalp  lay  in  the 
leaves,  and  the  imprint  of  a  body  was  plainly  visible.  The 
bayonet  scabbard  lay  at  one  side,  the  canteen  at  the  other. 
We  saw  no  corpses,  however,  as  fatigue  parties  had  been 
burying  the  slain,  and  the  whole  wood  was  dotted  with  heaps 
of  clay,  where  the  dead  slept  below  in  the  oozy  trenches. 
Quantities  of  cartridge  were  scattered  here  and  there,  dropped 
by  the  retreating  Confederates.  Some  of '  the  cartridge- 
pouches  that  I  examined  were  completely  filled,  showing  that 
their  possessors  .had  not  fired  a  single  round  ;  others  had  but 
onx3  cartridge  missing.  There  were  fragments  of  clothing, 
hair,  blankets,  murderous  bowie  and  dirk  knives,  spurs,  flasks, 
caps,  and  plumes,  dropped  all  the  way  through  the  thicket, 
and  the  trees  on  every  hand  were  riddled  with  balls.  1  came 
upon  a  squirrel,  unwittingly  shot  during  the  fight.  Not  those 
alone  who  make  the  war  must  feel  the  war  !  At  one  of  the 
mounds  the  burying  party  had  just  completed  their  work,  and 
the  men  were  throwing  the  last  clods  upon  the  remains. 
They  had  dug  pits  of  not  more  than  two  feet  depth,  and 
dragged  the  bodies  heedlessly  to  the  edges,  whence  they  were 
toppled  down  and  scantily  covered.  Much  of  the  interring 
had  been  done  by  night,  and  the  flare  of  lanterns  upou  the 
discolored  faces  and  dead  eyes  must  have  been  hideously 
effective.  The  grave-diggers,  however,  were  practical  person- 
ages, and  had  probably  little  care  for  dramatic  effects.  They 
leaned  upon  their  spades,  when  the  rites  were  finished,  and  a 
large,  dry  person,  who  appeared  to  be  privileged  upon  all 
occasions,  said,  grinoingly  : 

"  Colonel,  your  honor,  them  boys  'ill  niver  stand  forninst 
the  Irish  brigade  again.  If  they'd  ha'  known  it  was  us,  sue, 
begorrah  !  they'd  ha'  brought  coffins  wid  'em." 

"  No,  niver  !"  "  They  got  their  ticket  for  soup  !''  "  We 
kivered  them,  fait',  will  iuough!"  shouted  the  other  grave- 
diggers. 

"  Do  ye  belave,  Colonel,"  said  the  dry  person  again,  "  that 
thim  ribals  '11  lave  us  a  chance  to  catch  them.  Be  me  sowl ! 
I'm  jist  wishin'  to  war-rum  me  hands  wid  rifle  practice." 

The  others  echoed  loudly  that  they  were  anxious  to  be 
ordered  up,  and  some  said  that  "  Little  Mac  11  give  'cm  his 
big  whack  now."  The  presence  of  death  seemed  to  have 
added  no  fear  of  death  to  these  people.  Haviug  tasted  blood, 
they  now  thirsted  for  it,  and  I  asked  myself,  forebodingly,  if  a 
return  to  civil  life  would  find  them  less  ferocious. 


An  exchange  gives  the  following  gossip  concerning  Victor 
Hugo  :  "  He  rises,  winter  and  summer,  with  the  sun.  He 
lights  his  fire  and  makes  his  coffee  ;  then  he  writes,  reads,  or 
composes  until  eleven,  and  during  that  time  no  one  troubles 
him  in  his  meditations. '  At  eleven,  whatever  the  temperature 
may  be,  he  goes  out  on  the  terrace  of  the  house,  which  is  on 
the  same  level  as  his  room,  and  makes  long  ablutions  with 
cold  water.  Then  conies  the  breakfast  hour,  devoted  to  fam- 
ily chat  and  the  reading  of  newspapers  and  letters.  This 
meal  generally  lasts  for  an  hour  aud  a  half.  Then  the  poet 
takes  long  walks  across  the  island.  He  works  while  walkiug, 
and  often  stops  before  the  points  he  specially  admires.  He 
is  not  much  given  to  eating.  Hi3  table  is  simply  set,  and  he 
is  always  satisfied  with  the  dishes  set  before  him.  Although 
he  has  a  good  appetite,  he  is  moderate,  and  no  one  can  say 
that  he  has  seen  him  commit  the  least  excess.  Victor  Hugo 
goes  to  bed  early,  generally  before  teu  o'clock.  Pens,  ink, 
and  paper  are  placed  on  a  table  nigh  him.  Often  in  his  broken 
sleep  he  jots  down  the  thoughts  that  cross  his  mind.  '  Some- 
times he  writes  in  the  dark  aud  makes  hieroglyphics  that  in 
the  morning  he  alone  can  decipher." 


Mr.  Collier's  latest  illustration  of  old  English  literature  is 
a  reprint  of  the  famous  pamphlet  on  "  The  Life  and  Death  of 
Gamaliel  Ratney,  a  famous  Tliief  of  Englarld,  executed  at 
Bedford,  the  2Uth  of  March  last  past,  1G05."  It  is  a  very 
curious  piece,  and  is  important  lor  its  reference  to  Shakspeare 
coining  to  London  as  a  poor  lad,  aud  afterwards  owning  a  lord- 
ship iu  the  country. 

The  trials  of  life  are  the  tests  which  ascertain  how  much 
gold  there  is  in  us. 


THE   THIEVES    OF  BENGAL. 

IN  the  cool  of  the  evening,  your  budgerow  being  safely 
moored  by  means  of  ropes  fastened  to  stout  stakes  driven 
into  the  bank,  and  you  being  seated  on  the  roof  oT  the  boat 
dreamily  gazing  on  the  expanse  of  river  before  you,  broken  as 
it  is,  here  and  there,  by  the  long,  low  sand-banks  which  the 
waters  have  thrown  up  in  their  impetuous  flow— you  happen, 
in  a  listless  sort  of  a  way,  to  observe  an  earthen  pitcher  float- 
ing bottom  upwards,  and  slowly  approaching  your  boat.  You 
forget,  a  moment  after,  that  you  have  seen  it ;  floating  ghur- 
rahs  (as  these  pitchers  are  called)  in  a  river  into  which  hun- 
dreds are  thrown  in  company  with  the  bodies  of  their  dead 
owners,  are  a  by  no  means  uncommon  sight.  Soon  after, 
however,  as  the  darkness  begins  to  come  on,  you  make  the 
disagreeable  discovery  that  your  boat  is  filling  with  water.  It 
sinks  and  makes  a  cosey  bed  for  itself  in  the  soft  mud,  before 
you  can  do  anything  to  save  it.  You  wade  to  shore,  and 
make  the  best  of  your  way  to  the  nearest  thannah  (police 
station)  for  assistance.  The  thannah  is  miles  away  inland  ; 
and  by  the  time  you  get  back,  you  find  that  the  people  of  a 
neighboring  village  have  helped  themselves  to  your  property, 
and  escaped.  It  does  not  occur  to  you  to  connect  the  sink- 
ing of  the  budgerow  with  the  harmless  gurrah  that  came  float- 
ing down  the  stream  in  its  purposeless  course,  and  bumped 
accidentally  against  the  side  of  your  boat ;  and  yet  the  two 
things  stand  very  much  in  the  relation  of  cause  and  effect. 
That  ghurrah  is  not  an  empty  one,  nor  was  it  accident  that 
brought  it  in  contact  with  the  boat.  In  it  was  a  human  head, 
to  which  was  attached  a  living  body  ;  and  this  body,  which 
you  did  not  see  because  it  was  under  water,  directed  the 
course  of  the  ghurrah.  The  villain,  who  thus  got  to  the  side 
of  your  boat  unsuspected,  bored  a  hole  or.  two  into  it  before 
the  ghurrah  floated  off  again.  He  was  in  league  with  a  band 
of  dacoits  who  watched  aud  waited  for  the  denouement  from 
a  distance,  and  then  came  down  like  vultures  upon  their  prey. 

I  am  not  aware  that  the  dacoits  of  the  Soonderbuns  have 
practiced  the  ghurrah  stratagem,  but  they  have  done  things 
quite  as  clever.  I  have  known  them,  for  example,  to  take 
away  not  only  the  blanket  under  which  one  had  been  sleep- 
ing, but  the  very  sheet  on  which  he  had  been  lying  asleep,  and 
that  without  waking  him.  A  gentleman  was  once  travelling 
tbrourh  the  Soonderbuus  in  "  a  native  boat,"  that  is  to  say,  a 
boat  surmounted  by  a  mat-constructed  cabin.  It  was  Decem- 
ber, and  as  the  cold  north  wind  came  oozing  in  through  the 
matting,  he  drew  his  blanket  over  him  on  getting  into  bed. 
He  awoke  earlier  than  usual  the  next  morning,  feeling  very 
cold,  and  wondering  at  the  large  amount  of  morning  light 
that  pervaded  his  cabin.  To  his  dismay,  he  found  not  only 
that  he  was  blanketle3s,  but  that  >.,  hole  two  feet  square  had 
been  cut  in  the  matting.  While  pondering  these  things,  he 
made  the  further  discovery  that  the  sheet  on  which  he  had 
laid  was  no  lodger  on  the  bed.  The  inference  was  clear  that 
he  had  had  a  nocturnal  visitor.  He  had  heard  stories  of  the 
sheet-lifting  before  ;  but  not  till  now,  that  he  had  himself  been 
successfully  practiced  upon,  did  he  believe  that  the  feat  could 
be  accomplished.  The  scoundrel  who  covets  the  sheet  under 
you,  approaches  your  bedside  armed  with  a  feather,  with 
which  he  gently  tickles  your  ear.  Accustomed  as  you  are  to 
the  buzz  of  mosquitoes,  which,  by  the  way,  have  a  notable 
penchant  for  sini'mg  in  one's  ears,  you  only  fidget  a  little  in 
your  sleep,  and,  turning  on  your  side,  press  the  ear  that  had 
beeu  operated  on.  on  the  pillow.  Immediately  one  half  of  the 
sheet  thus  released  is  rolled  up  lengthwise  close  under  your 
back.  The  feather  is  again  cautiously  applied  to  the  exposed 
ear  ;  you  turn  once  more,  and  the  other  half  of  the  sheet  is 
released.  One  more  tickle  adroitly  administered  disengages 
the  sheet  altogether,  and  the  rascal  no  doubt  inwardly 
chuckles  as  he  leaves  you  to  your  slumber. 

But  it  is  only  the  men  who  do  business  on  their  own 
account,  and  who  go  out  alone,  that  care  to  observe  caution 
in  their  proceedings.  Every  villager  in  these  watery  districts 
owns  a  canoe  or  dinghy  for  going  to  market,  in,  so  that  ha 
needs  no  further  stock  in-trade  when  he  takes  to  the  thieving 
line.  His  dinghy,  generally  about  seven  feet  long,  is  propelled 
by  a  single  pole,  feathered  at  both  ends.  Standing  upright  in 
his  boat,  and  grasping  the  pole  in  the  middle  with  both  hands, 
he  manages,  by  an  easy  action  of  the  wrists,  to  dip  the  ends 
alternately  into  the  water  on  either  side,  and  so  to  shoot  along 
with  wonderful  rapidity.  Being  alone,  ho  is  timid,  and  will 
try  to  escape  the  moment  he  is  likely  to  be  discovered.  But 
professional  dacoits  go  about  in  large  parties,  and,  till  recently, 
were  very  bold.  Their  canoes  are  from  thirty  to  forty  feet 
long,  and  are  propelled  with  marvellous  swiftness,  by  a  double 
line  of  paddles,  which  are  preferred  to  regular  oars  because 
they  do  not  rest  on  the  side  of  the  boat,  and  may  be  worked 
noiselessly.  The  paddle  is  worked  with  both  hands.  Held 
out  over  the  side,  and  dipped  perpendicularly  into  the  water, 
with  the  blade  at  right  angles  to  the  boat,  it  pushes  back  tha 
water  very  effectively,  and  a  canoe  rowed  by  twenty  five  or 
thirty  men,  each  with  a  paddle,  secures  it  a  speed  which  makes 
capture  hopeless. 

It  is  rumored  that  Honor  May,  the  musical  novel,  recently 
published  by  Ticknor  &  Fields,  was  written  by  Miss  Bartol, 
daughter  ol  Rev.  Dr.  C.  A.  Bartol,  the  well-knowu  Unitarian 
clergyman  of  Boston. 


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OLM  STEAD'S  REPORT 

IN     REGARD     TO    A    PLAN     OF     PUBLIC     PLEASURE  GROUNDS. 

PROFESSOR  Olmstkad's  report  on  the  subject  of  a 
public  park,  submitted  some  weeks  since  to  the  Board 
of  Supervisors,  does  uot  seem  to  stir  the  slightest  interest 
with  the  community  at  large.  The  Bulletin  published  the 
document  in  full,  and  thus  introduced  the  plan  and  its  details 
to  the  public  ;  yet  it  seems  as  if  no  interest  is  felt  in  the 
matter.  If  the  plan  in  question  is  impracticable,  then  let  us 
ask  for  others  ;  it  is  our  duty  to  take  preliminary  steps  now, 
for,  in  a  few  years  more,  the  task  will  uot  only  be  more 
difficult,  but  an  hundred  times  more  expensive.  The  report 
itself  discusses  the  whole  question  in  the  fullest  manner,  and 
is  conclusive  in  its  logic  of  the  necessity  of  a  park,  and  the 
importance  of  a  selection  of  the  ground  without  unnecessary 
delay.  "We  assume  it  is  conceded  that,  not  only  is  a  park 
indispensable  in  a  sanitary  point  of  view,  but  that  it  is  a 
measure  most  important  in  its  relation  "to  the  stability  and 
prosperity  of  our  city.  We  know  no  other  plan  that  so 
closely  touches  the  future  ot  San  Francisco — the  Pacific  rail- 
road alone  excepted.  Why,  then,  there  should  be  so  much 
general  and  individual  apathy  on  the  subject  is  beyond  our 
comprehension. 

At  present  land  is  cheap,  aud  a  tax  for  the  purchase  of 
enough  for  a  large  and  extensive  park — its  area  to  be  deter- 
mined by  the  future  requirements  of  the  city — would  be 
accepted,  we  think,  with  pleasure.  The  laying  out,  the  em- 
bellishment, etc.,  could  be  provided  for  by  a  small  annual 
appropriation — thus  making  the  expense  a  cheerful  burden. 
For  present  use— as  a  place  for  pic-nics,  parades,  drives,  and 
of  general  resort — a  large  expenditure  would  not  be  required, 
the  purchase  excepted.  We  believe  that  the  plan  of  finding  a 
park  in  the  municipal  domain  is  absurd  aud  chimerical.  11 
people  anticipate  that  enough  land  will  be  saved  for  parks 
from  the  property  outside  of  Alcalde  giants,  claimed  as  the 
fee  of  this  corporation,  then  they  will  be  wofully  disappointed. 
We  will  be  surprised  if  the  city  ever  gains  sufficient  of  the 
Pueblo  grant  to  construct  a  ring  lor  the  Cosmopolitan  Circus. 
Certain  papers  may  attempt  to  demonstrate  such  a  plan 
feasible  ;  but,  if  a:iy  thinking  and  experienced  head  can  be 
found  to  agree  with  such  papers,  and  can  show  where  the  land 
is  to  be  seen,  and  how,  when  seen,  a  title  to  it  in  the  city  can 
be  had  short  of  purchase,  then  we  will  gladly  confess  our- 
selves mistaken.  Most  of  the  lands  included  in  Olmstead's 
piau  lie  within  the  Van  Ness  ordinance,  uuder  which  the 
city's  claim,  if  she  ever  had  any,  has  long  since  been  extin- 
guished by  a  solemn  act  of  quit-claim,  approved  and  ratified 
by  Legislative  and  Congressional  action,  and  judicial  decision. 
Therefore,  the  proposition  to  take  outside  lands  for  park  pur- 
poses is  made  m  ignorance  of  the  legal  status  of  such  lands, 
and  is  as  frivolous  as  it  is  impossible  of  attainment.  Spolia- 
tion by  this  corporation  is  out  of  the  question — we  can  have 
parks  by  purchase  or  gift,  but  in  no  other  way. 

We  are  disposed  to  think  the  Olmstead  plan  imperfect  and 
made  up  without  sufficient  study  and  knowledge  of  the  topo- 
graphy of  our  county.  It  is  true  Mr.  Olmstead  did  person- 
ally visit  and  inspect  those  portions  embraced  in  his  report, 
but  he  didn't  do  it  with  special  reference  to  the  probability  of 
a  park  being  determined  on  in  his  generation,  aud  that  its 
project  and  execution  would  be  confided  to  him.  His  plan, 
as  submitted  to  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  is  drawn  from  mem- 
ory, and  from  maps  and  photographs  sent  him  since  he  left. 
Looking  to  tho  essentials  he  names  :  that  there  should  be  shel- 
ter from  the  west  wind  ;  that  no  ground  shall  be  selected 
which  is  already  of  great  value  ;  that  it  should  extend  in  the 
direction  in  which  the  city  is  likely  to  advance  ;  and  that  "  it 
will  be  much  more  economical  to  adopt  a  plan  which  compre- 
hends everything  that  is  likely  to  be  wanted  at  the  outset;" 
looking,  then,  to  these  things,  we  think  his  plan  falls  short  of 
the  conditions  he  names.  The  broad  avenue  in  his  plan  SfHM 
over  a  valuable  part  of  the  city,  and  includes  lots  which  can 
not  be  purchased  at  rates  varying  lroin  000  to  $10,000  per 
acre.  Any  commission  of  appraisement  must  look  to  the 
market  value  of  the  lands  in  question;  must  compote  the 
damages  owners  "may  sustain  by  being  deprived  thereof;" 


it  caunot  arbitrarily  dispossess  and  compel  the  acceptance  of 
an  half  or  a  quarter  of  what  the  property  may  be  worth  ;  it 
must  make  "  such  compensation  thereror  as  may  be  deemed 
reasonable  ;''  and  the  rule  of  value  must  be  from  evidence — 
not  the  arbitrary  judgment  or  prejudice  of  such  a  coThmission. 
Under  this  view  of  the  case,  the  purchase  of  the  realty  se- 
lected by  Mr.  Olmstead  will  reach  an  amount  that  will  frighten 
tax  payers.  Besides,  those  portions  he  prefers  are  not  the 
most  picturesque  aud  sheltered  :  on  the  contrary,  they  are 
physically  inappropriate,  and  not  susceptible  of  easy  adapta- 
tion as  features  of  a  park  that  is  constructed  on  the  plan  of 
beauty,  convenience,  and  pleasure.  Looking  to  the  fact  that 
our  city  is  ••  worthy  to  be,  and  destined  to  be,  one  of  the 
largest,  if  not  the  largest  city  in  the  world,"  and  that,  in  the 
selection  of  a  park,  railroad  facilities  render  distance  a  matter 
of  no  consideration,  it  seems  to  us  that  making  Lake  Merced 
the  initial  point  and  then  running  to  the  bay,  so  as  to  include 
portions  of  the  San  Miguel,  Bernal,  and  La  Vicitacion  Ran- 
ches, all  the  conditions  of  Mr.  Olmstead  would  be  met.  There 
we  have  a  country  with  a  rich  soil,  diversified  by  hill  and  val- 
ley ;  sheltered  from  the  sea  winds  more  than  any  other  por- 
tions of  the  county  are  ;  a  beautiful  lake  prepared  to  baud, 
both  termini  of  the  park  at  the  water,  in  the  one  case  a  splen- 
did sea-beach  ride  aud  view  ;  holding  little  sheltered  valleys  : 
and  the  bed  of  a  creek — or  arroyo — running  "  from  southwest 
to  northeast  "  entirely  protected  from  the  wind,  and  the  char- 
acter of  the  soil  of  which  can  be  seen  from  the  gardens  which 
green  its  slopes.  The  Baa  Jose  railroad  bridge  spans  one  such 
ravine  which,  with  its  bluff  granite  sides  aud  depth  of  bottom, 
far  exceeds  in  picturesque  and  natural  beauty,  anything  iu 
Central  Park.  Besides,  these  lauds  can  be  purchased  at  a 
price  less  than  one  tenth  of  those  selected  by  Olmstead. 

These  remarks  are  intended  to  excite  discussion  and  sug- 
gestions, as  well  as  to  keep  before  the  public  the  importance 
of  some  early  action  iu  the  matter  of  a  park. 

INIGOINGS. 

Steamer  "  Sacramento,"  Panama  Harbor.  ) 

April  30,  18CG — 4  o'clock  a.  m.  J 

HERE  we  are  in  Panama  harbor — four  o'clock  in  the 
morning,  and  catamarans  and  such  things  lying  all 
around  us. 

The  Sacramento,  you  see,  is  a  heavy  vessel,  and  the  sur- 
rounding ones  are  lighters! 

fla  !  ha  !  how  is  that  for  a  joke? — not  a  breath  of  air  stir- 
ring, and  the  thermometer  standing  at  210  degrees  in  the 
shade. 

Oh,  such  a  sleepy-looking  crowd.  At  one,  or  thereabouts, 
the  goug  rang,  and  all  hands  were  called  to  breakfast.  Not 
hungry,  but  never  disposed  to  shirk  a  duty,  1  turned  out  and 
took  a  sea,t  at  table.  In  the  abstraction  and  sleepiness  con- 
sequent upon  this  most  unusual  business  hour,  I  stuck  my 
fork  in  my  ear,  and  nearly  chopped  my  neighbor's  fingers  off 
in  attempting  to  carve  a  contiguous  steak — but  such  is  lite. 
Many  a  better  man,  probably,  has  suffered  at  the  stake. 

If  that's  a  bad  joke,  put  it  dowu  to  the  weather  and  the 
hour — the  latter  an  unusually  early  one  for  a  bird  so  little 
desirous  to  catch  worms,  that  since  the  invention  of  Trichina 
he  has  wholly  abstaiued  from  Pork. 

Verily,  in  the  matter  of  this  premature  and  ill-considered 
breakfasting,  the  enemy  is  Hours— Early  Hours.  Why  could 
they  not  have  suffered  one  to  sleep  a  little  while  longer  ?  Fur 
it  is  reported  now  that  we  cannot  get  ashore  before  this  after- 
noon. The  opening  couplet  of  Lockshy  Hall  came  into  my 
mind  when  that  infernal  gong  rang  : 

Comrades,  leave  me  here  a  little,  while  ns  yet  'tis  early  morn,- 
Leave  me  here,  and  when  you  want  me,  sound  upon  your  bngle  horn. 

Who  had  not  rather  be  wakened  by  a  bugle  horn,  a  horn  of 
whiskey,  Kate  Horn,  the  horn  of  a  wild  bull,  or  in  fact  any 
other  horn  in  creation,  than  by  the  crash  of  a  gong? 
The  sound  is  agreeable  enough  when  one  is  hungry,  and  is 
called  to  dinner  thereby  ;  but  to  be  awakened — Lord  ! — fire  off 
a  small  howitzer  in  my  ear  ;  explode  a  package  of  nitro- 
glycerine in  my  trouser's  pocket,  or  do  anything  else  calcu- 
lated to  jar  upon  one's  nerves,  iu  preference. 

For  wheu  the  first  rattle  and  crash  comes,  the  impression 
is  that  the  train  of  thought  which  one  pursues  eveu  iu  dreams 
has  run  off  the  track,  and  that  there  is  a  wreck  of  worlds  and 
disaster  of  ideas. 

On  every  side  of  me  people  are  grumbling  :  "  Why  did  they 
call  us  so  early  ?" 

Bah  !  It  is  the  very  vice  of  nature  to  bo  discontented.  I 
do  believe  that  some  people — persons  would  be  mor;  correct, 
perhaps — would  grumble  were  they  going  to  be  hanged. 

Various  employments  are  indulged  in  by  these  involuntary 
flaneurs  pour  passer  le  temps.  The  most  sensible  method 
that  I  know  of,  is  the  one  adopted  by  a  fellow  out  on  the 
guard',  immediately  opposite  to  where  1  am  writing.  He  has 
his  arms  around  a  girl's  waist,  and  seems  to  be  telling  her 
that  old,  old  story,  which  Adam  told  to  Eve  in  the  Garden 
of  Eden — and  which  all  women  since  are  fools  enough  to 
believe. 

But  I — behold  mc  :  Alone,  unguarded    for  I  am  titling, 


not  on  the  guard  but  in  the  main  saloon,  whore  it  is  hot 
enough  to  roast  a  turkey,  let  alone  a  Turk— and  haviug 

No  one  to  love  and  none  to  caress, 
what  can  I  do  ? 

Do  ?  First  love  of  my  heart,  ignis  fatuus — though  never  did 
you  fat  your  proprietors  much — of  my  soul,  Delilah  of  my 
affections,  and  Dead  Sea  apple  of  my  hopes  :  what  better  can 
I  do  thau  sit  down  and  write  you  a  letter,  chronicling  what 
has  happened  during  the  voyage  ;  holding  converse  with  you 
from  this  corner  of  the  continent,  precisely  as  I  was  wont  to 
when  seated  iu  that  literally  literary— inasmuch  as  always 
littered— sanctum,  which  I  always  entered  with  distaste  and 
left  with  regret. 

What  impressions  de  voyage  has  one  to  relate  when  trav- 
elling over  a  route  so  often  journeyed  that  the  cleaving  keels 
of  vessel  have  left  an  actually  traceable  path  in  the  waters? 

Impressions,  indeed  !  They  may  all  be  summed  up  in  one 
word  :  Hot!  Oh,  ye  voyagers  hilherward  !  bring  no  weighty 
clothes  with  you.  Discard  all  old  notions  about  flannel  suits, 
and  come  clad  in  gauze— light  as  a  grasshopper's  wing  and 
airy  as  a  young  girl  s  first  dreams  of  love.  And,  above  all, 
bring  no  extra  baggage  with  you.  For  the  inexorable  Fuller 
stands  at  the  head  of  the  scales,  and  the  immutable  Dick 
Bevil,  pencil  in  hand,  sits  at  the  f'o»t  ;  and,  between  the  two, 
the  Lord  help  you.  That  they  are  honest,  my  lord,  I  will  not 
deny  *  but  that  they  know  how  to  chalk  things  down,  who  shall 
dispute  ?  Had  I  a  ranch,  a  grass  ranch,  how  I  would  like  to 
employ  the  two  gentlemen  above  named — the  one  to  weigh 
my  hay,  the  other  to  charge  and  collect  for  it. 

My  baggage  weighed  heavy— half  a  ton.  1  was  at  a  loss  to 
account  for  the  weight,  till  I  recollected  I  had  a  five-act  play, 
translated  and  adapted  from  the  German  ofLessing  by  myself 
and  my  calm-eyed,  smooth-tempered  friend,  Dr.  Hermann 
Muller. 

And  the  heat  of  that  baggage-room.  ".  Think  of  your  lat- 
ter end,"  was  the  parting  injunction  of  a  pious  friend— and  I 
did  think  of  it,  as  I  went  bumping  down  stairs,  landing  iu  a 
lower  deck  dormitory,  to  the  heat  of  which  the  left  wing  of 
Tophet  is  cool  in  comparison.  Toiling,  sweating,  and  occa- 
sionally swearing,  by  way  of  assuaging  the  general  friction, 
were  a  crowd  of  promiscuous  passengers  and  porters— it  was 
a  struggle  to  be  first,  and  the  first  was  generally  last.  Never 
before  did  I  comprehend  what  it  was  to 
Suffer  and  be  strong, 

for,  indeed,  I  suffered  ;  and  that  those  in  the  neighborhood 
were  strong,  a  breeze,  not  from  Araby  the  Blest,  abundantly 

testified. 

But  why  dwell  on  the  subject,  when  I  left  the  object  as 
soon  as  possible?  And  there  sat  Bevel  and  Fuller,  chalking 
dowu  the  weight — in  baggage-rooms,  people  perforce  learn  to 
labor  aud  to  wait — cool  as  cucumbers,  and  never  missiug  au 

ounce. 

They  were  talking  of  fast  freight  among  themselves,  in 
mysterious  whispers.  1  know  a  few  young  ladies  iu  the  ship 
who  might,  I  think,  have  been  ticketed  through  at  their  re- 
spective avoirdupois  weights  as  '-fast  freight,"  with  perfect 
propriety. 

But,  what  about  our  voyage  ?  On  Friday  morning,  between 
eleven  aud  twelve,  Frank  Winchester,  a  cabin  passenger, 
aged  about  twenty. five  years,  died.  At  sunset,  his  body  was 
committed  "to  the  deep" — an  euphemism  for  the  sharks— with 
all  the  impressiveuess  which  an  ill-read  burial  service  could 
give. 

At  the  critical  moment  the  engines  were  stopped — 
splash  !  went  the  corpse  from  the  hurricane  deck  above,  over 
the  taffrail,  and  all  was  over.  Singularly  enough,  hardly  had 
the  body  sank  from  sight,  when  a  strange,  solitary  bird 
suddenly  appeared,  hovering  over  the  spot,  and  following  the 
ship  until  its  pinions  were  shadowed  by  the  rapidly  falling 
night.  The  sailors  swore  it  was  the  spirit  of  the  man  whose 
body  bad  been  giveu  to  the  whelming  waters. 

Saturday  morning,  another  man  died — a  steerage  passenger, 
named  Kellim.  Such  au  emaciated  being  1  never  before  saw. 
Strolling  forward  the  other  day,  I  saw  him  sitting  up  in  his 
cot,  while  his  fellows  around  were  eating.  Aud  1  thought  of 
the  old  Egyptian  custom  of  introducing  a  okeletou  at  the 
feast,  gaunt  and  grim,  to  remind  the  guests  of  the  grave  des- 
serts to  follow,  when  the  regular  courses  of  life  were  done. 

It  is  due  that  I  say  that  everything  possible  was  done  by 
officers  and  passengers  to  contribute  to  the  comfort  of  these 
poor  fellows,  whose  names  are  transferred  from  our  passenger 
list  to  the  longer  list  of  those  bouud  for  a  port  whence  no 
returu  tickets  are  issued. 

Both  these  men  died  of  consumption.  It  is  curious  to  nib 
why  men  in  the  last  stages  of  au  incurable  disease,  should 
embark  upon  a  long  seu-vojage,  which  at  the  best  can  but 
hasten  demise.  The  same  amount  of  money,  it  would  seein 
to  the  practical  mind,  might  be  much  better  spent  in  procur- 
ing comforts  on  shore — where  a  headstone  might  at  least  bo 
had. 

They  laugh  at  me  for  objecting  to  a  sea  burial,  and  express- 
ing a  preference  for  a  last  resting-place  under  the  yews  of  the 
village  churchyard,  the  green  grasses  growing  over  me,  and 


May  26th] 


THE  CALIFORNIA^. 


9 


the  flowers,  which  a  few  loving-  hands  might  plant,  blossoming  | 
out  from  my  dust.    Be  it  so.    I  hold  to  the  preference  still.  | 
Let  those  who  like  go  drifting  about  the  trackless  ocean,  in  | 
•wild  unrest,  until  the  Archangel  shall  his  trumpet  sound— 
their  last  moments  unsoothed  by  the  kind  ministrations  of 
affection.    As  for  me,  let  me  die,  when  die  I  must,  something 
after  the  manner  of  "-  Ciraille,"  in  the  fifth  act— to  the  sound 
of  slow  music,  my  head  pillowed  on  a  loving  breast.    And  I 
think  I'd  haunt  the  ship  whose  captain  refused  to  pack  me  in 
ice  or  preserve  me  in  whiskey  till  a  port  was  reached. 

Sunday  we  had  service.  As  on  the  previous  occasion,  it 
was  read  by  a  D.  D.,  "  spelled  "  by  an  M.  D. — and  if  honors 
were  easy,  the  latter  at  least  had  the  advantage  of  the  odd 
trick.  For  my  good  friend  the  doctor,  this  time,  improved 
on  his  former  reading.  He  then  only  asked  that  we  were  to 
be  forgiven  for  the  sius  we  had  done,  and  the  sins  we  had  not 
done— now  he  supplicated  that  we  be  forgiven  for  the  sins  we 
intended  to  do.    Can  you  imagine  a  more  sweeping  prayer  ? 

Perhaps  you'd  like  to  have  me  write  more  ?  And  perhaps 
you  think  1  couldu't  write  more  if  I  wanted  to  1  Oh,  foreman  ! 
and  oh,  faithful,  but  talkative  "  Bob  1"  can  not  each  and  all  of 
you  testify  that  I,  weighed  in  the  balance,  was  never  yet  found 
wanting?  Have  I  not  written  against  both  time  aud  space — 
to  the  utter  annihilation  of  both  ?  And  have  I  ever  fallen  a 
line  short,  however  much  I  may  have  overrun  ?  Tell  me,  ye 
winged  winds  and  things  ! 

Just  at  present,  having  reached  the  twelfth  slip,  with  a  dull 
pencil  and  no  knife  to  sharpen  it  with  ;  with  two  ladies  on 
cither  side,  urging  me  to  make  haste  and  "  finish,"  to  go 
shopping  with  them — 

How  happy  I  cniilil  be  with  ether, 
Were  t'other  anaesthetic  awny — 
with  the  clanging  of  a  pump  in  one  ear,  and  the  deafening 
squall  of  a  baby  in  the  other,  I  close  this  communication, 
written  under  difficulties,  trusting  to  the  good  offices  of  the 
proof  reader  to  avert  any  "  typographical  error  "  or  grammat- 
cal  lapse  by  which  the  Dramatic  Chronicle  can  crucify  me. 

Inigo. 

A  M  U  S  E  M  K  N  T  S  . 
ry^HK  character  of  "Lear,"  the  greatest  of  Shakspeare's 
I  creations,  has  been  the  test  part  and  the  study  of  the 
most  gifted  actors  for  generations  ;  and  we  doubt  if  any  have 
mastered  it  to  their  satisfaction.  It  stands,  as  it  were,  an 
imperishable  gauntlet  thrown  out  by  the  greatest  creative  mind 
of  the  stage,  challenging  all  future  intellects  to  its  adequate 
conception  and  impersonation.  That  Mr.  Forrest,  in  the 
character,  on  Monday  and  Tuesday  evenings,  filled  the  Opera 
House  with  an  audience  that  tested  its  capacity,  is  not  sur- 
prising ;  and  that  he  should  partially  fail  in  satisfying  the  too 
sanguine  expectations  of  those  who  saw  him  in  "  Richelieu  " 
and  "  Virginius,"  is  scarcely  less  so.  We  do  not  propose  at 
this  interval  of  time  to  go  into  an  extended  criticism  of  Mr, 
Forrest's  impersonation  of  the  character.  It  is  sufficient  to 
say  that  it  possessed  all  the  merits  of  his  impersonation  of 
"  Richelieu  " — great  power  and  vigor  of  action  in  the  rhetori- 
cal and  impassioned  parts — but  was  marked  by  the  usual 
inefficiency  iu  depicting  the  mental  strife,  the  phrenzied 
pathos  and  maiesty,  the  great  grief  and  agony,  of  the  grand 
old  king,  which  no  delineator  has  ever  truly  represented. 
That  this  is  so,  doe3  not  detract  from  the  fame  of  Mr.  Forrest, 
for  his  impersonation  of  the  character  is  as  masterly  a  piece 
of  acting  as  the  stage  of  the  present  day  can  present. 

The  gentle  "  Elia,"  one  of  the  most  competent  of  English 
critics,  says  :  "  The  '  Lear  '  of  Shakspeare  cannot  be  acted  ;" 
and  adds  that  the  stage  machinery  with  which  the  storm  is 
mimicked  "  is  not  more  inadequate  to  represent  the  real 
power  of  the  elements,  than  any  actor  cau  be  to  represent  the 
greatness  of  '  Lear.'  " 

The  "  supports  "  were  excellent.  Mr.  McCullough's  "  Ed- 
gar "  was  the  best  performance  he  has  yet  given  U3.  His 
rendering  of  "  Mad  Tom  "  was  exceedingly  good.  Miss  Lillie's 
"  Cordelia  "  was  very  effective.  Mr.  Thorne,  as  "  Edmund  ;" 
Mr.  Lcman,  as  "  Kent  j"  Mr.  Coad,  as  "Oswald  ;"  and  Mrs. 
Sophie  Edwin  and  Mrs.  Jackson,  as  the  two  unnatural  daugh- 
ters, gave  able  characterizations  of  their  parts. 

"  The  "  Othello  "  of  Mr.  Forrest,  on  Wednesday  evening, 
was  received  by  an  audience  of  no  less  magnitude  than  that 
which  attended  his  performance  of  "  Lear."  The  springs  of 
action  in  "  Otliello  " — love,  jealousy,  and  revenge — are  more 
fathomable  qualities  than  the  weird  fancies  of  the  diseased 
mind  of  "  Lear,"  and  are  more  capable  of  embodiment.  The 
.  honest,  coufident  Moor,  infuriated  with  jealousy,  torn  with 
doubts,  struggling  iu  his  noble  nature  against  his  convictions 
— loving,  yet  filled  with  the  fire  of  vengeful  passions— found 
a  most  truthful  representative  in  Mr.  Forrest.  The  character 
becomes  most  passionately  demonstrative  as  the  plot  develops, 
and  admits  of  a  wide  latitude  for  the  display  of  passionate 
power.  It  is  one  of  the  characters  peculiarly  fitted  to  the 
genius  cf  Mr,  Forrest,  and  was  portrayed  with  that  masterly 
effect  for  which  he  is  famed. 

The  <•  Iago  "  of  Mr.  McCullough  was  not  so  happy  a  per- 
sonation as  his  "  Edgar."  It  is  not  every  actor  that  cau  look 
aud  act  the  "  villain  Iago."    Mis3  Lillie,  as  "  Desdemoua," 


lacked  somewhat  in  the  tragic  requirements  of  the  part.  Mrs. 
Jackson's  "  Emilia  "•  was  excellent,  and  won  most  merited 
recognition  from  the  audience.  Thome's-  rendering  of 
"  Michael  Cassio  "  placed  another  point  to  his  credit.  Frank's 
"  Roderigo  "  was  also  very  good.  The  play  was  repeated  last 
eveniug,  and  was  witnessed  by  a  full  theatre  with  no  less  in- 
terest than  on  its  first  production. 

The  "  Damon  "  of  Mr.  Forrest,  on  Thursday  night,  drew 
an  actually  overflowing  audience  and  the  sale  of  tickets  had 
to  be  stopped  in  consequence.  Mr.  Forrest  was  fully  master 
of  the  character,  and  invested  many  of  the  scenes  with  great 
impressiveness.  He  was  ably  supported  by  the  "  Pythias  " 
of  Mr.  McCullough  and  the  "  Hermion  "  of  Mrs.  Sophie 
Edwin.  This  afternoon  and  evening,  The  Bead  Heart  is  an- 
nounced as  the  attraction.    Wouldn't  a  live  one  draw  better  ? 

The  programme  of  the  coming  week's  performances  is  :  on 
Monday,  Virginius;  Tuesday,  Richelieu ;  Wednesday,  Damon 
and  Pythias;  Thursday,  Lear;  and  on  Friday,  Macbeth. 
Seats  can  be  secured  five  days  in  advance. 


"MARK  TWAIN"  ON  HIS  TRAVELS. 

MOUNTED  on  my  noble  steed  Hawaii  (pronounced  Efah- 
wy-ye — stress  on  second  syllable,)  a  beast  that  cost 
thirteen  dollars  and  is  able  to  go  his  mile  in  throe — with  a 
bit  of  margin  to  it — I  departed  last  Saturday  week  for — for 
any  place  that  might  turn  up. 

SATURDAY  IN  HONOLULU. 

Passing  through  the  market  place,  we  saw  that  feature  of 
Honolulu  under  its  most  favorable  auspices— that  is,  in  the 
full  glory  of  Saturday  afternoon,  which  is  a  festive  day  with 
the  natives.  The  native  girls  by  twos  and  threes  and  parties 
of  a  dozen,  and  sometimes  in  whole  platoons  and  companies, 
went  cantering  up  and  down  the  neighboring  streets  astride 
of  fleet  but  homely  horses,  and  with  their  gaudy  riding  habits 
streaming  like  banners  behind  them.  Such  a  troop  of  free 
and  easy  riders,  in  their  natural  home,  which  is  the  saddle, 
makes  a  gay  aud  graceful  and  exhilarating  spectacle.  The 
riding  habit  I  speak  of  is  simply  a  long,  broad  scarf,  like  a 
tavern  table-cloth  brilliantly  colored,  wrapped  around  the 
loins  once,  then  apparently  passed  up  between  the  limbs  and 
each  end  thrown  backward  over  the  same,  and  floating  and 
Happing  behind  on  both  sides  beyoud  the  horse's  tail  like  a 
couple  of  fancy  flags  ;  and  then,  with  a  girl  that  throws  her 
chest  forward  and  sits  up  like  a  Major  General  aud  goes 
sweeping  by  like  the  wind  :  *■  Gay  ?"  says  Brown,  with  a  fine 
irony  ;  "  oh,  you  can't  mean  it !" 

The  girls  put  on  all  the  finery  they  can  scare  up  on  Satur- 
day afternoon  :  fine  black  silk  robes  ;  flowing  red  ones  that 
nearly  put  your  eyes  out ;  others  as  white  as  snow  ;  still 
others  that  discount  the  rainbow  :  and  they  wear  their  hair  in 
nets,  and  trim  their  jaunty  hats  with  fresh  flowers,  and  en- 
circle their  dusky  throats  with  home-made  necklaces  of  the 
brilliant  vermillion-tinted  blossom  of  the  ohia  ;  and  they  till 
the  markets  and  the  adjacent  streets  with  their  bright  pres- 
ence, and  smell  like  thuuder  with  their  villainous  cocoanut 

'^r\t\isA'xl\\\^ '  t  \  Tjr  1  rp  * 
Occasionally  you  see  a  heathen  from  the  sunny  isles  away 
down  in  the  South  Seas,  with  his  face  and  neck  tatooed  till 
he  looks  like  the  customary  unlortunate  from  Reese  River 
who  has  been  blown  up  in  a  mine.  Some  are  tattooed  a  dead 
blue  color  down  to  the  upper  lip — masked,  as  it  were — leav- 
ing the  natural  light  yellow  skin  of  Micronesia  unstained 
from  thence  down  ;  some  with  broad  marks  drawn  down  from 
hair  to  neck,  on  both  sides  of  the  face,  and  a  strip  of  the 
original  yellow  skiu,  two  inches  wide,  down  the  center — a 
gridiron  with  a  spoke  broken  out  ;  and  some  with  tbe  entire 
face  discolored  with  the  popular  mortification  tint,  relieved 
only  by  one  or  two  thin,  wavy  threads  of  natural  yellow' run- 
ning across  the  face  from  ear  to  ear,  and  eyes  twinkling  out 
of  this  darkness,  from  uuder  shadowing  hat-brims,  like  stars 
in  the  dark  of  the  moon. 

*m'*t*>  •'*"»  '••»'-*;i>V"f  "IVifc #>  "'.'J**4''  *•*» 

THE  GOVERNMENT  I'RISOX. 

Cantering  across  the  bridge  and  down  the  firm,  level, 
and  gleaming  white  coral  turnpike  that  leads  toward  the 
south,  or  the  east,  or  the  west,  or  the  north  (the  points  of  the 
compass  being  all  the  same  to  me,  inasmuch  as,  for  good 
reasons,  I  have  not  had  an  opportunity  thus  far  of  discovering 
whereabouts  the  suu  rises  iu  this  country — I  know  where  it 
sets,  but  I  don't  know  how  ft  gets  there  nor  which  direction 
it  comes  from,)  we  presently  atrived  at  a  massive  coral  edifice 
which  I  took  for  a  fortress  at  first,  but  found  out  directly  that 
it  was  the  Government  Prison.  A  soldier  at  the  great  gate 
admitted  us  without  further  authority  than  my  countenance, 
aud  I  suppose  he  thought  he  was  paying  mo  n  handsome 
compliment  when  he  did  so  ;  and  so  did  1  until  I  reflected 
that  the  place  was  a  penitentiary.  However,  as  far  as  appear- 
ances went,  it  might  have  been  the  king's  palace,  so  neat,  and 
clean,  and  white,  and  so  full  of  tho  fragrance  of  flowers  was 
the  establishment,  and  I  was  satisfied. 

We  passed  through  a  commodious  office,  whose  walU  were 
ornamented  with  linked  strands  of  polished  haudcufFs  and 
fetters,  through  a  hall,  aud  among  the  cslls  above  and  below. 


The.  cells  for  the  men  were  eight  or  ten  feet  high,  and  roomy 
enough  to  accommodate  the  two  prisoners  and  their  ham- 
mocks usually  put  in  each,  and  have  space  left  for  several 
more.  The  floors  were  scrubbed  clean,  and  were  guiltless  of 
spot  or  stain  of  any  kind,  and  the  painfully  white  walls  were 
un marred  by  a  single  mark  or  blemish.  Through  ample 
gratings,  one  could  see  the  blue  sky  and  get  his  hair  blown  off 
by  the  cool  breeze.  They  call  this  a  prison — the  pleasantest 
quarters  in  Honolulu. 

There  are  four  wards,  and  one  hundred  and  thirty-two  pris- 
oners can  be  housed  in  rare  and  roomy  comfort  within  them. 

There  were  a  number  of  native  women  in  the  female  depart- 
ment. Poor  devils,  they  hung  their  heads  under  tho  prying 
eyes  i'f  our  party,  as  if  they  were  really  ashamed  of  being 
there. 

In  the  condemned  cell,  and  squatting  on  the  floor,  all 
swathed  in  blankets,  as  if  it  were  cold  weather,  was  a  brown- 
fuced,  gray-bearded,  old  scalliwag,  who,  in  a  frolicsome  mood, 
had  massacred  three  women  aud  a  batch  of  children — his  owu 
property,  I  believe— and  reflects  upon  that  exploit  with  genu- 
ine satisfaction  to  this  hour,  and  will  go  to  the  gallows  as 
tranquilly  indifferent  as  a  white  man  would  go  to  dinner. 

OUT  AT  THE   BACK  DOOR. 

The  prison  yard — that  sad  inclosure  which,  in  the  prisons 
ofjny  native  America,  is  a  cheerless  barren,  and  yieldeth  no 
vegetation  save  the  gallows-tree,  with  its  sorrowful  huuian 
fruit — is  a  very  garden  !  The  beds,  bordered  by  rows  of  in- 
verted bottles  (the  usual  style  here)  were  filled  with  all  man- 
ner of  dainty  flowers  and  shrubs;  Chinese  mulberry  and 
orange  trees  stood  here  and  there,  well  stocked  with  fruit  ;  a 
beautiful  little  pine  tree — rare,  and  imported  from  the  far 
South  Seas — occupied  the  centre,  with  sprays  of  gracefully 
arching  green  spears  springing  outward  like  parasol  tops,  at 
marked  and  regular  intervals,  up  its  slender  stem,  and  dimin- 
ishing in  diameter  with  mathematical  strictness  of  graduation, 
till  the  sprouting  plume  at  the  top  stood  over  a  perfect  pyra- 
mid. Vines  clambered  everywhere  and  hid  from  view  and 
clothed  with  beauty  everything  that  might  otherwise  have 
been  suggestive  of  chains  and  captivity.  There  was  nothing 
here  to  remind  one  of  the  prison  save  a  brace  of  dovecotes, 
containing  several  pretty  birds  brought  hither  from  "  strange, 
strange  lands  beyond  the  sea."  These,  sometimes,  may  pine 
for  liberty  aud  their  old  free  life  among  the  clouds  or  iu  the 
shade  of  the  orange  groves,  or  abroad  on  the  breezy  ocean — 
but  if  they  do,  it  is  likely  they  take  it  out  in  pining,  as  a  gen- 
eral thiug. 

CAl'TAIN  TAIT,  SCRIPTURAL  STUDENT. 

Against  one  wall  of  the  prison  house  stands  an  airy  little 
building  which  does  duty  as  a  hospital.  A  harmless  old 
lunatic,  uamed  Captain  Tart,  has  his  quarters  here.  He  has 
a  wile  and  children  iu  the  town,  but  he  prefers  the  prison 
hospital,  and  has  demanded  and  enjoyed  its  hospitality  (slip 
of  the  pen — no  joke  intended)  for  years.  He  visits  his  family 
at  loDg  intervals — being  free  to  go  and  come  as  he  pleases — 
but  he  always  drifts  back  to  the  prison  again  after  a  few  days. 
His  is  a  religious  mania,  and  he  professes  to  read  sixty  chap- 
ters of  the  Bible  every  day,  and  write  them  down  in  a  book. 
He  was  about  down  to  chapter  thirty  five  when  I  was  intro- 
duced to  him,  I  should  judge,  as  it  was  nearly  two  in  the 
afternoon. 

I  said,  "  What  are  you  reading  about,  Captain.?" 
"The  precious  of  the  precious — the  book  of  books — the 
Sacred  Scriptures,  sir." 

"  Do  you  read  a  good  deal  iu  it !" 

"  Sixty  chapters  a  day  (with  a  perceptible  show  of  vanity, 
but  a  weary  look  in  the  eye  withal) — sixty  chapters  a  day,  and 
write  them  all  down  in  a  plain,  legible  hand." 

"  It  is  a  good  deal.  At  that  rate,  you  must  ultimately  get 
through,  and  run  short  of  material." 

"  Ah,  but  the  Lord  looks  out  for  hi3  own.  I  am  in  His 
hands — He  does  with  me  as  Ho  wills.  1  often  read  some  of 
the  same  chapters  over  again,  for  the  Lord  tells  me  what  to 
read,  aud  it  is  not  for  me  to  choose.  Providence  always 
.shows  me  the  place." 

"  No  hanging  fire  ? — I  mean,  can  you  always  depend  on — 
on  this  information  coming  to  time  every  day,  so  to  speak  ?" 

"  Always — always,  sir.  I  take  the  sacred  volume  iu  my 
hand,  in  this  manner,  every  morning,  in  a  devout  and  prayer- 
ful spirit,  aud  immediately,  and  without  any  volition  on  my 
part,  my  fiugers  insert  themselves  b'etweeu  the  leaves — so 
directed  from  above  (with  a  sanctified  glance  aloft) — and  I 
know  that  the  Lord  desires  me  to  open  at  that  place  and 
begin.  I  never  have  to  select  the  chapter  myself — the  Lord 
always  dues  it  for  me." 

I  heard  Brown  mutter,  "  The  old  man  appears  to  have  a 
good  thing,  any  way — and  his  poi  don't  cost  him  anything, 
either  ;  Providence  looks  out  lor  his  regular  sixty,  the  prison 
looks  out  for  his  hash,  and  his  family  looks  out  for  itself. 
I've  never  seen  any  sounder  maniac  than  him,  uud  I've  been 
around  considerable." — "Mark  Twain,"  in  lite  Sacramento 
Union.  , 

With,  the  present  number,  the  Californian  commeucea 
its  filth  volume  aud  third  year. 


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THE     C A  L  I 


FORNI AN. 


[May  26th 


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Every  additional  $100,  or  fractional  part.  ..  05 

Bill  of  Exchange,  (foreign,)  or  letter  of  credit, 
drawn  in,  hut  payable  out  of  the  U.  S.,  if 
drawn  singly,  the  same  rates  as  inland  hills  of 
exchange,  or  promissory  notes. 

If  drawn  in  sets  of  three  or  more,  for  each 
bill  of  the  set,  where  the  sum  shall  not  ex- 
ceed $100  or  its  equivalent  in  any  foreign  cur- 
rency in  which  such  bill  may  be  expressed, 
according  to  the  standard  value  fixed  by  U.  S.  02 
Every  additional  $100,  or  fractional  part...  02 

Bill  of  Lading,  or  receipt  for  anv  merchandise 
or  effects,  to  be  exported  to  a  foreign  port  or 
place   10 

Bill  of  Sale,  conveying  any  ship  or  vessel,  or 
any  part  thereof,  where  the  considerationdoes 

not  exceed  $500   50 

For  every  additional  $.500,  or  fractional  part 
thereof  50 

Bill  of  Sale  of  personal  property  other  than 
ships  or  vessels   05 

Bond,  indemnifying  any  person  for  the  payment 
of  monev,  where  the  amount  recoverable  is 

$1,000  of  less   50 

For  every  additional  $1,000,  or  fractional 
part  thereof   50 

Bond  for  the  due  performance  of  the  duties  of 
any  office   I  00 

Bond  of  any  other  description,  except  such  as 
may  be  required  in  legal  proceedings,  or  used 
in  connection  with  mortgage  deeds,  and  not 
otherwise  charged  in  this  schedule   25 

CliaHer-P&rty,  ship,  vessel  or  steamer,  not  over 
1.50  tons,  $i  ;  150  to  300  tons,  $•! :  300  to  600 
tons,  $5 ;  over  600  tons  10  00 

Certificate  of  Profits,  or  any  memorandum  show- 
ing an  interest  in  property,  or  accumulations 
of  anv  incorporated  company,  for  a  sum  not 

less  tfian  $10  nor  exceeding  $50   10 

Exceeding  $50  and  not  $1 .000   25 

For  every  additional  $1,000  or  fract  al  part  25 

Certificate  of  Damage,  and  all  other  certificates 
or  documents  issaed  by  Port  Wardens  or  Ma- 
rine Surveyors,  or  other  persons  acting  as  such  25 

Certificate  ot'  Deposit,  not  exceeding  the  sum  of 
$100,  2  cents  ;  exceeding  $100    05 

Certificate  of  stock  in  any  incorporated  comp'y,  25 

Certificates,  other  than  specified   05 

Contract,  broker's  note  or  memorandum  of  sale 
of  goods,  stocks,  bonds,  exchange  notes  of 
hand,  real  estate,  or  other  description  of  prop- 
erty, issued  by  any  person  acting  as  a  broker, 
for  each  note  or  memorandum  of  sale   10 

Deed  or  Conveyance  of  Real  Estate,  value  not 
over  $500,  dOc  ;  every  additional  $500,  or 
fractional  paft  thereof   50 

Entry  of  floods  at  any  custom  house,  value  not 
over  $100,  25c;  over  $100  and  not  over  $500, 

50c.;  over  $500  1  00 

For  the  withdrawal  of  goods  from  bonded 
warehouse   50 

Ganger's  Returns,  quarterly,  for  quantity  not 
over  500  galls,  gross,  10c;  over  500  galls,  gr.  25 

Insurance  (Marine,  Inland  anil  Fire)  policy  or 
renewal,  premium  not  over  $10,  10c;  $10  to 
$50,  25c.  ;  over  $50,  50c.  ;  Life  policy,  under 
$!  .000,  25c ;  $1 ,000  to  $5,000,  50c;  over  $5.000. 1  00 

Lease  of  lands  or  tenements,  rent  not  over  $-100 
per  annum,  50c.  ;  each  add'l  $200  or  fraction.  50 

Manifest,  cargo  to  foreign  port,  registered  ton 
uage  not  over  300  tons,  $1  ;  over  300  and  not 
over  600,  $3  ;  over  600  tons  5  00 

Measurer's  Returns,  for  quantity  not  over  1,000 
,  bushels,  10c. ;  over  1,000  bushels   25 

Mortgage,  Trust  deed,  or  personal  bond  for  pay- 
ment of  money,  $100  to  $500,  50c. ;  each  addi- 
tional $500.  1   50 

Each  assignment  of  mortgage,  lease  or  pol- 
icy of  insurance,  or  renewal  of  the  same, 
is  subject  to  same  duties  as  the  original. 

Medicines  or  Preparations,  Perfumery  and  Cos- 
metics— Every  package,  box,  bottle,  etc.,  re- 
tailing for  25c.  or  less   01 

Each  additional  25c.  or  fractional  part  there- 
of, up  to  $1,  lc;  each  additional  50c.  or 
fractional  part  thereof,  over  $1   02 

Plaving  Curds — Each  pack,  price  not  over  18c, 
2c.;  from  18  to  25c,  4c.  ;  25  to  50c,  10c,;. 50c. 
to  $1,  15c;  each  additional  50c.  or  fractional 
part  thereof   05 

Photographs,  Ambrotypes,  Daguerreotypes  or 
Sun  Pictures,  upon  each,  retailing  for  25c.  or 
less,  2c;  over  25  and  not  over  50c,  5c;  over 
50c.  and  not  over$l,  3c;  each  additional  $1 

or  fractional  part  thereof   05 

Passage  Ticket  to  foreign  port,  cost  not  over  $35, 
50c:  over  $35  and  not  over  $50,  $1  ;  every  ad- 
ditional $50  or  fractional  part  thereof  1  00 

Power  of  Attorney  to  sell  or  transfer  stock,  scrip, 

bonds,  or  collect  divii'eB  U  or  int.  thereon  25 
To  vote  for  officers  of  incorporated  cornp'y  or 
society  not  religious,  charitable  or  literary, 

or  public  cemeteries......   10 

To  receive  or  collect  rents   25 

To  sell,  convey,  rent  or  lease  real  estate  1  00 

For  any  other  purpose.   50 


Probate  of  Will,  or  letters  of  administration,  es- 
tate not  over  $2,000,  $1 ;    each  additional 

$1,000  or  fractional  part  thereof   50 

Protest  of  note,  bill,  acceptance  check  or  draft,  25 
Promissory  Note — See  Hill  of  Exchange,  inland. 
Receipt  for  payment  of  money  or  debt  over  $20, 
not   being  for  satisfaction  of  mortgage, 
judgment  or  decree  of  Court,  and  receipt 

for  the  delivery  of  property   02 

Warehouse,  for  property  stored,  not  over  $500 
in  value,  10c.  ;  $500  'to  $1,000,  20c.  ;  every 

additional  $1,000   10 

For  any  goods  held  in  storage,  and  not  other- 
wise provided  for   25 

Weigher's  Returns,  up  to  5,000  lbs.,  10c. ;  over 

5,000  lbs  v  25 

Writs,  or  original  process,  for  commencing  suit 
in  Court  of  record,  and  in  Court  not  of  rec- 
ord, when  amount  claimed  is  $100  or  over, 
except  before  Justices  of  the  Peace,  or  in 
court  of  no  greater  jurisdiction  as  to  dam- 
ages, or  in  suit  commenced  by  the  United 

States  or  any  State    50 

Upon  every  confession  of  judgment,  or  cogno- 
vit, for  $100  or  over,  except  where  tax  for 

a  writ  has  beeu  paid   50 

Writs  or  process  on  appeal  from  Justice's 
courts  and  other  conrls  of  inferior  jurisdic- 
tion to  courts  of  record   50 

Warrant  of  distress — rent  claimed  under  $100, 
25c;  over  $100   50 


G 


BEAT  ATTRACTION! 

THE  >j 

FASHIONS 

ARE    ALL   THE  GO! 


Lamott, 


Hatter, 


IS  NOW  THE  MAN*  I   HE  IS  READY  WITH  HIS 
BROADWAY   STYLES   FOR  THE 

Spring  of  18b'6. 

JUST  SEE  THE  DIFFERENCE  between  his  styles  Mid 
the  others  in  this  city.  Tliero  is  style  about  his  Hals  thai 
does  not  apiiear  in  others. 

FACTS  ARE    STUBBORN    THINGS  ! 

LAMOTT,  2i7  Russ  Block,  is  bound  to  be  the  LEADER 
of  Fashions. 

LAMOTT S  SPRING  STYLES 

show  taste.  It  is  a  good  thing  that  you  have  a  man 
aninug  you  who  is  witling  to  take  a  stand  outside  of  oth- 
ers, to  introduce  a  style  that  is  new,  and  not  follow  in  the 
wake  of  others  that  are  about  one  year  hi-hmd  the  times. 

GO  TO  HIS  STORE  FOK  A  HAT, 

No.  220  Montgomery  street, 

and  get  something  that  is  new.  mar22-3m 


HEUSTON, 


HASTINGS 


&  CO. 


The    Fashionable  Clothiers 


SAN  FRANCISCO, 

Have  established  a  TRUNK  DEPOT  in  the  base 
ment  of  their  Store  equal  to  any  in  New  York, 
and  prices  20  per  cent,  lower  than  any  other  House 
in  the  city. 

niarl"-3in 


B 


ALD-HEADED  CENTLEMEN, 


Who  frcqnent  the  Parquet  of  Theatres,  exciting 
by  their  grotesque  appearance  the  merriment  of  La- 
dies  in  the  Dress  Circle,  would  pi-otic  by  using  Little 
&  Co.'s  Chinese 

Vegetable   Hair  Restorative. 

Tlie  proprietors  of  this  nstonishing  remedy  for 
Raldneas,  conlident  of  its  infallibility,  agree  to  re- 
fund the  purclwise  money  in  every  instance  where 
its  use  for  three  months,  according  to  directions,  is 
unattended  with  success.    Price  per  jar,  $2.50. 

Manufactured  by  Little  &  Co.  ;  sold  by 
CHAS.  E.  HINCKLEY  &  CO., 

Chemists  and  Druggists, 
Southeast  corner  of  Clay  ami  Kearny  streets, 
ap21-lui  Sim  Kraucisco. 


B 


R1TISH  PERIODICALS. 


The  London  Quarterly  Review  (Conserv- 
ative.) 

The  Edinhcrcii  Review  (Whig.) 
The  Westminster  Review  (Radical.) 
The  North  British  Review  (Free  Church.) 
Blackwood's  Edinburgh  Magazine  (Tory.) 

The  interest  of  these  Periodicals  to  American 
readers  is  rather  increased  than  diminished  by  the 
articles  they  contain  on  our  late  Civil  Wat,  and 
though  sometimes  tinged  with  prejudice,  they  may 
still,  considering  their  great  ability,  and  the  different 
stand  points  from  which  they  are  written,  be  read 
and  studied  with  advantage  by  the  people  of  this 
country,  of  every  creed  and  party. 

TERMS  FOR  18G6. 

For  any  one  of  the  Reviews,  per  annum  $4 

For  any  two  of  the  Reviews,  per  annum   7 

For  any  three  of  the  Reviews,  per  annum  10 

For  all  four  of  the  Keviews,  per  annum  12 

For  Blackwood  s  Magazine,  per  annum   4 

For  1  Slack  wood  and  one  Review,  per  annum  7 

Blackwood  and  any  two  of  the  Reviews,  per  an..  10 
Blackwood  and  three  of  the  Reviews,  per  umiuui.13 
Blackwood  and  the  four  Keviews,  per  annum  15 

CLUBS. 

A  discount  of  ticcitty  />er  cent,  will  be  allowed  to 
clubs  of  four  or  more  persons.  Thus,  four  copies  of 
Black  wood,  or  of  one  Review,  will  be  sent  to  one 
titiilrrsx  far  $1"-'  BO,  Four  copies  of  the  four  Reviews 
aud  Blackwood,  for  $1S,  and  so  on. 

POSTAGE. 

When  sent  by  mail,  the  Postage  to  any  part  of  the 
Union  will  be  but  Twenty-four  Cent's  a  vear  for 
Blackwood,  and  but  Eight  Cents  a  year  for  each 
of  the  Reviews 

UKDUCEO   PII1CES    Foil  PREVIOUS  VEAUS. 

Subscribers  may  obtain  the  Repriuts  immediately 
preceding  I860,  as  follows,  viz, : 

Blackwood  from  September,  1 80 1,  to  December, 
1865,  inclusive,  at  the  rate  of  $2  50  a  year. 

The  North  British  from  January,  lSbo,  to  Decem- 
ber, 1865,  inclusive;  the  Edinburgh  and  the  West- 
minster from  April,  1864,  to  December,  1865,  inclu- 
sive, and  the  London  Quarterly  for  the  year  1865,  at 
the  rate  of  $1  50  a  year  for  each  or  any  Review. 

A  few  copies  yet  remain  of  all  the  Four  Reviews 
for  1863  at  $  I  a  ret.  or  $1  50  for  any  one. 

LEONARD  SCOTT  &  CO. ,  Publishers, 
38  Walker  street,  New  York. 


COMMERCIAL  EDUCATION. 


Pacific  Business  College, 

751  MARKET  STREET, 

(BETWEEN  TlilRDAND  FOURTII.) 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

An  Institution  designed  to  prepare  Young  ami  Middle 
aged  men  tor  an  aclivc  and  successful  BUSINESS  LIFE. 

This  is  Ihu  largest,  most  complete,  and  thorough  Insti- 
tution of  the  kind  on  the  const,  and 

THE  ONLY 
Commercial  College  which  is  conducted  on  Actual  Business 
Principles.    Its  great  system  of  Business  Training  is  en- 
dorsed by  the  Most  Eminent  Financiers  aud  Business  MM 
of  the  Nalina. 

REGULAR  BANKS  AND  BUSINESS  OFFICES 
have  been  mtrodiiccd,  by  which  we  arc  cuabled  to  at  our 
Students  in  the  best  nossitlle  manner,  and  shortest  pos- 
sible lime,  for  active  Business  Life. 

Those  in  pursuit  of  a 

PRACTICAL  BUSINESS  EDUCATION 

should  examine  the  merits  of  this  College.  Send  lor  I  lie 
COLLEGE  REVIEW,  giving  full  particulars  of  the  Col- 
lege, besides  contaiokfs  other  Important  and  Interesting 
mailer.    Sent  free  to  all  desiring  it. 

Further  particulars  <  an  he  In  1  uy  calling  at  (he  College, 
or  addressing      M.  K.  LAI.'DENSLAGER.  President 

fe!7  3ra  Business  College, San  Francisco. 


pAOIFIC  OCEAN  HOUSE 
SANTA  CRUZ,  CAL. 


THTS  NEW  AXP  COMMODIOUS  HOTEL,  built  ami  fur- 
iiishi'd  in  accordance  wtlli  tho  most  modern  an<l  improved 
plans,  and  with  a  view  to  the  comfort  uud  convenience  of 
its  patrons,  is  now  open  for  the  rcceplimi  of  quests. 

To  those  who  have  visited  S  uiUi  Cruz,  it  is  unnecessary 
to  p peak  of  its  beauties  and  its  natural  advantages  over 
all  other  places  of 

Summer  Resort. 

To  tho.-e  who  have  not,  the  Pi"prirtor  t  an  only  say 
COMB  AND  JUDGE  J'uJi  YOVJiXFL  VJlS— giving  all 
who  may  come  thf  affluranoe  that  his  earnest  eOrttftVOrf 
Bfaall  be  Co  make  the  H"tel,  in  all  its  appointment?,  equal 
to  the  eurrouudiugs  of  this  delightful  Sea  side  Resort. 

GEO.  T.  BROMLEY, 

Santa  Cruz,  April  4.  lS6b\  Proprietor. 


jyjR.  AND  Ml;.S.  Ci  it,  ILL 
AND  SONS, 


Teachers  of  Dancing, 


CONGRESS  TIALL, 
On  Bnsh-st.  ,aojoiiiin  Rues  House. 


SCHOOL — MONDAYS  AND  WEDNESDAYS.  Ladies  at 
2  p.  it.  Gentlemen  and  Ladies  >t  i  12  i\  st  SwIDw 
every  Friday  Evening.   Hall  «o  rent.  myo  3m 


[>ISOO  I 

G.  *  F.  MARTELL'S  COGNAC  ; 

JAMES  HENNESSY'S  Cognac  J 
STEAMBOAT  GIN  ; 
OLD  TOM  GIN  ; 

IRL^H  WHISKY. 

Iron?  Bond  direct. 

Fcr  sale  by  V.  SQARZA, 

»2S  Lie'lesdorff  street,  Han  Francisco. 


QCCIDENTAL 

HOMESTEAD 

Association, 

.     305  MONTGOMERY  STREET. 


OFFICE, 


Capital  Stock,  §33,600. 


102  SHARES  $330  EACH. 

This  Association  was  formed  to  ennlile  its  mem- 
bers to  obtain  desirable  homestead  lots  in  this  city  at  a 
cheap  and  easy  rate,  iiaying  for  the  same  by  regular 
monthly  instalments. 

For  this  puiposc  they  have  purchased  Blocks  409  .  500, 
and  501,  in  the  Western  Addition  to  this  cpy ,  bounded  by 
Dcvisadero,  Pine,  Broderick  and  Clay  streets. 

Subscribers  will  pay  an  initiation  fee  of  $5  on  each 
share  taken,  to  form  a  fund  tor  defraying  curreut  ex- 
penses, and  $11  per  month  for  thirty  months,  commen- 
cing in  April,  1S66. 

The  pro|»erty  is  within  three  blocks  of  tho 
TURK  STREET  RAILROAD, 

IS  NEARLY  ALL  ON  THE  GRADE, 
and  is  most  desirably  located  for  Homestead  purposes. 

It  Is  directly  cast  from  the  lands  of  the  California 
Association. 

The  projicrty  has  been  purchased  on  very  reasonablo 
terms,  and  offers  a  rare  opportunity  for  investment. 

A  number  of  line  houses  are  In  process  of  erection,  and 
streets  arc  beiug  graded  near  this  pro|>crty,  which  will 
greatly  increase  its  value. 

When  twelve  moulhly  payments  have  been  made,  tho 
properly  will  be  divided  among  the  members  in  the  usual 
m-uiner,  ami  oach  shareholder  will  receive  a  contract  for 
a  dcod  to  the  lot  or  lots  to  which  ho  may  be  entitled,  and 
have  the  privilege  of  taking  immediate  i>osscssioa  of  iho 
same. 

The  lots  average  2"  reel  in  front  by  120  feet  in  depth. 
The  whole  amount  due  upon  any  lot  may  be  paid  at  any 
lime,  and  discount  at  the  rate  of  ono  aud  one-half  per 
cent,  per  month  will  be  deducted  thsrefrom. 

Persons  wishing  lo  visit  the  lands  of  this  Association 
will  lake  the  Turk  street  cars  to  Devisadero  street,  and 
theme  go  northerly  alone  Devisadero  to  Pino  street. 

Twenty  thousand  dollars  of  the  capital  stocK  is  taken, 
and  the  books  are  open  for  subscription  lo  the  balance  at 
tbeolllccof  the  Secretary,  whore  the  Ollieial  Map  of  tho 
Association  can  be  seen,  and  lull  particulars  obtained. 

Tlte  Title  to  this  Property  is  Per/eel. 

3.  S.  LUTY,  Secretary, 
Olllce,  305  Montgomery  street,  corner  of  Pine, 
mjT9-3m  Rooms  2  and  6. 


pACIFIC   MAIL   STEAMSHIP  CO.'S 

Through  Line  to  New  York. 

CARRYING  THE  U.  &  MALL! 

Leave  Folsom  street  Wharf  at  11  o'clock  a.  ».  of  tho 
following  dates.  Tor  PANAMA,  connecting  via  Panama 
Railroad,  with  ouc  of  the  Company's  splendid  steame  rs 
from  ASP1NWAI.L  for  NEW  YuRK. 

On  the  16th,  18lh,rud  30th  of  each  mnnlh  that  has  30 
days. 

On  the  10th,  191b,  and  30th  of  each  moulh  that  has  31 

days. 

When  the  10th,  19lh  and  30lh  fall  ou  Sunday,  they  will 
leave  on  Saturday  preceding  ;  when  the  18th  falls  on  Sun- 
day, they  w  ill  leave  ou  Monday  following. 

Steamer  leaving  San  Francisco  on  the  10th  touches  at 
Mauzinillo.    All  looeh  at  Aoapolrn. 

Ii,:|>arture  or"  191b  connects  with  French  Transatlantic 
rompnhy's  steamer  for  St.  Nazaire,  and  English  steamer 
for  South  America. 

Departure  of  loth  connects  with  English  steamer  for 
Southampton,  aud  P.  R  R  Co.'s  .steamer  for  Central 
America. 

Departure  of  30th  connects  with  English  steamer  for 
Tuuiuco,  the  pflpft  of  the  new  mines. 

STEAM KKS  FOR  MAY: 
The  following  steamsht|is  will  be  despatched  from  San 

Francisco  ou  Ihe  date  given  : 

MAY  30111,      ....  SACRAMENTO, 
Captain  J.  M.  Cavarly. 
(Connecting  with  ARIZONA  ,  Captain  Maury.) 

An  experienced  Surgeon  on  board.  Modkinc  and  attend- 
ance free. 

Cabin  Passengers  will  be  berthed  through.  Baggago 
checked  through — 100  pounds  allowed  oadf  adult. 

For  Merchandise  Freight  apply  lo  Messrs.  Wells,  Fargo 
&  Co. 

The  steamer  will  positively  leave  at  11  o'clock.  Pas- 
sengers nre  requested  to  have  their  baggage  On  board  be- 
fore 10  o'clock 

For  Passage  and  all  other  information,  apply  at  Pacific 
Mail  Steamship  ooaspany'soflicc, corner nl  .sicramenio and 
LcidcsdorlT  streets. 

OLIVER  ELDRIDOK,  Agent. 


(jaxty  ,v  Wagner, 

(SUCCESSORS  TO  .1.  REGAN,) 
WHOLESALE  AN  D  RETAIL 

Confectioners, 

111  Montgomery  street,  bet.  Bush  and  Sutler . 

N.  B. — All  candies  sold  by  us  are  warranted  lo  be  man- 
nfaclurcd  from  Stewart's  double  reilned  Sugai .  and  to  bo 
equal  to  miy  manufactured  in  the  State.  Country  mer- 
chants solicited  to  examine  our  stock  and  prices.  Goods 
delivered  to  any  pal  I  ol  11)0  city  I  rue  of  charge.    1.-S4  3m 


(JiIARLES  F.  KIKHX, 
or 

Richn,    Hem  me    &  Co., 

A  S  S  A  Y  I  K  S  , 
GIVES  LESSONS   IN   As-.V  YlNG—  A  I. SO   IN  MIXER- 

alogy  and  chemistry,  as  tar  as  required  to  become  a  Frac- 
tion! As-ayer. 

Montgomery  street,  corner  of  Saorauicuto,  under  Don- 
oh'j*,  Kelly  &  W.*d  Bank, San  Praucnfto.        mars  3m 


May  26th 


THE    C  ALIFORNIAN. 


11 


rjIHE  CALIFORNIAN'S 
SAN  FRANCISCO  BUSINESS  DIRECTORY. 

BATHS. 

Dr.  Bourne's,  (Medical,)  10Post,near  Montgomery 

APOTFIECARY. 
George  H.  Clapp,  corner  Sixth  and  Howard. 

BUSINESS  AND  PROPERTY  AGENCY. 
S.  P.  Whitman,  313  Montgomery  sf 

BOWLING  ALLEYS. 
'    Wtiolers  k  Sturkc,  Pine  and  Montgomery ,  (Russ  House.) 


A.  Gcnsoul,  511  Montgomery. 

A.  Raman  k  Co.,  417  and  419  Montgomery  street. 

BOOTS  AND  SHOES. 
Finch  k  Co. ,  133  Montgomery  street. 
I.  M.  Wcutworth  «  Co/  (wholesale  manufac.)  210  Pme  St. 

CLOTHS,  CASSIMERES,  AND  TRIMMINGS. 
E.  Weill  k  Sons,  removed  to  616  Sacramento  street. 

COLLECTOR. 

B.  Pnlvorman,  526  Montgomery — Office  hoars,  1  to  3  p.m. 

CLOTHING. 

H  Ml  Lookwood  &  Co.,  624  Clay  street. 
J.  li.  Head  &  Co.,  corner  Montgomery  anil  Bush  strec  ts 
William  Sherman,  412  S  insdhie,  corner  Commercial. 
Qoiucy  H  ill,  545,  547,  and  549  Washington  street. 

COAL  OIL,  LAMPS,  ETC.  l 
Dell,  Cranna  &  Co.  (wholesale)  613  Front  street. 
A.  C.  Dietz  k  Co.,  (wholesale,)  521  Front  street. 

COPPER  CRUSHER  AND  SAMPLER. 
S  W.  Howland,  24  California  street,  (at  Thomas'  Mill.) 

DRESS  TRIMMINGS,  WORSTEDS,  ETC. 
Mrs.  Norcross,  5  Montgomery  street  (Masonic  Temple.) 

DENTISTS. 
Dr.  Blake,  removed  to  Third,  corner  Mission. 
Dr.  A.  N.  Clark  (lato  Knowlcs.& Clark)  removed  to  410 
Kearny. 

Whiteomh  k  Dyer,  205  Thin',  near  Howard. 

DANCING  ACADEMY. 

Coghill's.  Congress  H  ill.  Bush,  above  Montgomory 
Fuller  k  McCarthy,  727  Market,  near  Third. 

DRY  GOODS. 
Meagher,  Taaflb  k  Co. .  9  Montgomery  street; 
Mosgrovo  &  Blakely,  222  Third,  near.  Howard. 


K.  H.  McDonald  &Co.,  (Wholesale)  Sausome,  cor.  Pino- 
Shrpardson  k  Gates,  (successors  to  R.  Hall  k  Co.,)  cor^ 
uer  Sausome  ami  Commercial. 

EDUCATIONAL  INSTITUTIONS. 
Cal.  Collegiate  Institute,  Miss  M.  Linimoiid,  68  Silver. 
Miel  Institute,  Miss  Florence  James,  55  South  Park. 
Pacific  Business  College,  751  Market  street, above  Third. 

FURNITURE. 

G  Iwin  &  Co.,  510  and  528  Washington  streets. 

J.  Peirce,  415,  417  and  419  California  street, 

OROCERS. 
N.  Boschen,  corner  Fifth  and  Minna. 
Sios-on  &  I,  old,  souihvrfest  comer  Foleom  and  First. 
P  .1.  Klvmi,  corner  Howard  and  Eighth streets. 
II  iskell's  Co. ,  Market  and  Sutler  sts,  below  the  Market 
W.  M.  Noble  k  Co.,  cor  Howard  and  Twelfth  streets. 

HATTER. 

Lamott  (wholesale  and  retail)  227  Montgomery  street, 
HOTELS. 

Brooklyn.  John  Kelly ,  Jr., S.insonm,  corner  Pine. 
Chicago,  E.  W.  HeimburgTk  Co.,  220  Pacific  street. 

INSURANCE. 

Bigelow  &  Bro. ,  N.W.  cor.  Montgomery  and  Sacramento. 
Mutual  Life  Ins.  Co.,  H.  S.  Hoinatis,  A",ont,  609  Clav. 
M  inhattan,  R.  B.  Swain  &  Co. ,  Ag'ls,  206  Front,  cor  Cal. 
National  Ins.  Co.,N.E  cor.  Montgomory  and  California. 
Occidental  Ins.  Co. ,  S.  W.  cor.  Moutgom'y  and  California: 
Pacific  Ins.  Co. ,  436  California  street. 

LADIES'    BI.IOITTHP.IK,  CLOAKS,  ETC. 
Rosenblatt's,  123  and  125  Montgomery  street. 

MAPS. 

Pacific  Map  Depot,  A.  Gcnsoul,  511  Montgomery. 

MERCHANT  TAILORS. 
J.  H.  Hammond  removed  to  328  Montgomery. 

MILLINERS. 

Mrs.  Wheeler,  Popper's  building,  Third,  near  Mission. 

PAPER  HANGINGS,  WINDOW  SHADES,  ETC 
II.  Ward,  132  Third  street. 

PIANO  SCHOOL. 
Mr.  Gustavo  A.  Scott,  at  Miel  Institute,  55  South  Park. 

PIANOS,  MUSIC,  ETC. 
M.  Gray,  613  Clay  street. 

PHOTOGRAPHS,  CUTLERY,    SPECTACLES,  ETC. 
Lawrence  *  House-worth,  317  and  319  Montgomery  st. 

REAL  ESTATE. 
Fifteen. dollar  lots  for  sale  by  H.  S.  Brown,  S.E.  corner 
of  Battery  and  Commercial  streets. 

RESTAURANTS. 
Bivalve,  N»Hing  &  Sp-een,  610  Market,  near  Kearny. 
-Eureka.  ('.  11.  Bfickwedell  &  Co., Clay,  near  Moutgom'y 
Market,  bv  Fciix  and  Gustavo  Besson',  520  Merchant. 
Pliiladelpli'ia,  .Iar,,b  Weiss,  308  Montgomery  street. 
Helvetia,  Jolinjury  &  Bros.,  524  Merchant  street. 
Saulmauu's,  508  Montgomery  street. 

SALOONS. 

Charter  Oik.  Frank  Kelly,  N  E  cor  Third  and  Howard 

Gltio's  527  Washington,  ajjove  the  Market.  \ 
Jones'  Simple  RoblnS, S.E.  cor.  Montgomery  and  Cal. 
Hunter  &  Mver.«,  332  Montgomery  street. 
V.  Bquarza,  44  Leidesdorff  street. 

Sun  Burst,  Carolin  &  McArdle,  cor.  Second  and  Market. 
Coates  &  Henderson,  37  Sutter  street. 

.-Ml   -  '  >n   .     SCALES.       .    .,  ,: 

Fairbanks  &  Hutchinson,  Depot  for  Fairbanks'  Scales 
334  Montgomery  street. 

SEWING  MACHINES. 
Grover  &  Baker.  .1.  W.  J.  Pearson,  116  Montgomery. 
The  Fjoiento,  olllce  111  Montgomery  streot. 
Wheeler  &  Wilson,  corner  Montgomery  and  Sacramento 

TOYS,  ETC. 
Feldbuah  &  Co.,  207  Montgomery  street. 
A.  Kohlor,  620  Washington  street. 

WATER-CURE  INSTITUTE. 
Dr  Bourne's  Pioneer,  10  Post,  near  Montgomery 


gPRING  AND  SUMMER  STYLE 


SILK 


HAT, 


18  6  6 


INTRODUCED 


MARCH  3 


McGANN  &  CO., 
FASHIONABLE  HATTERS, 

No.  654  Washington  street, 

Two  doors  below  Kearny. 


SPRING  AND  SUMMER  STYLES. — Silk,  Felt, 
Beaver,  and  other  HATS  for  sale  at  the  lowest  prices. 

CAPS  of  every  description,  suitable  for  all  ages, 
made  to  order. 

McGANN  &  CO.,  being  experienced  and  skilled 
in  all  the  branches  of  the  manufacture  of  Hats,  feel 
confident  of  giving  entire  satisfaction  to  their  patrons. 
Every  description  of  Hats  and  Caps  niade  to  order. 

Remember,  McGANN  &CO.,  Practical  Hatters, 
G54  Washington  street,  two  doors  below  the  Plaza. 
New  Goods  by  every  steamer.  niai'10 


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HE  NORTH  BRITISH  AND 

.   MERCANTILE  INSURANCE  CO 

OF      LONDON      AND  EDINBUROH. 

•       ESTABLISHED,  1809. 

Capital,   -----  $10,000,000 

Accumulated  Funds,  March  6, 1865,  -  -  11,622,500 

Annual  Income,         -  2,827,290 

Deposit  in  California  under  State  law,  -  $75,000 


GENERAL  AGENCY  FOR  THE  PACIFIC  STATES  AND 

TERRITORIES, 
No.  4i£2  California  street,    -    -    -    Sau  Francisco 


Insurances  effected  at  the  lowest  rate;!  on  buildings  ol 
both  Brick  and  Wood,  throughout  the  State,  whetner 
occupied  as  Stores,  Dwellings,  or  Warehouses,  togetbci 
with  their  contents. 

Also,  VESSELS  in  port,  with  or  without  their  Cargoes 

Also,  QUART/,  MILLS  and  MACHINERY. 

LOSSES  PAID  IN  UNITED  STATES  GOLD  COIN  im- 
mediately  on  adjustment. 

WM.  H.  TlLLINGHAST,  Agent, 
aula 


JJOSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 

CREATE  A    HEALTHY  A P PETITE  I 

ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 
Cure  Dyspepsia,  Diarrhoea  and  Constipation 

ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 
Invigorate  the  System  and  enliven  the  mind. 

ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 
Overcome  the  effects  of  Drunkeuuess  and  I«itc  Hours. 

ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 
Cure  all  Diseases  of  the  Liver,  Stomach  and  Bowels. 

ROSENBAUM  S  BITTERS 
Arc  Palatable  to  the  Taste. 

They  are  the 

BEST  BITTERS  IN  THE  MARKET, 

And  when  once  used  will  always  be  called  . 
for  again. 

They  are  made  in  the  most  careful  manner 
From  Pure  Old  Wheat  Whisky,  Medicated  from 

Roots  and  Herbs 
Especially  adapted  for  the  cure  of  all  Stomachic  Disease? 
and  Liver  Complaints. 

Try  Them  and  You  'will  be  Satisfied. 

For  sale  every  where  by  Druggists  and  Liquor  Dealers 

N.  B.  JACOBS  &  CO., 

42'.i  Front  street, 
fell  6m  Sau  Fraucisco 


(CALIFORNIA 

Steam  Navigation  Company. 


STEAMER  CAPITAL  CAPT.  E.  A.  TOOLE. 

CUUYSOPOLIS.CAPT.  A.  FOSTER. 

YOSEMlTE   

"       CORNELIA  CAPT.  W.  BROMLEY. 

"       JULIA  CAL'T  E  CONCKLIX. 

One  of  the  above  steamers  leave  BROADWAY  WHARF, 
nt4o'cltuk  V.1A,  EVERY  DAT,  (Sundays  excepted,)  for 
Sacramento  and  ouo  for  Stockton,  the  Sacramento  steamer 
connecting  with  light-draft  steamers  for  Marysville,  Co- 
lusa, Chlco  and  Red  Bluff 

Steamships  AJAA',  PACIFIC,  ORIZABA,  CAIIFOR- 
NlA,  ACTIVE,  and  SENATOR,  leave  as  advertised,  for 
Honolulu,  Portland,  Oregon,  New .  Westminster,  British 
Columbia,  Victoria,  cV.T,)  Santa  Barbara,  San  Pedro, 
aud  Sau  Diego. 

Office  of  the  Company,  northeast  corner  of  Front  and 
Jackson  streets, 

mar23  B.  M.  HARTSHORNE,  President. 


QCCTDENTAL 

INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

S.  W  Cor.  MONTGOMERY  and  CALIFORNIA  STREETS 
INDIVIDUAL  LIABILITY. 

CAPITAL  STOCK,  $300,000 

LOSSES  PAID  IN  UNITED  S1ATES  GOLD  COIN. 

THIS  COMPANY  will  insure  against  loss  by  Fire  on  any 
Dwelling  House,  Buildings,  Merchandise  or  other  property, 
situated  in  the  State  of  California.  The  largest  sum  they 
will  take  on  any  one  risk  is  thirty  thousand  dollars. 

CHRISTOPHER  CHRISTIANSEN,  President. 
J.  GREENEBAUM,  Vice  President. 
B.  Rothschild,  Secretary.  mh25-tf 


jgOYS!    BOYS!  BOYS! 

NOW  IS  THE  TIME  1 


H.  M.  LOCKWOOD  &  CO., 
New  No.  624)  CLAY  STREET,  (Old  No  17 

Have  received  a  Large  Stock  of 

GENTS'  AND  BOYS'  CLOTHING 

— AND —  ' 

FURNISHING  GOODS, 

Which  they  are  selling 
AT   VERY   LOW  PRICES. 
Every  Garment  warranted.    All  are  invited  to  call  and 
examine  our  goods. 

H.  M.  LOCKWOOD  k  CO. 
jil  624  Clay  street,  San  Francisco. 


QREAT  TRIUMPH  ! ! 

STEINWAY  &  SONS 


Woronwardod  the  FIRST  PRIZE  MEDAL  at  the  labs 
INTERNATIONAL  EXHIBITION  AT  LONDON,  over  the 
two  hundred  and  sixty  nine  Pianos  entered  for  competition 
from  all  parts  of  the  world. 

Tin'  Special  Corresiiondout  of  the  New  York  Times  says  : 

"  Messrs.  Stemway  &  Sons'  indorsement  by  the  Juron 
is  emphatic,  and  stronger  and  more  to  the  point  than  that 
of  any  European  maker." 

A  constant  supply  of  the  above  superior  instruments  can 
be  found  at  the  Agent's, 

M.  GP.AY,  613  Clay  street. 
PIANO  TUNING  done  by  a  first-class  Workman,  from 
Stciuway  k  Sou's  Factory,  New  York.  my25 


QEO.  P.  KIMBALL  &  CO., 

Carriage  Manufacturers, 


CORNER  MARKET  AND  FOURTH 

STREETS, 

San  Francisco. 


GEORGE  T.  KIMBALL... 


.  .W.   H.  KNIGHT. 


We  have  always  on  baud  a  large  assortment  of  Coaches, 
Carriages,  Buggies,  Thoroughbrace  Wagons,  Express, 
Grocery.  Soda  and  Butcher  Wagons  and  Lumber  Gears. 

CARRIAGES  AND  WAGONS 

Of  every  description  made  to  order  ami  at  shortest  no- 
tice. Particular  attention  paid  to  the  building  of  Wide 
Track  Buggies  and  Wagons  with  Brakes,  for  mountain 
use.    Orders  from  the  country  promptly  attended  to. 

N.  B.    Kimball's  Patent  Goose  Neck  Trucks  on  hand. 

mai  2  3ai 


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EER  AND  WINE  SALOON. 


Faust  Cellar. 


Southeast  corner  of  Clay  and  Montgomery  streets. 


A.  L.  THIELE  Proprietor 

WESTPHALIA  HAMS,  RUSSIAN  CAVIAR,  SARDINES, 
Anchovies,  Swiss  aud  Limburg  t  heese,  etc  ;  the  flnest 
Brands  of  Liquors,  Wiues,  Cigars,  and  Seltzer  Water, 
Wholesale  ami  Retail. 

&g-  Fialnng  and  Hunting  Parties  fitted  out  at  the  short- 
est notice.  fc24-3ra 


rpHB  ONLY  LIVING  ASTROLOGER, 
PROF.  COHEN, 
530  California  street,  San  Francisco, 

THROUGH  HIS  NATURAL  GUT,  can  give  correct  ,„,,„. 
matioii  on  the  Past,  Present  and  Future,  on  any  subject 
that  may  be  required  so  as  to  avoid  trouble.  As  evidence 
ot  his  reputation,  he  has  received  over  18,000  consul tai  ions 
during  his  residence  of  six  years  in  San  Francisco  I  Con- 
sulfation  fee,  $2.  By  letter,  $3.  Letter  box,  104.  It  is 
not  necessary  to  give  the  age.  Office,  630  California 
street.    Hours  irom  8  a.  a.  to  11  r.  M.  maris  3ro 


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COME  AND  SEE  ME! 


BR.  JOHN  HE  ALT), 


DENTIST, 
HAS  REMOVED  TO  THE 

CORNER  KEARNY  AND  CALIFORNIA  STS, 
Where  lie  will  be  pleased  to  see  all  old  friends,  and  plenty 
of  new  oues.  Every  variety  of  Dental  Operations  per- 
formed in  the  best  manner,  and  at  prices  that  shall  suit 
all  persons.  aWENTKANCE  ON  CALIFORNIA  SREET. 
ap2S  uin 


PURNITURE 


B  EBBING/ 


LARGEST  STOCK! 

LATEST  STYLES/ 

The    Best  Workmanship, 

Ji"i  li  .(tetdtr  rKHUatettKHpyi'HiJofui  fen*  fi'-fU 
LOWEST  PRICES! 

AT 

Goodwin         Co.  '  s 

FURNITURE  WARE-ROOMS, 
Nos.  508,  510,  518  and  528  Washinglon-st. 

jal6  SAN  FRANCISCO. 


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fOS.  W1NTERBURN  &  CO. 


J.  WINTERBURN,  V.  A.  TORHAS,  VV.  HOFFSCHNEIDER. 

(Successors- to  W.  P.  Harrison.) 

Printers   and  Electrotypcrs, 

413  TO  417  CLAY  ST.,  (lielow  Sausome,) 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

ALL  KINDS  OF  JOB  PRINTING 

Neatly  and  Promptly  Executed. 

ELECT ROTYPING 

Done  at  tiie  shortest  notice. 
Stamps  of  all  kinds   made  to  order. 
Printing  in  Spanish ,  French ,  German  and  Italian  Lan- 
guages, executed  with  correctness. 

A  "  Mammoth  "  aud  two  No.  3  Hand  Presses  FOR  SALE 
very  cheap.  fe3-3m 


gMOKE 

THE  PATENT 

RUSSIAN 

CIGARETTES, 

MANUFACTURED  BY 

GIBB  &  STAHL, 

120  KEARNY  STREET,  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
For  sale  at  all  Cigar  Stores.  ap2S-3m 


CALIFORNIA  BRASS  FOUNDRY, 

No.  125  First  street,  opposite  Minna, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

A  I!  I- i  nils  of  Brass, 
Composition,  Zinc, 
rind  Babbitt  Metal 
Cast  in  n ,  / il  mi  shed 
a(  the  shortest  notice. 
Brass  Ship  -Wm  I.  i'f 
all  kinds,  Spikes, 

Sheathing  Nails,  Rudder  Braces,  Hinges,  etc.,  constantly 
on  hand  arid  made  to  order.  Also,  manufacture  Ship  and 
Steamboat  Bells  and  Gongs  or  superior* tone. 

All  kinds  of  Steam,  Liquor,  Water,  Oil,  and  Flango 
Cocks  and  Valves  niado  and  repaired.  . 

Hydraulic  Pipes  and  Nozzles,  and  Hose  Couplings  and 
Connections  of  all  sizes  and  patterns,  furnished  with  dis- 
Batjjh.    PRICES  MODERATE. 

JOHN  P.  GALLAGHER. 
JOSEPH  B!  WEED, 

marlO  3m  SAMUEL  WHITE. 


jy£ONEY  TO  LOAN ! 

MONEY  TO  LOAN 


On  City  Real. Estate,  Dwellings,  Factories, 
Merchandise,  for  such  time  as  may  be  agreed  (nr 
posits  recejved  in  small  or  large  sums,  at  interest,  by  the 
CALIFORNIA  BUILDING,  LOAN  AND  SAV- 
INGS HANK 
California  street,  (.mo  do...  limn  Sausome  street.) 
mj'5  3ia  THOMAS  M00NEV,  President. 


12 


THE  CALIFORNIAN. 


[May  26th 


LES    BOURRAS    PAILLE  SON. 

AT  Marseilles,  on  the  4th  of  September,  1865,  there  died 
by  the  hand  of  the  executioner  a  man,  whose  crime  of 
murder  with  very  ^extenuating  circumstances,  had  excited  a 
6trong  feeling  of  indignation  against  him.  Immeuse  crowds, 
of  whom  the  majority  were  women,  assembled  to  see  him  pay 
the  last  penalty  of  the  law.  The  weakness  of  the  prisoner 
was  so  great  that  he  had  to  be  carried  in  the  arms  of  the  exe- 
cutioner to  the  cart  which  conveyed  him  to  the  place  where 
the  guillotine  was  erected  ;  and  arriving  at  the  Place  Sebas- 
topol,  ho  was  assisted  by  two  men  to  ascend  the  steps  that 
led  to  the  platform.  To  add  to  the  horrors  of  the  scene,  the 
mother  of  his  victim  was  among  the  crowd  ;  and  when  she 
Baw  him  on  the  platform  of  the  guillotine,  uttered  the  most 
piercing  cries,  calling  for  vengeance  upon  the  murderer  of  her 
child.  To  a  foreigner,  happening  to  witness  the  execution, 
thsre  was  another  circumstance  which,  if  not  so  horrible  as 
the  cries  of  the  mother  for  blood,  must  have  been  equally 
strange  and  interesting.  When  the  knife  had  done  its  work, 
and  the  executioner  and  his  assistants  had  disappeared,  four 
men,  grave,  silent,  unknown,  their  faces  covered  with  an  im- 
penetrable veil,  made  their  appearance,  and  toik  possession  of 
the  dead  body.  The  crowd  manifested  no  surprise  on  seeing 
them  ;  it  was  evident  that  though  none  knew  their  nimes, 
every  one  knew  their  offv'.e,  and  on  every  hand  might  be  heard 
in  a  low  tone,  "  Voila  les  Tloitrras  Faille  Son."  Any  one 
who  saw  them  for  the  first  time  on  the  platform  in  the  Place 
Sebastopol,  in  the  early  light  of  that  September  morning,  and 
who  knew  nothing  of  their  office  and  work,  will  probably  never 
forget  the  impression  produced  on  his  mind.  They  were  cov- 
ered from  their  shoulders  to  their  feet  with  a  long  robe  of 
coarse  cloth,  such  as  is  used  for  packing  ;  around  their  waists 
was  a  thick  rope,  which  served  as  a  belt  or  girdle  ;  the  whole 
of  their  head  and  face  was  covered  with  an  immense  cowl  or 
hood,  in  which  two  small  holes  were  made  to  enable  them  to 
see  their  way.  Such  were  the  Bcutras  Paille  Son  ;  and  the 
question  might  well  rise  to  the  stranger's  lips,  What  are  they, 
and  what  do  they  do  ? 

The  system  of  public  penitence  which  the  Church  of  Rome 
instituted  at  an  early  period  of  her  history,  was  the  occasion 
of  many  strange  developments,  and  in  one  of  these  this  order 
took  its  rise. 

Abbe  Fleury,  in  his  Histoire  de  I'F/lise,  says  that  in  the 
year  1250  there  grew  up  a  new  kind  of  doctrine,  or,  as  he  calls 
it  elsewhere,  penitence  ;  that,  beginning  at  TVrouse,  it  spread 
to  Rome,  and  thence  through  the  whole  of  Italy.  The  nobles 
and  the  common  people,  old  and  young,  even  to  children  of 
five  year3  of  age,  were  so  in  awe  of  the  wrath  of  God,  in  con- 
sequence of  the  great  crimes  that  were  committed  throughout 
the  country,  that  they  went  in  penitence  through  the  streets 
of  the  city  naked  from  their  waists  upwards.  They  marched 
two  and  two  in  procession,  each  having  in  his  hand  a  whip 
made  of  leather,  with  which  they  struck  themselves  till  their 
bodies  were  covered  with  blood,  at  the  same  time  littering  the 
most  doleful  lamentations,  imploring  the  mercy  of  God,  and 
the  help  of  the  Virgin.  They  did  this  even  in  the  night, 
through  a  very  cold  winter.  Thousands,  and,  in  some  places, 
ten  thousand  at  once,  thus  walked  in  procession,  attended  by 
priests  carrying  the  cross  and  its  banners,  visiting  the  churches, 
and  prostrating  themselves  before  the  altar.  The  same  scenes 
were  acted  in  small  towns  and  villages,  so  that  the  mountains 
and  the  plains  resounded  with  the  cries  of  the  penitents. 
From  Italy  this  penitence  spread  to  Germany  and  Poland,  the 
devotees  adopting  the  practice  of  covering  their  heads  and 
faces,  so  as  not  to  be  known.  This  new  kind  of  devotion, 
however,  soon  became  obnoxious  to  the  rulers  both  of  the 
church  and  the  state  ;  to  the  former  because  there  was  an  evi- 
dent tendency  to  form  a  sect — indeed,  a  sect  was  in  some 
measure  formed,  the  members  of  which  attributed  to  them- 
selves priestly  functions  :  to  the  latter  from  a  fear  lest  such 
crowds  of  people  might  be  made  use  of  for  political  purposes. 
All  such  practices  were  therefore  forbidden  under  the  severest 
penalties,  and  Fleury  says,  in  his  own  naive  way,  "  This  sect 
was  thus  soon  dispersed  and  abandoned,  as  it  was  formed  with- 
out authority  and  without  reason." 

From  the  ruins  of  this  sect  there  sprung  up  a  number  of 
brotherhoods,  each  of  which  gave  itself  to  some  special  work. 
One  undertook  the  care  of  the  sick,  another  the  burying  of 
the  dead,  another  the  performance  of  certain  special  devotions 
in  the  public  cemeteries.  Kach  society  was  known  and  named 
from  the  color  of  the  robe  worn  by  its  members  ;  and  so  there 
were  black  penitents,  white  penitents,  gray  penitents  ;  in  fact, 
almost  every  color  known  to  the  dyer.  "  Kach,"  to  quote  a 
writer  in  the  Petit  Journal,  "  aimed  at  the  accomplishment  of 
an  act  of  charity,  the  observance  of  an  act  of  penitence,  the 
doing  regubrly  a  religions  work."  Some  of  these  are  still 
tound  in  the  south  of  France,  and  among  them  Les  Bourras 
Paille  Son.  The  work  to  which  they  devote  themselves  Is 
the  burial  of  the  poor  ;  but  among  them  there  is  a  select  band, 
who  have  vowed  not  only  to  bury  the  poor,  but  also  to  perforin 
this  last  act  of  charity  for  those  who  have  perished  by  the 
hand  of  the  executioner.  These  are  distinguished  from  their 
brethren  by  wearing  a  tan-colored  robe  ;  this  peculiar  color 


may  have  been  chosen  for  the  same  reason  that  the  guillotine 
is  paiuted  red — that  is,  that  spots  of  blood  may  the  less  easily 
be  seen.  On  the  eve  of  an  executiou,  what  is  called  a  chapel 
is  held,  at  which  all  the  members  of  the  fraternity  assist  who 
have  taken  upon  themselves  the  vow  of  interring  the  con- 
demned. Lots  are  drawn  in  order  to  ascertain  which  of  their 
number  are  to  do  duty  on^the  following  day.  The  four  thus 
selected,  clad  in  their  hoods  and  robes,  make  their  way  through 
the  crowd  to  the  foot  of  the  scaffold.  The  executioner  aud 
bis  assistants,  when  they  have  done  their  work,  retire  from  the 
platform,  leaving  the  body  of  the  victim  still  attached  to  the 
plank,  and  his  head  in  the  receptacle  into  which  it  falls. 
Standing  at  the  foot  of  the  ladder,  the  priest  of  the  commu- 
nity then  addressed  the  four  brethren  thus  :  "  There  is  no 
longer  a  criminal  here,  but  the  mortal  remains  of  a  man  whom 
God  created  in  his  own  image,  and  we  are  come  to  bury  him." 
The  brethren  respond,  "  Amen."  They  then  ascend  the  lad- 
der, detach  the  body  from  the  plank,  and,  having  made  athick 
bed  of  straw  and  bran  in  the  middle  of  a  large  coarse  cloth, 
place  the  dead  body  upon  it.  They  then  take  the  head  aud 
joiu  it  to  the  trunk,  and  sew  up  the  winding-sheet  with  strong 
thread.  This  being  done,  the  body  is  placed  on  a  bier,  and, 
attended  by  the  priest  who  has  given  absolution  to  the  crimi- 
nal, they  carry  it  to  the  cemetery. 

Their  name,  Bourras  Paille  Son,  is  derived  partly  from  the 
material'  of  which  their  robe  is  made,  and  partly  from  the 
Araw  and  bran  they  use  so  largely  in  the  performance  of  their 
sell-imposed  duty.  Bure,  the  French  word  for  coarse  pack- 
ing-cloth, is  pronounced  in  the  patois  of  the  South  hourra  ; 
paille  is  French  for  straw,  and  son  for  bran.  Every  grade  and 
profession  of  society  is  represented  in  this  strange  brother- 
hood, and,  like  poverty,  the  vow  to  enter  it  brings  a  man  into 
singular  associations.  General  Camas,  peer  of  France,  and 
for  some  time  general-in-chiet  of  the  eighth  division,  was  one 
of  the  Bourras  Paille  Son.  llis  colleague  in  the  stall  of  the 
chapel  belongiug  to  the  order  was  Father  Jerome,  a  crossing- 
sweeper,  and  one  day  the  latter  was  heard  to  say  to  the  gen- 
eral, "  There  is  nothing  equal  in  the  world  ;  no  man  is  just 
like  his  brother  ;  one  blade  ot  grass  differs  from  its  fellows  : 
but  true  equality,  real  brotherhood  is  found  at  the  foot  of  the 
cross  in  our  little  chapel,  Les  Bourras  Paille  Sou."  Men  enter 
the  order  from  different  motives  ;  oue  because  he  has  been 
crossed  in  love  ;  another  because  he  has  lost  those  dear  to 
him  by  bereavement  ;  with  another,  conscience  has  been  busy, 
and  under  the  influence  of  remorse  or  contrition,  he  vows  to 
enter  the  brotherhood  Les  Bourras  Paille  Son.  But  the  vow 
once  made  is,  as  a  rule,  observed.  The  writer  of  the  article 
in  the  Petit  Journal,  from  whom  I  have  before  quoted,  relates 
the  following  anecdote  in  illustration  of  this  :  M.  Lombardon, 
who  had  filled  the  office  of  President  of  the  Tribunal  of  Com- 
merce, took  the  vow.  Some  time  after,  he  met  a  friend,  who 
remarked  that  he  was  extremely  -agitated,  and  asked  what  was 
the  matter.  "  The  lot  has  fallen  on  me,  and  I  have  to  attend 
the  execution  to-morrow."  His  friend  suggested  that  he  might 
easily  fiud  a  substitute.  "No,"  said  he;  "I  have  made  a 
vow,  and  1  must  accomplish  it  to  the  end."  In  a  few  days  he 
again  met  his  friend,  and  in  answer  to  his  inquiries,  said,  "0 
my  friend,  nothing  gives  a  man  strength  like  the  performance 
of  duty."   

T  II  E    STORY    OF    A    M  A  C  II  I  N  E . 

DO  those  who  go  about  their  daily  avocations  or  pursuits, 
ever  for  a  moment  think  of  the  brain-work  that  has 
been  necessary  to  enable  them  to  more  effectually  do  what 
they  do? 

Are  we  not  every  day  passing  through  a  world  where  the 
minutest  object  we  see  should  remind  us  of  the  great  mechani- 
cal skill  o(  the  age  ?  Every  hour  of  the  day  we  are  indebted 
to  a  pin  for  aid,  and  yet  hunt  lew  of  us  know  anything  about 
a  pin  !  Ilow  little  do  we  think  of  the  great  minds  that,  have 
been  brought  to  bear  upon  the  making  of  that  simple  bit  of 
pointed  brass — of  the  brains  that  have  plodded  over  the  ma- 
chine— of  the  skillful  men  who  have  worked  beside  it,  year 
after  year,  bringing  forth  daily  new  thoughts,  all  of  which 
should  tend  to  its  perfection. 

All  this  went  through  our  head  as  we  stood  and  viewed  the 
almost  human  working  of  a  machine — a  sewing  machine.  We 
remember  the  day,  not  so  many  years  ago,  when  the  idea  of  a 
machine  to  sew  would  have  beeu  scouted  ;  but  at  last  came  a 
whisper,  and  then  a  rumor,  and,  finally,  an  announcement  that 
something  of  the  kind  was  upon  the  tapis,  and,  at  last  the 
machine  of  Howe  was  announced.  This  was  barely  20  years 
ago,  and  from  that  time  till  now  we  do  not  intend  to  follow 
the  improvements,  but  simply  to  speak  jf  the  march  of  the 
sewing  machine  as  one  of  those  wonderful  things  that  are  oc- 
curring about  us  every  day,  which  we  do  not  stop  to  wonder  at 
until  our  attention  is  absolutely  arrusted. 

We  select  the  Floreuce  Sewing  Machine  for  our  illustration, 
for  the  simple  reason  that  we  cannot  help  endorsiug  it  as  the 
greatest  of  all  machines  calculated  to  do  that  style  of  labor. 
What  it  claims  for  itSelf  is,  that  it  makes  tour  different 
stitches— the  lock,  knot,  double-lock,  and  double-knot,  each 
stitch  being  alike  on  both  sides  of  the  fabric— and  that  each 
machine  has' the  reversible  feed  motion,  enabling  the  operator, 


by  turning  a  screw,  to  run  the  work  either  to  the  left  or  right. 
The  next  point  is  the  sell-adjusting  tension,  that  teusiou  being 
always  in  proportion  to  the  size  of  the  bobbin.  These  are  the 
main  points  of  excellence  claimed  for  the  machine,  and  the 
points  wherein  it  differs  from  all  other  sewing  machines  ;  and 
having  stated  these,  we  will  give  a  short  history  of  the  machine 
itself,  and  the  place. of  its  manufacture. 

The  original  idea  of  the  Florence  Sewing  Machine  came 
from  Leander  W.  Langdon,  an  inventive  genius,  who  was 
always  about  machine  shops,  and  always  making  something 
after  his  own  ideas.  Finally,  after  a  variety  of  singular  me- 
chanical successes,  he  took  it  into  his  head  to  make  a  sewing 
machine,  and  did  so.  This  was  in  Rochester,  and  the  same 
machine  is  now  in  the  possession  of  the  present  Florence  Com- 
pany. After  various  efforts  to  bring  his  machine  into  notice, 
he  came  to  Florence,  Massachusetts,  a  village  within  a  short 
distance  of  Northampton,  Hampshire  county,  so  near  as  almost 
to  be  considered  a  suburb,  and  brought  it  before  Mr.  S.  L. 
Hill,  then  a  manufacturer  of  sewing  machines,  and  Mr.  D.  G. 
Littlefield.  They  saw  its  merit,  nud  the  final  result  was  the 
formation  of  a  company,  with  a  capital  of  3200,000,  to  manu- 
facture. The  fame  of  the  machine  spread  rapidly,  aud  it  be- 
came necessary  to  increase  its  production.  This  increase  will 
be  understood  when  it  is  known  that  in  18GI  only  50  machines 
were  sold  ;  in  1862,  1,100  ;  in  1863,  3,500  ;  and  in  18C4,  6,- 
000  ;  while  now,  with  a  sale  of  1 ,500  per  month,  the  company 
are  putting  8200,000  more  capital,  and  the  facilities  will  be  so 
increased  that  the  production  will  be  doubled. 

The  buildings  of  the  company  cover  three  acres  of  ground, 
and  UTe  work  employs  350  men.  In  the  increase  of  manufac- 
ture, it  will  not  be  necessary  to  increase  the  number  of  men 
in  the^ame  ratio  as  the  manufactured  machines  como  out,  the 
present  machinery  being  capablo  of  doing  twice  the  work, 
with  a  small  addition  of  force  ;  and  yet  the  company  are  just 
about  to  embark  the  sum  of  i?200  000  more  for  the  purpose  of 
extending  their  manufacture,  from  the  fact  that  they  arc  not 
able  now  to  supply  the  demand. 

The  process  of  manufacture  is  simply  this  :  Upon  the  first, 
orgrouud-floorof  this  immense  factory,  is  the  foundry.  Thero 
all  the  castings  are  made,  and  the  finishing,  and  on  the  same 
floor  the  japanning  is  done.  This  is  a  most  important  branch 
of  the  manufacture,  and,  though  apparently  the  rough  part 
ouly,  by  comparison,  is  capable  of  the  highest  degree  of  at- 
tention. 

From  the  finishing  and  japanning  rooms  of  the  first  floor 
we  go  to  those  of  the  second,  where  all  the  small  parts  of  the 
machine  are  made.  There  is  a  nicety  of  workmanship  neces- 
sary here,  that  must  be  seeu  to  be  understood.  Every  part  of 
this  beautiful  machine  must  be  accurate  as  those  of  a  watch  ; 
and  to  see  that  this  end  is  reached,  and  no  machine  goes  from 
the  factory  without  this  accuracy  and  finish,  is  the  especial 
labor  of  the  company.  Every  oue  of  these  many  parts,  upon 
being  finished,  goes  to  the  Assembly-room  upon  the  third  floor, 
where  it  is  put  together  and  set  running  by  power.  It  runs 
for  one  or  two  days,  until  the  fact  of  its  workmanship  is  made 
satisfactory  and  all  is  smooth,  after  which  it  is  removed  to  the 
Adjusting-room,  on  the  same  floor.  In  this  loom  it  is  tried 
in  every  way  upou  both  cotton  and  silk,  from  No.  12  to  No. 
2u0,  and  if  found  to  work  with  accuracy  and  decision,  is  re- 
moved to  the  Iiispecting-rooiu.  Hera  it  undergoes  another 
thorough  examination  in  all  its  parts,  and  if  finally  pronounced 
lit  ami  a  perfect  machine,  it  is  lowered  to  the  first  floor  and 
there  receives  its  table. 

These  tables  are  made  of  different  material — walnut,  mahog- 
any or  rosewood,  according  to  the  taste  of  those  who  will  be- 
come the  owners,  and  arc  not  made  in  the  main  building,  but 
form  a  separate  manufacture  in  another  place. 

We  have  here  endeavored  to  give  a  clear  and  unvarnished 
account  of  what  we  must  term  a  wonderful  machine.  That  it 
has  been  appreciated  quietly  by  the  public  is  manifest  from  the 
steady  increase  in  its  sales.  It  has  not  been  forced  on  the 
public,  but  has  worked  its  own  way.  It  is  not  a  cheap  ma- 
chine in  the  common  acceptation  of  the  word,  but  it  is  >>till  a 
cheap  machine  in  fact.  The  cheapest  of  the  Florence  Ma- 
chines costs  SG3,  while  the  enme  grade  of  other  first  class 
machines  costs  855  ;  but  at  the  same  time,  the  Florence  Ma- 
chine charges  nothing  for  all  the  extras,  while  the  others  do. 
This  is  the  secret  of  its  cheapness,  to  say  nothing  of  its  capa- 
bility to  do  work  of  every  kind.  We  are  not  disposed  in  this 
summary  to  over-commend  anything  placed  before  the  public 
for  its  suffrage,  but  when  we  know  au  article  to  be  good,  we 
think  we  are  only  doing  our  duty  as  public  journalists  to  Bay 
so  emphatically.— Frank  Leslie's  Illustrated  Newspaper. 


Choick  J'KorKKTv  at  Auction. — John  Middletpn  Pon  will  cell, 
on  Monday  next,  tlmt  beautiful  Moi k  of  properly,  which  luisbnn 
subdivided  into  building  lote,  belonging  to  the  estate  of  the  lute  Dr. 
H.  M.  Gray,  and  lying  between  Minion,  Ilowuid,  Eleventh  and  La- 
fayette streets.  This  property  is  beautifully  sheltered  by  live  oak 
shade  trees,  and  lies  adjacent  to  some  of  the  most  beautiful  home- 
steads in  the  city.  The  streets  bounding  it  arc  ail  graded,  and  the 
lots  will  be  graded  free  of  expense  to  the  purchaser.  The  Howard 
street  cars  pass  the  property,  and  the  Market  streetcar*  puss  within  a 
block  of  iu  The  sale  will  be  peremptory,  to  BCtlle  up  the  alhiirs  of 
tbe  estate.    For  terms  see  advertisement. 


May  26thJ 


THE    CALIF  ORN  IAN 


13 


AGUA  DE  MAGNOLIA. 
A  toilet  delight.  Superior  to  any  cologne, 
used  to  bathe  the  face  and  person,  to  render  the  skin 
soft  and  fresh,  to  allay  inflammation,  to  perfume 
clothing,  for  headache,  etc.  It  is  manufactured  from 
the  rich  Southern  Magnolia,  and  is  obtaining  a  pat- 
ronage quite  unprecedented.  It  is  a  favorite  with 
actresses  and  opera  singers.  It  is  sold  by  all  dealers, 
at  $1.00  in  large  bottles,  and  by  Demas  Barnes  & 
Co.,  New  York,  Wholesale  Agents. 


Lyon's  Magnetic  Insect  Powder  will  exter- 
minate Fleas,  Ticks,  Roaches  and  all  insects  almost 
instantly.  Its  reputation  is  well  known,  aud  hence 
has  been  counterfeited.  Inquire  for  and  take  none 
but  Lvon's,  bearing  the  stamp  of  Demas  Barnes 
&  Co.,  and  the  signature  of  E.  Lyon. 


"  Our  op  Sorts  "  expresses  the  feelings  of 

many  that  cannot  be  otherwise  described.  Languor, 
weakness,  enervation,  listlessness,  sleepiness,  mel- 
ancholy, want  of  appetite,  etc.,  compose  a  class  of 
ailments  greater  than  all  others  combined.  It  is  ex- 
actly for  these  indescribable  complaints  that  Plan- 
tation BlTTERs  are  prepared.  It  is  for  the  relief 
of  these  same  complaints  they  have  become  so  fa- 
mous. Hence  it  is  that  tbey  are  so  extensively  used 
by  clergymen,  merchants,  ladies,  and  persons  of  se- 
dentary habits.  They  are  as  pleasant  to  the  taste  as 
they  are  beneficial  to  the  Stomach.  The  extent  of 
their  sale  is  almost  incredible.  • 


Intrinsic  virtue  alone  could  ever  insure  the 
success  met  by  the  Mexican  Mustang  Liniment. 
For  Rheumatism.,  Neuralgia,  Cuts,  Bruises,  Barns, 
Swelling's,  etc.,  upon  man,  or  Spavin,  Ringbone, 
Poll  Evil,  Scratches,  Strains,  etc.,  upon  beasts,  its 
effects  are  instantaneous,  soothing  and  wonderful. 
Itsavcs  time,  suffering  and  expense  to  have  it  always 
in  the  house.  None  genuine  unless  in  a  steel  plate 
label,  with  signature  of  G.  W.  Weslbrook,  and  hav^ 
ing  .stamp  ot  Demas  Baunes  &.  Co.,  over  top.  Sold 
by  all  dealers. 


Lj*on's  Kathairon  is  a  most  delightful 
article  as  a  Hair  Dressing — to  eradic:ite  scurf  and 
dandruff ,  to  keep  it  clean,  soft  and  silky,  and  the 
head  cool.  It  also  prevents  the  hair  from  falling  off 
and  tiuniug  gray,  aud  promotes  its  growth  upon  pre 
maturely  bald  heads.    It  is  sold  by  all  dealers. 

E.  THOMAS  LYON,  N.  Y. 


Lyon's  Extract  of  Purk  Jamaica  Ginger — 

for  Indigestion,  Nausea,  Heartburn,  Sick  Headache, 
Cholera  Morbus,  Flatulency,  etc.,  where  a  warming 
stimulant  is  required.  Its  careful  preparation  and 
entire  pnrity  make  it  a  cheap  and  reliable  article  for 
culiuary  purposes.  Sold  everywhere,  at  50  cents 
per  bottle.  Ask  for  "  Lyon's"  Pure  Extract.  Take 
no  other.  c7m 


The  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company  of 
New  York. — In  regard  to  this  company  the  "  Wall 
Street  Underwriter  "  say6  :  "Figures  are  potent  ar- 
guments to  employ  in  dealing  with  the  affairs  of  any 
Insurance  Company.  The  Twenty-Third  Annual 
Report  of  'The  Mutual,' made  up  to  the  first  of 
February  instant,  is  published  in  this  paper,  and  the 
results  manifested  upon  it  are  well  worthy  of  consid- 
eration. In  the  first  instance,  as  the  prime  result  of 
the  past  year's  work,  the  gross  assets  of  '  The  Mu- 
tual '  show  an 

Increase  of  $2,549,871  02 

Total  increase  in  premium  account  is. . .  1,083,565  34 
The  total  income  of  $3,853,005  80  is  an 

increase  of  1,003,199  24 

The  full  disbursements  for  1800,  were..  1,540,130  (33 
Number  of  policies  issued  Feb.  1805  to 
Feb'.  1860,  were  8,600 — insuring  over 
double  the  number  of  1864,  and  over 

double  the  amonnt,  viz  31,394,407  00 

All  approving  comment  seems  bald  in  the  presence 
of  the  truly  eloquent  figures  presented  by  the  '  Mu- 
tual Life.'  No  record  of  success  can  be  more  com- 
plete for  any  financial  institution  in  the  world. 
Wherever  Life  Insurance  has  been  heard  of  on  the 
American  Continent,  the  name  and  prestige  of  the 
great  'Mutual'  of  New  York,  stand  out  pre- 
eminent. Many  successful  modern  companies  have 
grown  up  to  prosperity  through  the  example  aud 
influence  of  the  '  Mutual  Life.'  Its  great  success, 
its  wealth,  and  its  manifest  advantages  have  been 
constantly  referred  to  as  incontrovertible  arguments 
in  favor  of  Life  Insurance. "  "The  Mutual  Life" 
has  paid  losses  on  this  coast  (including  dividends,) 
during  the  last  four  years,  to  the  amount  of  $101,- 
819  02,  and  among  the  recent  losses  to  be  paid  are 
policies  for  $5,000  each,  of  Francis  E.  Webster 
and  W.  L.  Haven,  who  were  both  killed  by  the 
nitro-glycerine  explosion  at  the  office  of  Wells, 
Fargo  & -Co. ,  in  addition  to  which  amounts,  there 
is  to  be  paid  about  $1,200  lor  accrued  dividends. 
S.  E.  Examiner.  * 


No  Forfeiting — Heretofore,  if  a  person  holding 
a  Life  Policy  became  unfortunate,  aud  could  not 
raise  the  sum  of  money  required  to  pay  his  next  pre- 
mium, his  policy  was  declared  forfeited.  The 
Brooklyn  Life  Insurance  Company  of  New 
York  has  decided  to  make  every  tolicy  it  issues 
NON-FORFEIT  ABLE,  giving  a  PAID-UP 
POLICY  to  the  party  if  unable  to  coutiuue  his 
payments  of  premiums.  The  dividends  of  the 
Brooklyn  Life  Insurance  Company  axe  settled  annu 
ally  in  cash.  This  plan  is  far  more  acceptable  to 
insurers  than  at  the  end  of  three  or  five  years,  as  in 
other  companies.  The  Brooklyn  Life  Insurance 
Company  allows  thirty  days  grace  in  the  payment 
of  premiums.  Its  policies  are  incontestable,  and  its 
losses  are  promptly  paid.  The  Brooklyn  Life  Insu 
ranee  Company  offers  every  known  plan  of  Life 
and  Endowment  Insurance.  Get  a  pamphlet  at  the 
office,  240  Montgomery  street,  southeast  corner  of 
Pine,  from  Stephen  T.  King,  General  Manager,  or 
David  B.  Arrowsmith,  Local  Agent. 


MEDICAL  ADVICE. 
Dr.  Wm.  K.  Doherty's  Medical  and  Surgical 
Institute  is  becoming  a  sine  qua  non  to  the  welfare 
of  our  State  and  health  of  our  citizens;  and  Bis 
rapidly  spreading  reputation,  although  it  may  excite 
surprise,  is  but  the  signal  of  skill,  and  follows  as  the 
natural  effect  of  such  a  cause.  We  are  personally 
acquainted  with  gentlemen  who  had  suffered  for 
years  under  chronic  disease,  and  who  had  take  n  ad- 
vantage of  every  available  means  that  promised 
relief,  but  without  success,  until  they  called  upon 
Dr.  Doherly,  who,  in  an  incredibly  short  space  of 
lime,  has  given  them  entire  relief.  It  is  gratifying 
to  announce  this  fact,  because  the  Doctor  is  a  gentle- 
man who  seeks,  not  by  defamation  of  others,  to  es- 
tablish his  l  eputation,  or  to  rear  the  superstructure  of 
his  own  upon  the  ruin  of  another's  fame.  The  Doc- 
tor conducts  his  Institute  in  a  manner  that  must  be 
gratifying  to  all  his  patients.  He  examines,  hears, 
advises,  and  recommends,  without  charge,  and. the 
patient,  after  hearing  has  terms  for  treatment,  can 
accept  or  reject  at  pleasure.  In  no  case  does  the 
Doctor  make  a  charge  unless  he  effects  a  cure.  This 
he.  is  able  to  do,  because  he  feels  the  confidence 
which  long  experience  has  given,  aud  no  doubt  the 
cousolat ion  which  appertains  to  that  confidence. 
Persons  afflicted  with  either  acute  or  chronic  disease, 
would  do  well  to  consult  the  Doctor;  at  all  events, 
it  can  do  no  harm,  as  for  consultation  he  asks  no  fee  ; 
nor  does  he  insist  on  obedience  to  his  advice  unless 
the  patient  places  himself  under  his  care.  His  offices 
are  on  Sacramento  street,  opposite  the  Pacific  Mail 
Steamship  office. — &au  Francisco  News. 


Buggies  and  Carriages. — If  you  want  a  trim 
heat,  light,  and  yet'durable  style  of  buggy  or  car 
riage,  go  to  Nos..  37  aud  39  Webb  street,  between 
Sacramento  and  California,  where  yuu  will  find  justl 
such  a  vehicle  as  will  suit  your  taste.  Poli.akd  & 
Carvill  not  only  deal  in  these  articles,  but  manu- 
facture theiu  to  order,  and  do  repairing,  painting, 
trimming  and  biacksmithing  with  dispatch  and  neat 
uess.    Go  aud  sec  them. — California  Leader. 


Wagons.,— Every  species  of  wagons  that  any  one 
can  need,  made  of  the  best  material,  well  fitted  and 
finished,  can  be  found  at  the  Depot  of  Mills  & 
Evans,  587  Market  street,  two  doors  from  Second. 
Light,  Express,  Milk  and  Thoroughbraco  wagons, 
also  Lntnber  Gears,  Extra  Poles  and  Whiffletrees, 
with  Lead  Bars,  are  kept  constautly  on  hand. — Cali- 
fornia Leader. 


RHEUMATISM. 

Throughout  this  coast  a  great  deal  of  suffering  is 
experienced  from  Rheumatism.  Weeks  and  even 
months  of  protracted  and  aggravated  "misery  is  en- 
dured by  the  victims  of  medical  inefficiency  and 
ignorance,  whicb  could  be  cured  just  as  speedily  as 
was  Mr.  Sparrow,  whose  testimony  is  given  below, 
and  is  only  the  echo  of  hundreds  of  other  cases. 
Dr.  Bourne  cures  without  medicines,  which  accounts 
for  his  extraordinary  success.  No.  10  Masonic 
Temple,  Post  street  entrance : 

San  Francisco,  September  6, 1861. 

Dr.  Bourne :  Last  Winter  I  was  nearly  dead,  by 
an  attack  of  inflammatory  rheumatism.  1  suffered 
the  most  excruciating  pains  for  about  five  weeks, 
without  auy  hope  of  relief,  when  a  friend,  hearing 
of  my  illness,  called  to  see  me,  aud  assured  me  that 
if  I  would  stop  "  drugging  and  dosing,  '  aud  go  to 
you,  that  you  would  have  me  walking  about  the 
streets  in  three  days.  Sure  enough,  although  I  was 
utterly  helpless,  and  conveyed  to  your  house  in  a 
carriage,  aud  carried  into  it  by  three  stout  men,  and 
was  by  them  lifted  into  the  bath,  yet,  on  coming 
out  of  the  bath  I  was  able  to  largely  assist  myself, 
doing  much  toward  dressing,  and  without  assistance 
walked  from  the  bath  to  the  carriage.  On  the 
fourth  day,  I  discharged  my  carriage  and  walked 
with  a  friend's  aid  the  entire  distance  to  your  house 
(nearly  a  mile)  and  home  again,  aud  so  on  until 
cured  ;  and  I  had  not  taken  more  than  twelve  baths 
when,  all  pain  aui  swelling  having  ceased,  I  felt 
myself  a  well  man.  And  now  I  am  happy  to  do  this 
little  service  of  publicly  certifying  to  the  simple 
truth,  leaving  it  to  do  its  own  work  among  such  of 
my  friends  aud  acquaintances  as  may  chance  to  6ee 
this.  Your  friend.  Joseph  Sparrow. 


A  SUMMER  AND  WINTER  MEDICINE. 
"  Great  oaks  from  little  acorns  grow." 

The  worst  diseases  known  to  the  human  race 
spring  from  causes  so  small  as  to  almost  defy  detec- 
tion. The  volumes  of  scientific  lore  that  fill  the 
tables  aud  shelves  of  the  medical  fraternity  only  go 
to  prove  and  elaborate  these  facts. 

Then  guard  yourselves  while  yon  may.  The 
smallest  pimple  on  the  skin  is  a  tell-tale  and  indica- 
tor of  disease.  It  may  fade  aud  die  away  from  the 
surface  of  the  body,  but  it  will  reach  the  vit  lis,  per- 
haps, at  last,  and  death  be  the  result  and  final  close. 
Maggiel's  Bilious,  Dyspeptic  and  Dtarrhaa  Pills 
cure  where  all  others  fail.  While  for  Burns, Scalds, 
Chilblains,  Culs,  and  all  abrasions  of  the  skin,  Mag- 
giel's  tialve  is  infallible.  Sold  by  J.  Maggiel,  43 
Fulton  street,  New  York,  aud  all  Druggists,  at  25 
cents  per  box. 


For  the  best  finished,  fashionable  hats,  go  to 
McGanu  &  Co.'s,  Hatters,  C51  Washington  street, 
two  doors  below  the  Plaaa. 


Wanted — Agents  to  sell,  by  subscription  only  the 
most  popular  work  ever  written  :  "  GRANT  AND 
SHERMAN;  their  Campaigns  and  Generals."  By 
the  world  renowned  historian,  Hon.  J.  T.  Headley, 
author  of  Washington  and  tils  CiciatraLs ,  Sacred 
Mountains,  etc.  Agents  are  taking  as  high  as  thirty 
subscribers  per  day,  and  all  agree  in  pronouncing  it 
the  most  saleable  work  they  ever  took  hold  of.  The 
people  want  Headley's  illustrated  "  GRANT  AND 
SHERMAN,"  etc.  For  terms  and  territory ,  address 
E.  E.  Shear,  No.  8  Montgomery  Street,  and  Box 
1,430,  San  Francisco,  California 


Concord  Wagons  and  Harness. — The  Pacific 
Concord  Carriage  Manufactory  is  prepared  to  supply 
the  Pacific  Coast  with  Concord  wagons  and  harness 
made  to  order.  The  members  comprising  this  lirui 
have  long  been  in  the  employ  of  the  celebrated 
manufacturing  house  of  L.  Downing  &  Son,  Con- 
cord, New  Hampshire  ;  so  that  parties  wishing  Con- 
cord wagons  or  harness  can  obtain  just  the  same 
quality  of  article  here  and  save  25  per  cent,  on  their 
purchase  money.  We  have  seen  some  of  their 
workmanship,  aud  can  recommend  it  to  the  public 
Address  Belduke  &.  Co.,  820  Kolsom  street,  between 
Fourth  and  Fifth. — San  Francisco  Leader. 


Dainty  Work.— About  the  daintiest  work  we 
ever  saw  were  specimens  of  hair  jewelry  at  the  es- 
tablishment of  Mrs.  C.  Cook,  645  Clay  street,  between 
Montgomery  and  Kearny  streets,  yesterday.  This 
lady  manufactures  all  sorts  of  jewelry — watch-chains, 
earrings,  finger  rings,  breastpins,  aud  various  other 
kinds  of  ornaments — from  human  bair.  We  wit 
nessed  the  process  of  manufacture,  and  it  is  intricate 
and  ingenious  in  the  highest  degree. — 8.  F.  Exam- 
iner. 


fpo  FARMERS,  MINERS,  LABORERS 

And  all  those  wishing  to  secure  themselves  a  portion  of 
THE  MOST    VALUABLE  AGRICULTURAL    AND  MIN- 
ERAL LANDS  OF  MEXICO, 
With  an  equal  interest  in  the  Profits  of  the  Plantations  of 

THE  MEXICAN  SEA  ISLAND 
COTTON  COMPANY. 

HOMES  FOR  THE  POOR  AND  COMPETENCY  FOR  ALL. 

SPECIAL  NOTICE. 

The  Mexican  Sea  Island  Cotton  Company,  having 
reserved  from  their  final  Subscription  List  a  Limited 
Number  of  Unassessable  Shares,  (the  remaining 
shares  of  the  Company  having  been  taken  up  by  the 
stockholders,)  hereby  offer  the  same  for  sale  at  the 
original  subscription  price  of  Sixteen  Dollars  each, 
payable  in  caBn.  Every  holder  of  a  share  will  be 
entitled  to  a  portion  of  the  Company's  lands,  having 
the  privilege  to  settle  thereon  aud  participate  in  all 
the  advantages  and  profits  of  the  enterprise,  and 
special  privileges  granted  to  this  Company  by  an 
Imperial  Decree  of  Maximilian,  dated  9th  January, 
1866,  without  being  subjected  to  the  conditions  of 
regular  Government  emigrants,  this  Company  set- 
tling upon  their  own  lands,  secured  by  private  pur- 
chase, and  held  under  indisputable  Spanish  titles. 

Shareholders  becoming  actual  settlers  will  also 
have  the  privilege  of  any  employment  upon  the  Com- 
pany's plantation.  Portions  of  land  will  be  allotted 
to  settlers,  to  be  held  by  them  until  a  final  division 
makes  it  their  property. 

For  the  purpose  of  increasing  the  value  of  the 
Company's  land,  and  to  create  all  the  comforts  of  a 
home  and  society,  it  is  the  inteniion  of  the  company 
to  form  a  regular  settlement  aud  to  lay  out  a  town 
adjoining  their  present  plantation  into  building  lots, 
which  will  likewise  be  fairly  divided  between  the 
8,000  shares  which  comprise  the  total  number  of  the 
company. 

A  large  number  of  shareholders  will  settle  upon 
the  couipany's  lands  after  the  rainy  season  in  Octo- 
ber next.  Many  of  them  may  then  be  employed  by 
the  company,  or  by  others  able  to  plant  for  them- 
selves, or  iii  developing  the  mineral  resources  of  the 
adjoining  mountains,  etc.,  etc. 

Men  of  all  trades  and  professions,  desiring  to  emi- 
grate to  Mexico,  will  have  great  advaniages  as 
shareholders  of  this  company.  Tbey  will  find  the 
lands  already  purchased  for  them  at  a  rate  equivalent 
to  a  free  gift,  to  be  held  by  each  shareholder  as  his 
property,  protected  by  the  best  Spanish  titles,  and 
the  good  will  of  all  political  parties  now  contending 
for  the  reins  of  government ;  the  climate  the  most 
salubrious,  and  the  land  rich  and  fertile  beyond  de- 
scription ;  every  kind  of  game  abounding ;  the  rivers 
full  of  fish  aud  with  extensive  beds  of  large  oysters ; 
altogether,  a  country  where  it  is  easy  to  procure  a 
livelihood  and  the  comforts  of  a  home  with  less 
labor  and  less  capital  than  in  any  other  part  of  the 

For  Maps  and  Survey,  and  further  information, 
apply  at  the  office  of  the  MEXICAN  SEA  ISLAND 
COTTON  CO.,  Betge's  Book  Store,  Russ  House, 
Montgomery  street,  between  the  hours  of  11  and  1 
o'clock. 

|  § -  All  the  assessable  stock  having  been  taken 
up  by  mutual  subscription  of  stockholders,  the  com- 
pany will  have  no  more  shares  to  offer  after  the 
limited  number  of  unassessable  shares  have  been 
placed,  and  shall  prefer  to  sell  these  to  actual 
settlers — a  cmglt  ubureof  whuli  will  be  cufhcient  to 
entitle  them  to  a  large  portion  of  the  lauds. 


We,  the  undersigned  shareholders  in  the  Mex- 
ican Sea  Island  Cotton  Company,  having  investiga- 
ted anil  satisfien  ourselves  of  the  importance  of  the 
enterprise,  recommend  the  same  to  the  public.  Wo 
are  convinced  that  under  the  management  of  the 
present  officers  of  the  company,  with  their  efforts  to 
induce  industrious  parties  to  locate  upon  the  laud, 
that  the  enterprise  must  become  very  profitable  to 
all  parties  interested,  and  most  beneficial  to  actual 
gettlers. 

S.  R.  Kettlewell.  Blacksmith, 264  First  stieet. 

W.  C.  Mead  &  Son,  224  Sansome  street. 

M.  O'Neil,  Proprietor  Ne.w  Branch  Hotel,  12 

Sutter  street. 
Winall  &  Clapp,  5115  Market  street. 
R.  A.  S.  Repitou,  M,D.,816  Montgomery  street. 
Wm.  Rudolph,  Gunsmith, 216  Pacific  street. 
G.  Burkhurdt,  Jeweller,  No.  209  Pacilic  street. 
E.  Keil,  East  India  Tea  Co.,  631  Washington-st. 
P.  D.  O'Regan,  People's  Bakery ,  corner  Fourth 

and  Jessie  streets. 
Wm.  Meyer,  Provision  Dealer,  258  Third  street. 
John  Diiif,  Painter  and  Paper  Hanger,  642  Clay 

street. 

A.  E.  Mylott,  Importer  and  Dealer  in  Cigars  and 

Tobacco,  305  Battery  street 
M.  M.  Baldwin,  Jeweller,  433  Montgomery-st. 
S.  Bayseu,  Hatter,  No.  346  Kearny  street. 
Mathew  McCloskey,  644  Howard  street, 
Sau  Francisco.  March  2Uih,  1866.  mar24  1m 


gREWSTER  &  CO.'S 

Carriage  Manufactory, 

372  Broome  sleet,  New  York. 

We  desire  to  announce  to  our  California  friends  that 
we  have  made  extensive  arrangements  by  increasing 
our  works  fur  the  coming  season,  aud  with  a  view  to 
SUPPLYING  THE 

WANTS  OF  CALIFORNIA, 
will  mauulacture  a  style  of  work  particularly  adapicd  to 
city  and  country  use,  aud  in  view  of  the  destructive  ef- 
fects uf  city  railroads  on  all  light  work,  will  give 

PARTICULAR  ATTENTION 
to  remedying  the  evil,  aud  guard  agauist  it  in  work  shipped 
tu  California. 

CARRIAGES,  BUGGIES,  PHAETONS,  COUPES^ 
aud  Vehicles  of  every  description,  of  our  own  rnanufac 
ture,  ou  hand  aud  made  to  order. 
Orders  or  communicatiuus  should  be  addressed  to     -  " 
BREWSTER  i:  CO., 
■»  Of  Broome  street, 

The  firm  of  Brewster  &  Baldwin  uot  being  in  any  way 
connected  with 

BREWSTER  &  CO., 
Of  No.  372,  Broome  street, 


JJALL'S  SARSAPARILLA, 
YELLOW  DOCK  AND  IODIDE  POTASS, 

O  ■■  >ii :.«nu  o . i J  ni  '.  nJ'.istHfr.idr  iliiw  ■jbiini  aiuii'f 

Best  Blood  Purifier  Known. 

Persons  that  are  troubled  with  Rheumatism, 
Scrofula,  Neuralgia,  Morbid  Liver,  Salt 
Rheum,  Pimples,  Boils,  or  any  of  the  many 
diseases  that  onginato  from  Impure  Blood, 
would  find  it  much  to  their  advantage  to  givo 
this  justly  celebrated  article  a  trial.  One  or 
two  bottles  are  quite  sufficient  to  convince  tho 
most  skeptical  of  its  merits.  It  contains 
neither  Spirit,  ARSENIC  nor  MERCURY 
which  cannot  be  truly  said  of  any  other  prepa- 
tion  called  "  Sarsaparilla." 

SHEPARDSON  &  GATES,  Proprietors, 

ap7-3in      N.  W.  cor.  Sansome  and  Commercial-streets 


14 


THE  CALIFORNIAN. 


[May  26th 


HATES  OF  POSTAGE. 

Valuable  letters  may  be  registered  on  application 
at  the  office  of  mailing,  and  the  payment  of  520  cents 
registration  fee. 

Transient  newspapers,  periodicals,  blanks,  proof- 
Bheets,  book  manuscripts,  pamphlets,  and  all  mail 
able  printed  matter,  except  circulars  and  books,  2 
cents  for  each  and  every  4  ounces.  Double  tlie9e 
rates  are  charged  for  books. 

Seeds,  cuttings,  roots,  etc.,  2  cents  for  each  4 
ounces  or  less  quantity. 

All  packages  of  mail  matter  not  charged  with  let- 
ter postage  must  be  so  arranged  that  the  same  can 
be  conveniently  examined  by  Postmasters  ;  if  not, 
letter  postage  will  be  charged. 

Unsealed  circulars,  to  one  address,  not  exceeding 
three  in  number,  i!  cents,  and  in  the  same  proportion 
for  a  greater  number. 

No  package  will  be  forwarded  by  mail  which 
weighs  over  4  pounds. 

All  postage  matter,  for  delivery  within  the  United 
States,  must  be  prepaid  by  stamps  (except  duly  certi- 
fied letters  of  soldiers  aud  sailors  ;)  otherwise,  double 
the  above  rates  will  be  charged  on  delivery. 

Weekly  newspapers  (one  copy  only)  sent  to  actual 
subscribers  withiu  the  county  where  printed  and 
published,  free. 

Letters  to  Canada  and  other  British  North  Amer 
icau  Provinces,  when  not  over  3,000  miles,  10  cents 
for  each  }  ounce.  When  over  3,000  miles,  15  cents. 
Prepayment  optional. 

Letters  to  Great  Britain  or  Ireland,  24  cents.  Pre- 
payment optional. 


AWARDED  the  HIGHEST  PREMIUM 

AT  THE 

State  Fair  of  California, 

The  only  Fair  on  the  Paciflc  coast  at  wticn  auy  two 
double-thread  Machines  were  exhibited  in  competition  In 

1865. 

If  there  is  a  FLORENCE  SEWING  MA- 
cliine  within  one  thousand  miles  of  this  office 
that  is  not  working  well,  it  will  be  attended 
to  if  I  am  informed  of  it,  without  expense  to 
the  owner.  SAMUEL  HILL, 

General  Agent, 
111  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco. 


THE 


FLORENCE 


S   E  W  I  N  G  .  MACHINE 

RECEIVED  THE  FIRST  PREMIUM,  A  GOLD  MEDAL, 

at  the  Great  Exhibition  of  the 

AMERICAN  INSTUTE,  -  -  -  New  York, 
1  8  6  5  . 

myl03m 


F 


ARRAND'S  OSCILLATING 

Amalgamator 


THIS  UNRIVALLED  IMPROVEMENT  FOR  THE  RE- 

ductiouaud  amalgamation  of  Gold  and  Silver  Ores,  is  now 
running  daily  at  No.  206  Commercial  street,  between  Front 
and  Davis. 

THIS  AMALGAMATOR  INVOLVES 

NO  COMPLICATED  MACHINERY 

And  possesses  the  following  advantages  over 
all   there  now  in  n.-c  : 

1st  It  is  capable  of  doing  double  the  am  >unt  of 
work  of  the  ordinary  Pans,  at  a  saving  of  more  than 
one-half  the  power. 

'2d.  It  reduces  the  pulp  finer,  thereby  prodaciug  a 
better  result. 

3d.  It  requires  less  quicksilver  by  one-half  at  a 
charge,  whilst  the  loss  by  trituration  is  comparatively 
nothing. 

4th.  As  an  Amalgamator  for  gold  contained  in  sul- 
phurets,  as  also  for  very.tiue  or  Hour  gold  it  has  no 
equal. 

5th.  This  Amalgamator  involves  no  complicated 
machinery,  and  is  less  liable  to  get  out  of  order  than 
any  of  the  pans. 

Trials  made  with  this  machine  in  the  presence  of 
experts,  during  the  last  six  months,  have  been  pro- 
nouueeil  liighly  satisfactory.  It  ie  peculiarly  well 
adapted  to  employment  by  small  mining  Operators  in 
distant  localities,  as  it  can  readily  he  taken  to  pieces 
aud  packed  upon  mules. 

A  large  size  machine  is  constructed  without  dies  or 
ninllers,  but  simply  wit',  arms  to  act  as  stirrers,  to 
be  used  in  connection  with  several  of  the  Amalga- 
mators  as  a  If  Separator,"  as  it  is  found  thai  the  pecu- 
liar motion  given  to  these  arms,  in  connection  with 
the  concave  shape  of  the  body  of  the  machine,  ion 
ders  it  most  effectual  for  such  a  purpose. 

The  peculiar  construction  of  this  superior  machine 
adnata  of  its  being  Worked  with  a  much  Hinallei 
charge  of  quick  ilver,  to  any  given  amount  of  pul| 
than  the  flat  bottomed  Pans.  The  spiral  springs 
greatly  assist  in  the  work  of  redact. on,  by  allowing 
the  free  admission  of  the  pulp  between  the  mailers 
and  dies,  so  that,  the  pulp  is  made  to  actually  work 
upon  itself — as  the  (lust  of  the  diamond  is  made  to 
reduce  the  gem  itself. 

W.  D.  FA  Kit  AND 


THIS  LADY 
ENJOYS  THE  PURE  AND 
Delicious  Tea  Bought 

AT  THE  STORE  OF 

MESSRS.  HASKELL  St  CO. 


THIS  LADY 

BUYS  TEA  FROM  THE 

"Corner  Grocery" 

AND  THE 
CHINESE  PEDLARS. 


HASKELL'S  TEA  STORE 

FRONTS  ON  514  MARKET-ST.,  AND  15  SUTTER  ST., 
Two  doors  below  tho  Market  House. 

apl4  8m 


T 


HE  LIGHT  OF  THE  "WORLD. 


DR.  MAGGIEL'S 

-Pills  and  SalY  e. 


OWMAN  &  CO., 

Dealers  m  Stores  and  Tin  Ware, 
•..  .j.iv.u  Main street,  Pctaluma. 


These  Life-giving  remedies  are  now,  for  the  first 
time,  given  publicly  to  the  world.  "  For  over  a  quar- 
ter of  a  century  of  private  practice  the  ingredients  in 

""^LIFE-GIVING  PILLS! 
Have  been  used  with  the  greatest  success.  Their 
mission  is  not  onlv  to  prevent  disease,  but  to  cure. 
They  search  out  the  various  maladies  by  which  the 
patient  is  suffering,  aud  re-iuvigorate  the  failing  sys- 
tem. To  the  aged  and  intirm  a  few  doses  of  these 
valuable  PILLS  will  prove  to  be 

A  VERY  FOUNTAIN  OF  YOUTH, 
For  in  every  case  they  add  new  life  and  vitality, 
and  restore  the  waning  energies  to  their  pristine 
stnte.  To  the  young  and  middle  aged,  they  will 
prove  most  invaluable,  as  a  ready,  specilic,  and 
sterling  medicine.  »Here  is  a  dream  realized,  that 
Ponce-de-Leon  sought  for  three  hundred  years  ago, 
and  never  found.  He  looked  for  a  fountain  that 
would  restore  the  old  to  vigor  and  make  youth  ever 

AN    ETERNAL    SPRING  ! 
It  was  left  for  this  day  and  hour  to  realize  tho 
dream,  and  show  in  one  glorious  fact,  the  magic  that 
made  it  fair. 

THESE  FAMOUS  REMEDIES 

Cannot  stay  the  flight  of  years,  but  they  can  force 
back,  and  hold  aioof,  diseases  that  might  triumph 
over  the  aged  aud  the  youug.  Let  none  hesitate 
then,  but  seize  the  favorable  opportunity  that  offers. 
When  taken  as  prescribed — 

FOR  BILLIOUS  DISORDERS 
Nothing  can  be  more  productive  of  cure  than  these 
Pills.  Their  almost  magic  influence  is  felt  at  once  ; 
and  the  usual  concomitants  of  this  most  distressing 
disease  are  removed.  These  remedies  are  made 
from  the  purest 

VEGETABLE  COMPOUNDS. 
They  will  not  harm  the  most  delicate  female,  and 
can  be  given  with  good  effect  in  prescribed  doses  to 
the  youngest  babe. 

FOR   CUTANEOUS  DISORDERS 
And  all  eruptions  of  the  Bkin,  the  SALVE  is  most 
invaluable.    It  does  not  heal  externally  alone,  but 
penetrates  witn  the  most  searching  effects  to  the  very 
root  of  the  evil ! 

Dr.  Maggiel's  Pills 

Invariably  cure  Ike  following  diseases  : 

Asthma, 

Bowel  Complaints, 
CoughB, 
Colds, 

Chest  Diseases, 
Cosliveness, 
Dyspepsia, 
Dial  rluca, 

  Dropsy, 

Debility, 

Female  Complaints,  Fever  and  Ague 

Headache, 
Indigestion, 
Iuflueii/.a, 

Inflammation. 

Inward  Weakness, 
Liver  Complaint. 
Lowuess  of  Spirits, 
Ringworm, 

Rheumatism, 
Salt  Rheum, 
Scalds, 

Skiu  Diseases. 

Notice.  —  None  genuine  without  the  engraved 
trade-mark  around  each  not  or  box,  signed  by  Dr.  J. 
Maggie),  13  Fulton  st.,  New  York,  to  counterfeit 
which  is  felony. 

ISPSold  by  all  respectable  Dealers  in  Medicines 
throughout  the  United  States— at  25  cents  per  box  or 
pot-,  apll-ly 


STOCKDaLE  HOUSE, 
Corner  Mam  and  Oak  streets,  Petaluma. 
mar24  Cm  '  H  STOCKDAI E,  """prictor. 


T  PEIRCE, 
*  FURNITURE  AND 


Bedding  Warerooms. 


Nos.  415,  417,  and  419  California  Street, 

NEAR  MONTGOMERY. 

THIS  STOCK  OF  FURNITURE,  etc.,  was  selected  with 
great  care,  and  special  attention  Riven  to  the  wants  of 
this  market,  ENTIRELY  AT  THE  EAST.  It  is  NOT 
COMPOSED  OF  REFUSE  GOODS,  ODDS  AND  ENDS  OF 
OI'HEK  HOUSES  that  have  lately  closed  out  here,  but 
CONSISTS  ENTIRELY  OF  NEW  GOODS,  made  alter  the 
latest  patterns  and  in  the  most  durable  manner. 

The  present  sinLk  is  fully  TWICE  as  large  as  that  of  any 
other  house  here.  Parlies  having  any  doubts  of  tins,  or 
that  the  assort ment  is  net  superior  to  any  iu  the  city,  can 
easily  satisfy  themselves  by  calling. 

The  slock  of  Case  Goods  is  larger  than  over  before. 

J.  PF.IKCE, 
Ware-rooms  415,  417  and  419  I'alilornia  street 

dcl6-3m  SAN  FRANCISCO. 


A 


CARD. 


M.  Howard's  Hair  Restorative, 

NO.  315  MONTGOMERY  STREET, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

THE  ABOVE  PREPARATION,  which  has  been  recently 
discovered  and  patented,  is  purely  a  Vegetable  Extract 

The  undersigned  are  fully  aware  of  the  many  unsatis- 
factory and  useless  preparations  for  restoring  naff  that 
have  been  introduced  to  the  pontic,  and  how  little  confi- 
dence is  to  be  placed  in  any  pretensions  to  restoring  tho 
hair  to  bald  heads,  but, 

HAVING  TRIED  MR.  HOWARD'S  PREPARATION, 
we  arc  ablo  to  state  Ibat  it  not  only  prevents  the  Hair 
from  falling  out,  but  absolutely  reproduces  II,  and  that 
we  now  have  good  suits  of  Hair  growing  where  we  wee 
entirely  bald.  Therefore,  as  a  matter  of  justice  to  Mr. 
Howard,  and  of  consolation  to  bald  heads,  we  leuder  him 
this  testimonial  Mr  H.  keeps  the  article  for  sale  iu 
bottles,  with  directions  fur  its  usu.  or  applies  it  himself, 
as  may  be  desired.  ...  - 

San  Francisco,  April  6,1S6G. 

Frank  M.  Thayer,  R.  A-  Redman, 

W.  S  Davis,  J.  O.  Rountree, 

T.  A  lla!l,  G.  VV.  Gamble, 

A.  C.  Knox.  J.  YV.  Miller, 

Bradburv  Sanborn,  E.  C.  McCouib, 

George  Wells,  D.  C.  Ross, 

Joseph  Wells,  ap7 


fj^  RODGERS  JOHNSON, 


ODD  FELLOWS'  HALL,32»  Montgomery  str»et, 
dc30  3m  San  Francisco. 


J^ATHANIEL  GRAY, 

UNDERTAKER, 
Cirr  AND  COUNTY  SEXTON, 
641  Sacramento  strket,  Corner  or  Webb 

■ole  agents  for   BARSTOW'S   PATENT  METALLIC  j 
BURIAL  CASES  and  CASKETS. 


Edward  Bosoui  &  Co., 

Printers, 

And  Blank  Book  Manufacturers, 
517  CLAY  STREET, 

Between  Montgomery  and  Sansome  Sts., 
San  Francisco. 


AMERICAN  HOTEL, 
Main  Btnet.      .      -  -      Petaluma.  I 

war24.  Oui   EMERSON  ii  LAMBERTON,  Proprietors. 


pRANKLIN  PRINTING  OFFICE, 

009  CLAY  STREET,  (near  Santomc,) 

SAN  FRANCISCO, 

"  Tlio  oldest  and  most  complete  Book  and  Job  printing 
establishment  iu  California.  All  descriptions  of  work 
neatly  executed  at  low  rales." 

jaMf  FRANK  EASTMAN,  Proprietor. 


11.  Mcdonald  &  co., 

WHOLESALE 

DRUGGISTS, 


IMPORTERS  OF 


Chemicals,  Herbs, 


Drugs, 

PATENT  MEDICINKS, 

PAINTS,  VARNISHES, 

ACIDS,  DTE  STUFFS, 

OILS  *  PERFUMERIES, 
PI  I 

toilet.:articlks, 

1  DRUSriES.] 

We  are  just  receiving,  dircclj'frnm  Spain,  a  completo 
assortment  of 

CORKS!    CORKS!  CORKS 

wArh  we  offer  at  lower  prices  than  usual 

Dusting,   Paint,  Var.nirh,    Siioe,  Scrub, 
Hair  and  Tooth  Brushes  : 
We  have  a  splendid  slock,  which  we  olfer  at  exticmcly 
low  prices, 

HERBS. 

We  have  received,  direct  from  the  Shakers,  all  kinds 
of  fresh  Herbs,  aud  intend  to  keep  every  article  used  of 
this  description. 

Tilden's  Solid  and  Fluid  Extracts,  Pills, 
and  Concentrated  Preparations. 

We  have  on  band,  and  shall  keep  a  full  assortment  of 
the  above  celebrated  preparations,  which  we  oiler  to  tho 
trade  at  such  prices  as  will  defy  competition. 

FLAVORING  EXTRACTS. 

A  great  variety,  not  to  be  equalled  in  the  market  as  to 

quality  and  pneo. 

Parties  about  purchasing  would  do  well  lo  give  us  a  oal  I 
and  ^examine  prices  and  goods  before  purchasing  else- 
where. 


PLAIN 

GUM  TEETH. 

We  have  the  largest  assortment  of  any  house  on  tho 
Pacillc  co  st. 

GOLD  FOIL. 
We  are  manufacturing  Foil  which  we  can  recommend  to 
the  profession  as  being  a  suiierior  article.    We  also 
bavo  on  baud  a  full  assortment,  of  all  the  various  makers 

VULCANIJ5ERS, 

DENTAL  CHAIRS  AND  LAT1IKS, 

FILES,  .  bii  -J 

VULCANITE  AND  GUTTA  PERi  HA, 
FORCF.PS, 

BURRS,  DRILLS  AND  EXCAVATORS, 
mirrors,  etc. 

We  have,  besides  the  above,  everv  article  used  by  tho 
Dentist,  aud  are  daily  in  receipt  of  idl  the  new  IUV.11I10US 
in  use. 

Dentists  will  find  it  to  their  interest  to  rail  and  examine 
our  slock  and  prices  before  purchasing  clsew  here. 

R.    H.    McDonald    &  Co., 

CORNER  SANSOME  AND  PINE  STREETS, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 


J  STREET 


SACRAMENTO. 


»p-:S  3m 


May  26thJ 


THE    C ALI F0RN1AN 


15 


DISTANCES  FROM  SAN  FRANCISCO 

|  To  various  points  : 

To  Fort  Point,  4  miles,  by  omnibus,  four  trips  a  day. 
Lone  Mountain,  3,  street  railway. 
Seal  Rock,  6,  cars  and  omnibus,  two  trips  a  day. 
Mission  Dolores,  street  railways;  Ocean  House  8. 
San  Mateo,  20,  railroad. 
Crystal  Springs,  23,  railroad  and  stage 
fralf-Moou  Bay,  29,    do.  do. 
Redwood  city ,"30,  do. 
Mountain  View,  38,  do. 
Santa  Clara,  47,  do. 

San  Jose,  50,  do.,orsteamerandstage,54. 
Alviso,  46,  steamer,  daily. 

Alinaden  mines,  07,  steamer  and  stage  ;  or  by  rail- 
road and  stage,  64. 
Santa  Cruz,  78,  railroad  and  stage. 
Oakland,  8,  steamer  and  railroad,  six  trips  a  day. 
Alameda,  11,  steamer,  tbree  trips  a  day. 
San  Leandro,  15,  steamer  and  railroad. 
Mission  San  Jose,  34,  steamer,  railroad  and  stage. 
Warm  Springs,  37,  do.  do. 

Beuicia,  30,  steamer  leaves  at  4  P.  M.  daily. 
Sacramento,  117,  do.  do. 
Stockton,  117,      do.  do. 
Martinez,  33,  do. 
Paclieco,  38,  steamer  and  stage. 
Diablo  Coal  Mines,  44,  steamer  and  stage. 
Suisun,  50,  steamer,  or  54  by  steamer  and  stage 
Vallejo,  28;  Mare  Island,  37  ;  Napa  city,  50 
White  Sulphur  Springs,  67,  stage  from  Napa. 
Geyser  Springs,  118,  do.  do. 

Sonoma,  52,  steamer,  tri-weekly. 
Petaluma,  48,  steamer,  daily. 
Healdsburg,  80,  stage  daily  from  Petaluma 
San  Quentiu,  12,  steamer  ;  Faralloue  Islands,  20. 


JZJROOKLYN  HOTEL, 

1852.   SAN   FRANCISCO.  1866. 


Tbe  Proprietor  of  the  above-named  Hotel  -wishes 
to  inform  his  patrons  and  tbe  Travelling  Public  that  he 
has  opened  that  elegant  Brick  Fireproof  Hotel,  situated 
on  the 

S.  E.  Corner  of  Pine  and  Sansome  streets, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

It  was  built  expressly  for  a  Hotel,  with  all  the  moder» 
conveniences  attached  to  it. 

Gas  and  water  are  supplied  throughout  the  House. 
Rooms*  are  well  ventilated,  and  the  Public  will  Audi 
Hotel  all  the  comforts  of  a  home.    The  Hotel  is  spacious, 
and  well  adapted  for  the  use  of  Families.   Suits  of  Rooms 
cau  be  had  on  reasonable  terms. 

LARGE  READING  ROOM 

Attached  to  the  Hotel, 

Containing  500  Volumes  of  Standard  Works, 

Which  is  entirely  for  the  use  of  patrons. 

THE  C1TV  COACH,  with  the  namo  of  the  Hotel  on  it, 
will  be  in  readiness  at  the  Wharf,  on  the  arrival  of  each 
steamer,  to  couvey  passengers  and  baggage  to  the  Hofel, 
free  of  charge.  JO  '  N  KELLY,  Jr. , 

lc6  3m  Proprietor. 


rjIHE  PACIFIC 

INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

HAVING  ADDED 

MARINE  INSURANCE 

TO  THEIR  BUSINESS,  ARE  NOW  PREPARED  TO  ISS0E 
POLICIES  ON 

Marine,  Inland  Navigation,  and  Fire  Risks, 

ON     THE     MOST     FAVORABLE  TERMS. 

Office,  436  California  street. 

J.  HUNT,  President 
A.  J.  RALSTON,  Secretary.  fe5  3m 


M 


ARKET  STREET  RAILROAD 


CHANGE   OF   TIME  TABLE. 

ON  AND  AFTER  AUGUST  1,  1865,  Trains  will  start 
rom  the  City  and  the  Mission  every  hour-  instead  of  every 
forty  minutes,  as  heretofore. 

Trains  from  the  City  will  start  at  the  odd  hour,  com- 
mencing at  6:30  A.  H.  and  every  hour  thereafter  uutil 
11:30  P.  Mi 

mh25  F.  McCOi>PIN,  Superintendent. 


^YYIIO  WANTS 

Profitable  Employment 

OR 

PAYING   INVESTMENTS  ? 

PARTIES  desirous  of  getting  into  OLD-ESTABLISHED 
BUSINESS  CONCERNS,  either  as  Partners  or  Sole  Propri- 
etors in  Mercantile,  Manufacturing,  Trading,  or  any  kind 
of  business  iu  city  or  oounfry,cau  do  so  by  applying  at 
my  ofTice. 

Men  desiring  profitable  situations  in  business  houses 
with  MONEY  TO  LOAN  on  satisfactory  security,  cau  se- 
cunrsucu  appointments. 

Partnerships  negotiated,  where  large  or  small  capital  is 
required. 

Business  Interests  sold  quickly  for  cash. 

Real  Estate  bought  and  sold. 

Help  furnished  for  all  kinds  of  employment. 

Situations  obtained  for  parties  desiring  employment. 

S.  P.  WHITMAN, 
Property,  General  Agencv,  ami  Business  House,  813 
Montgomery  slrctt,  San  Francisco.  murl7-3ia 


^LLEN'S 

LUNG  BALSAM! 


A  CERTAIN  CURE  FOR 
COUGHS,  COLDS,  INFLUENZA,  NIGHT 
SWEATS,  BRONCHITIS,  SPITTING 
OF  BLOOD,  ASTHMA,  WHOOPING 
COUGH, 

C  ONS  UMP  TION, 
And  all  Diseases  of  the  .  ,J 

CHEST   AND  LUNGS! 


This  celebrated  Congh  Remedy  effects  a  Bpeedy 
cure  by  producing  a  free  and  easy  expectoration, 
heals  abscesses  of  the  lungs,  prevents  unhealthy  se- 
cretion of  the  bronchial  tubes,  and  removes  from 
them  those  accumulations  of  morbid  matter  which 
cause  oppression  of  the  breast,  difficulty  of  breath- 
ing, etc  ,  soothes  irritation  of  the  respiratory  organs 
which  produces  cough 

PRICE  ONE  DOLLAR  PER  BOTTLE. 

Sold  by  all  Druggists. 

HOSTETTER,  SMITH  &  DEAN,  Agents, 
401  Battery  corner  of  Clay, 

ja27-3m  San  Francisco. 


Y)R.  HUMPHREYS' 

Homoeopathic  Specifics 

Have  proved,  from  the  most  ample  experience,  an 
entire  success — simple,  prompt,  efficient  and  reliable. 
They  are  the  only  Medicines  perfectly  adapted  to 
popular  use — so  simple  that  mistakes  cannot  be  made 
iu  using  them  ;  so  harmless  as  to  be  free  from  dan- 
ger, and  so  efficient  as  to  be  always  reliable.  They 
have  received  the  highest  commendation  from  all, 
and  will  always  render  satisfaction. 

No.    1  cures  Fevers,  Congestion,  lntiammations.0  25 

"  2  cures  Worms, Worm  Fever,  Worm  Colic,  25 

"  3  cures  Crying  Colic,  or  Teething  of  in- 

"  4  cures  Diarrhoea  of  children  or  adults...  25 

fants   25 

"  5  cures  Dysentery,  Griping,  Bilious  Colic,  25 

"  6  cures  Cholera  Morbus,  Nausea, Vomiting,  25 

"     7  cures  Coughs,  Colds,  Bronchitis   25 

"  8  cures  Neuralgia,  Toothache,  Faceache.  25 

"  9  cures  Headuclws,  sick-Headache, Vertigo,  25 

"    10  cures  Dyspepsia,  Billions  Stomach   25 

"  11  cures  Suppressed,  or  Painful  Periods--  25 

"  13  cures  Croup,  Cough,  difficult  Breathing,  25 

"  14  cures  Halt  Rheum,  Erysipelas  Eruptions,  25 

"  15  cures  Rheumatism,  Rheumatic  Pains...  25 

•'  16  cures  Fever  and  Ague,  Chill  Fever,  Agues  50 

"    17  cures  Piles,  blind  or  bleeding   50 

"  18 cures  Opthalmia, andSoreor Weak  Eyes,  50 

"  19  cures  Catarrh,  acute  or  chronic,  Influenza  50 

"  20  cures  Whooping-Cough,  violent  coughs.  50 

"    21  cures  Asthma,  oppressed  Breathing   50 

"  22  cures  Ear  Discharges,  impaired  Hearing  50 
"  23  cures  Scrofula,  Enlarged  Glands,  Swell- 
ings   50 

"  24  cures  General  Debility,  Physical  Weak- 
ness  50 

"   25  cures  Dropsy,  and  scanty  Secretions   50 

u  26cures  Sea-Sickness, sieknesst'vom Riding,  50 

"    27  cures  Kidney  Disease,  Gravel   50 

"    29  cures  Sore  Mouth,  Canker   50 

"  31  cures  Painful  Periods,  even  with  Spasms  50 

"    32  cures  Sujerings  at  change  of  life  $1.00 

•'  33  cures  Epilepsy,  Spasms,  St.  Vitus'  Dante.  1.00 

"  34  cures  Diphtheria,  Ulcerated  Sore  Throat,  50 

FAMILY  CASES. 

35  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book  $10  00 

28  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book   8  00 

20  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book   6  00 

These  Remedies,  by  the  ease  or  single  box,  are 
sent  to  any  part  of  the  country,  by  Mail  or  Express, 
on  receipt  of  the  price.  •  - 

HOSTETTER,  SMITH  &  DEAN, 
401  and  403  Battery  street,  corner  of  Clay, 
ja27-3m  San  Francisco 


BEAUTIFUL  COMPLEXION  ! 


Secret  of  Beauty ! 

USE  GEO.  W.  LAIRD'S 

BLOOM  OF  YOUTH, 


See  that  the  name, 
GEO.    W.  LAIRD, 

is  stamped 

ON    THE  BOTTLE. 

No  other  is  Genuine. 


LIQUID  PEARL! 
The  best  article  in  the 
world  for  Preserring 

and  Beautifying 
the  Complexion  and 
Skin. 

This  magnificent  Toilet  Article  is  prepared  only 
by  GEO.  W.  LAIRD,  74  Fulton  street,  New  York, 
formerly  483  Broadway. 

Sold  by  Druggists  everywhere. 

'HOSTETTER,  SMITH  <fe  DEAN, 
401  and  403  Battery  street,  comer  of  Clay, 
ap27-3in  Sau  Francisco. 


BOOK 

AND  STATIONERY 

STORE. 


THE  UNDERSIGNED  DESIRE  TO  INFORM  THE  PUBLIC 
that  they  have  opened  a 

School  Book  and  Stationery 

STORE, 

At  691  Market,  Corner  Third, 

"  NUCLEUS  "  BUILDING, 

With  a  complete  assortment  of  everything  pertain 
ing  to  a  first  class  establishment. 


HaviDg  unsurpassed  facilities  for  obtaining 
all  our  stock,  direct  from  the  Publishers  and 
Manufacturers,  on  the  most  favorable  terms, 
we  feel  confident  of  giving  satistisfaction  to 
all  who  may  favor  us  with  their  patronage. 

In  addition  to  our  large  stock  of  the  above 

goods,  we  shall  keep  constantly  on  hand  a 
complete  assortment  of 

BIBLES, 

PRAYER  BOOKS, 

BLANK  BOOKS, 

PHOTOGRAPH  ALBUMS, 
PORTFOLIOS, 

WRITING  DESKS, 
SCRAP  BOOKS, 
JUVENILE  BOOKS, 
CHILDREN'S  TOY  BOOKS, 
CARDS,         BLOCKS,  and  GAMES. 


Especial  attention  given  to 

Ladies'  Stationery, 

embracing  all  the  varieties  of  Note,  Letter 
Paper,  and  Envelopes,  all  which  we  stamp 
with  purchaser's  INITIALS,  in  colors  or 
plain. 


Wedding  and  Visiting  Cards 
engraved,  written,  or  printed  in  the  latest 
style  and  at  the  lowest  rates.   Monograms  of 
all  kinds  cut  to  order. 

A  liberal  discount  made  to  Teachers  and 
the  Trade. 


TYLER   BROS , 

No.  632    WASHINGTON  STREET, 


G91  MARKET  STREET,  CORNER  TniRI) 
say  12- 3m 


rpHE  CALIFORNIAN. 

TERMS — FIVE  DOLLARS  PER  ANNUM,  IN  ADVANCE. 

A  PAPER  FOR  THE  TIMES 

DEVOTED  TO  LIVE  TOPICS, 
THE  DISSEMINATION  OF  A  PURE  LITERA 
TURE,  DEVELOPMENT  OF  HOME  TALENT, 
AND  THE 

BEST  INTERESTS   OF  CALIFORNIA. 

Published 

EVERY   SATURDAY  MORNING 

AT 

532  MERCHANT  STREET, 
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REAL  ESTATE,  STOCK  AND  GENERAL 

Auctioneers. 

Office  tnd  Salesroom.  404  Montgomery  street,  ono  door 
from  Northeast  corner  California  and  Montgomery. 

Regular  Real  Estate  Auction  Sale  Day,  Monday. 

W.  W.  LAWTON  Not  art  Public 

LARGE  AND   IMPORTANT  SALE 
OF  BUSINESS  AND 

HOMESTEAD  LOTS 

AT  AUCTION. 
MONDAY,  May  28,  18C6,  at  12  o'clock, 

Mission  Block  No.  Eleven, 

BELONGING    TO     THE    ESTATE     OF     THE  LATE 
DR.  II.  M.  GRAY. 

Positive  and  Peremptory  Sale  of  one  of  the  most 
teantiiul  blocks  of  laud  iu  the  city,  frontiug  on 

MISSION, 

HOWARD, 

ELEVENTH, 

NATOMA, 

MINNA,  and 

LAFAYETTE  STS., 
SUBDIVIDED  INTO  67  BUILDING  LOTS. 

On  the  above  date,  at  our  Salesroom,  we  will  sell, 
on  easy  terms,  the  lot  of  land  known  ae  Mission 
Block,  Number  Eleven,  and  fronting  on  Mission. 
Howard,  and  Eleventh  streets,  and  Lafayette  Avo- 
nue,  and  intersected  by  Minim  and  Natoma  streets. 
The  Block  is  subdivided  into  sixty-sevcu  Building 
Lota.  ,  1 ,  1 1 1 ,  •  v  v    r  •  .  <  i  i .  \ 

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native  Oak  Trees,  and  presents  rare  inducements  to 
purchasers  desirons  of  purchasing  large  Lots  for 
Homestead  purposes. 

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and  Eleventh  street,  thus  6aving  all  expense  to 
purchasers. 

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minutes,  and  the  Market  Street  Cars  pass  within 
one  block  of  it 

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walked  to  Eleventh  street. 

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erty, will  he  found  on  the  Lots,  and  small  diagrams 
for  distribution  are  ready  at  the  Office  of  the  Auc- 
tioneers. 


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Below  Montgomery, 

Store  lately  occupied  by  the  Franco-Ameri- 
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manner,  and  filled  with  paying  an  I  permanent  lodgers. 

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ap!4  tf  PostoUlce,  Box  1618 


B.  F.  Sterett,  533 
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kinds  of  Books,  Bills, 
Circulars,  Cards,  etc. 
in  superior  style,  and 
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CARD. 

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Has  commenced  his  business  of  canvassing  the  city  for 
subscribers  for 

MIDDLETON 'S  OIL  PORTRAITS, 

the  series  of  which  embrace 
WASHINGTON  AND   MARTHA,  LINCOLN, 
WEBSTER.  CLAY,  DOUGLAS,  GRANT, 

SHERMAN,  and  JACKSON. 
Mr.  Smith  will  call  at  the  business  places  of  our  cily 
and  at  dwellings  at  reasonable  hours,  and  exhibit  some  of 
the  above  beautiful  Oil  Portrait.*.   He  hopes  to  meet  with 
success,  as  the  Pictures  are  worthy  a  place  in  every  draw- 
lug  room  iu  our  country.    AGENT'S  HEADQUARTERS. 
'     JOHN  MIDDLETON  &.  SONS, 
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REMARKABLE  CURE. 
Sail  Francisco.  September  5th,  1S65 
I  desire  to  make  known  the  fact  that  I  was  idHie- 
tcd  with  a  very  bad  cough  for  fifteen  vears,  and, 
lining  this  time,  used  everything  which  I  could  hear 
of  without  getting  the  better  of  my  disease,  noli  I  I 
tried  Dr.  I).  It.  Vincent's  Cold  Preventative  orCouub 
Mixture,  which  cured  lue  sound  and  well. 

NEWTON  MOORE. 

This  is  to  certify  that  my  wife  has  been  troubled 
with  indigestion  for  nearly  eighteen  months,  and.  by 
using  one  In. iii.-  of  Dr.  Vincent's  medicine,  has  been 
completely  cured. 

San  Francisco,  April  filli.  18C6. 

JOHNSON  J.  THOMAS. 

San  FrunciBco,  July  17th,  18C5. 
I  hereby  certify  that,  having  had  a  Cough  some 
five  months  since,  which  hud  troubled  me  for  two 
vears,  and  I  was  so  bad  that  1  was  able  to  do  but 
little  labor  of  any  kind,  and  could  not  walk  fast 
without  putting  myself  out  of  breath.  I  wan  so  far 
gone  that  I  had  chills  over  me  and  night  sweats,  and 
bed  what  other  physicians  called  disease  of  the  lungs. 
I  had  been  doctoring  a  part  of  the  time  for  the  last 
year,  when  I  saw  Dr.  D.  B.  Vincent,  and  he  gave 
me  a  small  vial  of  medicine,  which  relieved  me  of 
the  chills  and  night  sweats  and  the  cough  entirely 
went  away,  ami  I  do  not  take  cold  so  easy,  and  my 
health  is  mkob  better  in  every  respect.  My  appetile 
is  much  better;  und  I  heartily  recommend  all  others 
who  are  afflicted  with  similar  complaints  to  him. 

JOHN  O'NEILL,  National  Hotel. 

The  aliove  named  diseases  nearly  all  originate  from 

the  same  or  similar  causes,  and 

THE    COLD  PREYENTIYE 

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CUBea  even  where  others  fail. 

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AGUE  CURE, 

Fot  the  Speedy  and 
Certain  Cure  of  In- 
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Periodical  Headache 
or  Bilious  Headache, 
and  Bilious  Fevers  ; 
indeed,  lor  the  whole  clasa  of  dis<-;iM-»  ongf 
Dating  in  biliary  derangement,  caused  by  tbe 
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This  remedy  has  rarely  failed  to  cure  the  severest  casts 
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other  Ague  medicines,  that  it  subdues  the  complaint 
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other  deleterious  substance,  nor  does  it  produce  quinism 
or  any  injurious  effect  whatever.  Snaking  brothers  of  the 
army  and  the  West,  try  it  and  you  will  eudorsc  these 
assertions. 

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CONTENTS 


PROSE. 

Commodore  John  Rodgers  and  the 
Bombardment  of  the  City  ol  Val- 
paraiso. 

Flora)  Pleasures. — By  Iris. 

The  Wehrwolf — An  Historical  Trag 
eily. 

The  Flower  Girl  of  the  Palace  Gar- 
don. 

My  Luck  in  a  Tunnel. 
Dark  Hours. 
Misery-Mongers. 
Letter  from  Rome. 
Jacob's  Well. 


What  the  Paris  Grand  Opera  Costs. 
Perfumes  Among  the  Ancients. 

AMUSEMENTS  : 
Theatrical  Events,  and  Announce- 
ments. 

NEW  BOOKS : 

Review  of  Recent  Publications. 
POETRY  : 
The  Lost  Tails  of  Miletus— By  Sir 

E.  L.  B-lw-r.— By  "  Bret." 
"  Dion" — (Lyman  R.  Goodman.) — 
By  Charles  Warren  Stoddard. 


[For  the  Californian.J 

THE  LOST  TAILS  OF  MILETUS. 

BY   SIR  E.   L.  B-LW-R. 

[Argument.— Bopeep,  a  young  shepherdess  of  the  plains  beside 
the  city  of  Miletus,  loses  her  flocks  through  iueautiousness.  She 
foolishly  bewails  her  loss,  refuses  to  be  comforted  by  the  gods,  and 
is  punished  by  Zeus,  who  returns  her  flocks  to  her  tailless.] 

TTIGH  on  the  Thracian  Hills,  half  hid  in  the  billows  of  clover, 

Thyme  and  the  asphodel  bloom,  and  lulled  by  Pactoliau  stream- 
She  of  Miletus  lay;  and  beside  her  an  aged  satyr  [lets, 
Scratched  his  ear  with  his  hoof  and  playfully  mumbled  his  chestnuts. 

Vainly  the  Mamid  and  the  Bassarid  gambolled  about  her, 
The  wild-eyed  Bacchante  sung,  and  Pan,  the  renowned,  the  accom- 
plished, 

Executed  his  difficult  solo.  In  vain  were  their  gambols  and  dances — 
High  o'er  the  sacred  groves  still  echoed  the  shepherdess'  wailing. 

"  Ai,  for  the  fleecy  ones,  the  meek -nosed,  the  passionless  faces  ! 
Ai,  for  the  tallow-scented,  the  sprightly  ones,  the  high-stepping  ! 
Ai,  for  the  eyes  whose  glance  is  that  which  the  rustic,  sagac'ous, 
Ascribes  to  him  that  loves,  yet  dare  not  disclose  his  passion  I" 

H«r  then  Zens  answered,  "  O  !  daughter  of  song  and  of  sorrow  1 
Thoughtless  guider  of  sheep  !  arise  from  thy  deep  lamentation, 
Since  thou  canst  not  trust  Fate,  nor  behave  as  becomes  a  Greek 
maiden, 

Look  and  behold  thy  flocks!"  and  lo,  they  returned  to  her  tailless. 

Bret. 


(For  the  Califoinian.) 

FLORAL  PLEASURES. 

IN  leaving  spring  and  entering  upon  summer,  the  transition 
ia  so  gradual,  that  we  scarcely  know  whether  lo  class  the 
montli  of  May  as  the  last  of  the  spriDg  months  or  the  first  of 
those  of  summer.  Much  depends  on  the  weather  ;  but  per- 
haps it  is  the  combination  of  spring  with  summer  that  makes 
this  month  so  universal  a  favorite  with  all.  Make  a  note  of 
what  is  most  desirable  in  your  own  or  your  neighbor's  garden  ; 
what  the  peculiarities  are  of  each  favorite  class  of  plants — 
their  time  and  length  of  flowering.  There  is  no  way  of  learn- 
ing the  peculiarities  of  plants  so  successful  as  by  experiment- 
ing and  noting  the  results  of  success  or  failure. 

Old  garden  diaries  have  an  interest  of  their  own  only  known 
to  those  who  have  kept  them.  The  comparison  of  one  year 
with  another  as  to  time  of  appearing  ;  the  varieties  of  color  ; 
what  flowers  bloom  in  each  month,  and  how  they  are  grown — 
whether  from  seeds,  or  cuttings,  or  bulbs.  A  celebrated 
writer,  in  speaking  of  the  enjoyment  of  a  garden,  says  :  "  I 
have  often  wondered  why  people  so  seldom  avail  themselves 
of  this  luxury.  They  will  live  year  after  year  in  the  country, 
and  never  go  out  except  for  a  walk  or  a  drive.  Some  men  never 
go  to  a  new  place,  but  almost  the  first  thought  is,  where  they 
may  sit  in  the  open  air,  and  ere  two  days  have  elapsed,  the 
out-of-doors  drawing-room  is  as  familiar  as  the  in-doors." 

There  is  much  to  be  learned,  no  doubt,  in  communion  with 
nature,  even  in  "  the  trim  garden's  narrow  round."  Many 
types  of  higher  things  are  suggested  by  almost  all  the  occu- 
pations there,  as  well  as  by  our  plants  and  flowers  themselves  ; 
some  of  these,  being  scriptural,  will  recur  to  every  one,  but  it- 
is  by  ao  means  an  unprofitable  task  to  find  new  aualogies  and 


types  for  ourselves.  It  must  be  a  very  dull  and  prosaic  mind 
that  does  not  almost  involuntarily  do  so  : 

"  For  all  that  meets  the  bodily  sense  I  deem 
Symbolical — one  mighty  alphabet 
For  infant  minds,  and  we  in  the  low  world, 
Placed  with  our  backs  to  bright  reality, 
That  we  may  learn  with  young,  unwouuded  ken 
The  substance  from  its  shadow." 

Few  people,  it  is  true,  can  make  such  use  of  these  symbols 
as  the  poets  have  done,  to  instruct  others,  but  the  power  of 
discovering  and  enjoying  these  teachings  from  God's  book  of 
nature  adds  greatly  to  the  pleasure  of  our  work,  and  occupies 
the  mind  while  the  hands  are  employed  "  dressing  and  keep- 
ing "  the  garden. 

It  is  a  good  thing  to  have  plenty  of  flowers — common 
flowers,  every-day  favorites  : 

"  Creatures  not  too  bright  or  good 
For  human  nature's  daily  food ;" 

flowers  that  may  be  pulled,  flowers  suitable  for  nosegays, 
flowers  that  seem  to  grow  better  for  having  their  blossoms 
gathered.  This  gathering  of  flowers  for  one's  self  or  friends  is 
such  a  pleasure,  that  I  often  wonder  at  its  being  so  frequently 
deputed  to  the  gardener.  How  often  a  branch  of  flowers  car- 
ries with  it  an  association  of  ideas  that  the  possessor  longs 
to  retain,  even  after  the  flowers  have  withered.  Those  who 
are  tru«  lovers  of  the  garden,  with  what  pleasure  and  delight 
do  they  look  upon  the  gift  of  a  few  flowers,  and  with  what 
care  and  attention  are  they  preserved  !  It  is  not  long  since  I 
saw  a  most  interesting  incident — the  growth  of  a  plant  from 
a  small  branch.  When  in  flower,  it  was  given  to  a  person 
who  had  rendered  a  service  ;  the  time,  place  aud  circum- 
stances were  so  peculiar,  that  it  was  preserved  ;  a  cutting  or 
slip  was  made  of  it,  and  grew  to  be  a  splendid  plant,  covered 
with  its  beautiful  flowers.  Now  it  is  a  constant  reminder  of 
that  scene,  and  no  money  would  induce  the  owner  to  part 
with  it. 

The  pleasure  of  growing  plants  from  cuttings  is  very  great, 
and  with  a  little  piactice  almost  any  of  our  garden  plants  can 
be  very  successfully  grown,  filling  our  windows  and  porches 
and  gardens  with  their  beautiful  forms.  IIow  frequently  do 
we  hear  the  remark,  "  Oh,  that  is  so  beautiful,  I  wish  I  could 
preserve  it!"  So  you  can  :  propagate  it.  Make  a  cutting  of 
it  and  grow  it,  and  you  will  soon  have  a  plant  rivalling  the 
parent  from  which  it  was  taken.  The  pleasure  of  seeing  it 
grow  under  your  care,  and  the  knowledge  that  you  can  increase 
it  and  be  able  to  supply  your  friends,  will  be  one  of  the  purest 
joys  you  can  experience. 

FLO  AL  CALENDAR— CONTINUED. 
May  20th.  St.  Beri>ardine  of  Sienna,  Horse-chestnut,  (JEschylus.) 
May  21st.  St.  Felix,  Ragged  Bobbin,  {Lychnis  Jlos-cuculi.) 
May  22d.  St.  Tvo,  Yellow  Star  of  Bethlehem,  (Arnilhoglum  pra 
tensis.) 

May  23d.  St.  Julia,  Lilac,  (Syringa  vulgaris.) 

May  24th.  St.  Vincent.  Monkey  Poppy,  (Popaver  Orientate.) 

May  25th.  St.  Urban,  Common  Avens,  {Geum  Vrbanum.) 

May  2Gth.  St.  Augustine,  Yellow  Azalia,  (Azalia  Pontica.) 

May  27th.  St.  Bede,  Buttercups,  (Ranunculus  Acris.) 

May  28th.  St.  Germain,  Lurid  Fleur  de  lis,  (Ins  Lunda.) 

May  29th.  St.  Cyril,  Blue  Bottle,  (Centaurea  Montana.) 

May  30th.  St.  Ferdinand,  Spearwort,  (Ranunculus  Jlammula.) 

May  31st.  St.  Petronnilla,  Turk's  cup  Lily,  (Lilium  Jlavium.) 

June  1st.  St.  Justin,  Yellow  Rose,  (Rosa  Lutea.) 

June  2d.   St.  Erasmus,  Pimpernel,  (Anagallis  Arvcnsis.) 

Iris. 


A  recent  writer  says  of  Cuvier  :  "  It  was  to  his  mother,  a 
woman  of  considerable  spirit  and  enlightenment,  that  he  was 
indebted  for  the  means  of  cultivating  his  mind.  To  her  he 
repeated  his  lessons  :  she  taught  him  to  draw,  and  read  with 
him  works  of  history  and  literature.  In  fact,  it  was  by  her 
the  key  to  learning  was  put  into  his  hands.  She  imparted  to 
him  no  small  portion  of  that  sagacity  and  penetration  which 
he  cultivated  to  such  an  advantage  in  after  life.  A  copy  of 
Buffon,  a  book  he  met  with  by  accident  in  his  father's  house, 
gave  his  miud  a  turn  to  natural  history.  He  began  by  copy- 
ing the  figures  for  amusement." 


JACOB'S  WELL. 
TT^HE  following  interesting  description  of  this  famous  local- 

1  ity  we  find  in  Good  Words,  from  the  pen  of  Rev.  Nor- 
man McLeod,  D.  D.  : 

"  There  has  never  been  a  doubt  entertained  by  the  most 
skeptical  or  critical  traveller  regarding  the  authenticity  of  this 
well.  Beyond  all  question,  it  is  the  one  at  which  our  Savior 
rested  as  he  journeyed  along  the  route  which  travellers  gener- 
ally follow  from  Jerusalem  to  Galilee.  Every  feature  of  the 
landscape  starts  into  life  as  we  read  the  narrative  of  his  mem- 
orable conversation  with  the  woman  of  Samaria  ;  the  plain  of 
cornfields  which  were  then  as  now  whitening  to  the  harvest ; 
the  mountain  rising  above,  on  which  the  Samaritan  temple 
was  built ;  the  neighboring  town  of  Shechem  :  the  Samari- 
tans worshipping,  as  they  still  do,  toward  '  this  mountain,'  and 
there  only  ;  all  are  evidences  of  its  truth,  apart  from  the  com- 
mon and  unbroken  tradition. 

"  This  well  is  not  what  we  understand  by  that  name.  It  is 
not  a  spring  of  water  bubbling  up  from  the  earth,  nor  is  it 
reached  by  an  excavation.  It  is  a  shaft  cut  in  the  living  rock, 
about  nine  feet  in  diameter,  and  now  upwards  of  seventy  feet 
deep.  As  an  immense  quantity  of  rubbish  has  fallen  into  it, 
the  original  depth  must  have  been  much  greater,  probably 
twice  what  it  is  now.  It  was,  therefore,  intended  by  its  first 
engineer  as  a  reservoir  rather  than  as  a  means  of  reaching  a 
spring.  Then,  again,  if  any  wall,  as  some  suppose,  once  sur- 
rounded its  mouth,  on  which  the  traveller  could  rest,  it  is  now 
gone.  The  mouth  is  funnel-shaped,  and  its  sides  are  formed 
by  the  rubbish  of  old  buildings,  a  church  having  once  been 
erected  over  it.  But  we  can  descend  this  funnel  and  enter  a 
cave,  as  it  were,  a  few  feet  below  the  surface,  which  is  the  re- 
mains of  a  small  dome  that  once  covered  the  mouth.  De- 
scending a  few  feet,  we  perceive  in  the  floor  an  aperture  partly 
covered  by  a  flat  stone,  and  leaving  sufficient  space  through 
which  we  can  look  into  the  darkness.  We  sent  a  plumb-line 
down  into  the  water — with  which  the  well  certainly  seemed 
to  be  abundantly  supplied  at  the  time  of  our  visit. 

"  Many  have  been  puzzled  to  account  for  Jacob's  having 
dug  such  a  well  here,  when  the  whole  valley  of  Shechem,  only 
a  quarter  of  an  hour's  walk  off,  is  more  musical  with  streams 

than  any  other  in  Palestine.    But  some  one  dug  the  well  

and  who  more  likely  than  Jacob,  not  only  to  have  on  his  own 
property  what  was,  in  his  time,  more  valuable  than  a  private 
coal  mine  would  be  with  us  ;  but  also  for  the  moral  purpose 
of  keeping  his  family  and  dependents  as  separate  as  possible 
from  the  depraved  Shechemites. 

"  This  well  is,  indeed,  a  holy  spot.  One  is  glad  that  the 
contending  ecclesiastical  parties  in  the  land  have  built  their 
churches  on  places  which  have  but  little  historical  value,  and 
that  a  merciful  Providence  has  preserved  untouched,  and  open 
to  the  eye  of  heaven,  such  spots  as  that  on  the  Mount  of 
Olives, '  over  against  the  Temple,'  aud,  above  all,  Jacob's  well. 
It  is  now  said,  however,  that  the  Greek  Church  have  purchased 
it,  as  the  site  of  a  church,  for  70,000  piastres.  Universal 
Christendom,  to  which  it  belongs,  should  protest  agaiDstsuch 
'  pious  profanation.'  " 


What  were  Landor's  "  Imaginary  Conversations  "  to  the 
following,  which  is  vouched  to  have  taken  place  in  Main 
street,  in  the  prosaic  city  of  Taunton,  Mass.  The  parties 
were  an  ancient  from  the  outskirts, in  a  soldier's  overcoat  and 
battered  hat,  with  maudlin  eyes  and  a  tobacco-stained  chin, 
who  was  seated  in  a  wagon  beside  a  coffin  fresh  from  the  un- 
dertaker's. To  him  approached  another  venerable  bummer 
with  a  fur  collar  and  a  pair  of  unsteady  legs.  The  conversa- 
tion may  be  briefly  condensed  thus  :  "  What  have  you  got 
there  ?"  "  A  coffin."  "  Is  it  new  ?"  "  Yes  ;  just  bought  it 
and  gin  fifteen  dollars."  "  Aint  you  going  to  wet  it  ?"  At 
this  point  our  informant  left,  and  the  question  whether  the 
owner  of  the  coffin  submitted  gracefully  to  the  usual  tax  upon 
newly-purchased  articles,  remains  in  doubt. 


Why  does  an  angry  man  resemble  a  lady  in  full  dress  ? 
Because  he  is  very  much  ruffled. 


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THE    C  ALjFORN  I  AN 


|  June  2d 


THE  WEHBWOLF. 
AN  HISTORICAL  TRAGEDY. 


rpHOSE  who  have  travelled  through  the  south  of  France 
6  may  have  seen,  scattered  here  and  there,  some  traces 
of  a  lost  race,  separate  aud  ui.-tinct  from  the  mass  of  the 
inhabitants  of  the  country.  Forming  a  respectable  commu- 
nity with  regard  to  numbers,  in  the  Middle  Ages,  they  have 
gradually  died  out  under  the  injustice  and  oppression  with 
which  they  were  treated  by  their  more  powerful  neighbors. 
Forced  to  remain  to  themselves,  and  cut  off  from  all  the 
social  advantages  of  other  people,  frequent  intermarriages 
were  not  slow  in  producing  a  dwarfed  and  really  inferior  race. 
From  contempt,  the  feelings  of  Ijo  people  among  whom  they 
existed  soon  changed  to  a  fierce  and  vindictive  hate.  They 
left  no  opportunity  unimproved  by  which  they  could  oppress 
and  wrong  these  miserable  Cngots,  as  the  race  of  whom  1 
write  was  called.  The  Church,  with  greater  sympathy  and 
love  for  these  unfortunates,  was  their  friend  and  protector. 
Yet  it  was  as  much  as  the  priests  could  do,  powerful  a3  they 
were,  to  effect  their  admission  into  the  churches,  from  which 
the  pure  blood  sought  to  exclude  them  ;  aud  this  privilege 
was  gained  solely  on  condition  that  tbey  should  enter  the 
church  only  by  a  side  door,  built  so  low  as  to  force  them  to 
bow  their  heads  in  humility  ia  approaching  their  superiors. 

In  the  eyes  of  the  people  the  poor  Cagots  were  infidels, 
heathens,  poisoners,  worshippers  of  Satan  ;  and  it  was  a 
favorite  superstition  with  theni  that  these  poor  wretches  lived 
chiefly  on  human  blood,  and  that  they  were  wehrwolves— that 
it,  possessed  of  power  to  assume  at  pleasure  tin?  form  of  a 
wolf,  and  to  pursue  the  destructive  habits  of  that  terrible 
monster.  In  vain  the  priests  combated  this  notion,  and 
exerted  their  power  on  behalf  of  the  unfortunates  ;  the 
people  of  the  country  were  too  thoroughly  imbued  with  the 
idea  to  abandon  it. 

Sunk  in  ignorance  and  degradation  as  the  Cagots  were, 
there  were  those  among  them,  few  and  far  between,  it  is  true, 
who  would  do  honor  to  any  race,  to  any  blood,  cveu  the 
purest.  There  were  instances  of  rare  beauty,  virtue  and 
goodness  among  them,  which  almost  atoned  for  the  darkness 
find  shame  of  the  race. 

In  the  latter  part  of  the  year  1445  there  was  in  the  south 
of  France  a  village  (now  destroyed)  of  these  unhappy  people, 
containing  a  population  of  at  least  two  hundred.  The  village 
had  no  name,  and  was  known  throughout  the  surrounding 
country  as  the  Cagot  hamlet.  Its  dwellings  were  nearly  all 
mere  huts,  small  and  meanly  constructed,  and  the  inhabitants 
lived  in  the  most  abject  poverty.  They  barely  eked  out  a 
miserable  support  by  cutting  wood  from  the  neighboring  for- 
est, aud  supplying  the  thriving  town  of  Lannes,  which  stood 
near  by,  with  that  commodity.  Between  the  two  places  there 
was  the  slightest  possible  intercourse.  The  townspeople  ouly 
permitted  the  Cagots  to  b&ter  Lannes  at  stated  periods  to 
bring  wood  and  procure  such  articles  as  they  needed,  and 
then  rarely  failed  to  drive  them  away  with  curses,  aud  some- 
times with  blows. 

Yet  the  hamlet  had  one  fri-nd,  that  was  the  good  priest, 
Father  Basil,  who  had  devoted  his  life  to  the  service  of  the 
poor  creatures.  He  had  built  a  chapel  iu  the  hamlet,  and 
there  ministered  daily  to  their  spiritual  wants.  He  pitied 
them,  and  his  heart  warmed  to  them  as  he  saw  the  injustice 
which  was  heaped  upon  thein. 

One  day  Father  Ba?il  having  wandered  abstractedly  be- 
yond the  limits  of  the  hamlet,  toward  Lannes,  was  startled 
lrom  his  revery  by  a  load  shout.  Looking  up,  he  saw  a  young 
girl  flying  in  terror  before  a  crowd  of  the  townspeople,  who 
were  pursuing  her  with  hoots  and  curses.  The  girl  saw  him, 
and,  rushing  toward  him,  fell  at  his  feet  and  clung  to  his  robe. 
"  Save  me,  father!"  she  cried,  imploringly. 
The  priest  waved  the  crowd  back  sternly,  aud  demanded 
what  they  wanted  of  the  girl. 

"  She  is  a  devil,  a  wehrwolf."  said  one  of  the  crowd,  a 
stout,  burly  artisan.  "  We  want  her  life  before  she  fattens 
on  more  of  our  blood." 

H  For  shame,  Jean  Coqnin,"  exclaimed  the  priest,  sternly. 
"  Have  you  no  more  manliness  than  to  persecute  a  poor  girl 
thus  ?" 

"  She  is  not  a  poor  girl,  father,"  said  the  man,  sullenly. 
"She  is  a  witch,  a  wehrwo!:  a  I  we  moan  to  put  a  stop  to 
her  mischief.  Do  we  not,  mV  .Wends  ?"  he  added,  appealiug 
to  the  crowd,  who  answered  bite  with  a  storm  of  curses  aimed 
at  the  poor  girl. 

The  priest  gazed  at  thrni  Scornfully  for  a  moment,  and  then 
drawing  the  girl  closer  to  him,  said  calmly:  "This  is  no 
wehrwolf.  She  is  one  of  God's  children,  aud  has  sought  the 
protection  of  hi3  holy  church,  and  thus  do  I  throw  it  around 
her.    Let  him  who  dare  touch  her  at  his  peril." 

As  he  spoke,  he  threw  over  her  neck  the  crucifix  and  rosary 
which  he  wore  at  his  girdle.  The  crowd  hesitated,  aud  then 
drew  back,  and  taking  the  girl's  hand  he  led  lur  safely  to  the 
hamlet. 

"What  have  you  done,  Adele  ?"  asked  Father  Basil,  as 
they  went  along. 


"Nothing,  father.  They  found  me  On  the  edge  of  the 
forest  nearest  town,  and  said  I  was  a  wehrwolf,  aud  threat- 
ened to  kill  me."  , 

"  What  were  you  doing  in  the  forest,  my  child  ?"  asked  the 
cure. 

The  girl  blushed  and  hung  her  head. 
"  Ah  !  You  were  there  to  meet  a  lover.    Is  it  so  ?" 
Still  she  was  silent ;  but  the  blushing  face  answered  him, 
and  he  continued  : 
"  Is  he  of  your  own  race,  Adele?" 

"  No,  my  father,  he  belongs  there  ;"  aud  ebo  pointed  to  the 


town. 

"  My  child,"'  said  the  old  man,  kindly,  "  I  fear  this  is  not 
right.  You  had  better  bcwatv'of  the  gallants  of  the  town. 
You  are  not  the  equal  of  any  of  them,  and  I  cannot  think 
they  will  deal  'honorably  with  you.  Let  them  alone,  my 
daughter,  or  you  will  have  cause  to  repent  it." 

"But  Frangois  is  brave  aud  honorable,  father,"  she  exclaimed 
indignantly.  "  He  loves  me,  though  I  ain  a  poor,  down-trod- 
den Cagot.  And  why  should  he  not  love  me?  Have  I  not 
beauty  ?  Am  I  not  as  worthy  of  him  as  any  of  the  girls  in 
the  town  fhat  look  so  c./ldly  at  me  wheu  they  puss  me  ?  Why 
should  he  not  love  me  ?" 

She  spoke  rapidly  and  with  passion,  and  her  face  seemed  to 
the  good  old  man  more  beautiful  than  anythiug  he  had  ever 
seen.  Ho  knew  nothing  of  the  p.rt  of  managing  affairs  of  the 
heart,  having  been  in  the  Church  since  his  boyhood  ;  but  he 
saw  that  it  was  useless  to  attempt  to  check  this. 

Adele  was  the  daughter  of  an  old  widow.  Her  father  had 
been  killed  years  before  iu  a  brawl  with  the  townspeople  ;  aud 
being  a  man  of  strong,  ungovernable  passions,  and  feeling 
keenly  the  degradation  of  his  race,  it  is  likely  that  his  death 
was  not  unprovoked.  The  cottage  in  which  the  mother  and 
daughter  resided,  was  a  little  removed  from  the  hamlet,  and 
stood  nearer  to  the  forest  than  any  of  the  others.  It  was 
small  and  poor,  but  Adele  made  it  neater  and  more  attractive 
than  any  iu  the  hamlet.  She  had  trained  vines  over  the  doors, 
and  around  it  had  planted  some  flowers  of  rare  beauty.  Still 
it  had  the  stern,  sullen  look  that  all  the  Cagot  residences 
bore.  Nothing,  it  seemed,  could  remove  the  mark  of  the 
curse.  Old  Louise,  Adele's  mother,  had  been  bedridden  for 
more  than  a  year,  and  now  awaited  her  daughter's  coming 
with  impatience.  She  knew  that  Adele  had  gone  to  the  for- 
est, and,  kuowiug  the  hatred  which  was  felt  for  the  Cagots, 
feared  that  some  harm  had  befallen  her.  As  the  young  girl 
entered  at  last,  she  asked  her  sharply  what  had  detained  her 
so  loug  ;  aud  Adele  told  her  of  her  adventure  with  the  towns- 
people. 

"  Curse  them  !"  shrieked  the  old  dame.  "  They  murdered 
your  father,  child,  and  now  they  would  take  you  from  me.  Oh, 
that  1  were  a  wolf !  I  would  toar  them,  I  warrant  me.  Girl, 
girl,  if  ever  you  love  oue  of  them,  as  1  did  once  when  I  was 
young,  you  will  repent  it  bitterly.    You'd  better  dia  first." 

Adele  shuddered.  Twice  in  :  n  hour  she  had  received  this 
warning,  and  she  could  not  shake  off  the  feeling  which  it 
threw  over  her.  Still  she  could  not  give  up  her  love  for  Fran- 
gois, even  though  he  was  a  townsman.  He  was  a  young  man, 
a  few  years  older  than  herself,  and  had  first  met  her  in  the 
forest,  aud  had  loved  her.  She  had  returned  his  passion  from 
the  first  ;  and  all  of  their  meetings  had  been  held  iu  the  woods. 
He  did  not  wish  his  people  to  know  of  his  attachment  to  her, 
for  he  wjall  knew  the  opposition  it  would  evoke,  and  he  had 
not  the  courage  to  avow  openly  his  love  for  a  Cagot  girl,  even 
though  she  was  as  pure  and  beautiful  as  Adele.  It  would 
draw  down  upon  him  all  the  prejudice  which  was  exhibited 
toward  the  despised  race,  and  this  he  did  not  care  to  brave. 
Still  he  lo\ed  Adele  sincerely  and  honestly  ;  aud  he  meant, 
wheu  he  had  earned  a  sufficiency  of  money,  to  take  her  to 
some  other  part  of  the  country  and  marry  her. 

On  the  morning  in  which  my  story  opens  he  had  met  her 
in  the  forest,  and  upon  hearing  some  oue  approach  had 
plunged  into  the  wood  to  avoid  being  seen  with  her,  and 
Adele  had  been  discovered  by  a  party  of  townsmen,  and  had 
been  parsued  by  them.  Hud  she  fallen  into  their  clutches 
when  Father  Basil  rescued  her,  there  is  not  a  doubt  that  she 
would  have  fared  badly.  Frangois  had  not  seen  the  adven- 
ture, and  was  iguoraut  of  it  uutil  Adele  told  him  of  it  at  their 
uext  meeting.  Theu  he  could  only  sigh,  and  press  her  closer 
to  him. 

Thus  matters  went  on  uutil  the  winter  set  in.  It  was  very 
long  and  severe,  and  brought  with  it  a  still  more  terrible  visi- 
taut.  The  Cagot  hamlet  and  the  town  of  Lannes  were  both 
built  near  a  large  forest,  which  has  now  given  place  to  a 
smiling  vineyard.  This  forest  iiad  once  been  famous  for  the 
terriblo  wolves  which  haunted  it  iu  the  winter  season.  Of 
late  years  they  had  disappeared  ;  but  now,  as  the  winter  set 
fairly  in,  they  came  again.  Of  course,  popular  prejudice  at 
once  declared  that  these  monsters  were  not  leal  wolves,  but 
wehr-wolves,  or,  iu  other  words,  the  Cagots,  who  inhabited 
the  neighboring  hamlet,  and  this  was  the  occasion  of  renewed 
persecutions. 

Adele  aud  Frangois  continued  to  meet  in  the  forest,  and, 
if  they  know  that  the  wolves  were  there,  paid  no  attention  to 
them. 


LjHc  one  afternoon,  Adele  started  out  to  cut  some  wood 
for  her  hut.  The  long  told  season  had  exhausted  the  scanty 
stock  which  she  had  laid  in  at  the  beginning  of  winter,  aud 
she  was  forced  to  cut  the  wood  from  the  forest  from  day  to 
day.  Taking  her  hatchet,  although  it  was  late,  and  the  dis- 
tance long,  beut  her  steps  to  that  part  of  the  wood  wher*  she 
usually  met  her  lover,  hoping  she  might  see  him  there. 
Arriving  at  the  spot,  she  saw  nothing  of  him,  and,  a»  the 
darkness  was  coming  on,  fell  at  once  to  chopping  her  wood. 

She  soon  obtained  a  sufficient  quantity,  and  was  about  to 
start  on  her  return  home,  when  she  saw  her  lover  coming 
toward  the  forest.  When  he  joined  her,  he  said  it  was  so 
late  that  he  would  walk  with  her  a  portion  of  the  way  toward 
her  home.  _ 

As  they  approached  the  hamlet  they  were  joined  by  Father 
Basil,  who  was  also  going  thither  from  the  town  ;  and  Fran- 
cois now  left  them. 

The  next  afternoon  she  repaired  to  the  trysting-spot  again  ; 
and  this  time,  just  before  dark,  Frangois  met  her  again.  He 
told  her  he  was  ready  to  go  with  her  to  some  distant  part  of 
the  country  and  be  married,  as  soon,  as  the  spring  should  set 
in,  and  that  she  must  make  her  preparations  to  go  with  hiin. 
I  This  she  readily  promised  to  do  ;  but,  while  she  was  speaking, 
footfalls  were  heard,  and  Fraugcis  turned  away  aud  plunged 
into  the  gloom  of  the  woods,  to  escape  recognition.  Adele 
fell  at  once  to  chopping  wood  ;  but  she  was  so  nervous  and 
agitated  that  she  cut  her  hand  badly  with  her  hatchet,  and 
while  she  wa3  trying  to  bind  it  up,  a  man  came  up  with  her, 
and,  stopping,  said  in  a  harsh  tone: 

'•  W  bat  are  you  doing  here  at  this  hour,  girl  ?" 
She  glanced  at  him  in  alarm,  for  she  recognized  his  voice. 
It  was  Jeau  Coquiu,  who  had  been  the  chief  of  her  persecu- 
tors on  the  day  when  she  was  rescued  by  Father  Basil. 

"  What  are  you  doing  here,  I  say  ?"  he  continued,  fiercely. 
"  By  St.  Peter,  I  think  you  are  lying  in  wait  for  some  honest 
fellow  who  may  chance  to  pass  this  way  after  nightfall.  But, 
I'll  put  a  stop  to  that." 

With  these  words  he  sprang  after  her.  and,  wrenching  her 
hatchet  from  her  hand,  aimed  a  terrible  blow  at  her.  She 
eluded  it,  and  fled  into  the  wuod£,  closely  pursued  by  him.  It 
was  dark  and  gloomy  in  among  the  trees,  and  she  paused  a 
few  yards  from  where  she  had  started,  and  her  blood  froze  with 
horror,  as  she  beheld  two  bright  eyes  shining  before  her  in 
the  darkness.  Jean  Coquiu  saw  them,  too,  and  paused,  for  a 
moment,  in  dismay  ;  and  Adele,  taking  advantage  of  this, 
slipped  by  him,  unobserved,  and  regaining  the  path,  fled  home- 
ward. 

Well  might  Jean  Coquin  pause,  and  utter  an  exclamation 
of  dismay.    Straight  before  him  stood  a  large  she  wolf,  with 

her  bright  eyes  glaring  fiercely  at  him,  and  her  huge  gray 
form  standing  out  boldly  amid  the  gloom.  Jean  Coquin  was 
not  a  coward  ;  and  iu  this  case  he  saw  that  his  only  safely 
lay  in  making  a  good,  bold  fight  for  his  life.  So  he  grasped 
the  hatchet  firmly,  and  breathed  a  hasty  prayer.  As  he  did 
so,  the  animal  uttered  a  savage  growl,  aud  sprang  at  his 
throat. 

A  sharp,  short  struggle  followed,  in  which  Jean  was  sorely 
put  to  it  to  defend  himself.  At  last,  however,  he  gave  the 
wolf  a  deep  cut  in  the  fore  paw  ;  and,  with  a  yell  of  ballled 
rage,  the  auimal  turned  and  fled  from  him,  leaving  him  a  little 
scratched  und  bruised,  but  iu  nowise  badly  hurt. 

Now,  as  he  had  come  so  suddeuly  upon  the  wolf  while  in 
pursuit  of  the  young  Uagot  girl,  aud  as  he  was  a  firm  believer 
in  the  wehrwolf  superstiliou,  Jeau  Coquiu  did  not  for  an  in- 
stant doubt  that  the  wolf  he  had  fought  was  no  other  than 
Adele,  in  her  lupine  form.  Indeed,  wheu  wo  consider!  tlie 
prevalence  of  the  superstition  iu  that  dark  period,  we  cannot 
wonder  at  this.  Ho  had  received  positive  proof  that  she  was 
a  wehrwolf,  and  had  seen  her,  with  his  own  eyes,  change  from 
a  woman  into  a  she-wolf.  This  was  all  he  wanted  ;  and,  filled 
with  the  idea  which  the  desire  for  vengeance  called  up,  ho 
hastened  to  the  town  to  put  it  into  execution. 

Lannes  was  full  of  wild  excitement  when  his  Story  was 
told.    He  was  thought  very  highly  of  in  the  town,  and  no 


one  dreamed  of  disputing  his  word.   His  statement  made  the 
townspeople,  who  had  collected  to  hear  it,  furious. 
'•  Down  with  the  Cagots  !"  was  shouted  by  several  voices. 
"  Ay  !  that's  it,"  said  Joan  ;  "  down,  not  only  with  this 
Cagot,  but  with  the  whole  race." 

<•  Let  us  burn  their  hamlet,  and  cut  the  throats  of  the  wholo 
set!"  shouted  another. 

"  Not  so,  ray  friends,"  cried  a  third.  "  Let  us  go  to  this 
she-wolf's  den  and  take  vengeance  upon  her,  and  bum  the  den 
over  her  head.  We  have  nothing  as  yet  to  punish  the  rest 
for  -  but  we  can  rid  ourselves  of  this  one.  But,"  he  added, 
turning  to  Jean,  "  did  you  not  say  that  you  wounded  the  wolf 
in  the  fore  paw?" 
"Ay,  that  I  did  !"  replied  Jean,  "in  the  right  fore-paw." 
"  Then,"  said  the  other,  "  if  this  girl  is  guilty  of  the  chargo 
you  bring  against  her,  she  will  bear  the  mark  of  the  wound 
on  the  left  arm  or  hand.  Come,  my  friends.  To  the  she- 
wolf's  den — away  I" 

With  loud  shouts,  tho  crowd  rushed  madly  toward  the 
Cagot  hamlet.    Each  moment  their  wrath  grow  fiercer  and 


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fiercer  still,  until  it  passed  beyond  all  control.  As  they 
neared  the  hamlet,  their  cries  and  shouts  roused  the  poor 
wretches  from  their  slumbers,  and  caused  them  to  tremble 
with  dread,  for  their  hour  had  come.  But,  with  unusual-  stead- 
iness of  purpose,  the  mob  swept  through  the  wretched  streets, 
and  passed  on  toward  the  lonely  cottage  near  the  forest. 

Adele,  upon  reaching  her  home,  had  bound  her  wounded 
arm,  and  was  now  sleeping  quietly,  dreaming  of  her  lover, 
and  little  thinking  of  the  terrible  danger  which  threatened 
her.  She  had  not  waited  to  see  the  issue  of  the  light  in  the 
forest  between  Jean  and  the  wolf,  aud  was  ignorant  of  all  that 
had  transpired. 

She  was  roused  from  her  slumber?  by  loud  cries  and  the 
tramping  of  many  feet  around  the  house.  Then  there  came  a 
fierce  rapping  at  the  door,  and  a  sharp  demand  to  be  admitted. 
Instinctively  the  poor  girl  knew  that  some  new  persecution 
awaited  her,  and  she  shrank  coweriugly  into  a  corner,  behind 
some  old  rubbish.  In  an  instant  the  door  was  burst  in,  and 
the  crowd  poured  into  tho  house.  The  old  dame,  divining 
their  purpose,  received  their  with  a  storm  of  curses,  and  shook 
her  withered  fists  at  them  in  impotent  ruge. 

''Silence,  old  wolf!"  cried  Jean  Cocpain,  brutally.  "Tell 
us,  where  is  your  cub  ?" 

Just  then  his  keen  eye  chanced  to  spy  Adele,  who  was 
crouching  in  the  corner,  and  she  was  soon  dragged  forth  into 
the  midst  of  the  throug.  Jean  seized  her  bandaged  hand, 
and  holding  it  up  forcibly,  cried  exultantly,  "  Behold  the 
proof!  I  wounded  the  wolf  in  the  left  forepaw.  Here  is  the 
cut." 

And  with  these  words  he  tore  the  bandage  from  the  hand, 
and  exposed  a  newly-made  cat. 

There  was  a  murmur  of  wonder  from  the  crowd,  and  then 
Jean  shouted,  "  Take  her  out,  and  tie  her  hand  and  foot. 
Then  light  the  old  hut,  and  let  us  burn  her  before  she  does 
more  harm  to  us !" 

"  But  what  shall  we  do  with  the  old  one  ?"  asked  one  of 
tho  crowd. 

"  Burn  her,  too  !"  was  the  inhuman  reply.  "  Let  her  stay 
where  she  is.    She  cannot  escape  us." 

The  crowd  now  left  the  cottage  ;  and  Jean,  holding  Adele 
with  a  grasp  of  iron,  led  her  out  with  him.  Upon  reaching 
the  open  air,  he  produced  a  stout  cord,  and,  in  spite  of  her 
prayers  and  struggles,  was  about  to  bind  her,  when  he  was 
hurled  with  force  to  the  ground,  and  Frang'ois,  passing  his 
arm  round  the  young  girl's  waist,  drew  her  to  him. 

"She  is  mine  !"  he  exclaimed.  "She  is  my  promised  wife. 
She  is  uo  wehrwolf.  She  shall  not  be  harmed  while  I  have 
life  to  protect  her." 

"  The  lad  is  mad.  Seize  him,  friends,  and  save  him  from 
his  folly." 

The  speaker  was  Francois'  father.  The  young  m<in  had  just 
arrived,  and  had  come  with  the  intention  of  defending  Adele 
with  his  life.  But  he  was  powerless  to  contend  against  such 
a  crowd,  whose  excitement  and  frenzy  were  becoming  greater 
every  moment.  Before  he  could  reply  to  his  father,  Adele 
was  torn  from  his  grasp,  and  he  was  seized  and  held  by  four 
strong  men.  All  his  efforts  to  release  himself  were  vain,  and 
he  was  forced  to  witness  the  tragedy  which  followed,  power- 
less to  help  her  whom  he  loved  so  dearly. 

Adele  was  bound  securely.  The  cruel  wretches  into  whose 
hauds  she  had  fallen  had  no  pity.  Her  beauty  and  youlhful- 
ness  only  maddened  them  the  more  ;  and  to  all  her  weeping, 
pleading,  and  praying,  they  turned  deaf  ears.  Led  on  by  Jean 
Coquiu,  they  were  hurrying  with  her  to  the  flames,  when 
Father  Basil  rushed  up  almost  out  of  breath,  and  exclaimed 
in  a  loud  voice  : 

"  Hold  !" 

The  men  paused,  and  the  priest  demanded,  sternly,  to  know 
what  they  meant.  Alas!  their  meaning  was  too  plain.  The 
cottage  was  already  in  flames,  and  the  shrieks  of  the  bed- 
ridden old  dame  were  heart-rending.  She  had  been  in  the 
burning  building,  and  was  being  consumed  with  it. 

"  She  is  a  wehrwolf,  futher  !"  cried  a  seore  of  voices.  "  We 
have  proved  it  on  her,  an.)  wo  mean  to  burn  her  in  her  den.'' 

"  She  is  *  human  creature,"  cried  Father  Basil  ;  "  and  in 
the  name  of  our  most  holy  church  I  command  you  to  release 
her." 

There  was  a  murmur  of  disapproval  from  tho  crowd. 

"  She  must  Jle,  father  I  You  have  no  right  to  interfere. 
She  is  not  a  woman,  but  a  wild  beast,  and  has  i^o  soul  to 
save." 

The  men  moved  toward  tho  flames  with  their  victim  ;  but 
Father  Basil  sprang  between  them  and  the  J'earful  elements, 
and,  lifting  the  crucifix  with  both  hands  high  over  his  head, 
shrieked  in  a  ton<?  which  made  his  hearers'  blood  run  cold  : 

"  In  tho  name  of  the  holy  Church,  I  pronounce  all  who 
countenance  or  aid  this  murder  accursed — and  here  I  shut  the 
k»tes  of  Heaven  against  them  !'* 

The  fearful  interdict  was  cut  short,  for  the  priest  was  felled 
to  the  earth  by  a  heavy  blow  from  the  hand  of  Jean  Coquin. 
The  crowd  had  sunk  on  their  knees  as  Father  Basil  began 
the  sentence  of  excommunication  which  was  to  shut  them 
out  from  the  Church  here  and  from  Heaven  hereafter.  The 
wretches  released  their  victim  ;  but  Jean,  lifting  her  in  his 


THE   C  ALIFO  RNIAN. 


brawny  arms,  bore  her  quickly  to  the  cottage,  and  with  pro- 
digious strength  hurled  her  far  into  the  burning  mass.  There 
was  a  wild  shriek  as  the  flames  closed  around  her,  and  then 
all  was  still. 

When  Father  Basil  recovered,  he  went  in  haste  to  Paris, 
and  soon  the  officers  of  the  law  came  down  to  Lannes  to  visit 
upon  the  offenders  the  vengeance  of  the  State.  Jean  Coquin 
was  broken  upon  the  wheel,  and  several  who  had  been  promi- 
nent in  the  affair  were  hung.  The  town  was  placed  under  a 
direful  sentence  of  excommunication  by  the  bishop  of  the 
diocese,  and  the  sacraments  and  relics  contained  in  the  church 
were  carried  away  in  solemn  procession. 

Franyois  did  not  long  survive  the  terrible  tragedy  through 
which  he  had  passed.  His  father,  who  really  lovedjhim,  did 
all  in  his  power  to  bring  him  back  to  his  old  happy  condition : 
but  to  the  last  the  young  man  manifested  toward  him  the 
greatest  aversion. 

MISEEY-1IONGERS. 
"TV  riSERY-MONGERS  (the  word  is  not  to  be  found  in 
J-V-L  Johnson,  yet  it  suits)  are  those  who  do  not  really  suf- 
fer affliction,  but  make  a  trade  of  it — and  often  a  very  thriv- 
ing business,  too.  They  are  scattered  among  every  class,  but 
especially  they  belong  to  the  "  genus  irritable  " — the  second 
or  third-rate  order  of  people  who  live  by  their  brains.  Not 
the  first  order — for  the  highest  form  of  intellect  is  rarely  mis- 
erable. True  genius  of  the  completest  kind  is  not  only  a  men 
tal  but  a  moral  quality.  Itself  creates  the  atmosphere  it  lives 
in  :  a  higher  and  rarer  air  than  that  of  common  earth. 

"  Calm  pleasures  there  abide  ; — majestic  pubis." 
To  a  really  great  mau,  the  petty  vanities,  shallow  angers,  and 
morbid  crotchets  of  smaller  natures  are  unknown.  Above  all, 
genius  gives  to  its  possessor  a  larger,  clearer  vision  ;  eyes  that 
look  outwards,  not  inwards.  That  enormous  Ego — the  source 
of  so  many  puny  woes  to  lesser  minds — rarely  gri-ws  rampant 
in  a  man  who  is  great  enough  to  know  his  own  littleness. 
Consequently,  he  is  saved  at  once  from  a  hundred  vexations 
which  dog  the  heels  of  a  mental  Chang — a  seven-foot  giant 
of  genius — who  is  always  measuring  himself  with  Tom,  Dick, 
and  Harry,  and  requiring,  or  fancying  he  requires,  larger 
clothes,  longer  beds,  and  bigger  hats  than  they.  When  Tom, 
Dick,  and  Harry,  annoyed  at  these  exactions,  find  that  the 
small  son  of  Anak  is  not  so  very  much  taller  than  themselves, 
cut  him  up  in  reviews  or  snub  him  in  society,  great  is  the 
vexation  of  spirit  he  endures.  But  your  real  giant,  who  never 
thinks  of  Tom,  Dick,  and  Harry  at  all,  takes  the  matter  quite 
calmly  :  whatever  be  his  own  altitude,  he  sees  before,  him  au 
ideal  far  higher  than  himself,  and  ten  times  higher  than  any- 
thing they  sen,  and  this  keeps  him  at  once  very  humble  in  his 
own  opinion,  anil  very  indifferent  to  theirs.  The  present  es- 
sayist, though  decidedly  ?wta  man  of  genius,  has  known  a  good 
many  such,  and  has  always  found  them  neither  strutting  like 
peacocks  nor  marching  on  stilts,  but  moving  about  as  tame  as 
the  elephant  in  the  Zoological  Gardens,  and  as  apparently  un- 
conscious of  their  own  magnitude.  It  is  your  second-rate, 
your  merely  clever  mau,  who,  ape-like,  is  always  rattling  at 
the  bars  of  his  cage  ;  mopping  and  mowing  to  attract  atten- 
tion, and  eagerly  holding  out  his  paw  for  the  nuts  and  apples 
of  public  appreciation,  which,  if  he  does  not  get — why  he  sits 
aud  howls  ! 

Such  people  have  rarely  suffered  any  dire  calamity  or  heart- 
deep  blow.  To  have  sat  down  with  sorrow — real  sorrow — 
more  often  gives  a  steadiness  and  balance  to  the  whole  char- 
acter, and  leaves  behind,  a  permanent  consistent  cheerfulness, 
more  touching,  and  0  how  infinitely  more  blessed,  than  the 
mirth  of  those  who  have  never  known  grief !  Also,  after 
deep  anguish  comes  a  readiuess  to  seize  upon,  make  the  best 
of,  and  enjoy  to  the  uttermost,  every  passing  pleasure  :  for 
the  man  who  has  once  known  famine  will  never  waste  even  a 
crumb  again.  Rather  will  he  look  with  compassionate  won- 
der at  the  many  who  scatter  recklessly  their  daily  bread  of 
comfort  and  peace  ;  who  turn  disgusted  from  a  simple  break- 
fast, because  they  are  looking  forward  to  a  possible  sumptuous 
dinner  ;  or  throw  away  contemptuously  their  wholesome  crust, 
because  they  see,  with  envious  eyes,  their  opposite  neighbor 
feeding  on  plum-cake. 

No,  the  miserable  people  whom  one  meets  are  not  the  really 
unhappy  ones,  or  rather  those  who  have  actual  misfortune  to 
bear,  there  being  a  wide  distinction  between  inislortune  and 
unhappiness.  How  often  do  wo  see  moving  in  society,  carry- 
ing everywhere  a  pleasant  face,  aud  troubling  no  one  with 
their  secret  care,  those  whom  we  know  are  burdened  with  au 
inevitable,  incoimnuuicable  grief:  an  insane  wife,  a  dissipated 
husband,  tyrannical  pareuts,  or  ungrateful  children  ?  Yet 
they  say  nothing  about  it,  this  skeleton  in  the  cupboard, 
which  their  neighbors  all  kuow  of  or  guess  at,  but  upon  which 
they  themselves  quietly  turn  the  key,  and  go  on  their  way  ; 
uncomplaining,  aud  thankful  to  be  spared  complaining.  What 
good  will  it  do  to  them  to  moan  ?  It  is  not  they,  the  unfor- 
tunate men,  nor  yet  the  men  of  genius,  who  contrive  to  make 
miserable  their  own  lives  and  those  of  everybody  connected 
with  them.  The  true  misery-mongers  are  a  very  different 
race  ;  you  may  find  the  key  to  their  mystery  in  Wilton's  fa- 
mous axiom — 

"  Fallen  cherub,  to  be  weak  ia  uiiuerublo, 
Doing  or  eufleriug." 


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There,  for  once,  the  Devil  spoke  truth.  Miserable  peoploare 
invariably  weak  people. 

"  O  well  for  him  whose  will  is  strong, 

He  suffers,  but  he  will  not  sniffer  fomfj 
He  suffers,  but  be  cannot  Bfcff'er  wrong." 

Of  course  not,  because  his  firm  will  must,  in  time,  shake,  off 
any  suffering  ;  and  because  no  amount  of  external!-.-  mf$/l  :d 
evil  is  to  be  compared  to  the  evil  which  a  man  indicts  upon 
himself;  by  feebleness  of  purpose,  by  cowardly  nolv  resistuhc; 
to  oppression,  and  by  a  general  Uncertainty  of  aim:-  or  Sfc| 
He  who  sees  the  right,  and  cannot  follow  it;  whn  1;  • 
things  noble,  yet  dare  not  fight  against  things  ignoble  In  him- 
self or  others  ;  who  is  haunted  by  a  high  id-:il  of  wh.tt  he 
wishes  to  he,  yet  is  forever  falling  short  Of  it,  and- fhat"his 
friends  are  judging  him,  not  unjustly,  by  what  he  i?  iBfh er 
than  by  what  he  vainly  aims  at  being— this  man  K  BflfcfefelHl: 
one  of  the  unhappiest  creatures  living.    One  of  the  r  t 
harmful,  too,  since  you  can  be  on  your  guard  against  the 
downright  villain,  but  the  aesthetic  evil-doer,  the  thony.  I 
good  and  practically  bad  man,  who  has  lofty  aspirations  with- 
out performances,  virtuous  impulses  and  no  persistence  - 
against  such  an  one  you  have  no  weapons  to  use.    Ho  dis- 
arms your  resentment  by  exciting  your  pity  ;  is  forever  cry- 
ing "  Quarter,  quarter  !"  and,  though  yon  feel  that  he'  <]>•■ 
none,  that  his  weakness  has  injured  yourself  and  other.?  as 
much  as  any  wickedness,  still,  out  of  pure  compassion,  you 
sheathe  your  righteous  sword  and  let  him  escape  unpunished. 
Up  he  rises,  fresh  as  ever,  and  pursues  his  conrsp.  always  sin 
ning  and  always  repenting,  yet  claiming  to  be  judged,  not  by 
the  sin,  but  the  penitence  ;  continually  and  obstinately  nifn  . 
able,  yet  blind  to  the  fact  that  half  his  misery  is  caused  by 
himself  alone. 

And  this  brings  us  to  the  other  root  of  misoiT-mnngering 
— selfishness.  None  but  a  thoroughly  selfish  person  can  be 
always  unhappy.  Life  is  so  equally  balanced  thai,  there  is 
always  as  much  to  rejoice  as  to  weep  over,  if  we  are  only  able 
— and  willing — to  rejoice  in  and  for  and  through  others. 

"  Time  anil  the  hour  run  through  the  roughest  dav" — 
if  we  will  but  let  it  be  so — if  we  will  allow  our  sky  fo  clear 
aud  our  wounds  to  heal — believing  in  the  wonderfully  repara- 
tive powers  of  Nature  when  she  is  given  free  play.  But  these 
poor  souls  will  not  give  her  free  play  ;  they  prefer  to  rrYiTnl  i 
in  their  griefs,  refusing  obstinately  all  remedies,  ti!l  thev  brino- 
on  a  chronic  dyspepsia  of  the  soul,  which  is  often  coinofned 
with  a  corresponding  disease  of  the  688f; 

It  may  seem  a  dreadful  doctrine  to  poetical  people  ;  but 
two-thirds  of  a  man's  woes  usually  begin  in  his  Stomach. 
Irregular  feeding,  walking,  and  sleeping,  with  ifincii  tot)  regu- 
lar smoking,  are  the  cause  of  half  the  melancholy  poetry  bull 
cynical  prose  with  which  we  are  innndated.  .Also  of  man)  a 
miserable  home,  hiding  its  miseries  under  tho  decent  d  -  i 
which  society  has  the  good  taste  and  good  feeling  to  abstain 
from  prying  too  closely  into  ;  and  of  rrol  a  few  rJpSfi  .  n'dai  , 
bankruptcies  and  divorce  cases.  If  a  modern  editi.yi  „f  -, he 
Miseries  of  Human  Life  were  to  be  written,  tltt  aMfllfor  ifiight 
well  trace  them  to  that  unsanitary  condition,  vitSt  of  body 
and  then  of  mind,  into  which  civilization,  or  the  luxurious 
extreme  of  it,  ha3  brought  us,  and  upon  which  somi!  of  us 
rather  pride  ourselves,  as  if  it  were  a  grand  thing  to  be  "  mor- 
bid ;"  quite  forgetting  the  origin  of  the  word,  and  that  such 
a  condition,  whether  mental  or  physical,  or  both  combined, 
is,  in  truth,  not  life,  but  the  beginning  of  death,  to  every 
human  being. 

And  suppose  it  is  bo.  Granted  that  1  am  a  man  with 
"nerves"  or  "liver,"  or  any  other  permanent  ailtiic  nt,  iflh  1 
to  make  my  ill-used  and  consequently  ill-Conducted  interior  a 
nuisance  to  all  my  family  aud  friend.'.- '.'  lh  \  ho  in  -.i;'-  M  id 
ever  ache  but  mine  ?  Is  no  one  else  blessed  (or  cursed)  with 
a  too  sensitive  organism,  obliged  to  straggle  wit H  and  control 
it,  and  at  least  contrive  that  it  shall  trouble  others  as  little 
as  possible  ?  Why  should  my  wife,  sister,  of  datffhter  be 
expected  to  bestow  unlimited  sympathy  upon  every  small 
suffering  of  mine,  while  she  hides  many  an  ache  or  pain  which 
I  never  even  know  of,  or,  knowing,  should  sciffcely  lie  .1, 
except  so  far  as  it  affected  my  own  personal  roi.d'urt,  or 
because  it  is  a  certain  annoyance  to  me  that  anybody  should 
require  sympathy  but  myself?  Have  niV  friend.-;  (id" 
of  their  own,  that  I  should  be  forever  laying  lipo'n,  th'eiii  the 
burden  of  mine — always  exacting  and  reqftfflftg  tinfliliig? 
People  like  a  fair  balance — a  cheery  give  and  ta!;e  in  the 
usefulnesses  as  well  as  the  pleasantnesses  of  life.  Is  if,  wou- 
derftil,  then,  that,  after  a  time,  they  a  littb-  shrink  from  km- 
are  shy  of  asking  me  to  dinner?— at  least,  often.  Cor  ft  y 
feel  I  may  be  a  cloud  upon' the  social  board;  my  Hiobrft  are 
so  various,  they  never  know  how  to  take  me.  They  are  very 
sorry  for  me,  very  kind  to  me,  but,  in  plain  English,  they 
would  rather  have  my  room  than  my  company.  1  tun  too  full 
of  myself  ever  to  be  any  pleasure  or  benefit  to  others. 

For  it  is  a  curious  fact,  that  the  most  self-CQutained 
natures  are  always  the  least  sell-engrossed;  and  those  to 
whom  everybody  applies  for  help,  most  seldom  ,-isk  or  require 
it.  The  centre  sun  of  every  family,  round  which  the  others 
instinctively  revolve,  is  sure  to  bo  a  planet  bright  and  fixed, 
carrying  its  light  within  itself.    But  a  man  whose  sou!  is  all 


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THE    CALjFORN  IAN. 


|  June  2d 


darkness,  or  who  is  at  best  a  poor  wandering  star,  eager  to 
kindle  his  puny  candle  at  somebody  else's  beams,  can  be  a 
light  and  a  blessing  to  nobody. 

And  he  may  be — probably  without  intending  it — quite  the 
opposite.  Who  does  not,  in  visiting  a  household,  soon  dis- 
cover the  one  who  contributes  nothing  to  the  happiness  of 
the  rest,  who  is  a  sort  of  eleemosynary  pensioner  on  every- 
body's forbearance,  living,  as  beggars  do,  by  the  continual 
exhibition  of  his  sores,  aud  often  gettiug  sympathy — as  beg- 
gars get  half  pence — just  to  get  rid  of  him  ?  Who  does  not 
recognize  the  person  whose  morning  step  upon  the  stair,  so 
far  from  having  "  musis  in't,"  sends  a  premonitory  shiver,  aud 
even  a  dead  silence,  round  the  cheerful,  chattering  breakfast- 
table  ? — whose  departure  to  business,  or  elsewhere,  causes  a 
sudden  rise  in  the  domestic  barometer  ? — nay,  whose  very 
quitting  a  room  gives  a  sense  01  relief  as  of  a  cloud  lilted  off  ? 
Yet  he  may  have  mauy  good  qualities,  but  they  are  all  ob- 
scured and  rendered  useless  by  the  iucessant  recurrence  to 
and  absorption  in  self,  which  is  the  root  of  all  his  endless 
woes.  And,  alas!  while  believing  himself — as  he  wishes  to 
be — the  most  important  person  in  his  circle,  our  miserable 
friend  fills  really  the  lowest  place  therein — that  of  the  one 
whom  nobody  trusts,  nobody  leans  upon  ;  whom  everybody 
has  to  help,  but  who  is  never  expected  to  help  anybody. 
How  could  he  ?  for  in  him  is  lacking  the  very  foundation  of 
all  helpfulness — the  strong,  brave,  cheerful  spirit  which,  under 
all  circumstances,  will  throw  itself  out  of  itself  sufficiently  to 
understand  and  be  of  use  to  its  neighbor. 

Truly,  as  regards  usefulness,  one  might  as  well  attempt  to 
labor  in  an  unlighted  coal-mine  as  to  do  one's  work  in  the 
world  in  an  atmosphere  of  perpetual  gloom.  Certain  it  is, 
Nature  herself  scorns  the  idea.  Some  of  her  operations  are 
carried  on  in  tender  temporary  shadow— but  only  temporary. 
Nothing  with  her  is  permanently  dark,  except  the  corruption 
of  the  grave.  Wherever,  in  any  man's  temperament,  is  incu- 
rable sadness,  morbid  melancholy,  be  sure  there  is  something 
also  corrupt ;  something  which  shrinks  from  the  light  because 
it  needs  to  be  hid  ;  something  diseased,  in  body  or  mind, 
which,  so  far  from  being  petted  and  indulged,  and  glossed 
over  with  poetical  fancies,  needs  to  be  rooted  out — with  a 
hand  gentle,  indeed,  but  strong  and  firm  as  that  of  the  good 
surgeon,  who  deals  deliberately  present  pain  for  future  good. 

A  healthy  temperament,  though  not  insensible  to  sorrow, 
never  revels  in  it  or  is  subdued  by  it;  it  accepts  it,  endures 
it,  aud  then  looks  round  for  the  best  mode  of  curing  it.  We 
cannot  too  strongly  impress  on  the  rising  generation — who, 
like  the  young  bears,  have  all  their  troubles  before  them — 
that  suffering  is  not  a  normal,  but  an  abnormal  state  ;  and 
that  to  believe  otherwise  is  to  believe  that  the  world  is  a 
mere  chaos  of  torment  made  for  the  amusement  of  the 
omnipotent— not  God,  but  Devil — who  rules  it.  1'aiu  must 
exist — for  some  inscrutable  end — inseparable  from  the  present 
economy  of  the  world  ;  but  we  ought,  out  of  common  sense 
aud  common  justice,  and  especially  religion,  to  regard  it,  not 
as  the  law  of  our  lives,  but  as  an  accident  usually  resulting 
from  our  breaking  that  law.  We  cannot  wholly  prevent  suf- 
fering, but  we  can  guard  against  it,  in  degree  ;  and  we  never 
need  wholly  succumb  to  it  till  we  succumb  to  the  universal 
defeat,  preparatory  to  the  immortal  victory. 

When  one  thinks  of  death— of  how  brief,  at  best,  is  our 
little  day,  and  how  quickly  comes  the  end  that  levels  all 
things,  what  folly  seems  the  habit  of  misery  ? — for  it  grows 
into  a  mere  habit,  quite  independent  of  causes.  Why  keep 
up  this  perpetual  moan,  and  always  about  ourselves,  because 
we  are  not  rich  enough,  or  haudsome  enough,  or  loved  euough 
— because  other  people  have  better  luck  than  we  ?  .Possibly 
they  have,  and  possibly  not  ;  for  we  all  know  our  own  private 
cares,  but  few  of  us  know  our  neighbor's.  And  so  we  go  on, 
always  finding  some  pet  grievance  to  nurse,  and  coxing  it  from 
a  trifling  vexation  into  an  incurable  grief  or  an  unpardonable 
wrong.  Little  matter  what  it  is  ;  to  a  man  of  this  tempera- 
ment any  peg  will  do  whereon  to  hang  the  gloomy  pall,  self- 
woven,  of  perpetual  sorrow.  Or  else  he  spins  it,  spider-like, 
out  of  his  own  bowels,  and  when  its  filmy  meshes  grow  into 
great  bars  between  him  and  the  sky,  he  thinks  with  his  petty 
web  he  has  blurred  the  whole  creation. 

Poor  wretch !  if  he  could  only  pull  it  down  and  sweep  it 
away  ;  if  he  could  accept  his  lot,  even  though  a  hard  one,  an 
afflicted  stomach,  sensitive  nerves,  a  naturally  bad  temper,  or 
an  unnaturally  empty  purse.  Still,  my  frieud,  grin  and  bear 
it !  Be  sure  you  do  not  suffer  alone  ;  many  another  is  much 
worse  off  than  you.  Why  not  try  to  give  him  a  helping  hand, 
and  strengthen  yourself  by  the  giving  of  it?  For  we  do  not 
wish  to  make  a  mock  of  you,  you  miserable  misery- monger, 
since  you  are  much  to  be  pitied  ;  and  there  is  a  sad  reality 
at  the  bottom  of  your  most  contemptible  shams.  We  would 
rather  rouse  you  to  forget  yourself,  and  then,  be  sure  you  will 
gradually  forget  your  sufferings.  And  supposing  these  should 
remain  in  greater  or  less  degree,  as  the  necessary  accompani- 
ineut  of  your  individual  lot  or  peculiar  idiosyucracy,  still,  ac- 
cording to  the  common-sense  argument  of  the  sage  author  of 
Original  Poems,  remonstrating  with  an  unwashed  child, 
"  If  the  water  is  cold,  and  the  comb  hurls  your  head, 
What  good  j(ood  will  it  do  you  to  cry  T" 
Alack  !  we  are  exceedingly  like  naughty  children  ;  we  do  not 
ojoy  being  made  clean. — By  the  Author  of"  John  Halifax.' 


|For  tbc  Califm-uian.] 

"DION." 

(LYMAN  R.  G00D5IAN.) 
"^TOU  sang  too  early  in  the  Spring 

Of  our  unclieerful  year  of  song  ; 

You  felt  the  bitter  chill  of  wrong, 
And  on  u  sudden  ceased  to  sing. 

And  on  a  sudden  sang  no  more 

In  skilful  measure  to  our  needs  • 

But  there  is  One  who  ever  heeds 
Your  numbers  on  the  Blither  shore. 

I  picture  you  as  one  who  lies 

Anion;;  the  palms,  with  harp  and  crown. 

A  silver,  quivering  thread,  let  down 
From  crystal  walls  of  Paradise, 

Is  the  sweet  echo  of  a  voice 

Thai  thrills  me.  In  your  vineyard's  throng 

I  taste  your  purple  grapes  of  song, 
Aud  in  their  honey-blood  rejoice. 

Oiuiilks  Wakken  Stoddard. 


DAKK  HOURS. 

I'M  what  we  calls  a  ganger,  and  have  so  many  men  under 
me  when  we're  making  a  new  line  o'  rail.  1  passed  best 
part  o'  my  lime  in  the  country  ;  but  I  have  worked  on  the 
lines  in  France  and  Spain  ;  but  what  I'm  about  to  tell  you 
happened  in  London,  where  we'd  sunk  a  shaft  right  down,  and 
then  was  tunnelling  forrards  and  backards — the  shaft  being 
to  get  rid  of  your  stuff,  and  sometimes  lor  a  steam-engine  to 
be  pumping  up  the  water.  It's  rather  dangerous  work,  and 
many  men  gets  hurt  ;  but  then  a  great  deal  of  it's  through 
carelessness,  for  lots  of  our  fellows  seems  as  though  the  whole 
o'  their  brains  is  in  their  backs  and  arms,  where  they'r  pre- 
cious strong,  aud  nowheres  else  ;  but  I'd  got  so  used  to  it,  that 
in  cutting  or  tunnel  it  was  all  the  same  to  me,  aud  now  I  was 
busy  supering  the  men  digging,  and  sometimes  bricklaying  a 
bit,  so  that  1  thought  werry  little  about  danger  when  I'd  seen 
as  all  the  shores  and  props  was  well  in  their  places. 

It  was  just  at  the  end  o'  the  diuuer-hour  oue  day,  and  1 
wa3  gone  down  the  shaft  to  have  a  good  look  round  befoie 
work  begun  again,  and  I'd  got  my  right  hand  man,  Sam  Car- 
berry,  with  me.  It  was  a  new  shaft,  about  thirty  foot  deep, 
with  ladders  to  go  down,  and  a  windlass  and  baskets  for 
bringing  up  stuff  and  letting  down  bricks  and  mortar. 

We  hadn't  tunnelled  more  than  p'r'aps  some  ten  oradozen 
foot  each  way,  so  as  you  may  suppose  it  was  werry  fresh — 
green,  as  we  calls  it  ;  and  I  wasn't  quite  satisfied  about  the 
shoriug  up,  and  so  on,  for  you  know  fellows  do  get  so  precious 
careless  when  once  they've  got  used  to  danger  ;  and  as  for 
some  of  our  big  navvies,  why  they're  jest  like  a  set  o'  babies, 
aud  for  everything  else  but  their  regular  work,  they're  quite 
as  helpless.  Tell  'em  to  fill  a  lorry,  or  skid  a  wheel,  or  wheel 
a  barrel1,  they'll  do  it  like  smoke  ;  but  as  to  taking  care  o' 
themselves — but  there,  I  needn't  say  no  more  about  that — 
just  look  at  the  great,  good-tempered,  lolloping  fellows  !  A 
man  can't  have  it  all  ways  ;  and  if  he's  got  it  all  in  bone  and 
muscle,  why  tain  t  to  be  expected  as  he's  going  to  have  all 
the  brains  too. 

"  That's  giving  a  bit,  there,  Sam,"  I  Bays,  a-pointing  to  one 
part  o'  the  shaft  where  the  earth  was  a-bulging,  and  looked 
loose.  ■' That  ain't  safe.  There'll  be  a  barrer  lull  o'  stuff 
a  top  o'  somebody's  head  afore  the  arternoou's  over.  That's 
the  rain — that  is.  Take  your  metl  and  knock  out  that  lower 
shore,  and  we'll  put  it  a  couple  o'  feet  higher  up.  Mind  how 
you  does  it !"  Sam  nods  his  head,  for  he  was  a  chap  as  never 
spoke  if  he  could  help  it,  and  then  he  gets  up,  while  I  takes  a 
look  or  two  at  the  brickwork,  so  as  not  to  be  done  by  the 
men,  nor  yet  dropped  on  by  the  foreman.  Then  1  hears  Sam 
banging  away  :'t  the  bit  o'  scaffold-pole,  and  directly  after  it 
conies  down  with  a  hollow  sound  ;  and  then  there  was  a  rat- 
tling o'  loose  gravelly  earth  as  I  peeps  out,  and  then  feels  as 
though  my  heart  was  in  my  mouth,  as  1  shouts  out  :  "  That's 
the  wrong  oue  !"  But  in  an  instant  Sam  dropped  to  the 
bottom,  aud  as  he  did  so  it  seemed  as  though  some  one  drew 
a  curtain  over  the  hole,  aud  then  1  felt  a  tremendous  blow  on 
the  chest,  aud  was  driven  backwards  and  dashed  up  against 
the  wood  scaffolding  in  the  tunnel,  1  suppose  1  was  stunned, 
for  I  knew  nothing  more  for  a  bit.  Then  it  seemed  as  though 
I  was  being  called,  and  I  sorter  woke  up  ;  but  everything  was 
dark  as  pilch  aud  silent  as  death,  and,  feeling  heavy  and  misty 
and  stupid,  1  shut  my  eyes  again,  aud  felt  as  if  going  to  sleep, 
for  there  didn't  seem  to  be  anything  the  matter  with  ine.  It 
was  as  though  something  had  shut  up  thought  and  sense  in 
the  dark,  aud  not  a  wink  of  light  could  get  in.  But  there  I 
was  in  a  sort  of  dreamy  comfortable  state,  and  lay  there  per- 
fectly still,  till  a  groaning  noise  roused  me,  when  thought 
come  back  with  a  blinding  Hash,  and  so  sharp  was  that  tlusb 
that  my  brain  seemed  scorched,  for  1  knew  that  1  was  buried 
alive. 

For  a  few  minutes  I  stood  where  I  first  rose  up  in  a  half- 
stooping  position,  with  my  head  and  shoulders  touchiug  the 
poles  aud  boards  above  me  ;  but  a  fresh  groan  made  me  begin 
to  feel  about  in  the  darkness,  aud  try  to  find  out  where  I  was, 
mid  how  much  room  I  had  to  move  iu.    But  that  was  soou 


done,  for  at  the  bottom  there  was  about  a  yard  space,  and  as 
far  up  as  1  could  reach  it  seemed  a  couple  oi  yards,  while  the 
other  way  there  was  the  width  of  the  tunnel.  I  dared  not 
move  much,  though,  for  the  earth  and  broken  brickwork  kept 
rolling  and  crumbling  iu,  so  that  every  moment  the  space  grew 
less,  and  a  cold  sweat  came  out  all  over  my  face,  as  I  thought 
that  I  should  soou  be  crushed  and  covered  completely  up. 
Just  then,  however,  another  groan  sounded  close  by  me,  and 
for  the  first  time  I  remembered  Sam  Carberry,  and  began 
feeling  about  in  the  direction  from  whence  the  sound  came. 

Bricks,  bits  o'  stone,  crumbling  gravel,  the  uprights  and 
cross-pieces  and  bits  of  board  all  in  splinters,  and  snapped  in 
two  and  three  pieces,  with  their  ragged  ends  sticking  out  of 
the  gravel.  But  I  could  feel  nothing  of  Sam,  aud  I  sat  down 
at  last,  panting  as  though  I  had  been  running,  and  there  was 
the  red  drops  a-rolling  off  me,  while  I  drew  every  breath  that 
heavy  that  I  grew  wild  with  horror  and  fear;  for  it  seemed 
as  though  I  shouldn't  be  able  to  breath  much  longer,  aod 
then  I  must  be  stifled.  It  was  awful,  the  thoughts  of  all  that  ; 
and  had  such  an  effect  on  me  that  I  dashed  about  like  a  bird 
in  a  cage — now  here,  now  there — in  mad  efforts  and  struggles 
to  get  out.  I  cried,  "  Help,  help  !"  and  swore  and  tore  about, 
jumping  up  and  plunging  my  hands  into  the  earth  ;  till  at 
last,  panting,  and  bleeding,  aud  helpless,  1  lay  upon  the  gravel 
crying  like  a  child. 

Ah  !  That  did  me  good,  and  seemed  to  clear  my  thoughts, 
and  make  me  mad  with  myself  to  think  I  had  been  wasting 
:ny  strength  so  for  nothing,  when  perhaps  I  might  have  been 
doing  something  towards  making  my  escape  ;  and  while  I  was 
thinking  like  thin,  all  at  once  I  started,  for  there  was  a  groan 
again  close  to  my  head  ;  then,  after  feeling  about  a  bit,  I  got 
my  hand  upon  a  bit  of  broken  board,  when  I  fell  a  groan  again, 
and  then,  after  searching  about,  found  that  underneath  the 
board  was  a  face  which,  by  scratching  away  the  earth,  I  could 
touch  aud  feel  to  be  warm. 

The  first  thing  I  did  was  to  start  up  and  strike  my  head 
violently  against  a  cross  piece,  so  that  I  was  half  stunned  ; 
and  then  1  began  to  feel  about  for  a  shovel  till  I  got  hold  of 
a  handle,  and  found  that  the  rest  was  so  tightly  bedded  in  the 
soil,  that  I  must  have  been  a  good  hour  grubbing  it  out  with 
my  fingers.  But  I  kept  leaving  off  to  go  and  sneak  to  the 
face,  which  I  knew  must  be  that  of  Sam  Carberry  ;  and 
though,  poor  fellow,  it  did  him  no  good,  he  being  quite  insen- 
sible, yet  it  did  me  good,  for  there  was  company — I  was  not 
alone — and  after  leaving  off  that  way  now  and  then,  I  worked 
again  like  a  good  'uu  till  the  shovel  was  at  liberty  ;  for  while 
I  was  hard  at  work,  I  had  no  time  to  think  about  anything 
else. 

And  now,  though  I  could  feel  that  poor  Sam  was  breathing, 
he  didn't  groan  ;  and  I  began  with  the  shovel  to  try  and  set 
his  face  more  at  liberty  ;  but  at  first  trial  I  threw  down  the 
tool  with  a  horrible  cry,  as  the  loose  gravel  came  rattling 
down,  and  in  another  minute  the  poor  fellow's  face  would  have 
been  completely  covered,  if  1  had  not  thrust  myself  against 
the  earth  aud  kept  it  back. 

If  I  could  only  have  kept  from  thinking,  I  would  not  have 
cared  ;  but  now  that  1  was  forced  to  keep  still  and  hold  up 
the  earth,  the  thoughts  would  keep  coming  thick  and  fast, 
and  mixed  up  with  them  all  were  coffins — black  cloth  coffins 
with  wh.te  nails  ;  black  coffins  with  black  nails;  elm  coffins; 
workhouse  shells  ;  and  inside  every  one  of  'em  1  could  see 
myself  lying  stiff  and  cold.  There  was  one  light  grained  elm, 
which  looked  sometimes  quite  like  a  little  speck  right  oil  iu 
the  distance,  and  then  came  gradually  closer,  aud  closer,  and 
closer,  till  it  seemed  as  though  next  moment  it  would  crush 
me,  oi  drive  me  into  the  earth  where  I  was  crouching  ;  then 
it  would  gradually  go  back  further  and  further,  till  it  was  quite 
a  speck  again.  Then  there  were  processions  o'  people  in 
black,  constantly  crowding  by. 

Now  aud  then  there  was  a  noise  of  a  stone  falling  or  a 
little  bit  ol  rolling  earth,  else  all  was  as  still  aud  silent  as  if 
there  wasn't  such  a  thing  as  hearing.  It  was  so  still  that  the 
quietness  was  horrible,  aud  I  began  to  talk  out  loud  for  the 
sake  ol  having  something  to  hear  ;  and  then  I  listened  again, 
hoping  to  hear  the  sounds  of  pick  aud  spade,  fer  1  knew  they 
would  be  trying  to  dig  us  out,  ulive  or  dead. 

"That'll  be  it,"  I  says  out  aloud  ;  "  they'll  dig,  and  dig,  and 
dig  till  they  gets  to  us  ;  but  then  they've  got  all  the  stuff  to 
get  up  the  shuft,  and  shore  up  again  as  they  goes,  and  1  shall 
be  gone  long  before  they  gets  to  me  I" 

Then  the  horror  of  death  came  again,  and  I  leaped  np  and 
beat  myself  about  till  I  was  drenched  with  blood  and  sweat, 
aud  then  I  lay  still  agaiu,  with  my  heart  throbbing  and  beat- 
ing, and,  try  what  I  would,  I  couldn't  get  enough  breath.  I 
tried  to  reach  the  face  of  my  poor  mate,  aud  1  found  it  still 
warm,  and  that  the  earth  had  not  settled  over  it.  It  was 
company  to  be  able  to  touch  it,  so  long  as  he  was  alive  ;  but 
1  thought  about  what  must  come,  aud  then  shivered  as  I  felt 
that  I  should  scrape  the  loose  gravel  over  it,  and  creep  to  the 
far  end  of  the  narrow  hole.  And  now  I  began,  for  the  first 
time,  to  think  about  home,  and  my  two  girls,  aud  their 
mother  ;  and  there  was  no  comfort  there,  for  I  began  to  won- 
der what  could  become  of  them  when  I  was  gone.  Quietly 
as  could  be,  I  calculated  what  my  funeral  would  cost  the  Odd 


June  2d) 


THE  CALIFORNIA*?. 


5 


Fellows,  and  then  about  the  allowance  ther'd  be  for  my 
people  out  o'  the  Widow  and  Orphan's  Fund,  and  then  I 
thought  how  things  might  have  been  worse  than  they  was. 
At  last  of  all,  I  feels  quiet  and  patient  like,  and,  for  the  first 
time  sinoe  I'd  been  buried,  I  was  down  on  my  knees  with  my 
face  in  my  hands. 

I  don't  know  long  I  stopped  like  that,  when  all  at  once  I 
fancied  I  heard  a  voice  speaking,  and  I  started  up ;  but  it 
sounded  no  more,  and  as  J  sat  listening  I  could  see  again  all 
things  coming  and  going.  Now  it  was  coffins  ;  now  strange- 
looking  beasts  and  things  without  any  particular  shape  ;  and 
as  they  moved,  and  coiled,  and  rolled  forward,  I  kept  feeling 
as  though  they  must  touch  me  ;  but  no,  they  glided  off  again, 
and  at  last,  to  keep  from  thinking,  I  stripped  off  coat  and 
waistcoat,  and,  groping  about  till  I  got  hold  of  the  shovel,  I 
cried  out,  "  God  help  me  !"  and  began  to  try  and  dig  a  way 
out. 

"  Every  man  for  himself,"  I  half-roared,  and  the  curious, 
stifled  sound  of  my  voice  frightened  me ;  but  I  worked  on 
till  I  had  thrown  back  a  few  spadefuls,  when  I  found  that  I 
had  put  it  off  too  long,  and  that  I  could  do  nothing  but  sink 
down,  panting  for  air.  I  couldu't  keep  off  the  idea  that  some- 
thing was  pressing  down  upon  me  and  trying  to  force  out  my 
breath  ;  at  last  this  idea  got  to  be  so  strong  that  I  kept 
thrusting  out  my  hands  and  trying  to  push  the  something 
away.  I  don't  kuow  how  time  went,  but  at  last  I  was  lying, 
worn  and  helpless,  upon  the  ground,  feebly  trying  to  grub  or 
burrow  a  way  out  with  my  fingers. 

All  at  once  I  remembered  poor  Sara,  and,  after  a  good  deal 
of  groping  about,  1  fouud  the  board  again,  and  laid  ray  hand 
upon  his  face,  but  only  to  snatch  it  away  with  a  chill  running 
through  me,  for  it  was  as  cold  as  ice.  Then  I  tried  to  touch 
his  breast,  but  soon  gave  up  ;  for,  with  the  exception  of  his 
face,  he  was  completely  bedded  in  the  earth,  while  the  board 
had  ouly  saved  him  at  the  first  moment  from  instantaneous 
death.  ^ 

I  crept  as  far  off  as  I  could  ;  for  now  it  seemed  that  death 
was  very  uear  me,  and  that  my  own  time  must  be  pretty  well 
run  out. 

I  won't  tell  you  how  weak  I  was  again,  and  how  all  my 
past  actions  came  trooping  past  me.  There  they  all  were, 
from  boyhood  till  the  present ;  and  1  couldn't  help  groaning 
as  I  saw  how  precious  little  good  there  was  in  them — ju3there 
and  there  a  bright  spark  amongst  all  the  blackness.  At  last, 
I  began  to  think  it  was  all  over,  lor  a  heavy  stupid  faintness 
came  over  me,  and  1  battled  against  it  with  all  my  might  ; 
but  it  was  like — to  me,  there,  in  that  darkness — like  a  great 
bird  coming  nearer  and  nearer  with  heavy  shadowy  wings  ; 
and,  as  I  tried  to  drive  it  off,  it  went  back,  but  only  to  come 
again,  till  at  last  the  place  seemed  to  fade  away  ;  for  after 
groping  round  and  round  the  place  such  a  many  times,  I 
seemed  to  see  and  know  every  bit  of  it  as  well  as  if  I  saw  it 
with  my  eyes,  till  it  faded  away,  and  all  seemed  to  be  gone. 

Nex'  thing  as  I  remembers  is  a  dull  "  thud  thud-thudding" 
noise,  and  it  awoke  me  up  so  that  I  sat  holding  my  head, 
which  ached  as  though  it  would  split,  and  trying  to  recollect 
once  more  where  I  was  ;  and  I  s'pose  ray  poor  mind  must 
have  been  a  bit  touched,  for  I  could  make  nothing  out  until  I 
had  crawled  and  felt,  about  a  few  times  over,  when  once  more 
it  all  came  back  with  a  flash,  and  I  remember  thinking  how 
much  better  it  would  have  been  if  I  had  kept  half  stunned, 
for  now  I  knew  what  the  noise  was,  and  I  could  hardly  con- 
tain the  hope,  which  seemed  to  drive  me  almost  mad.  Would 
they  get  to  me  before  I  was  dead  ?  Could  I  help  them  ? 
Would  they  give  up  in  despair,  and  lpave  me  ? 

I  lay  listening  to  the  "  thud-thud-thud,"  till  all  at  once  it 
stopped,  and  the  stillness  that  succeeded  was  so  awful  that  I 
shrieked  out,  for  I  thought  they  had  given  up  digging.  But 
the  dull  distant  sound  roused  me  again,  and  once  more  I  lay 
listening  and  counting  the  spadefuh  that  I  knew  were  being 
laboriously  and  slowly  thrown  out.  Now  I  was  crying 
weakly,  now  foaming  at  the  mouth,  every  now  and  then  the 
noise  could  not  be  heard  ;  at  last,  when  I  could  just  faintly 
bear  the  sound  of  voices  and  tried  to  shout  in  reply,  I  found 
I  couldn't  do  more  than  whisper. 

All  at  once  the  earth  came  caving  in  again,  and  I  was  half 
buried.  Weak  as  I  was,  it  took  me  long  enough  to  get  free, 
and  to  crawl  up  and  sit  behind  an  upright  post  or  two,  and  it 
was  well  I  did,  for  no  sooner  was  I  there  than  the  gravel 
caved  in  again,  and  I  heard  a  shout ;  saw  a  flash  of  light  ; 
and  then  was  jammed  close  into  the  corner,  and  must  have 
been  suffocated  but  for  the  wood  framing  about  me,  which 
kept  the  earth  off.  But  as  I  set  wedged  in,  I  could  hear  the 
sound  of  the  shovels  and  picks,  and  I  knew  how  men  would 
toil  to  get  out  a  brother-workman.  And  now,  feeling  quite 
helpless  and  resigned,  I  tried  my  best  to  pray  for  my  life,  or, 
if  uot,  for  mtrcy  for  what  I  had  done  wrong. 

"  Ain't  nobody  here  ?"  said  a  voice,  as  it  seemed  to  me  in 
the  dark,  and  I  could  not  speak  or  cry  for  help. 

"  Mast  be,"  said  another  voice.  '•  Poor  chap's  under  them 
planks!"  And  then  come  that  sound  of  shovels  again,  and 
then  a  loud  hurraying,  and  I  felt  hands  about  me,  and  that  I 
was  being  carried,  and  something  trickled  into  my  mouth. 
Then  voices  were  buzzing  about  me  more  and  more,  and  I 


began  to  feel  able  to  breathe,  and  I  heard  some  one  say  : 
"  He's  coming  to  ;"  and  then  oDe  spoke  and  I  knew  I  was 
being  taken  up  the  shaft ;  but  all  was  as  it  were  in  a  dream, 
till  1  heard  a  loud  scream,  and  felt  two  arms  round  me,  and 
knowing  that  now  I  was  saved  indeed,  I  tried  to  say — "  Thank 
God  !"  but  could  only  think  it. 

After  a  bit  I  managed  to  speak,  but  I  suppose  I  said  all 
sorts  of  foolish  unconnected  things,  till  I  asked  the  time, 
when  the  voice  that  revived  me  so,  whispered  in  my  ear  that 
it  was  nearly  three. 

"  And  how  long  was  I  there  ?"  I  got  out  at  last. 

"  Twenty-five  hours  !" 


WHAT  THE  PARIS  GRAND  OPERA  COSTS. 
£  £  O  PIRIDION,"  in  the  Boston  Saturday  Evening  Gazette 
O  says  :  "  Some  time  since  the  orchestra  of  the  Grand 
Opera  complained  of  their  wretched  pay.  The  manager  told 
them  he  could  do  nothing  as  the  Grand  Opera  was  a  clear  loss 
to  the  Emperor  of  twenty  or  forty  thousand  dollars  a  year, 
and  he,  the  manager,  could  not  think  of  asking  the  Emperor 
to  increase  this  loss,  which,  as  it  was,  bore  heavily  on  the 
privy  purse.  The  orchestra  told  the  manager  if  he  did  not 
increase  their  salary  they  would  play  inaudibly.  He  paid  no 
attention  to  their  threat  and  they  carried  it  into  execution. 
The  irritation  of  the  public  assumed  such  a  menacing  height 
the  matter  was  laid  before  the  Emperor,  and  be  authorized 
the  Minister  of  his  Household  to  say  to  the  orchestra  that  if 
they  would  return  to  their  duty  he  would  attend  to  their  com- 
plaints and  see  what  redress  could  be  afforded.  They  took 
the  hint,  and  recently  the  Minister  acquainted  them  his 
Majesty  had  been  pleased  to  increase  their  salary  fifty  dollars 
apiece.  Their  disappointment  was  great.  They  had  reckoned 
on  the  imperial  bounty  to  raise  them  to  an  easy  independence 
of  fortune.  The  dole  did  not  sensibly  lessen  their  pains.  In 
the  moment  of  annoyance  they  wrote  a  letter  to  Marshal 
Vaillant  (the  Minister  of  the  Imperial  Household)  which  be 
deemed  impertinent  and  ungrateful ;  and  which  consequently 
made  him  extremely  angry.  He  went  directly  to  the  Emperor 
(the  Marshal  lives  in  the  Tuileries)  and  read  him  the  letter. 
It  raised  the  Emperor's  wrath  as  high  as  it  bad  done  the  Mar- 
shal's, and  upon  the  latter  making  the  suggestion  to  transform 
the  Opera  into  an  ordinary  imperial  theatre  (it  is  now  a  por- 
tion of  the  Emperor's  household)  his  Majesty  not  only  gave 
his  consent,  but  ordered  the  decree  to  be  prepared  forthwith 
and  to  be  published  in  the  Evening  Moniieur.  This  is  a  penny 
paper  which  heretofore  has  been  but  an  echo  of  the  official 
organ.  The  decree  was  at  once  prepared  and  sent  to  the 
Evening  Moniieur.  It  was  said  the  manager  of  the  Grand 
Opera  knew  nothing  of  it  until  he  saw  it  in  this  newspaper. 
This  is  a  mistake.  Marshal  Vaillant  sent  for  him  aud  informed 
him  of  the  Emperor's  decision.  It  is  said  to  have  taken  him 
extremely  by  surprise,  and  he  asked  if  it  was  directed  against 
him  personally. 

"  There  had  been  a  few  evenings  before  a  dreadful  uproar  at 
the  Grand  Opera.  Yillaret  was  announced  to  appear  in  La 
Juive.  He  was  suddenly  taken  ill  and  a  provincial  tenor  who 
had  repeatedly  solicited  the  manager  for  a  hearing  was  asked 
to  fill  the  vacant  place.  Mathieu  (this  was  the  candidate's 
name)  declined,  he  said  he  could  not  sing  without  a  rehearsal, 
without  even  going  over  the  opera  with  the  leader  of  the  or- 
chestra. The  manager  said  :  "  Fortune  offers  you  her  flood 
tide — take  it,  you  may  be  borne  to  fame  and  wealth  ;  snch 
opportunities  rarely  occur."  Mathieu  over-persuaded  by  these 
suggestions,  agreed  to  siug.  He  spent  all  day  running  about 
town  in  search  of  costumes,  and  when  evening  came  he  was 
exhausted  by  fatigue.  The  audience  who  expected  to  hear 
Villaret  were  furious  to  find  an  unknown  candidate.  No  offer 
was  made  to  return  money.  The  moment  the  poor  substitute 
appeared  a  great  tumult  arose  which  even  the  fall  of  the  cur- 
tain and  the  return  of  money  failed  to  appease.  The  police 
found  their  presence  necessary,  and  even  they  who  are  accus- 
tomed to  allay  our  popular  storms  as  easily  as  Neptune  tames 
winds  and  waves  of  ocean,  failed  to  restore  order  although 
they  had  the  gas  turned  off.  Yillaret's  sudden  illness,  and 
Mathieu's  unexpected  appearance  were  not  the  sole  causes  of 
the  storm. 

"  The  subscribers  to  the  Grand  Opera  have  for  some  time 
been  extremely  angry  with  the  manager  for  his  obstinacy  in 
playing  L' Africaine  uight  after  night,  and  forgiving  them — if 
by  chance  Meyerbeer's  posthumous  work  reposed — other 
operas  and  never  a  ballet.  Subscribers  think  the  Grand  Opera 
a  temple  of  the  ballet,  and  operas  cannot  be  played  other  than 
as  exceptional  business— anchovy  paste  intended  to  increase 
the  relish  of  dances  by  girls  whose  dresses  end  before  they 
may  well  be  said  to  have  begun.  Furthermore,  the  manager 
knows  he  passes  in  the  Imperial  Household  for  a  sour,  obsti- 
nate, majestic  fellow,  because — but  here  the  ground  ends  and 
very  slippery  ice  commences.  Excuse  me  if  I  decline  putting 
ray  foot  on  it.  If  you  will  remember  the  dissolute  morals  of 
this  country,  the  fascination  of  women  on  the  stage,  and  the 
restlessness  of  vanity  of  actress  and  dancing-girls  and  their 
'  protectors,'  you  may  pierce  my  silence  and  discover  the  words 
which  lie  unuttered  on  my  tongue's  end.  The  manager  (who 
had  not  seen  the  orchestra's  letter)  suspected  the  decree  was 


aimed  at  him.  Marshal  Vaillant  assured  him  it  was  not.  He 
then  asked,  if  he  should  appear  as  a  candidate,  what  would  be 
his  chances  of  success.  Marshal  Vaillant  declined  answering 
this  question,  further  than  to  say  his  chances  would  be  as 
good,  if  not  better,  than  those  of  anybody  else.  The  man- 
ager, not  satisfied  with  this  reply,  at  once  solicited  audience 
of  the  Emperor.  I  am  ignorant  of  the  result  of  the  audience. 
A  great  many  candidates  are  in  the  field.  I  am  told  the 
antechamber  of  the  Minister  of  the  Emperor's  Household  is 
literally  filled  with  them.  A  dozen  names  are  before  the 
public,  several  score  of  people  are  intriguing  in  the  dark. 
Dr.  Veron's  name  has  been  mentioned,  but  he  has  replied  :  '  I 
undertake  the  Opera !  Were  I  forty  years  younger,  and  with- 
out a  sou,  I  might  think  of  such  a  thing  ;  I  should  be  de- 
lighted to  fulfil  the  first  condition  and  very  sorry  to  find  my- 
self in  the  latter  condition — as  I  am  in  neither,  I  decline 
appearing  as  a  candidate.'  It  is  said  he  and  Mons.  Delabonte 
offered  to  deposit  the  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  surety- 
money  for  Nestor  Roqueplan,  whom  rumor  places  on  the  list 
of  candidates. 

"  A  writer  who  has  for  many  years  been  hehind  the  scenes 
draws  this  picture  of  the  life  of  the  manager  of  the  Grand 
Opera.  It  is  curious  :  Complaint  is  made  that  the  manager 
of  the  Grand  Opera  denies  himself  to  everybody.  I  can 
understand  very  well  how  a  man  who,  besides  his  private  re- 
lations of  husband,  father,  kinsman,  has  on  his  hands  music, 
dancing,  the  old  operas,  the  opera  in  rehearsal,  the  ambassa- 
dor who  patronizes  a  thin  dancing-girl,  the  prince  who  pro- 
tects a  fat  songstress,  the  minister  who  wants  to  see  him  on 
business,  the  hostile  newspapers,  and  all  other  things,  has  not 
always  time  to  receive  a  prizeman  of  the  School  of  Fine 
Arts  who  wishes  to  propose  a  cantata  for  some  anniversary  ; 
a  chemist  who  has  discovered  a  new  mode  of  lighting  theatres 
and  asks  leave  to  make  an  experiment  in  the  opera  house  : 
an  inventor  whose  scheme  is  to  establish  machinery  under  the 
pit  to  veutilate  the  house  ;  a  spectator  of  the  last  perform- 
ance, who  comes  to  get  his  lost  umbrella  ;  a  veiled  lady  who 
refuses  to  give  her  name,  but  must  absolutely  see  the  man- 
ager and  nobody  else  ;  the  mother  of  a  little  dancing-girl  who 
comes  to  complain  that  the  ballet-master  does  not  treat  her 
daughter  with  sufficient  respect ;  a  German  who  has  the  man- 
uscript of  an  unpublished  opera  by  Mozart ;  a  plumber  who 
has  a  superb  tenor's  voice  and  asks  to  be  sent  to  the  Con- 
servatory at  the  Opera's  expense  ;  a  college  chum  of  the 
manager,  who  wishes  to  bid  him  good  day  ;  thirty  loungers 
who  have  absolutely  nothing  to  say,  but  who  like  to  smoke 
the  manager's  cigars  in  the  manager's  private  room,  see  the 
women  come  and  go,  and  get,  if  opportunity  offers,  a  parquet 
stall  for  the  evening  performance.  To  be  a  manager  of  the 
Opera,  one  must  be  as  modest  as  a  prompter,  disdaining  no 
detail,  able  to  superintend  the  magazine  of  costume  and 
scenery,  knowing  how  to  measure  a  yard  of  silk,  a  back- 
ground scene  aud  a  sliding  scene,  or  with  resignation  enough 
to  see  several  hundred  thousand  francs  go  to  profit-and-losa 
on  these  items  alone.  When  he  conies  out  of  the  third  story 
under  ground  he  must  put  on  a  white  cravat,  become  a  fine 
gentleman  who  is  patient,  well-bred,  and  has  at  his  fingers' 
ends  phrases  which  seem  to  promise  things  he  cannot  perform. 
After  he  has  received  ambassadors  and  princes  (including 
princes  who  write  music)  and  influential  subscribers,  he  must 
go  the  rounds  in  the  green-room,  where  legs  and  throats  are 
practising,  reply  to  all  demands  and  complaints  ;  hear  pa- 
tiently the  anger  of  a  dancing-girl  who  threatens  to  send 
'  her  general '  alter  him  ;  calm  a  songstress  who  vows  she  will 
not  sing  unless  she  is  '  called  out '  after  the  second  act,  and 
conciliate  all  the  superintendents  of  music,  chorus,  dancing, 
machinery,  etc.  Before  he  is  through  all  this  he  receives  a 
despatch  brought  by  a  draeoon  ;  it  is  from  the  Minister  of 
the  Imperial  Household.  The  fine  and  courteous  gentleman 
must  now  become  a  diplomatist ;  he  must  negotiate,  struggle, 
retreat  and  bend  without  losing  an  inch  of  ground.  He  is 
ordered  to  let  Mile.  So-and-so  make  her  appearance,  or  to 
bring  out  an  opera  from  a  crowned  head.  It  would  be  impol- 
itic to  refuse  ;  he  must  agree,  and  afterwards  elude  the  order 
and  secretly  raise  up  obstacle  after  obstacle  which  will  prove 
fatal.  As  far  as  art  is  concerned,  the  manager  of  the  Grand 
Opera  cannot  move  one  step  forward.  An  opera  is  brought 
him  by  an  unknown  composer.  He  must  distrust  him  and 
say  :  '  Go  elsewhere  and  show  of  what  stuff  you  are  made.' 
If  it  is  by  a  popular  composer,  he  makes  the  opera  company 
study  it,  and  he  plays  it  without  knowing  what  he  is  doing. 
He  cannot  do  here  as  if  he  was  the  manager  of  a  dramatic 
theatre — read  a  piece,  have  it  studied,  say  this  is  well,  that  is 
bad,  this  is  too  long,  that  is  too  short.  A  box  conies  from 
Berlin  ;  it  contains  the  score  of  L Africaine.  The  manager 
says  to  his  singing-master  and  leader  of  the  orchestra  :  '  Set 
to  work.'  He  has  nothing  else  to  do  with  it.  As  for  his 
singers  and  songstresses,  his  position  is  the  same.  A  songstress 
comes  from  Vienna,  Naples  or  Milan  with  a  made  or  exagger- 
ated reputation.  What  can  the  manager  do  but  try  her? 
She  fails  Thereupon  everybody  exclaims  :  '  This  manager  is 
an  unlucky  dog!'  If  he  refuses  to  let  her  appear,  people  and 
newspapers  say  :  'The  manager  is  the  puppet  of  a  miserable 
clique  ;  will  you  believe  he  has  refused  to  allow  the  celebrated 
Gargorilla  to  appear  at  the  (Jrand  Opera?'  " 


6 


THE  CALIFORNIAN. 


|  June  2d 


THE  FLOWER  GIRL  OF  THE  PALACE  GARDEN. 
"VyANETTE  LObLlER  was  born  in  Paris,  in  the  parish 
_LN  of  Saint  Leu.  Her  father  had  the  care  of  one  of  the 
public  squares  ;  her  mother  sold  fresh  fish  in  the  market 
Nanette  was  the  youngest  of  sixteen  children,  with  all  of 
whom,  us  wen  as  with  her  parent's,  she  was  a  favorite,  on  ac- 
count of  her  pretty  'face,  her  gentle  ways,  and  artless,  winning 
speech.        '  '       '  .  . :.  '    j  rt 

Tier  -r'ambiother,  the  widow  of  a  bailiff,  who  had  lodgings 
in  tile  sarne  house  with  the  'Lolliers,  taught  her  to  read  and 

rite,  awl  trained  her  Heart  and  voice,  especially  the  latter, 
which  v,  as  very  musical,  charming  all  who  heard  it.  When 
she  was  unly  twelve  years  old,  she  sung  a  "  Stabat  "  and  a  "  0 
Feline  in  one  of  the  churches  during  Holy  "Week,  to  the  great 
delight  and  edification  of  the  worshippers. 

Sfi!  bail  at  this  time  received  so  many  praises,  attentions, 
and  preseuts;  that  her  little  head  was  almost  turned.  Her 
mother  wished  her  to  betake  herself  to  the  Csli  market  with 
her.  "  'Nanette  declared  that  she  had  rather  sell  bouquets  and 
•  r..-f  lauther  answered  this  natural  expression  with  a 
'cuff  ami  a  kick,  but  the  fish  monger  soon  repented  her  rude- 
ness.  \':.nette  disappeared  one  morning  from  the  paternal 
roof,  and  from  that  day  no  trace  of  her  could  be  found  by  her 
parent.?,  although  they  sometimes  heard  that  she  was  well. 

Tins  absence  lasted  for  three  years.  They  afterward  tried 
in  every  possible  way  to  learn  the  history  of  these  years  from 
the  young  girl ;  she  maintained  a  profound  sileucein  the  mat- 
ter. She  had  promised,  on  her  hope  of  paradise,  that  she 
would  never  tell  what  had  then  taken  place  ;  and  neither  ca- 
s  nor  threats,  nor  cunning,  could  draw  from  her  her 

secret.'  .'   V  .   ,       n*&iw  m.  avtoifri  at  emit  -sv 

Lad  reached  her  sixteenth  year  when  an  errand-boy  iu- 
formgd'  her  parents  that  she  was  at  the  Con-vent  of  the  Car- 
s'; and  would  be  restored  to  thein  if  they  would  go  for 
her  in  person,  or  send  some  priest. 

The  mother  was  beside  herself  with  joy  at  this  news.  She 
left  her  fish-trough,  put  on  her  best  clothes,  and  went  to  tell 
the  curate.  He  accompanied  her  to  the  convent,  with  her 
eldest  Son,  a  bold,  manly  fellow,  sergeant  in  the  French  Guard. 

Arrived  at  the  Convent,  Madam  the  Superior  appeared  and 
gave  them  a  gracious  reception^  She  told  them  that  the  young 
girl  had  been  brought  there  one  eveniug  by  a  strange  woman, 
and  l'eTt  with  a  sum  of  twenty  thousand  livres  to  pay  her 
dowry' when  she  should  become  a  nun.  . 

All  this  seemed  dubious  to  the  curate  and  mother.  Nauette 
appeared.  She  wept  and  sobbed,  and  nearly  fainted.  But 
she  was  silent  to  all  their  inquiries,  further  than  to  tell  them 
of  Iter  aversion  to  a  uuunery,  and  her  desire  to  be  a  flower- 
girl.  The  Lady  Superior,. seeing  that  the  girl  and  her  dowry 
were  lost  to  her,  made  her  adieus  to  the  family  and  took  her 
leave.  The  curate  went  to  visit  a  friend  in  the  neighborhood, 
and  tfU  mother,,  the  pretty  ^Nanette,  and  her  fighting  brother 
returned  home  in  a  hackney -coach. 

The  Lolliers  at  first  refused  to  let  Nanette  become  aflower- 
"girl,  but  she  desired  it  so  much  that  at  last  they  yielded,  Her 
success  was  marvellous.  Every  one  was  charmed  by  her,  and 
bought  her  flowers. 

She  made  her  entrance  into  the  garden  of  the  royal  palace. 
A  strange  flower-girl.  She  was  dressed  in  silks,  gauzes,  laces, 
and  jewels.  Her  basket  was  a  gilded  sea-shell,  lined  »vith  blue 
satin  and  field  by  a  blue  sash  that  encircled  her  waist.  Her 
I  ■  ..  lio'esi  fastened  by  a  buckle  and  favor-knot,  covered  the 
fool  of  a  nymph-,, 

Nanette  was  talked  of  at  Versailles.  Thirty  lords  of  the 
court  rivalled  each  other  in  attempts  to  win  her  favor.  She 
refused  their  hearts  and  took  their  presents.  She  was  ready, 
gay,  full'  of  zest.'ab'd  chatted  with  spirit,  yet  maintained  so 
much  reserve  that  she  gained  in  reputation  as  fast  as  in 
fortune.' 

Every  morning  when  she  appeared  in  the  Palace  Garden,  a 
circle  at  once  gathered  around  her.  Servants  in  livery  and  a 
waiting-woman  attended  her  at  a  distance,  ready  to  refill  her 
little  fiaskct,  which  was  rapidly  emptied.  She  received  more 
louis  than  Mnall  coin  in  exchange  for  the  flowers  that  were  so 
gracefully' offered  by  her  pretty  hand. 

The  Priifcesses^of  Lorraine,  Jjohen,  and  Bouillon,  ladies  of 
high  rank, 'accepted  the  pinks,  roses  and  violets  which  the 
flower-girl  presented  them  as  gifts.  In  return  they  gave  her 
laces';  and  wrought  silver.  In  two  years  Nanette  had 
a  fortune  in  lands  and  houses  which  brought  her  forty  thou- 
sand lrv'res.in  rent.  a'nd  she  had  bestowed  largely  upon  her 
brothers  and  sisters. 

Among  her  lovers  was  a  young  man  of  twenty-two.  He 
was  always  in  the  garden  before  she  arrived,  and  seemed  to 
I  liting  for  her.  When  sin;  appeared  with  her  basket,  he 
ti  ;  a  bjijquet,  paid  lies  twelve  sous,  said  a  few  words,  aud 
•  d.  So  one  saw  him  again  until  the  next  day.  It 
was  twice  that  he  failed  to  appear  at  the  usual  hour ;  an 
attack  of  fever  had  coufined  him  to  his  bed.  Nauette  was 
dull  and  gloomy;  The  young  man  reappeared,  and  with  him 
the  gaiety  of  Nauette. 

Nanette  would  have  "iven  n  hir<re  part  of  her  fortune  to 
have  known  who  the  young  man  was.  She  wa3  ignorant  even 
of  his  name.    It  is  true  that  she  might  have  asked  the  thou- 


sand persons  who  came  to  buy  flowers  ot  her  during  the  day, 
but  no  sooner  had  she  begun  her  question  than  she  felt  a 
mortal  embarrassment,  stammered,  blushed,  and  ended  in 
silence.  Her  heart  was  too  much  interested.  She  was  sure 
that  he  whom  she  loved  was  of  noble  birth  ;  he  wore  a  sword. 
But  he  was  poor,  for  his  sword  had  never  a  ribbou-knot,  aud 
his  neckerchief  was  without  lace. 

One  day  she  saw  the  brilliant  Marquis  of  Louvois  speaking 
to  him,  and  then  he  joined  the  Count  of  Chatre,  who  was 
sitting  near,  and  said  in  a  low  tone  : 

"  That  simpleton,  Courtenay,  provokes  me.  The  King  has 
been  asking  why  he  does  not'  go  to  Versailles.  I  have  just 
repeated  his  .Majesty's  compliments  to  him  and — ah,  well!  he 
is  busy  with  a  song.  How  can  he  bury  himself  in  Paris  in 
this  way?" 

"  He  has  good  reasons  for  it.  Besides,  Where  could  he  get 
the  money  we  spend  ?    IJis  father  has  ruined  him." 

"  True  enough,  ho  is  poor.  What  a  pity !  such  a  fine 
young  fellow  !" 

"  And  one  of  such  birth — a  relative  of  the  royal  house." 

"  Why  don't  the  young  man  marry?" 

"  It  would  be  impossible  for  him.  With  his  name  he  could 
not  marry  an  inferior.    He  would  have  to  marry  a  princess." 

Nanette  did  not  lose  a  single  word.  She  left  the  palace 
garden  and  forgot  to  go,  as  usual,  to  the  Tuileries  and  Boule- 
vard. She  could  think  of  nothing  but  the  noble  and  unfortu- 
nate young  man.  At  night  she  could  not  sleep,  and  the  next 
morning  had  left  her  bed  long  before  any  one  else  in  the 
house.  She  was  sitting  alone,  so  rapt  in  her  dreams  of  the 
Prii.ce  of  Courteuay  that  she  did  not  hear  the  steps  of  a 
young  man  who  approached  her,  stooped  and  kissed  her  arm. 
She  was  startled  and  gave  a  scream,  but  on  looking  up  a 
pleasant  smile  succeeded  her  surprise.  The  rash  youth  was 
her  favorit6  brother,  Marcel,  only  a  year  older  than  herself. 
He  was  employed  at  the  office  of  a  leading  publishing  house, 
where  he  frequently  saw  the  men  of  letters  or  that  day. 

"  Why,  Marcel,"  said  the  young  girl,  "how  you  frightened 
me  ;  I  did  not  expect  such  gallantry  from  my  brother." 

"  What  brother  would  not  be  proud  of  such  a  sister,  Na- 
nette, who  is  the  talk  of  Paris  ?  Wherever  one  goes,  it  is 
'Nanette,  the  flower-girl,'  '  the  pretty  Nanette.'  Yestepiay, 
I  went  to  the  house  of  M.  Diderot,  to  carry  some  copy  that 
he  wanted  for  correction.  Some  noble  lords  were  there,  among 
whom  was  the  Prince  of  Courteuay.  They  did  not  know 
that  I  was  your  brother,  and  were  under  uo  restraint  about 
speaking  of  you  in  my  hearing.  One  of  them  denied  your 
virtue.  I  was  so  angry  that  I  was  about  to  take  up  your 
detence,  when  the  excellent  young  Prince  of  Courteuay  nobly 
replied  : 

'•  'Oh,  my  lord,  how  can  you  repeat  the  odious  calumnies 
invented  by  worthless  libertines  ?    Nauette  is  as  pure  as  she 

is  beautiful,  and  I  want  no  other  proot  than  the  history  of 
'  ,  i.w  i!  c.if  'H  ie'i.  igtYptH  1  '  ira 
the  lovers  she  is  said  to  have,  of  whom  no  one  kuou-s  any- 
thing. If  Nanette  hud  a  lover,  it  would  not  be  a  day  before 
all  Paris  would  know  the  name  of  the  fortunate  man.' 

"  The  warm  and  earnest  tone  with  which  these  words  wer. 
spoken  excited  a  smilf;  Irom  those  who  heard  it.  M.  Diderot 
sustained  the  Prince." 

The  simple-hearted  Marcel  concluded  by  saying  : 

"  Now,  would  it  not  be  proper,  in  gratitude  lor  the  good 
opinion  he  has  of  you,  that  you  should  send  the  Prince  a 
bouquet  of  the  rarest  flowers?  I  will  carry  it  to  him,  if  you 
like,  ior  I  am  going  to  him  with  a  splendid  copy  of  our  tolio 
edition  of  'lelenuicliusi." 

"You  are  goiug  to  him  !  You  kuow  where  he  lives  .''' 
exclaimed  Nanette. 

"  Certainly  ;  in  the  Hotel  Curnavalet." 

When  Marcel  had  goue.  Nauette  lost  no  time  in  writing 
the  following  epistle  : 

"  My  dear  young  friend,  I  am  yonr  relative.  I  am  pained 
that  you  are  not  in  your  prupt  r  place.  Is  it  lit  that  you  should 
live  in  obscurity  in  Pans,  wlieii  persons  ol  meaner  birth  are 
the  delight  of  Versailles?  You  are  poor;  1  am  rich.  My 
age  cuts  me  of!  from  the  exciting  pleasure  that  yours  demands. 
Permit  me,  in  consideration  of  our  relations  of  blood  and 
friendship,  to  oiler  you  what  is  for  me  a  superfluity,  for  you  a 
necessity.  On  the  first  day  of  every  month  you  will  receive 
from  me  lour  thousand  livrus.  1  now  seud  you  tweuty-four 
thousand,  which  will  perhaps  be  sufficient  to  establish  you 
according  to  your  rank." 

A  few  expressions  of  kindness  closed  the  letter,  which  was 
left  unsigned,  and  a  few  hours  after  it  was  received  by  the 
Priuce  of  Courteuay.  The  modest  young  man  at  first  rtlused 
to  accept  a  fortune  so  received  ;  but  several  of  his  older  friends, 
whom  he  consulted,  blamed  him  for  an  excess  of  delicacy, 
lie  yielded  to  their  advice  aud  applied  it  to  his  own  use.  He 
was  now  rich.  He  lived  in  splendor  ;  his  equipage  was  one  of 
the  finest  in  Paris,  and  every  one  was  talking  of  his  good  for- 
tune. He  was  the  rage  ;  yet  every  day,  at  the  sauie  hour  as 
before,  be  came  to  the  palace  garden  to  buy  a  bouquet  of 
Nauette,  for  which  he  now  paid  six  livres. 

A  year  rolled  away.  One  day,  the  Count  of  Chatre  being 
in  the  garden,  seated  near  Nauette,  the  Marquis  of  Louvois 
joiued  him. 

'•  My  dear  sir,''  he  addressed  the  Count, "  Courteuay  is  mad. 


They  have  offered  bird  Mademoiselle  de  Craon  with  eight  hun- 
dred thousand  livres  a  year,  and  he  refuses.    What  ails  him  ?" 
"  Love." 

"  Love  !    For  whom  ?" 
"I  know  not." 

'■Who  can  it  be  ?  I'll  wager  it's  some  girl  of  the  opera. 
Some  worthless  woman  of  pleasure." 

"  Louvois,"  answered  the  Count,  "  such  a  supposition  is  un- 
just to  Courteuay.  You  know  he  has  always  hated  vice,  and 
I  am  certain  that  the  woman  he  loves  is  not  only  charming 
but  virtuous." 

Louvois  answered  with  a  laugh  ;  and  Nanette  arose  to  re- 
turn home.  She  went  to  her  chamber  and  locked  the  door. 
The  next  day  the  Prince  of  Courteuay  received  a  letter  which 
rau  thus  : 

"  My  dear  young  friend,  why  do  you  refuse  to  marry  Mad- 
emoiselle de  Craon  ?  She  would  bring  you  both  birth  and  for- 
tune. In  two  days,  you  will  receive  from  me  the  capital  of 
the  sum  you  now  enjoy — aud  with  it  some  jewels  for  your,  fu- 
ture bride. 

"  Should  you  consent  to  the  proposed  marriage,  wear  a  pink 
in  your  button-hole  for  eight  days  ;  should  you  refuse  it,  wear 
a  rose." 

The  next  day  Nanette  gave  orders  *.o  her  man  of  business 
to  sell  a  million  livres  worth  of  hous?s  and  lands  ;  there 
would  still  remain  to  her  thirty  thousand  livres  of  income. 

When  she  had  received  the  money  from  this  sale,  she  sent 
it  to  Courtenay,  and  with  it,  in  a  magnificent  casket,  a  set  of 
diamonds  of  such  rare  water  that  the  jewellers  valued  them 
at  a  hundred  thousand  crowns.  Never  was  Nanette  so  happy 
as  when  she  had  thus  diminished  her  fortune. 

Nothing  could  have  detaiued  her  from  the  Palace  Garden 
that  day.  She  was  pale,  trembling,  half-dead  with  hope  and 
fear.  The  Prince  de  Courtenay  had,  as  usual,  arrived  before 
her  ;  but  in  his  button-hole  there  was  neither  pink  nor  rose. 
He  approached  Nanette  and  she  handed  him  a  bouquet.  It 
was  like  the  Prince's  button  hole,  without  pink  or  rose. 

He  looked  at  it  and  a  smile  passed  over  his  face.  He  seemed 
studying  a  moment,  then  in  a  firm  voice,  he  said  : 

"  My  pretty  child,  will  you  make  me  a  present  of  a  rose?" 

Nanette  fell  fainting.  .  .  On  recovering,  she  found  her- 
self in  her  own  chamber  surrounded  by  her  family.  Alas  !  her 
eyes  did  not  meet  those  she  most  wished  to  see.  Her 
mother  aud  sisters  in  their  excitement  told  her  that  she  had 
fairJted  id  the  palace  garden  ;  that  a  great  lord,  the  Prince  of 
Courtenay,  had  lifted  her  in  his  arms  and  without  waiting  for 
a  carriage,  without  wishing  any  one  to  help  him,  bad  carried 
her  to  her  hotel.  Nanette's  pulses  throbbed  with  pleasure. 
She  asked  what  had  become  of  the  kind  nobleman.  They 
told  her  that  ho  had  waited  to  hear  the  opinion  of  the  physi- 
cians concerning  her,  and  had  then  departed  as  he  cajne.  At 
this  moment  Marcel  entered  to  Bay  that  the  servant  of  Prince 
de  Courtenay  had  come  to  obtain  tldiDgS  of  the  beautiful 
flower  girl.  .  .  The  Prince  had  not  come.  And  yet  Nan- 
ette smiled — 

For  she  was  happy — knowing  ns  she  did  that  the  Prince 
did  not  wish  to  marry.  The  next  day,  Nanette's  favorite 
waiting-woman  came  to  announce  to  her  that  the  Prince  de 
Courtenay  was  in  her  drawing  room  are!  asked  the  favor  of 
an  interview.  A  sign  of  consent  was  the  only  answer  of  Na- 
nette. Making  an  effort  to  rise,  she  fell  back  powerless,  cov  - 
ering  her  face  with  her  bauds.  The  Prince  fell  on  his  knees 
before  her  and  tenderly  kissed  her  hands. 

"  Ah,"  he  exclaimed,  "  I  have  divined  everything.  I  have 
come  not  to  return  your  gifts,  but  to  beseech  you  to  render 
them  still  dearer  by  granting  me  one  far  more  precious." 

"  You  wish — ■"  began  Nanette. 

"  1'our  hand,"  interrupted  the  Prince. 

In  ottering  his  name  to  the  young  girl,  he  had  tried  to  sur- 
pass her  in  geuerosity.  Nanette  prayed  him  to  wait  till  the 
next  day  for  her  reply.  lie  consented,  full  of  hope.  For  the 
third  time  he  received  a  letter  from  Nanette.  It  was  the  last 
time  she  ever  wrote  him,  and  contained  these  words  : 

"  Love"  has  made  you  blind.  A  marriage  with  me  would 
dishonor  you.  You  love  me  too  well  to  renounce  me.  I 
therelore,  for  your  sake,  renounce  you.  When  you  thali  have 
received  this  letter,  the  flower  girl  Nanette  will  have  forever 
quitted  the  world.  1  leave  to  my  parents  that  part  of  my 
fortune  which  I  have  gained  by  selling  flowers.  The  million 
you  have  received  was  your  own.  Your  nearest  relative 
thought  to  make  amends  by  it  for  a  crime  which  J  have  sworn 
to  keep  an  eternal  secret.  Adieu.  Think  otlen  of  her  who 
in  the  cloister  where  she  hides  herself  will  daily  pray  for  you." 

Tho  story  of  Nanette  ends  here.  No  one  knew  more  of 
her  except  that  the  archbishop  of  Paris  himself  conducted 
her  to  the  convent  to  which  she  retired.  Tho  Prince  of 
Courtenay  never  married.  He  recalled  the  rumors  he  had 
heard  touching  his  father,  but  none  of  them  explained  his 
mysterious  ruin,  or  his  later  remorse.— Boston  Eve.  Gazette. 

L\-  one  of  tho  Western  States  there  was  a  certain  church 
whose  members  were  not  exactly  a  uuit  on  the  subject  of 
immersion.  At  a  meeting  of  church  officers,  on  one  occasion, 
a  certain  person,  not  remarkable  for  purity  of  life,  sent  in  a 
request  for  admission  into  their  fold.  One  of  the  committee— 
a  rather  rough  man— on  hearing  the  name  of  the  individual, 
exclaimed  :  "That  man  !  Well,  if  that  man  is  to  be  admitted, 
he  uiie;lit  to  sua/c  oventiijhU" 


June  2d) 


THE     CALIF  ORNIAN. 


MY   LUCK    IN    A  TUNNEL. 

I AM  an  old  miner.  Not  one  of  the  now-a-day  Washoe 
and  Nevada  stripe,  bat  an  old  Forty-nine  California 
miner.  I  have  been  engaged  in  all  descriptions  of  mining 
transactions,  except  the  newfangled  one  of  mining  stock  in 
companies — "  feet,"  I  believe  they  call  it.  Among  my  varied 
undertakings  was  one  operation  in  a  tunnel,  in  which  I  and 
my  partners  engaged,  in  the  summer  of  1852. 

One  afteruoou  in  that  year,  as  I  was  carrying  up  a  bucket 
of  water  from  the  river  to  our  'tent  at  the  top  of  the  bank,  my 
foot  caught  under  a  large  stone,  and  my  perpendicular  was  at 
once  changed  to  a  horizontal  posture,  while  the  water  from 
the  overturned  bucket  spread  itself  in  various  directions. 
With  a  few  expletives  of  rather  forcible  character,  quite  cus- 
tomary and  common  iu  that  region  aud  period,  I  raised  myself 
to  my  feet  again,  and  picking  up  the  bucket,  was  about  to 
retrace  my  steps  to  the  river,  when  my  attention  was  attrac- 
ted by  a  folded  paper,  which  bad  been  under  the  stone  caus- 
ing my  fall.  When  my  foot  tripped,  the  stone  was  over- 
turned, and  the  paper,  folded  in  letter-form,  lay  exposed  to 
view.  Bending  over,  I  picked  it  up,  and  proceeded  to  examine 
it.  It  was  written  with  a  pencil,  in  charcters  very  irregular  and 
stiffly  formed,  as  if  made  by  a  person  with  a  wounded  hand. 
The  contents  were  as  follows  : 

"  If  this  letter  should  fall  into  the  hands  of  any  person.  I 
wiah  to  inform  him  that  I  have  been  attacked  and  mortally 
wounded  by  my  two  partners,  who  wished  to  obtain  my 
money.  Failing  to  discover  it,  after  wounding  me,  they  have 
fled,  leaving  me  here  to  die.  Whoever  gets  this  letter  will 
find,  buried  in  a  ravine  at  the  foot  of  a  '  blazed  '  tree,  twenty- 
five  paces  due  north  of  this,  a  bag  containing  five  thousand 
dollars  in  gold  dust.  That  it  may  prove  more  fortunate 
property  to  him  than  it  has  to  me,  is  the  hope  of 

"  Andrew  Indus." 

1  sto'od  for  some  minutes  after  reading  the  letter  like  one 
awakened  from  a  dream.  I  could  not  convince  myself  that 
the  letter  iu  my  hand  was  a  genuine  document,  and  read  it 
over  and  over  again,  thiuking  I  might  get  some  clue  from  the 
handwriting  to  the  real  author.  It  might  be  a  trick  got  up 
by  my  partners,  to  raise  a,  laugh  at  my  expense.  No  ;  the 
place  whore  it  was  found,  aud  the  purely  accidental  discovery, 
rendered  such  a  surmise  very  improbable.  I  sat  down  on  a 
log,  and  turned  the  matter  over  and  over  in  my  mind  for  some 
time.  At  last  1  got  up,  and  pacing  off  the  required  distance 
in  the  direction  mentioned  in  the  letter,  I  came  to  a  large 
tree.  Carefully  examining  it.  I  discovered  a  scar,  clearly  indi- 
cating that  the  tree  had  been  "  blazed  "  at  some  remote 
period.  This  wa3  "  confirmation  strong  as  proofs  of  Holy 
Writ,"  and  1  immediately  undertook  to  discover  the  locality 
of  the  ravine.  Here  I  was  at  fault.  Nothing  of  the  kind 
was  to  bo  seen.  To  all  appearance?,  a  stream  of  water  never 
had  passed  in  the  neighborhood  of  the  tree.  This  was  not 
encouraging  ;  and  I  sat  down  on  the  ground  and  rend  the 
letter  again,  to  see  if  I  had  not  mistaken  some  of  its  direc- 
tions. No;  I  was  in  the  right  place,  but  where  was  the 
ravine  ? 

A  tap  on  my  shoulder  aroused  mo  from  my  meditations, 
and  looking  up,  I  saw  my  two  partners,  who  loudly  berated 
me  for  having  neglected  the  preparation  of  their  supper.  As 
an  excuse,  I  showed  them  the  letter,  and  detailed  the  manner 
of  my  finding  it.  To  my  surprise,  they  were  as  much  excited 
by  its  perusal  as  I  had  been,  and  we  all  looked  around  perse- 
veringly  for  the  raviue,  but  without  effect  for  some  time.  At 
last,  Jack  Nesbitt,  who  had  been  a  miner  since  '48,  said  : 

j]  I  think  there  has  been  a  raviue  here,  but  it  has  been  filled 
up  by  the  raius." 

On  close  examination,  wo  decided  that  his  supposition  was 
correct,  and  after  some  consultation  we  determined  that  wo 
would  commence  digging  the  next  morning. 

Morning  came,  and  we  repaired  to  the  spot  with  pick  and 
shovel.  Jack  proposed  that  we  should  follow  the  course  ol 
the  ravine,  which  appeared  to  run  into  the  body  of  the  hill, 
rather  than  to  dig  down,  for,  as  he  said,  we  would  be  more 
likelv  to  find  the  bag  in  the  bed  of  the  ravine,  by  following  it 
up,  than  by  digging  down  in  any  one  place.  .  The  result  was, 
that  in  a  few  days  we  had  formed  quite  a  cave  in  the  side  of 
the  hill. 

We  worked  at  this  tunnel  for  four  days  without  findiug  the 
bag.  On  the  fourth  day,  Jack  proposed  that  he  aud  my  other 
partner.  Bill  Jennings,  should  carry  the  dirt  we  had  excavated 
down  to  the  river,  and  wash  it,  leaving  me  to  dig  iu  the  tun- 
nel. In  that  way,  they  thought,  we  might  at  least  "  make 
grub,"  whilo  searching  for  the  hidden  money.  I  thought  the 
idea  foolish,  but,  as  they  had  entered  so  eagerly  into  myviews 
regarding  the  buried  bag  of  dust,  I  made  no  objection  to  the 
plan,  and  dug  away  with  redoubled  energy.  Iu  fact,  I  had 
thought  so  much  about  the  object  of  our  search,  that  I  had 
become  utterly  regardless  of  almost  everything  else.  I  had 
dreamt  of  it  when  sleeping  ;  mused  on  it  when  waking,  and  it 
had  obtained  complete  control  of  my  mind.  Day  after  day 
we  worked — I  digging,  my  companions  washing  ;  yet,  strange 
to  say,  I  did  not  become  discouraged.  They  said  nothing 
about  the  bag  of  gold  dust :  and  I  asked  them  nothing  about 
the  result  of  their  washing  the  excavated  dust. 

We  had  worked  about  three  weeks,  and  had  formed  a  tun- 


nel extending  about  fifteen  feet  into  the  hill,  when,  one  after- 
noon, completely  tired  out,  I  sat  down  to  rest  in  the  cave.  I 
had  only  intended  to  sit  a  littlo  while,  but  five  minutes  had 
not  elapsed  before  I  was  fast  asleep.  I  was  awakened  by  a 
crash,  and  found  my  feet  and  legs  completely  covered  by  a 
mass  of  dirt  nnd  stones.  The  front  part  of  the  tunnel  had 
fallen  in,  and  I  was  in  a  manner  buried  alive.  About  ten  feet 
of  the  tunnel  remained  firm,  and,  from  my  observation  of  its 
structure  prior  to  the  accident,  I  was  convinced  that  I  had  no 
reason  to  apprehend  any  danger  in  that  quarter.  My  partners 
had  carried  dirt  enough  to  the  river  to  keep  them  busy  there 
for  the  rest  of  the  day  ;  so  I  had  nothing  to  hope  from  their 
assistance.  The  question  that  first  presented  itself  to  my 
mind  was,  how  long  can  life  be  sustained  in  this  confined  state  ? 
I  had  read,  a  dozen  times,  statistics  in  relation  to  the  amount 
of  air  consumed  hourly  by  a  human  being's  lungs,  but,  like 
almost  everybody  else,  had  merely  wondered  at  the  time,  and 
then  forgot  the  figures.  How  much  I  would  have  given  then 
to  be:  able  to  recall  them  !  The  next  thought  was.  how  can  I 
proceed  to  extricate  myself?  This  question  was  difficult  of 
solution.  If  I  went  to  work  with  shovel  and  pick  to  clear 
away  the  dirt  that  had  fallen,  it  was  extremely  likely  that  all 
which  I  should  be  able  to  remove  would  be  immediately  re- 
placed by  that  which  would  fall  from  above.  This  was  pleas- 
ant 1  I  racked  my  brain  to  devise  some  meat  s  of  liberating 
myself,  but  without  effect.  Leaning  against  the  wall  in  utter 
despondency,  I  was  about  to  throw  myself  on  the  ground  and 
await  my  fate,  when  I  observed  that  quite  a  current  of  water, 
on  a  small  scale,  was  making  its  way  down  the  side  of  the 
cave.-  At  first  I  was  alarmed,  as  1  thought  it  might  loosen 
the  earth  above  and  bring  another  mass  down  on  my  head. 
The  next  moment,  the  thought  struck  me  that  it  might  be 
turned  to  my  advantage.  Why  could  I  not  so  direct  it  that 
it  would  wash  away  sufficient  earth  iu  its  progress  to  the  out- 
let of  the  cave  to  admit  the  air,  and  perhaps  make  an  opening 
large  enough  to  allow  me  to  crawl  out  through  it?  Even  if  I 
only  succeeded  in  making  an  air  hole,  it  would  enable  me  to 
exist  till  my  partners  could  come  to  my  assistance.  Carefully 
exnmining  the  course  of  the  water,  I  succeeded  in  finding  the 
spot  where  it  entered  the  cave,  and  to  my  great  joy  ascertained 
that  I  could  easily  direct  it,  by  cutting  a  channel  out  of  the 
side  of  my  prison  to  the  mass  of  earth  that  blocked  up  the 
entrance  to  the  tunnel.  The  air  at  this  time  was  quite  close 
and  stifling,  and  I  became  aware  that  whatever  was  done  must 
be  done  quickly,  or  I  should  perish  from  want  of  oxygen. 
After  I  had  cut  a  channel  for  the  water  to  flow  toward  the 
entrance,  I  enlarged  the  opening  by  which  the  stream  entered 
the  cave,  and  was  delighted  to  observe  that  it  flowed  with  re- 
doubled force.  Taking  my  shovel,  I  pushed  it  through  the 
moistened  earth  as  far  as  I  was  able,  and  then  awaited  the 
further  action  of  the  water.  In  a  few  minutes  1  was  enabled 
to  push  it  still  further,  till  at  last  it  was  out  of  my  reach. 
Then,  placing  my  pick-handle  against  it,  I  pushed  both  as  far 
as  I  could.  With  what  eagerness  did  I  watch  to  see  the  first 
opening  made  by  the  water  !  At  first  it  was  swallowed  up  by 
the  earth,  but  1  was  soou  gratified  by  observing  that  it  flowed 
in  a  steady  stream  in  the  direction  iu  which  1  had  pushed  the 
pick  aud  shovel. 

In  a  few  minutes  I  discovered  a  faint  glimmering  in  the  dis- 
tance, which  might  be  an  opening  or  the  effect  of  an  excited 
imagination,  1  scarcely  knew  which.  But  the  doubt  soou  re- 
solved itself  into  certainty,  and  an  opening  some  five  inches 
in  diameter  speedily  disclosed  itself.  Larger  and  larger  the 
opening  grew  ;  lump  after  lump  of  earth  was  washed  away  by 
tbe  stream,  till  the  chaune!  became  large  enough  lor  me  to 
place  my  head  iu  it  and  halloo  lustily  for  assistance.  Just  as 
I  was  drawing  my  head  back,  I'caught  sight  of  a  buckskin 
bag.  Hastily  seizing  it,  I  found  that  it  was  the  one  we  had 
been  in  search  of,  and  which,  but  for  the  accident,  I  would 
never  have  found.  Wishing  to  surprise  my  comrades,  I  cou- 
cealed  it,  and  redoubled  my  cries.  In  a  few  minutes  they 
came  running  up  the  hill,  and  soon  liberated  me  from  my  un- 
pleasant position. 

"  Well,  Ned,"  said  Jack,  as  he  shook  me  by  the  hand, "  I'm 
glad  you're  safe,  old  fellow — tiie  more  so,  as  Bill  and  I  have 
been  deceiviug  you  a  little.  You  know  we  have  been  trying 
all'the  summer  to  get  you  to  go  into  a  tunneling  operation, 
and  you  have  only  laughed  at  us  ?" 

"  Ye3,"  said  I,  wondering  what  would  como  next. 

"  Well,  when  you  found  that  letter,  Bill  and  I  made  up  our 
minds  that  we  would  go  into  the  job  with  you  ;  not  in  the 
hope  of  finding  any  bag,  but  because  we  knew  you  would  work 
twice  as  hard  with  such  an  inducement,  intending,  meanwhile, 
to  wash  the  excavated  dirt.  This  wo  have  done  ;  and,  my 
boy,  we  have  never  made  less  than  three  hundred  dollars  any 
day  since  we  commenced." 

"  Then  you  think  the  bag  a  humbug,  do  you  ?" 

"  Why,  of  course,"  said  he. 

"  Well,  I  don't,  and  I  intend  to  go  on  looking  for  it." 

"  Now,  what's  the  use  of  being  foolish,"  quoth  Hill  Jen- 
nings.   "  We've  got  as  much  dirt  as  we  can  wash  for  some 
time,  and  it  pays.    I  can't  see  the  use  of  continuing  such  a 
wild-goose  chase  as  the  hunt  for  that  bag." 
.  "  Be  that  as  it  may,"  said  I,  "  I  intend  to  follow  it  up." 


Bill  and  Jack  conferred  together  a  while,  aud  then  the 
former  said  : 

"  Well.  Ned,  we  might  as  well  tell  you  first  as  last.  I. 
wrote  that  letter  in  order  to  get  you  to  go  into  tunneling." 

"  And  the  '  blazed  '  tree,"  said  I,  "  how  about  that?  The 
'  blaze  '  is  certainly  two  years  old." 

Jack  hesitated.  "  Why,  you  see,"  said  he,  "  we  found  that 
tree,  and  wrote  the  letter  to  suit  it." 

"  Then  what  do  you  think  of  this?"  asked  I,  showing  him 
the  bag  I  had  found  in  the  cave 

Jack  was  nonplussed.  On  opening  the  bag,  we  found  about 
three  thousand  dollars.  Jack  never  would  own  up,  but  always 
insisted  that  the  variance  between  the  statement' in  the  letter 
and  the  amount  in  the  bag  was  proof  enough  that  the  letter 
and  it  had  no  connection  with  each  other.  I  don't  think  so, 
however,  and  I  believo  that  Jack's  assertion  of  having  written 
the  letter  was^untrue.  We  never  could  ascertain  anything 
about  Mr.  Indus,  so  we  divided  the  money  among  us. 


Local  Anaesthesia. — An  important  addition  to  the  men.  la 
of  diminishing  pain  has  been  made  by  an  English  physician, 
who  ha3  introduced  a  new  method  of  producing  local  insensi- 
bility to  the  knife.  Chloroform  robs  the  most  terrible  surgi- 
cal procedures  of  the  worst  horrors  which  formerly  surrounded 
them,  and  has  even  rendered  possible  some  operations  which 
could  hardly  have  been  attempted  without  it;  but  it  has  its 
own  peril — the  peril  of  death.  Surgeons  justly  encourage 
their  patients,  by  reciting  to  them  the  statistics  of  fatal  acci- 
dents under  chloroform,  which,  incomplete  though  they  be,  . 
demonstrate  the  extreme  rarity  of  such  misfortunes.  It  has, 
however,  been  observed  by  all  authors  who  have  collected 
these  cases,  that  a  remarkably  large  proportion  of  the  recorded 
deaths  have  occurred  where  only  minor  operations  have  been 
contemplated.  Hence  a  rapid  and  efficient  means  of  produc- 
ing local  aiuusthesia,  and  one  free  from  any  of  the  constitu- 
tional risks  attending  the  administration  of  chloroform,  is  a 
boon  of  great  price.  Dr.  B.  W.  Richardson  effects  this  re- 
sult by  dividing  on  the  skin  a  fiuely  divided  spray  of  puro 
ether,  using  an  ingenious  modification  of  the  spray  tubes, 
lately  much  in  vogue  a3  toys  for  diffusing  perfumes.  A  rapid 
blanching  of  the  skin,  and  insensibility  to  pain,  follow  in  from 
about  thirty  seconds  to  two  minutes.  Upwards  of  a  hundred 
operations  have  within  the  last  lew  weeks  been  painlessly  con- 
ducted under  this  method.  It  is  only  likely  to  be  generally 
useful  for  superficial  operations  ;  but  these  are  so  often  uiiue  -- 
goue  at  the  cost  of  great  terror  aud  anguish,  through  dread  of 
the  risks  of  chloroform,  that  the  value  of  this  invention  mus', 
be  very  great.  

"  Mark  Twain,"  in  one  of  his  letters  to  the  Union,  men- 
tions a  singular  character  ho  met  with  while  visiting  the 
Government  Prison  at  Honolulu  : 

We  were  next  introduced  to  General  George  Washington, 
or,  at  least,  to  an  aged,  limping  negro  man,  who  called  himse'i' 
by  that  honored  name.  He  was  supposed  to  be  seventy  yearn 
old,  and  he  looked  it.  He  was  as  crazy  as  a  loon,  and  some- 
times, they  say,  he  grows  very  violent.  He  was  a  Samson  in 
a  small  way;  his  arm3  were  corded  with  muscle,  and  his  legs 
felt  as  hard  as  if  they  were  made  of  wood.  He  was  in  it 
peaceable  mood  at  present,  and  strongly  manacled.  The/ 
have  a  hard  time  with  him  occasionally,  and  some  time  or 
other  he  will  get  in  a  lively  way  and  eat  up  the  garrison  of 
that  prison,  no  doubt.  The  native  soldiers  who  guard  the 
place  are  afraid  of  him,  and  he  knows  it. 

His  history  is  a  sealed  book — or  at  least  all  that  part  of  it 
which  transpired  previously  to  the  entry  of  his  name  as  a 
pensioner  upon  the  Hawaiian  Government  fifteen  years  ago. 
He  was  found  carrying  on  at  a  high  rate  at  one  of  the  other 
slands,  and  it  is  supposed  he  was  put  ashore  there  from  6 
vessel  called  the  Olive  JJrunc/i.  He  has  evidently  been  an 
aid  sailor,  and  it  is  thought  he  was  one  of  a  party  of  negroes 
who  fitted  out  a  ship  and  sailed  from  a  New  England  port 
some  twenty  years  ago.  lie  is  fond  of  talking,  in  his  dreamy, 
incoherent  way,  about  the  Blue  llidge  iu  Virginia,  and  seems 
familiar  with  Hichmoud  and  Lynchburg.  I  do  not  think  he 
is  the  old  original  General  W. 


At  the  time  of  the  threatened  invasion  of  Scotland  by  tho 
French,  the  laird  of  Logan  was  taunted  at  a  meeting  at  Ayr 
with  a  want  of  loyal  spirit  at  Cumnock,  as  no  volunteers  had 
been  raised  there.  Cumnock  is  on  a  high  station  ten  or  twelve 
miles  from  the  coast.  "  What  sort  of  people  are  you,  up  at 
Cumnock  ?"  said  au  Ayr  gentleman,  "  you  have  not  a  single 
volunteer."  "  Never  you  heed,'.'  said  Logan  quickly,  "  if  tlic 
French  land  at  Ayr,  there  will  soou  be  plenty  of  voluntccrr, 
uj)  al  Cumnovk  /" 

A  youno  lady  went  into  a  book-store,  recently,  for  the 
purpose  of  purchasing  a  piece  of  music  entitled,  "  When  i 
sleep,  I  dream  of  thee,"  but  by  one  of  those  ludicrous  mi  - 
takes  which  will  sometimes  happen  in  the  best  families,  she 
astonished  the  young  man  by  inquiring  if  ho  had  the  mui-ie 
entitled,  "  When  I  dream,  I  sleep  with  thee  !"  The  mistake 
brought  a  modest  blush  to  the  cheek  of  the  fair  enquirer — 
ditto  the  young  gentleman. 


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THE    C  ALIFORN1AN. 


|  June  2d 


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COMMODORE   JOHN   BODGE BS 

AND    THE     BOMBARDMENT     OP     THE     CITY     OF  VALPARAISO. 

THE  navy  of  the  United  States  has,  since  its  organization, 
deservedly  sustained  a  high  reputation  for  discipline, 
gallantry,  and  a  chivalrous  readiness  to  redress  wrongs,  no 
matter  by  whom  and  upon  whom  they  were  sought  to  be 
imposed.  If  any  fault  could  be  found,  it  was  with  their  too 
ready  promptitude  in  mediation  and  interference.  It  has 
always  been  asserted  they  were  too  quick  with  their  interposi- 
tion and  that  they  forgot  consequences  under  those  impulses 
which  are  the  distinctive  indications  of  a  high-strung  courage. 
They  have  felt,  too,  that  they  could  always,  wheD  their  pur- 
pose evinced  courage  and  loyalty  to  high  principle,  albeit  not 
within  the  scope  of  orders  and  prudence,  rely  upon  the  sup- 
port of  a  noble,  enthusiastic,  and  generous  people  who  would 
Btand  between  them  and  governmental  disapproval. 

When  in  the  Bay  of  Smyrna  an  Austrian  brig-of-war  held 
in  custody  a  man  who  claimed  to  be  an  American  citizen,  and 
as  such  entitled  to  demand  the  protection  of  the  flag,  Ingra- 
ham  gave  notice  that  if  Koszta  was  not  released  in  eight 
hours,  he  wonld  take  him  by  force.  He  could  not  determine 
whether  a  mere  declaration  of  an  intentiou  to  become  a  citi- 
zen was  of  itself  sufficient,  in  a  legal  point  of  view  to  author- 
ize him  to  interfere  ;  he  simply  heard  the  appeal  from  one  who 
had  taken  the  initial  steps  to  citizenship,  and  he  pursued  a 
course  which  proved  him  to  be  intrepid  and  patriotic.  Neither 
did  the  American  people  pause  to  inquire  as  to  the  legal  status 
of  the  case.  All  that  was  left  where  it  properly  belonged — 
to  diplomacy  and  the  government ;  they,  by  meetings  and 
through  the  press,  declared  that  Iugrahain  showed,  what  they 
love, pluck;  and  it  was  Ingraliain  and  his  pluck  that  settled 
the  whole  matter.  And  when,  too,  Congress  by  resolution 
presented  him  with  a  medal  for  his  gallantry,  it  not  only  enun- 
ciated a  national  principle,  but  it  declared  for  all  those  who 
served  the  country,  especially  in  a  military  capacity,  a  rule  and 
authority  for  their  government  in  such  and  analagous  cases. 

When,  too,  at  the  mouth  of  the  Peiho,  in  the  attack  of  the 
English  gunboats  od  the  Chinese  forts,  Commodore  Tatnall 
moved  to  their  aid,  the  whole  country  applauded  his  act  and 
echoed  his  noble  sentiment — "  Blood  is  thicker  than  water." 
Every  officer  of  the  navy  can  rehearse  you  an  hundred  exam- 
ples of  this  sort  which  are  the  leu:  non  scripta  of  the  service, 
and  which,  being  traditional,  pass  from  mouth  to  mouth,  stir- 
ring the  blood  as  Homeric  epics  did  in  the  primal  days  of  his- 
tory, filling  each  breast  with  that  ardor  aud  desire  of  emula- 
tion, without  which  chivalry  and  heroism  would  not  be.  Offi- 
cers of  the  United  States  navy  do  not,  as  a  rule,  require  any 
incitement ;  they  ask  only  for  opportunity  ;  the  result,  then, 
is  with  themselves. 

The  recent  bombardment  of  Valparaiso  furnished  oue  of 
those  instances  which  naval  men  pray  for,  and  which  do  not 
occur  once  in  a  century — an  occasion  when  an  armed  inter- 
ference would  have  been  attempted  by  most  officers,  whether 
that  interference  could  have  been  justified  by  law  or  not 
Law  !  What  are  the  principles  of  law  in  which  the  commanders 
of  our  ships  are  educated,  and  how  far  shall  they  control  pro- 
fessional conduct  iu  the  presence  and  under  the  provocation 
of  a  barbarous  exercise  of  power,  and  in  view  of  the  commis- 
sion of  the  cowardly  and  wanton  destruction  of  a  defenceless 
city  ?  In  such  an  exigency,  which  appeals  so  strongly  to  all 
who  have  the  power  to  restrain  and  prevent  outrages,  does  an 
officer  pause,  and  from  the  precedents  of  law  excuse  himself 
from  an  endeavor  to  go  behind  the  emergency,  seeking  a  rule 
to  justify  inaction,  and  looking  to  discover  whether  he  can 
find  a  legal  defence  for  interference?  Beady  and  enthusiastic 
pluck  will  never  stop  while  shells  hiss  destruction  to  the 
weak  and  unarmed,  to  determine  the  question  of  neutrality- 
Such  is  not  the  quality  which  makes  heroes.  They  spring  up 
under  a  higher  inspiration  than  can  be  found  in  books  or  In- 
ternational Law — the  inspiration  of  manhood,  of  an  abhor- 
rence of  tyrannj  aud  cruelty.  They  reach  out,  strike,  rescue 
and  defend,  and  then  leave  to  the  respective  governments  the 
settlement  of  the  law  of  the  case. 

It  has  been  well  and  truly  said  by  high  English  authority, 
that  an  officer  was  not  fit  to  bear  Her  Majesty's  commission, 


who  was  not  ready  at  all  times  to  act  for  the  honor  and  good 
of  his  country  and  humanity,  although,  his  acts  might  be 
illegal,  and  he  rau  the  risk  of  being  hanged  for  what  he  had 
done.  How  many  are  there  iu  the  Navy  who  would  gladly 
have  given  commission,  and  neck  even,  for  the  opportunity 
presented  to  John  Rodgers,  in  April  last,  in  the  harbor  of 
Valparaiso?  How,  too,  an  officer  of  his  character  for  cour- 
age aud  acceptance  of  responsibility  could  have  kept  his  fleet 
idle,  under  such  a  temptation,  is  more  than  we  can  compre- 
hend. It  is  a  pity,  and  he  will  confess  it  one  of  these  days, 
that  he  allowed  his  head  to  attend  in  council  when  he  offered 
to  join  the  English  Admiral  in  interfering  with  the  Spanish 
bombardment.  He  says  he  had_  instructions  '*  to  observe  a 
strict  neutrality  ;"  and  yet  he  offers  to  "pitch  in"  if  he  can 
get  an  ally.  Will  he  ever  have  such  an  opportunity  again  ? 
The  war  waged  against  Chili  is  universally  reprobated,  is  de- 
clared to  be  without  excuse  or  justification,  aud  Spain  is 
without  encouragement  from  auy  power  on  earth.  Aye, 
worse  than  this,  she  is  denouueed  as  a  conceited  braggart, 
who  finds  antagonisms  only  where  there  is  poverty  of  resource 
and  population,  and  an  entire  absence  of  equality  :  a  nation 
that  knows  whom  to  kick.  Her  discomfiture  would  be  hailed 
with  joy  everywhere,  and  the  means  U6ed  to  that  end  would 
be  accepted  with  approbation  by  all  civilized  people.  Wher 
ever  the  news  of  the  bombardnieut  has  reached,  it  is  charac- 
terized as  disgraceful  to  the  age.  and  an  exhibition  of  savage 
and  puerile  resentment  peculiarly  Spanish.  Besides  all  this, 
the  relation  of  the  United  States  as  guardian  of  the  South- 
American  republics,  and  the  abhorrence  felt  by  its  people  for 
the  unjust  war  carried  on  by  Spain,  would  have  made  an  inter- 
ference by  John  Iiodgers  the  most  accptable  offering  he  could 
have  made  his  countrymen.  We  do  not  ask  whether  the  law 
is  on  the  side  of  John  Rodgers — whether  he  had  the  right  to 
interfere,  or  not.  This  is  a  question  ootside  our  view  of  the 
case  ;  we  only  wonder  he  could  have  debated  with  himself  as 
to  his  duty  in  that  emergency.  He  could  have  discussed  all 
the  questions  when  he  had  disposed  of  the  Spanish  squadron. 
He  had  but  one  of  two  courses  to  pursue — positive  neutrality 
without  reference  to  any  other  power,  or  interference  with  or 
without  the  English  or  French  squadrons.  What  he  offered 
to  do  with  the  aid  of  the  other  fleets,  he  should  have  djne — 
failing  their  coaperation — by  himself.  If  his  instructions  and 
the  advice  of  our  Minister  could  be  violated  by  an  offer  to 
interfere  if  the  French  and  English  did,  then  they  should  have 
had  uo  influence  with  him  so  far  as  his  separate  action  was 
concerned.  What  was  wrong  in  itself  could  not  be  cured  by 
dragging  allies  in  with  him.  Conscious  of  bis  ability  to  have 
opposed  and  beaten  the  whole  Spanish  force,  after  he  had 
received  the  refusal  of  the  English  Admiral,  he  should  have 
declared  to  the  Spanish  commander  that  he  would  interfere 
with  all  bis  strength  to  prevent  the  bombardment  of  a  city 
where  no  damage  would  be  done,  comparatively  speaking,  ex- 
cept to  the  property  of  neutrals.  If  he  had  done  this,  no 
warlike  shell  would  have  exploded  in  the  streets  of  that  city, 
aud  free,  chivalrous  and  independent  people  everywhere  would 
not  now  be  mortified  al  the  spectacle  of  the  cruel  and  unpro- 
voked destruction  of  a  city  in  the  presence  of  the  superior 
squadrons  of  the  three  great  thinking  aud  powerful  nations  of 
this  Christian  age. 

For  our  part,  we  are  sorry  our  squadron  reached  Valparaiso 
when  it  did,  or  that  Kodgers  did  not  boldly  execute  alone  what 
he  offered  to  do  iu  conjunction  with  others.  Had  he  done  so, 
he  might  have  been  dismissed  the  navy,  although  we  doubt  it ; 
but  with  the  people,  the  world,  and  in  history,  he  would  have 
been  recognized  as  a  man  who  dared  to  consult  justice  rather 
than  law  ;  who  shielded  the  weak  and  unarmed  from  the  as- 
saults of  a  strong  and  unscrupulous  enemy,  and  who  was  mer- 
ciful when  the  Law  was  cruel.  In  such  cases,  an  officer  ol 
courage  and  sensibility  will  look  beyond  mere  personal  risks 
and  considerations  ;  be  will,  like  a  true  knight,  obey  the  im- 
pulse which  tells  us  to  succor  the  feeble  and  oppressed  ;  he 
will  do  this,  and  leave  his  character  and  life  to  be  vindicated 
by  a  civilization  which  abhors  such  an  outrage  as  the  Spaniard 
committed  in  the  bay  of  Valparaiso. 

Langley's  Commercial  Directory  of  the  Pacific  Coast — 
A  compendium  of  business  firms,  statistical  and  notable  mat-, 
ters  ol  the  towns  aud  cities  of  California,  Oregon,  Nevada, 
Idaho — we  learn  is  receiving  substantial  support  from  the 
business  community  of  the  interior.  The  want  of  such  a 
work  of  reference  has  long  been  felt,  and  we  are  pleased  to 
state  that  the  enterprise  of  Mr.  Langley  is  meeting  with  ade- 
quate success. 

An  English  paper  speaking  of  the  Reform  Bill, says  :  "The 
only  epitaph  suitable  to  be  inscribed  over  its  remains  is  one 
furnished  by  the  verdict  of  a  jury  on  an  Irish  coroner's  in- 
quest—' The  child  was  found  dead  in  a  cabinet,  having  been 
born  alive  and  never  breathed,  and  it  died  immediately  after- 
wards for  want  of  proper  care  and  assistance  at  the  time  of 
its  birth.'  " 

Lord  William  Lennox's  Drafts  on  My  Memory  has  a 
new  hon  mot  attributed  to  Sydney  Smith.  In  writing  to  a 
friend,  he  said  :  "  Unfortunately  the  house  is  full  of  cousins 
— would  they  were  once  removed." 


NEW  PUBLICATIONS. 

A ROMAN  &  CO.,  Nos.  417  and  419  Montgomery 
•  street,  seem  determined  that  our  citizens  shall  have 
no  reason  to  complain  of  any  remissness  on  their  part  in  sup- 
plying the  demand  for  literary  food.  Amotig  the  works  re- 
cently placed  upon  our  table  are  the  following: 

Baked  Meats  of  the  Funeral:  A  Collection  of  Esaays,  Po- 
ems, Speeches,  Histories,  and  Banquets.  By  Private  Miles 
O'Reilly.    New  York  :  Carleton. 

Charles  G.  Halpine  ("Miles  O'Reilly")  is  one  of  those 
roystering,  jolly  souls  which,  somehow  or  other,  war  throws  to 
the  surface,  for  the  purpose,  we  must  suppose,  of  lessening  its 
horrors  by  fun  and  frolic. 

Campaigning  is  not,  as  a  rule,  the  most  agreeable  and  de- 
lightful way  of  employing  one's  self.  And  so  soldiers  are 
left  to  their  own  devices  and  resources  lor  amusements.  A 
life  of  this  sort  brings  out  every  man,  it  develops  individ- 
ual qualities,  and  sharpens  a  talent  for  wit  and  fun.  As  one 
of  the  editors  ot  the  New  York  Leader,  Halpine  never 
displayed  the  extent  aud  delicacy  of  humor  be  has  done  since 
he  put  on  the  button  as  an  officer  of  the  Sixty-ninth  regiment. 

The  volume-  in  questiou  is  a  very  entertaining  melange  of 
satire  and  narration.  The  lyric  "  My  Strong  Wakeness  for 
Widdies,"  is  as  clever  as  auy  of  Charles  O  Malley's  songs, 
and  full  of  that  expression  and  sentiment  which  form  the 
charm  of  Irish  lays.  To  all  those  who  love  keen  satirical 
thrusts  and  amusing  narrative  and  songs,  we  recommend 
Baked  Meats  of  tlie  Funeral. 

Only  a  Woman's  Heart.    By  Ada  Clare.    New  York  :  M. 

Doolady. 

Ada  Clare  is  clever,  although  her  peculiar  power  is  per- 
haps best  displayed  in  such  newspaper  articles  as  she  has 
been  accustomed  to  write,  and  by  which  she  is  known.  We 
doubt  her  ability  to  carry  a  story  through  a  volume  of  336 
pages,  and  also  whether  she  has  invention  enough  to  con- 
struct a  plot  that  requires  so  much  writing  to  devevelop  and 
sustain  it.  However,  this  book  is  interesting  to  one  who  is 
curious  to  discover  how  so  eccentric  a  person  as  the  authoress 
is  can  portray  that  passion  and  emotion  which,  it  is  fair  to 
infer,  have  been  the  controlling  influences  of  her  life  and  con- 
duct. The  cursory  and  rapid  examiuatiou  we  have  given  this 
book  satisfies  us  that,  as  a  literary  perlormauce,  it  is  a  failure. 

Campaigns  of  a  Non- Combatant,  anil  his  Romaunt  Abroad 
during  the  War.  By  George  Alfred  Townseod.  New 
York  :  Blelock  &  Co. 

If  any  proor  was  wanted  as  to  the  claim  of  the  American 
people  to  be  a  reading  and  scribbling  nation,  it  would  be 
abundantly  louud  in  the  number  of  books  which  have  been 
published  since  and  during  the  late  war — books  of  campaign- 
ing, war  incidents,  narrative  and  history.  This  volume  is  a 
record  of  the  impressions  of  a  civilian  and  war-correspondent, 
of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  and  its  operations,  the  couutry 
and  the  people  as  he  saw  them,  together  with  personal  adven- 
tures ;  all  of  which  unite  in  making  it  very  readable  aud  en- 
tertaining. He  tells  the  story  of  the  whole  campaigu  which 
ended  in  the  capture  of  Richmond,  and  tells  it  agreeably  and 
well.  We  recommend  this  volume  to  those  of  our  readers 
who,  at  this  season  of  the  year,  at  home  or  wandering  through 
the  country,  can  fiud  a  spare  hour  or  two  after  dinner  for 
reading. 

Culture  of  the  Grape.  By  W.  C.  Strong.  Boston  :  J.  E. 
Til  ton  &  Co. 

When  one  remembers  how  important  an  element  of  wealth 
the  culture  of  the  grape  is  to  be  to  California,  he  will  thank 
those  publishers  and  authors  who  contribute  any  new  facts  and 
information  that  are  likely  to  aid  us  in  our  efforts  to  equal  the 
old  countries  in  the  manufacture  of  wines  and  brandies.  This 
book  is  written  from  the  experience  of  the  author,  and  as  a 
practical  treatise,  as  an  instructor  in  the  modes  of  planting, 
pruning,  and  training,  will  be  found  to  be  of  great  utility  to 
all  grape  growers.  Its  description  of  the  varieties,  of  itself, 
is  worth  the  price  of  the  book. 

It  is  only  by  an  intelligent,  scientific,  and  practical  knowledge 
of  this  subject  that  we  cau  hope  to  place  the  grape  among  the 
most  eminent  sources  of  State  and  individual  wealth.  The 
closest  reader  and  acutest  observer  among  grape  cultnrists, 
will  be  the  most  successful.  This  volume  deserves  to  be  in 
the  hands  of  all  those  who  own  vineyards. 

Memoir  of  James  Louis  Peligru.  A  Biographical  sketch, 
by  William  J.  Grayson.    New  York  :  Harper  &  Bros. 

This  book  is  printed  from  the  MS.  of  Grayson,  late  of 
Charleston,  S.  C.  It  was  written,  as  Ihe  preface  informs  us, 
during  the  "  privations  and  anxieties  "  of  the  siege  of  that 
city,  on  scraps  of  old  paper  ;  and  the  author  only  completed 
it  a  few  hours  before  his  death.  Independently  of  its  agree- 
able style,  this  volume  has  a  touching  interest  to  all  loyal  men 
as  the  biography  T>f  oue  of  the  very  few  men  of  South  Caro- 
lina who  opposed  secession,  and  foresaw  the  ruin  and  desola- 
tion it  would  produce. 

Short  as  is  this  biography,  it  abounds  in  many  details  illus- 
trative of  the  life  and  character  of  Petigrn,  and  which  fairly 
represent  one  who  was  no  less  eminent  as  a  lawyer,  than  honor- 


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able  aod  elevated  as  a  man.    In  intellectual  capacity,  assiduity, 
and  professional  success,  Mr.  Petigru  was  one  of  the  most 
notable  men  at  the  bar.    This  book  will  well  repay  perusal. 
Snow-Bound— A  Winter  Idyl.    By  John  Greenleaf  Whittier. 
Boston  :  Ticknor  &  Fields. 

This  is  a  beautiful  contribution  to  American  poetical  litera- 
ture. To  say  that  it  will  take  the  same  place  in  the  literature 
of  our  country  that  the  Deserted  Village  of  Goldsmith  occu- 
pies in  that  of  England,  is  briefly  asserting  the  position  it  will 
hold  in  the  minds  of  all  cultivated  people.  It  is  a  clearly, 
delicately  drawn  picture  of  what  is  within  the  experience  of 
every  New  England  citizen.  Here  is  pictured  the  "  ominous 
prophecy "  of  the  "  thickening  sky "  that  ushers  in  the 
snow-storm.    One  can  feel  in  the  air 

ft  A  chill  no  coat,  however  stout, 

Of  homespun  stuff  could  quite  shut  out, 
A  hard,  dull  bitterness  of  cold, 
That  checked,  mid  vein,  the  circling  race 
Of  life-blood  iu  the  sharpened  face." 
The  poet  pictures  the  preparations  about  the  home,  and 
then  the 

"  Whirl-dance  of  the  bliuding  storm, 
As  zigzag  wavering  to  and  fro, 
Crosbed  and  recrossed  the  winged  snow  ;" 

and  the  morning  tcene  that  follows  the  storm  : 
"  No  cloud  above,  no  earth  below — 
A  universe  of  sky  and  snow  ! 
The  old  familiar  sights  of  ours 

Look  marvellous  shapes;  strange  domes  and  towers 

Rose  up  where  sty  or  corn-crib  stood, 

Or  garden  wall,  or  belt  of  wood  ; 

A  Bmooth  white  mound  the  brush-pile  showed, 

A  fenceless  drift  what  once  was  road ; 

The  bridle-post  an  old  man  sat 

With  loose-flung  coat  and  high  cocked  hat; 

The  well-curb  had  a  Chinese  roof ; 

And  even  the  long  sweep,  high  aloof, 

Iu  its  slant  splendor,  seemed  to  tell 

Of  Pisa's  leaning  miracle." 
The  family  gathering  within  doors, 

"  While  the  red  logs  before  us  beat 

The  post-line  back  with  tropic  heat ;" 
he  tells  with  the  fondness  that  clings  about  the  memories  of 
childhood,  and  of 

"  The  dear  home  faces  whereupon 

That  fitful  firelight  paled  and  shone — 

Henceforward,  listen  as  we  will, 

The  voices  of  that  hearth  are  still. 
*#******* 

Yet  Love  will  dream,  and  Faith  will  trust, 

(Since  He  who  knows  our  need  is  just,) 

That  somehow,  somewhere,  meet  we  must. 

Alas  for  him  who  never  sees 

The  stars  shine  through  the  cypress  trees  ! 

Who,  hopeless,  lays  his  dead  away. 

Nor  looks  to  see  the  breaking  day 

Across  the  mournful  marbles  play  ! 

Who  hath  not  learned,  in  hours  of  faith, 
The  truth  to  flesh  and  sense  unknown, 

That  Life  is  ever  lord  of  Death, 
And  Love  can  never  lose  its  own  I" 
We  can  scarcely  withstand  the  temptation  to  limit  our  quo- 
tations to  our  proper  space.  The  poet  shows  herein  more 
distinctly  than  in  any  of  his  former  works,  his  close  alliance 
to  nature.  The  poem  touches  the  affections  of  the  refined  and 
the  uncultured,  and  is  clearly  worthy  the  maturity  of  the 
poet's  genius. 

Ralph  and  other  Poems.    By  Henry  L.  Abbey.    Roundout : 
Horatio  Fowks.    New  York:  N.  Tibbals,  37  Park  Row. 

The  title  of  this  volume  would  seem  to  imply  that  "  Ralph  " 
te  a  poem,  which  is  very  evidently  a  mistake.  It  is  a  very 
ordinary  story  of  half  a  dozen  pages,  dividtd  into  lines  of  ten 
or  twelve  syllables,  each  line  commencing  with  a  capital  letter. 
It  begins  (the  italics  are  ours)  thus  : 

"  How  fast,  how  calm,  how  cold  the  snow  comes  down, 
Each  llake  falls  like  a  lifeless,  wee  white  hand 
Laid  on  a  mother's  breast.    Ah,  me!  Ah,  me  !" 
It's  all  about  an  unreasonable  old  lady,  aged  seventy,  whose 
son,  a  lad  of  about  forty,  went  to  the  war.    The  lad's  lather, 
"  who  was  not  always  kind,  ah,  no  !  ah,  no  !"  "  hung  about 
the  tavern  all  the  day,  and  steeped  his  soul  in  liquor  'till  he 
died."  She  complains  of  being  pretty  cold,  yet  goes  on  in  her 
rythmical  way,  without  once  getting  tired  of  hearing  herself 
talk,  evidently  under  the  impression  that  she  is  poetizing,  and 
even  ventures  on  politics  to  a  certain  extent :  "  What  was 
the  use  of  war?  I  asked  Ralph  that ;  why  not  adjust  the  law, 
make  compromise  and  spare  the  precious  blood  ?"  etc. 

The  author  labors  under  the  impression  that  he  is  writing 
poetry  when  he  makes  this  innocent,  imaginative,  and  improb- 
able old  person  say,  divided  into  liues  begiuning  with  capitals  : 
"  I  tried  to  get  a  pension  but  in  vain.  I  tried  to  have  the 
acres  worked  on  shares  ;  but  men  were  scarce,  and  all  the 
harvest  through  the  hay  remained  uncut,  the  land  untitled. 
The  man  who  promised  Ralph  to  do  my  work,  went  off  to  the 
war  himself,"  etc. 

We  have  looked  at  several  of  the  pieces  in  this  volume  but 
have  failed  to  find  anything  to  which  the  word"  poem  "could 
be  applied.   There  is  some  miscellaneous  talk  about  "  Seteb," 


"  Hagi,"  "  Adrian  Avidon  and  the  fair  Estelle,"  "  Eleanore," 
"  Yelama,"  "  Milicent,"  "  Ghismond,"  but  no  poetry.  Mr. 
Abbey  has  apparently  read  Tennyson  and  the  "  Village  Voi- 
ces "  of  Robert  Buchanan,  but  only  to  prove  how  poorly  one 
can  imitate  very  good  poetry. 

The  volume  is  issued  by  two  publishers,  but  neither  of 
the  names  strike  us  as  familiar.  The  paper  is  cheap, 
the  type  cheaper,  and  the  contents  may  be  described 
by  the  superlative  degree  of  the  same  adjective.  On 
the  whole,  if  we  could  persuade  Mr.  Abbey  never  to  try  to 
write  any  more  "  poems,"  we  should  consider  that  we  had  done 
him  a  favor,  and  would  ask  no  expression  of  gratitude  for  it, 
although  we  might  run  the  risk  of  thereby  depriving  the  prin- 
ter of  a  very  small  job. 

Unto  this  Last.  Four  essays  on  the  First  Principles  of  Politi- 
cal Economy,  by  John  Ruskin.  John  Wiley  &  Son,  New 
York. 

These  papers  were  originally  published  in  the  Cornhill 
Magazine,  and  they  were  at  once  assailed  as  false  in  principle 
and  of  impossible  use  and  application.  Let  this  be  as  it  may, 
Mr.  Ruskin  is  a  man  of  so  much  ability  and  learning,  and  so 
vivid  and  eloquent  in  expression,  although  too  frequently 
redundant  in  phrase,  that  whatever  he  writes  will  be,  as  it 
deserves  to  be,  read.  Those  of  us  who  have  read  his  Modern 
Painters  cannot  hesitate  to  follow,  whether  he  leads  us  to 
nursery  rhymes  or  metaphysics — which  latter,  by-the-by,  he 
professes  to  despise.  Our  author  seems  to  desire  to  show, 
first,  what  wealth  is,  and  that  its  acquisition  is  "  possible  only 
under  certain  moral  conditions  of  society."  We  fear  that 
Ruskin  has  forgotten  his  realism  and  gone  head  over  heels  into 
idealism.  It  appears  as  if  he  sees  the  reverse  of  what  actually 
exists,  for,  according  to  prevalent  ideas,  the  greater  the 
roguery  the  greater  the  success.  It  is  useless  to  say,  read 
this  book,  because  all  readers  will  do  so  independent  of  news- 
paper notices. 

Letters  of  Life.  By  Mrs.  L.  H.  Sigourney.  New  York: 
D.  Appleton  &  Co. 

This  "  is  the  autobiography  of  a  woman  no  less  reputable 
for  her  literary  ability  than  for  the  graces  and  charms  "  of 
her  true  womanhood.  The  printing  press  does  a  good  office 
when  it  gives  to  the  world  a  record  of  so  pure  a  life  as  Mrs. 
Sigouruey's  has  beeu.  No  family,  in  which  there  are  children 
to  be  educated,  can  furnish  them  nobler  lessons  of  calm,  reli- 
gious motives  and  conduct,  than  the  book  in  question.  To 
those,  then,  who  are  interested  in  educational  pursuits— 
whether  thoy  be  parents  or  teachers — particularly  to  those  who 
have  the  care  and  control  of  girls,  do  we  recommend  it. 

The  following  we  can  only  mention  by  title  at  present : 

The  South  Since  the  War.  By  Sidney  Andrews.  Boston  : 
Ticknor  &  Fields. 

Citoyenne  Jaqneline.  By  Sarah  Tytler.  London  and  New 
York  :  Alexander  Stiahan. 

Honor  May     Boston  :  Ticknor  &  Fields. 

St.  Martin  s  Summer.  By  Anne  H.  M.  Brewster.  Boston: 
Ticknor  &  Fields. 

Thomas  a  Beckel — A  Tragedy,  and  Other  Poems.  By  G.  H. 
Hollister.    Boston:  W.V.Spencer. 

The  Idle  Word.  Short  Religious  Essays.  By  Edward  Mey- 
rick  Goulbern,  D.D.    New  York  :  Appleton  &  Co. 

Broken  to  Harness.  A  Story  of  Euglish  Domestic  Life.  By 
Edmuud  Yates.    Boston  :  Loring. 

.Roebuck.    A  Novel.    New  York  :  Doolady. 

The  Gold  Brick.  By  Mrs.  Anue  S.  Stevens.  Philadelphia  : 
Peterson  &  Co. 

Man  of  the  World.  By  Win.  North.  Philadelphia  :  Peter- 
son &  Co. 

False  Pride  ;  or,  Two  Ways  to  Matrimony.  Philadelphia  : 
Peterson  &  Co. 

Halls  Guide  to  the  Great  West.  New  Y'ork  :  Appleton  & 
Co.   

Costly  Bridal  Presents. — A  set  of  emerald  jewelry, 
valued  at  $75,000  in  gold,  has  been  made  in  New  York,  which 
is  intended  as  a  present  to  a  Spanish  bride.  The  Home  Jour- 
nal thus  describes  it  : 

"The  set  of  jewels  under  mention,  in  the  opinion  of  Paris 
jewellers,  is  the  most  perfect  collection  of  emeralds  in  the 
world.  They  are  formed  into  a  necklace  and  a  pair  of  ear-rings. 
The  necklace  is  composed  of  fourteen  perfect  emeralds,  each 
weighing  five  carats,  and  each  surrounded  with  thirty-two 
diamonds,  all  festooned  and  set  in  silver  in  similar  fashion  to 
the  court  jewels.  The  necklace  is  adjusted  in  two  parts  iu 
such  a  manner  that  they  may  be  detached  and  each  form  a 
bracelet.  The  ear-rings,  also  made  brilliant  in  diamonds,  set 
in  polished  silver,  are  of  the  pendent  style,  two  and  a  half  in- 
ches in  length,  and  consist  of  three  emeralds  each.  The  stone 
at  the  top  of  the  ear-rings  weighs  two  and  a  half  carats  ;  that 
in  the  centre,  one  carat ;  while  the  lower  stone — a  pearl-shaped 
drop — weighs  seven  and  a  half  carats.  Our  readers  will  have 
some  idea  of  the  scarcity  of  such  a  set  of  gems,  when  we  say 
that  they  are  the  result  of  twenty-five  years'  search  in  the 
celebrated  mines  of  New  Granada,  being  the  choice  of  the 
products  of  these  mines  during  that  period. 


AMUSEMENTS. 

THE  Forrest  season  at  the  Opera  House  is  proving  the 
most  successful  one,  both  in  a  histrionic  and  monetary 
point  of  view,  that  has  ever  been  known  in  this  city.  All  the 
seats  in  the  dress  circle,  and  most  of  those  in  the  parquette, 
have  been  engaged  for  days  in  advance  of  each  performance 
during  the  past  week  ;  although  Mr.  Forrest  has  only  appeared 
in  the  parts  which  he  played  during  the  two  previous  weeks, 
with  the  exception  of  last  evening,  when  he  produced  Mac- 
belli  for  the  first  time.  The  masterly  manner  in  which  Mr. 
Forrest  personates  the  characters  of  "  Virginius,"  "  Riche- 
lieu," "Damon,"  and  "Lear" — the  plays  respectively  per- 
formed during  the  first  four  nights  of  the  present  week — has 
been  freely  admitted  by  both  the  press  and  the  public,  and  has 
won  from  both  a  more  exalted  opinion  than  that  which  he  en- 
joyed before  witnessing  his  tragic  delineations.  Thousands 
who  have  not  seen  Mr.  Forrest  for  the  last  fifteen  years,  who 
held  his  reputation  as  a  great  actor  in  a  somewhat  equivocal 
balance,  admitting  that  his  triumphs  were  marred  by  those 
excesses  of  style  that  were  the  faults  of  his  acting  in  his  ear- 
lier years.  But  seeing  is  believing,  as  the  old  adage  has  it, 
and  there  is  no  other  profession  in  which  the  qualities  of  its 
votaries  are  so  quickly  gauged  as  that  of  the  actor.  The 
great  improvement  in  the  style  and  manner  of  his  readings, 
the  impress  of  mental  culture  in  subduing  the  strongly-marked 
physical  extravagances  of  his  earlier  characterizations,  have 
gained  for  him  a  reputation  which  should  outweigh,  as  far  as 
the  results  of  his  Pacific  coast  trip  are  concerned,  all  other 
considerations.  It  is  freely  conceded  that  Mr.  Forrest's  rep- 
resentations of  these  grand  characters  exhibit  a  great  intel- 
lectual improvement ;  that  they  are  mellowed  and  ripened  by 
age  and  study  ;  and  that  be  ranks  to-day  as  the  best  living 
personator  of  the  great  tragic  characters  of  the  drama. 

The  early  hour  that  our  paper  goes  to  press  will  not  permit 
us  to  speak  of  last  night  s  performance  of  "  Macbeth." 

This  afternoon  and  evening  :  The  Three  Guardsmen,  Mr. 
McCullough  appearing  as  "  D'  Artignon." 

Monday,  Tuesday,  and  Wednesday :  The  Broker  of  Bo- 
gota.   Thursday  :  Macbeth.    Friday  :  Othello. 

Mrs.  Sedley  Brown  is  to  be  the  recipient  of  a  complimen- 
tary benefit,  to-night  at  the  Metropolitan.  Let  it  be  a  bum- 
per, for  the  lady  is  deserving  of  it.  Mrs.  Brown,  as  mana- 
geress, has  not  had  a  successful  season  ;  but,  on  the  contrary, 
has  lost  heavily — not  from  inefficiency  of  management,  but 
because  of  the  great  attraction  at  the  rival  theatre.  It  was 
ill  advised  to  attempt  to  stem  the  Forrest  current  with  only 
the  couuter-attraction  ol  a  stock  company.  The  bill  presents 
a  new  transformation  extravaganza,  under  the  taking  title  of 
Hocus  Pocus  ;  or,  The  Magic  Egg.  May  it  prove  a  golden 
one  to  the  lady  for  whose  benefit  it  is  to  be  produced. 

Mr.  George  Felix  Beokert's  first  concert  will  be  given  at 
the  Academy  of  Music  on  Thursday  evening  next.  Mr. 
Benkert  has  the  reputation  of  being  a  superior  pianiss,  and  an 
excellent  musician.  He  has  secured  the  able  assistance  of 
Signoriua  Brambilla,  Madame  Lizzie  Northrup,  and  others^ 
Mr.  Herold  will  act  as  a  director.  There  has  been  a  dearth 
of  concerts  lately,  and  the  attractions  presented  for  this  one 
should  fill  the  Academy  on  Thursday  evening. 

Dr.  Benton,  believing  that  our  citizens  may  possibly  enjoy 
a  sensation  somewhat  differing  from  that  produced  by  street 
killing  aod  suicide,  announces  an  exhibition  at  Piatt's  Hall 
this  eveuidg  of  the  ludicrous  effects  of  laughing  gas. 

Different  Constitutions.— Some  years  ago  a  lot  of  city 
tourists  were  waudering  over  Scotland.  One  rainy  night  a 
poor  fellow  got  wet,  tired,  and  benighted,  sat  down  by  the 
roadside,  and  there  died  of  fatigue  and  exposure.  The  hard- 
ship was  very  great  to  a  town-bred  man.  The  story  was  told 
in  the  papers,  and  came  to  the  ears  of  a  Highland  keeper. 
"  Weel,  weel,"  he  said,  "  I  canna  understand  that.  1  was 
oot  watchin'  the  ruver  mysel'  yon  nicht,  and  it  was  kind  o' 
weet,  but  fine  and  warm.  I  was  tired,  and  I  lay  doon,  and, 
though  I  should  have  keepit  awake,  I  just  sleepit.  Weel, 
when  I  wakened  about  six  o'clock,  the  water  had  come  two 
inches  up  my  side  where  1  lay  in  the  shough.  I  was  kind  o' 
cold  and  stiff-like,  but  I  took  a  rin  and  warmed  myself,  and 
then  I  came  over  the  hull  to  my  own  house  and  got  my 
breakfast.  I  canna  understand  how  the  man  died  ;  he  must 
have  beeu  ill  some  other  way  surely. — Rough  Nights'  Quar- 
ters, by  One  of  the  People  who  have  Roughed  it. 

A  very  funny  man  in  Greenfield,  Massachusetts,  signally 
failed  once  in  the  description  of  a  book  he  put  up  in  selliug  a 
library  at  auction.  He  hadn't  read  very  much  in  books, 
Bobbins  hadn't,  but  scanned  the  titles,  trusted  to  luck,  and 
went  ahead  :  "  Here  you  have  Bunyans  Pilgrim's  Progress. 
Now,  how  much  am  I  offered  for  it?  How  much  do  1  hear  for 
the  Pilgrim's  Progress,  by  John  Bunyan  ?  It's  a  first-rate 
book,  gentlemen,  with  six  superior  illustrations  ;  how  much 
do  I  hear  ?  All  about  the  Pilgrims,  by  John  Bunyan  !  Tells 
where  they  come  from,  an'  where  they  landed,  an'  what  they 
done  after  they  hmded  !  Here's  a  picter  of  one  of  'em  going 
about  Plymouth  peddlin',  with  a  pack  on  his  back." 


THE  CALIFORNIA!*. 


[June  2d 


DISTANCES  FROM  SAN  FRANCISCO 

|  To  various  points  : 

To  Fort  Point,  4  miles,  by  omnibus,  four  trips  a  day. 
Lone  Mountain,  3,  street  railway. 
Seal  Rock,  f>,  oars  ami  omnibus,  two  trios  a  day. 
Missiou  Dolores,  tstreotraihvays;  Ocean  Hondo  8. 
San  Mateo,  20,  railroad. 
Crystal  Springs,  23.  railroad  and  stage 
Halt-Moon  JJay,2i»,     do.  do. 
Redwood  city,  30,  do. 
Mountain  View,  38,  do. 
Santa  Clara,  47,  do. 

San  Jose,  00.  do. , orsteamerand stage, 54. 

Alvisoj  4(>,  steamer,  daily. 

Almaden  mines,  (>< ,  steaiucr  and  stage ;  or  by  rail- 
road and  stage,  64. 
Santa  Cruz,  7S.  railroad  and  stage. 
Oakland,  8,  steamer  and  railroad,  six  trips  a  day. 
Alameda,  11,  steamer,  three  trips  a  day. 
San  Leandro,  16,  steamer  and  railroad. 
Mission  San  Jose,  34,  steamer,  railroad  and  stage. 
Warm  Springs,  :?7,  do.  do. 

Benicm,  30,  steamer  leaves  at  1  P.  M.  daily. 
Sacramento,  117,  do.  do. 
Stockton,  117,      do.  do. 
Martinez,  33,  do. 
Pacbeco,  38,  steamer  and  stage. 
Diablo  Coal  Mines,  41,  steamer  and  stage. 
Suisun,  50,  steamer,  or  51  bv  steamer  :uid  stage 
Vallejo,  28 ;  Mare  Island,  37;  Nana  city,  50 
White  Sulphur  Springs,  07,  stage  from  Napa. 
Geyser  Spriugs,  IIS,  do.    ,    dp.  -. 

Sonoma,  50.  steamer,  tri  weekly. 
Petaluma,  48,  steamei',  daily. 
Healdshurg,  80,  stage  daily  from  Petaluma 
San  Quentiu,  12,  steamer  ;  Farallone  Islands,  20. 


OROOKLYN  HOTF.L, 

1852.    SAN    FRANCISCO.  1866. 


^LLEN'S 

LUNG  B  A  L  S  AM  ! 


The  Proprietor  of  tlte  above-named  Hotel  wishes 
to  inform  his  patrons  and  lUc  Travelling  Public  thai  tap 
has  opened  that  elegant  Bnck  Kinprool"  Hotel,  situated 

on  tho  .  juutnh  >di  1o  3i9)"u<itiii*»  watfil  Jiioia 
*S.  E.  Corner  of  Pirn  and  Sansome  streets, 

SAN  FRAJf  CISCO. 

It  was  built  expressly  for  a  Hotel,  with  all  the  modern 

conveniences  attached  to  it. 

Gas  and  water  are  supplied  throutrhouS  tho  Hnuso. 
Booma  are,  well  vuutilated,  and  the  Public  will  Audi 
Hotel  ail  Die  comWr'tfe  rt  a  hfeme:   The  Hotel  is  sprtrSmis, 
^and  well  adapted  for  the  use  of  Families-   Suits  ot  Rooias 
can  be  had  on  reasonable  terms. 

LARGE  READING  ROOM 

Attached  to  the  Hotel, 

Containing  500  Volumes  of  Standard  Works, 

Winch  is  entirely  for  the  use  of  patrons. 

THE  CITY  COACH,  with  the  name  of  tho  Hotel  on  it, 

will  bo  in  readiness  at  the  Wharf,  on  the  arrival  of  each 
steamer,  tn  ti'urey  passengers  im<l  l)k«ij»Re  to  tin-  Uorel, 
free  of  charge.  JO   N  KELLY, . 1 i., 

Ie6-3m  Proprietor. 

Biaawiq  fiid  ed'l    .VMqttl09  *>.>!«  a  io  anil 


rjy  n  E  PACIFIC 

INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

HAYING  ADDED 

MARINE  INSURANCE 

TO  THEIR  BUSINESS,  ARE  NOW  PREPARED  TO  ISSUE 
POLICIES  ON 

Marine,  Inland  Navigation,  and  Fire  Risks, 

ON    THE    MOST     FAVOBABLK  TEKMS. 

Office,  436  California  street. 


J.  HUNT,  President 

A.  J.  RALSTON,  Secretary.  fc5-3m 


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A.RKET  STREET  RAILROAD 


CHANGE    OF    TIME  TABLE. 

ON  AND  AFTER  AUGUST  1,  1865,  Trains  will  start 
rom  the  Cily  ami  the  Missiou  every  hour-  instead  of  every 
forty  minutes,  as  heretofore. 

Trains  from  the  City  will  start  at  the  odd  hour,  com- 
mencing at  6:30  A.  ME.  and  every  hour  thereafter  until 
11. 30  P.  M, 

mh2»  F.  MoCOrTIN,  Superintendent. 


Y^H0  AVANT3 

Profitable  Employment 

OK 

PAYING  INVESTMENTS! 

PARTIES  dc=iroiis  of  petting  into  OLD-ESTABLISHED 
BUSINE-S  CONCERNS,  either  as  Partners  or  Sole  Propri- 
etors m  Mercantile.  Manufacturing,  Trading,  or  any  kind 
of  business  in  city  or  country,  can  du  so  by  applying  at 

my  office. 

Men  desiring  profitable  situations  in  business  houses, 
witlt  MONEY  TO  LOAN  on  satisfactory  security,  can  se- 
cure such  appointments. 

Partnerships  negotiated,  where  large  or  small  capital  is 
required. 

Business  Interests  sold  quickly  for  cash. 

K.  tl  Estate  bought  and  sold. 

Help  Cu,rnjsnf.d  for  all  kinds  of  employment. 

Situations  Obtained  for  parties  desiring  I'mplnymrnt. 

S.  P.  WHITMlN. 
Prfipcrly,  G<  iieral  Agency,  and  Buiiueu  House,  213 
liuotgowcry  ..liver,  *ra  Francisco:  ih'ai  IT  Jn, 


A  CERTAIN  CURE  FOR 
COUGHS,  COLDS,  INFLUENZA,  NIGHT 
SWEATS,  BRONCHITIS,  SPITTING 
OF  BLOOD,  ASTHMA,  WHOOPING 
COUGH, 

C  ONS  UMP  TIO  N, 
And  all  Diseases  of  the 

CHEST   AND  LUNGS! 


Tliis  celebrated  Cough  Remedv  effects  a  speedy 

cure  by  producing  a  free  and  easy  expectoration, 
heals  aliseesses  of  tlie  lungs,  prevents  unlicallhy  se- 
cretion of  the  bronchial  tubes,  and  removes  from 
(hem  those  accumulations  of  morbid  matter  which 
cause  oppression  of  the  breast,  diffietilty  of  breath- 
ing, etc  ,  soothes  irritation  of  the  respiratory  organs 
which  produces  cough. 

PRICE  ONE  DOLLAR  PER  BOTTLE. 

Solil  by  all  Druggists.  . 

HOSTETTER,  SMITH  &  DEAN,  Agents, 
401  Buttery  corner  of  Clay. 
gap°7-3rn.  Sau  Francisco. 


jyn.  HUMPHREYS' 

Homoeopathic  Specifics 

Have  proved,  from  the  most  ample  experience,  an 
entire  success — simple,  prompt,  efficient  and  reliable- 
They  are  the  only  Medicines  perfectly  adapted  to 
popular  use — so  simple  that  mistakes  cannot  be  made 
in  using  theui  ;  so  harmless  as  to  be  free  from  dan- 
ger, and  so  efficient  as  to  be  always  reliable.  They 
have  received  the  highest  commendation  from  all, 
and  will  always  render  satisfaction. 

No;  1  cares  Ferers,  Congestion,  Intfumniations.O  95 

"  2  cures  Worms, Worm  Fever,  Worm  Colic,  2o 

"  3  cures  Crying  Colic,  or  Teething  of  iu- 

"  4  cures  Dwrrlicea  of  children  or  adults...  525 

fants  r   2o 

"  5  cures  Dysentery,  Griping,  Bilious  Colic,  25 

"  6  cares  Cholera  Morbus,  Nausea.Vouiiting,  25 

"     7  cures  (.*<»/ cVi*,  Colds,  Bronchitis   25 

"  8  cures  A'eurvlgia,  Toothache,  Faceaclic.  25 

"  9  cures  Heartaches, sink-Headache, Vertigo,  25 

"    10  cures  Dyspepsia,  Billions  Sl'.  inach   25 

H  11  cares  Suppressed,  or  Painful  Periods..  25 

"  Ki  cures  Croup,  Cough,  difficult  Breathing,  25 

"  M  enres  Salt  lilicum.  Erysipelas  Eruptioug,  25 

"  15  cures  Rheumatism,  Rheumatic  Pains...  25 

•'  16  cures  Fever  and  Ague,  Chill  Fever,  Agues  50 

"    17  cures  Piles,  blind  or  bleeding  T...  50 

"  18  cures  O/jlJiuhnia, and Soreor  Weak  Eyes,  50 

"  19  cures  Catarrh,  acute  or  chronic,  IuHuenza  50 

"  20  cures  YVhoopi ngCough,  violent  coughs.  50 

"    21  cures  Asthma,  oppressed  Breathing   50 

'\  22  cures  Ear  Discharges,  impaired  Hearing  50 
"  23  cures  Scrofula,  Enlarged  Glands,  Swell- 
ings   50 

"  21  cures  General  Debility,  Physical  Weak- 
ness   50 

"    25  cures  Dropsy,  and  scanty  Secretions   50 

"  26cures  •Ve«-&Y<'Anc*oi, sickness  from  Riding,  50 

"   27  cures  Kidney  Disease,  Gravel   50 

"    29  cures  ei'ore  Alrnilh,  Canker   50 

"  31  cures  Panful  Periods,  even  with  Spasms  50 

"    32  cures  Sufferings  at  change  of  life  f  1.00 

■'  33  cures  Epilepsy,  Spasms,  St.  Vitus'  Dance. 1. 00 

"  34  cures  Diphtheria,  Ulcerated  Sore  Throat,  50 

FAMILY  CASES. 

35  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book  $10  00 

28  viaUs,  morocco  case,  and  hook   8  00 

20  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book   6  Oil 

These  Remedies,  by  the  case  or  single  box,  arc 
sent  to  any  part  of  the  country,  by  Mail  or  Express, 
ou  receipt  of  the  pi  h  e. 

HOSTETTER.  SMITH  &  DEAN, 
401  ami  403  Battery  street,  comer  of  Clay, 
ap27-3ra  Sau  Francisco. 


BEAUTIFUL  COMPLEXION  ! 


Secret  of  Beauty  ! 


USE  GEO.  W.  LAIRD'S 

BLOOM  OF  YOUTH, 

See  that  the  name, 
GEO.    W.  LAIRD, 
is  stamped 


ON    THE  BOTTLE. 


No  other  is  Genuine. 


LIQUID  PEARL! 
The  best  article  in  the 
world  for  Preserving 

and  Beautifying 
the  Complexion  and 
Skin. 

This  magnificent  Toilet  Article  is  prepared  onlv 
by  GEO.  W.  LAIRD,  74  Fulton  street,  New  York, 
formerly  1K3  Broadway. 
Sold  bv  Druggists  evcrvwhere. 

HOST hTTEK.  SMITH  &.  DEAN, 
•101  and  1W  Buttery  street,  comer  of  Clay, 
up27  3m  Sua  Fiuucfseo. 


J^"  K  W 

BOOK 

AND  STATIONERY 

.  STORE. 


the  xjtm&Sasttai  nc-  ire  to  inform  the  public 

that  tney  have  opened  a 

School  Book  and  Stationery 

STORE, 

St  691  Market,  Comer  Third, 

"  NUCLEUS  "  BUILDING, 

Willi  a  complete  assortment  of  everything  pertain- 
ing to  a  hi..,  class  establishment. 


BTavinq  unsurpassed  facilities  for  obtaining 
all  our  stock,  direct  from  the  Publishers  and 
Manufacturers,  on  tho  most  favorable  terms, 
we  feel  confident  of  giving  satiBtisfaction  to 
all  who  may  favor  us  with  their  patronage. 

In  addition  to  our  large  stock  of  the  above 

goods,  we  shall  keep  constantly  on  hand  a 
complete  assortment  of 

BIBLES, 

PRAYER  BOOKS, 
BLANK  BOOKS, 

PHOTOGRAPH  ALBUMS, 
PORTFOLIOS, 

WRITING  DESKS, 
SCRAP  BOOKS, 
JUVENILE  BOOKS, 
CHILDREN'S  TOY  BOOKS, 
CARDS,        BLOCKS,         aud  GAMES. 


Especial  attention  given  to 

Ladies'  Stationery, 

embracing  all  the  varieties  of  Note,  Letter 
Paper,  and  Envelopes,  all  which  we  stamp 
with  purchaser's  INITIALS,  in  colors  or 
plain. 


Wedding  and  Visiting  Cards 
engraved,  written,  or  printed  in  the  latest 
style  and  at  the  lowest  rates.    Monograms  of 
all  kinds  cut  to  order. 

A  liboral  discount  made  to  Teachers  and 
the  Trade. 


TYLER   BROS , 

No.  C32    "WASHINGTON  STREET, 


CD1  MARKET  STREET,  CORNER  THIRD 

my  12  3m 


rJ*HE  CALIFORN1AN. 

TERMo — FIVE  DOLLARS  PER  ANNUM,  IN  ADVANCE. 

A  PAPER  FOR  THE  TIM-ES 
DEVOTED  TO  LIVE  TOPICS, 

THE  DISSEMINATION  OF  A  PURE  LITERA 
TURK,  DEVELOPMENT  01'  HOUE  TALENT, 
Attn  THE 

BEST  J S TERES 'PS   OF  CALIFORNIA. 

rcbliobed 

EVERY   SATURDAY  MORNING 
AX 

632  MERCHANT  STREET, 
RY   THE  CALLTORNIAN    iSOMUBBMB  COMPANY. 

A.   A.  8T1CKSKY,  J.  V.  IIOCAKPCS,  W.  1.  BlNUliAH ,  C.  U.  WKBB 


No  efl"ort  will  be  spared  to  enable  Ths  Cjiufobmah 

to  appeal  to  the  Public  for  support,  nut  only  as  the 

b-  D.iH  .buotlbl'd'j 
BEST  JOURNAL  ON  THE  PACIFIC  COAST, 

But  also  ns  being 

The  E*cal  of  any  on  iuii  Continent 


TnE  BEST  TALENT  OF  TnE  STATE 

Is  employed  upon  Tub  Caluusnia.1. 

The  voluntary  notices  bestowed  by  the  press  of  Ibe 
Eastern  cities  have  been  no  less  warm  and  con 
gralulatory  than  those  which  we  have  received 
the  bauds  of  our  cotemporaries   of  the  Pauli 
Their  verdict  is  unanimously  in  favor  of 

I  HE   CALIFORNIA  N 

and  all  join  in  pronouncing  their  unqualified  appro 
val  of  its  unequalled  merits. 

Its  reputation  is  now  fully  established.    It  is  not 
EXCELLED  BV  ANY  LITERARY  JOURNAL 
on  the  Continent. 


Tub  Trims  of  tub  C.w.ifobmax  are  $5  per  year,  mailed 
to  subscribers  i  invariably  in  advance  ;  oO  cents  |ier  month 
served  by  carriers. 

All  communications  and  correspondence  must  be  ad- 
dressed to  the  Pablisbersof  Tub  Caijfubnjan, 
No  bM  Merchau  slraoi 

SAN  FRANCISCO 


QP POSITION  STEAMER-DAY, 

FRIDAY.  Jt  NE  15,  1866. 

GREAT  REDUCTION   IN  RATES, 
0  VIA  NICARAGUA  I 

THE  CENTRAL  AMERICAN  TRANSIT  COMPANY  will 
despatch  the  favorite  Steamship 

MOSES  TAYLOR, 
On  Finn  at,     -        •       -         -  Jlm15th, 
From  Mission  street  Wluirf,  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M.,  precise!/. 
Counecliug  at  C-UEYTOWN  with  the  splendid  Steamship 
SANTIAGO, 

t.WjOTOKS,  f!>B  Nkw  YobH. 
tCg-  Fur  Passajje  and  Freinht,  and  Insurance  oa  Treas- 
ure, at  greatly  REDUCED  RATES,  apply  to 

I.  W.  RAYMOND.  Agent, 
'       Northwest  corner  Battery  and  Pine  streets, 

Up  «r..ir.-.  Sau  Francisco. 


June  2d] 


THE  CALIFORNIAN 


11 


KATES  OF  POSTAGE. 

Valuable  letters  may  be  registered  on  application 

8t  tbe  oflice  of  mailing,  and  the  payment  of  20  cents 
registratjoji  foe. 

Transient  newspapers,  periodicals,  blanks,  proof- 
sheets,  book  manuscripts,  pampblets,  and  all  mail 
able  printed  matter,  except  circulars  and  books,  2 
cents  for  each  and  every  4  ounces.  Doniile  these 
rates  are  charged  for  books. 

JSeei<s,  cuttings,  roots,  etc.,  2  cents  for  each  4 
ounces  or  less  (juantity. 

Al!  package's  of  mall  matter  not  charged  with  let- 
ter postage  must  be  so  arranged  that  the  same  can 
be  roiieciuetiUy  examined  by  Postmasters ;  if  not, 
letter  postage  will  be  charged. 

Unsealed  circulars,  to  one  address,  not  exceeding 
three  in  number,  2  cents,  and  in  the  same  proportion 
for  a  greater  number. 

No  package  will  be  forwarded  by  mail  which 
weighs  over  4  pounds. 

All  postage  matter,  for  delivery  within  the  United 
States,  must  be  prepaid  by  stamps  (except  duly  certi- 
fied letters  of  soldiers  and  sailors  ;)  otherwise,  double 
the  above  rates  will  be  charged  on  delivery. 

Weekly  newspapers  (oue  cop)'  only)  sent  to  actual 
gubsenbers  within  the  county  where  printed  and 
published,  free. 

Letters  to  Canada  and  other  British  North  Amer 
ican  Provinces,  when  not  over  3,1100  miles,  10  cents 
for  each  J'  Ounce.  "When  over  3,000  miles,  15  cents. 
Prepayment  optipuaj. 

Letters  to  Great  Britain  or  Ireland,  24  cents..  Pre- 
payment optional. 


T 


II  E 


A  WARDED  the  HIGHEST  PREMIUM 

AT  T.I  IK 

State  Fair  of  California, 

Tho  only  Fair  on  the  Pacific  coast  sit  which  any  two 
double-thread  Machines  were  exhibited  in  competition  in 

1865. 

If  there  is  a  FLOJiKNCE  SEWING  MA 
chine  within  one  thousand  miles. of  this  office 
that  is  not  working  well,  it  will  be  attended 
to  if  I  am  informed  of  it,  without  expense  to 
the  owner.  SAMUEL  HILL, 

,  General  Ayent, 
111  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco. 

THE 


SEWING  MACHINE 

RECEIVED  THE  FIRST  PREMIUM,  A  GOLD  MEDAL, 
at  the  Great  Exhibition  of  tho 

AMERICAN  INSTUTE,  -  -  -  New  York, 
1  8  G  5. 

mylO  3m 


j^ARRAND'S  OSCILLATING 

Amalgamator. 

THIS  UNRIVALLED  IMPROVEMENT  FOR  THE  RE- 
ducliou  aud  amalgamation  of  liuld  and  Silver  Ores,  is  uuw 
running  daily  at  No.  20G  Commercial  street,  between  Front 
and  Davis. 

THIS  AMALGAMATOR  INVOLVES 

NO  COMPLICATED  MACHINERY 

And  possesses  the  Oik  wing  advantages  over 
all  titers  now  m  :ii-o  .- 

1st  It,  is  capable  of  doing  double  the  am  avnt  of 
work  of  the  ordinary  Pans,  at  a  saving  of  more  than 
one-hart  the  power. 

2d.  It  reduces  the  pulp  finer, 'thereby  producing  a 
better  result. . 

3d.  It  requires  less  quicksilver  by  one-half  at  a 
charge,  whilst  the  loss  by  trituration  is  comparatively 
nothing. 

4th.  .As  au  Amalgamator  for  gold  contained  in  sul- 
phured, as  also  for  very  lino  or  flour  gold  it  has  no 
equal. 

5th.  This  Amalgamator  involves  no  complicated 
machinery,  and  is  less  liable  to  gct'out  of  order  than 
any  of  the  pans. 

Trials  made  with  this  machine  in  the  presence  or 
experts,  dnring  the  last  six  months,  have  been  pro- 
nounced highly  satisfactory.  It  is  peculiarly  well 
adapted  to  employment  by  small  mining  operators  in 
distant  localities,  as  it  can  readily  be  taken  to  pieces 
and  packed  upon  nudes. 

A  large  size  maeluue  is  constructed'  without  dies  or 
mnllcrs,  but  simply  with  arms  to  act  as  stirrers,  to 
be  used  in  connection  with  several  of  the  Amalga- 
mators #3,a  "  Separator," as  it.is,found  that  the  pecu- 
liar motion  given  to  these  arms,  in  connection  with 
the  concave  shape  of  the  body  of  the  machine,  ren 
ders  it  most  effectual  for  such  a  purpose. 

The  peculiar  construction  of  this  superior  machine 
admits  of  its  being  worked  with  a  much  smaller 
charge  of  quick  liver,  to  any  given  amount  of  pulaj 
than  the  flat -bottomed  Pans.  "  The  spiral  springs 
greatly  assist  in  the  work  of  red  net, on,  by  allowing 
the  freo  admission  of  the  pulp  between  the  mullers 
and  dios,  so  that,  the  pulp  is  wade,  to  actually  work 
upon  itself — as  the  (lust  of  the  diamond  is  made  to 
reduce  the  gem  itself. 

 W.  D.  FARRAND 


BOWMAN  &  CO., 
Dealers  ia  Stoves  and  Tin  Ware. 
marHltin  .,i»i.^u,U  !(«  :.!J&inalrect,.Potulunia. 


PEIRCE, 
*  FURNITURE  AND 


Bedding  Warerooms. 


Nos.  415,  417,  and  419  California  Street, 

NEAR  MONTGOMERY. 


THIS  STOCK  OF  FURNITURE,  etc.,  was  selected  with 
great  care,  and  special  attention  [riven  to  the  wants  of 
tli is  market,  ENTIRELY  AT  THE  EAST.  It  is  NOT 
COMPOSED  OF  REFUSE  ODODS,  ODDS  AND  ENDS  OF 
OTHER  HOUSES  that  have  lately  closed  out  berc,  bid 
CONSISTS  ENTIRELY  01''  NEW  GOODS,  made  after  the 
latest  patterns  and  in  the  most  durable  manner. 

The  present  Stock  is  fully  TWICE  as  large  as  that  of  any 
other  house  here.  Parties  having  any  dmibls  of  this,  or 
that  the  assortment  is  not  superior  to  aDy  in  the  city,  can 
easily  satisfy  themselves  by  earring. 

The  stuck  of  Case  Goods  is  larger  than  ever  before. 

J.  PEIRCE, 
Ware-rooms  415,  417  and  41H  Calitoi  ni"  street 

del6-3m  SAN  FRANCISCO. 


B.  F. Sterett,  533 
Clay  St.,  a  few  doors 
below  Montgomery, 
continues  to  print  all 
kinds  of  Books,  Bills, 
Circulars,  Cards,  etc. 
in  superior  style,  and 
at  reasonable  prices. 


RODGERS  JOnNSON 


ODD  FELLOW'S'  HALL,  329  Montgomery  street, 
<ic30  3m  Sou  Francisco. 


j^ATHANIEL  GRAY. 

UNDERTAKER, 
CITY  AND   COVNTY  SEXTON, 
G41  Sacramento  street,  Corner  of  Webb 

■  ole  agents  for   BARSTOWS    PATENT  METALLIC' 
BURIAL  CASES  and  CASKETS.  ' 

I  o 

mar!7-3m 


Edward  Bosqui  &  Co., 

Printers, 

And  Blank  Book  Manufacturers, 
517  CLAY  STREET, 

Between  Montgomery  and  Sansome  Sts.s 
San  Francisco. 


{7UIARLES  F.  RIEHN, 


Riehn,    Hemme    &  Co., 

ASSAY  ERS,  . 
"  'Gives  lessons  in  assaying— also  in  miner- 

ulogy  and  CbCrniatry ,  as  far  as  required  to  become-  a  Prac- 
tical Assayer. 

Montgomery  street,  corner  of  Sacramento,  under  Dou- 
oliuc,  Kelly  isCo.'s  Bank,  Sou  Francisco.  niaraiiin 


£1HE  LIGHT  OF  THE  WORLD. 

DR.  MAGG1EL'  i 

Pills  and  Sal\ e. 


These  Life-giving  remedies  are  now,  for  tlie  first 
time,  {riven  publicly  to  the  world.  For  over  a  quar- 
ter of  a  century  of  private  practice  the  in;. .  edienls  in 
these 

LIFE-GIVING  PILLS! 

Have  been  used  with  the  greatest  succ;  ss.  Their 
mission  is  not  oulv  to  prevent  disease,  hot  to  cure. 
They  search  out  tlie  various  maladies  by,  which  the 
patient  is  suffering,  and  re-invigorate  the  faffing  sys- 
tem. To  tin-  aged  and  inlirm  a  few  doses  of  these 
valuable  PILLS  will  prove  to  be 

A  VERY  FOUNTAIN  OF  YOCTH, 
For  in  every  case  they  add  new  life  an  1  vitality, 
and  restore:  the  waning  energies  to  tRWr  pristine 
stnte.  To  the  young  and  middle-aged,  they  will 
prove  most  invaluable,  as  a  ready,  specific,  and 
sterling  ntsdisine.  Hire  ib  a  draura  lv  izeri  that 
Ponce-de-Leou  sought  for  three  hundred  years  ago, 
and  never  found.  He  looked  for  a  fountain  that 
would  restore  the  old  to  vigor  and  make  youth  ever 

AN    ETERNAL    SPRING ! 

It  was  left  for  this  day  and  hour-  to  •■"alize  tlie 
(b  eam,  and  show  in  one  glorious  fact,  the  magic  that 
made  it  fair. 

THESE   FAMOUS  REMEDIES 

Cannot  stay  the  night  of  years,  hut  the\  can  force 
back,  and  hold  aloof,  diseases  tlmt  tnigi.t  triumph 
over  the  aged  and  the  young.  Let'  hone  hesitate 
then,  but  seize  the  favorable  epportunity  mat  otters. 
When  taken  as  prescribed— 

FOR  BILLIOUS  DISORDERS 
Nothing  can  be  more  productive  of  cure  lium  these 
Mile.  'Their  almost  magic  influence  is  f.  tat  once; 
and  the  usual  concomitants  of  this  most  distressing 
disease  are  removed.  These  remedies  are  made 
from  the  purest 

VEUETABLE    CUMPOUNJ  S. 
They  will  not  harm  the  most  delicate  J   hale,  and 
can  he  given  with  good  etl'ect  in  present-. d  doses  to 
the  youngest  babe. 

FOR   CUTANEOUS  DISORDERS 
And  all  eruptions  of  the  skin,  the  SAL1  E  is  most 
luvaliiable,    It  does  not  heal  external!)  ..lone,  bnt 
penetrates  with  tbe  most  searching  effect.  .  1  [he  very; 
root  of  the  evil ! 


Dr.  Maggicl's  PiLs 


[> 


Invariably  cure  tlie  following  diseases: 
Asthma, 

Bowel  Complaints, 
Coughs, 
Colds, 

Chest  Diseases, 
Costiveuess, 
Dyspepsia, 
Diarrhoea, 
Dropsy, 
Debility, 

Female  Complaints,  Fever  and  Ague 

Headache, 
Indigestion, 
Influenza, 

Inflammation, 

Inward  Weakness, 
Liver  Complaint, 
Lowness  of  Spirits, 
Ringworm, 

Rheumatism, 
Salt  Rheum, 
Scalds. 

Skin  Diseases. 

Notice.  —  None  genuine  without  the  engraved 
trademark  around  each  pot.  or  box,  signo.i  by  Dr.  J. 
Masrgiel,  43  Fulton  St.,  New  York,  to  counterfeit 
watch  is  felony. 

£3P  Sold  by  all  respectable  Dealers  iu  Medicines 
throughout  the  United  Suites— at  2i>  cent;  per  box  or 
pot.  ap!4-ly 


yiL  CARD. 

M.  Howard's  Hair  Restorative, 

NO.  315  MONTGOMERY  STREET 

SAN  j  . .'.  1 NCISCO. 

THE  ABOVE  PREPARATION,  which  has  h  en  roreutly 

disenvcrcd  aud  patented,  is  purely  a  Vegetable  Extract 
The  undersigned  are  tally  aware  of  tbe  hrfty  unsatis- 
factory and  useless  preparations  lor  restorugg  luir  that 
have  been  introduced  to  the  puplic,  and  he.,  utile  confi- 
dence; is  to  be  placed  in  any  pretensions  to  restoring  the 
hair  to  bald  heads,  but, 

HAVING  TRIED  MR.  HOWARD'S  PREi'A  RATION, 
woarc  able  to  state  that  it  not  only  prevots  the  Hair 
from  failing  out,  but  absolutely  reproduce^  :t,aud  that 
we  now  have  good  suits  ofi  Hair  growing  wl  re  We  we>e 
entirely  bald.  Therefore,  ;is  a  matter  of  j  oice  to  Mr. 
Howard,  and  of  consolation  to  bald  heads,  w<  tender  him 
this  testimonial  Mr  H.  keeps,  tho  ariirv  tor  f  ile  iu 
bottles,  with  directions  for  its  use.  or  applh  it  himself, 
us  may  be  desired. 
San  Francisco,  April  6, 1S06. 

Frank  M.  Thayer,  R.  A.  Redman, 

W.  S  Davis,  J.  O.  fiopntree, 

T.  A.  Hall,  G.  W.  Cm  ..l', 

A.  C.  Knox.  J.  W.  Miller, 

Bradbury  Sanborn,  K.  C.  Mr  Comb, 

George  \Vells,  D.  C.  Rot  , 

Joseph  Wells,  ap7 


J^RANKLIN  PRINTING  OFFIOE, 

509  CLAY  STREET,  (near  Sut^omc,) 

SAN  l-RANCISCO, 

"  The  oldest  and  most  complete  Book  and  .Ipb  primms 
establishment  in  palitornift.  All  descriptions  of  work 
Aeally  executed  at  low  rates. " 

jal-tC  1'KANJi  EASTMAN,  l'ropriutor. 


A 


11.  Mcdonald  &  go., 

>y/»}jKrt<:£*  adi  lo  TV..r<t  KOHrtHJIJ 

WHOLESALE 

p.i:q  ;  07;  ib  jsoii?9L  ^ra  10I  iao  n99t?  evia  •>'!! 

DRUGGISTS, 

.coaarrtnaO  vaco?.  .Jnolia  odt 


IMPORTERS  OF 


Drugs,     Chemicals,  Herbs, 

PATENT  MEDICINES, 
PAINTS,  VARNISHES, 
ACIDS,  DYE  STUFFS, 

OILS,;  PERFUMERIES, 

n  ilixa  lie-)  an  ,aoi  sifj  1A    .tsrla  eicw  boo 
TOILET  ARTICLES, 

JyilB  to  Fusam  /.t«j;i»i vm',  oJ  BaliM  end  vi 
BRUSHES.; 


•jjiii'l  a 
lr.  tnoa 

!tl  'nvi 


Wo  arc  just  receiving,  direct  from  Spain,  a  complete 
assortment  of 

COKKS !    CORKS !  CORKS 

which  we  offer  at  lower  prices  than  usual 

Dusting,    Paint,  Yarnifii,    Shoe,  Scrub, 
Hair  and  Tooth  Brushes  : 

Wc  have  a  splendid  stock,  which  we  oiler  at  cxtiemely 
low  prices. 

HERBS. 

We  have  received,  direct  from  the  Shakers,  all  kinds 
of  fi  '-si,  Herbs,  and  intend  to  keep  every  article  used  of 
this  description. 

Tii.dkx's!  Solid  and  Fluid  Extracts,  Tills, 
and  Concentrated  Preparations. 

We  have  on  hand,  and  shall  keep  a  full  assortment  of 
the  abuye  celebrated  prcpari.tioijs,  which -wo  oiler  to  the 

trade  at  such  prjL.es  as  will  delv  competition. 

jW  ob>i!-«   sdl  £HlUCJ9tl  o?urt  initTw  tmutt 
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS. 

A  greftt  variety,  not  to  bu  cqiialled  iu  the  market  n3  to 
quality  and  price. 

Parties  about  purchasing  would  do  well  to  give  11s  a  call 
and  examine  puces  and  goods  before  purchasing  elsc- 


(?f.~-:"'<r>>  PLAIN 

/'Qi  :'.jC.L^    GUM  'TEETH. 

We  Hive  the  largest  assortment  ol  any  houso  on  tbe 
raeilie  co;st. 

GOLD  FOIL. 
We  are  manufcieturiug  Foil  which  wo  can  recommend  to 

tbe  prol' -.-sinn  as  being  a  superior  article.  VVc  also  , 
have  on  hand  a  full  assortment,  of  all  the  various  makers 

YULCANIZERS, 

DENTAL  CHAIRS  AND  LATHES, 

VULCANITE  AND  GUTTA  PERCHA, 
FORCEPS, 

BURRS,  DRILLS  AND  EXCAVATORS, 

•'  MIRRORS,  ETC. 

We  have,  besides  the  above,  every  article  used  by  tho 
Dentist;  and  ua  daily  iu  receipt  of  all  tlie  now  inventions 

'"pei.i  i'ts  will  find  it  to  their  interest  to  call  nnd'eiimfne'-1' 
our  slock  and  i«- ices  before  purchasiug  elsewhere. 

R.    II.   McDonald    &  Co., 

CORNER ' SANS0M"B  AND  PINE  STREETS, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 


J  STREET 


SACRAMENTO. 


12 


THE  CAL1F0RNIAN. 


[June  2d 


LETTER   FROM  ROME. 

A CORRESPONDENT  of  the  Springfield  Republican 
writing  from  Rome,  says  : 
We  have  been  oat  for  my  dearest  drive  ;  past  the  Forum 
and  Colosseum,  and  along  the  old  Appian  way  to  the  new, 
with  the  ancient  tombs  in  sight,  the  Claudian  aqueduct  and 
the  silent,  sunny  Campagna. 

THE  COLOSSEUM. 

"We  stopped  at  the  Colosseum,  and  climbed  up  all  the  stairs 
to  the  top.  The  glorious  old  ruin  was  bright  with  blossoming 
weeds — weeds  here,  but  flowers  at  home — fennel  and  vervain, 
mignonette,  fumaria,  ferns.  It  it  said  that  420  species  of 
plants  have  been  found  here  ;  and  this  fact  will  give  one  who 
has  not  seen  it  some  conception  of  the  size  ot  this  enormous 
amphitheatre.  An  artist  was  with  us,  and  helped  me  with  his 
more  familiar  eyes  to  see  the  beauty  of  the  place,  pointing  out 
enchanting  views,  and  weedy  loop  holes  which  themselves 
were  pictures — making  us  look  down  into  dungeons  and  cages 
for  wild  beasts,  and  up  at  carvings  on  the  ceiliDg  of  an  en- 
trance arch,  rosettes  like  those  inside  some  of  the  triumphal 
arches  of  Rome  ;  these  and  the  stones  above,  so  delicately 
cut  as  to  make  one  pause  in  surprise  at  the  elaborateness  and 
uniformity  of  work  which  this  little  fragment  hints  at  as  hav- 
ing been  spread  over  the  whole  building  ;  it  is  like  the  one 
fish-bone  of  Agassiz.  Oh,  but  to  see  the  great  feathery  leaves, 
and  golden  torches  of  wall  flower,  waving  atop  of  the  tall 
arches  ;  and  the  daisies,  moss,  and  violets,  nestling  in  every 
rent  which  time  or  man's  cupidity  bad  made  ;  nature  laying 
her  sweet  hand  of  pity  on  the  wound,  and  more  than  healing 
it ;  and  quite  up  against  the  sky,  mignonette  spreading  and 
blossoming  on  the  stones  ;  nothing  higher  except  heaven,  and 
the  lark  that  was  singing,  circling  over  us. 

We  looked  down  into  the  dizzy  depth  and  width  of  the 
amphitheatre,  where  on  public  days  87,000  Romans  had  sat 
feastiug  their  eyes  upon  the  death  struggles  of  Christian  mar- 
tyrs, and  their  ears  upon  the  death  howls  of  thousands  of 
wild  beasts,  5000  slain  in  the  opening  week  alone.  Now  only 
a  butterfly  or  two  flutters  across  the  arena,  and  violets  bios, 
som  at  the  foot  of  the  tall  cross  which  rises  where  the  mar- 
tyrs' blood  was  shed.  At  the  top,  we  can  still  find  a  few  of 
the  curious  tent-props,  like  brackets  in  the  wall  ;  but  modern 
ingenuity  has  failed  to  devise  any  means  of  stretchiug  across 
the  acres  of  canvas  which  would  be  required  to  cover  the 
seats  ;  its  own  weight  bears  it  down  to  the  ground.  It  is 
curious,  where  the  outer  coating  of  stone  is  broken  away,  to 
Bee  the  architectural  fragments  that  have  been  filled  into  the 
wall,  showing  that  even  ancient  Rome  was  rich  in  the  antiqui- 
ties of  a  more  ancient  Rome  ;  fortius  old  pile  was  built  by 
the  captive  Jews,  it  is  believed,  in  the  time  of  Titus,  nearly 
as  far  back  as  the  Christian  era. 

Seated  up  here  in  the  air,  on  the  base  of  a  broken  column 
almost  2,000  years  old,  we  looked  down  upon  the  glory  of 
Rome  as  it  is,  aud  thought  of  the  glory  which  had  departed, 
of  the  palaces  and  baths  miles  wide,  glittering  with  gilding 
and  populous  with  statues,  statues  whose  beauty  makes  the 
finest  work  of  modern  art  seem  as  naught.  Clos3  by  were 
the  beautiful  ruins  of  the  Forum,  with  those  few  exquisite 
fluted  columns  which  have  become  the  whole  world's  model 
for  symmetry  ;  and  there  were  the  Temple  of  Peace,  and  of 
Venus  and  Rome,  with  their  majestic  arches,  three  within  a 
stone's  throw  of  each  other  ;  aud  there  were  the  triumphal 
arches  of  white  marble,  built  for  emperors  whose  exploits 
have  become  mere  legend.  Time,  which  has  strained  and 
hacked  the  bas-reliefs  upon  these  arches,  and  swept  away 
their  statues,  has  left  them  still  richer  and  grander  than  any 
others  on  the  round  earth  of  to-day. 

On  a  hill  beyond  the  Forum  rose  the  ruins  of  the  palace  of 
the  Caesars  :  from  our  perch  we  could  realize  as  never  before 
their  huge  dimensions,  and  between  these  and  an  eminence  at 
the  left  was  as  lovely  a  landscape  as  ever  artist  put  upon 
canvass  ;  the  artist  beside  us  demurred  that  its  sky  line  was 
too  straight.  We  saw  the  quaint  old  pyramid  of  Caius  Ces- 
tus  and  the  Protestant  cemetery  with  its  cypress  trees,  an 
arch  and  two  of  the  Claudian  aqueducts,  and  the  sea-like 
Campagna,  which  last  means  always  sunshine,  quiet  and 
color.  We  could  net  resist  the  enticement  of  these  green 
fields,  and  clambered  down  the  steep  stairs,  of  which  a  Dutch 
friend  remarked  gravely,  "I  tink  vat  ve  Roman  peoples  made 
higher  legs  van  ve,  because  those  steps  in  the  Colosseum  vey 
are  so  vewy  high." 

TO  THE  NEW  APPIAN  WAY. 

We  drove  through  the  arch  of  Titus,  glancing,  as  we  passed, 
at  the  inner  ba3-relief,  with  its  candlestick,  modelled  from 
that  very  Jewish  one  upon  which  His  eyes  had  rested,  who 
was  Himself  a  Lamp  to  light  the  world.  Along  the  Via  Sa- 
cra, where  Horace  loved  to  walk,  and  out  of  the  city  at  last 
through  the  gates  of  San  Sebastiano,  and  the  picturesque  old 
arch  of  Drusus,  verdant  with  vines  and  weeds,  the  oldest  of 
all  the  triumphal  arches  in  Rome.  Leaving  our  carriage  for 
a  walk,  we  strolled  along  the  old  Appian  way,  picking  the 
daisies  which  blossomed  among  its  tombs  and  broken  temples, 
and  our  whole  souls  steeped  in  its  serenest  sunshine.  Rows 
of  picturesquely  dressed  peasants,  in  their  pointed  hats,  were 


at  work  in  the  fields,  and  now  and  then  a  lark  would  rise  trill- 
ing into  the  air,  his  voice  a  very  echo  of  Shelley's  song,"  Art 
thou  bird  or  spirit  ?  Bird  thou  never  wert."  It  i3  the  most 
ethereal  sound,  as  if  a  note  of  music  had  dropped  down  from 
heaven,  and  taking  bodily  shape,  hung  trilling  in  the  air,  too 
lost  to  find  its  way  back,  too  ethereal  to  descend. 

Taking  a  cross  road  to  the  new  Appian  way,  we  had  the 
Alban  hills  in  sight,  all  violet  beneath,  and  sun-lit  snow  above, 
and,  distant  as  they  were,  the  bright  light  showed  us  all  the 
little  towns  and  convents  strewn  along  their  heights  and  hol- 
lows, Albano,  Frascati,  and  the  rest,  like  bandfuls  of  white 
shells.  Linking  the  hills  to  the  city,  and  stretching  all  across 
the  sunshine  of  the  Campagna,  was  the  long  broken  line  of 
arches  which  remain  of  the  Claudian  aqueduct,  tall  arches 
hung  with  ivy,  gilt  with  sunshine,  or  soft  with  shadow,  and 
each  having  some  glimpse  of  the  hills,  or  else  the  pure  bright 
blue  light  of  this  Roman  sky  which  is  very  Heaven.  We 
drove  home,  feasting  all  the  way  upon  the  rare  old  weedy 
arches,  crumbling  into  a  loveliness  which  they  never  could 
have  shown  in  their  prime.  As  we  neared  the  city,  the  noble 
front  of  St.  John  Lateran  greeted  us,  witli  its  pillars  and 
statues,  a  worthy  entrance  to  the  bishopric  of  one  who 
accounts  himself  the  world's  high  priest.  The  church  within 
is  in  poorer  taste,  but  this  does  not  matter  to  us,  as  we  hurry 
past  to  the  Colosseum  again,  admiring  its  rows  of  beautiful 
columns,  and  sighing  over  the  rents  and  bruises  which  have 
been  made  in  digging  out  its  iron  fastenings  ;  for  the  stones 
were  laid  together  closely,  without  mortar,  and  rivetted  with 
iron  or  bronze.  "  Look  in,  look  in,  every  arch  is  a  picture  !" 
exclaimed  the  artist  ;  "  and  look  at  the  sunshine — it  is  not 
sunshine,  it  is  gilding,  it's  go-o  ld,''  with  that  lingering  on  the 
vowels  which  Italians  use. 

We  passed  the  strange  old  temple  of  Antoninus  and  Faus- 
tina, a  bridge  midway  across  its  columns,  to  admit  one  into 
the  Catholic  church  with  which  the  heathen  temple  has' 
become  incorporated.  We  passed  the  column  and  forum  of 
Trajan,  and  the  column  of  Marcus  Antoninus,  to  which  I 
always  bow  in  passing,  for  he  is  my  hero  in  history,  and  then 
to  the  Hotel  de  Rome,  our  winter-home,  and  the  most  home- 
like, cleanly,  agreeable,  the  best  hotel  which  we  have  found  in 
Europe.    But  see  what  an  afternoon  ! 

PERFUMES    AMONG   THE  ANCIENTS. 

THE  Romans,  in  the  art  of  perfumery,  as  in  almost  every 
other  art  but  that  of  war,  were  the  copyists  of  the 
Greeks.  It  was  long,  indeed,  before  the  effeminating  and 
luxurious  fashions  of  the  latter  made  progress  among  them, 
and,  when  they  did,  it  was  more  in  the  decline  of  their  power 
than  in  their  rising  greatness.  Nevertheless,  among  the 
upper  classes  and  the  refined,  their  use  was  largely  resorted 
to.  In  their  baths  and  dining  chambers  the  richest  and  most 
costly  perfumes  were  abundant.  Three  kinds  were  principally 
used — solid  unguents,  liquid  unguents,  and  powdered  per- 
fumes. One  of  those  most  in  favor  with  the  Romans  was 
saffron  ;  they  had  not  only  their  apartments  and  banqueting 
halls  strewed  with  this  plant,  but  they  also  composed  with  it 
ungueuts  and  essences,  which  were  highly  prized.  Some  of 
the  latter  were  often  made  to  flow  in  small  streams  at  their 
entertainments,  or  to  descend  in  odorous  dews  over  the  pub- 
lic, from  the  valarium  forming  the  roof  of  the  amphitheatre. 
In  addition  to  their  liquid  essences  and  unguents,  they  also 
made  use  of  an  immense  variety  of  cosmetics  for  improving 
and  preserving  the  complexion.  These,  according  to  Pliny, 
who  describes  their  preparation,  were  certain  kinds  of  pastes 
and  poultices,  that  were  kept  on  the  face  all  night  and  part  of 
the  day  ;  some,  indeed,  ouly  removed  them  for  the  purpose  of 
going  out,  alluded  to  by  Juvenal,  in  one  of  his  satires,  where 
lie  says  :  "  A  Roman  husband  seldom  sees  his  wife's  face  at 
home,  but  when  she  sallies  forth."  Another  device,  besides 
poulticiug,  was  tried  by  Poppsea,  the  wife  of  Nero,  "  who 
used  to  bathe  in  asses'  milk  every  day,  and,  when  she  was 
exiled  from  Rome,  obtained  permission  to  take  with  her  fifty 
asses,  to  enable  her  to  continue  her  favorite  ablutions. 

The  Druids  knew,  and  highly  prized  the  many  aromatic 
plants  indigenous  to  the  soil.  Druidess^s  crowned  their  brows 
with  verbena,  and  composed,  with  fragrant  herbs,  mysterious 
balms  which  cured  the  heroes'  wounds  and  enhanced  the 
charms  of  the  fair.  The  Roman  coi  quest  introduced  the 
graceful  costumes  and  elaborate  cosmetics  of  Italy,  and  the 
provinces  soon  rivalled  the  metropolis  in  elegance  and  refine- 
ment. Barbarism,  however,  again  supervened,  and  perfumes 
did  not  come  into  general  use  in  England  until  the  reign  of 
Elizabeth.  In  the  fifteenth  year  of  her  reign,  the  Earl  of 
Oxford  came  from  Italy,  and  brought  with  him  gloves,  sweet 
bags,  a  perfumed  leather  jerkin,  and  other  plersant  things, 
and  that  year  the  queen  had  a  pair  of  i  erfumed  gloves.  She 
took  such  pleasure  in  these  gloves  that  she  was  pictured  with 
them  on  ber  hands,  and  for  many  years  afterward  it  was  called 
the  Earl  of  Oxford's  perfume.  On  another  occasion,  when 
visiting  the  University  of  Cambridge,  she  was  presented  with 
a  pair  of  perfumed  gloves,  and  was  so  delighted  with  them 
that  she  put  them  on  at  once.  She,  also,  usually  carried  with 
her  a  pomander,  which  was  a  ball  composed  of  amhergris, 
benzoin,  and  other  perfumes,  and  with  the  gift  of  "  faire 


gyrdle  of  pomander,"  which  was  a  series  of  pomanders  strung 
together  and  worn  around  the  neck.  These  pomanders  were 
supposed  to  be  preservators  from  infection. — Philadelphia 
Transcript. 

Blunders. — A  writer  in  the  Round  Table  says  :  "  A  dis- 
tinguished English  scholar  has  said  that  be  knew  bat  three 
of  his  countrymen  who  spoke  their  native  language  with 
uniform  grammatical  accuracy.  I  fear  that  a  careful  examina- 
tion would  prove  these  statements  almost  literally  true. 
Goldsmith  says  :  '  The  Greeks,  fearing  to  be  surrounded  on 
all  sides,  wheeled  about  and  baited,  with  the  river  on  their 
backs'  Not  to  mention  the  tautology,  what  a  drenching 
they  must  have  received  !  The  elder  Disraeli  informs  us  that 
'  the  beaux  of  that  day  used  the  abominable  art  of  painting 
their  faces,  as  well  as  their  women.'  Swift  writes  in  his 
Gulliver's  Travels  :  '  It  contained  a  warrant  for  conducting 
me  and  my  retinue  to  Traldragdubb,  or  Trildrogdrib,  for  it  ia 
pronounced  both  ways,  as  near  as  I  can  remember,  by  a  party 
of  ten  horse.'  Truly,  a  strong  memory — ten  horse  power  ! 
Or  does  he  mean  that  the  words  were  so  hard  that  it  required 
a  party  of  ten  horse  to  pronounce  them  ?  Even  Hullam,  in 
his  History  of  Literature,  makes  the  following  ridiculous 
statement :  '  No  one  has  as  yet  exhibited  the  structure  of  the 
human  kidneys,  Vesalius  having  only  examined  them  M 
dogs.'  " 

"  An  eminent  and  witty  prelate  was  asked  if  he  did  not 
think  such  a  one  followed  bis  conscience.  "  Yes,"  said  his 
grace  ;  0  I  think  he  follows  it  as  a  man  does  a  horse  in  his  gig. 
He  drives  it  first." 


[COMMUNICATED.] 

The  Mysteries  or  New  York.—  Warn,  national  resources,  politi- 
cal contests,  religious  conventions,  amusements,  the  Central  Park,  its 
swans,  gondolas,  etc.,  have  been  discussed — tliis  letter  is  of  tlio  "  Mys 
teriesof  New  York."  In  the  car,  steamboat, saloon,  parlor, at  dinner, 
in  the  street,  everywhere  do  I  hear  some  story  with  relation  to,  or  an 
inquiry  us  to  the  meaning  of  those  mythical  words,  posted,  printed, 
and  advertised  wherever  I  go  : 

S.  T.— I860  —  X. 

accompanied  with  a  crescent  and  a  shepherd's  hook.  A  secession 
sympathizer  said  it  was  :  "  Satan  Triumphed  in  1860  in  granting  the 
Xpectationof  Abolitionist*  ("while  a  Republican  said  it  was  :  "  Stump 
Tail  Democrats  of  180),  gone  to  Texas;"  another,  "To  the  State- 
Taxes  of  1860  add  ten  (X)  dollars  j"  another,  that  they  were  the  watch- 
words of  some  secret  society,  like  "  Sons  of  Tecumchia  are  1860 
Strong,"  or  "  Seward  Tricksters  of  1860  Used  Up,"  etc.,  etc  Well, 
your  correspondent  was  ill— had  been  ill  for  a  long  time — in  fact,  his 
late  suppers  had  given  him  a  horrid  dyspepsia.  He  read  the  advertise- 
ments, and  of  course  bought a  bottle  of  Plantation  Bitters;  the  Bit 
ters  cured  him,  and  on  the  bottle  appeared  those  same  cabalistic  letters  : 
S.  T. — 1S60  — X.  I  travelled  straight  for  21  Park  Row,  introduced 
myself  to  the  celebrated  Dr.  Drake,  and  was  shown  the  elephant — 
tusks,  S.  T.  and  all— and  a  great  institution  it  is.  A  six  story  build- 
ing in  Dey  street,  from  cellar  to  garret,  is  occupied  as  a  laboratory  for 
producing  this  single  medicine.  Some  forty  persons  are  employed  ; 
several  vats,  holding  six  thousand  gallons  each,  are  tilled  with  roots, 
herbs,  and  material,  and  then  soaked  in  water,  and  the  expression  pre- 
served in  pure  St.  Croix  Rum.  I  here  saw  the  bags,  boxes,  and  bales 
of  Calisaya  Bark,  Wintergreen,  aud  other  material— and  the  original 
St.  Croix  Rum  puncheons  bearing  the  Custom-house  brand.  It  seemed 
that  medicine  could  here  be  turned  out  to  supply  a  world  of  invalids 
—yet  these  gentlemen  are  unable  to  till  their  orders  for  Plantation  Bit- 
ters alone.  I  was  shown  many  certificates  of  extraordinary  enres 
effected  by  these  Bitters.  The  statistics  of  the  medicine  business  as 
presented  to  the  last  Congress  in  the  report  of  Mr.  D.  S.  Barnes  are 
enormous  and  startling,  amounting  to  some  six  million  dollars  annually. 
The  proprietors  of  these  Bitters  will  pay  Uncle  Sam  near  fifty  thou- 
sand dollars  for  stamps  this  year !       *       *       *       *       J.  H. 


Unlocking  the  Rocks. — The  great  cost  of  silver  and  gold  arises 
not  so  much  from  their  scarcity  in  the  earth,  as  the  difficulty  of 
extracting  them  from  their  stony  combinations.  Dr.  J.  C.  Ayer,  the 
well  known  chemist  of  Massachusetts,  has  cut  this  gordian  knot. 
After  having  merited  and  received  the  gratitude  of  half  mankind,  by 
his  remedies  that  cure  their  diseases,  he  is  now  winning  the  other 
half,  by  opening  for  them  an  easy  road  to  the  exhaustless  treasures  of 
the  hills.  He  has  discovered  and  published  a  chemical  process,  which 
renders,  at  little  cost,  the  hardest  rocks  and  ores  friable  like  chalk, 
so  that  the  precious  metals  are  loosed  from  their  confinement,  and 
easily  gathered.  Mines  loo  poor  to  pay  may  be  worked  at  a  profit 
now,  and  the  yield  of  rich  mines  is  largely  iucreased.  while  the  cost  of 
extracting  the  metals  from  the  ore  is  diminished.  Either  is  a  great 
achievement,  to  enrich  mankind,  or  cure  their  diseases.  But  we  are 
informed  our  celebrated  countryman  adheres  to  the  latter,  as  bis  spe- 
ciality aud  chief  ambition. — Buffalo  Sentinel. 

Middletons'  National  Oil  Portraits  consist  of  portraits  o 
Washington,  Martha  Washington,  Liucoln,  Clay,  Jackson,  Webster, 
Douglas,  Grant,  and  Sherman,  imprinted  on  canvas  by  the  newly  in 
vented  process  of  Mr.  E.  C.  Middleton,  of  Cincinnati,  in  snch  a  man 
ner  as  to  be  faithful  counterparts  of  oil  paintings.  As  works  of  art, 
they  are  peculiarly  appropriate,  as  well  as  patriotic,  for  parlor  orna- 
ments ;  and,  as  portraits,  their  accuracy  and  fidelity  are  attested  by 
Edward  Everett,  Senator  Richardson,  Speaker  Colfax,  Mrs.  Lincoln, 
Mrs.  Daniel  Webster,  Mrs.  Stephen  A.  Douglas,  Mrs.  General  Grant, 
Mrs.  General  Sherman,  and  scores  of  others.  These  portraits  are  on 
exhibition  at  the  salesroom  of  John  M iddleton  &  Son  of  this  city.  Mr. 
D.  Warren  Smith  has  been  appointed  special  agent  forthe  soliciting  ot 

...  • 
subs'  nptions 

"The  Human  Face  Divine  "  should  be  the  point  by  which  beauty 
reaps  its  reward,  and  it  should  be  dressed  with  that  first  of  all  toilet 
dressings—  Davidson's  Circassian  Bloom.   Sold  by  all  diuggists.  * 


June  2dJ 


THE  CALIFORNIAN 


13 


AGUA  DE  MAGNOLIA. 
A  toilet  delight.  Superior  to  any  cologne, 
used  to  bathe  the  face  and  person,  to  render  the  ekin 
soft  and  fresh,  to  allay  inflammation,  to  perfume 
clothing,  for  headache,  etc.  It  is  manufactured  from 
the  rich  Southern  Magnolia,  and  is  obtaining  a  pat- 
ronage quite  unprecedented.  It  is  a  favorite  with 
actresses  and  opera  singers.  It  is  sold  by  all  dealers, 
at  $1.00  in  large  bottles,  and  by  Demas  Barnes  & 
Co.,  New  York,  Wholesale  Agents. 


Lyon's  Magnetic  Insect  Powder  will  exter- 
minate Fleas,  Ticks,  Roaches  and  all  insects  almost 
instantly.  Its  reputation  is  well  known,  and  hence 
has  been  counterfeited.  Inquire  for  and  take  none 
but  Lyon's,  bearing  the  Btamp  of  Demas  Barnes 
St.  Co.,  and  the  signature  of  E.  Lyon. 


"  Out  of  Sorts  "  expresses  the  feelings  of 

many  that  cannot  be  otherwise  described.  Languori 
weakness,  enervation,  listlessness,  sleepiness,  mel- 
ancholy, want  of  appetite,  etc.,  compose  a  data  of 
ailments  greater  than  all  others  combined.  It  is  ex- 
actly for  these  indescribable  complaints  that  Plan- 
tation Bitters  are  prepared.  It  is  for  the  relief 
of  these  same  complaints  they  have  become  so  fa- 
mous. Hence  it  is  tbat  they  are  so  extensively  used 
by  clergymen,  merchants,  ladies,  and  persons  of  se- 
dentary habits.  They  are  as  pleasant  to  the  taste  as 
they  are  beuelicial  to  the  Stomach.  The  extent  of 
their  sale  is  almost  incredible. 


Intrinsic  virtue  alone  could  ever  insure  the 
success  met  by  tbe  Mexican  Mustang  Liniment. 
For  Rheumatism,  Neuralgia,  Cuts,  Bruises,  Burns, 
Swellings,  etc.,  upon  mau,  or  Spavin,  Ringbone, 
Poll  Evil,  Scratches,  Strains,  etc. ,  upon  beasts,  its 
elfects  are  instantaneous,  soothing  and  wonderful. 
Itsaves  time, suffering  and  expense  to  have  it  always 
in  the  house.  None  genuine  unless  in  a  steel  plate 
label,  with  signature  of  G.  W.  Westbrook,  and  hav^ 
ing  stamp  of  Demas  Barnes  <fc  Co.,  over  top.  Sold 
by  all  dealers. 


Lyon's  Kathairon  is  a  most  delightful 
article  as  a  Hair  Dressing — to  eradicate  scurf  and 
dandruff,  to  keep  it  clean,  soft  and  silky,  and  the 
head  cool.  It  also  prevents  the  hair  from  falling  off 
and  turning  gray,  and  promotes  its  growth  upon  pre 
maturely  bald  heads.    It  is  sold  by  all  dealers. 

E.  THOMAS  LYON,  N.  Y. 


Lyon's  Extract  of  Pure  Jamaica  Ginger — 

for  Indigestiou,  Nausea,  Heartburn,  Sick  Headache, 
Cholera  Morbus,  Flatulency,  etc.,  where  a  warming 
■timulant  is  required.  Its  careful  preparation  and 
entire  purity  make  it  a  cheap  and  reliable  article  for 
culinary  purposes.  Sold  everywhere,  at  50  cents 
per  bottle.  Ask  for  "  Lyon's"  Pure  Extract.  Take 
no  other  c7m 


The  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company  of 
New  York. — In  regard  to  this  company  the  "  Wall 
Street  Underwriter  "  says  :  "  Figures  are  potent  ar- 
guments to  employ  in  dealing  with  the  affairs  of  any 
Insurance  Company.  The  Twenty-Third  Annual 
Report  of  'The  Mutual,' made  up  to  the  first  of 
February  instant,  is  published  in  this  paper,  and  the 
results  manifested  upon  it  are  well  worthy  of  consid- 
eration. In  the  first  instance,  as  the  prime  result  of 
the  past  year's  work,  the  gross  assets  of  '  The  Mu- 
tual '  show  an 

Increase  of  $2,549,871  02 

Total  increase  in  premium  account  is. ..  1,083,565  34 
The  total  iuconie  of  $3,853,065  80  is  an 

increaseof  1,003,199  24 

The  full  disbursements  for  1860,  were..  1,540,130  63 
Number  of  policies  issued  Feb.  1865  to 
Feb.  1866,  were  8,600 — insuring  over 
double  the  number  of  1864,  and  over 

double  the  amount,  viz  31,394,407  00 

All  approving  comment  seems  bald  in  the  presence 
of  the  truly  eloquent  figures  presented  by  the  '  Mu- 
tual Life.'  No  record  of  success  can  be  more  com- 
plete for  any  financial  institution  in  the  world. 
Wherever  Life  Insurance  has  been  heard  of  on  the 
American  Continent,  the  name  and  prestige  of  the 
great  '  Mutual '  of  New  York,  stand  out  pre- 
eminent. Many  successful  modern  companies  have 
grown  up  to  prosperity  through  the  example  and 
influence  of  the  '  Mutual  Life. '  Its  great  success, 
its  wealth,  and  its  manifest  advantages  have  been 
constantly  referred  to  as  incontrovertible  arguments 
in  favor  of  Life  Insurance."  "The  Mutual  Life" 
has  paid  losses  on  this  coast  (including  dividends,) 
during  the  last  four  years,  to  the  amount  of  $101,- 
819  02,  and  among  the  recent  losses  to  be  paid  are 
policies  for  $5,000  each,  of  Francis  E.  Webster 
and  W.  L.  Haven,  who  were  both  killed  by  the 
nitroglycerine  explosion  at  the  office  of  Wells, 
Fargo  &.  Co. ,  in  addition  to  which  amounts,  there 
is  to  be  paid  about  $1,200  tor  accrued  dividends. 
ibT.  F.  Examiner.  * 


No  Forfeiting. — Heretofore,  if  a  person  holding 
a  Life  Policy  became  unfortunate,  and  could  not 
raise  the  sum  of  money  required  to  pay  his  next  pre- 
mium, his  policy  was  declared  forfeited.  The 
Brooklyn  Like  Insurance  Company  of  New 
York  has  decided  to  make  every  policy  it  issues 
NONFORFEITABLE,  giving  a  PAID-UP 
POLICY  to  the  party  if  unable  to  continue  his 
payments  of  premiums.  The  dividends  of  the 
Brooklyn  Life  Insurance  Company  are  settled  annu- 
ally in  cash.  This  plan  is  far  more  acceptable  to 
insurers  than  at  the  end  of  three  or  five  years,  as  in 
other  companies.  The  Brooklyn  Life  I nsurance 
Company  allows  thirty  days  grace  in  the  payment 
of  premiums.  Its  policies  are  incontestable,  and  its 
losses  are  promptly  paid.  The  Brooklyn  Life  Insu- 
rance Company  offers  every  known  plan  of  Life 
and  Endowment  Insurance.  Get  a  pamphlet  at  the 
office.  240  Montgomery  street,  southeast  corner  of 
Pine,  from  Stephen  T.  King,  General  Manager,  or 
David  B.  Arrowsmith,  Local  Agent. 

MEDICAL  ADVICE. 
Dr.  Wm.  K.  Doherty's  Medical  and  Surgical 
Institute  is  becoming  a  sine  qua  hem  to  the  welfare 
of  our  State  and  health  of  our  citizens ;  and  his 
rapidly  spreadiug  reputation,  although  it  may  excite 
surprise,  is  but  tbe  signal  of  skill,  and  follows  as  the 
natural  effect  of  such  a  cause.  We  are  personally 
acquainted  with  gentlemen  who  had  sufl'ered  for 
years  under  chronic  disease,  and  who  had  taken  ad- 
vantage of  every  available  means  that  promised 
relief,  but  without  success,  until  they  called  upon 
Dr.  Doherty,  who,  in  an  incredibly  short  space  of 
time,  has  given  them  entire  relief.  It  is  gratifying 
to  announce  this  fact,  because  the  Doctor  is  a  gentle- 
man who  seeks,  not  by  defamation  of  others,  to  es- 
tablish bis  leputatiou,  or  to  rear  the  superstructure  of 
his  own  upon  the  ruin  of  another's  tame.  The  Doc- 
tor conducts  his  Institute  iu  a  manner  that  must  be 
gratifying  to  all  his  patients.  He  examines,  hears, 
advises,  and  recommends,  without  charge,  and  the 
patient,  after  hearing  his  terms  for  treatment,  can 
accept  or  reject  at  pleasure.  In  no  case  does  the 
Doctor  make  a  charge  unless  he  effects  a  cure.  This 
he  is  able  to  do,  because  he  feels  the  confidence 
which  long  experience  has  given,  and  no  doubt  the 
consolation  which  appertains  to  that  confidence. 
Persons  afflicted  with  either  acute  or  chronic  disease, 
would  do  well  to  consult  the  Doctor  ;  at  all  events, 
it  can  do  no  harm,  as  for  consultation  he  asks  no  fee  ; 
nor  does  he  iasist  on  obedience  to  Ids  advice  unlets 
the  patient  places  himself  under  his  care.  His  office! 
are  on  Sacramento  street,  opposite  the  Pacific  Mail 
Steamship  office.  —  San  Francisco  News. 


Buggies  and  Carriages. — If  you  want  a  trim 
neat,  light,  and  yet  durable  style  of  buggy  or  car 
riage,  go  to  Nos.  37  and  39  Webb  street,  between 
Sacramento  and  California,  where  you  will  find  just 
such  a  vehicle  as  will  suit  your  taste.  Pollard  & 
Carvill  not  only  deal  in  these  articles,  but  manu- 
facture them  to  order,  and  do  repairing,  painting, 
trimming  and  blacksmitbing  with  dispatch  and  neat- 
ness.   Go  and  see  them. — California  Leader. 


Wagons. ,— Every  species  of  wagons  that  any  one 
can  need,  made  of  the  best  material,  well  fitted  and 
finished,  can  be  found  at  the  Depot  of  Mills  & 
Evans,  587  Market  street,  two  doors  from  Second. 
Light,  Express,  Milk  and  Thoroughbrace  wagons, 
also  Lumber  Gears,  Extra  Poles  and  Whiffletrees, 
with  Lead  Bars,  are  kept  constantly  on  hand. — Cali- 
fornia Leader. 


RHEUMATISM. 

Throughout  this  coast  a  great  deal  of  suffering  is 
experienced  from  Rheumatism.  Weeks  and  even 
months  of  protracted  and  aggravated  misery  is  en- 
dured  by  the  victims  of  medical  iuelficieucy  and 
ignorance,  which  could  be  cured  just  as  speedily  as 
was  Mr.  Sparrow,  whose  testimony  is  given  below, 
and  is  only  the  echo  of  hundreds  of  other  cases. 
Dr.  Bourne  cures  without  medicines,  which  accounts 
for  his  extraordinary  success.  No.  10  Masonic 
Temple,  Post  street  entrance : 

San  Francisco,  September  6,  1861. 

Dr.  Bourne:  Last  Winter  I  was  nearly  dead,  by 
an  attack  of  inflammatory  rheumatism.  I  sutl'ered 
the  most  excruciating  pains  for  about  five  weeks, 
without  any  hope  of  relief,  when  a  friend,  hearing 
of  my  illness,  called  to  see  me,  and  assured  me  that 
if  I  would  Btop  "drugging  and  dosing,''  and  go  to 
you,  that  you  would  have  me  walking  about  the 
streets  in  three  days.  Sure  enough,  although  I  was 
utterly  helpless,  and  conveyed  to  your  house  in  a 
carriage,  and  carried  into  it  by  three  stout  men,  and 
was  by  them  lifted  into  the  bath,  yet,  on  coming 
out  of  the  bath  I  was  able  to  largely  assist  myself, 
doing  much  toward  dressing,  and  without  assistance 
walked  from  the  bath  to  the  carriage.  On  the 
fourth  day,  I  discharged  my  carriage  and  walked 
with  a  friend's  aid  tbe  entire  distance  to  your  house 
(nearly  a  mile)  and  home  agaiu,  and  so  on  until 
cured  ;  and  I  had  not  taken  more  than  twelve  baths 
when,  all  pain  and  swelling  having  ceased,  I  felt 
myself  a  well  man.  And  now  I  am  happy  to  do  this 
little  service  of  publicly  certifying  to  tbe  simple 
truth,  leaving  it  to  do  its  own  work  among  such  of 
my  friends  and  acquaintances  as  may  chauce  to  see 
this.  Your  friend,  Joseph  Sparrow. 


For  the  best  finished,  fashionable  hats,  go  to 
McGann  &  Co.'s,  Hatters,  654  Washington  street, 
two  doors  below  the  Plu»a. 


A  SUMMER  AND  WINTER  MEDICINE. 
"  Great  oaks  from  httle  acorns  grow." 

The  worst  diseases  known  to  the  human  race 
spring  from  causes  so  small  as  to  almost  defy  detec 
tion.  The  volumes  of  scientific  lore  that  fill  the 
tables  and  shelves  of  the  medical  fraternity  only  go 
to  prove  and  elaborate  these  facts. 

Then  guard  yourselves  while  you  may.  The 
smallest  pimple  on  the  6kin  is  a  tell-tale  and  indica- 
tor of  disease.  It  may  fade  and  die  away  from  the 
surface  of  ihe  body,  but  it  will  reach  the  vitals,  per- 
haps, at  last,  and  death  be  the  result  and  final  close. 
Maggiel's  Bilious,  Dyspeptic  and  Diarrhoea  Pills 
cure  where  all  others  fail.  While  for  Burns,  Scalds, 
Chilblains,  Cuts,  and  all  abrasions  of  the  skin,  Mag- 
giel's Halve  is  infallible.  Sold  by  J.  Maggiel,  43 
Fulton  street,  New  York,  and  all  Druggists,  at  25 
cents  per  box. 


Wanted— Agents  to  Bell,  by  subscription  only  the 
most  popular  work  ever  written  :  "  GRANT  AND 
SHERMAN  ;  their  Campaigns  and  Generals."  By 
the  world  renowned  historian,  Hon.  J.  T.  Headley, 
author  of  Washington  and  his  Generals,  Saered 
Mountains,  etc.  Agents  are  taking  as  high  as  thirty 
subscribers  per  day,  and  all  agree  in  pronouncing  it 
the  most  saleable  work  they  ever  took  hold  of.  The 
people  want  Headley's  illustrated  "  GRANT  AND 
SHERMAN,"  etc.  For  terms  and  territory,  address 
E.  E.  Shear,  No.  8  Montgomery  Street,  and  Box 
1,430,  San  Francisco,  California 


Concord  Wagons  and  Harness. — The  Pacific 
Concord  Carriage  Manufactory  is  prepared  to  supply 
the  Pacific  Coast  with  Concord  wagons  and  harness 
made  to  order.  The  members  comprising  this  firm 
have  long  been  iu  the  employ  of  the  celebrated 
manufacturing  house  of  L.  Downing  <fc  Son,  Con- 
cord, New  Hampshire  ;  so  that  parties  wishing  Con- 
cord wagons  or  harness  can  obtain  just  the  same 
quality  of  article  here  and  save  25  per  cent,  on  their 
purchase  money.  We  have  seen  some  of  their 
workmanship,  and  can  recommend  it  to  tbe  public 
Address  Belduke  &.  Co.,  820  Folsom  street,  between 
Fourth  and  Fifth. — San  Francisco  Leader. 


Dainty  Work. — About  the  daiutiest  work  we 
ever  saw  were  specimens  of  hair  jewelry  at  the  es- 
tablishmentof  Mrs.  C.  Cook,  645  Clay  street,  between 
Montgomery  and  Kearny  streets,  yesterday.  This 
lady  manufactures  all  sorts  of  jeweiry — watch-chains, 
earrings,  finger  rings,  breastpins,  and  various  other 
kinds  of  ornaments — from  human  hair.  We  wit 
nessed  the  process  of  manufacture,  and  it  is  intricate 
and  ingenious  in  the  highest  degree. — S.  F.  Exam 
iner. 


E  Goldsmith  &.  Co.,  at  No.  646  Sacramento 
street,  three  doors  below  Kearny,  have  just  received 
some  beautiful  new  style  Garbaldis  and  Zouave 
Jackets,  that  for  taste  and  style  are  particularly 
worthy  of  the  attention  of  our  lady  readers.  They 
have  also  a  fine  assortment  of  Ladies'  Furnishing 
Goods  of  the  choicest  description.  French  corsets 
for  one  dollar.  A  great  variety  of  French  toilet  and 
fancy  articles,  the  newest  styles  of  buttons  und 
dress  trimmings,  may  always  be  found  at  Gold- 
smith's,  646  Sacramento  street. 


CHOOL  FURNITURE. 


RANKIN'S  PATENT  SCHOOL  DESK  ; 
Liquid  Slatiug  lor  Blackboard; 
ARITHMETICAL  FRAME; 

Bubbiloniau  System  of  Writing— the  Best  System 
known. 

W.  HOLT, 

dc9  305  Montgomery  street,  Room  No  2. 


Read  tbe  Testimony  of  a  few  of  the  many  Eminent 
Clergymen  and  their  Families  of  New  York  city,  who, 
haviug  used  the  Sozodont  for  a  long  time  past,  are  con- 
vinced of  its  excellent  aod  invaluable  qualities,  and  give 
it  their  cordial  commendation  : 

Rev.   THOMAS  DEWITT,  Pastor  Collegiate 

Ref.  Dutch  Church,  Lafayette  Place. 
Rev.  J.  W.  ALEXANDER,  D.  D.,  Presbyterian 

Church,  Fifth  Avenue. 
Rev.  J.  B.  WAKE  LEY,  M.  E.  City  Missionary. 
Rev.  W.  F.  MORGAN,  D.D.,  Rector  St.  Thomat 

Church,  Broadway. 
Rev.  E.  H.  CHAP1N.  D.  D.,  Pastor  Fourth  Uni- 

versaiisl  Church,  Broadway. 
Rev.  SAMUEL  COOKE,  D.D.,  Rector  St.  Bar- 
tholomew's Church,  Lafayette  Place. 
Rev.  SAMUEL  OSGOOD,  D.D.,  Pastor  Church 

of  Messiah,  Broadway. 
Rev.  B.  M.  ADAMS,  M.  E.  Church,  Duane  street. 
Rev.  HE  MAN  BANGS,  late  Pastor  Centenary 

M.  E.  Church,  Brooklyn. 
Rev.  W.  S.  MIKELS,  Pastor  Baptist  Church, 

Sixteenth  street. 
Rev.  GEO.  POTTS,  D.D.,  Pastor  Presbyterian 

Church,  University  Place. 
Rev.  E.  E.  RAN  KIN, Pastor  Presbyterian  Church, 

Forty  second  street. 
Rev.  T.  E.  VERMILYE,  D.  D.,  Pastor  of  Col. 

Dutch  Reformed,  Lafayette  Place. 

FROM  G.  F.  J.  COLBURN" ,  DOCTOR  DENTAL  SUR- 
GERY, NEWARK,  N.  J. 
The  Popular  Dentrifice  known  as  Van  Buskirk's  "  SO- 
ZODONT," besides  b«iug  a  very  pleasant  addition  to  tno 
toilet,  coutaius  ingredicuts  that,  if  used  according  to  the 
directions,  will  prove  of  the  greatest  utility  to  the  healtn, 
of  the  mouth  and  teeth. 

BEWARE  OF  IMITATIONS ! 

Sold  by  all  Druggists  and  Perfumers. 

HALL  &  RUCKEL, 


jc2  4m 


NEW  YORK. 


JJALL'S  SARSAPAEILLA, 
YELLOW  DOCK  AND  IODIDE  POTASS, 

THE 

Best  Blood  Purifier  Known. 

Persons  that  are  troubled  with  Rheumatism, 
Scrofula,  Neuralgia,  Morbid  Liver,  Salt 
Rheum,  Pimples,  Boils,  or  any  of  the  many 
diseases  that  originate  from  Impure  Blood, 
would  find  it  much  to  their  advantage  to  give 
this  justly  celebrated  article  a  trial.  One  or 
two  bottles  are  quite  sufficient  to  convince  the 
most  skeptical  of  its  merits.  It  contains 
neither  Spirit,  ARSENIC  nor  MERCURY 
which  cannot  be  truly  said  of  any  other  prepa- 
tion  called  "  Sarsaparilla." 

SHEPARDSON  &  GATES,  Proprietors, 

ap"-3in      N.  W. cor. Sansome aud  Com mercial  streets 

JJREWSTER  &  CO.'S 

C  ar riage  Manufactory, 

372  Broome  steet,  New  York. 

Wo  desire  to  announce  to  our  California  friends  that 
wc  have  made  extensive  arrangements  by  increasing 
our  works  for  the  coming  season,  and  with  a  view  to 
SUPPLYING  THE 

WANTS  OF  CALIFORNIA, 

Will  manufacture  a  slyle  of  work  particularly  adapted  to 
city  aud  country  use,  and  in  view  of  tne  destructive  ef- 
fects of  city  railroads  on  all  light  work,  will  give 

PARTICULAR  ATTENTION 
to  remedying  the  evil,  and  guard  against  it  in  work  shipped 
to  California. 

CARRIAGES,  BUGGIES,  PHAETONS,  COUPES, 
aud  Vehicles  of  every  description,  of  our  own  manufac- 
ture, on  hand  and  mado  to  order. 
Orders  or  communications  should  be  addressed  to 
BREWSTER  &  CO., 

Of  Broome  street, 
The  firm  of  Brewster  &  Baldwin  not  beiug  in  any  way 
connected  with 

BREWSTER  &  CO., 
Of  No.  372,  Broome  street, 


QUSTAVE  A.  SCOTT, 

(Organist  of  Cavalry  Church,") 

TEACHER    OF  MUSIC. 

Residence,  "  Miel  Institute,'-  55  and  56  South  Park. 

Class  Lessons  every  day,  from  3  till  Bf.il  Terms,  $• 
por  month. 

Privato  Lessons  at  tuo  Institute  or  Pupils'  Residence,  »l 
lie  usual  prices.  J"** 


I  June  2d 


rpo  FARMERS,  MINERS,  LABORERS 

And  all  tiiose  wishing  to  secure  themselves  a  portion  of 
THE  MOSI    VALUABLE  AGRICULTURAL    AND  MIN- 
ERAL LANDS  OF  MEXICO, 
With  an  equal  interest  in  the  Profits  of  the  Plantations  of 

THE  MEXICAN  SEA  ISLAND 
COTTON  COMPANY. 

HOMES  FOR  THE  POOR  AND  COMPETENCY  FOR  ALL. 

SPECIAL  NOTICE. 

The  Mexican  Sea  Island  Cotton  Company,  baying 
reserved  from  their  final  Subscription  List  a  J.imilcd 
Number  of  Unassessable  Shares,  (the  remaining 
shares  of  the  Coiupauy  having  been  taken  up  by  the 
stockholders,)  hereby  offer  the  aanie  for  sale  at  the 
original  subscription  price  of  Sixteen  Dollars  each, 
payable  in  cash.  Every  holder  of  a  share  will  be 
entitled  to  a  portion  of  the  Company's  lands,  Driving 
the  privilege  to  settle  thereon  and  participate  in  ail 
the  advantages  and  profits  of  the  enterpi  i.?e,-aud 
special  privileges  granted  to  this  Company  by  an 
Imperial  Decree  of  Maximilian,  dated  ytVjunnnry, 
ISoG,  without  being  subjected  to  the  conditions  of 
regular  Government  emigrants,  this  Company  set 
tling  upon  their  own  lands,  secured  by  juiv.nc  pur- 
chase, and  held  under  indisputable  Spanish  titles. 

Shareholders  becoming  actual  settlers  will  also 
have  the  privilege  of  any  employment  npon  t  lie  Com- 
pany's plantation.  Portions  of  "laud  will  be  allotted 
to  settlers,  to  be  held  by  them  until  a  final  division 
makes  it  their  property. 

For  the  purpose  of  increasing  the  value  of  the 
Company's  land,  and  to  create  all" the  comforts  of  a 
home  and  society,  it  is  the  intention  of  the  company 
to  form  a  regular  settlement  and  to  lay  om  a  towii 
adjsiEing'  tlisir  present  plantation  into  (tjiMLig  bte 
which  will  likewise  be  fairly  divided  between  the 
8,000  shares  which  comprise  the  total  number  of  the 
company. 

A  large  number  of  shareholders  will  seti!e  BDcjn 
the  company's  lands  after  the  rainy  season  in  Octo- 
ber next.  Many  of  them  may  then  be  employed  by 
the  company,  or  by  others  able  to  plant  £  r  them 
selves,  or  in  developing  the  mineral  resources  of  the 
adjoining  mountains,  etc.,  etc. 

Men  of  all  trades  and  professions,  desiring  to  emi- 
grate to  Mexico,  will  have  great  advantages  it 
shareholders  of  this  company.  They  will  liud  the 
lands  already  purchased  lor  them  at  it  rate  equivalent 
to  a  free  gU't,  to  be  held  by  each  sbareliohl,  r  as  his 
properly,  protected  by  the  best  Spanish  titles,  and 
the  good  will  of  all  political  parties  now  contending 
for  the  reins  of  government ;  the  Climate  the  most 
salubrious,  and  the  land  rich  and  fertile  beyond  de- 
scription ;  every  kind  of  'game  abounding ;  the  ri  vera 
full  of  lish  and  with  extensive  beds  of  large  oysters ; 
altogether,  a  country  where  it  is  easy  to  procure  a 
livelihood  and  the  comforts  of  a  home  with  less 
labor  and  less  capital  than  in  any  other  pat  t  of  the 
world. 

The  extensive  placer  diggings,  veins  of  silver, 
and  solid  quartz  ledges,  which  are  to  be  found  in  the 
immediate  vicinity,  and  icknowlfcdged  to  be  rich 
and  very  extensive,  can,  by  the  presence  of  a  num- 
ber of  settlers,  be  profitably  developed.  Many  of, 
these  mines  tire  to  be  touBil  within  the  limits  of  the 
company's  grant.  The  Sierra  Madre  or  Mother 
Mountain  of  Mexico,  situated  only  within  about 
tweuty  miles  from  the  coast,  can  be  reached  and  de- 
veloped with  much  greater  facility  than  the  more 
remote  mines  in  the  interior,  and  will  fierefore 
make  the  company's  lauds  the  most  desirable  to 
locate  upon. 

For  Maps  and  Survey,  and  further  information, 
apply  at  the  office  of  the  MEXICAN  SKA  I.-LA.XI) 
COTTON  CO.,  Beige's  Book  Store,  Puss  House, 
Montgomery  street,  between  the  hours  of  11  and  i 
o'clock. 

J^f  All  the  assessable  stock  having  hee  i  taken 
up  by  mutual  subscription  of  stockholders,  ti  e  com- 
pany will  have  no  more  shares  to  offer  alter  the 
limited  number  of  unassessable  shares  ha  ve  been 
placed,  and  shall  prefer  to  sell  these  to  actual 
settlers — a  single  share  of  which  will  lie  sufficient  to 
entitle  them  to  a  large  portion  of  the  lauds. 


RL\G  AND  SUMMER  STYLE 


SILK 


HAT, 


18  6  6 


INTRODU  ED 


We,  the  undersigned  shareholders  in  the  Mex- 
ican Sea  Island  Cotton  Company,  having  investiga- 
ted and  satisheu  onrselvcs  of  the  importance,  of  the 
enterprise,  recommend  the  same  to  the  public.  We 
are  couviuced  that  uudcr  the  .management  of  the 
present  officers  of  the  company,  with  their  efforts  to 
induce  industrious  parties-  to  locate  upon  thu-land, 
that  the  enterprise  in  list  become  very  profitable  to 
all  parties  interested,  and  most  beneficial  to  actual 
settlers.      ■.  I  it  if  It  ML     i>  (2  Ji  i  J 
1  *     8.  E- Kettle  well.  Black  8mitnV264  First  street 
W.  C.  Mead  &  Son,  22-1  Sansouie  street.  , 
M.  O'Neil,  Proprietor  New  Branch  Hotel,  12 

Sutter  street.,  . 
Winall  &  Clapp,  505  Market  street. 
11.  A.  S.  Repjtbn.  M.D  .Slii  Montgomery  street. 
Win.  Rudolph,  Gunsmith, :>l<i  Pacific  Street. 
G  liurkbardt,  .Jeweller,  No.  2(l'.i  Pacific  street. 
E.  Keil,  East  India  Tea  Co.,  C>31  Wasbi.igton-st. 
P.  IX  O'Kcgan.  People's  Bakery ,  corner  Fourth 

and  Jessie  streets. 
Wm.  Meyer,  Provision  Dealer,  258  Third  street. 
John  Diflfj  Painter  and  Paper  Hanger,  642  Clay 
street. 

A.  E.  Mylott,  Importer  and  Dealer  in  Cigars  and 

Tobacco,  305  Battery  street 
M.  M.  Baldwin,  Jeweller,  4'Xi  Montgoniery-st. 
S.  liaysen.  Hatter,  No.  34(i  Kearny  street. 
Malliew  McCIoskey,       Howard  street. 
San  Francisco,  March  20 til,  1SG6.  win  21  lm 


]^<JR.  AND  MRS.  COGILL 
AND  SONS, 

Teachers  of  Dancing 

CONGRESS  HALL, 
On  Bush-st.,adjoinin  Rues  House 


SCHOOr^-MONDAYS  AND  WEDNESDAYS.  Ladies  at 
2  r.  m.  (J.  iitl'-uieu  and  Ladies  at  7  1-2  r.  is,  Soriees 
cve'y  Friday  Evening.   Hall  '.o  rent.  my5-3ai 


TOCKDaLE  HOUSE, 

Corner  Main  and  Oak  streets.  Pctahima. 
UiallMGw  H.  SIOCKDJLLE,  P-aprielor 


McGANN  &  CO., 
FASHIONABLE  HATTERS, 

No.  05-1  Washington  street, 

Two  doors  below  Kearny. 

SPRI>  1  AND  SUMMER  STYEES.— Silk, Felt, 
Beaver. i]  other  HATS  for  sale  at  the  lowest  prices. 

CAPS  f  every  description,  suitable  for  all  ages, 
made  to  order. 

McC.A.N  &  CO. ,  being  experienced  and  skilled 
in  all  the  branches  of  the  manufacture  of  Hats,  feel 
con  Hdeu1  of  giving  en,  ire  s  ni.  f::-i k:ii tot h-ur  patrons. 
Every  dl     ription  of  Hals  and  Caps  made  to  order. 

_Ronion  '  •  r,  McGANN  Si  <*0.,  Practical  natters. 
651  Washington  street,  two  doors  below  the  Plaza 

ISP  N,  w  Goods  by  every  steamer.  marlO 


rpHE  NORTH  BRITISH  AND 

'  MERCANTILE  INSURANCE  CO 
OF      LONDON     AND  EDINBURGH. 
ESTABLISHED,  1809. 

Capital,   $10,000,000 

Accumulat  >d  Fuuds,  March  6, 1S65,  -  -  11,622,500 
Annual  Iu.  aiu,  -  2,827.290 
Deposit  in  California  under  State  law,      -  $75,000 


GENERAL  AGENCY  FOR  THE  PACIFIC  STATES  AND 

TERRITORIES, 
No.  422  California  street,    -    -    -    San  Francisco 


Insurances  effected  at  the  lowest  rates  on  buildings  of 
both  Brick  and  Wood,  throughout  1  lie  State,  whetuer 
occupied  ;  Stores,  Dwellings,  or  Warehouses,  together 
with  tacit  contents. 

Also,  V'E:  >i:L<  in  port,  with  or  without  their  Cargoes. 

Alio.  <>'  ARTZ  MIUS and  MACHINERY. 

LCBSEl  RAID  IN  UNITED  STATES  GOLD  COIN  im- 
mediately   u  adjustment. 

WM.  H.  TILLINGHAST,  Agent. 
MM 


J^OSJ'NBAUM'S  BITTERS 

C  A    UEALTHY  APPETITE  I 

ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 
Cure  Dyspepsia,  Diarrhjxia  aud  Constipation 

ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 
Invi0"rate  the  System  aud  enliven  the  niiud, 

ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 

Ovcrcoi.v  the  effects  of  Drunkenness  and  Late  Hours. 

ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 
Cure  all  Diseases  of  the  Liver,  Stomach  and  Bowels. 

EOSENISAUM  S  BiTTLKS 
Ar«  Palatable  to  the  Tasto. 

They  are  the 

BEST  BITTERS  IN  THE  MARKET, 

A.d  when  once  used  will  always  be  called  • 
for  again. 

T:>  .7  are  made  in  the  most  careful  manner 
From  I    re  Old  Wheat  Whisky,  Medicated  from 

Roots  and  Herbs 
Effpcciallj  adopted  for  the  cure  of  all  Stomachic  Diseases 
■  and  Liver  Complaints. 

7'r  i  ffiem  drtd  You  will  be  Satisfied. 

Furs.,  everywhere  by  Druggists  aud  Liquor  Dealers 
or  by 

N.  B.  JACOBS  &  CO., 

423  Front  street, 

fcLL-Gj:  isau  Francisco 


£1AT.;FORNIA 

Steu  1.1  Navigation  Company. 


stf.a:>.  vm  capital  capt.  e.  a.  poole. 

CHRYSOPO  LIS.  CAPT.  A.  FOSTliR. 

i'OSEMITE   

"  CORNELIA.... CAPT  W.BROMLEY. 
"      JULIA  CAPT.  E.  CONCKLIN. 

One  of  the  above  si  earners  leave  BROADWAY  WHARF, 
at  4  o'oli  k  P.  M.,  EVERY  DA  Y,  (Sundays  excepted,)  for 
Sacrami  .  to  and  one  for  Stockton,  the  Sacramento  steamer 
connect!  ;  with  light-draft  steamers  for  Marysville,  Co- 
ins:,. I'll   o  and  Reil  Bluff. 

Steam  lips  AJAX,  PACIFIC,  ORIZABA,  CA1IFOR. 
NIA,  ACTIVE,  and  SENATOR,  leave  as  advertised,  for 
Honolulu,  Portland,  Oregon,  New  Westminster,  British 
Columbia,  VictorTa,  [v.  I.,)  Santa  Barbara,  San  Pedro, 
and  San  Diego. 

Ollice  ■>!'  tlie  Company,  northeast  corner  of  Front  and 
Jackson  treefs, 

mar^C  E.  M .  HAKTSHORNE,  President. 


QCCIDENTAL 

INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

a  W  Cor.  MONTGOMERY  and  CALIFORNIA  STREETS 
INDIVIDUAL  LIABILITY. 

CAPITAL  STOCK,  $300,000 

LOSSES  PAID  Bf  UNITED  STATES  COLD  COIN. 

THIS  COMPANY  will  insure  against  loss  by  Fire  on  any 
Dwelling  House,  Buildings,  Merchandise  or  oilier  property1, 
situated  ill  the  State  of  California,  Tin-  largest  sum  they 
will  take  on  any  ono  risk  is  thirty  thousand  dollars. 

CHRISTOPHER  CHRISTIANSEN,  President. 
J.  GKKENEHAUM,  Vice  President. 
B.  Roniscnn.u,  Secretary.  mb25  tf 


QREAT  TRIUMPH!  I 

STEINWAY  &  SONS 


Were  awarded  the  FIKsT  PRIZE  MEDAL  at  thclaU  ca. 

INTERNATIONAL  EXHIBITION  AT  LONDON,  oyer  the 

two  hundred  and  sixty  nine  Pianos  entered  for  competition 

from  uil  parts  of  the  world. 
Tin'  Special  Correspondent  of  the  New  York  Ttws  sayr  : 
"  Messrs.  steinway  &  Sons'  indorsement  by  tfio  Jurors 

Is  emphatic,  and  stronger  and  more  to  the  point  than  that 

of  any  Bevepeao  maker." 
A  constant  supply  of  the  abovo  superior  Instruments  can 

be  found  at  the  Agent's, 

M.  GRAY,  613  Clay  street. 
PIANO  TUNING  done  by  n  BrtititHsm  Workman,  from 
Steinway  &  Sou's  Factory,  New  York.  my25 


Y  E  R  '  S 

AGUE  CURE, 

Fot  the  Speedy  and 
Certain  Cure  of  In 
termittent  Fever,  or 
Chills  and  Fever,  Re- 
mittent Fever,  Chi 
Fever,  Dumb  Ague, 
Periodical  Headache 
or  Bilious  Headache, 
and  Bilious  Fevers  ; 
indeed,  lor  the  whole  class  of  diseu»< 
natiug  in  biliary  derangement,  caused  by  the 
malaria  of  miasmatic  countries. 

This  remedy  has  raroly  failed  to  cure  the  severest  cases 
of  Chills  and  Fever,  and' it  has  this  great  a-'vaulage  over 
other  Ague  modiciues,  that  it  subdues  the  complaint 
■vilhout  injury  to  (ho  patient.  It  contains  no  quinine  or 
other  deletorious  substance,  nor  does  it  produce  ipiimsm 
or  any  iiijuri<«i*  clloM  whatever.  Snaking  brothers  id  the 
army  aud  the  West,  try  it  aud  you  will  endorse  these 
assertions. 

Prepared  by  J.  C.  AYER  &  CO.,  Lowell,  Mass. ,  and  sold 
by 

CRANE  &  BRIGHAM,  San  Francisco, 
mj  26  2ui  and  all  Dealers. 


FURNITURE 

AND 


B  EB  B INO  I 


LARGEST  STOCK! 

LATEST  STYLES! 

The    Best  Workmanship, 

AND 

LOWEST  PRICES1 

AT 

Goodwin    #    C  o  .  '  s 

FURNITURE  WARE-ROOMS, 
Nos.  508,  510,  518  .and  52b  Washiiajton-st. 

jalO  SAN  FRANCISCO. 


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J^RY  GOODS. 

B   A   it   G  A 


I    N  S 


BLACK  SILKS  !    And  still  a  Ff.w  Dhesks 
left  of  TnAT  heactifcl  and 

M  U  0  II  -  A  D  M  I  It  E  D     DRESS     <!  O  O  D  S  , 

si  £  UN  LI  UR&Tl" 

S .   MOBGROV E , 

222  Third  street,  Coltou's  lluihliutf. 

my23  tf 


rpiIE  ONLY  LIVING  ASTROLOGER, 
PROF.  COHEN, 
i>10  California  street,  San  Franei.-co, 

THROl'OII  HIS  NATt'RAL  M+T, can  give  correct  ttfor- 
mation  on  tho  Pabl,  Pn-.-ciit  and  Fiiluri-,  on  any  suhjecl 
that  may  be  re,piin:d  so  as  to  avoid  trouble  As  evidenee 
of  his  repiitalion,  hi  has  receiy. •foyer  18,000  cnusiiltatiops 
during  bis  resident ••  of  six  years  in  &in  Francisco  1  (Jon 
Saltation  fee,, $2.  By  ietier,  53.  L'dti  r  box.  104.  It  is 
not  necessary  to  give  tho  ago.'  Olflce,  530  California 
struct.    Hours  from  8  a.  m.  to  11  r.  a.  inaii.5  3:n 


|J0ME  AND  SEE  ME! 

BR.  JOHN  HE  ALB, 

DENTIST, 

HAS  REMOVED  TO  THE 

CORNER  KEARNY  AND  CALIFORNIA  STS. 
Where  he  will  be  pleased  to  see  all  old  friends,  and  plenty 
of  new  ones.  Every  variety  of  Dental  Operations  per 
formed  In  the  best  manner,  and  at  prices  that  shall  suit 
all  persons.  jJJ-ENTRANCE  ON  CALIFORNIA  SHEET. 
ap2S3m 


AMERICAN  HOTEL, 
Main  street.      .      -  -  Petaluma. 

mai2-l  6m   EMERSON  &  LAMBERTON,  Proprietors. 


OS.  W1NTKR13CRN  &  CO. 


J.  WINTERIIUltN,  V.  A.  TonitAS,  W.  HOFFSCHNKID K R. 

'  (Successors  to  w.  P.  Harrison.) 

Printers   and  Eleetrotypcrs, 

413  TO  417  CLAY  ST.,  (Below  Smisome,) 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

ALL  KINDS  OF  JOB  PRINTING 

Neatly  and  Promptly  Executed. 

ELECTRO  TYPING 

Done  at  the  shortest  notice. 
Stamps  of  all  kinds  made  to  order. 
Printiii'.'  ill  Spin ish,  French,  German  and  Italian  Lan- 
guages, executed  with  correctness. 

A  ■  M  il  oth  "  .0, !  two  No.  3 Hand  Presses  FORSAI.E 

very  cheap.  tci  3m 


^.MOKE 

THE  PATENT 

RUSSIAN 

CIGARETTES, 

MANUFACTURED  BY 

GIBB  &  STAHL, 

120  KEARNY  STREET,  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
43-  Foi  sale  at  all  Cigar  Stores.  ap28  3m 


CALIFORNIA  BRASS  FOUNDRY, 

No.  125  First  street,  opposite  Minna, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

All  hind*  of  Brass, 
Camjtoxitinn,  y.inr, 
and  I:.  <  LI,,  It  Hkal 
Cattiiign,  furuMcd 
at  the  sliaricst  ia>firr. 
lira.;*  Ship-  tVbfito  1 

3    all  kinds.  Spikes, 

Sliealhlllg  Nails.  Rudder  Braces.  Hliutes.  etc.,  constantly 
on  baud  and  made  to  order.  Also,  manufacture  8lnp  and 
Steamboat  Bells  and  Rongs  of  nmerlor  tone. 

All  kinds  of  Steam,  Liquor,  Water,  Oil,  and  Flango 
Cocks  and  Valves  made  and  repaired. 

Hydraulic  Pipes  and  Nozzles,  and  IP's,'  Couplings  and 
Connections  of  all  sizes  and  patterns,  furnished  with  dis- 
patch.   PRICES  MODERATE. 

JOHN  P.  C  A  1. 1. AC  HER, 
JOSEPH   II  WEED, 

marl0  3m  SAMUEL  WHITE. 


TyWET  TO  LOAN! 

MONEY  TO  LOAN 


On  City  Real  Estate,  Dwellings.  Factories.  Shipping  and 
Merchandise,  for  such  time  as  may  be  agreed  f,.r.  De- 
posit, received  in  small  or  tnrtre  sums,  nt  Interest,  bv  the 
CALIFOKNIA  BUILDESO,  LOAN  AND  SAV- 
INOS  HANK. 
California  street,  (ouo  ,lo,,r  (Vom  Sansumc  street.) 
niy5  3m  THOMAS  MOUSEY,  Presldout. 


June  2  d ] 


THE  CALIFORNIA** 


15 


UNITED  STATES  STAMP  DUTIES. 
As  Amended  March. 3, .1865. .    t  t 

CABEFULLY  REVISED  AND   CORRECTED    FOB  THE  CALIFOBNIAN. 


PENALTIES. 

Penalty  for  making,  sijjning,  or  issuing  any  instru- 
ment, document,  or  paper  of  any  kind  whatsoever, 
without  the  same  being  duly  stamped,  for  denoting 
the  duty  hereby  imposed  thereon,  $50 ;  and  the 
instrument  shall  be  deemed  invalid  and  of  no  effect ; 
or  for  counterfeiting  stamps  or  dies,  $1,01)0,  and  im- 
■  prisounieut  to  hard  labor  not  exceeding  live  years, 
for  muking,  signing,  issuing,  accepting,  or  paying 
any  bill  of  exchange,  draft,  order,  or  note  without 
stamp,  $^00.  For  selling  proprietary  cosmetics, 
mutches,  photographs,  etc.,  without  proper  stamps, 
$10.    For  removing  stumps  on  these  articles,  $50. 


STAMP  DUTIES. 

Agreement  Contract  or  Appraisement,  not  other- 
wise specified,  each  sheet ■  or  piece  of  paper.  .$0  05 

Assignment  of1  Mortgage,  Lease,  or  Policy  of  In- 
surance, same  as  original  instrument.  Assign- 
ment of  Patent  Right   05 

Bank  Cheeks,  Drafts  or  orders,  exceeding  $10, 
at  sight  or  on  demand  ,   02 

Bills  of  Exchange,  (inland,)  or  draft,  otherwise 
than  at  sight  or  on  demand,  or  promissory  note 
except  hank  notes  for  circulation.)  or  any 
memorandum,  check  or  receipt,  or  any  evi- 
dciioe  of  all  amount  of  mousy  payable  on  de- 
mand or  at  a  designated  time,  for  a  sum  not 

exccediug$100   05 

Every  additional  $100,  or  fractional  part.  ..  05 

Bill  of  Exchange,  (foreign,)  or  letter  of  credit, 
drawu  in,  hut  payable  out  of  the  D.  S.,if 
drawn  singly;  the  same  rates  as  inland  hills  of 
exchange,  or  promissory  notes. 

If  drawn  in  sets  of  three  or  more,  for  each 
bill  of  the  set,  where  the  sum  shall  not  ex- 
ceed $100  Or  its  equivalent  in  any  foreign  cur- 
rency in  which  such  bill  may  he  expressed, 
according  to  the  standard  value  lixed  by  U.  S.  02 
Every  additional  $100,  or  fractional  part...  02 

Bill  of  Lading,  or  receipt  for  any  merchandise 
or  effects,  to  ho  exported  to  a  foreign  port  or 
place   10 

Bill  of  Sale,  conveying  any  ship  or  vessel,  or 
any  part  thereof,  where  the  considcrationdoea 

not  exceed  $500   50 

For  every  additional  $500,  or  fractional  part 
thereof   50 

Bill  of  Sale  of  personal  property  other  than 
ships  or  vessels   05 

Bond,  indemnifying  auy  person  for  the  payment 
of  money,  where  the  amount  recoverable  is 

$1,000  or  less   50 

For  every  additional  $1,000,  or  fractional 
part  thereof.   50 

Bond  for  the  due  performance  of  the  duties  of 

any  oliiee   1  00 

Bond  of  any  other  description,  except  such  as 
may  be  required  in  legal  proceedings,  or  used 
in  connection  with  mortgage  deeds,  and  not 
otherwise  charged  in  this  schedule   25 

Charter-Party,  snip,  vessel  or  steamer,  not  over 
150  tons,  $1  ;  150  to  300  tons,  $3  ;  300  to  600 
tons,  $5 ;  over  GOO  tons  10  00 

Cei ■lilicate  of  Profits,  or  any  memorandum  show- 
ing an  interest  in  property,  or  accumulations 
of  any  incorporated  company,  tor  a  sum  not 

less  than  $10  nor  exceeding  $50   10 

Exceeding  $50  and  not  $1 ,000   25 

For  every  additional  $1,000  or  t'ract'al  part  25 

Certificate  of  Damage,  and  all  other  certificates 
or  documents  issued  by  Port  Wardens  or  Ma- 
rine Surveyors,  orother  persons  acting  as  such  25 

Certificate  of  Deposit,  not  exceeding  the  sum  of 
$100,  2  cents  j  exceeding  $100   05 

'Certificate  of  stock  in  any  incorporated  comp'y,  25 

Certificates,  other  than  specified   05 

Contract,  broker's  note  or  memorandum  of  sale 
of  goods,  stocks,  bonds,  exchange  notes  of 
band,  real  estate,  or  other  description  of  prop- 
erty, issued  by  any  person  acting  as  a  broker, 
for  each  note  or  memorandum,  of  sale   10 

Deed  or  Conveyance  of  Ileal  Estate,  value  not 
over  $500,  oUc.  ;  every  additional  $500,  or 
fractional  part  thereof   50 

Entry  of  Goods  at  any  custom-house,  value  not 
over  $100,  25e;  over  $100  and  not  over  $500, 

50e.;  over  $500  .  1  00 

For  the  withdrawal  of  goods  from  bonded 
warehouse   50 

Ganger's  Returns,  quarterly,  for  quantity  not 
over  500  galls,  gross,  10c.;  over  500  galls,  gr.  25 

Insurance  (Marine,  Inland  and  Fire)  policy  or 
renewal,  premium  not  over  $10,  10c;  $10  to 
$50,  25c. ;  over  $50,  50c.  ;  Life  policy,  under 
$1,000,  25c;  $1,000  to  $5,000,  50c;  over  $5,000.1  00 

Lease  of  lands  or  tenements,  rent  not  over  $!00 
per  annum,  50c. ;  each  add!  $200  or  fraction.  50 

Manifest,  cargo  to  foreign  port,  registered  ton 
nage  not  over  300  tons,  $1  ;  over  300  and  not 
over  600,  $3;  over  600  tons  5  00 

Measurer's  Returns,  for  quantify  not  over  1,000 
bushels,  10c;  over  1,000  bushels  '.  .'.   25 

Mortgage,  Trust  deed,  or  personal  bond  for  pay- 
ment of  money, $100  to. $500,  50c;  each  addi-  I 

tional  $500   50 

Each  assignment  of  mortgage,  lease  or- pol- 
icy of  insurance,  or  renewal  of  the  same, 
is  subject  to  same  duties  as  the  original. 

Medicines  or  Preparations,  Perfumery  and  Cos- 
metics— Every  package,  box,  bottle,  etc.,  re- 
tailing for  25c.  or  less   01 

Each  additional  25c.  cr  fractional  part  there- 
of, np  to  $1,  lc;  each  additional  50c.  or 
fractional  part  thereof,  over  $1   02 

Playing  Cards — Each  pack,  price  not  over  18c, 
2c;  from  18  to  25c,  4c.  ;  25  to  50c,  10c:;  50c. 
to  $1,  15c;  each  additional  50c.  or  fractional 
part  thereof  _   05 

Photographs,  Ambrotypes,  Daguerreotypes  or 
Sun  Pictures,  upon  each,  retailing  for  25c.  or 
less,  2c;  over  25  and  not  over  50c,  5c;  over 
50c.  and  not  over$l,  3c. ;  each  additional  $1 
or  fractional  part  thereof   05 

Passage  Ticket  to  foreign  port,  cost  not  over  $35, 
50c;  over  $35  and  not  over  $50,  $1 ;  every  ad- 
ditional $50  or  fractional  part  thereof  1  00 

Power  of  Attorney  to  sell  or  transfer  stock,  scrip, 

bonds,  or  collect  dividemds  or  int.  thereon  25 
To  vote  for  officers  of  incorporated  comp'y  or 
Bociety  not  religious,  charitable  or  literary, 

or  public  cemeteries....   10 

To  receive  or  collect  rents  — .  25 

To  sell,  convey,  rent  or  lease  real  estate  ..1  00 

For  any  other  purpose  60 


Probate  of  Will,  or  letters  of  administration,  es- 
tate not  over  $2,000,  $1 ;    each  additional 

$1,000  or  fractional  part  thereof   50 

Protest  of  note,  hill,  acceptance,  check  or  draft,  2o 
Promissory  Note — See  Bill  of  Exchange,  inland. 
Receipt  for  payment  of  money  or  debt  over  $20, 
not   being  for  satisfaction  of  mortgage, 
judgmeut  or  decree  of  Court,  and  receipt 

for  the  delivery  of  property   02 

Warehouse,  for  property  stored,  not  over  $500 
in  value,  10c.  ;  $500  to  $1,000,  20c.  ;  every 

additional  $1 .000   10 

For  any  goods  held  in  storage,  and  not  other- 
wise provided  for   25 

Weigher's  Returns,  up  to  5,000  lbs.,  10c;  over 

5,000  lbs   25 

Writs,  or  original  process,  for  commencing  suit 
in  Court  of  record,  and  in  Court  not  of  rec- 
ord, when  amount  claimed  is  $100  or  over, 
except  before  Justices  of  the  Peace,  or  in 
court  of  no  greater  jurisdiction  as  to  dam- 
ages, or  in  6nit  commenced  by  the  United 

States  or  auy  State    50 

Upon  every  confession  of  judgment,  or  cogno- 
vit, for  $100  or  over,  except  where  tax  for 

a  writ  has  been  paid   50 

Writs  or  process  on  appeal  from  Justice's 
courts  and  other  courts  of  inferior  jurisdic- 
tion to  courts  of  record.    50 

Warrant  of  distress — rent  claimed  under  $100, 

25c;  over  $100   50 


G 


KEAT  ATTRACTION! 
THE 

FASHIONS, 

ARE    ALL   THE  GO! 


Lamott, 


Hatter, 


IS  NOW  THE  MAN  I    HE  IS  READY  WITH  HIS 
BROADWAY   STYLES   FOR  THE 

Spring  of  1866. 

JUST  SEE  THE  DIFFERENCE  between  his  styles  Mid 
thi'  others  in  tins  city.  There  is  style  about  his  Hats  that 
dues  li')t  appear  in  others. 

FACTS  ARE    STUBBORN    THINGS ! 

LAMOTT,  227  Russ  Block,  is  bound  to  be  the  LEADER 
of  Fashions. 

LAMOTT S  SPRING  STYLES 

show  taste.  It  is  a  good  thing  that  you  huvo  a  man 
among  you  who  is  willing  to  take  a  staud  ouUiile  of  oth- 
ers, to  Introduce  a  stylo  tti.it  is  new,  sail  not  follow  iu  tin- 
wake  of  others  that  are  about  one  year  behind  Iho  times. 

GO  TO  HIS  STORE  FOR  A  HAT, 

No.  220  Montgomery  street, 

and  got  something  that  is  new.  mar22  3m 


HEUSTON 


HASTINGS 


&  CO. 


The    Fashionable  Clothiers 


SAN  FRANCISCO, 

Have  established  a  TRUNK  DEPOT  in  the  base- 
nient  of  their  Store  equal  to  any  in  New  York, 
and  prices  20  per  cent,  lower  than  any  other  House 
in  the  city. 

marl7-3m 


B 


RITISH  PERIODICALS. 


The  London  Quarterly  Review  (Conserv- 
ative.) 

Tire  Edinburgh  Review  (Whig!) ' 
The  Westminster  Review  (Radical.) 
The  North  British  Review  (Free  Church.) 
Blackwood's  Edinburgh  Magazine  (Tory.) 

The  interest  of  these  Periodicals  to  American 
readers  is  rather  increased  than  diminished  by  the 
articles  they  contain  on  our  late  Civil  War,  and 
though  sometimes  tinged  with  prejudice,  they  may 
still,  considering  their  great  ability,  and  the  different 
stand-points  from  which  they  are  written,  he  read 
and  studied  with  advantage  by  the  people  of  this 
country,  of  every  creed  anil  party; 

TERMS  FOR  1866. 

For  any  one  of  the  Reviews,  per  annum  $1 

For  any  two  of  the  Reviews,  per  annum  7 

For  any  three  of  the  Reviews,  per  annum  10 

For  all  four  of  the  Reviews,  per  annum  12 

For  Blackwood's  Magazine,  per  annum.'  4 

For  Blackwood  and  one  Review,  per  annum  7 

Jilackwood  and  any  two  of  the  Reviews,  per  an. .10 
Blackwood  and  three  of  the  Reviews, per  annum. 13 
Blackwood  and  the  four  Reviews,  per  annum. ...15 

CLUBS. 

A  discount  of  tventy  per  rent,  will  he  allowed  to 
clubs  of  four  or  more  persons.  Tims,  lour  copies  of 
Blackwood,  or  of  one  Review,  wii!  lie  sent  to  owe 
address  for  $12  80.  Four  copies  of  the  four  Reviews 
and  Blackwood,  for  $18,  and  so  on. 

TOSTAGE. 

When  sent  by  mail,  the  Postage  to  any  part  of  the 
Union  will  be  but  Twenty-four  Cents  a  year  for 
Uhickwood,  and  but  Eigld  Cents  a  year  for  each, 
of  tte  Reviews.  r.T  Tl  'P 

REDUCED  PRICES    POIt  rREVIOUS  YEARS. 

Subscribers  may  obiain  the  Reprints  immediately 
preceding  I860',  as  follows,  viz : 

Blackwood  from  September,  1801,  to  December, 
1865,  inclusive,  at  the  rate  id'  $2  50  a  year. 

The  North  British  from  January,  1865,  to  Decem- 
ber, J 865,  inclusive;  the  Edinburgh  and  the  West- 
minster from  April,  1861,  to  December,  1865,  inclu- 
sive, and  the  London  Quarterly  for  the  year  1865,  at 
the  rate  of  $1  50  a  year  for  each  or  any  Review. 

A  few  copies  yet  remain  of  all  the  Four  Reviews 
for  1863  at  SI  a  rot,  or$l  50  lor  any  one. 

LEONARD  SCOTT  i!t  CO.,  Publishers, 
38  Walker  street, New  York. 


OCCIDENTAL 

HOMESTEAD 

Association, 


OFFICE, 


305  MONTGOMERY  STREET. 


Capital  Stock,  $33,GG0. 


102  SHARES  $330  EACH. 


yLNCENT'S  COLD  PREVENTIVE. 

A  Sure  Cure 

FOR  COUGHS,  COLDS,  BRONCHITIS 
DYSPEPSIA, 
CONSUMPTION, 
NIGHT  SWEATS,  AND  PULMONARY 
DISEASES. 

Read  the  following  : 

REMARKABLE  CURE. 
San  Francisco,  September  5th,  1SG5. 
I  desire  to  make  known  the  fact  that  I  was  alllic- 
ted  with  a  very  bad  cough  for  fifteen  years,  aud, 
during  this  time,  used  everything  which!  could  hear 
of  without  getting  the  better  of  my  disease,  until  I 
tried  Dr.  D.  B.  Vincent's  Cold  Preventative  or  Cough 
Mixture,  which  cured  me  sound  and  well. 

NEWTON  MOORE. 

This  is  to  certify  that  my  wife  has  been  troubled 
with  indigestion  for  nearly  cigliteenmonths,  aud,  by 
using  one'botl  le  of  Dr.  Vincent's  medicine,  has  been 
^completely  cured. 

San  Francisco,  April  6th,  1866. 

JOHNSON  J.  THOMAS. 

San  Francisco,  July  17th,  1865. 

I  hereby  certify  that,  haying  had  a  Cough  some 
live  months  since,  which  had  troubled  me  for  two 
years,  and  I  was  so  bad  that  I  was  able  to  do  but 
"little  labor  of  any  kind,  and  could  not  walk  fast 
W-ithout  putting  myself  out  of  breath.  I  was  so  far 
gone  that  I  had  chills  over  me  and  night  sweats,  and 
had  what  other  physicians  called  disease  of  the  lungs. 
I  had  been  docloiiug  a  part  of  the  time  for  the  last 
year,  when  I  saw  Dr.  1).  B.  Vincent,  and  lie  gave 
me  a  small  vial  of  medii  iue,  which  relieved  me  of 
the  chills  aud  night  sweat.,,  and  the  cough  entirely 
.went  away,  aud  i  do  not  take  cold  so  easy,  and  my 
health  is  much  better  in  every  respect.  My  appetite 
is  much  better  ;  aud  I  heartily  recommend  all  others 
who  are  alUkti  d  with'similar.oninplalnfs  to  him. 

JOHN  O'NEILL,  National  Hotel. 

The  above  named  diseases  nearly  all  originate  from 
the  same  or  similar  causes,  aud 

THE    COLD  PREVENTIVE 
will  cure  all  of  them.    It  is  a  sure  cure  for  Dyspep- 
sia.   Price,  50  cents  per  bottle. 


B 


ALD-HEADED  GENTLEMEN, 


Who  frequent  the  Parquet  of  Theatres,  exciting 
by  their  grotesque  appearance  the  merriment  of  La- 
dies iu  the  Dress  Circle,  would  profit  by  usiug  Little 
&  Co.'s  Chinese 

Vegetable   Hair  Restorative. 

The  proprietors  of  this  astonishing  remedy  for 
Baldness,  confident  of  its  infallibility,  agree  to  re- 
fund the  purchase  money  iu  every  instance  where 
its  use  for  three  months,  according  to  directions,  is 
unattended  with  success.    Price  per  jar,  $2.50. 

Manufactured  by  Little  &  Co.  ;  sold  by 

CHAS.  E.  HINCKLEY  &  CO., 

Chemists  and  Druggists, 
Southeast  corner  of  Clay  and  Kearny  streets, 
ap21-lin  San  Friuieusco. 


D.  B.  VINCENT,  M.  D., 

PHYSICIAN  and  OCULIST, 
Treats  all  diseases  successfully  on  the  Electric  sys 
Parti  jular  attention  \<\S\  to  treating  all  Dis- 


eases of  the  Eyes,  Rheumatism,  Parahvsis,  etc 
cases  even  where  others  fail. 


Cures  guaranteed,  or  all  moneys  refunded— in  most 


1W  Office— No.  103  Kearny  street,  lirst  floor, 
where  he  can  be  consulted  at  ull  hours,  unless  pro- 
fessionally engaged.  All  orders  from  the  country 
promptly  attended  to.  ap7 


QA.NTY  &  WAGNER, 

(SIVCKSSORS  TO  J.  REGAN,) 

WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL 

Confectioners, 

111  Montgomery  street,  bet.  Bush  and  Sutler. 

N.  B.  All  candies  gold  by  us  are  warranted  to  lie  man- 
ufactured from  Stewart's  double  refined  Sugai ,  and  to  be 
equal  to  uny  manufactured  in  the  Slate.  Country  mer- 
chants solicit*;!  to  examine  our  slock  and  prices.  Goods 
delivered  to  any  part  of  the  city  free  of  charge.  fe24-3m 


This  Association  was  formed  to  enable  its  mem- 
bers to  obtain  desirable  homestead  lots  iu  this  city  at  a 
cheap  aud  easy  rate,  paying  for  the  same  by  regular 
monthly  inslalmcnts. 

For  this  purpose  they  have  purchased  Blocks  409,  500, 
and  501,  in  the  Western  Addition  to  ttiis  cp-y,  bouuded.  by 
Devisadero,  Piue,  Brodertok  and  Clay  streets. 

Subscribers  will  pay  an  initiation  fee  of  $5  on  each 
share  taken,  to  form  a  fund  for  defraying  current  ex- 
pcnsos,aud.  $11  per  mouth  for  thirty  mouths,  couimeu- 
cifg  Ut&pm^lSU.  "  -»    1     rl  J    f(  "  I  bJL 

The  property  is  within  three  blocks  of  the 
TURK  STREET  RAILROAD, 

IS  NEARLY  ALL  ON  THE  GRADE, 
and  is  most  desirably  located  for  Homestead  purposes. 

It  is  directly  cast  from  the  lands  of  the  California 
Association. 

The  property  has  been  purchased  on  very  reasonable 
terms,  and, offers  a  rare  opportunity  for  investment. 

A  number  uf  line  hou-scs  are  in  process  of  erection,  and 
streets  are  being  graded  uoar  this- property,  which  will 
greatly  "increase  its  value. 

When  twelve  monthly  payments  have  been  made,  tlio 
property  will  be  divided  among  the  members  in  thensual 
manner,  and  each  shareholder  will  receive  a  contract  for 
a  deed  to  the  lot  or  lots  to  which  he  may  be  entitled,  and 
have  the  privilege  of  taking  immediate  possession  of  the 
same.  .  imm 

The  lots  average  27  feet  in  front  by  120  feet  in  depth. 
The  whole  amount  due  upon  auy  lot  may  be  paid  ai  auy 
time,  and  discount  at  the  rate  of  ouo  aud  one-half  per 
cent,  per  mouth  will  be  deducted  therefrom. 

Persons  wishing  to  visit  the  lands  of  this  Association 
will  take  the -Turk  strvet  cars  to  Devisadero  street,  and 
theucc  go  northerly  along  Devisadero  to  Pine  street. 

Twenty  thousand  dollars  of  the  capital  stock  is  taken, 
aud  the  books  are  opeo  for  subscription  to  the  balance  at 
theolllceof  the  Secretary,  where  the  Ollicial  Map  of  U10 
Association  can  be  seen,  aud  lull  particulars  obtaiued. 

The  Title  lo  this  Property  is  Perfect. 

J.  S.  LUTY,  Secretary, 
Ofilcc,  305  Montgomery  street,  corner  of  Piue, 
myl9-3m  Rooms  2  aud  6. 


££OYS!    BOYS1  BOYS! 

NOW  IS  THE  TIME  I 


H.  M.  LOCKWOOD  &  CO., 
New  No.  624)  CLAY  STREET,  (Old  No  IT 

Have  received  a  large  Stock  of 

GENTS'  AND  BOYS'  CLOTHING 

— axd — 

FURNISHING  GOODS, 

*.«.'!  iH  *  i     '  Which  they  are  selling  ■  1 )  A.  f  f 
AT   VERY   LOW  PRICES. 
Every  Garment  warranted.    All  are  invited  to  call  and 
examine  our  goods. 

H.  M.  LOCKWOOD  &  CO. 
jal  624  Clay  street,  San  Francisco. 


Pacific  ocean  house, 

SANTA  CRUZ,  CAL. 

THIS  NEW  AND  COMMODIOUS  HOTEL,  built  and  fur- 
nished in  accordance  with  the  most  modern  and  improved 
plans,  and  with  a  view  to  the  comfort  and  convenience  of 
its  patrons,  is  now  open  for  the  reception- of  guests.  .  ■ 

To  those  who  have  visited  S  mtaCruz,  it  is  inuiecossar  y 
to  speak  of  its  beauties  and  its  natural  advantages  over 
all  other  places  of 

Summer  Resort. 

To  those  Who  li.ive  not:  tlio  Proprietor  can  mflv  say 

COMB  AND  JUDGE  POK  YOUiiSEL  VES— giving  all 
who  may  come  the  assurance  that  his  earnest  endeavors 
shall  be  to  make  the  Hotel,  in  all  its  appointments,  equal 
to  the  surround iugs  of  this  delightful  Sea  side  Resort. 


GEO.  T.  BRO.MLKY, 


Santa  Cruz,  April  4, 1S66. 


Proprietor. 


QEO.  P.  KIMBALL  &  CO., 

Carriage  Manufacturers, 

CORNER  MARKET  AND  FOURTH 

STREETS, 

Son  Francisco. 


GEORGE  T.  KIMBALL. 


...W.   H.  KNIGHT. 


Wo  have  always  on  hand  a  large  assortment  of  Coaches, 
Carriages,  Buggies,  Thoroliglibrace  Wagous,  Express, 
Grocery  ,  Soda  and  Butcher  Wagons  aud  Lumber  Gears. 

CARRIAGES  AND  WAGONS 
Of  every  description  made  to  order  aud  at  shortest  no. 
tice.    Particular  attcnliou  paid  to  the  building  of  Wide 
Truck  Buggies  and  Wagons  with  Brakes,  for  mountain 
use.    Orders  from  the  country  promptly  attended  to. 

N.  B.    Kimball's  Patent  Goose  Neck  Trucks  ou  baud. 

n...i  _  Jal 


16 


THE  CALIFORNIA**. 


|  June  2d 


jyjAGUIRE'S  OPERA  HOUSE. 

T.  MAGUIRE  Peopbibtob. 

C.  L.  GRAVES  Stagk  Manages- 

W.  STEVENSON  Tbeasubbb. 

SATURDAY  AFTERNOON  AND  EVENING, 
JUNE  2,  1866. 

PRICES  OF  ADMISSION: 

Dress  Circle  and  Orchestra,  $1  00 

Parquet,  -      -   5° 

Upper  Circle,  -  25 

Mr.  John  McCullough, 

SUPPORTED     BY     THE     LEGITIMATE  COMPANY, 
will  appear  ia  the  play  entitled 

The  Three  Guardsmen. 


NEXT  WEEK: 

EDWIN  FORREST 

WILL  PLAY 

THE  BROKER  OF  BOGATA, 

Monday,  Tuesday,  and  Wednesday 

MACBETH,  -  Thursday 

OTHELLO,  Friday 

Reserved  Seats  $1  50 

Dress  Circle  and  Parquet   1  00 

Upper  Circle   50 


THE  PEOPLE  ARE  WILD 

For  Excitement  and   Fun ! 


DR.  H.  A.  BENTON 

will  assist  thera,  by  an  exhibition  of 

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JUNE  18,   -  -         -         -  CONSTITUTION' 

Captain  F.  R.  Baby. 
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D.  WARREN  SMITH 
Has  commenced  his  business  of  canvassing  the  city  for 
subscribers  for 

MIDDLE  TON'S  OIL  PORTRAITS, 

the  series  of  which  embrace 
WASHINGTON  AND    MARTHA,  LINCOLN, 
WEBSTER,  CLAY,  DOUGLAS,  GRANT, 

SHERMAN,  aud  JACKSON. 
Mr.  Smith  will  call  at  the  business  places  of  our  city, 
and  at  dwellings  at  reasonable  hours,  and  exbiblt  some  of 
the  above  beautiful  Oil  Portraits.   Ho  bo)ies  to  meet  with 
success,  as  the  Pictures  are  worthy  a  place  in  overy  draw- 
ing room  ia  our  country.    AGENT'S  HEADQUARTERS, 
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SAN  FRANCISCO,  Mat    9,  1866. 
NOTICE. 

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the  5th  inst. ,  it  was  resolved  to  iucrease  the  Capital  Stock 
of  the  corporation  to  (5.000,(00,  gold,  to  luke  cflecl  on 

THE  FIRST  DAY  OF  JULY  NEXT, 
and  the  President  and  Cashier  were  authorized  to  receive 
subscriptions  Tor  $2,000,000  ol  said  capital  stock.  Parlies 
desirous  of  subscribing  will  make  application  at  the 
It  mk  either  personally  or  by  letter,  when  further  details 
will  be  given.  D.  O.  MILLS,  President. 

my20  lm  W.  C.  RALSTON,  Cashier. 


piS  CO  ! 

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JAMES  HENNESSY'S  Cognac  ; 
STEAMBOAT  GIN  ; 
OLD  TOM  GIN  ; 

IRISH  WHISKY, 

from  Bond  direct. 

For  «ale  by  V.  SQARZA, 

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BOWMAN  &  CO., 
Dealers  in  Stoves  and  Tin  Ware, 
war24  6ui  Main  street,  Pelaluma. 


VOLUME  V.,  No  3. 
Office,  No.  o'J'-l  Merchant  street. 


SAN  FRANCISCO.  JUNE    9,  1866. 


i  $5  a  Year,  by  Mail, in  Advance' 
by  Carrier. 


CONTENTS 


PROSE. 

Railway  Reading. — By  '■  Bret." 

Geueral  WinQcld  Scott. 

Mr.  Thompson's  Umbrella, 

Mrs.  Brown  Loses  a  Dog. 

The  Conundrum  in  the  Country. 

The  Rival  Antiquaries. 

Romance  of  Royalty. 

Evenings  from  Home. 

The  Last  Bauquet  of  the  Girondists. 


Mme.  George  Sand. 
Reminiscences  of  Beau  Brummel 

AMUSEMENTS  : 
Theatrical  Events,  and  Announce- 
ments. 

POETRY  : 
Forbidden. — By  Emilie  Lawson. 
Aspiration. — By  '  Ingle/' 
Abraham  Davenport. 


|For  the  California^.] 

FORBIDDEN. 

rilHERE  flows  a  river  by  my  very  door, 

Oft  limes  I  wander  by  this  silvery  stream  ; 
Delightful  blossoms  flutter  on  its  shore, 
And  when  they  bloom — I  dream. 

It  feeds  the  frail  bud  trembling  on  its  brink, 
I  am  a-hunger — and  its  waves  are  bread  ; 
The  chaffering  birds  dip  thanklessly,  and  drink, 
I  thirst,  while  they  are  fed. 

I  never  cull  the  simplest  leaf  nor  flower, 

Though  day  by  day  they  call  with  odorous  speech; 
Though  flaming  petals  woo  me  every  hour, 
Tempting  my  wishful  reach. 

My  brain  is  aching  with  the  wildest  pain, 

A  blissful  balm  goes  rippling  by  my  side  ; 
But  the  coo)  waters  murmur  all  in  vain, 
All  vainly  calls  the  tide. 

Upon  its  banks  the  softest  mosses  grow, 

My  feet  are  sore,  and  weary  is  my  breast; 
Rest  at  my  very  feet !  and  yet  to  know 
I  never  may  lind  rest. 
3an  Francisco,  June  5,  1866.  Emilie  Lawson. 


MRS.    BROWN    LOSES    A  DOG. 

I DID  say  as  I  never  would  have  a  dog  for  to  darken  my 
doors,  but  when  Mrs.  Brown  brought  it  in  I  must  eay  I 
never  see  such  a  beauty,  as  is  called  Sikey,  though  its  wrote 
on  the  collar  "  Physic,"  as  plain  as  can  be,  but  I  suppose 
that's  what  it  is  in  French,  where  it  come  from. 

I  never  see  a  lovelier  coat  than  the  creetur  had  got,  as  soft 
as  silk,  with  a  eye  as  seemed  for  to  beam  on  you,  as  the  sayin' 
is.  I  never  did  see  such  a  dog  in  a  house  ;  no  trouble  no 
ways,  exept  a  nasty  'abit  of  gnawiu'  things,  as  I  very  soon 
cured  it  on. 

I'm  sure  that  dog  know'd  what  I  was  a  thinkin'  about,  with 
a  temper  like  a  lamb,  or  else  our  cat  never  would  have  took 
to  it  as  she  did,  though  a  mother  herself  through  me  'avin' 
saved  two  beautiful  kittens,  one  a  tabby  and  the  other  a  black, 
as  is  both  promised,  for  parties  as  knows  me  is  glad  to  have 
a  cat  out  of  my  house. 

I'm  sure  the  way  as  that  dog  took  to  them  kittens  if  he'd 
been  their  own  uncle  he  couldn't  have  been  kinder,  thoagh  at 
times  more  Iree  than  welcome,  as  the  sayin'  is,  through  a 
takin'  them  out  of  the  basket  whenever  the  mother  had 
turned  her  back,  as  was  a  good  mother  I  must  say. 

Brown  was  always  at  me  about  not  overfeedin'  that  dog, 
and  I'm  sure  I  never  did,  not  as  he  were  a  greedy  dog,  nor 
ever  touched  the  cat's  dinner,  as  I  considers  honorable,  and 
might  make  many  a  Christian  blush,  as  I've  knowed  take 
mean  advantages  at  my  own  table  in  helpin'  theirselves  to  the 
best,  atbinkiu'  me  to  be  unawares. 

The  trouble  as  I  took  with  wa3hin'  and  combin'  that  dog 
nobody  wouldn't  believe  ;  he  knowed  Friday  by  his  instinct, 
and  would  hide  in  the  copper-hole,  for  I  must  say  as  I  did 
take  a  pride  in  his  coat,  as  shone  like  silver,  and  not  a  tangle 
id  it,  and  wouldn't  have  trusted  him  to  our  Liza,  as  is  too 
hasty  in  her  ways. 

Well,  I  must  say  as  I  was  anxious  about  the  animal,  for 
Brown  was  a-talkin'  constant  about  that  dog  bein'  lost, 
«'  For,"  says  ho,  "  there  money  iu  him."  I  says,  "  Well,  then, 
if  he  should  bo  lost  through  my  fault  I'll  find  him." 


I  don't  think  it  was  three  weeks  after  as  I'd  said  it  when 
one  day  I  wanted  to  go  as  far  as  the  Wands  worth-road,  and 
took  the  dog  with  me,  through  a-lhiukin'  as  the  poor  thing 
were  a  pinin'  for  exercise. 

I'm  sure  I  can't  a-bear  lookin'  after  a  dog,  for  turnin'  round 
constant  don't  suit  me,  but  I'd  had  it  out  once  or  twice  quite 
safe,  and  so  hadn't  no  fears,  and  certainly  he  followed  beauti- 
ful, till  all  of  a  minute  I  looked  round  and  he  was  gone.  I 
stared  again,  for  I  thought  he  must  have  flowed  away,  and 
then  1  says  to  myself,  "  He's  been  and  run  into  a  shop  or 
somewheres."  So  I  stops  and  calls  "  Sikey,  Sikey,"  till  par- 
ties asked  me  what  I'd  lost,  and  one  young  chap  with  his 
impudence  told  me  I'd  better  whistle  for  him.  I'm  sure  I 
was  up  and  down  that  road  two  good  hours,  but  not  a  vest- 
ment of  him  could  I  see,  and  as  it  was  a-gettin'  dusk  I  give 
him  up.  1  could  have  cried  when  I  got  home,  and  Brown  was 
put  out,  for  we  really  felt  quite  lonesome  without  the  poor 
thing. 

I  says,  "  I'll  have  bills  and  offer  five  shillins  reward."  He 
says,  "  Don't  be  a  fool,  you'll  never  get  him  back  for  five 
pounds." 

I  says,  "  If  I  know'd  he  was  that  valuable,  he  never  should 
have  moved  but  with  a  collar  and  string." 

Well,  there,  he  was  gone  more  than  ten  days  when  I  was  a- 
mentionin'  of  my  loss  to  Mr.  Rawlinson,  as  keeps  the  "  Risin' 
Sun,"  as  says  to  me,  "  Why  ever  don't  you  apply  to  the  bishop 
for  him." 

I  says,  "  What's  the  bishop  got  to  do  with  lost  dogs?" 
"  Oh,"  he, says,  "  everythin.'  Why,  bless  you,  he's  got  Acts 
of  Parliaments  for  'em,  and  there  ain't  a  dog-etealer  iu  Lon- 
don as  don't  quake  at  his  name." 

I  says,  "  Wherever  is  he  to  be  found,  bless  him  ?"  Says  he, 
"  In  Bond  street,  that's  where  lie's  bishop  of. 

I  says,  "  Oh,  indeed  ;  but,"  1  says,  "  won't  it  be  a  liberty  in 
me  for  to  go  and  speak  to  a  bishop  about  my  dog,  as  is  unbe- 
known to  his  lordship  ?"    He  says,  "  Not  at  all." 

"  I  says,  "  What's  the  number  ?"  Says  he,  "  Ask  any  one 
when  you  gets  there,  everybody  knows  him  and  every  oue 
looks  up  to  him."  I  says,  "  I'm  there  the  first  thing  to-mor- 
row." 

I  didn't  say  nothin'  to  Brown,  through  wantin'  for  to  sur- 
prise him  in  bringin'  the  dog  back  with  nre,  but  off  I  went  by 
the  West-end  'bus,  as  put  me  down  iu  Piccadilly,  and  soon 
found  my  way  to  Bond  street,  as  I  walks  up  till  I  meets  a 
policeman,  as  I  asked  for  to  direct  me  to  the  bishop's. 
"  Bishop  of  what  ?"  says  he. 

"  Why,  of  Bond  street,  of  course,"  says  I.  "  Oh,"  he  says, 
"  there  it  is,  and  him  a-standin'  in  the  doorway." 

A  noble  figger  with  a  apron  on  like  the  driven  snow,  as  I've 
heerd  say  bishops  always  wears.  Of  all  the  kind  parties  as 
ever  I  see  he  was  the  kindest.  He  felt  for  me  like  a  father 
over  that  dog. 

"  Ah,"  he  says,  "  my  dear,  I've  had  losses  myself,  heavy 
losses  ;  but,"  he  says,  "  I'll  try  and  help  you.  Walk  iu," 
says  he. 

I  did  walk  in,  as  is  Doble  premises,  and  the  guns  all  about 
the  place,  as,  of  course,  is  a  terror  to  them  dog-stealers. 
Well,  he  showed  me  his  dngs  as  is  picters,  and  told  me  how 
he'd  lost  a  hangel  through  a  fancy  old  maid  a- takin'  it  into  her 
head  as  it  was  a  rabbit,  and  had  it  destroyed. 

She  must  have  been  a  fool  I  should  say,  and  wanted  lockin' 
up  herself,  as  nobody  wouldn't  be  safe  with  ;  bur,  with  all  his 
kindness  he  wasn't  able  to  throw  no  lights  over  my  dog.  So 
I  says,  "  I  turns  you  many  thanks  for  you  kindness  ;  for,"  I 
says,  "  kind  you  are  and  a  feelin'  heart,"  for  I  could  see  as 
tears  was  a  comin'  into  his  eyes  when  he  spoke  of  his  loss  ; 
and,  bless  you,  the  place  full  of  the  very  first  lords  in  the  land, 
as  he  showed  me  hisself  a  duke  as  he  nuss'd  a  babby,  and 
pr'aps  've  christened,  not  as  he  carries  on  the  bishop  now 
through  havin'  retired,  but  he's  a  noble-'arted  man  as  ever 
I  see. 

I  was  a-goin'  home  with  a  'eavy  'art,  and  a-walkin'  slow 
down  Parliament  street  for  the  'bus  to  overtake  ine,  when 
what  should  1  see  in  a  man's  arms  but  the  very  dog  itself. 


Well,  just  as  I  come  up  he  puts  it  down  for  to  light  his  pipe. 
I  gives  a  chirrup  like  for  to  make  sure  as  it  were  the  dog.  The 
animal  looked  up  and  know'd  me.  I  pounces  on  him  and 
ketches  hold  of  his  neck. 

"  Let  my  dog  alone,"  says  the  fellow,  a-scowlin'  at  me. 
"  Shan'*,,"  says  I,  "  it  ain't  your  dog." 

"  It  is,"  says  he.  ''  You're  a  falsehood,"  says  I,  "  for  it's 
mine." 

Well,  I'd  got  the  dog  that  tight  as  he  couldn't  jerk  it  out 
of  my  hand,  and  there  was  plenty  of  people  a-passin'  as 
stopped. 

"  What's  the  row  1"  says  a  fellar.  "  Why,  this  old  female's 
tryin'  to  grab  my  dog,"  says  the  other. 

"  And  she's  a-goin'  to  crab  it,  too,"  says  I.  "  Are  you  ?" 
says  he. 

"  Yea,"  says  I,  "  and  here's  the  police,"  and  up  one  come  in 
the  very  nick.  I  says,  "  Policeman,  this  is  my  dog  as  I  lost 
last  Thursday  week  iu  the  Wandsworth  Road,  as  this  fellar 
has  got."  The  man  says,  "  Who  are  you  a-calling  a  fellar? 
I  tell  you  this  dog  is  the  property  of  a  gentleman  in  St.  John's 
Wood  as  lost  it  on  Friday,  aud  I've  got  it  back  for  him. 

I  says,  "  Policeman,  it's  all  lies,"  I  says,  "  I'll  swear  to  the 
dog."    I  says,  "  My  name  is  Brown,  I'll  give  you  my  address.'' 

So  he  wrote  it  down,  and  asks  the  man  the  gentleman's  ad- 
dress in  St.  John's  Wood,  as  he  said  he'd  forgot,  but  know'd 
the  house.    Says  the  policeman,  "  Walker." 

If  you'd  seen  them  two  Cellars  step  it  at  that  you'd  'ave 
smiled,  as  was  reg'Iar  roughs,  and  that  dog  got  that  dirty 
as  I  don't  think  any  one  would  have  know'd  him  with  a  bit 
of  rope  round  his  throat,  as  had  been  evidently  tied  up.  I 
wa3  that  pleased  as  to  'ave  a  cab,  aud  so  got  home  just  before 
Brown,  and  to  see  that  dog  jump  over  him  when  he  come  in, 
it  was  for  all  the  world  like  a  Christian,  and  I  do  believe  as 
the  cat  was  as  glad  to  see  him  back  as  any  of  us. 

About  a  day  or  two  after  up  comes  a  brougham  to  the  door, 
and  out  gets  a  young  lady,  leastways  she  was  dressed  hand- 
some, but  when  she  opened  her  mouth  she  spilt  it  all  through 
her  talkin'  that  loud,  with  her  face  paintsd  and  floured  up,  as 
I  could  see  though  she  did  keep  her  wail  down,  as  I  considers 
rude  iu  speakin'  to  any  one.  So  she  bounces  up  to  the  door 
and  says,  "  I  want  to  see  Mrs.  Brown."  I  says,  "  By  all 
means,"  through  bein'  at  the  parlor  door.    I  sars,  "Walk  iu." 

She  says,  "I've  called  about  that  dog"  "What  dog?" 
says  I. 

"  The  one  you  claimed  on  Monday  in  Parliament  street," 
she  says  ;  "  it's  mine."  I  says,  "  Beggin'  your  pardon,  it 
ain't." 

She  says,  "A  friend  of  mine  gave  it  me  on  Saturday ;  he 
paid  five  pounds  fur  it,  and  it  was  stolen  before  three  o'clock 
the  same  day.  The  poor  man  you  met  with  it  was  bringing 
it  heme  to  me  when  you  took  it  from  him."  I  says,  "A  poor 
man  he  may  be,  but  he's  a  thief,  for  he's  robbed  you  as  well 
as  me.  Why,"  I  says  "  how  could  he  know  about  the  dog 
bein'  youm  in  the  time  ?" 

"  Oh,"  she  says,  "  my  friend  sent  a  red-coat  man  down 
from  the  club  into  Westminster  Saturday  night  to  ferret  it 
out,  and  he  came  and  told  me  he  was  ou  the  track  Sunday 
mornin'."  "  Well,"  I  says,  "  tracks  on  a  Sunday  may  be  all 
very  well  for  them  as  likes  'em,  but  that  man  is  a  thief,  tracks 
or  no  tracks." 

"  Come,"  she  says,  "  Mrs.  Brown,  you're  a  dear  jolly  old 
soul,  you'll  let  me  have  the  dog."    "  Not  if  I  knows  it,"  saysl- 

"  What  will  you  take  for  him  ?"    "  Nothin',"  says  I. 

"  Then,"  she  says,  "  I'll  summons  you  and  make  you  give 
it  up.  You  call  people  thieves,  look  at  home,"  she  says. 
"  Now,"  I  says,  "  my  good  girl,  you  keep  a  civil  tongue  in 
your  head,  and  take  yourself  off",  or  I'll  have  a  policeman  in, 
for  I  do  believe  you're  one  of  the  gang." 

She  bounced  out  of  the  place  a-wowin'  wengeance,  as  I  says, 
"  Let  her  have,  but  she  don't  get  that  dog  for  all  her  impu- 
dence, as  is  no  doubt  one  of  a  gang  of  swindlers,  as  goes 
dashin'  about  dressed  up  for  to  take  parties  in,  but  I  ain't 
such  a  fool  as  I  looks,  as  the  sayin'  is,  and  if  they  gets  hold 
on  Sikey  agiu  they  may  keep  it." — London  Fun. 


2 


THE  LAST  BANQUET  OF  THE  GIRONDISTS. 

IT  has  been  truly  said  that  the  romances  of  history  sur- 
passs  those  of  fiction.  An  instance  of  this,  among  a 
hundred  others  during  the  first  French  revolution,  is  afforded 
in  the  banquet  of  the  Girondists  on  the  night  before  their  exe- 
cution. It  has  always,  in  my  estimation,  (says  a  writer  in 
the  Citizen.)  stood  forth  as  a  pleasant  and  exceedingly  inter- 
esting, though  mournful,  incident  amidst  the  wild  surges  of 
that  terrible  time. 

The  Girondists,  having  for  a  time  been  the  most  powerful, 
ns  they  ever  were  the  most  intellectual,  party  in  the  conven- 
tion, had  been  gradually  subverted  by  their  implacable  foes, 
the  Jacobins,  headed  by  Robespierre,  and  at  length,  on  May 
31,1793,  the  latter,  having  invoked  the  aid  of  the  canaille 
and  sans  culottes,  made  a  demand  for  their  arrest.  It  was 
successful,  and  thougli  forewarned  of  the  impending  danger, 
many  made  their  escape  into  the  country,  yet  forty-one,  and 
amoug  them  the  ablest,  were  seized  and  consigned  to  impris- 
onment, in  a  portion  of  the  old  Carmelite  convent  near  the 
center  of  Paris.  Its  walls  still  retain  the  memorials  of  their 
illustrious  inmates,  fresh  as  on  the  day  wheu  they  went  forth 
to  their  doom.  Inscribed  with  knives  and  pencils,  or  traced 
in  letters  formed  with  their  own  blood,  may  still  be  read  by 
the  curious  eye  their  last  sentiments,  generally  expressed  in 
■words  of  ancient  and  favorite  authors,  as  combining  the  utter- 
ance of  their  own  patriotic  ideas  with  their  veneration  for 
antiquity.  There  still  live  in  vivid  letters  the  constancy  of 
Vergniaud,  the  boldness  of  Geusonno,  the  energy  of  Ducha- 
tel,  the  gentleness  of  Fauchet,  the  vivacity  of  Fonfrede  and 
Ducos,  the  martial  fire  of  Sillery  and  Yelaze,  the  heroism  of 
all.  Five  months  elapsed  before  their  persecutors  ventured 
on  their  trial.  Some  time  was  needful  to  accustom  the  people 
to  their  absence  from  the  public  deliberations  and  pave  the 
■way  to  their  ultimate  disposal.  That  weary  captivity  wit- 
nessed a  return  to  the  souls  of  the  prisoners  of  all  the  true 
manhood  and  nobility  that  gilded  the  early  days  of  their 
public  life,  before  contact  with  baser  minds  had  eclipsed  their 
brightness  and  stained  their  glory.  Theirs  were  souls  which 
adversity,  more  than  prosperity,  ennobles,  as  gold  tarnishes 
in  a  stagnant  atmosphere,  but  grows  brighter  by  attrition. 
Patriotism  and  love  of  liberty,  which  were  theiv  religion,  lent 
them  consolation,  aud  from  the  darkness  of  the  present  they 
turned,  alas!  not  to  the  prospect  of  a  better  future — that  they 
had  never  tanght  themselves  to  do — but  to  the  virtuous  theo- 
ries of  the  past ;  the  hopes  of  a  Utopia  wherewith  they  once 
believed  this  sorrow-laden  world,  or,  at  least,  their  own  be- 
loved France,  would  be  blessed.  It  was  age  revelling  in  the 
■visions  of  youth  ;  it  was  the  mourner  recalling  the  pleasant 
dream9  from  which  he  has  altogether  too  soon  awaked  to 
sorrow. 

At  length,  on  October  23d,  they  were  summoned  before  the 
revolutionary  tribunal.  At  the  bar  of  that  court  death- 
warrants  were  sealed  before  trial.  The  farce  of  justice  con- 
tinued until  the  30th,  and  few  of  the  accused  anticipated  an 
acquittal  or  deigned  a  defence.  On  the  final  announcement 
of  their  fate,  Yelaze  drove  a  poignard  into  his  heart  and  ex- 
pired before  his  judges.  Yergniaud  threw  away  a  dose  of 
poison  which  had  been  furnished  by  his  friends,  and  resolved 
to  die  with  his  companions.  Sillery  exclaimed,  "  This  is  the 
most  glorious  day  of  my  life  1"  Fonfrede,  embracing  his 
bosom-friend  Ducos,  cried  :  "  Cheer,  my  friend !  we  shall  die 
together!"  Then,  assembling  around  the  corpse  of  Yaleze, 
they  shouted  :  "  We  die  innocent !    Vive  la  Republique  /" 

It  was  past  11  o'clock  at  night  when  the  condemned  were 
conducted  to  their  prison,  which  they  entered  singing  the 
stirring  "  Marsellaise."  At  midnight  they  sat  down  to  a  splen- 
did banquet  provided  by  the  munificence  of  a  friend  in  the 
city,  to  recruit  their  strength,  and  over  the  choicest  of  vi- 
ands for  the  physical,  exchange  the  last  sentiments  of  the 
intellectual  man.  Vergniaud  presided  with  the  same  calm 
dignity  he  had  ever  shown  when  filling  the  chair  of  the 
Assembly.  During  the  repast,  which  none  would  have  sup- 
posed to  be  the  prelude  ot  death,  the  conversation  was  noisy 
and  animated  on  the  part  of  the  young  men  ;  cheerful  but 
more  grave  among  their  elder  colleagues ;  but  gradually 
assuming  a  more,  serious  tone  on  the  part  of  all  as  the  morn- 
ing advanced.  There  began  to  steal  over  them  the  solemn 
shadow  of  that  unknown  land  which  they  were  rapidly 
approaching.  A  question  of  Ducos—"  What  shall  we  be 
doing  to-morrow  at  this  time  ?"  elicited  replies  expressive  of 
their  various  grades  of  religious  belief,  from  glowing  ideas  of 
a  happy  immortality  to  the  dark  depths  of  blank  annihilation. 
The  mysterious  problem  of  tho  future  destiny  of  the  soul 
became  at  length  the  sole  topic  of  conversation,  aud  all  natu- 
rally turned  to  their  leader,  Yergniaud,  for  his  last  opinions 
upon  this  important  theme.  Then  aud  there,  standing  with 
one  foot  on  the  threshold  of  eternity,  that  magnificent  man 
poured  forth  till  dawn  an  eloquence  that  more  intensely 
affected  his  listeners  than  ever  did  his  profoundest  efforts  from 
1  he  tribune.  The  tout  ensemble  of  time,  subject,  occasiou  and 
orator,  conspired  to  give  his  utterances  the  force  of  inspira- 
tion. They  brought  tears  to  the  eyes  of  many,  and  infused 
in  all  an  indescribable  tranquility  for  the  awful  consummation 
of  tho  morrow.    It  was  not  the  ineffable  peace  that  pervades 


THE  CALiFORNlAN. 


the  soul  of  the  dying  Christian,  based  on  the  sweet  assurance 
of  pardoned  sin  and  the  certainty  of  a  better  life  ;  but  its 
calm  similitude,  born  of  philosophy,  and  leavened,  if  not 
vivified,  by  the  doctrine  of  immortality.  In  that,  as  well  as 
in  a  God  of  eternal  rectitude,  Vergniaud  was  a  full  believer  ; 
but  his  religion  was  patriotism.  In  his  final  words  he  sought 
to  reconcile  the  different  opinions  of  his  enraptured  hearers. 
"  Let  us,"  said  lie,  "  believe  what  we  will  ;  but  let  us  die, 
certain  of  our  life  aud  the  price  of  our  death.  Let  us  sacri- 
fice what  we  possess,  the  one  his  doubt,  the  other  his  faith, 
all  of  us  our  blood,  for  liberty.  When  man  offers  himself  as 
a  victim  to  heaven,  what  more  can  he  give?"  So  broke  the 
morning  of  their  last  day  on  earth. 

At  10  o'clock,  October  31st,  came  the  summons  for  execu- 
tion. The  final  preparations  were  made  aud  the  last  memo- 
rials to  friends  duly  remembered.  Gensonne  picked  up  a  lock 
of  his  raven  hair  from  the  scissors  of  the  executioner  and 
sent  it  by  a  friend  to  his  wife,  saying  :  "  Tell  her  it  is  all  I  can 
give  her  of  my  remains,  and  that  my  last  thoughts  in  death 
were  hers."  Yergniaud  scratched  the  date  of  the  day  upon 
the  inside  case  of  his  watch  and  sent  it  to  a  young  girl  to 
whom  he  was  said  to  be  espoused.  All  left  their  last  souve- 
nirs to  their  dearest  friends,  and  then,  forming  in  column,  fol- 
lowed thegexeculioners  to  the  tumbrils  that  were  to  convey 
them  to  the  guillotine.  On  mounting  them  they  burst  again 
into  the  "  Marseillaise,"  and  continued  it  on  their  arrival  at 
the  scaffold.  There,  after  mutual  embraces,  they  ascended, 
one  by  one,  the  fatal  steps,  and  suffered  the  fall  of  the  knife 
with  unblenching  firmness.  Gradually  weaker,  as  their  num- 
bers diminished,  grew  the  hymn,  until  at  length  it  became  a 
solo  by  the  last  survivor,  Vergniaud.  Truly  has  it  been  said 
of  him  :  "  He  did  not  die,  but  passed  away  in  enthusiasm, 
and  his  life,  commenced  by  immortal  orations,  ended  by  a 
hymn  to  the  eternity  of  the  Revolution." 


EVENINGS    FRO  M    H 0  M  E  . 

AFTER  reading  up  the  Institutes  of  Justinian,  all  the 
volumes  of  Gibbon's  Rome,  refreshing-  ourselved  with 
an  abridgment  by  Keigiiti.ey,  and  a  Catechism  of  History  for 
the  Use  of  Schools,  we,  Dr.  Goodohild  aud  myself,  went  to 
see  Theodora  at  the  Surrey.  Dr.  Goodchii.d  took  his  eldest 
boy,  aged  ten,  to  see  the  performance,  because  he  looked  upon 
the  entertainment  as  highly  instructive.  On  our  road  he  cate- 
chized the  unfortunate  fluid,  who,  having  utterly  failed  to 
distinguish  between  the  several  Cajsars,  wus  on  the  point  of 
weeping  bitterly  when  we  arrived  at  the  theatre.  We  were 
courteously  received  by  the  officials,  one  of  whom,  for  a  con- 
sideration, provided  us  with  bills  of  tho  play,  which  bills,  we, 
contrary  to- Dr.  Goodciiii.d's  principles,  accepted,  aud  theu 
took  our  seats  in  the  stalls. 

We  were  obliged  to  begin  with  the  Second  Act,  because  the 
first  was  just  finishing  as  we  entered.  This  was  of  minor 
importance,  seeing  that  there  was  an  interval  of  nineteen  years, 
which  the  audience  had  to  suppose  was  elapsing  while  the 
band  played  two  polkas  and  a  waltz. 

Little  Master  Goodchii.d  was  very  sorry  to  have  missed 
the  First  Act,  in  which,  he  had  understood  from  his  Papa, 
there  was  a  Circus.  As  his  ideas  of  a  Circus  were  derived 
entirely  from  a  travelling  one  which  he  had  seen  in  the  coun- 
try, he  expressed  himself  much  disappointed  at  uot  having 
seen  the  Clown  and*"  Billy  Button's  Ride  to  Brentford,"  or 
something  of  that  sort.  This  regret  evoked  from  the  Doctor 
a  short  lecture  on  the  ancient  Circus,  aud  its  degenerate  imi- 
tation in  these  modern  times.  The  curtain  rose  on  Act  II.  as 
Dr.  Goodchii.d  was  explaining  the  office  ot  a  Retiarius,  and 
the  use  of  the  prongs  to  the  poor  boy,  who,  I  dare  swear, 
heartily  wished  that  his  parent  had  remaiued  at  home. 

ACT  II. 

Encumpment  of  the  Roman  Army  beneath   the  Walls  of 

Carthage. 

Enter  Roman  Guards,  Yellow-haired  Mercenaries,  and  Gentle- 
men of  the  color  of  the  Country,  i.  e.  Black  Guards,  (.'ho- 
rns of  Soldiers  drinking  out  of  Cups  of  the  period,  closely 
resembling  circular  soap  dishes. 

Elderly  Gentleman  (to  his  Son) — The  Romans  used  to  drink 
out  of  those  sort  ot  cups. 

Inquiring  Boy  of  Ten  (to  his  Papa's  Friend) — What  have 
they  got  in  those  cups  ? 

Papa's  Friend — Eh  ?  oh,  nothing. 

Inquiring  Boy  (perseveriugly) — But  what  did  the  Romaus 
drink  'I 

Papa's  Friend  (wishing  the  boy  hadn't  been  brought  out) — 
Wiue. 

Inquiring  Boy — But  what  wine  ? 

Papa's  Friend  (tries  to  recollect  his  Classics,  and  is  about 
to  suggest  "  nectar,"  but  remembers  something  about  "  nectar 
fit  for  the  Gods,"  and  says  cunningly — Ask  your  Papa. 

Boy  (to  Papa) — Papa  !  What  wine  ? 

Papa — Eh  ?  (take3  the  opportunity  for  instruction) — Well, 
(solemnly)  the — (is  going  to  say  "  Romans,"  but  feeling  un- 
certain as  to  whether  his  remarks  do  not  apply  to  the  Greeks 
as  well,  substitutes  "  the  Ancients  ;") — the  Ancients  knew 


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several  sorts  of  wine,  (loudly  for  the  information  of  the  front 
row  of  the  pit  just  behind  him,)  the  Falernian,  the  Chian.the 
Lesbian,  the— < — 

Front  Row  of  Pit — Ssssh  !    'Oid  yer  row,  will  yer  ? 

Elderly  Gentleman  (looks  round  indignantly,  and  adds  de- 
fiantly)— And  the  Mamertine. 

Front  Row  of  Pit  (joined  for  the  sake  of  a  row  by  the  gal- 
lery above) — Turn  'im  out! 

Miriam  (a  Female  Villain  on  the  stage) — You  (to  Philip. 
Son  of  Creon) — will  go  to  Constantinople. 

Creon  (with  Hebraic  pronunciation — Yesh,  to  Conshtan- 
tinople. 

Jovial  Person  in  Gallery  (who  knows  a  popular  comic  song 
about  the  place,  sings) — "  0.  o.  n.,  with  a  Con."  "--^44 

Gallery — Order!    Turn  im  out !  (Row.) 

Creon  (telling  his  private  history) — Yesh,  she  'ad  robbed 
mo  of  all  but  you.  Take  thish  :  and  show  it  'er.  (Gives  a 
casket.)  Life  is  but  a  Noahsis  (he  means  "  an  oasis  ")  in  the 
desert.  [Troops  arrive,  his  son  departs  lor  Constantinople.] 
entr'acte. 

Elderly  Gentleman — Splendid  Scenery.  (He  has  been  re- 
calling all  he  knows  about  wine,  and  now  eays  to  his  Son) 
There  were  seval  sorts  of  wine.  Some  was  obtained  before 
the  grapes  had  been  fully  trodden  ;  that  was  called  the  mus- 
tum  lirium.  Then  there  was  the  muslum  torlitum.  You 
know  what  I  told  you  about  the  Ciesars? 

Son — Yes.  (Band  plays  aud  distracts  Papa's  attention. 
To  Papa's  friend  in  a  whisper.)  I  Say,  shall  we  see  theclown 
and  the  red-hot  poker  ? 

Papa's  friend  (explaius) — No  this  isn't  a  Pantomime.  It's 
a  drama. 

Inquiring  Son —What's  a  drama? 

Papa's  Friend — Well — um — a — a — drama  is  a  sort  of  a — 
or  in  fact  a  play — (is  satisfied) — yes,  a  play — (is  dissatisfied 
with  his  definition) — a  play  in  which  there's  an  interest — a — 
(gets  out  of  the  difficulty) — -But  you're  not  old  enough  to 
understand  that  yet. 

[Son  wishes  he  was  "  in  stick-ups,"  and  the  Third  Act 
commences.] 

ACT  III. 

[Beautiful  Scene,  representing  Byzantine  Court  of  Ele- 
phants in  Constantinople.] 

Elderly  Gentleman  (reading  from  bill) — '-Justinian  delighted 
to  enrich  and  ennoble  the  object  of  his  affections." — Gibbon. 
(To  his  Son.)    Who  was  Gibbon  ? 

Sou  (readily) — One  of  the  Roman  Emperors. 

Elderly  Gentleman  (utterly  taken  aback) —  A  Rom — no,  he 
was  (loudly)  Gibbon  was — 

Front  Row  of  Pit— Sssssh  !    Order ! 

Enter,  Leo,  "  an  effeminate  Officer." 

Leo — Here  comes  the  Empress.  [Dances  in  order  to  ex- 
press effeminacy.] 

Enter,  Miss  Avonia  Jones  as  Theodora,  accompanied  by  a 
shabby-looking  person  supposed  to  be  Justinian. 

Elderly  Gentleman  (to  his  Son) — That  is  the  Empress. 

His  Sou  (knowingly) — And  that  is  the  Emperor  ? 

[Pointing  at  Shabby  Person.] 

Elderly  Gentleman  (pleased)— Yes  ;  don't  point.  What 
did  1  tell  you  all  the  Roman  Kuiperors  were  called  ?  (Boy 
looks  puzzled.)    Now  think. 

His  Son  (decidedly) — Gibbon. 

[Klderly  Gentleman  raises  his  voice  to  explain,  and  is  sup- 
pressed by  Pit.  I 

Miram  (the  Female  Villain  says  something  to  Philip  which 
sounds  like)  Come  and  have  some  jam. 

Philip  (frowning)  —  Whose.  ? 

Miram  (savagely)— The  Kmpress  Theodora.  (7?.r?Hnrboth.) 

Theodora — 1  cannot  strike.  (K  she  does,  Philip  is  to  be 
beheaded  in  what  appears  to  be  the  back  drawing-room.)  1 
cannot,  but — 

[Is  about  to  deliver  a  splendid  speech  to  finish  the  act  with, 
when  the  band  strikes  up  accidentally,  and  the  Prompter  rings 
down  the  Curtain.] 

Theodora  (to  band  frantically,  but  vainly)— Stop  !  stop  ! 

[Curtain  descends  unexpectedly.    End  of  Act.] 

ACT  IV. 

[Elderly  Gentleman  asleep.  His  Friend  not  returned  from 
refreshing  himself.    Boy  much  interested.] 

ACT  V. 

[An  Eminence  in  the  Neighborhood  of  Constantinople.] 
Enter  Happy  Peasants    to  welcome  the  morning  beams. 
They  welcome  the  beams  by  looking  at  one  another  in  a 
confused  manner. 

Mil  ium  — Here  is  gold  for  you,  if  you  will  betray  a  fugitive. 

[Happy  Peasants  look  at  a  young  Happy  Peasaut  who 
ought  to  speak  but  doesn't.] 

Young  Peasant  (after  being  nudged,  says  feebly) — We  de- 
spise your  treasures  and  refuse  your  gold. 

[Exit  with  Peasants,  probably  to  welcome  more  beams  in 
auother  place.] 

Miriam— They  can  not  be  tempted.  (Turns  and  sees  an  old 
Peasaut  who  has  come  out  to  welcome  the  beams  with  a  false 


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THE  CALIFORNIAN. 


nose  on.)  Ha !  [Old  Peasant  makes  faces  and  intimates  that 
he  will  betray  the  fugitive  for  a  consideration.  She  hands  him 
a  pnrse.] 

Miriam — So,  after  all,  man  (alluding  to  Peasant  with  false 
nose)  is  everywhere  avaricious.    Lead  on. 

[feasant  hides  t fie  purse  in  his  flannel  waistcoat,  points 
cunningly  to  his  fulse  nose,  and  beckons  Miriam  to  follow 
him  :  perhaps  to  see  where  the  false  noses  are  made,  or  to 
welcome  beams.    Exeunt  both. | 

LaBT  Scenic — The  Caverns. 
Elderly  Gentleman  (waking  up) — We  must  go  now. 
His  Hon  (reluctantly  preparing) — There's  only  this  scene, 
Papa.  [Theodora  finds  her  son.] 

Theodora — The  proofs  ! 

Miriam  (the  Female  Villain) — Here  !    I  stole  them  ! 

Theodora — Ha!  (Falls  on  Philip,  who  is  lying  on  the 
ground.)  You  cannot  arrest  him  now.  (To  a  Soldier  who 
up  to  that  moment  had  no  idea  of  doing  anything  of  the  sort, 
he  retires  to  talk  to  the  Peasant  with  the  false  nose,  who  is 
at  the  back  of  the  stage  making  faces.)  I  have  killed  you  (to 
Philip) — I  (gasps)  have  (gasps)  killed  (writhes)  you,  (strug- 
gles with  her  necklace)  my  (conquers  the  necklace  and  throws 
it  off)  Son  ! 

[Falls  down  again  on  Philip,  and  crashes  him  utterly.] 
Creon  (seeing  an  opportunity  for  doing  something  with  his 
part  before  the  Curtain  comes  down,  strikes  an  attitude  and 
says,  without  any  apparent  reason) — No. 

[Curtain  descends.  Much  applause.  Re-appearance  of 
Theodora  and  the  rest  of  the  Company  before  the  Curtain, 
and  Dr.  Goodchild  took  his  boy  home,  with  a  view  to  a  chap- 
ter of  Gibbon  early  the  next  morning.] 


ROMANCE    OF  ROYALTY. 

IT  has  always  been  known  that  the  immediate  cause  of  the 
passing  of  the  royal  marriage  act  of  England  was  the 
openly  manifested  displeasure  of  George  III.  at  the  union  of 
his  brother,  Henry  Frederick.  Duke  of  Cumberland,  with  Lady 
Anne  Horton — a  displeasure  which  remained  unchanged  until 
the  duke's  death.  This  feeling  in  the  king  has  usually  been 
attributed  to  the  German  pride  of  biith  by  which  his  family 
had  always  been  distinguished.  If,  however,  the  documents 
produced  in  the  pending  Madame  Pynes  case  be  genuine,  it 
will  be  proved  that  George  III.  was  not  offended  at  his  brother 
because  he  had  married  an  inferior,  but  because  he  had  com- 
mitted deliberately  a  most  serious  offence  against  morality  and 
law — the  offence  of  bigamy.  Papers  are  set  forth  which 
demonstrate  that  when  the  Duke  of  Cumberland  manied  Lady 
Anue  Horton,  his  wile,  Olive  Wilmot,  to  whom  he  had  been 
privately  but  legally  married  four  years  previously,  was  still 
alive.  As  a  legitimate  descendant  of  this  last  mentioned 
marriage,  the  petitioner  in  the  pending  cause  claims  the  style 
and  honors  of  a  princess  of  the  blood  royal.  The  fact  of  this 
marriage  is  supported  by  t*vo  remarkable  certificates,  signed 
by  Dr.  Wilmot  (the  lady's  father)  as  the  officiating  clergyman, 
and  by  the  king  hims«lf,  by  Lord  Chatham,  Lord  Warwick 
and  Lord  Archer  as  witnesses.  The  plea  put  forward  by  the 
crown  on  all  former  occasions,  and  which  will  probably  be 
again  resorted  to  at  the  approaching  trial,  is  that  these  cer- 
tificates, as  well  as  the  various  other  documents  bearing  on 
the  case,  are  forgeries,  and  on  this  point  we  anticipate  the 
decision  will  turn.  The  duke's  second  marriage  having  been 
made  public,  the  king,  partly  influenced  by  a  wish  to  hush  the 
matter  up,  and  partly  by  another  more  personal  reason,  pre- 
vailed on  Dr.  Wilmot,  it  is  asserted,  to  keep  his  daughter's 
marriage  secret.  In  the  meantime  a  child,  Olive,  was  born  to 
the  hapless,  deserted  wile,  and  the  birth  certificate  signed  by 
Lord  Chatham  and  Mr.  Dunning,  solicitor  general  at  the  time, 
also  forms  a  portion  of  the  evidence  in  the  case.  The  infant 
was  duly  baptized  in  private  by  Dr.  Wilmot,  as  the  duke's 
daughter,  in  the  presence  of  Lord  Warwick  ;  but  at  the  king's 
request,  means  were  taken  to  pass  her  off  as  the  daughter  of 
one  of  her  uncles.  For  this  purpose  she  was  re-baptized  as 
Olive  Wilmot  merely.  Of  all  these  transactions,  certificates, 
purporting  to  be  signed  by  the  king,  Lord  Chatham  and 
others  of  high  position,  are  in  existence.  They  may  be  proved 
to  be  forgeries,  but,  if  so,  they  display  a  skill  and  audacity 
utterly  unparalleled  in  our  criminal  records.  Though  the  king 
desired,  for  peculiar  reasons,  to  keep  the  child  Olive's  legiti- 
macy a  secret,  he  was  not  disposed  to  act  unkindly  toward 
her.  Besides  numerous  private  acknowledgements  of  her  true 
position,  and  grants  of  money  for  her  use,  he  proceeded,  when 
she  was  less  than  a  yeir  old,  to  confer  upon  her  the  title  of 
Duchess  of  Lancaster.  The  patent,  which  is  also  to  be  pro- 
duced, was  deposited  with  Lord  Warwick,  who  delivered  it, 
in  the  presence  of  the  late  Duke  of  Kent,  to  the  owner,  then 
Mrs.  Serres. 

It  is  needless  to  follow  here  the  additional  documentary 
evidence  which  is  put  forward  by  the  petitioner,  including  an 
alleged  will  of  George  III.,  bequeathing  to  the  infant  Olive  a 
sum  of  £15,000,  and  a  long  series  of  letters  and  papers  from 
the  late  Duke  of  Kent  acknowledging  his  cousin's  claim.  We 
may  very  briefly  indicate  the  steps  that  were  taken  legally  and 
otherwise  by  Mrs.  Serres,  and  afterward  by  her  daughter,  Mrs. 


Ryves,  the  present  petitioner,  to  obtain  their  rights.  Pro- 
ceedings wore  first  taken  in  the  prerogative  court  to  obtain  J 
probate  of  the  king's  will,  but  the  application  was  refused 
upon  the  technical  ground  that  the  court  wrs  not  competent 
to  deal  with  a  royal  testament.  Foiled  in  her  resort  to  law, 
Mrs.  Serres  resolved  to  submit  her  claim  to  Parliament.  She 
found  a  champion,  unluckily  for  herself,  in  Sir  Gerard  Noel, 
a  chivalrous  but  somewhat  crack  brained  member,  who,  after 
introducing  the  lady's  cause  with  much  rrotliy  fervor,  suc- 
cumbed meekly  enough  to  a  little  argument  and  a  great  deaj 
of  banter  from  Mr.  Peel.  Both  during  Mrs  Serres'  life  and  after 
her  death,  many  attempts  were  made  to  move  the  royal  family 
by  petitions,  but,  naturally  enough,  these  were  for  the  most 
part  fruitless.  In  the  year  1845,  after  much  difficulty  arising 
from  a  lack  of  funds,  a  chancery  suit  against  the  Duke  of 
Wellington,  George  III. 'a  surviving  executor,  was  undertaken, 
but  tailed  on  the  ground  that  the  will  had  not  been  proved. 
As  we  have  seen,  this  necessary  step  had  been  found  impos- 
sible, and  for  a  long  time  the  matter  remained  at  a  dead  lock. 
The  legitimacy  declaration  act  passed  in  1858  offered  an  op- 
portunity of  opening  up  the  question  anew,  and  after  a  con- 
siderable delay,  sought  by  the  crown,  the  trial  has  been 
definitely  fixed  for  next  May. 

Besides  the  deeply  interesting  details  which  we  have  briefly 
noticed,  another  and  a  yet  more  extraordinary  question  will, 
it  is  gravely  affirmed,  be  brought  into  discussion  in  connec- 
tion with  the  case.  It  is  only  vaguely  indicated  in  the  state- 
ment published  on  behalf  of  the  petitioner,  and  its  improbable 
character  is,  we  feel  bound  to  say,  calculated  to  throw  grave 
suspicion  upon  the  whole  claim.  We  shall  therefore  only  say 
that  this  collateral  question  raised  by  Mrs.  Ryves  touches  the 
legitimacj  of  all  George  Ill.'s  children.  Her  statement  is 
briefly  this  :  that  George  III.'s  marriage  with  Queen  Charlotte 
was  an  act  of  bigamy,  his  former  and  lawful  wife,  Hannah 
Lightfoot,  being  still  alive.  Upon  this  astounding  asssertion 
we  need  not  comment ;  but,  from  all  the  circumstances  of  the 
case,  we  anticipate  that  the'trial  will  prove  an  interesting  and 
curious  addition  to  our  collections  of  causes .celihres. — Lon- 
don Star. 


THE    RIVAL  ANTIQUARIES. 

WHEN  Bloomsbnry  was  a  fashionable  locality  in  Lon- 
don, on  a  particular  day,  and  in  one  of  the  best 
dwellings  in  that  street  of  good  houses  called  Great  Ormond 
street,  there  was  considerable  commotion,  and  the  old  house- 
keeper, who  evidently  for  some  long  time  past  had  been  the 
only  ostensible  head  of  the  establishment,  was  in  her  glory. 
Dusting-brush  and  broom  were  hard  at  work,  rooms  that  hail 
not  seen  daylight  for  some  years  were  thrown  open,  shutters 
taken  down,  furniture  and  curtains  uncovered,  all  denoting 
the  expected  return  of  the  master  of  the  house,  who,  it  may 
be  hero  stated,  was  a  bachelor. 

It  has  been  remarked  somewhere,  that  you  have  but  to  en- 
ter the  room  where  a  man  spends  the  greater  part  of  his  life, 
either  in  labor,  study,  or  idleness,  and  you  peuetrate  at  ouce 
very  far  into  his  taste3  and  character.  Such  might  be  said 
with  perfect  truth  in  this  instance,  for  there,  not  only  ia  the 
library,  but  in  every  room  and  passage,  was  proclaimed  loudly, 
by  the  thousand  and  one  mysterious  ornaments,  glass  cases, 
bones  of  animals,  old  armor,  quaint  furniture,  rusty  relics,  etc., 
that  our  friend  was  an  antiqua.y.  More  than  all,  however, 
did  the  display  of  innumerable  coins  in  various  receptacles 
bi-token  unmistakably  that  his  favorite  hobby  was  numisma- 
tology, or  the  study  of  coius.  He  had  been  journeying  abroad 
in  the  tar  East  for  some  two  or  three  years,  partly  to  collect 
for  himself  any  interesting  relics,  and  partly  as  the  travelling 
correspondent  of  a  society  which  had  for  its  main  object  the 
elucidation  of  all  mysteries  relating  to  the  current  coin  of 
every  realm,  ancient  or  modern.  During  his  wanderings,  of 
course  he  had  become  acquainted  with  many  learned  and 
scientific  men  of  all  nations  whose  pursuits  lay  in  the  same 
direction  as  his  own.  In  some  instances  acquaintance  had 
ripened  into  positive  friendship,  and  particularly  had  it  done 
so  in  one  case,  at  Berlin,  on  his  homeward  journey. 

When  on  his  arrival  iu  that  city,  he  presented  letters  of 
introduction  to  the  Baron  von  Grumbaeh,  president  of  several 
learned  societies  there,  he  found  it  was  not  the  first  time  they 
had  met.  It  appeared  they  had  formerly  been  students  to- 
gether at  Heidelberg,  and  up  to  the  time  of  their  both  leaving 
the  university  they  had  evinced  many  tastes  in  common  ;  but 
our  antiquary,  then  a  young  man  of  nineteen  or  twenty,  re- 
turning home,  their  intercourse  was  gradually  broken  jsff, 
though  they  corresponded  at  intervals  upon  such  topics  as 
studious  yonng  men  would  find  interest  in.  This  habit,  how- 
ever, was  relinquished  by  degrees,  as  time  went  on,  and  each 
became  more  and  more  engaged  in  his  own  affairs.  The 
young  German,  whose  parents  were  wealthy,  had  followed  his 
ardent  desire  for  travel  and  love  of  scientific  research.  Mr. 
Winkworth,  on  the  other  hand,  had  not  again  quitted  Eng- 
land (for  foreign  travelling  in  those  days  was  not  so  easy  as 
it  has  since  become.)  The  friends  had  thus  lost  sight  of  each 
other  for  nearly  twenty  years.  Of  course  this  recognition  led 
to  a  renewal,  with  redoubled  intensity,  of  all  the  feelings  they 
had  originally  entertained  the  one  for  the  other,  and  the  sur- 


prise and  pleasure  were  the  greater,  as  the  name  Grumbaeh 
was  not  known  to  Mr.  Winkworth  as  that  of  his  old  univer- 
sity friend,  it  having  only  recently  been  assumed  by  the  Ger- 
man on  his  accession  to  a  title  and  estates. 

They  were  greatly  delighted  to  meet  again,  and  Grumbaeh 
insisted  upon  Winkworth  becoming  his  guest  during  his  stay 
in  Berlin.  He  would  take  no  denial,  and  the  visit  was  pro- 
longed from  a  few  days  to  a  few  weeks,  for  the  increased 
knowledge  of  each  other,  which  ensued  upon  the  gradual 
opening  of  storehouses  of  learning,  confirmed  their  old  under- 
standing, and  ripened  it  into  a  friendship  of  the  liveliest  char- 
acter. The  study  of  coins  entered  largely  into  their  discus- 
sions, and  Winkworth  displayed  with  great  pride  and  gratifi- 
cation many  rare  and  choice  specimens  gathered  from  the  East 
and  elsewhere.  But  he  intimated  that,  from  a  certain  cor- 
respondence which  had  taken  place  between  himself  and  one 
learned  in  the  science  at  Paris,  he  hoped  on  his  arrival  there 
to  terminate  a  negotiation  which  he  had  in  hand  for  the  pur- 
chase of  a  specimen  the  rarest  aud  most  perfect  in  the  world. 
It  is  not  necessary  for  me  to  give  in  detail  an  account  of  what 
the  coin  was,  or  whence  it  came  ;  I  need  but  add,  for  the  pur- 
poses of  my  story,  that  it  was  supposed  to  bo  the  only  one  of 
its  kind  extant,  and  that  it  had  been  long  sought  after.  Of 
late  years  its  existence  even  had  been  doubted.  It  had  fre- 
quently been  supposed  to  have  been  discovered  ;  but  on  close 
examination  by  the  most  skilful  eyes,  the  pretended  raraavis 
had  always  turned  out  to  be  wanting  in  some  minute  charac- 
teristic known  to  be  possessed  by  the  genuine  coin  itself. 
Grumbaeh  admitted  that  if  such  an  one  could  be  obtained  it 
would  be  simply  invaluable,  at  the  same,  time  slightly  discred- 
iting its  existence. 

Words  ran  good-humorcdiy  high  upon  the  subject ;  Eng- 
land all  confident  iu  the  coining  triumph  of  its  own  society, 
and  Germany  sceptic  1  to  the  highest  degree. 

"  If  my  mau  does  uot  deceive  me,"  Winkworth  went  on  to 
say,  "  within  a  month  from  this  date  (for  his  visit  was  draw- 
ing to  a  close)  I  shall  have  the  .troasure  safely  deposited  ou 
British  soil,  for  it  only  awaits  my  arrival  iu  Paris,  I  believe, 
to  be  made  over  to  me.'' 

The  Baron  von  Grumbaeh  could  hardly  disguise  a  slightly 
ironical  chuckle  at  his  friend's  enthusiasm  at  the  prospect  of 
so  great  a  success,  which  being  observed  by  Mr.  Winkworth, 
the  matter  was  allowed  to  drop. 

It  had  evoked  a  certain  amount  of  undue  self-gratulation  on 
the  one  hand,  and  apparently  a  slight  amount  ot  jealousy  on 
the  other  ;  jealousy  that  Germany  should  allow  so  valuable  a 
relic  to  be  captured  almost  uuder  its  eyes,  and  carried  off  for 
the  glorification  of  another  ualion;  for  even  firmly  as  the 
friends  were  bound  together,  this  little  matter  seemed  to  afford 
the  possibility  of  a  slight  unpleasantness  between  them.  The 
subject  was  only  ouce  more  touched  upon  during  the  remain- 
der of  Winkworth 's  sojourn  iu  Berlin,  when  it  was  arranged 
that  if  this  success  did  attend  the  labors  of  our  antiquary, 
Grumbaeh  should  become  his  guest  ou  the  occasion  of  the 
treasure  beiug  first  displayed  before  the  eyes  of  the  learned  in 
London.  The  reader,  unless  acquainted  with  the  enthusiasm 
of  men  of  science,  or  those  well  versed  in  this  especial  study, 
may  hardly  understand  how  so  much  interest  could  be  excited 
upon  apparently  so  trivial  a  matter  as  the  date  and  impres- 
sion of  a  particular  coin  ;  yet  so  it  is,  and  a  vast  amount  of 
energy,  wealth  and  time,  are  continually  being  expended  in 
obtaining  the  rarest  specimens  of  antiquity  of  every  descrip- 
tion by  the  laborers  for  the  different  societies  formed  for  the 
advancement  of  each  separate  branch  of  knowledge. 

In  the  course  of  a  few  weeks  after  the  incidents  just  re- 
ferred to  had  occurred,  Mr.  Winkworth  found  himself  safely 
lodged  in  his  museum  of  rarities  iu  Great  Ormond  street.  He 
had  been  home  about  a  fortnight  when  huge  and  mysterious 
packages  began  to  be  delivered  by  carts  aud  wagons  at  his 
door,  choking  up  the  already  crowded  passages  and  rooms. 
For  days  and  days  these  cases,  which  contained  the  most 
cumbrous  booty  gathered  in  his  recent  raids  in  different 
cliuies,.  were  allowed  to  remain  unpacked,  tilling  up  every 
available  inch  of  space  in  the  gangways  of  the  house.  Now 
that  he  had  got  safely  home,  it  was  surely  strange  that  he 
should  take  so  little  apparent  interest  in  thoin.  He  sat,  how- 
ever, for  hours  writing  in  his  study,  with  a  complacent,  self- 
satisfied  smile  upon  his  good-natured  face,  aud  a  little  fortune 
was  expended  iu  the  prepayment  of  the  then  expensive  post- 
age of  letters  to  all  parts  of  England  and  the  Continent. 

The  truth  was,  that  in  an  out-of-the-way  quarter  of  Paris 
he  had  succeeded  in  purchasing  from  a  Jew  dealer  in  curiosi- 
ties— who,  perhaps  strangely  enough,  was  hardly  aware  of  its 
real  value — the  much-coveted  and  unquestionably  genuine  aud 
unique  coin  before  referred  to.  This  had  absorbed  for  the 
time  all  interest  in  the  results  of  his  recent  travel.  There  is 
little  doubt  that  the  last  month  had  proved,  as  he  hoped  it 
would,  the  most  satisfactory  portion  of  the  time  he  had  spent 
abroad  ;  therefore  his  pleasure  was  boundless,  and  he  had 
been  scribbling  to  everybody  he  knew,  or  ever  heard  of,  as 
likely  to  be  interested  in  a  subject,  announcing  his  success, 
and  inviting  them  on  a  certain  occasion,  uot  far  distant,  to  au 
exhibition  of  this  wonderful  treasure,  the  discovery  of  which 
would  render  him  famous  throughout  the  world,  and  add  au  uu- 


4 


THE  CAL:FORNlAN 


| June  9th 


paralleled  lustre  to  the  association  of  which  he  was  head  and 
chief.  For  his  own  part  he  had  no  doubt  of  it  ;  he  well  knew 
all  the  signs,  characters,  and  hieroglyphics  appertaining  to  the 
question  ;  he  knew  in  every  minute  particular  what  had  been 
the  shortcomings  of  the  specimens  hitherto  advanced  as  genu 
ine,  but  this  was  complete  in  all  the  requirements. 

Whilst  he  was  pondering  over  a  list  of  names,  and  endeav- 
oring to  think  if  there  were  any  others  to  whom  he  could  send 
an  announcement  of  the  great  event  then  occupying  all  his 
thoughts,  a  servant  brought  into  the  room  a  parcel,  saying 
that  the  cabinet-maker  had  sent  home  the  case  recently  or- 
dered. It  was  a  small  square  mahogany  box  ;  when  the  lid 
was  raised  an  inner  glass  case  was  displayed,  within  which 
again  was  seen  a  sort  of  velvet  cushion  with  a  circular  inden- 
tation on  the  uppermost  side  ;  a  case  similar  indeed  to  that 
in  which  jewellers  display  their  valuables.  On  examination, 
Mr.  Winkworth  appeared  dissatisfied  with  it,  as  it  was  by  no 
means  well  finished  ;  and  turning  it  about  in  his  hands,  he 
complained  loudly  of  the  bad  workmanship  ;  the  inuer  glass 
case  did  not  fit  its  wooden  covering,  the  velvet  was  loosely 
glued  on,  and  it  was  altogether  a  slovenly  bit  of  handiwork. 
He  declared  that  he  would  be  certainly  obliged  to  get  another 
made,  but  for  the  present  this  must  suffice. 

When  the  servant  had  left  the  room,  he  drew  from  his 
waistcoat  pocket  a  small  packet,  which  he  began  carefully  to 
nufold,  and  eventually,  alter  several  coverings  of  paper  had 
been  taken  off,  exposed  to  his  delighted  gaze  his  priceless 
gem.  Priceless  gem, -indeed  !  To  the  eye  of  the  uninitiated  it 
did  not  look  worth  a  farthing ;  it  was  not  much  larger,  and 
certainly  was  not  above  half  the  thickness.  On  closely  view- 
ing it  you  could  discover  it  was  gold  ;  but  it  was  so  old,  worn, 
and  battered,  that  it  might  just  as  well  have  passed  for  brass. 
There  it  was,  however,  and  after  gaziug  at  it  fondly  for  a  few 
minutes,  he  deposited  it,  with  a  proud  gesture,  in  the  circular 
niche  on  the  cushion  made  for  its  reception.  It  did  not  fit 
very  well,  and  as  he  moved  the  box  it  slipped  into  his  hand  ; 
but  replacing  it,  he  shut  the  case,  and  put  it  safely  away  in  his 
cabinet,  which  he  locked. 

At  length  the  eventful  day  looked  forward  to  by  Mr.  Wiuk- 
worth with  so  much  exultation  arrived.  His  friend  the  Ban  n 
von  Grumbach  had  come  to  pay  his  promised  visit,  and  was 
staying  in  the  house;  he  entreated  Winkworth  to  grant  him 
a  private  view  of  the  gem,  but  this  privilege  was  denied  with 
a  sort  of  jocose  sternness. 

"  All  in  good  time,"  said  Mr.  Winkworth  ;  "  this  is  a  piece 
of  real  business,  aud  we  must  not  trifle  with  it.  When  my 
audience  is  assembled  I  shall  read  a  paper  on  the  coins  of  this 
date,  referring  particularly  to  all  that  is  known  in  connection 
with  this  one,  giviug  an  account  of  my  first  discovery  of  it, 
my  negotiations  for  its  purchase,  and  conclude  with  an  ample 
description  of  the  proofs  which  1  have,  and  which  it  bears  of 
its  authenticity.  It  shall  then  be  handed  round  to  the  visi- 
tors in  succession,  aud  they  will  have  the  opportunity  of  com- 
menting to  their  utmost  upon  it." 

With  a  smile  that  was  not  altogether  pleasant,  Von  Grum- 
bach ceased  to  urge  his  request,  and  in  a  few  days'  time  from 
this  conversation  he  formed  one  of  a  numerous  assembly  of 
some  fifty  or  sixty  gentlemen  who  had  gathered  to  overflow- 
ing in  the  large  drawing-room  in  Ormond  street. 

Mr.  Winkworth  had  received  but  few  refusals  to  his  invito- 
tions  ;  his  name  stood  so  high  that  no  one  feared  a  disappoint- 
ment, aud  the  liveliest  interest  was  created.  There  were 
present  one  or  two  bishops,  several  noblemen,  learned  pro- 
fessors, home  aud  foreign,  presidents  of  academies,  directors  of 
literary  and  scientific  institutions— indeed,  just  such  a  gather- 
ing as  could  only  meet  together  for  the  exploration  or  eluci- 
dation of  some  deeply  interesting  point  of  science.  They 
chatted  together  until  the  hour  arrived  for  the  commencement 
of  business.  There  were  neither  seats  nor  standing  room 
even  for  every  one  of  the  guests  within  the  doors,  which  were 
consequently  left  open. 

On  a  small  table  stood  the  case  containing  the  coin,  and  a 
roll  of'  mauuscript,  which  the  host  presently  began  to  read, 
amidst  the  most  profound  attention.  A  murmur  of  approba- 
tion followed  its  conclusion.  The  case  was  then  unlocked, 
and  Mr.  Winkworth  was  about  to  hand  the  precious  jewel 
round  in  its  resting-place  for  inspection,  when  he  suddeuly 
said.  "  Xo,  gentlemen,  it  fits  so  badly  in  its  case,  that  I  will 
ask  you  severally  to  take  it  in  your  hands,  and  pass  it  from 
one  to  the  other."  Then  picking  up  the  coin,  he  give  it,  with 
a  large  magnifying  glass,  to  the  person  immediately  on  his 
left.  For  upwards  of  two  hours  there  ensued  an  earnest 
examination  of  the  treasure  ;  every  oue  had  something  to  say 
about  it,  to  which  all  the  rest  listened.  There  were  but  few 
doubts  raised  as  to  its  genuineness,  and  whenever  any  did 
rise,  and  were  for  a  moment  pertinaciously  maintained,  they 
were  soon  overthrown  by  Mr.  Winkworth,  who  advanced  to 
the  disputant,  and  by  the  most  irrefutable  proofs  demonstrated 
that  the  specimen  was  unique. 

The  Baron  von  Grumbach  was  nearly  one  of  the  last  into 
whose  hand3  it  fell.  A  shade  of  something  like  disappoint- 
ment came  over  his  face  as  he  examined  it ;  he  made  no 
remark,  and  while  giving  it  to  his  neighbor  a  keen  observer 
might  have  seen  something  very  like  a  sueer  curling  the  cor- 


ners of  his  mouth.  Apparently  not  a  doubt  was  left  on  any- 
body's  mi' d,  and  jostling  words  of  congratulation  began  to  be  ] 
showered  forth  on  Mr.  Winkworth  from  all  sides.  At  last  a 
certain  reverend  geutleman  came  to  the  front,  and  in  a  short 1 
but  neatly-worded  speech,  returned  the  thanks  of  ihe  assem- 
blage for  the  gratifyingnfternoon  they  had  spent,  and  reitera-  j 
ted  the  congratulations  which  had  been  generally  offered. 
The  host  replied,  the  party  was  breaking  up.  and  Mr.  Wink- 
worth was  about  to  invite  his  guests  to  descend  to  the  dining- 
room  for  some  refreshments,  when,  on  going  to  lock  up  the 
case,  around  which  knots  of  visitors  were  standing  in  conver- 
sation, lo  !  his  treasure  was  not  there  !  He  turned  to  the 
group  nearest  to  him,  anxiously  asking  them  for  it,  deeming 
it  was  still  under  examination.  No,  they  had  not  got  it. 
Every  one  began  to  ask  everybody  else  if  he  had  it,  and  the 
inquiry  spread  like  wild-fire  across  the  room. 

It  was  nowhere  to  be  found  !  the  greatest  consternation 
ensued  I  What  could  have  become  of  it?  Some  of  the  more 
immediate  friends  of  the  house  had  already  goue  into  the 
dining-room.  Inquiries  were  at  once  made  there,  but  still  the 
same  reply — they  had  not  seen  it  since  it  was  in  their  hands 
first.  Search  was  made  in  all  directions,  on  the  ground,  on 
the  chairs,  along  the  edges  of  the  carpet  by  the  wainscot,  by 
the  rug.  fender,  and  in  every  possible  corner,  crack,  or  cranny 
in  the  room,  where,  in  case  of  its  falling,  it  might  have  rolled  ; 
all  were  subjected  to  the  strictest  investigation.  Every  one 
assisted  in  this  ;  particularly  diligent  appeared  the  Baron  von 
Grumbach  ;  still  no  success  attended  their  unwearied  efforts. 
What  was  to  be  done  ?  It  was  the  most  awkward  thing  that 
could  have  occurred  ;  the  majority  of  the  visitors  were  per- 
sonal friends  of  Mr.  Winkworth,  but  yet  oue  thing  only  sug- 
gested itself  to  his  mind. 

It  must  have  been  stolen  !  yet  who  could  have  been  guilty 
of  so  infamous  a  thing  ?  All  present  were  men  of  the  strict- 
est probity,  and  of  the  highest  standing  and  character, engaged 
most  earnestly  in  one  single  object,  the  advancement  of  learn- 
ing, and  it  was  impossible  almost  to  conceive  that  any  oue  in 
that  assembly  could  be  capable  of  such  meanness  and  dis- 
honesty. Still,  where  was  the  coin  ?  Xo  servant  had  entered 
the  drawing-room,  nor  indeed  were  there  auy  above  stairs,  for 
the  refreshments  were  laid  unostentatious'y  in  the  dining- 
room,  ready  for  every  one  to  help  himself;  therefore  the  cul- 
prit, after  all,  must  be,  if  anywhere,  amongst  the  guests^ 
Over  and  over  again  the  search  was  renewed,  but  with  no 
better  result.  Mr.  Winkworth  was  perplexed  beyond  meas- 
ure. How  could  he,  the  host,  personally  accuse  any  one  in 
those  rooms  of  committing  a  deliberate  theft  ?  Yet  do  what 
he  could,  the  conviction  would  force  itself  u^on  his  mind  that 
this  was  the  only  way  to  account  for  the  mysterious  disap- 
pearance of  the  coin. 

Presently  he  made  his  way  through  the  bewildered  crowd 
to  his  friend  the  bishop,  who  had  just  been  spokesman  for  the 
assembly,  and  took  him  aside,  aud,  after  they  had  whispered 
a  few  words  together,  the  bishop  called  every  one  around  him. 
With  the  utmost  courtesy  aud  good  taste,  and  after  expatia- 
ting a  li'tle  on  the  extraordiuary  circumstances,  he  said  : 
"  There  is  but  one  thing  for  it,  gentlemen — we  must  all  be 
searched,  for  our  host's  satisfaction  as  well  as  for  our  own  ; 
and  1  feel  perfectly  certain  that  there  is  no  one  here  who  will 
object  to  this.  These  words  were  followed  by  a  loud  burst  of 
applause,  and  cries  of  "  Yes,  yes,  by  all  means,''  resounded 
on  every  side. 

This  unparalleled  proceeding  was  then  carried  out  in  the 
following  manner.  The  guests  were  all  to  pass  through  the 
drawing-room  lo  Mr.  Wiukworth's  bed  chamber,  which  was 
on  the  same  landing,  thence  to  descend  by  another  staircase 
to  the  ground  floor.  No  guard  was  kept  at  the  top  of  the 
stairs  to  prevent  any  oue  going  up  or  down  without  being 
searched,  for  it  was  felt  to  be  a  point  of  honor  for  every  one 
to  go  through  the  bedroom.  Mr.  Winkworth  and  his  man- 
servant acted  as  searchers  ;  all  evinced  the  most  earnest 
anxiety  to  display  the  contents  of  their  pockets,  and  in 
some  instances  insisted  on  taking  off  their  shoes  and  Uessiau 
boots. 

Had  Mr.  Winkworth  possessed  any  sense  of  the  ludicrous 
— which  he  certainly  did  not— he  would  have  been  diverted 
from  the  serious  object  at  stake  by  the  many  farcical  absurdi- 
ties educed  during  this  extraordinary  scene.  It  occupied  a 
considerable  time,  but  like  everything  else,  came  to  an  end. 
There  remained  but  two  more  gentlemen  to  be  examined,  and 
still  no  trace  of  the  missing  treasure  had  been  discovered. 
These  two  entered  the  bedroom  together,  and  were  most 
zealous  in  showing  how  utterly  impossible  it  was  for  them  to 
have  anything  secreted  about  their  persons.  In  fact,  every 
one  being  innocent,  was,  as  may  be  naturally  supposed,  only 
too  glad  of  the  opportunity  of  proving  it.  The  coin  was  not 
found,  however,  and  hopeless  dejection  settled  down  over  the 
party.  What  more  could  be  done?  Again  were  Mr.  Wink- 
worth's  perplexities  redoubled  on  his  servant  whispering, 
"  You  have  not  searched  the  Baron  von  Grumbach."  The 
sudden  recollection  of  this  penetrated  like  a  sting  to  the  heart 
of  the  antiquary.  Of  course  not !  he  had  never  come  into  the 
bedroom  ;  where  was  he  ?  He  was  called  for,  aud  did  not 
answer.    Be,  now,  was  also  missing  ;  from  which  circumstance 


suspicion  slowly  though  naturally  began  to  attach  itself  to 
him.  He  had  evideutly  avoided  the  test.  Could  anything 
be  more  unpleasant  to  his  friend  than  this?  Why,  he  was 
actually  living  in  the  house,  and  not  ouly  would  it  be  neces- 
sary to  search  him,  but  his  effects  ;  especially  as  it  had  in  the 
meantime  been  ascertained  that  his  bedroom  door  was  fast- 
ened. It  was  also  kuown  that  he  had  not  left  the  house,  there- 
fore it  was  concluded  that  he  had  locked  himself  in. 

A  polite  message  was  sent  up  to  him,  requesting  his  attend- 
ance below,  in  order  that  he  might  explain  his  conduct  and 
submit  to  an  examination.  He  sent  word  back  that  if  he 
came  down  he  positively  must  decline  allowing  either  himself 
or  anything  belouging  to  him  to  be  searched.  Hitherto 
although  these  proceedings  had  been  conducted  in  the  most 
serious  and  earnest  manner,  there  had  been  inseparable  from 
them  a  certain  air  of  comicality,  but  now  that  they  had 
reached  this  point  they  now  no  longer  bore  that  aspect.  It 
did  look  terribly  suspicious  that  the  Baron  should  withdraw 
himself  in  such  a  way,  and  under  such  peculiar  conditions. 
A  consultation  was  held,  and  after  much  deliberation  it  was 
decided  that  a  deputation  should  go  to  his  room  door,  and 
formally  beg,  in  the  name  of  justice  to  himself  and  to  all,  that 
he  would  submit  to  what  they  required. 

In  the  event  of  his  refusing,  as  they  had  now  only  too  much 
reason  to  suppose  he  would,  they  must  very  reluctantly 
threaten  him  with  the  authority  of  the  police.  This  plan  was 
proceeded  with,  and  it  all  fell  out  as  they  expected,  he  refus- 
ing even  to  open  his  door.  There  was  nothing  for  it,  there- 
fore, but  to  send  for  a  constable,  who  eventually  arrived. 
After  commanding  the  Baron  to  let  him  in  in  the  king's 
name,  and  he  also  meeting  with  a  flat  refusal,  the  door  was 
broken  open,  aud  the  party  stood  face  to  face  with  Von  Grum- 
bach. He  was  in  a  wild  state  of  excitement,  and  with  a  small 
pocket  pistol  in  each  hand,  threatened,  in  his  brokeD  English, 
to  shoot,  the  first  man  who  laid  hand  on  him. 

At  this  moment  a  shout  nrose  from  the  drawing-room  :  "  It 
is  found  !  it  is  found  1"  Quite  impossible  would  it  be  now  to 
describe  the  mingled  consternation,  astonishment,  and  confu- 
sion that  ensued.  Who  had  found  it  ?  Where  was  it  ?  were 
the  questions  asked  on  all  sides  ;  and  when  the  hubbub  into 
which  these  usually  grave  men  had  been  betrayed  had  subsi- 
ded, it  was  explained. 

One  of  the  guests,  while  the  awkward  scene  just  described 
was  being  acted  upstairs,  had  taken  hold  of  the  case  belong- 
ing to  the  coin,  and  which,  curiously  enough,  no  one  had 
thought  of  examining  after  the  first  moment  of  its  inmate 
being  missed.  Whilst  idly  turning  it  about,  he  had  removed 
the  glass  portion  of  it,  and  in  doing  so  slightly  disturbed  the 
vehet  cushion  before  mentioned.  At  the  same  moment  he 
heard  a  gentle  click,  as  of  something  falling  to  the  bottom  of 
the  box.  This  attracted  his  attention,  and  turning  it  upside 
down,  the  cushion  fell  out,  and  the  coin  with  it,  upon  the 
table.  It  had  evidently  slipped  between  the  badly  fitting 
edge  of  the  velvet  and  the  woodwork  of  the  case. 

Amidst  all  the  pleasure  that  now  followed  on  the  restora- 
tion of  the  missing  wonder,  there  was  mingled  a  great  feeling 
of  awkward  annoyance.  What  could  be  said  to  M.  le  Baron  ? 
How  could  Mr.  Winkworth  and  his  friends  atone  sufficiently 
to  him  for  the  outrage  he  had  undergone  ?  However,  ill  that 
could  be  said  icas  said,  and  Grumbach  received  the  apologies 
graciously  enough.  Yet  a  natural  curiosity  manifested  itself 
upon  the  simple  question  of  why,  as  he  had  not  secretju  the 
coin— in  fact,  had  no  more  to  do  with  it  than  anybody  else — 
he  should  have  made  so  vehement  aud  active  a  protest  against 
being  searched.  He  at  first  made  no  reply  to  the  interroga- 
tion, but  merely  drew  from  the  breast  of  his  coat  a  small 
packet,  which  he  begged  Mr.  Winkworth  to  open.  This  was 
done,  aud  there  lay  exposed  to  the  wondering  eyes  around  a 
fac  simile  of  the  much-vaunted  and  isolated  specimen  !  Xot 
a  mark,  not  a  hair's  breadth  of  difference,  could  be  detected 
between  them.  Rigidly  they  were  compared  over  aud  over 
agaiu,  and.  at  last,  changing  hands  so  often,  it  was  impossible 
to  tell  one  from  the  other. 

"  There  is  my  answer,  gentlemen.  Had  I  submitted  to  your 
search,  most  inevitably  I  should  have  been  convicted  of  gross 
and  abominable  theft,  and  at  once  have  forfeited  my  position, 
and  with  it  all  I  hold  dear."  Then  turning  to  M.  Winkworth, 
he  added  :  "  Had  you  not,  my  friend,  persisted  in  refusing  to 
show  me  yeur  prize  the  other  day,  I  had  intended  to  tell  you 
how,  a  few  days  after  you  had  lelt  me,  1  got  scent  of  the  ex- 
istence of  a  second  specimen  in  St.  1'etersbug,  which  I  forth- 
with secured  in  person  for  my  society  in  Berlin,  aud  I  was  on 
the  point  of  surprising  you  all  by  its  production,  when  the 
disappearance  of  yours  led  to  what  has  just  occurred.  I  bad 
suspected  that  there  was  more  than  one  coin  of  the  date  ex- 
tant, but  I  am  sure  there  are  not  more  than  two  ;  here  they 
are!"       *  *  *  *         *  *  * 

"  Fiction  founded  on  fact  "  is  an  old  expression,  used  in 
many  cases  of  story  telling,  end  I  can  find  none  better  with 
which  to  conclude  what  1  have  related.  The  fiction  only  has 
been  that  part  of  the  story  which  applied  to  names,  dates,  and 
localities  ;  the  main  gist  of  the  matter  is  fact,  but,  as  inny 
have  been  seen  in  its  narration,  could  not  for  many  reasci  s 
have  been  given  in  all  its  actual  reality.  Still  the  circum- 
stances appeared  as  curious,  and  the  coincidences,  perhaps,  as 
odd  as  any  that  have  ever  led  to  those  mistakes  and 
equivoques  which  sometimes  clothe  the  events  of  every-day 
life  in  the  garb  of  romance. 


June  9th) 


THti     CALIF  ORNIAN. 


5 


[For  the  California!].  1 

ASPIEATION. 
COAR  HIGH,  proud  spirit!  but  e'en  in  the  swell 
^    Of  pride  and  fame, 
The  weary  heart  will  long  bnt  for  the  spell 
In  the  "  magic  of  a  name." 

Climb  high,  aspiring  feet !  bnt  when  you  bleed- 
Even  though  none  may  know — 

You  fain  would  tread  some  spot  where  none  might  heed, 
In  the  valley  far  below. 

What  though  the  flattering  throng  repeat  your  nr  "9 

With  song  and  wine, 
You'd  gladly  give  it  all — the  pride  and  fame — 

If  07ic  true  heart  were  thine.  Ingle. 


REMINISCENCES  OF  BEAU  BRUM  MEL. 

AS  few  of  those  who  were  either  contemporaries  of  the 
Beau,  or  who  knew  him  intimately,  are  now  alive,  while 
his  name  and  peculiarities  are  still  fresh  in  the  mind  of  the 
public,  a  favorable  reception  may  be  expected  for  any  well- 
authenticated  anecdotes  respecting  him,  coming  from  one  who 
lived  for  several  years  on  terms  of  intimacy  with  him,  and 
who  has  hitherto  not  given  them  publicity. 

My  anecdotes  assume  no  character  of  importance  ;  they  are 
merely  characteristic  of  a  very  peculiar  man,  who  was  rather 
droll  than  witty,  but  always  amusing,  prompt  and  happy  in  re- 
ply, and  unsparing  in  severity  when  attacked.  The  Beau  had 
a  small,  gray,  scrutinizing  eye,  which  instantly  surveyed  and 
summed  up  all  the  peculiarities  of  features,  dress,  and  man- 
ners of  those  who  approached  him,  so  that  the  weak  point 
was  instantly  hit,  of  any  who  accidentally  or  incautiously  trans- 
gressed, or  who  had  the  temerity  to  attack  him.  A  trifling 
instance  will  illustrate  this  personal  peculiarity.  On  one  oc 
casion,  he  was  in  conversation  with  one  or  two  persons  on  the 
Place  de  Calais,  when  a  gentleman,  on  joining  the  group,  un- 
intentionally struck  the  Beau's  favorite  little  white  terrier 
with  his  foot.  It  so  happened  that  the  new  comer  had  very 
large  feet  and  awkwardly  made  boots.  Brummel,  immediately 
stooping  down,  and  scarcely  noticing  the  offender,  but  looking 
most  contemptuously  at  his  boots,  patted  the  little  dog  on  the 
back,  ejaculating  at  the  same  time  :  "  Poor  little  thing;  you 
have  not  been  used  to  be  trod  upon  by  such  boots  as  these." 
After  having  discharged  this  bolt,  he  turned  round  on  his  heel 
and  walked  off,  continuing  his  caressing  language  to  the  little 
animal  who  was  with  him  so  great  a  favorite  that  no  greater 
affront  could  be  offered  the  Beau  than  that  which  involved 
any  slight,  either  accidental  or  otherwise,  towards  her.  She 
was  a  handsome  little  terrier,  milky  white,  but  rather  (at  from 
being  over-fed,  so  that  even  at  the  slow  pace  at  which  the 
Beau  walked  round  the  ramparts  of  Calais,  for  exercise,  before 
his  daily  repast  at  seven,  the  poor  little  thing  could  with  diffi- 
culty keep  up  with  him. 

But,  notwithstanding  all  the  Beau's  care  o(  his  little  favo- 
rite, poor  Vic  finally  encountered  the  fate  of  all  pets  of  this 
class.  Brummel,  calling  on  a  friend,  earnestly  solicited  his 
company  at  dinner,  at  the  Hotel  Bourbon,  stating  as  his  rea- 
son that  poor  Vic  was  so  alarmingly  ill  that  he  could  not  re- 
main in  the  house,  but  that  he  had  left  her  in  the  care  of 
Francois  (his  valet)  and  Doctor  Jonville,  so  that  everything 
that  could  be  done  for  her  would  be  done.  After  taking  his 
usual  walk,  he  repaired  to  the  Bourbon,  and  dined  with  his 
friend  ;  the  repast  was  scarcely  over,  when  Francois  entered 
with  a  very  melancholy  and  funereal  sort  of  visage,  and  pro- 
nounced, in  a  slow  and  solemn  tone  :  "  Monsieur,  e'est  font 
fini  upon  which  Brummel  rose  from  his  chair,  aud  repaired 
to  the  window,  and  wept  for  several  minutes  like  a  child. 

This  is  the  man  who  has  been  represented  as  being  totally 
devoid  of  feeling,  merely  because  on  many  occasions,  on  the 
great  stage  of  life,  when  fortune  smiled  upon  him,  he  acted 
his  part  conformably  to  the  character  which  he  had  assumed, 
rather  than  agreeably  to  the  one  which  nature  had  given  him. 
He  could  neither  have  said  nor  have  done  the  numerous 
"good  things  "  which  are  attributed  to  him,  if  he  had  been 
influenced  by  his  feelings  ;  his  object  was  to  produce  effect ; 
he  had  a  particular  character  to  support,  and  in  this  respect 
he  eminently  succeeded,  for  he  attained  a  position  in  life, 
and  kept  it  for  a  number  of  years,  which  is  rarely  reached  by 
persons  of  his  rank  ;  it  is  certain  that,  in  the  zenith  of  his 
prosperity,  noblemen  of  distinction  not  only  sought  his  ac- 
quaintance, but  were  actually  gratified  by  walking  arm-and- 
arm  with  him  up  and  down  St.  James's  street.  It  is  also  well 
known  that  he  was  intimate  with  the  Prince  Regent,  dined 
frequently  with  him  both  at  Carlton  House  in  London,  and 
at  the  Pavilion  at  Brighton.  The  cause  of  the  rupture  with 
the  Prince  is  generally  supposed  to  have  been  his  having 
taken  the  liberty  to  request  his  Royal  Highness,  after  dinner 
at  Carlton  House,  to  ring  tbe  bell  for  wine,  when  the  Priuce, 
first  complying  with  his  request,  ordered  his  carriage,  and 
never  spoke  to  him  afterwards.  On  this  point,  I  questioned 
the  Beau,  and  he  assured  me  the  statement  was  totally  devoid 
of  foundation  in  truth.  "  From  your  knowledge  of  me," 
said  he,  "can  you  possibly  suppose  that  I,  who  knew  the  Re- 
gent's susceptibility  as  well  as,  if  uot  better,  than  any  man 


breathing,  could  have  been  guilty  of  so  gross  a  want  of  tact? 
No  ;  it  is  uot  true.  I  knew  the  Regent  too  well  to  have  been 
guilty  of  so  gross  a  folly." 

i  could  never  ascertain  from  him  what  was  the  real  cause 
the  separation  ;  there  are,  however,  several  reasons  current ; 
one  which  I  heard  from  pretty  good  authority  is,  that  the 
Beau  wrote  some  verses  about  the  Psince  and  Mrs.  Fitzher- 
bert,  in  which  he  styled  the  Prince  Big  Ben,  and  the  lady 
Benbiua  ;  these  lines  were,  moreover,  somewhat  sarcastic, 
and  being  shown  to  the  Prince  by  some  enemy  of  Brummel's' 
produced  that  feeling  on  the  part  of  the  Prince  which  led  to 
the  rupture. 

There  were  many  circumstances  which  arose  during  the 
several  years  in  which  a  friendly  intercourse  existed  betweeu 
the  Beau  and  myself,  which  led  me  to  infer  he  was  not  so 
deficient  in  good  feeling  as  is  generally  supposed  to  have  been 
the  case.  1  cite  one  instance  among  many,  leaving  the  esti- 
mate of  its  worth  to  the  decision  of  the  impartial.  Some  few 
years  after  his  arrival  in  Calais,  Brummel  contracted  a  liaison 
with  a  young  French  girl,  who  shortly  became  the  victim  of  a 
pulmonary  complaint,  which  ultimately  destroyed  her.  She 
was  long  ill.  During  the  whole  period  of  her  illness,  the  Beau 
not  only  supplied  her  with  all  the  necessaries  of  life,  but  used 
constantly  to  send  the.  half  of  his  dinner  to  her.  If  he  had 
kept  a  regular  cuisine  in  his  establishment,  and  been  in  afflu- 
ent circumstances,  there  would  have  been  nothing  worthy  of 
remark  in  this  act ;  but  as  the  Beau's  means  were  very  limited 
at  the  time,  and  his  daily  dinner  was  sent  to  him  from  Des- 
sein's  at  five  francs  per  diem,  just  sufficient  for  one  appetite, 
the  abandonment  of  the  half  of  it  may,  I  suggest,  be  fairly 
considered  one  of  those  sacrifices,  although  trifling  in  appear- 
ance, which  entitles  the  person  who  makes  it  to  some  credit 
for  a  good  and  kindly  feeling.  During  the  first  few  years  of 
Beau's  residence  at  Calais,  he  was  comparatively  well  off,  a 
noble  duke  having  allowed  him  two  hundred  pounds  a  year 
as  long  as  he  lived  ;  on  one  occasion  he  received  one  thousand 
pounds  through  the  house  of  Messrs.  Moreon,  from  some 
unknown  friend  :  and  on  another  he  gained  a  prize  in  the 
French  lottery  to  the  amount  of  about,  as  far  as  I  can  recol- 
lect, three  thousand  francs,  which  at  the  time  was  very  accep- 
table, and  caused  him  considerable  satisfaction.  He  told  me, 
on  the  occasiou  of  his  good  fortune,  he  had  just  finished  his 
toilet  preparatory  to  takiug  his  daily  walk,  when  Francois 
entered  the  room,  announcing  :  "  Monsieur  a  yaync  une 
terne ;"  which  communication  was  agreeably  confirmed  by 
the  almost  immediate  presence  of  one  of  the  functionaries  from 
the  lottery  office  with  a  wheel-barrow  containing  several  sacks 
of  five-franc  pieces.  This,  I  believe,  was  the  only  success  of 
this  description  the  Beau  ever  had,  although  he  was  in  the 
habit  of  risking  weekly  a  five-franc  piece  in  some  oue  of  the 
lotteries  then  in  existence. 

Previous  to  Brummel's  leaving  Calais  for  Caen,  to  take 
possession  of  his  consulship,  his  circumstances  were  by  no 
means  flourishing  ;  he  had  long  lost  the  annuity  of  two  hun- 
dred pounds,  in  consequence  of  the  death  of  the  noble  donor 
of  it,  and  I  believe  he  had  brought  very  little  with  him  on 
leaving  England  in  1816.  He  told  me  he  once  won  in  oue 
year  the  large  sum  of  forty  thousand  pounds  by  play  at  Wat- 
tier's  and  at  Newmarket  ;  all  of  which  dissappeared  as  rapidly 
as  it  had  been  acquired  ;  in  fact,  at  the  stakes  he  was  in  the 
habit  of  playing,  an  income  of  forty  thousand  pounds  was 
required  rather  than  that  simple  sum.  To  a  sixpence  with  a 
hole  in  it,  which  he  picked  up  one  morning  in  1813  in  the 
street,  on  leaving  Wattier's,  he  attributed  the  commencement 
and  continuance  of  his  good  fortune  ;  and  to  the  subsequent 
loss  of  this  little  coin,  all  his  subsequent  misfortunes.  This 
coin  he  kept  in  his  waistcoat  pocket,  and  as  long  as  he  re 
tained  possession  of  it,  fortune  smiled  ;  but  on  the  very  day 
that  his  precious  talisman  was  found  wanting,  his  bad  lack 
set  in,  and  with  such  continuous  and  unremitting  rigor  that 
he  soon  found  himself  totally  without  funds.  He  told  me  he 
advertised  in  several  papers  with  a  view  of  recovering  his 
talisman,  and  offered  five  pounds  reward,  but  without  success. 
Mr.  Raikes,  in  his  Diary,  states  the  Beau  merely  picked  up 
a  plain  sixpence,  and  bored  a  hole  in  it  himself;  but  I  always 
understood  from  the  Beau  that  the  coin  he  found  had  a  hole 
in  it  already  made  ;  and,  in  virtue  of  this  circumstance,  he 
considered  it  lucky.  From  this  slight  anecdote,  it  may  be 
inferred  that  the  Beau  was  superstitious,  and  from  what  I  saw 
of  him  I  should  say  that  he  was  very  much  so. 

He  mentioned  to  me  that  the  play  at  Wattier's  in  those 

days  was  so  high  that  he  ouce  witnessed  the  Hon.  W  go 

double  or  quits  for  thirty-two  thousand  pounds  ;  which  he 
lost.  No  pack  of  cards  was  ever  played  with  twice,  aud  when 
a  hand  was  over  the  cards  were  thrown  on  the  floor  ;  conse- 
quently, when  play  ceised  iu  the  morning,  the  players,  to  use 
the  Beau's  own  expression,  were  iKurly  knee  deep  in  cards. 
AVat tier's  was  in  Piccadilly,  at  the  corner  of  Bolton  street. 
The  club  took  its  name  from  AVattier,  who  was  a  chef  decui- 
sine  of  the  first  order.  Although  the  Beau  played  at  whist, 
and  played  a  good  rubber,  he  did  not  generally  play  high  at 
that  game  (although  jie  is  supposed  to  have  once  won  a  large 
stake  at  AVhite's  at  oue  sitting,)  his  gambling  having  been 


mostly  at  AVattier's — at  the  game  of  macao — and  at  Newmar- 
ket. At  Calais,  he  occasionally  played  at  whist  in  private 
houses,  at  moderate  stakes,  and  seemed  to  enjoy  the  game. 
During  the  first  few  years  of  his  residence  in  Calais,  he  asso- 
ciated with  scarcely  any  of  either  the  English  or  French  fami- 
lies ;  but  during  several  years  prior  to  his  departure  to  his 
consulate  at  Caen,  he  associated  with  one  or  two  English  resi- 
dents, and  joined  in  conversation  generally  with  the  groups  of 
loungers  on  the  Place,  before  repairing  to  the  ramparts  for 
his  daily  walk. 


M  M  E  .    GEORGE  SAND. 

THE  Paris  correspondent  of  the  American  Literary  Ga- 
zette says  :  "  AVe  have  all  been  on  tiptoe  to  hear  Mine. 
George  Sand  deliver  a  lecture.  She  has  at  the  last  moment 
declined  appearing  in  public.  This  is  her  letter  of  excuse  : 
"  '  Sir — You  tore  from  me  a  promise  which  I  am  unable  to 
fulfill.  You,  and  the  eminent  writers  who  seconded  you,  were 
persuasive,  kind,  indulgent,  irresistible;  but  I  presumed  too 
much  on  my  strength  in  the  face  of  a  duty  to  be  performed. 
There  are,  too,  duties  owed  to  the  public.  It  should  not  be 
enticed  with  an  attraction  which  one  feels  one  is  incapable  of 
giving  it.  Al  ou  would  feel  regret  at  having  assembled  it  to 
exhibit  a  timid  and  awkward  person  who  could  not  open  her 
lips.  My  children  and  my  friends  jumped  up  at  the  adver- 
tisement of  a  lecture  by  me.  They  oppose  it  in  every  way  in 
their  power.  They  know  that  under  no  circumstances  have  I 
been  able  to  surmount  my  embarrassment,  my  absolute  dis- 
trust of  myself.  Ask  me  to  do  anything,  provided  I  shall  not 
appear  in  person.  I 'pray  you  and  the  members  of  the  com- 
mittee who  honored  me  with  their  visit,  to  believe  that  I  can- 
not console  myself  for  my  want  of  power  and  my  retreat  ex- 
cept by  recollection  of  the  kindnesses  you  showed  me,  and 
the  gratitude  with  which  they  have  filled  me. 

"  'George  Sand.' 

"  Those  persons  who  know  Mine.  Sand  best  say  that  she 
does  not  exaggerate  her  embarrassment  in  public.  They  re- 
late the  following  anecdote  of  her.  Five  or  six  years  since 
she  was  at  Toulon,  and  expressed  a  desire  to  visit  a  man-of- 
war.  A  dozen  officers  offered  their  ships  at  her  service.  She 
accepted  one  offer.  The  day  appointed  she  went  on  boardj 
and  found  the  ship  decked  as  if  for  a  festival  or  an  official 
inspection.  Officers  and  men  were  all  at  their  pests.  She 
was  received  by  the  captain  surrounded  by  his  officers,  and 
the  attention  of  a  dozen  gentlemen  did  not  embarrass  her. 
She  is  no  stranger  to  drawing-rooms,  but  when  she  came  to 
leave  the  ship  the  men  and  officers  were  all  drawn  up  in  two 
lines,  between  which  she  proceeded  to  her  boat.  The  first 
lieutenant  stood  at  the  end  of  one  of  these  lines,  and  the 
youngest  cabin  boy  at  the  end  of  the  other.  Tbey  presented 
arms.  She  was  embarrassed  by  all  these  eyes  fixed  on  her. 
She  did  not  know  whether  she  was  expected  to  make  a  speech 
to  them  or  not.  Her  heart  was  in  her  throat;  her  lips  were 
convulsively  closed  ;  she  trembled  in  every  limb.  Salutations 
were  addressed  to  her,  and  it  became  necessary  for  her  to 
make  some  reply.  She  tried  to  speak,  but  all  she  could  utter 
were  some  unintelligible  sounds,  and  when  she  reached  the 
end  of  the  lines,  so  confused  that  she  did  not  know  whether 
she  was  s'anding  on  her  heels  or  her  head,  she  make  a  pro- 
found courtesy  to  the  cabin  boy,  and  patted  the  first  lieuten- 
ant on  the  cheek,  saying  in  her  kind,  affable,  familiar  way  : 
'  Good  day,  my  little  fellow  !' 

"  AVbile  I  am  speaking  of  Mme.  Sand,  let  me  tell  you  that 
last  Sunday  morning  the  following  note  in  her  writing  was 
despatched  to  all  the  friends  of  the  family  :  '  M.  aud  Mme. 
.Maurice  Dudevant-Sand  have  the  honor  to  inform  you  of  the 
birth  of  their  daughter  Aurore.'  This  makes  Mme.  Sand  a 
grandmother.  The  baby  has  been  baptized  in  the  humble  vil- 
lage church  near  Mme.  Sand's  chateau,  whose  spire  overlooks 
the  Vallee  Noir.  which  she  has  made  celebrated.  Although 
there  is  no  saint  by  the  name  of  Aurore  iu  the  calendar  (you 
know  that  ou  the  continent  the  Roman  Catholic  Church,  as 
a  general  rule,  refuses  to  baptize  children  by  any  name  except 
those  in  the  calendar,)  the  name  has  beeu  so  long  in  Mine. 
Sand's  family,  she  insisted  upon  the  child's  bearing  it.  You 
know  Mme.  Sand's  maiden  name  was  Mile.  Aurore  Dupin,  and 
she  is  a  grand-niece  of  the  celebrated  Marshal  de  Saxe.  Her 
legal  name  is  Baroness  Dudevant,  which  she  received  on  her 
marriage.  Her  husband  still  lives,  but  they  have  been  sepa- 
rated for  a  great  many  years.  Mme.  Sand  will  live  at  Nohant 
six  months,  and  at  Palaiseau  six  months  of  the  year.  The 
winter  she  spends  far  from  Paris ;  the  summer  near  the 
capital." 


A  new  theatre  is  about  to  bo  erected  at  Paris,  in  which 
the  works  of  Greek  and  Latin  authors  will  alone  be  performed 
— such  as  those  of  Euripides,  Sophocles,  (Eschylus,  Terence 
and  others.  Something  like  3,000,000f.  have  already  been 
subscribed  in  shares,  and  the  architect  has  completed  his  plan 
for  the  building. 

Thk  Crowntng  TitMTjirH  of  Akt  has  been  achieved  among  toilei 
dressings  for  tlie  complexion  aud  skin,  by  thai  frRgrant  excellence — 
Davidson';;  Circassian  bloom.    Sold  by  all  druggists.  * 


THE  CALIFOHNIAN 


|  J  une  Sth 


ABRAHAM  DAVKXPORT. 

IN  tlie  old  days  (a  custom  laid  aside 
With  breeches  and  cocked  bats)  the  people  scut 
Their  wisest  meu  to  make  the  public  laws. 
And  so,  from  a  brown  homestead,  where  the  Sound 
Drinks  the  small  tribute  of  the  Miauas. 
Waved  over  by  the  woods  of  Uippowams, 
And  hallowed  by  pure  lives  and  tranquil  deaths, 
Stamford  sent  up  to  the  councils  o  the  State 
Wisdom  and  grace  in  Abraham  Davenport 

'T  was  on  a  JIav-day  of  the  far  old  year 

Seventeen  hundred  eighty,  that  there  fell 

Over  the  bloom  and  sweet  life  of  the  Sprin*, 

Over  the  fresh  earth  and  the  heaven  of  noon, 

A  honor  of  great  darkness,  like  the  night 

In  day  of  which  the  Norland  sages  tell  — 

The  Twilight  of  the  Gods.    The  low-bung  sky 

Was  black  with  ominous  clouds,  save  where  its  rim 

Was  fringed  with  a  dull  glow,  like  that  which  climbs 

The  crater's  sides  from  the  red  hell  below. 

Birds  ceased  to  s;ng,  and  all  the  barnyard  fowls 

Boosted  ;  the  cattle  at  the  pasture  bars 

Lowed,  and  looked  homeward;  bats  pa  leathern  wings 

Flitted  abroad ;  the  6ounds  of  labor  died  ; 

Men  prayed,  and  women  wept ;  all  ears  grew  sharp 

To  hear  the  doom-blast  of  the  trumpet  shatter 

The  black  sky,  that  the  dreadful  face  of  Christ 

Wight  look  from  the  rent  clouds,  not  as  he  looked 

A  loving  guest  at  Bethany,  but  stem 

As  justice  and  inexorable  Law. 

Meanwhile  in  the  old  State  House,  dim  as  ghosts, 
Sat  the  lawgivers  of  Connecticut, 
Trembling  beneath  their  legislative  robes. 
•  It  is  the  Lord's  Great  Day !  Let  us  adjourn," 
Some  said  .  and  then,  as  if  with  oue  accord, 
All  eyes  were  turned  to  Abraham  Davenport. 
He  rose,  slow  cleaving  with  bis  steady  voice 
The  intolerable  hush.    "  This  well  may  be 
The  Day  of  Judgment  which  the  world  awaits  ; 
But  be  it  so  or  not,  I  only  know 
My  present  duty,  and  my  Lord's  command 
To  occupy  till  he  come.    So  at  the  post 
Where  he  hath  set  me  in  his  providence, 
I  choose,  for  one,  to  meet  him  face  to  iace— 
No  faithless  servant  frightened  from  my  task, 
But  ready  when  the  Lord  of  the  harvest  calls ; 
And  therefore,  with  all  reverence,  I  would  say, 
Let  God  do  his  work,  we  will  see  to  ours. 
Bring  in  the  candles."    And  they  brought  them  in. 

Then  by  the  flaring  lights  the  Speaker  read, 

Albeit  with  husky  voice  and  shaking  hands, 

An  Act  to  amend  an  Act  to  regulate 

The  shad  and  alewive  lisheries.  Whereupon 

Wisely  and  well  spake  Abraham  Davenport, 

Straight  to  the  question,  with  no  ligures  of  speech 

Save  the  nine  Arab  6igns,  yet  not  without 

The  shrewd  dry  humor  natural  to  the  man  : 

His  awe  struck  colleagues  listening  all  the  while, 

Between  the  pauses  of  his  argument, 

To  hear  the  thunder  of  the  wrath  of  God 

Break  from  the  hollow  trumpet  of  the  cloud. 

And  there  e  stands  in  memory  to  this  day, 
Erect,  self-poised,  a  rugged  face,  half  seen 
Against  the  background  of  unnatural  dark, 
A  witness  to  the  ages  as  they  pass. 

That  simple  duty  hath  noplace  for  fear.    [Atlantic  Monthly. 


MR.   THOMPSON'S  UMBRELLA. 
«  A  UGUSTA,  I  wish  you  would  practice  Cnopin's  inarch. 
JT\.    Mr.  Thompson  likes  music." 

Oh  !  how  sick  I  was  of  bearing  about  XI r.  Thompson.  Xly 
poor  aunt,  she  meant  it  very  kindly,  of  course,  but  she  little 
knew  how  she  made  me  hate  those  single  gentlemen  whom 
she  so  wished  me  to  please.    1  was  an  orphan,  and  had  forty 
pounds  a  year,  and  my  auut's  annuity  died  with  her  ;  so  I  sup- 
pose her  anxiety  to  see  me  married  was  both  commendable 
and  natural,  but  to  me  it  was  dreadful.    Moreover,  perhaps 
because  I  was  a  proud  girl,  and  perhaps,  too,  because  1  was  a 
foolish  one,  the  mere  fact  of  a  man,  young  or  middle-aged — 
for  only  the  old  and  wedded  were  excluded — coming  to  the 
house  on  my  account,  made  him  detestable  in  my  eyes.  1 
should  not  wonder  if  that  were  not  the  reason  why  1  pleased 
none.    I  was  said  to  be  pretty — I  may  say  that  now,  alas  !  it 
is  so  long  ago — but  plainer  girls,  with  no  greater  advantages 
than  I  had,  went  off  at  a  premium  in  the  marriage  market, 
and  I  remained  Augusta  Raymond,  uncared  and  unsought  for. 
1  did  not  care,  not  I.    I  only  lairented  that  aunt  would  worry 
both  these  unfortunate  gentlemen  and  me  with  vain  efforts  to 
make  them  admire  me,  aud  make  me  like  them.    She  was  my 
best  friend,  however,  and  I  loved  her  dearly.    So  I  now  sat 
down  to  the  piano  and  played  Chopin's  march,  and  practiced 
for  the  benefit  of  the  devoted  XIr.  Thompson, who  was  to  come 
this  evening,  and  who  little  kuew,  poor  fellow,  he  had  been 
invited  to  spend  a  week  with  us  for  the  express  purpose  of 
falling  in  love  with  his  second  cousin's  niece.    I  had  not  seen 
him  since  I  was  a  child.    He  was  a  young  man  then,  tall, 
dark,  and  grave,  and  already  on  the  road  to  prosperity.  He 
was  a  rich  man  now,  at  least  rich  for  such  a  poor  girl  as  I 
was,  but  he  was  XIr.  Thompson,  and  I  hated  him  ;  besides,  he 
>ii list  be  old,  quite  old. 


I  thought  of  all  these  things  while  1  was  playing,  and  then 
I  forgot  them,  for  the  divine  music  bore  me  away,  and  uiuoic 

was  a  passion  to  me  then. 

We  lived  in  the  country,  and  a  small  but  beautiful  garden 
enclosed  my  aunt's  cottage.  It  was  a  low  one,  with  broad 
rooms,  a  little  dark,  perhaps,  yet  strangely  pleasant.  At 
least,  they  seemed  so  to'me.  I  dearly  liked  the  room  in  which 
I  now  sat  playing.  It  was  our  best  room,  but  it  was  also  our 
sitting-room.  A  central  table  was  strewn  with  books,  some 
of  which  were  dear  old  friends,  and  o'.hers  were  pleasant  and 
new  acquaintances.  Flower-stands,  work-baskets,  and  delight- 
ful chairs,  chairs  made  to  read  or  dream  in,  added  to  the  at- 
tractions of  this  apartment'.  I  enjoyed  it  even  as  I  played  ; 
but  then,  to  be  sure,  the  windows  were  all  open,  and  every  one 
gave  me  a  glimpse  of  the  green  garden  with  a  patch  of  blue 
sky  above  its  nodding  trees,  aud  the  sweet  scent  of  the  mig- 
nonette came  in  with  every  breath  of  air.  Where  are  you 
now,  pleasant'room  and  green  garden?  The  ruthless  band  of 
man  has  laid  you  waste,  and  my  eyes  can  see  you  no  more. 
Is  there  no  home  for  lost  places,  no  dreamland  like  the  In- 
dian's hunting-ground,  where  the  things  that  have  once  been 
may  enjoy  a  shadowy  existence  ?  Are  you  really  forever  gone 
and  lost,  save  when  you  come  back  every  time  a  woman, 
whose  hair  is  turning  gray,  hears  that  grand  mournful  music 
to  which  your  present  homeliness  would  seem  so  little 
akin  ? 

".My  dear!  Mr.  Thompson  !"  said  my  aunt's  voice,  as  I 
closed  the  instrument.  1  turned  round  and  saw  him  ;  tall, 
dark,  grave,  very  little  altered.  We  had  expected  him  for 
dinner,  and  he  had  come  for  luncheon  :  I  forget  how  the 
mistake  arose.  As  he  opened  the  garden  gate,  he  met  my 
aunt.  They  bad  heard  me  playing,  and  stood  by  one  of  the 
windows  to  listen.  When  I  cc:ised,  they  entered  the  room, 
aud  it  was  then  that,  as  1  said,  I  saw  hira. 

I  did  not  know  it  at  the  time,  but  I  knew  it  later  ;  I  liked 
him  from  that  very  moment.  I  am  not  sure  that  every  girl 
would  have  liked  XIr.  Thompson.  He  was  decidedly  good- 
looking,  and  was  both  shrewd  aud  pleasant  ;  but  he  had  a 
quaint  and  abrupt  manner,  which  was  apt  to  startle  strangers. 
I  liked  it  well,  however.  1  liked  that  eccentricity  which  never 
took  him  too  far,  and  that  slight  want  of  polish  which  gave 
flavor  to  everything  he  said  or  did.  I  liked  all,  except  his 
umbrella.  That  I  detested.  It  was  large,  solid,  massive,  and 
dreadfully  obtrusive.  He  had  it  in  his  hand  on  that  bright, 
warm  day,  aud  long  as  our  acquaintance  lasted  I  never  saw 
Mr.  Thompson  without  it.  Later,  when  our  intimacy  had 
progressed,  I  taxed  him  with  this.  "  Yes,"  he  said,  good 
humoredly,  "  I  confess  it  is  my  hobby.  Xly  earliest  ambition 
as  a  boy  was  to  possess  an  umbrella,  and  my  greatest  happi- 
ness as  a  man  is  to  go  about  with  one." 

Of  cdurse,  we  did  not  speak  about  his  umbreila  on  this  the 
first  morning  we  spent  together.  Mr.  Thompson  praised  my 
music,  and,  looking  me  full  in  the  face,  told  me  I  played 
divinely,  lie  said  it  without  preamble,  and  I  saw  he  meant 
it.  My  aunt  was  delighted,  and  I  felt  pleased  ;  but,  some- 
how or  other,  I  also  felt  that  XIr.  Thompson  treated  me  like 
a  little  girl  ;  and  so  he  did— not  merely  then,  but  ever  after- 
wards. Tiresome  man  !  I  had  thought  him  old  before  I  saw 
him,  and  I  could  not  make  him  think  me  old  now  that  he 
saw  ine. 

XIr.  Thompson  did  not  stay  a  week  with  us,  but  a  month. 
Oh.  that  happy  month,  with  long  goldeu  days  and  delicious 
evenings,  and  music  and  sweet  converse!  shall  I  ever  forget 
it?  If  the  wakeuing  was  bitter,  let  me  remember  that  the 
dream  was  very  sweet. 

XIr.  Thompson  was  to  leave  as  next  morning,  and  we  were 
in  the  gardeu  together.  I  knew  by  this  time  how  I  felt 
towards  him,  aud,  kind  though  he  was,  I  doubted  if  he  cared 
much  for  me.  And  when  he  said,  "Augusta,  I  have  some- 
thing to  say  to  you,"  my  heart  began  to  beat.  He  used  to 
call  me  Augusta,  now  and  then,  having  known  me  as  a  child  ; 
but  never  had  he  said  it  so  kindly  as  this  eveniug. 

Ah,  well !  I  suppose  many  women  have  to  go  through  the 
bitterness  which  came  to  me  then.  XIr.  Thompson  had  met 
my  cousin  Jessie  at  Xlrs.  Oray's,  proposed  to  her,  and  been 
accepted.  From  the  moment  he  meutioued  Jessie's  name,  I 
knew  my  fate.  Without  seeking  it,  I  suppose,  she  had  ever 
stood  between  me  and  every  good.  She  had  taken  the  friend- 
ship of  my  best  friend,  the  liking  of  my  neares^/elative — I 
was  not  really  my  aunt's  niece,  only  her  late  husband's — and 
now  she  had  forestalled  me  in  the  love  of  the  only  man  I  had 
ever  cared  for.  Surely  she  was  not  to  blame  in  that,  but,  oh, 
how  hard,  how  very  hard,  it  seemed  to  me  !  The  nightingale 
sang  in  the  trees  above  us,  pure  brilliant  stars  burned  in  the 
sky,  the  garden  was  full  of  fragrance,  and  XIr.  Thompson  went 
on  pouring  Jessie's  praisesju  my  ear.  She  was  so  handsome, 
so  bright,  so  genial,  and  s'o  delightfully  innocent  ?  And  what 
do  you  suppose  he  told  me  all  this  for?  Why,  because  he 
wanted  me  to  go  aud  live  with  them.  Xly  auut's  health  had 
been  failing  of  late,  aud  he  was  aware  that  I  knew  the  worst 
might  soon  come,  so  he  wauted  me  to  be  sure  of  a  home.  I 
burst  into  tears. 

"  My  dear  good  child,"  he  cried,  warmly,  "  if  I  wore  not 


going  away,  I  would  not  have  grieved  you  so.  You  have,  I 
know,  a  warm  heart.  Your  dear  aunt  may  live  for  years  ; 
only,  if  she  should  not,  Jessie  and  I — " 

"Praydou't!"  1  interrupted.  I  could  not  bear  it.  The 
more  he  praised  me,  the  kinder  he  was,  the  more  1  wept  and 
felt  miserable.  At  length,  at  my  request,  he  left  mo.  1  grew 
calmer  after  a  while,  and  went  in. 

"  Do  play  Chopin's  march  for  ns,  my  dear,"  said  my  aunt. 
Poor,  dear  aunt !  she  wanted  me  to  fascinate  him  to  the  last. 
She  little  knew  that  Jessie,  whom  she  disliked  so,  had  been 
beforehaiH'W'th  me  there. 

I  played  it  again.  It  was  the  knell  of  all  my  hopes.  A 
gray  twilight  filled  the  room,  and  they  could  not  see  the  tears 
which  flowed  down  ray  cheeks.  I  played  well,  they  said  ;  and 
I  believe  I  did.  Something  from  myself  was  in  the  music 
that  evening,  and  that  something  was  very  sorrowful.  XIr. 
Thompson  came  and  sat  by  me  when  I  had  done.  The  ser- 
vant brought  in  the  lights,  and  a  letter  for  my  aunt.  While 
she  was  reading  it,  he  said,  softly  : 

"  You  will  thiuk  over  it." 

"  Pray  don't,''  I  entreated. 

"  But  you  do  not  know  how  much  I  like  you,"  he  insisted  ; 
"  and  then  you  will  do  my  lit'.le,  heedless  Jessie  good — poor 
childish  darling !  Besides,  I  have  set  my  heart  on  some- 
thing." 

This  crowned  all.  I  guessed  his  meaning ;  he  had  a 
younger  brother  for  whom  he  meant  me.  He  had  all  but  said 
so  this  evening  in  the  garden.  "  It  would  do  John,  who  was 
rather  light,  all  the  good  in  the  world."  I  could  not  bear  it. 
I  rose  and  went  up  to  aunt. 

"  What  news,  aunty  ?"  I  asked. 

"  News,  indeed  !"  she  replied,  amazed.  "  There's  Jessie 
going  to  marry  my  cousin,  XIr.  Norris,  old  enough  to  be  her 
father.    I  wonder  what  he  will  do  with  the  little  llirt?" 

There  was  a  pause. 

Mr.  Thompson  came  forward.    I  did  not  dare  to  look  at 

him. 

"  What  Jessie  is  that?"  he  asked.    "  Surely  not  Xliss  Ray- 
mond's cousin  ?" 
"  Yes  ;  the  same.    Do  you  know  her?" 
"  I  have  seen  her  at  Mrs.  Gray's." 

He  spoke  very  calmly.  I  suppose  he  did  not  believe  it.  I 
pitied  him  ;  from  my  heart  I  pitied  him. 

"  Perhaps  it  is  not  true,  aunt,"  I  said. 

"  Not  true  ?  why  she  writes  it  to  me  herself — there's  her 
letter." 

I  looked  at  him  now.  He  was  pale  as  death,  but  very  firm. 
Neither  troubled  look  nor  quivering  lip  gave  token  of  the 
cruel  storm  within.    Something  now  culled  my  aunt  out  of 

the  room. 

"  Augusta,  may  I  look  at  it  ?"  he  asked,  glancing  towards 
the  letter,  which  my  aunt  had  hauded  to  me. 

I  could  not  refuse  him.  I  gave  him  the  letter.  He  read 
it  through  with  the  same  composure,  then  looking  for  his 
umbrella,  which  he  icould  always  keep  in  a  corner  of  the  sit- 
ting-room, he  said,  very  calmly  : 

"I  think  I  sliult  go  and  take  a  walk." 

And  he  went  out.  and  we  saw  bim  no  more  till  the  next 
morning,  wheu  he  left  us. 

Xly  aunt  was  disappointed  to  find  that  XIr.  Thompson  had 
not  proposed  to  me  after  all,  and  I  was  hurt  to  the  heart's 
core  by  the  coldness  of  his  adieu.  Xly  value  had  gone  down 
with  my  cousin's  faithlessness  ;  mine  had  been  at  best  but  a 
reflected  light.    I  was  liked  because  Jessie  was  loved. 

She  became  .Mrs.  Norris  soon  after  this.  She  was  married 
from  my  aunt's  house,  out  of  regard  to  XIr.  Norris,  who  was 
related  to  her,  and  who  disliked  Xlrs.  Gray.  "'1  hat  busy- 
body," he  called  her,  and  1  am  afraid  she  was  a  busybody. 
Jessie  was  very  bright,  and  seemed  very  happy.  She  tossed 
ine  unmercifully  about  XIr.  Thompson.  She  was  sure,  she 
said,  he  had  made  love  to  me,  and  she  looked  at  me  with 
cruel  significance  as  she  spoke.  But  I  betrayed  neither  his 
secret  nor  mine  ;  Mild  though  she  vexed  me  when  she  quizzed 
him  to  XIr.  Norris,  especially  about  his  umbrella,  I  did  keep 
silent. 

"  I  am  sure  he  will  be  married  with  his  umbrella  under  his 
arm,"  she  said,  the  evening  before  her  owu  wedding.  -  Don't 
you  think  so?" 

1  did  not  answer  her  ;  I  went  out  into  the  garden,  and 
wondered  how  she  had  charmed  him.  Alas  !  I  might  have 
wondered  how,  without  seeking  it,  he  had  charmed  me. 

Jessie's  marriage  was  a  blow  to  my  aunt.  She  had  always 
thonght  I  should  go  off  first.  She  wa3  also  cruelly  disap- 
pointed \>y  Mr.  Thompson's  indifference,  and  perhaps  she 
guessed  the  meaning  of  my  altered  looks.  I  believe  I  got 
pale  and  thin  just  then.  Aud  1  was  always  playing  Chopin's 
march. 

••  My  dear,"  said  my  aunt  to  ine  one  evening,  "  is  not  that 
very  mournful  ?" 

"  I  like  it,  aunt,"  I  replied  ;  bnt  I  resolved  to  play  it  no 
more. 

"  XIr.  Thompson  liked  it,"  she  said,  with  a  sigh.    "  I  won- 
der he  did  not  propose  to  you,"  she  added,  abruptly. 
1  was  route. 


June  9th } 


THK  CALIFORNIAN. 


"  I  wish  I  had  never  asked  him  here,"  she  resumed ;  "  I 
cannot  help  thinking — " 

"  Don't,  pray  don't !"  I  interrupted. 

She  did  not  insist,  but  she  made  me  go  and  sit  by  her. 
Slis  caressed  me,  she  coaxed  me,  and  little  by  little  she  drew 
my  secret  from  me. 

"  My  poor  darling,"  she  said,  when  I  had  confessed  all,  "  he 
may  value  you  yet." 

"  No,  aunt,  he  uever  will.  But  pray  do  not  trouble  about 
me.    I  mean  to  get  over  it,  and  I  will." 

I  spoke  resolutely  and  my  aunt  praised  me. 

"  You  have  always  been  the  best  of  girls,"  she  said,  ten- 
derly, ••  and  I  am  glad  you  have  confidence  in  nie.  I  did  not 
mean  to  leave  home  this  year  ;  but  now  I  will  take  you  to 
the  seaside.    You  must  have  a  change,  my  poor  darling." 

She  kissed  me,  and  I  remember  how  calm  and  happy  I  felt 
in  that  gray  room,  sitting  by  my  dear  aunt's  sidn,  and  looking 
at  the  starry  sky.  The  nightingale  was  singing  again,  as  on 
that  sad  evening  when  I  had  felt  so  broken-hearted  ;  tears 
rose  to  my  eyes  when  I  remembered  it,  and  his  last  kindness, 
and  my  foolish,  withered  hopes  ;  but  the  bitterness  was  gone 
from  my  sorrow. 

"  You  must  have  a  change,"  said  my  aunt  again. 

Alas  1  the  change"  came  with  the  morning.  My  aunt  was 
late  for  breakfast.  I  went  up  to  her  room  and  found  her 
calmly  sleeping.  But  oh  1  too  calm,  too  deep  were  those 
slumbers.  The  kind  eyes  which  had  rested  on  me  in 
love  were  closed,  the  voice  which  had  ever  spoken  in  praise 
and  endearment  was  silenced,  for  ever  and  ever. 

I  suppose  it  was  not  Jessie's  fault  that  her  husband  was 
my  aunt's  heir-at-law  ;  but  1  found  it  very  hard.  Poor,  dear 
aunt,  she  always  did  mean  to  make  a  will  in  my  favor,  and 
she  never  did.  Mr.  Norris  behaved  very  handsomely,  I  was 
told.  He  gave  me  the  piano  which  had  been  bought  for  me, 
a  few  other  articles  of  no  great  value,  and  all  my  aunt's  ward- 
robe. He  kept  her  jewels,  which  were  fine,  and  the  furniture, 
for  which,  as  he  said  truly  enough,  1  had  no  use.  Moreover, 
he  allowed  me  to  remain  in  the  cottage  till  Lady-day  ;  though 
perhaps,  as  he  could  not  live  in  two  houses  at  a  time,  and 
must  pay  the  rent  whether  I  stayed  there  or  not,  this  was  no 
such  great  favor  after  all.  God  forgive  me,  I  fear  I  was  very 
sinful  during  the  dark  days  that  followed.  I  had  some  friends 
who  did,  or  rather  who  said,  their  best  ;  but  there  was  one 
never  came  near  me,  who  gave  me  no  token  of  his  existence, 
who  had  no  kind  word  lor  me,  who  let  me  struggle  through 
my  hard  trial,  and  who  never  offered  a  helping  hand.  He 
might  at  least  have  written,  have  condoled  with  me  in  my 
sorrow,  but  he  did  not.  And  yet  he  was  in  the  neighborhood. 
He  was  often  at  Mr.  Norris'  house.  Jessie  herself  told  me 
so.  True,  he  had  busiuoss  to  transact  with  her  husband  ;  but 
still,  how  could  he  do  it  ? 

He  did  it,  and  he  did  more.  Mr.  Norris  was  thrown  off 
his  horse  one  morning  and  brought  home  dead.  Jessie  be- 
came a  widow,  and  a  poor  oue,  said  the  world.  Mr.  Norris 
was  not  a  rich  man  afte  all,  and  he  left  many  debts.  I  only 
went  to  see  her  once.  I  found  her  cold,  callous  and  defiant, 
under  her  infliction  ;  yet  I  would  have  gone  again  if  Mr. 
Thompson  had  not  been  Mr.  Norris'  executor.  He  had  busi- 
ness to  settle  with  the  widow,  and  I  could  only  interfere  ;  be- 
sides, I  could  not  bear  to  see  them  together.  It  was  very 
wrong  and  very  useless  but  it  was  so.  Mrs.  ©rSy  often  came 
to  see  me.  I  cannot  say  she  comforted  me  much.  She  gave 
me  a  world  of  wearisome  advice,  and  told  me  much  that  I 
would  rather  not  have  heard.  What  wa3  it  to  me  now,  that 
accounts  kept  him  so  often  and  so  late  with  Jessie  ?  They 
were  both  free  ;  and  if  he  chose  to  forgive  her  and  marry  her, 
and  if  she  chose  to  marry  once  more  for  money — I  say  it 
again— what  was  it  to  me  ? 

And  yet  I  suppose  it  was  something,  after  all  ;  for  when 
Mrs.  Gray  left  me  one  afternoon  in  February,  I  felt  the 
loneliest  being  on  this  whole  earth.  She  had  harped  again  on 
that  hateful  string — that  Mr.  Thompson  seemed  quite  smitten 
with  Mrs.  Norris.  "  And  what  do  you  think,  my  dear?''  she 
added  ;  "  he  thought  you  were  gone.  He  seemed  quite  sur- 
prised when  I  said  I  had  seer,  you  on  Sunday.  '  What,  is  she 
not  gone?'  he  asked — 'gone  to  London?'  'No,  indeed. 
What  would  she  go  to  London  for  ?'  He  did  not  answer 
that,  but,  from  something  he  said,  I  saw  he  thought  you  were 
.engaged  to  be  married.  '  I  wish  she  were,  poor  dear  !'  I  re- 
plied ;  '  it  is  a  hard  case  to  be  so  young  and  so  lonely.'  I 
have  no  doubt  he  thinks  so,  too,  and  so  it  is  to  prevent  Mrs. 
Norris  from  being  lonely  that  he  goes  to  see  her  so  often." 
Thus  she  rattled  on,  stabbing  me  with  every  word,  till  at 
length  she  left  me  to  my  misery.  I  sat  looking  at  the  fire  ; 
it  was  bright  and  warm,  but  my  loneliness  was  heavy  upon 
me  ;  besides,  it  had  been  snowing,  and  the  gray  sky  and  white 
garden  and  silent  air  had  something  both  lone  and  chill  in 
them.  Yet  I  was  not  quite  alone.  Early  in  the  winter  I  had 
taken  in  a  poor,  half-starved  stray  dog,  and,  though  he  was 
but  a  shaggy  half-bred  cur,  1  had  made  a  pet  of  him.  He  had 
laid  by  his  vagrant  habits  williugly  enough,  and  he  now  lay 
sleeping  on  the  rug  at  my  feet.  Poor  Carlo  !  he  heeded  not 
the  morrow,  and  thought  not  of  the  future.    Yet  how  long 


could  I  keep  him? — and.  if  I  cast  him  away,  who  would  have 
him?  He  had  neither  youth  nor  beauty  to  recommend  him 
— nothing  but  his  old  honest  heart,  and  who  would  care  for 
that?  "  Poor  Carlo — poor  Carlo  !"  I  thought  ;  and, perhaps 
because  my  heart  was  rather  full  just  then,  tears  rose  to  my 
eyes  as  I  thought  of  the  fate  that  lay  before  him.  I  believe  I 
thought  of  something  else.  too.  I  reaiember  a  vision  1  saw 
in  the  burning  coals  ;  how  it  came  there  Heaven  knows.  I 
saw  them  both,  as  no  doubt  they  often  were,  bending  over 
accounts  which  they  read  together,  then  looking  up  and 
exchanging  looks  and  smiles  which  no  one  could  mistake.  1 
wonder  why  I  came  back  to  images  which  tortured  me — but 
it  was  so.  I  do  not  know  how  long  Mrs.  Gray  had  been  gone, 
when  Carlo  gave  a  short  bark  ;  the  gate  bell  rang  ;  I  saw  a 
tall,  dark  form  pass  across  the  window,  and  my  little  maid 
opened  the  door,  saying  : 
"  Mr.  Thompson,  ma'am." 

I  rose.  He  came  in,  with  his  umbrella  as  usual,  and  Carlo 
went  up  to  him  and  wairged  a  friendly  welcome.  I  cmild  not 
say  one  word.  I  was  dreadfully  agitated.  I  felt  quite  sure 
he  had  come  to  tell  me  that  he  meant  to  marry  Jessie,  and  to 
ask  trie  to  go  and  stay  with  them,  or  something  of  the  kind. 
Nothing  else  could  have  brought  him.  Or  perhaps,  as  Jessie 
had,  no  doubt,  told  him  that  I  was  gone,  he  had,  on  learning 
the  truth,  felt  ashamed  of  his  long  coldness,  and  had  come  to 
make  some  sort  of  excuse.  He  made  none  ;  but  he  asked  how 
1  was,  took  a  chair,  looked  rather  hard  at  me,  aud,  without 
waiting  for  my  ar.swtr,  feared  I  was  not  very  well. 

"  Oh  !  I  am  not  ill,  you  know,"  I  replied,  a  little  carelessly. 
"  I  trust  you  are  well,  Mr.  Thompson." 

He  said  he  was  very  well,  and  he  looked  at  the  fire.  For 
a  wh.le  we  were  both  silent.  I  spoke  first.  My  remark  was 
scarcely  a  gracious  one. 

"  I  heard  you  were  so  much  engaged  that  I  scarcely  expected 
to  see  you,"  I  said. 

I  was  vexed  with  myself  as  soon  as  I  had  said  it.  He 
might  think  I  was  annoyed  at  his  long  absence,  and,  surely, 
I  was  not !  But  he  took  my  implied  reproach  very  well.  He 
answered  that  he  had,  indeed,  been  much  engaged  :  but  that 
everything  was  over  now.  Mrs.  Norris,  he  added,  had  left 
this  morning.    My  heart  gave  a  great  throb  ;  but  I  was  mute. 

"  She  left  in  no  contented  mood,  I  believe,"  he  resumed. 
"The  balance  in  her  favor  was  lcw--lower  than  I  expected. 
Mrs.  Norris  has  something  like  a  hundred  a  year.  This  and 
a  few  jewels  constitute  the  net  profit  she  derives  from  her 
marriage.  Unluckily,  these  speculations  cannot  be  repeated 
often,  you  see.  The  capital  of  youth  and  beauty  has  but  a 
time — a  brief  one  ;  it  is  apt  to  wear  out,  and  the  first  venture 
ought  to  be  the  best.  Mrs.  Norris,  not  having  found  it  so,  is 
disappointed.  I  suppose  it  is  natural  ;  but  you  know  I  can- 
not pity  her  very  much." 

I  supposed  not,  but,  how  all  that  cold,  hard  talk  pained  me. 

"  I  have  a  fancy,"  he  resumed,  "  that  this  kind  lady  expec- 
ted some  other  ending  to  our  accounts.  This  is  not  very  flat- 
tering to  my  vanity,  unless,  indeed,  as  showing  my  marketable 
value  ;  is  it,  now  ?" 

I  wonld  not  answer  that  question.  His  tone,  his  manner, 
vexed  me.    Suddenly  he  raised  his  eyes  to  mine. 

'•  Did  such  a  rumor  reach  you  ?"  he  asked. 

I  could  not  deny  it.  My  face  was  iu  a  flame.  I  believe  I 
stammered  something,  but  I  do  not  know  what. 

"  Even  you  have  heard  it,"  he  said  ;  "  the  world  i3  very  kind. 
And  you  believed  it,  too  ?    I  had  hoped  you  knew  mc  better." 

He  seemed  quite  hurt  :  but'I  offered  no  justification.  Then 
he  rather  formally  asked  me  to  be  allowed  to  mention  the 
business  that  brought  bim.  So  it  wa3  business  !  I  scorned 
myself  for  my  folly,  which  was  not  dead  yet,  and  bade  him 
speak. 

Was  I  asleep  or  dreaming  ?  Mr.  Thompson  spoke  of  my 
aunt,  her  love  for  me,  my  forlorn  position,  and  expressed  the 
strongest  wish  to  take  care  of  me. 

"  But,"  he  added,  with  some  hesitation.  "  I  can  do  this  but 
in  one  fashion — as  your  husband.  Will  you  overlook  all 
those  peculiarities- iu  my  temper  which  used  to  annoy  you,  1 
fear,  and  take  what  there  is  of  true  aud  good  iu  me  ?  Can 
you,  will  you,  do  this  ?" 

He  looked  at  me  in  doubt.  Ah  !  this  was  one  of  my  bit- 
terest moments.  He  cared  so  little  for  me,  that  he  had  never 
seen,  never  suspected,  how  much  I  loved  him.  And  he  ex- 
pected me  to  take  him  so.  1  clasped  my  hands  and  twisted 
them  nervously  ;  I  could  not  speak  at  once. 

"  And  you,  Mr.  Thompsou  "  I  said  at  last,  "  and  yon — " 

"  Well,  what  about  me  ?    Do  you  mean,  can  I,  too,  do  this  ?" 

"  Yes  ;  can  you  do  it?" 

"Why,  surely — else  I  had  never  proposed  it." 

He  half  smiled  at  the  doubt  my  question  implied,  and  looked 
at  me  as  he  smiled.    Both  the  look  aud  smile  exasperated  me. 

"  Mr.  Thompsou,"  I  said,  excitedly,  "  1  have  not  deserved 
this.    Carlo,  come  here." 

"  My  poor,  shaggy  Carlo  came  forward,  wagging  his  tail. 
He  laid  his  head  on  my  knee,  and  looked  up  at  me  wistfully 
and  loudly,  as  only  dogs  can  look  when  they  vainly  seek  to 
read  the  meauing  of  a  human  face. 

"  He  was  an  outcast,"  I  Kid,  looking  r.t  Mr.  Thompson  ; 


"  he  was  starving  ;  he  came  to  this  door  ;  I  fed  him,  and  he 
would  not  leave  it.  I  took  pity  on  him — I  gave  him  a  mat 
to  lie  on  and  a  crust  to  eat.  He  loves  me  for  it ;  but,  Mr. 
Thompson,  I  am  not  quite  so  low  as  to  be  brought  to  this 
poor  beast's  level — I  can  take  care  of  myself." 

Mr.  Thompson  threw  himself  back  iu  his  chair,  and  uttered 
a  dismayed  whistle  as  I  made  this  free  commentary  upon  his 
proposal. 

"  Well,  well,"  he  said,  recovering  slowly,  "  I  can  under- 
stand that  you  should  not  care  for  me,  but  I  did  not  expect 
you  would  take  it  so." 

"  Aud  how  could  I  take  it  ?"  I  cried.  "  You  give  me  pity. 
I  scoru  pity.  Ah.  Mr.  Thompson,  if  I  were  not  the  poor, 
forlorn  girl  I  am,  would  you  feel  or  speak  so  ?  Do  you  think 
I  do  not  know  how  rich  girls  are  wooed  aud  won  ?  If  you 
cared  an  atom  for  me,  would  you  dare  to  come  to  me  with 
such  language  ?" 

"  What  language  ?" 

"  What  did  you  mean  by  taking  care  of  me  ?" 

"  What  I  said.  Yes,  Augusta,  I  wish  to  take  care  of  you  ; 
true,  fond,  loving  care  ;  nothing  shall  make  me  unsay  it." 

He  spoke  warmly,  and  a  manly  glow  rose  to  his  face  ;  but 
I  would  not  give  in,  and  I  said,  angrily,  that  I  did  not  want 
to  be  taken  care  of 

"  Do  let  us  drop  these  unlucky  words,"  lie  entreated  ;  "  and 
do  tell  me  whether  you  will  marry  me,  yes  or  no.  Let  it  be, 
if  you  like,  that  I  want  you  to  take  care  of  me.  I  am  much 
older  than  you  are,  you  know." 

I  don't  know  what  possessed  me.  I  said  "  No."  Oh  ! 
how  I  would  have  liked  to  recall  the  word,  but  it  was  spoken, 
and  he  rose  with  a  clouded  and  disappointed  face.  He  lin- 
gered a  little,  and  asked  to  know  why  it  was  No  and  not  Yes? 
1  said  wo  could  not  be  happy  together.  He  bowed  gravely 
and  left  me.  I  suppose  he  was  hurt,  for  he  did  not  add  a 
word.  No  assurance  of  friendship,  of  good  will,  no  hop3 
that  I  would  relent  or  change  my  mind,  passed  his  lips.  The 
door  closed  upon  him.  I  heard  the  garden  gate  fall  to,  and  I 
felt  in  a  sort  of  stupor.  It  was  over.  What  madness  had 
made  me  banish  him  ?  Every  step  took  him  away  further 
from  me.  Never — never  again — should  we  meet.  Perhaps  ho 
would  not  have  left  me  then,  if  I  could  have  spoken  the  truth 
Ah  1  if  I  could  have  said  to  him,  "  I  cannot  be  happy  with 
you  because  I  love,  and  you  do  not ;  because  my  pride  and 
my  love  would  suffer  all  day  long  if  I  were  your  wile  ;  because 
it  is  easier  to  do  without  you  than  have  you  on  these  terms." 
If  I  could  have  said  all  this,  would  eur  meetiug  have  ended 
thus?  It  was  too  late  to  think  of  that  now,  but  not  too  late 
to  suffer.  I  buried  my  face  in  the  pillow  of  the  couch  on 
which  I  was  sitting,  and  cried  and  sobbed  as  if  my  heart 
would  break. 

Poor  Carlo's  cold  nose  thrust  in  the  hand  which  hung  down 
by  my  side  in  the  folds  of  my  dress  roused  me.  I  looked  up, 
and  saw  Mr.  Thompsou.  He  was  very  red,  and  seemed 
flurried. 

"  I  have  forgotten  my  umbrella,"  he  said,  a  little  nervously. 
Yes,  there  it  was,  in  the  comer,  that  horrible  umbrella  of  his  1 
But,  instead  of  going  to  look  for  it,  he  suddenly  came  and  sat, 
down  on  the  couch  by  me.  I  do  not  know  how  I  looked,  but  I 
felt  ready  to  die  with  shame.  He  took  my  hand  and  kissed  it. 

"  My  dear  Miss  Baymond,"  he  said,  persuasively,  "why 
should  we  not  be  happy  together  ?  I  cannot  bear  to  give 
you  up,  indeed  I  cannot." 

I  looked  at  him  in  doubt. 

"  Then  you  do  really  like  me  ?"  I  asked. 

"  Do  I  really  like  you?  Why,  what  else  have  I  been  saying 
all  along?" 

"  You  said  you  wauted  to  take  care  of  me." 

"Oh,  if  we  are  to  go  back  to  that — "  he  began,  resignedly. 
But  we  did  not  go  back  to  that ;  we  went  back  to  nothing, 
for  a  miserable  girl  suddenly  became  the  happiest  of  women. 
Still  I  was  not  quite  satisfied. 

"  You  would  not  have  come  back,  if  it  had  not  been  for 
that  horrible  umbrella  of  yours,"  I  said,  with  a  little  jealousy. 

"  Very  true,"  he  replied,  with  his  peculiar  smile;  "but  I 
did  come  back,  and  glanced  in  through  the  window  first,  and 
I  saw  you  hiding  your  face  ou  that  cushion,  and  Carlo  look- 
ing at  you  as  if  he  thought  it  strange  you  should  be  so  for- 
lorn ;  and  so  I  came  in  for  my  umbrella  ;  and,  to  tell  you  the 
truth,  I  had  forgotten  it  ou  purpose." 

Perhaps  he  only  said  it  to  please  me,  but  as  1  looked  in  his 
face  I  did  not  think  so  then  ;  and,  though  years  have  passed 
over  us  both,  I  do  not  think  so  now. 

Innocence  tor  Two. — A  modest  gentleman  from  the  rural 
districts,  recently  on  a  visit  to  the  city,  was  on  the  point  of 
informing  a  lady  friend  of  the  fact  that  her  dress  was  tucked 
up,  thereby  displaying  a  portion  of  her  hose,  when  a  gentle- 
man told  him  that  "  hitched  up  "  dresses  were  the  latest 
importation  fiom  the  land  of  frogs.  The  young  man  was 
loth  to  believe  that  such  was  the  case,  and,  blushing  for  the 
taste  of  the  present  day,  concluded  that  he  could  stand  it 
if  the  ladies  could. 

We  generally  possess  the  good  or  ill  qualities  which  we 
I  attribute  to  mankind. 


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THE  CALIFORNIAN. 


| June  9th 


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GENERAL   WINFIELD  SCOTT. 

ALTHOUGH  the  late  war  has  made  death  familiar  to  the 
American  people,  and  brought  sorrow  to  almost  every 
household,  nevertheless  the  decease  of  Gen.  Scott,  who  has 
been  for  more  than  a  half  century  conspicuously  associated 
with  public  events,  will  be  received  with  general  grief.  The 
eulogy  of  this  eminent  man  is  best  written  by  reviewing  his 
life  and  services. 

AVinfield  Scott  was  born  in  Petersburg,  Ya.,  June  13th, 
1786.  When  he  had  attained  1) is  fifth  year,  he  lost  his 
father  ;  and  his  education  and  care  devolved  upon  his  mother, 
who  was  a  person  of  excellent  sense  and  strength  of  character. 
He  was  placed  at  school  at  Richmond,  and  subsequently  at 
William  and  Mary  College  ;  and  at  the  age  of  twenty  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar.  He  removed  to  South  Carolina,  but,  as 
the  laws  of  that  State  excluded  him  from  practice  until  after 
a  year's  residence,  he  returned  to  his  native  town,  where  he 
joined  a  volunteer  company  of  cavalry  called  out  by  proclama- 
tion after  the  outrage  on  the  frigate  Chesapeake.  When  the 
questions  of  English  spoliations  on  our  commerce  and  the 
right  of  impressment  agitated  the  public  mind  of  that  day, 
Scott  supported  the  war  policy  of  the  Administration,  and, 
by  contributions  to  the  newspapers,  he  endeavored  to  show 
that  the  recommendation  of  war  made  by  Mr.  Madison  was 
the  only  remedy  left  the  nation,  consistent  with  its  honor  and 
dignity.  On  the  increase  of  the  army  in  1*08,  he  was  appointed 
Captain  of  Artillery  and  ordered  to  New  Orleans,  where  he 
soon  got  into  difficulty  with  Wilkinson  for  declaring  his  sus- 
picions of  complicity  between  that  General  and  Burr.  He 
was  convicted  by  a  court  martial  on  the  specification  of 
speaking  disrespectfully  of  his  superior  officer  and  suspended 
from  duty  for  one  year.  During  this  period,  the  hospitality 
and  the  richly  endowed  library  of  a  friend  enabled  him  to  pur- 
sue a  course  of  studv  in  the  science  of  war  which  had  its  fruit 
in  the  contest  which  ensued.  The  declaration  of  war  against 
England  found  Scott  a  Lieut.-Colonel  of  the  Second  Artillery. 
His  first  service  was  at  Queenston  Heights,  where  he  assumed 
command  when  Van  Rensselaer  was  wounded.  The  enemy  's 
position  on  the  heights  was  captured  by  Scott,  who  led  the 
charge,  but,  as  our  troops  on  the  other  side  of  the  river  refused 
to  cross,  and  the  British  were  reinforced,  be  was  compelled  to 
surrender.  On  his  exchange  in  January,  1813,  he  was  ordered 
to  Canada  as  chief  of  General  Dearborn's  staff.  Ho  led  the 
attack  on  Fort  George,  and  although  severely  wounded  by  a 
fragment  from  an  exploding  magazine,  he  was  the  first  to  enter 
the  fort  and  haul  down  the  English  Hag.  Colonel  Porter  en- 
tering the  fort  for  the  same  purpose,  and  finding  .Scott  there 
said, "  Confound  your  long  legs,  Scott,  you've  got  in  before  me." 

The  year  1813  ended  in  disaster  and  gloom.  The  army  un- 
der Wilkinson,  partially  defeated,  added  to  its  ignominy  by  an 
abrupt  retreat.  New  levies  of  t.-oops  were  made  and  sent  to 
a  camp  of  instruction  at  Buffalo,  under  Scott,  who  had  been 
promoted  to  a  Brigadier — being  then  28  years  of  age.  He 
placed  his  officers  under  the  same  rigor  or  discipline  as  the 
rank  and  file,  and  as  he  was  considered  the  best  tactician  in 
the  army,  as  well  as  a  most  proficient  drill  officer,  his  success 
at  the  camps  in  question  was  all  that  could  be  desired.  The 
battles  of  Chippewa  and  Lundj's  Lane  followed  soon  after. 
At  the  first  named  contest,  Scott  crossed  a  creek  under  a 
heavy  fire  of  the  enemy,  from  a  battery  of  nine  pieces,  and 
advancing  to  within  eighty  paces  of  the  British  lines,  he  called 
out  to  McMill's  column,  saying,  "  The  enemy  say  we  are  good  at 
a  long  shot,  but  can't  stand  cold  iron.  I  call  on  the  Eleventh 
to  give  the  lie  to  the  slander — charge  1"  And  charge  they 
did,  when  the  enemy  broke  and  fled.  Gen.  Brown  said  in  his 
official  report  that  "  Scott  is  entitled  to  the  highest  praise  his 
country  could  bestow — for  to  him  more  than  to  any  other  am 
I  indebted  for  the  victory."  At  Lundy's  Lane  he  was  even 
more  distinguished  than  at  Chippewa.  Amid  the  heaviest 
fire  hi3  vivacity  and  reckless  courage  added  greatly  in  assuring 
and  cheering  the  troops.  He  had  two  horses  killed  under  him 
and  was  severely  wounded  twice — that  in  the  shoulder  was 
uuusually  severe.  Thirty-five  years  afterwards  we  have  heard 
him  complain  of  the  pain  that  wound  still  gave  him. 
On  the  reduction  of  the  army  to  a  peace  footing,  he  ap- 


plied himself  both  in  Europe  and  at  home  to  the  highest 
branches  of  his  profession.  War  embraces  a  wide  range  of 
knowledge,  and  its  mastery  requires  not  only  prolonged  and 
unwearied  application,  but  a  peculiar  mental  fitness  which 
Scott  had  to  an  eminent  degree.  His  qualifications  were 
exhibited  in  his  General  Regulations  or  Military  Institutes, 
which  was  the  first  work  of  the  kind  published  in  the 
couutry.  His  System  of  Tactics,  which  was  printed  under  an 
Act  of  Congress,  was  another  valuable  contribution  he  made 
to  military  science  and  art. 

The  Blackhawk  war  brought  him  into  the  field  again.  The 
cholera  having  broken  out  among  his  troops  on  the  Lake,  he 
was  obliged,  on  his  arrival  at  Chicago,  to  send  the  greatest 
part  of  them  to  the  hospitals,  where  he  was  seen  moving 
among  the  sick  from  day  to  day,  attending  to  their  wants 
and  giving  to  his  subordinates  an  example  of  Christian  cou- 
rage more  heroic  and  beautiful  than  that  brought  out  on  the 
battlefield.  The  Secretary  of  War  said  to  him  that  his  con- 
duct, during  these  duties,  required  higher  moral  courage  than 
the  operations  of  an  active  campaign. 

That  same  year  is  memorable  for  the  breaking  out  of  a  dis- 
temper which  has  caused  more  pain  and  destruction  than  the 
cholera  has  doue  :  Nullification,  or  Secession.  When  South 
Carolina  sought  to  set  aside  an  Act  of  Congress,  and  called 
into  existence  an  army  of  20,000  men  to  coerce  the  Govern- 
ment into  it3  repeal,  Scott  was  seut  to  Charleston,  and  it  was 
wisely  left  to  his  discretion  what  means  to  employ  to  recall 
that  State  to  reason  and  its  duty.  He  quietly  introduced 
supplies  and  men  into  the  forts,  strengthened  the  defences, 
and,  as  if  by  accident,  vessels  of  war  arrived  in  the  harbor. 
Delicately  and  quietly  did  he  perform  his  labor,  and  while  he 
was  eminently  conciliatory,  he  did  not  abate  in  energy.  Not 
only  did  he  do  his  whole  duty  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  the 
Government,  but  he  made  himself  popular  with  the  very  men 
who  were  even  then  rehearsing  the  terrible  tragedy  we  have 
seen  enacted  so  recently. 

His  talent  for  pacification  had  lull  exercise  during  the 
"  Patriot  War  "  of  1837.  Canada  was  then  the  scene  of  an 
insurrection,  and  many  of  onr  countrymen,  openly  disregard- 
ing their  duties  as  neutrals,  went  so  far  as  to  organize  a  pro- 
visional government,  entered  oar  arsenals  and  stole  the  arms 
there,  and  in  every  way  prepared  to  aid  the  insurgents.  In 
this  exigency  Scott  was  invested  with  plenary  powers  and 
was  sent  to  the  frontier.  The  memories  of  the  battles  fought 
by  him  in  that  vicinity,  gave  him  an  influence  which  would  not 
have  been  accorded  any  other  man  in  the  country  ;  and  the 
President  rightly  calculated  that  this  influence,  added  to  his 
unquestioned  ability,  would  have  the  effect  of  quieting  these 
disorders.  Although  it  was  midwinter  he  pursued  his  mission 
of  peace  and  reconciliation,  addressing  bands  of  sympathizers 
— reminding  them  that  it  was  their  duty  to  leave  all  questions 
in  dispute  to  be  settled  by  the  Government  in  such  a  way  as 
comported  with  national  honor.  He  was  entirely  successful, 
and  no  doubt  his  personal  influence  saved  the  country  a  long 
and  bloody  war. 

The  same  good  sense  and  signal  ability  was  manifested  in 
the  pacification  of  the  Cherokees.  Channing  in  speaking  of 
that  mission  said  that,"  In  the  whole  history  of  the  intercourse 
of  civilized  with  barbarous  nations,  1  doubt  if  a  brighter  page 
can  be  found  than  that  which  records  Scott's  agency  in  the 
removal  of  the  Cherokees.  He  has  succeeded  not  so  much  by 
policy  as  by  the  nobleness  and  generosity  of  his  character  ; 
by  moral  influences;  by  the  earnest  conviction  with  which  he 
has  enforced  on  all  with  whom  he  had  to  do  the  obligations  of 
patriotism,  justice,  humanity,  and  religion.  It  would  not  be 
easy  to  find  among  us  a  man  who  has  won  a  purer  fame." 

Scarcely  had  he  accomplished  that  work  before  he  was 
called  again  to  the  Maine  frontier,  to  settle  the  troubles 
arising  out  of  a  question  of  disputed  territory.  England  and 
Maine  had  advanced  their  military  posts,  and  8,000  troops 
were  being  pushed  forward  by  that  State  to  expel  the.English 
trespassers.  Congress,  so  menacing  was  the  appearance  of 
things,  authorized  the  President  to  call  out  50,000  troops,  and 
the  country  had  well  nigh  abandoned  all  hope  of  peace.  Sir 
John  Harvey,  Governor  of  New  Brunswick,  and  Scott  had 
held,  in  their  respective  armies,  staff  positions,  and  by  means 
of  flags  ol  truce  they  had  been  frequently  brought,  into  con- 
tact. On  one  occasion  Scott  had  saved  his  life,  and  on 
another  he  had  lound  a  miniature  of  Sir  John's  wife,  taken 
when  she  was  a  bride,  in  some  captured  baggage,  which  he 
purchased  and  sent  Sir  John.  All  these  things  gave  Scott  an 
influence  with  Sir  John,  who  was  persuaded  by  Scott  to  make 
the  first  step  towards  a  peaceful  adjustment  of  the  difficulty. 
Scott  then  personally  appealed  to  the  Legislature  of  Maine 
to  withdraw  her  troops,  which  was  done,  and  then  the  contro- 
versy was  left  to  be  settled  by  the  English  and  American 
Governments.  Sir  John  Harvey  said  that  his  reliance  on 
(Jen.  Scott  led  him  to  give  a  willing  assent  to  the  proposition 
which  ended  so  happily.  It  was  the  same  confidence  in  his 
moderation  and  ability  that  induced  the  Administration  to 
send  him  to  this  Coast  to  settle  the  San  Juan  difficulty. 

The  war  with  Mexico,  notwithstanding  the  stupendous 
struggle  of  the  past  four  years,  is  yet  fresh  in  the  minds  of 
the  people.    That  contest  was  the  nursery  of  those  who  have 


been  conspicuous  on  both  sides  iu  our  civil  war.  When  it 
was  determined  to  make  Vera  Cruz  the  base  of  operations 
against  the  capital,  Scott  was  placed  in  command.  Vera 
Cruz  was  invested,  and,  with  the  castle  of  San  Juan,  surren- 
dered. By  the  middle  of  September  of  that  year,  the  city  of 
Mexico  had  been  captured,  and  its  urmy  of  defence  scattered 
in  predatory  bands,  without  hope  of  aggregation.  Looking 
to  that  campaign  io  all  its  aspects,  none  more  remarkable  can 
be  found  in  history. 

Scott  introduced  into  his  system  of  warfare  a  humanity  and 
philanthropy  unprecedented  in  all  military  annals.  Private 
property  was  never  so  safe  in  that  country  as  during  its  occu- 
pation by  our  army.  Homes  were  protected  from  all  intru- 
sion from  our  troops,  and  the  Christian  symbols  on  the  altars 
of  the  churches  were  untouched.  Even  the  rude  figures  of 
the  Madonna  at  the  waysides,  huug  with  the  pious  offerings  of 
the  people,  were  undesecrated  ;  and  private  property  was 
never  taken  for  army  purposes,  except  on  payment  of  its  full 
value. 

Much  as  his  attention  was  occupied  by  the  innumerable 
affairs  of  his  high  position,  Scott  found  time  to  visit  the  sick 
of  his  army,  and  from  actual  inspection  see  they  were  properly 
cared  for.  He  organized  the  civil  administration  of  the  Cap- 
ital, and  adapted  a  system  ol  rerenue  by  means  of  which  the 
army  would  be  self-supporting  ;  and  yet  he  left  the  ordinary 
municipal  revenues  to  be  collected  by  the  Mexican  rulers, 
and  to  be  applied  by  them  to  the  support  of  the  civil  admin- 
istration he  had  permitted  after  the  conquest.  His  chief 
object  was  to  conciliate  the  enemy  and  to  leave  them  sufficient 
vitality  by  which  a  government  could  be  constructed.  He 
introduced  into  the  war  code  principles  in  accordance  with  a 
high  moral  standard  ;  he  raised  the  conquered  to  the  level  of 
citizens,  and  made  them  share  the  duties  and  authority  of 
government.  Under  his  firm  and  equal  sway,  law  resumed 
its  coutrol,  and  his  own  troops  were  compelled  to  give  it  obe- 
dience as  exactingly  and  rigidly  as  was  the  poorest  lepero. 
The  hand  of  the  bravo  was  stayed,  and  the  dread  morgue 
was  left  without  its  once  daily  evidence  of  the  passion  and 
license  of  lawlessness.  The  peasants  gathered  in  peace  the 
harvests  from  the  ferlile  valleys,  and,  unvexed  by  odious 
restrictions,  exposed  them  for  sale  iu  the  public  marts. 
No  wonder,  then,  that,  under  his  just  rule,  many  A  Mexico's 
citizens  should  have  endeavored  to  persuade  Scott  to  remain 
in  power — their  governor  or  king. 

In  February,  1848,  the  treaty  of  peace  was  signed,  and 
with  its  accomplishment — the  object  of  so  much  solicitude  t« 
our  people— Scott's  official  career  in  Mexico  closed.  He  sur- 
rendered his  command  to  Butler,  and,  in  obedience  to  orders, 
presented  himself  before  a  Court  of  Inquiry  to  answer  (it  was 
nothing  else)  General  Pillow's  claim  to  have  been  the  strate- 
gist and  hero  of  that  campaign.  So  odious  was  tbe  prosecu- 
tion in  the  eyes  of  the  people,  that  the  Admiuislratiou  virtually 
abandoned  it. 

In  October,  18G0,  Scott,  iu  a  letter  to  the  Secretary  of  War, 
warned  the  Government  of  its  danger,  but  without  effect. 
The  stjrin  broke,  and,  enfeebled  in  health,  Scott  was  unfitted 
lor  active  duties.  He  was  the  adviser  of  the  Government 
until  November,  18GI,  when,  feeling  that  his  days  of  usefulness 
had  forever  gone,  he  asked  to  be  retired  iu  favor  of  newer, 
younger  and  more  vigorous  men.  But  if  he  had  done,  during 
that  crisis,  nothing  at  all — nothing  beyond  new  declarations 
of  loyalty  to  the  great  and  benificent  Government  under  which 
he  had  lived,  and  which  through  fifty  years  he  had  served  so 
well — it  was  enough  ;  it  had  effects  of  incalculable  benefit  to 
the  cause  of  the  people — to  free  government  everywhere. 

His  last  few  years  were  spent  in  preparing  his  memoirs  for 
the  press,  aud  in  seeking  relief  from  his  bodily  pain.  And  at 
last,  at  his  beautiful  home  at  West  Point,  where  he  had 
passed  so  many  years  of  his  life;  attended  by  the  good  wishes 
of  a  grateful  people — "  his  last  feeble  and  lingering  glance  on 
the  gorgeous  ensign  of  the  Republic,  still  full  high  advanced, 
not  a  siripe  erased  ar  polluted,  and  not  a  single  star  obscured  " 
— the  good  old  man,  the  true  toldier  and  Christian,  died. 

California  Prison  Commission. — Tbe  Second  Quarterly 
Meeting  of  the  Trustees  of  this  Association  was  held  on 
Tuesday  evening.  The  Ageut,  Mr.  Woodworlh,  presented 
the  Mowing  figures  as  a  part  of  his  report  :  Number  of  pris- 
oners visited,  for  counsel,  etc.,  412  ;  whole  number  of  inter- 
views with  prisoners,  654  ;  number  assisted,  in  various  ways, 
106  ;  number  supplied  with  board,  for  longer  or  shorter  terms, 
15  ;  number  supplied  with  money,  in  small  sums,  generally  lor 
necessary  expenses  when  leaving  the  city,  14  ;  with  clothing, 
4  ;  number  released  from  imprisonment  through  the  efforts,  in 
various  ways,  of  the  Agent,  32  :  commutation  of  senter.ee,  in 
consequence  of  circumstances  brought  to  light  by  his  investi- 
gation, iu  3  cases  ;  number  of  visits  to  the  office  of  the  Com- 
mission by  discharged  prisoners,  100  ;  visits  by  the  Agent  to 
the  State  Prison,  5  ;  to  the  County  Jail,  44  ;  to  the  City 
Prison,  81  ;  addresses  to  prisoners,  at  San  Quentin,4  ;  letters 
and  articles  for  publication  written,  39  ;  money  collected, 
$228  50  ;  and  nearly  a  thousaud  basiness  calls  made.  There 
seems  lo  be  no  lack  of  zeal  on  the  part  of  the  geutlemen  who 
have  engaged  in  this  good  work,  but  their  ability  to  curry  it 
through  effectively,  depends  chiefly  upo»  the  liberality  of  the 
public  in  supplying  the  necessary  funds.  At  preseut  the  so- 
ciety is  in  debt  about  $175. 


June  9thJ 


THE  C  AL1F0RNIAN. 


9 


[For  the  Californian.] 

RAILWAY  READING. 

SHORT  stories  that  combine  a  certain  amount  of  sentiment 
with  a  catastrophe  sufficiently  thrilling,  have  been  inva- 
riably found  acceptable  to  the  travelling  reader.  A  plot  not 
so  intricate  as  to  interfere  with  the  observation  of  scenery  ;  a 
sentiment  not  so  exalted  as  to  be  incompatible  with  flirtation  or 
the  chewing  of  spruce  gum  or  lozenges,  have  been  usually  con- 
sidered specially  fit  for  this  style  of  romance.  Magazines, 
weekly  papers,  and  "  Dime  Novels  "  have  provided  this  liter- 
ary refection  for  the  weary  traveller.  For  the  mind  as  well 
as  the  body  requires  refreshment,  and  if  it  comes  in  that  crude 
and  indigestible  shape  jsually  so  fatal  to  the  traveller's  stoni- 
Bch,  it  is  excusable  as  one  of  the  exigencies  of  travel. 

Of  late  years  the  character  of  these  stories  has  alarmingly 
changed.  The  fascinating  hero  and  stately  heroine  whose  for- 
tunes we  breathlessly  followed  in  the  railway  carriage  or  steam- 
boat cabin,  have  passed  away.  Let  us  recall  the  almost  inva- 
riable conditions  under  which  they  made  their  appearance. 
The  scenery  was  usually  foreign — the  dramatis  personal  noble. 
Can  we  forget  the  ingenious  youth,  who  in  humble  circum- 
stances, yet  bearing  about  him  an  "  indescribable  air  "  of  be- 
ing somebody,  snubbed  one  of  "  England's  proudest  peers," 
triumphantly  married  the  daughter  of  an  Earl,  and,  after  as- 
serting the  dignity  of  simple  manhood — 0,  fatal  lapsus  — 
proved  in  the  last  chapter  to  be  "  the  rightful  heir  and  the 
noblest  blood  in  the  kingdom."  Perhaps  there  is  no  better 
evidence  of  the  innate  snobbery  of  our  sympathies  than  this 
very  common  denouement.  Forged  wills — which  by  a  careful 
observation  of  romances  seem  to  comprise  seven-eighths  of 
all  the  wills  made — liberal  quotations  from  the  French,  and 
language  which  if  not  always  grammatical,  was  invariably 
beautiful,  lent  a  fascinating  interest  to  the  romance.  On  this 
moving  picture  of  high  life  and  its  attendant  sympathies,  the 
conductor's  request  to  see  the  reader's  ticket — a  request  which 
always  implies  a  certain  degree  of  suspicion— broke  all  too 
harshly. 

When  the  short-story  writer  laid  his  plot  nearer  home  we 
could  not  help  feeling  that  his  genius  was  cramped.  Yet  how 
masterly  the  manner  in  which  the  American  Indian — almost 
as  imperfectly  understood  as  the  English  nobleman — was 
handled  in  those  pages.  What  flowers  of  rhetoric  surrounded 
the  picturesque  savage.  How  perfectly  satisfied  we  were  to 
believe  that  he  invariably  addressed  us  in  the  abstract,  as 
"  the  Pale  Face,"  that  he  seldom  spoke  three  con-ecutive  sen- 
tences without  an  allusion  to  the"  Great  Spirit,"  that  his 
daughter  was  a  model  of  womanly  grace  and  beauty.  Agaio, 
the  American  Revolution  was  a  fruitful  source  of  inspiration 
to  the  story-writer  of  twenty  years  ago.  What  liberties  were 
taken  with  the  events  of  that  historic  epoch  !  Were  we 
ever  mysteriously  introduced  to  a  "  tall,  commanding  figure," 
and  "  face  of  great  dignity  and  benevolence "  without 
instantly  recognizing  General  Washington?  The  private 
matters  in  which  "  the  Father  of  his  Country"  personally 
interfered,  the  love  affairs  which  he  conducted  to  a  success- 
ful termination,  would  alone  seem  to  justify  his  reputation. 
How  often  did  the  genial  face  of  Israel  Putnam  beam  upon 
us  from  those  pages ;  how  quickly  did  we  recoguize  Francis 
Marion,  who  has  passed  in  some  mysterious  way  into  history 
as  perpetually  exciting  the  astonishment  of  British  officers 
on  the  subject  of  his  diet  and  domestic  economy  ?  Nor  were 
the  domestic  virtues  neglected  by  the  short  story  writers. 
Mildly  interesting  stories  of  three  or  four  chapters  in  length, 
the  plot  laid  iu  a  New  England  village— a  dark  hint  of  reality 
conveyed  by  the  initials  of  some  of  the  principal  characters 
such  as  "  Judge  L„"  "  Squire  B.,"  and  "  Deacon  O.,"  were 
very  popular  at  that  period.  The  heroine  usually  died  early ; 
wasting  away  under  the  combined  effect  of  fancy  fairs,  sing- 
ing schools,  donation  parties,  social  teas,  and  other  local 
excitements.  Upon  this  gloomy  peroration  did  the  short- 
story  writer  lavish  the  wealth  of  his  rhetoric.  Not  content 
with  an  affecting  description  of  her  death-bed,  he  evidently 
took  a  gloomy  satisfaction  in  the  details  of  her  funeral,  nor 
did  he  dismiss  us  without  the  information  that  "  in  the  lovely 
little  village  of  D."  "  a  simple  slab  in  the  country  church- 
yard '"  was  all  that  preserved  "  the  memory  of  Mary  B."  Per 
haps  it  is  unnecessary  to  say  that  this  was  in  the  "  spring 
tide  " — a  season  peculiarly  fatal  to  romantic  loveliness. 

The  different  reforms  and  philanthropic  enterprises  of  our 
country  were  also  favorable  to  the  genius  of  the  short-story 
writer.  Without  alluding  to  the  efforts  of  that  great  Master 
of  American  Moral  Fiction— Mr.  T.  S.  Arthur— a  romantic 
Poor  Richard  engrafted  upon  a  prose  Tupper — what  reader  has 
forgotten  the  young  mechanic  who  drank  a  single  glass  of  wine 
at  an  evening  party,  and  thereby  involved  himself  and  family 
in  general  ruin  ;  the  young  couple  who  laid  aside  three  ceuts 
a  day  and  ultimately  attained  wealth  and  respectability,  the 
husband  dying  an  Assemblyman  ;  the  young  woman  who  lost 
the  affection  of  her  lover— an  eligible  young  man,  for  the 
writer  never  lost  sight  of  the  practical  in  the  romantic- 
through  a  single  pettish  word  ;  the  young  wife  who  dressed 
too  much  ;  the  slatternly  wife  who  didn't  dress  enough —  But 
why  continue  ?  Are  not  these  things  still  written  in  the 
book  of  Codcy — the  magazine  of  Peterson  ? 


The  change  which  has  come  over  the  romantic  dreams  of 
the  short-story  writer  has  been  slow  but  insidious.  The 
heroine  whose  stateliness  we  loved,  has  become  arch,  viva- 
cious, and  witty  to  a  painful  degree.  Instead  of  thrilling  us 
with  that  melancholy  glance  which  was  supposed  to  express 
in  some  orthodox  manner  "  the  yearnings  of  a  poetic  soul  " 
she  now  transfixes  us  with  a  sarcasm.  Instead  of  those 
conversations  magnificent  in  hyperbole  and  lofty  in  sentiment, 
we  have  now  badinage  that  becomes  almost  hysterical  in  its 
intensity.  Her  head  no  longer  sinks  on  her  lover's  manly 
breast,  as  she  "  whispers  sweet  consent  " — "  a  sudden  expres- 
sion almost  of  pain  " — "a  cold  rigidity  of  the  small  lips  " — 
"  a  mocking,  but  silvery  laugh  "  is  all  that  the  bashful  lover 
may  look  for.  Not  but  that  she  has  sentiment,  but  it  is  of  a 
singularly  perplexing  and  exasperating  quality — she  has  a  way 
of  looking  at  you  "  with  strange  dumb  eyes  " — her  glance  is 
"trance  like,"  and  "  far  off" — she  is  sybilline,"  "fateful." 
She  is  no  longer  beautiful,  but  "  singular  looking."  It  may 
be  easily  imagined  that  a  heroine  of  this  order  would  not  be 
satisfied  with  that  one  devoted  lover  which  in  former  times  was 
her  predestined  partner.  She  loves  two.  She  is  two  or  three 
times  engaged.  She  is  justified  by  a  philosophy  borrowed 
from  our  lively  Gallic  friends.  She  has  all  the  benefit  of 
those  "extenuating  circumstances"  which  French  poetical 
justice  admits  equal'y  as  its  literature  and  law.  The  modern 
short  story  gives  us  details,  where  formerly  we  had  mere  glit- 
tering generalities.  The  dress  of  our  heroine  is  described 
with  feminine  precision  ;  the  writer  no  longer  trusts  to  white 
muslin  and  "simple  rosebuds"  for  the  hair.  In  the  matter 
of  accomplishments  the  same  care  is  displayed.  Our  heroine 
no  longer  allows  her  fingers  to  run  carelessly  over  the  piano 
while  she  listens  to  her  lover's  conversation  ;  she  deliberately 
sits  down  to  Chopiu  or  Schubert.  We  are  forced  to  listen  to 
an  enthusiastic  criticism  of  "  Beethoven,  choral  symphony 
op.  125,"  or  a  "duo  in  E  flat."  We  are  crushed  with  her 
knowledge  of  botany  ;  the  "  simple  rosebud  "  her  lover  pre- 
sents is  technically  considered  ;  it  is  no  longer  pulled  to  pie- 
ces in  bashful  meditation — she  "  removes  its  petals."  In  the 
more  pretentious  short-story,  she  generally  has  a  profession — 
painter,  musician,  sculptor,  governess,  doctor.  The  hero — at 
best,  the  male  of  her  species — is  absorbed  in  her  superior  at- 
tractions. He  is  no  longer  young  ;  middle-aged  heroes  are 
naturally  much  more  fascinating  to  the  female  short  story 
writers  of  a  certain  age.  He  is  fascinatingly  rough  and  out- 
spoken in  manner  ;  he  is  satirical  and  philosophical  ;  he  is 
learned  and  ponderous.  His  voice  is  deep-toned  ;  his  grasp 
is  hearty  ;  he  is  kind  even  in  his  mdeness.  In  fact,  the  fem- 
inine idea  of  man  would  seem  to  be  generally  based  on  a  study 
of  Newfoundland  dogs  and  mastiffs.  Perhaps  he  is  a  soldier 
— an  Union  officer — but  this  supposition  opens  such  an  ex- 
hausting and  illimitable  view  of  hospitals  with  bick  nurses, 
battlefields,  politics,  and  wounded  soldiers  returning  with  high 
honors — and  the  countless  romances  of  the  civil  war  which 
have  taken  the  place  of  the  old  Revolutionary  episodes,  that 
we  must  needs  pause. 

Cf  such  stuff  are  the  heroes  and  heroines  of  the  modern 
short-stories  made.  We  meet  them  in  the  pages  of  the  maga- 
zine or  weekly  that  we  glance  over  in  the  railway  car  or  steam- 
boat ;  we  are  more  or  less  interested  iu  their  fate  or  fortune, 
but  they  are  apt  to  pass  out  of  our  minds  with  the  vanishing 
objects  that  we  hurry  past.  For  the  short  story  is  not  a  mat- 
ter of  deliberate  readiug — nor  does  it  exact  the  attitude  of 
attention  and  complete  abstraction.  What  is  written  here  of 
course  does  not  refer  to  the  lighter  efforts  of  the  few  great 
romancers  of  our  day,  nor  the  really  clever  sketches — not  sto- 
ries— of  English  periodicals,  which  develop  humor  and  satire, 
rather  than  plot  or  incident.  And  yet  an  age  which  puts  into 
our  hands  the  latest  chapters  of  the  great  serial  writers,  as  we 
walk  or  ride;  which  gives  us  cheap  pocket  editions  of  our  no- 
blest poets;  whish  collates  for  our  hurried  recreation  in  review 
or  eclectic  all  that  is  good  of  refined  aud  epicurean  literature  ; 
which  enables  us  to  delight  in  the  pathos  or  humor  of  simple 
duty  as  sketched  by  master  hands,  iustead  of  the  forced  and 
unnatural  romance  of  the  sentimental  hack,  surely  offers  us 
some  compensation  for  the  gradual  decay  of  short- story  telling. 
It  is  certainly  something  to  be  thankful  for  that  our  wives  aud 
daughters  travelling  by  land  or  sea  are  more  likely  to  refresh 
themselves  with  books  whose  pages  breatlje  an  atmosphere  as 
pure,  as  fresh,  aud  as  wholesome  as  that  which  blows  through 
the  open  window,  than  in  the  days  when  literature  spread  its 
refreshment  table  for  the  weary  traveller  with  indigestible 
moral  pie,  sensatioual  hot  coffee,  sentimental  tea,  and  emo- 
tional soda  water.  Bret. 

Delicate  Rules  of  Etiquette. — It  is  almost  impossible  for 
us  Anglo-Saxon  folk  thoroughly  to  understand  the  delicate 
rules  of  etiquette  which  govern  the  relation  of  sexes  in  the 
East.  For  instance,  it  is  quite  shocking  for  a  married  woman 
to  speak  of  her  "  husband."  She  must  talk  of  him  as  the 
"  master,"  "  my  lord,"  or  "father  of  my  son."  On  the  other 
hand,  a  man  nevei  mentions  his  wife  to  another  mau  ;  but 
there  is  no  impropriety  in  his  discussing  the  most  sacred  and 
secret  subjects  of  conjugal  life  with  a  woman.  Said  one  of 
the  masters  :  "  Of  course,  I  do  not  speak  of  my  harem 
to  English  gentlemen  ;  but  to  a  good  lady  can  speak  of  it."  1 


AMUSEMENTS. 
TT^HE  Broker  of  Bogota,  a  play  written  for  Mr.  Forrest 
_I_  by  Dr.  Bird,  of  Philadelphia,  was  performed  on  Mon- 
day, Tuesday,  and  Wednesday  evenings  ;  drawing  an  audience 
but  slightly  diminished  on  its  third  representation.  The  play 
is  an  interesting  one,  but  has  no  marked  merit  of  character  or 
construction  to  win  it  a  place  in  the  ranks  of  the  first  class 
pieces.  The  character  of  "  Baptista  Febro  "  does  not  afford 
Mr.  Forrest^a  sufficient  scope  to  draw  much  on  his  better  pro- 
fessional qualities,  and,  though  some  scenes  become  interest- 
ing and  impressive  in  his  h  inds,  the  character  can  never  be 
marked  as  a  great  one.  Mrs.  Sophie  Edwin  presented 
"  Juauna"  to  us  in  a  most  favorable  light,  and  was  awarded 
the  compliment  of  a  call  before  the  curtain  on  its  first  repre- 
sentation. Miss  Lillie,  Messrs.  McCullough,  Thorne,  and 
Pierpont  Thayer,  made  the  most  of  their  characters.  The 
piece  was  excellently  placed  on  the  stage,  and  was  well  per- 
formed throughout  in  all  its  parts. 

Mr.  Forrest  repeated  his  "  Macbeth  "  on  Thursday  even- 
ing. It  was  by  no  means  equal  to  his  representation  of  other 
Shakspearian  characters. 

The  bill  for  the  matinee  to-day  consists  of  that  sterling  old 
comedy,  The  Wonder;  or,  A  Woman  Keeps  a  Secret.  This 
evening,  those  reliable  assistants,  to  whom  is  attributable  the 
mechanical  success  of  the  many  plays  produced  at  the  Opera 
House  during  the  season — Mrs.  Stackhouse  and  Nichols — 
put  up  their  names  for  a  benefit,  and  present  au  attractive 
bill,  consisting  of  the  fine  play,  Dreams  of  Delusion;  the 
lively  farce  of  His  Last  Legs,  with  the  cork-like  Harry  Oour- 
taine  once  more  on  the  surface,  in  the  part  of  "  O'Callaghan." 
Mr.  McCullough  will  also  recite  "  Shamus  O'Brien  "  for  the 
occasion. 

Next  week,  Mr.  Forrest  will  personate  "  Brutus  "  on  Mon- 
day and  Wednesday  evenings  ;  "  Macbeth  "  on  Tuesday  ; 
"  Richelieu  "  on  Thursday  ;  and  "  Richard  HI.,"  for  the  first 
time  in  California,  on  Friday. 

Dr.  Jordan's  Anotomical  Museum  continues  to  receive  its 
share  of  public  patronage.  This  collection,  embracing  nearly 
one  thousand  different  varieties  of  anotomical  preparations 
and  charts,  offers  the  means  of  obtaining  much  useful  and 
practical  knowledge  that  cannot  be  obtained  from  any  other 
source.   

MUSICAL. 

THE  ITALIAN  OPERA  ASSOCIATION. 

What  success  shall  attend  the  formation  of  an  opera  asso- 
ciation in  this  city  is  problematical.  To  create,  instruct,  and 
encourage  a  taste  for  the  fine  arts  the  "  Art  Union  "  was 
formed  nearly  two  years  ago,  but  the  estimate  of  its  success 
was  incorrect,  and  its  life  was  completed  several  months  ago. 
The  patrons  of  music  are  undoubtedly  more  numerous  in  this 
city  than  those  of  painting  and  sculpture,  and,  although  the 
establishment  of  a  permanent  opera  htre  seems  at  the  first 
glance  as  great  an  undertaking  in  proportion  to  its  patrons  as 
the  "  Art  Union,"  we  should  be  glad  to  find  ourselves  in  error, 
and  should  be  the  first  to  rejoice  at  its  complete  success. 

An  organization  of  this  kind  has  been  formed  under  the 
name  of  the  "  San  Francisco  Italian  Opera  Association," 
which  has  been  completed  by  the  election  of  the  following 
officers  :  President, R.  0.  Rogers  ;  Vice  President,  D.  Knight ; 
Treasurer,  M.  Gray  ;  Secretary,  D.  Wilder  ;  with  an  efficient 
corps  of  honorary  vice  presidents  and  directors.  It  is  to  be 
sustaiued  by  a  small  monthly  contribution,  and  all  persons  are 
eligible  to  membership  except  professional  musicians. 

To  this  association  Signor  Bianchi  has  announced  that  ar- 
rangements have  already  been  made  for  the  commencement  of 
a  musical  season  in  July,  when  the  following  operas  will  prob- 
ably be  presented  : 

Verdi — 11  Trovatore,  La  Traviata,  Ernani,  Rigoletto,  At- 
tila,  Macbeth,  I  Masnadieri,  I  due  Foscari,  I  Lombardi,  Un 
Ballo  en  Maschera.  Donizetti — La  Favorita,  11  Poliuto,  Lu- 
cia di  Lammermoor,  Belisario,  Linda  di  Chamounix,  Lucrezia 
Borgia.  Ricci — Chi  dura  vince,  Crispino  e  la  Comare.  Mo- 
zart— Don  Giovanni.  Bellini — Norma,  La  Sonnambula. 
Meyerbeer — L'Africaine.  Halevy — La  Juive.  Gounod — 
Faust.    Pacini — Saffo.    Petrella — lone. 

The  artists  who  will  appear,  besides  those  who  reside  in 
this  city,  are  Signor  Marra,  baritone,  and  Signor  Milleri,  basso 
profundo,  now  on  their  way  hither.  Negotiations  on  foot  may 
also  effect  the  appearance  of  the  celebrated  soprano,  Signorina 
Noel-Guidi.  The  above  will  be  sustained  by  a  chorus  of 
eighteen  voices  and  an  orchestra  of  sixteen  instruments  under 
the  leadership  of  Mr.  Herold. 

MR.  BENKERT'S  CONCERT. 

Mr.  Benkert  was  formally  received  by  a  very  large  audience 
on  Thursday  evening.  An  excellent  pianist,  he  does  not 
however,  surpass  some  of  our  California  artists  whose  name3 
have  long  been  familiar  to  the  musical  public.  His  best  per- 
formance— the  "  Reverie  au  bord  de  la  Mer  " — was  executed 
with  good  taste  and  style,  but  in  Thalberg's  "  Home,  Sweet 
Home,"  he  was  not  as  successful.  The  "  Marche  Chinoisi  " 
— his  own  composition — was  flatteringly  received  ;  it  was  ex- 
tremely characteristic — a  feature  of  all  the  selected  pieces. 
Mr.  Northrop  sustained  his  reputation  for  good  style,  although 
cold  ;  Brambilla  exhibited  her  usual  artistic  finish.  Mr. 
Herold,  at  the  piano,  was  a  very  welcome  aud  satisfactory 
feature  of  this  concert. 


THE  CALIFORNIA!*. 


[June  9th 


UNITED  STATES  STAMP  DUTIES. 
As  Amended  March  3,  1865. 

CABEFCLLY  REVISED  ASD   COEEECTED    FOB   THE  CALIFOBN1AN. 
PENALTIES. 

Penalty  for  making,  signing,  or  issuing  any  instru- 
ment, document,  or  paper  of  any  kiud  whatsoever, 
■without  the  same  being  duly  stamped,  for  denoting 
the  duty  hereby  imposed  thereon,  $50 ;  and  the 
instrument  shall  he  deemed  invalid  and  of  no  effect ; 
or  for  counterfeiting  stamps  or  dies,  $1,000,  and  im- 
prisonment to  hard  labor  not  exceeding  live  years. 
Eor  making,  signing,  issuing,  accepting,  or  paying 
any  bill  of  exchange,  draft,  order,  or  note  without 
stamp,  $^00.  For  selling  pro  art  Mary  cosmetics, 
matches,  photographs,  etc. ,  without  proper  stamps, 
$10.    For  removing  stamps  on  these  articles,  $o0. 

STAMP  DUTIES. 
Agreement  Contract  or  Appraisement,  not  other- 
wise spe;ili'jJ  oac'i  shiwt  ar piece  •.•l'ju:pici  $0  0a 
Assignment  of  Mortgage,  Lease,  or  Policy  of  In- 
surance, same  as  original  instrument.  Assign- 
ment of  Patent  Right   03 

Bank  Checks,  Drafts  or  orders,  exceeding  §10, 

at  sight  or  on  demand  ,   02 

Bills  of  Exchange,  (inland,)  or  draft  otherwise 
than  at  sight  or  on  demand,  or  promissory  note 
except  bank  notes  for  circulation,)  or  any 
memorandum,  check  or  receipt,  or  any  evi- 
dence of  an  amount  of  money  payable  on  de- 
mand or  at  a  designated  time,  for  a  sum  not 

exceeding  $100   05 

Every  additional  $100,  or  fractional  part. ..  05 
Bill  of  Exchange,  (foreign,)  or  letler  of  credit, 
drawu  in,  hut  payable  out  of  the  U.  S.,  if 
drawn  singly,  the  same  rates  as  inland  bills  of 
exchange,  or  promissory  uotcs. 

If  drawu  in  sets  of  three  or  more,  for  each 
bill  of  the  set,  where  the  sum  shall  not  ex- 
ceed $100  or  its  equivalent  in  any  foreign  cur- 
rency in  which  such  bill  may  be  expressed, 
according  to  the  standard  value  fixed  by  U.  S.  02 
Every  additional  $100,  or  fractional  part...  02 
Bill  of  Lading,  or  receipt  for  any  merchandise 
or  effects,  to  be  exported  to  a  foreign  port  or 

place....  -  -   10 

Bill  of  Sale,  conveying  any  ship  or  vessel,  or 
any  part  thereof,  where  the  cousideratioudoes 

not  exceed  $500   50 

For  every  additional  $500,  or  fractional  part 

thereof   50 

Bill  of  Sale  of  personal  property  other  than 

ships  or  vessels   05 

Bond,  indemnifying  any  person  for  the  payment 
of  monev,  where  the  amount  recoverable  is 

$1,000  or  less  .   50 

For  every  additional  $1,000,  or  fractional 

part  thereof    50 

Bond  for  I  he  due  performance  of  the  duties  of 

anv  office   1  00 

Bond  of  any  other  description,  except  such  as 
may  be  required  in  legal  proceedings,  or  used 
in  "connection  with  mortgage  deeds,  and  not 

otherwise  charged  in  this  schedule   25 

Charter- Pnrtv,  snip,  ve9sel  or  steamer,  not  over 
150  tons,  $1  ;  150  to  30U  tons,  $o  :  300  to  000 

tons,  $5;  over  000  tons  10  00 

Certificate  of  Prolits,  or  any  memorandum  show- 
ing an  interest  in  property,  accumulations 
of  anv  incorporated  company,  far  a  sum  not 

less  than  $10  nor  exceeding  $50   10 

Exceeding  $50  and  not  $1.000   -'5 

For  every  additional  $1 ,000  or  fiact'al  part  25 
Certificate  ot  Damage,  and  all  other  cerlilicates 
or  document*  issued  by  Port  Wardens  or  Ma- 
rine Surveyors,  or  other  persons  acting  as  such  25 
Ccrlilicate  ot  Deposit,  not  exceeding  the  sum  of 

$100,  2  cents;  exceeding  $100   05 

Certificate  of  stock  in  any  incorporated  comp'y,  25 

Certificates,  other  than  specified   05 

Contract,  broker's  note  or  memorandum  of  sale 
of  goods,  stocks,  bonds,  exchange  notes  of 
hand,  real  estate,  or  other  description  of  prop- 
erty, issued  by  any  person  acting  as  a  broker, 

for'each  note  or  niemoraudum  of  sale   10 

Deed  or  Conveyance  of  Real  Estate,  value  not 
over  $500,  50c.  ;   every  additional  $500,  or 

fractional  part  thereof   50 

Entry  of  Goods  at  any  custom  house,  value  not 
over  $100,  25c .;  over  $100  and  not  over  $500, 

50c;  over  $500  1  00 

For  the  withdrawal  of  goods  from  bouded 

warehouse   50 

Ganger's  Returns,  quarterly,  for  quantity  not 

over  500  galls,  gross.  10c. j  over  500  galls,  gr.  25 
Insurance  (Marine,  Inland  and  Fire)  policy  or 
renewal,  premium  not  over  $10,  10c;  $10  to 
$50,  25c. ;  over  $50,  50c.  ;  Life  policy,  under 
$1,000,  25c.  i  $1,000  to  $5,000,  50c;  over  $5,000.1  00 
Lease  of  lands  or  tenements,  rent  not  over  $100 

per  annum,  50c. ;  each  add'!  $200  or  fraction.  50 
Manifest,  cargo  ft  foreign  port,  registered  ton 
uagc  not  over  300  tons,  $1  ;  over  300  and  not 

over  COO,  $3  :  over  600  tons  5  00 

Measurer's  Keturns,  for  quantity  not  over  1,000 

bushels,  10c;  over  1,000  bushels   25 

Mortgage,  Trust  deed,  or  personal  bond  lor  pay- 
ment of  monev, $100  to  $500.  50c;  each  addi- 
tional $500    50 

Each  assignment  of  mortgage,  lease  or  pol- 
icy of  insurance,  or  renewal  of  the  same, 
is  subject  to  same  duties  as  the  original. 
Mediciues  or  Preparations,  Perfumery  ami  Cos- 
metics— Every  package,  box,  bottle,  etc.,  re- 
tailing for  25c.  or  less   01 

Each  additional  25c  it  fractional  part  there- 
of, up  to  $1,  lc;  each  additional  50c.  or 

fractional  part  thereof,  over  $1  -   02 

Playing  Cards — Each  pack,  price  not  over  18c, 
2c;  from  18  to  25c,  4c  ;  25  to  50c,  10c;  50c. 
to  $1,  15c;  each  additional  50c  or  fractional 

part  thereof   05 

Photographs,  Ambrotypes,  Daguerreotypes  or 
Sun  Pictures,  upon  each,  retailing  for  25c.  or 
less,  2c;  over  25  and  not  over  50c,  5c;  over 
50c.  and  not  over$l,  3c;  each  additional  $1 

or  fractional  part  thereof   05 

Passage  Ticket  to  foreign  port,  cost  not  over  $35, 
50c;  over  $35  and  not  over  $50,  $1 ;  every  ad- 
ditional $50  or  fractional  part  thereof  1  00 

Powerof  Attorney  tosell  or  transfer  Stock,  scrip, 

bonds,  or  collect  divide*  Is  or  int.  thereon  25 
To  vote  for  officers  of  incorporated  comp'y  or 
society  not  religious,  charitable  or  literary, 

or  public  cemeteries   10 

To  receive  or  collect  rents   25 

To  sell,  convey,  rent  or  lease  real  estate  1  00 

For  auv  other  purpose   50 


Probate  of  Will,  or  letters  of  administration,  es- 
tate  not   over  $2,000,  $1 ;    each  additional 

$1,000  or  fractional  part  thereof   50 

Protest  of  note,  bill,  acceptance  check  or  draft,  25 
Promissory  Note — See  Bill  of  Exchange,  inland. 
Keceipt  for  payment  of  money  or  debt  over  $20, 
not   being   for  satisfaction  of  mortgage, 
judgment  or  decree  of  Court,  and  receipt 

for  the  delivery  of  property   02 

Warehouse,  for  property  stored,  not  over  $500 
in  value,  10c  ;  $jO0  to  $1,000,  20c.  ;  every 

additional  $1 ,000   10 

For  any  goods  held  in  storage,  and  not  other- 
wise provided  for  -.   25 

Weigher's  Ketui lis,  up  to  5,000  lbs. ,  10c. ;  over 

5,000  lbs   25 

Writs,  or  original  process,  for  commencing  suit 
in  Court  of  record,  and  in  Court  not  of  rec- 
ord, when  amount  claimed  is  $100  or  over, 
except  before  Justices  of  the  Peace,  or  in 
court  of  no  greater  jurisdiction  as  to  dam- 
ages, or  in  suit  commenced  by  the  United 

States  or  any  State   50 

Upon  every  confession  of  judgment,  or  cogno- 
vit, for  $100  or  over,  except  where  tax  for 

a  writ  has  been  paid   50 

Writs  or  process  on  appeal  from  Justice's 
courts  and  other  courts  of  inferior  jurisdic- 
tion to  courts  of  record   50 

Warrant  of  distress — rent  claimed  under  $100, 
25c;  over  $100   50 


G 


BEAT  ATTRACTION! 
THE 

FASHIONS, 

ARE   ALL   THE  GO! 


Lamott, 


Hatter. 


IS  NOW  THE  MAN  !    HE  IS  READY  WITH  HIS 
BROADWAY   STYLES   FOR  THE 

Sprifig  of  I8ti6. 

JUST  SEE  THE  DIFFERENCE  between  I) is  styles  tnd 
tlie  others  in  this  city.  There  is  style  about  his  Hats  that 
docs  uot  appear  in  others. 

FACTS  ARE    STUBBORN    THINGS  ! 

I.AMOIT,  2-7  Russ  Block,  is  bound  to  be  the  LEADER 

of  Fashions. 

LAMOTT S  SPRING  STYLES 

show  taste.  It  is  a  good  thing  that  you  have  a  man 
among  you  who  is  willing  to  take  a  stand  outside  of  oth- 
ers, to  introduce  a  style  that  is  new,  and  not  follow  in  the 
wake  of  others  that  are  about  one  year  behind  the  times. 

GO  TO  HIS  STOKE  FOR  A  HAT, 

No.  220  Montgomery  street, 

and  got  something  that  is  new.  niar22-3m 


HEUSTON, 


HASTINGS 


&  CO. 


The    Fashionable  Clothiers 


SAN  FRANCISCO, 

Have  estahliBhed  a  TRUNK  DEPOT  in  the  hase- 
ment  of  their  Store  equal  to  any  in  New  York, 
and  prices  20  per  cent,  lower  than  any  oilier  H  mse 
in  the  city. 

mnrl~-3m 


ALD-HEADED  GENTLEMEN, 


B 


Who  frequent  the  Parquet  of  Theatres,  exciting 
hv  their  grotesque  appearance  the  merriment  of  La- 
dies in  the  Dress  Circle,  would  prolit  hy  using  Little 
&  Co.'s  Chinese 

Vegetable   Hair  Restorative. 

The  proprietors  of  this  astonishing  remedy  for 
Baldness,  confident  ft  its  infallibility,  agree  to  re- 
fund the  purchase  money  in  every  instance  where 
its  use  for  three  months,  according  to  directions,  is 
unattended  with  success.    Price  per  jar,  $2.50. 

Manufactured  hy  Little  &  Co.  ;  sold  hy 

CHAS.  E.  HINCKLEY  &  CO., 

Chemists  and  Druggists, 
Southeast  corner  of  Clay  and  Kearny  streets, 
ap21 1,  San  Fraucisco. 


pACIFIC  MAIL   STEAMSHIP  CO.'S 

Through  Line  to  New  York. 

CARRYING  THE  U.  S.  MAIL ! 

Leave  Folsoin  strcot  Wharf  at  11  o'clock  a.  m.  of  the 
following  dates,  for  PANAMA,  connecting  rin  Panama 
Railroad,  with  ouo  of  the  Company's  splcudid  steamers 
from  ASP1NWAI.L  for  NEW  YORK. 

On  the  16(h,  lBih,  »ud  30th  uC  each  month  that  has  30 
days. 

On  the  10th,  19th,  and  30th  of  each  month  that  has  31 

days. 

When  the  10th,  19th  and  30th  fall  on  Sunday,  they  will 
leave  on  Saturday  preceding  ;  wheu  the  18lh  falls  on  Sun- 
day, they  will  leave  on  Monday  following. 

Sieamcr  leaviug  San  Francisco  on  iho  10th  touches  at 
M.th/.  uiillo.    All  touch  at  Acapulco. 

Departure  of  19th  connects  with  French  Transatlantic 
company's  steamer  lor  St.  Nazaire,  and  English  steamer 
for  Smith  America. 

Departure  of  10th  connects  with  English  steamer  for 
Southampton,  and  P.  R.  R.  Co.'s  steamer  for  Central 
America. 

Departure  of  30th  connects  with  English  steamer  for 
Tumaco,  the  |iort  of  the  new  mines. 

STEAMERS  FOR  JUNE : 

The  following  steamships  will  he  despatched  from  fan 
Francisco  ou  the  date  given  : 

JUNE  9th,       ....      GOLDEN  AGE 

Captain  E.  S.  Farnsworth. 
(Connecting  with  the  COSTA  RICA,  Captain  Bradbury.) 
JUNE  18,    -       -  -         -  -  CONSTITUTION- 

Captain  F.  R.  Baby. 
(Connecting  with  the  NEW  YORK,  Captain  Gray.) 

JUNE  30lh,  GOLDEN  CITY, 

Captain  Walking. 
(Connecting  with  ARIZONA,  Captain  Maury.) 

An  experienced  Surgeon  on  board.  Medicine  and  attend- 
ance free. 

Cabin  Passengers  will  be  berthed  through.  Baggoge 
Checked  through — 100  jiounds  allowed  each  adult. 

For  Merchandise  Freight  apply  to  Messrs.  Wells,  F.irgo 
ft  Co. 

The  steamer  will  positively  leave  at  11  o'clock.  Pas- 
sengers arc  requested  to  have  their  baggage  on  board  be- 
fore 10  o'clock 

For"  Passage  and  all  other  information,  apply  at  Pacific 
M.ul  Steamship  company's  office,  comer  of  Sacramento  and 
Leidesdorff  streets. 

OLIVER  ELDRIDOE,  Agent. 


JJREWSTER  &  CO.'S 

Carriage  Manufactory, 

372  Broome  sleet,  New  York. 

We  desire  to  announce  to  our  California  friends  that 
we  have  made  extensivo  arrangements  by  increasing 
our  works  for  the  coming  season,  and  with  a  view  lo 
SUPPLYING  THE 

WANTS  OF  CALIFORNIA, 

will  manufacture  a  style  of  work  particularly  adapted  to 
city  aud  country  use,  and  in  view  of  tne  destructive  ef- 
fects of  city  railroads  on  all  light  work,  will  givo 

PARTICULAR  ATTENTION 
to  remedying  the  evil,  and  guard  against  it  in  work  shipped 
to  California. 

CARRIAGES.  BUGGIES,  PHAETONS.  COUPES, 
and  Vehicles  of  every  description,  of  our  own  manufac- 
ture, ou  hand  and  made  to  order. 
Orders  or  communications  should  be  addressed  to 
BREWSTER  &  CO., 

Of  Broome  street, 
The  firm  of  Brewster  k  Baldwin  not  being  in  any  way 
connected  with 


Q  0  C  I  D  E  N  T  A  L 

HOMESTEAD 


Association, 


OFFICE, 


305  MONTGOMERY  STREET. 


Capital  Stock,  $33,660. 


BREWSTER  &  CO., 
Of  No.  372,  Broome  street. 


CARD. 


D.  WARREN  SMITH 
Has  commenced  his  business  of  canvassing  the  city  for 

subscribers  for 

MI  DDL  ETON'S  OIL  PORTRAITS, 

the  scries  of  which  embrace 
WASHINGTON  AND    MARTHA,  LINCOLN, 
WEBSTER,  CLAY,  DOUGLAS,  GRANT, 

SHERMAN,  and  JACKSON. 
Mr.  Smith  will  call  at  the  business  places  of  our  city, 
and  at  dwellings  at  reasonable  hours,  and  exhibit  some  of 
the  above  beautiful  Oil  Portraits.   He  hapea  to  meet  with 
success,  as  ihe  Pictures  are  worthy  a  p'.nce  In  every  draw- 
log- room  in  our  country.   AGENT'S  HEADQUARTER-, 
JOHN  MIDDLETON  &.  SONS, 
uiy26  2m  404  Montgomery  street. 


rpiIE  DANK  OF  CALIFORNIA, 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  May    9,  1860. 
NOTICE. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Stockholders  of  this  Bank,  held  on 
the  5lh  iust.,  it  was  resolved  to  increase  the  Capital  Slock 
of  the  corporation  lo  $5,000,000,  gold,  lo  take  effect  ou 

THE  FIRST  DAY  OF  JULY  NEXT, 
and  the  President  and  Cashier  were  authorized  to  receive 
subscriptions  for  $2,000,000  ol  said  capital  stock.  Parties 
desirous  of  subscribing  will  make  application  at  the 
Bank,  either  personally  or  by  letter,  when  further  details 
will  be  given.  D.  0.  MILLS,  President. 

uiy20  lm  W,  C.  RALSTON,  Cashier. 


piSCO  ! 

G.  &  F.  MARTEI.L'S  COGNAC  ; 

JAMES  HENNESSY'S  Coguac  ; 
STEAMBOAT  GIN  J 
OLD  TOM  GIN  ; 

IRISH  WHISKY, 

from  Bond  direct. 

Frr  «ale  by  V.  SQARZA, 

my28  LiedesdorO"  street,  Sao  Francisco. 


102  SHARES  $330  EACH. 

This  Association  was  formed  to  enable  its  mem- 
bers to  obtain  desirable  homestead  lots  in  this  city  at  a 
cheap  and  easy  rale,  paying  for  the  same  by  regular 
monthly  instalments. 

For  this  purpose  they  have  purchased  Blocks  409  ,  500, 
and  501,  in  the  Western  Addition  to  this  ci'y,  bounded  by 
Devisadoro,  Pine,  Broderick  and  Clay  streets. 

Subscribers  will  pay  an  initiation  fee  of  $6  on  each 
share  taken,  to  form  a  fund  for  defraying  current  ex- 
penses, and  $11  per  month  for  thirty  months,  commen- 
cing In  April,  1S66. 

The  properly  is  within  three  blocks  of  the 
TURK  STREET  RAILROAD, 

IS  NEARLY  ALL  ON  THE  GRADE, 
and  is  most  desirably  located  for  Homestead  purposes. 

It  Is  directly  cast  from  the  lauds  of  tho  California 
Association. 

The  property  has  been  purchased  on  very  reasonable 
terms,  and  offers  a  rare  opportunity  for  investment. 

A  number  of  flue  houses  arc  In  process  of  erection,  and 
streets  are  being  graded  near  this  property,  which  will 
greatly  increase  its  value. 

When  twelve  monthly  payments  have  been  made,  tho 
properly  will  be  divided  among  the  members  in  the  usual 
manner,  and  each  shareholder  will  receive  a  contract  for 
a  deed  to  the  lot  or  lots  to  which  be  may  be  entitled,  and 
have  Ihe  privilege  of  taking  immediate  jH,ssessiou  of  the 
same. 

The  lots  average  27  feet  in  rront  by  120  feet  In  depth. 
The  whole  amount  due  upou  any  lot  may  tie  paid  at  any 
lime,  and  discount  at  the  rale  of  one  and  one-half  per 
cent,  per  month  will  he  deducted  therefrom. 

Persons  wishing  to  visit  the  lands  of  this  Association 
will  lake  the  Turn  street  cars  to  Bevisadero  street,  and 
thence  go  northerly  along  Devisadero  to  Pine  street. 

Twenty  thousand  dollars  of  the  capital  stock  is  taken, 
and  the  books  are  open  for  subscription  to  the  balance  at 
Iheoilieeof  iho  Secretary,  where  the  OnVial  Map  of  the 
Association  can  be  seen,  and  lull  particular.-  obtained. 
T/ie  Title  lo  this  Property  is  Perfect. 

J.  S.  LUTY,  Secretary. 
OlUce,  305  Montgomery  street,  corner  of  Pine, 

myl9-3m  Rooms  2  and  6. 


JgOYS!    BOYS!  BOYS! 

NOW  IS  THE  TIME  1 

H.  M.  LOCKWOOD  St  CO., 
New  No.  624)  CLAY  STREET,  (Old  No  17 

Have  received  a  Large  Stock  of 

GENTS'  AND  BOYS'  CLOTHING 
— 1W>—      .,,(,  .,. 
FURNISHING  GOODS, 

Which  they  are  selling 
AT   VERY    LOW  PRICES. 
Every  Garment  warranted.    All  are  invited  to  call  and 
examine  our  goods. 


jal 


H.  M.  LOCKWOOD  4  CO. 

624  Clay  street,  San  Francisco. 


PACIFIC  OC  E  AN  HOUSE, 
SANTA  CRUZ,  CAL. 

THIS  NEW  AND  COMMODIOUS  HOTEL,  built  and  fur- 

nished  In  accordance  with  the  most  modern  and  improved 
plans,  and  with  a  view  to  the  comfort  and  convenience  of 
its  patrons,  is  now  open  for  the  reception  of  guests. 

To  thoso  who  have  visited  Sinta  Cruz,  it  is  unnecessary 
to  speak  of  its  beauties  aud  its  natural  advantages  over 
all  other  places  of 

Summer  Resort. 

To  those  who  have  not,  the  Proprietor  ran  only  say 
COM K  AM)  JIOGE  FOR  YOURSELVES— eivlng  all 
who  may  come  the  assurance  tnat  Ins  earnest  endeavors 
shall  be  lo  make  the  Hotel,  in  nil  its  appointments,  equal 
lo  the  surroundings  of  this  delightful  Sea  side  Resort! 

GEO.  T.  BROXILKY, 

Santa  Cruz,  April  4,  I860.  Proprietor. 


QEO.  P.  KIMBALL  &  CO., 

Carriage  Manufacturers, 


CORNER  MARKET  AND  FOURTH 

STKEKTS, 

Han  Francitco. 


GEOKGK  T.   KI  Mil  ALL. 


 W.   H.  KNIGHT. 


We  have  always  on  hand  a  large  assortment  of  CoacOes, 
Carriages,  Buggies,  Thoronghbrace  Wagons,  Exprcee, 
Grocery  ,  Soda  and  Butcher  Wagons  and  Lumber  Gears. 

CARRIAGES  AND  WAGONS 
Of  every  description  made  lo  order  and  at  shortest  no- 
tice.  Particular  aitenuou  i>aid  to  the  building  of  Wide 
Track  Buggies  and  Wagons  with  Brakes,  for  mounUua 
use.    Orders  Irom  the  country  promptly  attended  to. 

N.  B.    Kimball's  Patent  Goose  Neck  Truiks  ou  baud. 

mil  2  3  a 


June  9th 


THE  CALIFORNIAN 


fi 


s 


PRING  AND  SUMMER  STYLE 


SILK 


HAT, 


18  6  6 


INTRODUCED 


MARCH  3 


McGANN  &  CO., 
FASHIONABLE  HATTERS, 

No.  654  Washington  street, 

Two  doore  below  Kearny. 


SPRING  AND  SUMMER  STYLES.— Silk,  Felt, 
Beaver,  and  other  HATS  for  sale  at  the  lowest  prices. 

CAPS  of  every  description,  suitable  for  all  ages, 
made  to  order. 

McGANN  &  CO.,  behur  experienced  and  skilled 
in  all  the  branches  of  the  manufacture  of  Hats,  feel 
confident  of  giving  entire  satisfaction  to  their  patrons. 
Every  description  of  Hats  and  Cans  made  to  order. 

Remember,  McGANN  k  CO.,  Practical  Hatters, 
654  Washington  street,  two  doors  below  the  Plaza. 

Or^  New  Goods  by  every  steamer.  marlO 


rjUIE  NORTII  BRITISH  AND 

MERCANTILE  INSURANCE  CO 
OP  LONDON  AND  EDINBURGH. 
ESTABLISHED,  1809. 
Capital,  -  $10,000,000 
Accumulated  Funds,  March  6, 18G5,  -  -  11,522,500 
Aunuallucome,  ....  2,827,290 
Deposit  in  California  under  State  law,      -  $75,000 


GENERAL  AGENCY  FOR  TnE  PACIFIC  STATES  AND 

TERRITORIES, 
No.  422  California  street,    -    -    ■    San  Francisco 


Insurances  effected  at  the  lowest  rates  on  buildings  ot 
both  Brick  and  Wood,  throughout  tho  State,  whetuer 
occupied  as  Stores,  Dwellings,  ur  Warehouses,  together 
with  their  contents. 

ALso,  VESSELS  in  port,  with  or  without  their  Cargoes. 

Also,  QUARTZ  MILLS  and  MACHINERY. 

LOSSES  PAID  IN  UNITED  STATES  GOLD  COIN  im- 
mediately on  adjustment. 

WM.  H.  TILLINGHAST,  Agent, 
my  18 


JJOSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 

CREATE  A    HEALTHY  APPETITE  I 

ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 
Cure  Dyspepsia,  Diarrhea  aud  Constipation 

ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 
Invigorato  the  System  and  enliven  the  mind. 

ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 
Overcome  the  effects  of  Drunkenness  and  Late  Hours. 

ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 
Cure  ali  Diseases  of  the  Liver,  Stomach  aud  Bowels. 

ROSENBAUM'S  BiTTERS 
Are  Palatable  to  the  Taste. 

They  are  the 

BEST  BITTERS  IN  THE  MARKET, 

And  when  once  used  will  always  be  called 
for  agaiu. 

They  aro  mado  in  tho  must  careful  manner 
From  Pure  Old  Wheat  Whisky,  Medicated  from 

Roots  and  Herbs 
Especially  adapted  for  the  cure  of  all  Stomachic  Diseases 
and  Liver  Complaints. 

Try  Them  and  You  will  be  Satisfied. 
For  sale  everywhere  by  Druggists  and  Liquor  Dealers 


or  by 
fell-fim 


N.  B.  JACOBS  &  CO., 

423  Front  street, 

San  Francisco 


CALIFORNIA 

Steam  Navigation  Company. 


STEAMER  CAPITAL  CAPT.  E.  A.  POOLE. 

"       CHRVSOPOLIS.CAPT.  A.  FOSTER. 

"  YOSEMITE   

"       CORNELIA  CAPT.  W.  BROMLEY. 

"      JULIA  CAPT  E.  CONCKLIN. 

One  of  the  above  steamers  leave  BROADWAY  WHARF, 
at  4  o'clock  P.  M.,  EVERT  DAY,  (Sundays  excepted  J  for 
Sacramento  and  one  for  Stockton,  the  S  icramentn  sieamer 
connecting  with  light-draft  steamers  for  Marysville,  Co- 
lusa,  Chioo  aud  Red  Bluff. 

Steamships  AJAX,  PACIFIC,  ORIZABA,  CALIFOR- 
NIA ,  ACTIVE,  and  SENATOR,  leave  as  advertised,  for 
Honolulu,  Portland,  Oregon,  New  Westminster,  British 
Columbia,  Victoria,  (.V.  I.,)  Santa  Barbara,  San  Pedro, 
and  San  Diego. 

Office  of  the  Company,  northeast  corner  of  Front  and 
Jackson  streets. 

n>ar23  B.  M.  IIARTSHORNE,  President. 


rpo  FARMERS,  MINERS,  LABORERS 

And  all  tnose  wishing  to  secure  themselves  a  portion  of 
THE  MOST    VALUABLE  AGRICULTURAL    AND  MIN- 
ERAL LANDS  OF  MEXICO, 
With  an  equal  interest  in  the  Profits  of  the  Plantations  of 

THE  MEXICAN  SEA  ISLAND 
COTTON  COMPANY. 

HOMES  FOR  THE  POOR  AND  COMPETENCY  FOR  ALL. 

SPECIAL-NOTICE. 

The  Mexican  Sea  Island  Cotton  Company,  having 
reserved  from  their  final  Subscription  List  a  Limited 
Number  of  Unassessable  Shares,  (the  remaining 
shares  of  the  Company  having  been  taken  up  by  the 
stockholders,)  hereby  offer  the  same  for  sale  at  the 
original  subscription  price  of  Sixteen  Dollars  each, 
payable  in  casli.  Every  holder  of  a  share  will  be 
entitled  to  a  portion  of  the  Company's  lands,  having 
the  privilege  to  settle  thereon  and  participate  in  all 
the  advantages  and  profits  of  the  enterprise,  and 
special  privileges  granted  to  this  Company  by  au 
Imperial  Decree  of  Maximilian,  dated  9th  January, 
1866,  without  being  snbjected  to  the  conditions  of 
regular  Government  emigrants,  this  Company  set 
tling  upon  their  own  lands,  secured  by  private  pur- 
chase, and  held  under  indisputable  Spanisn  titles. 

Shareholders  becoming  actual  settlers  will  also 
have  the  privilege  of  any  employment  upon  the  Com- 
pany's plantation.  Portions  of  land  will  lie  allotted 
to  settlers,  to  be  held  by  them  until  a  final  divibion 
makes  it  their  property. 

For  the  purpose  of  increasing  the  value  of  the 
Company's  land,  aud  to  create  all  the  comforts  of  a 
home  and  society,  it  is  the  intention  of  the  company 
to  form  a  regular  settlement  and  to  lav  out  a  town 
adjoining  their  present  plantation  into  building  lots, 
Which  will  likewise  be  fairly  divided  between  the 
8,000  shal  es  which  comprise  the  total  number  of  the 
company. 

A  large  number  of  shareholders  will  settle  upon 
the  company's  lands  after  the  rainy  season  in  Octo- 
ber next.  Many  of  them  may  then  be  employed  by 
the  company,  or  by  others  able  to  plant  fortlicm 
selves,  or  in  developing  the  mineral  resources  of  the 
adjoining  mountains,  etc.,  etc. 

Men  of  all  trades  and  professions,  desiring  to  emi- 
grate to  Mexico,  will  have  great  advantages  as 
shareholders  of  this  compauy.  They  will  find  the 
lands  already  purchased  for  litem  at  a  rate  equivalent 
to  a  free  gift,  to  be  held  by  each  shareholder  as  his 
property,  protected  by  the  best  Spanish  titles,  and 
the  good  w  ill  of  all  political  parties  now  contending 
for  the  reins  of  government ;  the  climate  the  most 
salubrious,  and  the  land  rich  and  fertile  beyond  de- 
scription ;  every  I; ind  of  game  abounding  ;  the  rivers 
lull  of  lish  and  with  extensive  bedsof  large  oysters; 
altogether,  a  country  where  it  is  easy  to  procure  a 
livelihood  and  the  comforts  of  n  home  with  less 
labor  and  less  capital  than  in  any  other  part  of  the 
world. 

The  extensive  placer  diggings,  veins  of  silver, 
and  solid  quart/,  ledges,  which  are  to  be  found  in  the 
immediate  vicinity,  and  acknowledged  to  be  rich 
and  very  extensive,  can,  by  the  presence  of  a  num- 
ber of  settlers,  be  profitably  developed.  Many  of 
these  mines  are  to  be  found  within  the  limits  of  the 
company's  grant.  The  Sierra  Madre  or  Mother 
Mountain  of  Mexico,  situated  only  within  about 
twenty  miles  from  the  coast,  can  be  reached  and  de- 
veloped with  much  greater  facility  than  the  more 
remote  mines  in  the  interior,  and  will  therefore 
make  the  company's  lands  the  most  desirable  to 
locate  upon. 

For  Maps  and  Survey,  and  further  information, 
apply  at  the  office  of  the  MEXICAN  SEA  ISLAND 
COTTON  CO.,  Betgo's  Book  Store,  liuss  House, 
Montgomery  street,  between  the  hours  of  11  and  1 
o'clock. 

£3*="  All  the  assessable  stock  having  been  taken 
up  by  mutual  subscript  ion  id'  stockholders,  the  com- 
pany will  have  no  more  shares  (ei  otter  after  the 
limited  number  of  n missessab/c  shares  have  been 
placed,  and  shall  prefer  to  sell  these  to  actual 
settlers — a  single  share  of  which  will  be  suflicient  to 
entitle  them  to  a  large  portion  of  the  lauds. 


We,  the  undersigned  shareholders  in  the  Mex- 
ican Sea  Island  Cotton  Company,  having  investiga- 
ted and  satislien  ourselves  of  the  importance  of  the 
enterprise,  recommend  the  same  to  the  public.  We 
are  convinced  that  under  the  management  of  the 
present  officers  of  the  company,  with  their  efforts  to 
induce  industrious  parties  to  locate  upon  the  land, 
that  the  enterprise  must  become  very  profitable  to 
all  parties  interested,  and  most  beneficial  to  actual 
settlers. 

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S.  Baysen,  Hatter,  No.  346  Kearny  street. 
Mathew  MeCloskey,  644  Howard  street. 
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12 


THE  CALIFORNIAN 


I  June  9th 


THE  CONUNDRUM  IN  THE  COUNTRY. 

A FEW  years  ago,  I  bought  a  pleasant  place  of  some 
twenty  acres,  on  the  Hudson  river,  about  thirty  miles 
above  the  city.  I  have  since  regretted  that  I  did  not  purchase 
a  lot  and  build  a  house  iu  the  heart  of  the  Adirondacks  ;  for 
my  ideas  of  the  rest,  seclusion,  and  country  comfort  to  be  en- 
joyed in  my  rural  home  have  received  so  many  rude  shocks 
that  they  at  one  time  nearly  crumbled  to  pieces.  The  first 
summer  I  spent  there,  was  as  agreeable  as  my  anticipations 
had  painted  it.  AloDe,  most  of  the  time,  I  passed  my  days 
under  the  trees,  and  upon  my  verdant  pastures.  With  my 
pipe  in  my  mouth  and  with  a  bundle  of  recently  received  co- 
nundrums, or  perhaps  a  few  old  favorites,  I  enjoyed  to  the  ut- 
most my  absolute  rest  and  freedom  from  the  annoyances 
which  must  beset  a  quiet  man  in  a  great  city.  I  loved  the 
twitter  and  chirp  of  the  birds,  and  to  me  they  afforded  a  de- 
light not  known  to  those  who  have  always  been  dwellers  in 
the  country.  Uuversed  as  I  was  in  practical  ornithology,  I 
accepted  their  songs  as  musical  enigmas,  aud  speut  hours  in 
endeavoring  to  guess  whether  the  warbler  was  a  robin,  a  wren 
or  a  catbird.  Although  familiar  with  the  medical  properties 
of  most  plants,  the  flowers  that  I  saw  around  were  to  me  un- 
solved puzzles.  I  bad  long  since  made  out  the  rose  and  the 
dandelion,  but  most  of  the  others  grew  up  without  their  an- 
swers attached,  so  far  as  I  was  concerned. 

My  delightful  quiet  was  disturbed,  I  believe,  but  upon  one 
occasion. 

It  was  a  beautiful  morning  in  July,  a  gentle  wind  tempered 
the  warmth  of  the  air,  and  spread  the  perfumes  from  the  gar- 
den over  the  green  fields  where  I  was  wont  to  take  my  ante 
prandial  rambles.  Everything  was  quiet  and  at  rest,  except 
the  wayward  butterflies  and  the  thoughtless  grass-hoppers. 
Even  the  birds  were  winking  and  nodding  on  the  gently 
swaying  branches,  and  as  I  walked  down  the  path  I  had  worn 
from  the  house  to  my  favorite  tree  I  could  but  think  that 
the  shining  hours  were  not  capable  of  improvement,  even  by 
the  busy  bees  of  the  pious  Dr.  Watts.  I  had  not  reached 
my  umbrageous  haunt  when  I  perceived  beneath  the  tree,  the 
unusual  spectacle  of  a  young  lady.  I  soon  recognized  her  as 
the  daughter  of  my  neighbor  Taudom,  and  as  I  knew  her  to 
be  as  intelligent  and  witty  as  she  was  lovely,  and  as  lovely  as 
the  birds  and  flowers,  I  was  quite  pleased  with  the  idea  of  a 
social  chat.  But  on  nearing  her,  I  saw  she  was  in  trouble  of 
some  kind.  Her  face  flushed  and  turned  pale  by  turns,  and 
she  seemed  endeavoring  to  do  something,  or  go  somewhere, 
and  to  be  unable  to  succeed.  I  accosted  her  as  cheerfully  as 
my  anxiety  would  allow,  and  soon  discovered  that  she  had 
become  apparently  hopelessly  entangled  in  the  mazes  of  a  co- 
nundrum that  I  had  carelessly  left  beneath  the  tree  the  day 
before.  I  endeavored  to  release  her  from  her  thralldom, 
soothing  and  encouraging  her  the  while,  but  for  the  life  of 
me  I  coald  not  remember  the  solution. 

"Wait  here  a  few  minutes,"  I  cried,  "  and  I  will  run  up  to 
the  house  and  get  the  answer." 

She  made  a  reply  which  I  did  not  hear,  as  I  hurried  away, 
unwilling  to  keep  her  in  her  dilemma  a  moment  longer  than 
was  necessary.  The  day  was  warm,  and  the  breeze  seemed 
to  have  died  away,  and  as  1  am  rather  stout,  I  was  bathed  in 
perspiration  by  the  time  I  reached  the  house.  I  snatched  up 
the  package  of  conundrums  which  I  had  been  considering 
the  day  before,  and  hastened  back,  endeavoring  on  the  way. 
to  select  the  key  by  which  I  could  deliver  my  unfortunate 
young  friend.  But  when  I  had  approached  the  tree  I  saw 
that  she  was  not  there,  having  doubtless  guessed  the  conun- 
drum and  gladly  escaped,  Pretty  little  thing  !  Had  I  been 
a  younger  man,  I  would  have  spread  many  a  trap  for  her. 
She  was  caught  a  few  months  ago  by  a  young  lawyer,  and  is 
now  engaged  in  the  solution  of  the  enigma,  "  which  are  the 
pleasantest,  the  buds  of  youth,  or  the  flowers  of  love  V 

Ah  me ! 

Now  that  I  am  on  the  subject  of  annoyances,  I  remember 
that  there  was  one  other  occasion,  (trifling  to  be  sure)  during 
this  first  summer  at  "  Spring  Cottage"  when  my  quiet  was 
somewhat  disturbed. 

I  was  sitting  under  a  large  apple  tree  in  my  orchard,  and 
had  just  guessed  at  the  number  of  seeds  in  a  handsome  pip- 
pin, which  I  was  cutting  open  to  see  if  my  answer  was  cor- 
rect, when  I  heard  approaching  footsteps,  and  turning,  saw, 
coming  towards  me,  a  young  lellow  with  whose  father,  (a  farmer 
of  the  neighborhood)  I  had  had  considerable  dealings. 

"  Good  morning,  Doctor,"  said  he. 

"  Good  morning,  Samuel,  what  can  I  do  for  you  to- 
day ?" 

'■  Well  sir."  said  he,  rather  bashfully,  "  I  don't  want  to 
trouble  you  any  more  than  I  can  help,  but  I  thought  that  per 
haps  you  could  tell  me  of  something  that  would  do  for  sores." 

"  I  should  be  a  poor  doctor  if  I  could  not  tell  you  that, 
Samuel.  There  are  many  things  that  would  do — simple  cerate, 
for  instance,  but  where  is  your  sore?"' 

"  Ah  I  he  cried  —  "  cerate,  cerate  —  simple  cerate  1  I 
don't  think  that  will  do,  sir — you  couldn't  work  that  right, 
any  way  you  could  fix  it." 

"  That's  for  me  to  decide,  Samuel,"  said  I,  firmly,  "ju3t 
tell  me  first  where  you  have  a  sore  ?" 


"  Oh,  sir,"  he  said,  "  I  don't  mean  that — I  want  something 
that  will  do  instead  of  '  soars.'  " 

"  Well,  a  whole  skin  is  the  best  thing  I  know  of." 

"  You've  got  it  all  wrong,  sir.  This  is  what  I  want — I  have 
nearly  manufactured  a  conundrum." 

"  Oh  !  a  conundrum,"  I  cried. 

"  Ye3,  sir  ;  it  is  this,  '  when  is  an  eagle  like  a  carpenter?'  " 

Ans.— "  When  it  soars  o'er  plains."  "  Now,  you  see,  sir, 
that  is  good  enough  as  a  spoken  riddle,  but  it  won't  do  to 
write,  for  '  soars  '  isn't  '  saws,'  you  see.  I  have  been  trying 
for  the  last  week  to  get  the  thing  into  better  shape,  but  some- 
how I  couldn't  do  it,  and  so  came  to  you,  knowing  your  skill 
in  such  things." 

"  Well,  Samuel,"  said  I,  "  if  you  come  to  my  office  in  the 
city  sometime  next  fall,  I  shall  be  glad  to  give  you  all  the  help 
I  can,  but  I  can  do  nothing  for  you  here  di'ring  the  summer. 
I  came  here  to  rest,  and  have  entirely  given  up  professional 
duties  of  the  enigmatical  kind — so  you  must  not  be  offended 
if  I  decline  to  doctor  up  your  conundrum." 

I  then  engaged  him  in  conversation  on  rural  matters  and 
we  soon  parted  company.  But  I  was  troubled  to  think  that 
even  here,  in  my  retreat,  I  could  not  have  the  opportunity  of 
thinking  and  doing  as  I  pleased,  without  appearing  churlish 
to  my  friends. 

Little  did  I  expect  what  I  should  have  to  undergo  during 
the  next  summer.  Then  it  was  that  my  real  troubles  began. 
Those  who  had  been  in  the  habit  of  visiting  my  office  in  the 
city  found  out  my  retreat,  and  came  in  such  numbers,  every 
fine  day,  during  the  first  part  of  the  season,  that  my  studies 
and  pleasures  were  entirely  broken  up. 

In  vain  I  tried  every  expedient  I  could  devise.  Dogs  and 
morose  servants  could  not  deter  them,  and  they  got  in  in 
spite  of  gates  with  latches  of  rare  contrivance.  I  tried  the 
plan  of  locking  the  gate  at  the  road,  but  as  the  servants  had 
to  go  and  see  who  asked  admission  every  time  they  heard  a 
knock  (for  I  had  friends  I  would  not  have  excluded  on  any 
consideration)  and  as  they  were  often  unable  to  resist  the 
arguments — generally  pecuuiary,  I  presume— of  the  many 
eager  applicants,  this  plau  soon  proved  to  be  no  better  than 
the  rest. 

I  had  then  a  patent  gate  placed  at  the  entrance  to  my 
grounds,  the  secret  of  which  I  confided  to  a  select  circle  of 
friends,  pledging  them  to  silence  on  the  subject.  As  a  high 
wall  separated  my  place  from  the  public  ro.id.  and  the  gate 
(which  by  the  pressure  of  an  unobservable  spring  sank  into 
the  ground,  and  rose  again  in  precisely  thirty  seconds,)  showed 
no  signs  of  latch  or  lock,  I  enjoyed  immunity  from  annoyance 
for  about  ten  days.  Unfortunately  about  this  time,  the  rector 
of  the  parish,  Reverend  Doctor  Malvolio,  having  paid  me  a 
visit,  was  leaving  the  place.  He  touched  the  spring,  the  gate 
sank  and  he  passed  through,  but  just  then  he  remembered 
something,  I  suppose  that  he  wished  to  say  to  me.  and  stepped 
back  again,  pausing  for  an  instant  in  the  gateway.  At  the 
expiration  of  its  half-minute,  up  came  the  gate,  and,  taking 
the  Reverend  Doctor  astraddle  of  it,  hoisted  him  high  into 
the  air.  I  saw  the  accident  from  the  house,  and  hurried  down 
to  apologize  and  release  him,  but  he  has  not  been  to  see  me 
since. 

Shortly  after  this,  a  similar  accident  having  occurred  to 
Mrs.  Belvidere  Montarsin,  the  wife  of  the  lawyer  of  the  vil- 
lage, and  the  leader  of  society  in  the  vicinity,  her  husband 
sent  me  such  a  note  the  next  day  that  I  found  I  should  have 
to  abolish  the  gate  or  suffer  a  lawsuit.  So  I  had  the  thing 
removed,  and,  after  days  and  nights  of  thought  and  per- 
plexity, hit  upon  a  brilliant  idea,  which  I  immediately  put 
into  execution,  and  which,  lor  the  short  time  that  I  remained 
after  its  completion,  answered  my  purpose  to  a  charm,  and 
will,  I  hope,  continue  to  do  so  during  the  coming  summer. 

I  had  a  gate  made,  with  an  alphabetical  combination  lock, 
which,  being  locked  by  a  certain  arrangement  of  letters, 
could  only  be  opened  by  the  same.  The  key  was  attached  by 
a  chain  to  the  gate,  and  full  directions  for  its  use  were 
posted  up. 

On  the  arch  above  the  gate  I  placed  an  enigma,  and  the 
initials  of  the  words  in  the  answer  to  this  formed  the  combi- 
nation which  would  open  the  lock. 

As  before,  my  friends  received  the  answer,  and  I  very  justly 
considered  that  should  any  one  guess  the  riddle,  they  ought 
to  be  made  welcome  for  their  ingenuity.  The  conundrum,  I 
concluded,  must  not  be  of  the  modern  style  as  that  would 
generally  necessitate  too  many  words  in  the  answer.  It  must 
be  simple,  yet  difficult — I  selected  the  following  : 

u  Why  is  this  gate,  when  you  open  it,  like  the  sixth  chap- 
ter of  Genesis  ?" 

Now,  I  supposed  that  those  who  would  bo  likely  to  solve 
this  enigma  would  be  staid  and  well  read  persons,  whose  con- 
versation would  be  profitable  and  interesting,  while  the  mass 
of  would-be  visitors,  who  came  to  be  amused  or  to  sell  their 
productions,  and  have  no  idea  of  what  the  sixth  chapter  of 
Genesis  referred  to,  aud  not  having  a  Bible  on  their  persons, 
would  be  completely  at  fault  ;  and  before  they  would  be  likely 
to  pay  me  a  second,  I  shonld  have  changed  my  conundrum, 
which  I  intended  to  do,  as  often  as  it  should  seem  requisite. 

As  1  said  before,  the  plau  succeeded  admirably,  aud  I  often 


used  to  conceal  myself  behind  the  wall  about  the  time  that 
the  boat  from  the  city  had  stopped  at  the  village  landing,  and 
listen  to  the  desperate  efforts  of  the  little  crowd  that  was 
pretty  certain  to  soon  reach  the  gate. 

I  am  sorry  that  I  have  not  time  to  give  some  of  the  6trange 
answers  that  these  people  concocted.  None  of  them,  how- 
ever, hit  upon  the  correct  solution,  which  was  very  simple, 
being — "  Because  it  describes  an  arc." 

And  the  letters  B,  I,  D,  A,  A,  opened  the  gate. 
N.  Y.  Saturday  Press.  Andrew  Scroggix. 


The  Captain's  Yarn. — Conversing  with  the  captain  of  a 
vessel,  the  other  day,  he  related  the  following  anecdote  :  "  I 
had  a  first-rate  first  officer  who  sailed  with  roe  for  several 
years.  He  was  an  excellent  seaman  and  a  perfect  gentleman. 
I  remember  I  took  him  once  to  the  Italian  Opera  in  London, 
and  he  expressed  himself  perfectly  satisfied  with  the  per- 
formance, though  he  had  no  ear  for  music,  didn't  under- 
stand the  language,  and  was  was  too  bashful  to  look  at 
the  figurantes.  A  particular  and  very  amiable  trait  of  his 
character  was  bis  domestic  affection.  Sailors  roving  about 
the  world  are  very  seldom  constant— in  fact,  they  too  often 
act  up  to  the  libertine  proposition  of  Marmontel—  Quand 
on  n'a  pus  ce  qu'on  aime,  il  faul  aime  ce  qu'on  a.  But  this 
man  was  a  perfect  model  of  conjugal  fidelity.  He  was  always 
thinking  and  speaking  of  his  wife  (he  had  no  children.)  Al- 
ways buying  presents  for  her  in  every  port  he  visited.  Well, 
one  day — we  were  lying  off  the  River  Gambia,  in  Africa — my 
mate,  after  dinner,  leaned  back  in  his  chair,  and  fell  asleep. 
I  went  on  deck  to  smoke  a  cigar.    When  1  came  back  1  fouud 

poor  M  lying  on  the  cabin  floor  a  corpse!    A  sudden 

stroke  of  apoplexy  had  carried  him  off.  I  was  inexpressibly 
shocked.  He  had  a  sailor's  grave — and  every  heart  on  board 
the  brig  was  heavy  at  his  loss.  On  the  home  voyage  I  was 
thinking  all  the  while  of  the  agony  of  M.'s  poor  wife  when  6he 
learned  of  his  death,  and  how  I  should  breathe  the  news  to 
her.  She  always  flew  down  to  the  pier  as  soon  as  she  heard 
our  brig  was  coming  up  the  bay,  and  I  believe  she  could  read 
every  signal  flag  that  was  thrown  out  from  the  station. 
Well,  we  had  no  sooner  made  fast  to  the  wharf  when  down 
came  a  handsome  hack,  and  out  springs  the  mate's  wife  rigged 
out  from  top  to  toe  like  a  first-rate  frigate  on  a  gala-day — 
with  a  fathom  or  two  of  ribbon  towing  astern  of  her.  Poor 
girl !  thought  I,  how  soon  my  tale  will  blanch  the  roses  of 
your  chiek.  '  My  husband  ?'  she  inquired,  as  she  sprang 
lightly  on  deck,  showing  a  pair  of  tiny  feet,  cased  in  the  dain- 
tiest satin  boots  that  ever  a  French  shoemaker  turned  out. 
'  I  am  sorry  to  say,  madam.'  said  1,  '  that  he  has  been  very 
sick.'  The  color  came  and  went  in  her  cheek.  '  Tell  me  all,' 
she  cried,  grasping  my  arm.  '  Well,  then,  madam,'  said  I, 
'  if  I  must  say  it,  he  is  dead.'  '  Glad  of  it,  hy  jingo  !'  was 
her  answer.  She  was  ashore  and  off  again  in  the  tying  of  a 
reel-point — and  next  week  she  married  a  merchant's  clerk. 
The  captain  plunged  his  hands  deep  into  the  pockets  of  his 
pilot-coat.  '  I'm  a  bachelor  ' — said  he.  '  The  worse  for  you,' 
was  our  answer.    '  Exc  options  only  prove  rules.'  " 


[COM  Mt"  NIC  ATK  D.  ] 

The  Mysteries  or  New  York. — Ware,  national  resources, politi- 
cal contests,  religiotiij  conventions,  amusements,  the  Central  Park,  its 
swans,  gondolas,  etc.,  have  heen  discussed — this  letter  is  of  the  "  Mys- 
teries of  New  York."  In  the  car,  sU>:unhoat, saloon,  parlor, at  dinner, 
in  the  street,  everywhere  do  I  hear  some  story  w  ith  relation  to,  or  an 
inquiry  as  to  the  meaning  of  those  mythical  words,  posted,  priuted, 
and  advertised  wherever  I  go  : 

S.  T.— 1860.— X. 

accompanied  with  a  crescent  and  a  shepherd's  hook.  A  secession 
sympathizer  said  it  was  :  "  Satan  Triumphed  in  18fi0  in  granting  the 
Xpcctation  of  Abolitionists  ;"  while  a  Republican  said  it  whs  :  "  Stump 
Tail  Democrats  of  I860,  gone  to  Texas;"  another,  "To  the  State- 
Taxes  of  I860  add  teu  iX)  dollars  ;"  another,  that  they  were  the  watch- 
words of  some  secret  society,  like  "  Sons  of  Tecumchia  are  I860 
Strong,"  or  "  Seward  Tricksters  of  18l>0  Used  Up,"  etc.,  etc  Well, 
your  correspondent  was  ill — had  been  ill  for  a  long  time — in  fact,  his 
late  suppers  had  given  him  a  horrid  dyspepsia.  He  read  theadvertisc- 
ments,  and  of  course  hought  a  buttle  of  Plantation  Hitters;  the  Kit 
ten  cured  him,  and  on  the  bottle  appeared  those  same  cabalistic  letters  : 
S.  T— 1860 — X.  I  travelled  straight  for  -1  Park  Row,  introduced 
myself  to  the  celebrated  Dr.  Drake,  and  was  shown  the  elephant — 
tusks,  S.  T.  ami  all— and  a  great  institution  it  is.  A  six  story  build- 
ing in  Dey  street,  from  cellar  to  garret,  is  occupied  as  a  laboratory  for 
producing  this  single  medicine.  Some  forty  persons  are  employed  ; 
several  vats,  holding  six  thousand  gallons  each,  are  filled  with  roots, 
herbs,  and  material,  and  then  soaked  in  water,  and  the  expression  pre- 
served in  pure  St.  Croix  Rum.  I  here  saw  the  bags,  boxes,  and  bales 
of  Calisaya  Park,  Wintergreen,  and  other  material— and  the  original 
St.  Croix  Kuni  puncheons  bearing  the  Custom-house  brand.  It  seemed 
that  medicine  could  here  be  turned  out  to  supply  a  world  of  invalids 
 yet  these  gentlemen  are  unable  to  till  their  orders  for  Plantation  Hit- 
ters alone.  I  was  shown  many  certificates  of  extraordinary  cures 
effected  by  these  Hitters.  The  statistics  of  tne  medicine  business  as 
presented  to  the  last  Congress  in  the  report  of  Mr.  D.  S.  Barnes  are 
enormous  and  startling,  amounting  to  some  six  million  dollursannnully. 
The  proprietors  of  these  Hitters  will  pay  Uncle  Sam  near  fifty  thou- 
sand dollars  for  stamps  this  year !       *       *       "       *       J.  H. 


Discovered.—  The  cheapest  place  for  hotel  and  housekeepers  to 
buy  linens,  damasks,  sheetings,  blankets,  etc.,  and  for  ladies  to  buy 
silks  and  dress  goods,  is  at  Meagher,  Taatl'e  &.  Co.  s,  No.  9Mot<'gom- 
ry  street. 


June  9th] 


THE  CALIFORNIA!* 


13 


RHEUMATISM. 

Throughout  this  coast  a  great  deal  of  suffering  is 
experienced  from  Rheumatism.  Weeks  and  even 
mouths  of  protracted  and  aggravated  misery  is  en- 
dured hy  the  victims  of  medical  inefficiency  and 
ignorance,  which  could  be  cured  just  as  speedily  as 
was  Mr.  Sparrow,  whose  testimony  is  given  below, 
and  is  only  the  echo  of  hundreds  of  other  cases. 
Dr.  Bourue  cures  without  medicines,  which  accounts 
for  his  extraordinary  success.  No.  10  Masonic 
Temple,  Post  street  entrance: 

San  Francisco,  September  6,  18G1. 

Dr.  Bourne:  Last  Winter  I  was  nearly  dead,  by 
an  attack  of  inflammatory  rheumatism.  1  suffered 
the  moBt  excruciating  pains  for  about  five  weeks, 
without  any  hope  of  relief,  when  a  friend,  hearing 
of  my  illness,  called  to  see  me,  and  assured  me  that 
if  I  would  Btop  "  drugging  and  dosing,"  and  go  to 
you,  that  you  would  have  me  walking  about  the 
streets  in  three  days.  Sure  enough,  although  1  was 
utterly  helpless,  aud  conveyed  to  your  house  in  a 
carriage,  aud  carried  into  it  by  three  stout  men,  and 
was  by  them  lifted  into  the  bath,  yet,  on  coming 
out  of  the  bath  I  was  able  to  largely  assist  myself, 
doing  much  toward  dressing,  aud  without  assistance 
walked  from  the  bath  to  the  carriage.  On  the 
fourth  day,  I  discharged  my  carriage  and  walked 
with  a  friend's  aid  the  entire  distance  to  your  house 
(nearly  a  mile)  and  home  agaiu,  and  bo  on  until 
cured  ;  and  I  had  not  taken  more  than  twelve  baths 
when,  all  paiu  ani  swelling  having  ceased,  I  felt 
myself  a  well  man.  Aud  now  I  am  happy  to  do  this 
little  service  of  publicly  certifying  to  the  simple 
truth,  leaving  it  to  do  its  own  work  among  such  of 
my  friends  and  acquaintances  as  may  chance  to  see 
this.  Your  friend,  Joseph  Sparrow. 

A  SUMMER  AND  WINTER  MEDICINE. 

"  Great  oaks  from  little  acorns  grow." 

The  worst  diseases  known  to  the  human  race 
spriug  from  causes  bo  Bniall  as  to  almost  defy  detec- 
tion. The  volumes  of  scientific  lore  that  till  the 
tables  and  shelves  of  the  medical  fraternity  only  go 
to  prove  and  elaborate  these  facts. 

Then  guard  yourselves  while  you  may.  The 
smallest  pimple  on  the  skin  is  a  tell-tale  aud  indica- 
tor of  disease.  It  may  fade  and  die  away  from  the 
surface  of  the  body,  but  it  will  reach  the  vitils,  per- 
haps, at  last,  and  death  be  the  result  and  final  close. 
Maggiel's  Billons,  Dyspeptic  and  Diarrhoea  Fills 
cure  where  all  others  fail.  While  for  Burns,  Scalds, 
Chilblains,  Cuts,  and  all  abrasions  of  the  skin,  Mag- 
girl's  Salve  is  infallible.  Sold  by  J.  Maggiel,  43 
Fulton  street,  .New  York,  aud  all  Druggists,  at  25 
cents  per  box. 

Wantkd — Agents  to  sell,  by  subscription  only  the 
most  popular  work  ever  written  :  "  GRANT  AND 
SIIEKMAN;  their  Campaigns  and  Generals  "  By 
the  world-renowned  historian,  Hon.  J.  T.  Headley, 
author  of  Washington  and  his  Generals,  Sacred 
Mountains,  etc.  Agents  are  taking  as  high  as  thirty 
subscribers  per  day,  and  all  agree  in  pronouncing  it 
the  most  saleable  work  they  ever  took  hold  of.  The 
people  want  Headley's  illustrated  "  GRANT  AND 
•SHERMAN,"  etc.  For  terms  and  territory ,  address 
E.  E.  Shear,  No.  8  Montgomery  Street,  and  Box 
1,430,  San  Francisco,  California 

Concord  Wagons  and  Harness. — The  Pacific 
Concord  Carriage  Manufactory  is  prepared  to  supply 
the  Pacific  CouBt  with  Concord  wagons  and  harness 
made  to  order.  The  members  comprising  this  firm 
have  long  been  in  the  employ  of  the  celebrated 
manufacturing  house  of  L.  Downing  &  Son,  Con- 
cord, New  Hampshire  ;  so  that  parties  wishing  Con- 
cord wagons  or  harness  can  obtain  just  the  same 
quality  of  article  here  and  save  25  per  cent,  on  their 
purchase  money.  We  have  Been  some  of  their 
workmanship,  and  can  recommend  it  to  the  public 
Address  Belduke  &  Co.,  820  Folsoin  street,  between 
Fourth  aud  Fifth. — Han  Francisco  Leader. 


Head  the  Testimony  of  a  few  of  the  many  Eminent 
Clergymen  and  their  Families  of  New  York  city,  who, 
having  used  the  Sozodont  for  a  long  time  past,  are  con- 
vinced of  its  excellent  and  invaluable  qualities,  and  give 
it  their  cordial  commendatiou  : 

Rev.   T HUM AS  DEWITT,  Pastor  Collegiate 

Ref.  Dutch  Church,  Lafayette  Place. 
Rev.  J.  W.  ALEXANDER,  D.  D.,  Presbyterian 

Church,  Fifth  Avenue. 
Rev.  J.  B.  WAKELE  Y,  M.  E.  City  Missionary. 
Rev.  W.  F.  MORGAN,  D.D.,  Rector  St.  Tliomat 

Church,  Broadway. 
Rev.  E.  H.  CHAP  IN.  D.  D.,  Pastor  Fourth  Uni- 

versaiisl  Churcli^  Broadway. 
Rev.  SAMUEL  COOKE,  D.D.,  Rector  St.  Bar- 
tholomew's Church,  Lafayette  Place. 
Rev.  SAMUEL  OSGOOD,  D.D.,  Pastor  Church 

of  Messiah,  Broadway. 
Rev.  B.  M.  ADAMS,  M.  E.  Church,  Duane  street. 
Rev.  HEMAN  BANGS,  late  Pastor  Centenary 

M.  E.  Church,  Brooklyn. 
Rev.  W.  S.  MIKELS,  Pastor  Baptist  Church, 

Sixteenth  street. 
Rev.  GEO.  POTTS,  D.D.,  Pastor  Presbyterian 

Church,  University  Place. 
Rev.  £.  E.  RANKIN,  Pastor  Presbyterian  Church, 

Forty-second  street. 
Rev.  T.  E.  VERMILYE,  D.  D.,  Pastor  of  Col. 

Dutch  Reformed,  Lafayette  Place. 

FROM  G.  F.  J.  COLBURN,  DOCTOR  DENTAL  SUR- 
GERY, NEWARK,  N.  J. 
The  Popular  Dentriflcc  known  as  Van  Buskirk's  "  SO- 
ZODONT," besides  being  a  very  pleasant  addition  to  tho 
toilet,  contains  ingredients  that,  if  used  according  to  the 
directions,  will  prove  of  the  greatest  utility  to  the  health 
of  the  mouth  and  teeth. 

BEWARE  OF  IMITATIONS ! 

Sold  by  all  Druggists  and  Perfumers. 

HALL  &  RUCKEL, 

je2  4m  NEW  YORK. 


|J ALL'S  SARSAPARILLA, 

YELLOW  DOCK  AND  IODIDE  POTASS, 
the 

Best  Blood  Purifier  Known. 

Persona  that  are  troubled  with  Rheumatism, 
Scrofula,  Neuralgia,  Morbid  Liver,  Salt 
Rheum,  Pimples,  Boils,  or  any  of  the  many 
diseases  that  originate  from  Impure  Blood, 
would  find  it  much  to  their  advantage  to  give 
this  justly  celebrated  article  a  trial.  One  or 
two  bottles  are  quite  sufficient  to  convince  the 
most  skeptical  of  its  merits.  It  contains 
neither  Spirit,  ARSENIC  nor  MERCURY 
which  cannot  be  truly  said  of  any  other  prepa- 
tion  called  "  Sarsaparilla." 

SHEPARDSON  &  GATES,  Proprietors, 

ap7-3m      N.  W.cor.Sansomeand  Commercial-streets 


Agua  de  Magnolia.— The  prettiest  thing, 
the  "  sweetest  thing,"  and  the  most  of  it  for  the  least 
money.  It  overcomes  the  odor  of  perspiration  ; 
softens  and  adds  delicacy  to  the  skin ;  is  a  delightful 
perfume;  allays  headache  and  inflammation,  aud  is 
a  necessary  companion  in  the  sick  room,  in  the  nur- 
sery and  upon  the  toilet  sideboard.    It  can  be  ob- 

ned  everywhere  at  one  dollar  per  bottle. 


Lyon's  Magnetic  Insect  Powder  is  in- 
stant death  to  Fleas,  Ticks,  Roaches,  and  everything 
of  the  insect  species.  It  is  one  of  the  few  articles 
that  can  be  relied  upon,  and  for  a  mere  wo  bits  we 
can  save  the  bites  and  bills  of  these  little  pests. 
None  is  genuine  unless  signed  by  E.  Lyon,  and 
bearing  the  private  stamp  of  Denias  Darnes  &.  Co., 
New  York. 


S—T— 1860— X.    DRAKE'S  PLANTATION 
BITTERS. 

They  purify,  strengthen  and  invigorate. 

They  create  a  healthy  appetite. 

They  are  an  antidote  to  change  of  water  and  diet. 

They  strengthen  the  system  and  enliven  the  mind. 

They  prevent  miasmatic  and  intermittent  fevers. 

They  purify  the  breath  aud  acidity  of  the  stomach. 

They  cure  Dyspepsia  and  Constipation. 

They  cure  Liver  Complaint  aud  Nervous  Head- 
ache. J  Jc, 

They  are  the  best  Bitters  in  the  world.  They 
make  the  weak  strong,  and  are  exhausted  natme's 
great  restorer.  They  are  made  of  pure  St.  Croix 
Rum,  the  celebrated Calisaya  Bark,  roots  and  herbs, 
and  are  taken  with  the  pleasure  of  a  beverage,  with- 
out regard  to  age  or  time  of  day.  Particularly  rec 
ommended  to  delicate  persons  requiring  a  gentle 
stimulant.  Sold  by  all  Grocers,  Druggists,  Hotels 
and  Saloons.  Only  geuuiue  when  Cork  is  covered 
by  our  private  U.  S.  Stamp.  Beware  of  counter- 
feits and  refilled  bottles. 

P.  H.  DRAKE  &  CO.,  New  York. 

"  In  lifting  the  kettle  from  the  lire  I  scalded  my 
self  very  severely — one  baud  almost  to  a  crisp.  The 
torture  was  unbearable.  *  *  *  The  Mexican 
Mustang  Liniment  relieved  the  pain  almost  immedi- 
ately. It  healed  rapidly,  and  left  very  little  scar. 
"  Chas.  Foster,  420  Broad  street,  Philada." 


This  is  merely  a  sample  of  what  the  Mus- 
tang Liniment  will  do.  It  is  invaluable  in  all  cases 
of  wounds,  swellings,  sprains,  cuts,  bruises, spavins, 
etc. ,  either  upon  man  or  beast. 

Beware  of  counterfeits.  None  is  genuine  unless 
wrapped  iu  line  steel  plate  engravings,  bearing  the 
signature  of  G.  W.  Westbrook,  Chemist,  and  the 
private  stamp  of  Demas  Barnes  <fc  Co.,  New  York. 


All  who  Value  a  Beautiful  Head  of 
Hair,  and  its  preservation  from  premature  baldness 
and  turning  gray,  will  not  fail  to  use  Lyon's  Cele- 
brated Kathairon.  It  makes  the  hair  rich,  soft, 
and  glossy,  eradicates  dandruff,  and  causes  the  hair 
to  grow  with  luxuriant  beauty.  It  is  sold  every- 
where.      E.  THOMAS  LYON,  Chemist,  N.  Y. 


Lyon's  Ejchbact  of  Pure  Jamaica  Ginger, 
for  Indigestion.  Nausea,  Heartburn,  Sick  Headache, 
Cholera  Morbus,  &c,  where  a  warming,  genial 
stimulant  is  required.  Its  careful  preparation  aud 
entire  purity  make  it  a  cheap  and  reliable  article  for 
culiuary  purposes.  Sold  everywhere,  at  50  cents  per 
bottle.  ap7-ly 


The  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company  of 
New  York.— In  regard  to  this  company  the  "  Wall 
Street  Underwriter  "  says  :  "  Figures  are  potent  ar- 
guments to  employ  in  dealing  with  the  affairs  of  any 
Insurance  Company.  The  Twenty-Third  Annual 
Report  of  'The  Mutual,'  made  up  to  the  first  of 
February  instant,  is  published  in  this  paper,  and  the 
results  manifested  upon  it  are  well  wort  hy  of  consid- 
eration. In  the  first  instance,  as  the  prime  result  of 
the  past  year's  work,  the  gross  assets  of  '  The  Mu- 
tual '  show  an 

Increase  of  $2,549,871  02 

Total  increase  in  premium  account  is. .  .1,083,565  34 
The  total  iucome  of  $3,853,065  80  is  an 

iuereaseof  1,003,199  24 

Tho  full  disbursements  for  1860,  were..  1,540,130  62 
Number  of  policies  issued  Feb.  1865  to 
Feb.  1866,  were  8,600 — insuring  over 
double  the  number  of  1864,  and  over 

double  the  amount,  viz  31,394,407  00 

All  approving  comment  seems  bald  in  the  presence 
of  the  truly  eloquent  figures  presented  by  the  '  Mu- 
tual Life.'  No  record  of  success  can  be  more  com- 
plete for  any  financial  institution  iu  the  world. 
Wherever  Life  Insurance  has  been  heard  of  on  the 
American  Continent,  the  name  and  prestige  of  the 
great  '  Mutual '  of  New  York,  stand  out  pre- 
eminent. Mauy  successful  modern  companies  have 
grown  up  to  prosperity  through  the  example  and 
influence  of  the  '  Mutual  Life.'  Its  great  success, 
its  wealth,  and  its  manifest  advantages  have  been 
constantly  referred  to  as  incontrovertible  arguments 
in  favor  of  Life  Insurance."  "The  Mutual  Life" 
has  paid  losses  on  this  coast  (including  dividends,) 
during  the  last  four  years,  to  the  amount  of  $101,- 
819  02,  and  among  the  recent  losses  to  be  paid  are 
policies  for  $5,000  each,  of  Francis  E.  Webster 
and  W.  L.  Haven,  who  were  both  killed  by  the 
uitro-glyeeriue  explosion  at  the  office  of  Wells, 
Fargo  &.  Co. ,  in  addition  to  which  amounts,  there 
is  to  be  paid  about  $1,200  lor  accrued  dividends. 
S.  F.  Examiner.  * 

No  Forfeiting. — Heretofore,  if  a  person  holding 
a  Life  Policy  became  unfortunate,  and  could  not 
raise  the  sum  of  money  required  to  pay  his  next  pre- 
mium, his  policy  was  declared  forfeited.  The 
Brooklyn  Life  Insurance  Company  of  New- 
York  has  decided  to  make  every  policy  it  issues 
NONFORFEITABLE,  giving  a  PAID-UP 
POLICY  to  the  party  if  unable  to  continue  his 
payments  of  premiums.  The  dividends  of  the 
Brooklyn  Life  Insurance  Company  are  settled  annu- 
ally iu  cash.  This  plan  is  far  more  acceptable  to 
insurers  than  at  the  end  of  three  or  five  years,  as  iu 
other  companies.  The  Brooklyn  Life  Insurance 
Company  allows  thirty  days  grace  in  the  payment 
of  premiums.  Its  policies  are  incontestable,  and  its 
losses  are  promptly  paid.  The  Brookly  n  Life  Insu- 
rance Company  offers  every  known  plan  of  Life 
aud  Endowment  Insurance.  Get  a  pamphlet  at  the 
office,  240  Montgomery  street,  southeast  corner  of 
Pine,  from  Stephen  T.  King,  General  Manager,  or 
David  B.  Arrowsmith,  Local  Agent. 

MEDICAL  ADVICE. 
Dr.  Wm.  K.  Doherty's  Medical  and  Surgical 
Institute  is  becoming  a  sine  qua  non  to  the  welfare 
of  our  State  and  health  of  our  citizens  .  and  his 
rapidly  spreading  reputation,  although  it  may  excite 
surprise,  is  but  the  signal  of  skill,  and  follows  as  the 
natural  effect  of  such  a  cause.  We  are  personally 
acquainted  with  gentlemen  who  had  suffered  for 
years  under  chronic  disease,  and  who  had  taken  ad- 
vantage of  every  available  means  that  promised 
relief,  but  without  success,  until  they  called  upon 
Dr.  Doherty,  who,  in  an  incredibly  short  space  ot 
time,  has  given  thein  entire  relief.  It  is  gratifying 
to  announce  this  fact  ,  because  the  Doctor  is  a  gentle- 
man who  seeks,  not  by  defamation  of  others,  to  es- 
tablish his  reputation,  or  to  rear  the  superstructure  of 
his  own  upon  the  ruiu  of  another's  fame.  The  Doc- 
tor conducts  his  Institute  in  a  manner  that  must  be 
gratifying  to  all  his  patients.  He  examines,  hears, 
advises,  aud  recommends,  without  charge,  and  the 
patient,  after  hearing  bis  terms  for  treatment,  can 
accept  or  reject  at  pleasure.  In  no  case  does  the 
Doctor  make  a  charge  unless  he  effects  a  cure.  This 
he  is  able  to  do,  because  he  feels  the  confidence 
which  long  experience  has  given,  and  no  doubt  the 
consolation  which  appertains  to  that  confidence. 
Persons  afflicted  with  either  acute  or  chronic  disease, 
would  do  well  to  consult  the  Doctor  ;  at  all  events, 
it  can  do  no  harm,  as  for  consultation  he  asks  no  fee ; 
nor  does  he  insist  on  obedience  to  his  advice  unless 
the  patient  places  himself  under  his  care.  His  offices 
are  on  Sacramento  street,  opposite  the  Pacific  Mail 
Steamship  office.  —  San  Francisco  News. 


Buggies  and  Carriages. — If  you  want  a  trim 
neat,  light,  and  yet  durable  style  of  buggy  or  car 
riage,  go  to  Nos.  37  and  39  Webb  street,  between 
Sacramento  aud  California,  where  you  will  find  just 
such  a  vehicle  as  will  suit  your  taste.  Pollard  &, 
pAHVILL  not  only  deal  in  these  articles,  but  manu- 
facture them  to  order,  and  do  repairing,  painting, 
ti  hunting  and  blacksmithiug  with  dispatch  and  neat- 
ness.   Go  aud  see  them. — California  Leader. 


Wagons. r- Every  species  of  wagons  that  any  one 
can  need,  made  of  the  best  material,  well  fitted  and 
finished,  can  be  found  at  the  Depot  of  Mills  &. 
Evans,  587  Market  street,  two  doors  from  Second. 
Li,jht,  Express,  Milk  aud  Thorougbbrace  wagons, 
also  Lumber  Gears,  Extra  Poles  and  Whiffletrees, 
with  Lead  Bars,  are  kept  constantly  on  hand. — Cali- 
fornia Leader. 


For  the  best  finished,  fashionable  hats,  go  to 
McGann  &  Co.'s,  Hatters,  654  Washington  street, 
two  doors  below  the  Plaza. 


Dainty  Work. — About  the  daintiest  work  -we 
ever  saw  were  specimens  of  hair  jewelry  at  the  es- 
tablishment of  Mrs.  C.  Cook,  615  Clay  street,  between 
Montgomery  aud  Kearny  streets,  yesterday:  This 
lady  manufactures  all  sorts  of  jewelry — watch-chains, 
earrings,  finger  rings,  breastpins,  aud  various  other 
kinds  of  ornaments — from  human  hair.  We  wit 
nessed  the  process  of  manufacture,  aud  it  is  intricate 
and  ingenious  iu  the  highest  degree. — S-  F.  Exam 
iner. 


E  Goldsmith  &.  Co.,  at  No.  646  Sacramento 
street,  three  doors  below  Kearny,  have  just  received 
some  beautiful  new  style  Garbaldis  and  Zouave 
Jackets,  that  for  taste  and  style  are  particularly 
worthy  of  the  attention  of  our  lady  readers.  They 
have  also  a  fine  assortment  of  Ladies'  Furnishing 
Goods  of  the  choicest  description.  French  corsets 
for  one  dollar.  A  great  variety  of  French  toilet  and 
faucy  articles,  the  newest  styles  of  buttons  and 
dress  trimmings,  may  always  be  found  at  Gold- 
smith's, 646  Sacramento  street. 


gCHOOL  FURNITURE. 


RANKIN'S  PATENT  SCHOOL  DESK  ; 
Liquid  Slatiug  lor  Blackboard; 
ARITHMETICAL  FRAME; 

Babbitoniau  System  of  Writing — tho  Best  System 
known. 

W.  HOLT, 

de<  305  Montgomery  street,  Room  No  2. 


JPARRAND'S  OSCILLATING 

Amalgamator. 

THIS  UNRIVALLED  IMPROVEMENT  FOR  THE  RE- 

ducliou  and  amalgamation  of  Gold  and  Silver  Ores,  is  now 
running  daily  at  No.  206  Commercial  street,  between  Front 
and  Davis. 

THIS  AMALGAMATOR  INVOLVES 

NO  COMPLICATED  MACHINERY 

And  possesses  the  folk  wing  advantages  over 
all  thers  now  in  rue  : 

1st.  It-  is  capable  of  doing  double  the  am  untof 
work  of  the  ordinary  Pans,  at  a  saving  of  more  than 
one-half  the  power. 

2d.  It  reduces  the  pulp  finer,  thereby  producing  a 
better  result. 

3d.  It  requires  less  quicksilver  by  one-half  at  a 
charge,  whilst  the  loss  by  trituration  is  comparatively 
nothing. 

4th.  As  an  Amalgamator  for  gold  contained  m  snl- 
phurets,  as  also  for  very  tine  or  flour  gold,  it  has  no 
equal. 

5th.  This  Amalgamator  involves  no  complicated 
machinery,  and  is  less  liable  to  get  out  of  order  than 
any  of  the  pans. 

Trials  made  with  this  machine  in  the  presence  of 
experts,  during  the  last  six  mouths,  have  been  pro- 
nounced highly  satisfactory.  It  is  peculiarly  wel  1 
adapted  to  employment  by  small  mining  operators  in 
distant  localities,  as  it  can  readily  be  taken  to  pieces 
and  packed  upon  mules. 

A  large  size  machine  is  constructed  without  dies  or 
mnllers,  but  simply  with  arms  to  act  as  stirrers,  to 
be  used  in  connection  with  several  of  the  Amalga- 
mators as  a  "  Separator,"  as  it  is  found  that  the  pecu- 
liar motion  given  to  these  arms,  in  connection  with 
the  concave  shape  of  the  body  of  the  machine,  ren 
dera  it  most  effectual  for  such  a  purpose. 

W.  D.  FAURAND 


14 


THE  CALIFORNIAN. 


|  June  9th 


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sheets,  Imok  manuscripts,  pamphlets,  and  all  mail 
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Seeds,  cuttings,  roots,  etc.,  2  cents  for  each  4 
ounces  or  less  quantity. 

All  packages  of  mail  matter  not  charged  with  let- 
ter postage  must  be  so  arranged  that  the  same  cau 
be  conveniently  examined  by  Postmasters;  if  not, 
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Unsealed  circulars,  to  one  address,  not  exceeding 
three  in  number,  2  cents,  and  in  the  same  proportion 
for  a  greater  number. 

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weighs  over  \  pounds. 

All  postage  matter,  for  delivery  within  the  United 
States,  must  be  prepaid  by  stamps  (except  duly  certi- 
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the  above  rates  will  be  charged  on  delivery. 

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I  ft. 


h.  Mcdonald  &  co., 


WHOLESALE 


To  decipher,  lower  the  top  of  the  paper  to  an  angle 
of  forty-live  degrees ;  then  close  one  eye,  and 
read  at  your  ease. 


r  h  e 


AWARDED  the  HIGHEST  PREMIUM 

AT  THE 

State  Fair  of  California, 

The  only  Fair  on  the  Pacific  cnapt  at  wnicii  any  two 
double-thread  Machines  were  exhibited  iu  competition  in 

186  5. 

If  there  is  a  FLORENCE  SEWING  M  A 
chine  within  one  thousand  miles  of  this  office 
that  i3  not  working  well,  it  will  be  attended 
to  if  1  am  informed  of  it,  without  expense  to 
the  owner.  SAMUEL  HILL, 

General  Agent, 

111  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco. 
THE 


S    E  WING    M  A  C  II   I   N  E 

RECEIVED  THE  FIRST  PREMIUM,  A  COLD  MEDAL, 
at  the  Grout  Exhibition  of  the 

AMERICAN  INSTUTE,  -  -  -  New  York, 
1  8  C  5  . 

mylO  3m 


^JANTY  &  WAGNER, 

(SUCCESSORS  TO  J.  REGAN,)] 
WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL 

Confectioners, 

111  Montgomery  street,  bet.  Bush  and  Suttei-. 

N.  B. — All  candies  sold  by  us  are  warranted  to  be  man- 
ufactured from  Stewart's  double  refined  Sugai ,  and  to  be 
equal  to  any  manufactured  in  the  .State.  Country  mer- 
chants solicited  to  examine  our  stuck  and  prices.  Goods 
dolivorod  to  auy  part  of  the  city  free  of  charge.  fe24  3iu 


DRUGGISTS 


R-H.M 


IMPORTERS  OF 

Drugs,     Chemicals,  Herbs, 

PATENT  MEDICINES, 
PAINTS,  TARNISHES, 
ACIDS,  DYE  STUFFS, 
OILS,  PERFUMERIES, 
TOILET  ARTICLES, 


BRUSHES. 

We  are  just  receiving,  direct  from  Spain,  a  complete 
assortment  of 

CORKS !    CORKS !  CORKS 
which  we  otfer  at  lower  prices  than  usual 

Dlsti.ng,    Paint,  Yaunirit,    Shoe,  Scrub, 
Hair  and  Tooth  Brushes  : 

We  have  a  splendid  stock,  which  we  offer  at  extremely 
low  prices. 

HERBS. 

We  have  received,  direct  from  the  Shakers,  all  kinds 
of  fresh  Herbs,  aud  intend  to  keep  every  article  used  of 
this  description. 

Tilden'6  Solid  and  Fluid  Extracts,  Pills, 
and  Concentrated  Preparations. 

We  have  on  hand,  and  shall  keep  a  full  assortment  of 
the  above  celebrated  preparations,  which  we  oiler  to  the 
trade  at  such  prices  as  will  defy  competition. 

FLAVORING  EXTRACTS. 

A  great  variety,  not  to  be  equalled  in  the  market  as  to 
quality  and  price. 

Parties  about  purchasing  would  do  well  to  givo  us  a  call 
and  examine  prices  and  goods  before  purcliasiug  else- 
where. 


PLAIN 
GUM  TKETII. 

We  have  the  largest  assortment  ot  any  house  on  the 
Pacific  co;st. 

GOLD  FOIL. 

We  arc  manulaeturing  Foil  which  wc  can  recommend  to 
the  profession  as  being  a  superior  article.  We  also 
have  ou  hand  a  full  assortment,  of  all  the  various- makers 

VULCANIZERS, 

DENTAL  CHAIRS  AND  LATHKS, 

FILE 8 , 

VULCANITE  AND  GUTTA  PERCH  A, 

FORCEPS, 

BURRS,  DRILLS  AND  EXCAVATORS, 

MIRRORS,  etc. 

We  have,  besides  the  above,  cverv  article  used  by  tne 
Dentist,  and  are  daily  iu  receipt  of  all  the  new  Inventions 
in  use. 

Dentists  will  find  it  to  their  interest  to  call  and  examine 
our  stock  and  prices  before  purchasing  elsewhere. 

R.    H.    McDonald    &  Co., 

CORNER  SANSOME  AND  PINE  STREETS, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

Am 


rpiIE  LIGHT  OF  THE  WORLD. 

DR.  MAGGIEL'S 

Pills  and  Saly  e. 


These  Life  giving  remedies  are  now,  for  the  first 
time,  given  publicly  to  the  world.  For  over  a  quar- 
ter of  .i  century  of  private  practice  the  ingredients  in 
these 

LIFE-GIVING  PILLSI 

Have  been  used  with  the  greatest  success.  Their 
mission  is  not  onlv'to  prevent  disease,  but  to  cure. 
They  search  out  the  various  maladies  by  which  the 
patient  is  suH'cring,  and  re-invigorate  the  failing  sys 
tern.  To  the  axed  and  infirm  a  few  doses  of  these 
valuable  PILLS  will  prove  to  be 

A  VERY  FOUNTAIN  OF  YOUTH, 
For  in  every  case  they  add  new  life  and  vitality, 
and  restore  the  waning  energies  to  their  pristine 
state.  To  the  young  and  middle  nged,  they  will 
prove  most  invaluable,  as  a  ready,  specilic,  and 
sterling  medicine.  Here  is  a  dream  realized,  that 
Ponce  dc  Leon  sought  for  three  hundred  years  ago, 
aud  never  found.  He  looked  for  a  fountain  that 
would  restore  the  old  to  vigor  and  make  youth  ever 

AN    ETERNAL    SPRING ! 
It  was  left  for  this  day  and  hour  to  realize  the 
dream,  aud  show  in  one  glorious  fact,  the  magic  that 
made  it  fair. 

THESE   FAMOUS  REMEDIES 

Cannot  stay  the  flight  of  years,  but  they  can  force 
back,  and  hold  aloof,  diseases  that  might  triumph 
over  the  aged  and  the  young.  Let  none  hesitate 
then,  but  seize  the  favorable  epportunity  that  oilers. 
When  takeu  as  prescribed— 

FOR  BILLIOUS  DISORDERS 
Nothing  can  be  more  productive  of  cure  than  these 
Pills.  Their  almost  magic  influence  is  felt  at  ouce  ; 
and  the  usual  concomitants  of  this  most  distressing 
disease  are  removed.  These  remedies  are  made 
from  the  purest 

VEGETABLE    C  O  MP  O  USD  S. 
They  will  not  barm  the  most  delicate  female,  and 
can  be  ^iven  with  good  effect  in  prescribed  doses  to 
the  youngest  babe. 

FOR   CUTANEOUS  DISORDERS 
And  all  eruptions  of  the  skin,  the  SALVE  sis  most 
invaluable.    It  does  not  heal  externally  alone,  but 
penetrates  witn  the  most  searching  effects  to  the  very 
root  of  tho  evil ! 

Dr.  Maggiel's  Pills 

Invariably  cure  the  following  diseases: 
Asthma, 

Bowel  Complaints, 
Coughs, 
Colds, 

Chest  Diseases, 
Costiveness, 
Dyspepsia, 
Diarrhoea, 
Dropsy, 
Debility, 

Female  Complaints,  Fever  and  Ague 

Headache, 
Indigestion, 
Influenza, 

Inflammation, 

Inward  Weakness, 
Liver  Complaint. 
Luwness  of  Spirits, 
Ringworm, 

Rheumatism, 
Suit  Rheum, 
Scalds. 

Skin  Diseases. 

Notice. —  Xono  genuine  without  the  engraved 
trade  mark  around  each  pot  or  box,  signed  by  Dr.  .1. 
Maekiel,  43  Fulton  st.,  New  York,  to  counterfeit 
which  is  felony. 

13P  Sold  bv  nil  respectable  Dealers  in  Medicines 
throughout  the  United  States— at  cents  per  box  or 
pot. 


PEIRCE, 
*  FURNITURE  AND 


apll  ly 


J  STREET 


SACRAMENTO 


»p28  3m 


CARD, 


M.  Howard's  Hair  Restorative, 

NO.  314  MONTGOMERY  .-TKEET, 

•    SAN  FRANCISCO. 

THE  ABOVE  PREPARATION,  which  has  been  recently 
dist-oveicd  and  patented,  is  purely  a  Vegetable  Extract 

Tho  undersigned  are  fully  aware  of  the  many  unsatis- 
factory aud  useless  preparations  for  restoring  hair  that 
have  been  Introduced  to  the  puplic,and  how  little  confi- 
dence is  to  be  placed  iu  auy  pretensions  to  restoring  the 
hair  to  bal.l  heads,  but, 

HAVING  TRIED  MR.  HOWARD'S  PREPARATION, 
wo  are  ablo  to  state  that  it  not  only  prevents  the  Hair 
from  falling  out, 'bill  absolutely  reproduces  it,  and  that 
we  now  have  good  suits  of  Han  growing  w  here  we  wee 
entirely  bald.  Therefore,  as  a  matter,  ol  justice  to  Mr. 
Howard,  and  of  consolation  to  bald  hearts,  we  tender  him 
tins  testimonial  Mr  H.  keeps  the  article  lor  sale  in 
bottles,  with  directions  for  its  use.  or  applies  it  huusclt, 
as  mav  be  decire.l. 
S.in  Francisco,  April  0. 1866. 

Frank  M.  Thaver,  R.  A-  Redman, 

W.  S  Davis,  "  J.  Q-  Rounlree, 

T- A-  Hall,  G.  W.  Gamble, 

A.  C.  Knox  J.  W.  Miller, 

Bradbury  Sauborn,  E.  C.  McComb, 

George  Wells,  D.  C.  Ross, 

Joseph  Wells,  ap7 


^RANKLIN  PRINTING  OFFICE, 

509  CLAY  STREET,  (near  Sansome,) 

SAN  FRANCISCO, 

"  The  oldest  and  most  complete  Book  and  Job  priniinf 
establishment  in  California.  All  descriptions  of  work 
neatlv  executed  at  low  rates." 

jal-tf  FRANK  EASTMAN,  Proprietor. 


Bedding  Warerooms. 


Nos.  415,  417,  and  419  California  Street, 

NEAR  MONTGOMERY. 

THIS  STOCK  OF  FURNITURE,  etc.,  was  selected  with 
great  care,  and  special  attention  given  to  the  wonts  of 
this  market.  F.NT  RELY  AT  THE  EAST.  It  is  NOT 
COMPOSED  OF  REFOF.  GOODS,  ODIla  AND  ENDS  OF 
OTHER  HOUSED  that  have  lately  closed  out  here,  but 
CONSISTS  ENTIRELY  OF  NEW  GOODS,  made  ofter  the 
latest  patterns  and  m  the  most  durable  manner. 

The  present  Slock  is  fully  TWICE  as  large  as  that  of  any 
Other  bouse  bere.  Parlies  having  any  doubts  of  this,  or 
that  tin-  assortment  i<  not  superior  to  any  hi  the  city,  can 
easily  satisfy  themselves  by  calling. 

The  stock  of  Case  Goods  is  larger  than  ever  before. 

.1.  PEIKCE, 
Ware-rooms  415,  417  and  419  Calilorals  streot, 

mhl63m  SAN  FRANCISCO. 


B.  F.  Sterett,  533 
Clay  St.,  a  few  doors 
below  Montgomery, 
continues  to  print  all 
kinds  of  Books,  Bills, 
Circulars,  Cards,  etc. 
in  superior  style,  and 
at  reasonable  prices. 


RODGERS  JODNSON, 


ODD  FELLOWS'  HALL,  329  Montgomery  slr"et, 
inli30  3ni  Sau  Francisco. 


JfrATPHANlEL  GRAY, 

UNDERTAKER, 
CITY  AND  COUNTY  SEA'TON, 

G41    S.tCltHMENTO   STREET,  CORNER   OF  WEBB 

'ole  agents  for   BARSTOWS   PATENT  METALLIC  J 
BURIAL  CASES  and  CASKETS. 


Edward  Bosom  &  Co., 

Printers, 

And  Blank  Book  Manufacturers, 
517  CLAY  STREET, 

Between  Montgomery  and  Sansome  Sts., 
San  Francisco. 


£tlIARLES  P.  RIEHN, 
or 

Riehn,    Hem  me    &  Co., 

ASSAY  ERS, 

GIVES  LESSONS  IN  ASSAYING — AI.SO  IN"  MINER- 
alocy  and  Chemistry,  as  far  as  required  to  bet  nine  a  Poe- 
tical Assayor. 

Montgomery  street,  corner  of  Sacramento,  under  Don- 
ohoe,  Kelly  &  Co.'s  Bank.  San  Francisco.         mar 6  3m 


[une  9th  J 


THE    C ALPFORNI AN 


DISTANCES  FROM  SAN  FRANCISCO 

To  various  points : 

|To  Fort  Point,  4  miles,  by  omnibus,  four  trips  a  day. 
Lone  Mountain,  3,  street  railway. 
Seal  Rock,  6,  cars  and  omnibus,  two  trips  a  day. 
Mission  Dolores,  street  railways ;  Ocean  House  8. 
San  Mateo,  20,  railroad. 
Crystal  Springs,  23,  railroad  and  stage 
Half  Moon  Hay,  29,     do.  do. 
Redwood  city ,  30,  do. 
Mountain  View,  38,  do. 
Santa  Clara,  47,  do. 

San  Jose,  50,  do.,orsteamerandstage,54. 
Alviso,4t),  steamer,  daily. 

Almaden  mines,  67,  steamer  and  stage  ;  or  by  rail- 
road and  stage,  64. 
Santa  Cruz,  78,  railroad  and  stage. 
Oakland,  8,  steamer'and  railroad,  six  trips  a  day. 
Alameda,  11,  steamer,  three  trips  a  day. 
San  Leandro,  15,  steamer  and  railroad. 
Mission  San  Jose,  34,  steamer,  railroad  and  stage. 
Warm  Springs,  37,  do.  do. 

Benicia,  SO,  steamer  leaves  at  4  P.  M.  daily. 
Sacramento,  117,  do.  do. 
Stockton,  117,      do.  do. 
Martinez,  33,  do. 
Paclieco,  38,  steamer  and  stage. 
Diablo  Coal  Mines,  44,  steamer  and  stage. 
Bftisnn,  50,  steamer,  or  54  by  steamer  and  stage 
Vallejo,  28 ;  Mare  Island,  37;  Napa  city,  50' 
White  Sulphur  Springs,  67,  stage  from  Napa. 
Geyser  Springs,  118,  do.  do. 

Sonoma,  52,  steamer,  tri  weekly. 
Petaluma,  48,  steamer,  daily. 
Healdsburg,  80,  stage  daily  from  Petaluma 
San  Quentin,  12,  steamer  ;  Farallone  Islands,  20. 


JgROOKLYN  HOTEL, 

1852.    SAN    FRANCISCO.  1866. 


The  Proprietor  of  the  above-named  Hotel  wishes 
to  inform  his  patrons  and  the  Travelling  Public  that  be 
has  opened  that  elegant  Brick  Fireproof  Hotel,  situated 
on  the 

S.  E.  Corner  of  Pine  and  Sansome  streets, 

SAN  FHANCISCO. 

It  was  built  expressly  for  a  Hotel,  with  all  the  modern 
conveniences  attached  to  it. 

Gas  and  water  are  supplied  throughout  the  House. 
Rooms  are  well  ventilated,  and  the  Public  will  Audi 
Hotel  all  the  comforts  of  a  home.   The  Hotel  is  spacious, 
and  well  adapted  for  thu  use  of  Families.   Suits  of  Rooms 
can  be  had  on  reasonable  terms. 

LARGE  READING  ROOM 

Attached  to  the  Hotel,  "" 

Containing  500  Volumes  of  Standard  Works, 

Which  is  entirely  for  the  use  of  patrons. 

THE  CITY  COACH,  with  the  name  of  the  Hotel  on  it, 
will  be  in  readiness  at  the  Wharf,  on  the  arrival  of  each 
steamer,  to  convey  passengers  and  baggage  to  tho  HoJel, 
free  of  charge.  JO   N  KELLY,  Jr., 

my6  3m  Proprietor. 


rj^HE  PACIFIC 

INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

HAVING  ADDED 

MARINE  INSURANCE 

TO  THEIR  BUSINESS,  ARE  NOW  PREPARED  TO  ISSUE 
POLICIES  ON 

Marine,  Inland  Navigation,  and  Fire  Risks, 

ON     THE     MOST     FAVORABLE  TERMS. 

Office,  43G  California  street. 

J.  HUNT,  President 
A.  i.  RALSTON,  Secretary.  ^         my5  3m 


T 


HE  CALIFORNIAN 


j^JARKET  STREET  RAILROAD 

CHANGE    OF    TIME  TABLE. 

ON  AND  AFTER  AUGUST  1,  1865,  Trains  will  start 
rom  the  City  aun  the  Mission  every  hour-  instead  of  every 
forty  minutes,  as  heretofore. 

Trains  from  the  City  will  start  at  the  odd  hour,  com- 
mencing at  6:30  A.  M  and  every  hour  thereafter  until 
11.80  P.  M/ 

mh25  F.  McCOi*PIN,  Superintendent. 


"Y^THO  WANTS 

Profitable  Employment 

OR 

PAYING  INVESTMENTS? 

PARTIES  desirous  of  getting  into  OLD  ESTABLISHED 
BUSINE-^5  CONCERNS,  eithor  as  Partners  or  Sole  Piopri 
etors  in  Mercantile,  Manufacturing,  Trading,  or  any  kind 
of  business  In  city  or  country,  can  do  so  by  applyiug  at 
my  office. 

Men  desiring  profitable  situations  in  business  houses, 
with  MONEY  TO  LOAN  on  satisfactory  security,  can  se- 
cure such  appointments. 

Partnerships  negotiated,  where  large  or  small  capital  is 
required. 

Business  Interests  sold  quickly  for  cash. 

Real  Estato  bought  and  sold. 

Help  furnished  lor  all  kinds  of  employment. 

Situations  obtained  for  parties  desiring  employment. 

S.  P.  WHITMAN, 
Property,  General  Agcncv,  aud  Business  House,  313 
Montgomery  str«*l,  Sao  Francisco.  niurl7  3m 


TERMS— FIVE  DOLLARS  PER  ANNUM,  IN  ADVANCE 

A  PAPER  FOR  THE  TIMES 

DEVOTED  TO  LIVE  TOPICS, 

THE  DISSEMINATION  OF  A  PURE  LITERA 
TURE,  DEVELOPMENT  OF  HOME  TALENT, 
AND  THE 

BEST  INTERESTS   OF  CALIFORNIA. 

Published 

EVERY   SATURDAY  MORNING 

AT 

532  MERCHANT  STREET, 
BY   THE   CALIFORNIAN    PUBLISHING  COMPANY. 

A.   A.  ST1CKNEY,  J.  P.  BOGARnCS,  W.  J.   BINGRAM.  C.  B.  WEBB. 


No  effort  will  be  spared  to  enable  The  Catjfobxian 
to  appeal  to  the  Public  for  support,  not  only  as  the 

BEST  JOURNAL  ON  THE  PACIFIC  COAST, 

But  also  as  being 

The  Equal  of  any  on  this  Continent 


THE  BEST  TALENT  OF  THE  STATE 

Is  employed  upon  The  Caukobnia.t. 

The  voluntary  notices  bestowed  by  the  press  of  the 
Eastcni  cities  have  been  no  less  warm  and  con 
gratulatory  than  those  which  we  have  received  at 
the  hands  of  our  coteuiporaries  of  the  Pacific 
Their  verdict  is  unanimously  in  favor  of 

THE  CALIFORNIAN 

and  all  join  in  pronouncing  their  unqualified  appro- 
val of  its  unequalled  merits. 
Its  reputation  is  now  fully  established.    It  is  not 

EXCELLED  BY  ANY  LITERARY  JOURNAL 

on  the  Continent. 


The  Teems  of  the  Caufobnux  are  $5  per  year,  mailed 
to  subscribers,  invariably  in  advance  ;  50  cents  per  month 
Berved  by  carriers. 

All  communications  and  correspondence  must  be  ad- 
dressed to  the  Publishers  of  The  Cujfobnjan, 

No  53fi  Menhan  street, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 


QPPOSHTON  STEAMER-DAY, 

FRIDAY,  JUNE  15,  1S66. 

GREAT  REDUCTION   IN  RATES, 
VIA  NICARAGUA  ! 

THE  CENTRAL  AMERICAN  TRANSIT  COMPANY  will 
despatch  the  favorite  Steamship 

MOSES  TAYLOR, 
On  Friday,     -  -         -     June  15th, 

From  Mission  street  Wharf,  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M.,  precisely 
Connecting  at  GREYTOWN  with  the  splendid  Steamship 
SANTIAGO  , 
1.500  Tons,  fob  New  Yobk. 
For  Passage  and  Freight,  and  Insurance  on  Treas- 
ure, at  greatly  REDUCED  RATES,  apply  to 

I.W.  RAYMOND,  Agent, 
Northwest  corner  Battery  and  Pine  streets. 

Up  stairs,  San  Franciseo. 


I  BOOK 

AND  STATIONERY 

STORE. 


THE  UNDERSIGNED  DESIRE  TO  INFORM  THE  PUBLIC 
that  they  have  opened  a 

School  Book  and  Stationery 

STORE, 

A.t  691  Market,  Corner  Third, 

"  NUCLEUS  "  BUILDING, 

With  a  complete  assortment  of  everything  pertain- 
ing to  a  first  class  establishment. 


Having  unsurpassed  facilities  for  obtaining 
ail  our  stock,  direct  from  the  Publishers  and 
Manufacturers,  on  the  most  favorable  terms, 
we  feel  confident  of  giving  satistisfaction  to 
all  who  may  favor  us  with  their  patronage. 

In  addition  to  our  large  stock  of  the  above 

goods,  we  shall  keep  constantly  on  hand  a 
complete  assortment  of 

BIBLES, 

PRAYER  BOOKS, 

BLANK  BOOKS, 

PHOTOGRAPH  ALBUMS, 
PORTFOLIOS, 

WRITING  DESKS, 
SCRAP  BOOKS, 
JUVENILE  BOOKS, 
CHILDREN'S  TOV  BOOKS, 
CARDS,         BLOCKS,  and  GAMES. 


Especial  attention  given  to 

Ladies'  Stationery, 

embracing  all  the  varieties  of  Note,  Letter 
Paper,  and  Envelopes,  all  which  we  stamp 
with  purchaser's  INITIALS,  in  colors  or 
plain. 


Wedding  and  Visiting  Cards 
engraved,  written,  or  printed  in  the  latest 
style  and  at  the  lowest  rate3.    Monograms  of 
all  kinds  cut  to  order. 

A  liberal  discount  made  to  Teachers  and 
the  Trade. 


TYLER   BROS , 

No.  C32    WASHINGTON  STREET, 

AND 


^LLEN'S 

LUNG  BALSAM! 


091  MARKET  STREET,  CORNER  THIRD 
myl2-lin 


A  CERTAIN  CURE  FOR 
COUGHS,  COLDS,  INFLUENZA,  NIGHT 
SWEATS,  BRONCHITIS,  SPITTING 
OF  BLOOD,  ASTHMA,  WHOOPING 
COUGH, 

C  ONS  UMP  TJON, 

And  all  Diseases  of  the 

CHEST   AND  LUNGS! 


This  celebrated  Cough  Remedv  effects  a  speedy 
cure  by  producing  a  free  and  easy  expectoration, 
heals  aliscesses  of  the  lungs,  prevents  unhealthy  se- 
cretion of  the  bronchial  tubes,  and  removes  from 
them  those  accumulations  of  morbid  matter  which 
cause  oppression  of  the  breast,  difficulty  of  breath- 
ing, etc  ,  soothes  irritation  of  the  respiratory  organs 
which  produces  cough. 

PRICE  ONE  DOLLAR  PER  BOTTLE. 

Sold  by  all  Druggists. 

HOSTETTER,  SMITH  &  DEAN,  Agents, 
401  Battery  corner  of  Clay, 

ap27-3m  San  Francisco. 


jyn.  HUMPHREYS' 

Homoeopathic  Specifics 

Have  proved,  from  the  most  ample  experience,  an 
entire  success — simple,  prompt,  efficient  and  reliable. 
They  are  the  only  Medicines  perfectly  adapted  to 
popular  use — so  simple  that  mistakes  cannot  be  made 
in  using  them  ;  so  harmless  as  to  be  free  from  dan- 
ger, and  so  efficient  as  to  be  always  reliable.  They 
have  received  the  highest  commendation  from  all, 
aud  will  always  render  satisfaction. 

No.  1  cures  Ferers,  Congestion,  Inflammations. 0  25 

"  2  cures  Worms, Worm  Fever,  Worm  Colic,  25 

"  3  cures  Crying  Colic,  or  Teething  of  in- 

"  4  cares  utarrkoeabi  children  or  adults...  25 

fonts   25 

"  5  cures  Dysentery,  Griping,  Bilious  Colic,  25 

"  6  cures  Cholera  Morbus,  Nausea, Vomiting,  25 

"  7  cures  Coughs,  Colds,  Bronchitis   25 

"  8  cures  Neuralgia,  Toothache,  Faceaehe.  25 

"  9  cures  y/i  (((/«c7(cs,sick-Hcadaclie, Vertigo,  25 

"  10  cures  Dyspepsia,  Billions  Stomach   25 

"  \\  cmes  Suppressed,  or  Painful  PeriodB.-  25 

"  13  cures  Croup,  Cough,  difficult  Breathing,  25 

"  14  cures  Salt  R la  um ,  Erysipelas  Ei -options,  25 

"  15  cures  Rheumatism ,  Rheumatic  Pains...  25 

•'  16  cures  Fever  ami  Ague,  Chill  Fever,  Agues  50 

"  17  cures  Piles,  blind  or  bleeding   50 

"  18  cures  Optlialmia, and  Soreor  Weak  Eyes,  50 

"  19  cures  Catarrh, acute  orchrouic, Influenza  50 

"  20  cures  Whoopi ng-Cou gh ,  violent  coughs.  50 

"  21  cures  Asthma,  oppressed  Breathing   50 

"  22  cores  Ear  Discharges,  impaired  Hearing  50 
"  23 tines  Scrofula,  Enlarged  Glands,  Swell- 
ings   50 

"  24  cures  General  Debility,  Physical  Weak- 
ness   50 

"  25  cures  Dropsy,  and  scanty  Secretions   50 

"  26cures  iS'e«-iS>'8VA-«ess,sicknessfrom  Riding,  50 

"  27  enres  Kidney  Disease,  Gravel   50 

"  29  cures  Sore  Mouth,  Canker   50 

"  31  cures  Paiirfxd  Periods,  even  with  Spasms  50 

"  32  cures  Sujerings  at  change  of  life  $1.00 

•'  33  ewes  Epilepsy,  Spasms,  St  Vitus'  Dance.  1.00 

"  34  cores  DiplUheria,  U  lcer&ted  Sore  Throat,  50 

FAMILY  CASES. 

35  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book  $10  00 

28  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book   8  00 

20  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book   fi  00 

These  Remedies,  by  the  case  or  single  box,  are 
sent  to  any  part  of  the  country,  by  Mail  or  Express, 
on  receipt  of  the  price. 

HOSTETTER,  SMITH  &  DEAN, 
401  and  403  Battery  street,  corner  of  Clay, 
ap27-3m  San  Francisco. 


BEAUTIFUL  COMPLEXION  ! 


Secret  of  Beauty ! 


USE  GEO.  W.  LAIRDS 

BLOOM  OF  YOUTH, 

See  that  the  name, 
GEO.    W.  LAIRD, 
is  stamped 


ON    THE  BOTTLE. 


No  other  is  Genuine. 


LIQUID  PEARL! 
The  best  article  in  the 
world  for  Preserving 

and  Beautifying 
tho  Complexion  and 
Skin. 

This  magnificent  Toilet  Article  is  prepared  only 
by  GEO.  W.  LAIRD,  74  Fulton  street,  New  York, 
formerly  483  Broadway. 
Sold  by  Druggists  everywhere. 

HOSTETTER,  SMITH  &  DEAN, 
401  and  403  Battery  street,  corner  of  Clay. 
ap27-3m  San  Fra  ncieco. 


16 


THE  CALIFORNIA!*. 


[June  9th 


M 


AGUIRE'S  OPERA  HOUSE. 


T.  MAC.UIRE  - 

C.  L.  GRAVES  - 
W.  STEVENSON 


-  PBOPEnTrOB. 

5t.agf  mirages' 
Tbeasubeb. 


SATURDAY  AFTERNOON  AND  EVENING, 
JUNE  9,  1866. 


$1  00 

50 
25 


PRICES  OF  ADMISSION: 

Dress  Circle  and  Orchestra,  - 
Parquet,  - 

Upper  Circle,  ------ 

SATURDAY  AFTERNOON, 

Mr.  John  McCullough, 

SUPPORTED     BY     THE     LEGITIMATE  COMPANY, 
Will  appear  in  the  comedy  of 

A  WONDER; 

Or,  A  Woman  Keeps  a  Secret! 

SATURDAY  EVENING  : 

|£,  BENEFIT  OF 

Messrs.  Stackhouse  1  Nichols. 

On  which  occasion  will  be  played, 

DREAMS    OF  DELUSION 

RECITATION  OF 

SHAMUS  O'BRIEN, 

BY  MR.  McCULLOUGH. 
To  conclude  w  ith 

HIS  LAST  LEGS! 
O'CALLAGHAN  HARRY  COURTAINE. 


NEXT  WEEK: 

EDWIN  FORREST 

WILL  PLAY 

BRUTUS,  Monday 

MACBETH,  Tuesday. 

BRUTUS,  Wednesday. 

RICHELIEU,  Thursday. 

RICHARD  III,  Friday. 

Reserved  Seats  $1  50 

Dress  Circle  and  Parquet   1  00 

Upper  Circle   50 


J^OW  PRICES 

IN 

Gents'  Furnishing  Goods, 

AT 

WARD'S  SHIRT  STORES, 

323  MONTGOMERY  STREET, 
AND  CORNER  OF  MARKET  AND  THIRD  STREETS, 
S^iV  FRANCISCO. 


P.  S. — Printed  directions  for  self-measurement  for 
Shirts  and  Price  Lists  of  Goods  sent  free  by  mail. 
ap21-3m 


s 


PRING  MEDICINE. 


PURIFY  THE  BLOOD 

AND 

Constitution, 

with 

LE  DOYEN'S 

SARSAPARILLA, 

YELLOW  DOCK, 

IODINE  ALTERATIVE. 


CRANE  &  BRIGHAM,  Agents, 
myl9  lm  SAN  FRANCISCO 


"l^ATURE  UNVEILED, 
-*-'  AT  THE 

PACIFIC  MUSEUM  OF  ANATOMY  AND  SCIENCE 

Eureka  Theatre,  Montgomery  street, 
ja27-tf  between  California  and  Pine. 


T 


O  HOTEL 


HOUSEKEEPERS 


Meagher,     Taaffe  Co. 


ARE  OFFERING  AT 

REDUCED  PRICES! 

A  LARGE  STOCK  OF 

SUPERIOR  BARNESLEY, 
SCOTCH,  and  IRISH  LINEN  ; 
TABLE  DAMASKS,  SHEETINGS, 
SHIRTINGS,  TOWELS,  TOWELINGS, 
NAPKINS,  DOYLIES,  ETC.,  ETC. 

ALSO, 

BLANKETS,  QUILTS,  FLANNELS, 
COTTON  SHEETINGS  and  SHIRTINGS, 
LACE  and  MUSLIN  CURTAINS,  ETC. 

9  Montgomery  Street, 

LICK  HOUSE  BLOCK. 

WHOLESALE  HOUSE, 
107  BATTERY,  BET.  PINE  AND  CALIFORNIA. 


Black  Silks  ! 

BONNET'S,  BISCHOFF'S,  &  PONSON'S 

Superior  Black  Silks, 

PURCHASED  AT  THE  RECENT  GREAT  AUCTION  SALE, 
AND  WILL  BE  OFFERED  AT  A 

REDUCTION  OF  20  TO  30  PER  CENT. 

FROM  THEIR  USUAL  PRICES. 

MEAGHER,  TAAFFE  &  CO., 
Wholesale  House,  107  Battery  street, 

je9  Between  Pine  and  California  streets. 


j^EW  BOOKS,  JUST  RECEIVED 

AT 

A.  Roman  Go's. 

iEuone — A  Tale  of  Slave  Life  in  Rome. 

The  Queen  Mother  and  Rosamond.    By  Swiuburne. 

May  and  December.    By  Mrs.  Hubbard. 

The  Gold  Brick.    By  Mrs.  Ann  H.  Stephens. 

Leigtiton  Court.    By  Charles  Kingslev. 

Only  a  Woman's  Heart     By  Ada  Clare. 

The  Toilers  of  the  Sea.    By  Victor  Hugo. 

The  Adventure*  of  Keuben  Davidger. 

Citoyenne  Jacqueline  —  A  Woman's  Lot  in  the 

French  Revolution.    By  Sarah  Tvtler.  l'imo. 
The  Story  of  Kenneth.    By  Bayard  Titvlor. 
St  Martin's  Summer.    By  Anne  H.  M.  Brewster. 
The  Fortune  Seeker.    By  Mrs.  Sonthworth. 
Six  Months  Among  the  Charities  of  Europe.  By 

John  De  Liefde 
Palfrey's  History  of  New  England.    2  vols.  12mo. 
Life  of  Robert  Owen,  ltimo. 
The  Song  Book.    By  John  Hullah. 
The  Republic  of  Plato.    Translated  by  Vauahan  At 

Davis. 

St.  Martin's  Eve.    By  Mrs.  Henry  Wood. 

Walter  Goring.    By  Annie  Thomas. 

Cherry  and  Violet.    A  Tale  of  the  Great  Plague. 

By  the  author  of  May  Powell.  16mo. 
Geological  Sketches.    By  Professor  Agassiz. 
The  Pheuomena  of  Plant  Life.    By  L.  H.  Grindon. 
Lucy  Arlyn.    By  J.  T  Trowbridge. 
The  War  of  the  Rebellion.    By  H  S.  Foote. 
Letters  of  Life     By  Mrs.  L.  H.  Sigourney. 
Stonewall  Jackson.    A  Military  Biography.  Philip 

E.  Cooke 

Eccentric  PersonageB.    By  W  Russell,  L.  L.  D. 
Broken  to  Harness.    A  Story  of  English  Dramatic 

Life.    By  Yates. 
The  Lost  Tales  of  Miletus.    By  Sir  Edward  Bulwcr 

Lytton 

NEW  BOOKS  RECEIVED  BY  EVERY 
STEAMER. 


ENGLISH  BOOKS  IMPORTED  DIRECT  TO  ORDER, 
WITH  PROMPTNESS  AND  AT  MODERATE  PRICES. 


PUBLIC    AND     PRIVATE      LIBRARIES  SUPPLIED. 


A.  ROMAN  &  CO., 

417  and  419  Montgomery  street, 
myl9  San  Fra,uc  isco. 


^XTONDERS  OF  WONDERS  ! 

TO  BK  SEEN  ONLY  AT  THE 

Pacific  Museum  of  Anatomy  and  Science, 
Eareka  Theatre,  Montgomery  street, 
ja27-tf  between  California  and  Pine. 


rpHE  CALIFORNIAN'S 
SAN  FRANCISCO  BUSINESS  DIRECTORY. 

BATHS. 

Dr.  Bourne's,  (Medical,)  10Post,near  Montgomery 

AUCTIONEERS. 
Oluey  ft  Co. ,  removed  to  418  Montgomery  street. 

BUSINESS  AND  PROPERTY  AGENCY. 

S.  P.  Wliitman  ,  313  Montgomery  st- 

BOWLING  ALLEYS. 
Cosmopolitan,  White  A;  L'.ilferty,  Cosmopolitan  Hotel. 
Wholers  k  Slurke.  Pine  aud  Montgomery,  (Kuss  House.) 

BOOKS. 
A.  Gensoul,  511  Montgomery, 

A.  Roman  i  Co.,  417  and  418  Montgomery  street. 

BOOTS  AND  SHOES. 
Finch  &  Co. ,  133  Montgomery  street. 
I.  M.  WeutworlU  k  Co.  (wholesale  manufac.)  210  Pine  st 

COLLECTOR. 

B.  Pulverman,  614  Montgomery — Office  hours, 1  to  3  p.m. 

OLOTHINO. 
H  M  Lockwood  k  Co.,  624  Clay  street. 
J.  R.  Mead  k  Co.,  corner  Montgomery  anil  Bush  strec  ts 
William  Sherman,  412  Sansome.  comer  Commercial. 
Quiucy  Hall,  545,  547,  and  549  Washington  street. 

COAL  OIL,  LAMPS,  ETC. 
Dell,  Cranna  &  Co.  (wholesale)  513  Front  street. 
A.  C.  Dietz  &  Co.,  (wholesale,)  521  Front  street. 

COPPER  CRUSHER  AND  SAMPLER. 
S.  W.  Howlaud,  24  Cahlornia  street,  (at  Thomas'  Mil  J) 

DRESS  TRIMMINGS,  WORSTEDS,  ETC. 
Mrs.  Norcross,  5  Montgomery  street  (Masonic  Temple.) 

DENTISTS. 
Dr.  Blake,  removed  to  Third,  corner  Mission. 
Dr.  A.  N.  Clark  (late  Kuowles  i:  Clark)  removed  to  410 
Kearnv. 

Dr.  Will.  B.  McAllister.  221  Third  street. 
W'hilcomb  k  Dyer,  205  Third,  near  Howard. 

DANCING  'ACADEMY. 
Coghill's.  Congress  H  ill,  Bush,  above  Montgomery 
Fuller  is  McCarthy,  727  Market,  near  Third. 

DRY  GOODS. 
Meagher,  TaafTe  k  Co..  9  Montgomery  street. 
Mosgrove  &  Blakely,  222  Third,  near  Howard. 

DRUGGISTS. 

R  H.  McDonald  &  Co.,  (Wholesale)  Sansome,  cor.  Pine 
Shcpardsou  k  Gates,  (successors  to  R.  Hall  k  Co.,)  corj 
uer  Sansome  and  Commercial. 

EDUCATIONAL  INSTITUTIONS. 

Cal.  Collegiate  Institute,  Miss  M.  Lammond,  68  Silver. 
Miel  Institute,  Miss  Florence  James,  65  South  Park. 
Pacific  Busiucss  College,  751  Market  street, above  Third. 

FURNITURE. 
Goodwin  &  Co.,  510  and  528  Washington  streets. 
J.  Peirce,  415,  417  and  419  California  street. 

GROCERS. 
N  Boschcn,  corner  Fifth  and  Mini.a. 
Slosson  &  Ladd,  southwest  corner  Folsom  and  First. 
J  J.  Miller,  corner  Sutler  and  Leavenworth. 
Haskell  k  Co. .  Market  and  Sutter  sts,  below  the  Market 
W.  M.  Noble  k  Co.,  cor  Howard  and  Twelfth  streets 

HATTER. 

Lamott  (wholesale  and  retail)  227  Montgomery  street, 
HOTELS. 

Brooklyn,  John  Kelly,  Jr., Sansome,  corner  Pino. 

Chicago,  E.  W.  Heimburg  k  Co..  220  Pacific  street. 

INSURANCK. 

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Mutual  Life  Ins.  Co.,  H.  S.  Homans,  Audit.  609  Clay. 
Manhattan,  R.  B.  Swain  &  Co. .  Ag'td,  206  Front,  cor  Cal. 
National  Ins.  Co.,  N  E  cor.  Montgomery  and  California. 
Occidental  Ins.  Co. ,S.  W.  cor.  Monlgom'y  aud  California'. 
Pacific  Ins.  Co. ,  436  California  street. 

LADIES'    BIJOUTERIE,  CLOAKS,  ETC. 
Rosenblatt's,  123  and  li5  Montgomery  street. 

MAP8. 

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MERCHANT  TAILORS. 
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MILLINERS. 
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H.  Ward,  132  Third  street. 

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W.  S.  Pierce,  removed  to  534  Market,  opposite  Second 

PIANOS,  MUSIC,  ETC. 
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PHOTOGRAPHS,  CUTLERY,   SPECTACLES,  ETC. 
Lawrence  it  Houseworth,  317  aud  319  Montgomery  st. 

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of  Battery  aud  Commercial  streets. 

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Eureka,  C.  H.  Brick wedell  k  Co. ,  Clay ,  near  Moutgom'y 
Magnolia,  143  Third  street. 

Market,  by  Felix  and  Gustavo  Besson,  520  Merchant. 
Philadelphia,  Jacob  Weiss,  308  Montgomery  street. 
Helvetia,  Johnjury  it  Bros. ,  524  Merchant  street. 
Saulmaun's,  506  Montgomery  street. 

SALOON'S. 

Charter  Oak,  Frank  Kelly,  N  E  cor  Third  and  Howard 

Baxiettl  ft  Co.'s.  527  Washington,  above  the  Market. 
Jones' Sample  Rioms.S.E.  cor.  Montgomery  and  Cal. 
S  Myers,  332  Montgomery  street. 
V.  Squarza.  44  Leidesdorff  street. 

Sun  Burst.  Carolin  i:  McArdle,  tor.  Second  and  Market. 
Coates  k  Henderson,  37  Sutter  street. 

SCALES. 

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334  Montgomery  street. 

SEWING  MACHINES. 
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The  Florence,  office  111  Montgomery  street. 
Wheeler  k  Wilson,  corner  Montgomery  and  Sacramento 

TOYS,  ETC. 
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A.  Kohler,  620  Washington  street. 

UPHOLSTERER. 
T.  McAllister,  comer  Sutter  and  Leavenworth. 

WATER-CURE  INSTITUTE. 
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CONTENTS 


PROSE. 

My  Suburban  Residence. — By  the 
Author  of  "  Neighborhood's  I 
Hive  Moved  From.'' 
The  Fenian  Movement. 
Sleeping  with  the  Judge. — By  "  All- 

aquiz. " 
Sundrios. — By  "  Emstadt." 

NEW  BOOKS  : 

Notices  of  Recent  Publications. 
AMUSEMENTS  : 

Theatrical  Events,  and  Announce- 
ments. 


An  Adventure  in  the  Groat  Pyram 

Health  iu  Great  Cities. 

Going  Ashore. 

Sir  Ralph's  Heriot. 

How  Kate  Discovered  Aroorica. 

The  Festival  of  St.  Ce;illa  :  A  Mu 

sical  Romance. — By  M.  A.  E. 
The  Kingdom  of  Italy. 
A  Widow. 

Icelandic  Admonitions. 


Love  in  Little. — By  Ina  D.  Cool- 
brith. 


iFor  tbe  California^.] 

LOVE    IN  LITTLE. 
T>ECAUSE  the  rose  tbe  Bloom  of  Blossoms  is,J 

And  queenliest  in  beauty  and  in  grace, 
Tbe  violet's  tender  blue  we  love  no  less, 
Or  daisy,  glancing  up  witb  sby,  sweet  face. 

For  all  the  music  which  tbe  forest  has — 
Tbe  ocean-waves  that  crash  upon  the  beach, 

Still  would  we  miss  the  whisper  of  the  grass,} 
Tbe  hum  of  bees,  the  brooklet's  silver  speech. 

We  would  not  have  the  timid  wood-thrush  mute 
Because  the  bulbul  more  divinely  sings ; 

Or  lose  the  scarlet  of  dear  ltobin's  throat 
For  all  the  Tropics'  flash  of  golden  wings. 

So  do  I  think,  though  weak  we  be  and  small, 
Yet  is  there  One  whose  care  is  uoue  tbe  less, 

Who  finds,  perchance,  some  grain  of  worth  in  all, 
Or  loves  us  for  our  very  humbleness. 

Ina  D.  Coolbrith. 


NEW  PUBLICATIONS. 

TO  A.  EOMAN  &  CO.,  Nos.  417  and  419  Montgomery 
street,  we  are  under  obligations  for  a  number  of  books 
of  recent  issue,  among  which  we  find 

The  Masquerade  and  Other  Poems.    By  John  Godfrey  Saxe. 
Boston  :  Tickuor  <&  Fields. 

This  is  a  very  dreary  book.  It  is  written  by  a  gentleman 
who  has  acquired  some  reputation  as  a  humorist  from  his  fre- 
quent contribution  of  verses  to  the  newspapers  of  the  East. 
In  such  localities  they  may  be  tolerable  enough  ;  but  the 
author  ought  not  to  presume  that  the  collection  of  such  effu- 
sions in  a  volume  of  two  hundred  and  thirty-seven  pages  will 
add  anything  to  his  reputation,  or  ensure  an  immortality 
among  the  genuine  wits  or  humorists  of  America.  We  have 
commenced  reading  several  pieces,  anticipating  before  we 
finished  something  to  create  a  smile,  but  the  result  has  been 
uniformly  an  undeveloped  pucker — a  feeling  of  incompleteness, 
as  concerning  one  who  tried  and  couldn't.  Several  of  the 
pieces  in  the  volume  seemed  quite  humorous  when  we 
met  them  in  the  newspapers  some  years  ago — a  few  only  some 
months  ago— but  it  is  hard  to  laugh  more  than  once  over  the 
same  jokes.  A  joke  well  told  is  always  better  in  prose 
than  in  verse,  and  Mr.  Saxe,  endeavoring  to  enshrine  news 
paper  wit  in  the  amber  of  his  rythmic  measure,  ought  not  to 
claim  any  originality  for  the  creations,  or  applause  for  almost 
spoiling  what  was  really  quite  readable.  Thus  much  for  the 
matter  of  the  verses.  The  manner  is  not  in  any  respect  his, 
but  is  a  following— at  how  great  interval  ?-— of  men  who  could 
claim  both  wit  and  genius,  such  as  Tom  Hood  and  Oliver 
Wendell  Holmes.  This  is  true  of  the  bulk  of  the  volume, 
consisting  of  the  "  other  poeni9."  That  the  title  is  a  misno- 
mer, we  believe  the  author,  if  he  ever  indulges  in  a  serious 
thought,  would  confess,  for  even  ho  would  find  it  difficult  to 
quote  a  line  of  poetry  therefrom.  The  reader  cau  generally 
see  the  muscle  he  has  developed,  in  his  efforts  to  be  unmis- 
takably funny.  Once  or  twice,  in  this  volume,  he  has  not 
tried  to  be  so  ;  and  while  in  these  instances  he  has  produced 
the  most  pleasing  verses  in  the  volume,  they  seem  out  of 
place,  and  remind  us  of  something  else— the  matter  from  one 
author,  the  manner  from  another.  "  Wouldn't  You  Like  to 
Know  "  and  "  To  My  Love  "  are  prominent  in  this  regard. 


In  the  later  portion  of  the  volume  are  what  Mr.  Saxe,  we 
think  in  a  facetious  vein,  calls  sonnets,  but  they  are  the  same 
dreary  trials  to  be  funny  that  almost  make  you  smile,  and 
could  never  be  recognized  as  sonnets  by  god3  or  men.  The 
noble  sonnets  of  the  master  bards  were  written  in  fourteen 
lines  ;  so  are  these — and  there  the  likeness  ends. 

The  volume  closes  with  some  epigrams — and  they  are  unlike 
and  superior  to  the  other  effusions,  in  that,  while  they  are 
written  in  the  same  spirit,  they  relieve  one  of  the  torture  of 
long  suspense,  and  hurry  the  reader  to  the  locality  where  the 
author  intends  the  laugh  to — but  where  it  does  not — come  in. 

If  the  volume  were  considerably  better  in  every  respect,  it 
might  possibly  be  good.  Its  muscular  effort  might  then  ac 
complish  the  expected  smile,  and  its  dreary  doggerel  approxi 
mate  the  poetic  flow.  Failing  in  both,  the  book  is  dreary, 
dismal,  dreary  .to  the  end. 

A  Thousand  a  Year.    By  Mrs.  E.  M.  Bruce.    Boston  :  Lee 
&  Shepard,  Publishers. 

This  book  was  written  to  show  the  very  considerable  hard- 
ship of  a  minister  with  wife  and  children  living  on  the  sum  of 
one  thousand  dollars  a  year.  It  is  dedicated  '■  to  the  noble 
band  of  Christian  ministers  by  whose  self  sacrificing  toil  etc., 
and  to  their  patient  wives  who  toil  unceasingly  with  burdens 
that  are  never  lifted,  by  one  who  sees  and  would  alleviate  the 
trials  of  their  disheartening  life."  It's  not  a  particularly 
amusing  book.  To  smile,  from  the  title-page  to  finis,  would 
evidently  hurt  the  feelings  of  the  author.  It  is  intended  to 
work  the  reader  into  tbe  gloomiest  condition  of  the  human 
heart,  and  will  probably  prove  successful  among  the  people 
who  are  given  to  ready  sympathies.  The  author  would  have 
us  believe  that  the  minister's  life  is  the  hardest  that  was  ever 
devised  for  man.  "  He  is  working  hard,  doing  an  immense 
amount  of  mental  labor,  but  only  in  quantity  does  it  astonish 
you."  She  might  add  that  the  quality  also  does  at  times. 
Mrs.  Bruce  does  not  like  it  because,  "  Whereas  the  lawyer, 
the  doctor,  the  farmer,  or  tradesman  who  graduated  in  the 
same  college  class  with  less  promise,  is  making  his  mark  in  the 
world,  the  clergyman  is  working  on  without  prominence  ol  any 
sort,  without  the  applause  of  men,  feeling  that  it  might  have 
been  otherwise."  Her  particular  minister  "  once  had  glowing 
hopes  ;  could  remember  in  the  long  ago,  away  back  in  his 
young  manhood,  when  he  had  been  ambitious,"  but  "  years  of 
toil  and  varied  duties  had  smothered  his  aspiration."  He  finally 
threw  up  the  sponge,  but  before  he  left,  "  I  think  our  committee 
learned  in  that  interview  some  truths  of  which  they  had  never 
before  dreamed."  There  is  a  class  of  people  in  every  commu- 
nity who  think  they  insult  the  Deity  by  taking  any  but  the 
gloomiest  views  of  life,  and  therefore  dispel,  when  they  can, 
the  twinkle  from  every  eye  and  smile  from  every  face.  To 
that  class  we  especially  recommend  this  "  ower  sad  tale." 
Honor  May.    Boston  :  Ticknor  &  Fields. 

A  story  evidently  written  by  a  woman  who  is  an  enthusias- 
tic lover  of  music.  She  believes  she  can  preface  her  volume 
no  better  than  by  a  quotation  from  J.  T.  De  Saint-Germain  : 
*  *  *  La  musique,  e'est  1'  expression,  e'est  la  voix  qui 
pleure,  qui  aime,  qui  gemit,  qui  glorifie,  e'est  le  coeur  qui  pal- 
pite  de  joie  on  qui  saigne  de  douleur;  rien  n'eu  survivra  que 
la  pensee  ;  e'est  le  bien  entre  la  terre  d'argile  et  las  espaces 

ufinis,  incommensurables  La  musique  est  comme 

un  ressouvenir  de  la  voix  divine,  et  son  triomphe  sera  toujours 
la  louange  du  Seigneur."  We  cannot  commend  the  plot  or 
development  of  the  story.  In  the  mind  of  the  authoress,  these 
were  plainly  of  secondary  importance.  She  asks  an  audience 
of  those,  enthusiastic  as  herself,  who  love  to  think,  talk,  feel, 
hear  and  live  music.  And  such  readers  will  appreciate  and 
enjoy  the  book.  To  those  who  have  some  knowledge  of  the 
be3t  music,  this  will  serve  as  a  pleasant  remembrance  and 
review  of  what  they  love  best,  and  to  those  who  are  less 
informed  this  volume  will  give  kindly  hints,  and  stimulate 
their  desires  for  a  better  knowledge.  Those  who  care  less 
for  the  divine  art  may  find  something  in  the  story,  made  in- 
teresting to  a  certain  degree  by  the  introduction  of  a  "  school- 
marm,"  who  fascinates,  bewilders,  and  compel,  the  heroes 
and  supernumeraries  of  the  piece  to  fall  in  love  with  her. 


Citoymne  Jacqueline — A  Woman's  Lot  in  the  Great  French 
Revolution.  By  Sarah  Tytler.author  of  Papers  for  Thought- 
fid  Girls.  London  and  New  York  :  Alexander  Strahan. 
The  elegant  appearance  of  this  volume  would  win  readers 
if  no  word  was  spoken  in  its  praise.  The  rich  whiteness  of 
its  pages,  the  clearness  of  its  type,  and  the  simple  elegance  of 
its  outside, are  winning  invitations  to  a  more  intimate  acquaint- 
ance with  its  contents.  There  is  perhaps  no  period  in  history 
better  adapted  for  the  exercise  of  the  skill  of  the  novelist 
than  that  of  the  French  Revolution.  It  is  calculated  to  serve 
as  the  basis  of  a  thrilling  narrative.  The  authoress  of  the 
present  volume  has  skilfully  availed  herself  of  the  advantages 
that  appertained  to  this  scene  in  French  history,  and  into  the 
web  of  her  story  has  woven  incidents  in  the  lives  of  those 
characters  best  known  in  the  historical  narrative.  She  intro- 
duces the  persons  of  Robespierre  and  Murat,  and  surely  does 
not  forget  her,  who  was  bold  amid  the  terrified,  Charlotte  Cor- 
day.  She  displays  the  result  of  a  careful  and  conscientious 
study  of  history,  and  has  produced  a  work  of  very  consider- 
able interest  and  fascination  to  the  end. 

In  Trust ;  or,  Dr.  Bernard's  Household.  By  Amanda  M. 
Douglass.    Boston  :  Lee  &  Shepard. 

Betsy  Jane  Ward  (Better-Half  to  Arlemus).  Hur  Book. 
New  York  :  James  O'Kane. 

Ecce  Homo— A.  Survey  of  the  Life  and  Work  of  Jesus  Christ. 
Boston  :  Roberts  Bros. 

Speeches.  By  the  Rt.  Hon.  Thomas  Babington  Macaulay, 
M.  P.    2  vols.    New  York  :  W.  J.  Widdleton. 

Cerise— A  Tale  of  the  Last  Century.  By  G.  J.  Whyte  Mel- 
ville.   Philadelphia  :  J.  B.  Lippincott  &  Co. 

Memoirs  of  a  Goodfor-Nolhing.  From  the  German  of  Jo- 
seph von  Eicheudorff.  By  Charles  Godfrey  Lelaud.  New 
York  :  Leypoldt  &  Holt. 

Poems  of  Thomas  Hood.  People's  Edition.  New  York  : 
G.  P.  Putnam  ;  Hurd  &  Houghton. 


JVf 


AMUSEMENTS. 
R.  FORREST  appeared  in  John  Howard  Payne's  trag- 
edy of  Brutus,  or  The  Fall  of  Tarquin,  on  Monday 
and  Wednesday  evenings  ;  in  Macbeth  on  Tuesday  evening  ; 
in  Richelieu  on  Thursday  evening  ;  and  in  Virginius  last 
evening.  The  interest  evinced  by  the  public  to  see  Mr.  For- 
rest in  his  personations  of  the  great  characters  of  the  drama 
seems  to  be  increasing.  It  is  impossible  to  procure  eligible 
seats  without  securiug  them  days  in  advance  ;  and  when  a 
new  play  is  announced,  the  eager  public  secure  seats  anywhere, 
in  dress  circle  or  parquette,  accepting  Capt.  Howard's  drafts 
payable  at  five  days — the  longest  period  for  which  seats  can 
be  secured — as  fast  as  they  cau  be  issued. 

Charles  R.  Thorne  Jr.,  who  has  very  ably  filled  the  position 
of  leading  man  at  the  Opera  House  for  nearly  a  year  past,  and 
has  evinced  most  creditable  improvement  in  his  profession, 
has  dissolved  his  connection  with  that  theatre  and  with  Cali- 
fornia, and  intends  leaving  for  the  East  on  the  next  steamer. 
Charles  Thorne,  like  Frank  Mayo  his  predecessor  at  the  Opera 
House,  has  grown  up  as  an  actor  on,  and  graduates  from  the 
Opera  House  stage.  We  commend  him  to  the  public  on  the 
Atlantic  side  for  his  sterling  qualities  as  a  man  and  actor  ; 
and  have  no  fear  that  he  will  bring  ill-repute  upon  his  dramatic 
alma  mater  iu  either  capacity. 

Mr.  Walter  Leman,  a  veteran  on  the  stage,  a  careful  and 
very  capable  actor,  for  a  long  time  one  of  the  loading  members 
of  the  Opera  House  company,  went  East  yesterday  on  the 
Moses  Taylor.  The  vacancies  have  been  filled  by  Harry 
Courtaine,  and  H.  D.  Thompson  of  "  Michael  Feeny  "  fame. 

Mrs.  Sedley  Brown,  whose  experiences  of  California  manage- 
ment iu  her  late  season  at  the  Metropolitan  were  very  bitter 
ones,  also  embarked  for  Boston,  her  native  city,  on  the  Oppo- 
sition steamer.  Harry  Wall  and  his  pretty  wife — late  Louisa 
Clarkson — Percy,  the  precise  ;  and  Mrs.  Yeamaus,  good  in  jig 
dances,  rollicking  Irish  and  utility  characters,  have  also 
shaken  the  dust  of  California  off  their  feet.  They  departed 
for  Now  York  yesterday. 

The  performance  at  the  Opera  House  this  afternoon  will 
consist  of  Taming  of  the  Shrew  aud  Harry  Courtaine's  spec- 
iality, Bob  Ticket.  In  the  evening  the  sterling  comedy  of 
The  Wonder  will  be  performed. 

On  Monday  and  Tuesday  evenings  Mr.  Forrest  will  person- 
ate "  Jack  Cade.'' 


THE  CALiFORNlAN. 


| June  16  th 


GOING  ASHORE. 
"  ripilERE  she  is,  sir  ;  that's  she  just  off  the  pint  there. 

JL     She's  a-couiing  stem  on  ;  and  in  arf  an  hour,  ii  she 
ain't  on  Bunk  Sands,  I'm  a  Dutchman." 

My  companion  was  no  native  of  dam-land,  for  there  was 
Briton  written  in  every  feature  of  his  bronze  red  face,  as  he 
stood  by  me  in  Baythorpe  shore,  iu  his  canvas  trousers,  heavy 
fisher's  boots,  blue  Jersey  shirt,  and  tarpaulin  hat,  tied  on 
with  a  bit  of  oakum  band,  while  the  flap  behind  beat  about  io 
the  tremendous  wind  that  was  raging  in  our  faces. 
*  "  Bang  !"  went  the  dull  smothered  report  of  a  heavy  gun, 
and  in  the  shade  of  the  coming  night  I  just  caught  sight  of  a 
faiut  flash  of  light.  Where  we  stood,  the  spray  came  rushing 
in  like  a  heavy  storm  of  rain  ;  while  the  whistling  of  the 
wind,  and  the  thundering  in  of  the  huge  rollers  as  they  curled 
over  and  over  upon  the  sand?,  tearing  it  out  from  among  the 
clays,  and  scraping  it  away  by  tons,  made  standing  in  the  face 
of  such  a  storm  extremely  coufusiug  ;  and  yet  hundreds  were 
out  upon  the  shore  close  under  the  great  saud-bank,  drenched 
to  the  skin  with  the  spray,  for  the  news  had  spread  through 
the  village  that  a  three-master  was  going  ashore. 

Going  ashore !  Simple  words  to  a  landsman's  ears  ;  but 
what  do  they  mean  ?  The  noble  vessel  tearing  and  plunging 
through  the  broken  water — now  down  in  the  trough  of  the 
waves,  now  rising  like  a  cork  upon  the  white  crests,  and  then 
a  shock  as  she  strikes  upon  the  saud,  and  seems  immovable  ; 
a  shuddering  quiver  through  plank  and  beam  ;  and  then  crash, 
crash,  crash — mast  after  mast  gone  by  the  board — snapped 
like  brittle  twigs  on  a  dead  stem  ;  while  huge  ropes  part  like 
burned  twine  ;  then  the  rising  of  the  apparently  immovable 
vessel,  as  she  is  lifted  by  the  waves  to  fall  crashing  again  upoD 
the  sands,  parting  in  the  middle  ;  rushing  billows  pouring  tons 
upon  tons  of  water  over  the  deck  ;  a  wild,  wild  cry  for  help  : 
and  then  the  shore  strewed  with  fragments,  casks,  bodies,  as 
the  merciless  waves  sport  with  them,  tossing  them  on  to  the 
sands,  and  then  curling  over  to  drag  them  back.  Going  ashore  ; 
Lot  safety  from  a  wild  storm,  but  death. 

"  Ah,"  said  the  old  salt  by  my  side,  shouting  at  me  with  his 
hand  to  his  mouth,  "  did  yer  hear  that  gun  ?" 

I  nodded. 

"  There  goes  another,"  he  continued,  stretching  out  his 
hand  and  pointing  to  where  the  flash  could  be  seen,  while  di- 
rectly after  came  auother  dull  heavy  report.  "  Can't  yer  see 
her  now,  sir  ?" 

Mine  were  not  sea-going  eyes  ;  and  it  was  no  easy  task  to 
make  out  a  distant  object  through  the  blinding  storm  of  spray 
which  beat  dead  in  my  face  ;  but  I  just  managed  to  make  out 
a  dark  mass  right  out  amongst  the  boiling  waves,  and  I  shud- 
dered as  I  thought  of  the  fate  of  those  on  board. 

"  She  must  come  to  it,"  said  the  man  ;  she'll  come  in  just 
there  ;"  and  he  pointed  to  a  spot  amongst  the  waves  where 
they  seemed  roughest ;  "  she'll  be  there  in  less  time  than  I 
said  ;  and  then,  Lord  have  mercy  upon  'em  !    Amen  !" 

As  he  said  this,  the  old  man  reverently  took  off  his  tarpau- 
lin sou'wester,  and  stood  with  the  storm  tearing  through  the 
remains  of  his  grizzly  hair  ;  bald,  rugged,  and  weather-beaten, 
the  coarseness  of  his  features  seemed  for  the  moment  subdued 
— softened  by  the  feeling  within  his  breast — as  he  stood  there 
no  inapt  representation  of  a  seer  of  old. 

•'  Is  there  no  chance  for  them  !"  I  shouted. 

The  old  man  shook  his  head  and  shrugged  his  shoulders 
"  Precious  little,"  he  said,  "  unless  them  chaps  come  dowu 
with  the  life-boat ;  but  who'd  go  out  ?" 

It  did  look  a  desperate  adventure,  indeed,  to  attempt  to 
launch  a  boat  with  such  a  sea  on,  and,  having  no  reply,  I  stood 
shading  my  eyes  aud  gazing  out  to  sea. 

"  Bang  IV 

There  was  another  flash,  and  another  dull,  echoless  report, 
and  as  the  veil  of  spray  seemed  to  clear  during  a  lull  iu  the 
storm,  I  could  perceive  a  large  three-masted  vessel  about  five 
hundred  yards  from  the  shore  ;  and  once,  as  she  heeled  over, 
and  showed  her  deck,  I  could  see  that  it  was  crowded  with 
people. 

"  God  help  them !"  I  muttered. 

"Amen !"  said  the  old  man  ;  aud  just  then,  away  to  our 
left,  we  saw  the  life-boat  carriage  coming  down  at  a  trot, 
drawn  by  two  stout  horses  ;  while  a  loud  and  prolonged 
"  hurray  I"  welcomed  its  arrival — as  another  flash,  and  its  fol- 
lowing heavy  report,  seemed  to  come  from  the  doomed  vessel 
like  a  groan  of  pain  in  its  hour  of  sore  distress. 

"  They'll  never  go  out  to  her,"  said  the  old  man,  shouting 
in  my  ear,  for,  arter  the  lull,  the  storm  came  down  with  re- 
doubled fury — the  wind  shrieking  and  howling  past,  cutting  the 
crests  of  the  waves  off  as  it  came  tearing  over  the  hill  of 
waters,  aud  dashing  the  salt  spray  in  my  face  till  it  almost 
seemed  to  cut  the  flesh:  while  at  times  the  women  who  had 
come  down  were  completely  held  back  against  the  steep  saud- 
bank. 

"  There  !  look  there  !"  erjed  the  old  man,  suddenly  seizing 
my  arm.  "  Catching  at  straws.  Why,  there's  a  boat- load 
coining  ashore.  There;  don't  you  see — now  a-top  o'  that 
breaker  ?" 

I  caught  sight  of  a  small  boat  crowded  with  figures,  and 


there  seemed  to  be  a  tall  wave  curl  over  it,  and  I  saw  it  no_ 
more.  "  Gone  !"  said  the  old  man  ;  "  I  knowed  it !  Noth- 
ing could  live  in  such  a  storm." 

'  Let's  go  to  the  life-bout,  and  see  if  they  are  going  off,"  said 
I ;  but  the  old  man  was  intently  gazing  out  to  sea. 

"  There  ;  just  as  I  said,"  he  shouted  hoarsely,  "just  in  the 
place.  She's  struck."  And  then,  above  the  yelling  of  the 
storm,  we  could  hear  a  crash,  and  a  wild  •shriek,  that  seems  to 


and  fell  a  dark  mass  amid  the  white  foam  for  an  instant,  and 
then  seemed  to  plunge  iuto  a  bank  of  foggy  blackuess,  for 
night  had  fallen. 

I  could  not  drag  myself  away  from  the  stirring  scene  around 
me,  for  I  seemed  held  to  the  spot  by  a  strange  fascination. 
All  at  once  a  lurid  light  shot  up,  for  a  quantity  of  straw  had 
been  set  on  fire,  and  the  flames  roared  aud  crackled  as  dry  sea- 
weed and  pieces  of  wood  were  heaped  up  to  increase  the^are, 
ring  through  me  now  upon  a  stormy  night,  when  far  inland  I  j  which  appeared  to  gild  the  crests  of  the  waves,  and  threw  into 
listeu  to  the  howling  wiud.  hold  reliet  the  figures  on  the  sands — some  gazing  out  to  sea  ; 

It's  now  or  never !"  3aid  the  old  man,  as  he  ran  down  i  some  watching  eagerly  the  fringe  of  breakers,  ready  to  rush 


towards  where  the  life-boat  stood  upon  its  carriage,  with  a 
crowd  of  men  and  women  around,  the  women  hangiug  on  to 
their  husbands,  and  apparently  begging  that  they  would  not 
dare  the  perils  before  them. 

The  sea  had  looked  tearful  enough  from  where  we  had  stood 
before  ;  but  here,  as  close  as  we  dared  go  to  the  breakers,  it 
looked  perfectly  awful,  while  the  attempt  to  lauuch  a  boat 
seemed  absolute  madness.  It  was  evident  that  the  men 
thought  so  too,  though,  as  we  came  up,  one  sturdy  fellow 
shouted  :  "I'm  ready,  mates,  if  you're  going  ;"  a  remark  that 
elicited  no  response,  for  every  one  stood  stolidly  gazing  out 
towards  the  doomed  vessel. 

Just  then,  in  the  dull  haze  seawards,  a  blue  light  shone  out 
over  the  water  like  a  dull  star  ;  but  still  no  one  moved.  All 
at  once,  the  old  man  by  my  side  laid  hold  of  my  arm,  aud 
whispered  :  '-Give  me  a  lift,  sir  ;"  and,  before  I  knew  hardly 
what  his  object  was,  he  had  climbed  by  my  help  into  the  boat. 
"  Now,  then,  you  boys,"  he  shouted  wildly  ;  "  I  cau't  stand 
this  I    Stand  aside,  and  let  some  of  the  old  ones  come!" 

The  spell  was  broken.  Women  were  hastily  thrust  aside, 
and  a  boat's  crew  was  soon  made  up,  amidst  the  shrieking 
and  wailing  of  sweethearts  and  wives,  who  rau  about  the 
beach  wringing  their  hands. 

"  Hurray  for  old  Marks  I"  shouted  a  voice  at  my  elbow,  and 
the  crowd  loudly  cheered  the  old  man.  Then  oars  were 
shipped  and  all  made  ready,  the  old  sailor  seizing  the  steering- 
oar  as  he  stood  up  in  his  place  with  a  life-belt  ou  and  his  hat 
blown  off,  looking  nobler  than  ever. 

"  Now,  are  you  all  ready  V  he  shouted. 

"  No,  no,"  was  the  cry  ;  and  in  the  hush  of  expectation, 
two  men  rose  in  the  boat,  dashed  off  their  life-belts,  and, 
amidst  half-muttered  groaus,  leaped  out  from  their  places,  aud 
ran  up  the  sands  to  the  bank,  where  they  disappeared. 

"  Two  more!"  shouted  old  Marks,  and  for  a  few  moments, 
so  dread  was  the  peril,  not  a  soul  moved  ;  then  two  stout  lads 
came  rushing  towards  the  boat,  pursued  by  an  elderly  man — a 
perfect  giant. 

"  Stop  them  !"  he  roared.    "  Yer  shan't  go,  lads." 

He  came  up  to  them  by  the  boatside  as  they  were  climbing 
in,  and  endeavored  to  stop  their  progress  ;  but  in  his  turn  he 
was  seized  from  behind  by  a  couple  of  men,  and  the  two  new- 
comers were  in  half  a  minute  equipped  for  the  dire  struggle 
before  them  and  in  their  places. 

•'  Let  me  go !"  shrieked  the  man  ;  but  the  others  clung  to 
him,  as  the  signal  was  giveu,  the  carriage  backed  down  into 
position,  the  time  accurately  chosen,  and  with  a  whild  "  hur- 
rah !"  heard  above  the  storm,  the  lifeboat  was  launched. 

My  attention  had  been  so  taken  up  that  I  had  ceased  to 
look  upon  the  man  who  was  struggling  to  regain  his  liberty  : 
but  just  as  the  boat  was  leaving  its  carriage,  a  bystander  was 
driven  violently  against  me,  and  the  moment  after  I  saw  a 
figure  dash  across  the  intervening  space,  and  seize  the  side  of 
the  boat ;  and  then  came  the  roar  of  the  storm  and  the  rush 
of  spray,  while  for  a  few  minutes  the  lifeboat  was  invisible. 
Then  a  short  distance  off  she  was  seen  rising  upon  a  wave, 
and  Mien  disappearing  again  into  the  dull  haze,  which,  mingled 
with  the  coming  night,  soon  shut  everything  from  our  gaze 
but  the  foaming  water. 

"  Over  seventy,  sir,"  shouted  a  voice  in  reply  to  a  query. 
"  Old  man-o'-war's-man.  Been  in  many  a  storm  ;  but  this 
here's  awful." 

Awful  it  was  ;  for  so  wild  a  night  had  not  fallen  upon  that 
part  of  the  coast  for  many  years  ;  and  as  the  folk  upon  the 
shore  gazed  in  the  direction  the  boat  had  taken,  they  shook 
their  heads,  and  shouted  id  each  other's  ears. 

There  was  a  long  and  awful  pause,  only  broken  by  the 
shrieking  of  the  wiud,  and  then  came  a  loud  shout  :  "  Here 
she  comes !"  and  in  another  minute,  obedient  to  their 
steersman,  the  rowers  timed  their  strokes  to  a  second,  so  that 
the  boat,  heavily  laden,  rode  in  upon  the  summit  of  a  giant 
wave  so  far  that  twenty  willing  hands  were  at  her  side,  and 
she  was  run  right  up  the  sands,  and  fifteen  shiveriug,  half- 
drowned  fellow-creatures  lilted  out  aud  hurried  up  the  shore, 

"  Now,  my  lads,"  cried  old  Marks,  "  on  to  the  truck  with 
her,  and  we're  off  again." 

The  boat  was  soon  mounted,  and  every  man  at  his  post,  the 
father  of  the  two  lads  taking  his  place  by  the  side  of  the  old 
cockswain  ;  for  no  amouut  of  persuasion  ou  either  sido  could 
effect  a  change. 

There  was  another  cheer,  rising  above  the  storm,  and  again 
the  gallant  crew  were  launched  into  the  surf,  that  seemed  to 
curl  round  tlie  boat  as  though  to  fill  it  in  an  instant.   It  rose 


down  and  secure  anything  that  might  be  washed  ashore  from 

the  wreck. 

More  straw  was  heaped  upon  the  fire,  and  the  flames  and 
sparks  rushed  inland,  as  they  rose  with  the  mighty  current  of 
air,  aud  darted  across  the  sand-bank.  Out  seaward  all  seemed 
black  darkness,  and  the  eyes  strained  after  the  lifeboat  were 
for  a  while  strained  in  vain. 

All  at  once  there  was  a  cry  of  "  Here  she  comes  ;"  but  it 
was  prolouged  into  a  wild  wail  of  despair;  for  by  the  light 
from  the  fire  the  boat  could  be  seen  broadside  on,  and  closo 
inshore  ;  and  then,  after  tossing  about  for  a  moment,  she  was 
dashed,  bottom  upwards,  upon  the  sands. 

There  was  a  rush  to  aid  the  men  struggling  in  the  surf. 
Some  were  dragged  ashore  ;  some  scrambled  unaided  Irom 
the  water  ;  while  more  than  oue  was  sucked  back  by  the 
undertow  ;  but  the  life-belts  they  wore  kept  them  afloat  ;  and 
at  last,  more  or  less  hurt,  the  whole  crew  was  ashore — three 
being  carried  up  to  the  village  insensible. 

I  now  learned  that,  about  half-way  to  the  vpssel,  the  steers- 
man's oar  had  snapped  in  two,  and  the  boat  fell  into  the 
trough  of  the  sea  ;  when,  in  their  efforts  to  right  her,  a  couple 
more  blades  were  broken  ;  a  wave  swept  over  them  and 
washed  two  men  Irom  their  seats  ;  but  they  regained  their 
places,  and  then,  with  the  dread  of  death  upon  them,  the  boat 
became  unmanageable  in  their  hands  ;  for  in  spite  of  the 
efforts  of  the  old  cockswain,  the  men  appeared  panic-stricken, 
and  rowed  at  random. 

The  light  that  glared  upon  the  shore  now  showed  that  it 
was  completely  strewn  with  wreck  ;  and  I  looked  with  horror 
upon  the  various  signs  which  so  plainly  disclosed  the  fate  of 
the  good  ship.  Spar,  plank,  beam,  and  cask,  entangled  with 
rope,  were  being  churned  over  and  over  in  the  sand  ;  and 
twice  I  saw  something  dragged  ashore,  and  carried  away, 
which  sent  a  shudder  through  my  frame. 

At  last,  heart-sick  and  weary,  I  turned  away,  and  inquired 
where  the  crew  of  the  boat  were,  aud  who  had  suffered  ;  when, 
to  my  sorrow,  I  learned  that  the  only  one  seriously  injured 
was  old  Marks,  who  had  so  gallantly  set  the  example  that 
evening — an  example  which  had  resulted  in  the  saviug  of  fif- 
teen poor  creatures  from  a  watery  grave. 

On  entering  the  village,  I  soon  found  where  the  old  man 
had  been  conveyed,  and  a  few  minutes  after  I  was  at  the  bed- 
side of  the  sufferer.  I  found  him  sensible,  but  with  a  change 
iu  his  countenance  that  no  amount  of  pain  or  suffering  aloue 
would  have  placed  there.  He  was  quite  calm,  and  smiled  as 
I  entered. 

"  Has  she  gone  to  pieces  ?"  he  whispered,  stopping  to  wipe 
the  blood  away  that  oozed  from  his  lips. 

'•  I  fear  so,"  I  replied  :  "  the  shore  is  strewed  with  wreck." 

"  I  knowed  she  would,"  he  gasped.  "  Poor  things,  poor 
things  !    How  mauy  did  we  bring  ashore  ?" 

"  Fifteen." 

"  Ah!"  he  groaned,  "  not  enough,  not  enough." 

'•  But  it  was  a  most  gallant  act,"  I  said  ;  "  and  more  would 
have  been  saved  but  for  the  accident.  Where  are  you  hurt  ? 
It  is  not  serious,  I  hope?" 

"Serious!"  he  whispered;  and  then  with  a  sad  smile: 
"  No  ;  it  aiu't  serious.  I'm  the  only  oue  hurt ;  and  my 
time's  up  long  ago— four  year  and  more.    So,  it  ain't  serious." 

"  Where  are  you  hurt  ?"  I  said. 

"  Ribs  all  crushed,"  he  whispered.  "  I  was  under  the  gun- 
wale of  tho  boat ;  and'it's  all  over.  I  could  see  it  in  the  doc- 
tor's looks." 

A  gush  of  blood  stopped  his  utterance,  and  I  dared  not 
whisper  the  comfort  1  could  not  feel. 

"  It's  all  right,  sir,"  he  whispered,  after  lying  with  his  eyes 
closed  for  about  half  au  hour—"  it's  all  right,  and  an  old  tar 
couldn't  die  better  than  doiu'  his  duty.  I  never  thought  to  ; 
but  I  always  felt  as  I  should  like  to  did  in  harness,  as  they 
say,  and  so  I  shall ;  but  I  wish  there  had  had  been  more." 

"  More  what?"  I  said. 

"  More  saved,"  he  whispered.  "Yer  see  I've  been  afore 
now  in  actiou  ;  and  the  Almighty  only  knows  how  many  souls 
I've  cut  off  ;  and  I  should  like  to  feel  sure  as  I  d  saved  more 
than  I  did  for— that's  all.  Perhaps  they  might  go  in  the 
scale,  to  help  balance  the  bad." 

"  But  you  did  all  as  a  part  of  your  duty." 

"  Ah  I"  he  whispered,  "  duty !  Yes,  sailors  should  do  their 
duty  ;  aDd  I  felt  it  was  mine,  to-night,  to  go.  We  old  men- 
o'-war's  were  trained  to  answer  to  a  call  in  calm  or  storm  ; 
aud  when  lives  were  at  stake  to-night,  I  felt  that  I  was  called, 
and  I  hope  I  did  my  duty.   Will  you  ask  them  fifteen  to  just 


June  16th] 


THE  CALIFORNIAN. 


3 


Bay  a  word  or  two  for  the  old  man  in  their  prayers,  sir  ;  I 
mean  when  I'm  gone  ?  I  think  I  should  like  them  to,  for  I'm 
an  old  sailor,  and  can't  boast  of  my  past  life." 

"  Have  you  no  relatives?"  1  whispered  ;  "  no  friends  that 
you  would  like  to  see?" 

"  Far  away — far  away,"  he  said,  with  a  mournful  shake  of 
the  head  ;  "  and  some  are  a-wauin'  forme  to  join  their  watch. 
Don't  leave  me,  sir,"  he  said  piteously. 

I  promised  I  would  not ;  and  sat  watching  for  hours  listen- 
ing to  the  hard  breathing  of  the  sufferer,  who  seemed  to  sink 
into  a  state  of  stupor,  only  moaning  at  intervals  a3  he  tossed 
his  head  from  side  to  side  of  the  pillow,  and  mutteied  a  tew 
words  broken  and  half-spoken.  The  storm  gradually  sunk, 
till  the  wind  quite  lulled  ;  and  about  three  o'clock  I  half 
drew  the  curtain  and  looked  out  upon  the  sea,  which  still 
tossed  fearfully  ;  though  all  above  was  calm  and  peaceful — a 
light  cloud  just  drifting  slowly  past  the  pale  bright  moon. 

I  stood  gazing  at  the  soft  blue  sky,  now  so  placid  and  se- 
rene, almost  wondering  that  so  great  a  change  could  have 
taken  place,  when  I  started,  for  a  voice  behind  me  shouted, 
"  Morning  watch.  Draw  the  curtain,  and  let  that  moou 
shine  in." 

I  obeyed — turning  cold,  and  trembling  as  I  did  so — still 
looking  at  the  dying  sailor,  who  sat  erect  in  the  bed.  "  Here," 
he  said  ;  and,  as  I  approached  the  bed,  he  seized  my  hand. 
"  Hark  !  don't  you  hear  that?  It's  the  boatswain  piping  for 
me  to  keep  my  everlasting  watch.  Ay,  ay,  sir  !  There — hark 
again !  There's  the  waves  a-lashing  upon  the  farther  shore. 
Breakers  ahead  !  breakers  ahead  !  Look  out  there  !  The  old 
vessel's  struck,  and  she's  going  to  pieces — the  old  seventy-four, 
that's  weathered  so  many  a  storm,  going  ashore.  Farewell, 
messmate  ;  one  short  struggle,  one  cold  plunge,  and  a  hope- 
ful heart — a  brave  striking  out  through  the  harsh  breakers  ! 
Land,  ho  !  land,  ho  !  on  the  other  side — and  it's  a  land  of  rest 
— a  land  of  peace  and  hope.  Now  for  it !  The  rush  of  the 
dark  waters  is  coming — blinding — deafening — but  a  bold  heart, 
messmate.    God  bless  you  !    I'm  going  ashore." 

For  some  minutes  1  sat  motionless.  The  old  man's  eye  bad 
lighted  up  as  he  gazed  straight  before  him  out  upon  the  moon- 
lit heavens.  His  voice  seemed  to  peal  through  the  silence  of 
the  uight,  till  I  shivered  as  he  described  the  wreck  then  taking 
place.  To  the  last  word,  his  voice  had  rung  out  loud  and 
resonaut ;  then  he  sank  back  motionless  upon  the  pillow, 
stained  now  with  his  life-blood  ;  and  I  passed  softly  from  the 
room,  for  I  know  that  his  lile-bark  was  stranded  by  the  sea  of 
Death. 

SIR    RALPH'S  HERIOT. 

ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE,  or,  as  it  appears  in  ancient 
chronicles,  Ashton-sub-Lima,  is  a  market  town  on  the 
north  bank  of  the  Tame,  Lancashire,  about  six  or  seven  miles 
from  Manchester.  It  is  well  laid  out,  well  built,  and  thriving. 
It  is  admirably  adapted,  by  its  situation,  both  for  the  pur- 
poses of  trade  and  manufacture.  It  is  the  centre  of  a  popu- 
lous neighborhood,  has  au  unlimited  supply  of  coal,  and  rail- 
way communication  with  all  parts  of  England. 

In  the  "  good  old  times  " — that  far-off  period  which  so 
many  people  talk  and  read  about  with  pleasure,  but  to  which 
bo  few,  if  any,  would  like  to  return — Ashton  was  the  seat 
of  the  Ashton,  or  Assheton  family.  A  Sir  John  Assheton, 
in  the  fifth  year  of  the  Sixth  Henry,  became  possessed  of  the 
Manor  of  Assheton  on  payment  of  one  penny  annually.  This 
worthy  knight  is  said  to  have  built  the  old  church,  and  to 
have  been  the  first  to  introduce  seats  for  common  people. 
With  a  gallantry  which  adds  fresh  lustre  to  his  spurs,  the 
Yiuinber  of  these  seats  being  limited,  they  were  given  exclu- 
sively to  the  women — the  tenants'  wives  and  daughters. 

Sir  John  was  succeeded  by  his  son  Sir  Ralph,  who  earned 
for  himself  the  unenviable  title  of  the  Black  Knight.  It  is 
supposed  that  the  annual  ceremony  observed  at  Ashton  on 
Easter  Monday,  of  "  Riding  the  Black  Lad,"  simply  com- 
memorates the  popular  odium  in  which  Sir  Ralph  was  held  ; 
this  custom  bearing  a  close  resemblance  to  the  "  Guy  Fawkes  " 
proceeding  of  November  the  5th. 

Sir  Ralph  was  feared  and  hated  by  his  tenantry.  He  was 
permitted,  by  royal  letters  patent,  to  execute  supreme  juris- 
diction, and  he  misused  his  trust. 

One  of  the  most  oppressive  forms  of  taxation,  originating 
in  the  feudal  age,  but  perpetuated  long  afterwards,  was  the 
custom  of  heriolship.  This  was  neither  more  nor  less  than  a 
fine  for  dying.  A  certain  claim  could  be,  and  was,  made  by 
the  lord  of  the  manor  on  the  property  of  the  deceased  tenant, 
and  it  fell  with  great  severity  on  widows  in  humble  circum- 
stances. Death  laid  low  the  brerd-winner,  and  the  landlord 
stepped  in  to  take  the  best  part  of  the  scanty  store  the  dead 
man  might  have  scraped  together. 

There  was,  so  says  tradition,  a  poor  widow  near  Ashton. 
Hsr  husband  had  held  his  little  farm  under  Sir  Ralph  Ashton, 
one  of  the  most  rapacious  and  cruel  of  men.  The  character 
borne  by  Sir  Ralph  was  worthy  of  the  old  doggerel  which  set 
forth  public  opinion  with  regard  to  him  : 

"  O  Jesu  !  for  thy  mercy's  eake, 
j*  V    And  for  thy  hitter  passion, 

Save  us  from  the  axe  of  the  Tower, 
And  from  Sir  Ralph  of  Ashton!" 


He  bad  spared  neither  age  nor  sex  :  he  had  no  pity  for  the 
sick  or  the  dying  ;  he  showed  no  mercy  to  the  widow  and  the 
orphan  :  wherever  his  shadow  fell,  trouble  came  ;  wherever 
his  voice  was  hoard,  weeping  and  wailing  were  not  far  off. 
When  Sir  Ralph  heard  that  his  tenant  was  dead,  he  sent  an 
imperative  order,  commanding  that  the  heriot  should  be  paid 
without  delay.  Now,  the  widow  had  nothing  with  which  she 
could  satisfy  his  claim  except  one  cow,  and  the  cow  was  the 
chief  sustenance  of  her  family.  The  widow  had  four  children 
to  feed — one  of  them  an  infant  not  many  weeks  old,  the  eld- 
est an  idiot  bo  .  harmless,  but  useless,  strong  and  active,  and 
about  fourteen  years  old.  This  poor  lad,  tenderly  beloved  of 
his  rrother,  was  to  her  more  trouble  than  all  the  rest — not 
that  he  would  willingly  have  pained  her,  but  his  strange,  wild 
ways  perplexed  her,  and  she  feared,  whenever  he  was  out  of 
her  sight,  that  he  would  come  to  harm. 

It  was  a  sad  scene  which  the  widow's  home  presented  on 
the  Christmas  morning  of  1484.  Sharp,  cold  weather — 
weather  unusually  severe,  the  country  for  miles  around  cov- 
ered with  snow  ;  the  rivers  and  streams  bound  in  icy  fetters  ; 
the  bleak  wind  sweeping  and  moaning  through  the  forest  and 
over  the  waste,  as  if  it  were  chanting  a  Lenten  dirge  rather 
than  singing  a  Yule  carol.  Cold  outside  the  miserable  home 
of  the  poor  widow,  and  colder  within,  she  and  her  children  had 
taken  a  little  milk  and  eaten  a  little  porridge,  and  they  sat 
huddled  together  over  a  few  red  embers  on  the  hearth.  The 
idiot  boy  was  singing  softly  to  himself,  and  winking  his  horny 
eye3  at  the  fire  ;  the  other  children  were  all  unwittingly 
making  their  sorrowful  mother  still  sadder.  "  Was  it  not 
Christmas  ?  then  why  not  have  holly  like  they  did  last  year — 
eh,  mother  ?  Why  not  have  a  Christmas  fire — we  should  like 
Christmas  fire,  mother?  And  how  long  will  it  be  before 
father  comes  home,  and  shall  we  have  Christmas  fire  to-day, 
and  see  the  holly,  and  sing  as  we  sang  last  Yule-tide  ?"  The 
cow  lowed  from  her  crib,  separated  only  from  the  family  by  a 
slight  partition,  and  the  sound  the  poor  beast  made  only 
served  to  deepen  the  misery  of  its  poor  mistress.  The  Black 
Knight  of  Ashton  claimed  the  cow  for  his  heriot,  and  if  he 
took  her  there  was  only  death  for  them. 

Suddenly  the  door,  which  had  been  closed,  was  flung  open, 
and  Sir  Ralph  Ashton  looked  in — a  tall,  squarely  built  man, 
with  sinewy  limbs,  and  a  great  quantity  of  dark  hair  on  head, 
and  lips,  and  cheeks,  and  chin.  His  eyes  glowed  like  fire, 
and  there  was  a  scowl  on  his  face  that  betokened  a  storm. 

Harsh,  hard,  fierce  and  cruel  were  his  words.  He  had  him- 
self come  to  claim  his  own,  and  he  would  have  it  ;  the  heriot 
was  iiis,  the  cow  was  his  ;  none  should  deprive  him  of  his 
rights.  Mercy  !  it  was  not  in  his  bond.  Leniency,  delay  ! 
nothing  was  said  of  either  in  his  feudal  charter.  Charity,  for 
the  sake  of  Him  whose  feast  they  kept  that  day  !  Sir  Ralph 
laughed  his  own  harsh  laugh,  and  said  he  had  no  time  for  fool- 
ing. So  a  couple  of  fellows  who  had  accompanied  Sir  Ralph 
drove  out  the  poor  beast  from  the  shed,  and  the  knight,  with 
a  threat  of  expelling  the  family  from  their  miserable  hut, 
turned  to  depart.    It  was  the  idiot  who  stopped  him  : 

"  Beest  thou  our  liege  lord  1" 

"  Ay,  fool  ;  what  hast  thy  pert  tongue  to  say  to  that  V 
"  The  liege  lord  will  die,  mother — will  he  die  ?" 
"  Hush,  boy,  hush  !"  said  the  widow. 

"  Nay,  let  the  brat  speak  out.  What  of  it,  boy — what  if  I 
should  die  ?" 

"  Then  thy  liege  lord  will  claim  heriot." 
"  And  who  may  he  be  ?  ' 
"  Old  Hornie — Beelzebub  !" 

"  And  what  heriot  should  I  pay  to  hira  ?"  roared  the  knight, 
half  angry,  half  amused. 
"  Thy  soul." 

"  And  thy  body  shall  smart  for  it,  imbecile  !" 

"  Oh,  ha'  pity,  ha'  pity — the  lad's  daft  !"  and  the  widow 
threw  herself  before  the  knight,  who  roughly  spurned  her  with 
his  foot. 

"  Enough  of  this.    All  of  you  shall  suffer  for  this.  There, 

no  whimpering."    He  strode  awiay  across  the  snow,  and  never 

once  looked  back. 

******* 

There  were  strange  doings  that  night  at  Ashton  Hall.  It 
was  rough  weather — snowing  hard  and  freezing  hard  ;  but  the 
company  was  still  numerous,  for,  when  the  lord  of  Ashton 
dispensed  his  good  cheer,  woe  to  those  tenants  who  slighted 
his  hospitality  !  A  huge  fire  was  kindled  on  the  broad  hearth, 
but  it  gave  forth  no  bright  and  cheerful  light ;  it  sputtered, 
and  could  not  be  made  to  blaze.  The  air  was  damp  and  chilly  ; 
the  wassail  seemed  to  have  lost  its  flavor,  and  the  Christmas 
plants  looked  shrivelled  on  the  walls.  The  guests  spoke  in 
low  whispers,  and  affected  the  fire  rather  than  engage  in  any 
merry-making  sports  ;  the  minstrels,  in  their  little  oaken  gal- 
lery, rubbed  their  benumbed  hands,  and  felt  oppressed.  There 
was  good  cheer  ;  there  were  mummers  in  quaint  devices  of  all 
sorts,  hobby-horses,  and  what  not ;  but  there  was  no  mirth. 

About  six  in  the  afternoon,  Sir  Ralph  came  into  the  hall, 
and  glanced  angrily  round  upon  his  guests,  and  his  indignation 
broke  out  in  a  storm  of  reproach.  Was  his  bounty  to  be 
churlishly  received  by  his  own  hinds  ?  Had  John  the  Slater, 
and  Roger  the  Miller,  and  Jack  the  Woodman,  and  Hobbe  o' 


the  Leghes,  come  there  to  a  feast  or  a  funeral  ?  Were  blind 
man's  buff,  hot  cockles,  and  bob-apple  too  poor  sport  for  these 
gentry  ?  Was  not  the  Christmas  pie  large  enough  or  good 
enough  for  their  tastes  ?  By  his  halidome,  it  should  go  hard 
but  he  would  teach  them  better  manners. 

While  the  angry  knight  was  thus  addressing  his  guests — 
guests  who  stood  apalled  before  him — one  of  the  mummers,  a 
little  fellow,  clad  in  black,  with  a  mask  having  horns,  and,  be- 
sides, a  long  tail  with  a  fluke  to  it,  cautiously  crept  out  of  the 
group,  and  stealing  unperceived  behind  the  angry  host,  seized 
him  by  his  cloak,  and  tripped  him  on  the  floor.  Sir  Ralph 
had  never  in  his  whole  life  been  so  humiliated.  Every  face 
about  him  turned  white  at  the  spectacle.  He  regained  his 
feet  in  an  instant,  and  catching  up  a  stout  oaken  cudgel,  dealt 
about  him  with  no  weak  hand.  The  guests  flew  before  him 
in  dismay,  and  were  chased  round  and  round  the  hall  in  the 
utmost  confusion.  Some  fell,  some  escaped  into  the  open  air  ; 
but  the  black  mummer  neither  fell  nor  fled.  He  was,  or  rather 
seemed  to  be,  everywhere  at  once.  He  was  safely  in  a  corner 
one  moment,  and  .Sir  Ralph  was  making  sure  of  him,  when 
out  and  away  was  he,  dexterously  diving  and  running  between 
the  knight's  legs,  perhaps  upsetting  him,  perhaps,  for  an  in- 
stant, leaping  on  his  back— here,  there,  everywhere,  making 
the  hall  ring  with  his  shrill  laughter. 

At  last,  no  more  than  a  dozen  of  the  guests  remained,  with 
the  exception  of  those  who  were  badly  hurt,  and  lay  groaning 
on  the  floor.  Sir  Ralph  paused  to  take  breath,  and  look  about 
him.  There,  in  the  music  gallery,  with  his  legs  hanging  over 
the  front,  sat  the  black  mummer,  swaying  his  body  to  and  fro, 
and  laughing  as  if  he  was  a  witness  of  the  drollest  affair  he 
had  ever  seen  in  his  life. 

"  Pull  down  the  rogue,"  called  out  Sir  Ralph.  "  Guard  the 
stair.  Some  of  you  seize  him.  By  the  Rood,  he  shall  pay 
for  his  sport !"  The  figure  leaped  from  the  gallery,  and  stood 
face  to  face  with  the  knight.  Sir  Ralph  raised  his  cudgel,  and 
aimed  a  stout  blow,  but  the  knave  avoided  it.  Again  Sir 
Ralph  strove  to  strike,  with  the  same  result.  Then,  in  a  shrill 
voice,  heard  distinctly  over  the  hall,  the  black  figure  cried — 

"  The  heriot !  the  heriot !  Sir  Ralph,  I  came  to  tell  thee 
thy  liege  lord  would  take  his  heriot  at  Easter."  And,  with 
these  word3  and  a  diabolical  laugh,  the  figure  vanished. 
1  Sir  Ralph  hastily  quitted  the  hall.  He  was  troubled.  Hu»- 
riedly  he  sent  for  his  priest.  What  passed  between  them  ii 
unknown.  Next  morning  the  widow's  cow  was  returned  to 
her  ;  in  the  course  of  the  day  assistance  was  sent  to  her  from 
Sir  Ralph's  almonry.  He  became  charitable.  He  was  atten- 
tive to  his  religious  duties.  He  forbade  any  allusion  to  what 
had  occurred  on  Christmas  night ;  but,  as  the  year  advanced, 
he  was  noticed  to  change  in  other  respects  :  he  became  weak, 
the  rigorous  fast  of  Lent  told  on  him,  and  at  Easter  he  died. 

Such  is  the  popular  tradition  of  the  Black  Knight  of  Ash- 
ton. It  is  related  by  various  authorities  with  different  embel- 
lishments, and  its  explanation  is  sometimes  supernatural,  and 
occasionally  the  reverse.  Who  was  the  strange  visitor — tho 
black  mummer,  with  his  quaint  antics  and  dreadful  message? 
The  Evil  One,  say  some  ;  a  <;  Boggart,"  full  of  mischief,  say 
others  ;  only  a  few  incline  to  the  opinion  which  to  us  appears 
the  most  probable,  namely,  that  the  mummer  was  no  other 
than  the  idiot  boy — witless  enough,  but  not  so  "daft"  as  to 
be  incapable  of  the  concoction  and  execution  of  an  ingenious 
trick — mad  enough,  doubtless,  but  with  "  method  in  his  mad- 
ness."   

Traditions  of  Giants. — The  traditions  of  giants  are  numer. 
ous  in  Cornwall.  The  giants  of  Trecrobben  dwelt  in  a  castle 
on  a  grand  wild  hill,  which  rises  in  view  of  St.  Michael's 
Mount,  and  close  to  the  village  of  Lelant.  On  the  flat  rocks 
inside  the  castle  they  sacrificed  their  victims.  In  the  days  of 
the  wars  and  troubles,  when  their  race  was  dying  out,  they 
buried  their  treasures  in  the  granite  caverns  of  this  hill,  where 
they  still  remain,  guarded  by  the  fairies. 

In  several  parts  of  Cornwall  there  still  exists  huge  rocks, 
said  to  have  been  used  by  the  giants  when  hurling  or  playing 
at  athletic  games.  The  Titans  ofTrecrobben  and  St.  Michael's 
Mount  often  met  to  play  at  "  bob-buttons."  The  throw  was 
generally  made  from  Trecrobben  Hill,  and  the  mount  was  the 
"  bob,"  on  which  huge  slabs  of  rocks  served  for  the  buttons. 
Holiburn  of  the  Cairn  was  a  giant,  who  is  said  to  have  married 
a  farmer's  daughter.  Once,  when  watching  some  Cornishmen 
hurlicg,  he  was  so  pleased  at  the  game  made  by  a  young  pea- 
sant, that  in  sheer  good  nature  he  killed  him  by  patting  him 
on  the  head.  The  giant  of  Trebiggan  was  a  much  less  benev- 
olent son  of  Anak.  He  is  said  to  have  dined  every  day  on 
children,  whom  he  fried  on  a  flat  rock  outside  his  cave.  His 
arms  were  so  long,  that  he  would  snatch  the  sailors  from  the 
ships  passing  by  the  Land's  End  ;  and  sometimes,  after  hav- 
ing had  his  fun,  replace  them  again.  Perhaps,  after  all,  the 
Phoenicians  and  Greeks  who  came  to  Cornwall  to  buy  tin, 
brought  stories  of  Polyphemus  and  the  Cyclops  to  England, 
for  Trebiggan  and  his  kinsmen  bear  many  points  of  resem- 
blance with  the  giants  of  the  Odyssey. 

A  quadrille  has  just  become  the  fashion  in  Paris  whose 
fiSures  are  so  intricate  that  it  is  named  "  Trigonometry." 


4 


THE    CALiFORN  IAN. 


|  June  16th 


HOW   KATE   DISCOVERED  AMERICA. 
"  T  \0  you  kuow  who  discovered  America?"  said  Charlie 
1  J    Eraser  to  me. 

Now,  this  question  was  asked  after  dinner  at  the  club  ; 
and,  as  Charlie  is  a  wit,  it  was  not  unfair  to  suppose  that,  at 
such  a  time,  such  a  question  was  only  intended  to  lead  up  to 
some  brilliant  joke  ;  so,  instead  of  taking  it  out  ol  his  mouth 
by  making  a  smart  reply  (which  of  course  I  could  have  done.) 
1  merely  gave  a  commonplace  answer  : 

"  Christopher  Columbus,  was  it  not  ? — or  Yasco  di  Gama, 
or  somebody  of  that  sort  I" 

"  Well,  so  I  always  thought  till  to-day,"  said  Charlie  ;  "  but 
I  find  that  such  a  belief  is  only  another  fallacy  to  be  added  to 
th.se  that  are  taught  in  popular  geography." 

I  was  rather  impatient  at  this  long  preface,  aud  felt  another 
and  stronger  temptation  to  make  a  smart  answer  (honestly,  I 
could  have  been  very  smart  this  time.)  but  I  was  determined 
to  go  through  with  the  joke,  if  there  was  one,  so  I  merely 
blew  three  rings  of  smoke  (an  accomplishment  in  which  I 
excel,)  and  waited. 

"  Yes,"  resumed  Charlie,  "  and  what  is  more,  I  have  a 
document  to  prove  it.  Take  that  home  aud  read  it."  So 
saying,  he  handed  me  a  letter  and  left  me,  in  order,  I  fear,  to 
go,  according  to  his  custom,  to  the  Arlington,  and  play  five- 
pound  points  at  whist  till  the  next  morning. 

I  glanced  through  the  letter  which  was  written  in  a  lady's 
handwriting,  crossed  and  recrossed,  at  first  somewhat 
languidly,  but,  as  I  got  on,  with  increasing  interest,  until  at 
last  I  became  thoroughly  absorbed  iu  it,  and  was  only  roused 
by  the  waiter  coming  for  the  fourth  time  (after  a  deal  of  pre- 
liminary scowling)  to  tell  me  that  the  club  was  about  to  be 
closed.  The  facts  the  letter  disclosed  were  so  remarkable, 
that  I  think  it  only  fair  to  lay  it  before  the  public  in  full,  that 
eminent  geographers  may  have  the  opportunity  of  discussing 
it,  and,  if  necessary,  that  the  government  may  fit  out  an  expe- 
dition for  the  investigation  of  the  matter,  and  the  verification 
of  the  extraordinary  geographical  discovery  therein  recorded  : 

"  Os  Board  tue  'Iosa,'  Gth  October,  1865. 
"  Dearest  Charlie  :  I  am  sure  you  have  wondered  at  not 
receiving  a  letter  from  me  for  so  long,  but  when  I  tell  you  the 
astounding  adventures  that  have  befallen  us,  you  will  be  glad 
that  I  am  :  live — and  indeed  all  of  us,  though  Nelly  says  she 
is  quite  certain  that  you  will  dine  just  as  well,  and,  of  course, 
at  one  of  those  dreadful  clubs  ;  but,  of  course,  you  will  give 
them  all  up  when  we  are  married  ;  and  that  all  men  are  selfish 
— but  you  are  not,  I  am  quite  certain.  You  know  we  have 
had  a  great  party  staying  with  us  at  Dun  Beg.  Two  gentle- 
men came  from  the  North,  where  they  had  been  shooting,  but 
I  do  not  believe  they  shot  anything,  or  else  why  did  they  not 
— but  I  will  tell  you  all  in  order,  because  I  know  you  like  it, 
and  I  am  getting  quite  busines3-like.  One  of  the  gentlemen 
is  a  friend  of  yours,  Mr.  Felix  Fellows,  of  whom  you  wero  so 
jealou3  because  I  danced  five  times  with  him  at  Lady  Gore 
Jowse's — so  unreasonable  of  you!  And  I  am  sure  it  was  only 
because  he  dances  well — though  he  i3  very  nice  ;  and  he  can 
do  better  things  than  dance,  too,  as  we  found  when —  But  I 
will  tell  you  that  in  order.  The  other  was  Mr.  Tom  Ruffler. 
He  talked  a  great  deal,  and  told  us  a  great  many  clever  things 
he  had  done  and  said  himself — though  he  never  did  or  said 
anything  particularly  clever  while  with  us,  so  that  we  all 
agreed  that  he  must  have  read  all  his  clever  things  in  a  book. 
And  he  knew  everything ;  and  contradicted  papa  about 
botany,  and  wore  red  neckties  and  varnished  boots ;  and 
smoked  a  pipe — but  I  think  it  made  him  ill,  because  nobody 
ever  really  saw  him  smoke  it  ;  and  he  asked  me  if  I  knew  b 
tobacconist  in  the  village  ;  so  I  gave  him  some  of  those  beau- 
tiful little  cigars  you  sent  me,  and  I  thiuk  he  liked  them,  be- 
cause he  smoked  seven  in  one  morning. 

"  But  I  must  not  wander  from  our  adventures.  You  must 
kfiow  that  we  had  been  living  together  in  the  house  for  a  week 
without  auy  fresh  arrivals,  and  so  we  had  all  got  tired  of  each 
other.  We  used  to  play  at  croquet,  and  that  made  us  quite 
hate  each  other.  Nelly  would  not  speak  to  Mr.  Fellowes 
because  he  osoce  croquet'd  her  down  the  hill  into  the  river, 
and  would  not  go  and  fetch  the  ball  or  beg  her  pardon.  And 
Mr.  Huffier  talked  a  great  deal  about  wanting  to  '  play  at  golf ' 
— he  called  it  '  playicg  At  links,'  and  always  wanted  to  know  if 
the  golf  was  not  too  damp  for  the  ladies  to  walk  on  (he  meant 
the  turf  you  know  ;)  but  I  am  certain  it  was  because  he  thought 
it  a  good  joke,  because  lie  never  really  did  play,  and  when  he 
did,  it  wa3  very  badly,  for  he  broke  two  of  the  clubs  and  lost 
»  ball.  And  Jack's-alive  is  very  stupid,  if  you  get  knocked 
down  every  time  and  never  catch  anybody.  Missie  began 
photography,  and  took  us  in  groups  in  our  riding  habits ;  but 
aome  ol  the  chemicals  got  mixed  up  together,  and  the  pictures 
only  came  out  once,  aud  then  we  all  had  large  feet,  and  noth- 
ing but  white  in  our  eyes,  aud  Mr.  Fellowes's  neck  waslouger 
than  his  body,  besides  Missie  making  her  hands  quite  black. 
We  had  a  deal  of  music,  but  Mr.  Ruffler  pretended  to  despise 
it.  He  cannot  understand  anything  but  'Slap  Bang'  or  a 
hornpipe,  and  actually  laughed  at  me  because  I  said  I  adored 
Mario — he  called  it  Mai  iolatry.  We  danced  reels  every even- 
ing,  of  course  ;  but  my  darling  Viva  got  in  the  way  one  night, 


and  Mr.  Fellowes  danced  the  double  shuffle  on  her,  so  we  de- 
cided it  was  too  dangerous  an  amusement.  Viva  is  now  the 
loveliest  pug  you  ever  saw  ;  her  nose  is  blacker  and  more 
turned  up  than  any  I  ever  saw,  aud  Mr.  Fellowes  says  he  could 
hold  her  up  by  her  tail  without  taking  the  r.url  out  of  it ;  but 
1  would  not  let  him  try  it.  However,  after  a  time  we  got 
tired  of  all  these  amusemeuts,  and  to  kill  time  I  tried  to  teach 
Mr.  Ruffler  to  sing  '  Comme  a  vingt  ans,'  but  he  would  sing 
up  iu  his  head,  and  preteuded  to  leach  me  how  to  pronounce 
French,  so  that  failed.  As  a  last  resource,  we  usked  papa  to 
have  the  '  Water  Witch  '  fitted  out,  and  take  us  for  a  day's 
yachting  among  the  islands.  Aud  he  made  a  juke,  and  said 
it  was  the  water  a-hkh  he  did  not  like  ;  but  he  promised  to 
take  us  over  to  the  island  of  Staflu.  which  you  kuow  is  quite 
close  to  us  here,  to  pass  the  day  aud  explore  the  caves.  So 
on  Wednesday  week  last  we  all  went  on  board  the  '  Water 
Witch,'  early  iu  the  morning.  We  were  quite  a  large  party. 
Besides  Buuks  (who  was  as  obstinate  as  ever,  and  even  more, 
as  I  think.)  and  the  sailors,  there  were  papa,  and  Missie,  and 
Nelly,  aud  Miss  Dowuie — and,  do  you  know,  Mr.  Fellowes 
has  made  desperate  love  to  her,  and  calls  her  Jemima,  and  we 
have  all  settled  that  they  are  going  to  be  married.  Missie 
took  her  photographic  apparatus,  aud  of  course  I  took  Viva, 
thinking  the  sea  air  would  do  her  good.  Just  as  we  were 
pushing  off,  we  heard  somebody  crying  out, '  Ah,  hi !  Ah,  hi !' 
and  a  figure  rushed  down  to  the  beach.  Mr.  RufHer  said  it 
was  nothing  but  a  head  of  hair ;  but  it  turned  out  to  be  Cap- 
tain Diuochie.  Mr.  Ruffler  said  his  hair  would  sink  the  ship  ; 
but  papa  said  it  was  a  wig,  and  we  could  throw  it  overboard 
iu  case  of  danger,  so  he  came  on  board  ;  but  Mr.  Ruffler  be- 
haved very  badly,  and  pretended  to  thiuk  that  his  parting  was 
disarranged,  aud  offered  to  lend  him  a  comb  ;  then  he  said 
that  as  we  had  taken  the  captain  on  board,  he  was  bored,  aud 
should  take  him  off  (he  says  that  is  a  joke  too,  but  I  can't 
sea  it,)  aud  began  to  pull  his  whiskers,  (though  he  has  not  got 
any,  but  as  if  he  had,)  aud  to  imitate  the  way  the  captaiusays 
good  day. 

"  So  we  started  to  go  to  Staffa.  which  is  just  on  the  other 
side  of  Mull,  and  papa  began  to  tell  us  about  Dr.  Johnson, 
who,  it  seems,  had  been  there  too,  and  who  must  have  been  a 
very  selfish  and  disagreeable  person.  Shortly  after  starting, 
we  sat  down  to  luncheon,  aud  were  jolly,  and  had  Bunks  down 
to  drink  our  healths.  We  asked  him  what  he  would  like,  and 
he  said  he  would  like  some  toddy,  aud  should  prefer  '  to  make 
it  inside,'  and  he  drank  the  whiskey  first  and  then  the  water; 
but  Mr.  Fellowes  gave  him  whiskey  the  second  time  too,  aud 
Bunks  actually  never  found  it  out  till  he  had  drank  it  all. 
Then  Mr.  Ruffler  sang  '  Le  Postillion  de  Longjnmeau  ;'  but  as 
it  was  in  French,  and  he  sang  it  very  fast,  nobody  understood 
it,  excepting  when  he  sat  astride  on  a  chair  and  imitated  the 
clacking  of  a  whip,  and  shouted, '  lloup  la  !  houp-la  !'  Never- 
theless, we  all  joined  in  the  chorus. 

'Hu!  bu!  ba!  qri'U  fifaut  beau, 
I-e  Postillion  de  Loiigjumeati,' 

until  Bunks  dime  down  and  asked  us  not  to  go  on  because  it 
would  raise  the  wind.  1'apa  sang  a  song,  too,  about  Paul 
Jones,  a  very  good  one,  except  thai  there  was  nothing  iu  it 
but  the  chorus — 

'  You  have  heard  of  Paul  Jones, 
lie  was  a  rojitie  and  a  VHfabones, 
You  have  beard  of  Paul  Jones,  have  you  not?' 

But  he  sang  it  in  so  many  different  tones  of  voice  that  we 
thought  it  was  a  different  Mr.  Jones  in  every  verse. 

"  So  all  went  ou  delightfully  for  about  an  hour,  when  Bunks 
came  down  again,  aud  said  he  didn't  like  the  look  of  the 
weather. 

"  Why  not?'  asked  papa.  . 

"  '  Well,  there's  just  a  lot  of  scratches  and  scrawls,  aud 
marcs'  taiU,  and  mackerels'  backs  just  knocking  about,  aud 
there's  a  dirty-looking  bank  out  to  the  westward.' 

"  Then  papa  said  we  had  better  go  back,  aud  they  turned 
the  ship  round,  but  almost  directly  the  sea  became  very  rough, 
the  wind  began  to  blow  arhurricane,  an  1  the  rain  came  down 
iu  torrents.  At  first  we  laughed  at  it,  and  the  captain  told 
us  how  he  had  beeu  shipwrecked  coming  from  the  Cape  ol 
Good  Hope,  aud  lived  for  four  years  on  a  desert  island,  aud 
when  they  got  home  all  the  sailors'  wives  had  married  some- 
body else  ;  upon  which  Mr.  Ruffler  said  that  if  ever  he  mar- 
ried he  should  go  to  the  Cape  and  get  shipwrecked  too,  which 
made  me  thiuk  of  you  and  feel  very  uuwell.  (All  this  time 
the  sea  was  getting  rougher.)  Theu  the  ship  gave  a  sudden 
lurch,  aud  threw  a  grouse  aud  a  jam  tart  into  Nelly's  lap,  be- 
sides upsetting  all  the  whiskey  over  Miss  Dowuie's  dress. 

"  We  all  got  very  much  alarmed,  though  Mr.  Ruffle  tried  to 
make  fun  of  it,  and  said  he  believed  Miss  Dowuie  had  done  it 
on  purpose  to  get  double  allowauco.  None  of  us  laughed, 
aud  I  told  him  he  ought  to  be  ashamed  of  himself  to  joke  at 
such  a  moment.  Just  then  the  ship  gave  another  lurch,  and 
poor  Mr.  Ruffler,  who  was  hurt  at  what  I  said,  turned  very 
pale,  aud,  casting  a  reproachful  glance  at  me,  said  he  would 
go  and  look  at  the  weather,  and  went  on  deck.  Then  we 
heard  a  dreadful  crash,  and  a  groan,  which  turned  out  to  be 
the  captain,  who  had  fallen  dowu  amoug  the  crockery  in  the 
pantry  ;  aud  when  Mr.  Fellowes  went  to  him,  ho  would  not 


get  up,  but  said  he  would  lie  where  he  was  and  die  like  a  sol- 
dier. You  have  no  idea  what  a  scene  it  was.  The  ship  plung- 
iug  and  rolling  dreadfully,  every  timber  creaking,  the  chairs 
and  plates  falling  about  the  cabin,  and  the  wind  howling 
through  the  rigging,  so  that  one  could  not  hear  one's  Bclf 
speak.  Jemima  and  Nelly  and  I  became  dreadfully  ill  ;  and 
had  it  not  been  for  Missie,  who  kept  up  and  cheered  us,  1  am 
certuin  we  should  have  died  theu  aud  there.  I  cannot  tell  you 
how  kind  Mr.  Fellowes  was.  He  never  for  one  moment 
thought  of  himself,  but  ran  about  all  over  the  ship  for  us, 
brought  rugs,  cloaks,  and  cushions,  put  them  on  the  cabin 
floor  for  us,  and  kept  the  lamp  alight.  I  felt  as  great  an  ad- 
miration for  him  that  moment  as  if  he  had  been  Mario  him- 
self. 

"  Papa  had  been  on  deck  from  the  first,  and  so  had  Mr. 
Ruffler  from  the  time  he  went  to  look  at  the  weather.  As 
Mr.  Ruffler  goes  yachting  every  year,  of  course,  he  knows  all 
about  it,  aud  I  wanted  papa  to  ask  him  if  there  was  much 
danger ;  but  papa  said  he  had  been  looking  into  the  water 
ever  since  he  had  been  on  deck,  was  groauing,  and  would  not 
answer.  A  nd  that  made  us  more  miserable,  because  we 
thought  it  must  be  very  bad  iudeed.  The  most  dreadful  thing 
was,  that  papa  said  we  were  sailing  away  from  the  land  be- 
cause the  wind  was  blowing  towards  it,  and  we  were  on  a 
lee  shore.  We  all  prayed  him,  if  he  loved  us,  to  turn  round 
aud  take  us  home  ;  but  he  said  it  could  not  be  done,  and  so 
did  Bunks. 

"  All  night  the  hurricane  continued.  You  may  i magi  no 
that  we  could  not  sleep.  We  knew  that  we  were  going 
away  from  the  land,  and  expected  every  moment  that  we 
should  strike  on  our  beam  ends,  aud  so  spring  aleak  in  them, 
aud  all  go  to  the  bottom.  Towards  morning  I  fell  into  a  doze, 
and  dreuuit  I  was  at  the  opera.  I  thought  it  was  the  lastoct  of 
the  '  Prophete,'  where  the  palace  fulls  iu.  I  heard  the  crash, 
and  awoke  with  a  start  to  learn  that  our  mast  had  been 
broken  in  two  by  the  wind.  Captain  Dinochie  must  have 
been  dreaming  too,  for  I  heard  hiui  say,  '  Spare  my  life — I 
surrender.' 

"All  was  confusion.  The  morning  had  come,  but  the  fog 
was  thicker  than  ever ;  besides  which  the  hurricane  had  in- 
creased, and  the  ship,  being  quite  helpless,  was  driven  before 
it  as  if  it  had  been  a  feather  on  the  water. 

"  This  was  the  28th  of  September.  None  of  ns  could 
move,  and  all  day  long  we  lay  in  the  cabin  quite  unable  to  stir 
or  even  to  talk,  and  expectiug  every  moment  to  be  our  last. 
I  thought  of  you,  Charlie,  and  wondered  what  yon  were  doing, 
and  whether  you  were  thinking  of  me  at  all.  How  I  wished 
you  were  with  us  !  1  felt  that  I  could  have  faced  death  by 
your  side  ;  but  Nelly  said  it  would  have  been  no  better,  and 
that  you  would  not  care  about  it,  though  I  am  sareyou  would. 
Aud  then  1  thought  that  all  was  for  the  best,  aud  1  would  not 
have  you  in  danger  for  worlds  ;  besides,  you  are  a  bad  sailor. 
About  the  middle  of  the  day  a  great  sea  broke  our  boat  to 
pieces.  Mr.  Ruffler  came  down  to  tell  us,  looking  very  pale  ; 
but  we  were  too  miserable  to  care  abuut  it.  He  said  that  the 
wind  hud  changed  to  the  east,  that  we  had  been  driving  due 
west  by  the  compass  ever  since  we  started,  aud  were  getting 
into  the  broad  Atlantic.  Papa  was  very  anxious  about  pro- 
visions, and  said  we  had  scarcely  anything  but  some  bacon  on 
board  ;  but  it  made  us  ill  to  hear  it  spoken  of,  aud  we  all 
agreed  that  we  should  uot  be  able  to  eat  anything  for  a  week 
at  least. 

"  The  captain  crawled  out  of  the  pantry  in  the  afternoon  : 
such  a  sight !  One  ol  the  lamps  had  fallen  on  him,  and  he  wus 
covered  with  oil.  He  was  as  white  as  a  ghost  ;  his  hair  was 
out  of  curl,  hanging  down  quite  liuip,  aud  his  whiskers  were 
all  crushed  up  into  nothing,  so  that  we  scarcely  kuew  him. 
He  took  no  notice  of  us,  but  called  for  somebody  to  come  to 
him,  aud  Missie  actually  had  to  help  him  across  the  cabiu  to 
the  ladder,  where  he  sat  all  day  with  his  head  iu  his  hands. 
In  the  evening  Mr.  Fellowes  lit  a  lire  in  the  men's  cabin,  and 
made  some  hot  whiskey  aud  water,  which  he  made  us  take, 
and  we  all  fell  very  grateful  and  tried  to  go  to  sleep. 

"  For  three  days  we  lay  in  the  cabin  quite  prostrate,  without 
any  iucident  to  relieve  the  horror  and  monotony  of  our  situa- 
tion. On  the  third  day  we  were  too  weak  aud  ill  to  care  for 
anything.  We  had  eaten  nothing  but  a  biscuit  or  two,  but 
wheu  we  were  all,  as  it  were,  at  the  last  gasp,  Mr.  Fellowes 
found  some  brandy,  and  made  us  drink  it  by  saying  it  was 
sherry,  which  I  am  certaiu  saved  all  our  lives. 

"Oct.  2. — The  wiud  coutinued,  uud  the  fog,  too.  Mr. 
Ruffler  was  very  ill-tempered,  and  said  we  should  soou  get  to 
America  if  we  weut  ou  at  that  rate  ;  aud  be  kept  sayiug  that 
he  knew  from  the  first  that  we  were  going  to  have  bad  weather 
from  the  eastward,  though  I  am  sure  he  never  said  so.  Miss 
Dowuie  was  very  ill  iudeed,  and  wrote  a  last  farewell  to  her 
family,  which  Mr.  Fellowes  put  in  a  bottle  and  threw  over- 
board. She  then  kissed  us  all,  and  said  she  should  die  happy, 
but  in  the  darkness  she  kissed  the  captain,  too,  by  mistake, 
and  that  revived  her  a  little;  and  so  the  day  ended  just  as 
the  day  before  did. 

"  Oct.  3. — This  morning  Mr.  Fellowes  insisted  upon  our 
going  ou  deck,  saying  it  would  do  us  good,  and  we  dragged 
ourselves  up  the  ladder.    Never  shall  1  forget  the  sight.  The 


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mist  was  so  thick  that  we  could  not  see  so  far  as  the  length 
of  the  ship.  The  sea  was  rolling  mountains  high,  and  the 
immense  black  waves,  curling  over  with  white  foam  at  the 
top,  were  rushing  after  the  ship,  threatening  every  minute  to 
sweep  over  it.  The  mast  was  quite  gone,  having  been  broken 
off  by  jibing  over,  as  Bunks  said  ;  but  a  spar  had  been  put  up 
with  a  little  sail  upon  it,  and  was  bending  almost  double  with 
every  gust  of  the  wind,  which  was  howling  iu  a  most  awful 
manner. 

"  Bunks  wa;  steering  in  order  to  keep  the  ship  before  the 
wind.  It  was  too  dreadful  a  sight  for  us,  and  we  all  went 
uown  a^ain  into  the  cabin  ;  but  I  think  the  air  had  done  us 
good,  for  we  began  to  feel  dreadfully  hungry  for  the  first  time. 
We  held  a  consultation,  and  found  that  all  the  provisions  we 
pad  on  board  were  a  tin  of  wine  biscuits,  two  jam  tarts,  part 
j)f  a  grouse  pie,  a  haunch  of  venison,  some  bacon  (the  sailors 
liad  eaten  most  of  it,)  two  pates  de  foi  gras,  and  some 
j/alnuts. 

1  Luckily  there  was  plenty  of  water,  and  a  large  quantity  of 
whiskey  belonging  to  Bunks,  besides  some  champagne  and 
Mherry,  a  dozen  of  seltzer-water,  and  a  bottle  of  maraschino, 
rapa  said  we  must  all  be  put  on  rations  ;  he  then  made  out 
I  list  of  all  the  things,  and  divided  them  by  twelve,  which  was 
lie  number  of  the  people  on  board,  including  Bunks  and  the 
ew.    I  begged  hard  to  have  Viva  put  on  the  list,  but  it  was 
|f  no  use,  and  I  resolved  to  share  my  food  with  her  to  the 
st  biscuit.    Then  papa  ordered  all  the  provisions  to  be  taken 
to  the  pantry  to  be  taken  care  of.    What  was  our  horror  to 
d  the  venison  on  the  cabin  floor,  half  gnawed  away  and 
vered  with  dust.    Everybody  said  it  was  Viva  who  had 
ne  it,  and  Mr.  Ruffler  wanted  to  throw  her  overboard,  but  I 
clared  that  I  would  follow  her,  and  30  her  dear  life  was 
ared.    We  then  had  our  rations  served  out — three  wine 
icuits,  some  walnuts,  and  a  small  piece  of  grouse-pie  each, 
th  some  sherry  and  water.    My  pie  was  nothing  but  the 
ck  of  the  grouse  ;  I  could  not  eat  it,  and  gave  it  to  Nelly 
two  walnuts.    The  storm  still  continued,  aud  we  lay  down 
sleep,  very  miserable. 
Oct.  4. — The  first  thing  T  saw  this  morning  was  Viva, 
o  came  out  of  the  pantry  licking  her  lips.    Luckily  nobody 
me  saw  her.    When  we  came  to  our  morning  rations,  it 
s  found  that  all  the  rest  of  the  grouse-pie  was  gone.  Of 
irse  everybody  blamed  Viva  ;  but  it  was  very  unfair,  for 
ptain  Dinochie  slept  in  the  pantry,  and  was  just  as  capable 
ating  it,  I  am  sure.    The  loss  of  our  pie  made  us  all  very 
spirited,  so  we  ate  all  the  rest  of  the  bacon  to  keep  our 
[its  up,  and  drank  all  the  champagne.    After  that  we  began 
ake  ft  brighter  view  of  things,  aud  Mr.  Ruffler  said  that 
haps  some  ship  might  be  drifting  our  way  through  the 
of  the  Gulf  Stream,  aud  theu  we  might  fall  in  with 


e  put  our  heads  out  of  the  cabin,  one  after  the  other,  but 
Id  see  nothing,  for  the  mist  was  as  thick  as  ever,  and  the 
m  which  had  now  lasted  six  days,  not  abated  in  the  least ; 
des  the  sleet  and  rain  drove  right  in  our  faces,  and  some 
down  Miss  Downie's  neck  and  gave  her  the  most  dread- 
old,  so  that  she  insisted  on  having  some  bottles  of  seltzer- 
ler  made  hot  to  put  to  her  feet.    I  cried  a  great  deal,  aud 
id  Nelly,  but  Missie  comfo.-ted  us  so  much,  and  was  in 
l  good  spirits,  that  we  soon  became  almost  reconciled  to 
fate.    The  captain  never  spoke  a  word  the  whole  day, 
did  not  come  out  of  the  pantry  except  for  his  rations. 
Ruffler  said  he  was  thinking  of  his  hair  ;  but  he  himself 
very  disagreeable  too,  and  declared  that,  if  we  did  not 
u  with  a  ship,  he  should  insist  on  Viva  being  killed  and 
ed,  to  make  up  for  the  venison  and  grouse ;  aud  he 
ed  to  cook  her  himself  in  the  Chinese  fashion. 
ct.  5. — This  morning  all  the  provisions  left  were  the 
poles  de  foi  gros  and  the  bottle  of  maraschino.  We 
ed  them,  but  felt  very  hungry  after  our  meal,  and  very 
ty,  so  that  we  finished  all  the  water  out  of  the  tank, 
rospects  were  now  indeed  desperate.    We  had  no  food, 
ere  still  hundreds  of  mile3  from  land,  though  Mr.  Ruf- 
aid  we  could  not,  at  the  rate  we  had  been  scudding,  be 
iir  from  the  coast  of  Newfoundland.  Towards  night,  how- 
tbe  mist  cleared  up  somewhat,  and  the  moon  came  out 
short  time.    We  all  went  upon  deck  to  see  it,  and  it 
cheered  us. 

wards  morning  the  sea  seemed  to  go  down,  and  we  heard 
at  commotion  on  deck,  and  could  distinguish  the  voice 
Ru  flier  giving  orders.    We  rushed  up  the  ladder  at 
and  there  beheld  land !    How  shall  I  describe  our  erao 
?    I  cried  for  joy.  Nelly  looked  at  the  land  through  the 
ope  for  ten  minutes  before  she  would  believe  it.  Miss 
lie  came  up,  too,  and  was  so  overcome,  that,  finding  her- 
lear  Mr.  Ruffler,  she  fainted  away  in  his  arms  ;  but  he 
d  her  over  to  Mr.  Fellowes,  who  carried  ber  into  the 
Then  the  captain  came  up,  and  spoke  for  the  first 
He  said  the  land  was  exactly  like  Scotland,  and  that 
us  all  laugh  very  much,  because,  as  Mr.  Ruffler  said,  we 
leen  sailing  directly  away  from  Scotland  for  six  days 
. :  ,J:lJ1|tuffler  himself  said  that  it  must  be  some  part  of  New 
land,  probably  Cape  Race,  where  the  steamers  touch. 
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had  been  there  afore.  This  made  us  laugh  again,  for  we  were 
in  good  spirits ;  but  Bunks  got  very  angry,  and  would  not 
speak  any  more. 

"  By  this  time  we  had  drifted  towards  the  land,  and,  as  we 
had  no  boat,  Bunks  steered  the  ship  as  well  as  he  could 
towards  a  sandy  cove.  At  last  she  struck  on  the  sand,  but 
still  some  distance  from  dry  land,  because  she  draws  ten  feet 
of  water,  and  the  shore  was  shelving.  Mr.  Ruffler  volun- 
teered to  swim  ashore  with  a  rope,  and,  taking  off  his  boots 
and  coat,  dived  overboard,  very  gracefully  ;  but  he  had  for- 
gotten to  take  enough  rope,  and  he  was  stopped,  suddenly, 
underneath  the  water,  or,  as  Bunks  said,  '  brought  up  with  a 
round  turn.'  We  thought  he  would  be  drowned  ;  but  he 
only  said  something  very  dreadful  to  Bunks,  and  then,  when 
some  more  rope  was  let  out,  swam  to  the  shore  with  it. 

"  A  larger  rope  was  then  tied  on  to  it,  and  he  pulled  that 
ashore  ;  then  another  ;  and  a  packing  case  was  so  arranged 
as  to  run  along  it,  by  which  first  Miss  Downie,  and  then  all 
the  rest  of  us  were  taken  ashore.  Missie,  who  always  thinks 
of  everything,  brought  with  her  some  dry  clothes  for  Mr. 
Ruffler,  who  dressed  in  a  cave  ;  and  we  then  all  started  to 
explore  the  country.  Mr.  Fellowes  had  brought  the  gun 
which  was  given  to  Mr  Ruffler,  in  case  we  might  find  any 
game,  which,  he  said,  was  probable.  And  we  had  not  gone 
very  far,  before  a  number  of  strange  birds,  very  like  grouse, 
rose  up  and  flew  away.  Mr.  Ruffler  fired  twice  at  them,  but 
missed,  and  said  they  were  too  far  off.  Then  we  came  to 
some  more,  and  he  missed  them  too,  though  they  were  very 
near.  Papa  said  it  was  wasting  powder,  and  took  the  gun 
himself,  and  shot  the  next  bird  we  saw.  We  all  settled  that 
Mr.  Ruffler  could  not  shoot ;  though  he  said  he  had  killed  a 
large  number  of  deer  in  Scotland.  We  walked  on  through  a 
pine  wood  and  across  some  stuff  just  like  the  heather  in  the 
Highlands,  which  Mr.  Ruffler  said  always  grows  in  those  lati- 
tudes— for  he  told  us  we  were  in  the  same  latitude  as  at 
home.  Suddenly,  on  arriving  at  the  top  of  a  hill  we  came  to 
the  sea  again,  and  found  that  we  were,  in  fact,  not  on  the 
mainland  at  all,  but  on  an  island.  All  our  hopes  were  over- 
thrown in  an  instant.  We  looked  at  each  other  in  blank 
despair,  and  slowly  walked  down  to  the  shore,  with  a  vague 
wish  to  be  nearer  the  mainland.  Mr.  Ruffler  said  he  was 
quite  certain  that  the  island  was  not  marked  upon  any  chart, 
and  that  we  should  have  to  report  its  discovery  to  the  Admi- 
ralty ;  and  he  resolved  to  take  an  observation  of  its  latitude 
from  the  highest  point.  He  left  us  at  once  to  go  back  to  the 
ship,  in  order  to  get  a  sextant  and  an  almanac  and  materials 
for  a  tent ;  and  we  all  sat  down  in  silence,  looking  at  the 
land  we  could  not.  reach.  Mr.  Fellowes  and  Missie  gut 
together  some  dry  wood  and  lit  a  fire,  which  cheered  us  a 
little  ;  but  our  joy  was  of  short  duration,  for  Mr.  Ruffler 
came  back  suddenly,  and  in  an  agitated  voice,  told  us  that  the 
ship  had  disappeared.  Even  Bunks  had  deserted  us  ;  and  we 
were  now  left  perfectly  destitute  and  helpless  on  a  derert 
island.  AVe  held  a  couucil.  The  captain  was  quite  violent, 
and  said  it  all  came  of  going  to  sea  with  a  parcel  of  women. 
Mr.  Ruffler  could  suggest  nothing,  except  to  cook  the  bird 
papa  had  shot.  The  only  persons  who  seemed  to  be  able  to 
do  anything  were  Missie,  Mr.  Fellowes,  and  papa,  who  made  a 
kind  of  shelter  for  us  with  branches  of  trees. 

"  But  our  deliverance  was  nearer  at  hand  than  we  imag- 
ined. Papa  was  looking  over  the  sea,  and  suddenly  started 
up  and  turned  pale.  We  followed  his  eye,  and  what  was  our 
delight  to  see  the  smoke  of  a  steamer  plainly  visible  on  the 
horizon.  Then  came  an  hour  of  dreadful  excitement — hopes 
and  fears  chasing  each  other  and  every  minute  seeming  an 
age.  We  tied  a  shawl  on  a  long  branch  and  waved  it  fran- 
tically to  and  fro.  Wo  piled  all  the  wood  we  could  find  on 
our  tire.  We  shouted  till  we  were  hoarse,  aud  filed  off  our 
last  charge  of  powder  to  attract  attention.  At  first  the 
steamer  held  on  her  course  and  seemed  about  to  pass  the 
island  ;  but  suddenly  she  stopped,  turned,  and  came  straight 
towards  us.  After  that  I  remember  nothing,  till  I  found  my- 
self lying  in  a  comfortable  cabin,  the  furniture  of  which  was 
marked  '  Iona.'  The  revnlsiou  of  joy  and  gratitude  for  our 
miraculous  deliverance  were  almost  too  much  for  me.  I  felt 
that  unless  I  did  something  1  should  go  mad  ;  and  I  resolved 
to  sit  down  and  write  an  account  of  our  dangers  and  suffer- 
ings to  you,  dear  Charlie,  who,  I  know,  are  more  interested 
than  anybody  in  everything  that  concerns  me.  I  have  done. 
I  shall  send  this  to  England  by  the  first  opportunity,  and  shall 
count  the  miles  that  lie  between  us,  and  the  moments  that 
pass  before  I  see  you  once  more.    Your  own  loving  Kate. 

"  P.  S  — Mr.  Ruffler  has  just  come  down.  Ho  says  we 
have  got  the  yacht  in  tow;  that  there  was  a  '  local  attraction  ' 
which  made  the  compass  always  point  to  the  west,  and  that 
we  had  been  iu  a  circular  storm.  It  is  a  mercy  we  came 
across  the  Atlantic  as  we  did. 

"  PP.  S. — Mr.  Ruffler  says  that  we  were  not  in  America  at 
all,  but  on  one  of  the  small  Hebrides  near  Mull,  and  that  this 
is  a  steamer  which  runs  from  Inverness  to  Cronan,  and  that 
we  shall  be  at  Dun  Beg  this  afternoon.  I  dare  say  he  thinks 
that  a  very  clever  joke,  but  of  course  I  do  not  believe  it. 
And  he  say3  he  shall  write  a  tale  about  it :  so  if  ever  you 
meet  one,  don't  you  believe  that  cither." — London  Society. 


Cure  for  Hydrophobia. — Some  time  ago  it  was  stated 
that  Dr.  Buisson,  of  Lyons,  had  announced  the  discovery  of 
a  remedy  for  hydrophobia.  In  attending  a  patient  in  the  last 
stage  of  canine  rabies,  the  doctor  imprudently  wiped  his  hands 
with  a  handkerchief  impregnated  with  her  saliva.  There  hap- 
pened to  be  a  slight  abrasion  on  the  index  of  the  left  hand, 
and,  confident  in  his  own  curative  system,  the  doctor  merely 
washed  the  part  with  water.  However,  he  was  fully  aware  of 
the  imprudence  he  had  committed,  and  gives  the  following 
account  of  the  matter  afterwards  :  "  Believing  that  the  malady 
would  not  declare  itself  until  the  fortieth  day,  having  numer- 
ous patients  to  visit,  I  put  off  from  day  to  day  the  application 
of  my  remedy — that  is  to  say,  vapor  baths.  The  ninth  day, 
being  in  my  cabinet,  I  felt,  all  at  once,  a  pain  in  the  throat, 
and  a  still  greater  one  in  the  eyes.  My  body  seemed  so  light 
that  I  felt  as  if  I  could  jump  to  a  prodigious  height,  or  that, 
if  I  threw  myself  out  of  the  window,  I  could  sustain  myself 
in  the  air.  My  hair  was  so  sensitive  that  I  appeared  to  be 
able  to  count  each  separately  without  looking  at  it.  Saliva, 
kept  continually  forming  in  the  mouth.  Any  movement  of 
air  inflicted  great  pain  on  me,  and  I  was  obliged  to  avoid  the 
sight  of  brilliant  objects  ;  I  had  a  continual  desire  to  run  and 
bite,  not  human  beings,  but  animals,  and  all  that  was  near  me. 
I  drank  with  difficulty,  and  I  remarked  that  the  sight  of  water 
distressed  me  more  than  the  pain  in  the  throat.  I  believe  that 
by  shutting  the  eyes,  any  one  suffering  under  hydrophobia 
can  always  drink.  The  fits  came  on  every  five  minutes,  and 
I  then  felt  the  pain  start  from  the  index  finger,  and  run  up 
the  nerves  to  the  shoulder.  In  this  state,  thinking  that  my 
course  was  preservative  and  not  curative,  I  took  a  vapor  bath, 
not  with  the  intention  of  cure,  but  of  suffocating  my- 
self. 

When  the  bath  was  at  a  heat  of  52  deg.  centigrade  (93  deg. 
3  min.  5  sec.  Farenheit,)  all  the  symptoms  disappeared,  as  if 
by  magic,  and  since  then  1  have  never  felt  anything  more  of 
them.  I  have  attended  more  than  eighty  persons  bitten  by 
mad  animals,  and  I  have  not  lost  a  single  case.  When  a  per- 
son has  been  bitten  by  a  mad  dog,  he  must  for  seveu  succes- 
sive days  take  a  vapor  bath  a  la  Jiusse,  as  it  is  called,  of  57 
deg.  to  63  deg.  This  is  the  preventive  remedy.  When  the 
disease  is  declared,  it  only  requires  one  vapor  bath,  rapidly 
increased  to  37  deg.  centigrade,  then  slowly  to  G3  deg. ;  the 
patient  must  confine  himself  to  his  chamber  until  the  cure  i3 
complete."  Dr.  Buisson  mentions  several  other  curious  facts. 
An  American  had  been  bitten  by  a  rattlesnake  about  eight 
leagues  away  from  his  home  ;  wishing  to  die  in  the  bosom  of 
his  family,  he  ran  the  greater  part  of  the  way  home,  and  going 
to  bed,  perspired  profusely,  and  the  wound  healed  as  any 
simple  cut.  The  bite  of  the  tarantula  is  cured  by  the  exer- 
cise of  dancing,  the  free  perspiration  dissipating  the  virus.  If 
a  young  child  be  vaccinated  and  then  be  made  to  take  a  vapor 
bath,  the  vaccine  does  not  take. — European  Times. 


Facts  vs.  Thkories. — "  Give  me  a  place  to  rest,  my  lever  on, 
aayfl  Archimedes,  "  and  I  will  move  the  world."    "  Give  me  pare  and 
unadulterated  drugs,"  says  Medicus,  of  the  olden  time,  "audi  will 

cure  disease." 

In  one  sense,  both  of  these  learned  pundits  were  the  veriest  charla- 
tans. They  knew  there  was  no  place  to  rest  their  lever  on,  either  to 
move  the  world  or  cure  disease.  Mechanism  was  in  a  backward  state, 
and  the  medical  profession  was  but  another  name  for  sorcery,  and  ;ill 
tho  adjuncts  of  magic  lilters  aud  charms  of  the  "  evil  eye,"  etc. 

But  these  latter  days  have  borne  unto  us  something  more  than  even 
superstition  and  its  crew  ever  dreamt  of  in  their  maddest  philosophy. 
In  these  days  of  practical  science,  what  was  theory  of  yesterday  is 
fact  to-day,  and  all  the  old  time  notions  become  as  bubbles  in  the  sun, 
and  burst  and  break  with  every  breath  we  draw. 

Let  Archimedes  shoulder  his  lever  and  we  will  find  a  resting  place 
for  it  to  move  the  world.  Let  mine  ancient  Medicus  pant  and  toil  no 
more  for  the  drugs  ho  so  sorely  needs,  for  we  have  them  at  our  hand 
ever  reattf  to  serve  them  at  his  beck. 

Refined  in  the  laboratory  of  Dr.  Maggiel,  the  finest  materials  known 
in  tho  medical  profession  are  obtainable  by  any  one.   Jllis  Bilious, 
Dyspeptic,  and  Diarrhea  Tills  stand  unrivalled,  and  his  Salve  operates 
with  magical  effect  upou  burns,  scalds,  and  all  sores  and  ulcers  o 
the  skin. 

In  fact,  we  think  Maggikl's  Pi  I  lb' and  Salve  are  the  wonder  of  this 
century,  and  wc  are  happy  in  the  thought  that  many  others  of  our 
brethren  of  the  craft  agree  with  us.  We  would  earnestly  counsel 
that  all  families  provide  themselves  with  Dr.  Maggicl's  Preparations 
at  once,  and  keep  them  ready  at  hand,  so  as  to  use  them  at  the  most 
opportune,  lime  aud  as  occasion  serves. —  Valley  Sentinel.  cl'l 


At  this  season  of  the  year,  when  so  many  of  our  people  are  sutter- 
ing  from  colds,  we  call  attention  to  Ayer's  ('berry  Pectoral  as  a  sure 
cure  not  only  for  coughs  and  colds,  but  all  affections  of  the  lungs  tfrid 
throat.  Having  used  it  in  our  family  for  many  years,  we  can  Ipeafi 
from  personal  knowledge  of  its  efficiency,  There  may  be  other  rem- 
edies that  are  good,  but  in  all  our  experience  this  has  proved  to  be 
by  far  the  best.  Its  qualities  are  uniform  and  wholly  reliable.  It  is 
pleasant  to  take,  and  should  bo  kept  at  command,  by  everv  faniilv, 
as  a  protection  against  a  class  of  complaints  which  seem  harmless  in 
the  beginning,  but  become  afflicting  and  dangerous  if  neglected. — /V 
//.  Register.  * 

Ladies:  The  wreck  of  beauty  is  sure  to  follow  the  use  of  chatki 
alabaster,  aud  other  destructive  applications.    Remember  that  I 
most  innocent,  harmless  anil  fragrant  toilet  dressing  for  the  comp! 
inn  and  skin— adapted  to  the  most  sensitive  person,  and  blending  ; 
lcclly  with  nature— is  Davidson  s  Circassian  Bloom. 


6 


THE  CALIF0RN1AN 


|  June  16th 


HEALTH   IX    GREAT  CITIES. 

APAMPHET  on  the  alleged  deterioration  of  race, 
brought  about  by  the  growth  of  large  cities,  has  lately 
appeared  in  England  from  the  pen  of  Dr.  Morgan  ;  and,  what- 
ever may  be  thought  of  his  inferences,  his  facts  are  interest- 
ing and  instructive.  It  appears  that  in  England,  at  least, 
■while  the  proportion  of  marriages  to  population  is  in  the 


to  make  agreeable  or  convenient  to  those  who  have  to  use  it 
every  day.  Mose  people  who  live  iu  the  neighborhood  of  a 
great  city  make  their  purchases  in  it,  particularly  ladies.  This 
is  not  a  luxury  ;  it  is  a  necessity.  A  place  at  the  statiou, 
therefore,  to  which  parcels  might  be  sent  to  await  the  arrival 
of  the  owuer,  would  be  a  great  convenience  to  suburban  resi- 
dents.   On  most  suburbau  liues,  however,  no  parcel  will  be 


towns  the  triple  of  what  it  is  iu  the  country,  country  mar- :  received  unless  the  owuer  is  there  to  receive  it.    This  is 


riages  are  two  and  a  half  times  more  prolific.    Then,  again, 

the  death-rate  iu  cities  is  one-third  larger  than  in  the  country 
districts,  so  that,  what  with  scauty  births  and  numerous 
deaths,  every  town  in  England  would  speedily  be  depopulated 
if  a  constant  stream  of  population  did  not  flow  into  it  from 
the  country.  What  makes  this  fact  all  the  more  startling  is, 
that  rather  more  than  half  the  population  of  England  and 
AVales  now  live  in  the  great  towns,  so  that  to  keep  theni 
filled  up  is  a  drain  ou  the  couutry  districts  which  is  telt  every 
year  more  severely.  Dr.  Morgan  finds  in  all  this  proof  thai, 
the  inhabitants  of  cities  are  deteriorating  physically,  and  in 
doing  so,  of  course,  lower  the  type  of  coming  generations. 
But  the  fact  seems  to  be  that  whatever  defects  may  be  cre- 
ated by  city  life,  they  are  not  transmitted  to  such  an  exteut 
as  to  exercise  a  serious  influence  on  posterity — the  reason 
being  that  feeble  city  children  geuerally  die  off,  and  those  who 
reach  maturity  are  therefore  apt  to  be  picked  men  and  women. 
It  is  well  known  that  city- bred  men  are  iu  all  countries  found 
to  undergo  that  severest  of  all  tests  of  physical  vigor,  military 
service,  even  better  than  couutry  people — a  superiority  which 
is  by  some  observers  ascribed  to  the  gain  in  nervous  force 
wrought  by  city  life  ;  and  we  doubt  very  much  whether  tho 
average  country  maiden  could  stand  the  wear  and  tear  of  "a 
season  "  in  any  of  the  great  capitals  of  the  world  with  nearly 
as  much  success  as  those  bred  in  town  drawing-rooms.  The 
capacity  of  a  country  girl  to  undergo  severe  muscular  labor, 
such  as  walking,  riding,  or  rowing,  milking  or  sweeping,  is  not 
necessarily  an  indication  of  greater  vitality.  These  occupa- 
tions are  in  themselves  health-giving,  even  when  followed  by 
fatigue.  Vitality,  which  is,  after  all.  the  very  basis  of  health, 
is  best  tested  by  pursuits  in  themselves  unhealthy,  and  which 
involve  a  drain  on  the  nervous  power,  such  as  loss  of  sleep, 
exposure  to  excitement,  or  anxiety,  or  mental  worry. 

We  are  sorry  we  have  no  means  at  hand  of  ascertaining 
the  comparative  growth  of  city  and  country  population  in  this 
country.  There  is  no  question,  of  course,  that  the  latter 
greatly  outstrips  the  former  as  yet ;  but  it  is  equally  certain 
our  cities  are  growing  with  a  rapidity  which,  in  view  of  the 
feebleness  of  our  efforts  to  govern  them,  and  the  general  igno- 
rance of,  or  indifference  to,  the  means  of  keeping  them  clean 
and  healthy,  may  be  called  positively  alarming.  In  other 
countries  there  are  one  or  two  growing  rapidly  ;  we  have  a 
dozen  or  two  which  promise  in  a  dozen  years  or  so  to  surpass 
in  size  and  populousness  all  others  of  ancient  or  modern  times. 
Their  growth  is  stimulated  in  a  variety  of  ways.  One  is  the 
easiness  of  access  ;  another  is  the  prodigious  increase  of  com- 
merce and  manufactures,  the  latter  having  of  late  years  been 
forced  heavily  by  the  high  tariff.  We  consequently  can  show 
several  "  centres  of  population  "  which,  being  largely  created 
by  drift  from  all  quarters  of  the  globe,  are  not  much  above 
those  of  Europe  in  intelligence,  education,  self-respect,  or 
habits  of  self-control.  We  are  trying  to  govern  them,  too, 
by  the  machinery  which  was  invented  and  used  by  the  Amer- 
ican population  of  fifty  years  ago,  those  quiet,  thrifty,  reading 
farmers,  who  laid  the  foundations  of  American  society,  who 
were  for  two  centuries  its  boast  and  glory,  and  are  still  its  sal- 
vation, but  who  are  iu  some  parts  of  the  country  being  rap- 
idly supplanted  by  swarms  of  foreign  operatives.  The  legal 
influences  we  are  able  to  exert,  therefore,  on  behalf  of  health 
and  cleanliness  are  far  below  those  with  which  European  legis- 
lators are  armed. 

That  the  effect  of  life  in  these  busy  hives  upon  health  and 
physique  will  be  much  what  it  is  in  Europe,  there  can  be  little 
question.  The  same  causes  are  at  work  in  both  places  ;  and 
it  seems  to  be  settled  that  foremost  amongst  these  is  bad  air — 
oue  of  the  inevitable  results  of  crowdiug.  That  the  day  will 
come  when  crowding  a  great  number  of  men  and  women 
together  on  a  small  space  of  ground  will  not  make  the  air 
very  bad  after  all,  we  think  very  likely  ;  but  that  day  is 
clearly  a  long  way  off.  The  art  cf  policing  great  cities  in 
free  countries  is  still  in  its  infancy  Despots  alone  do  it  suc- 
cessfully ;  but  our  people  will  hardly  ever  be  disposed  to  pur- 
chase cleanliness  by  the  surrender  of  their  freedom.  Such 
powers  as  the  Board  ol  Health  in  New  York  is  armed  with 
would  hardly  be  tolerated  as  a  permanency. 

In  the  meautime,  there  is  nothing  so  much  needed  as  the 
use  of  all  the  influences  at  our  command  to  diminish  the  flow 
of  the  country  population  into  the  towns  ;  or,  if  thi3  be  too 
difficult,  as  we  fear  it  is,  to  induce  those  whose  business  lies 
in  them  to  live  out  of  them.  The  plain  fact  of  the  matter  is, 
that  couutry  life  is  to  most  Americans  at  this  moment  intol- 
erable, and  no  wonder.  In  the  first  place,  the  mean3  of  reach- 
ing the  conntry  are  disgraceful  not  simply  to  the  railroad  com- 
panies but  to  our  civilization.  We  cannot  recall  to  mind  at 
this  moment  a  single  liue  of  railroad  which  the  directors  seek 


small  matter,  but  indicates  a  good  deal.  We  have  so  often 
discussed  the  coudiliou  of  the  cars  that  we  shall  not  here  re- 
turn to  it.  The  trains  are  geuerally  arranged  to  start  or  uot 
to  start  at  ingeniously  incouvenient  hours  The  theory  ou 
which  the  lime-tables  of  most  suburbau  lines  is  apparently 
drawn  up  is,  that  nobody  living  in  the  country  ever  wants  to 
spend  an  evening  in  the  city,  and  nobody  living  in  the  city 
wants  to  spend  oue  in  the  country  ;  and  yet  there  is  perhaps 
nothiug  that  makes  couutry  life  so  distasteful  to  all  classes, 
working-men  included,  as  the  lact  that  it  cuts  them  off  from 
those  sources  of  amusement  or  eutertainment,  social  or  other, 
such  as  only  cities  can  supply.  It  must  be  admitted,  in  fact, 
that  the  social  attractions  olfered  by  the  couutry  are  well  nigh 
worthless.  People  who  live  iu  the  country,  aud  who  have  the 
good  sense  to  try  and  make  the  best  of  it,  generally  try  to 
persuade  themselves  and  others  that  they  have  all  the  society 
they  want  ;  but  iu  their  secret  hearts  they  know  they  heroi- 
cally and  innocently  lie.  Under  the  moit  favorable  circum. 
stances,  they  rarely  see  much  of  their  neighbors.  Tho  dis- 
tances are  too  great,  and  when  they  are  not,  the  roads  are, 
durinsr  three-fourths  of  the  year,  either  too  muddy  or  too  dusty 
to  make  walking  agreeable.  Harnessing  vehicles  for  the  pay- 
ment of  nocturnal  visits  is  not  agreeable,  if  one  has  to  do  it 
one's  self  ;  aud  it  is  still  less  agreeable  to  have  to  ask  a  coach- 
man to  do  it,  as  coachmen  go  in  these  days  ;  so  that  the  great 
majority  stay  at  home,  hoping  that  people  will  f  drop  in  in 
the  evening  "—a  pieasiug  anticipation  in  which  the  mass  of 
men  and  women  who  are  fond  of  society  continue  lo  indulge 
iu  the  earlier  part  of  their  lives,  but  which  they  get  over 
before  they  reach  what  novelists  call  "  the  grand  climac- 
teric" 

People  rarely  do  "  drop  in  iu  the  evening  "  anywhere.  One 
meets  with  circles  now  and  then  in  which  the  custom  prevails 
but  they  are  mostly  family  circles,  or  circles  long  established 
and  bound  together  by  old  and  valued  associations.  Amongst 
the  heterogeneous  populations  of  most  country  "  neighbor- 
hoods," families  stay  at  home  aud  wait  for  others,  and  the 
general  prevalence  of  this  practice  of  course  involves  general 
disappointment. 

Then,  again,  persons  brought  toge'.her  by  accident  in  the 
country  are  not  often  congenial.  There  is  no  good  reason 
why  they  should  be.  Tastes,  pursuits,  aud  antecedents  may 
and  do  differ,  and  when  they  do  differ  conversation  is  apt  to 
be  a  bore.  And  it  must  be  confessed  that,  except  in  the  case 
of  persons  of  great  powers,  great  cultivation,  or  great  origi- 
nality, meeting  the  same  persons  very  often  soon  ceases  to  be 
amusing  or  entertaining.  Each  one  very  soon  gets  acquainted 
with  all  his  neighbor's  jokes,  his  best  stories,  his  favorite  per- 
sonal experiences,  and  soon  learns  enough  even  of  the  charac- 
ter of  his  mind  to  be  able  to  piedict  with  tolerable  certainty 
what  he  will  say  on  auy  ordinary  subject  that  comes  up.  The 
result  is  that  one  very  rarely  finds  country  circles  rely  very 
Ions  on  conversation.  They  fall  back  on  games  or  "  Shaks- 
pcarian  readings,"  which  are  generally  very  well  for  a  while  ; 
but  people  tire  of  games,  and  there  is  a  limit  to  one's  enjoy- 
ment of  hearing  Shakspeare  badly  read. 

The  true  remedy  lor  all  this  is  to  make  removal  to  the 
country  as  little  of  a  separation  from  the  city  as  possible,  to 
enable  people  to  enjoy  the  pure  air  and  good  scenery  of  the 
one  without  losing  altogether  the  pleasures  of  the  other,  and 
this  can  only  be  done  by  thorough  railroad  reform.  There  is, 
in  fact,  it  may  be  safely  said,  nothing  on  which  the  health  of 
the  cities  of  the  United  States  will  hereafter  so  much  depend 
as  this. — Kcilion. 


Icelandic  Admonitions. — A  venerable  Icelandic  writer,  who 
lived  at  the  close  of  the  twellth  century,  gave  the  following 
good  advice  for  sell-government :  "  Accustom  thyself  to  a 
busy  and  wakeful  life,  but  not  so  as  to  injure  health  by  over- 
exertion. Keep  aloof  from  sadness,  tor  sadness  is  sickuess 
of  the  soul.  Be  kiud  aud  gay,  equable  and  changeable  (that 
is,  of  easy  manners,  and  not  stiff.)  Avoid  evil  speaking,  aud 
give  your  couusel  to  him  who  will  accept  it.  Seek  the  com- 
pany of  the  best  men.  Keep  thy  tongue  carefully  ;  it  may 
honor— it  may  also  condemn  thee.  If  thou  wax  angry,  speak 
little,  aud  that  little  not  vehemently.  Men  would  give  gold, 
sometimes,  to  buy  back  a  passionate  word  ;  aud  I  know  of 
nothiug  that  so  destroys  unity  as  the  exchange  of  evil  lan- 
guage, especially  in  thi  moment  of  strife;  and  there  is  no 
nobler,  no  higher  power  than  that  by  which  a  man  can  keep 
his  own  tongue  from  cursing,  slandering,  and  other  foolish 
prate.  There  are  other  things  to  be  avoided  like  the  Fiend 
himself — the  sensual  excesses,  gaming,  wagers,  and  other 
improprieties  aud  vices.  These  are  the  roots  of  many  worse 
evils,  aud  unless  great  care  is  taken,  will  hand  thee  over  to 
great  siu  aud  shame." 


Tub  Kingdom  of  Italy.— Since  the  uuion,  in  11*60,  of  the 
proviuces  of  the  new  kingdom  of  Italy,  considerublo  atten- 
tion has  been  paid  to  the  collection  of  Government  statis- 
tics—a department  being  attached  to  the  Ministry  of  Agri- 
culture, Industry  and  Commerce,  nided  by  Councils,  in  all  the 
Prefectures  of  the  kingdom.  The  last  census  was  taken  on 
the  night  of  the  31st  of  December,  1861,  when  the  population 
was  found  to  be  21,704,000.  At  the  rate  of  progress  since 
observed,  on  the  1st  of  Jauuary  in  this  year  it  is  estimated 
to  be  i.bout  22,300,000.  The  population  is  mostly  agricul- 
tural, the  largest  cities  being  inferior  in  numbers  of  inhabit- 
ants to  the  great  ciiies  aud  commercial  towns  iu  England. 
Florence  will,  no  doubt,  rapidly  iucrease  as  tho  seat  of  Gov- 
erunieut;  but  at  the  date  of  the  ceusus  it  had  only  114,000 
inhabitants;  Naples,  417.000;  Turin,  180,000;  Milan, 
2111,000  ;  and  Palermo,  186,000.  Great  activity  prevails  in 
extending  the  lines  of  railway  to  attract  the  traffic  of  the 
East  to  the  Italian  coasts  of  the  Adriatic.  The  completion 
of  the  Mont  Cenis  tunnel  aud  a  projected  Alpine  railway 
over  the  St.  Gothard  are  expected  by  the  Italians  to  give 
them  a  large  share  in  the  transit  of  light  goods  and  passen- 
gers when  the  Suez  Canal  is  opened.  The  products  of  tho 
soil  of  Italy — oil,  wine,  rice,  cotton,  silk — its  vast  tracks  of 
unexplored  mineral  grounds,  and  thousands  of  square  miles  of 
laud  which  only  require  scientific  irrigation  to  render  them 
the  most  fertile  iu  Europe — open  up  a  great  future  for  her 
commercial  enterprise,  to  which,  uuder  the  new  Government, 
the  greatest  atteution  is  being  given.  Tho  most  difficult 
problem  at  present  is  the  financial  condition  of  Italy.  Wish- 
ing to,  and,  perhaps,  partly  under  the  uecessity  of  maintain- 
ing a  large  army  at  heavy  cost  relative  to  the  present  revenue 
of  the  country,  Italians  yet  object  to  the  corresponding  sacri- 
fices, though  at  present  but  lightly  taxed  as  compared  with 
other  couutries.  Tho  public  debt  is  already  £176,000,000, 
and  it  is  advancing  at  the  rate  ot  £8,000,000  to  £10,000,000 
a  year.  The  ouly  remedy  is  a  large  reduction  of  the  army,  or 
a  much  heavier  taxation.  It  appears  probable  the  Italians 
will  choose  the  latter,  which  the  increasing  wealth  of  the 
couutiy  and  development  of  its  resources  will  render  it  easier 
to  bear. 

A  Widow. — Notwithstanding  tho  exhibition  of  1867,  onr 
annual  sofen  is  this  year  well  supplied  by  our  principal  artists. 
Already  5.000  first-rate  pictures  have  been  received.  The  two 
which  seem  to  attract  greatest  attention  are  a  landscape 
called  "  La  Remise  de  Chevreuils  "  and  "  La  Feuime  aa 
Perroquet,"  both  by  Courbet.  The  latter  picture  represents 
a  woman  in  a  state  of  nudity  playing  with  a  parrot,  and  has 
already  been  purchased  for  a  large  6um  by  M.  Nieowerkerke, 
director  of  the  Jieatue  Arts.  There  is  also  another  picture,  a 
portrait  of  a  lady,  and  entitled  "  La  Veuve."  The  lady  is 
dressed  in  deep  mourning,  and  has  in  her  hands  a  bouquet  of 
violets.  Now,  although  the  catalogue  contains  only  the  two 
words,  a  widow,  opposite  the  number  of  the  portrait,  there  is 
a  story  connected  with  it  full  of  poetic  terror.    The  ludy  is 

the  Countess  O  ,  whe,  although  now  only  twenty-four 

years  of  age,  has  been  twice  widowed.  She  is  said  to  be  of 
humble  birth,  but  when  only  sixteen  years  old,  her  great 

beauty  attracted  the  attentiou  of  the  Marquis  de  I)  ,  who 

married  her.  On  leaving  the  church,  however,  the  marquis 
was  assassinated  by  some  obscure  rival,  and  the  lady  was  left 
a  widow  with  an  immense  fortune.  The  marquise  retired  to 
a  convent,  where  she  remained  till  her  twentieth  year.  She 
then  made  a  journey  to  various  parts  of  Europe,  and  visited, 
among  other  places,  St.  Petersburg,  where  one  of  the  most 
wealthy  loijards  of  Bussia  placed  at  her  feet  his  heart,  his 
diamonds,  and  his  millions.  The  marriage  was  celebrated  in 
the  house  ol  the  bridegroom's  mother,  iu  a  remote  part  of 
liussia,  some  distance  from  his  own  estate.  The  newly 
married  couple  left  lor  iheir  new  home  in  a  mugnificent  sleigh. 
On  the  way  they  were  attacked  by  wolves,  and  the  count,  in 
trying  to  defend  his  bride,  made  a  false  step,  fell  out  of  the 
sleigh  into  the  snow,  and  was  immediately  devoured  by  the 
wolves.  The  horses,  mad  with  terror,  dashed  off  wit' 
immense  speed  and  did  not  stop  till  they  arrived  at  the 
count's  chateau,  which  was  brilliantly  illuminated  for  the  r 
caption  of  the  newly  married  couple.  Thisstofy,  I  am  assur- 
on  good  authority,  is  perfectly  authentic. —  Cor.  N.  Y.Natior 


Probst,  who  murdered  the  Deering  family,  has  told  th 
story  of  his  butchery  with  the  same  nonchalauce  with  whic 
the  horrible  deed  was  committed.    The  matter  was  a  ver/J 
simple  oue  :  be  was  in  want  of  money,  aud  he  thought  he 
could  get  what  he  wanted  by  murderiug  a  former  employer.! 
When  he  found  or  believed  it  necessary  to  despatch  also  th#4 
entire  family,  he  enlarged  his  determination  without  flinching, 
and  would  have  killed  them  on  their  way  down  to  breakfast 
if  he  had  felt  sure  of  succeeding.    There  is  absolutely  n 
trace  of  mercy  or  pity  in  the  whole  proceeding — hardly  an 
of  remorse,  if  that  can  be  called  remorse  to  which  he  allude* 
in  saying  "  Yes  "  to  the  question  whether  he  "  felt  bad  "  afta 
the  murder.    One  can  scarcely  imagine  more  iuhuman  a  path 
than  was  displayed  by  him  in  shaving  himself  with  the  raz< 
of  his  chief  victim,  and  then  making  a  meal  in  the  hou 
Yet,  with  au  inconsistency  which  is  remarkable,  he  suppli 
the  horses  iu  the  stable  with  as  much  hay  as  he  could  betoi 
leaving  the  premises.    The  cunning  of  the  maa  was  as  brutal 
as  his  action. 


June  16th) 


AN    ADVENTURE    IN  THE  GREAT  PYRAMID. 

TT^HE  state  of  Coleridge's  mind  when  he  wrote  his  fragments 
_I_  of  Kubla  Khan  must  have  nearly  resembled  that  of  any 
reasonably  excitable  person  during  a  first  visit  to  Cairo.  Just 
a  degree  too  vivid  to  be  a  natural  dream  ;  many  degrees  too 
beautiful  and  wonderful  to  be  an  ordinary  daylight  vision,  the 
rich  dim  courts,  the  glorious  mosques,  the  marble  fountains, 
the  showers  of  southern  sunlight  poured  on  stately  palm-tree 
and  slow-moving  camel,  and  shifting,  many-hued  crowd — all 
form  together  a  scene  such  as  no  stage  iu  the  world  may  par- 
allel for  strangeness  and  splendor.  One  day  spent  in  roaming 
aimlessly  through  the  bazaars,  and  the  gardens,  and  the  mosques 
of  Llassan  and  the  Gama  Tayloon,  does  more  to  reveal  to  us 
what  Eastern  life  means — what  is  the  background  of  each 
great  Eastern  story,  the  indescribable  atmosphere  which  per- 
vades all  Eastern  literature — than  could  be  gained  by  years 
of  study. 

At  least,  I  can  speak  from  experience  that  it  was  such  a 
revelation  to  me,  and  one  so  immeasurably  delightful  that, 
having  performed  the  long  journey  to  Egypt  mainly  with  the 
thought  of  the  attractions  of  the  ruins  of  Thebes  and  Mem- 
phis, Karnak  and  Philas,  I  waited  patiently  lor  a  fortnight 
within  sight  of  the  Pyramids  without  attempting  to  visit 
them,  satisfied  with  the  endless  interest  of  the  living  town. 
At  last  the  day  came  when  the  curiosity  of  some  quarter  of 
a  century  (since  that  epoch  in  a  child's  life,  the  reading  of 
Belzoni)  could  no  longer  be  deferred.  I  had  a  concern,  as 
good  folks  say,  to  visit  Cheops  that  particular  morning,  and 
to  Cheops  I  went,  mounted  on  the  inevitable  donkey,  and  ac- 
companied by  a  choice  specimen  of  that  genus  of  scamp,  the 
Cairene  donkey-boy.  Unluckily  I  had  overnight  ordered  my 
dragoman  to  wait  in  Cairo  for  certain  expected  mails,  and 
bring  them  to  me  in  Old  Cairo  whenever  they  might  arrive  ; 
and  of  course  the  order  involved  my  loss  of  his  services  for 
the  entire  day,  spent  by  him,  no  doubt,  with  my  letters  in  his 
pocket,  at  a  coffee-shop.  Thus  it  happened  that  my  little  ex. 
pedition  wanted  all  guidance  or  assistance— such  acquaint- 
ances as  I  possessed  in  Cairo  being  otherwise  occupied  on  that 
particular  morning,  and  not  even  knowing  of  my  iutention. 

Arrived  at  the  ferry  of  tho  Nile,  just  above  the  Isle  of 
Rhoda,  it  was  with  considerable  satisfaction  that  I  found  a 
party  of  pleasant  English  ladies  and  gentlemen  also  proceed- 
ing to  the  Pyramids.  Their  lime,  however,  was  limited  by 
the  departure  of  the  Overland  Mail  that  day,  and  of  course 
they  could  make  no  delay — as  they  seemed  kindly  disposed  to 
do — to  keep  up  with  me  and  my  wretched  donkey,  or  rather 
donkey-boy. 

If  there  be  an  aggravating  incident  in  this  very  trying  world, 
it  is  assuredly  that  of  beinsr  mounted  on  a  non-progressive 
donkey,  unarmed  with  any  available  whip,  stick,  spur,  or  other 
instrument  of  cruelty;  and  wholly  at  the  mercy  of  a  treacher- 
ous conductor,  who  pretends  to  belabor  your  beast,  and  only 
,  makes  him  kick,  and  keeps  you  behind  your  party,  when  you 
have  every  reason  in  the  world  to  wish  to  retain  your  place  in 
it.  Only  one  thing  is  worse,  a  mule  which  carries  you  through 
a  whole  day  of  weary  Alpine  climbing,  just  too  far  from  all 
your  friends  to  exchange  more  than  a  scream  at  intervals.  If 
there  chance  on  such  an  excursion  to  be  ten  pleasant  people 
of  your  party,  and  one  unpleasant  one,  whom  you  particularly 
wish  neither  to  follow  nor  seem  to  follow,  it  is  inevitably  that 
particular  objectionable  person  whoso  mule  your  mule  will  go 
after,  and  press  past  every  one  else  to  get  at,  and  drag  your 
arm  out  of  its  socket  if  you  try  to  turn  it  back,  and  finally 
make  you  wish  that  an  avalanche  would  fall  acd  bury  you  and 
the  demon-brute  you  have  got  under  you  in  the  abyss  forever. 
On  horseback  you  are  a  lord  (or  lady)  of  creation,  with  the 
lower  animal  subject  unto  you.  On  mule-back,  or  ass-back, 
you  are  a  bale  of  goods,  borne  with  contumely  at  the  will  of 
the  vilest  of  beasts— not  where  you  please,  but  where,  when, 
and  how,  it  pleases. 

To  return  to  my  expedition  to  the  Pyramids.  Very  soon 
the  English  party  were  out  of  sight,  aud  slowly  and  wearily  I 
was  led  a  zigzag  course  through  fields  of  young  growing  corn, 
and  palm-groves,  and  past  the  poor  mud  villages  of  the  Fel- 
lah-Arab. Mud,  indeed,  occupies  in  Egypt  an  amazing  promi- 
nence in  every  view.  Mud  hovels,  mud  fields,  where  the  rank 
vegetation  is  only  beginning  to  spring  through  the  deposit  of 
the  inundation,  mud-dams  across  a  thousand  channels  and 
ditches,  and  finally  the  vast  yellow  mud-banks  of  the  mighty 
Kile.  If  man  were  first  created  in  Egypt,  it  is  small  marvel 
that  his  bodily  forc»/should  be  a  "  muddy  vesture  of  decay." 
In  the  course  of  my  pilgrimage  on  this  particular  day  my  don- 
key-boy cleverly  guided  me  into  a  sort  of  peninsula  of  mud, 
out  of  which  there  was  no  exit  (short  of  returning  on  our 
steps)  save  by  crossing  a  btream  of  some  three  or  four  feet 
deep.  As  usual  in  Egypt,  two  or  three  brown  Arabs  arose 
immediately  when  wanted,  from  the  break  of  rushes,  and  vol- 
unteered to  carry  me  across  on  their  shoulders,  their  back- 
shish, of  course,  being  divided  with  the  ingenious  youth  who 
had  brought  me  into  the  trap.  What  it  costs  to  the  olfactory 
organs  to  be  carried  by  Fellah-Arabs,  language  altogether 
fails  to  describe. 

At  last  the  troubles  of  the  way  were  over ;  the  sands  of 
the  Desert  were  reached,  aud  tho  stupendous  cluster  of  edi- 


fices, the  three  Pyramids  of  Ghizeh,  the  Sphinx,  the  Cyclo- 
pean Temple,  and  the  splendid  tombs,  were  before  me  and 
around.  For  miles  off,  in  the  clear  air  of  Egypt,  where  there 
is  literally  no  aerial  perspective,  I  had  been  able  to  distinguish 
the  ranges  of  stones  which  constitute  the  exterior  of  all  the 
Pyramids,  save  the  small  portions  of  the  second  and  third 
still  covered  with  their  original  coating.  It  was  hardly,  as 
Longfellow  says — 

"  Tbe  mighty  pyramids  of  stone, 
That  wedge-like  cleave  the  desert  airs, 
When  nearer  seen  and  better  known 
Are  but  gigantic  nights  of  stairs." 

Almost  as  soon  as  they  come  within  the  range  of  vision  they 

are  seen  with  their  seriated  edges  and  the  horizontal  lines  of 

the  deep  steps,  marked  sharply  with  the  intense  shadows  of 

the  south. 

Of  all  these  ruins  of  Ghizeh — these  earliest  and  mightiest 
of  the  records  of  our  race — the  one  by  far  the  most  affecting 
and  impressive,  is  assuredly  the  Sphinx.  A  human  face,  nay, 
an  intensely  human  face,  a  portrait  full  of  individuality  eveu 
in  its  solemnity  and  colossal  grandeur — gazes  at  us  with  the 
stony  eyes  before  which  have  passed  Hebrew  prophet  and 
Greek  philosopher,  and  Roman  conquerer,  and  Arab  khalif. 
Had  Napoleon  the  Great,  told  his  troops  that  sixty  centuries 
looked  on  them  through  the  Sphinx's  eyes,  he  would  have 
used  no  unmeaning  metaphor.  Even  the  very  ruin  and  dis- 
grace of  the  mighty  countenance  seems  to  render  it  more  af- 
fecting. Half  immeasurably  sublime,  half  pitiful,  nay,  gro- 
tesque, in  its  desolation,  it  stands,  with  its  brow  calmly  up- 
turned to  heaven,  and  what  one  might  almost  deem  a 
ruddy  flush  upon  its  cheek,  but  with  every  feature  worn  and 
marred  since  it  has  stood  there,  a  stony  St.  Sebastian,  bearing 
through  the  ages  the  shafts  ajid  insults  of  sun  and  storm. 

I  must  not  pause  to  muse  over  the  Sphinx,  nor  yet  to  de- 
scribe the  gradual  revelation  which  comes  to  the  traveller  of 
the  enormous  magnitude  of  the  Pyramid,  as  he  slowly  wades 
at  its  foot  through  the  heavy  sand,  and  perceives  when  he  has 
walked  thrice  as  far  as  it  seemed  he  need  have  done,  he  has 
but  reached  the  half  of  the  base. 

The  English  party,  who  had  outridden  me,  were  concluding 
their  luncheon  as  I  reached  the  Pyramid,  and  after  declining 
their  cordial  offers  to  share  it,  I  asked  one  of  the  ladies, "  Had 
she  visited  the  interior  aud  Cheops' chamber?"  "No.  Some 
of  the  ladies  and  gentlemen  had  done  so.  The  Arabs  were  a 
wild  set  of  men,  and  she  did  not  like  to  put  herself  in  their 
power."  Deeming  the  lady's  caution  must  be  over-developed, 
and  too  intensely  interested  to  make  very  serious  reflections 
on  what  I  was  doing,  I  engaged  the  Scheik  at  the  door  of  the 
Pyramid  to  provide  me  with  proper  guides  so  soon  as  the 
English  party  had  ridden  away. 

Five  strong  Fellah-Arabs  volunteered  for  the  service,  in 
spite  of  my  remark  that  three  were  enough,  and  we  were  soon 
plunged  into  the  darkness  of  the  first  entrance-passage.  All 
the  world  knows  bow  the  Pyramid  is  constructed  ;  a  solid 
mass  of  huge  stones,  all  so  perfectly  fitted  that  scarcely  a  pen- 
knife might  be  introduced  iu  any  place  between  them.  The 
passages  at  the  widest,  scarcely  permit  of  two  persons  going 
abreast,  aud  are  for  long  distances  so  low  as  to  compel  the 
visitor  to  stoop  almost  double.  The  angle  at  which  these  pas- 
sages slope  upwards  is  also  one  which,  on  the  slippery,  well- 
worn  floor,  renders  progress  difficult  as  on  the  ice  of  an  Alp- 
ine mountain.  But  oh  !  how  different  from  the  keen  pure  air, 
the  wide  horizon,  the  glittering  sunlight,  of  the  Alps,  this 
dark,  suffocating  cavern,  where  the  dust,  and  lights,  and  breath 
of  heated  men,  make  an  atmosphere  scarcely  to  be  breathed, 
and  where  the  sentiments  of  awe  and  horror  almost  paralyze 
the  pulse.  Perhaps  my  special  fancy  made  me  then,  as  ever 
since,  find  a  cave,  subterranean  passage,  or  tunnel,  unreason- 
ably trying  to  the  nerves  ;  but  so  it  was — the  awe  of  the  place 
wellnigh  overpowered  me. 

The  Arab  guides  helped  me  easily  in  their  well-known  way. 
One  or  two  carried  the  candles,  and  all  joined  in  a  sort  of 
song  at  which  I  could  not  help  laughing,  in  spite  of  both  awe 
and  lack  of  breath.  It  seemed  to  be  a  chant  of  mingled 
Arabic  and  English  (a  language  they  all  spoke  after  a  fashion.) 
the  English  words  being  apparently  a  continual  repetition  : 
"  Vera  goot  lady,  backshish,  backshish  ; 
Vera  goot  lady,  give  ns  backshish, 

and  so  on,  da  capo.  Twice  we  had  to  rest  on  our  way  from 
sheer  exhaustion,  and  on  one  occasion,  where  there  is  a  break 
in  the  continuity  of  the  passage,  there  was  an  ascent  into  a 
hole  high  up  in  the  wall  by  no  means  easy  to  accomplish. 

At  last,  after  what  seemed  an  hour,  and  I  suppose  was  about 
fifteen  minutes,  since  we  left  the  sunshine,  we  stood  iu  Cheops' 
burial-vault,  the  centre  chamber  of  the  Creat  Pyramid.  As 
my  readers  know,  it  is  a  small  oblong  chamber,  of  course 
wholly  without  light  or  ventilation,  with  plain  stone  floor, 
walls,  and  roof,  and  with  the  huge  stone  sarcophagus  (which 
once  held  the  mummy  of  Cheops,  but  is  now  perfectly  empty) 
standing  at  one  end.  The  interest  of  the  spot  would  alone 
have  repaid  a  journey  from  England  ;  but  I  was  left  small 
time  to  enjoy  it.  Suddenly  I  was  startled  to  observe  that  my 
guides  had  stopped  their  song  and  changed  their  obsequious 
voices,  and  were  all  five  standing  bolt  upright  against  the  walls 
of  the  vault. 


"  It  is  the  custom,"  said  one  of  them,  "  for  whoever  comes 

here  to  give  us  backshish." 

I  reflected  in  a  moment  that  they  had  seen  me  foolishly 
transfer  my  purse  from  the  pocket  of  my  riding-skirt  to  tbe 
walking-dress  I  wore  under  it,  and  which  I  had  alone  retained 
on  entering  the  Pyramid. 

"  Well,"  I  said,  as  coolly  as  I  was  able,  "  I  intend,  of  course, 
to  give  you  '  backshish  '  for  your  trouble,  and  if  you  choose 
to  be  paid  here  instead  of  at  the  door,  it  is  all  the  same  to 
me.  I  shall  give  three  shillings  English  (a  favorite  coin  in 
Cairo,)  as  I  said  I  only  wanted  three  men." 

"  Three  shillings  are  not  enough.    We  want  backshish!" 

"  There  they  are.    They  are  quite  enough." 

"  Not  enough  !    We  want  backshish  !" 

I  must  here  confess  that  things  looked  rather  black.  The 
Fellahs  stood  like  so  many  statues  of  Osiris  (even  at  the 
moment  I  could  not  help  thinking  of  it,)  with  their  backs 
against  the  wall  and  their  arms  crossed  on  their  breasts,  as  if 
they  held  the  flagellum  and  crux  ansala.  Their  leader  spoke 
in  a  calm,  dogged  sort  of  a  way,  to  which  they  all  responded, 
like  echoes. 

"  Well,"  I  said,  "  as  there  are  five  of  you,  and  I  am  rather 
heavy,  I  will  give  you  one  shilling  more.  There  it  is.  Now, 
you  will  get  no  more."  Saying  this  I  gave  the  man  the  fourth 
shilling,  and  then  returned  my  purse  to  my  pocket. 

"  This  won't  do.    We  want  backshish  !" 

"  It  must  do.    Tou  will  get  no  more  backshish." 

"  It  won't  do.    We  want  backshish  !" 

Each  moment  the  men's  voices  grew  more  resolute,  and  I 
must  avow  that  horror  seized  me  at  the  thought  that  they 
had  nothing  to  do  but  merely  to  go  out  and  leave  me  there  iu 
the  solitude  and  darkness,  and  1  should  go  mad  from 
terror. 

Not  a  creature  in  Cairo  even  knew  where  I  was  gone.  I 
should  not  be  missed  or  sought  for  for  days,  and  there  I  was 
unarmed,  and  alone,  with  these  five  savages,  whose  caprice  or 
resentment  might  make  them  rush  off  in  a  moment,  leaving 
me  to  despair.  Luckily,  I  knew  well  it  would  be  fatal  to  be- 
tray any  alarm,  and  so  I  spoke  as  lightly  as  I  could,  and 
laughed  a  little,  but  uncomfortably. 

"  Come,  come.  You  will  have  no  more  backshish,  you  know- 
very  well  ;  and  if  you  bully  me,  you  will  have  stick  from  the 
English  Consul.    Come,  I've  seen  enough.    Let  us  go  out." 

"  We  want  backshish  1"  said  all  five  of  the  villains  in  one 
loud  voice. 

It  was  a  crisis,  aud  I  believe  if  I  had  wavered  a  moment  I 
might  never  have  got  away  ;  but  the  extremity,  of  course, 
aided  one's  resolution,  aud  I  suddenly  spoke  out,  angrily  and 
prereniptorily  : 

"  I'll  have  no  more  of  this.  You  fellow  there,  take  the 
light,  and  go  out.  You  give  me  your  hand.  Come  along,  all 
of  you." 

It  was  a  miracle  ;  to  my  own  comprehension,  at  all  events. 
They  one  and  all  suddenly  slunk  down  like  so  many  scolded 
dogs,  aud  without  another  syllable  did  as  I  ordered  them. 
The  slave  habit  of  mind  doubtless  resumed  its  usual  sway 
with  them  the  moment  that  one  of  free  race  asserted  a  claim 
of  command.  Any  way,  it  was  a  simple  tact  that  five  Arabs 
yielded  to  a  single  Anglo-Saxon  woman,  who  was  herself  quite 
as  much  surprised  as  they  could  be  at  the  phenomenon. 

0,  how  I  rejoiced  when  the  square  of  azure  sky  appeared  at 
the  end  of  the  last  passages,  and  when  I  at  last  emerged  Safe 
and  sane  out  of  the  Great  Pyramid  !  Dante,  ascending  out 
of  the  Inferno,  •'  a  riveder  le  stelle,"  could  not  have  been  half 
so  thankful.  Away  I  rode,  home  to  old  Cairo  on  my  donkey, 
and  could  spare  a  real  laugh  under  the  sunshine,  when  I  found 
that  the  wretched  old  Arab  Scheik,  with  whom  I  had  left,  my 
riding-skirt,  had  quietly  devoured  my  intended  luncheon  of 
dates,  and  then  carefully  replaced  the  stones  iu  my  pocket ! 


The  Canary  Bird.— When  I  saw  it  first  in  its  native 
woods  I  could  scarcely  recognize  it  as  the  same  species  as  our 
domestic  yellow  warbler,  so  much  is  the  latter  altered  by 
domestication  and  repeated  crosses.  The  native  bird  is  gray 
on  the  wings,  the  belly  is  green,  and  the  back  a  very  dark 
gray.  It  builds  on  bushy  trees  or  high  shrubs,  lays  from  four 
to  six  pale  blue  eggs,  and  sometimes  hatches  six  times  in  a 
season.  I  was  surprised  to  find  that  each  flock  has  a  diff.  r 
ent  song.  The  note  is  between  that  of  the  skylark  and  nigh- 
ingale.  The  natives  assert  that  the  bird  is  very  difficult  tp 
rear,  and  generally  dies  in  a  couple  of  years  if  kept  in  a  ca; 
R.  E.  Allison,  in  the  Quarterly  Journal  of  Agriculture. 


Paris  Exiiirition  op  1867. — The  summary  of  the  number 
of  exhibitors  and  the  demands  for  space  has  just  been  maii-j 
up,  and  shows  the  following  results  :  The  number  of  proposing 
exhibitors,  exclusive  of  fine  arts,  is  2,280  ;  in  1855  the  num- 
ber was  1541.  The  total  net  space  demanded  iu  the  forth- 
coming exhibition  exceeds  305,000  square  feet,  exclusive  ol 
space  demanded  in  the  park.  The  net  space  at  the  dispo* 
of  the  British  executive  is  !).'!, 000  square  feet,  or  considerably 
less  than  one-third  of  tho  space  asked  for.  In  1855  the  n  I 
space  filled  was  (15,000  square  feet. — London  Paper. 


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THE   F  E  X  I  A  X    MOV  B  M  E  X  T  . 

IF  we  had  not  but  recently  passed  through  the  experience 
of  a  war,  conducted  on  the  grandest  scale,  and  greater 
in  all  its  extent  and  its  details  of  battles,  suffering  and  death 
than  the  world  ever  knew  before,  we  might  have  taken  some 
alarm  at  the  recent  development  of  proceedings  of  it  hostile 
nature  upon  the  borders  of  the  country  lying  north  of  the 
United  States.  But  the  meagre  and  indefinite  accounts  that 
have  reached  us  of  Fenian  movements,  sound  like  a  burlesque 
of  warfare,  as  the  stories  told  in  the  beginning  of  the  recent 
rebellion,  and  seem  almost  as  if  history  were  repeating  itself, 
and  we  were  now  hearing  the  faintest  echoes  of  those  far- 
receding  events.  If  we  did  not  believe  there  were  some  who 
have  entered  into  this  movement  in  honesty,  who  recognize 
the  false  relation  which  Ireland  is  made  to  bear  to  the  rest  of 
the  world,  and  who  are  devoting  heart  and  miud  and  strength 
to  accomplish  something  great  and  good  for  their  country, 
we  should  be  inclined  to  look  at  the  Fenian  organization,  its 
movements  and  prospects  of  success,  with  ridicule,  and  treat 
it  only  as  one  of  those  Celtic  bulls  which  that  whimsical 
people  had  united  to  perpetrate  and  were  enjoying  while  all 
the  rest  of  mankind  were  convulsed  with  laughter.  As  soon, 
however,  as  men  take  weapons  into  their  hands,  and  in 
anger  cause  the  shedding  of  blood,  we  are  constrained  to 
suppress  our  mirth,  and  to  consider  the  cause  and  justifica- 
tion of  these  acts,  and  the  ultimate  end  of  their  continuance. 

The  right  of  revolution  is  not  denied  to  any  people.  The 
people  of  Ireland  believe  that  they  are  oppressed  by  the  Gov- 
ernment of  Great  Britain,  and  allege  that  the  wrongs  they 
suffer  are  not  relieved,  and  do  not  receive  a  proper  consider, 
ation.  A  portion  of  the  Irish  people — but  how  great  does 
not  appear — are  conspiring  together  to  redress  their  wrongs 
and  to  dissolve  entirely  their  connection  with  Great  Britain. 
To  aid  this  object,  those  of  that  nation  who  have  immigrated 
to  this  country  have  united  in  forming  Fenian  organizations 
to  promote  as  far  as  they  may  the  grand  object  of  the  people — 
"  to  liberate  Ireland."  The  object  of  these  associations 
appeals  powerfully  to  the  patriotic  instincts  of  the  Irish  race 
and  to  the  hearts  of  this  impulsive  people  no  cause  can  be 
dearer  than  to  set  free  the  country  from  which  they  have 
most  of  them  been  driven  by  oppression.  It  is  a  matler 
which  they  have  always  vividly  in  mind,  and  any  appeal  for 
aid  touches  strongly  their  hearts  and  enlists  their  most  active 
sympathies. 

It  is  perhaps  a  pity  that  the  people  at  home  have  deemed 
it  necessary  to  appeal  to  their  kindred  and  friends  who  reside 
upon  this  countinent  for  material  aid  or  sympathy,  or  thought 
it  expedient  even  to  disclose  the  knowledge  of  their  intended 
action.  While  a  patriotic  cause  will  find  anywhere  and 
always  ardent  supporters,  there  are  those  also  who  for  per- 
sonal emolument  and  gain  will  pretend  a  most  ready  sympa- 
thy, and  whose  shrewdness  and  cunning  will  place  them  in 
easy  communication  with  the  heart  of  the  movement  and 
acquire  for  themselves  the  places  of  power  and  gaiu.  The 
too  frank  impulsiveness  of  the  Irish  of  this  country  has  in 
this  movement  long  ago  betrayed  them  into  the  hands  of  such 
men,  and  the  result  has  been  charges  and  counter-charges  of 
fraud,  corruption  and  embezzlement.  Each  side  has  had  its 
strong  partisans,  and  the  organization  seems  almost  hope- 
lessly divided  into  factious. 

During  the  progress  of  the  organization,  it  has  been  under- 
stood that  extensive  preparations  were  going  on  to  accom- 
plish the  general  purpose  of  "  liberating  Ireland,"  and  sud- 
denly rumors  were  afloat  that  Canada  was  to  be  attacked, 
and  that  soldiers  were  already  on  the  march  under  the  lead 
of  veteran  officers  of  the  late  war,  and  immediately  the  tele-, 
graph  announced  the  report  of  an  invasion  into  tbe  neighbor- 
ing country,  with  indefinite  accounts  of  the  progress  of  events 
in  that  locality.  What  the  invasion  of  Canada  has  to  do 
with  the  liberation  of  Ireland  is  beyond  the  reach  of  our  intel- 
ligence. And  why  should  the  Irish  in  America  commence 
hostile  movements  against  the  power  of  Great  Biitain  before 
the  Irish  in  Ireland  ?  It  would  seem  very  much  as  if  the  fight 
had  been  talked  of  so  long,  ami  the  pleasing  prospect  of  wal- 
loping an  Englishman  to  yiVlOly  i  ortiayed  to  the  Celtic  miud, 


that  no  inducement  could  restrain  the  impulsive  wielder  of 
the  shillelagh  from  pitching  into  the  first  subject  of  the  Queen 
that  could  be  found,  and  therefore  with  great  euthusiasm  they 
have  marched  into  the  enemy's  country,  and  rolled  up  their 
sleeves,  as  if  for  a  preliminary  rehearsal  and  exhibition  of  how 
easily  a  naturalized  republican  cau  whip  a  subject  and  sup- 
porter of  the  oppressor.  It  doe3  not  seem  within  the  bounds 
of  ordinary  reason,  that  the  leaders  of  the  movement  can  ex- 
pect to  make  any  conquest,  or  even  a  permanent  lodgment. 
Indeed,  at  this  period,  it  does  not  appear  who  are  the  re- 
sponsible leaders,  if  there  are  any. 

Mr.  James  Stephens,  who  has  recently  landed  in  America, 
has  been  the  recognized  leading  spirit  in  Irelaud,  but  he  has 
uot  been  greeted  with  that  enthusiastic  welcome,  nor  has  that 
marked  respect  been  universally  paid  him,  which  would  cer- 
tainly have  been,  if  he  was  to  be  the  recognized  leader  of  all 
the  Irish  patriots.  His  recent  address  in  Jones'  Wood  shows 
a  man  of  earnestness  of  purpose,  but  is  full  of  regret  at  the 
dissensions  which  he  finds  in  the  organization  here.  The 
telegraph  has  announced,  since  that  date,  that  his  counsel  has 
always  been  opposed  to  an  invasion  of  Ca'nada.  If  his  coun- 
sel had  been  different,  we  should  certainly  have  denied  to  him 
the  qualities  requisite  to  the  leader  of  a  revolution,  or  even 
that  other  extraordinary,  but  useful  iugredient  of  character — 
common  sense. 

If,  indeed,  the  organizations  in  America  be  really  in  allianco 
with  those  in  Ireland,  why  is  the  material  aid  of  Irish  Ameri- 
cans exhausted  by  an  attack  upon  Canada  ?  I'erhaps  the 
hope  i3,  to  overpower  the  British  province,  exhaust  her  re- 
sources, and  direct  the  attention  and  forces  of  Englaud  to 
rendering  assistance  here,  lest  a  dependency  of  the  govern- 
ment be  lost,  so  that,  under  cover  of  this  excitement  and 
anxiety,  the  patriots  of  the  "  old  country  "  may 

"  Fold  their  tent  like  the  Araba, 
And  as  quietly  steal  away." 
But  it  is  too  evident  that  impulsiveness  has  rushed  on  without 
reason,  and  passion  has  been  uncontrolled.  The  leaders  of 
the  Fenians  have  forgotten  to  study  statistics  and  to  measure 
the  strength  of  an  established  power  with  that  of  a  disorgan 
ized  conspiracy.  They  have  exercised  without  restraint  the 
republican  liberty  of  freedom  of  speech,  and  have  been  allowed 
to  talk  to  their  hearts'  content.  They  seem  never  to  have 
thought  ti.ere  was  any  difference  between  calling  names  and 
throwing  stones.  Having  indulged  in  the  former,  they  have 
advanced  to  the  latter.  With  the  latter  step  they  seem  not 
to  know  that  they  place  a  great  responsibility  upou  the  govern- 
ment of  the  United  States,  and  because  that  government  does 
not  care  to  be  drawn  into  a  war  with  England,  and  has  taken 
the  arms  and  ammunition  away  from  these  ignoraut  children, 
they  turn  about  and  swear  lustily  at  us  for  having,  as  they  say, 
betrayed  them.  They  do  not  know  that  we  have  done  them 
a  kindness  they  cannot  appreciate.  They  cannot  see  the  ine- 
vitable result  of  their  fully  in  invading  Canada — certain  de- 
feat or  annihilation.  They  have  gathered  moneys  which  seeui 
immense  to  a  people  who  are  wealthy  with  an  income  of  two 
dollars  and  a  half  a  day,  and  believe  they  have  sufficient  to 
wage  war.  All  the  Irish  in  America  could  uot  contribute 
money  enough  to  gather,  equip,  and  maintain  an  army  large 
enough  and  through  a  time  long  enough  to  make  a  conquest  of 
Canada.  Do  they  really  expect  by  such  movement  to  intimi- 
date England?  It  seems  like  an  attempt  to  overcome  a 
household  by  stealing  into  the  backyard,  capturing  the  pigs 
and  poultry,  omitting  the  fact  that  the  controlling  power  of 
the  establishment  is  situated  near  the  grand  entrance.  If  the 
parent  is  a  victim  of  a  disease,  why  try  to  cure  it  by  giving  a 
dose  of  medicine  to  the  sou  ? 

The  Fenians  of  America  are,  in  the  first  place,  disorganized 
and  divided  ;  they  have  no  leading  mind  on  whom  they  can 
depend  for  prudent  and  wise  guidance  ;  they  have  produced 
no  man  who  has  uttered  a  word  that  woujd  give  him  credit 
for  Statesmanship  ;  they  have  no  generals  who  could  lead  an 
army,  if  they  had  one,  against  the  veterans  of  England  ;  they 
have  no  base  of  supplies,  without  which  no  effective  move- 
ment could  take  place  :  they  have  no  materials  of  war  which 
would  not  be  exhausted  iu  a  siugle  campaign  ;  they  have  no 
organized  army  of  sufficient  force  to  conduct  a  war  of  the 
magnitude  which  their  undertaking  Would  require  ;  they  have 
no  navy,  whose  presence  would  be  indispensable  in  a  war  with 
a  maritime  power  like  Euglaud  ;  they  have  uo  money  which 
would  not  flow  from  their  treasury  like  water  poured  upon  the 
ground,  under  the  manipulation  of  an  ignorant  cabinet  and 
the  extravagant  drainage  of  the  hostile  movements. 

Because  they  have  disregarded  the  laws  of  the  United 
States,  and  have  called  out  the  strength  of  that  government 
to  interfere  with  their  proceedings,  they  will  naturally  display 
indignation  and  rage,  but  it  is  uot  the  fault  of  that  govern- 
ment that  they  are  ignorant  of  the  laws.  It  is  not  that 
Americans  do  not  extend  their  sympathy  and  wisli  6uccess  to 
their  grand  object,  but  their  sympathy  and  wishes  do  not  ex- 
tend to  the  involution  iu  a  war  with  Great  Britain.  The 
people  undoubtedly  wish  that  Irelaud  may  become  free  from 
the  yoke  of  England,  from  their  natural  sympathy  with  the 
oppressed,  their  gratitude  to  the  great  body  of  Irish- Ameri- 
cans who  have  fought  for  the  Union,  and  the  not  very  cordial 


feelings  which  prevail  regarding  the  hypocrisy  of  England. 
But  if  any  action  is  to  be  effective,  it  must  be  nearer  the 
locality  of  the  Ireland  which  is  to  be  free.  If  the  dog's  head 
is  to  be  cut  off,  the  first  movement  should  scarcely  be  a  pinch 
in  the  tail. 

Mr.  President  Johnson  is  accused  of  betraying  the  Fenians. 
It  may  take  a  considerable  passage  of  time  before  the  truth, 
which  is  not  that,  will  prevail  among  them.  If  it  shall  not 
uutil  after  the  next  Presidential  election,  and  Mr.  Johnson 
should  happen  to  be  the  Democratic  candidate,  thai  time- 
worn  party  will  perhaps  weep  at  the  diminished  vote  which 
the  present  interference  has  occasioned.  Meantime  we  v--rT 
hope  that  th*e  second  sober  thought  will  come  and  overcome 
their  anger  and  impulsiveness.  The  repentance  over  this 
folly  will  not  return  to  the  ignorant  and  confiding  children  of 
the  Irish  race  the  hard  earned  dollars  which  man  servants  and 
maid-servants  have  lavished  to  free  their  native  land,  but  the 
remembrance  may  teach  the  value  of  wise  couusel,  of  pru- 
dent action,  of  respect  for  laws,  of  union  in  action,  of  the 
debility  of  a  divided  house,  and  may  caution  them  to  a  better 
estimate  of  their  own  weakness  and  the  strength  of  an  ancient 
enemy. 


[For  Ike  G»lifurulao.| 

SUNDRIES. 
r"TMIE  statuo  of  Lincoln,  on  Fifth  street,  represents  a  com. 
-L  forlably  clad  individual  ;  but  it  has  been  observed  that 
the  artist  omitted  to  ornament  the  Martyr's  person  with  the 
watch  and  guard  usually  deemed  indispensable.  Is  this  omis- 
sion to  be  attributed  to  an  ungenerous  distrust  of  San  Fran- 
ciscan honesty,  or  does  it  but  reflect  that  popular  estimate  of 
Lincoln's  virtues  which  placed  him  among  the  honored  few 
upon  whom  no  watch  was  necessary  ? 

Thk  Book  of  Books  teaches  us  that  when  we  receive  a  blow 
upon  one  cheek  we  should  turn  the  other  also.  Our  accommo- 
dating ••  zephyrs"  spare  ns  the  humiliation  of  turning,  as  we 
get  blows  on  both  cheeks— to  say  nothing  of  straight-up- 
and-down  licks— at  one  and  the  same  time. 

Country  airs  may  be  seen  and  felt  here  quite  as  well  as  be- 
yond the  corporate  limits,  and  though  any  change — even  small- 
change— would  be  beneficial  to  some  men,  no  removal  to  the 
rural  districts  need  be  based  upon  a  desire  to  observe  rustic 
simplicity  and  rustic  curiosity.  For  proof  :  Stop  in  front  of 
a  wiudow  on  Montgomery  street  and  point  out  to  your  friend 
some  work  of  art  which  yon  admire.  If,  in  "not  less  than 
three  nor  more  than  thirty  seconds  "  you  don't  draw  around 
you  a  staring,  gaping  mob,  you  may  suspect  yourself  of  small- 
pox, nitro-glycerine,  or  some  other  repellent  property  equally 
powerful. 

The  Bulletin  of  Wednesday  evening  contains  a  poem  by 
Herbert  C.  Dorr,  entitled  "  The  Ape  and  the  Statue  ;  A 
Fable  for, Critics."  The  "pome"  is  strictly  classical,  and, 
of  course,  not  intended  to  crush  anybody  iu  this  vicinity.  If 
it  were,  while  I  shouldn't  like  to  designate  the  playful  little 
animal  referred  to,  I  think  it  would  be  safe  to  pronounce  the 
•'  statue"  simply  a  Doric  columu. 

The  Monterey  Gazelle  mentions  "  an  old  lady  upwards  of 
a  hundred  years  of  age."  Equally  perspicuous  was  a  more 
critical  sheet  nearer  home  some  days  ago,  when  it  Chronicled  a 
favorable  opinion  of  Mrs.  Sedley  Brown  as  "  the  lady  mana- 
geress." 

Xotwithstaxdi.no  there  is  a  line  of  elegant  and  swiftr 
moving  steamers  by  which  the  trip  from  this  city  to  Stockton 
can  be  made  with  comfort  and  despatch,  many  persons — 
among  them  some  who  claim  to  be  the  especial  Friends  of 
Frogress — still  go  in  stages...  of  insanity. 

Speaking  of  vehicles  :  Giving  ho  stages  to  fortune  is  not  a 
new  requirement  ;  but  it  was  left  to  fortune-seekers  of  our 
day  to  demand  Idaho-stages. 

The  gallant  boys  iu  green  seem  to  affect  Centres — Slab 
Centre  being  the  first  city  they  pounced  upon  in  Canada.  It 
was  hoped,  when  they  had  also  captured  1'igeon  Hill,  that  they 
might  be  able  to  feather  their  nest  and  stay  awhile.  But 
though  Canada  was  not  entirely  taken  with  or  by  the  bold 
Fenians,  let  the  liberators  be  of  good  cheer  :  their  day  will 
come — and  it  will  not  be  Friday,  either. 

I  sometimes  see  it  stated  that  one  Congressmen  has  paired 
off  with  another.  The  operation  must  be  painful  when  a  dull 
member  is  brought  into  use. 

A  young  LADX  who  parts  from  a  dollar  as  regretfully  as 
though  it  were  a  lover,  reminds  one  of  a  billiard  shot  which 
almost  counts.  If  this  will  not  pass  for  a  joke,  it  may  at 
least,  like  the  damsel  in  question,  be  termed  a  close  miss. 

Prayers  are  asked  for  the  author,  who  is  in  declining  health 
— a  statemeut  which  the  discriminating  Asuiodeus  of  Tub 
Cai.h'ouman'  regards  ad  entirely  needless. 

Emstadt. 


Cham,  the  caricaturist  of  the  Charivari,  in  his  pictorial 
review  of  the  week,  has  a  sly  hit  at  the  perpetual  changes  in 
the  Greek  Cabinet.  A  citizen  of  Athens  is  having  his  like- 
ness taken  by  a  photographer.  The  right  focus  having  been 
obtained,  the  artist  says,  "  Do  not  change  your  position." 
"Not  change!"  replied  the  other;  "then  people  will  not 
know  me  ;  lama  Greek  Minister  !" 


I 


THE  CAL1F0RNIAN. 


9 


1  For  the  California!).! 

MY   SUBURBAN  RESIDENCE. 

BY  THE  AUTHOR  OF    "  NEIGHBORHOODS    I    HATE   MOVED  FROM." 

I LIVE  in  the  suburbs.  My  residence,  to  quote  the  pleas- 
ing fiction  of  the  advertisement,  "  is  within  15  minutes' 
walk  of  the  City  Hall."  Why  the  City  Hall  should  be  con- 
sidered as  an  eligible  terminus  of  anybody's  walk,  under  any 
circumstances,  I  have  not  been  able  to  determine.  Never 
having  walked  from  my  residence  to  that  place,  I  am  unable 
to  verify  the  assertion,  though  I  may  state  as  a  purely  abstract 
nnd  separate  proposition,  that  it  takes  me  the  better  part  of 
an  hour  to  reach  Montgomery  street. 

My  selection  of  locality  was  a  compromise  between  my 
wife's  desire  to  go  into  the  country,  and  my  own  predilections 
lor  civic  habitation.  Like  most  compromises,  it  ended  in 
retaining  the  objectionable  features  of  both  propositions — I 
procured  the  inconveniences  of  the  country  without  losing  the 
discomforts  of  the  city.  I  increased  my  distance  from  the 
butcher  and  green-grocer,  without  approximating  to  herds  and 
kitchen-gardens.    But  I  anticipate. 

Fresh  air  was  to  be  the  principal  thing  sought  for.  That 
there  might  be  too  much  of  this  did  not  enter  into  my  calcu- 
lations. The  first  day  I  entered  my  residence,  it  blew.  The 
second  day  was  windy.  The  third,  fresh,  with  a  strong  breeze 
stirring.  On  the  fourth,  it  blew  ;  on  the  fifth,  there  was  a  gale, 
which  has  continued  to  the  present  writing. 

That  the  air  is  fresh,  the  above  statement  sufficiently 
establishes.  That  it  is  bracing,  I  argue  from  the  fact  that  I 
find  it  impossible  to  open  the  shutters  on  the  windward  side 
of  the  house.  That  it  is  healthy,  I  am  also  convinced,  believ- 
ing that  there  is  no  other  force  in  Nature  that  could  so  buffet 
and  ill-use  a  persou  without  serious  injury  to  him.  Let  me 
offer  an  instance.  The  path  to  ray  door  crosses  a  slight  emi- 
nence. The  unconscious  visitor,  a  little  exhausted  by  the 
ascent  and  the  general  effects  of  the  gentle  gales  which  he  has 
faced  in  approaching  my  hospitable  mansion,  relaxes  his 
efforts,  smoothes  his  brow,  and  approaches  with  a  fascinating 
smile.  Rash  and  too  confident  man  !  The  wind  delivers  a  suc- 
cession of  rapid  blows,  and  he  is  thrown  back.  He  staggers  up 
again — in  the  language  of  the  P.  R.,  "  smiling  and  confident." 
The  wind  now  makes  for  a  vulnerable  point,  and  gets  his  hat  in 
chancery.  All  ceremony  is  now  thrown  away — the  luckless 
wretch  seizes  his  hat  with  both  hands,  and  charges  madly  at 
the  front  door.  Inch  by  inch,  the  wind  contests  the  ground  ; 
another  struggle,  and  he  stands  upon  the  verandah.  On  such 
occasions  I  make  it  a  point  to  open  the  door  myself,  with  a 
calmness  and  serenity  that  shall  offer  a  marked  contrast  to 
his  feverish  and  excited  air — that  shall  throw  suspicion  of 
inebriety  upon  him.  Jf  he  be  inclined  to  timidity  and  bashful- 
ness,  during  the  rest  of  the  evening  he  is  all  too-conscious  of 
the  disarrangement  of  his  hair  and  cravat.  If  ha  is  less  sensi- 
tive, the  result  is  often  more  distressing.  A  valued  elderly 
friend  once  called  upon  me  after  undergoing  a  two-fold  strug- 
gle with  the  wind  and  a  large  Newfoundland  dog  (which  I 
keep  for  reasons  hereinafter  stated,)  and  not  only  his  hat,  but 
his  wig,  suffered.  He  spent  the  evening  with  me,  totally 
unconscious  of  the  fact  that  his  hair  presented  the  singular 
spectacle  of  having  been  parted  diagonally  from  the  right 
temple  to  the  left  ear.  When  ladies  called,  my  wife  preferred 
to  receive  them.  They  were  generally  hysterical,  and  often 
in  tears.  I  remember,  one  Sunday,  to  have  been  startled  by 
what  appeared  to  be  the  balloon  from  Hayes  Valley  drifting 
rapidly  past  my  conservatory,  closely  followed  by  the  New- 
foundland dog.  I  rushed  to  the  front  door,  but  was  antici- 
pated by  my  wife.  A  strange  lady  appeared  at  lunch,  but  the 
phenomenon  remained  otherwise  unaccounted  for.  Egress 
from  my  residence  was  much  more  easy.  My  guests  seldom 
"  stood  upon  the  order  of  their  going,"  but  went  at  once  ; 
the  Newfoundland  dog  playful  harrassing  their  rear.  I  was 
standing  one  day,  with  my  hand  on  the  open  hall  door,  in 
serious  couversatiou  with  the  minister  of  the  parish,  when  the 
back  door  was  incautiously  opened.  The  watchful  breeze 
seized  the  opportunity,  aud  charged  through  the  defenceless 
passage.  The  front  door  closed  violently  in  the  middle  of  a 
sentence,  precipitating  the  reverend  gentleman  into  the  gar- 
den. The  Newfoundland  dog,  with  that  sagacity  for  which 
his  race  is  so. distinguished,  at  once  concluded  that  a  personal 
collision  had  takeu  place  between  myself  and  visitor,  and  flew 
to  my  defence.    The  reverend  gentleman  never  called  again. 

The  Newfoundland  dog  above  alluded  to  was  part  of  a 
system  of  protection  which  my  suburban  home  required. 
Robberies  were  frequent  in  the  neighborhood,  and  my  only 
fowl  fell  a  victim  to  the  spoiler's  art.  One  night  I  awoke, 
and  found  a  man  in  my  room.  With  singular  delicacy  and 
respect  for  the  feelings  of  others,  he  had  been  careful  not  to 
awaken  any  of  the.  sleepers,  and  retired  upon  my  rising,  with- 
out waiting  for  any  suggestion.  Touched  by  his  delicacy,  I 
forbore  giving  the  alarm  until  alter  ho  had  made  good  his 
retreat.  I  then  wanted  to  go  after  a  policeman,  but  my  wife 
remonstrated,  as  this  would  leave  the  house  exposed.  Re- 
membering the  gentlemanly  conduct  of  the  burglar,  I  sug- 
gested the  plan  of  following  him  and  requesting  him  to  give 
the  alarm  as  he  went  in  town.    But  this  proposition  was 


received  with  equal  disfavor.  The  next  day  I  procured  a  dog 
and  a  revolver.  The  former  went  off — but  the  latter  wouldn't. 
I  then  got  a  new  dog  and  chained  him,  and  a  duelling  pistol, 
with  a  hair-trigger.  The  result  was  so  far  satisfactory  that 
neither  could  be  approached  with  safety,  and  for  some  time  I 
left  them  out,  indifferently,  during  the  night.  But  the  chain 
one  day  gave  way,  and  the  dog,  evidently  having  no  other  at- 
tachment to  the  house,  took  the  opportunity  to  leave.  His 
place  was  soon  filled  by  the  Newfoundland,  whose  fidelity  and 
sagacity  I  have  just  recorded. 

Space  is  one  of  the  desirable  features  of  my  suburban  resi- 
dence. I  do  not  know  the  number  of  acres  the  grounds  con- 
tain except  from  the  inordinate  quantity  of  hose  required  for 
irrigating.  I  perform  all  day,  like  some  gentle  shepherd,  upon 
a-i  inch  pipe  without  any  visible  result,  and  have  had  serious 
thoughts  of  contracting  with  some  disbanded  fire  company 
for  their  hose  and  equipments.  It  is  quite  a  walk  to  the  wood- 
house.  Every  day  some  new  feature  of  the  grounds  is  dis- 
covered. My  youngest  boy  was  one  day  missing  for  several 
hours.  His  head — a  peculiarly  venerable  and  striking  object 
— was  at  last  discovered  just  above  the  grass,  at  some  dis- 
tance from  the  house.  On  examination  he  wag  found  com- 
fortably seated  in  a  disused  drain,  in  company  with  a  silver 
spoon  and  a  dead  rat.  On  being  removed  from  this  locality 
he  howled  dismally,  and  refused  to  be  comforted. 

The  view  from  my  suburban  residence  is  fine.  Lone  Moun- 
tain, with  its  white  obelisks,  is  a  suggestive  if  not  cheering 
termination  of  the  vista  in  one  direction,  while  the  old  receiv- 
ing vault  of  Yerba  Buena  Cemetery  limits  the  view  in  another. 
Most  of  the  funerals  which  take  place  pass  my  house.  My 
children,  with  the  charming  imitativenesss  that  belongs  to 
youth,  have  caught  the  spirit  of  these  passing  corteges,  and 
reproduce  in  the  back  yard,  with  creditable  skill,  the  salient 
features  of  the  lugubrious  procession.  A  doll,  from  whose 
features  all  traces  of  vitality  and  expression  have  been  re- 
moved, represents  the  deceased.  But  unfortunately  I  have 
been  obliged  to  promise  them  more  active  participation  in  this 
ceromony  at  some  future  time,  and  I  fear  that  they  look  anx- 
iously forward  with  the  glowing  impatience  of  youth  to  the 
speedy  removal  of  some  of  my  circle  of  friends.  I  am  told 
that  the  eldest,  with  the  unsophisticated  frankness  that  belongs 
to  his  age,  made  a  personal  request  to  that  effect  to  one  of  my 
acquaintances.  One  singular  result  of  the  frequency  of  these 
funerals  is  the  development  of  a  critical  and  fastidious  taste 
in  such  matters  on  the  part  of  myself  and  family.  If  I  may 
EO  express  myself,  without  irreverence,  we  seldom  turn  out 
for  anything  less  than  six  carriages.  Any  number  over  this 
is  usually  breathlessly  announced  by  Bridget  as,  "  Here's 
another,  mum — and  a  good  long  one." 

With  these  slight  drawbacks,  my  suburban  residence  is 
charmiug.  To  the  serious  poet,  and  writer  of  elegaic  verses, 
the  aspect  of  Nature,  viewed  from  my  verandah,  is  suggestive. 
I  myself  have  experienced  moments  wheu  the  "  sad  mechanic 
exercise  "  of  verse  would  have  been  of  infinite  relief.  The 
following  stanzas,  by  a  young  friend  who  has  been  stopping 
with  me  for  the  benefit  of  his  health,  addressed  to  a  duck  who 
frequented  a  small  pond  in  the  vicinity  of  my  mansion,  may 
be  worthy  of  perusal,  as  showing  the  debilitated  condition  of 
his  system.  1  think  I  have  met  the  idea  conveyed  in  the  first 
verse  in  some  of  Hood's  prose,  but,  as  my  friend  assures  me 
that  Hood  was  too  conscientious  to  appropriate  anything,  I 
conclude  I  am  mistaken  : 

LINES  TO  A  WATER  FOWL. 
{Intra  Muros.") 
I . 

Fowl,  that  sing'st  in  yonder  pool, 
Where  the  summer  winds  blow  cool, 
Are  there  hydropathic  cures 
For  the  ills  that  mau  endures  ? 
Know'st  thou  Priessnitz  ?    What?  ulack  ! 
Hast  no  other  word  but  "  Quack  !" 

ivii  tip*.  I  ! 
Cleopatra's  barge  might  pale 
To  the  splendors  of  thy  tail , 
Or  the  stately  caraval 
Of  some  "high  pooped  admiral." 
Never  yet  left  such  a  wake 
E'en  the  navigator  Drake  ! 

Dux  thou  art,  and  leader,  too, 
Heeding  not  what's  "  falling  due," 
Knowing  not  of  debt  or  dun — 
Thou  dost  heed  no  bill  but  one  ; 
Aud,  though  scarce  conceivable  , 
That's  a  bill  Receivable, 
Made — that  thou  thy  stars  might  at  thank- 
Payable  at  the  next  bank. 


A  curious  expres  sioii  of  critical  opinion  is  this,  from  Le 
Monde  :  "  Goethe's  Faust  has  been  enormously  praised,  but 
its  value  ought  to  be  reduced  enormously.  The  first  part  is 
really  nothing  but  an  adventure  of  a  grisette  and  a  student, 
something  like  a  story  of  the  Latin  Quarter — of  the  old  Latin 
Quarter.  Murger,  less  poetical,  is  not  more  immoral,  and  he 
has  the  advantage  of  being  natural  and  true  !" 


[For  tho  Californlan.] 

ALLAQUIZ. 
SLEEPING  W ITH  THE  JUDGE. 

WE  are  quiet,  religious  people  where  I  lodge— in  short, 
Methodists. 

I  was  invited  to  lunch.  That  was  the  first  indication  of  a 
storm.  The  three  years  I  have  been  in  the  house,  nothing  of 
the  kind  has  ever  before  happened. 

So  I  met  the  Judge  over  oyster  soup  and  tea.  You  are 
expected  to  see  a  description  of  his  looks  and  character  in  this 
sentence  of  his  own  :  "  Wall,  where  I  live,  at  Union  City,  we 
arrange  things  different.  We  don't  go  very  heavy  on  the 
dead  langidges.  Then,  tobacco  and  cigars  is  my  special  bomi- 
nation." 

This,  with  an  indigestion,  is  the  only  memory  I  carried 
away  from  the  repast. 

About  a  half  hour  afterwards,  an  embarrassed  tap  was  heard 
at  my  room  door.  This  was  only  the  weak  thunder  of  a  more 
delicate  lightning  which,  in  the  succeeding  moment,  flashed 
on  me  from  the  face  of  my  landlady.    Quoth  she  : 

"  The  Judge  is  a  nice  man — is  he  not  ?" 

"  Ye-es  1" 

"  Now,  wouldn't  you  just  as  lief  let  him  sleep  with  you  for 
the  few  nights  he  will  bo  in  the  city  ?  The  fact  is  we  haven't 
any  other  place  to  put  him." 

Considering  my  indebtedness  in  the  matter  of  lunch,  how 
could  I  refuse  ? 

Well,  coming  home  late  that  night,  I  found  the  Judge  fast 
asleep  in  my  sheets.  I  climbed  in  beside  him,  making  the 
mental  resolution  that  I  would,  at  least,  be  in  the  ascendant 
in  my  own  room.  So  1  exerted  my  authority  in  pushing  the 
somnolent  dignitary  over  to  a  very  contracted  portion  of  the 
bed.  I  had  hardly  got  through  chuckling  over  this  despotic 
exercise  of  my  rights,  when  the  Judge  began  snoring  vigor- 
ously. I  waited  some  time  for  him  to  stop,  but  he  did  not. 
I  could  not  sleep.  The  Judge  was  inanifestly  in  the  ascen- 
dant. 

I  therefore  proceeded  to  kick  him  gently,  then  more  fero- 
ciously ;  but  this  evidently  hurt  me  more  than  it  did  him,  for 
he  still  blowed  his  nasal  horn  away  up  in  the  Alpine  heights 
of  Dreamland. 

I  then  placed  myself  elegantly  on  the  top  of  tho  Judge,  and  , 
though  he  could  not  snore,  he  slept  on,  aud — 1  was  in  the 
ascendant. 

I'awoke  in  the  morning,  to  find  the  order  of  things  reversed 
— that  is,  the  Judge  on  the  top  of  me,  and  again  manifestly 
in  the  ascendant. 

The  next  day  I  spent  in  concocting  schemes  by  which  to 
checkmate  the  Judge.  I  came  home  late  that  night,  and 
found  him  fast  asleep.  I  quietly  lit  all  the  gas  in  the  room, 
and,  remembering  his  remark  about  tobacco,  lit  my  pipe  also. 
Drawing  out  some  newspapers,  I  commenced  reading  and 
smoking. 

The  better  part  of  the  night  thus  passed,  without  the  least 
effect  on  the  Judge,  while  I,  really  sick  with  this  extraordinary 
use  of  strong  "nigger-head,"  bought  for  the  occasion,  was 
forced  to  go  to  bed  in  disgust. 

I  no  sooner  struck  the  bed  than  the  Judge  struck  up  a 
melancholy  snore.  This  sounded  to  me  like  the  bugle  of  my 
own  retreat.    It  was  aggravating. 

I  arose  and  put  a  heavy  workstand  on  the  top  of  the  Judge 
and  a  rocking  chair  on  the  top  of  that.  I  then  fell  into  a 
peaceful  sleep,  for  I  was  now  in  the  ascendant. 

In  the  morning — that  is,  this  morning — the  Judge  is  gone, 
and  so  are  all  my  clothes  ;  and  I  write  this  in  bed,  where  the 
mishap  has  temporarily  confined  me.  Ellen,  the  hired  girl, 
to  whom  I  have  just  read  the  foregoing,  says  that  she  herself 
is  now  in  the  ascendant,  because  she  does  not  have  to  make 
up  my  bed.  She,  moreover,  consoles  me  with  the  assurance 
that  the  Judge  will  give  me  a  sound  "  bating,"  when  he  sees 
this  in  print.  But  1  am  left  in  doubt,  as  well  as  in  bed.  Will 
somebody  tell  me  who  now  really  is  in  the  ascendaut  ? 

Allaquiz. 


A  Narrow  Escape  from  a  Dreadful  Death.— At  the 
Randolph  Hotel  in  Oxford,  lately  built,  two  men  and  a  boy 
employed  on  the  premises,  from  fun  and  curiosity,  got  into  a 
fire-proof  plate-closet.  Another  servant  closed  the  door.  It 
fastened  with  a  spring  lock,  and  the  horrified  victims  found 
themselves  euclosed  in  an  air-tight  box,  three  feet  square  by 
six  feet  high.  There  was  only  just  standing  room.  Their 
cries  soon  alarmed  the  establishment,  and  at  last  the  key 
was  found,  but  it  broke  in  the  lock.  The  door  resisted  every 
effort  of  sledge  hammers.  The  escape  of  the  prisoners  was 
only  effected  after  more  than  half  an  hour,  by  breaking 
through  the  wall  with  proper  mason's  tools.  The  boy  had 
fainted,  and  one  of  the  men  was  bleeding  at  the  nose  and 
mouth. — Churchman. 

Bisnor  Butler  said  :  "  There  is  a  kind  of  physiognomy  in 
the  titles  of  books,  no  less  than  in  the  faces  of  men,  by  which 
a  skilful  observer  will  as  well  know  what  to  expect  from  the 
one  as  the  other." 


10 


THE  CALI 


FORNIAN. 


|  June  16  th 


UNITED  STATES  STAMP  DUTIES. 
As  Amended  March  3,  1865. 

CABEFt'LLY  REVISED  AND   CORRECTED    FOB   THE  CAUFOBNIAN. 
PENALTIES. 

Penalty  for  making,  signing,  or  issuing  any  instru- 
ment, document,  or  paper  of  any  kind  whatsoever, 
without  the  same  being  duly  stamped)  for  denoting 
the  duty  hereby  imposed  thereon,  $50;  and  the 
instrument  shall  be  deemed  invalid  and  of  no  effect; 
or  for  counterfeiting  stamps  or  dies,  $1,000,  and  im- 
prisonment to  hard  labor  not  exceeding  live  years. 
For  makiug,  signing,  issuing,  accepting,  or  paying 
any  bill  of  exchange,  draft,  order,  or  note  without 
stamp,  $200.  For  selling  proprietary  cosmetics, 
matches,  photographs,  etc.,  without  proper  stamps, 
$10.    For  removing  Stamps  on  these  articles,  $j0. 

STAMP  DUTIES. 

Agreement  Contract  or  Appraisement,  not  other- 
wise specified,  each  sheet  or  piece  of  paper.  .$0  05 

Assignment  of  Mortgage,  Lease,  or  Policy  of  In- 
surance, same  as  original  instrument  Assign- 
ment of  Patent  Right   05 

Bank  Checks,  Drafts  or  orders,  exceeding  $10, 
at  sight  or  on  demand  ,   02 

Bills  of  Exchange,  (inland,)  or  draft  otherwise 
than  at  sight  or  on  demand,  or  promissory  note 
except  bank  notes  for  circulation,)  or  any 
memorandum,  check  or  receipt,  or  any  evi- 
dence of  an  amount  of  money  payable  on  de- 
mand or  at  a  designated  time,  for  a  sum  not 

exceeding  $100   05 

Every  additional  $100,  or  fractional  part.  ..  05 

Bill  of  Exchange,  (foreign,)  or  letter  of  credit, 
drawn  in,  but  payable  out  of  the  U.  S.,if 
drawn  singly,  the  same  rates  as  inland  bills  of 
exchange,  or  promissory  notes. 

If  drawn  in  sets  of  three  or  more,  for  each 
bill  of  the  set,  where  the  sum  shall  not  ex- 
ceed $100  or  its  equivalent  in  any  foreign  cur- 
rency in  which  such  bill  may  be  expressed, 
according  to  the  standard  value  lixed  by  IT.  S.  02 
Every  additional  $100,  or  fractional  part...  02 

Bill  of  Lading,  or  receipt  for  any  merchandise 
or  effects,  to  be  exported  to  a  foreign  port  or 
place   10 

Bill  of  Sale,  conveying  any  ship  or  vessel,  or 
any  part  thereof,  where  the  cousiderationdoes 

not  exceed  $500   50 

For  every  additional  $500,  or  fractional  part 
thereof   50 

Bill  of  Sale  of  personal  property  other  than 
ships  or  vessels   05 

Bond,  indemnifying  any  person  for  the  payment 
of  money,  where  the  amount  recoverable  is 

$1,000  or  less   50 

For  every  additional  $1,000,  or  fractional 
part  thereof   50 

Bond  for  the  due  performance  of  the  duties  of 
any  office   1  00 

Bond  of  any  other  description,  except  such  as 
may  be  required  iu  legal  proceedings,  or  used 
in  connection  with  mortgage  deeds,  and  not 
otherwise  charged  in  this  schedule   25 

Charter-Party,  ship,  vessel  or  steamer,  not  over 
150  tons,  $1  ;  150  to  300  tons,  $3  ;  300  to  600 
tons,  $5;  over  600  tons  10  00 

Certificate  of  Profits,  or  any  memorandum  show- 
ing an  interest  in  property,  or  accumulations 
of  any  incorporated  company,  for  a  sum  not 

less  than  $10  nor  exceeding  $50   10 

Exceeding  $50  and  not  $1.000   25 

For  every" additional  $1,000  or  fract'al  part  25 

Certificate  of  Damage,  and  all  other  certificates 
or  documents  issued  by  Port  Wardens  or  Ma- 
rine Surveyors,  or  other  persons  acting  as  such  25 

Certificate  of  Deposit,  not  exceeding  the  sum  of 
$100,  2  cents;  exceeding  $100   05 

Certificate  of  stock  in  any  incorporated  comp'y,  25 

Certificates,  other  than  specified  .'   05 

Contract,  broker's  note  or  memorandum  of  sale 
of  goods,  stocks,  bonds,  exchange  notes  of 
hand,  real  estate,  or  other  description  of  prop- 
erty, issued  by  any  person  acting  as  a  broker, 
for  each  note  or  memorandum  of  sale   10 

Deed  or  Conveyance  of  Real  Estate,  value  not 
over  $500,  50c.  ;  every  additional  $500,  or 
fractional  part  thereof   50 

Entry  of  Goods  at  any  custom  house,  value  not 
over  $100,  25c;  over  $100  and  not  over  $500, 

50c;  over  $500  1  00 

For  the  withdrawal  of  goods  from  bonded 
warehouse   50 

Ganger's  Returns,  quarterly,  for  quantity  not 
over  500  galls,  gross,  10c";  over  M0  galls,  gr.  25 

Insurance  (Marine,  Inland  anil  Fire)  policy  or 
renewal,  premium  not  over  $10,  10c;  $10  to 
$50,  25c. ;  over  $50,  50c.  ;  Life  policy,  under 
$1 ,000,  25c. ;  $1 ,000  to  $5,000,  50c;  over  $5.000. 1  00 

Lease  of  lands  or  tenements,  rent  not  over  $100 
per  annum,  50c. ;  each  add' I  $200  or  fraction.  50 

Manifest,  cargo  to  foreign  port,  registered  ton 
nage  not  over  300  tons,  $1  j  over  300  and  not 
over  600,  $3;  over  600  tons  5  00 

Measurer's  Returns,  for  quantity  not  over  1,000 
bushels,  10c;  over  1,000  bushels   25 

Mortgage,  Trust  deed,  or  personal  bond  for  pay- 
ment of  money,  $100  to  $500,  50c;  each  addi- 
tional $500    50 

Each  assignment  of  mortgage,  lease  or  pol- 
icy of  insurance,  or  renewal  of  the  same, 
is  subject  to  same  duties  as  the  original. 

Medicines  or  Preparations,  Perfumery  and  Cos- 
metics— Every  package,  box,  bottle,  etc,  re- 
tailing for  25c.  or  leas   01 

Each  additional  25c.  it  fractional  part  there- 
of, up  to  $1,  lc;  each  additional  50c.  or 
fractional  part  thereof,  over  $1   02 

Playing  Cards — Each  pack,  price  not  over  18c, 
2c;  from  18  to  25c,  4c  ;  25  to  50c,  10c;  50c. 
to  $1,  15c;  each  additional  50c.  or  fractional 
part  thereof   05 

Photographs,  Ambrotypes,  Daguerreotypes  or 
Sun  Pictures,  upon  each,  retailing  for  25c.  or 
less,  2c;  over  25  and  not  over  50c,  5c;  over 
50c  and  not  over$l,  3c;  each  additional  $1 
or  fractional  part  thereof   05 

Passage  Ticket  to  foreign  port,  cost  not  over  $35, 
50c:  over  $35  and  not  oyer $50,  $1  ;  every  ad- 
ditional $50  or  fractional  part  t  hereof  1  00 

Power  of  Attorney  to  sell  or  transfer  stock,  scrip, 

bonds,  or  collect  dividends  or  int.  thereon  25 
To  vote  for  officers  of  incorporated  comp'y  or 
society  not  religious,  charitable  or  literary, 

or  public  cemeteries   10 

To  receive  or  collect  rents   25 

To  sell,  convey,  rent  or  lease  real  estate  1  00 

For  auv  other  purpose   50 


Probate  of  Will,  or  letters  of  administration,  es- 
tate  not   over  $2,000,  $1 ;    each  additional 

$1,000  or  fractional  part  thereof   50 

Protest  of  note,  bill,  acceptance  check  or  draft,  25 
Promissory  Note — See  Bill  of  Exchange,  inland. 
Receipt  for  payment  of  money  or  debt  over  $20, 
not   being  for  satisfaction  of  mortgage, 
judgment  or  decree  of  Court,  and  receipt 

for  the  delivery  of  property   02 

Warehouse,  for  property  stored,  not  over  $500 
in  value,  10c  ;  $..00  "to  $1,000,  20c.  ;  every 

additional  $1,000    10 

For  any  goods  held  in  storage,  and  not  other- 
wise provided  for   25 

Weigher's  Returns,  up  to  5,000  lbs.,  10c;  over 

5,000  lbs   95 

Writs,  or  original  process,  for  commencing  suit 
in  Court  of  record,  and  in  Court  not  of  rec- 
ord, when  amount  claimed  is  $100  or  over, 
except  before  Justices  of  the  Peace,  or  in 
court  of  no  greater  jurisdiction  as  to  dam- 
ages, or  in  suit  commenced  by  the  United 

States  or  any  State   50 

Upon  every  confession  of  judgment,  or  cogno- 
vit, for  $100  or  over,  except  where  tax  for 

a  writ  has  been  paid   50 

Writs  or  process  on  appeal  from  Justice's 
courts  and  other  courts  of  inferior  jurisdic- 
tion to  courts  of  record   50 

Warrant  of  distress — rent  claimed  under  $100, 
25c;  over  $100   50 


G 


SEAT  ATTRACTION! 
THE 

FASHIONS. 

ARE    ALL   THE  GO! 


Lamott, 


Hatter, 


IS  NOW  THE  MAN  !    HE  IS  READY  WITH  HIS 
BROADWAY   STYLES   FOR  THE 

Spring  of  I8b'6. 

JUST  SEE  THE  DIFFERENCE  between  his  styles  i.n<l 
the  others  in  this  city.  There  is  style  about  his  Hals  that 
does  not  appear  in  others. 

FACTS  ARE    STUBBORN    THINGS  ! 

LAMOTT,  227  Russ  Block,  is  bound  to  bo  the  LEADER 

ot  Fashious. 

LAMOTT S  SPRING  STYLES 

show  taste.  H  is  a  pood  thing  that  you  have  a  man 
among  you  who  is  willing  to  take  a  stand  outside  of  oth- 
ers, to  introduce  a  style  that  is  new,  and  not  follow  in  the 
wake  of  others  that  are  about  one  year  behind  the  times. 

GO  TO  HIS  STORE  FOR  A  HAT, 

No.  220  Montgomery  xtrcct, 

and  got  something  that  is  new.  mar22-3m 


HEUSTON, 


HASTINGS 


&  CO. 


The    Fashionable  Clothiers 


SAN  FRANCISCO, 

Have  established  a  TRUNK  DEPOT  in  the  base- 
ment of  their  Store  equal  to  any  in  New  York, 
and  prices  20  per  cent,  lower  than  any  other  House 
in  the  city. 

mar!7-3in 


ALD-HEADED  GENTLEMEN, 


B 


Who  frequent  the  Parquet  of  Theatres,  exciting 
by  their  grotesque  appearance  the  merriment  of  In- 
dies ill  the  Dress  Circle,  would  profit  by  using  Little 
&  Co.'s  Chinese 

Vegetable   Hair  Restorative. 

The  proprietors  of  this  astonishing  remedy  for 
Baldness,  confident  of  its  infallibility,  agree  to  re- 
fund the  purchase  money  in  every  Instance  where 
its  use  for  three  months,  according  to  directions,  is 
unattended  with  success.    Price  per  jar,  $2.50. 

Manufactured  by  Little  &  Co.  ;  sold  by 

CHAS.  E.  HINCKLEY  &  CO., 

Chemists  and  Druggists, 
Southeast  corner  of  Clay  and  Kearny  streets, 
ap21  San  Francisco. 


pACIFIC  MAIL   STEAMSHIP  CO.'S 

Through  Line  to  New  York. 

CARRYING  THE  U.  S.  MAIL ! 

Leave  Folsomstrcot  Wharf  at  11  o'clock  a.  tt.  of  the 
following  rtates,  for  PANAMA,  connecting  ria  Panama 
Rnlroad,  wittt  ooo  of  the  Company's  spleudid  steamers 
from  ASPINWALL  for  NEW  YORK. 

On  the  16th,  lgth,  rnd  3uih  uf  each  month  that  has  30 
days. 

On  the  10th,  19th,  and  30th  of  each  month  that  has  31 

days. 

When  the  10th.  19th  and  30lh  fall  on  Sunday,  they  will 
leayc  uu  Saturday  preceding  ;  when  the  18th  falls  uu  Sun- 
day,  they  will  leave  ou  Monday  following. 

Steamer  leaving  San  Francisco  ou  tuo  10th  touches  at 
MauzanlUo,  All  touch  at  Aeapnlco, 

Departure  of  19lli  connects  with  French  Transatlantic 
company's  steamer  for  St.  Nazaire,  and  English  steamer 
for  South  America. 

Departure  of  10th  connects  with  English  steamer  for 
Southampton,  and  P.  R.  R  Co.'s  steamer  for  Central 
America. 

Departure  of  30th  connects  with  English  steamer  for 
Tumaco,  the  port  of  the  new  mines. 

STEAMERS  FOR  JUNE : 

The  following  steamships  will  bo  despatched  from  Sau 
Francisco  ou  the  date  given  : 

JUNE  18,   -  -         -         -  CONSTITUTION' 

Captain  F.  R.  Baby. 
(Connecting  with  the  NEW  YORK,  Captain  Gray.) 

JUNE  30th,  GOLDEN  CITY, 

Captain  Wntkins. 
(Connecting  w  ith  ARIZONA,  Captain  Maury.) 

An  experienced  Surgeon  ou  board.  Medicine  and  attend- 
ance free. 

Cabin  Passengers  will  lie  berthed  through.  Baggage 
checked  through — 100  pounds  allowed  each  adult. 

Fur  Merchandise  Freight  apply  to  Messrs.  Wells,  Fargo 
fc  Co. 

The  steamer  will  positively  leave  at  11  o'clock.  Pas- 
sengers arc  requested  to  have  their  baggage  ou  board  be- 
fore 10  o'clock 

Fur  Passage  and  all  other  information,  apply  at  Pacific 
Mail  Steamship  compaoy's  office,  corner  of  Sacramento  and 
Lcide£dorfl  streets. 

OLIVER  ELDRIDGE,  Agent. 


JJREWSTER  &  CO.'S 

Carriage  Manufactory, 

372  Broome  steel,  New  York. 

We  desire  to  announce  to  onr  California  friends  that 
wc  have  made  extensive  arrangements  by  increasing 
our  works  for  the  coming  season,  and  with  a  view  to 
SUPPLYING  THE 

WANTS  OF  CALIFORNIA, 

will  manufacture  a  style  of  work  particularly  adapted  to 
city  aud  country  use,  and  iu  view  of  the  destructive  ef- 
fects of  city  railroads  on  all  light  work,  will  givo 

PARTICULAR  ATTENTION 
to  remedying  the  evil,  and  guard  against  it  in  work  shipped 
to  California. 

CARRIAGES,  BUGGIES,  PHAETONS,  COUPES, 
and  Vehicles  of  every  description,  of  our  own  manufac- 
ture, ou  hand  and  made  to  order. 
Orders  or  communications  should  be  addressed  to 
BREWSTER  &  CO., 

Of  Broome  street, 
The  firm  of  Brewster  k  Baldwin  uot  being  in  anyway 
connected  with 

BREWSTER  &  CO., 
Of  No.  372,  Broome  street, 


CARD. 


D.  WARREN  SMITH 
Has  commenced  his  business  of  cauvassing  the  city  for 
subscribers  for 

MIDDLE  TON'S  OIL  PORTRAITS, 

the  series  of  which  embrace 
WASHINGTON  AND    MARTHA,  LINCOLN, 
WEBSTER,   CLAY,  DOUGLAS,  GRANT, 
SHERMAN,  and  JACKSON. 

Mr.  Smith  will  call  at  the  business  places  of  our  city, 
and  at  dwellings  at  reasonable  hours,  and  exhibit  some  of 
the  above  beautiful  Oil  Portraits.  Hi-  Impos  to  meet  with 
success,  as  the  Futures  are  wortbv  a  place  in  every  draw- 
lug  room  in  our  country.    A«KNT*S  HEAI>yi\UtTEK.s, 

JOHN  MID  DLETON  6c  SONS, 
my 26  2m  404  Montgomery  street. 


rpiIE  BANK  OF  CALIFORNIA, 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  Mat    9,  1866. 
NOTICE. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Stockholders  of  this  Bank,  held  on 
the  5th  inst  ,  it  was  resolved  to  increase  the  Capital  Slock 
of  the  corporation  to  $5,000,000,  gold,  to  take  effect  on 

THE  FIRST  DAY  OF  JULY  NEXT, 
and  the  President  and  Cashier  were  authorized  to  receive 
subscription,  for  $2,000,000  of  said  capital  stock.  Parties 
desirous  of  subscribing  will  make  application  at  the 
Bank,  either  personally  or  by  letter,  when  further  details 
will  be  given.  D.  0.  HILLS,  President. 

my20  lm  W.  C.  RALSTON,  Cashier. 


piSCO  ! 

Q.  &  F.  MARTELL'S  COGNAC  ; 

JAMES  HENNESSY'S  Cognac  J 
STEAMBOAT  GIN  ; 
OLD  TOM  GIN  ; 

IRISH  WHISKY, 

from  Bond  direct. 

Fcr  tale  by  V.  8QABZA, 

my2B  Licdcsdorff  street,  <-«n  Francisco. 


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QCCIDENTAL 

HOMESTEA 

Association, 

office,  -    305  montgomery  street, 

Capital  Stock,  333,660. 


102  SHARES  $330  EACH. 

This  Associ atiuis  was  formed  to  enable  its  mem- 
bers to  obtain  desirablo  homestead  lots  tn  this  city  at  a 
cheap  and  easy  rate,  payiug  for  the  Bame  by  regular 
monthly  instalments. 

For  this  purpose  thoy  have  purchased  Blocks  409  ,  600, 
and  501,  In  the  Western  Addition  to  this  ci*y,  bounded  by 
Devisadero,  Pine,  Brodcrick  and  Clay  streets. 

Subscribers  will  pay  an  initiation  feo  of  $6  on  each 
share  taken,  to  form  a  fund  lor  defraying  current  ex- 
penses, and  $11  per  month  for  thirty  months,  commen- 
cing In  April,  1S66. 

The  property  is  within  throe  blocks  of  the 
TUKK  8TUEET  KAILttOAD, 

IS  NEARLY  ALL  ON  THE  GRADE, 
and  is  most  desirably  located  for  Homestead  purges. 

It  is  directly  cast  from  the  lands  of  the  California 
Association. 

The  property  has  been  purchased  on  very  reasonable 
terms,  and  oUVtb  a  rare  opportunity  for  investment 

A  number  of  tine  bouses  are  In  procefls  of  erection,  and 
stm  ts  arc  being  graded  noar  this  property,  which  will 
greatly  increase  its  value. 

When  twelve  monthly  payments  have  been  made,  the 
properly  will  !<■■  dividod  among  the  members  in  the  usual 
mmuer,  nnd  each  shareholder  will  receive  a  contract  for 
a  deed  to  the  lot  or  lots  to  which  he  may  be  entitled,  aud 
have  the  privilege  of  taking  immediate  possession  of  the 
same. 

The  lots  average  27  feet  iu  front  by  120  feet  in  depth. 
The  whole  amount  due  upon  any  lot  may  be  paid  at  any 
time,  and  discount  at  the  rate  of  one  aud  one-half  per 
cent,  per  month  will  be  deducted  therefrom. 

Persons  wishing  to  visit  the  lands  of  tins  Association 
will  take  the  Turk  street  cars  to  Devisadero  street,  and 
tbenrc  go  northerly  along  Devisadero  to  Pine  street. 

Twenty  thousand  dollars  of  the  capital  stocic  is  taken, 
and  the  books  are  opco  for  subscription  to  the  balance  at 
the  ollico  of  the  Secretary,  where  the  OhV.ial  atap  of  the 
Association  can  be  seen,  and  lull  particulars  obtained. 

TJte  Title  to  this  Property  is  Perfect. 

J.  S.  LUTY,  Secretary, 
Office,  305  Montgomery  street,  corner  of  Pine, 
my  19  3m  Rooms  2  and  6. 


£JOYS!    BOYS!  BOYS! 

NOW  IS  THE  TIME  I 


H.  M.  LOCKWOOD  &,  CO., 
New  No.  624)  CLAY  STREET,  (Old  No  17 

Have  received  a  Large  Stock  of 

GENTS'  AND  BOYS'  CLOTIIING 

— AMI — 

FURNISHING  GOODS, 

Which  they  are  selling 
AT   VERY   LOW  PRICES. 
Every  Garment  warranted.    All  are  invited  to  call  and 
examine  our  goods. 

H.  M.  LOCKWOOD  *  CO. 
Jal  634  Clay  street,  San  Francisco. 


PACIFIC  OCEAN  HOUSE, 
SANTA  CRUZ,  CAL. 

THIS  NEW  AND  COMMODIOUS  HOTEL,  built  and  fur- 
nished in  accordance  with  the  most  modem  and  Improved 
plant,  and  with  a  view  to  the  ounforl  and  convenience  of 
its  patrons,  is  DOW  open  for  the  reception  of  gucsls 

to  those  who  have  vi-itcd  Sinta  Cruz,  it  is  unnecessary 
to  speak  of  its  beauties  aud  its  natural  advaulagcs  over 
all  other  placos  of 

Summer  Resort. 

To  those  who  have  not ,  the  Proprietor  ran  only  Ray 
COME  AND  JUDGE  FOR  J'OUKSKL  rES— giving  all 
who  may  come  the  assurance  tnat  his  earnest  endeavors 
shall  be  to  make  the  Hotel,  in  all  its  appointments,  i><pial 
to  the  surroundings  of  this  delightful  Sea  side  Ri  soi  i. 

GEO.  T.  BROMLEY, 

Santa  Cruz,  April  4, 1866.  Proprietor. 


QEO.  P.  KIMBALL  &  CO., 

Carriage  Manufacturers, 


CORNER  MARKET  AND  FOURTH 

STKKK1X, 

San  Francisco. 


GEORGE   P.  KIMBALL. 


....W.   H.  KMGHT. 


We  have  alwavs  on  band  a  large  assortment  of  Coaches, 
Carnages,  Buggies,  Thnrouglibrace  Wagons,  Express, 
Grocery  .  Soda  anil  Butcher  Wagous  ami  Lumber  Gears. 

CARRIAGES  AND  WAOONS 
Of  every  description  made  to  order  and  at  shortest  no- 
tice.   Particular  attention  paid   to  the  hiillduig  of  Wide 
Track  Buggies  and  Wagons  with  Brakes,  for  mountain 
use.    Orders  Irom  the  country  promptly  attended  to. 

N  B.   Kimball's  Patent  Goose  Neck  Trutki  on  band. 

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LARGEST  STOCK! 

LATEST  STYLES! 

The    Best  Workmanship, 

AND 

LOWEST  PRICES! 

Goodwin    #    C  o  .  '  s 

FURNITURE  WARE-ROOMS, 
Nos.  508,  510,  518  and  528  Washington- St. 

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JOS.  WINTKRBURN  &  CO. 

J.  WINTERBURN,  V.  A.  TORKAS,  W.  HOFFSCHNEIDER. 

(Successors  to  W.  P.  Harrison.) 

Printers   and  Electrotypers, 

413  TO  417  CLAY  ST.,  (Below  Sansome.) 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

ALL  KINDS  OF  JOB  PRINTING 

Neatly  and  Promptly  Executed. 

E  L  E  C  T  R 0  TYPING 

Done  at  the  shortest  notice. 
Stamps  of  all  kinds   made  to  ordrr. 
Printing  in  Spanish,  French,  German  and  Italian  Lan- 
guages, executed  with  correct! 


A  "  Mammoth 
very  cheap. 


'  and  two  No.  3  Hand  Presses  FOR  SALE 
fc3  3m 


gMOKE 

THE  PATENT 

RUSSIAN 

CIGARETTES, 

MANUFACTURED  BY 


GIBB  &  STAHL, 

'.IF.  COR  IKEA  UN  y  A} 
SAN  F 

#J-  Foi  sale  at  all  Cigar  Stores 


COR. [KEARNY  AND  ?A  CR  A  MUSH  TO  STREETS 
SAN  FRANCISCO. 

ap28  3m 


CALIFORNIA  BRASS  FOUNDRY, 

No.  125  First  street,  opposite  Minna, 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

All  kinds  of  Brass, 
Composition,  Zinc, 
and.  Babbitt.  Mr/a 
Castings,  fuinisked 
at  the  shortest  notice. 
cr-^  Brass  Ship-Work o 
>-_,.  all  kinds,  Spikes, 

Sheathing  Nails,  Rudder  Braces.  Hinges,  etc. ,  constantly 
on  hand  and  made  to  order.  Also,  manufacture  8bip.and 
Steamboat  Bells  and  Gongs  or  superior  tone. 

All  kinds  of  Steam,  Liquor,  Wator,  Oil,  and  Flange 
Cocks  and  Valves  made  and  repaired. 

Hy<rraulic  Pipes  and  Noralcs,  and  Hose  Couplings  "and 
Connections  of  all  sizes  and  patterns,  furnished  with'dis- 
patcli.    r RICES  MODERATE. 

JOHN  P.  GALLAGHER, 
JOSEPH  H.  WEED. 

marlO  3m 


]^/[ONEY  TO  LOAN ! 

MONEY  TO  LOAN 


On  City  Real  Estate,  Dwellings,  Factories,  Shipping  and 
Merchandise,  for  such  time  as  may  be  agreed  (or.  De- 
posits received  in  small  or  large  sums,  at  interest,  by  the 
CALIFORNIA  BUILDING,  LOAN  AND  SAV- 
INGS BANK, 
California  street,  (one  door  from  Sansomo  street  ) 
my5  3m  THOMAS  MOONEY,  President. 


QCCIDENTAL 

INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

S.  W*  Cor.  MONTGOMERY  and  CALIFORNIA  STREETS 
INDIVIDUAL  LIABILITY. 

CAPITAL  STOCK,  $300,000 

LOSSES  PAID  IN  UNITED  S1ATES  GOLD  COIN. 

THIS  COMPANY  will  insure  against  loss  by  Fire  on  any 
Dwelling  House,  Buildings,  Merchandise  or  other  property, 
situated  in  the  State  or  California.  The  largest  sum  they 
will  take  on  any  one  risk  is  thirty  thousand  dollars. 

CHRISTOPHER  CHRISTIANSEN,  President. 
J.  GREENEBAUM,  Vice  President. 
B.  Rothschild,  Seeretary.  mh25-tf 


QREAT  TRIUMPH!  I 

STEINWAY  &  SONS 


Were  awarded  the  FIRST  TRIZE  MEDAL  at  the  laM  ea. 
INTERNATIONAL  EXHIBITION  AT  LONDON,  over  the 
two  hundred  and  sixty-nine  Piauos  entered  for  competition 
from  all  parts  of  the  world. 

The  Special  Corrcspoudont  of  the  New  York  Times  sayr  : 

"  Messrs.  Steinway  &  Sons'  indorsement  by  the  Jurors 
is  emphatic,  and  stronger  and  more  to  the  point  than  that 
of  any  European  maker." 

A  constant  supply  of  the  above  sujierior  instruments  can 
be  found  at  the  Agent's, 

M.  GRAY,  613  Clay  street. 
PIANO  TUNING  done  by  a  flrst-class  Workman,  rrom 
Steinway  &  Son's  Factory,  New  York.  my25 


Y  E  R  '  S 

AGUE  CURE, 

Fot  the  Speedy  and 
Certain  Cure  of  In 
termittent  Fever,  or 
Chills  and  Fever,  Re-r 
mittent  Fever,  Chill 
Fever,  Dumb  Ague, 
Periodical  Headache 
or  Bilious  Headache, 
and  Bilious  Fevers  ; 
indeed,  for  the  whole  class  of  diseases  ouyi- 
nating  in  biliary  derangement,  caused  by  the 
malaria  of  miasmatic  countries. 


This  remedy  has  rarely  failed  to  cure  the  severest  cases 
of  Chills  and  Fever,  and  it  has  this  great  advantage  over 
other  Ague  medicines,  that  it  subdues  the  complaint 
•vithout  injury  to  the  patient.  It  contains  no  quinine  or 
other  deleterious  substance,  nor  does  it  produce  quinism 
or  any  injurious  eftect  whatever.  Shaking  brothers  of  the 
army  and  the  West,  try  it  and  you  will  endorse  these 
assertions. 

Prepared  by  J.  C.  AYER  ft  CO  ,  Lowell,  Mass. ,  and  sold 
bv 

CRANE  &  BRIGHAM,  San  Francisco, 
my26  2m  and  all  Dealers. 


|^  RY  GOODS 

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A   R   G  A   I    N  S 


BLACK  SILKS  1    And  still  a  Few  Dreses 

LEFT  OF  THAT  BEAUTIFUL  AND 
MUCH-ADMIRED      DRESS  GOODS, 

f«  S  UNB  UR  ST!" 

S.  MOSGROVE, 

222  Third  street,  Colton's  Building. 

my23-tf 


rpHE  ONLY  LIVING  ASTROLOGER, 
PROF.  COHEN, 
530  California  street,  San  Francisco, 

THROUGH  HIS  NATURAL  GU  T,  can  give  correct  infor- 
mation on  the  Past,  Present  and  Future,  on  auy  subject 
tiiat  may  be  required  so  as  to  avoid  trouble.  As  evidence 
Of  Ins  reputation,  he  has  received  over  18,000  consultations 
during  his  residence  of  six  years  in  San  Francisco  I  Con- 
sultation fee,  $2.  By  letter,  $3.  Letter  box,  104.  It  is 
not  necessary  to  give  the  ago.  OHice,  530  California 
street.    Hours  Irom  8  a.  m.  to  11  p.  x.  mar!5  3m 


{JOME  AND  SEE  ME ! 

DR.  JOHN  BEALD, 

DENTIST, 

HAS  REMOVED  TO  THE 

CORNER  KEARNY  AND  CALIFORNIA  STS, 
Where  be  will  be  pleased  to  see  all  old  friends,  and  plenty 
of  new  ones.  Evory  variety  of  Dental  Operations  per- 
formed in  the  best  manner,  anil  at  prices  that  shall  suit 
all  persons.  O-ENTRANCE  ON  CALIFORNIA  SHEET. 
ap28-3m 


AMERICAN  HOTEL, 
Main  street.      .      -  .  Petaluma. 

maj24  6m   EMERSON  &  LAMBERTON,  Proprietors. 


rpo  FARMERS,  MINERS,  LABORERS 

And  ail  those  wishing  to  secure  themselves  a  portion  of 
THE  MOST    VALUABLE  AGRICULTURAL    AND  MIN- 
ERAL LANDS  OF  MEXICO, 
With  an  equal  interest  in  the  Profits  of  the  Plantations  of 

THE  MEXICAN  SEA  ISLAND 
COTTON  COMPANY. 

HOMES  FOR  THE  POOR  AND  COMPETENCY  FOR  ALL. 

SPECIAL  NOTICE. 

The  Mexican  Sea  Island  Cotton  Company,  having 
reserved  from  their  final  Subscription  List  a  Limited, 
Number  of  Unassessable  Shares,  (the  remaining 
shares  of  the  Company  having  been  taken  up  by  the 
stockholders,)  hereby  otter  the  same  for  sale  at  the 
original  subscription  price  of  Sixteen  Dollars  each, 
payable  in  cash.  Every  holder  of  a  share  will  be 
entitled  to  a  portion  of  the  Company's  lands,  having 
the  privilege  to  settle  thereon  and  participate  in  ail 
the  advantages  and  profits  of  the  enterprise,  and 
special  privileges  granted  to  this  Company  by  au 
Imperial  Decree  oi  Maximilian,  dated  9tn  January, 
18li6,  without  being  subjected  to  the  conditions  of 
regular  Government  emigrants,  this  Company  set 
tling  upon  their  own  lauds,  secured  by  private  pur- 
chase, and  held  under  indisputable  Spanish  titles. 

Shareholders  becoming  actual  settlers  will  also 
have  the  privilege  of  any  employment  upon  the  Com- 
pany's plantation.  Portions  of  land  will  be  allotted 
to  settlers,  to  be  held  by  them  until  a  final  division 
makes  it  their  property. 

For  the  purpose  of  increasing  the  value  of  the 
Company's  land,  and  to  create  all  the  comforts  of  a 
home  and  society,  it  is  the  inteuiion  of  the  company 
to  form  a  regular  settlement  and  to  lay  out  a  town 
adjoining  their  present  plantation  into  building  lots, 
which  will  likewise  be  fairly  divided  between  the 
8,000  shares  which  comprise  the  total  number  of  the 
company. 

A  large  number  of  shareholders  will  settle  upon 
the  company's  lands  after  the  rainy  season  in  Octo- 
ber next.  Many  of  them  may  then  he  employed  by 
the  company,  or  by  others  aide  to  plant  for  them 
selves,  or  in  developing  the  mineral  resources  of  the 
adjoining  mountains,  etc.,  etc. 

Men  of  all  trades  and  professions,  desiring  to  emi- 
grate to  Mexico,  will  have  great  advantages  as 
shareholders  of  this  company.  They  will  find  the 
lands  already  purchased  for  them  atarate  equivalent 
to  a  free  gift,  to  he  held  by  each  shareholder  ns  his 
property,  protected  by  the  best  Spanish  titles,  and 
the  good  will  of  all  political  parties  now  contending 
for  the  reins  of  government ;  the  climate  the  most 
Balubrious,  and  the  land  rich  and  fertile  beyond  de- 
scription ;  every  kind  of  game  abounding ;  the  rivers 
full  of  fish  and  with  extensive  beds  of  large  oysters; 
altogether,  a  country  where  it  is  easy  to  procure  a 
livelihood  aud  the  comforts  of  a  home  with  less 
labor  aud  less  capital  than  iu  any  other  part  of  the 
world. 

The  extensive  placer  diggings,  veins  of  silver, 
and  solid  quartz  ledges,  which  are  to  lie  found  in  the 
immediate  vicinity,  and  acknowledged  to  be  rich 
and  very  extensive,  can,  by  the  presence  of  a  num- 
ber of  settlers,  be  profitably  developed.  Many  of 
these  mines  are  to  be  found  within  the  limits  of  the 
company's  grant.  The  Sferra  Madre  or  Mother 
Mountain  of  Mexico,  situated  only  within  about 
twenty  miles  from  the  coast,  can  he  reached  and  de- 
veloped with  much  greater  facility  than  the  more 
remote  mines  in  the  interior,  and  will  therefore 
make  the  company's  lands  the  most  desirable  to 
locate  upon. 

For  Maps  and  Survey,  and  further  information, 
apply  at  the  office  of  the  MEXICAN  SEA  ISLAND 
CUTTON  CO.,  Betge's  Book  Store,  Russ  House, 
Montgomery  street,  between  the  hours  of  11  aud  1 
o'clock. 

15?"  All  the  assessable  stock  having  been  takeu 
up  by  mutual  subscription  of  stockholders,  the  com- 
pany will  have  no  more  shares  to  otter  after  the 
limited  number  of  unassessable  shares  have  been 
placed,  and  shall  prefer  to  sell  these  to  actual 
settlers — a  single  share  of  which  will  be  sufficient  to 
entitle  them  to  a  large  portion  of  the  lauds. 


\Yf,  the  undersigned  shareholders  in  the  Mex- 
ican Sea  island  Cotton  Company,  having  investiga- 
ted and  satisliea  ourselves  of  the  importance  of  the 
enterprise,  recommend  the  same  to  the  public.  We 
are  convinced  that  under  the  management  of  the 
present  officers  of  the  company,  with  their  efforts  to 
induce  industrious  parties  to  locate  upon  the  land, 
that  the  enterprise  must  become  very  profitable  to 
all  parties  interested,  and  most  beneficial  to  actual 
settlors 

S.  R.  Kettlewell,  Blacksmith,  261  First  street. 

W.  C.  Mead  &  Son,  221  Sansome  street. 

M.  O'Neil,  Proprietor  New  Branch  Hotel,  12 

Sutter  street. 
Winall  &.  Clapp,  505  Market  street. 
R.  A.  S.  Repiton,  M,  D.,816  Montgomery  street. 
Win  Rudolph,  Gunsmith, 216 Pacific  street. 
G.  Burkhardt,  Jeweller,  No.  209  Pacific  street. 
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| June  16th 


TIIE   FESTIVAL   OF    ST.  CECILIA. 

A  MUSICAL  ROMANCE.  BY  M.  A.  E. 

A SERENE  effulgence  bathed  the  town  of  Allazoppa 
with  iridescent  glory.  It  was  fitting  that  the  Festival 
of  St.  Cecilia  should  be  ushered  in  with  the  beautiful  melo- 
dies of  harmonious  Nature,  swelliug  in  one  grand,  choral 
psalm.  Therefore  had  the  jnidsummer  been  chosen  by  the 
inhabitants  of  Allazoppa  forThe  celebration  of  the  glorious 
Festival  of  St.  Cecilia. 

Allazoppa  is  a  country  town,  exactly  in  the  middle  of  the 
State  of  Maine.  It  is  a  small  place,  but  the  heart  of  its  peo- 
ple is  great.  They  love  music  ;  hence  they  are  demi-gods,  and 
walk  among  the  sons  and  daughters  of  men  with  star-Jit 
brows. 

At  the  approach  of  this  supernal,  egregious,  and  tropically 
effulgent  festival,  there  was  but  one  pulse  in  all  Allazoppa  ; 
but  one  heart-throb.  Venerable  men  and  women,  with  the 
snows  of  heaven  resting  lightly  on  their  heads  ;  youths  and 
maidens  with  the  divine  illumination  of  harmony  sparkling  in 
their  moon-orbed  eyes  ;  and  little  children  with  bright  heads 
glinted  with  the  music  of  the  ever-shining  spheres,  gathered 
together  in  the  torest,  and  the  white  tents  and  green  booths 
arose  to  the  inspiriting,  and  ever-swelling  crescendo  of  John 
Chittenden's  violin. 

For  John  was  the  most  denii  god-like  among  these  demi- 
gods ;  not  being  able  to  do  an  earthly  thing.  Ho  could  not 
have  stood  that  test  of  sensuous  intellect,  which  unmusical 
barbarians  adopt :  he  did  not  know  enough  to  go  in  when  it 
rained  ;  and  had  never  been  able  to  fathom  the  mysteries  of 
the  English  alphabet.  Hut  what  was  all  this  to  the  glorious 
gift  given  unto  him  in  the  diaphonous  texture  of  his  inner 
soul !  Music  was  to  him  the  great  exponent  of  the  universe. 
His  violin  was  the  (Jurat  Am.,  with  which  lie  bored  into  the 
centre  of  the  existence  of  all  created  beings  with  whom  he  held 
musical  communion,  common  speech  being  providentially  de- 
nied him.  Therefore  was  he  selected  as  the  orchestra  to  cheer 
their  souls  during  the  preparations  for  the  exalted  rites  of  the 
next  two  days. 

The  spirit  of  nature  trembled  upon  every  string  of  his  vio- 
lin, and  was  thrown  off  into  the  circumambient  air  by  the  sil- 
ver-gliding bow.  And,  like  the  night-winged  crow,  it  uttered 
no  note  of  music  without  good  cause.  It  sang  like  a  macon, 
mewed  like  a  cat,  barked  like  a  doe,  creaked  like  a  wheelbar- 
row, and  squeaked  like  a  mouse  ;  and  so  cherubic  were  these 
strains  that  tents  and  booths  rose  like  magic  into  the  trans- 
parent, etherial,  etherona  ether  ;  and,  when  night  gleamed 
through  the  forest,  all  was  complete. 

When  the  morning  beams,  like  the  rythmic  cadence  which 
first  steals  in  upon  a  sense-steeped  soul,  touched  the  tree  tops 
with  thermal  tints,  the  statue  of  St.  Cecilia  was  lifted  out  of 
Squire  Jones's  yellow  wagon,  and  borne  by  reverent  youths  to 
the  mossy  mound,  where  it  was  placed,  and  then  crowned  with 
flowers  by  an  octave  of  rosy-hued  maidens. 

The  statue  was  carved  by  David  Loper,  a  glorious  imper- 
sonation of  musical  manhood,  with  his  breadth  of  forehead, 
and  full  temples,  and  humorous  eyes,  and  sweet,  gentle  mouth, 
and  a  heart  free  from  every  evil  taint.  For  is  not  every  mu- 
sical soul  perfected  through  the  exquisite  torture  and  godlike 
pain  that  thrills  the  tissue  of  their  brains,  and  permeates  their 
pores  with  angelic  doloe  far  niente,  until  they  become  lifted 
above  the  material  and  the  selfish,  and  all  human  beings  are 
so  many  note3  with  their  qaavcrs  and  crotchets,  to  be  touched 
with  a  skilful  hand,  dolce  2>i"cevolmenle,  exprezsivo  ?  And 
are  not  all  lovers  of  music  patient,  just,  tender,  generous, 
genial,  truthful,  simple,  earnest,  liberal,  temperate,  magnani- 
mous, faithful,  simple,  sublime,  innocent,  childlike,  and  yet 
with  intellect  as  broad  and  deep  as  the  Universe? 

Such  was  David  Loper. 

His  St.  Cecilia  was  a  faithful  copy  of  those  in  the  cartoons 
of  Michael  Angelo.  She  was  made  of  maple  wood  ;  her  face 
was  round  like  the  full  moon  ;  her  eyes  of  devotional  blue 
were  upturned  to  heaven  until  only  the  whites  were  visible 
(which  saved  David  a  world  of  trouble.)  Not  being  able  to 
carve  the  hair  artistically,  his  noble  instiucts  taught  him  it 
were  best  to  leave  her  without  any,  and  to  put  upon  her  head, 
in  lieu  thereof,  the  red  cap  of  liberty,  which  appropriate  addi- 
tion was  hailed  by  the  loypl  citizens  of  Allazoppa  with  shouts 
and  cheers  of  delight.  In  her  left  haud  she  held  a  guitar, 
and  in  her  right,  David,  fired  with  an  ardent  patriotism,  had 
placed  the  star-spangled  banner,  immortal  emblems,  as  he  well 
knew,  of  the  flag  that  waves  from  the  battlements  of  the  Eter- 
nal City,  where  music  dwelleth  for  evermore. 

"  Naow,"  said  Deacon  Elias  Root,  "  we  will  unite  in  '  Old 
Hundred.'  " 

This  was  sung,  then  "  Mead  "  and  "  Dundee  ;"  and  then  a 
"  Breakfast  Hymn,"  words  and  music  by  Musidora.  It  com- 
menced thus  : 

"  Oh,  list  to  the  mupir  of  knives  and  forks! 
Hark,  hark  !  away  !'' 

After  this  bravura  they  all  felt  they  could  eat  some  break- 
fast. 

After  this  "  music  of  knives  and  forks  "  the  Allazoppa 


Philharmonic,  Classico-Musico,  Diatonic  Club  gathered  around 
the  mossy  mound,  and  played  all  through  the  following  pro- 


gramme : 

Sinfonie  No.  G,  in  C  major,  op.  18  Beethoven 

[The  third  movement  requiring  a"  Steinway,"  will  not  be  performed.] 

Overture—"  Gideone  Uando  "  Mozart 

Concerto  for  cymbals,  No.  5  Donizetti 

1  Allegro.  2  Andante.  3  Finale. 

Quartette — "  Bonnie  Eloise  "  Chopin 

Waltz — "  Mazeppa  "  Strauss 

Sinfonie,  Lminor,  op.  1,270,812  Verdi 

La,  la,  la,  [Song  without  words  ]  Mendelssohn 

Phantasiestnccke  on  Themes  Ford 

Solo  for  Triangle  Schumann 

Cavatina — "  Dixie  "  Meyerbeer 

Aria  for  Accordcou — "  Mia  propria  Maria  Anna  "  Schubert 


So  dulcet,  so  brillante,  so  cantabile  were  these  harmonies 
that  the  birds  of  Paradise,  and  robins,  and  swans,  and  jays, 
and  nightingales  all  took  wing  from  the  forest  trees,  and  from 
that  day  to  this  no  birds  ore  to  be  found  in  that  neighborhood 
save  ravens,  peacocks,  and  jackdaws. 

The  tiger  paused  in  his  ferny  jungle  ;  the  lion  lay  down  in 
a  juniptr  bush,  and  the  mole  looked  out  from  its  lair. 

Musidora  Breve  was  affected  to  tears  when  David  played 
the  "  Aria  "  on  his  accordeon,  and  tang,  "  Aria  propriagharia 
Anna,"  with  that  stoccato  olfactoriousness  for  which  the  Al- 
lezoppites  were  celebrated  ;  she  felt  she  could  bear  no  more, 
and  she  stole  away  from  the  group  of  maidens  ;  but  she  was 
not  unobserved.  David's  soul  was  given  to  his  accordeon,  but 
hi-  heart  was  Musidora 's.  Taking  his  beloved  instrument 
with  him  he  followed  her. 

I  wish  the  people  whd  invent  names  for  things  (whoever 
they  may  be,)  would  give  to  writers  of  musical  numbers  some 
better  and  more  distinctive  title  than  Composers.  But  it 
suited  Musidora.  She  was  a  composer.  Her  melodies  were 
all  of  that  sweetly  gentle  character  which  may  appropriately 
be  styled  "  dream  music,"  having  the  delicious  effect  of  sooth- 
ing humanity  into  blessed,  mental  condition.  It  was  obsprv- 
able  that  in  her  musical  compositions  the  tonics  were  entirely 
wanting. 

Musidora  was  a  misty,  etherial  substance,  a  lush  essence, 
and  as  such,  was  adored  by  David  Loper,  who  well  knew  that 
she  moved  in  a  cycle  of  transcendental  apogee  to  which  he 
could  never  wing  his  flight. 

But  though  he  could  not  hope  to  keep  pace  witb  her  mu- 
sical feet,  he  could  with  the  fleshly  members, and  he  soon  over- 
took he'.  She  was  iu  a  rapture.  Dogwoods,  and  water-lilicB, 
and  cowslips,  and  dahlias,  and  chrysanthemums  were  pouring 
their  melange  of  sweets  on  the  summer  air,  like  the  fragrance 
from  spice  jars  when  first  uncorked. 

These  children  of  the  divine  art  walked  speechlessly,  hand 
in  hand  ;  he  witb  eyes  fixed  upon  her  soul-lit  countenance, 
she,  with  eyes  upturned  to  the  cerulean  firmament,  was  com- 
posing an  aria,  which  should  express  the  essential  essence  of 
all  the  perfumes  she  was  absorbing  into  the  innermost  chords 
of  her  musical  soul.  Such  words  as  piano,  forte,  larghetto 
escaped  her  lips  occasionally,  and  showed  on  what  lofty  themes 
her  mind  was  fixed. 

Then  to  both  of  them  there  came  a  shock  as  of  a  mighty 
earthquake,  and  they  found  themselves  seated  on  the  ground 
under  a  spreading  fig  tree.  They  had  walked  off  a  precipice. 
Great  jagged  rocks  were  around  them,  but  they  had  escaped 
them  all,  and  far  above  their  heads  towered  the  black  rock 
from  which  they  had  fallen.  They  looked  into  each  other's 
pellucid  eyes,  and  David  solemnly  spoke. 

"  It  is  the  power  of  music." 

Slowly  her  soul  returned  to  earth,  "  Haow  ?"  said  she. 

"  It  is  the  power  of  music  !  You  were  composing.  Oh, 
Musi-dory,  my  angel,  my  divinity!" 

"  Oh,  my  David  !"  she  said,  "  thus  the  children  of  genius  are 
rewarded."  Aud  she  pressed  the  end  of  her  little  finger  to 
her  right  temple,  and  meditated. 

"  Oh,  Musidory,  will  you  not  name  the  day  when  our  lives 
shall  flow  in  unison — when  we  can  make  one  common  chord  ? 
0,  tell  me,  will  you  not  be  my  third,  and  fifth  ?" 

She  looked  at  him  reproachfully.  '•  The  interlude  is  sweet," 
she  said,  "  and  we  can  make  so  many  appogiaturas." 

"  Naow,  Musidory,  du  name  the  day,"  persisted  David. 

"  To-morrow,  at  the  close  of  the  Festival  of  St.  Cecilia. 
Blessed  is  the  union  she  presides  over." 

David  had  not  anticipated  this  ready  and  sweet  compliance. 
"  Will  she — will  she — oh,  Musidory,  will  she  pay  the  rent  of 
Simon  Willis's  house?  and  not  a  cent  less  than  a  hundred 
and  fifty,  for  I  asked  him  yesterday." 

"  We'll  speak  to  him  in  noble  harmonies  which  will  soften 
his  obdurate  heart.    No  language  but  music  will  I  utter." 

"  Except  to  the  cook,"  added  David. 

She  looked  at  him  with  atrabilious  eyes  of  sad  reproach. 
"  Forgive  me,"  he  cried,  "  that  was  a  falsetto." 

Hero  the  frogs  in  a  neighboring  mar3h  burst  into  full 
chorus.  ' 

"  Hark  !"  he  said.    "  List  to  the  celestial  bassos." 
"  A  perlect  minor  third,"  said  she. 

Just  then  a  godlike  form  appeared  upon  the  rock  above 
them. 


"  It  is  he  !"  they  both  shrieked.  "  It  is  Harmonicon." 
He  saw  them,  and,  seizing  hold  of  the  top  of  a  beech  tree, 
he  lightly  swung  himself  to  the  earth,  and,  having  turned 
three  somersets  on  the  rocks,  he  calmly  stood  beside  them. 
He  was  taller  than  the  heighth  of  men.  His  hair  was  like 
burnished  gold.  His  eyes  were  lode-stars.  His  brow  was  a 
crown  imperial. 

"  My  children,"  he  said  in  a  voice  that  was  tearfully  cheer- 
ful, "  1  heard  of" your  Festival,  and  have  come  hither  to  con- 
duct the  orchestra,  and  to  write  a  great  work.  I  feel  that  I 
shall  do  it,  for  I  am  filled  with  the  tremandos  of  musical 
afflatus." 

He  looked  at  Musidora  with  a  beseeching  love. 

"You  shall  have  her!"  cried  the  noble  and  heroic  David. 
"  You  need  her,  and  you  are  great !  The  money  I  have  spent 
in  furniture  aud  store  clothes  has  gone  for  nought,  for  my  soul 
is  wedded  to  her,  and,  henceforth,  divorced  from  its  proper 
mate,  will  give  itself  only  to  thee,  my_  precious  accor- 
deon." 

And  he  pressed  to  his  heart  his  beloved  instrument,  which 
heaved  a  heavy  sigh. 

Thus  it  is  that  music  elevates  the  soul  of  man,  and  renders 
it  capable  of  mighty  deeds  of  heroism. 

Harmonicon  sprang  up,  and  knocked  his  heels  together. 
Such  was  his  childlike  simplicity. 

Musidora's  sighs  mirgled  with  those  of  the  accordeon.  She 
looked  tearfully  at  David,  and  then  placing  her  hand  in  Har- 
monicon's,  she  murmured  :  "  I  am  thine  I" 

They  returned  to  the  company.  Harmonicon  was  greeted 
with  that  enthusiastic  reverence  which  musical  souls  feel  in 
the  presence  of  what  is  immaterial. 

"  I'll  write  an  oratorio  I"  he  shouted,  and  gave  three  skips. 

And  all  the  people  said  :  "  Du  tell,  naow  !" 

And  then  they  sang  :  "  Kind  Words  Can  Never  Die,"  and 
separated. 

Harmonicon  flew  to  David's  tent — "  Thy  accordeon,  paper 
and  ink  !"  he  cried.  Swiftly  aud  silently  David  placed  them 
before  him,  and  then  left  hitn  alone. 

At  midnight  the  oratorio  was  finished — that  transcenden- 
tally  amazing  work  of  art  which  will  endure  until  time  shall 
bo  marked  no  more.  Harmonicon  called  the  musicians  to- 
gether with  a  blast  on  the  French  horn.  By  sunrise  they  had 
all  their  parts  perfectly  learned.  At  noon  the  people 
assembled,  and  for  three  hours  listened  to  such  harmonies  as 
th 3  youugest  among  them  might  never  hope  to  hear 
again. 

For  Harmonicon  was  Conductor,  and  his  presence,  and  Ins 
living  genius  inspired  the  musicians  with  such  fervid  zeal, 
and  strength  of  arms  and  lungs,  that  the  grand  choruses  were 
heard  for  three  hundred  miles. 

David  had  the  proud  position  of  first  accordeon.  nis  soul 
was  filled  with  ecstatic  gorgeousness  while  the  auriferous 
melodies  quivered  and  quirled  around  him.  His  bliss  was 
great,  and  his  music  was  greater. 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  oratorio,  when  all  the  assembled 
multitude  crowded  around  the  great  composer  to  congratulate 
him,  David  rushed  to  his  tent,  overcome  with  varied  emotions. 
He  soon  reappeared  bearing  a  bundle,  which  he  cast  at  the 
feet  of  Harmonicon. 

"  Take  them,  oh,  great-hearted  Musician  I"  ho  cried. 
••  They  are  yours." 

"  What  are  they,  my  child  ?  '  said  the  seraphic  Harmonicon. 

"  My  store  clothes,"  said  the  gushing  and  impreesiblo 
David.  "  You  have  her — take  them.  I  will  give  you  all — 
my  life  ;  all — all,  save  my  accordeon."  And  he  played 
thereon  such  a  perifocal  and  lachryrncdial  andante  that  all 
wept.  And,  in  the  last  supernal  wail,  he  drew  out  the  instru- 
ment to  such  an  extent  that  its  heart  broke,  and  with  a 
mighty  shriek  it  fell  shattered  from  bis  nerveless  hand. 

"My  punishment  is  just!"  he  sobbed.  "I  should  have 
given  thee  that  also.  Henceforth  there  is  nothing  left  for  me 
but  the  auger  and  the  plane." 

And  he  disappeared. 

And  Harmonicon  and  Mueidora  were  married  forthwith 
and  the  people  of  Allazoppa  saw  them  no  more. 

But  the  statue  still  stands  in  ihe  forest,  and  though  the 
eyes  have  fallen  out,  and  the  nose  has  been  knocked  off,  and 
the  cap,  and  flag,  and  guitar  are  all  gone,  still  it  is  worthy  of 
a  visit  from  the  curious  and  the  devotional  student  of  the 
glorious  art  of  Music. — Saturday  Press- 


When  one  of  the  old  St.  James-street  clnbs  wished  to  get 
rid  of  a  member,  they  met,  broke  up  the  club,  and  immedi- 
ately reconstructed  it  witliout  him.  A  proprietary  club  in 
Lincoln's-Inn-F  iclds,  wishing  to  get  rid  of  the  notorious  Q- 
P.  Clifford,  resorted  to  this  expedient.  "  Very  well,  gentle- 
men," was  his  remark,  "you  have  all  retired  from  the  part- 
nership ;  I  am  the  sole  surviving  partner,  and  the  house  and 
furniture  belong  to  me."  He  proved  to  be  legally  right,  and 
it  cost  them  several  thousand  pounds  to  buy  him  out. 


Sek  the  advertisement  of  John  Middle-ton  4c.  Son*' Grout  Preremp- 
•  cry  Real  Eitutc  Sale,  at  Ancticu,  on  Mcuday  r.ext. 


June  t6thj 


THE    CALIF  ORN  IAN 


1 


Agua  de  Magnolia.— The  prettiest  thing, 

the  "  sweetest  thing,"  and  the  most  of  it  for  the  least 
money.  It  overcomes  the  odor  of  perspiration ; 
softens  and  adds  delicacy  to  the  skin ;  is  a  delightful 
perfume ;  allays  headache  aud  inflammation,  and  is 
a  necessary  companion  in  the  sick  room,  in  the  nur- 
Bery  and  npon  the  toilet  sidehoard.  It  can  ho  ow- 
ned everywhere  at  one  dollar  per  bottle. 


Lyon's  Magnetic  Insect  Powder  is  in- 
stant death  to  Fleas,  Ticks,  Roaches,  and  everything 
of  the  insect  species.  It  is  one  of  the  few  articles 
that  can  be  relied  upon,  and  for  a  mere  wo  bits  we 
can  save  the  bites  and  bills  of  these  little  pestB. 
None  is  genuine  unless  signed  by  E.  Lyon,  and 
bearing  the  private  stamp  of  Denias  Darnes  St  Co., 
New  York. 


S— T— 18G0— X.    DRAKE'S  PLANTATION 
BITTERS. 

They  purify, strengthen  aud  invigorate 
They  create  a  healthy  appetite. 
They  are  an  antidote  to  change  of  water  aud  diet. 
They  strengthen  the  system  and  enliven  the  mind. 
They  prevent  miasmatic  aud  intermittent  fevers. 
They  purify  the  breath  and  acidity  of  the  stomach. 
They  cure  Dyspepsia  and  Constipation. 
They  cure  Liver  Complaiut  and  Nervous  Head- 
ache. 

They  are  the  best  Bitters  in  the  world.  They 
make  the  weak  strong,  and  are  exhausted  nature's 
great  restorer.  They  are  made  of  pure  St.  Croix 
Rum,  the  celebrated Calisaya  Bark,  roots  aud  herbs, 
and  are  taken  with  the  pleasure  of  a  beverage,  with- 
out regard  to  age  or  time  of  day.  Particularly  rec 
omniended  to  delicate  persons  requiring  a  gentle 
stimulant.  Sold  by  all  Grocers,  Druggists,  Hotels 
aud  Saloons.  Only  genuine  when  Cork  is  covered 
by  our  private  U.  S.  Stamp.  Beware  of  counter- 
feits aud  refilled  bottles. 

P.  H.  DRAKE  &  CO.,  New  York. 

"  In  lifting  the  kettle  from  the  fire  I  scalded  my 
self  very  severely — one  hand  almost  to  a  crisp.  The 
torture  was  unbearable.  »  *  •  The  Mexican 
Mustang  Liniment  relieved  the  pain  almost  immedi- 
ately. It  healed  rapidly,  and  left  very  little  scar. 
"  Chas.  Poster,  '100  Broad  street,  Philada." 


This  is  merely  a  sample  of  what  the  Mus- 
tang Liuiment  will  do.  It  is  invaluable  in  all  cases 
of  wounds,  swellings,  sprains,  cuts,  bruises, spa vius, 
etc.,  either  upon  man  or  beast. 

Beware  of  counterfeits.  None  is  genuine  uuless 
wrapped  in  line  steel-plate  engravings,  bearing  the 
signature  of  G.  W.  Westbrook,  Chemist,  and  the 
private  stamp  of  Dumas  Barnes  St  Co.,  New  York. 


All  who  Value  a  Beautiful  Head  of 
Hair,  and  its  preservation  from  premature  baldness 
and  turning  gray,  will  not  fail  to  use  Lyon's  Cele- 
brated Katuairok.  It  makes  the  hair  rich,  soft, 
aud  glossy,  eradicates  dandruff,  aud  causes  the  hair 
to  grow  with  luxuriant  beauty.  It  is  sold  every- 
where.      E.  THOMAS  LYON,  Chemist,  N.  Y. 


Lyon's  Ekwact  of  Pure  Jamaica  Ginger, 
for  Indigestion,  Nausea,  Heartburn,  Sick  Headache, 
Cholera  Morbus,  Stc,  where  a  warming,  genial 
stimulant  is  required.  Its  careful  preparation  and 
entire  purity  make  it  a  cheap  and  reliable  article  for 
culiuary  purposes.  Sold  everywhere,  at  50  cents  per 
bottlo.  ap7-ly 


The  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company  of 
New  York. — In  regard  to  this  company  the  "  Wall 
Street  Underwriter  "  says  :  "Figures  are  potent  ar- 
guments to  employ  in  dealing  with  the  affairs  of  any 
Insurance  Company.  The  Twenty-Third  Annual 
Report  of  '  The  Mutual,'  made  up  to  the  first  of 
February  instant,  is  published  in  this  paper,  and  the 
results  manifested  upon  it  are  well  worthy  of  consid- 
eration. Iu  the  first  instance,  as  the  prime  result  of 
the  past  year's  work,  the  gross  assets  of  '  The  Mu- 
tual '  show  an 

Increase  of  $2,549,871  02 

Total  increase  in  premium  account  is — 1,083,505  31 
The  total  income  of  $3,853,005  80  is  an 

increaseof.  1,003,199  24 

The  lull  disbursements  for  I860,  were..  1,540,130  63 
Number  of  policies  isBiied  Feb.  1865  to 
Feb.  1866,  were  8,600— insuring  over 
double  the  number  of  1864,  and  over 

double  the  amount,  viz  31,394,407  00 

All  approving  comment  seems  bald  in  the  presence 
of  the  truly  eloquent  figures  presented  by  the  1  Mu- 
tual Life.'  No  record  of  success  can  be  more  com- 
plete for  any  financial  institution  iu  the  world. 
Wherever  Life  Insurance  has  been  heard  of  on  the 
American  Continent,  the  name  and  prestige  of  the 
great  'Mutual'  of  New  York,  stand  out  pre- 
eminent. Many  successful  modern  companies  have 
grown  up  to  prosperity  through  the  example  and 
influence  of  the  '  Mutual  Life. '  Its  great  success, 
its  wealth,  and  its  manifest  advantages  have  been 
constantly  referred  to  as  incontrovertible  arguments 
in  favor  of  Life  Insurance."  "The  Mutual  Life" 
has  paid  losses  on  this  coast  (including  dividends,) 
during  the  last  four  years,  to  the  amount  of  $101  ,- 
819  02,  and  among  the  recent  losses  to  be  paid  are 
policies  for  $5,000  each,  of  Francis  E.  Webster 
and  W.  L.  Haven,  who  were  both  killed  by  the 
nitro  glycerine  explosion  at  the  office  of  Wells, 
Fargo  St  Co. ,  in  addition  to  which  amounts,  there 
is  to  be  paid  about  $1,200  lor  accrued  dividends. 
8.  F.  Examiner.  * 

No  Forfeiting. — Heretofore,  if  a  person  holding 
a  Life  Policy  became  unfortunate,  aud  could  not 
raise  the  sum  of  money  required  to  pay  his  next  pre- 
mium, his  policy  was  declared  forfeited.  The 
Brooklyn  Life  Insurance  Company  of  New 
York  has  decided  to  make  every  policy  it  issues 
NONFORFEITABLE,  giving  a  PAID-UP 
POLICY  to  the  party  if  unable  to  coutinue  his 
payments  of  premiums.  The  dividends  of  the 
Brooklyn  Life  Insurance  Company  are  settled  annu- 
ally in  cash.  This  plan  is  far  more  acceptable  to 
insurers  than  at  the  end  of  three  or  five  years,  as  in 
other  companies.  The  Brooklyn  Life  Insurance 
Company  allows  thirty  days  grace  in  the  payment 
of  premiums.  Its  policies  are  incontestable,  and  its 
losses  are  promptly  paid.  The  Brooklyn  Life  Insu- 
rance Company  oilers  every  known  plan  of  Life 
aud  Endowment  Insurance.  Get  a  pamphlet  at  the 
office,  240  Montgomery  street,  southeast  corner  of 
Pine,  from  Stephen  T.  Kiug,  General  Manager,  or 
David  B.  Arrowsmith,  Local  Agent. 

MEDICAL  ADVICE. 
Dr.  Wm.  K.  Dohekty's  Medical  and  Surgical 
Institute  is  becoming  a  sine  qua  non  to  the  welfure 
of  our  State  and  health  of  our  citizens  ;  and  his 
rapidly  spreading  reputation,  although  it  may  excite 
surprise,  is  but  the  signal  of  skill,  aud  follows  as  the 
natural  effect  of  such  a  cause.  We  are  personally 
acquainted  with  gentlemen  who  had  suffered  for 
years  under  chronic  disease,  and  who  had  taken  ad 
vantage  of  every  available  means  that  promised 
relief,  but  without  success,  until  they  called  upon 
Dr.  Doherty,  who,  in  an  incredibly  6hort  space  of 
time,  has  given  them  entire  relief.  It  is  gratify  iuj 
to  auuounce  thus  fact,  because  the  Doctor  is  a  gentle- 
man who  seeks,  not  by  defamation  of  others,  to  es- 
tablish his  reputation,  or  to  rear  the  superstructure  of 
his  owu  upon  the  ruin  of  another's  fame.  The  Doc- 
tor conducts  his  Institute  iu  a  manner  that  must  be 
gratifying  to  all  his  patients.  He  examines,  hears, 
advises,  and  recommends,  without  charge,  and  the 
patient,  after  hearing  his  terms  for  treatment,  can 
accept  or  reject  at  pleasure.  In  no  case  does  the 
Doctor  make  a  charge  uuless  he  effects  a  cure.  This 
he  is  able  to  do,  because  he  feels  the  confidence 
which  long  experience  has  given,  and  no  doubt  the 
consolation  which  appertains  to  that  confidence. 
Persons  afflicted  with  either  acnte  or  chronic  disease, 
would  do  well  to  consult  the  Doctor ;  at  all  events, 
it  can  do  no  harm,  as  for  consultation  he  asks  uo  fee ; 
nor  does  he  insist  on  obedience  to  his  advice  unless 
the  patient  places  himself  under  his  care.  His  offices 
are  on  Sacramento  street,  opposite  the  Pacific  Mail 
Steauiship  office. — Sun  Francisco  News. 


Buggies  and  Carriages. — If  you  want  a  trim 
neat,  light,  and  yet  durable  style  of  buggy  or  car 
riage,  go  to  Nos.  37  aud  39  Webb  street,  between 
Sacramento  aud  California,  where  you  willfiud  just 
such  a  vehicle  as  will  suit  your  taste.  Pollard  &. 
Carvill  not  only  deal  iu  these  articles,  but  manu- 
facture them  to  order,  and  do  repairing,  painting, 
trimming  aud  blacksmithing  with  dispatch  and  neat- 
ness.   Go  and  see  them. — California  Leader. 


Wagons.,— Every  species  of  wagous  that  any  one 
can  need,  made  of  the  best  material,  well  fitted  aud 
finished,  can  be  found  at  the  Depot  of  Mills  St 
Evans,  587  Market  street,  two  doors  from  Second. 
Light,  Express,  Milk  and  Thoroughbrace  wagons, 
also  Lumber  Gears,  Extra  Poles  and  Whiflletrees, 
with  Lead  Bars,  are  kept  constantly  on  hand. — Cali- 
fornia Leader. 


For  the  best  finished,  fashionable  hats,  go  to 
McGann  St  Co.'s,  Hatters,  654  Washington  street, 
twe  doors  below  the  Plsua. 


RHEUMATISM. 
Throughout  this  coast  a  great  deal  of  suffering  is 
experienced  from  Rheumatism.  Weeks  and  even 
mouths  of  protracted  aud  aggravated  misery  is  en- 
dured by  the  victims  of  medical  inefficiency  and 
ignorance,  which  could  be  cured  just  as  speedily  as 
was  Mr.  Sparrow,  whose  testimony  is  given  below, 
mid  is  only  the  echo  of  hundreds  of  other  cases. 
Dr.  Bourne  cures  without  medicines,  which  accounts 
for  his  extraordinary  success.  No.  10  Masonic 
Temple,  Post  street  eutrance : 

San  Francisco,  September  6,  1861. 
Dr.  Bourne:  Lust  Wiuter  I  was  nearly  dead,  by 
an  attack  of  inflammatory  rheumatism.  I  suffered 
the  most  excruciating  pains  for  about  five  weeks, 
without  any  hope  of  relief,  when  a  friend,  hearing 
of  my  illness,  called  to  see  me,  and  assured  me  that 
if  I  would  stop  "  drugging  and  dosing,''  and  go  to 
you,  that  you  would  have  me  walking  about  the 
streets  in  three  days.  Sure  enough,  although  1  was 
utterly  helpless,  aud  conveyed  to  your  house  iu  a 
carriage,  aud  carried  into  it  by  three  stout  men,  and 
was  by  them  lifted  into  the  bath,  yet,  on  coming 
out  of  the  bath  I  was  able  to  largely  assist  myself, 
doing  much  toward  dressing,  aud  without  assistance 
walked  from  the  bath  to  the  carriage.  On  the 
fourth  day,  I  discharged  my  carriage  and  walked 
with  a  friend's  aid  the  entire  distauce  to  your  house 
(nearly  a  mile)  and  home  again,  and  so  on  uutil 
cured  ;  and  I  had  not  taken  more  than  twelve  baths 
when,  all  pain  and  swelling  having  ceased,  I  felt 
myself  a  well  man.  And  now  I  am  happy  to  do  this 
little  service  of  publicly  certifying  to  the  simple 
truth,  leaving  it  to  do  its  owu  work  among  such  of 
my  friends  and  acquaintances  as  may  chauce  to  see 
Your  friend.  Joseph  Sparrow. 


this. 


A  SUMMER  AND  WINTER  MEDICINE. 

"  Great  oaks  from  little  acorns  grow," 

The  worst  diseases  known  to  the  human  race 
spring  from  causes  bo  small  as  to  almost  defy  detec- 
tion. The  volumes  of  scientific  lore  that  fill  the 
tables  and  shelves  of  the  medical  fraternity  only  go 
to  prove  and  elaborate  these  facts. 

Then  guard  yourselves  while  you  may.  The 
smallest  pimple  on  the  skin  is  a  tell-tale  and  indica- 
tor of  disease.  It  may  fade  and  die  away  from  the 
surface  of  the  body,  but  it  will  reach  the  vitils,  per- 
haps, at  last,  aud  death  be  the  result  and  final  close. 
Maggiel's  Bilious,  Dyspeptic  aud  Diarrhoea  Pills 
cure  where  all  others  fail.  While  for  Bums,  Scalds, 
Chilblains,  Cuts,  aud  all  abrasions  of  the  skin,  Mag- 
gicl's  Salve  is  infallible.  Sold  by  J.  Maggiel,  43 
Fulton  street.  New  York,  aud  all  Druggists,  at  25 
cents  per  box. 


Wanted — Agents  to  sell,  by  subscription  ouly  the 
most  popular  work  ever  written  :  "  GRANT  AND 
SHERMAN;  their  Campaigns  and  Generals."  By 
the  world  renowned  historian,  Hon.  J.  T.  Hcadley, 
author  of  Washington  and  his  Generals,  Sacred 
Mountains,  etc.  Agents  are  taking  as  high  as  thirty 
subscribers  per  day,  and  all  agree  in  pronouncing  it 
the  most  saleable  work  they  ever  took  hold  of.  The 
people  want  Headley  's  illustrated  "  GRANT  AND 
SHERMAN,"  etc.  For  terms  and  territory,  address 
E.  E.  Shear,  No.  8  Montgomery  Street,  and  Box 
1,430,  San  Francisco,  California 


Concord  Wagons  and  Harness. — The  Pacific 
Concord  Carriage  Manufactory  is  prepared  to  supply 
the  Pacific  Coast  with  Concord  wagous  and  harness 
made  to  order.  The  members  comprising  this  firm 
have  long  beeu  iu  the  employ  of  the  celebrated 
manufacturing  house  of  L.  Downing  &  Son,  Con- 
cord, New  Hampshire  ;  so  that  parties  wishing  Con- 
cord wagous  or  harness  can  obtain  just  the  same 
quality  of  article  here  and  save  25  per  cent,  on  their 
purchase  mouey.  We  have  seen  some  of  their 
workmanship,  aud  can  recommend  it  to  the  public 
Address  Belduke  St  Co.,  820  Folsom  street,  between 
Fourth  aud  Fifth. — San  Francisco  Leader. 


Dainty  Work. — About  the  daintiest  work  we 
ever  saw  were  specimens  of  hair  jewelry  at  the  es- 
tablishment of  Mrs.  C.  Cook,  645  Clay  street,  between 
Montgomery  aud  Kearny  streets,  yesterday.  This 
lady  manufactures  all  sorts  of  jewelry — watch-chains, 
earrings,  finger  rings,  breastpins,  and  various  other 
kinds  of  ornaments — from  human  hair.  We  wit 
nessed  the  process  of  manufacture,  aud  it  is  intricate 
aud  ingenious  iu  the  highest  degree. — S-  F.  Exam 
liter. 


E  Goldsmith  St  Co.,  at  No.  646  Sacramento 
street,  three  doors  below  Kearny,  have  just  received 
some  beautiful  new  Btyle  Gar:baldis  aud  Zouave 
Jackets,  that  for  taste  aud  style  are  particularly 
worthy  of  the  attention  of  our  lady  readers.  They 
have  also  a  fine  assortmeut  of  LadieB'  Furnishing 
Goods  of  the  choicest  description.  French  corsets 
for  one  dollar.  A  great  variety  of  Freuch  toilet  aud 
fancy  articles,  the  newest,  styles  of  buttons  and 
dress  trimmings,  muy  always  be  found  ut  Gold- 
smith's, 646  Sacramento  street. 


STOCKDaLE  HOUSE, 
Coruer  Main  aud  Oak  streets,  Petaluma. 
ar24  6m  H.  STOCKDAJ^K,  i"'Oorietor. 


A  MERICAN  HOTEL, 

t\-         Main  street.      .      -  -  Pctaluma. 

mar24  0m    EMERSON  &  LAM BERTON,  Proprietors. 


BOWMAN  St  CO., 
Dealers  iu  S10VC3  and  Tin  Ware, 


Maiu  street,  Petaluma. 


Read  the  Testimony  of  a  few  of  the  many  Eminent 
Clergymen  aud  their  Families  of  New  York  city,  wbo, 
having  used  the  Sozodout  for  a  long  time  past,  are  con- 
viuccu  ot  its  excellent  aud  invaluable  qualities,  and  givo 
it  their  cordial  commendation  : 

Rev.   THOMAS  DEWITT,  Pastor  Collegiate 

Ref.  Dutch  Church,  Lafayette  Place. 
Rev.  J.  W.  ALEXANDER,  D.  D. ,  Presbyterian 

Church,  Fifth  Avenue. 
Rev.  J.  B.  WAKELEY,  M.  E.  City  Missionary. 
Rev.  W.  F.  MORGAN,  D.D.,  Rector  St.  Tlvoma, 

Church,  Broadway. 
Rev.  E.  H.  CHAP1N.  D.  D.,  Pastor  Fourth  Uni- 

versaiist  Church,  Broadway. 
Rev.  SAMUEL  COOKE,  D.D.,  Rector  St.  Bar- 

tholomew ' s  Church,  Lafayette  Place. 
Rev.  SAMUEL  OSGOOD,  D.D.,  Pastor  Church 

of  Messiah,  Broadway. 
Rev.  B.  M.  ADAMS,  M.  E.  Church,  Duane  street. 
Rev.  HE  MAN  BANGS,  late  Pastor  Centenary 

M.  E.  Church,  Brooklyn. 
Rev.  W.  S.  MIKELS,  Pastor  Baptist  Church, 

Sixteenth  street. 
Rev.  GEO.  POTTS,  D.D.,  Pastor  Presbyterian 

Church,  University  Place. 
Rev.  E.  E.  RANKIN, Pastor  Presbyterian  Church, 

Forty-second  street. 
Rev.  T.  E.  VERMILYE,  D.  D.,  Pastor  of  Col. 

Dutch  Reformed,  Lafayette  Place. 

FROM  G.  F.  J.  COLBURN,  DOCTOR  DENTAL  SUR- 
GERY, NEWARK,  N.  J. 
The  Popular  DentriOce  known  as  Van  Buskirk's  "  SO- 
ZODONT,"  besides  bting  a  very  pleasant  addition  to  the 
toilet,  contains  ingredients  that,  if  used  according  to  tho 
directions,  will  prove  of  the  greatest  utility  to  the  health 
of  the  mouth  and  teeth. 

BEWARE  OF  IMITATIONS  ! 

Sold  by  all  Druggists  and  Perfumers. 

HALL  &  RUCKEL, 


je2  4m 


NEW  YORK. 


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417  aud  419  Montgomery  street. 

Sau  Francisco. 


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EER  AND  WINE  SALOON. 


Faust  Cellar. 


Southeast  corner  of  Clay  and  Montgomery  streets. 


A.  L.  TH1ELE  Proprietor 

WESTPHALIA  HAMS,  RUSSIAN  CAVIAR,  SARDINES, 
Anchovies,  Swiss  and  Limburg  Cheese,  etc. ;  the  Uuest 
Brands  of  Liquors,  Wines,  Cigars,  and  Seltzer  Water, 
Wholesale  aud  Betail. 

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[June  16th 


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AWARDED  the  HIGHEST  PREMIUM 

AT  THE 

State  Fair  of  California, 

The  only  Fair  on  the  Pacific  coast  at  which  any  two 
double-thread  Machines  were  exhibited  in  competition  iu 

186  5. 

If  there  is  a  FLORENCE  SEWING  MA 
chine  within  one  thousand  miles  of  this  office 
that  is  not  working  well,  it  will  be  attended 
to  if  I  am  informed  of  it,  without  expense  to 
the  owner.  SAMUEL  HILL, 

General  Agent, 
111  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco. 

THE 


FLORENCE 


SEWING  MACHINE 

RECEIVED  THE  FIRST  PREMIUM,  A  GOLD  MEDAL, 
at  the  Great  Exhibition  of  the 

AMERICAN  INSTUTE,  -  -  -  New  York, 
1  8  6  5. 

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£1ANTY  &  WAGNER, 

(SUCCESSORS  TO  J.  REGAN,)  J 

WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL 

Confectioners, 

111  Montgomery  street,  bet.  Bush  and  Suiter. 

N.  B. — All  candies  sold  by  us  are  warranted  to  be  man- 
ufactured tram  Stewart's  double  refined  Sugai ,  and  to  be 
equal  to  any  manufactured  in  the  Slate.  Country  mer- 
chants solicited  to  examine  our  stock  and  prices.  Goods 
delivered  to  any  part  of  the  city  free  of  charge.  fe24  3m 


h.  Mcdonald  &  co., 


WHOLESALE 


DRUGGISTS  , 


IMPORTERS  OF 

Drugs,     Chemicals,  Herbs, 

PATENT  MEDICINES, 
PAINTS,  TARNISHES, 
ACIDS,  DYE  STUFFS, 
OILS,  PERFUMERIES, 
TOILET  ARTICLES, 
BRUSHES. 

We  are  just  receiving,  direct  from  Spain,  a  complete 
assortment  of 

CORKS!    CORKS!  CORKS 

which  we  oner  at  lower  prices  than  usual 

Dusting,    Paint,  Varnish,    Shoe,  Scrub, 
Hair  and  Tooth  Brushes  : 

Wo  have  a  splendid  stock,  which  we  odor  at  cxtiemcly 
low  prices. 

HERBS. 

We  have  received,  direct  from  the  Shakers,  all  kinds 
of  fresh  Herbs,  and  intend  to  keep  every  article  used  of 
this  description. 

Tilden's  Solid  and  Fluid  Extracts,  Pills, 
and  Concentrated  Preparations. 

We  have  on  hand,  and  shall  keep  a  full  assortment  of 
the  above  celebrated  preparations,  which  we  offer  to  the 
trade  at  such  prices  as  will  defy  competition. 

FLAVORING  EXTRACTS. 

A  great  variety,  not  to  be  equalled  in  the  market  as  to 
quality  and—yrico. 

Parlies  abont  purchasing  would  do  well  to  give  us  a  call 
and  examine  prices  and  goods  before  purchasing  else- 
where. 


PLAIN 
GUM  TEETH. 

Wc  have  the  largest  assortment  of  any  fiouse  on  the 

PaciQc  co:st. 

GOLD  FOIL. 
We  are  manufacturing  Foil  which  wo  can  recommend  to 
the  profession  as  being  a  superior  article.    We  also 
have  on  hand  a  full  assortment,  of  all  the  various  makers 

VULCANIZERS, 

DENTAL  CHAIRS  AND  LATnES, 

F  I  J.  E  a  , 

VULCANITE  AND  GUTTA  PERCHA, 

FORCEPS, 

BURRS,  DRILLS  AND  EXCAVATORS, 

MIRRORS,  ETC. 

We  have,  besides  the  above,  everv  article  used  by  the 
Dentist,  and  are  daily  in  receipt  of  all  the  new  inventions 
in  use. 

Dentists  will  find  it  to  their  interest  to  call  and  examine 
our  stock  and  prices  before  purchasing  elsewhere. 

R.    H.    McDonald    &  Co., 

CORNER  SAN30ME  AND  PINE  STREETS, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

AJD) 


rpiTE  LIGHT  OF  THE  WORLD. 

DR.  MAGGIEL'S 

Pills  and  Salv  e. 


J  STREET 


-  SACRAMENTO 


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These  Life-giving  remedies  are  now,  for  the  first 
time,  given  publicly  to  the  world.  For  over  a  quar- 
ter of  a  century  of  private  practice  the  ingredients  in 

686  LIFE-GIVING  PILLS! 

Have  been  nsed  with  the  greatest  success.  Their 
mission  is  not  oulv  to  prevent  disease,  hut  to  cure. 
They  search  out  tlie  various  maladies  by  which  the 
patient  is  suffering,  and  re-invigorate  the  failing  sys- 
tem. To  the  aged  and  infirm  a  few  doses  of  these 
valuable  PILLS  will  prove  to  be 

A  VERY  FOUNTAIN  OF  YOUTH, 
For  in  every  case  they  add  new  life  and  vitality, 
and  restore  the  waning  energies  to  their  pristine 
state.  To  the  young  and  middle-aged,  they  will 
prove  most  invaluable,  as  a  ready,  specific,  and 
sterling  medicine.  Here  is  a  dream  realized,  that 
Ponce  de  Leon  sought  for  three  hundred  years  ago, 
and  never  found.  He  looked  for  a  fountain  that 
would  restore  the  old  to  vigor  and  make  youth  ever 

AN    ETERNAL   SPRING  1 

It  was  left  for  this  day  and  hour  to  realize  the 
dream,  and  show  in  one  glorious  fact,  the  magic  that 
made  it  fair. 

THESE  FAMOUS  REMEDIES 

Cannot  stay  the  flight  of  years,  but  they  can  force 
back,  and  hold  aloof,  diseases  that  might  triumph 
over  the  aged  and  the  young.  Let  none  hesitate 
then,  but  seize  the  favorable  epportunity  that  offers 
When  taken  as  prescribed — 

FOR  BILLIOUS  DISORDERS 
Nothing  can  be  more  productive  of  cure  than  these 
Pills.  Their  almost  magic  influence  is  felt  at  once  ; 
and  the  usual  concomitants  of  thiB  most  distressing 
disease  are  removed.  These  remedies  are  made 
from  the  purest 

VEGE  TABIJZ  COMPOUNDS. 
They  will  not  harm  the  most  delicate  female,  and 
can  be  given  with  good  effect  in  prescribed  doses  to 
the  youngest  babe. 

FOR   CUTANEOUS  DISORDERS 
And  all  eruptions  of  the  skin,  the  SALVE  is  most 
invaluable.    It  does  not  heal  externally  alone,  but 
penetrates  with  the  most  searching  effects  to  the  very 
root  of  the  evil ! 

Dr.  Maggiel's  Pills 

Invariably  cure  the  fullwcing  diseases: 
Asthma, 

Bowel  Complaints, 
Coughs, 
Colds, 

Chest  Diseases, 
Costiveness, 
Dyspejisia, 
Diarrhoea, 
Dropsy, 
Debility, 

Female  Complaints,  Fever  and  Ague 

Headache, 
Indigestion, 
Influenza, 

Iiillnmmntion, 

Inward  Weakness, 
Liver  Complaint, 
Lowness  of  Spirits, 
Ringworm, 

Rheumatism, 
Salt  Kheum, 
Scalds, 

Skin  Diseases 

Notice.  —  None  genuine  without  the  engraved 
trade  mark  around  each  pot  or  box,  signed  by  Dr.  J. 
Mairgicl,  Fulton  »t.,  New  York,  to  counterfeit 
which  is  felony. 

|y  Sold  by  all  respectable  Dealers  iu  Medicines 
throughout  the  United  States— at  25  cents  per  box  or 
pot.  apH-ly 


CARD. 


M.  Howard's  Hair  Restorative, 

NO.  315  MONTGOMERY  STREET, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

THE  ABOVE  PREPARATION,  which  has  been  recently 
discovered  and  pnlculed,  is  purely  a  Vegetable  Exlracl 

The  undersigned  are  fully  aware  of  the  many  unsatis- 
factory and  useless  preparations  for  restoring  hair  that 
have  been  introduced  to  the  puplic,  and  how  little  confi- 
dence is  to  be  placed  in  any  pretensions  to  restoring  the 
hair  to  bald  heads,  but, 

HAVING  TRIED  MR.  HOWARD'S  PREPARATION, 
wc  are  able  to  state  that  it  not  only  prevents  the  Hair 
from  falling  out,  but  absolutely  reproduces  it,  and  llmr 
wc  now  have  good  suits  of  Hair  growing  where  we  wee 
entirely  bald .  Therefore,  as  a  matter  of  justice  to  Mr. 
Howard,  and  of  consolation  (o  bald  heads,  wc  tender  him 
this  testimonial  Mr  11  keeps  the  article  for  sale  in 
bottles,  with  directions  for  its  use.  or  applies  it  liimsclf, 
as  mav  be  desired. 
Sflu Francisco,,  April  6,  i860. 

Frank  M.  Thaver,  R.  A.  Redman, 

W.  S  Davis,  J.  O.  Ronnlree, 

T.  A.  Ha!l,  O.  W.  Gamble, 

A.  C.  Knox  .1.  W.  Miller, 

Bradbury  Sanborn,  E.  C.  McConib, 

George  Wells,  D.  C.  Ross, 


Joseph  Wells, 


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pRANKLIN  PRINTING  OFFICE, 

509  CLAY  STREET,  (near  Sansome,) 

SAN  FRANCISCO, 

"  The  oldest  and  most  complete  Book  and  Job  printing 
establishment  In  California.  All  descriptions  of  work 
ueatlv  executed  at  low  rates." 

jal-lf  FRANK  EASTMAN,  Proprietor. 


J#  PEIRCE, 

*  FURNITURE  AND 


Bedding  Warerooms. 


Nos.  415,  417,  and  419  California  Street, 

NEAR  MONTGOMERY. 

THIS  STOCK  OF  FURNITURE,  etc.,  was  selected  with 
great  care,  and  special  attention  given  to  the  wants  of 
this  m.irk.t.  ENTIRELY  AT  THE  EAST.  It  is  NOT 
COMPOSED  OF  REFL>E  GOODS,  ODDS  AND  ENDS  OF 
OTHER  HOUSE-1  thai  have  int.  lv  closed  out  here,  but 
(ONSETS  ENTIRELY  OF  .NEW  GOODS,  made  after  the 
latest  patterns  and  iu  the  most  durable  manner. 

Tlie  present  Stock  is  fully  TWICE  as  large  as  that  of  any 
other  house  here .  Parties  having  any  doubts  of  this,  or 
that  the  assortment  is  not  superior  to  any  in  tnecity,  can 
easily  satisfy  themselves  by  calling. 

The  stuck  of  Case  Goods  is  larger  than  ever  before. 

J.  PEIRCE, 
Ware-rooms  415,  417  and  419  California  Btrcct, 

mhl6-3m  SAN  FRANCISCO. 


B.  F.  Sterett,  533 
Clay  St.,  a  few  doors 
below  Montgomery, 
continues  to  print  all 
kinds  of  Books,  Bills, 
Circulars,  Cards,  etc. 
in  superior  style,  and 
at  reasonable  prices. 


RODGERS  JOHNSON, 


ODD  FELLOWS'  HALL,  329  Montgomery  slr»et, 
mh30  fen  San  Francisco. 


JtfATHANIEL  GRAY. 

UNDERTAKER, 
CITY  AND  COUNTY  SEXTOlf, 
041  Sacr»mento  street,  Corner  of  Webb 

'ole  agents  for   BARSTOW'S   PATENT  METALLIC 
BURIAL  CASES  and  CASKETS. 

,  1 

niar!7  3ro 


Edward  Bosqui  &  Co., 

Printers, 

And  Blank  Book  Manufacturers, 
517  CLAY  STREET, 

Between  Montgomery  and  Sansome  Sts., 
San  Francisco. 


s 


CHOOL  FURNITURE. 


RANKIN'S  PATENT  SCHOOL  DESK  ; 
Liquid  Slating  for  Blackboard; 
ARITHMETICAL  FRAME; 

Babbitoniaa  System  of  Writing— the  Best  System 
know 

W.  HOLT, 

def  SOS  Montgomery  itreet,  Boom  No  2. 


J  une  16th  J 


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I  FORNIAN 


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DISTANCES  FROM  SAN  FRANCISCO 

To  various  points  : 

To  Fort  Point,  4  miles,  l>y  omnibus,  four  trips  a  day. 
Lone  Mountain,  3,  street  railway. 
Seal  Rock,  6,  cars  and  omnibus,  two  trips  a  day. 
Mission  Dolores,  street  railways ;  Ocean  House  8. 
San  Mateo,  20,  railroad. 
Crystal  Springs,  23,  railroad  and  Btage 
Half-Moon  Bay, 29,     do.  do. 
Redwood  city,  30,  do. 
Mountain  View,  38,  do. 
Santa  Clara,  47,  do. 

Sau  Jose,  50,  do. ,  or  steamer  and  stage,  54. 

Alviso,  46,  steamer,  daily. 

Almaden  mines,  67,  steamer  and  stage  ;  or  by  rail- 
road and  stage,  64. 
Santa  Cruz,  78,  railroad  and  stage. 
Oakland,  8,  6teamer  and  railroad,  six  trips  a  day. 
Alameda,  11,  steamer,  tbree  trips  a  day. 
San  Leandro,  15,  steamer  and  railroad. 
Mission  San  Jose,  34,  steamer,  railroad  and  stage. 
Warm  Springs,  37,  do.  do. 

Benicia,  30,  steamer  leaves  at  4  P.  M.  daily. 
Sacramento,  117,  do.  do. 
Stockton,  117,       do.  do. 
Martinez,  33,  do. 
Pacheco,  38,  steamer  and  stage. 
Diablo  Coal  Mi  nes,  44,  steamer  and  stage. 
Suisnn,  50,  steamer,  or  54  by  steamer  and  stage 
Vallejo,  28;  Mare  Island,  37  ;  Napa  city,  50 
White  Sulphor  Springs,  67,  stage  from  Napa. 
Geyser  Springs,  118,  do.  do. 

Sonoma,  52,  steamer,  tri  weekly. 
Petaluma,  48,  steamer,  daily. 
Healdsburg,  80,  stage  daily  from  Petaluma 
San  Quentiu,  12,  steamer  ;  Farallone  Islands,  20. 


gROOKLYN  HOTEL, 

1852.    SAN    FRANCISCO.  1866. 


Tbe  Proprietor  of  the  above-named  Hotel  wishes 
to  inform  his  patrons  and  the  Travelling  Public  that  he 
has  opened  that  elegant  Bnck  Fireproof  Hotel,  situated 
on  the 

S.  E.  Corner  of  Pine  and  Sansome  streets, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

It  was  built  expressly  for  a  Hotel,  with  all  the  moder» 
conveniences  attached  to  it. 

Gas  and  water  are  supplied  throughout  the  House. 
Rooms  are  well  ventilated,  and  the  Public  will  tltidi 
Hotel  all  the  comforts  of  a  home.   The  Hotel  is  spacious, 
and  well  adapted  for  tho  use  of  Families.   Suits  of  Rooms 
can  bo  had  on  reasonable  terms. 

LARGE  READING  ROOM 

Attached  to  the  Hotel, 

Containing  500  Volumes  of  Standard  Works, 

Which  is  entirely  for  the  use  of  patrons. 

THE  CITY  COACH,  with  the  name  of  the  Hotel  on  it, 
Will  be  in  readiness  at  tho  Wharf,  on  tho  arrival  of  each 
steamer,  to  convey  passengers  aud  baggage  to  the  Hotel, 
Tree  of  charge.  JO  '  N  KELLY,  Jr., 

my6  3m  Proprietor. 


rjIHE  PACIFIC 

INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

HAVING  ADDED 

MARINE  INSURANCE 

TO  THEIR  BUSINESS,  ARE  NOW  PREPARED  TO  ISSUE 
POLICIES  ON 

Marine,  Inland  Navigation,  and  Fire  Risks, 

ON    THE     MOST     FAVORABLE  TERMS. 

Office,  430  California  street. 

J.  HUNT,  President 
A.  J.  RALSTON,  Secretary.  my5-3m 


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HE  CALIFORNIAN 


jyjARKET  STREET  RAILROAD 

CHANGE    OF    TIME  TABLE. 

ON  AND  AFTER  AUGUST  I,  1865,  Trains  will  start 
rom  the  City  and  the  Mission  every  hour-  instead  of  every 
forty  minutes,  as  heretofore. 

Trains  from  tho  City  will  start  at  the  odd  hour,  com- 
mencing at  6:30  A.  M.  and  every  hour  thereafter  until 
11.30  P.  M/ 

mh25  F.  McCOrTIN,  Superintendent. 


^yyHo  WANTS 

Profitable  Employment 

OR 

PAYING    INVESTMENTS / 

PARTIES  desirous  of  getting  into  OLD-ESTABLISHED 
BUSI.VE-S  CONCEUNS,  cither  as  Partners  or  Sole  Propri- 
etors in  Mercaulile,  Manufacturing,  Trading,  or  any  kind 
of  business  in  city  or  country,  can  do  so  by  applying  at 
my  office. 

Men  desiring  prolHable  situations  in  business  houses, 
with  MONEY  TO  LOAN  on  satisfactory  security,  can  se- 
cure such  appointments. 

Partnerships  negotiated,  where  large  or  small  capital  is 
required. 

Busiucss  Interests  sold  quickly  for  cash. 

Real  Estate  bought  and  sold. 

Help  furnished  for  all  kinds  of  employment. 

Situations  obtained  for  parties  desiriug  employment. 

S.  P.  WHITMAN, 
Property,  General  Agencv,  aud  Business  House,  313 
Montgomery  strew,,  San  Francisco.  marlT-Sm 


TERMS— FIVE  DOLLARS  PER  ANNUM,  IN  ADVANCE 

A  PAPER  FOR  THE  TIMES 

DEVOTED  TO  LIVE  TOPICS, 
THE  DISSEMINATION  OF  A  PURE  LITERA 
TURE,  DEVELOPMENT  OF  HOME  TALENT, 
AND  THE 

BEST  INTERESTS   OF  CALIFORNIA. 
Published 

EVERY   SATURDAY  MORNING 

AT 

532  MERCHANT  STREET, 
BY   THE   CALIFORNIAN    PUBLISHING  COMPANY. 

A.   i.  BT1CKNKT,  J.  P.  BOGARDUS,  W.  J.  B1NGRAM,  C.  B.  WEBB 


No  effort  will  be  spared  to  enable  Tag  Califobnmn 
to  appeal  to  the  Public  for  support,  not  only  as  tho 

BEST  JOURNAL  ON  THE  PACIFIC  COAST, 

But  also  as  being 

The  Equal  of  any  on  this  Continent 


THE  BEST  TALENT  OF  THE  STATE 
Is  employed  upon  Tub  CAuroaxUN. 

The  voluntary  notices  bestowed  by  the  press  or  the 
Eastern  cities  have  been  no  less  warm  and  con 
gratulatory  than  those  which  we  have  received  at 
tbe  bauds  of  our  coteinporaries  of  the  Pacili 
Their  verdict  is  unanimously  in  favor  of 

THE    CALIFORNIA N 

and  all  join  in  pronouncing  their  unqualified  appro 
val  of  its  unequalled  merits. 
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GENERAL   PURCHASING  AGENCY, 
No.  40  BROADWAY,  NEW  YORK. 

IF     YOiI  WANT 
Books,  Prints,  Clothing,  Instruments,  Music,  Tools,  Weap- 
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Silver  or  Plated  Ware,  Wines,  Cigars,  Fine 
Groceries,  Furniture  ;  in  short,  auy 
Article,  large  or  small,  singly  or 
in  quantity,  for  Ladies'  or 
Gentlemen's  us«  or  wear, 
or  for  Dealers'  Supplies,  from  a  seal-ring  to  a  steam  engine 
— a  Cameo  or  a  Cashmere  ;  lace  or  leather, 
SEND  ON  \ODR  ORDERS. 
Orders  may  he  given  in  French,  Spanish  or  German. 
COMMISSION  CHARGE,      -      -      -     Five  pkb  Cent. 
Address  : 

CARRINGTON  &  CO., 
40  Broadway,  N.  Y 


yiNCENT'S  COLD  PREVENTIVE. 

A  Sure  Cure 

FOR  COUGHS,  COLDS,  BRONCHITIS 
DYSPEPSIA, 
CONSUMPTION, 
NIGHT  SWEATS,  AND  PULMONARY 
DISEASES. 

Read  the  following  : 

REMARKABLE  CURE. 
Sau  Francisco,  September  5th,  1865. 
I  desire  to  make  known  the  fact  that  I  was  afflic- 
ted with  a  very  bad  cough  for  fifteen  years,  and, 
during  this  time,  used  everything  which  I  could  hear 
of  without  getting  the  better  of  my  disease,  until  I 
tried  Dr.  D.  B.  Vincent's  Cold  Preventative  or  Cough 
Mixture,  which  cured  me  souud  and  well. 

NEWTON  MOORE. 

This  is  to  certify  that  my  wife  has  been  troubled 
with  indigestion  for  nearly  eighteen  mouths,  aud,  by 
using  one  bottle  of  Dr.  Vincent's  medicine,  has  been 
completely  cured. 

Sun  Francisco,  April  6tb,  1866. 

JOHNSON  J.  THOMAS. 

San  Francisco,  July  17th,  1865. 

I  hereby  certify  that,  having  had  a  Cough  some 
five  months  since,  which  had  troubled  me  for  two 
years,  and  I  was  so  bad  that  I  was  able  to  do  but 
little  labor  of  any  kind,  and  could  not  walk  fast 
without  putting  myself  out  of  breath.  I  was  so  far 
gone  that  I  had  chills  over  me  and  night  sweats,  and 
had  what  other  physicians  called  disease  of  the  lungs. 
I  had  been  doctoring  a  part  of  the  time  for  the  last 
year,  when  I  Baw  Dr.  D.  B.  Vincent,  and  he  gave 
me  a  small  vial  of  medicine,  which  relieved  me  of 
the  chills  and  night  sweats,  and  the  cough  entirely 
went  away,  and  I  do  not  take  cold  so  easy,  aud  my 
health  is  much  better  in  every  respect.  My  appetite 
is  much  better  ;  and  I  heartily  recommend  all  others 
who  are  afflicted  with  similar  complaints  to  him. 

JOHN  O'NEILL,  National  Hotel. 

The  above  named  diseases  nearly  all  originate  from 
the  same  or  similar  causes,  and 

THE    COLD  PREVENTIVE 

will  cure  all  of  them.  It  is  a  sure  cure  for  Dyspep- 
sia.   Price,  50  cents  per  bottle. 

D.  B.  VINCENT,  M.  D., 

PHYSICIAN  and  OCULIST' 

Treats  all  diseases  successfully  on  the  Electric  sys 
tern.  Particular  attention  paid  to  treating  all  Dis 
eases  of  the  Eyes,  Rheumatism,  Paralysis,  etc. 
Cures  guaranteed,  or  all  moneys  refunded — in  most 
cases  even  where  others  fail. 

|3r"°  Office — No.  103  Kearny  street,  first  floor 
where  he  can  be  consulted  at  all  hours,  unless  pro 
fessionally  engaged.  All  orders  from  the  country 
promptly  attended  to.  ap7 


pARRAND'S  OSCILLATING 

Amalgamator. 

THIS  UNRIVALLED  IMPROVEMENT  FOR  THE  RE- 
ilucliuuaud  amalgamation  of  Gold  aud  Silver  Ores,  is  now 
running  daily  at  No.  206  Commercial  street,  between  Front 
and  Davis. 

THIS  AMALGAMATOR'  INVOLVES 

NO  COMPLICATED  MACHINERY 

And  possesses  the  following  advantages  over 
all   thers  now  in  nfC  : 

1st  It  is  capable  of  doing  double  the  am  unt  of 
work  of  the  ordiuary  Pans,  at  a  saving  of  more  than 
one-half  the  power. 

2d.  It  reduces  the  pulp  finer,  thereby  producing  a 
better  result. 

3d.  It  requires  less  quicksilver  by  one-half  nt  a 
charge,  whilst  the  loss  by  trituration  is  comparatively 
nothing. 

4th.  As  an  Amalgamator  for  gold  contained  in  sul- 
phurets,  as  also  for  very  fine  or  flour  gold  it  has  no 
equal. 

5th.  This  Amalgamator  involves  no  complicated 
machinery,  and  is  iess  liable  to  get  out  of  order  than 
any  of  the  pans. 
DESCRIPTION  Of  IARRANVS  AMALGAMATOR. 

In  offering  this  A malgamator  to  the  public  the  in- 
ventor does  not  claim  any  new  or  scientific  method 
of  extracting  the  precious  metals  from  the  ores  ;  he 
merely  claims  a  new  and  simple  combma'ion  ol 
mechanical  principles,  whereby  a  great  saving  of 
power  (full  one-half  in  amount)  is  effected.  The 
capacity  of  the  machine  varies  with  its  size.  The 
smallest,  or  prospecting  size,  will  reduce  400  lbs.  in 
three  hours,  and  can  be  easily  worked  by  the  power 
of  one  man.  The  largest  size  will  work  1,500  lbs 
in  three  hours,  or  six  tons  in  24  hours,  with  an  appli- 
cation of  a  trifle  more  than  one-horse  power.  1  his 
saving  of  power,  as  all  mill-men  are  aware,  is  an  im 
portant  considerationparticularly  where  fuel  is  scarce.- 
The  power  so  saved  iu  running  the  Amalgamators 
may  be  advantageously  employed  to  an  increase  of 
stamps,  and  thus  proportionally  increasing  the  work 
of  the  mill.  This  machine  consists  of  a  semi  cylin- 
drical, trough-shaped  vessel,  in  the  interior  of  which 
is  furnisheu  with  nio\eable  concave  dies,  to  be  re- 
placed when  worn  out,  as  in  ordinary  pans.  The 
mullers  are  convex,  and  attached  to  a  substantial 
rock  shaft,  by  which  they  are  moved  back  and  for 
ward  by  crank  or  eccentric  motion.  The  mullers 
are  held  to  their  places  by  springs  of  moderate 
strength,  the  pressure  of  which  may  be  easily  regu- 
lated. The  oscillating  motion  of  the  mullers  serves 
to  keep  the  pulp  in  a  constant  state  of  agitation, 
thoroughly  mixing  it,  and  passing  it  under  the  mul- 
lers without  resort  to  any  of  the  various  expedients 
employed  in  Pans  where  a  circular  motion  is  main- 
tained. 

Trials  made  with  this  machine  in  the  presence  of 
experts,  duriug  the  last  six  months,  have  been  pro- 
nounced highly  satisfactory.  It  is  peculiarly  well 
adapted  to  employment  by  Bmall  mining  operators  in 
distant  localities,  as  it  can  readily  be  taken  to  pieces 
and  packed  upon  mules. 

A  large  size  machine  is  constructed  without  dies  or 
mullers,  but  simply  with  arms  to  act  as  stirrers,  to 
be  used  in  connection  with  several  of  the  Amalga- 
mators as  a"  Separator,"  as  it  is  found  that  the  pecu- 
liar motion  given  to  these  amis,  in  connection  with 
the  concave  shape  of  the  body  of  the  machine,  ren 
deis  it  most  effectual  for  such  a  purpose. 

W.  D.  FARRAND 


^LLEN'S 

LUNG 


BALSAM  ! 


A  CERTAIN  CURE  FOR 
COUGHS,  COLDS,  INFLUENZA,  NIGHT 
SWEATS,  BRONCHITIS,  SPITTING 
OF  BLOOD,  ASTHMA,  WHOOPING 
COUGH, 

CONS  UMP  TION, 
And  all  Diseases  of  the 

CHEST   AND  LUNGS! 


This  celebrated  Cough  Remedy  effects  a  speedy 
cure  by  producing  a  free  and  easy  expectoration, 
heals  abscesses  of  the  lungs,  prevents  unhealthy  se- 
cretion of  the  bronchial  tubes,  and  removes  from 
them  those  accumulations  of  morbid  matter  which 
cause  oppression  of  the  breaBt,  difficulty  of  breath- 
ing, etc  ,  soothes  irritation  of  the  respiratory  organ* 
which  produces  cough. 

PRICE  ONE  DOLLAR  PER  BOTTLE. 

Sold  by  all  Druggists. 

HOSTETTER,  SMITH  &  DEAN,  Agents, 
401  Battery  corner  of  Clay, 

ap27-3m  San  Francisco. 


J)R.  HUMPHREYS* 

Homoeopathic  Specifics 

Have  proved,  from  the  most  ample  experience,  an 
entire  success — simple,  prompt,  efficient  aud  reliable. 
They  are  the  only  Medicines  perfectly  adapted  to 
popular  use — so  simple  that  mistakes  cannot  be  made 
in  using  them  ;  so  harmless  as  to  be  free  from  dan- 
ger, and  so  efficient  as  to  be  always  reliable.  They 
have  received  the  highest  commeudatiou  from  all, 
and  will  always  render  satisfaction. 

No.    1  cures  Fevers,  Congestion ,  lnflammations.0  25 

"  2  cures  Worms, Worm  Fever,  Worm  Colic,  25 

"  3  cures  Crying  Colic,  or  Teething  of  in- 

"  4  cures  Diarrhoea  of  children  or  adults...  25 

fants...   25 

"  5  cures  Dysentery,  Griping,  Bilious  Colic,  25 

"  6  cures  Cholera  Morbus,  Nausea, Vomiting,  25 

"     7  cures  Coughs,  Colds,  Bronchitis   25 

"  8  cures  Neuralgia,  Toothache,  Faceache.  25 

"  9  cures  Headaches, sick-Headueke, Vertigo,  25 

"    10  cures  Dyspepsia,  Billious  Stomach   25 

"  11  cures  Suppressed,  or  Painful  Periods.-  25 

"  13  cures  Croup,  Cough,  difficult  Breathing,  25 

"  14  cures  Salt  Rlicum,  Erysipelas  Eruptions,  25 

"  15  cures  Rheumatism,  Rheumatic  Paius...  25 

•'  16  cures  Fever  and  Ague,  Chill  Fever,  Agues  50 

"    17  cureB  Piles,  blind  or  bleeding   50 

"  18  cures  Opthalmia, and  Soreor  Weak  Eyes,  50 
*'  19  cures  Catarrh, acute  orchronic, Influenza  50 
"  20  cures  Whooping-Cough,  violent  conghs.  50 
"  21  cures  Asthma,  oppressed  Breathing.....  50 
"  22  cures  Ear  Discharges,  impaired  Hearing  50 
"  23  cures  Scrofula,  Eularged  Glands,  Swell- 
ings   50 

"  24  cures  General  Debility,  Physical  Weak- 
ness   50 

"    25  cures  Dropsy,  and  Beauty  Secretions  .  50 

"  26cures  Sea- Sickness, sidkfleSB  from  Riding,  50 

"    27  cures  Kidney  Disease,  Gravel   50 

"    29  cures  Sore.  Mouth,  Canker   50 

"  31  cures  Painful  Periods. even  with  Spasms  50 

"    32  cures  Sujjerings  at  change  of  life  $1.00 

•'  23  ern  es  Epilepsy ,  Spasms,  St.  Vitus'  Dance.1.00 

"  34  cures  Diphtheria,  Ulcerated  Sore  Throat,  50 

FAMILY  CASES. 

35  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book  $10  00 

28  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book   8  00 

20  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book   6  00 

These  Remedies,  by  the  case  or  single  box,  are 
sent  to  any  part  of  the  country,  by  Mail  or  Express, 
on  receipt  of  the  price. 

HOSTETTER,  SMITH  &  DEAN, 
401  and  403  Battery  street,  corner  of  Clay, 
ap27-3m  San  Francisco. 


BEAUTIFUL  COMPLEXION  ! 


Secret  of  Beauty ! 


USE  GEO.  W.  LAIRD'S 

BLOOM  OF  YOUTH, 

See  that  the  name, 
GEO.   W.  LAIRD, 
is  stamped 


ON    THE  BOTTLE. 


No  other  is  Genuine. 


LIQUID  PEARL! 
The  beet  article  in  the 
world  for  Preserving 

and  Beautifying 
the  Complexion  and 
Skin. 

This  magnificent  Toilet  Article  is  prepared  only 
by  GEO.  W.  LAIRD,  74  Fulton  street,  New  York, 
formerly  48:t  Broadway. 
Sold  by  Druggists  everywhere. 

HOSTETTER,  SMITH  &  DEAN, 
401  and  403  Buttery  street,  corner  of  Cluv. 
ap27-3m  Sau  Francisco 


16 


THE  CALIFORNIA!*. 


[June  16th 


jyjAGUIRE'S  OPERA  HOUSE. 


T.  MAGUIRE  - 
C.  L.  GRAVES  - 
W.  STEVENSON 


-  Propbiotor. 
Stage  Manager* 

-  Treasurer. 


SATURDAY  AFTERNOON  AND  EVENING 
JUNE  16,  1866. 


PRICES  OF  ADMISSION: 

Dress  Circle  and  Orchestra,   -  - 
Parquet,  - 

Upper  Circle,  


$1  00 

50 
25 


SATURDAY  AFTERNOON  : 

HARRY  COURTAINE'S  SPECIALTY 

BOB  TICKET. 

Also,  will  be  produced  the 

Taming  of  the  Shrew. 


SATURDAY  EVENING  : 

Mr.  John  McCullough, 

SUPPORTED    BY    THE    LEGITIMATE  COMPANY, 
will  appear  in  the  comedy  of 

A  WONDER; 

Or,  A  Woman  Keeps  a  Secret ! 


EDWIN  FORREST 

WILL  PLAY 

ON  MONDAY  AND  TUESDAY  EVENINGS, 
JUNE  18TH  AND  19TH, 

JACK  CADE! 

Reserved  Seats  $1  50 

Dress  Circle  and  Parquet   1  00 

Upper  Circle   50 


W  PRICES 

IN 


Gents'  Furnishing  |Goods, 

AT 

WARD'S  SHIRT  STORES, 

323  MONTGOMERY  STREET, 
AND  CORNER  OF  MARKET  AND  TIIIRD  STREETS, 
SAN  FRANCISCO. 


P.  S. — Printed  directions  for  self-measurement  for 
Shirts  and  Price  Lists  of  Goods  sent  free  by  mail. 
u|>21-3m 


UMMER  MEDICINE. 


PURIFY  THE  BLOOD 
Constitution, 

WITH 

LE  DOYEN'S 

SARSAPARILLA, 

YELLOW  DOCK, 

IODINE  ALTERATIVE. 


CRANE  &  BRIGHAM,  Agents, 
my  19  lm  SAN  FRANCISCO 


NATURE  UNVEILED, 
AT  THE 

PACIFIC  MUSEUM  OF  ANATOMY  AND  SCIENCE 

Eureka  Theatre,  Montgomery  street, 
Ja27-tj  between  California  and  Pino. 


JOHN  MIDDLETON  &  SON, 
REAL  ESTATE,  STOCK  AND  GENERAL 

Auctioneers. 

Office  Ind  Salesroom,  404  Montgomery  street,  one  door 
from  Northeast  corner  California  and  Montgomery. 

Regular  Real  Estate  Auction  Sale  Day,  Monday. 
W.  W.  LAWTON  Notary  Public 


Positive  and  Peremptory  Sale 

OF 

REAL  ESTATE 

AT 

AUCTION! 

EIGHTY  BUILDING  LOTS, 
ON  CREDIT, 

To    Close    a    Partnership  ! 

MONDAY,   -    -    -    -   JUNE  18,  1866, 

AT  TWELVE  O'CLOCK,  NOON. 

We  will  Peremptorily  Sell,  on  Easy  Terras,  to 
close  a  Concern,  at  our  Salesroom,  on  the 
above  date,  some  of  the  most  beautifully 
located 

Homestead  Lots 

EVER  OFFERED  AT  AUCTION 

IN  THIS  CITY, 

LOCATED  ON 

CORBETT, 
MISSION, 

VALENCIA, 

FALCON, 

WILLOWS, 
DOLORES, 
GUERRERO, 
COLUMBIA, 

AND 

EAGLE 

STItlETS, 

Being  part  of 
MISSION  BLOCKS  NOS.  69  and  70, 
And  all  of 

Horner's  Addition  Block  19. 

These  Lots,  from  their  beautiful  location, 
commend  themselves  to  the  attention  of  all 
parties  desirous  of  purchasing  good  HOME- 
STEAD or  BUSINESS  LOTS. 

The  MARKET  STREET  CARS  pass  im- 
mediately in  front  of  some  of  them,  and  within 
a  block  or  two  of  the  farthest  away. 

All  the  Lots  are  level,  and  about  on  the 
Valencia  and  Corbett  streets  are 
graded,  and  Valencia  street  is  macadamized. 

Columbia  and  Eagle  streets  are  well  built 
up,  and  Eagle  street  is  macadamized.  Block 
Nineteen,  surrounded  by  these  streets,  is  one 
of  the  most  beautifully  located  blocks  in  all 
the  neighborhood  of  the  Mission. 

The  lots  on  Corbett,  Valencia,  Mission  and 
Willows  streets  recommend  themselves  to  pur- 
chasers. 

The  property  will  be  found  to  be  fully  posted 
with  Diagrams  on  the  premises,  showing  the 
Subdivisions. 

Maps  for  distribution  will  be  prepared,  and 
can  be  had  at  the  Auctioneer's  Office. 

TERMS— One-Third  Cash  ;  balance  in  One 
or  Two  Years,  at  10  per  cent,  per  annum  in- 
terest, secured  by  Mortgage  on  the  premises. 


je!6 


JOHN  MIDDLETON  &  SONS, 

AUCTIONEERS. 


V\r°NDKRS  OF  WONDERS ! 

TO  BE  SEEN  O.VI.Y  AT  TUB 

Pacific  Museum  of  Anatomy  and  Science, 
Eureka  Theatre,  Montgomery  street,' 
ja27  tf  between  California  and  Pine. 


rpHE  CALIFORNIAN'S 
SAN  FRANCISCO  BUSINESS  DIRECTORY. 

BATHS. 

Dr.  Bourne's,  (Medical,)  10  Post,near  Montgomery- 

AUCTIONEERS. 
Olney  k  Co. ,  removed  to  418  Montgomery  street. 

BUSINESS  AND  PROPERTY  AGENCY. 
S.  P.  Whitman,  313  Montgomery  sf 

BOWLING  ALLEYS. 
Cosmopolitan.  White  ft  Lalferty,  Cosmopolitan  Hotel. 
Wholcrs  k  Sturkc,  Pine  and  Montgomery,  (Kuss  House.) 

BOOKS. 
A.  Gensoul,  511  Montgomery. 

A.  Roman  k  Co.,  417  and  419  Montgomery  street. 

BOOTS  AND  SHOES. 
Finch  &  Co. ,  133  Montgomery  street. 
I.  M.  Weutworth  4:  Co.  (wholesale  manufac.)  210  Pine  st 

COLLECTOR. 

B.  Pulverman ,  614  Montgomery— Office  hours ,  1  to  3  l-.M. 

CLOTHING. 
H  M.  Lockwood  &  Co.,  624  Clay  street. 
J.  R.  Mead  &  Co.,  corner  Montgomery  and  Bush  streets 
William  Sherman,  412  Sansome.  corner  Commercial. 
Quiucy  Hall,  545  ,  547,  and  649  Washington  street. 

COAL  OIL,  LAMPS,  ETC. 
Dell,  Cranna  &  Co.  (wholesale)  513  Front  street. 
A.  C.  Dietz  &  Co.,  (wholesale,)  521  Front  street. 

COPPER  CRUSUER  AND  SAMPLER. 
S.  W.  Howland,  24  California  street,  (at  Thomas'  Mil  J) 

DRESS  TRIMMINGS,  WORSTEDS,  ETC. 
Mrs.  Norcross,  5  Moutgomery  street  (MasoDic  Temple.) 

DENTISTS. 
Dr.  Blake,  removed  to  Third,  corner  Mission. 
Dr.  A.  N.  Clark  (late  Knowlos  k  Clark)  removed  to  410 
Kearny. 

Dr  Wm.  B.  McAllister,  221  Third  street. 
Wuilcomb  k  Dyer,  205  Thin',  near  Howard. 

DANCING  'ACADEMY. 
Coghill's.  Congress  Hall,  Bush,  above  Montgomery 
Fuller  &  McCarthy,  727  Market,  near  Third. 

DRY  GOODS. 
Meagher,  Taaffe  k  Co..  9  Moutgomery  street. 
Mosgrove  k  Blakely,  222  Third,  near  Howard. 

DRUGGISTS. 

R.  H.  McDonald  J:  Co.,  (Wholesale)  Sansome  cor.  Pine- 
Shepardsou  &  Gates,  (successors  to  R.  Hall  k  Co.,)  cor- 
nor  Sansome  and  Commercial. 

EDUCATIONAL  INSTITUTIONS. 
Gil.  Collegiate  Institute,  Miss  M  Lammond,  68  Silver. 
Miel  Institute,  Miss  Florence  James,  66 South  Park. 
Pacific  Business  College,  751  Market  street, above  Third. 

FURNITURE. 
Goodwiu  k  Co..  510  anil  528  Washington  streets. 
J.  Peirce,  415,  417  and  419  California  street. 

GROCERS. 
N.  Boschen,  corner  Fifth  and  Mini.a. 
Slossou  &  Ladd,  southwest  corner  Folsom  and  First. 
J  J.  Miller,  corner  Sutter  and  Leavenworth. 
Haskell  &  Co. ,  Market  and  Sutter  sis,  below  the  Market 
W.  M.  Noble  k  Co.,  cor  Howard  and  Twelfth  streets 

HATTER. 

Lamott  (wholesale  and  retail)  227  Montgomery  street, 
HOTELS. 

Brooklyn.  John  Kelly ,  Jr., Sansome,  corner  Pino. 
Chicago,  E.  W.  Heimburg  &  Co. .  220  Pacillc  street. 

INSURANCE. 

Bigelow  &  Bro. ,  N  W.  cor.  Montgomery  and  Sacramento. 
Mutual  Ufa  Ins.  Co.,  IL  S.  Homaus,  Agent,  609  Clay. 
Manhattan,  R.  B.  Swain  &  Co. .  Ag'u, 206  Front,  cor  Cal. 
National  Ins.  Co.,  N.E.  cor.  Montgomery  and  California. 
Occidental  Ins.  Co. .  S.  W.  cor.  Monlgom'y  and  California'. 
Pacillc  lus.  Co. ,  436  California  street. 

LADIES'   BIJOUTERIE,  CLOAKS,  ETJ. 
Kosoublall's,  123  and  125  Moutgomery  street. 

MAPS. 

Pacific  Map  Depot,  A.  Gensoul,  511  Montgomery. 

MERCHANT  TAILORS. 
J.  H.  Hammond  removed  to  328  Moutgomery. 

MILLINERS. 
PAPER  HANGINGS,  WINDOW  SHADES,  ETC 
H.  Ward,  132  Third  street. 

PIANO  SCHOOL. 
Mr.  Gustavo  A  Scott,  at  Miel  Institute,  55  South  Park. 
W.  S.  Pierce,  removed  fo  534  Market,  Opposite  Second 

PIANOS,  MUSIC,  ETC. 
M.  Gray,  613  Clay  street. 

PHOTOGRAPHS,  CUTLERY,    SPECTACLES,  ETC. 
Lawrence  k  Houscworth,  317  and  319  Montgomery  St. 

REAL  ESTATE. 
Fifteen-dollar  lots  for  sale  by  H.  S.  Brown,  SE.  corner 
of  Battery  and  Commercial  streets. 

RESTAURANTS. 
Bivalve,  Nolting  J:  Sp-een,  640  Market,  near  Kearny. 
Eureka,  C.  H.  Brickwedell  &  Co., Clay,  near  Monlgom'y 
Magnolia,  143  Third  street. 

Market,  by  Felix  and  Gustavc  Besson,  520  Merchant. 
Philadelphia,  Jacob  Weiss,  308  Montgomery  street. 
Helvetia,  Johujury  k  Bros. ,  524  Merchaul  street. 
Saulmauu's,  506  Montgomery  street. 

SALOONS. 

Charter  Oak,  Frank  Kelly,  N  E  cor  Third  and  Howard 
Razzi-Ui  k  Co.'s.  527  Washington,  above  the  Market. 
Jones' Sample  Rooms, S.E.  cor.  Montgomery  and  Cal. 
S  Myers,  332  Montgomery  street. 
V.  Squarza.  44  Leidesdorlfstreet. 

Sun  Burst,  Carolin  &  McArdle,  cor.  Second  and  Market. 
Coates  k  Henderson,  37  Suiter  street. 

SCALES. 

Fairbanks  k  Hutchinson,  Depot  for  Fairbanks'  Scales 
334  Moutgomery  street. 

SEWING  MACHINES. 
Grover  &  Baker,  J.  W.  J.  Pearson,  116  Montgomery. 
The  Florence,  oltlco  111  Moutgomery  street. 
Wheeler  k  Wilson,  corner  Montgomery  and  Sacramento 

TOYS,  ETC. 
Feldbush  k  Co.,  207  Montgomery  street. 
A.  Kohler,  620  Washington  street. 

UPHOLSTERER. 
T.  McAllister,  corner  Sutter  and  Leavenworth. 

WATER-CURE  INSTITUTE. 
Dr  Bourne's  Pioneor,  10  Post,  near  Montgomery 


c 


A  R  P  E  T  S  . 


Removal!  Removal! 


KENNEDY  &  BELL 

HAVE  removed  TO 

BUSH  STREET, 

Below  Montgomery, 

Slore  lately  occupied  by  the  Franco-Ameri- 
can Commercial  Company. 

a|>21  Sm 


rpo  HOTEL 


HOUSEKEEPERS 


Meagher,     Taaffe    Sf  Co. 

ARE  OFFERING  AT 

REDUCED  PRICES! 

A  LARGE  STOCK  OF 

SUPERIOR  BARNE8LEY, 
SCOTCH,  and  IRISH  LINEN; 
TABLE  DAMASKS,  SHEETINGS, 
SHIRTINGS,  TOWELS,  TOWELINGS, 
NAPKINS,  DOYLIES,  ETC.,  ETC. 

ALSO, 

BLANKETS,  QUILTS,  FLANNELS, 
COTTON  SHEETINGS  and  SIHRT1NGS, 
LACE  and  MUSLIN  CURTAINS,  ETC. 

9  Montgomery  Street, 

LICK  HOUSE  BLOCK. 

WHOLESALE  HOUSE, 
107  BATTERY,  BET.  BINE  AND  CALIFORNIA. 


Black  Silks  ! 

BONNET'S,  BISCHOFF'S,  &  PONSON'S 

Superior  Black  Silks, 

PURCHASED  AT  THE  RECENT  GREAT  AUCTION  SALE, 
AND  WILL  BE  OFFERED  AT  A 

REDUCTION  OF  20  TO  30  PER  CENT. 

FROM  THEIR  USUAL  PRICES. 

MEAGHER,  TAAFFE  &  CO., 
Wliolcsale  House,  107  Battery  street, 
jo  16  Bctweeu  Pine  and  California  streets. 


|-J ALL'S  SARSAPARILLA, 
YELLOW  DOCK  AND  IODIDE  POTASS, 

TUB 

Best  Blood  Purifier  Known. 

PersoDS  that  are  troubled  with  Rheumatism, 
Scrofula,  Neuralgia,  Morbid  Liver,  Salt 
Rheum,  Pimples,  Boils,  or  any  of  the  many 
diseases  that  originate  from  Impure  Blood, 
would  find  it  much  to  their  advantage  to  give 
this  justly  celebrated  article  a  trial.  One  or 
two  bottles  are  quite  sufficient  to  convince  the 
most  skeptical  of  its  merits.  It  contains 
neither  Spirit,  ARSENIC  nor  MERCURY 
which  cannot  be  truly  said  of  any  other  prepa- 
tion  called  "  Sarsaparilla." 

IsnEI'ARDSON  4i  GATES,  Proprietor*, 
ap7  3in      K.  W.  cor.  Sansome  and  Commercial  elrceta 


VOLUME  V.,  No  5. 
Office,  No.  532  Merchant  street. 


SAN  FRANCISCO.  JUNE   28,  1866. 


TEEMS, 


i  $5  a  Year,  by  Mail, in  Advanck. 
50  Cents  a  Month,  by  Carrier. 


CONTEN T S : 


PROSE. 

 .—By  "  Bret,"  The  Cal- 

fobniax's  Condensed  Novelist  : 
After  W-lk-c  C-ll-ns. 

Ecce  Homo. 

Theatrical  Events,  and  Announce- 
ments. 

Sundries  — By  "  Emstadt." 

A  Byx  of  Rogues. 

Touching  Tigers. 

The  Dangers  of  Sanity. 

Brian  Boromha. 

A  Story  of  the  Trichinae 


The  Arhiter  of  Europe. 
Brilliant  Horsemanship. 
Apologies. 
About  the  Neck. 
Colors  as  Applied  to  Dress. 
A  French  Suicide. 
The  Reform  Buttle. 
1  Mark  Twain  "  at ''  The  Islands  " 
The  Family  Sewing  Machine. 


POETRY  : 

Cherries  and  Grapes.- 
Warrcu  Stoddard. 


-By  Charle.- 


[For  the  California!!.] 

CHERRIES    AND  GRAPES, 

rOT  the  cherry's  nerveless  flesh, 
However  fair,  however  fresh, 
May  ever  hope  my  love  to  win 
For  Ethiop  blood  and  satin  skiu. 


Their  lustre  rich,  and  deep  their  dyes, 
Yet  under  all  that  splendor  lies 
To  what  I  cannot  tribute  grant — 
Their  hateful  hearts  of  adamant. 

I  love  the  amber  globes  that  hold 
That  dead-delicious  wine  of  gold. 
A  thousand  torrid  suns  distill 
Such  liquors  as  those  rlagons  fill. 

Yet  tropic  galea  with  sonls  of  innuk 
Should  steep  my  grapes  in  steams  of  dusk  ; 
An  orient  Eden  nothing  lacks 
To  spice  their  purple  silken  sucks. 

Charles  Warren  Stoddard. 


THE    REFORM  BATTLE. 
Tl^HE  London  correspondent  of  the  New  York  Round 
-L     Table,  says  : 

The  great  struggle  came  to  a  close — or  at  least  to  a  truce 
last  night,  and  the  government  bill  passed  to  its  second  read- 
ing by  a  majority  of  five.  But  this  cannot  be  regarded  as  a 
victory  for  the  government,  and  it  will  hardly  be  so  regarded. 
It  may  be  that  Earl  Russell  will  not  respect  precedent  in  this 
matter,  but  clutch  even  his  small  majority  ;  but  it  is  probable 
that  the  still  fiercer  ordeal — the  committee — will  so  tear  up 
his  bill  with  amendments  and  alterations  that  he  may  yet  re- 
sign the  premiership.  The  debate  has  increased  in  power  and 
interest  with  each  step.  John  Bright — who  is  felt  to  be  the 
impersonation  of  the  "  Big  black  Feet  Democracy,"  and  has 
been  assailed  or  defended  or  mentioned  in  every  speech  of  the 
debate — g.tve  a  strong  sledge  hammer  blow.  Mr.  Robert 
Lowe — a  strange,  albinoish  man  in  looks,  and  a  man  of  real 
genius — was  as  dexterous  and  brilliant  if  not  so  noble  as  Lu- 
ria.  But  last  night  the  great  final  encounter  took  place  be- 
tween Disraeli  and  Gladstone.  Disraeli  began  in  a  felicitous 
vein  and  made  somo  able  points.  Those,  however,  which  were 
strongest  for  his  immediate  object  would  probably  be  least  in- 
teresting to  American  readers.  One  side-dish  of  his  speech 
may,  however,*  interest  you.  Alluding  to  America  and  Mr. 
Bright,  he  said  : 

"  Sir,  I  am  no  decrier  of  American  institutions.  I  approve 
of  American  institutions  for  this  reason,  that  they  are  adapted 
to  the  country.  What  we  should  always  consider  is.  whether 
particular  institutions  are  adapted  to  the  country  in  which 
they  flourish.  The  great  blot,  in  my  opinion,  of  the  Ameri- 
can political  system  is  not  essential  to  it,  but  is  accidental, 
and  arises  from  the  turbulent  aud  demoralized  mobs  which 
exist  in  their  cities  of  the  coast.  But  if  you  were  to  intro- 
duce these  American  institutions  into  England  you  would  not 
have  that  which  is  excellent  in  the  American  system,  but  you 
would  have  the  degrading,  the  demoralizing,  and  the  accidental 
part  of  it,  and  our  couutry,  instead  of  being  a  first-rate  king- 
dom, would  become  a  third-rate  republic.  I  am  therefore  op- 
posed to  the  introduction  of  American  principles  into  this 
country,  and  regret  that  these  principles  are  defended  in  this 
House  by  persons  of  great  influence.  I  am  not  one  of  those 
who  depreciate  the  talents  or  the  character  of  the  member  for 
Birmingham.  1  admire  his  great  abilities.  I  often  listen  to 
his  iloqueuce  with  delight.    But  I  regret  that  such  gifts  as  he 


possesses  should  be  exercised — I  am  sure  conscientiously — in 
favor  of  principles  which,  if  successful,  would,  I  believe,  prove 
fatal  to  this  country." 

Mr.  Disraeli  declared — and  the  sentiment  has  been  fre- 
quently uttered  by  leading  men  during  the  debate — that  in  a 
country  where  universal  suffrage  prevailed  it  was  irrational  to 
prohibit  women  from  voting,  lie  said  this  in  reply  to  Mr. 
Mill.  Lord  Cranbourne,  by  the  way,  declared  last  night  that 
Mr.  Mill's  speech  was  the  ablest  that  had  been  uttered  during 
the  debate. 

When  Disraeli  sat  down,  Gladstone  arose,  but  was  met  with 
an  outrageous  and  singular  inteiruption  which  he  felt  very 
deeply.  Though  white  with  emotion,  nothing  could  exceed 
the  sublime  calmness  with  which  he  said,  "Am  I  to  be  per- 
mitted to  proceed  ?"  He  was  responded  to  with  one  great 
cheer,  which  gave  the  Tories  a  perception  that,  they  had  lost 
ground.  Then  a  perfect  stillness  reigned.  But  Gladstone 
was  nettled,  and  his  tone  was  at  the  outset  a  little  too  harsh. 
Presently,  however,  he  made  a  happy  hit,  which  so  pleased 
the  house  that  its  good  humor  was  reflected  in  himself.  In 
criticising  the  speech  of  Mr.  Lowe,  he  said  : 

"  With  regard  to  his  speech,  when  I  think  of  the  power  it 
displayed,  I  own  I  am  lost  in  admiration,  although  I  myself 
was  the  subject  of  a  fair  share  of  its  thrusts  and  cuts.  But 
when  I  come  to  think  what  was  the  end  and  upshot  of  that 
speech — when  I  saw  the  right  honorable  gentleman  exagger- 
ating more  and  more  his  fears  and  apprehensions  for  the 
future,  aud  coloring  more  and  more  highly  the  phantom  visions 
which  he  raised— then,  1  say,  my  admiration  was  lost  in  grief 
and  astonishment.  I  am  reminded  of  the  story  whirl)  was 
written  for  the  princess  Palatine.  The  story  was  of  a  young 
prince  to  whoso  christening  all  the  fairies  came.  Each  be- 
stowed some  talent  upon  the  child,  but  the  fairy  which  had 
not  been  invited  came  soon  afterwards  and  said,  •  Yes,  I  find 
the  baby  has  been  presented  with  a'l  the  talents  but  one,  and 
that  is  the  talent  of  knowing  how  to  use  them.'  " 

After  this  Gladstone  gathered  in  force  and  expression  with 
every  instant.  One  retort  was  given  with  splendid  power. 
Disraeli  had  brought  forward,  very  foolishly,  an  anti-reform 
resolution  proposed  Dy  Gladstone  in  1831,  when  an  under- 
graduate at  an  Oxford  debating  society.  The  House  received 
it  with  some  contempt,  and  Disraeli  felt  that  he  had  blun- 
dered.   Gladstone  said  : 

"  The  right  honorable  gentleman,  secure  in  the  recollection 
of  his  own  consistency,  has  taunted  me  with  the  errors  of  my 
boyhood.  The  right  honorable  gentleman,  when  he  addressed 
the  member  for  Westminster,  showed  his  magnanimity  when 
he  declared  that  he  would  not  attack  the  philosopher  for  what 
he  wrote  forty  years  ago.  But  when  he  caught  one  who, 
thirty-six  years  ago,  when  just  emerged  from  boyhood,  and 
still  an  undergraduate  at  Oxford,  expressed  opinions  adverse 
to  the  reform  bill  of  which  he  has  long  and  bitterly  repented, 
then  he  could  not  resist  the  temptation— he,  a  parliamentary 
leader  of  twenty  years'  standing,  is  so  ignorant  of  the  House 
of  Commons,  that  he  thought  he  had  a  parliamentary  advan- 
tage in  representing  me  as  an  opponent  of  the  reform  bill  of 
1832.  As  he  has  so  exhibited  me,  let  me  exhibit  myself.  I 
deeply  regret  it.  I  was  bred  under  the  shadow  of  the  name 
of  Canning.  Every  influence  connected  with  that  great  name 
governed  the  politics  of  my  youth.  With  Canning  1  rejoiced 
in  the  removal  of  disabilities,  and  in  the  character  he  gave 
to  our  policy  abroad.  With  Canning  1  rejoiced  in  the  open- 
ing he  made  to  freedom  of  commercial  intercourse  with  foreign 
nations.  With  Canning,  and  under  the  shadow  of  that  name, 
and  under  that  of  the  still  greater  name  of  Mr.  Burke,  I  grant 
that  my  youthful  mind  and  imagination  were  impressed  just 
as  the  mature  mind  of  the  right  honorable  gentleman  is  now 
impressed.  There  is  this  difference,  however,  between  us — 
that  having  these  opinions,  it  seems  I  moved  the  debating 
society  at  Oxford  to  express  them  clearly,  plainly,  in  down- 
right, forcible  English,  while  the  right  honorable  gentleman 
is  obliged  to  skulk  under  the  cover  of  this  amendment." 

Long  and  almost  tumultuous  cheers  followed  this,  and  the 
House  felt — and  had  reason  to  feel — proud  of  its  leader. 

But  in  his  peroration  Gladstone  went  still  higher.  Noth- 
ing could  exceed  the  grandeur  and  impresaiveness  of  some  of 
his  appeals.    Here  was  one  : 

"  Let  us  consider  the  enormous  though  silent  changes  that 
are  going  forward  amongst  the  laboring  population.  Let  us 
try  to  raise  our  views  above  the  fears,  t  he  suspicions,  the  jeal- 
ousies, the  attacks,  and  the  recriminations  of  the  hour.  Let 


children.  Let  us  ask  whether  there  shall  or  shall  not  be  a 
steady  movement  on  the  part  of  the  laboring  classes — a  move- 
ment onwards  and  upwards.  The  progress  of  the  working 
classes  is  like  all  great  moral  processes.  It  is  unobservabje 
in  its  details,  but  it  is  solid  and  unassailable.  It  is  like  those 
movements  in  the  earth  which  science  tells  us  are  even  now 
going  forward  in  certain  portions  of  the  globe.  The  sailor 
sails  over  them,  or  the  traveller  treads  the  ground  if  they  be 
on  laud.  He  does  not  see  them.  He  is  not  conscious  of 
them,  but  science  tells  us  that  these  changes  are  taking  place 
with  silent  and  resistless  force.  Science  tells  us  in  these  spots 
things  are  not  as  they  were,  and  this  is  precisely  what  is  go- 
ing on  with  respect  to  the  laboring  classes.  We  know  the 
self  denial  exhibited  by  those  men  in  respect  of  the  American 
war.  Could  any  one  believe  that  a  reflection  so  still,  so  firm, 
and  so  energetic  could  have  planted  itself  in  the  mind  of  the 
population  without  its  becoming  a  known,  a  patent,  and  noto- 
rious fact  to  the  whole  couutry  ?  And  yet,  when  the  day  of 
trial  came,  we  had  manifested  that  sympathy  with  the  people 
of  the  North — that  subtle  sympathy  on  their  part  with  the 
people  of  the  North — that  determination  that,  be  their  suffer- 
ings^wllat  they  might,  no  word  should  proceed  from  them  to 
damage  the  cause  which  they  believed  to  be  just.  Here  was 
on  one  side  a  magnificent  moral  spectacle  ;  on  the  other  side 
it  was  a  remarkable  lesson.  It  was  a  lesson  to  us — it  was  a 
lesson  to  us  all — to  teach  us  this  :  that  in  those  minds,  by  a 
process  of  quiet  instillation,  opinions  and  sentiments  gradually 
form  themselves,  of  which  we  remain  for  a  long  time  unaware, 
which  at  last,  when  they  make  their  appearance,  we  find  to  be 
matured,  solid,  and  irresistible." 

I  cannot  forbear  to  give  his  closing  words — words  that  will 
remain  burnt  in  on  the  memories  of  all  who  were  present — 
words  that  will  become  historical  : 

"  This  bill  is  in  a  state  of  crisis  and  peril,  and  the  govern- 
ment along  with  it.  We  stand  or  fall  by  it,  as  was  declared 
by  my  noble  friend.  Wo  stand  with  :t  now — we  may  fall  with 
it  a  short  time  hence  ;  but,  if  we  fall,  we  shall  rise  with  it 
hereafter.  We  cannot  measure  with  precision  the  forces  that 
are  to  be  raised  in  the  coming  struggle.  Perhaps  the  great 
division  of  to-night  is  not  the  last  act  of  the  struggle.  You 
may  succeed  on  some  point  ;  you  may  drive  us  from  our  seats  ; 
you  may  bury  the  bill  we  introduced  ;  but  for  its  epitaph  we 
will  write  on  the  grave-stone  this  line  with  perfect  confidence  : 

'  Exonare  aliquis  aostris  ex  ossitu*  ultor.' 
You  cannot  fight  against  the  future  ;  time  is  on  our  side. 
The  great  social  forces  are  against  you.  They  are  arrayed, 
they  are  marshalled,  on  our  side.  The  banner  which  we  carry, 
although  perhaps  it  may  at  this  moment  droop  over  our  sink- 
ing heads,  yet  it,will  soar  again  aud  float  in  the  eye  of  heaven, 
and  will  be  borne  in  the  firm  hands  of  the  united  people  of 
these  three  kingdoms  not  perhaps  to  an  easy,  but  a  certain  and 
not  distant,  future." 

Amid  the  immense  cheering  which  announced  that  the 
debate  had  closed  thus  grandly,  the  members  passed  out  for 
the  division. 


us  look  onwards  to  the  time  of  our  children  and  our  children's  years.    After  that,  the  Deluge. 


Forty  Year's  Old. — The  lady  who  has  been  described  as 
the  most  graceful  and  charming  woman  in  Europe  was  forty 
years  old  on  the  filth  of  last  month.  She  is  not  only  dis- 
tinguished for  her  personal  attractions,  but  she  sits  on  the 
loftiest  throne  in  the  world,  and  is  the  reigning  queen  of  an- 
other world  whose  limit  is  as  -boundless  as  civilization.  This 
lady,  of  course,  is  the  Empress  Eugenie  of  France.  With  all 
her  power  she  is  powerless  iu  the  grasp  of  Time.  Years  ac- 
cumulate, leaving  on  her  handsome  countenance  their  ineffa- 
cable  mark,  and  queen  as  she  is,  she  cannot  wipe  one  from 
the  score.  By  a  caprice  of  taste  she  can  set  the  female  world 
in  a  flutter,  but  she  cannot  possess  herself  of  the  youth  of  the 
humblest  of  her  worshippers.  '  Poor  Empress  !  Less  fortu- 
nate than  her  obscure  sisters,  she  cannot  even  practice  a 
little  harmless  deception  in  the  matter  of  age.  The  world 
knew  when  she  was  born,  and,  having  been  kind  enough  to 
remember  the  event,  is  now  too  cruel  to  forget.  It  is  a  ques- 
tion whether  it  is  worth  while  to  be  a  queen  at  such  a  pen- 
alty. In  point  of  fact,  forty  years  is  not  a  great  age.  A 
maiden  of  forty  might  properly  be  called  an  ancient  maiden, 
but  a  monarch  at  forty  is  young.  Dauiel  Webster  was  forty 
when  he  made  his  celebrated  speech  in  reply  to  Hayno.  yet 
nearly  all  the  greatness  of  his  life  came  after.  We  question, 
however,  if  the  Empress  will  find  consolation  in  the  study  of 
of  history.  Hers  was  tho  reign  of  beauty,  the  most  imperious 
but  evanescent  reign  that  mortal  cau  aspire  to.  The 
real  life  of  a  beauty  Is  generally  compressed  into  ten  fleeting 


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THE  CAL:F0RN1AN 


|  June  23d 


TOUCHING  TIGERS. 

MANY  years  ago — so  many,  that  names  of  persons  and 
of  some  places  concerned,  have  passed  from  my  mem- 
ory— official  duties  led  me  to  a  small  village  in  Kengrapeer, 
one  of  the  remotest  and  wildest  divisions  of  that  wild  country, 
the  Kolehan,  on  the  southwest  frontier.  The  hamlet  consisted 
of  some  five  or  six  cottages  in  a  cleared  space  of  as  many 
acres,  surrounded  by  forest.  A  brook,  whence  the  women  of 
the  village  procured  water,  ran  by  the  bottom  of  a  slope,  about 
two  hundred  yards  from  the  houses  ;  and  (a  usual  feature  in 
Kole  villages)  a  few  large  slabs  of  slaty  rock  fixed  in  the 
ground  marked  where  "  the  rude  forefathers  of  the  hamlet 
sleep."  Near  one  of  those  I  observed  a  pole  erected,  -on 
which  grinned  the  skull  of  a  tiger,  with  the  bones  of  one  of 
its  arms  dismembered  half-way  up.  I  turned  to  the  villagers 
near  me  for  an  explanation,  and  heard  this  : 

The  daughter  of  the  Moonda,  or  head  man  of  the  place,  was 
affianced,  in  the  rude  native  fashion,  to  one  of  the  young  men 
of  the  village,  and  their  nuptials  were  to  come  off  in  a  few 
days.  One  evening  the  girl  with  some  of  her  female  com- 
panions went,  as  was  their  daily  wont,  to  the  brook  already 
mentioned,  to  bathe  and  fetch  water  for  the  household. 

They  had  been  absent  but  a  quarter  of  an  hour,  when  the 
startling  voice  of  a  tiger,  and  the  piercing  shrieks  of  the 
women,  suddenly  broke  the  silence  of  the  hour,  and  before  the 
roused  villagers  could  snatch  their  arms,  the  girls  came  flying 
back  with  horror  in  their  faces,  and  in  a  few  words  ani  ounced 
the  dreadful  fact  that  a  tiger  had  carried  off  one  of  their  party. 
It  was  the  Moonda's  daughter.  Her  stout-hearted  kinsmen 
rushed,  but  with  hopeless  hearts,  to  the  rescue.  Foremost 
among  these  was  her  intended  husbaud,  and  close  by  his  side 
his  sworn  brother,  allied  to  him  by  a  ceremony,  common 
amongst  this  people,  of  tasting  each  other's  blood,  and  swear- 
ing to  stand  by  each  other  in  after  life,  come  weal,  come  woe. 
Whilj  the  rest  were  following  with  skill  and  caution  the  bloody 
traces  of  the  monster  and  his  prey,  these  two,  dashing  on 
through  the  dense  jungle,  soon  came  upon  the  object  of  their 
search.  In  a  small  open  space  (which  1  afterwards  visited) 
the  tiger  was  crouched  over  the  dead  body  of  the  girl,  which 
it  had  already  begun  to  devour.  The  approach  of  the  hunters 
roused  him,  and  he  stood  over  the  carcass,  growling  defiance 
at  the  two  men. 

In  a  moment  an  arrow  from  the  bereaved  lover's  bow  pierced 
the  tiger's  chest.  It  struck  deep  and  true,  but  not  so  as  (in 
sporting  phrase)  to  stop  the  dreadful  beast,  who,  from  a  dis- 
tan.e  of  some  thirty  paces,  came  down,  with  his  peculiar 
whinwiud  rush,  on  his  assailant.  The  young  man  had  just 
time  to  draw  his  "  kappee,"  or  battle-axe,  from  his  girdle,  when 
the  tiger  seized  him  by  the  left  wrist.  The  man,  leaning  well 
back  to  gain  room  for  the  swing  of  the  axe,  drove  it  with  all 
the  collected  strength  of  rage  and  despair  in  the  tiirei 's  fore- 
arm, severing  the  massive  bone,  and  leaving  the  blade  buried 
in  the  muscles.  Next  moment  his  head  was  crushed  within 
the  monster's  jaws,  and  he  fell  dead  upon  the  ground,  while 
the  tiger,  tamed  by  the  loss-Oi  blood,  turned  round  and  began 
to  limp  away.  All  occurred  so  rapidly,  that  the  surviving 
comrade  had  not  shot  a  shaft,  but  now,  maddened,  he  run  to 
the  retreating  brute,  and  sent  arrow  after  arrow  up  to  the. 
feather  into  its  side  and  neck  until  it  rolled  over,  dying,  within 
a  few  yirds  of  the  ill-fated  young  couple.  The  tiger  still 
breathed  as  the  rest  of  the  party  came  up.  t  They  struck  off 
its  head,  dissevered  the  muscle  by  which  the  left  forearm  still 
adhered  to  the  shoulder  ;  with  these  spoils,  and  the  mangled 
bodies  of  the  poor  victims  borne  on  litters,  they  returned,  a 
melancholy  procession,  to  the  village.  The  above  minute  de- 
tails I  had  from  the  chief  actor  himself,  a  stalwart  young  fel- 
low. The  event  had  occurred  not  more  than  a  month  or  five 
weeks  before,  and  the  sun-dried  strips  of  flesh  et ill  adhered  to 
the  ghastly  trophy  on  the  pole.  I  wished  to  have  brought 
the  bones  away,  but  they  gave  some  comfort  to  the  poor  old 
Moonda's  heart.  They  reminded  him  that  his  daughter  had 
not  died  unavenged,  and  I  left  tbem  there. 

Another  instance  that  became  known  to  me  of  heroism 
among  the  Koles,  is  of  a  more  homely  sort.  In  another  part 
of  Kengrapeer,  a  clearing  was  made  in  the  forest  by  an  old 
man,  his  wife,  her  sister,  and  a  grown-up  daughter.  No  other 
human  being  lived  within  miles  of  their  solitary  hut,  and  the 
head  of  the  family  had  to  go  frequently,  and  always  alone,  to 
a  distant  village  for  the  necessaries  of  life.  His  first  season's 
ploughing  was  stopped  by  a  tiger  killing  one  of  the  only  pair 
of  bullocks  he  possessed,  and  he  was  obliged  to  sell  the  other 
to  buy  rice  for  the  rest  of  the  year.  Before  the  next  rains, 
he  managed  to  procure  another  pair  of  oxen,  and  patiently 
recommenced  the  tillage  of  his  little  clearing.  But  his  unwel- 
come neighbor  again  robbed  him  of  a  bullock,  and  once  more 
put  an  end  to  his  operations.  This  was  too  much  to  bear, 
and  with  singular  hardihood  the  old  man  determined  to  rid 
himself  of  his  enemy  or  die  of  him.  The  bullock  lay  dead 
within  a  few  paces  of  a  patch  of  grass  which  intervened  be- 
tween the  clearing  and  the  forest  ;  and  the  man,  thoroughly 
conversant  with  the  habits  of  the  tiger,  knew  well  that  in  this 
grass  the  beast  would  lie  until  the  cool  of  evening  summoned 
him  to  sup  upon  the  carcass.  He  proceeded  without  further 
bde  into  the  house,  armed  his  household,  the  three  women 


aforesaid,  with  a  bamboo  each,  placed  them  in  line  along  the 
edge  of  the  grass,  posted  himself  by  a  circuitous  route  on  the 
opposite  side  of  the  cover  where  it  skirted  the  jungle,  and. 
having  given  some  preconcerted  signal  to  his  auxiliaries, 
waited,  bow  in  hand  and  arrow  on  string,  for  his  dangerous 
enemy.  The  three  women,  nothing  daunted,  began  beating 
the  ground  in  a  business  like  manner.  They  shrieked  and 
jelled,  and  advanced  steadily  into  the  cover  ;  it  was  not  ex- 
tensive ;  before  long  the  tiger  came  sneaking  out  towards  the 
man,  who,  well  concealed  behind  a  tree,  let  him  pass  so  as  to 
obtain  a  clear  broadside  view,  and  then  let  fly  an  arrow  into 
the  centre  of  his  neck.  Fortune  favored  the  bold,  and  the 
brute  fell  dead. 

So  little  did  the  veteran  think  of  thie  exploit,  that  I  should 
probably  have  heard  nothing  about  it,  had  be  not  come  to  my 
office  attended  by  his  family  and  the  maukee,  or  head  of  his 
circle,  with  the  tiger's  skin,  to  claim  the  reward  (ten  rupees  a 
head)  given  by  government  for  the  destruction  of  this  animal  ; 
a  reward,  which,  shabby  as  it  is,  was  not  to' be  despised  by 
the  poor  settler.  He  was  a  short,  wiry  man,  some  fifty  or 
sixty  years>  of  age,  with  a  dogged,  determined  look,  and  spoke 
of  killing  the  tiger  and  making  his  old  wife  and  sister-in-law 
beat  him  up,  in  such  a  matter-of-fact  way  that  we  were  all  in 
shouts  of  laughter,  though  filled  with  admiration  for  the  stout 
old  boy  and  his  hard-favored  amazons. 

There  wa3  great  luck  in  such  an  easy  conquest,  but  it  is  not, 
even  within  my  own  knowledge,  a  solitary  instance  of  so  large 
an  animal  being  killed  at  once  by  so  apparently  inadequate  a 
weapon.  A  very  big  tiger  was  once  brought  into  head-quarter 
station  of  the  Kole  country — Chybasa — which  had  been  killed 
with  one  shot  by  a  mere  stripling,  some  sixteen  or  seventeen 
years  old,  who  seemed  much  more  engaged  in  admiring  the 
flowers  in  front  of  my  house,  than  interested  in  the  recital  of 
his  prowess,  made  to  me  by  his  comrades  and  the  head  man 
of  the  village. 

Those  who  have  engaged  in  tiger-shooting  excursions,  either 
on  foot  or  on  elephants,  know  lull  well  how  many  shots  the 
brute  sometimes  takes.  And  such  instances  of  quick  work 
as  the  two  above  cited  may  surprise  the  most  experienced 
sportsman. 

1  have  already  observed  that  where  population  is  exceed- 
ingly scarce,  the  tiger  loses  much  of  his  skulking,  hiding  dis- 
position, and  attacks  his  prey  in  the  open.  In  1837,  or  '38,  a 
lad  herding  cattle  in  the  village  lands  of  Koorsee,  near  Obai- 
basa,  was  pursued  over  a  meadow,  and  through  the  herd,  and 
was  killed  by  a  tiger,  who  had  begun  to  eat  him  when  scared 
away  by  the  villagers.  I  saw  the  body  ;  it  lay  in  the  midst 
of  an  open  field,  at  least  two  hundred  yards  from  any  cover. 
It  was  disembowelled,  and  with  the  chest  torn  open  ;  but  the 
face  was  as  that  of  one  who  lies  in  a  pleasant  sleep. 

The  enormous  forearm  of  the  tiger  has  often  attracted  at- 
tention. We  have  seen  a  cat  pat  a  dead  mouse,  or  the  face 
of  a  dog  which  was  teasing  her,  aud  it  is  easy  to  understand 
what  a  tremendous  blow  a  tiger  could- give  in  the  same  man- 
ner ;  but  I  believe  it  to  be  a  mistake  to  suppose  that  be  strikes 
down  his  prey  with  his  paw.  He  strikes  in  self-defence  when 
fighting,  but  not  when  seizing  his  victim. 

I  have  seen  many  carcasses  of  deer,  cattle,  buffaloes,  and 
horses,  which  had  been  killed  by  tigers,  and  they  all  had  the 
same  appearance  :  four  deep  holes  at  the  back  of  the  neck 
(two  of  them  on  each  side  of  the  cervical  vertebra?,)  made  by 
the  animal's  incisor  teeth  ;  no  other  mark.  Of  course,  if  the 
tiger  had  begun  to  feed  en  the  body,  it  was-  extensively 
lacerated.  Aud  if  (as  sometimes  in  the  case  of  a  buffalo)  the 
prey  had  struggled  much,  and  had  succeeded  in  dragging  the 
tiger  a  few  yards,  the  chest  and  forelegs  would  bear  the  im- 
pression of  the  claws  and  the  tremeudous  grip,  but  these,  as 
far  as  my  experience  goes,  were  exceptional  cases. 

It  is  evident  that  the  tiger,  in  seizing  his  prey,  rushes  on 
to  its  back,  grips  the  neck  with  his  jaws  as  with  a  vice,  and, 
with  his  arms  confining  the  animal's  struggles,  lies  thereupon 
his  victim  until  it  is  suffocated.  With  a  hnman  being  I  know 
not  how  the  case  is.  A  tiger  has  been  seen  to  seize  and  carry 
off  a  man  by  the  neck,  or  the  arm,  or  thigh,  indifferently.  In 
the  well-known  cases  of  Major  Colnett  and  Captain  Fenwick, 
they  were  both  seized  by  the  thigh,  and  carried  off,  it  is  said, 
on  the  animal's  back.  More  recently,  a  Captain  Hill,  super- 
intendent of  police  in  Banna,  was  gripped  by  the  neck,  and 
there  held  until  the  arrival  of  his  people  rescued  him  from  his 
awful  position.  In  18-iG,  in  Maubhoom,  near  Miduapore,  I 
was  out  after  a  tiger,  on  foot,  aud  having  wounded  him 
severely,  was  searchiug  for  him  in  the  jungle  with  a  number 
of  beaters. 

Three  times  we  came  upon  him,  and  each  time  he  broke 
cover  by  charging  through  the  mob  of  us  Once,  he  struck  a 
man  on  the  chest,  knocking  him  over,  and  scratching  him 
severely.  Next  time  he  seized  one  of  the  beaters  in  his  jaws, 
by  the  thigh,  giving  him  a  rapid  shake  and  passing  on.  But 
these  are  all  cases  in  which  the  animal  was  acting  in  self- 
defence,  or  in  retaliation.  What  I  have  said  above  refers  to 
its  usual  mode  of  capturing  its  food. 

The  averment  in  our  "  natural  history  "  books,  that  the 
tiger  disdains  to  touch  carrion,  is  quite  untrue.  The  same 
rhetoric  is  indulged  in  regarding  the  eagle,  and  is  equally 


erroneous.  The  lion  also,  the  "  king  of  beasts,"  is,  I  believe, 
as  little  scrupulous  as  any  other  cat,  in  this  particular.  I 
have  described  how  the  tiger  captures  and  kills  his  prey. 
When  de^d,  if  the  body  lie  convenient  to  his  covert,  he  lets 
it  remain  ;  if  it  be  too  far  out  in  the  open,  it  tt  dragged  farther 
in  towards  the  jungle,  and  there  left  until  towards  dawn. 
Sometimes  the  body  is  disembowelled  after  being  removed  a 
little  way,  and  is  then  drawn  away  to  some  hidden,  spot.  A 
leopard  has  been  seen  to  disembowel  a  goat,  holding  it  by  the 
tbroat,  lying  on  its  back  underneath  the  body,  and  ripping  it 
open  by  repeated  kicks  with  its  bind  claws.  Probably  the 
tiger  operates  by  the  same  method.  He  appears  to  prefer  a 
rump-steak,  or  a  round,  to  any  other  portion.  These  are  al- 
most always  the  first  part  eaten,  then  the  ribs,  rarely  the  fore- 
quarters,  and  never,  within  my  knowledge,  the  head. 

The  following  liule  anecdote,  while  it  Illustrates  this,  affords 
a  pretty  good  specimen  of  the  tiger's  caution,  of  the  silence  of 
his  approach,  and  of  his  immense  strength.  In  the  cold 
weather  of  1838,  near  the  same  village  of  Koorsee  where  the 
herd-boy  had  been  killed,  I  was  one  day  shown  the  body  of  a 
cow,  which  a  tiger  had  just  struck  down.  It  lay  close  to  some 
rather  thin  jungle,  near  a  ridge  of  low  rocks  :  a  few  larger 
trees,  such  as  mangoes,  were  interspersed  in  the  brushwood, 
and  the  ground  was  covered  with  dead  dried-op  leaves  :  so 
crisp,  that  it  seemed  impossible  for  an  insect  even  to  pass 
over  them  without  being  heard.  It  was  then  about  noon,  and 
I  determined  to  sit  up  for  the  tiger,  who,  we  knew,  wonld 
come  again  at  nightfall,  or  before  next  morning,  todevonrthe 
carcass.  A  charpaie,  or  small  native  bedstead,  was  speedily 
procured  from  the  village,  and  lashed  across  the  fork  of  a 
mango  tree,  within  a  few  pacts  of  which  lay  the  cow.  Before 
sunset  I  and  my  companion  (our  doctor)  were  escorted  to  the 
spot  by  a  body  of  armed  Koles.  I  disembarrassed  myself  of 
a  huge  sola,  or  pith  hat,  which  I  placed  on  the  ground  near 
the  tree,  and  in  it  I  deposited  a  pair  of  unwieldy  dragoon's 
pistols  (it  was  before  Ihe  days  of  "  repeaters,")  which  I 
thought  would  be  useless  in  our  elevated  position.  I  also  took 
off.  and  left  at  the  foot  of  the  tree,  a  pair  of  thick  Bbooting- 
shoes,  and  then,  with  the  help  of  my  village  friends,  gained 
the  sharpaie,  and  sat  myself  down  by  the  worthy  doctor. 
Between  us  were  four  double  barrels  and  ammunition.  When 
we  were  fairly  in  our  post,  our  escort  silently  withdrew  to  a 
hovel  on  the  skirts  of  the  village,  just  within  hail. 

The  moon,  near  its  full,  was  rising,  and  the  night  calm.  A 
deep  shadow  rested  under  the  trees,  save  where,  through  gaps 
in  the  foliage,  the  silver  rays  stole  in.  A  solemn  silence 
reigned  around,  scarce  broken  by  the  whispering  rustle  of  the 
leaves  as  at  intervals  the  night  uir  6ighed  fitfully.  Those  who 
have  sat  motionless  aud  patient,  far  into  the  night,  with  such 
an  object  in  view,  can  understand  the  oppressive  feeling  that 
steals  over  one  iu  the  stony  stillness,  with  ear  and  eye 
stretched  to  catch  every  sound,  or  detect  the  slightest  move- 
ment. Immovable  as  statues  we  sat,  without  a  whisper. 
CreaturH-comforts  we  had  none  ;  for  cheroots  and  brandy-and- 
water  were 

"  Banned  and  barred,  forbidden  fare," 
it  being  supposed  that  a  tiger  cannot  abide  tobacco  Loins, 
and  backbones,  and  necKS,  and  legs,  grew  stiffer  and  stiffer, 
and  ached  wearily:  but  still  we  sat.  The  night  passed  slowly 
on,  the  moon  climbed  higher  aud  higher  over  our  beads,  and 
at  last,  shone  upon  the  dead  cow  below  ;  but  not  a  sound  fell 
ou  the  ear.  Tired  nature  begun  to  murmur  against  the  pen- 
ance ;  first  a  few  remarks  were  whisperingly  ventured  :  "  I 
don't  think  he's  coming."  "  I  think  he  heard  those  tellows 
and  is  off."  "  .He  can't  bo  here,  or  we  should  have  heard 
him,"  etc.  Gradually  such  feeble  suggestions  gave  way  to 
positive  assertions,  delivered  in  a  tolerabjy  audible  tone,  and 
at  last  I  openly  declared  I  would  wait  no  louger,  and  descended 
to  the  ground. 

My  first  act  was  to  get  my  shoes,  and,  while  putting  them 
on,  and  chatting  without  further  constraint,  I  remarked  that 
it  would  be  as  well  to  call  our  guides.  Forthwith,  uplifting 
my  voice,  I  shouted  out  the  name  of  the  Moondu.  Hardly 
had  the  word  passed  my  lips,  when  an  abrupt  startling  roar 
from  a  thicket  within  a  few  paces  of  me  petrified  us  with 
amazement.  Never  had  I  felt  so  wretchedly  helpless.  Stand- 
ing unarmed  at  the  foot  of  the  tree,  I  had  oue  shoe  on,  and  was 
about  to  put  on  the  other.  While  expecting  every  instaut  to 
be  my  last,  I  felt  sure  that  an  attempt  to  climb  back  to  my 
perch  -would  be  the  signal  for  the  tiger  to  seize  me.  To  remain 
stauding  there  was  equally  disagreeable.  My  pistols  came  to 
my  recollection.  They  were  lying  in  my  hat,  but  the  bat  lay 
somewhat  in  the  direction  of  the  thicket.  It  was  a  trying 
moment ;  but  in  another  moment  I  found  myself  striding 
towards  the  hat,  one  shoe  on  and  the  other  off,  and  hardly 
conscious  of  what  I  did.  I  remember  grasping  the  pistols, 
cocking  ihem,  and  with  the  barrels  levelled  towurds  the  bush, 
which  I  steadily  faced,  shuffling  sideways  to  the  tree.  The 
feel  of  the  trusty  weapons  in  my  hand  was  comforting,  as  was 
the  sight  of  the  doctor,  who,  with  both  barrels  of  his  gun 
cocked,  and  pointing  at  the  bush,  leant  forward  on  the 
charpaie,  covering  myretreat. 

At  length  I  reached  the  tree  on  the  side  farthest  from  the 
thicket,  and  went  up  it  like  a  lamplighter,  pistol  in  hand 


June  23d] 


THE  CALIFORNIAN 


although,  on  our  first  arrival,  I  had  required  the  assistance  of 
other  people's  arms  and  shoulders.  "  Thank  God  !"  exclaimed 
the  doctor,  as  soon  as  I  was  seated  by  him.  "  Tou  are  up. 
I  thought  you  were  a  dead  man."  And  so  saying,  he  fired 
into  the  bush,  just  as  our  escort  came  up  with  lighted  torches  ; 
and  we  returned  to  our  tent  in  the  village. 

Scarcely  had  the  suu  risen  on  the  morrow,  when  a  Kole  ran 
in  to  tell  us  that  the  cow  had  been  removed.  The  doctor 
was  obliged  to  return  to  the  station,  but  I  repaired  at  once  to 
the  spot  of  our  night's  vigil.  The  cow  was  gone,  and  a  broad 
trail  showed  which  way  she  had  been  dragged.  At  about  a 
hundred  yards  from  our  mango  tree,  and  Dear  the  foot  of  the 
rocks  before  described,  lay  the  stomach  and  entrails,  and  a 
pool  of  blood.  Farther  on,  was  the  spot  where  the  tiger  had 
been  rolling.  The  marks  were  plain,  with  some  of  his  hair 
lying  where  the  ground  had  been  pressed  down.  On  a  ledge 
on  the  summit  of  a  perpendicular  scarped  rock  about  four  feet 
high,  lay  the  carcass  of  the  cow,  partly  eaten  away.  The  tiger 
must  have  jumped  on  the  ledge  with  the  cow  in  his  mouth; 
there  were  no  other  means  of  ascent.  The  prodigious  power 
of  the  animal  may  be  conceived  from  such  a  feat.  After 
gazing  for  a  while  on  the  spectacle,  some  of  the  most  expe- 
rienced Koles  present  assured  me  that  the  tiger,  after  gorging 
on  so  much  beef,  could  not  possibly  be  far  off,  and  they  volun- 
teered at  once  to  beat  him  up  and  drive  him  towards  me. 

I  accordingly  selected  a  commanding  spot,  and  sent  the 
men  a  detour  of  some  three  hundred  yards  in  front  of  me, 
whence  they  commenced  beating  in  my  direction.  In  a  few 
minutes  the  tiger  was  roused,  and  passed  my  station  at  a 
distance  of  about  sixty  yards,  in  a  lumping,  heavy  canter,  with 
his  tail  in  the  air.  I  took  deliberate  aim  a  little  in  front  of 
his  chest,  and  fired.  The  ball  cut  a  twig,  and  must  have 
deflected  from  its  first  direction,  for  the  tiger  passed  on  with- 
out taking  the  slightest  notice  of  my  salute,  and  in  another 
instant  was  lost  in  the  jugle,  leaving  me  to  return  to  camp 
intensely  mortified. 

Tigers  are  shot  in  considerable  numbers  every  year  in  India 
by  trap  bows  and  arrows  set  in  their  haunts  by  the  "  Bugh- 
mars,"  or  professional  tigers.  The  instrument  has  been  often 
described. 

Mongolian  nations,  such  as  Burmese,  Karens,  Shans,  Ma- 
lays, and  the  Dyaks  of  Borneo,  instead  of  planting  a  bow 
which  shoots  off  a  poisoned  arrow  on  pushing  against  a  string, 
fix  a  little  above  the  ground  a  strong  elastic  horizontal  bam- 
boo, at  right  angles  to  the  free  end  of  which  is  fixed  a  judged 
and  barbed  wooden  dagger,  smeared  with  poison.  The  bam- 
boo is  then  bent  back,  and  is  so  secured  in  that  position  that 
pressure  upon  a  striug  placed  across  the  tiger's  path  loosens 
the  catch,  and  the  bamboo,  striking  the  animal  about  the 
"shoulder,  buries  the  dagger  deep  in  his  body,  where,  being 
barbed,  it  remains.  The  victim  generally  dies  in  a  few  hours. 
Travellers  are  warned  of  the  position -of  these  traps  by  a 
bamboo  cross  or  frame  stuck  up  by  the  path,  on  either  side 
of  the  trap,  so  that  people  approaching  in  either  direction 
are  put  . on  the  alert,  and  avoid  danger  by  making  a  short 
detour.  It  is  a  curious  fact  that  the  Shan  Karens,  in  theTen- 
aserim  provinces,  and  the  Dyaks  of  Borneo,  make  use  of 
precisely  the  same  expedient  to  kill  the  tiger  and  to  warn  the 
passenger. 

I  cannot  call  to  mind  having  met  in  any  book  with  an  accu- 
rate description  of  the  tiger's  cries.  The  snarling  and  growl- 
ing of  the  animal  when  "  stirred  up  with  a  long  pole  "  is 
familiar  to  all  who  have  visted  a  menagerie,  and  appears  to 
be  the  only  noise  the  creature  makes  when  in  a  state  of  cap- 
tivity ;  but  in  his  native  forest,  in  the  long  nights  of  the  cold 
season,  when  the  woods  on  the  hill  seem  to  lie  sleeping  in 
the  moonlight,  the  tiger  striding  along  his  lonely  path,  and 
seeking  his  fierce  mate,  mews  like  an  old  tom-cat — or  rather 
like  a  hundred  old  torn  cats  in  a  chorus. 

It  is  a  loud  and  harsh  and  grating  miau — a  sound  of  dread 
echoing  along  the  dreary  jungle,  making  the  sentry  pause  as 
be  paces  on  his  post  by  the  slumbering  camp,  and  the  soli- 
tary settler  turn  in  his  cot,  and  thank  the  gods  his  little  ones 
are  safe  within.  It  is  seldom  heard  more  than  twice  or  thrice. 

When  the  tiger  is  on  the  lookout  for  food  (usually  of  an 
evening,)  he  lies  silent  and  motionless  in  some  dense  covert 
close  to  water  "here  animals  resort  to  drink,  and  when  one  of 
these  approaches  near  enough,  he  bounds  out  on  his  prev  in 
perfect  silence  ;  or,  with  an  abrupt  sonorous  grunt,  terribly 
startling,  which  appears  to  paralyze  the  victim,  and  deprive 
it  of  all  power  to  fly  or  resist. 

The  old  fable  or  legend  of  the  "lion's  provider,"  founded 
on  some  .base  of  truth,  applies  to  the  tiger,  who  is  believed  by 
many  nations  ot  India  to  be  guided  to  his  prey  by  the  jackal. 
All  who  have  resided  in,  or  travelled  about,  the  wild  and 
jungly  parts  of  Bengal,  where  the  main  forests  border  on  civ- 
ilization, will  remember  hearing  at  night  a  peculiar  wailing 
cry,  passing  slowly  along  in  the  distance.  It  sounds  like  the 
syllables  "pee-all  "  or  "see-all"  uttered  in  a  doleful  scream, 
and  it  proceeds  from  the  "  solitary  jackal,"  whose  Bengali 
name,  "  Shial,"  is  probably  derived  from  the  cry.'  This  "  sol- 
itary "  jackal  is  not  a  separate  species,  but  the  ordi- 
nary jackal  of  the  plains  ;  individuals  of  which  at  times  de- 
part from  their  gregarious  habits,  wander  along  at  night  in 


the  vicinity  of  jungle,  and,  according  to  the  inhabitants  of 
such  regions,  give  notice  of  the  vicinity  of  the  tiger  by  his 
weird  cry,  and  attract  him  to' follow  them  to  some  carcass, 
which  has  been  discovered  by  the  jackal's  keener  sense  of 
smell.  In  the  hot.  sultry  nights  of  March  and  April,  people 
in  these  jungle  villages  often  sleep  out  of  doors,  on  their 
small,  low  charpaies  or  bedsteads,  and  should  the  cry  of  the 
shial  be  heard  approaching,  all  hurry  indoors,  or  assemble  in 
a  central  spot,  armed  with  such  weapons  as  they  can  mus- 
ter. 


THE    DANGERS    OF  SANITY. 

THE  Irish  town  of  Poplin  (I  dare  not  give  the  place  its 
real  name)  was  never  deficient  in  blackguards ;  but,  a 
few  year3  ago,  it  boasted  a  very  black  sheep  who  was  called 
Shaun  Magee.  The  crimes  attributed  to  Shaun  were  simply 
innumerable.  If  he  had  hitherto  escaped  the  gallows,  it  was 
through  no  particular  watchfulness  on  his  own  part ;  for 
Shaun  took  no  pains  to  conceal  his  misdeeds,  but  rather  that 
he  was  a  true  gregarious  Irishman,  and  that  all  his  evil  esca- 
pades took  place  when  he  was  associated' with  a  dozen  or  two 
of  congenial  spirits.  It  is  to  be  feared,  however,  that  much 
of  the  evil  notoriety  acquired  by  Shaun  was  due  to  one 
special  failing  he  had,  a  leaning  towards  heresy ;  and  that!  the 
good  people  of  Poplin,  horrified  at  the  notion,  immediately 
came  to  the  conclusion  that  if  Shaun  had  not  been  hanged 
for  a  dozen  capital  offences,  it  was  not  his  fault,  but  the  fault 
of  the  English  Government. 

Suddenly,  however,  Shaun  was  attacked  by  his  conscience, 
fie  repented  him  of  his  crimes  ;  and  privately  repaired  to  a 
worthy  priest,  called  Father  Mahoney,  at  whose  confessional 
Shaun  revealed  the  numerous  errors  he  had  committed.  The 
good  father  rejoiced  over  the  returning  sinner,  and  welcomed 
to  the  bosom  of  the  church  one  who  had  gone  very  far  astray. 
Shaun  grew  in  the  fervor  of  piety,  until  he  became  one  of  the 
Father's  pet  pupils;  though  all  this  time  he  had  spoken  to  no 
one  of  his  conversion.  Perhaps  he  was  afraid  he  should 
bring  disfavor  upon  the  character  of  the  good  priest  who  had 
received  him,  and  may  have  resolved  to  postpone  the  disclo- 
sures of  his  repentance  until  the  flavor  of  bis  past  offences 
should  have  somewhat  disappeared. 

Now,  it  happened  that  Father  Mahoney,  amongst  his  other 
duties,  was  accustomed  to  conduct  mass  in  the  chapel 
attached  to  the  lunatic  asylum  of  Poplin  ;  and,  one  forenoon, 
as  he  was  rapidly  on  his  way  towards  this  chapel,  he  met 
Sbaun  Magee. 

Shaun  .humbly  tooTc  off  his  cap,  as  in  duty  bound,  and  was 
about  to  pass  the  Father,  when  the  latter  stopped  him. 
"  I'm  in  great  perplexity,  Shaun,"  said  the  Father. 
"  Indade,  your  rivirence,"  said  Shaun,  with  manifest  con- 
cencern,  "and  axing  your  pardon,  your  rivirence,  is't  anything 
now  I  could  do  for.  yez  ?'' 

"  Wel^to  tell  .you  the  truth,  I've  got  no  one  to  serve  mass 
at  the  chapel.  Mr.  O'Halloran  has  taken  suddenly  unwell, 
end  I'm  clean  bothered  to  get  some  one  in  his  place.  Do 
you  think  you  could  serve  mass,  Shaun?" 

"  Sure  I  could,  your  rivirence  ;  weren't  we  all  tached  to 
sarve  mass?  And  if  I  went  wrong,  sure  it's  your  rivirence 
could  give  me  a  bit  of  a  hint." 

"  Come  along,  then,  Shaun  ;  I'm  glad  I've  met  ye,  for  indeed 
it's  a  great  favor  you're  doing  me." 

"  And  saving  your  presence,  it's  no  favor  at  all !"  cried 
Shaun.  "Ah,  your  rivirence,  isn't  it  glad  a  poor  boy  is  to  do 
you  a  good  turn  for  what  yiz  dp  to  every  won  ?" 

So  Father  Mahoney  and  his  pupil  were  speedily  in  the 
chapel ;  and  though  Shauu  did  at  first  feel  somewhat  embar- 
rassed in  the  white  surplice,  he  soon  forgot  his  bashfulness  in 
his  anxiety  to  help  the  Father.  The  service  proceeded  in  the 
usual  way  ;  and',  if  Shaun  did  make  one  or  two  little  mistakes, 
he  said  to  himself,  "  Sure  it's  not  a  bit  of  harm  it'll  do  the 
poor  crayturs  ;  there's  norra  one  o'  them  knows  the  differ- 
ence." 

"  I'm  obliged  to  ye,  Shaun,"  said  the  Father,  when  it  was 
all  over,  "  and  I  will  say  you  remembered  the  service  well. 
But  what  made  ye  grin  like  a  sucking-pig?  '. 

"  Well,  youB  rivirence,  I  was  just  thinking  that  some  of  the 
poor  crayturs  might  have  seen  me  face  before,  and  wouldn't 
it  be  the  divvle's  own  wonder— I  ax  pardon,  your  rivirence — 
for  them  to  see  Shaun  Magee  serving  mass?" 

"  Why,  Shaun  ?" 

"  Well,  you  see,  your  rivirence,  they've  told  some  daycent 
stories  about  me  in  my  time,  and — " 

"  Never  mind,  Shaun.  It's  a  hard  thing  if  a  poor  boy  is 
always  to  be  brow-bated  about  what  he's  done  years  before." 

"  Thank  ye,  your  rivirence." 

"  Good  day  to  ye,  Shaun." 

"  Good  day,  your  rivireuce,"  said  Shann,  with  an  humbe 
obeisance  ;  and  they  parted. 

Now,  it  further  happened  that  in  this  lunatic  asylum  there 
had  been  confined  for  many  years  a  gentleman  of  some  conse- 
quence in  Poplin.  He-  had  never  been  very  insane  ;  but  his 
friends  had  tome  to  the  conclusion  that  the  best  thing  to  cure 
him  of  his  gentle  hallucinations  was  to  place  him  under  the  ' 


Care  of  the  doctors  in  the  asylum.  Recentlv  reports  had  been 
daily  growing  in  his  favor,  until  came  the  final  intelligence 
that  the  doctors  considered  him  perfectly  sane. 

His  relatives  (whether  rejoicing  at  the  intelligence  or  not, 
history  is  not  in  a  position  to  chronicle)  resolved  to  meet  in 
the  lunatic  asylum,  and  there  judge  for  themselves  as  to  the 
certainty  of  their  friend's  recovery.  The  day  appointed  for 
this  meeting  was  that  succeeding  the  day  on  h  Shaun  whic 
Magee  had  served  mass. 

The  relatives  of  the  hitherto  insane  man,  therefore,  were 
assembled  in  a  room  within  the  asylum  ;  and  to  this  commis- 
sion of  enquiry  came  the  gentleman  himself..  He  was  affec- 
tionately received  by  his  friends,  and  sat  down  to  converse 
with  them,  they  narrowly  watching  for  any  symptom  of  his 
previous  ailment.  Everything  progressed  satisfactorily.  His 
remarks  were  quite  up  to  the  intelligence  of  the  auditors  ;  and 
in  no  respect  were  bizarre  or  ludicrous. 

"  By  the  way,"  said  he,  "  do  you  know  who  was  at  mass 
yesterday  ?" 

"  Father  Mahoney,  was  it  not?" 

"And  who  served  him,  do  ye  think  ?" 

They  protested  their  ignorance. 

"  Shaun  Magee,"  said  ho. 

"  Shaun  Magee  serving  mass  ?" 

"  Yes." 

The  friends  of  the  unhappy  man  looked  towards  each  other, 
with  apparent  horror,  perhaps  with  inward  satisfaction. 

"  Sure  you're  mistaken,  Mr.  Jewry,"  said  one  ;  "  don't  yiz 
know  that  Shaun  Magee,  begging  your  pardon,  is  one  of  the 
biggest  blackguards  in  Poplin,  an  idle,  dhrunken,  swearing 
vagabond  ?" 

"  He  served  mass  here  yesterday,"  said  Mr.  Jewry, 
firmly. 

"  The  divvle's  as  mad  as  a  March  hare,"  said  one,  in  a  whis- 
per ;  "  be  me  sowl,  it's  not  a  safe  thing  at  all  to  be  nare 
him." 

•  "  Oh,  it's  joking  ye  are,  Mr.  Jewry,"  said  another  ;  "  ye're 
making  fun  av  us,  ye  divvle  !" 

"  Dade,  I'm  not  then,"  said  Mr.  Jewry, "  for  I  saw  him  with 
my  own  eyes." 

The  friends  withdrew ;  and  Mr.  Jewry  was  ignominiously 
ordered  back  to  his  ordinary  duties  and  restrictions.  Protest- 
ing, vowing,  swearing,  was  of  no  avail  :  nay,  they  rather  the 
more  convinced  every  one  of  the  poor  man's  hopeless  mad- 
ness. 

"  Shaun  Magee  1"  cries  one  of  the  relatives  as  they  went 
their  way  homeward. 

"  He'll  never  be  a  sane  man  in  this  world,  except  be  the 
blessing  of  God  and  the  Holy  Virgin." 

And  so  it  was  that  poor  Mr.  Jewry  was  thrust  back  into 
his  confinement.  Several  weeks  passed  by,  and  no  one 
thought  any  more  of  the  matter.  Every  one  knew  that  Mr. 
Jewry  was  still  a  lunatic,  and  pitied  him,  and  envied  his  rela- 
tives. But  one  day  one  of  these  relations,  passing  down  the 
street,  met  Shaun  Magee. 

"  Good  day  to  ye,  Shaun." 

"  The  top  o'  the  morning  to  ye,  Phelim." 

"  By  the  holy  piper,  Shaun,  I've  got  sumthin  to  tell  yiz. 
Sure  yiz  must  know  Pat  Jewry,  that  made  a  rare  bago'goold 
wi'  his  owld  rags  and  bones  ?" 

"  Av  coorse  I  know  the  gintleman." 

"  He's  a  fair  straight  lunatic,  Shaun." 

"  And  what  av  that,  Phelim  ?" 

"  We  thought  the  poor  boy  had  been  cured,  and  all  of  us 
thought  of  taking  him  out  ;  and  sure  it's  not  for  a  year  ye 
would  be  guessing  to  tell  what  he  said  to  us.  He  said'  that 
Shaun  Magee  had  been  serving  holy  mass  in  the  chapel." 

"  Faith,  then,  Phelim,  he  made  no  big  blunder." 

"  WThat  do  yiz  mane,  Shaun  ?" 

"  I  mane  that  mesilf,  Shaun  Magee,  did,  by  the  grace  of  God 
and  the  help  of  his  rivirence,  sarve  mass  in  that  same  chapel. 
That's  what  I  mane,  Phelim  Jewry." 

"  Och,  Mother  of  Moses  !  it's  ruined  we  are, every  mother's 
son  of  us  !  Jump  up,  Shaun,  on  this  kyar,  and  let's  fly  with 
the  blessed  news." 

And  they  did  fly.  Round  to  the  houses  of  all  poor  Tom's 
relatives  they  went  with  this  true  narrative  ;  and  speedily  a 
fresh  commission  of  inquiry  was  instituted,  and  the  unhappy 
victim  set  at  liberty.  The  historian  has  further  but  to  chroni- 
cle that  there  was  a  grand  dinner  to  celebrate  the  liberation, 
at  which  the  former  lunatic  generously  proposed  the  health 
and  coutinued  happiness  of  Mr.  Shaun  Magee. 


At  a  recent  ball  in  Berlin,  given  in  honor  of  the  seventeenth 
birthday  of  the  daughter  of  one  of  the  uoblest  families,  a 
mysterious  figure — a  monk  masked — entered  the  saloon  pre- 
cisely at  midnight,  and  disappeared  after  having  presented  the 
young  lady  with  a  basket  of  flowers.  On  examining  the  con- 
tents, an  ebony  coffin  was  found,  inlaid  with  silver,  containing 
a  bridal  wreath,  an  arrow  piercing  a  lily,  and  a  paper  on  which 
was  written,  "  A  greeting  from  the  land  of  shadows."  The 
young  countess  did  not  lose  her  presence  of  miud,  but  con- 
tinued dancing,  and  betrayed  no  emotion  whatever. 


4 


THE  CAL:FOKNIAN. 


|June  23d 


ABOUT   THE  NECK. 

WE  believe  it  is  Mr.  Charles  Reade  who  says  that,  if  a 
gentleman  wishes  to  assume  the  character  of  a  black- 
guard at  short  notice,  his  first  move  should  be  to  discard  the 
shirt-collar,  and  wrap  his  throat  in  a  thick,  wispy  cravat  of 
sombre  hue.  Allowing  for  some  exaggeration,  this  may  be 
generally  true,  and  so  is  the  converse  ot  the  proposition  ;  for, 
if  a  man  has  ruffian  written  upon  his  features,  no  arrangement 
of  shirt-collar  that  we  have  yet  seen  can  convert  him  to  the 
seuiblar.ee  of  a  gentleman.  The  human  neck  has  had  a  great 
many  vicissitudes  in  its  time  ;  in  making  which  remark  we 
mean  no  reference  to  the  halter,  the  bowstring,  or  the  guillo- 
tine. It  is  to  the  comparatively  innocuous  shirt-collar  that 
our  attention,  for  the  moment,  is  directed.  Socially,  as  well 
as  commercially,  the  subject  is  one  that  has  attained  no  small 
importance,  and  it  has  its  influence  upon  art,  as  well. 

Ever  so  long  ago — as  we  gather  from  old  portraits — it  was 
considered  the  proper  thing  to  do  something  for  the  face  by 
encircling  the  neck  with  fine  linen  or  lace,  or  any  kind  ot 
fabric,  no  matter  what,  provided  only  that*  it  were  white. 
Ruffs  at  one  time,  and  thick  white  cravats  at  another  ;  but 
always  the  lily  in  hue.  Early  in  the  present  century  came  the 
voluminous  cravats,  with  shirt-collars  high  enough  and  hard 
enough  to  saw  a  man's  ears  off  if  he  only  shook  his  head  at 
them.  Then  the  influence  of  the  stiff,  black,  military  stock 
began  to  exert  itself.  The  shirt-collar  had  no  chance  with 
that  purgatorial  device.  It  went  cleau  out,  for  awhile  ;  and, 
Mr.  Reade  to  the  contrary,  gentlemen  were  not  necessarily 
mistaken  for  blackguards  because  their  heads  and  bodies 
were  connected  by  a  black  link  instead  of  a  white  one.  'There 
are  portraits  of  George  IV.  in  which  that  monarch  is  repre. 
sented  with  his  royal  throttle  tightly  buckled  into  a  black 
stock,  over  which  his  royal  jowl  flaps  iu  a  way  that  would 
have  been  utterly  destructive  of  linen  "  fixings."  The  reader 
will  please  recollect  that  George  IV.  was  called  the  "  first  gen- 
tleman in  Europe."  There  were  freaks  in  shirt-collars  about 
this  period.  Byron  had  his  broad,  open,  turn-down  ;  but  it 
was  looked  upon  as  eccentric,  and  did  not  come  into  very 
general  fashion.  The  first  half  of  the  century  was  pretty- 
well  advanced  ere  common  sense  "  took  up  the  running,"  and 
it  is  hardly  twenty  years  since  people  became  satisfied  that 
Decks  were  easiest  in  once-round  ties  and  shirt-collars  of 
modetjate  dimensions.  Presently  this  idea  came  to  be  inten- 
sified, and  people  took  to  wearing  dog-collars  instead  of  shirt- 
collars,  with  shoe-strings  about  their  necks  for  ties.  Eancy 
the  contrast  between  a  necktie  of  this  period  and  one  of 
Beau-Brummell's  twice-round  cravats  !  The  turn-down  collar 
soon  appeared  as  a  rival  to  the  all-round,  and  the  two,  with 
modifications,  divide  the  honor  between  them  at  the  present 
time. 

More  than  ever,  now  it  seems  to  be  necessary  that  the  neck 
must  be  encircled  with  white.  This  can  hardly  be  because 
white  is  emblematic  of  purity,  for  no  class  of  men  are  more 
particular  about  their  collars  than  the  flashy  characters  who 
infest  Broadway  by  day  and  make  their  turtle  and  champagne 
by  fleecing  their  fellow-creatures  at  night.  When  extrava- 
gance walks  the  street,  economy  is  generally  round  the 
corner. 

The  necessity  f<5r  a  constant  supply  of  cleau,  white  neck  gear 
entails  an  additional  expense  in  the  item  of  blanc/tissage, aud 
out  of  this  has  arisen  that  most  successful  of  modern  decep- 
tions— the  paper  shirt-collar.  We  are  told  that  ther*;  is  noth- 
ing new  under  the  suu,  and  so  of  paper  shirt-collars.  The 
present  writer  recalls  how,  years  ago,  it  was  the  custom  at  an 
ancient  university  in  a  distant  land  to  wear,  on  certain  occa- 
sions, white  "  baDds,"  such  as  those  worn  by  clergymen  of 
various  religious  denominations.  The  student  who  did  tnot 
mount  his  bands  on  these  occasions — at  chapel,  lor  instance, 
or  at  quarterly  examinations— was  liable  to  a  fine.  Sometimes 
it  happened  that  eccideut — a  difference  of  opinion  between  a 
student  and  his  washerwoman,  for  example — precluded  the 
display  of  the  requisite  '  rag,"  an  imitatiou  ot  which  was 
speedily  manufactured  on  the  spur  of  the  moment,  however, 
by  means  of  a  sheet  of  letter-paper  and  a  pair  of  scissors. 
The  present  writer,  himself,  has  more  than  once  produced  an 
article  of  the  kind  that  defied  detection,  and  he  respectfully 
submits  that  the  grand  idea  of  the  existing  paper  shirt  collar 
was  "  there." 

Probably  there  never  was  a  more  becoming  fashion  for  neck 
wear  than  the  ordinary  turn-down  collar  so  much  worn  for  the 
last  few  years.  The  cost  of  it  was  immaterial,  so  long  as  it 
combiued  comfort  with  compactness.  There  seems  to  be  some 
danger  now,  however,  of  running  the  idea  "  into  the  ground," 
the  new  style  of  thing  called  the  "  Shakspeare  "  collar  having 
a  decided  tendency  to  the  grotesque.  It  is  one  of  the  incon- 
veniences of  fashion  that  a  style  is  liable  to  be  discarded  just 
as  soon  as  wearers  have  begun  to  appreciate  the  advantages 
of  it. 

Enamelled  steel  has  been  used  for  collars,  as  being  a  still 
more  economical  material  than  paper,  but  the  many  disadvan- 
tages attending  it  will  prevent  it  from  ever  coming  into  very 
geuer  il  use.  A  late  well-known  professor  was  convinced  that 
the  frequency  of  paralysis  at  the  present  day  might  be  at- 
tributed to  the  use  of  steel  pens,  a  theory  which,  if  correct 


ought  certainly  to  hasten  the  extinction  of  the  steel  collar. 

That  the  ladies  should  come  in  for  a  share  of  these  remarks 
"  about  the  neck  "  might  naturally  be  expected.  As  regards 
the  feminine  brauch  of  the  subject,  however,  we  have  little  to 
say,  because  a  lady  is  not  considered  to  be  fully  dressed  if  she 
wears  anything  upon  her  neck,  unless,  indeed,  it  be  the  bar- 
baric string  of  beads.  Yet,  when  she  condescends  to  go  in 
undress,  nothing  can  be  more  becoming  to  her  than  the  co- 
quettish turn-down  collar  of  the  masculine  mode,  with  a 
'•sweet  thiug  in  ribbons  "  for  a  tie.  —Round  Table. 


,  APOLOGIES. 

AX  apology  has  a  very  different  meaning  now-a-days  from 
what  it  used  to  bear.  Once  it  signified  a  defence  of 
what  was  thought  to  be  right ;  now  it  is  a  confession  of  some- 
thing that  cannot  be  defended.  When  Socrates  delivered  his 
famous  Apology  before  the  Athenian  judges,  we  must  not 
suppose  that  lie  was  begging  their  pardon  for  having  preached 
the  truth  and  taught  men  their  own  shallowness,  and  exposed 
many  deep  rooted  prejudices.  On  the  contrary,  he  explained 
why  he  thought  it  right  and  patriotic  and  pious  to  do  so,  and 
he  was  ready  to  abide  the  consequences  of  what  he  had  done. 
We  must  attach  the  same  meaning  to  those  thousand  and  one 
••  Apologies  "  for  Christianity  which  have  appeared  at  various 
epochs  of  Church  history,  ancient  and  modern.  And  such  an 
explanation  would  seem  not  altogether  to  be  superfluous  when 
royal  lips  have  been  heard  ^o  complain  that  it  was  very  strange 
that  so  many  "  apologies  for  the  Bible  "  should  be  considered 
necessary.  The  apologist  is  always  a  defendant,  but  in  one 
sense  he  pleads  not  guilty,  and  in  the  other  guilty.  As  it  is 
never  particularly  pleasant  to  cry  "  Peccavi,"  it  is  never  agree- 
able to  have  to  make  an  apology.  Yet  there  is  the  undignified 
apology  and  the  apology  dignified.  The  most  abject  form  oc- 
casionally appears  iu  the  advertisement  columns  of  the  daily 
papers,  where  we  may  read  that — 

•'  I,  Uriah  Heep,  do  hereby  acknowledge  that  the  expres- 
sions used  by  me  respecting  Mr.  Teazle  are  entirely  false,  and 
dictated  by  malicious  feeling,  and  1  unreservedly  retract  them, 
and  offer  the  most  ample  APOLOGY  ;  Mr.  Teazle  consent- 
ing to  take  no  further  proceediims  against  me." 

After  having  been  reduced  to  this  we  should  think  it  would 
be  impossible  to  walk  about  the  streets,  excepting  on  all  fours 
with  one's  tail  between  one's  legs.  But,  on  the  other  hand, 
the  best  and  the  bravest  of  men  know  how  true  manliness  and 
true  dignity  require  a  frank  apology  to  be  made  (or  an  injury 
done  to  another.  An  act  of  rudeness,  a  mistake,  a  sudden 
outburst  of  temper— we  all  know  how.  such  things  may  occur 
again  and  again,  and  how  far  a  graceful  apology  may  go 
towards  making  it  all  right  once  more  Hut  then  there  seems  no 
room  for  an  apology  left  after  the  committal  of  a  mean  ungen- 
erous act.  It  is  inadmissable  ;  it  only  aggravates  the  circum- 
stances. We  know  of  no  form  of  apology  to  be  used  after 
swindling  widows  and  orphans,  nor  one  that  will  set  you 
straight  again  with  yourself  and  the  world  after  you  have 
broken  some  one's  heart  by  selfish  flirtation.  These  are  things 
lor  which  silent  contrition  is  more  appropriate  thau  anything 
in  the  way  of  apology. 

The  apology  conventional  is  on  our  lips  from  morning  to 
night.  If  we  have  to  contradict  a  friend,  if  we  are  almost 
tripped  up  by  a  lady's  skirts,  if  we  want  to  reach  something 
on  the  table,  if  we  speak  to  a  stranger  by  mistake,  if  we  meet 
some  one  in  the  street  and  begin  to  execute  a  grand  pas 
d' irresolution,  because  neither  has  the  presence  of  mind  to 
resolve  on  which  side  to  pass— quite  mechanically  we  say,  "  I 
beg  your  pardon."  And  fancy  our  consternation  if  on  every 
occasion  we  were  taken  at  our  word  and  were  assured  of  un- 
conditional forgiveness.  Every  one  has  in  his  lifetime 
encountered  suddenly  in  some  doorway  a  housemaid  armed 
with  broom  or  bucket,  and  when  he  stopped  short  witli  the 
unconscious  "  I  beg  your  pardon,"  he  has  been  astounded 
and  altogether  unmanned  by  hearing  her  say,  "  Granted,  sir!'' 
The  absurdity  fs  patent  at  once.  You' have  been  taken  at 
your  word,  and  were  as  unprepared  for  it  as  Don  Magnifico 
would  be  if,  when  he  told  you  with  splendid  Spanish  courtesy 
that  all  his  valuables  were  yours,  you  should  thank  him 
warmly  and  begin  to  pack  them  up. 

There  are  some  folks  whose  whole  life  is  one -long  apology, 
tboegh  in  a  different  sense  to  Father  Newman's  "  Apologia 
pro  Vita  Sua."  They  seem  to  deprecate  their  own  existence 
They  never  feel  anything  bot  de  trop.  The  very  expression 
of  their  eyes  entreats  you  to  bear  with  them,  the  movemeuts 
of  their  hands  and  the  gait  which  they  ussume  in  walking  are 
mute  appeals  to  your  generosity.  And  in  the  majority  of  cir- 
cumstances this  by  no  meaus  betokens  real  humility.  It  is 
only  a  morbid  exhibition  of  self-consciousness,  which  in 
another  shape  makes  shy  people  so  abrupt  and  brusque  in 
their  manners.  If  such  folk  are  a  pain  and  grief  to  them- 
selves, they  also  should  have  the  satisfaction  of  knowing  that 
they  are  an  intolerable  nuisance  to  their  friends.  But  the 
greatest  and  most  inexcusable  nuisance  is  the  man  who  elabo- 
rately apologizes  to  you  for  the  entertainment  which  he  sets 
before  you.  It  is  the  true  mark  of  a  snob  to  do  this.  He 
regrets  that  he  has  no  salmon  to  givd  you.  "  Positively,  my 
dear  sir,  there  wasn't  a  bit  of  fish  in  the  market !"   fie  begs 


your  pardon  for  every  glass  of  wine  you  driok — you  are 
Maecenas  dining  with  Horace.  You  must  forget  the  choice 
Caecuban  which  it  is  implied  you  driuk  every  day,  and  gra- 
ciously sip  the  "  vile  Sabiuum."  But  your  host  is  most  likely 
fishing  for  compliments  about  his  wine  all  the  while.  Then  he 
apologizes  for  the  people  whom  he  has  asked  to  meet  you,  i 
still  lower  depth  of  snobbery.  .  And  possibly  his  wife  may 
take  up  the  song  after  dinner,  and  whisper  to  you  that  you  1 
musn't  look  at  the  milk,  which,  of  course,  is  very  different,  to 
what  your  beautiful  Aldernys  give  ;  and  if  you  stay  the  night 
at  ber  house,  there  will  as  likely  as  not  be  another  apology 
because  the  servants  come  in  at  half-past  ten  to  family  pray- 
ers, and  a  final  act  of  self-abasement  when  you  take  your 
chamber  candle  either  because  your  room  is  small  or  your  bed 
is  short,  or  because  some  other  peg  may  be  found  on  which  to 
hang  another  apology.  Miserable  will  be  the  hours  spent  in 
that  house  !  •» : 

Il  may  seem  cynical  to  say  so,  but  when  once. one's  suspi- 
cions have  been  aroused,  it  is  impossible  not  to  see  in  every 
apology  of  this  kind  a  sort  of  feeler  thrown  out  to  catch  a 
casual  compliment.  Why  do  young  ladies  say  that  their  hair 
is  so  untidy,  or  their  fingers  so'out  ot  practice,  or  their  boots 
.so  immensely  big  for  them,  when  it  is  plain  to  the  meanest 
observer  that  those  lovely  bands  of  gold  never  looked 
smoother,  and  those  taper  fingers  were  never  more  accurately 
nimble  in  the  most  intricate  passage,  and  that  those  kid  boots 
fit  without  a  wrinkle?  "O  you  Queens,  you  Queens '."as 
Mr.  liuskiu  says,  you  are  quite  innocent  of  little  ruses  like 
this?  And  you,  dear  lords  of  the  creation,  do  you  know  of 
no  small  tricks  of  the  kind  ?  Does  the  singer  never  apologize 
for  his  hoarseness  when  he  knows  that  he  sang  his  song  re- 
markably well  ?  Does  the  cricketer  uever  loudly  lament  his 
want  of  practice  when  his  brilliant  inuineis  has  contained  a 
drive  for  fire,  and  a  aut  for  four,  and  three  square  leg  hits  for 
thre?  a  piece?  Does  the  rider  id  in  Rotten-row  never  seem 
to  deprecate  the  restiveness  ot  his  dancing  hack  : 
"  While  his  left  heel  insidiously  applied 

Provokes  the  caper  that  he  seems  to  chide  7" 
Yes,  it  is  hard  for  an  apology  to  be  always  beyond  suspicion  ; 
sometimes  it  is  difficult  for  them  to  be  entirely  and  unswerv- 
ingly true.  But  this  point  of  social  morality  belongs  to  that 
branch  of  causistry  which  measures  the  sinfulness  of  the  con- 
ventional regret  with  which  one  declines  a  very  distasteful 
tea  party  ;  and  to  settle  one  point  we  should  have  to  settle 
all,  and  to  explain  how  we  are  the  "  obedieut  servant  "  of  our 
most  casual  acquaintance  or  of  our  greatest  enemy,  and  to 
provide  a  salve  for  teuder  consciences  on  the  vexed  question 
of  "  not  at  home."  But  we  must  not  digress  from  apologies 
into  causistry,  though  the  connection  between  them  is  really* 
so  close.  We  must  only  repeat  toe  warning  that  apologies 
are  dangerous  things.  They  may  reunite  or  hopelessly  dissever 
friendships;  they  may  be  the  natural  act  of  atonement  of 
some  honest  heart,  or  the  Mean  subterfuge  of  the  most  abject. 
They  may  be  the  most  suspicious  things  in  the  world,  and 
they  may  again  be  as  far  above  suspicion  as  Caesar's  wife. 
And  the  wording  of  them  is  a  question  of  no  small  importance, 
for  an  unhappily  expressed  phrase  may  turn  an  apology  into 
a  fresh  offence.  Xor  is  a  simple  retraction  of  words  always 
satisfactory.  The  Greek  poet  who  was  struck  with  blinduess 
for  defaming  Helen  was  restored  on  wriliug  his  "  Palinodia," 
iu  which  he  gave  the  lie  direct  to  everything  which  he  hud 
said  about  her  before  ;  but  our  younger  readers,  who  are  fresh 
trom  Maryutt's  novels,  will  remember  that  when  the  midship- 
man had  said  the  first  lieutenant  was  "  not  fit  to  carry  guts 
to  a  bear. "  that  officer  was  not  satisfied  by  the  simple  form  of 
apology,  "  I  beg  your  pardon,  sir,  you  ure  fit." 

Egyptian  Wkddixo. — Lady  Duff-Gordon,  in  a  letter  from 
Egypt,  has  this  picturesque  description  :  "I  went,  a  few  days 
ago,  to  the  wedding  of  the  haudsoinu  Sheykb  Hassan,  the 
Aoab'deh,  who  married  tbe  butcher's  pretty  little  daughter. 
The  grouu  of  women  and  girls,  lighted  up  by  the  lantern 
which  little  Ahmad  carried  for  me,  was  the  most  striking 
thing  I  have  seen.  The  bride,  a  lovely  girl  of  ten  or  eleven, 
all  in  scarlet ;  a  tall,  dark  slava  of  Hassan's,  blazing  with  gold 
and  silver  necklaces  and  bracelets,  with  tang  twisted  loc*ks  of 
coal-black  hair,  and  glittering  eyes  and  teeth  ;  the  wonderful 
wrinkled  old  women,  and  the  pretty,  wondering,  yet  fearless 
children,  composed  a  picture  beyond  description.  The  mother 
brought  the  bride  up  to  me,  and  unveiled  her,  and  asked  me 
to  let  her  kiss  my  hand  and  look  at  her.  I  said  all  tbe  usual 
'  Bismillah,  Mushallaha,'  and,  after  a  time  went  to  the  men, 
who  were  eating — all  but  Hassan,  who  sat  apart,  fie  begged 
me  to  sit  by  him,  aud  whispered  anxious  inquiries  about  bis 
'Arooseh's'  looks.  After  a  lime,  he  went  to  visit  her,  and 
returned  in  half  an  hour,  very  shy,  aud  covering  his  face  with 
hishaud.und  kissed  the  hands  of  the  chief  guests.  Then  we  all 
departed,  and  the  girl  was  taken  to  look  at  the  Nile,  and  then 
to  her  husband's  house." 

It  is  stated  by  the  New  York  Evening  Post  that  within 
the  past  two  years  upwards)  of  one  million  dollars  have  been 
paid  in  New  York  city  alone  lor  the  works  of  foreign  and 
native  artists.  This  was  done,  too,  whilst  the  country  was 
struggling  under  the  infliction  of  a  great  war. 


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THE   C  ALIFO  RNIAN. 


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THE    ARBITER    OF  EUROPE. 

FOUR  leaders  of  European  politics,  in  our  generation,  have 
been  worthy  of  the  name  of  great  statesmen — Napo;- 
lleoD,  Bismark,  Cavour,  Palnierston.    Many  others,  like  Lao- 
|  |x>ld  of  Belgium,  fall  uo  further  down  than  a  second  (and  in 
L  many  regards  a  more  honorable)  rank.    On  the  world's  great 
[  stage  Napoleon  HI.  stands  the  foremost  figure.    That  it  is 
lliot  solely  the  accident  of  position  or  circumstance  which  has 
I  riven  him  this  prominence  is  evident  from  the  fact  that  others 
■  lave  received  the  same  advantages,  or  greater,  without  becom- 
llng  such  as  he  ;  and,  besides,  Louis  Napoleon  made  his  posi- 
I  ion,  and  forced  the  moves  in  the  game  of  circumstance.  If 
IJ.be  whole  theatre  of  spectators  fixes  its  eyes  on  this  actor,  it 
I  s  he  that  has  drawn  their  gaze  by  his  skillful  play.  Perhaps 
he  most  surprising  feature  of  the  present  German  quarrel  is 
he  postu-e  of  France  with  regard  to  it — let  us  rather  say, 
he  positiou  of  Napoleon,  since  that  is  the  position  of  France, 
rom  the  moment  it  broke  out  all  eyes  turned  to  France.  It 
ras  taken  for  granted  that  she  would  play  a  principal  role  in 
This  conviction  came  from  historic  experience,  which  had 
stablished  a  general  theory  or  rule,  rather  than  from  particu- 
ar  necessity.    What  has  France  to  do  with  this  affair  between 
Jermans?    The  situation  is  simple:  two  robbers,  Austria 
nd  Prussia,  confederated  to  garrote  Denmark,  a  peaceful  citi- 
en  ;  they  did  so  in  broad  noon — so  audaciously  as  to  stupefy 
lost  bystanders,  who  were  too  selfish,  dull,  or  cowardly  to 
luck  the  grasp  of  the  cut-purse  from  the  unoffending  throat, 
r  the  greedy  fist  from  the  pockets.    These  pockets,  being 
arned  inside  out,  let  (all  the  Duchies  of  Schleswig-IIolstein, 
rith  which  the  thieves  made  off ;  and  now  they  quarrel  about 
baring  the  booty.    What  has  France  to  do  in  this  vile  busi-' 
ess  ?    Whatever  she  can  do  her  great  ruler  will  take  care  to 
ave  her  do.    So  surely  as  war  shall  be  waged  between  Aus- 
-ia  and  Prussia,  France  will  "assist  "  with  her  watchful  pres- 
nce.    But  will  France  take  part  with  Prussia  ? 
It  is  a  question  which  has  been  puzzling  the  speculation  of 
urope  ever  since  the  dispute  arose.    And  whoever  reads 
irefully  the  foreign  news-files  as  they  come  by  each  steamer 
ust  have  been  struck  with  the  fact  that  the  open  words  and 
le  actions  of  Prussia  and  Austria,  the  prime  personages  of 
lis  drama,  have  not  beeu  more  narrowly  watched,  more 
ixiously  discussed,  than  the  possible  intents  of  France, 
hich,  to  ordinary  observation,  ought  to  be  mere  spectator. 
1  this  strange  duel  the  principals  are  hardly  so  important  as 
le  seconds.    Speculation  is  always  rife  as  to  what  Napoleon 
ill  do,  and-  what  side  be  will  espouse,  as  if  that  were  the 
lution  of  the  whole  problem.    The  diplomatic  messages 
hich  pass  busily  to  and  fro  between  Mensdorff  and  Bismark 
i  not  attract  more  attention  than  the  idle  Parisian  rumors 
Napoleon's  designs.    What  trifle  can  be  gathered  from 
me  unguarded  or  ambiguous  utterance  of  an  official  supposed 
>  enjoy  Napoleon's  confidence  to  a  limited  extent  is  seized 
id  instantly  blown  to  monstrous  proportions — so  eagerly  do 
en  watch  the  imperial  throne  of  France.    When  Marshal 
iel,  a  very  excellent  soldier,  was  only  reported  to  be  in  Paris 
cognito.  and  to  have  had  several  interviews  with  the  Em- 
;ror,  both  Paris  and  London  resounded  with  the  rumor  of 
enacing  warlike  preparations  on  the  part  of  France.  The 
idnuncs  recalled  bow  the  s  me  soldier  went  to  Turin  to 
jmand  the  hand  of  Princess  Clotilde  for  Prince  Napoleon, 
id  that  shortly  afterward  the  Italian  war  commenced,  and 
lat  he  must  have  been  conferring  with  Piedmont  on  the 
tuation.    They  had,  in  vision,  a  corps  of  observation,  undei 
arshal  Niel.  already  on  the  Rhine  ;  and  what  is  most  to  the 
lint,  this  latter  speculation  seemed  so  probable  that,  in  spite 
all  want  of  foundation,  nobody  questioned  the  report  or 
ought  it  questionable.    Nobody  even  seemed  to  doubt  the 
ght  or  the  propriety  of  the  move.    At  the  very  same  time 
e  hear  that  the  Duke  of  Saxe-Coburg  (who  has  a  pet  theory 
1  the  alliance  of  all  lower  Germany  by  the  progress  of  liber- 
ism)  is  "  said  to  have  passed  a  day  in  secret  converse  "  with 
apoleon,  and  besought  him  to  pretermit  the  designs  which 
le  world  attributed  to  him.    Even  more,  it  was  urged  and 
•gued  with  a  show  ol  possibility,  at  the  very  outbreak  of  all 
fficulties,  that  Bismark  was  in  league  with  Napoleon  ;  was 
s  ally,  if  not  his  cat's-paw  ;  was  stirring  up  the  muddy  pool 
'  German  politics  at  Napoleon's  bidding,  induced,  of  course, 
y  the  Emperor's  promises.    The  slate,  it  was  said,  was  made 
p  at  Compiegue,  some  time  since,  and  Napoleon  was  at  the 
crttom  of  the  whole  scheme. 

Prussia  is  not  the  only  power  about  which  a  possible 
liance  with  Napoleon  is  talked  of.  Austria  is  a  candidate, 
cording  to  some  observers,  for  his  friendship.  The  chances 
■e  carefully  weighed  for  and  against  this  theory.  If  France 
des  with  Prussia,  the  latter  will  give  her  surely  a  slice  of 
srritory  in  payment — some  chaldrons  of  coal  out  of  Sarrelouis, 
t  all  events,  says  the  masked  pamphleteer  whom  we  have 
Iready  quoted.  But,  say  the  Austrian  party,  if  France  takes 
art  with  the  Kaisert  she  may  conquer  more  than  she  could 
ave  by  gift — she  may  go  the  Rhine  if  she  wills.  Yes,  re- 
loads Berlin,  but  the  Austrians  are  unpopular  in  France,  and. 
reat  as  he  is,  the  Emperor  must  not  too  often  oppose  the 
ublic  opinion,  as  that  Mexican  business  shows,  and  so  on. 
urope,  continental  and  insular,  hangs  upon  the  decision  of 


the  arbiter  of  its  fate.  Whether  the  war  will  break  out,  seems 
now  hardly  possible  ;  whether  Napoleon  will  himself  beat  the 
bush,  or  will  suffer  Austria  and  Prussia  to  beat  it,  while  he 
stands  by  to  catch  the  bird:  ,  remains  to  be  seen.  But,  if  war 
be  waged,  into  whatever  scale  Napoleon  flings  his  sword  the 
other  one  will  kick  the  beam. — Round  Table. 


BRILLIANT  HORSEMANSHIP. 

WE  have  had  a  brilliant  exhibition  of  horsemanship.  A 
horse  fair  has  been  held  in  the  Palace  of  Industry. 
The  Government  ordered  the  twelve  best  riders  of  the  cavalry 
school,  at  Saumur,  to  come  up  to  let  the  Emperor  see  their 
equestrian  skill,  to  give  our  amateurs  of  horses  some  notion 
of  the  perfection  to  which  horsemanship  may  be  carried,  and 
to  crowu  the  horse  fair  with  a  brilliant  show  which  should  at- 
tract all  Paris.    It  did  attract  eight  thousand  people. 

The  display  was  made  under  the  glass  roof  of  the  Palace  of 
Industry,  which  may  be  made  for  the  hour  the  best  riding- 
school  in  the  world.  A  stand  gaily  ornamented  with  flags 
and  crimson  velvet,  and  gold,  was  erected  for  the  Slmperorand 
suite,  and,  in  the  gallery  opposite,  the  band  of  the  Guide's 
Regiment  was  stationed  to  vary  the  proceedings  and  fill  the 
intervals  between  the  exercises  with  music.  Worse  wadding 
may  be  found. 

The  moment  the  Emperor  appeared  he  was  greeted  with  a 
peal  of  music,  if  that  monotonous  flourish  of  trumpets-which 
heralds  crowned  heads  may  be  called  music.  The  exercises 
commenced  by  parading  before  the  imperial  stand  the  horses 
which  had  received  prizes.  They  were  shown  to  every  advan- 
tage by  being  put  through  their  various  gaits.  These  exercises 
lasted  half  an  hour. 

When  the  nave  was  cleared  of  these  horses,  a  series  of 
horses  cantered  in  from  a  recess  of  the  Palace,  coming  in  sin- 
gle file  towards  the  imperial  stand.  •  They  formed  a  line,  the 
riders  took  off  their  cocked  hats  which  they  held  level  with  the 
saddle  at  arm's  length.  They  wore  the  full  dress  uniform  of 
the  Cavalry  school,  which  is  a  cocked  hat,  straight-breasted 
coat  (or  rather  jacket)  buttoned  close  up  to  the'throat,  white 
buckskin  breeches  fitting  close  to  the  skin  and  reaching  only 
to  the  knee,  and  boots  which  cover  the  knee.  They  remain 
in  this  attitude — looking  like  so  many  statues — before  the 
Emperor  until  the  trumpets  sound  the  signal  for  the  exercises 
to  begin.  Off  they  go  in  a  gentle  canter.  Remember  they 
have  no  whip.  All  the  exercises  are  performed  by  the  bridle 
and  the  knee.  After  they  have  cantered  thirty  yards  they  be- 
gin to  describe  spirals,  next  circles,  now  the  horses  step  first 
with  the  left  forefoot,  theu  with  the  right  forefoot,  presently 
they  are  all  together,  now  separated,  now  backing,  now  mov- 
ing sideways,  theu  in  apparently  inextricable  coufusion,  again 
in  perfect  order.  It  reminded  one  of  the  apparent  confusion 
of  a  ball  room  when  dancers  cross,  mix,  mingle,  turn,  advance,- 
each  pursuing  his  proper  course  and  sure  to  find  himself  in 
his  own  position  when  the  figure  changes  or  the  dance 
ends. 

At  the  close  of  these  various  exercises,  which  occupied  some 
fifteen  or  twenty  minutes  (which  were  the  average  length  of 
all  the  equestrian  exercises)  and  which  had  led  the  horsemen 
to  the  extremity  of  the  nave,  they  turned  and  all  twelve 
abreast  came  down  with  their  utmost  speed  in  the  direction 
of  the  Emperor's  stand.  It  seemed  at  one  time  as  if  they 
must  run  over  his  Majesty  :  but  when  they  reached  it,  as  the 
horses'  heads  were  in  a  hair's-breath  of  it,  the  riders  reined 
them  in  ;  they  were  instantly  transformed  to  the  rigidity  of 
statues.  The  riders  took  off  the  cocked  hats  as  they  had  done 
in  giving  their  first  salute  to  ihe  Emperor,  and  upon  the 
trumpet's  signal  wheeled  all  together  and  cantered  i  ff. 

Here  let  me  say,  while  there  were  only  twelve  horsemen, 
thirty-six  horses  were  sent  up  from  Saumur.  The  first  twelve 
horses  which  appeared  were  thorougii-bred  riding  horses  in 
the  highest  keep,  with  plaited  mane,  and  ears  adorned  with 
gaudy  ribbons.  After  they  withdrew  meu  placed  fences  in  the 
nave,  and' as  soon  as  the  fences  were  made  the  same  dozen 
riders  re-appeaied,  mounted  on  the  second  series  of  horses — 
brawny  huuters.  They  did  not  go  the  Emperor's  stand  to 
salute  him.  They  trotted  stoutly  into  the  nave  and  began 
leaping  over  the  fences,  first  in  single  file,  then  by  twos,  and 
so  on  up  to  four  ;  again  they  leaped  by  threes,  and  so  on  down 
to  one,  when  they  changed  suddenly  to  four,  theu  back  again 
to  one  ;  presently  to  two,  and  so  on.  These  changes  under 
any  circumstances  would  be  no  easy  feat ;  made  during  leap- 
ing they  vvould  be  difficult.  Judge  what  skill  wps  required 
when  they  were  made  (as  they  were  iu  this  instauce)  at  con 
stantly  increasing  speed. 

The  trumpets  announced  the  close  of  these  exercises,  and 
the  hunters  withdrew.  When  they  re-appeared  they  were  on 
the  last  dozen  of  the  thirty-six  horses.  These  horses  were 
selected  from  the  most  vicious  horses  to  be  found  in  the  mar- 
ket. They  are  kept  as  a  sort  of  practical  board,  of  examiners 
to  search  the  young  men's  knowledge  for  horsemanship,  and 
at  the  same  time  teach  them  the  art  of  keeping  a  seat  on  the 
horse's  back  whatever  the  reluctance  of  the  horse  might  be  to 
have  his  ribs  bestrode.  You  know  some  horses  have  uncon- 
querable prejudices  on  this  subject.  These  horses  could  not 
be  said  to  come  into  the  nave  :  they  bounced,  bounded, leaped 


in,  neighing,  snorting,  rearing,  plunging,  pitching,  kicking, 
shying,  rearing-and-kicking  in  such  rapid  alternation  they 
seemed  to  do  both  together,  darting  first  on  one  side  and  then 
on  another,  in  fine  applying  every  conceivable  solution  to  the 
problem  before  them  :  Horse,  unseat  your  rider. 

The  steeds  continued  to  study  this  equation  for  some 
twenty  minutes.  I  assure  you  it  was  a  singular  and  interest- 
ing sight  to  observe  the  animal  struggling  with  the  intellect 
on  his  back  and  nerves,  muscle3,  bones  and  sinews,  impotent, 
strong  as  they  were,  when  opposed  to  brain.  The  riders  kept 
their  left  hand  on  their  hip  and  the  right  holding  the  reins 
and  seemed,  nay  were,  as  firmly  seated  as  if  they  were 
mounted  on  ambling  nags  trained  for  children's  pastimes. 
After  it  had  become  evident  the  horse  would  not  be  the  victor 
the  riders  showed  themselves  to  be  thorough  masters  of  the 
animals  beneath  them  and  made  the  horse  walk,  chafing  the 
bit  and  pawing  the  ground  as  he  went,  until  all  the  twelve 
stood  in  front  of  the  imperial  sfand  ;  then  they  reared  on  their 
hind  legs,  the  riders  slowly  uncovered  themselves  and  held 
their  hats  at  arm's  length  for  one  or  two  minutes,  when  the 
clangor  of  the  trumpets  announced  the  end  of  the  exercises. 
The  horses  ceased  to  rear,  wheeled  to  the  right,  and  out  they 
went  bouncing,  bounding,  neighing,  snorting,  plunging,  pitch- 
ing, kicking,  shying,  as  they  had  done  when  they  entered.— 
"  Spiridion,"  in  (he  Boston  Evening  Gazelle. 


Colors  as  Applied  to  Dress. — Few  people  give  them- 
selves the  trouble  to  understand  the  rules  of  color.  They  con- 
sider them  as  belonging  to  an  abstruse  science.  The  princi- 
ples, which  are  supposed  to  be  too  much  wrapped  iu  mystery 
to  be  worth  the  trouble  of  acquiring  by  any  but  professional 
persons,  are  those  comprehended  in  the  laws  of  contrast  of 
color  and  contrast  of  tone. 

First,  as  regards  contrast  of  color.  There  are  three  primary 
colors — red,  blue,  aud  yellow.  From  these  every  other  color 
is  formed,  and  each  has  its  perfect  harmony  in  its  contrasting 
or  complimentary  color.  The  complimentary  of  each  color  is 
formed  by  the  union  of  the  other  two,  (and  is  therefore  called 
the  secondary.)  that  is,  green,  being  the  mixture  of  blue  and 
yellow  is  complimeutary  to  red  ;  violet,  being  formed  of  red 
and  blue,  is  complimentary  to  yellow  ;  aud  orange,  a  compound 
of  red  and  yellow,  to  blue. 

Each  of  these  colors,  when  placed  near  its  complimentary, 
intensifies  its  effect.  Green  causes  red  to  appear  redder,  blue 
adds  a  brighter  tint  to  orange,  and  yellow  enhances  the  color 
of  violet.  In  other  words,  every  color  looks  its  purest  and 
best  when  it  is  beside  its  complimentary. 

By  means  of  the  simple  law  of  contrast,  therefore,  we  have 
the  power  of  imparting  any  tint  that  we  choose  to  the  com- 
plexion, and  of  rendering  our  costume  agreeable  to  the  eye  by 
the  harmony  produced  by  properly  contrasted  colors  ;  aud  we 
may  learn  to  avoid  increasing  the  undesirable  tints  of  a  sallow 
complexion  by  the  juxtaposition  of  blue  or  violet,  or  render- 
ing a  florid  complexion  still  more  highly-colored  by  contrast- 
ing it  with  green.  Ou  the  other  hand,  ladies  with  golden  hair 
and  clear  complexions  will  see  that  they  should  wear  blue  in 
preference  to  any  other  color,  harmonizing  agreeably  as  it 
does,  with  the  former,  without  exercising  any  ill-effect  on  the 
latter  ;  while  those  upon  whom  nature  has  bestowed  dark  hair 
and  a  rosy  complexion  should  consider  green  as  their  especial 
color. 

Very  dark  people  may  wear  extremely  light  brown, gray,  or 
slate  color  with  impunity,  but  those  who  have  fair  complexions 
and  light  brown  hair  should  only  venture  upon  pure  aud 
light  tones  of  the  three  primaries,  bearing  in  mind  that  wher- 
ever there  is  agreeable  contrast  there  is  agreeable  harmony. 

Must  Have  Her  Applause. — Formerly,  it  was  the  rule  at 
Naples,  that  wheu  an  actress  was  about  to  make  her  debut, 
she  waited  and  solicited  the  honor  of  the  King's  presence  on 
her  first  appearance.  In  compliance  with  this  rule.  Madame 
Malibran  went  to  his  majesty  aud  said,  hesitatingly  :  "  Sire,  if 
it  be  agreeable  to  your  majesty,  I  have  come  to  request  that 
your  majesty  will  be  graciously  pleased  not  to  appear  at  the 
theatre  to-morrow  evening."  The  king,  not  a  little  aston- 
ished, demanded  the  reason  of  a  request  so  singular.  "  May 
it  please  your  majesty,  I  have  heard  that  it  is  the  etiquette  in 
Naples  not  to  applaud  in  the  presence  of  royalty  ;  that  i.s  to 
say,  unless  you  graciously  set  the  example."  The  king,  per- 
ceiving that  she  was  embarrassed,  desired  her  to  speak  out. 
"■Sire,  as  you  are  good  enough  to  command  me  to  speak,  I 
will.  The  fact  is,  I  am  so  much  in  the  habit  of  being  ap- 
plauded the  instant  that  I  appear  on  the  stage,  that  I  am  sure, 
if  I  were  received  in  silence,  I  couldn't  sing  a  note."  '•  Very 
well,"  said  his  majesty,  "  J  will  set  the  example.  Fear'  not  ; 
you  shall  be  abundantly  applauded."  Madame  Malibran  re- 
turned homo  highly  satisfied  by  having  thus  secured  power- 
ful protection.  In  the  evening,  just  before  she  made  her  ap- 
pearance on  the  stage,  she  got  between  the  side  scenes,  whlre 
she  might  be  seen  from  the  royal  box,  and,  having  caught  the 
eye  of  the  kins,  reminded  him  of  his  promise  by  clapping  hel 
hands.  His  majesty,  pleased  with  her  freedom  and  originality 
failed  not  to  be  as  good  as  his  word,  and  the  whole  hi. us. 
loudly  responded  to  the  signal. 


6 


THE    C  ALIFORNIAN. 


|  June  23d 


A    BOX   OF  ROGUES. 

WHEN  the  criminal,  Pierre  Granger,  escorted  by  four 
gendarmes,  was  placed  in  the  dock  of  the  court  ot 
assize,  there  was  a  general  stir  amongst  the  crowd  which  had 
assembled  from  every  quarter  to  be  present  at  his  trial. 

Pierre  Granger  was  Dot  an  ordinary  culprit — not  one  of 
those  poor  wretches  whom  the  court,  as  a  matter  of  form, 
furnishes  with  an  advocate,  judges  in  the  presence  of  a  heed- 
less auditory,  and  sends  to  oblivion  in  the  convict  prisons  of 
the  State.  He  had  figured  at  Augtil  in  the  columns  of  the 
newspapers  ;  and  while  M.  Lepervier  had  undertaken  his 
defence,  M.  Louraugain,  the  attorney-general,  was  to  conduct 
the  prosecution.  Now,  at  the  time  of  which  I  write,  these 
two  men  stood  at  the  head  of  their  prolession.  Whenever  it 
was  known  that  they  were  to  be  pitted  against  each  other  in 
any  cause,  crowds  immediately  flocked  to  enjoy  their  eloquent 
sentences,  sonorous  periods,  and  phrases  as  round 'and  as 
polished  as  so  many  billiard-balls.  It  was  a  perfect  riot  of 
tropes  and  figures,  a  delicious  confusion  of  periphrases  and 
metaphors.  All  the  figures  of  rhetoric  defiled  before  the 
charmed  auditory,  and  sported,  jested,  and  struggled  with 
each  other,  like  Virgil's  playful  shepherds.  There  was  a 
luxury  of  epithets,  passing  even  that  of»  the  Abbe  Pelille. 
Every  individual  substantive  was  as  regularly  followed  by  its 
attendant  adjective,  as  the  great  lady  of  the  last  century  by 
her  train-bearing  page.  In  this  pompous  diction  a  man  be- 
came a  mortal,  a  horse  a  courser,  the  moon  was  styled  pale 
Dian.  My  father  and  my  mother  were  never  called  so,  but 
invariably  "  the  authors  of  my  being  ;"  a  dream  was  a  vision, 
a  glass  a  crystal  vase,  a  knife  a  sword,  a  car  a  chariot,  and  a 
breeze  became  a  whirlwind  :  all  of  which,  no  doubt,  tended 
to  produce  a  style  of  exceeding  sublimity  and  beauty. 

Pierre  Granger  was  a  clumsily  built  fellow,  five  feet  ten  in 
height,  thirty-eight  years  old,  with  foxy  hair,  a  high  color, 
and  small  cunning  grey  eyes.  He  was  accused  of  having 
strangled  his  wife,  cut  up  the  body  into  pieces,  and  then,  in 
order  to  conceal  his  crime,  set  fire  to  the  hous;,  wherein  his 
three  children  perished.  Such  an  accumulation  of  horrors 
had  shed  quite  a  romantic  balo  round  their  perpetrator. 
Ladies  of  rank  and  fashion  flocked  to  the  gaol  to  look  at  him  ; 
and  his  autograph  was  in  wouderful  request,  as  soon  as  it 
became  known  that  Madame  Cesarine  Lancelot,  the  lioness 
of  the  district,  possessed  some  words  of  bis  writiug  in  her 
album,  placed  between  a  ballad  by  a  professor  of  rhetoric  and 
a  problem  by  the  engineer-in-chief  of  the  department :  neither 
gentlemen,  to  say  the  truth,  being  much  flattered  by  such  close 
juxtaposition  with  the  interesting  pet-prisoner.  When  Pierre 
Granger,  with  his  lowering  brow  and  air  of  stolid  cunning, 
was  placed  in  the  dock,  the  uames  of  twelve  jurors  were 
drawn  by  lot,  and  the  president  demanded  of  the  counsel  on 
either  side,  whether  they  wished  to  exercise  their  right  of 
challenge.  Both  declined  offering  any  objection  to  twelve 
such  honorable  names  ;  but  the  attorney-general  added,  that 
he  would  require  the  drawing  of  a  supplementary  juror.  It 
was  done,  and  on  the  paper  appeared  the  name  of  Major 
Yernor.  At  the  sound,  a  slight  murmur  was  heard  amongst 
the  spectators,  while  MM.  Louraugain  and  Lepervier  ex- 
changed a  rapid  glance  which  seemed  to  say  :  "  Will  not 
you  challenge  him  ?"  But  neither  oi  them  did  so  ;  an  officer 
conducted  Major  Yernor  into  his  appointed  place,  and  amid 
profound  silence  the  iudictment  was  read.  Major  Yernor 
had  lived  in  the  town  during  the  last  two  years.  Every  one 
gave  him  the  military  title,  yet  none  could  tell  when,  or 
where,  or  whom  he  had  served.  lie  seemed  to  have  neither 
family  nor  friends  ;  and  when  any  of  his  acquaintances  ven- 
tured to  sound  him  on  the  subject,  he  always  replied  in  a 
manner  by  no  means  calculated  to  encourage  curiosity.  "  L>o 
1  trouble  my  head  about  your  affairs  ?"  he  would  say.  "  Your 
shabby  old  town  suits  me  well  enough  as  a  residence,  but  if 
you  don't  think  I  have  a  right  to  live  in  it,  1  shall  be  most 
happy  to  convince  you  of  the  fact  at  daybreak  to-morrow 
with  guu,  sword,  or  pistol."  Major  Yernor  was  precisely  the 
very  man  to  keep  his  word  ;  the  few  persons  who  had  entered 
his  lodgings  reported  that  his  bedroom  resembled  an  armory, 
so  fully  was  it  furnished  with  all  sorts  of  murderous  weap- 
ons. Notwithstanding  this,  he  seemed  a  very  respectable 
sort  of  man,  regular  in  his  habits,  punctual  in  his  payments, 
aud  fond  of  smoking  excellent  cigars,  sent  him,  he  used  to 
say,  by  a  friend  in  Havana.  He  was  tall,  very  thin,  bald,  and 
always  dressed  in  black  ;  his  moustaches  curled  to  a  point  ; 
and  he  invariably  wore  his  hat  cocked  over  his  right  ear.  fu 
the  evenings  he  used  to  frequent  the  public  reading-rooms  of 
the  town,  but  he  never  played  at  any  game,  or  couversed  with 
the  company,  remaining  absorbed  iu  his  newspaper  until  the 
clock  struck  ten,  when  he  lit  his  cigar,  twisted  his  momtacbes, 
and  with  a  stiff,  silent  bow,  took  his  departure.  "It  sometimes 
happened  that  one  of  the  company,  bolder  than  the  others, 
said,  "  Good  night,  major!''  Then  the  major  would  stop,  fix 
bis  gray  eye  on  the  speaker,  and  reply,  "  Good  night,  mon- 
sieur !"  but  in  so  rude  and  angry  a  tone  that  the  woids 
sounded  more  like  a  malediction  than  a  polite  salutation.  It 
was  remarked  that  whoever  thus  ventured  to  address  the 
major,  was,  during  the  remainder  of  the  evening,  the  victim 
of  some  strange  ill-luck.    He  regularly  lost  at  play,  was  sure 


to  knock  his  elbow  through  a  handsome  lamp'  or  vase,  or  iu 
some  way  to  get  entangled  in  a  misadventure.  So  firmly  were 
the  good  townsfolk  persuaded  that  the  major  possessed  an 
evil  eye,  that  their  common  expression,  when  any  one  met 
with  a  misfortune,  was  :  "  He  must  have  said '  good  night '  to 
the  major." 

This  mysterious  character  dined  every  day  at  the  ordinary 
of  the  Crown  Hotel,  and  although  habitually  silent,  seemed 
usually  contented  with  the  fare.  One  day,  however,  after  hav- 
ing eaten  some  bread  soup,  he  cast  his  eye  along  the  table, 
frowned,  and  calling  the  host,  said  :  "  How  comes  it  that  the 
dinner  to-day  is  entirely  meagre?" 

'•  Monsieur,  no  doubt,  forgets  that  this  is  Good  Friday." 

"  Send  me  up  two  muttoo  chops." 

"  Impossible,  major — there  is  not  an  ounce  of  meat  to  be 
had  at  any  butcher's  iu  the  town." 
"  Let  me  have  some  fowl." 
"  That  is  not  to  be  had,  either." 

"  What  a  set  of  fools  !"  exclaimed  the  major,  striking  his 
clenched  hand  cn  the  table  with  such  force  that  the  bottles 
reeled  aud  rocked  just  as  if  all  the  wine  in  their  bodies  had 
got  into  their  heads.  Then  he  called  the  waiter  and  said, 
"  Baptiste,  go  to  my  lodging,  and  bring  me  the  inlaid  carbine 
which  hangs  over  my  pillow." 

The  poor  host  trembled,  and  grew  very  pale  when  Baptiste 
returned  with  a  double  barrelled  gun,  beautifully  inlaid  with 
silver.  The  major  coolly  examined  the  locks,  put  on  fresh 
caps,  cocked  both  barrels,  and  walked  out,  followed  at  a  re- 
spectful distance  by  the  guests  and  inmates  of  the  hotel.  Not 
lar  off  stood  an  old  ivy-mantled  church,  whose  angular  pro- 
jections were  haunted  by  many  ravens.  Two  large  ones  flew 
uut  of  a  turret  just  as  the  major  came  up  and  took  aim  for  a 
double  shot.  Down  tumbled  both  the  uocleau  birds  at  his 
feet. 

" Sacre  bleu!"  said  he,  picking  them  up.  "I'm  regularly 
sold — they're  quite  lean." 

He  returned  to  the  hotel,  and,  according  to  his  express 
orders,  one  moiety  of  his  ill-omened  booty  wa3  dressed  in  a 
savory  stew,  and  the  other  simply  roasted.  Of  both  dishes  he 
partook  so  heartily  that  not  a  vestige  of  either  remaiued,  aud 
he  declared  that  he  had  never  eaten  more  relishing  food. 
From  that  day  the  major  became  an  object  of  uneasiness  to 
some,  of  terror  to  others,  of  curiosity  to  all.  Whenever  he 
appeared  on  public  promenade,  every  one  avoided  him  ;  at 
the  theatre,  his  box  was  generally  occupied  by  himself  aloue  ; 
and  each  old  woman  that  met  him  in  the  street  invariably 
stopped  to  cross  herself.  Major  Yernor  was  never  known  to 
enter  a  church,  or  accept  an  invitation  ;  at  first  he  used  to 
receive  a  good  many  of  these,  aud  the  perfumed  billets  served 
him  to  light  his  cigars. 

Such,  then,  was  the  thirteenth  juror  drawn  in  the  cause  of 
Pierre  Granger,  aud  it  may  easily  be  understood  why  the 
audience  were  moved  at  hearing  the  name  of  Major  Vernor. 
The  paper  of  accusation,  notwithstanding  it  was  drawn  up  by 
the  attorney-general  with  a  force  aud  particularity  of  descrip- 
tion which  horrified  the  ladies  present,  was  read  amid  pro- 
found silence,  broken  only  by  the  snoring  of  the  prisoner,  who 
had  coolly  settled  himself  to  sleep.  The  gendarmes  tried  to 
rouse  him  from  his  slumber,  bnt  they  merely  succeeded  in 
making  him  now  and  then  half  open  his  dull,  brutish  eyes. 
When  the  clerk  had  ceased  to  read,  Pierre  Granger  was  with 
difficulty  awakened,  and  the  president  proceed  to  question  him. 
The  interrogatory  revealed,  in  all  its  horror,  the  thoroughly 
stupid  fiendishness  of  the  wretch.  He  had  killed  his  wife, 
he  said,  because  they  couldn't  agree  ;  he  had  set  his  house  on 
tire  because  it  was  a  cold  night,  and  he  wanted  to  make  a  good 
blaze  to  warm  himself :  as  to  his  children,  they  were  dirty, 
squalling  little  things— no  loss  to  him  or  to  any  one  else.  It 
would  be  tedious  to  pursue  all  the  details  of  this  disgusting 
trial.  M.  Louraugain  and  M.  Lepervier  both  made  marvel- 
lously eloquent  speeches,  but  the  latter  deserved  peculiar 
credit,  having  so  very  bad  a  cause  to  sustaiu.  Although  he 
well  knew  that  his  client  was  as  thorough  a  scoundrel  as  ever 
breathed,  and  that  his  condemnation  would  be  a  blessing  to 
society,  £et  he  pleaded  his  cause  with  all  u  lawyer's  conscien- 
tiousness. When  he  got  to  the  peroration,  he  managed  to 
squeeze  from  his  eyes  a  few  rare  tears,  the  last  and  most  pre- 
cious, I  imagine,  which  he  carefully  reserved  for  an  especially 
solemn  occasion— just  as  some  families  preserve  a  few  bottles 
of  fine  old  wine,  to  be  drunk  at  the  marriage  of  a  daughter  or 
the  coming  of  age  of  a  son.  At  length  the  case  closed,  and 
the  president  was  going  to  sum  up  ;  but,  as  the  heat  in  court 
was  excessive,  and  every  one  stood  in  need  of  refreshment, 
leave  was  given  to  the  jury  to  retire  for  half  an  hour,  and  the 
hall  was  cleared  for  the  same  space  of  time,  in  order  that  it 
might  undergo  a  thorough  ventilation.  During  this  interval, 
while  twelve  of  the  jurors  were  cooliDg  themselves  with  ices 
and  sherbet,  the  thirteenth  lighted  a  cigar,  and,  reclining  in  an 
arm-chair,  smoked  away  with  the  gravity  of  a  Turk. 

"  What  a  capital  cigar  !"  sighed  one  of  the  jurors,  as  he 
watched  with  an  envious  eye,  the  odoriferous  little  clouds 
escaping  from  the  smoker's  lips. 

"  Would  you  like  to  try  oue  1"  asked  the  major,  politely 
offering  his  cigar-case. 


"  If  it  would  not  trespass  too  much  on  your  kindness." 

"  By  no  means.  •  You  are  heartily  welcome."   The  juror  . 
took  a  cigar,  and  lighted  it  at  that  of  his  obliging  neighbor. 
•'  Well,  how  do  you  like  it  ?"  asked  the  major. 

"  Delicious  !  It  has  au  uncommonly  pleasant  aroma.  From 
whence  are  you  supplied  ?" 

"  From  Havana."    Several  jurors  now  approached,  casting 
longing  eyes  at  Major  Vernor's  cigar-case. 

"Gentlemen,"  said  he,-"  I  am  really  grieved  that  I  have 
not  a  single  cigar  left  to  offer,  having  just  given  the  last  to  4 
our  worthy  friend.    To-morrow,  however,  I  hope  to  have  aft 
Iresh  supply,  and  .-hall  then  ask  you  to  do  me  the  honor  of  W 
accepting  some." 

At  that  moment,  an  official  came  in  to  announce  that  the 
court  had  resumed  its  sitting  ;  the  jury  hastened  to  their  box,1 
and  the  president  began  his  charge.    Scarcely  had  he  coin-1  | 
menced,  however,  when  the  juror  who  had  smoked  the  cigar'  ! 
rose  and  in  a  trembling  voice  begged  permission  to  retire,  as 
he  felt  very  ill.    Indeed,  while  in  the  act  of  speaking,  he  felll 
backwards  and  lay  senseless  on  the  floor.    The  president,  of' 
course,  directed  that  he  should  bo  carefully  conveyed  to  his1 
home,  and  desired  Major  Yernor  to  take  his  place.  Six 
strokes  sounded  from  the  old  clock  of  the  town  hall  as  the1 
jury  retired  to  deliberate  on  their  verdict  in  the  case  of  Pierre 
Granger:    Eleven  gentlemen  exclaimed,  with  one  voice,  that1 
the  wretched  assassin's  guilt  was  perfectly  clear,  and  that  they1 
could  not  hesitate  for  a  moment  as  to  their  decision.  Major 
Yernor,  however,  stood  up,  placed  his  back  against  the  door,* 
and  regarding  his  colleagues  with  a  peculiarly  sinister  expres-' 
§ion,  said  slowly  : 

"I  shall  acquit  Pierre  Granger,  and  you  shall  all  do  the 
same  !" 

"  Sir,"  replied  the  foreman  in  a  severe  tone,  "  you  are 
answerable  to  your  conscience  for  your  own  actions,  but  I  do 
not  see  what  right  you  have  to  offer  us  a  gratuitous  insult.'*' 

"  Am  I  then  so  unfortunate  as  to  offend  yon?"  asked  the 

major,  meekly. 

"  Certainly,  in  supposing  us  capable  of  breaking  the  bo1j 
emn  oath  which  we  have  taken,  to  do  impartial  justice.  I 
am  a  man  of  honor — " 

"  Bah  !"  interrupted  the  major,  "  are  yon  quite  sure  of  that?" 

A  general  murmur  of  indignation  arose. 

"  Do  you  know,  sir,  that  snch  a  question  is  a  fresh  insnlt?" 

"  You  are  quite  mistaken,"  said  Major  Yernor.    "  What  I 
said  was  drawn  forth  by  a  feeling  ol  the  solemn  responsibility^ 
which  rests  with  ns.    Before  I  can  resolve  to  make  a  dead] 
body  of  a  living  moving  being,  1  must  feel  satisfied  that  botbfl 
you  and  I  are  less  guilty  than  Pierre  Granger,  which,  afterC 
all,  is  not  so  certain." 

An  ominous  silence  ensued  :  the  major's  words  seemed  to€ 
strike  home  to  every  breast,  aud  at  length  one  of  the  jurors* 
said  :  "  You  seem,  sir,  to  regard  the  question  from  a  philoso-fl 
phical  point  of  view." 

"  Just  so,  Monsieur  Cerneau." 

"  You  know  me,  theu,"  said  the  jnror  in  a  trembling  voice! 

"Not  very  iutimately,  my  dear  sir,  but  just  sufficiently  to  I 
appreciate  your  fondness  for  discounting  bills  at  what  yoorl 
euemies  might  call  usurious  interest.  I  think  it  was  about! 
four  years  ago  that  an  honest  poor  man.  the  father  of  a  large! 
family,  blew  out  his  braius,  in  despair,  at  being  refused  byyoal 
a  short  renewal,  which  be  had  implored  on  his  knees." 

Without  replying,  M.  Cerneau  retired  to  the  farthest  corner  I 
of  the  room,  and  wiped  off  large  drops  of  sweat  which  started! 
from  bis  brow. 

••  What  does  this  mean?"  inquired  another  joror,  imparl 
tiently.  "  Have  we  come  hither  to  act  a  scene  from  the! 
Memoirs  of  the  Devil .'" 

••  I  don't  know  that  work,"  replied  the  major,  "  bat  may  il 
advise  you,  Monsieur  de  Bardine,  to  calm  your  nerves  ?" 

"  Sir,  you  are  impertinent,  and  I  shall  certainly  do  myselfl 
the  pleasure  to  chastise  you." 

"  As  how  ?" 

*'  With  my  sword.    I  shall  do  you  the  hocor  to  meet  joifll 

to-morrow." 

"  Au  honor  which,  being  a  man  of  sense,  I  must  beg  tol 
decliiu.  You  don't  kill  your  adversaries,  Monsieur  de  Bar- 
dine  ;  you  murder  them.  Have  you  forgotten  your  duel  with 
Monsieur  de  Lillar,  which  took  place,  I  am  told,  without  wit- 
nesses  ?  While  he  was  off  his  guard,  you  treacherously  strocl 
him  through  the  heart.  The  prospect  of  a  similar  catastrophi 
is  by  no  meaas  enticing." 

With  an  instinctive  movement  M.  de  Bardine's  neighbori 
drew  off." 

"  I  admire  such  virtuous  indignation,"  sneered  the  major, 
"  It  especially  becomes  you,  Monsieur  Darien — " 

"  What  infamy  are  you  going  to  cast  in  my  teeth  ?"  ex- 
claimed the  gentleman  addressed. 

"  Oh,  very  little— a  mere  trifle— simply,  that  while  Moil' 
sieur  de  Bardine  kills  A  is  friends,  you  only  dishonor  yours 
Monsieur  Simon,  whose  house,  table  and  purse  are  yours,  bai 
a  pretty  wife — ' 

"  Major,"  cried  another  juror,.  "  you're  a  villaio  !" 

"  Pardon  me,  my  dear  Monsieur  Calfat.  let  us  call  things  by 
their  proper  names.   The  only  villain  amongst  us,  I  believe* 


June  23d) 


THE  CALIFOR 


is  the  man  who  himself  set  fire  to  his  house,  six  months  after 
having  insured  it  at.treble  its  value  in  foar  offices,  whose 
directors  were  foolish  enough  to  pay  the  money  without 
making  sufficient  inquiry." 

A  stifled  groan  escaped  from  M.  Calfat's  lips  as  he  covered 
his  face\vith  his  hands.  "  Who  are  you  that  you  thus  dare 
to  constitute  yourself  our  judge  ?"  asked  another,  looking 
fiercely  at  Vernor. 

"  Who  am  I,  Monieur  Peron  ?  simply  one  who  can  appre- 
ciate your  very  rare  dexterity  in  holding  court-cards  in  your 
hand,  and  making  the  dice  turn  up  as  you  please." 

M.  Peron  gave  an  involuntary  start,  and  thenceforward 
held  his  peace.  The  scene,  aided  by  the  darkness  of  approach- 
ing night,  had  now  assumed  a  terrific  aspect.  The  voice  of 
the  major  rang  in  the  ears  of  eleven  pale,  trembling  men,  with 
a  cold  metallic  distinctness,  as  if  each  word  inflicted  a  blow. 

At  length  Vernor  burst  into  a  strange  sharp  hissing  laugh. 
"Well,  my  honorable  colleagues,"  he  exclaimed,  "does  this 
poor  Pierre  Granger  still  appear  to  you  unworthy  of  the 
slightest  pity?  I  grant  you,  he  has  committed  a  fault,  and  a 
fault  which  you  would  not  have  committed  in  his  place.  He 
has  not  had  your  cleverness  in  masking  his  turpitude  with  a 
show  of  virtue — that  was  his  real  crime.  Now,  if  after  having 
killed  his  wife,  he  had  paid  handsomely  for  masses  to  be  said 
for  her  repose— if  he  had  purchased  a  burial  ground,  and 
caused  to  be  raised  to  her  memory  a  beautiful  square  white 
marble  monument,  with  a  flowery  epitaph  on  it  in  gold  letters 
— why,  then  we  should  all  have  shed  tears  of  sympathy,  and 
eulogized  Pierre  Granger  as  the  model  of  a  tender  husband. 
Don't  you  agree  with  me.  Monsieur  Norbec?" 

M.  Norbec  started  as  if  he  had  received  an  electric  shock. 
"It  is  false!"  he  murmured.  "1  did  not  poison  Eliza;  she 
died  of  pulmonary  consumption." 

"  True,"  said  the  major  ;  "  you  remind  me  of  a  circum- 
stance which  I  had  nearly  forgotten.  Madame  Norbec,  who 
possessed  a  large  fortune  in  her  own  right,  died  without  issue 
five  months  after  she  had  made  you  her  sole  legatee." 

Then  the  major  was  silent.  They  were  now  in  total  dark- 
ness. Suddenly  came  the  sharp  click  of  a  pistol,  and  the  ob- 
scurity was  for  a  moment  brightened  by  a  flash,  but  there  was 
no  report — the  weapon  had  missed  fire.  The  major  burst  into 
a  long  and  loud  fit  of  laughter.  "  Charming !  delightful ! 
Ah,  my  dear  sir,"  he  exclaimed,  addressing  the  foreman,  "  you 
were  the  only  honest  man  of  the  party  ;  and  see  how,  to 
oblige  me,  you  have  made  an  attempt  on  my  person  which 
places  you  on  an  honorable  level  with  Pierre  Granger  I" 
Then,  having  rung  the  bell,  he  called  Tor  candles,  and  when 
they  were  brought,  he  said,  "  Come,  gentlemen,  I  suppose  you 
don't  want  to  sleep  here  ;  let  us  make  haste  and  finish  our 
business." 

Ten  minutes  afterwards  the  foreman  handed  in  the  issue 
paper — a  verdict  of  not  guilty — and  Pierre  Granger  was  dis- 
charged amid  the  hisses  and  execrations  of  the  crowd,  who 
indeed  were  prevented  only  by  a  strong  military  force  from 
assaulting  both  judge  and  jury.  Major  Vernor  coolly  walked 
up  to  the  dock,  and  passing  his  arm  under  that  of  Pierre 
Granger,  went  out  with  him  through  a  side  door. 

From  that  hour  neither  the  one  nor  the  other  was  ever 
seen  again  in  the  country.  That  night  there  was  a  terrific 
thunder-storm  ;  the  ripe  harvest  was  beaten  down  by  hail- 
stones as  large  as  pigeons'  eggs,  and  a  flash  of  lightning 
striking  the  steeple  of  the  old  ivy-covered  church  tore  down 
its  gilded  cross. 

'*  *    !  *  *  *  *  * 

This  strange  story  was  related  to  me  one  day  last  year  by 
a  convict  in  the  infirmary  of  the  prison  at  Toulon.  I  have 
given  it  verbatim  from  his  lips  ;  and  as  I  was  leaving  the 
building  the  sergeant  who  accompanied  me  said  :  "  So,  sir, 
you  have  been  listening  to  the  wonderful  rodomontades  of 
Number  19,788  ?" 

"  What  do  you  mean  ?    This  history — " 

"  Is  false  from  beginning  to  end.  Number  19,788  is  an 
atrocious  criminal,  who  was  sent  to  the  galleys  for  life,  and 
who  during  the  last  few  months  has  given  evident  proofs  of 
mental  aberration.  His  monamania  consists  chiefly  in  telling 
stories  to  prove  that  all  judges  and  jurors  are  rogues  and 
villains.  He  was  himself  found  guilty,  by  a  most  respectable 
and  upright  jury,  of  robbing  and  trying  to  murder  Major  Ver- 
nor. He  is  now  about  to  be  placed  in  a  lunatic  asylum,  so 
that  you  will  probably  be  the  last  visitor  who  will  hear  his 
curious  inventions." 

"  And  who  is  Major  Vernor  ?" 

"  A  brave  old  half-pay  officer,  who  has  lived  at  Toulon 
beloved  and  respected  during  the  last  twelve  years.  You 
will  probably  see  him  to-day,  smoking  his  Havana  cigar,  after 
the  table  d'hote  dinner  at  the  Crown  Hotel." — Cornhill  Mag- 
azine. 


A  monument  in  honor  of  Columbus  has  been  erected  at 
Salamanca,  Spain.  It  ia  placed  in  a  lofty  elevation  near  the 
grounds  of  the  University.  The  monument  is  a  large  pedes- 
tal, resting  on  a  broad  base  and  arch,  and  above  a  beautiful 
eagle  and  globe.  The  height  of  the  whols  is  one  hundred 
and  six  metres.  It  is  constructed  entirely  of  a  dark  and  reg- 
ular color. 


BRIAN  BOROMHA. 

BRIAN  BOROMHA,  the  great  Irish  chieftain,  of  whom 
so  much  has  been  sung  and  written,  and  who,  to  some 
miuds,  is  granted  a  fairy  existence  only,  will  be  seen,  by  the 
following  described  interview  between  him  and  other  sovereigns 
to  have  been  a  man  "  with  flesh  and  blood  quite  natural." 

It  was  in  the  fourth  year  of  the  reign  of  Congal,  the  pres- 
ent monarch,  that  Brian,  son  of  Kenneidi,  assumed  the  sove- 
reignty of  Munster.  And.  in  the  second  year  after  his  assump- 
tion thereof,  he  challenged  Maelmuaidh,  son  of  Branu,  King 
of  the  Ui  Eachach,  to  meet  him  in  battle,  at  Belach  Lechta, 
( Baitagh  Loghta.)  in  order  that  he  might  wreak  vengeance 
for  his  brother  Matligamain,  son  of  Kenneidi,  who  had  been 
treacherously  murdered  by  the  people  of  Maelmuaidh.  Mael- 
muaidh  thereupon  mustered  a  great  army,  composed  as  well 
of  strangers  as  of  Irish  ;  for  he  had  with  him  a  body  of  one 
thousand  five  hundred  of  the  Lochlannaigh.  together  with  a 
large  force  of  the  Gaels  likewise.  He  was,  nevertheless, 
routed  at  Balach  Lechta,  by  Brian  and. the  Dal-g-Cais,  by 
whom  a  countless  multitude  of  his  followers  were  slaughtered  ; 
and  those  of  them  that  were  not  killed  became  the  captives 
of  Brian.  After  this  Domnall  O'Faelain,  King  of  the  Desi, 
aided  by  the  Lochlannaigh,  proclaimed  war  against  Brian,  and 
the  greater  part  of  Munster  was  ravaged  by  him  and  his  for- 
eign allies.  However,  they  were  soon  overtaken  by  Brian, 
who  gave  them  battle  at  Fan  Conrach,  where  the  King  of  the 
Desi  and  his  foreigners  were  completely  vanquished.  Brian 
then  pursued  their  routed  host  to  Port  Largi,  where  he  slew 
Domnall  O'Faelain  himself.  He  next  made  captives  of  the 
greater  part  of  the  inhabitants  of  that  city,  which  he  plun- 
dered and  then  burned. 

Upon  his  return  home  from  Gilla  Comgaill,  he  called  around 
him  an  assembly  of  the  Claim  Colmain,  and  made  known  to 
them  the  reply  of  Aedh  O'Neill  and  the  Kinel  Eogain  ;  and 
when  his  tribesmen  had  heard  it,  they  came  to  the  resolution 
of  having  Maelsechlainn  set  out  at  once,  at  his  own  risk,  and 
visit  Brian  unconditionally  at  his  camp  at  Temhair,  where  the 
latter  had  now  been  staying  for  one  month,  during  which  time 
his  army  had  been  supported  by  the  men  of  Meath.  Maelse- 
chlainn, therefore,  went  to  Temhair,  escorted  by  twelve  score 
of  horsemen.  Thus  accompanied,  he  arrived  upon  the  green 
of  Temhair,  and  proceeded  at  once  to  the  residence  of  Brian 
without  either  surety  or  safeguard.  He  there  acquainted  his 
rival  with  all  his  proceedings  from  beginning  to  end.  He 
said  that  he  would  have  given  him  battle,  had  he  been  in  a 
position  to  fight;  but  as  he  was  not  in  such  a  position,  that 
he  had  now  come  to  give  hostages  and  to  submit.  When 
Brian  had  heard  him,  he  said  :  "  As  thou  bast  come  thus  to 
my  dwelling,  without  surety  or  safeguard  from  me,  I  now 
grant  thee  a  further  respite  of  one  year,  during  which  time  1 
shall  demand  neither  homage  nor  hostage  at  thy  hands.  And, 
in  the  meantime,  I  shall  pay  a  personal  visit  to  those  northern 
folk,  both  Aedh  O'Neill  and  Edcridh,  ion  of  Ardgal,  King  of 
Ulidia,  in  order  that  I  may  learn  what  kind  of  answer  they 
will  make  to  me.  And  then  should  they  give  me  battle,  thou 
mayest  help  them  against  me,  if  thou  wilt."  But  here  Mael 
sechlainn  declared  that  he  would  not  fight  against  him  after 
any  such  manner.  However,  he  told  Brian  that  he  would  not 
advise  him  to  march  northward  just  then  ;  and  said  that  it 
was  now  better  for  him  to  return  to  hi3  own  home  until 
another  time.  "  For,"  said  he,  "  it  is  enough  that  thou  hast 
received  my  submission,  as  the  result  of  thy  present  expedi- 
tion." They  finally  agreed  upon  this,  and  the  Dal-g-Cais  were 
well  pleased  thereat,  for  they  had  almost  consumed  all  their 
provisions  for  the  campaign.  Then,  as  he  was  about  to  march 
homeward,  Brian  presented  twelve  score  of  steeds  to  Maelse- 
chlainn, together  with  a  large  qaantity  of  gold  and  silver, 
which  was  to  be  distributed  among  his  people. 

Afterward,  when  one  year  had  passed  by,  Brian  called  to- 
gether a  general  muster  of  the  whole  force  of  Loth  Mogha, 
both  Gallic  and  Gaelic.  There  came  thither  to  the  Lochlan- 
naigh of  Ath-cliath,  Port-Largi,  Loch  Carman,  and  Corcanh, 
together  with  those  that  dwelt  in  Ui  Eachach  Mumban, 
Corca  Laighe,  and  Ui  Kennoselaigh.  With  this  host  Brian 
marched  to  Athluain,  where  the  nobles  of  Connaught  gave 
him  hostages  as  pledges  of  their  submission  to  him  as  their 
Ardrigh.  He  seut  an  embassy  thence  to  Maelsechlainn,  re- 
questing of  him  to  send  his  hostages  thither  likewise.  Upon 
receiving  this  message,  Maelsechlainn  came  aud  delivered  up 
his  hostages  and  made  his  submission  in  person.  Thereupon, 
Brian  mustered  the  full  strength  of  the  men  of  Munster,  Con- 
naught,  Leinster,  and  Meath,  and  thewith  marched  to  Dun 
Delgain,  where  he  received  the  hostages  and  submission  of 
all  Ulidia. 

It  was  thus  that  Brian  Boromha  acquired  the  sovereignty 
oflrelaud.  He  did  not  acquire  it  by  treason,  as  some  will 
have  it,  but  by  the  bravery  and  hardihood  of  his  deeds  of 
arms,  and  by  his  chivalrous  valor. 


A  Story  op  the  Trichina. — The  awful  calamity  which 
has  been  devastating  Hedersleben  and  its  vicinity,  brings  to 
light  the  following  strange  occurrence,  which  happened  in 
Germany  many  years  ago  : 

In  the  year  1845,  several  clergymen  and  other  official  per- 
sons met  at  Jessen,  a  little  town  in  the  district  of  Merseburg, 
for  the  purpose  of  inspecting  the  schools.  Seven  members  of 
the  commission  took  their  luncheon  at  the  house  of  a  wine 
merchant  named  Gese.  The  fare  consisted  of  cheese,  sausage, 
raw  ham,  and  white  wine.  A  Mr.  Stoukert  came  rather  later, 
and  ate  nothing,  but  drank  a  glass  of  wine.  A  few  days  after- 
ward all  the  seven  who  had  taken  luncheon  became  very  se- 
riously ill,  and  four  of  them  died.  The  symptoms  were  vio- 
lent diarrhoea,  red  spots  on  the  skin,  swelling  of  the  whole 
body,  accompanied  by  great  pain,  sleeplessness,  and  delirium. 
The  doctors  were  completely  puzzled,  and  could  come  to  no 
other  conclusion  than  that  the  food  had  been  poisoned,  which 
seemed  to  be  more  than  probable,  as  Mr.  Stoukert  remained 
perfectly  well.  Suspicion  naturally  fell  on  the  wine  merchant, 
Gese.  Two  of  the  bodies  were  disinterred  and  chemically  ex- 
amined, but  no  trace  of  poison  was  discovered.  The  popular 
belief,  however,  that  there  had  been  foul  play  was  so  strong 
that  Gese  was  from  that  time  a  ruined  man.  Nobody  would 
have  any  further  intercourse  with  him,  and  he  found  himself 
compelled  to  emigrate  with  his  family  to  America,  where  he 
is  supposed  to  have  died  in  great  indigence. 

In  the  year  1863  the  teacher,  Oehme — one  of  the  three  who 
had  recovered  from  the  imagined  poisoning — came  to  Berlin 
for  the  purpose  of  having  an  operation  performed  on  his  neck. 
As  soon  as  Mr.  Langendack,  the  celebrated  surgeon,  had  laid, 
bare  the  upper  layer  of  muscle,  he  observed  a  very  large  num- 
ber of  small  white  spots.  They  were  examined  by  the  micro- 
scope and  found  to  be  dead  trichinaes.  Here,  then,  was  the 
solution  of  the  fatal  mystery  which  had  occasioned  the  utter 
ruin  of  an  innocent  man,  and  might  very  easily  have  cost  him 
his  life  as  well  as  his  good  name. 


The  Bay  of  Fundy  was  explored  by  Champlain  in  1604 
and  named  by  him  "  Baye  Frangois,"  aud  so  appeared  on  the 
French  maps.  On  Bowles'  English  map,  published  at  Lou- 
don, 1715,  it  is  called  "  Fondi  Bay." 


Ancient  Manners  and  Customs. — In  Queen  Elizabeth's 
reign  there  is  a  report  for  the  year  1580,  in  which  it  is  stated 
that  "  the  maids  of  honor  desired  to  have  their  chambers 
ceiled,  and  the  partition  that  is  of  boards  to  be  made  higher, 
for  that  the  servants  looked  over."  And  about  the  same  time 
it  is  said  that  certain  young  noblemen  and  gentlemen  were 
guilty  of  similar  indecorous  behavior,  being  fond  of  peeping 
over  these  boards,  t3  the  great  annoyance  of  the  ladies  when 
at  their  toilet,  whereat  her  Majesty  was  highly  displeased,  and 
severely  reproved  them.  Moreover,  it  seems  that  the  chamber 
for  the  squires  of  the  body  was  "  ruinous  and  cold,"  and  re- 
quired to  be  "  ceiled  overhead  and  boarded  underfoot ;"  and 
that  some  part  of  the  Castle  was  so  much  out  of  repair  that 
the  rain  beat  in  !  It  is  not  more  curious  than  instructive  to 
note  the  state  of  things  in  Scotland  about  the  same  period. 
There  was  even  a  greater  lack  of  personal  comfort  among  the 
nobility  in  that  country  than  in  England.  The  late  Earl  of 
Buchan,  in  bis  Antiquarian  Researches,  gives  the  following 
rare  piece  of  information,  which  at  least  shows  linen  to  have 
been  a  scarce  commodity  in  the  days  of  James  VI.  In  the 
archives  of  the  Mar  family,  under  a  section  dedicated  to  an- 
tique costume,  it  is  stated  that  "  the  Royal  charge  (James) 
continuing  under  the  uurture  of  his  governante,  the  Dowager 
Countess  of  Mar  (as  towards  his  mouth  and  ordering  of  his 
person,)  had,  in  the  dead  of  night,  been,  seized  with  a  colic. 
The  ladies  of  honor  were  all  summoned  from  their  warm  beds 
to  attend  his  heenisB ;  when,  as  was  remarked,  none  of  the 
ladies  had  any  shifts,  except  the  auld  Countess  of  Mar,  her 
ladyship  being  tender  (sickly)." — Builder. 


Costly  Caresses. — The  following  story  is  told  of  an  Eng- 
lish lord  who  went  to  a  sale  of  fancy  articles  at  the  Ministry 
of  War,  for  the  benefit  of  the  poor.  The  nobleman  first  asked 
the  lady  at  the  stall,  what  was  the  price  of  a  beautiful  cigar- 
case.  "  Two  hundred  francs,"  was  the  reply.  "  'Tis  nothing  ; 
I  take  it,"  said  the  lord.  "And  this  jewel  case?"  "Eight 
hundred  francs."  "  Nothing,"  again  said  the  lord,  handing  a 
note  of  l,000f.  "  Do  you  wish  for  anything  else?"  said  the 
lady.  "  Ah  !"  replied  he,  "  what  I  wish  for  is  not  to  be  com- 
pared with  any  of  these  articles,  but  fix  a  price."  "  What  do 
you  wish  ?"  '  "  To  kiss  your  fair  hand."  The  lady  blushed, 
reflected,  and  replied — "  Three  thousand  francs."  The  lord 
gracefully  kissed  the  proffered  hand,  given  with  some  hesita- 
tion— but  what  will  not  charitable  ladies  do  for  the  poor? 
"  I  want  something  else,"  said  the  lord — "  a  lock  of  your 
hair."  "  That  will  be  6,000f."  "  That  is  nothing,"  again  said 
the  lord,  on  receiving  the  lock  of  hair  which  the  lady  cut  off 
for  him.  "  Six  and  three  are  nine,"  said  the  noble  lord,  and, 
handing  9,000f.  to  the  lady,  his  lordship  departed  pleased  with 
his  bargains.  This  narrative  may  or  may  not  be  true.  It  is 
related  as  authentic,  and  we  happen  to  know  that  at  the  Anti- 
Corn  Law  League  bazaar,  held  some  years  ago  at  Covent  Gar- 
den Theatre,  a  gentleman  offered  £20  to  a  lady,  who  is  now, 
and  was  then  the  wife  of  a  member  of  Parliament  holding  a 
high  office,  to  be  allowed  to  kiss  her  cheek.  The  offer  was 
accepted,  and  the  amount  agreed  upon  was  paid  upon  the 
spot. — Court  Journal. 


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ECCE  HOMO  * 
TT  7"E  regret  that  our  space  wilt  not  allow  us  to  discuss 
V  V  more  freely  tlie  contents  of  this  work,  and  to  examine 
how  successfully  the  author  has  accomplished  his  purpose"  to 
trace  the  biography  of  Jesus  from  point  to  point,  and  accept 
those  conclusions  about  him,  not  which  church  doctors  or  even 
apostles  have  sealed  with  their  authority,  but  which  the  facts 
themselves,  critically  weighed,  appear  to  warrant." 

Coming  as  the  volume  does  alter  the  issue  of  the  startling 
and — to  many  minds  dangerous— volume,  Vie  de  Jesus,  of  If, 
Ernest  Kenan,  it  would  seem  that  it  were  written  with  a  pur- 
pose behind  that  which  is  announced,  and  that  the  author  has 
taken  an  opportunity  to  counteract  whatever  iutlueuce  might 
have  been  exerted  by  that  work.  But  the  reader  of  the  vol- 
ume who  is  expect  ing  thrusts  at  his  scepticism  is  lorewarned. 
The  writer's  postulates  are  patent  before  he  has  announced 
them,  and  the  conclusions  at  which  his  examination  will  ar- 
rive are  plainly  seen  as  soon  as  the  first  steps  are  taken.  The 
author  offers  himself  as  the  friend  of"  those  who  leel  dissatis- 
fied with  the  current  conceptions  of  Christ."  and  who  "  can- 
not rest  content  without  a  definite  opinion,"  and  graciously 
steps  forward  "  to  do  what  to  persons  not  so  dissatisfied  it 
seems  audacious  and  perilous  to  do." 

But,  for  the  perfect  accomplishment  of  this  purpose,  the 
author  does  not  set  out  with  what  might  be  called  the  fresh- 
ness of  ignorance  regarding  Jesus,  and  freedom  from  bias  re- 
garding bis  personality  and  efficiency.  In  tbe  examination 
the  author's  earlier  education  is  always  plainly  visinle  ;  he  re- 
lies entirely  upon  the  oue  book  for  the  facts  relating  to  Jesus, 
and  does  not  betray  by  any  allusion  familiarity  with  any  critical 
writings  ;  he  has  already  formed  his  theories*  and  only  writes 
for  the  sake  of  making  his  peculiar  statement .  of  them;  he 
comes  to  the  work  so  thoroughly  prejudiced  that  he  can  make 
no  disinterested  inquiry  ;  he  follows  the  old  train  of  orthodox 
thought,  combats  no  old  idea  ;  occasionally,  by  sophistical 
pretense,  almost  adopting  a  scepticism,  but  immediately  faintly 
subsiding  into  the  old  trains  of  thought,  belief  and  prejudice. 
He  is  guilty  of  false  assumptions  and  unreasonable  deduc- 
tions, of  forced  interpretations  of  Jesus'  acts  and  life  ;  is  Often 
not  content  to  take  the  obvious  meaniug  of  the  sacred  text 
which  any  reader  may  easily  comprehend,  refuses  to  accept 
his  language  in  metaphor,  but  iusists  upon  a  literal  translation 
tfiat  loses  the  spirit  and  force  of  the  original  ;  to  establish  his 
own  positiou  sets  up  opposing  men  of  straw,  excites  discus- 
sion in  the  thoughtful  mind  that  is  inclined  to  differ,  aid  lays 
,  himself  open  to  scholarly  criticism.  His  judgment  of  any  acts 
of  Jesus  is  always  and  only  consistent  with  the  old  belief,  and 
he  is  euthusiastic  in  his  gratitude  that  these  acts  always  con- 
formed to  the  character  as  depicted  to  us  by  the  "  apostles 
and  doctors  " 

The  volume  is  issued  anonymously.  It  has  been  received 
with  a  very  considerable  degree  of  tavor  both  in  Knglaud  and 
America,  and  some  critics  have  gone  so  far  as  to  speak  of  it 
as  oue  of  the  mosi  remarkable  books  of  the  age.  Speculations 
as  to  its  authorship  have  to  a  great  extent  settled  upon  no 
less  a  person  thau  the  Right  Hon.  Win.  K.  Gladstone  as  the 
writer,  but  we  believe  that  a  critical  examination  of  the 
volume  will  place  the  responsibility  elsewhere,  aud  possibly 
much  to  the  relief  of  that  geuilein.au.  It  does  not  in  any 
inautier  appear  whether  it  was  written  by  a  layman  or  clergy- 
man, except  that  the  topics  discussed  therein  would  naturally 
draw  liberally  upou  one's  facility  of  quotation  from  the  Bible, 
and  this  volume  is  fortuuately  Iree  from  that  oppressive  su- 
perfluity of  texts  which  usually  clothe  priestly  thought  as  if 
uecessary  to  the  completion  of  the  sacred  garb. 


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BT  W-I.K-E  C-LL-NS. 

PKOLOGL'E. 


THE  following  advertisement  appeared  in  the  Times  of  the 
17th  of  June,  1845  : 

WANTED  —A  few  youug  men  lor  a  light  genteel  employmcot 
Address  J.  W. ,  P.  0. 

In  the  same  paper  o.  same  date,  in  another  column  : 

ri^O  LET. — That  commodious  ami  elegant  family  munsiou  No  2"  MmelioiiFe 
JL  K  »a-l,  Patmcrviue,  will  be  leuiea  low  to  a  respectable  iciiaut  if  applied 
for  immediately,  tUe  laujily  bciug  about  to  remove  to  tlie  Comment. 

Under  the  local  intelligence  in  another  column  : 

Missing.— An  unknown  elderly  gentleman  n  week  ago  left  his 
lodgiugs  in  the  Kent  Road,  since  wbieta  noihing  has  been  heard  of 
him.  He  left  no  trace  of  bis  identity  except  a  portmanteau  contain- 
ing a  couple  of  shirts  marked  "  M'J,  waiiu." 

To  find  the  connection  between  the  mysterious  disappear- 
ance of  the  elderh- gentleman  and  the  anonymous  communica- 
tion ;  the  relevancy  of  both  these  incidents  to  the  letting  of  a 
commodious  family  mansion  ;  and  the  dead  secret  involved  in 
the  three  occurrences,  is  the  task  of  the  writer  of  this  history. 

A  slim  young  man  with  spectacles,  a  large  hat,  drab  gaiters, 
and  note-beok,  sat  late  that  night  with  a  copy  of  the  Times 
before  him,  and  a  pencil  which  he  rattled  nervously  between 
his  teeth  in  the  coffee-room  of  the  "  Blue  Dragon."  ' 

CHAPTER  I. 
MARY  JONES'  NARRATIVE. 
I  am  upper  housemaid  to  the  family  that  live  at  No.  27 
Limehouse  Road,  Pultney  ville.  I  have  been  requested  by  Mr. 
Wilky  Colliugs,  which  1  takes  the  liberty  of  here  stating  is  a 
gentleman  born  and  bred,  and  has  some  consideration  tor  the 
feelings  of  servants  aud  is  not  above  rewarding  them  for  their 
trouble  which  is  more  than  you  can  say  for  borne  who  asks 

questions  and  gets  short  answers  enough,  gracious  knows,  to  |  ne  repeated,  with  a  feeble  smile,  "  is  youder  inooo,  as  she 


the  road,  and  found  myself  mechanically  repeating  :  "  An 
elderly  gentlemau  a  week  ago  left  his  lodgings  on  the  Kent 
road,"  when,  suddenly,  I  heard  a  step 'behind  me. 

I  turned  quickly,  with  an  expression  of  horror  in  my  face, 
and  by  the  light  of  the  newly  risen  moor,  beheld  an  elderly 
gentleman,  with  green  cottou  umbrella,  approaching-me.  His 
hair,  which  was  snow-white,  was  parted  over  a  broad,  open 
forehead.  The  expression  of  his  .face,  which  was  slightly 
flushed,  was  that  of  amiability  verging  almost  upon  imbecility. 
There  was  a  strange,  enquiring  look  about  the  widely-opeued, 
mild  blue  eye— a  look  that  might  have  bceu  intensified  to  iu- 
sauity,  or  modified  to  idiocy.  As  he  passed  me,  he  paused 
and  partly  turned  his  face,  with  a  gesture  of  enquiry.  1  see 
him  still,  his  white  lucks  blowiug  in  the  eveuing  breeze,  hia 
hat  a  little  on  the  back  of  his  head,  and  his  figure  painted  in 
relief  against  the  dark  blue  sky. 

Suddenly  he  turned  his  mild  eye  full  upon  me.  A  weak, 
irresolute  bmile  played  about  his  thin  lips.  In  a  voice  which 
had  something  of  the  treuiulousness  of  age  and  the  self-eatjs- 
fied  chuckle  of  imbecility  in  it,  he  asked,  pointing  to  the  ris- 
ing moon,  "  Why  ? — Hush  !" 

He  had  dodged  behind  me,  and  appeared  to  be  looking  aux- 
iously  down  the  road.  1  could  feel  his  aged  frame  shaking 
with  terror  as  he  laid  his  thin  hands  on  my  shoulders  and 
faced  me  iu  the  direction  of  the  supposed  danger. 
'•  Hush  !  did  you  uot  hear  them  coming?" 
I  listened  ;  there  was  no  sound  but  the  soughing  of  the 
roadside  trees  in  the  evening  triad.  I  endeavored  to  reassure 
him,  with  such  success  that  in  a  few  moments  the  old  weak 
smile  appeared  ou  his  benevolent  lace. 

"  Why  ?—"  But  the  look  of  interrogation  was  succeeded  by 
a  hopeless  blankuesa. 

"  Why  !"  I  repeated  with  assuring  accents. 
"  Why."  he  said,  a  gleam  of  intelligence  suddenly  flickering 
over  his  face,  "  is  yonder  tnoou,  as  she  sails  iu  the  blue  empy- 
rean, casting  a  flood  of  light  o'er  hill  and  dale,  like —  Why," 


*  Ecce  Homo.  A  survey  of  the  Life  and  Work  of  Jesus  Christ. 
Boston  :  Roberts  Brothers.    San  Francisco  :  Roman  i.  Co. 


W.  E.  Loo.Mis,  corner  of  Sansome  and  Washington  streets, 
has  pi  ced  on  our  table,  The  Gakucy  for  June.  The  New  York 
Medial  journal  for  May  and  Juue,  and  Hollawuy's  Musical 
Monthly  (Philadelphia^  lor  Juue. 


tell  what  I  know  about  them.  I  have  been  requested  to  tell 
my  story  iu  my  own  lamjwidge,  thoush  wiry,  bting  uo  schoHard, 
mind  cannot  conceive.  1  thiuk  my  master  is  a  brute.  Do 
not  kuow  that  he  has  ever  attempted  to  poison  my  missus— 
which  is  too  good  for  him,  and  bow  she  ever  came  to  marrv 
him,  heart  only  can  tell— but  believe  him  to  be  capable  of  any 
such  hatrosity.  Have  heard  him  swear  dreadful  because  of 
not  having  his  shaviug  water  at  9  o'clock  precisely.  Do  not 
know  whether  he  ever  forged  a  will  or  tried  to  get  n:y  missus' 
property  although,  not  having  confidence  in  the  man  should 
not  be  surprised  if  he  had  done  so.  Believe  that  there  was 
always  something  mysterious  in  his  conduct.  Remember  dis- 
tinctly how  the  family  left  home  to  go  abroad.  Was  putting 
up  my  back  hair,  last  Saturday  morning,  when  I  heard  a  ring. 
Says  cook,  "  Thai's  missus'  bell,  and  mind  you  hurry  or  the 
master  'ill  know  why."  Says  I,  "  Humbly  thanking  you  mem, 
but  taking  advice  of  them  as  i3  compoteut  to  give  it,  1  11  take 
my  time."  Found  missus  dressing  herself  aud  master  growl- 
ing as  usual.  Says  missus,  quite  calm  and  easy  like,  "  Mary, 
we  begin  to  pack  to-day."  ••  What  for,  mem,"  says  I,  taken 
aback.  "  What's  that  hussy  asking?"  says  Master  from  the 
bed  clothes  quite  savage  like.  "For  the  Continent— Italy," 
says  missus — "  cau  you  go  Mary  ?"  Her  voice  was  quite  gen- 
tle and  saintlike,  but  1  knew  the  struggle  it  cost  aud  says  I. 
"  With  you  mem  to  Iudia's  torrid  clime,  if  required,  but  with 
African  Gorillas,"  says  1,  looking  towards  the  bed,  "  never." 
"  Leave  the  room  "  says  master  starting  up  and  catching  of 
his  bootjack.  "  Why  Charles  ?"  says  missus,  "  how  you  talk." 
affecting  surprise.  -  Do  go  Mary,"  says  she,  slipping  a  hulf- 
crown  into  my  hand.  I  left  the  room  scorning  to  lake  notice 
ot  the  odious  wretch's  conduct. 

Cannot  say  whether  my  master  anil  missus  were  ever  legally 
married.  What  with  the  dreadful  state  of  morals  now-a-days 
and  theui  stories  in  the  circulating  libraries,  innocent  girls 
don't  know  into  what  society  ihey  might  be  obliged  tj  lake 
situations.  Never  saw  missus'  marriage  certificate,  though  I 
have  quite  accidental-like  looked  in  her  desk  when  open,  aud 
would  have  seen  it.  Do  not  kuow  of  any  lovers  missus  might 
have  had.  Believe  she  had  a  liking  for  John  Thomas,  foot- 
man, for  she  was  always  spiteful-like— poor  lady— when  we 
were  together — though  th"ere  was  nothing  between  us,  as  Cook 
well  knows,  and  dare  uot  deny,  aud  misius  needn't  have  been 
jealous.  Have  never  seen  arsenic  or  Prussian  acid  in  any  of 
the  private  drawers — but  have  seen  paregoric  and  camphor. 
One  of  my  master's  friends  was  a  Count  Moscow,  a  Russian 
papist — which  I  detested. 

CHARTER  II. 
THE  SLIM  YOUNG  MAN'S  STORY. 

I  am  by  profession  a  reporter,  and  writer  for  the  press.  I 
live  at  Pultneyville.  I  have  always  had  a  passion  for  the 
marvellous,  and  have  been  distinguished  for  my  facility  in 
tracing  out  mysteries,  and  solving  enigmatical  occurrences. 
On  the  night  of  the  17th  Juue,  1845,  I  lett  my  office  and 
walked  homeward.  The  night  was  bright  and  starlight.  I 
was  revolving  iu  my  mind  the  words  of  a  singular  item  1  had 
just  read  in  the  Times.   I  had  reached  the  darkest  portion  o' 


Saihj  in  the  blue  empyrean — "  He  hesitated— stammered — 
and  gazed  at  me  hopelessly,  with  ths  tears  dripping  from  his 
moist  and  widely-opened  eyes. 

I  took  his  hand  kindly  iu  my  own.  "  Casting  a  shadow  o'er 
hill  and  dale,"  I  repeated  quietly,  leading  him  up  the  subject, 
"  like —    Come,  now." 

"Ah!"  he  said,  pressing  my  hand  tremulously,  "you 
kuow  it  ?" 

"  1  do.  Why  is  it  like — the — eh — the  commodious  mansion 
on  tbe  Limehouse  Road?" 

A  blank  stare  only  followed.    He  shook  his  head  sadly. 

"  Like  the  young  men  wanted  for  a  light,  geuleel  employ- 
ment ?" 

He  wagged  his  feeble  old  head  cunningly. 

"  Or,  M  r.  Ward,"  1  said  wilh  bold  confidence, "  like  the  mys- 
terious disappearance  from  the  Kent  Road." 

'1  in-  moment  was  lull  of  suspeuse.  He  did  not  seem  to 
hear  me.    Suddenly  he  turned. 

"  Ha  !" 

I  darted  forward.    But  he  had  vanished  in  the  darkness. 

CHAPTER  III. 
NO.  27  UMEHOISE  KOAD. 

It  was  a  hot  midsummer  evening.  Limehouse  Road  was  de- 
serted save  by  dust  and  a  few  rattling  butchers'  carts,  and  the 
bell  of  the  muffiu  and  crumpet  man.  A  commodious  mansion 
which  stood  on  the  right  of  the  road  as  you  enter  Pultney- 
ville surrounded  by  stately  poplars  and  a  high  fence  surmounted 
by  a  chevaux  de  /rise  of  broken  glass,  looked  to  the  passing 
and  footsore  pedestrian  like  the  genius  of  seclusion  aud  soli- 
tude. A  bill  announcing  in  the  usual  terms  that  the  house 
was  to  lei  hung  from  the  bell  at  the  servants'  entrance 

As  the  shades  of  evening  closed,  and-  the  long  shadows  of 
the  poplars  stretched  across  the  toad,  a  man  carrying  a  small 
kettle  stopped  and  gazed,  first  at  the  bill  and  then  at  tbe 
house.  When  he  had  reached  the  corner  of  tlie  fence,  he 
again  stopped  and  looked  cautiously  up  and  down  the  road. 
Apparently  satisfied  with  the  result  of  his  scrutiny,  he  delib- 
erately sat  himself  down  in  the  dark  shadow  of  the  fence,  and 
at  once  busied  himself  iu  some  employment,  so  well  concealed 
as  to  be  invisible  to  the  gaze  of  passers  by.  At  the  end  of 
an  hour  he  retired  cautiously. 

But  not  altogether  unseen.  A  slim  young  man,  with  spec- 
tacles and  note-book,  stepped  from  behind  a  tree  as  the  re- 
treating figure  of  the  intruder  was  lost  in  the  twilight,  and 
transferred  from  the  fence  to  his  note  book  the  freshly  sten- 
cilled inscription — "  S — T — 1860 — X." 

CHAPTER  IT. 
COUNT   MOSCOW'S  NARRATIVE. 

I  am  a  foreigner.  Observe  ?  To  be  a  foreigner  in  Eng- 
land is  to  be  mysterious,  suspicious  intriguing.  M.  Coliioi 
has  requested  the  history  of  my  complicity  with  certain  occur- 
rences.   It  is  nothing — bah — absolutely  nothing.- 

I  write  with  ease  aud  fluency.  Why  should  I  not  write  ? 
Tra  la  ia  !  I  am  what  yon  English  call  corpulent.  Ha,  ha  ! 
I  am  a  pupil  of  Maccbiavelli.   I  find  it  much  better  to  di&be. 


June  '23d) 


ThJ!i  UALlFORNlAN. 


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lieve  everything,  and  to  approach  my  subject  and  wishes  cir- 
cuitously,  than  in  a  direct  manner.  You  have  observed  that 
playful  animal,  the  cat.  Call  it,  and  it  does  not  come  to  you 
directly,  but  rubs  itself  against  all  the  furniture  in  the  room, 
and  reaches  you  finally — and  scratches.  Ah,  ha  !  scratches  ! 
I  urn  of  the  feline  species.    People  call  me  a  villain— bah  ! 

I  know  the  family,  living  No.  27  Liraehouse  Road.  I  re- 
spect the  gentleman— a  fine,  burly  specimen  of  your  English- 
man— and  Madame,  charming,  ravishing,  delightful.  When  it 
became  known  to  me  that  they  designed  to  let  their  delight- 
ful residence,  and  visit  foreign  shores,  I  at  once  called  upon 
theiu.  I  kisaed  the  hand  of  madame.  I  embraced  the  great 
Englishman.  Madame  blushed  slightly.  The  great  English- 
man shook  my  hand  like  a  mastiff. 

I  began  in  that  dexterous,  insinuating  manner,  of  which  I 
am  truly  proud.  I  thought  madame  was  ill.  Ah — no.  A 
change,  then,  was  all  that  was  required.  I  sat  down  at  the 
piano  and  sang.  In  a  few  minutes  madame  retired.  I  was 
alone  with  ray  frieud. 

Seizing  his  hand,  I  began  with  every  demonstration  of  cour- 
teous sympathy.  I  do  not  repeat  my  words,  for  my  intention 
was  conveyed  more  in  accent,  emphasis,  and  manner,  than 
speech.  I  hinted  to  him  that  he  had  another  wife  living.  I 
suggested  that  this  was  balanced — ha  ! — by  his  wife's  lover. 
That,  possibly,  he  wished  to  fly — hence 'the  letting  of  his  de- 
lightful mansion.  That  he  regularly  and  systematically  beat 
his  wife  in  the  English  manner,  and  that  she  repeatedly  de- 
ceived him.  I  talked  of  hope,  of  consolation,  of  remedy.  I 
carelessly  produced  a  bottle  of  strychnine  and  a  small  vial 
of  stramonium  from  my  pocket,  and  enlarged  on  the  efficiency 
of  drugs.  His 'ace,  which  had  gradually  become  convulsed, 
suddenly  became  fixed  with  a  frightful  expression.  He  started 
to  his  feet,  and  roared  :  '•  You  d — d  Frenchman  !" 

I  instantly  changed  my  tactics,  and  endtavored  to  embrace 
him.  He  kicked  me  twice,  violently.  I  begged  permission 
to  kiss  madame's  hand.  He  replied  by  throwing  me  down 
stairs. 

I  am  in  bed  with  my  head  bound  up,  and  beefsteaks  upon 
my  eyes,  but  still  confident  and  buoyant.  I  have  not  lost  faith 
in  Maechiavelli.  Tra,  la,  la  1  as  they  sing  in  the  opera.  1  kiss 
everybody's  hands. 

CHAPTER  V. 
DR.  DIGGS'  STATEMENT. 

My  name  is  David  Diggs.  I  am  a  surgeon  living  at  No.  9 
Tottenham  Court.  On  the  15th  of  June,  1854,  I  was  called 
to  see  an  elderly  gentleman. lodging  on  the  Kent  Road.  Found 
lain  highly  excited,  with  strong  febrile  symptoms,  pulse  120, 
increasing.  Repeated  incoherently  what  I  judged  to  be  the 
popular  form  of  a  conundrum.  On  closer  examination  found 
acute  hydrocephalus  and  both  lobes  of  the  brain  rapidly  filling 
with  water.  In  consultation  with  an  eminent  phrenologist,  it 
was  further  discovered  that  all  the  organs  were  more  or  less  ob- 
literated except  that  of  Comparison.  Hence  the  patient  was 
enabled  to  only  distinguish  the  most  common  points  of  resem- 
blance between  objects,  without  drawing  upon  other  faculties 
such  ae  Ideality  or  Language  for  assistance.  Later  in  t  he  day 
found  him  sinking — being  evidently  unable  to  carry  the  most 
ordinary  conundrum  to  a  successful  issue.  Exhibited  Tinct. 
Val.,  Ext.  Opii.,  and  Camphor,  and  prescribed  quiet  and 
emollients.    On  the  17th  the  patient  was  missing. 

CHAPTER  LAST. 
STATEMENT  OF  THE  PUBLISHER. 
Ox  the  18th  Juue.  Mr.  AV ilkie  Collius  left  a  roll  of  manu- 
script with  us  for  publication,  without  title  or  direction,  since 
which  time  he  has  not  been  heard  from.  In  spite  of  the  care 
of  the  proof-readers,  and  valuable  literary  assistance,  it  is 
feared  that  the  continuity  of  the  story  has  beeu  destroyed  by 
some  accidental  misplacing  of  chapters  during  its  progress. 
How  and  what  chapters  are  so  misplaced,  the  publisher 
leaves  to  an  indulgent  public  to  discover. 


"False"  Hair.— Among  other  novelties  in  false  hair, 
partial  chignons  are  sold  ;  that  is,  a  frizzed  pad  with  artificial 
hair  dressed  over  one  half,  the  other  preserved  for  the  natural 
production.  These  are  intended  for  persons  who,  having  a 
little  hair,  are  proud  of  it,  but  wish,  while  wearing  it,  to  in- 
crease its  apparent  size.  Eutire  false  chignons  are  intended 
for  those  more  completely  destitute  of  hirsute  growth.  As 
few  things  look  worse  than  scanty  hair,  and  as  hair  is  really 
a  means  of  keeping  the  head  warm,  and  a  more  beautiful  or- 
nament than  any  manufactured  substance,  we  do  not  think 
that  those  who  seek  by  purchase  to  supply  the  deficiency  or 
decay  of  nature  should  be  censured.  Though,  perhaps,  a 
natural  abundance  may  be  a  sign  of  vigor,  youth,  and  beauty, 
the  possessors  of  such  may  be  thankful  for  the  not  altogether 
common  privilege,  and  can  afford  to  be  generous  iu  spirit 
towards  "  purchasers,"  especially  if  they  could  but  realize 
the  trouble,  patience,  skill,  aud  money,  necessary  for  the  sub- 
stitution. The  only  wonder  is  that  any  persons  can  be  found 
to  part  with  long  locks. r-Boudoir. 


[For  the  CaliCornian.l 

SUNDRIES. 

CRITICISM,  in  incapable  hands,  is  something  more  than 
an  evil — it  is  a  bore  :  and  people  hereabout  generally 
admit  that  they  have  been  penetrated.  Though  firmly  re- 
solved to  incur  r.o  liability  in  this  regard,  there  is  just  one 
habit — a  writing  habit — which  1  think  has  been  worn  long 
enough  and  should  be  cast  off.  Many  editors  invariably 
speak  of  persons  not  known  to  them  as  "  one  "  Jones,  "  one  " 
Smith,  "one"  Brown,  etc.  This  signifies  that  the  itemist 
deems  the  "  one  "  referred  to  an  obscure  individual — he  don't 
know  him.  It  is  very  cheap  contempt,  at  best ;  anybody 
can  indulge  in  it,  and  generally  it  can  be  returned  in  kind. 
I  remember  during  the  political  campaign  which  resulted  in 
the  victory  for  Pierce,  a  speaker  who  was  somewhat  distin- 
guished locally — having  beeu  postmaster  at  a  cross-roads 
office  and  "  squire  "  of  his  precinct — closed  a  speech  with  the 
annihilating  sentence  :  "  One  Franklin  Pierce  is  the  opposing 
candidate.  I  confess,  fellow  citizens,  I  dorilknow  one  Frank- 
lin Pierce."  "  No,''  retorted  the  speaker  who  followed, 
"  and  it's  just  barely  possible  '  one  '  Franklin  Pierce  doesn't 
know  the  gentleman." 

"  Making  arrangements  to  get  the  telegraph  "  is  the  usual 
accompaniment — generally  only  a  vocal  one — of  projects  for 
starting  newspapers  in  this  city.  If  the  papers  we  have  could 
get  despatches  a  little  oltener  it  would  be  a  favor  to  the 
community.  My  Fenian  friends  have  been  shabbily  treated 
ever  since  the  last  battle  was  telegraphed — a  good  part  of  the 
time  the  line  has  either  been  down  or  occupied  with  "  private 
business."  Thus  the  grievance  presents  itself  to  outsiders. 
However,  part  of  this  sympathy  may  have  been  wasted — the 
private  business  may  have  been  Fenian  business  :  who  knows  ? 
The  Fenian  army  is  scattered  but  not  conquered — privates 
are  wanted,  and  "  private  "  is  the  word  from  this  time  forth. 
Telling  your  enemy  just  when,  where  and  how  you  are  going 
to  attack  him  may  be  open,  frank,  etc.,  but  it  will  hardly  tend 
to  reduce  insurance  charges  on  your  life. 

— Which  suggests  another  item  to  be  charged  to  Suudries  : 
Since  ray  "  early  piety  "  days  quite  a  change  has  been  made 
in  the  tactics  of  the  moral  reform  army.  Then,  their  tracts  were 
usually  headed,  "  Is  Your  Soul  Saved  ?"  or,  "  Have  You 
Found  the  One  Thing  Needful  ?"  Those  now  thrust  under 
my  door  or  which  meet  me  in  my  daily  walk,  have  a  more  ma- 
terial flavor — thus  :  "  You  May  Die  To-Morrow  I  Are  You 
Insured?"  "Why  will  You  Trifle  with  Your  Life,  when  a 
Trifle  will  Save  It  ?" 

Our  people  are  indebted  to  Boston  for  many  things.  Du- 
ring the  past  year  she  has  sent  us  a  professor  of  the  manly 
art  of  self-defence  and  has  also — perhaps  with  a  view  to  keep- 
ing the  "  Professor  "  employed — tossed  us  her  biggest  Stone, 
'f'he  boulder — if  ii's  not  a  bolder,  where  cm  you  find  one? — 
alighted  on  the  heads  of  our  Sabbath-breaking  editors,  and 
will  doubtless  roll  arouud,  in  due  time,  and  give  other  offend- 
ers a  crushing  visitation.  As  to  keeping  the  "  oue  day  in 
seveu  "  holy,  no  man  can  reasonably  refuse,  and  it's  not  half 
so  great  a  cross  as  it  was  when  it  was  not  considered  alto- 
gether "  evangelical  "  to  cushion  the  seats  aud  give  the  backs 
of  the  pews  a  comfortable  incline. 

Now  that  we  have  a  pop'lar  forest  of  immense  proportions 
iu  our  midst,  dealers  in  redwood  will  not  have  it  all  their  own 
way,  though  competition  will,  of  course,  give  an  impetus  to 
the  building  interest  aud  gradually  reassure  holders.  One 
very  good  house  has  already  "  gone  up." 

Surgeons  and  writers  are  not  unlike  in  one  respect — both 
require  subjects,  and  both  at  times  resort  to  improper  means 
to  procure  them.  They  differ  in  this,  however,  that  while 
the  former  never  place  themselves  nor  their  professional  asso- 
ciates under  the  knife,  many  of  the  latter  appear  to  think 
that  they  and  their  fellow-sufferers  the  only  "  subjects " 
worth  dissecting. 

A  lady  in  this  city  startled  a  friend,  recently,  by  tell- 
ing him  that  during  his  absence  she  had  been  shot.  "  Where? 
how?"  he  inquired  anxiously.  '•  Here,"  she  replied,  '•  blood- 
shot !"  "  Ah,"  he  responded,  "I  am  glad  to  be  assured 
it  is  all  in  your  eye."  They  still  survive. 

Wh"at  has  become  of  the  Woman  iu  Pants  ?  The  last  news- 
paper mention  of  her  was  that  she  had  been  fined  by  Judge  Rix, 
but  was  determined  to  assert  her  rights  before  a  higher  tri- 
bunal. "  The  People  "  had  gained  their  suit  for  the  time,  but 
she  would  not  consent  permanently  to  relinquish  hers. 

Several  of  the  incorporators  of  the  proposed  evening  paper 
will  be  recognized  as  ardent  advocates  of  the  cold-water 
cause.  Let's  hope  they  may  not  find  themselves  "in  hot 
water  "  before  a  twelvemonth  newspaper  experience  has  been 
added  to  their  possessions.  Most  publishers  find  that,  after 
all,  success  is  to  be  found  ouly  "  in  a  horn." 

The  Gold  Brick,  by  Mrs.  Ann  S.  Stevens,  is,  according  to 
the  Round  Table,  "  the  best  selling  book  of  the  year."  I 
haven't  read  the  story,  and  cannot  weep  over  this  depraved- 
taste  exhibit,  as  the  journal  named  regards  it.  Perhaps  it's 
the  title  that  makes  the  book  so  taking.    My  copy  waa  taken 


before  it  had  time  to  feel  loausome.  While  we  undoubtedly 
devote  too  much  time  to  "  trashy  "  literature,  we  can't  feed 
altogether  on  solids,  and  a  gold  brick  seems  to  dissolve  more 
easily  than  anything  else  having  the  semblance  of.  solidity. 

Emstadt. 

"  MARK  TWAIN "  AT  "  THE  ISLANDS." 

THE  last-published  letter  of"  Mark  Twain"  (in  the  Union 
of  the  21st  inst.,)  is  mainly  devoted  to  a  description 
of  the  Ministry  and  to  scenes  in  the  Legislature,  which  want 
of  space  compels  us  to  omit.  The  following  paragraphs  are 
more  characteristically  Twainish.  In  reference  to  the  King, 
"  Mark  "  has  formed  a  better  opinion  of  his  Majesty,  upon 
further  acquaintance.  It  will  be  remembered  that  he  discov- 
ered his  Royal  Highness  as  he  approached  the  wharf,  his  royal 
legs  hanging  over  the  water,  and  his  air  that  of  a  man  who 
"  didn't  care  two  cents  whether  school  kept  or  not :" 

THE  MILLENNIUM  AT  HAND. 

I  have  found  at  least  one  startling  peculiarity  about  this 
Hawaiian  Legislature.  They  do  not  accuse  its  members  of 
being  stained  with  bribery  and  corruption.  It  is  a  new  and 
pleasant  sensation  to  me.  Some  people  ascribe  this  singular 
purity  to  innate  virtue,  while  others  less  charitable  sav  the 
members  are  not  offered  bribes  because  they  are  such  leaky 
vessels  that  they  would  be  sure  to  let  it  out.  Doubtless,  in 
some  cases  one  theory  is  correct,  aud  the  other  correct  in 
other  cases.  I  hope  it  is  somehow  that  way  ;  at  any  rate,  I 
haven't  time  to  discuss  it. 

LEGISLATIVE  ETIQUETTE. 

Legislative  etiquette  is  of  a  low  grade  everywhere, I  believe. 
I  find  no  exception  to  the  rule  here.  All  bands  smoke  during 
the  session,  from  the  highest  down  to  the  pock-marked  mes- 
senger. Cow  county  members — or  perhaps  I  should  say  taro- 
patch  members— lay  the  sides  of  their  faces  on  the  desks,  en- 
circle them  with  their  arms  and  go  to  sleep  for  a  few  momenta 
at  a  time.  I  know  they  must  put  their  feet  on  the  desks 
sometimes,  but  I  could  not  catch  them  at  it.  I  saw  them  eat- 
ing crackers  and  cheese,  though,  and  freely  excused  them  for 
it,  because  they  bold  long,  fatiguing  sessions — from  11  to  4 
o'clock,  withput  intermission.  I  am  grieved  to  say  that  their 
etiquette  is  a  shade  superior  to  that  of  the  early  Washoe 
Legislatures.  "  Horse  Williams  "  was  a  member  of  one  of 
them,  and  he  used  to  always  prop  his  vast  feet  upon  his  desk 
and  get  behind  them  and  eat  a  raw  turnip  during  prayer  by 
the  Chaplain. 

A  CORRECTION. 

Some  people  in  California  have  an  idea  that  the  King  of 
the  Saadwich  Islands  is  a  man  who  spends  his  time  idling 
about  the  town  of  Honolulu  with  individuals  of  questionable 
respectability,  and  drinking  habitually  and  to  excess.  This 
impression  is  wrong.  Before  he  ascended  the  throne  he  was 
"  faster  "  than  was  well  for  him  or  for  his  good  name,  but, 
like  the  hero  of  Agincourt,  he  renounced  his  bad  habits  and 
discarded  his  Falstaffs  when  he  became  King,  and  since  that 
time  has  conducted  himself  as  becomes  his  high  position.  He 
attends  closely  to  his  business,  makes  no  display,  does  Dot  go 
about  much,  and  in  manners  and  habits  i9  a  thorough  gentle- 
man. He  only  appears  in  the  streets  when  his  affairs  require 
it,  aud  then  he  goes  well  mounted  or  in  his  carriage,  and 
decently  and  properly  atteuded. 

And  while  upon  this  subject,  I  will  remark  that  His  Majes- 
ty's income  is  amply  sufficient  for  the  modest  state  he  in- 
dulges in.  The  Legislature  appropriates  $16,000  a  year  to 
his  use,  aud  his  estates  (called  the  "  Royal  domain  ")  yield 
him  320,000  a  year  besides.  The  present  palace  is  to  be 
pulled  down,  aud  a  new  one  erected.  The  Legislature  has 
ju3t  made  an  appropriation  of  §40,000  to  begin  the  work  and 
carry  it  on  for  the  next  two  years.  There  was  nothing  said 
about  what  it  is  ultimately  to  cost — wherefore  I  surmise  that 
it  is  the  design  of  the  Government  to  build  a  palace  well 
worthy  of  the  name. 


Mr.  M.  D.  Conway,  the  London  correspondent  of  the 
Round  Table,  speaks  thus  of  the  mercantile  cant,  too  often 
heard,  in  refereuce  to  the  compensations  of  authorship  :  "  I 
thought  as  I  paced  along  this  square  of  a  very  foolish  remark 
made  by  one  of  your  Boston  contemporaries  lately,  in  dispar- 
agement of  your  noble  efforts  to  rescue  from  literary  sharks 
the  fruits  of  honest,  laborious  thought  and  culture  everywhere 
by  a  just  copywright  law.  '  The  best  writers,'  said  the  jour- 
nal to  which  I  refer, '  will  always  be  poorly  paid  in  money — 
they  work  for  nobler  objects.'  This  is  sickening  cant.  The 
best  writers  have  again  and  again  been  reduced  to  become  the 
most  wretched  sycophants  in  order  to  live  ;  intellectual  inde- 
pendence has  been  sapped  a  thousand  times  because  of  the 
need  of  some  patronage  from  the  rich  or  from  the  world.  It 
is  necessary  that  the  author  shall  write  for  nobler  objects  than 
money  ;  and  for  that  very  reason  he  should  not  be  chained 
down  for  evermore  to  the  writing  for  money.  Just  in  the 
proportion  that  authors  have  been  well  paid  in  this  world 
have  they  written  well.  In  Carlyle's  preface  to  his- edition  of 
Emerson,  in  this  country,  he  partly  attributed  Emerson's  inde- 
pendence to  his  being  above  want." 


10 


THE  CALIFORNIAN. 


(June  23d 


DISTANCES  FROM  SAN  FRANCISCO 

To  various  points  : 

To  Fort  Point,  4  miles,  by  omnibus,  four  trips  a  day. 
Lone  Mountain,  3,  street  railwav. 
Seal  Rock,  6,  cars  and  omnibus,  two  trips  a  day. 
Mission  Dolores,  street  railways ;  Ocean  House  8. 
San  Mateo,  20,  railroad. 
Crystal  Springs,  23,  railroad  and  stage 
Half-Moon  Bay,  29,     do.  do. 
Redwood  city,  30,  do. 
•  Mountain  View,  38,  do. 
Santa  Clara,  47,  do. 

San  Jose,  50,  do. ,  or  steamer  and  stage,  54. 

Alviso,  46,  steamer,  daily. 

Almaden  mines .  67,  steamer  and  stage  ;  or  by  rail- 
road and  stage,  64. 
Santa  Cruz,  78,  railroad  and  stage. 
Oakland,  8,  steamer  and  railroad,  six  trips  a  day. 
Alameda,  11,  steamer,  three  trips  a  day. 
j    San  Leandro,  15,  steamer  and  railroad. 

Mission  San  Jose,  34,  steamer,  railroad  and  stage. 

Warm  Springs,  37,  do.  do. 

Benicia,  30,  steamer  leaves  at  4  P.  M.  daily. 

Sacramento,  117,  do.  do. 

Stockton,  117,      do.  do. 

Martinez,  33,  do. 

Pacheco,  38,  steamer  and  stage. 

Diablo  Coal  Mines,  44,  steamer  and  stage. 

Suisun,  50,  steamer,  or  54  by  steamer  and  stage 

Vallejo,  28;  Mare  Island,  37;  Napa  city,  50 

White  Sulphur  Springs,  67,  stage  from  Napa. 

Geyser  Springs,  118,  do.  do. 

Sonoma,  52,  steamer,  tri  weekly. 

Petaluma,  48,  steamer,  daily. 

Healdsburg,  80,  stage  daily  from  Petaluma 

San  Quentin,  12,  steamer  ;  Farallone  Islands,  20. 


JZJROOKLYX  HOTEL, 

1852.   SAN   FRANCISCO.  1866. 


The  Proprietor  of  the  above-named  Hotel  wishes 
to  inform  his  patrous  aud  the  Travelling  Public  that  he 
has  opened  that  elegant  Brick  Fireproof  Hotel,  situated 
on  the 

S.  E.  Corner  of  Pine  and  Sansome  streets, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

It  was  built  expressly  for  a  Hotel,  with  all  the  modern 

conveniences  attached  to  it. 

Gas  and  water  are  supplied  throughout  the  House. 
Rooms  are  well  veutilated,  and  the  Public  will  findi 
Hotel  alt  the  comforts  of  a  homo.   The  Hotel  is  spacious, 
and  well  adapted  for  the  use  of  Families.   Suits  of  Rooms 
can  be  had  ou  reasonable  terms. 

LARGE  READING  ROOM 

Attached  to  the  Hotel, 

Containing  500  Volumes  of  Standard  Works, 

Which  is  entirely  for  the  use  of  patrons. 

THE  CITY  COACH,  with  the  name  of  the  Hotel  on  it, 
will  be  in  readiness  at  the  Wharf,  on  the  arrival  of  each 
steamer,  to  convey  passengers  and  baggage  to  the  II  > 
freeof  charge.  JO  'N  KELLY,  Jr., 

my6  3m  Proprietor. 


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A  Sure  Cure 

FOR  COUGHS,  COLDS.  BRONCHITIS 
DYSPEPSIA, 
CONSUMPTION, 
NIGHT  SWEATS.  AND  PULMONARY 
DISEASES. 

Read  the  following  : 

REMARKABLE  CURE. 
Sun  Francisco,  September  5th,  1865 
I  desire  to  make  known  the  fact  that  I  was  afflic- 
ted with  a  very  bad  cough  for  fifteen  years,'  and, 
during  this  time,  used  everything  which  t  could  hear 
of  without  getting  the  better  of  my  disease,  until  I 
tried  Dr.  D.  B.  Vincent's  Cold  Preventative  or  Cough 
Mixture,  which  cured  me  sound  and  well. 

NEWTON  MOORE. 

Tliis  is  to  certify  that  my  wife  has  been  troubled 
with  indigestion  for  nearly  eighteen  months,  and,  by 
using  one  bottle  of  Dr.  Vincent's  medicine,  has  been 
completely  cured. 

Sun  Fraucisco,  April  6th,  1866. 

JOHNSON  J.  THOMAS. 

San  Francisco,  July  17th,  1865. 

I  hereby  certify  that,  having  had  a  Cough  some 
five  months  since,  which  had  troubled  me  for  two 
years,  aud  I  was  so  bad  that  I  was  able  to  do  but 
little  labor  of  any  kind,  and  could  not  walk  fast 
without  putting  myself  out  of  breath.  I  was  so  far 
gone  that  I  had  chills  over  me  and  night  sweats,  and 
ni?d  what  other  physicians  called  disease  of  the  lungs. 
I  hud  been  doctoring  a  part  of  the  time  for  the  lust 
year,  when  I  saw  Dr.  D.  B.  Vincent,  and  be  gave 
me  a  small  vial  of  medicine,  which  relieved  nie  of 
the  chills  and  night  sweats  aud  the  congb  entirely 
went  away,  and  I  do  not  take  cold  so  easy,  and  my 
health  is  much  better  in  every  respect.  My  appetite 
is  much  better  ;  and  I  heartily  recommend  all  others 
who  are  afflicted  with  similar  complaints  to  him. 

JOHN  O'NEILL,  National  Hotel. 

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THIS  AMALGAMATOR  INVOLVES 

NO  C  O  M  P  L I  C  AT  E  D  MACHINERY 
Aud  possesses  the  folk  wing  advantages  over 
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1st  It  is  capable  of  doing  double  the  amount  of 
work  of  the  ordinary  Puns,  at  a  saving  of  more  than 
one-half  the  power. 

2d.  It  reduces  the  pulp  finer,  thereby  producing  a 
better  result. 

3d.  It  requires  less  quicksilver  by  one-half  at  a 
charge,  whilst  the  loss  by  trituration  is  comparatively 
nothing. 

4th.  As  an  Amalgamator  for  gold  contained  m  sul- 
phurets,  as  also  for  very  fine  or  flour  gold  it  has  no 
equal. 

5tli.  This  Amalgamator  involves  no  complicated 
machinery,  and  is  less  liable  to  get  out  of  order  than 
anv  of  the  pans. 
DESCRU'TWX  Of  lARRAND'S  AMALGAMATOR. 

In  ottering  this  Amalgamator  to  the  public  the  in- 
ventor does  not  claim  any  new  or  scientific  method 
of  extracting  the  precious  metals  from  the  ores;  he 
merely  claims  a  new  and  simple  combina'ion  ot 
mechanical  principles,  « hereby  a  great  saving  of 
power  (full  one-half  in  amount)  is  effected.  The 
capacity  of  the  machine  varies  with  its  size.  The 
smallest,  or  prospecting  size,  will  reduce  400  lbs.  in 
three  hours,  and  can  be  easily  worked  by  the  power 
of  one  man.  The  largest  size  will  work  1,500  lbs 
in  three  hours,  or  six  tons  in  '-'4  hours,  with  an  appli- 
cation of  a  trifle  more  than  one-horse  power.  Ibis 
saving  of  power,  as  all  mill-men  are  aware,  is  an  im 
poi'tant  coiisidcrationpartieuhuiy  where  fuel  is  scarce- 
The  power  so  saved  in  running  the  Amalgamators 
may  be  advantageously  employed  to  an  increase  of 
stumps,  and  thus  proportionally  increasing  the  work 
of  the  mill.  This  machine  consists  of  a  semi  cylin- 
drical, trough-shaped  vessel,  in  the  interior  of  which 
is  furnished  with  mo\  eable  concave  dies,  to  be  re- 
placed when  worn  out,  as  in  ordinary  pans.  The 
mailers  are  convex,  and  attached  to  a  substantial 
rock  shaft,  by  which  they  are  moved  back  ami  for 
ward  by  crank  or  eccentric  motion.  The  mullers 
are  held  to  their  places  by  springs  of  moderate 
strength,  the  pressure  of  which  may  be  easily  regu- 
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to  keep  the  pulp  in  a  constant  state  of  agitation, 
thoroughly  mixing  it,  and  passing  it  under  the  mul- 
lere  withont  report  to  any  of  the  various  expedients 
employed  iu  Pans  where  a  circular  motion  is  main- 
tained. 

Trials  made  with  this  machine  in  the  presence  of 
experts,  during  the  last  six  mouths,  have  been  pro- 
nounced highly  satisfactory.  It  is  peculiarly  well 
adapted  to  employment  by  small  mining  operators  iu 
distant  localities,  as  it  can  readily  be  taken  to  pieces 
and  packed  upon  mules. 

A  large  size  machine  is  constructed  without  dies  or 
mullers,  but  simply  with  arms  to  act  as  stirrers,  to 
be  used  in  connection  with  several  of  the  Amalga- 
mators as  a  "  Separator,"  as  it  is  found  that  the  pecu- 
liar motion  given  to  these  arms,  in  counectiou  with 
the  concave  shape  of  the  body  of  the  machine,  ren 
ders  it  most  effectual  for  such  a  purpose. 

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J)R.  HUMPHREYS' 

Homoeopathic  Specifics 

Have  proved,  from  the  most  ample  experience,  an 
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No.    1  cures  Fevers,  Congestion,  lotlanimations.0  25 

"  2  cures  Worms, Worm  Fever,  Worm  Colic,  25 

"  3  cures  Crying  Colic,  or  Teething  of  in- 

"  4  cures  Diarrhoea  of  children  or  adults...  25 

fants   25 

"  5  cures  Dysentery,  Griping,  Bilious  Colic,  25 

"  6  cures  Cholera  Morbus,  Nausea, Vomiting,  25 

*'     7  cures  Cough*,  Colds,  Bronchitis   25 

-l  8  enres  Neuralgia,  Toothache,  Faceache.  25 

"  9  cures //ead«r7(«, sick-Headache, Vertigo,  25 

"    10  cures  Dyspepsia,  Billions  Stomach   25 

"  11  cures  Suppressed,  or  Painful  Periods..  25 

"  13  cures  Croup,  Cough,  difficult  Breathing,  25 

u  14  cures  Salt  Rheum,  Erysipelas  Eruptions,  25 

n  15  cures  Rheumatism,  Rheumatic  Pains...  25 

•'  \6  cams  Fever  and  Ague, Chill  Fever,  Agues  50 

'*    17  cures  Piles,  blind  or  bleeding   50 

"  18cnres  0/)Mrt/mi«,  and  Sore  or  Weak  Eyes,  50 

"  19  cures  Catarrh, acute  orchronic, Influenza  50 

"  20  cures  WhoopingCough,  violent  roughs.  50 

"   21  cures  Asthma,  oppressed  Breathing   50 

"  22  cures  Ear  Discharges,  impaired  Hearing  50 
"  23  cures  Scrofula,  Enlarged  GlanJt,  Swell- 
ing'   60 

"  24  cures  General  Debility,  Physical  Weak- 
ness   50 

"    25  cores  Dropsy,  and  scanty  Secretions   50 

"  26cures  iSert-iS'iVinf««,sicknesafrom  Riding,  50 

"    27  cures  Kidney  Disease,  Gravel   50 

"    29  cures  Sore  Mouth,  Canker   50 

"  31  cures  Painful  Periods,  even  with  Spasms  50 

11    32  cures  Sufferings  at  change  of  life  $1.00 

■'  33  cures  Epilepsy.  Spasms,  St.  Vitus'  Daace.1.00 

"  34  cures  Diphtheria,  Ulcerated  Sore  Throat,  50 

FAMILY  CASES. 

35  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book  $10  00 

28  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book  '.   8  00 

20  vialB,  morocco  case,  and  book   6  00 

These  Remedies,  by  the  case  or  single  box,  are 
sent  to  any  part  of  the  country,  by  Mail  or  Express, 
on  receipt  of  the  nrice. 

HOSTETTER,  SMITH  &  DEAN, 
401  and  403  Battery  street,  corner  of  Clay, 
ap27-3m  Sun  Francisco. 


BEAUTIFUL  COMPLEXION  ! 


Secret  of  Beauty  ! 


USE  GEO.  W.  LAIRDS 

BLOOM  OF  YOUTH, 

See  that  the  name, 
GEO.    W.  LAIRD 
is  stamped 


ON    THE  BOTTLE. 


No  other  is  Genuine. 


LIQUID  PEARL! 
The  best  article  in  the 
world  for  Preserving 

and  Beautifying 
the  Complexion  and 
Skin. 

This  magnificent  Toilet  Article  is  prepared  onlj 
by  GEO.  W.  LAIRD,  74  Fulton  street,  New  l'ork, 
formerly  483  Broadway. 
Sold  by  Druggists  everywhere. 

HOSTETTER,  SMITH  &  DEAN. 
401  and  403  Battery  street,  comer  of  Clav. 
ap27-3m  •  San  Francisco 


June  23d  I 


THE  CALIFORNIAN 


11 


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THE  BEST 


FOR  FAMILY  USE. 


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of  forty-five  degrees ;  then  close  one  eye,  and 
read  at  your  ease. 


T 


H  E 


AWARDED  the  HIGHEST  PREMIUM 

AT  THE 

State  Fair  of  California, 

T'ie  ouly  Fair  on  the  Pacillc  coast  at  wr.icli  any  two 
doubie-tbread  Machines  wore  exhibited  in  competition  iu 

1865. 

If  there  is  a  FLORENCE  SEWING  MA- 
chine  within  one  thousand  miles  of  this  office 
that  is  not  working  well,  it  will  be  attended 
to  if  I  am  informed  of  it,  without  expense  to 
the  owner.  SAMUEL  HILL, 

General  Agent, 
111  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco. 

THE 


FLORENCE 


SEWING-  MACHINE 

RECEIVED  THB  FIRST  PREMIUM,  A  GOLD  MEDAL, 
at  the  Groat  Exhibition  of  the 

AMERICAN  INSTUTE,  -  -  -  New  York, 
1  8  6  5. 

myl0-3m 


(JANTY  &  WAGNER, 

(SUCCESSORS  TO  J.  BEGAN,)] 

WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL 

Confectioners, 

111  Montgomery  street,  bet.  Bush  and  Sutter. 

N.  B. — AH  candies  sold  by  us  are  Warranted  to  bo  man- 
.ufactured  from  Stewart's  double-rcflned  Sugai,  and  to  bo 
•qosl  to  any  manufactured  in  the  State.  Country  mer- 
chants solicited  to  examine  our  stock  and  prices.  Goods 
(ielivred  oto  any  part  of  the  city  free  of  charge.  my24-3m 


PEIRCE, 
*  FURNITURE  AND 


Bedding  Warerooms. 


Nos.  415,  417,  and  419  California  Street, 

,         NEAR  MONTGOMERY. 

THIS  STOCK  OF  FURNITURE,  etc.,  was  selected  with 
great  care,  and  special  attention  given  to  the  wants  of 
this  market,  ENTIRELY  AT  THE  EAST.  It  is  NOT 
COMPOSED  OF  REFUSE  GOODS,  ODDS  AND  ENDS  OF 
OTHER  HOUSES  that  have  lately  closed  out  hero,  bill 
CONSISTS  ENTIRELY  OF  NEW  GOODS,  made  alter  the 
latest  patterns  aiul  in  the  most  durable  manner. 

The  present  Stock  is  fully  TWICE  as  large  as  that  of  any 
other  house  here.  Parties  having  any  doubts  of  this,  or 
that  the  assortment  is  not  superior  to  any  in  the  city,  can 
easily  satisfy  themselves  by  Calling. 

Tho  stock  of  Case  Goods  is  laiger  than  over  before. 

J.  PEIRCE, 
Ware-rooms  415,  417  and  419  California  street, 

mbl6-3m  SAN.  FRANCISCO. 


B.  F.  Sterett,  533 
Clay  St.,  a  few  doors 
below  Montgomery, 
continues  to  print  all 
kinds  of  Books,  Bills, 
Circulars,  Cards,  etc. 
in  superior  style,  and 
at  reasonable  prices. 


RODGERS  JOHNSON, 


ODD  FELLOWS'  HALL,  329  Montgomery  strict, 
mh30  3m  Sau  Francisco. 


J^ATHANIEL  GRAY, 

UNDERTAKER  , 
cmr  and  county  sea~ton, 
641  Sacramento  street,  Corner  of  Webb 

'ole  agents  for   BARSTOW'S   PATENT  METALLIC  1 
BURIAL  CASES  and  CASKETS. 


Edward  Bosqui  &  Co., 

Printers, 

And  Blank  Book  Manufacturers, 
517  CLAY  STREET, 

Between  Montgomery  and  Sansome  Sts., 
San  Francisco. 


s 


CHOOL  FURNITURE. 


RANKIN'S  PATENT  SCHOOL  DESK  ; 
Liquid  Slating  for  Blackboard; 
ARITHMETICAL  FRAME; 

Babbitoniaa  System  of  Writing— the  Best  System 
know 

W.  HOLT, 

dej  305  Montgomery  street,  Room  No  2. 


rpHE  LIGHT  OF  THE  WORLD. 

DR.  MAGGIEL'S 

Pills  and  Salv  e. 


These  Life-giving  remedies  are  bow,  for  the  first 
time,  given  publicly  to  the  world.  For  over  a  quar- 
ter of  a  century  of  private  practice  the  ingredients  in 

-,, 6LIFE-GI VING  PILLS! 
Have  been  used  with  the  greatest  success.  Their 
mission  is  not  only  to  prevent  disease,  but  to  cure. 
They  search  out  the  various  maladies  by  which  the 
patient  is  suffering,  and  re-invigorate  the  failing  sys 
tern.  To  the  aged  and  intirm  a  few  doses  of  these 
valuable  PILLS  will  prove  to  be 

A  VERY  FOUNTAIN  OF  YOUTH, 
For  in  every  case  they  add  new  life  and  vitality, 
and  restore  the  waning  energies  to  their  pristine 
state.  To  the  young  and  middle-aged,  they  will 
prove  most  invaluable,  as  a  ready,  specific,  and 
sterling  medicine.  Here  is  a  dream  realized,  that 
Ponce-de-Leon  sought  for  three  hundred  years  ago 
and  never  found.  He  looked  for  a  fountain  that 
would  restore  the  old  to  vigor  and  make  youth  ever 

AN    ETERNAL    SPRING ! 

It  was  left  for  this  day  and  hour  to  realize  the 
dream,  and  show  in  one  glorious  fact,  the  magic  that 
made  it  fair. 

THESE   FAMOUS  REMEDIES 

Cannot  stay  the  flight  of  years,  but  they  can  force 
back,  and  hold  aloof,  diseases  that  might  triumph 
over  the  aged  and  the  young.  Let  none  hesitate 
then,  but  seize  the  favorable  epportunity  that  offers. 
When  taken  as  prescribed — 

FOR   BlLLIOUS  DISORDERS 

Nothing  can  be  more  productive  of  cure  than  these 
Pills.  Their  almost  magic  influence  is  felt  at  once  ; 
and  the  usual  concomitants  of  this  most  distressing 
disease  are  removed.  These  remedies  are  made 
from  the  purest 

VEGETABLE  COMPOUNDS. 
They  will  not  harm  the  most  delicate  female,  and 
cau  be  given  with  good  effect  in  prescribed  doses  to 
the  youngest  babe. 

FOR  CUTANEOUS  DISORDERS 
And  all  eruptions  of  the  skin,  the  SALVE  is  most 
invaluable.  It  does  not  heal  externally  alone,  but 
penetrates  witu  the  most  searching  effects  to  the  very 
root  of  the  evil ! 

Dr.  Maggiel's  Pills 

Invariably  cure  the  following  diseases: 
Asthma, 

Bowel  Complaints, 
Coughs,  J 
Colds, 

Che6t  Diseases, 
Costiveness, 
Dyspepsia, 
Diarrhoea, 
Dropsy, 
Debility, 

Female  Complaints,  Fever  and  Agne 

Headache, 
Indigestion, 
Influenza, 

Inflammation, 

Inward  Weakness, 
Liver  Complaint, 
Lowness  of  Spirits, 
Ringworm, 

Rheumatism, 
Salt  Rheum, 
Scalds, 

Skiu  Diseases. 

Notice.  —  None  genuine  without  the  engraved 
trade  mark  around.each  pot  or  box,  signed  by  Dr.  J. 
Maggiel,  43  Fulton  »t. ,  New  York,  to  counterfeit 
which  is  felony. 

Sold  by  all  respectable  Dealers  in  Medicines 
throughout  the  United  States — at  2o  cents  per  box  or 
pot.  ap!4-ly 


CARD 


M.  Howard's  Hair  Restorative, 

NO.  315  MONTGOMERY  STREET, 

SAN  FRANCISCO, 

THE  ABOVE  PREPARATION,  which  h«s  been  recently 
discovered  and  patented,  is  purely  a  Vegetable  Extract. 

The  undersigned  are  fully  aware  .of  the  many  unsatis 
factory  and  useless  preparations  for  restoring  hair  that 
have  boon  introduced  to  tho  puplic,  and  how  little  confi- 
dence is  to  be  placed  in  any  pretensions  to  restoring  the 
hair  to  bald  heads,  but, 

HAYING  TRIED  MR.  HOWARD'S  PREPARATION, 
we  are  able  to  state  that  it  not  only  prevents  the  Hair 
from  falling  out,  but  absolutely  reproduces  it,  and  that 
we  now  have  good  suits  of  Hair  growing  where  we  were 
entirely  bald.  Therefore,  as  a  matter  of  justice  to  Mr. 
Howard,  and  of  consolation  to  bald  heads,  we  tender  hjm 
this  testimonial  Mr  H.  keeps  the  article  for  sale  in 
bottles,  with  directions  for  its  use,  or  applies  it  himself, 
as  may  be  defired. 
San  Francisco,  April  6, 1866. 

Frank  M.  Thayer,  R.  A.  Redman, 

W.  S  Davis,  J.  O-  Rountree, 

T.  A.  Hall,  G.  W.  Gamble, 

A.  C.  Knox.  J.  W.  Miller, 

Bradbury  Sanborn,  E.  C.  McComb, 

George  Wells,  D.  C.  Ross, 


Joseph  Wells, 


ap7 


FRANKLIN  PRINTING  OFFICE, 

509  CLAY  STREET,  {near  Sansome,) 

SAN  FRANCISCO, 

"  Tho  oldest  and  most  complete  Book  and  Job  printing 
establishment  in  California.  All  descriptions  of  work 
neatly  executed  at  low  rates. ' ' 

jfcl."  FRANK  EASTMAN,  Proprietor. 


h.  Mcdonald  &  co., 


WHOLESALE 


DRUGGISTS, 


IMPORTERS  OF 

Drugs,     Chemicals,  Herbs, 

PATENT  MEDICINES, 
PAINTS,  VARNISHES, 
ACIDS,  DTE  STUFFS, 
OILS,  PERFUMERIES, 

l&'rfl  ^At  Ai~.-~A~MZ^„  -i 

TOILET  ARTICLES, 


BRUSHES. 

Wo  are  just  receiving,  direct  from  Spain,  a  complete 
assortment  of 

CORKS  I   CORKS!  CORKS 

which  wo  oner  at  lower  prices  than  usual 

Dusting,    Paint,  Varnish,    Shoe,  Scrub, 
Hair  and  Tooth  Brushes  : 

Wo  have  a  splendid  stock,  which  we  offer  at  extiemely 
low  prices. 

HERBS. 

We  have  received,  direct  from  tho  Shakers,  all  kinds 
of  fresh  Horbs,  and  intend  to  keep  overy  article  used  of 
this  description. 

Tilden's  Solid  and  Fluid  Extracts,  Pills, 
and  Concentrated  Preparations. 

Wo  have  on  hand,  and  shall  keep  a  full  assortment  of 
tho  above  celebrated  preparations,  which  we  offer  to  the 
trade  at  such  prices  as  will  defy  competition. 

FLAVORING  EXTRACTS. 

A  great  variety,  not  to  be  equalled  in  the  market  as  to 
quality  and  price. 

Parlies  abont  purchasing  would  do  well  to  give  us  a  call 
and  examine  prices  and  goods  before  purchasing  else- 
where. 


PLAIN 

AMD 

GUM  TEETH. 

We  have  the  largest  assortment  of  any  house  on  the 
Pacific  co;st. 

GOLD  FOIL. 

We  are  manufacturing  Foil  which  wo  can  recommend  to 
the  profession  as  being  a  superior  article.  We  also 
have  on  hand  a  full  assortment,  of  all  the  various  makers 

VULCANIZERS, 
DENTAL  CHAIRS  AND  LATHES 

FILES, 
VULCANITE  AND  GUTTA  PERCHA, 
FORCEPS, 

BURRS,  DRILLS  AND  EXCAVATORS, 

MIRRORS,  ETC.) 

Wo  have  besides  the  above,  every  article  used  by  the 
Dentist,  and  are  daily  in  receipt  of  all  the  new  inventions 
in  use.  „     .  . 

Dentists  will  find  it  to  their  interest  to  call  and  examine 
our  stock  and  prices  heforp  purchasing  elsewhere. 

R.    H.    McDonald    &  Co., 

CORNER  SANSOME  AND  PINE  STREETS, 

.     SAN  FRANCISCO. 


J  STREET 


SACRAMENTO. 


ap28  3m 


12 


THE    CALIFOR  N  I A  N  . 


|  June  23d 


A    FRENCH  SUICIDE. 

THE  most  extraordinary  suit  perhaps  ever  preferred  before 
the  tribunals,  is  about  to  be  transferred  from  the  courts 
of  Naples  to  those  of  Paris.  The  subject  of  litigation  is  the 
last  will  and  testament  made  by  a  certain  M.  Couvreaux,  a 
Frenchman,  by  which  a  considerable  sum  was  bequeathed  to 
"  the  people  of  the  hotel  "  at  Castellamare,  in  which  he  com-* 
mitted  suicide.  The  tribunals  of  Naples  have  decided  against 
the  bequest,  on  the  plea  of  the  insanity  of  the  testator  ;  but 
"  the  people  of  the  hotel,"  acting  under  advice,  have  denied 
the  competence  of  the  Italian  law  to  judge  the  validity  of  a 
Frenchman's  will,  and  have  brought  the  affair  before  the 
French  courts.  The  circumstances  brought  to  light  by  the 
trial  are  curious  enough. 

M.  Couvreaux,  whose  fortune  seems  to  have  been  consider- 
able, was  the  son  of  a  silk,  merchant  in  Lyons,  who,  having 
married  his  cook,  while  the  subject  of  the  present  investiga- 
tion was  still  a  child,  placed  him  at  his  death  under  the 
sole  and  entire  control  of  the  promoted  cook  uutil  he  had  at- 
tained his  majority.  Hence  arose  in  the  nervous  disposition 
and  sensitive  mind  of  the  youth,  neglected  and  ill-treated  by 
the  mother-in-law,  a  deeply-rooted  aversion  to  women  and  ter- 
ror of  all  physical  suffering.  His  lather's  example  had  warned 
him  of  the  danger  of  yielding  to  the  influence  of  the  fairsex, 
and  he  was  resolved  not  to  trust  himself  even  to  the  possibility 
of  yielding  to  temptation.  Like  Charles  XII.  of  Sweden,  he 
deemed  it  wiser  to  fly  than  to  combat  when  danger  from  bright 
eyes  was  to  be  anticipated  ;  and  the  stories  told  of  his  need- 
less alarm  when  by  chauce  he  met  any  of  the  serving  womeu 
on  the  stairs  of  the  hotel,  and  of  their  equally  needless  alarm 
at  beholding  the  terror  they  occasioned,  have  furnished  the 
joyous  prospos  of  Naples  for  the  last  three  years  with  amuse- 
ment. 

For  nine  months  AC.  Couvreaux  had  been  entirely  occupied 
with  the  study  of  every  work  ever  written  on  the  guillotine. 
Several  books  were  found  in  his  apartment  treating  of  the 
manner  of  death  of  those  who  have  suffered  by  this  instru- 
ment. The  question  of  pain  was  one  which  occupied  his  at- 
tention most  of  all ;  and,  as  he  possessed  some  talent  for 
drawing,  a  vast  colled  ion  of  sketches  of  heads  in  every  posi- 
tion as  falling  beneath  the  axe,  with  the  various  contractions 
of  nerve  created  by  the  different  directions  given  to  the  edge, 
or  the  degree  of  rapidity  with  which  the  knife  was  made  to 
descend  upon  the  neck  of  the  victim.  The  result  of  the  in- 
quiry must  have  been  favorable  to  this  mode  of  exit  from  the 
world,  for,  henceforth  shutting  himself  up  in  his  own  room;  he 
devoted  his  whole  time  to  the  construction  of  a  guillotine  for 
his  own  private  use  and  gratification — a  self  acting  instrument 
effective,  easy,  and  sure  in  its  operution.  As  success  began 
to  crown  his  experiment,  his  labors  became  eager  and  more 
unceasing.  He  seldom  left  his  room  but  for  the  purchase  of 
the  materials  necessary  for  his  great  work.  The  knife  was 
tried  on  living  fowls  and  rabbits,  to  the  great  amazement  of 
the  inmates  of  the  hotel,  who  had  ended  iu  proclaiming  '.he 
unhappy  man  a  "  strago,"  or  sorcerer  of  the  deepest  dye. 
None  passed  the  door  of  his  room  without  making  the  sign 
of  the  cross  and  muttering  a  prayer,  in  the  full  conviction  that 
the  most  deadly  incantations  were  being  pursued  night  and 
day  by  the  "  strago,"  who  had  power  to  blight  with  all  sort3 
of  curses  those  who  dared  to  thwart  him  or  oppose  his  wishes. 
The  master  of  *,he  hotel  alone,  who  had  found  his  money  quite 
as  profitable  as  that  of  others,  denied  these  charges,  and 
sent  in  his  bills  without  the  smallest  fear  of  the  magic  power 
of  his  guest.  When  the  instrument  at  which  he  had  worked 
with  the  greatest  steadfastness  was  completed,  he  set  it  up  in 
the  doorway  between  the  two  rooms  he  occupied  The  axe 
bad  been  duly  sharpened,  and  balanced  with  sixty  kilogrammes 
of  lead,  to  insure  its  swift  descent. 

With  a  Frenchman's  taste  he  then  proceeded  to  the  orna 
mental  part  of  the  design.  He  enclosed  the  grim  machine 
beneath  crimson  velvet  hangings,  then  placed  a  table  covered 
with  black  cloth  under  the  axe,  and  built  steps  below  the 
whole  to  enable  him  to  ascend  ;  and,  as  there  is  always  some- 
thing of  the  grotesque  mingled  with  the  Frenchman's  vagaries, 
he  took  the  precaution  of  placing  a  soft  white  pillow  by  the 
table,  so  that  his  head  might  fall  easily  and  lie  with  picturesque 
grace  when  severed  from  the  body.  When  every  preparation 
was  thus  completed,  he  sat  down  to  the  piano  am]  played  with 
great  sentiment  and  feeling  a  hymn  to  the  Virgin,  of  his  own 
composition.  It  was  heard  by  those  promenading  on  the 
quay  below.  There  must  have  been  something  peculiar  in 
the  sound,  for  the  people  stopped  to  listen,  and  the  landlord, 
who  was  lolling  against  the  door-post,  said  to  the  people 
gathered  :  "  The  performer  is  my  French  lodger.  He  plays 
well  enough,  does  he  not  ?  Well,  whenever  be  dies  it  will  be 
in  the  skin  of  the  greatest  madman  this  earth  ever  bore." 
When  the  strain  was  concluded  the  listeners  dispersed,  and 
ran  to  see  the  performance  of  Punch,  a  little  further  on  ;  but 
Couvreaux,  in  the  costume  of  white  flannel  he  bad  ordered  for 
the  occasion,  mounted  the  steps  of  his  tiny  scaffold,  and,  lying 
quietly  down  with  Jiis  eyes  raised  so  as  to  behold  the  descent 
of  the  knife,  let  go  the  pulley  and  launched  himself  into  the 
spirit  world,  from  which  no  man  has  ever  returned.  The  next 
morning  the  body  was  discovered  by  the  waiter,  aud  great  waa 


the  consternation  of  the  inhabitants  cf  Castellamare  when 
this  new  means  of  self-destruction  became  revealed.  As  may 
be  supposed,  the  hotel  was  visited  by  the  whole  population, 
until  the  brothers  of  the  Pieta  came  to  convey  the  corpse 
away.  By  a  strange  coincidence  it  was  observed  that  the 
head  had  fallen  exactly  in  the  position  marked  as  easiest  of 
all  by  the  band  of  M.  Couvreaux  beneath  one  of  the  sketches 
in  the  album  of  guillotined  heads  he  had  left  behind.  His  will, 
written  iu  a  clear  bold  hand,  was  laid  upon  the  table.  After 
disposing  of  his  fortune  among  his  relations  in  a  completely 
rational  and  natural  manner,  he  bequeaths  some  few  thousand 
francs  to  "  the  people  of  the  hotel,"  and  it  is  this  sum  which 
has  become  the  subject  of  dispute  through  the  miserable 
cupidity  of  the  family. 

THE   FAMILY    SEWING  MACHINE. 

BY  JENNIE  JUNE. 

TO  understand  the  value  of  the  Sewing  Machine,  and  the 
happy  changes  which  it  has  effected  in  the  social  and 
family  relations,  one  must  be  familiar  with  the  quiet  house- 
holds, scattered  throughout  the  East  and  West,  the  North 
and  South,  of  this  great  and  thriving  country. 

Everywhere  in  the  interior  domestic,  assistance  of  any  kind 
is  so  difficult  to  be  obtained,  that  it  is  scarcely  looked  for,  and 
every  good  housewife  relies  upon  her  own  exertions,  not  only 
to  keep  her  house  in  order,  her  larder  well  supplied  with  the 
essential  luxuries  of  home-made  bicnd,  cake,  and  pies,  but  h?r 
own,  the  children's  and  Irequently  her  husband's  wardrobe 
furnished  with  all  the  useful,  if  not  the  ornamental  articles 
of  dress. 

This  necessity  provided  an  immense  amount  of  work  for  one 
pair  of  hands  to  perform — the  female  head  of  the  house,  tbe 
hard-tasked  wife  and  mother,  found  not  a  moment  for  relaxa- 
tion. The  drudgery  of  the  kitchen  was  succeeded  by  that  of 
the  work-basket,  whose  pile  of  shirts  and  small  garments 
seemed  never  to  decrease.  Not  a  moment  of  time  could  be 
afforded  for  the  gratification  of  any  simple  fancy,  even  in  orna- 
mental needlework,  all,  to  the  last  moment,  and  far  into  Satur- 
day night,  was  exhausted  in  tbe  necessities  of  the  plainest 
work  upon  little  aprons,  frocks,  and  drawers,  and  the  inevit- 
able weekly  collection  of  family  mending. 

In  a  large  number  of  these  households,  the  case  is  now 
widely  different ;  the  Sewing  Machine,  generally  tbe  Grover 
&  Baker,  occupies  an  honored  place  in  tbe  family  sitting-room, 
and  accomplishes  more  and  better  than  tbe  most  skillful  seam- 
stress. It  is  in  a  sense,  which  only  those  can  appreciate  who 
have  known  what  it  is  to  sew  all  the  household  garments  by 
hand,  the  family  friend.  It  is  looked  upon  with  eyes  of  real 
affection. 

The  interior  of  a  country  house,  at  this  season  of  the  year, 
is  as  pleasant  as  can  be  imagined  ;  and  it  is  made  so,  in  a 
great  degree,  by  the  presence  of  the  Sewing  Machine.  An 
hour's  work  in  the  afternoon,  upon  a  bright,  rapid,  wonder- 
working G  rover  &  Baker,  will  accomplish  more  than  could 
be  done  by  a  weary  hand  working  almost  into  midnight.  It 
will  not  only  finish  the  dozen  shirts  in  "less  than  no  time," 
but  it  will  tuck  drawers  and  chemises,  ruffle  night  gowns, 
stitch  trousers,  quilt  linings  and  coverlids,  and  all  this,  and 
much  more,  with  such  strength,  beauty,  and  precision,  as 
would  throw  the  neatest  hand-work  into  the"  shade. 

A  Sewing  Machine  needs  only  to  be  purchased  once  in  a 
lifetime  ;  it  is  therefore  of  the  greatest  importance  to  get  the 
best ;  the  one  which,  all  things  considered,  is  most  perfectly 
adapted  to  meet  the  requirements. 

This  we  sincerely  believe,  and  the  opinion  is  corroborated 
by  the  highest  authorities  iu  the  community,  is  f  he  Grover  & 
Baker  Machine,  making  the  celebrated  "  Grover  &  Baki;r  " 
stitch,  the  only  stitch,  us  far  as  we  know,  sufficiently  elastis 
to  be  adapted  to  all  kinds  of  family  sewing. 

The  peculiar  qualities  of  the  Grover  &  Baker  Machine, 
are  strength,  beauty,  elasticity,  and  versatility,  or  adaptation 
to  any  kind  of  work.  It  compasses  the  whole  range  of  family 
sewing  completely,  and  without  any  of  the  vexatious  delays 
in  rewinding,  fastening,  and  finishing,  which  are  common  to 
other  machines,  and  which  occupy  so  much  time,  and  waste 
so  much  material.  It  makes  a  beautiful,  smooth,  elastic  seam 
upon  cloth  or  cambric,  which  gives  when  it  is  washed  or 
stretched  without  breaking,  and  in  which  every  stitcb  is  so 
firmly  locked,  that  the  seam  can  be  cut  off  between  every  half 
dozen  stitches  without  impairing  its  strength. 

The  single  objection  urged  sometimes  by  competitors  is, 
that  the  Grover  &  Baker  Machine  uses  up  a  great  deal  of 
thread.  The  Grover  &  Baker  Machine  does  not  waste 
thread;  there  is  no  breaking  and  fastening  of  slitcbes,  no 
threads  dangling  at  the  end  of  each  seam  ;  tbe  machine  fastens 
each  end  off,  itself,  and  the  thread  used  is  all  employed  to 
strengthen  the  seam  and  render  it  elastic. 

The  Grover  &  Baker  stitch  is  the  only  one  that  can  be 
properly  used  upon  lias  seams,  and  is  therefore  adapted  to  an 
immense  variety  of  garments  containing  such  seams,  and  also 
seams  which  are  subjected  to  much  stretching  and  wear..  In 
addition  to  the  fact  that  no.rcwioding  and  no  fastening  is  re- 


quired, a  great  deal  of  time,  and  temper  too,  is  saved  to  tbe 
operator,  by  the  simplicity,  regularity,  and  ease  of  the  various 
movements,  the  adjustment  without  change  of  tension  to  dif- 
ferent kinds  of  work,  and  the  method  by  which  it  is  thrown 
from  tbe  machine,  without  delay  or  embarrassment,  and  also 
iu  such  way  as  to  enable  tbe  operator  to  maintain  a  pleasant 
and  graceful  position. 

For  dressmakers,  tbe  Grover  &  Baker  is  the  only  saitable 
machine  ;  it  is  the  only  01  e  that  will  accomplish  satisfactorily, 
and  with  an  immense  saving  of  time,  all  the  plain  sewing, 
stitching,  and  quilting,  which  they  have  to  accomplish. 

For  the  heads  of  families  it  is  equally  valuable.  It  trill  do 
evert/thing.    It  is  simple,  reliable,  perfect  in  its  operation,  easy 

be  understood,  not  easy  to  get  out  of  order,  and  gives  such 
thorough  satisfaction,  as  to  leave  no  room  for  complaint. — N. 
Y.  Sunday  Times. 

■  —       —  ~-~r"  ~  " — -     -  — 

A  M  USEMENTS. 

AT  the  Opera  House  on  Monday  and  Tuesday  evenings, 
Jack  Cade  was  performed.  This  being  one  of  Mr. 
Forrest's  specialities — a  character  written  for  him,  and  adapted 
especially  to  bis  style  of  acting — it  was  personated  with  great 
impress"ivene88,  and  drew  immense  audiences.  On  Wednes- 
day Damon  was  played  and  on  Thursday  Lear.  Both  charac- 
ters (as  rendered  by  Mr.  Forrest)  being  favorite  parts  with 
the  public,  the  attendance  wA  large.  Last  evening  Othello 
was  performed. 

The  dashing  comedy  of  Ruy  Bias  will  be  tire  attraction  for 
this  afternoon  and  evening. 

Next  week  closes  the  engagement  of  Mr.  Forrest.  The 
plays  announced  are  :  Jock  Cade,  Monday  and  Wednesday 
evenings  ;  Virginius,  Tuesday  evening  ;  Richelieu,  Thursday 
evening  :  Macbeth,  Friday  evening. 

Richelieu  will  be  performed  on  Thursday  evening,  in  com- 
pliance with  the  wishes  of  suburban  Oaklanders,  who  have 
heard  of  Forrest,  and  have  chartered  a  steamer  especially  to 
witness  his  rendering  of  that  character. 

Mush  al. — The  Italian  Opera  Troupe,  announced  to  appear 
at  the  Metropolitan  Theatre,  consisting  of  the  Biancbis  and 
imported  talent,  will  probably  not  be  ready  to  open  their 
season  before  the  middle  or  latter  pari  of  July.  However,  we 
are  likely  to  have  a  season  of  English  Opera  at  the  Academy  of 
Music  before  that  time,  if  favorable  winds  will  bnt  waft  the 
good  ship  Japan,  now  fully  due  from  Melbourne,  to  our  shores. 
This  combination  is  known  as  the  "  Howson  Troupe,"  aiid 
last  played  a  successful  season  at  the  Royal  Haymarket 
Theatre  in  Melbourne.  The  troupe  consists  of  Frank  How- 
son,  Conductor ;  F.  A.  Howson,  Baritone ;  H.  Herberti, 
Tenor  ;  Miss  Emma  Hawson,  Soprano  ;  Miss  Clelia  Howson, 
Contralto  ;  and  two  other  members  for  utility  parts.  The 
male  members  of  tbe  troupe  are  said  to  have  average  profes- 
sional abilities,  and  the  young  ladies  are  the  reputed  possessors 
of  excellent  musical  qualifications,  blooming  youth,  and  charm- 
ing beauty.  How-soon  they'll  be  here,  ask  of  the  "  winged 
winds."  They  come  under  an  engagement  to  Mr.  Mnguire  ; 
and  the  coming  of  this  troupe  undoubtedly  gave  origin  to  the 
current  street  report,  that  the  old  Lyster  Troupe  were  on 
their  way  here.  . 

A  Musical  City.  —  The  New  Orleans  Picayune  says  : 
"Throughout  the  season,  whenever  there  was  a  suitable  ball 
to  be  obtained,  we  have  had  a  well  filled  concert  ;  and  now, 
late  as  it  is,  we  have  several  more  on  the  tapis.  Besides 
these,  we  have  an  organized  Harmonic  Society,  where  there 
is  practice  every  week ,  as  there  is  at  all  our  numerous 
churches.  New  Orleans  may,  therefore,  well  claim  to  be  the 
musical  city  of  the  Union  ;  and  whether  it  be  native,  or  Ger- 
man, or  Italian,  or  French,  or  Spanish,  every  new  piece,  if  it 
have  merit,  is  immediately  obtained  and  brought  out.." 

The  Fourth,  we  learn,  will  be  celebrated  in  this  city  with 
unusual  display.  Everything  is  working  harmoniously,  and 
most  of  the  societies  and  associations,  as  well  as  the  military 
organizations,  have  signified  their  intention  to  turn  out  ih 
lull  force,  wilh  a  zeal  and  fervor  worthy  of  the  glorious  occa- 
sion.   

Progress  Report. — The  officers  of  the  California  Building  and 
Savins*  Bank,  California  street,  made  report  to  their  Board  of  Di- 
rectors,  at  their  Inst  sittinjLf  in  which  arc  the  following  heme ! 
1866— April.  Deposits  received  and  instalments  of  loans,  $133,300  75 
May.  Deposits  received  und  instalment*  of  loans,  134  116  85 

$267,417  60 

Over  a  quarter  of  a  million  of  dollars  in  two  months! 

Loans  on  mort (rapes  made  in  the  same  period  $33,902  54 

Invested  iu  8.  F.  gold  bearing  bonds,  same  period   50,000  00 

This  speaks  well  for  an  institution  that  was  begun  five  years  ago 
npon  a  capita]  of  one  thousand  dollars,  gathered  in  twenty-dollar 
pieces,  from  about  thirty  original  members. — Morning  Call. 

  '  '  £jJ  \ 

No  Lady  of  Fashion  thinks  of  going  to  a  party  or  making  a 

morning  call  without  first  adorning  and  beautifying  her  complexion 
and  skin  with  that  elegant,  innocent  and  fragrant,  toilet  article — Da- 
vidson's Circassian  Bloom.    Sold  by  all  Druggists. 

School  Books. — Those  living  in  tbe  Boutbern  portions  of  the  city 
are  reminded  that  at  Tyler  Brothers'  School-Book  Store,  in  the  new 
brick  block,  corner  of  Market  and  Third  streets,  they  can  ohtain 
everj thing  iu  the  way  of  school-books  and  stationery  at  tbe  lowest 

prices. 


June  23dJ 


THE  CAL 


IFORNIAN 


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Agua  de  Magnolia.— The  prettiest  thing, 
the  "  sweetest  thing,"  and  the  most  of  it  for  the  least 
money.  It  overcomes  the  odor  of  perspiration ; 
softens  and  adds  delicacy  to  the  skin  j  is  a  delightful 
perfume;  allays  headache  and  inflammation,  and  is 
a  necessary  companion  in  the  sick  room,  in  the  nur- 
sery and  up*m  the  toilet  sideboard.    It  can  be  ob- 

ned  everywhere  at  one  dollar  per  bottle. 


Lyon's  Magnetic  Insect  Powder  is  in- 
stant death  to  Fleas,  TickB,  Roaches,  and  everything 
of  the  insect  species.  It  is  one  of  the  few  articles 
that  can  be  relied  upon,  and  for  a  mere'  wo  bits  we 
can  save  the  biles  and  bills  of  these  little  pests. 
Noue  is  genuiue  unless  signed  by  E.  Lyon,  and 
bearing  the  private  stamp  of  Demas  Darnes  &  Co., 
New  York. 


S— T— 1860— X.    DRAKE'S  PLANTATION 

BITTERS. 
They  purify,  strengthen  and  invigorate. 
They  create  a  healthy  appetite. 
.  They  are  an  antidote  to  change  of  water  and  diet. 
They  strengthen  the  system  and  enliven  the  mind. 
They  prevent  miasmatic  and  intermittent  fevers. 
They  purify  the  breath  and  acidity  of  the  stomach. 
They  cure  Dyspepsia  and  Constipation. 
They  cure  Liver  Complaint  and  NervouB  Head- 
ache. 

They  are  the  best  Bitters  in  the  world.  They 
make  the  weak  strong,  and  are  exhausted  nature's 
great  restorer.  They  are  made  of  pure  St.  Croix 
Ruin,  the  celebrated Calisaya  Bark,  roots  and  herbs, 
and  are  taken  with  the  pleasure  of  a  beverage,  with- 
out regard  to  age  or  time  of  day.  Particularly  rec 
ommeuded  to  delicate  persous  requiring  a  gentle 
stimulant.  Sold  by  all  Grocers,  Druggists,  Hotels 
and  Saloons.  Only  genuiue  when  Cork  is  covered 
by  our  private  U.  S.  Stamp.  Beware  of  counter- 
feits and  relilled  bottles. 

P.  H.  DRAKE  &  CO.,  New  York. 

J'  In  lifting  the  kettle  from  the  tire  I  scalded  my- 
self very  severely — one  hand  almost  to  a  crisp.  The 
torture  was  unbearable.  *  *  *  The  Mexican 
Mustang  Liniment  relieved  tHKt  pain  almost  immedi- 
ately. It  healed  rapidly,  and  left  very  little  scar. 
"  Chas.  Poster,  420  Broad  street,  Philada." 


This  is  merely  a  sample  of  what  the  Mus- 
tang Liniment  will  do.  It  is  invaluable  in  all  eases 
of  wounds,  swellings,  sprains,  cuts,  bruises, spavins, 
etc.,  either  upon  man  or  beast. 

Beware  of  counterfeits.  None  is  genuine  unless 
wrapped  iu  tine  steel-plate  engravings,  beariug  the 
signature  of  G.  W.  Westbrook,  Chemist,  and  the 
private  stamp  of  Demas  Barnes  &.  Co.,  New  York. 


All  wtio  "Value  a  Beautiful  Head  op 
Hair,  and  its  preservation  from  premature  baldness 
and  turning  gray,  will  not  fail  to  use  Lyon's  Cele- 
brated K at  matron.  It  makes  the  hair  rich,  soft, 
and  glossy,  eradicates  dandruff,  and  causes  the  hair 
to  grow  with  luxuriant  beauty.  It  is  sold  every- 
where.      E.  THOMAS  LYON,  Chemist,  N.  Y. 


Lyon's  Ekwiact  of  Pure  Jamaica  Ginger, 
for  Indigestion.  Nausea,  Heartburn,  Sick  Headache, 
Cholera  Morbus,  &c.,  where  a  warming,  genial 
Btimulant  is  required.  Its  careful  preparation  and 
entire  purity  make  it  a  eheap  and  reliable  article  for 
culiuary  purposes.  Sold  everywhere,  at  50  cents  per 
bottle.  ap~-ly 


The  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company  of 
New  York. — In  regard  to  this  company  the  "  Wall 
Street  Underwriter  "  says  :  "Figures  are  potent  ar- 
guments to  employ  in  dealing  with  the  affairs  of  any 
Insurance  Company.  The  Twenty-Third  Annual 
Report  of  '  The  Mutual,'  made  up  to  the  first  of 
February  instant,  is  published  in  this  paper,  and  the 
results  manifested  upon  it  are  well  wort  hy  of  consid- 
eration. In  the  first  instance,  as  the  prime  result  of 
the  past  year's  work,  the  gross  assets  of  '  The  Mu- 
tual '  show  an 

Increase  of  $2,549,871  02 

Total  increase  iu  premium  account  is. .  .1,083,565  34 
The  total  iucome  of  $3,853,065  80  is  an 

increase  of  1,003,199  24 

The  full  disbursements  for  1860,  were..  1,540,130  6H 
Number  of  policies  issued  Feb.  I8b5  to 
Feb.  1860^  were  8,600 — insuring  over 
double  the  number  of  J 864,  and  over 

double  the  amount,  viz  31,394,407  00 

All  approving  comment  seems  bald  in  the  presence 
of  the  truly  eloquent  figures  presented  by  the  '  Mu- 
tual Life.'  No  record  of  success  can  be  more  com- 
plete for  any  financial  institution  iu  the  world. 
Wherever  Life  Insurance  has  been  heard  of  on  the 
American  Continent,  the  name  and  prestige  of  the 
great  'Mutual'  of  New  York,  stand  out  pre- 
eminent. Many  successful  modern  companies  have 
grown  up  to  prosperity  through  the  example  and 
influence  of  the  '  Mutual  Life.'  Its  great  success, 
its  wealth,  and  its  manifest  advantages  have  been 
constantly  referred  to  as  incontrovertible  arguments 
in  favor  of  Life  Insurance."  "The  Mutual  Life" 
has  paid  losses  on  this  coast  (includiug  dividends,) 
during  the  last  four  years,  to  the  amount  of  $101,- 
819  02,  and  among  the  recent  losses  to  be  paid  are 
policies  lor  $5,000  each,  of  Francis  E.  Webster 
and.W.  L.  Haven,  who  were  both  killed  by  the 
nitro-glycerine  explosion  at  the  office  of  Wells, 
Fargo  &  Co. ,  in  addition  to  which  amounts,  there 
is  to  be  paid  about  $1,200  lor  accrued  dividends. 
£>.  F.  Examiner.  * 

No  Forfeiting. — Heretofore,  if  a  person  holding 
a  Life  Policy  became  unfortunate,  and  could  not 
raise  the  eum  of  money  required  to  pay  his  next  pre- 
mium, his  policy  was  declared  forfeited.  The 
Brooklyn  Life  Insurance  Company  of  New 
York  has  decided  to  make  every  policy  it  issues 
NONFORFEITABLE,  giving  a  PAID-UP 
POLICY  to  the  party  if  unable  to  continue  his 
payments  of  premiums.  The  dividends  of  the 
Brooklyn  Life  Insurance  Compa ny  are  settled  annu- 
ally in  cash.  This  plan  is  far  more  acceptable  to 
insurers  than  at  the  end  of  three  or  live  years,  as  in 
other  companies.  The  Brooklyn  Life  Insurance 
Company  allows  thirty  days  grace  iu  the  payment 
of  premiums.  Its  policies  are  incontestable,  and  its 
losses  are  promptly  paid.  The  Brooklyn  Life  Insu- 
rance Company  offers  every  known  plan  of  Life 
and  Endowment  Insurance.  Get  a  pamphlet  at  the 
office.  240  Montgomery  street,  southeast  corner  of 
Pine,  from  Stephen  T.  King,  General  Manager,  or 
David  B.  Arrowsmith,  Local  Agent. 

MEDICAL  ADVICE. 
Dr.  Wm.  K.  Doherty's  Medical  and  Surgical 
Institute  is  becomiug  a  tine  qua  non  to  the  welfare 
of  our  State  and  health  of  our  citizens ;  and  his 
rapidly  spreading  reputation,  although  it  may  excite 
surprise,  is  but  the  signal  of  skill,  and  follows  as  the 
natural  effect  of  such  a  cause.  We  are  personally 
acquainted  with  gentlemen  who  had  suffered  for 
years  under  chronic  disease,  and  who  had  taken  ad- 
vantage of  every  available  means  that  promised 
relief,  but  without  success,  until  they  called  upon 
Dr.  Doherty,  who,  in  an  incredibly  short  space  of 
time,  has  given  them  entire  rejief.  It  is  gratifying 
to  announce  this  fact,  because  the  Doctor  is  a  gentle- 
man who  seeks,  not  by  defamation  of  others,  to  es- 
tablish his  leputation,  or  to  rear  the  superst  ructure  of 
his  own  upon  the  ruin  of  another's  fame.  The  Doc-' 
tor  conducts  his  Institute  in  a  manner  that  must  be 
gratifying  to  all  his  patients.  He  examines,  hears, 
advises,  and  recommends,  without  charge,  and  the 
patient,  after  hearing  his  terms  for  treatment,  can 
accept  or  reject  at  pleasure.  In  no  case  does  the 
Doctor  make  a  charge  unless  he  effects  a  cure.  This 
he  is  able  to  do,  because  he  feels  the  confidence 
which  long  experience  has  given,  and  no  doubt  the 
consolation  which  appertains  to  Jhat  confidence. 
Persons  afflicted  with  either  acute  or  chronic  disease, 
would  do  well  to  consult  the  Doctor  ;  at  all  events, 
it  can  do  no  harm,  as  for  consultation  he  asks  no  fee  ; 
nor  does  he  insist  on  obedience  to  his  advice  unless 
the  patient  places  himself  under  his  care.  His  offices 
are  on  Sacramento  street,  opposite  the  Pacific  Mail 
Steamship  office. — San  Francisco  News. 


But.gies  and  Carriages. — If  you  want  a  trial 
neat,  light,  and  yet  durable  style  of  buggy  or  car 
riage,  go  to  Nos.  37  and  39  Webb  street,  between 
Sacramento  and  California,  where  you  will  rind  just 
such  a  vehicle  as  will  suit  your  taste.  Pollard  & 
Carvill  not  only  deal  iu  these  articles,  but  manu- 
facture them  to  order,  and  do  repairing,  painting, 
trimming  and  blacksmithing  with  dispatch  and  ueat- 
ness.    Go  and  see  them. — California  Leader. 


E  Goldsmith  &  Co.,  at  No.  646  Sacramento 
street,  three  doors  below  Kearny,  have  just  received 
some  beautiful  new  style  Garbaldis  and  Zouave 
Jackets,  that  for  taste  and  Btyle  are  particularly 
worthy  of  the  attention  of  our  lady  readers.  They 
have  also  a  fine  assortment  of  Ladies'  Furnishing 
Goods  of  the  choicest  description.  French  corsets 
for  one  dollar.  A  great  variety  of  French  toilet  and 
fancy  articles,  the  newest  styles  of  buttons  and 
dress  trimmings,  may  always  be  found  at  Gold- 
smith's, 646  Sacramento  street. 


RHEUMATISM. 

Throughout  this  coast  a  great  deal  of  suffering  is 
experienced  from  Rheumatism.  Weeks  and  even 
months  of  protracted  and  aggravated  misery  is  en- 
dured by  the  victims  of  medical  inefficiency  and 
ignorance,  which  could  be  cured  just  as  speedily  as 
was  Mr.  Sparrow,  whose  testimony  is  given  below, 
and  is  only  the  echo  of  hundreds  of  other  cases. 
Dr.  Bourne  cures  without  medicines,  which  accounts 
for  his  extraordinary  success.  No.  10  Masouia 
Temple,  Post  street  entrance : 

San  Francisco,  September  6,  1861. 

Dr.  Bourne :  Last  Winter  I  was  nearly  dead,  by 
an  attack  of  inflammatory  rheumatism.  I  suffered 
the  most  excruciating  pains  for  about  five  weeks, 
without  any  hope  of  relief,  when  a  friend,  hearing 
of  my  illness,  called  to  see  me,  and  assured  me  that 
if  I  would  stop  "drugging  and  dosing,"  and  go  to 
you,  that  you  would  have  me  walking  about  the 
Streets  in  three  days.  Sure  enough,  although  I  was 
utterly  helpless,  and  conveyed  to  your  house  in  a 
carriage,  and  carried  into  it  by  three  stout  men,  and 
was  by  them  lifted  into  the  bath,  yet,  on  coming 
out  of  the  bath  I  was  able  to  largely  assist  myself, 
doing  much  toward  dressing,  aud  without  assistance 
walked  from  the  bath  to  the  carriage.  On  the 
fourth  day,  I  discharged  my  carriage  and  walked 
with  a  friend's  aid  the  entire  distance  to  your  house 
(nearly  a  mile)  and  home  again,  and  so  on  until 
cured  ;  and  I  had  not  taken  more  than  twelve  baths 
when,  all  paiu  and  swelling  having  ceased,  I  felt 
myself  a  well  man.  And  now  I  am  happy  to  do  this 
little  service  of  publicly  certifying  to  the  simple 
truth,  leaving  it  to  do  its  own  work  among  such  of 
my  friends  and  acquaintances  as  may  chance  to  see 
this.  Your  friend.  Joseph  Sparrow. 


A  SUMMER  AND  WINTER  MEDICINE. 

"  Great  oaks  from  little  acorns  grow." 

The  worst  diseases  known  to  the  human  race 
spring  from  causes  so  6mall  as  to  almost  defy  detec- 
tion. The  volumes  of  scientific  lore  that  fill  the 
tables  aud  shelves  of  the  medical  fraternity  only  go 
to  prove  aud  elaborate  these  facts. 

Then  guard  yourselves  while  you  may.  The 
smallest  pimple  on  the  skin  is  a  tell-tale  and  indica- 
tor of  disease.  It  may  fade  and  die  away  from  the 
surface  of  ihe  body,  but  it  will  reach  the  vit  lis,  per- 
haps, at  last,  and  death  be  the  result  aud  final  close. 
Maggiel's  Bilious,  Dyspeptic  and  Diarrhoza  Pills 
cure  where  all  others  fail.  While  for  Burns,  Scalds, 
Chilblaius,  Cuts,  and  all  abrasions  of  the  skin,  Mag- 
giel's Halve  is  infallible.  Sold  by  J.  Maggiel,  43 
Fulton  street,  New  York,  aud  all  Druggists,  at  25 
cents  per  box. 


Wanted — Agents  to  sell,  by  subscription  only  the 
most  popular  work  ever  written  :  "  GRANT  AND 
SHERMAN;  their  Campaigns  and  Generals."  By 
the  world-reuowued  historian,  Hon.  J.  T.  Headley, 
author  of  Waslungton  and  /us  Generals,  Saered 
Mountains,  etc.  Agents  are  taking  as  high  as  thirty 
subscribers  per  day,  and  all  agree  in  pronouncing  it 
the  most  saleable  work  they  ever  took  hold  of.  The 
people  want  Headley's  illustrated  "  GRANT  AND 
•SHERMAN,"  etc,  For  terms  and  territory ,  address 
E.  E.  Shear,  No.  8  Montgomery  Street,  and  Box 
1,430,  San  Francisco,  California 


Concord  Wagons  and  Harness. — The  Pacific 
Concord  Carriage  Manufactory  is  prepared  to  supply 
the  Pacific  Coast  with  Concord  wagous  and  harness 
made  to  order.  The  members  comprising  this  firm 
have  long  been  in  the  employ  of  the  celebrated 
manufacturing  house  of  L.  Downing  &.  Son,  Con- 
cord, New  Hampshire  ;  so  that  parties  wishing  Con- 
cord wagons  or  harness  can  obtain  just  the  same 
quality  of  article  here  and  save  25  per  cent,  on  their 
purchase  money.  We  have  seen  some  of  their 
workmanship,  and  can  recommend  it  to  the  public 
Address  Belduke  &.  Co.,  820  Folsom  street,  between 
Fourth  and  Fifth. — Han  Francisco  leader. 


■  Dainty  Work. — About  the  daintiest  work  we 
ever  saw  were  specimens  of  hair  jewelry  at  the  es- 
tablishment of  Mrs.  C.  Cook,  645  Clay  street,  between 
Montgomery  and  Kearny  streets,  yesterday.  This 
lady  manufactures  all  sorts  of  jewelry — watch-chains, 
earrings,  finger  rings,  breastpins,  aud  various  other 
kiucbj^of  ornaments — from  human  hair.  We  wit 
nessed  the  process  of  manufacture,  and  it  is  intricate 
and  ingenious  in  the  highest  degree. — S.  F.  Exam 
iner. 


Wagons. Every  species  of  wagons  that  any  one 
can  need,  made  of  the  best  material,  well  fitted  aud 
liuished,  can  be  found  at  the  Depot  of  Mills  Sc 
Evans,  587  Market  street,  two  doors  from  Second. 
Light,  Express,  Milk  and  Thoroughbrace  wagons, 
also  Lumber  Gears,  Extra  Poles  aud  Wbiffletrees, 
with  Lead  Bars,  are  kept  constantly  on  hand. — Cali- 
fornia Leader. 


For  the  best  finished,  fashionable  hats,  go  to 
McGann  &.  Co.'s,  Hatters,  054  Washington  street, 
twe  doors  below  the  Plaza. 


REii)  the  Testimony  of  a  few  of  the  many  Eminent 
Clergymen  and  their  Families  of  New  York  city,  who, 
having  used  tlie  Sozodoift  for  a  long  time  past,  arc  con- 
vinced ot  its  excellent  and  invaluable  qualities,  and  give 
it  their  cordial  commendation  : 

Rev.   THOMAS  DEWITT,  Pastor  Collegiate 

Rcf.  Dutch  Church,  Lafayette  Place. 
Rev.  J.  W.  ALEXANDER,  D.  D.,  Presbyterian 

Church,  Fifth  Avenue.  '  • 

Rev.  J.  B.  WAKELE  Y,  M.  E.  City  Missionary. 
Rev.  W.  F.  MORGAN,  D.D.,  Rector  St.  Thomat 

Church,  Broadway. 
Rev.  E.  H.  CHAP  IN.  D.  D.,  Pastor  Fourth  Urn- 

versaiist  Church,  Broadway. 
Rev.  SAMUEL  COOKE,  D.D.,  Rector  St.  Bar- 

tlwlomeio's  Chuich,  Lafayette  Place. 
Rev.  SAMUEL  OSGOOD,  D.D.,  Pastor  Church 

of  Messiah,  Broadway. 

Rev.  B.  M.  ADAMS,  M.  E.  Church,  Duanc  street. 
Rev.  HEMAN  BANGS,  late  Pastor  Centenary 

M.  E.  Church,  Brooklyn. 
Rev.  W.  S.  MIKELS,  Pastor  Baptist  Church, 

Sixteenth  street. 
Rev.  GEO.  POTTS,  D.D.,  Pastor  Presbyterian 

Church,  U niversity  Place. 
Rev.  E.  E.  RANKIN, Pastor  Presbyterian  Church, 

Forty-second  street. 
Rev.  T.  E.  VERMILYE,  D.  D.,  Pastor  of  Col. 

Dutch  Reformed,  Lafayette  Place. _ 

FROM  G.  F.  J.  COLBURN,  DOCTOR  DENTAL  SUR- 
GERY, NEWARK,  N.  J. 
The  Popular  Dcntrifice  known  as  Van  Buskirk's  "  SO- 
Z0DONT,"  besides  beiug  a  very  pleasant  addition  to  tho 
toilet,  contains  ingredients  that,  if  used  according  to  the 
directions,  will  prove  of  the  greatest  utility  to  the  health 
of  the  mouth  and  teeth. 

BEWARE  OF  IMITATIONS  I 

Sold  by  all  Druggists  and  Perfumers. 

HALL  &  EUCKEL, 


je2  4m 


NEW  YORK. 


|J ALL'S  SARSAPARILLA, 
YELLOW  DOCK  AND  IODIDE  POTASS, 

THE 

Best  Blood  Purifier  Known. 

Persons  that  are  troubled  with  Btheumatism, 
Scrofula,  Neuralgia,  Morbid  Liver,  Salt 
Rheum,  Pimples,  Boils,  or  any  of  the  many 
diseases  that  originate  from  Impure  Blood, 
would  find  it  much  to  their  advantage  to  give 
this  justly  celebrated  article  a  trial.  One  or 
two  bottles  are  quite  sufficient  to  convince  the 
most  skeptical  of  its  merits.  It  contains 
neither  Spirit,  ARSENIC  nor  MERCURY 
which  cannot  be  truly  said  of  any  other  prepa- 
tion  called  "  Sarsaparilla." 

fcHEPARDSON  &  GATES,  Proprietors, 

ap7-3m      N.  W.  cor.  Sansome  and  Commercial-streets 


QPPOSITION  STEAMER-DAY, 

SATURDAY,  JULY  14,  1866. 

GREAT  REDUCTION  IN  RATES, 
VIA  NICARAGUA  I 

THE  CENTRAL  AMERICAN  TRANSIT  COMPANY  will 

despatch  the  favorite  Steamship 

AMERICA  , 
On  Saturday,  -         -      July  14th, 

From  Mission  street  Wharf,  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M.,  precisely 
Connecting  at  GREYTOWN  with  the  splendid  Steamship 
SANTIAGO, 
J. 500  Tons,  kok  New  Yobk. 
jJST  For  Passage  and  Freight,  and  Insurance  on  Treas- 
ure, at  greatly  REDUCED  RATES,  apply  to 

I.  W.  RAYMOND,  Agent, 
Northwest  corner  Battery  and  Pine  streets. 
Up  stairs,  San  Fraucisoo. 


B 


EER  AND  WINE  SALOON. 


Faust  Cellar. 


Southeast  corner  of  Clay  and  Montgomery  streets. 


A.  L.  THIELE  Proprietor 

WESTPHALIA  HAMS,  RUSSIAN  CAVIAR,  SARDINES, 
Anchovies,  Swiss  aud  Limburg  Cheese,  etc.  j  tho  finest 
Brands  of  Liquors,  Wines,  Cigars,  and  Seltzer  Water, 
Wholesalo  and  RctaM. 

4jp-  Fishing  and  Hunting  Parties  lilted  out  at  the  short- 
est notice.  '  fc24 


14 


THE  CALIFORNIA!*. 


[June  23d 


gPRING  AND  SUMMER  STYLE 


SILK 


HAT, 


1  8  6  6, 


INTRODUCED 


McGANN  &  CO., 
FASHIONABLE  HATTERS, 

No.  654  Washington  street, 

Two  doors  below  Kearnv. 


SPRING  AND  SUMMER  STYLES. — Silk,  Felt, 
Beaver,  and  other  HATS  for  sale  at  the  lowest  prices. 

CAPS  of  every  description,  suitable  for  all  ages, 
made  to  order. 

McGANN  St  CO.,  beiue  experienced  and  skilled 
in  all  the  branches  of  the  manutacture  of  Hats,  feel 
confident  of  givingentire  satisfaction  to  their  patrons. 
Every  description  of  Hats  and  Caps  made  to  order. 

Remember,  McGANN  St  CO.,  Practical  Hatters. 
654  Washington  street,  two  doors  below  the  Plaza. 

i  firrJ  New  Goods  by  every  steamer.  marl " 


T 


HE  NORTH  BRITISH  AND 

MERCANTILE  INSURANCE  CO 

OF      LONDON      AND  EDINBURGH. 
ESTABLISHED,  1809. 
Capital,   .....  $10,000,000 
Accumulated  Funds,  March  6, 1865,  -         -  11,522,500 
Anuual  Income,         -  2,827,290 
Deposit  in  California  under  State  law,      -  $75,000 


GENERAL  AGENCY  FOR  THE  PACIFIC  STATES  AND 

TERRITORIES. 
Cor.  Sansome and  California  streets,  San  Francisco 


Insurances  effected  at  the  lowest  rates  on  buildings  ol 
both  Brick  and  Wood,  throughout  the  State,  whetner 
occupied  as  Stores,  Dwellings,  or  Warehouses,  together 
with  their  contents. 

Also,  VESSELS  in  port,  with  or  without  their  Cargoes. 

Also,  QUARTZ  M1US  and  MACHINERY. 

LOSSES  PAID  IN  UNITED  STATES  GOLD  COIN  im- 
mediately  on  adjustment. 

WM.  H.  TILLINGHAST,  Agent. 
myl9 


J^OSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 

CREATE  A    HEALTH T  APPETITE! 

ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 
Cure  Dyspepsia,  Diarrhoea  and  Constipation 

ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 
Invigorate  the  System  and  enliven  the  mind. 

ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 
Overcome  the  effects  of  Drunkenness  and  Late  Hours. 

ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 
Cure  all  Diseases  of  the  Liver,  Stomach  and  Bowels. 

BOSENBAUM  S  BITTERS 
Are  Palatable  to  the  Taste. 

They  arc  the 

BEST  BITTERS  IN  THE  MARKET, 

And  when  once  used  will  always  be  called 
for  again. 

They  are  made  in  the  most  careful  manner 
From  Pure  Old  Wheat  Whisky,  Medicated  from 

Roots  and  Herbs 
Especially  adapted  for  the  cure  of  all  Stomachic  Diseases 
and  Liver  Complaints. 

Try  Them  and  You  will  be  Satisfied. 
For  sale  everywhere  by  Druggists  and  Liquor  Dealers 

N.  B.  JACOBS  &  CO., 

423  Front  street, 
myll-6m  San  Francisco 


CALIFORNIA 

Steam  Navigation  Company. 


STEAMER  CAPITAL  CAPT.  E.  A.  POOLE. 

"       CHRYSOPOLIS.CAPT.  A.  FOSTER. 

TOSEMITE   

"       CORNELIA  CAPT  W.  B1JOMLEY. 

"      JULIA  CAPT  E.  CONCKLIN 

One  of  the  above  steamers  leave  BROADWAY  WHARF, 
at  4  o'clock  P.M., EVERY DAT,  (Sundays excepted,)  for 
Sacramento,  and  one  for  Stockton,  tne  Sicramenlo  steamer 
connecting  with  ligbt-drafl  steamers  for  Marysville,  Co- 
lusa,  Ctiicn  and  Red  Bluff. 

Steamships  PACIFIC.  ORIZABA,  CAIIPORNIA,  AC- 
TIVE, and  SENATOR,  leave  as  a  Ivertised,  for  Portland, 
Oregon,  New  Westminster,  British  Columbia,  Victoria. 
(V.  I.,}  Sinta  Barbara,  Sau  Pedro,  and  San  Diego. 

Office  of  the  Company,  northeast  corner  of  Front  and 
Jackson  streets, 

mar23  B.  M.  HARTSHORNE,  Pretident. 


rpo  FARMERS,  MINERS,  LABORERS, 

And  all  those  wishing  to  secure  themselves  a  portion  o( 
THE  MOST    VALUABLE  AGRICULTURAL    AND  MIN- 
ERAL LANDS  OF  MEXICO, 
With  an  equal  interest  in  the  Protits  of  the  Plantations  of 

THE  MEXICAN  SEA  ISLAND 
COTTON  COMPANY. 

HOMES  FOR  THE  POOR  AND  COMPETENCY  FOR  ALL 

SPECIAL  NOTICE. 

The  Mexicun  Sea  Island  Cotton  Company,  having 
reserved  from  their  hnul  Subscription  List  a  Limited 
Number  of  Unassessable  Shares,  (the  remaining 
shares  of  the  Company  having  been  Uiken  up  by  the 
stockholders,)  hereby  otrer  the  same  for  sale  at  the 
original  subscription  price*of  Sixteen  Dollars  each, 
payable  in  casn.  Every  holder  of  a  share  will  be 
entitled  to  a  portion  of  the  Company's  lands,  having 
the  privilege  to  settle  thereon  and  participate  in  aS 
the  advantages  and  profits  of  the  enterprise,  and 
special  privileges  granted  to  this  Company  by  an 
Imperial  Decree  of  Maximilian,  dated  9th  January, 
18b6,  without  being  subjected  to  the  conditions  of 
regular  Government  emigrants,  this  Company  set 
tling  upon  their  own  lands,  secured  by  private  pur- 
chase, and  held  under  indisputable  Spanish  titles. 

Shareholders  becoming  actual  «ettlere  will  also 
have  the  privilege  of  any  employment  upon  the  Com- 
pany's plantation.  Portions  of  laud  will  be  allotted 
to  settlers,  to  be  held  by  them  uutil  a  final  division 
makes  it  their  property. 

For  the  purpose  of  increasing  the  value  of  the 
Company's  land,  and  to  create  all  the  comforts  of  a 
home  and  society,  it  is  the  intention  of  the  company 
to  form  a  regular  settlement  and  to  lay  out  a  town 
adjoining  their  present  plantation  into  building  lots, 
which  will  likewise  be  fuirly  divided  between  the 
8,000  shares  Which  comprise  the  total  number  of  the 
company. 

A  large  number  of  shareholders  will  settle  upon 
the  company's  lands  after  the  rainy  season  in  Octo- 
ber next.  Many  of  them  may  then  be  employed  by 
the  company,  or  by  others  able  to  plant  for  them 
selves,  or  in  developing  the*  mineral  resources  of  the 
adjoining  mountains,  etc.,  etc. 

Men  of  all  trades  and  professions,  desiring  to  emi- 
grate to  Mexico,  will  have  great  advantages  as 
shareholders  of  this  company.  They  will  find  the 
lands  already  purchased  tor  them  at  a  rate  equivalent 
to  a  free  gift,  to  he  beld  by  each  shareholder  as  his 
property,  protected  by  the  best  Spanish  titles,  and 
the  good  will  of  all  political  parties  now  couteuding 
for  the  reins  of  government ;  the  climate  the  most 
salubrious,  and  the  land  rich  and  fertile  beyond  de- 
scription; every  kind  of  game  abounding ;  the  rivers 
full  of  fish  and  with  extensive  beds  of  large  oysters ; 
altogether,  a  country  where  it  is  easy  to  procure  a 
livelihood  and  the  comforts  of  a  home  with  less 
labor  aud  less  capital  than  in  any  other  part  of  the 
world. 

The  extensive  placer  diggings,  veins  of  silver, 
and  solid  quartz  ledges,  which  are  to  be  found  in  the 
immediate  vicinity,  and  acknowledged  to  be  rich 
and  very  extensive,  can.  by  the  presence  of  a  num- 
ber of  settlers,  be  profitably  developed.  Many  of 
these  mines  are  to  be  found  within  the  limits  of  the 
company's  grant.  The  Sierra  Madre  or  Mother 
Mountain  of  Mexico,  Bitnated  only  within  about 
twenty  miles  from  the  coast,  can  be  reached  and  de- 
veloped with  much  greater  facility  than  the  more 
remote  mines  in  the  interior,  and  will  therefore 
make  the  company's  lands  the  most  desirable  to 
locate  upon. 

For  Maps  and  Survey,  and  further  information, 
apply  at  the  office  of  tbe  MEXICAN  SEA  ISLAND 
COTTON  CO.,  Betge'B  Book  Store,  Russ  House, 
Montgomery  street,  between  the  hours  of  11  and  1 

o'clock. 

ty  All  the  assessable  'stock  having  been  taken 
up  by  mutual  subscription  of  stockholders,  the  com- 
pany will  have  no  more  Bhares  to  otter  after  the 
limited  number  of  unassessable  shares  have  been 
placed,  and  shall  prefer  to  sell  these  to  actual 
settlers — a  single  share  of  which  will  he  sufficient  to 
entitle  them  to  u  large  portion  of  the  lands. 


We,  the  blBRIMni  shareholders  in  the  Mex- 
ican Sea  Island  Cotton  Company,  having  investiga- 
ted and  satisfiea  ourselves  of  the  importance  of  the 
enterprise,  recommend  tbe  same  to  tne  public.  We 
are  convinced  that  under  the  management  of  the 
present  officers  of  the  company,  with  their  efforts  to 
induce  industrious  parties  to  locate  upon  the  land, 
that  the  enterprise  must  become  very  profitable  to 
all  parties  interested,  aud  most  beneficial  to  actual 
settlers. 

S.  R.  Kettlewell.  Blacksmith,  264  First  street. 

W,  C.  Mead  St  Sou,  "-£24  Sansome  street. 

M.  O'Neil,  Proprietor  New  Branch  Hotel,  12 

Sutter  street. 
Winall  St  Clapp,  505  Market  street. 
R.  A.  S.  Repiton,  M,D.,816  Montgomery  street 
Win.  Rudolph,  Gunsmith, 216  Pacific  street. 
G  Burkhardt,  Jeweller,  No.  209  Pacific  street. 
E.  Keil,  East  India  Tea  Co.,  631  Washington-st. 
P.  D.  O'Regan,  People's  Bakery, corner  Fourth 

and  Jessie  streets. 
Wm.  Meyer,  Provision  Dealer.  258  Third  street. 
John  Duff,  Painter  and  Paper  Hanger.  642  Clay 

street. 

A.  E.  Mylott,  Importer  and  Dealer  in  Cigars  and 

Tobacco.  305  Battery  street 
If.  M.  Baldwin,  Jeweller,  433  Montgomery-st. 
S.  Baysen.  Hatter,  No.  346  Kearny  street. 
Matbew  McCloskey,  644  Howard  street. 
San  Frauciscu,  March  20th,  1860.  mar24 


]ty£R.  AND  MRS.  COGILL 
AND  SONS, 


Teachers  of  Dancing, 


CONGRESS  HALL, 
On  Bnsh-st.  .adjoinin   Russ  House. 


SCHOOL— MONDAYS  AND  WEDNESDAYS.  Ladies  at 
!r.  a.  Gentlemen  and  Ladies  at  7  1-2  r.  a.  Soriees 
eve-y  Friday  Evening.   Hall  '.o  rent.  my5  3in 


BOWMAN  St  CO., 
Dealers  w  Stoves  and  Tin  Ware. 
m»r24  6m  Main  street,  Pstaluma. 


QCCIDENTAL 

INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

S.  W  Cor.  MONTGOMERY  and  CALIFORNIA  STREETS 

INDIVIDUAL  LIABILITY. 

CAPITAL  STOCK,  $300,000 

LOSSES  PAW  I.\'  UNITED  S1ATES  GOLD  COIN. 

THIS  COMPANY  will  insure  against  loss  by  Fire  on  any 
Dwelling  House,  Buildings,  Merchandise  or  other  property, 
situated  in  the  State  of  California.  The  largest  sum  they 
will  tako  on  any  one  risk  is  thirty  thousand  dollars. 

CHRISTOPHER  CHRISTIANSEN,  President. 
J.  GREENEBAUM,  Vice  President. 
B.  Rothschild,  Secretary.  mb.25.tf 


QREAT  TRIUMPH ! ! 

STEINWAY  St  SONS 


Were  awarded  the  FIRST  PRIZE  MEDAL  at  the  lata  ea. 
INTERNATIONAL  EXHIBITION  AT  LONDON,  over  the 
two  hundred  and  sixty-nine  Pianos  entered  for  competition 
from  all  parts  of  the  world. 

The  Special  Correspondent  of  the  New  York  Times  says 

M  Messrs.  Stcinway  &  Sous'  indorsement  by  the  Jurors 
is  emphatic,  and  stronger  uud  more  to  the  point  than  that 
of  any  European  maker." 

A  constant  supply  of  the  above  saperior  instruments  can 
be  found  at  the  Agent's, 

M.  GRAY,  613  Clay  street 
PIANO  TUNING  done  by  a  first-class  Workman,  from 
Steinway  &  Son's  Factory,  New  York.  my25 


L  T  E  R  '  S 

AGUE  CURE, 

Fot  the  Speedy  and 
Certain  Cure  of  In- 
termittent Fever,  or 
Cuills  and  Fever,  Re- 
mittent Fever,  Chill 
Fever,  Dumb  Ague, 
Periodical  Headache 
or  Bilious  Headache, 
and  Biliou3  Fevers  ; 

indeed,  lor  the  whole  class  of  diseas,o  uuj- 
Dating  in  biliary  derangement,  caused  by  the 
malaria  of  miasmatic  countries. 

This  remedy  has  rarely  failed  to  cure  the  severest  cases 
of  Chills  and  Fever,  and  it  has  this  great  advantage  over 
other  Ague  medicines,  that  it  subdues  the  complaint 
-vithoul  injury  to  the  patient.  It  contaius  no  quinine  or 
otbpr  deleterious  substance,  nor  does  it  prodi  ce  quinism 
or  any  injurious  effect  whatever.  Snaking  brothers  of  the 
army  and  the  West,  try  it  and  you  will  endorse  these 
assertions. 

Prepared  by  J.  C.  AYER  &  CO.,  Lowell,  Mass. ,  and  sold 
by' 

CRANE  St  BRIGHAM,  San  Francisco, 
my26  2m  and  all  Dealers. 


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BLACK  SILKS  !    And  still  a  Few  Dreses 

LEFT  OF  THAT  BEAUTIFUL  AND 
MUCH-ADMIRED     DRESS  GOODS, 

"  S  U  N  B  URST!" 


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S.  MOSGROVE, 

222  Third  street,  Cotton's  Building. 


rpHE  ONLY  LIVING  ASTROLOGER, 

PROF.  COHES, 
530  California  street,  San  Francisco,  I 

THROUGH  HIS  NATURAL  GUT,  can  give  coriccl  inlor- 
mation  on  the  Past.  Present  and  Future,  on  any  subject 
tbat  may  be  required  so  as  to  avoid  trouble  Ah  evidence 
of  his  reputation,  he  has  received  over  IS  ,000  cousultat ions 
during  his  residence  of  six  years  in  San  Francisco  !  Con- 
sulfation  fee,  $2.  By  letter,  f3.  Letter,  box,  104.  It  is 
not  necessary  to  give  the  age.  Office,  530  California 
street.    Hours  lrom  8  a.  m.  to  11  p.  M .  mar  16  3in 


£10ME  AND  SEE  ME ! 

BR.  JOHN  HEALB, 

DENTIST, 

HAS  REMOVED  TO  THE 

CORNER  KEARNY  AND  CALIFORNIA  STS, 
Where  he  will  be  pleased  to  see  all  old  friends,  and  plenty 
of  new  ones.  Every  variety  of  Dental  Operations  per- 
formed Id  the  best  manner,  and  at  prices  that  shall  suit 
all  persons.  49-ENTRANCE  ON  CALIFORNIA  SREET 
ap28  3m 


FURNITURE 

AMD 


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■LAR  GEST  STOCK! 

LATEST  STYLES! 

The    Best  Workmanship, 

AND 

LOWEST  PRICES! 

AT 

Goodwin    Sf    C  o  .  '  s 

FURNITURE  WARE-ROOMS, 
Nos.  508,  510,  518  and  528  Washington-st. 

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JOS.  W1NTKRBURN  &  CO. 

J.  WINTERBURN,  V.  A.  TORRAS,  W.  HOFFSCHXIIDIR. 

(Successors  to  W.  P.  Harrison.) 

Printers   and  Electrotypers, 

413  TO  417  CLAY  ST.,  (Below  Sansome.) 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

ALL  KINDS  OF  JOB  PRINTING 

Neatly  and  Promptly  Executed. 

ELECTRO  TYPING 

Done  at  the  shortest  notice. 

Stamps  of  all  kinds  made  to  order. 
Printing  in  Spanish,  French,  German  and  Italian  baa- 
guages.  executed  with  correctness. 
A  ••  Mammoth  "  and  two  No.  3  Hand  Presses  FORSALK 

very  cheap.  myS  3ui 


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RUSSIAN 

CIGARETTES, 

MANUFACTURED  BY 

GIBB  &  STAHL, 

S.»r.  COR.  KEARNY  AND  VACRAlltNTO  STREETS, 
PAN  FRANCISCO. 


•  Foi  sale  at  all  Cigar  Stores. 


ap28  3m 


AMERICAN  HOTEL, 
Main  street.      .      ■  -  Pelalama. 

auu24  6m  EMERSON  li  LAMBJERION,  Proprietors. 


CALIFORNIA  BRASS  FOUNDRY, 

No.  12.5  First  street,  opposite  Minna, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

AH  kinds  of  Brass, 
Composition,  Ziue, 
and  Babbitt  Meta 
Castings,  furnished 
at  the  shortest  notice. 
Bra,ss  ShtpWorlco 
a"  kinds,  Spikes, 

Shealbmg  Nails,  Rudder  Braces.  Hinges,  etc.,  constantly 
on  hand  and  made  to  order.  Also,  manufacture  8hlp  sod 
Steamboat  Bells  ami  Gongs  of  sui>erlor  tone. 

All  kinds  of  Steam,  Liquor,  Water,  Oil,  and  Fling* 
Cocks  and  Valves  made  and  repaired. 

Hydraulic  Pipes  and  Nozzles,  and  Hose  Couplings 'and 
Connections  of  all  sizes  aud  patterns,  fjrnished  with*dis* 
patch.   PRICES  MODERATE.  ' 

JOHN  P.  GALLAGHER, 
JOSEPH  H.  WEED. 

jelO  3m 


jli'ONEY  TO  LOAN! 

MONEY  TO  LOAN 


On  Citv  Real  Estate,  Dwellings,  Factories.  Shipping  and 
Merchandise,  for  such  time  as  mav  be  agreed  lor.  De- 
posits received  in  small  or  Urgi*  sums,  at  interest,  bv  tbe 
CALIFORNIA  BUILDING.  LOAN  AND  SAV- 
INGS  BANK. 

68  California  street,  (one  door  from  Sansome  street.) 

my  THOMAS  MOUSEY,  Pr  sidwiL 


June  23dJ 


TliE  CALIFORNZAN 


UNITED  STATES  STAMP  DUTIES. 
As  Amended  March  3,  1865. 

CAREFULLY  REVISED  AND   CORRECTED    FOB   THE  CALIFOB.VIAN. 
PENALTIES. 

Penalty  for  mating,  signing,  or  issuing  any  instru- 
ment, document,  or  paper  of  any  kind  whatsoever, 
without  the  same  being  duly  stamped,  for  denoting 
the  duty  hereby  imposed  thereon,  $50 ;  and  the 
instrument  Bhall  be  deemed  invalid  and  of  no  effect ; 
or  tor  counterfeiting  stamps  or  dies,  $1,000,  and  im- 
prisonment to  hard  labor  not  exceeding  five  years. 
For  making,  signing,  issuing,  accepting,  or  paying 
any  bill  of  exchange,  draft,  order,  or  note  without 
stamp,  $200.  For  selling  proprietary  cosmetics, 
matches,  photographs,  etc. ,  without  proper  stamps, 
$10.    For  removing  stamps  on  these  articles,  $50. 


STAMP  DUTIES. 
Agreement  Contract  or  Appraisement,  not  other- 
wise specified,  each  sheet  or  piece  of  paper. .$0  05 
Assignment  of  Mortgage,  Lease,  or  Policy  of  In- 
surance, same  as  original  instrument.  Assign- 
ment of  Patent  Right   05 

Bank  Checks,  Drafts  or  orders,  exceeding  $10, 

at  sight  or  on  demand  ,   02 

Bills  of  Exchange,  (inland,)  or  draft  otherwise 
than  at  sight  or  on  demand,  or  promissory  note 
except  bank  notes  for  circulation,)  or  any 
memorandum,  check  or  receipt,  or  any  evi- 
dence of  an  amount  of  money  payable  on  de- 
mand or  at  a  designated  time,  for  a  sum  not 

exceeding  $100   05 

Every  additional  $100,  or  fractional  part. ..  05 
Bill  of  Exchange,  (foreign.)  or  letter  of  credit, 
drawn  in,  but  payable  out  of  the  U.  S. ,  if 
drawn  singly,  the  same  rates  as  inland  bills  of 
exchange,  or  promissory  notes. 

If  drawn  in  sets  of  three  or  more,  for  each 
bill  of  the  set,  where  the  sum  shall  not  ex- 
ceed $100  or  its  equivalent  in  any  foreign  cur- 
rency in  which  such  bill  may  be  expressed, 
according  to  the  standard  value  fixed  by  U.  S.  02 
Every  additional  $100,  or  fractional  part...  02 
Bill  of  Lading,  or  receipt  for  any  merchandise 
or  effects,  to  be  exported  to  a  foreign  port  or 

place   10 

Bill  of  Sale,  conveying  any  ship  or  vessel,  or 
any  part  thereof,  where  tlie  cousiderationdoes 

not  exceed  $500   50 

For  every  additional  $500,  or  fractional  part 

thereof   50 

Bill  of  Sale  of  personal  property  other  than 

ships  or  vessels   05 

Bond,  indemnifying  any  person  for  the  payment 
of  inouey,  where  the  amount  recoverable  is 

$1,000  or  less   50 

For  every  additional  $1,000,  or  fractional 

part  thereof   60 

Bond  for  the  due  performance  of  the  duties  of 

any  office   1  00 

Bond  of  any  other  description,  except  such  as 
may  be  required  in  legal  proceedings,  or  used 
in  connection  with  mortgage  deeds,  and  not 

otherwise  charged  in  this  schedule   25 

Charter-Party,  ship,  vessel  or  steamer,  not  over 
150  tons,  $1;  150  to  300  tons,  $3  :  300  to  GOO 

tons,  $5;  over  600  tons  10  00 

Certificate  of  Profits,  or  any  memorandum  show- 
ing an  interest  in  property,  or  accumulations 
of  any  incorporated  company,  for  a  sum  not 

less  than  $10  nor  exceeding  $50  ■   10 

Exceeding  $50  and  not  $1,000   25 

For  every  additional  $1,000  or  fract'al  part  25 
Certificate  ot  Damage,  and  all  other  certificates 
or  documents  issaed  by  Port  Wardens  or  Ma- 
rine Surveyors,  or  other  persons  acting  as  such  25 
Certificate  of  Deposit,  not  exceeding  the  sum  of 

$100,  2  cents  ;  exceeding  $100   05 

Certificate  of  stock  in  any  incorporated  comp'y,  25 

Certificates,  other  than  specified   05 

Contract,  broker's  note  or  memorandum  of  6ale 
of  goods,  stocks,  bonds,  exchange  notes  of 
hand,  real  estate,  or  other  description  of  prop- 
erty, issued  by  any  person  acting  as  a  broker, 

for  each  note  or  memorandum  of  sale   10 

Deed  or  Conveyance  of  Real  Estate,  value  not 
over  $500,  50c.  ;   every  additional  $500,  or 

fractional  part  thereof.   50 

Entry  of  Goods  at  any  custom-house,  value  not 
over  $100,  25c;  over  $100  and  not  over  $500, 

50c;  over  $500  1  00 

For  the  withdrawal  of  goods  from  bonded 

warehouse   50 

Ganger's  Returns,  quarterly,  for  quantity  not 

over  500  galls,  gross,  10c.;  over  500  galls,  gr.  25 
Insurance  (Marine,  Iuland  and  Fire)  policy  or 
renewal,  premium  not  over  $10,  10c;  $10  to 
$50,  25c. ;  over  $50,  50c.  ;  Life  policy,  under 
$1,000, 25c;  $1,000  to $5,000,  50c;  over  $5,000.1  00 
Lease  of  lands  or  tenements,  rent  not  over  $300 

per  annum,  50c. ;  each  add'l  $200  or  fraction.  50 
Manifest,  cargo  to  foreign  port,  registered  ton 
nage  not  over  300  tons,  $1 ;  over  300  and  not 

over  600,  $3  ;  over  600  tons  5  00 

Measurer's  Returns,  for  quantity  not  over  1,000 

bushels,  10c;  over  1,000  bushels   25 

Mortgage,  Trust  deed,  or  personal  bond  for  pay- 
ment of  money,  $100  to  $500,  50c;  each  addi- 
tional $500   50 

Each  assignment  of  mortgage,  lease  or  pol- 
icy of  insurance,  or  renewal  of  the  same, 
is  subject  to  same  duties  as  the  original. 
Medicines  or  Preparations,  Perfumery  and  Cos- 
metics— Every  package,  box,  bottle,  etc.,  re- 
tailing for  25c.  or  less   01 

Each  additional  25c.  vx  fractional  part  there- 
of, up  to  $1,  lc;  each  additional  50c.  or 

fractional  part  thereof,  over  $1   02 

Playing  Cards— Each  pack,  price  not  over  18c, 
2c;  from  18  to  25c,  4c.  ;  25  to  50c,  10c.;  50c. 
to$l,15c;  each  additional  50c.  or  fractional 

part  thereof   05 

Photographs,  Ambrotypes,  Daguerreotypes  or 
Sun  Pictures,  upon  each,  retailing  for  25c.  or 
less,  2c;  over  25  and  not  over  50c,  5c. ;  over 
50c.  and  not  over$l,  3c. ;  each  additional  $1 

or  fractional  part  thereof   05 

Passage  Ticket  to  foreign  port,  cost  not  over  $35, 
50c:  over  $35  and  not  o*er  $50,  $1 ;  every  ad- 
ditional $50  or  fractional  part  thereof  1  00 

Power  of  Attorney  to  sell  or  transfer  stock,  scrip, 

bonds,  or.  collect  dividends  or  int.  thereon  25 
To  vote  for  officers  of  incorporated  comp'y  or 
society  not  religious,  charitable  or  literary, 

or  public  cemeteries......   10 

To  receive  or  collect  rents   25 

To  sell.couvey,  rent  or  lease  real  estate.  ...  1  00 
For  any  other  purpose...   50 


Probate  of  Will,  or  letters  of  administration,  es- 
tate  not   over  $2,000,  $1 ;    each  additional 

$1,000  or  fractional  part  thereof   50 

Protest  of  note,  bill,  acceptance,  check  or  draft,  25 
Promissory  Note — See  Bill  of  Exchange,  inland. 
Receipt  for  payment  of  money  or  debt  over  $20, 
not   being  for   satisfaction  of  mortgage, 
judgment  or  decree  of  Court,  and  receipt 

for  the  delivery  of  property   02 

Warehouse,  for  property  stored,  not  over  $500 
in  value,  10c.  ;  $500  to  $1,000,  20c.  ;  every 

additional  $1,000   10 

For  any  goods  held  in  storage,  and  not  other- 
wise provided  for   25 

Weigher's  Returns,  np  to  5,000  lbs. ,  10c. ;  over 

5,000  lbs   25 

Writs,  or  original  process,  for  commencing  suit 
in  Court  of  record,  and  in  Court  not  of  rec- 
ord, when  amount  claimed  is  $100  or  over, 
except  before  Justices  of  the  Peace,  or  in 
court  of  uo  greater  jurisdiction  as  to  dam- 
ages, or  in  suit  commenced  by  the  United 

States  or  any  State   50 

Upon  every  confession  of  judgment,  or  cogno- 
vit, for  $100  or  over,  except  where  tax  for 

a  writ  has  been  paid   50 

Writs  or  process  on  appeal  from  Justice's 
courts  and  other  courts  of  inferior  jurisdic- 
tion to  courts  of  record   50 

Warrant  of  distress — rent  claimed  under  $100, 

25c;  over  $100   50 


B 


R1TISH  PERIODICALS. 


The  London  Qitakterly  Review  (Conserv- 
ative.) 

The  Edinburgh  Review  (Whig.) 
The  Westminster  Review  (Radical.) 
The  North  British  Review  (Free  Church.) 
Blackwood's  Edinburgh  Magazine  (Tory.) 

The  interest  of  these  Periodicals  to  American 
readers  is  rather  increased  than  diminished  by  the 
articles  they  contain  on  our  late  Civil  War,  and 
though  sometimes  tinged  with  prejudice,  they  may 
still,  considering  their  great  ability ,  and  the  different 
stand-points  from  which  they  are  written,  be  read 
and  studied  with  advantage  by  the  people  of  this 
country,  of  every  creed  ana  party. 

TERMS  FOR  1866. 

For  any  one  of  the  Reviews,  per  annum.  $4 

For  any  two  of  the  Reviews,  per  annum  7 

For  any  three  of  the  Reviews,  per  annum  10 

For  all  four  of  the  Reviews,  per  annum  12 

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Blackwood  and  three  of  the  Reviews,  per  annum  13 
Blackwood  aud  the  four  Reviews,  per  annum. ...15 

CLUBS. 

A  discount  of  twenty  per  cent,  will  be  allowed  to 
clubs  of  four  or  more  persons.  Thus,  tour  copies  of 
Blackwood,  or  of  one  Review,  will  be  sent  to  one 
address  for  $12  80.  Four  copies  of  the  four  Reviews 
aud  Blackwood,  for  $48,  and  so  on. 

POSTAGE. 

When  sent  by  mail,  the  Postage  to  any  part  of  the 
Union  will  be  but  Twenty-four  Cents  a  year  for 
Blackwood,  and  but  Eight  Cents  a  year  for  each 
of  the  Reviews 

REDUCED  PRICES    FOR  PREVIOUS  YEARS. 

Subscribers  may  obtain  the  Reprints  immediately 
preceding  I860,  as  follows,  viz: 

Blackwood  from  September,  1864,  to  December, 
1865,  inclusive,  at  the  rate  of  $2  50  a  year. 

The  North  British  from  January,  1865,  to  Decem- 
ber, 1865,  inclusive:  the  Edinburgh  and  the  West- 
minster from  April,  1864,  to  December,  1865,  inclu- 
sive, and  the  London  Quarterly  for  the  year  1865,  at 
the  rate  of  $1  50  a  year  for  each  or  any  Review . 

A  few  copies  yet  remain  of  all  the  Four  Reviews 
for  1863  at  $4  a  pet,  or  $1  50  tor  any  one. 

LEONARD  SCOTT  &.  CO. ,  Publishers, 
38  Walker  street, New  York 


QCCIDENTAL 

HOMESTEAD 

Association, 


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REAT  ATTRACTION  I 
THE 

FASHIONS 

A  RE    ALL   THE  GO 


Lamott, 


Hatter, 


IS  NOW  THE  MAN  I    HE  IS  READY  WITH  HIS 
BROADWAY   STYLES   FOR  THE 

Spring  of  I8b'6. 

JUST  SE*E  THE  DIFFERENCE  between  his  styles  Mid 
the  others  in  tins  ciiy.  There  is  style  about  Ins  Hats  that 
does  not  appear  in  others. 

FACTS  ARE    STUBBORN    THINGS  ! 

LAMOTT,  227  Russ  Block,  is  bound  to  be  the  LEADER 
of  Fushious. 

LAMOTT S  SPRING  STYLES 

show  taste.  It  is  a  pood  thing  that  you  have  a  man 
auioug  you  who  is  willing  to  take  a  stand  outside  of  oth- 
ers, to  introduce  a  style  that  is  uew,  aud  not  follow  in  the 
wake  of  others  that  aro  about  one  year  behiud  tho  liinus. 

GO  TO  HIS  STORE  FOR  A  HAT, 

No.  220  Montgomery  street, 

and  get  something  that  is  uew..  je22-3m 


piSCO  ! 

O.  It  F.  MARTELL'S  COGNAC  ; 

JAMES  HENNESSY'S  Cognac ; 
STEAMBOAT  GIN  ; 
OLD  TOM  GIN  ; 

IRISH  WHISKY, 

from  Bond  direct. 
For  sale  by  V.  SQARZA, 

my28  Ltedtadorff  street,  Sao  Francisco. 


OFFICE, 


305  MONTGOMERY  STREET. 


Capital  Stock,  $33,660. 


102  SHARES  $330  EACH. 

This  Association  was  formed  to  enable  its  mem- 
bers to  obtain  desirable  homestead  lots  in  this  city  at  a 
cheap  and  easy  rate,  paying  for  the  same  by  regular 
monthly  instalments. 

For  this  purpose  they  have  purchased  Blocks  409,  600, 
and  501,  in  the  Western  Addition  to  this  city,  bounded  by 
Devisadero,  Pine,  Broderick  and  Clay  streets. 

Subscribers  will  pay  an  initiation  fee  of  $5  on  each 
share  taken,  to  form  a  fund  for  defraying  current  ex- 
penses, and  $11  per  month  for  thirty  months,  commen- 
cing in  April,  1S66. 

The  property  is  within  three  blocks  of  the 
TURK  STREET  RAILROAD, 

IS  NEARLY  ALL  ON  THE  GRADE, 
and  Is  most  desirably  located  for  Homestead  purposes. 

It  is  directly  east  from  the  lands  of  the  California 
Association. 

The  property  has  been  purchased  on  very  reasonable 
terms,  and  offers  a  rare  opportunity  for  investment. 

A  number  of  fine  houses  are  in  process  of  erection,  and 
streets  are  beiug  graded  near  this  property,  which  will 
greatly  increase  its  value.  » 

When  twelve  monthly  payments  have  been  made,  the 
property  will  be  divided  among  the  members  in  the  usual 
mmner,  and  each  shareholder  will  receive  a  contract  for 
a  deed  to  the  lot  or  lots  to  which  he  may  be  entitled,  and 
have  the  privilege  or  taking  immediate  possession  of  the 
same. 

Tho  lots  average  27  feet  in  front  by  120  feet  in  depth. 
The  whole  amount  due  upon  any  lot  may  be  paid  at  any 
time,  and  discount  at  the  rate  of  ono  aud  one-half  per 
cent,  per  month  will  be  deducted  therefrom. 

Persons  wishing  to  visit  the  lands  of  this  Association 
will  take  the  Turk  street  cars  to  Devisadero  street,  and 
thence  go  northerly  along  Devisadero  to  Piue  street. 

Twenty  thousand  dollars  of  the  capital  stocK  is  takeo, 
and  the  books  are  open  for  subscription  to  tho  balance  at 
the  office  of  the  Secretary,  where  the  Official  Map  of  the 
Association  can  be  seen,  and  lull  particulars  obtaiued. 

The  Title  to  this  Properly  is  Perfect. 

J.  S.  LUTY,  Secretary, 
Office,  305  Montgomery  street,  coiner  of  Pine, 
myl9-3m  .  Rooms  2  aud  6. 


J^OYS!    BOYS!  BOYS! 

NOW  IS  THE  TIME  I 


H.  M.  LOCKWOOD  &  CO., 
New  No.  624)  CLAY  STREET,  (Old  No  IT 

Have  received  a  Large  Stock  of 

GENTS'  AND  BOYS'  CLOTHING 

— AND — 

FURNISHING  GOODS, 

Which  they  are  selling 
AT  VERY  LOW  PRICES. 
Every  Garment  warranted.    All  are  invited  to  call  and 
examine  our  goods. 

H.  M.  LOCKWOOD  &  CO. 
jal  624  Clay  street,  San  Francisco. 


Pacific  ocean  house, 

SANTA  CRUZ,  CAL. 

THIS  NEW  AND  COMMODIOUS  HOTEL,  built  and  fur- 
nished in  aceordaoce  with  the  most  modern  aud  improved 
plans,  and  with  a  view  to  the  comfort  and  convenience  of 
its  patrons,  is  now  open  for  tho  reseptiou  of  guests. 

To  those  who  have  visited  Santa  Cruz,  it  is  unnecessary 
to  speak  of  its  beauties  and  its  natural  advantages  over 
all  other  places  of 

Summer  Resort. 

To  those  who  have  not,  the  Proprietor  can  only  say 
COME  AND  JUDGE  FOR  YOURSELVES— gxviug  all 
who  may  come  the  assurance  tnat  his  earnest  endeavors 
shall  be  to  make  the  Hotel,  in  all  its  appointments,  equal 
to  the  surroundings  of  this  delightful  Sea  side  Resort. 

GEO.  T.  BROMLEY, 

Santa  Cruz,  April  4, 1866.  Proprietor, 


TJALD-HEADED  GENTLEMEN, 

Who  frequent  the  Parquet  of  Theatres,  exciting 
by  their  grotesque  appearance  the  merriment  of  La- 
dies in  the  Dress  Circle,  would  profit  by  using  Little 
&  Co.'s  Chinese 

Vegetable   Hair  Restorative. 

The  proprietors  of  this  astonishing  remedy  for 
Baldness,  confident  of  its  infallibility,  agree  to  re- 
fund the  purchase  money  in  every  instance  where 
its  use  for  three  months,  according  to  directions,  is 
unattended  with  success.    Price  per  jar,  $2.50. 

Manufactured  by  Little  &  Co.  ;  sold  by 

CHAS.  E.  HINCKLEY  &  CO., 

Chemists  and  Druggists, 
Southeast  corner  of  Clay  and  Kearny  streets, 
ap21  Sail  Fraacisco. 


PACIFIC  MAIL   STEAMSHIP  CO.'S 

Through  Line  to  New  York. 

CARRYING  THE  U.  S.  MAIL ! 

Leave  Folsom-streot  Wharf  at  11  o'clock  A.  m.  of  tho 
following  dates,  for  PANAMA,  connecting  via  Panama 
Railroad,  with  one  of  the  Company's  splendid  steamers 
from  ASPINWALL  for  NEW  YORK. 

On  the  16th,  18th,  and  30th  of  each  month  that  has  30 
days. 

On  the  10th,  19th,  and  30th  of  each  month  that  has  31 

days. 

When  the  10th,  19th  and  30th  fall  on  Sunday,  they  will 
leave  on'  Saturday  preceding  ;  when  the  18th  falls  on  Sun- 
day, they  will  leave  on  Monday  following. 
.  Steamer  leaving  San  Francisco  on  the  10th  touches  at 
Mauzanillo.   All  touch  at  Acapulco. 

Departure  of  19th  connects  with  French  Transatlantic 
company's  steamer  for  St.  Nazaire,  and  English  steamer 
for  South  America. 

Departure  of  10th  connects  with  English  steamer  for 
Southampton,  and  P.  R.  R.  Co.'s  steamer  for  Central 
America. 

Departure  of  30th  connects  with  English  steamer  for 
Tumaco,  the  port  of  the  new  mines. 

STEAMERS  FOR  JUNE : 
The  following  steamships  will  be  despatched  from  San 

Francisco  ou  the  date  given : 

JUNE  30lh,    -        -         ...   GOLDEN  CITY, 

Captain  Watkins. 
(Connecting  with  ARIZONA,  Captain  Maury.) 

An  experienced  Surgeon  on  board.  Medicine  and  attend- 
ance free. 

Cabin  Passengers  will  be  berthed  through.  Baggage 
checked  through — 100  pounds  allowed  each  adult. 

For  Merchandise  Freight  apply  to  Messrs.  Wells,  Fargo 
&Co. 

The  steamer  will  positively  leave  at  11  o'clock.  Pas- 
sengers are  requested  to  have  their  baggage  ou  board  be- 
fore 10  o'clock 

For  Passage  and  all  other  information,  apply  at  Pacific 
Mail  Steamship  company's  office,  corner  of  Sacramento  and 
Leidesdorff  streets. 

OLIVER  ELDRIDGE,  Agent. 


JJREWSTER  &  CO.'S 

Carriage  Manufactory, 

372  Broome  sleet,  New  York. 

We  desire  to  announce  to  our  California  friends  that 
wo  have  made  extensive  arrangements  by  increasing 
our  works  for  the  coming  season,  and  with  a  view  to 
SUPPLYING  THE 

WANTS  OF  CALIFORNIA, 

will  manufacture  a  style  of  work  particularly  adapted  to 
city  and  country  use,  and  In  view  of  the  destructive  ef- 
fects of  city  railroads  ou  all  light  work,  will  give 

PARTICULAR  ATTENTION 
to  remedying  the  evil,  and  guard  agaiust  it  in  work  shipped 
to  California. 

CARRIAGES,  BUGGIES,  PHAETONS,  COUPES, 
and  Vehicles  of  every  description,  of  our  own  manufac- 
ture, ou  haud  and  made  to  order. 
Orders  or  communications  should  be  addressed  to 
BREWSTER  &  CO., 

Of  Broome  street, 
The  firm  of  Brewster  k  Baldwin  not  being  in  any  way 
connected  with 


BREWSTER  &  CO., 
Of  No.  372,  Broome  street, 


CARD. 


D.  WARREN  SMITH 
Has  commenced  his  business  of  canvassing  the  city  for 
subscribers  for 

M  I DDLET O  N  '  S  OIL  PORTRAITS, 

the  series  of  which  embrace 
WASHINGTON  AND    MARTHA,  LINCOLN, 
WEBSTER,  CLAY,  DOUGLAS,  GRANT, 
SHERMAN,  and  JACKSON. 

Mr.  Smith  wil  call  at  the  business  places  of  our  city, 
and  at  dwellings  at  reasonable  hours,  and  exhibit  some  of 
the  above  beautiful  Oil  Portraits.  He  hopes  to  meet  with 
success,  as  the  Pictures  are  worthy  a  place  in  every  draw- 
ing-room in  our  country.  AGENT'S  HEADQUARTERS, 
JOHN  MIDDLETON  &  SONS, 

my26-2m  404  Moutgomery  street. 


rjIHE  BANK  OF  CALIFORNIA, 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  May    9,  1866. 
NOTICE. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Stockholders  of  this  Bank,  held  on 
the  5th  inst.,  it  was  resolved  to  increase  the  Capital  Stock 
of  the  corporation  to  $5,000,000,  gold,  to  take  effect  on 

THE  FIRST  DAY  OF  JULY  NEXT, 
and  the  President  and  Cashier  were  authorized  to  receive 
subscriptions  for  $2,000,000  of  said  capital  stock.  Parties 
desirous  of  subscribing  will  make  application  at  the 
Bank,  either  personally  or  by  letter,  when  further  details 
will  be  given.  D.  O.  MILLS,  Presldnnt. 

my20  lm  W.  C.  RALSTON,  Cashier. 


j^JARKET  STREET  RAILROAD 

CHANGE   OF   TIME  TABLE. 

ON  AND  AFTER  AUGUST  1,  1865,  Trains  will  start 
rom  the  City  ana  tho  Mission  every  hour:  Instead  of  every 

forty  minutes,  as  heretofore. 

Trains  from  the  City  will  start  at  the  odd  hour,  com- 
mencing at  6:30  A.  M.  and  every  hour  thereafter  until 
11:80  P.  11/ 

mh2&  r.  McCO/PIN,  Superintendent. 


16 


THE  CALI 


FORNI AN 


[June  23d 


]y£AGUIRE'S  OPERA  HOUSE. 

T.  MAG  HIRE  Pbopbictob. 

C.  L.  GRAVES  Stage  Maxagkh- 

W.  STEVENSON  Tbeasueeb. 

SATURDAY  AFTERNOON  AND  EVENING, 
JCNK  23,  1866. 

PRICES  OF  ADMISSION: 

Press  Circle  and  Orchestra,  $1  00 

Parquet,    50 

Upper  Circle,  25 

Mr.  John  McCullough, 

SUPPORTED    BY    THE    OPERA   HOUSE  COMPANY, 
will  appear  in  the  comedy  of 

R  U  Y    B  L  A  S  ! 

THE  NEXT  WEEK  WILL  BE  THE 

LAST    WEEK  OF 

EDWIN  FORREST, 

WHO  WILL  PERSONATE 

JACK  CADE,  Monday 

V1RG1NIUS,   Tuesday 

JACK  CADE,  Wednesday 

RICHELIEU,  Thursday. 

MACBETH,  Friday 

Reserved  Seats  $1  50 

DresH  Circle  and  Parquet   1  00 

Upper  Circle   50 


W  PRICES 

IN 


L° 

Gents'  Furnishing  Goods, 


WARD'S  SHIRT  STORES, 

323  MONTGOMERY  STREET, 
AND  CORNER  OF  MARKET  AND  THIRD  STREETS, 
SAN  FRANCISCO.  , 


P.  S. — Printed  directions  for  self-measurement  for 
Shirts  and  Price  Lists  of  Goods  sent  free  by  mail. 
ap21-3m 


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UMMER  MEDICIXE. 


PURIFY  THE  BLOOD 

AXD 

Constitution,  J\ 

wrrH 

LE  DOYEN'S 

SARSAPARILLA, 

YELLOW  DOCK, 

IODINE  ALTERATIVE. 


CRANE  4*  BRIGHAM,  Agents, 
myl9  lm  '        SAN  FRANCISCO 


Jj^OURTH    OF   JULY,  1 


8  6  6 


NOTICE. 


The  undersign ed  having  been  appointed  Grand 
Marshal  of  the  Ceremonies  for  the  coming  Aunivcrsary 
of  the  Independence  of  the  United  States,  hereby  respect- 
fully  invites  the  different  Military,  Fireman  and  Civic  So- 
cieties in  this  city  to  participate  is  the  celebration,  and 
requests  the  officers  of  the  same  to  send  immediate  notice 
of  acceptance  to  the  office  of  the  Marshal,  Nos.  25  and  26 
Montgomery  Block. 

The  proposed  celebration  is  intended  to  be  one  of  the 
graudest  ever  held  in  San  Francisco,  and,  In  view  of  the 
peculiar  circumstances  attending  the  present  Anniver- 
sary, it  is  hopod  that  a  fall  representation  of  the  above- 
mentioned  societies  will  assist  in  giving  honor  to  the  day. 

As  peace  has  again  visited  our  Nation  it  is  especial.)' 
appropriate  that  the  whoie  people  should  unite  in  publicly 
showing  their  gratitude  and  joy  on  the  occasion  relerrod 
to  •  and  a  demonstration  such  as  intended  to  be  made  will 
go  far  toward  showing  the  patriotism  which  still  endears 
the  memory  of  the  Birthday  ot  America. 

JeS-St         WILLIAM  G.  BADGER,  Grand  Marshal. 


QENTLEMEN'S 

FURNISHING  GOODS! 


Meagher,     Taaffe  Co. 

WILL  THIS  DAY  OFFER, 

At  a  Reduction  of  25  per  ct., 

200  dozen  Super  Merino  Shirts  and  Drawers  , 
100  dozen  Super  Lamb's  Wool  Shirts  and  Drawers  ; 
100  dozen  Silk  Shirts  and  Drawers; 
100  dozen  Cotton  Flannel  Snirts  and  Drawers  ; 
75  dozen  French  Linen  Shirts  : 
200  dozen  Cotton  Half-Hose  ; 
150  dozen  Merino  Half-Hose. 


c 


A  R  P  E  T  S 


ALSO, 


POCKET  HANDKERCHIEFS,  NECK  TIES. 
COLLARS,  ALEX  ANDRES'S  BEST  KID 
GLOVES,  ETC. 

9  Montgomery  Street, 

LICK  HOUSE  BLOCK. 


Wholesale  House,  10*  Bnllery  street, 

jc23  Between  Pine  and  California  streets 


rpHE  C  ALIFOE  X I A  N  8 
SAN  FRANCISCO  BUSINESS  DIRECTORY. 

BATHS. 

Dr.  Bourne's,  (Medical,)  10  Post, near  Montgomery- 

AUCTIONEERS. 
Olney  k  Co. ,  removed  to  418  Montgomery  street. 

BUSINESS  AND  PROPERTY  AGENCY. 
S.  P.  Whitman,  313  Montgomery  sf 

BOWLING  ALLEYS. 
Cosmopolitan.  White  &  LafTerly,  Cosmopolitan  Hotel. 
Wholers  &  Steil.  Pine  and  Montgomery,  (Russ  House.) 

BOOKS. 
A.  Gensoul,  511  Montgomery. 
A.  Roman  k  Co.,  417  and  419  Montgomery  street. 

BOOTS  AND  SHOES. 
Finch  k  Co. ,  133  Montgomery  street. 
I.  M.  Weutworth  &  Co.  (wholesale  manufac.)  210  Pine  st 

HATTER. 

Lamott  (wholesale  and  retail)  227  Montgomery  street, 
HOTELS. 

Brooklyn .  John  Kelly,  Jr., Sansome,  corner  Pine. 
Chicago,  E.  W.  Heimburg  &  Co..  220  PaciQc  street. 

INRURANCK. 

Bigelow  k  Bro. ,  N.W.  cor.  Montgomery  and  Sacramento. 
Mutual  Life  Ins.  Co. ,  H.  S.  Homans,  Agent.  809  Clay. 
Manhattan,  B-  B.  Swain  k  Co. .  Ag'ts,  206  Front,  cor  Cal. 
National  Ins.  Co.a  N.E.  cor.  Montgomery  and  California. 
Occidental  Ins.  Co. ,  S.  W.  cor.  Montgom'y  and  California: 
Pacific  Ins.  Co. ,  436  California  street. 

LADIES'   BIJOUTEF.IE,  CLOAKS,  ETJ. 
Rosenblatt's,  123  and  1J5  Montgomery  street. 

LI  VERT  AND  SAt.E  STABLE. 

Philip  Morshead,  removed  to  Howard,  near  Fifth. 
MAPS. 

Pacific  Map  Depot ,  A.  Gensoul,  511  Montgomery. 

MERCHANT  TAILOR3. 
J.  H.  Hammond  removed  to  328  Montgomery. 

MILLINERS. 
PAPER  HANGINGS,  WINDOW  SHADES,  ETC, 
H.  Ward,  132  Third  street. 

PIANO  SCHOOL. 
Mr.  Gustavo  A.  Scott,  at  Miel  Institute,  55  South  Park. 
W.  S.  Pierce,  removed  (o  534  Market,  oj  posite  Second 

PIANOS,  MUSIC,  ETC. 
M.  Gray,  613  Clay  street. 

PHOTOGRAPHS,  (JLTLERY,   SPECTACLES,  ETC. 
Lawrence  i:  Houseworth,  317  and  319  Montgomery  St. 

REAL  ESTATE. 
Fifteen-dollar  lots  for  sale  by  H.  S,  Brown,  S.E.  corner 
of  Battery  and  Commercial  streets. 

RESTAURANTS. 
Bivalve,  Nolting  k  Sp-eon.  640  Market,  near  Kearny. 
Eureka,  C.  H.  Brickwedell  k  Co. , Clay ,  near  Moutgoni'y 
Magnolia,  143  Thirl  street. 

Market,  by  Felut  aud  Gustavo  Besson,  520  Merchaot. 
Philadelphia.  Jacob  Weiss,  308  Montgomery  street. 
Helvetia.  Johnjury  &  Bros. ,  524  Merchant  Street, 
Sauliuann's,  506  Montgomery  street. 

SALOONS. 

Charter  Oak,  Frank  Kelly,  X  E  cor  Third  and  Howard 
Razzetti  4  Co.'s.  527  Washington,  above  the  Market. 
Jones'  Sample  Rooms,  S.E.  cor.  Montgomery  and  CaL 
S  Myers,  332  Montgomery  street. 
V.  Squarza.  44  Leidcsdorir  street. 

Sun  Burst.  Carolin  k  McArdle,  cor.  Second  and  Market. 
Coates  k  Henderson,  37  Sutler  street. 

SCALES. 

Fairbanks  &  Hutchinson,  Depot  for  Fairbanks'  Scales 
334  Montgomery  street. 

SEWING  MACHINES. 
Grover  fc  Baker,  R. '  .  Brown,  116  Montgomery. 
The  Florence,  office  111  Montgomery  street. 
Wheeler  k  Wilson,  corner  Montgomery  and  Sacramento 

TOYS,  ETC. 
Fclifbnsh  t  Co.,  207  Montgomery  street. 
A.  Kohlcr,  620  Washington  street. 

UPHOLSTERER. 
T.  McAllister,  corner  Sutter  and  Leavenworth, 

WATER-CLRE  INSTITUTE. 
Dr  Bourne's  Pioneer,  10  Post,  near  Montgomery 


Removal!  Removal! 


KENNEDY  &  BELL 

HAVE  REMOVED  TO 

BUSH  STREET, 

Below  Montgomery, 

Slore  lately  occupied  by  the  Franco- Ameri- 
can Commercial  Company. 

ap21-3m 


rpYLER  BROTHERS, 

SO.  632  WASHINGTON  STREET, 
AND  691  MARKET  STREET.  -  -  -  -  CORNER  THTRP, 

SAX  FRA  y  CISCO. 
IMPORTERS,  WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL  DEALERS  IN 

SCHOOL  BOOKS. 

STATIONERY, 

PHOTOGRAPH  ALBUMS, 
BLANK  BOOKS, 

PORTFOLIOS, 

JUVENILE  BOOKS, 
FANCY  ARTICLES, 

CHILDRENS'  PICTURE  BOOKS,  Etc. 
Especial  attention  given  to 

LADIES'  STATIONERY", 

Which  we  stamp  with 

INI   T  I  A    L   S  , 

In  COLORS  or  PLAIN. 


WEDDING    AND  VISITING  CARDS 

ENGRAVED,  WRITTEN,  OR  PRINTED. 

jc23 


HEUSTON, 


HASTINGS 


&  GO. 


The    Fashionable  Clothiers 


SAN  FRANCISCO. 

Are  now  engaged  in  enlarging  their  already  ex- 
tensive European  connections,  and  are  offering  the 
LARGEST,  FINEST,  AND  MOST  COMPLETE 

STOCK  or 

CUSTOM-MADE  CLOTHING, 

GENTS'  FURNISHING  GOODS, 
TRUNKS,  BAGS,  VALISES,  ETC., 
ON   THE    PACIFIC  COAST, 

AT 

REDUCED  PRICES. 

jel7-3tn 


B 


OWMAN  &  CO., 

Dealers  in  Stoves  and  Tin  Ware. 
m»r24  (ten  Main  street,  Petalums. 


VEGETABlI  AMBROSIA 

IS  THE  MIRACLE  OF  THE  AGE! 

Gray-headed  People  have  their 
locks  restored  by  it  to  the  dark,  lustrous, 
silken  tresses  of  youth,  and  are  happy ! 

Young  People,  with  light,  faded  or  red  Hair, 
have  these  unfashionable  colors  changed  to 
a  beautiful  auburn,  and  rejoice ! 

People  whose  heads  are  covered  with 
Dandruff  and  Humors,  use  it,  and  have  clean 
coats  and  clear  and  healthy  scalps  ! 

Bald-Headed  Veterans  have 
their  remaining  locks  tightened,  and  the 
bare  spots  covered  with  a  luxuriant  growth 
of  Hair,  and  dance  for  joy ! 

Young  Gentlemen  use  it  because  it  is 
richly  perfumed  1 

Young  Ladies  use  it  because  it  keeps 

their  Hair  in  place ! 

Everybody  mutt  and  will  use  it,  because 
it  is  the  cleanest  and  best  article  in  the 

market ! 

For  Sale  by  Druggists  generally. 

For  sale,  wholesale  and  retail,  by 

JOHN  F.  SNOW, 

Sole  Agent  for  the  Pacific  Coast,  24  Post  street, 
je23  San  Francisco. 


A. 


ROMAN   &  CO., 

417  AND  419  MOXTGMERY  STRRET, 

B  0  OK-SELLERS,  P  UBL1SHERS, 

AND  IMPORTERS, 

Offer  for  Bale  the  following  list  of        .  , 

PARLOR  GAMES, 

AT  WHOLESALE  AXD  RETAIL. 
The  Garison  Game,  two  styles  ; 

The  .M  ■  _■  ic  Wheel,  four  kinds  ; 
The  Game  of  Authors,  different  kinds  ; 

Noted  People  and  Places  ; 
The  Old  Curiosity  Shop  ;  Eitant  Authors; 

Tipsy  Philosophers  ;  Peggy  ; 
Anybody  and  Everybody.  Somebody  and  Nobody  ; 

Originations  of  .Suakspeure ; 
Fun  for  Winter  Evenings  ;  Game  of  Letters; 

The  Game  of  Events  ; 
The  Showman  ;  The  C'  tnmanders  of  our  Forces  ; 

The  Game  of  Familiar  Quotations ; 
Protean  Cards,  or  the  Box  of  100  Games ; 

The  Game  of  Great  Truths  ; 
The  Game  of  Courtship  and  Marriage ; 

The  Shakspeariau  Game  ; 
The  Game  of  Battlefield*  of  our  Fathers  ; 

The  Game  of  Young  Peddlers  ; 
The  Laughable  Game  of  Red,  Whin  and  Blue  ; 

The  Game  of  School  m  an  Uproar; 
The  Game  of  Old  Painpheezle  ; 

The  Game  of  Comical  Dominoes  ; 
The  Game  of  Gip*v  Fortune  Teller  j 

The  Game  of  Squail,  two  styles  ; 
Colton's  Series  of  Dissected  Maps,  viz.: 

The  World,  North  America,  South  America, 
Africa,  Asia,  Europe. 

We  sre  receiving  by  Every  Steamer, 

All    the    Js*ew  Publications 

OF  THE  DAY. 


Our  stock  of  Books  in  every  branch  of 

L    I    T    E    R    A   T    U    R  E 

is  very  complete,  which  we  offer  at  the  lowest  rates. 

PUBLIC    AND     PRIVATE      LIBRARIES  SUPPLIED, 
ON    FAVORABLE  TERMS. 

A.  ROMAN  k  CO., 

417  aud  419  Montgomery  street. 
jel9  San  Francisco. 


ATI-RE  UNVEILED, 

AT  THE 

PACIFIC  MCSEUM  OF  ANATOMY  AND  PCIENCB 

Eureka  Theatre,  Montgomery  street, 
Ja27  tj  between  California  and  Pine. 


"1TTONDERS  OF  "WONDERS ! 

f  "  TO  BK  SEEN  O.VLY  AT  TUI 

Pacific  Museum  of  A nntomy  and  Seienoe, 

Eureka  Theatre,  Montgomery  street, 
ja27.tr  between  California  and  Pine. 


VOLUME  V.,  No  6.  ? 
ffice,  No.  ;S32  Merchant  street.  ] 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  JUNE    30,  1866. 


TERMS, 


i  $5  a  Yeak,  hy  Mail, in  Advance. 
1  50  Cents  a  Month,  bv  Carrier. 


CONTENTS 


Inigoings.— By  "  Inigo." 
Generalities  — By"  Poclgers." 
The  11  Monaduock." 
Book  Notices. 

Theatrical  Events,  aud  Announce- 
ments. 
Editorial  Paragraphs. 
Note,  from  \l  Etnstailt." 
Farmer  Hope's  T.  oubles. 


From  San  Francisco  to  New  York. 

By  "  Inigo." 
Scarlet  Recorcctious. 
An  American  Womm  in  Europe. 
Jefferson  Davis'  Bill  of  Faro. 
The  Russian  Peasant  Madu  a  Noble, 
House  Moths. 
A  Malay  Tradition. 
Literary  Notes. 


GENERALITIES. 

SUNDAY  opened  perspiringly— it  was  warm— and  the 
pursuit  of  a  view  from  the  top  of  Telegraph  Hill  was 
attended  with  some  mopping  of  the  forehead,  and  reminis- 
cences of  Doctor  Bourne's  Baths,  where  Mrs.  Pilkington  was 
not  suffocated. 

Foreign  climes  may  be  worth  a  visit,  but  a  climb  up  Tele- 
graph Hill,  one  of  the  still  warm  mornings,  answers  all  pur- 
poses. You  cau  get  warm  enough  to  remind  you  of  India, 
and  there  are  the  India  Warehouses  at  your  feet  to  help  out 
the  hallucination  ;  and,  as  for  a  view,  I  don't  believe  you  can 
find  a  prettier  one  in  any  country.  If  this  don't  suit,  go  down 
the  cast  until  you  reach  Russian  Dill,  and  wind  yourself  up 
Jobson's  spiral  elevator — when  you  reach  the  top,  you  are 
ready  to  offer  yourself  as  a  cork-screw,  a  nd  probably  are  thirsty 
enough  to  wish  for  a  bottle  to  try  yourself  on.  Almost  every- 
body on  the  staff  of  The  California?*'  went  to  church,  cer- 
tainly. Some  wicked  people  went  into  the, country,  and  the 
San  Jose  Railroad  carried  down  several  hundred  seekers  after 
fresh  air — although,  for  that  matter,  all  one  has  to  do  is  to 
open  his  mouth  any  hour  alter  noon,  and,  if  he  don't  get  his 
fill  of  air  and  dust  together,  it  is  because  he  don't  open  it 
wide  enough.  There  is  a  slight  difference,  however,  between 
the  air  in  the  country,  laden,  as  it  is,  with  the  refreshing  odors 
of  new-mown  hay  and  sweet  fern  and  the  spicy  gales  of  Araby, 
from  the  vicinity  of  the  Mission  and  Butcherville.  No  won- 
der the  eloquence  of  the  Rev.  Doctor  Stone,  the  fervor  of  Mr. 
Wadsworth,  the  earnestness  of  Mr.  Wyatt,  fail  to  biiug  all 
the  people  within  the  sanctuary  of  a  Sunday.  They  have  no 
reason,  however,  to  complain  ;  their  churches  are  full  to  over- 
flowing. , 

The  chance  of  seeing  a  woman  killed  or  drowned  was  a  great 
attraction  out  at  the  Cliff  House — Mademoiselle  Celeste 
having  announced  that  she  would  walk  the  waters  on  a  wire 
suspended  from  the  balcony  of  the  Cliff  House  to  the  rocks 
where  the  sea  lions  are  wont  to  sport  and  gambol  (they  can't 
have  heard  of  the  law  against  gambling.)  The  California*, 
being  at  church,  did  not  of  course  witness  the  feat,  but  those 
who  did  say  she  accomplished  it  without  falling  off  on  to  the 
jagged  rocks  and  being  killed,  and  from  thence  rolling  into  the 
surf  aud  being  drowned,  much  to  the  disappointment  of  those 
who  went  down  to  witness  a  catastrophe. 

There  has  been  a  good  deal  of  wire-pulling,  and  some  re- 
markable acrobatic  performances,  by  our  real  estate  men  on 
both  the  slack  and  taut  rope,  but  they  have  contrived  to 
preserve  their  equilibrium  and  not  split  upon  the  rocks — their 
performances  being  over  the  sand  hills  ;  and  their  profits 
have  been  much  greater  than  those  of  the  sylphlike  Celeste, 
without  the  risk.  No  charge  was  made  in  this  case— and  the 
lions  of  the  town  and  those  of  the  sea,  on  the  rocks,  were  alike 
complimentary  guests.  What  must  have  been  the  wonder  of 
the  assembled  family  of  sea  lions  that  morning,  as  they  basked 
in  the  sunshine,  and  from  their  sleepy  eyes  beheld  the  crowd 
of  people  ou  the  cliffs  opposite;  and,  when  the  maiden,  all 
forlorn,  launched  herself  out  upon  the  frail  foothold,  and  pro- 
gressed towards  their  brine-dashed  lodgings,  what  an  inter- 
change of  conjectures  there  must  have  been  !  Fancy  the  hor- 
ror of  the  old  king  lion,  as  he  saw  her  approaching,  to  have 
his  dominions  invaded  by  a  crinolined  mortal  iu  that  unce- 
lestial  manner — and  the  jealousy  of  the  lioness  to  perceive  that 
she  was  making  all  the  advances  !  They  say  the  lion3  stood 
it  for  a  time,  but  finally,  at  a  signal  from  the  old. king,  and 
with  roars,  they  plunged  into  the  surf— not  the  first  instance 
of  kings  being  made  to  get  up  and  dust  by  a  woman.  Here- 


after, let  that  old  sea  lion  be  known  as  Joseph.  He  probably 
takes  a  Mormon  view  of  matrimony,  doubtless  has  a 
harem  quite  equal  to  any  elder  potentate,  and  should  not 
therefore  object  to  another  wife  being  sealed  to  him,  nor 
let  one  more  make  it  a  case  of  harem  scare  'em. 

Monday  opened  like  one  of  Capt.  Cropper's  oysters  with  a 
fresh  smell- of  salt  atmosphere,  suggestive  of  cool  sea-weeds 
and  that  refreshing  odor  of  surf  on  a  smooth  beach.  The 
wind  was  from  Contra  Costa  and  was  consequently  pure,  but 
whether  from  Alameda,  Oakland,  or  coastwise  we  can't  say. 
The  honors  are  open  to  appropriation,  but  the  zephyrs  cer- 
tainly were  not  from  the  region  of  Brannan's  ''  Suburban 
Homes  for  the  People,"  out  Missionwards.  By  the  way,  that 
is  a  brilliant  idea  to  thus  provide  people  homesteads  ^in  the 
country.  Only  think  of  the  delights  of  a  home  within  horse- 
railroad  distance  of  the  cramped  up  city  ;  to  go  home  of  an 
evening  and  find  your  little  yellow-tailed  dog  standing  at  the 
gate  trying  to  get  a  wag  out  of  his  narrative  which  involves 
spasms  on  account  of  the  tightness  of  the  kink  ;  to  see,  in- 
side the  enclosure,  your  pig,  the  children,  the  chickens,  all  liv- 
ing in  a  harmonious  state  of  dry-dustiveness,  and  all  these 
country  delights  reduced  to  a  scale  within  the  meanest  com- 
prehension. "  Suburban  Homes  for  the  People  ;"  all  the  ad- 
vantages of  a  country  residence,  and  convenient  to  the  city, 
and  all  got  out  of  25  by  80  !  Who  wouldn't  go  two  miles 
into  the  country  to  obtain  a  house  with  such  extensive  farm, 
ing  privileges  ? — 25  by  80  !  What  a  field  for  an  agricultural 
genius  !  no  pent-up  Utica,  etc. 

Tuesday — Hot  again,  and  all  the  female  world  rejoicing  in 
the  opportunity  to  spread  their  gossamers  and  furs.  It  takes 
a  real  hot  morning  to  briug  out  all  the  largest  fur  capes.  A 
lady  has  just  passed  in  a  muslin  dress  and  panting  under  a 
large  sable  cape.  Poor  thing!  she  is  a  victim  to  that  cape  ; 
she  has  it  and  must  wear  it. 

What  jolly  hats  are  these  the  girls  are  now  wearing — re- 
versed wash-basins,  or  more  decidedly  Chinese.  In  China  the 
Mandarins  wear  them  with  a  little  nob  on  top,  and  one,  two, 
or  three  tails  hanging  down,  according  to  rank.  The  girls  look 
decidedly  nobby  without  the  ngb,  but  they  don't  omit  the 
tails.  Won't  somebody  translate  these  streamers  ?  They 
must  have  a  meaning.  The  language  of  ribbons  might  be 
made  interesting  and  profitable.  Let  them  designate  the  state 
of  affiirs  clearly,  so.  that  all  who  run  may  read  and  not  make 
any  miss-takes. 

The  Alia  has  an  article  on  Roman-Turkish  Baths.  It  sug- 
gests that  the  Romans  probably  took  the  idea  from  the 
Creeks.  Shouldn't  wonder,  for  the  Creeks  generally  look  as 
if  they  had  lost  it.  This  hot  weather  should  make  business 
for  the  Sanitariums,  for  one  has  an  uncompromising  desire  to 
take  a  plunge  under  every  passing  sprinkling-cart. 

S.  F.  Tayac  up  before  the  Police  Court  for  selling  short  on 
a  liquor  transaction — charged  with  selling  two  gallons  and  de- 
livering only  one  and  three-quarters — for  which,  if  it  is  of  the 
usual  quality  sold  around  town,  the  complainant  out  to  be 
thanklul,  and  not  make  a  fuss  about  it— for  the  less  he  got 
the  better  he  was  off.  Defendant,  probably,  taking  the  meas- 
ure of  the  man,  concluded  he  would  not  hold  two  gallons,  aud, 
believing  in  measure  for  measure,  gave  him  all  he  could  stow 
below  decks.  (Acquitted.) 

Mr.  Scuroubstadtkr,  the  tenor,  undertook  to  play  the  rale 
of  "Mazeppa"  on  a  wild  horse  at  Oakland,  and  rolled  off. 
The  horse  did  not  mind  hi3  time,  and  ignored  the  Adagio 
movement..  Mr.  S.  took  the  so  low  part,  and  came  to  a  dead 
rest  npon  the  sand.  Result :  a  few  strains  not  in  the  over- 
ture. 

The  Masonic  fraternity  held  a  picnic  at  the  People's  Park, 
St.  John's  Day,  aud  found  a  Lodge  in  that  brief  wilderness. 
Some  chicken  so  lad,  and  some  cold  water  they  took  down  iu 
black  bottles,  did  not  pay  any  freight  back.  The  People's 
Park  is  a  dry  and  thirsty  spot,  and  people  who  go  down  there 
seem  generally  well  aware  of  the  fact,  which  gives  rise  to  a 


conundrum  :  When  do  the  Chinese  form  a  large  part  of  the 
travel  on  these  picnics?  When  demijohns  go  down.  (There 
will  be  no  extra  charge  for  The  Californian  this  week  on 
account  of  this  goak.) 

The  ladies  are  looking  for  the  man  who  calls  their  hoops 
the  hinder-pest.  Some  fellow  tbutes  a  great  fuss  about  the 
indecency  of  the  present  fashion  in  crinoline,  whereupon 
somebody  asks  if  that  chap  can't  stand  it,  if  the  ladies  can  ; 
that  is  what  might  be  termed  a  "  settler." 

W.  C.  Annans,  of  New  York,  (we  kuew  him  in  old  times 
as  a  merchant  here)  has  commenced  suit  against  the  "  Star 
of  Hope."  What  a  shame  !  Has  hope  told  a  flattering  tale, 
and  then  gone  short  of  it  ?  Who  will  commence  the  perse- 
cution aguinst  "  the  light  of  other  days?"  The  Star  of  Hope, 
we  would  mention  en  passant,  is  a  ship.  We  hope  both  will 
win — which  relieves  us  from  the  charge  of  partiality. 

An  advertisement  in  the  Alia  of  yesterday  says  that  the 
female  Blondin,  Celeste,  will,  at  the  Cliff  House,  Sunday 
morning,  perform  "  the  most  terrific  feet  ever  attempted  by 
any  woman  in  the  world."    Co  and  see  the  feet ! 

Catastrophe. — A  young  lady,  blinded  by  the  dust,  and  con- 
fused by  the  gyrations  of  her  crinoline,  at  that  windy  corner 
of  Bush  and  Montgomery  streets,  yesterday,  put  her  foot  iu 
it  (her  hoop,)  and  fell  as  gracefully  as  circumstances  would 
permit.  She  recovered  herself  just  in  time  to  deprive  the 
editorial  staff  of  The  Californian,  and  a  compounder  of  po- 
tent potions  opposite,  of  the  pleasure  of  restoring  her  equili- 
brium. She  requested  us  not  to  put  her  in  the  paper,  and  wo 
wouldn't  have  done  it,  but  her  case  just  fills  the  space  so 
nicely.  Poibgers. 

AMUSEMENTS, 
r  I  iHE  Forrest  season  of  six  weeks,  the  most  successful  one 
_L  ever  played  at  the  Opera  House,  closed  with  last  night's 
performance  of  Macbeth.  The  attendance  during  the  last  week 
was  better  than  that  which  greeted  the  opening  week  of  the 
season.  After  a  respite,  aud  a  trip  to  the  Springs,  Mr.  For- 
rest will  give  us  another  season,  in  which  he  will  appear  in 
some  favorite  characters  held  in  reserve  for  his  farewell  en- 
gagement. On  Monday  evening,  Miss  Kate  Denin  makes  her 
appearance  iu  Camille.  Miss  Denin  played  an  engagement  in 
this  city  some  twelve  years  back,  accompanied  by  her  sistei, 
and  gave  evidence  of  considerable  talent,  though  then  a 
mere  girl.  If  report  may  be  credited,  the  girl  has  grown  into 
a  tall  and  comely  woman,  and  has  become  an  actress  of  re- 
finement and  culture,  whose  "  Camille"  and  other  characteri- 
zations have  a  merit  worthy  of  even  greater  celebrity  than  they 
possess.  Miss  Denin  will  be  supported  by  Mr.  John  Wilson, 
a  most  familiar  name,  but  not  to  be  confounded  with  that  of 
our  John  Wilson,  of  the  Heavenly  and  Terrestrial  Circus  and 
Hippodrome,  now  in  Australia.  The  present  John  Wilson 
comes  to  us  with  fair  recommendations  for  histrionic  ability, 
but  puts  in  no  claim  to  being  a  hippocentaur. 

Romeo  and  Juliet  will  constitute  the  bill  for  to-day's  mail-' 
nee.  This  evening,  the  most  worthy  "  Howards  No.  3  "  will 
take  their  benefit,  and  present  Ruy  Bias  and  Cool  as  a  Cu- 
cumber for  the  entertainment. 

The  Howson  Opera  Troupe  will  open  in  La  Sonnambula 
in  English,  at  the  Academy  of  Music,  on  Monday  next  Tho 
members  who  formed  the  very  efficient  chorus  of  the  last 
Italian  Opera  Troupe  have  beeu  engaged  for  the  Howson 
Troupe,  and  are  already  holding  rehearsals. 


Jump's  last  subject  for  caricature,  now  adorning  the  show- 
windows,  is  Dr.  Jordan's  Anatomical  Museum.  Jump  ap- 
pears to  be  unintimidated  by  either  the  newspaper  corps, 
earthquakes,  legislative  assemblies,  or  scientific  institutions. 
They  all  become  subjects  of  his  talont  for  tho  grotesque  and 
the  ludicrous.  We  expect  that  when  the  rider  of  the  pale 
horse  conies  along  to  harpoou  Jump,  he  will  afford  an  oppor- 
tunity for  the  artist's  farewell  caricature,  .to  be  published  for 
the  benefit  of  the  Jumps  he  leaves  behind. 


2 


THE  CAL:F0RN1AN 


jJune  30th 


SCARLET  RECOLLECTIONS, 
i. 

I MUST  go  back  some  fifteen  years  or  more,  before  the  days 
of  volunteers  aud  Enfield  rifles,  Armstrong  guns  and  iron- 
plated  frigates,  learned  ensigns  and  competitive  examinations, 
back  to  the  "  good  old  time  "  when  a  little  interest  at  the 
Horse  Guards  and  £450  at  your  banker's  were  all  the  requi- 
eites  for  a  commission  in  her  Majesty's  service. 

How  well  I  remember  that  eventful  evening,  when  our  red- 
faced  butler,  with  an  air  of  greater  statelioess  than  usual, 
presented  before  my  longing  eyes  the  official-looking  envelope, 
inscribed  with  the  magic  letters,  "  0.  U.  M.  S."  "  Hurrah  ! 
I'm  gazetted  !  Three  cheers  for  everybody  !  The  Two- 
Hundredth  Royal  Slashers  !  Headquaiters  at  Athlone  !  To 
join  on  the  first  of  February.  I  do  believe  I  shall  go  mad  !" 
Ah  well,  I  was  only  a  boy,  remember.  Scarcely  six  months 
before,  I  had  sat  in  a  round  jacket  on  a  hard  form  at  school, 
and  now  I  was  an  officer,  with  a  glorious  jumble  before  my 
mind's  eye  of  scarlet,  gold,  sword  jingling,  sentry  saluting, 
band  playing,  ladies  admiring,  men  envying  :  mess  dinners,  gar- 
rison balls,  picnics,  and  the  like,  not  to  speak  of  prospective 
castles  in  the  air,  beginning  with  daring  feats  in  battle,  and 
ending  with  a  general's  commission  and  K.  C.  B.  I  have  the 
extract  from  that  week's  Gazelle  before  me  now  : 

"  TwoHundreth  Royal  Slashers. — Alfred  Tombs,  gentleman,  to  be 
Ensign,  by  purchase,  vice  William  Henry  Thompson,  promoted." 

Congratulations  and  rejoicings  ;  much  strutting  about  the 
streets  of  Chickenborough  (our  market  town  ;)  a  great  amouut 
of  visiting,  and  sundry  parties  given  in  honor  of  my  new  po- 
sition ;  a  grand  winding  up  in  the  shape  of  a  ball  at  home, 
whereat  I  appeared  in  uniform  for  the  first  time,  was  duly 
flattered,  fancied  myself  killing,  came  to  utter  grief  in  return- 
ing thanks  at  supper,  and  drank  far  too  much  champagne. 
All  this  passed  away  like  a  dream.  My  outfit  and  all  needful 
preparations  were  completed  amidst  a  whirl  of  delightful  ex- 
citement ;  leave-takings  hurried  through,  aud  farewells  uttered 
with  a  heart  already  in  barracks  at  Athlone  ;  and  then — yes, 
and  then — "  Malbrook  s'en  va-l-en  guerre,"  I  left  the  paternal 
roof,  a  young  bear  with  all  my  troubles  before  me. 

I  am  not  going  to  inflict  upon  the  reader  a  detailed  account 
of  the  next  few  months  I  "joined,''  weut  through  the  mys- 
teries of  the  goose-step,  turned  out  of  bed  for  early  recruit 
drill  in  a  tight  shell-jacket,  learnt  to  take  up  my  proper  posi- 
tiou  at  parade,  mastered  the  "manual"  and  "  platoon. " 
Why  should  I  go  on  ?  Are  not  all  my  male  readers  volun- 
teers? And  as  to  the  ladies,  they  will  gladly  take  everything 
for  granted.  Suffice  it,  the  sergeant-major  reported  me  fit  for 
duty  in  about  the  usual  time  ;  I  fell  into  the  ordinary  routiue, 
experienced  the  dreary  horrors  of  the  guard-room,  sat  in 
judgment  on  disorderly  privates  at  court-martial,  went  the 
usual  tos.78  of  inspection  through  the  men's  room-,  aud,  in 
short,  fulfilled  all  the  arduous  duties  of  a  subaltern  in  her 
Majesty's  Two-Hundreth  Royal  Slashers. 

It  is  curious  to  notice  what  changes  even  so  short  a  period 
as  fifteen  years  may  bring  abjut.  We  wore  epaulets,  heavy 
with  gold  bullion  ;  tight-fitting,  long-tailed  coatee,  with  white 
shoulder-belt ;  a  shako,  compared  to  which  the  present  mili- 
tary headpiece  is  light  as  a  feather  ;  and — note  carefully — not 
a  vestige  ot  moustache  !  As  to  the  men,  the  tyranny  of  stock 
and  pipeclay  was  ten  times  worse  than  at  preseut,  the  knap- 
sack twice  as  heavy,  aud  Brown  Bess — ponderous,  uncertain 
Brown  Bess — the  weapon  of  the  day.  In  numbers,  again,  our 
regiment  aptly  illustrated  the  short-sighted  policy  which 
dwarfed  and  cut  down  the  army,  until  the  Crimean  campaign 
roused  the  military  spirit  of  the  nation.  Numbering  ten 
companies  of  nominally  one  hundred  men  each,  we  could 
scarcely  muster  more  than  six  hundred  and  fifty,  of  all  ranks 
on  parade.    Few  companies  had  more  than  sixty  men. 

Each  regiment  has  a  certain  character  and  stauding  in 
military  circles.  Ours  had  a  peculiar  reputation.  It  was 
noted  as  being  the  slowest  for  promotion  in  the  whole  army, 
and  yet  one  of  the  most  comfortable,  pleasant,  aud  wealtny 
corps  in  the  service.  The  roll  of  field  officers  and  captaius 
had  not  changed  for  years,  and  the  senior  ensign  had  seen 
seven  years'  service.  In  fact,  there  was  not  a  "youngster"' 
in  the  regiment  except  the  two  junior  ensigns— Lobley  aud 
your  humble  servunt.  Lobley  was  only  my  senior  by  a  few 
months,  and  our  two  Gazelles,  following  one  on  the  heels  of 
the  other,  had  been  a  ten  days'  wonder  in  every  mess-room 
from  Hythe  to  Ualway.  Such  a  thing  as  a  couple  of  vacancies 
in  the  Two  Hundredth  was  a  perfect  miracle.  I  need  hardly 
say  that  the  regiment  prided  itself  upon  its  character  for 
exclasiveness.  Our  mess  was  noted  for  its  excellent  cuisine 
and  wiues,  its  hospitality  aud  late  hours.  "  None  of  your 
mutton  and  Marsala  concerns,  sir,  ours,"  was  the  boast  of 
Jones,  the  messman  ;  and  he  was  right — it  wasn't. 

Moreover,  curiously  enough,  what  would  irretrievably  have 
damaged  the  character  of  most  regiments  only  added  to  the 
brilliancy  of  ours.  Nearly  half  our  officers  were  married.  The 
colonel,  both  majors,  five  captains,  two  brace  of  lieutenants, 
the  paymaster  and  surgeon,  were  all  Benedicts.  None  of 
them,  of  course,  ever  attended  uress,  except  on  state  occa- 
sions ;  but  then  they  all  had  money  (or  their  wives  had, 
whi*b,  of  course,  was  the  same  thing.)  kept  open  house,  gave 


carpet-hops  and  whist-parties,  to  which  we  bachelors  dropped 
in  after  mess,  had  pretty  daughters  or  sisters-in-law,  and 
caused  the  Two-Hundredth  to  be  perfectly  independent  of 
foreign  aid  for  picnic  or  party,  to  be  well  furnished  with  ladies 
for  every  species  of  amusement,  and  able  to  bid  defiance  to  \ 
the  dullest  and  most  inhospitable  quarters.    Even  what  we 
lost  in  numbers  round  the  mess-table  was  amply  atoned  lor  in 
the  hearty  good  fellowship  of  the  old  campaigners  who  were  | 
left ;  "  and,  besides,"  as  Hallett,  our  senior  captain  remarked,  j 
"  there  is  all  the  more  room  for  outsiders."    We  had  gener- 1 
ally  a  full  complement  of  guests  ;  and  many  a  jolly  Irish  squire  | 
could  tell  tales  ol  nights  spent  with  her  Majesty's  Royal 
Slashers.    No  wonder  that  we  two  young  cubs,  Lobley  aud 
myself,  thought  there  never  was  such  a  regiment,  such  a  mess, 
aud — enlre  nous — such  Admirable  Chrichtons  as  ourselves. 

ii. 

"The  Crow's  Nest,  Athlone,  Thursday,  16th. 

"  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Crab  request  the  pleasure  ol  Mr.  Tomb's 
company  after  mess  this  evening,  to  a  friendly  cup  of  tea." 

So  ran  a  letter  which  was  put  into  my  hands  a  little  before 
mess  one  evening.  Dr.  Crab  was  our  regimental  surgeon — a 
veteran  of  twenty-five  years'  standing.  He  had  been  on  leave 
ever  since  I  joined,  and  had  only  returned  a  few  days'  pre- 
viously. I  had  not  even  seen  him  as  yet,  and,  if  1  might 
judge  by  report,  he  never  invited  any  one  to  his  quarters,  ex- 
cept a  few  intimate»old  crouies.  A  very  eccentric  fellow  in 
every  way,  and  his  wife  a  regular  dragon. 

I  sat  down  next  to  Lobley  at  mess,  and  showed  him  the 
letter. 

"  Why,  my  dear  fellow,  I've  just  had  an  invite,  too,"  was 
his  rejoinder  ;  and  he  pulled  out  a  note  to  match. 

"Ah,"  I  observad,  "  I  see  it  now.  It'3  a  general  affair  for 
the  whole  mesa.  The  old  boy  has  turned  civil  aud  wants  to 
show  us  a  little  attention." 

"Queer,  though,  that  he  should  ask  us,  ain't  it?"  sail 
Lobley. 

"  We've  never  been  introduced,  you  know." 

"  And  with  such  short  notice,  too,"  I  added. 

"Hollo!  what's  the  matter  there?"  asked  Fullarton,  a 
lieutenant  who  sat  opposite.  "  Are  you  two  youngsters  com- 
paring love  letters,  or  what  ?" 

We  told  bim. 

"  An  invite  from  old  Crabby  !  Hear  it,  every  one  !  Lob- 
ley and  Tombs  are  going  to  the  doctor's  this  evening." 

There  was  a  general  exclamation.  All  sorts  of  questions 
followed,  and  the  notes  were  handed  round  the  table.  It  ap- 
peared, on  inquiry,  that  no  oue  else  was  asked.  It  was  very 
queer. 

"  I  don't  think  1  shall  go,"  I  said  at  last.    "  I  don't  know 

him." 

"Nor  I  either,"  chimed  in  Lobley.  "1  had  far  rather  stay 
here.    It's  such  a  bore  dressing." 

"  Nonsense,  lads  !"  exclaimed  Captain  Ross.  "  Dr.  Crab 
is  eccentric  in  all  he  does.  We  don't  often  have  new-comers 
in  the  Slashers,  and  he  wants  to  be  a  bit  civil  to  both  of  you. 
It  is  quite  an  unusual  piece  of  politeness  for  him." 

"  You  know,"  said  Hallet,  very  gravely,  "  he  is  one  of  our 
seniors,  and  you  might  as  decently  refuse  to  go  to  the 
colonel's.  You'll  get  iuto  hot  water  with  the  authorities  if 
you  decline." 

"Moreover,"  laughed  Fullarton,  "you  must  remember,  my 
infants,  that  this  worshiplul  commuuity  cousider  it  highly 
desirable  that  their  youthful  members  should  seize  every  op- 
portunity of  improving  their  minds  and  morals,  aud  Mrs. 
Crab's  society  will  do  much  towards  both.  Now,  don't  be 
angry,  Tombs  !    It's  far  your  good,  1  assure  you." 

The  long  and  short  of  it  was  we  put  ourselves  into  dress- 
coats,  aud  drove  off  in  an  inside  car  lo  the  Crow's  Nest.  It 
was  a  glorious  summer  evening,  and  the  mess-room  windows 
were  blocked  up  with  grinning  faces  as  we  departed. 

••  Confound  those  fellows,  how  full  of  fun  they  are  I"  said 
Lobley,  discontentedly. 

"  I  halt  expect  there's  a  joke  in  it  somewhere  !"  I  growled. 
"  Anyhow,  we  won't  3top  long,  if  we  cau  help  it." 

Dr.  Crab  lived  nearly  half  a  :.jile  from  barracks. 

The  Crow  s  Nest  was  a  tumble-dowu,  desolate  structure, 
near  the  Shauuon.  A  gaunt  female  answered  our  knock. 
"  What  is  it  ye  want?"  was  her  salutation  as  we  stepped  iu. 

'•  Dr.  Crab  is  at  home,  of  course  ?"  I  said. 

"  Sure  an'  he  is.  What  then  ?"  said  the  female,  indignantly. 
"You're  mighty  free  and  easy,  at  all  events, '  as  we  threw 
our  caps  ou  the  ball  table.  "  I'm  thinking  it's  officers  ye  are 
from  the  barracks  T" 

"  We  are  come  to  spend  the  evening  with  Dr.  Crab,"  said 
Lobley  ,  iu  a  pompous  tone.  "  Announce  Ensigns  Tombs  aud 
Lobley,  will  you  f" 

A  horrible  doubt  seized  me.  Thsre  were  no  signs  of  guests 
being  expected  ;  the  hall  was  but  dimly  lighted,  and  not  over- 
tidy.  At  the  same  instant  a  gruff  voice  cried  out,  "  What's 
the  matter  there,  Bridget  1  What  are  you  keeping  the  door 
open  for  ?" 

"  Here's  the  masther,  and  maybe  ye'll  speak  to  him  your- 
selves," said  Bridget  j  aud  she  took  herself  off  without  more 
ado. 


There  was  another  request  from  the  gruff  voice  to  know 
what  was  the  matter,  then  anything  but  a  proper  exclama- 
tion, and  finally  a  door  was  thrown  open,  and  we  were  con- 
fronted by  Dr.  Crab.  Never  shall  I  forget  the  figure  he  pre- 
sented. Extremely  short,  extremely  stout,  extremely  red 
in  the  face,  with  his  perfectly  bald  head  surrounded  by  a  ring 
of  white  hair,  which  Btood  up  all  round  like  a  sort  of  ruff, 
while  a  pair  of  immense  white  whiskers  covered  his  cheeks 
to  such  au  extent,  that  nothing  but  a  narrow  passage  was  left 
for  nose  and  chin  ;  fierce  little  eyes,  an  old  withered  dressing- 
gown  loosely  wrapped  round  his  body,  finishing  off  with  car- 
pet slippers  below.  This  was  our  host,  and  a  pretty  trio  we 
made,  staring  at  one  another  in  stupid  amazement. 

"  I  think  there  is  some  mistake,  sir,"  I  faltered. 

"  I  rather  think  there  is,  young  gentleman,"  said  the  little 
man.  "  Dr.  Crab,  Two-Huudredth  Royal  Slashers,  very  much 
at  your  service." 

"  We — we  received  an  invitation  to  spend  the  evening  with 
yon — at  least,  I  mean  to  say,  we  thought  so,"  stammered 
Lobley,  who  had  turned  very  red. 

"  I  have  your  note,  sir,  in  my  pocket — that  is  to  say,  the 
one  which  I  supposed  to  come  from  you,"  I  added,  handing 
him  the  document  with  a  polite  bow,  for  he  looked  anything 
but  amiable. 

The  little  man  took  and  looked  at  it,  tore  it  deliberately  in 
two,  threw  the  fragments  on  the  floor,  and  burst  out  into  a 
fit  of  fury  which  made  me  wish  myself  safe  on  the  other  side 
of  the  hall  door.  He  stamped  and  raved,  hurled  maledictions 
on  the  heads  of  all  the  mess,  individually  and  cdlectively  ; 
vowed  he'd  have  every  one  of  tbem  up  before  a  court-inurtial, 
he'd  call  them  out,  he'd  leave  the  service,  he'd  buy  the  biggest 
horsewhip  in  Athlone,  and  take  it  down  to  barracks  the  next 
morning  ;  pending  which  time,  he  shook  the  crazy  old  bouse 
to  its  very  foundations,  kicked  both  the  carpet  slippers  off, 
and  shouted  until  be  was  nearly  black  in  the  face. 

I  had  been  vainly  trying  to  get  in  a  word  of  apology,  but 
really  the  doctor  was  so  violent,  1  began  to  fear  we  had  to  do 
with  a  raging  lunatic.  The  only  thing  left  for  ns  seemed  to 
be  to  cut  and  run.  I  looked  at  Lobley  ;  he  was  already  trying 
to  pull  back  the  door-Iatcb.  Alas  !  Dr.  Crab  was  to6  quick 
for  us. 

"  Stop  that  1"  he  roared.  "  Look  here,  young  gentlemen  ; 
this  is,  no  doubt,  a  very  pleasant  joke,  but  it's  my  turn  now, 
and  " — with  an  oath — "  I'll  make  use  of  it.  Be  good  enough 
to  give  me  your  names,  and  we'll  see  what  Colonel  Cox  says 
to  this  to-morrow.  A  pretty  state  of  things,  to  be  bearded 
in  my  own  house  by  a  couple  of  impudent  young  scamps — 
ugh  I" 

"  Upon  my  honor,"  Lobley  was  beginning,  wheu  the  little 
savage  cut  him  short  with  another  forcible  exclamation. 

I  do  not  know  whether  it  was  the  evident  absurdity  of  try- 
ing to  pacify  him,  or  the  coarseness  of  bis  language  which 
disgusted  me,  or  what ;  but  I  recovered  ay  self-possession  all 
at  once,  and  with  a  calmuess  which  I  have  often  wondered  at 
since,  though  my  heart  was  beating  like  a  sledge  hammer,  I 
said,  "  1  tell  you  what,  sir,  it's  quite  enough  to  have  been 
hoaxed  and  made  a  fool  of,  without  being  sworn  at  like  a  black. 
What  you  will  do  to-morrow  I  don't  know  and  don't  care. 
Come,  Lobley,  let  us  give  this  geutleman  our  cards  and  be  off." 

He  glared  ut  me  in  speechless  astonishment.  1  handed  the 
two  cards  for  his  acceptance.  He  took  them,  stared  at  us  as 
we  caught  up  our  forage  cups  aud  made  for  the  door,  but 
seemed  utterly  dumtouudered.  We  opened  the  door — still 
uot  a  word. 

"  Good  evening,  Dr.  Crab,"  1  said,  as  I  stood  in  the  door- 
way ;  "  accept  our  apologies  for  having  entered  your  house. 
You  may  be  perfectly  certain  we  shan't  repeat  the  offence.' 
Aud  1  abut  the  door  after  me,  glad,  if  the  truth  must  be  known, 
that  we  were  out  of  it. 

But  we  were  uot.  The  door  flew  open  again.  With  noth- 
ing on  his  feet  but  a  pair  of  blue  stockings,  bis  dressing-gown 
tiyiug  behiud  him,  no  hat,  and  his  red  face  smoking  again  with 
perspiratiou,  the  little  mau  came  rushing  down  the  steps,  and 
laid  hold  of  me. 

M  Here,  stop  !  Don't  be  a  fool !  I  was  too  hasty— you're  a 
trump  !  Come  back  !  It  is  all  right  now.  Come  into  the 
house,  and  let's  be  culm  !"  He  jerked  out  the  words  at  inter- 
vals, between  a  series  of  wheezy  pantiugs  lor  breath.  And 
by  the  time  be  had  finished,  what  with  being  taken  by  surprise, 
and  strenuously  pulled,  I  was  inside  the  door  again. 

He  got  us  both  in  ;  pushed,  dragged,  and  talked  us  into  a 
comfortable  lighted  room  ;  made  us  sit  down,  aud  then  fell 
back  exhausted  into  au  easy-chair.  1  would  not  have  given  a 
farthing  for  his  sanity. 

'•  Out' !"  he  snorted,  as  soon  as  he  could  speak,  "  that  was  a 
breather,  and  no  mistake  !  Now,  gentlemen,  listen  a  moment. 
I  am  a  passionate  old  dog  ;  but  I've  gone  too  lar.  I'm  sorry. 
I  apologize.  I  might  have  known  that  you  were  simply  hum- 
bugged by  a  set  of  fellows  who  ought  to  have  known  better 
However,  I  see  it  all  now;  you've  been  hoaxed,  and  that's 
the  long  and  short  of  it.  Now  look  here  !  take  your  choice. 
Saddle  the  high  horse,  stand  on  your  dignity,  walk  out  as  you 
did  just  now,  and  go  back  in  a  rage  to  the  barracks,  to  find 
yourselves  a  standing  joke  to  the  mess  for  many  a  day  ;  or 


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THE     CALIF  ORNIAN 


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6top  where  you  are.  I  doD't  care  rouoh  for  youngsters,  as  a 
general  rule,  but  I  like  you  "—turning  towards  me — "  for  your 
pluck,  and  I  dare  say  your  friend  will  improve  on  acquaintance. 
I  can  give  you  a  good  glass  of  grog,  or  capital  claret,  if  you 
prefer  it,  and  a  real  Havana  if  you  smoke  ;  although  you're 
both  far  too  young  to  do  anything  of  the  sort.  You  shall 
stay  with  me  till  such  time  as  Hallet  and  the  rest  have  done 
waiting  for  your  return  to  be  giinned  at.  Then  to  morrow 
you  shall  tell  as  many  lies  as  you  like  about  the  pleasant  even- 
in"  old  Urabby  gave  you,  and  forget  altogether  how  he  lost 
his  temper.    Eh  ?  What  do  you  say  ?" 

What  did  we  say?  Why,  of  course  we  were  inexpressibly 
delighted.  Our  eccentric  host  grunted  his  satisfaction,  and 
set  about  his  hospitable  preparations.  Suddenly  he  paused, 
and  looked  curiously  at  our  costumes. 

"  Studs,  dress-coat,  and  general  get-up,"  he  soliloquized,  in 
a  way  that  brought  the  color  to  our  faces.  "  I  tell  you  what, 
young  uns,  you're  better  suited  for  the  drawing-room  than  this 
den  of  mine  here.  Now  I'll  tell  you  what  I'll  do.  I'll  just 
put  on  a  coat  and  take  you  up  stairs  to  Mrs.  Crab.  Tou've 
had  as  much  wine  as  is  good  for  you,  I'll  be  bound,  at  mess  ; 
and  I've  got  the  nicest  girl  to  show  you  between  this  and 
Galway.  A  nieGe  ot  mine,  brought  over  on  a  visit.  Not  go- 
ing to  let  the  Slashers  get  about  her.  No,  no  !  far  too  good 
for  them  ;  but  I'll  make  an  exception  with  you.  Besides,"  he 
added,  with  a  peculiar  grin,  "  Mrs.  C.  will  be  wondering  what 
all  the  row's  been  about." 

HI. 

"  Mrs.  Crab,  Mr.  Tombs.  Mrs.  Crab,  Mr.  —  what's  your 
name?  Mr.  Lobley.  We've  been  having  a  little  discussion, 
Mrs.  Crab— nothing  to  speak  of.  This,  gentlemen,  is  Miss 
Crab,  come  to  kill  half  Athlone— eh,  Maggie  ?" 

"  Uncle,  how  can  you  be  so  absurd?" 

"  Crab,  for  shame  of  yourself !" 

The  Erst  ejaculation  came  from  the  young  lady,  the  second 
from  the  old  oue.  Senior es  prior es,  let  us  sketch  Mrs.  Crab 
first. 

Extremes  meet,  they  say.  Whatever  good  reasons  Dr. 
Crab  had  for  choosing  his  spouse,  he  certainly  must  have  had 
an  eye  to  contrast.  He  was  little,  stout,  red-faced,  snub-nosed, 
smail-eyed,  large-mouthed,  loud-voiced,  and  blunt  in  the  ex- 
treme. Mrs.  Crab  stood  six  feet  in  her  stockings,  was  all  an- 
gles and  bones,  had  a  face  as  yellow  as  a  guinea  (the  effect  of 
many  years  spent  in  Jamaica,)  large  hooked  nose,  over-hang- 
ing mouth,  with  the  two  front  teeth  unpleasantly  prominent, 
wore  spectacles,  and  talked  in  a  shrill  hissing  tone,  which  set 
all  your  teeth  on  edga  in  an  instant.  The  doctor  was  careless 
in  dress,  in  manner,  and  everything  else.  Mrs.  0.  was  all 
primness,  propriety,  stiffness,  regularity,  and  decorum  rolled 
into  one  body.  Finally  the  doctor  partook  of  all  the  good 
things  of  this  life — solid  and  liquid — especially  the  latter,  in 
utter  disregard  of  gout  or  dyspepsia  ;  while  his  lady  was  mar- 
tyr to  a  perpetual  liver-complaint,  and  starved  herself  in  every- 
thing except  a  certain  quack  medicine — Professor  Totley's 
pills — which  she  took  herself,  and  distributed  among  her  friends 
unsparingly,  to  the  great  horror  of  her  worthy  husband. 

A  great  deal  of  all  this,  of  course,  I  found  out  afterwards. 
All  that  I  was  conscious  of  at  the  time  was  a  gaunt  spectre 
of  a  woman,  taller  in  reality  than  myself,  and  looking  from 
her  enormous  length  of  dress  a  very  giantess,  who  rose  up 
from  her  seat  like  a  many-jointed  telescope,  and  acknowledged 
our  bows  with  a  stiff  little  jerk  of  her  head,  and  a  glance  at 
her  husband  which  said  as  plainly  as  possible,  "  Whatever 
have  you  brought  these  youths  here  for  ?" 

But  the  other  lady  !  My  dear  reader,  I  am  approaching  the 
-most  critical  part  of  my  narrative.  Here  is  the  heroine  to  be 
exhibited  for  your  inspection,  and  really  I  cannot  do  her  any- 
thing like  justice.  Looking  back,  the  impression  left  upon 
my  mind  is  that  of  a  brown,  saucy-looking  brunette,  with  ir- 
regular features,  curling  hair  clustering  over  a  somewhat  low 
forehead,  large  dark  eyes,  nez  retrousse  (I  like  disguisiug  our 
blunt  English  phrase,)  tolerable-sized  mouth,  and  small  elegant 
figure.  "  Iu  fact,  a  very  ordinary,  commonplace  girl  alto- 
gether, eh,  Mr.  Tombs  ?" 

Not  at  all,  my  dear  reader  ;  she  was  really  one  of  the  most 
charming  creatures  I  have  ever  come  across,  irresistibly  so. 
There  wa3  a  piquant,  saucy,  boyish  look  about  that  face  ;  a 
pleasant,  merry,  unembarrassed,  yet  perfectly  ladylike  grace 
in  all  her  words  and  actions,  which  told  immensely  with  the 
male  sex.  Your  first  idea  was,  "  What  a  glorious  boy  that 
girl  would  make  !"  your  second,  "  She's  the  jolliestgirl  lever 
came  across  ;"  and  then  you  got  thoroughly  bewitched,  and 
went  home  to  dream  of  her.  Where  the  charm  was  hidden, 
whether  in  the  hair  that  never  would  lie  straight,  or  the  laugh- 
ing eyes  that  were  always  bewildering  you  with  their  bright- 
ness, or  the  little  nose  which  violated  every  rule  of  classical 
beauty,  or  the  pouting  red  lips  which  were  seldom  closed  for 
two  seconds  together,  or  the  dimpled  chin,  or  where,  you 
couldn't  for  the  life  of  you  tell.  But  one  thing  was  certain, 
it  lay  somewhere,  and  that  was  all  about  it. 

"  Tea,  Mrs.  C,"  said  the  doctor.  "  I  told  these  young  gen- 
tlemen how  much  better  it  was  for  them  than  guzzling  all  the 
evening.    We'll  go  down  to  grog  and  smoke  at  ten.  Never 


you  say  again,  Miss  Magpie,  that  I  don't  bring  the  red-coats 
to  see  you.  Here  are  a  couple.  Talk  away  :  but  don't  make 
too  much  noise  :  I  want  a  nap."  And  thereupon  he  lay  back 
in  an  easy-chair,  threw  a  silk  handkerchief  over  his  head,  and 
almost  immediately  favored  us  to  a  little  snoring. 

Six  mouths  in  the  Slashers  had  done  a  good  deal  for  me, 
but  still  I  was  uot  over  and  above  used  to  ladies'  society.  I 
glauced  at  Lobley  ;  he  was  staring  fixedly  at  a  porcelain  fig- 
ure on  the  mantel-piece,  and  trying,  apparently,  to  tear  off  one 
of  his. waistcoat  buttons.  Mrs  C,  made  the  tea  in  solemn 
silence.  As  to  the  young  lady,  I  did  not  dare  to  look  at  her. 
There  was  a  frightful  pause,  broken  only  by  the  doctor's 
snores.  Suddenly  a  hearty  burst  of  laughter  rang  through 
the  room.  "  Margaret,  my  dear !"  said  Mrs.  Crab,  reprov- 
ingly. 

"  0, 1  really  couldn't  help  it.  ,  It  was  so  ridiculous,  so  like 
a  Quakers'  meeting  !  Come,  Mr.  Tombs,  my  uncle  told  us  to 
talk.    Can't  you  say  something  ?" 

There  was  something  so  comic  in  the  face  with  which  she 
spoke,  that  I  could  not  help  laughing  with  her.  Somehow  or 
other,  my  shyness  all  vanished.  In  five  minutes  we  were  the 
best  friends  in  the  world.  Once  looseued,  my  tongue  went 
on  wheels.  I  told  her  all  my  first  impressions  of  the  Two- 
Hundredth,  described  my  brother  officers,  went  through  a 
good  deal  of  innocent  scandal,  told  a  few  mess-tales  second- 
hand, and  found  myself  prattling  as  only  at»  ensign,  not  quite 
eighteen,  can  prattle,  when  totally  at  his  ease.  It  seemed  to 
amuse  the  young  lady  immensely.  Meauwhile  Mrs.  Crab 
never  spoke,  except  to  check  our  merriment  when  it  seemed 
likely  to  interrupt  the  veteran's  snores,  and  Lobley  fidgeted 
in  his  chair,  and  pretended  to  be  engaged  in  a  volume  of 
Views  Up  the  Rhine.  I  am  ashamed  to  own  it,  but  I  rather 
exulted  over  him,  and  felt  not  a  little  proud  of  playing  first 
fiddle  to  such  an  extent.  He  certainly  looked  anything  but 
comfortable. 

We  got  from  barrack  life  back  to  an  earlier  date.  I  began 
describing  Chickenborough,  and  my  home  there.  Mrs'.  Crab 
pricked  up  her  ears.  "  Are  you  the  eldest  son,  Mr.  Tombs  ?" 
she  asked,  turning  her  spectacles  full  upon  me. 

"  Eldest  and  only  one,"  I  said. 

"  Sisters  ?" 

"  0  yes — three." 

"  Large  house  ?" 

I  described  the  house  and  grounds,  not  without  an  instinct- 
ive notion  that  she  had  no  right  to  question  me.  If  it  had 
been  the  young  lady  it  would  have  been  very  different.  Mrs. 
Crab  seemed  quite  altered.  She  multiplied  her  questions, 
until  I  had  gone  pretty  fairly  through  all  our  domestic 
arrangements.  Miss  Crabb  looked  annoyed.  Her  aunt's 
face  brightened  considerably,  and  she  asked  me  quite  cor- 
dially to  have  another  cup  of  tea. 

"And  where  do  you  come  from,  Mr.  Lobley ?"  said  the 
giantess,  turning  round  to  my  brother  sub. 

"  Thank  goodness,"  I  thought,  "  there's  somebody  else  in 
for  it  now." 

Lobley  had  become  thoroughly  sulky.  He  replied  very 
shortly — so  grumpily,  indeed,  that  I  thought  Mrs.  C.  would 
be  offended.  But  she  was  not.  I  never  saw  any  one  so 
eager  for  domestic  details.  Lobley  had  no  more  chance  with 
her  than  I  had.  In  five  minutes  she  had  pumped  out  of  him 
that  he  was  the  third  son  out  of  six  ;  father  an  officer  on  half- 
pay,  living  in  Germany  ;  mother  dead  ;  he  himself  sent 
into  the  array  by  a  rich  uncle  ;  with  sundry  other  details 
fairly  dragged  out  of  him,  to  the  evident  increase  of  his  ill- 
humor. 

I  began  to  think  it  was  too  bad,  the  catechizing  had  grown 
insufferable.  Miss  Maggie's  face  expressed  the  same  feeling. 
Suddenly,  with  a  jerk  of  her  arm,  intentional  I  believe,  over 
went  the  round  table  at  her  elbow,  with  a  teacup  and  a  work- 
box  on  it.  There  was  a  crash,  and  up  started  the  doctor,  in 
time  to  hear  Mrs.  Crab's  angry  rebuke.  He  stretched  himself 
and  arose. 

"  There,  that's  enough.  Pick  up  the  pieces  ;  why — bless 
me — it's  after  ten  !  Talked  enough,  Mag,  eh  ?  And  how  are 
the  youngsters  ?"  turning  to  Lobley  and  myself.  "One  of 
you  looks  bored.  Mrs.  C.'s  had  him  iu  hand,  I'll  be  bound. 
The  other's  so-so  ;  he's  been  in  your  care,  Miss  Mag.  Well, 
come,  let's  move  down  stairs,  and  have  something  hot.  La- 
dies, time  for  you  to  go  to  bed." 

"  Before  you  go,  Mr.  Tombs,"  said  the  giantess,  addressing 
me  with  a  smiling  face,  very  different  from  the  one  with  which 
she  had  listened  to  poor  Lobley's  confession,  "  you  must  ac- 
cept a  little  present,  not  ornamental,  but  useful.  I  always 
give  one  to  my  friends  [a  strong  emphasis  on  the  word,]  and 
you  must  promise  to  use  it — " 

"  Yes,  put  it  behind  the  fire,  or  poison  his  worst  enemy  with 
it.  What  do  you  say  so  a  dose  of  pills,  Tombs,  eh  ?"  growled 
tie  doctor. 

"Mr.  Tombs  is  too  sensible  to  be  prejudiced  by  misrepre- 
sentations," said  Mrs.  Crab,  producing,  sure  enough,  a  pill- 
box from  her  pocket.  "  Two  taken  every  night  at  bedtime: — " 

"  Will  kill  you  in  a  week,"  interrupted  her  spouse. 

I  was  beginning  to  see  Mrs.  Crab's  weak  points.  "  Thank 
you,  ma'am,"  I  struck  in.    "  I  will  certainly  try  them." 


Dr.  Crab  favored  me  with  a  stare.  "  Whew  !"  he  whistled, 
"  you're  a  deep  one,  or  I'm  much  mistaken.  Well,  are  we 
ready  now  ?    Isn't  Mr.  Lobley  to  have  a  box  ?" 

"  O  thank  you,  I  hate  physic,"  said  my  friend,  incautiously. 
Mrs.  Crab  glared  at  him  vindictively  through  her  spectacles. 
We  said  good  night  to  the  ladies.  Miss  Crab  gave  us  a 
pleasant  smile  at  parting.  As  to  Mrs.  C,  she  was  barely  civil 
to  Lobley.  The  two  elder  brotl»ers,  added  to  the  rejection  of 
Totley's  pills,  had  evidently  settled  him,  once  and  forever  in 
her  estimation. 

It  was  midnight  before  we  left  the  Crow's  Nest.  Dr.  Crab 
proved  a  most  entertaining  host.  In  his  own  peculiar  gruff 
style,  he  jerked  out  anecdote  after  anecdote  from  the  experi- 
ence of  a  military  life  of  twenty-five  years  spent  in  every 
quarter  of  the  globe.  The  whiskey  was  excellent,  the  cigars 
ditto  ;  although  I  am  afraid  we  were  very  incempetent  critics. 
Time  passed  away  only  too  quickly.  We  rose  as  the  clock 
struck  twelve. 

"  Yes,  yes,"  said  our  host ;  "  I  won't  press  you  to  stay. 
Late  enough.  Don't  like  to  see  lads  out  later  than  this. 
Glad  to  have  seen  you.  Remember  another  time,  and  don't 
take  an  angry  man  at  his  word.  You  shall  come  to  see  me 
again.  No  small  honor  that,  I  can  tell  you  ;  for  I'm  not 
over  fond  of  company.  What's  more,  you  shall  come  and  see 
Mag.  You're  too  young  for  much  mischief  jet.  Nevermind 
Mrs.  Crab  and  her  pills.  Take  care  of  the  step.  There — 
good  night ;"  and  he  slammed  the  door  behind  us. 

"What  a  jolly  ending  to  a  bad  beginning  I"  I  exclaimed  as 
we  walked  back.  "  Capital  old  chap  when  you  come  to  know 
him.    And  what  a  stunning  girl !" 

"  Humph,"  said  Lobley,  "  the  girl's  all  well  enough  ;  so  was 
the  grog  ;  but  if  ever  I  met  such  a  creature  as  that  yellow  old 
woman — " 

We  came  to  the  barrack  gates  before  he  had  finished. 

IV. 

The  undress  uniform  of  the  Royal  Slashers  at  this  period 
consisted  of  a  tight  shell-jacket  (scarlet,  with  yellow  facings,) 
fitting  closely  to  the  body,  with  a  row  of  gold  buttons  down 
the  front,  and  decorated  on  the  shoulders  with  what  I  can 
best  describe  as  two  baker's  twists  covered  with  gold  thread  ; 
a  forage  cap  with  the  regimental  number  in  front ;  trousers  of 
the  lightest,  washed-out,  faded-looking  blue  ;  together  with 
whjte  pipeclayed  sword-belt,  buckled  round  the  waist,  comple- 
ted a  costume  which,  though  suitable  enough  for  a  well-made 
man,  was  highly  ridiculous  when  displayed  on  a  lanky  ensigu 
or  a  fat  old  major. 

Attired  after  this  fashion,  I  walked  towards  the  mess-room 
to  breakfast  the  next  morning,  with  head  slightly  aching  from 
the  effects  of  the  doctor's  whiskey.  It  only  "wanted  half  an 
hour  to  parade,  and  at  least  a  dozen  fellows  were  standing  at 
the  door,  or  leaning  out  of  the  mess-room  windows,  enjoying 
the  bright  sunshine,  and  watching  the  lively  bustle  going  on, 
as  the  men  came  trooping  out  of  their  various  quarters.  A 
regular  roar  greeted  me  as  I  came  up.  "  Well,  Tombs,  what 
sort  of  an  evening  ?"  "  Was  old  Crabby  glad  to  see  you  ?" 
"  How  about  the  dragon  ?"  "  Who  was  kicked  out  first,  you 
or  Lobley  ?"  "  Did  the  old  boy  have  a  fit  ?"  "  Has  he  sent 
his  love  to  the  mess  ?"  These  are  a  few  of  the  questions 
which  were  asked  in  a  volley,  interspersed  with  shouts  of 
laughter  which  brought  every  officer  within  hearing  to  the 
spot. 

"  Why  didn't  you  come  back  ?"  said  Fullarton,  taking  ad- 
vantage of  a  slight  lull.  "  We  waited  for  you  till  nearly 
twelve ;  and,  by  the  same  token,  I  lost  a  bottle  of  claret  to 
Saunders,  on  your  being  home  iu  half  an  hour." 

"  Couldn't  face  us,  eh  ?"  grinned  Hallett. 

"  It  must  have  been  an  affecting  scene — Damon  and  Pythias 
bearding  old  Crab,"  roared  Fullarton.  I  may  remark  that 
Lobley  and  I  had  a  score  of  nicknames — Siamese  Twins,  Hob 
and  Nob,  Damon  and  Pythias,  etc. 

"  Well,  but  come,  Tombs  ;  tell  us  all  about  it,  and  we'll 
promise  not  to  laugh,"  said  Ross  ;  "  that  is  if  we  can  help  it. 
Let  us  have  the  whole  history." 

"  Upon  my  word,"  I  said,  striving  hard  to  put  on  a  face  of 
bewilderment,  "  I  don't  know  what  you  all  mean.  I  can  only 
say  we  spent  a  very  pleasant  evening,  and  didn't  leave  until 
this  morning."   

"0  come,  come!  that's  too  good,"  interrupted  Fullarton. 
"Why,  man  alive,  you  know  well  enough  that  Dr.  Crab  never 
invited  you  at  all.  Your  humble  servant  wrote  the  letters, 
and  that's  the  long  and  short  of  it  I" 

"  Then  Dr.  Crab  takes  a  joke  very  kindly,"  I  said,  coolly. 
"  He  gave  us  a  hearty  welcome — tea  up  stairs,  whiskey  and 
cigars  below — and  kept  us  till  midnight."  They  stared.  I 
spoke  so  seriously  that  they  were  evidently  nonplussed. 

"  Wonders  will  never  cease,"  observed  Hallett,  shrugging 
his  shoulders  ;  "  I  would  have  laid  a  hundred  to  one  that  Crab 
would  have  horsewhipped  you.  He's  the  crankiest  spitfire  in 
the  service.  You're  not  trying  on  a  little  humbug,  youngster, 
now,  are  jou  ?" 

"  Humbug  or  not,  Captain  Hallett,"  I  said  in  an  injured 
tone,  "I  have  not  enjoyed  an  evening  so  much  for  a  long 
time.    Lobley  may  speak  for  himself." 

"  Well,  there's  a  mystery  somewhere,"  said  Hallett.   "  J ust 


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fancy,  sir,"  he  continued,  addressing  the  senior  major  who 
walked  up  at  that  moment  ;  "  our  two  youngsters  spent  the 
evening  with  the  doctor  yesterday,  and,  more  extraordinary 
still,  enjoyed  themselves!" 

"With  Dr.  Crab?  Bless  me  !"  said  the  major.  "Why, 
Mr.  Tombs,  you  will  bo  able  to  tell  us  something  of  the 
new  beauty.  All  the  ladies  are  raving  about  a  girl  who 
has  been  seen  about  with  Mrs.  0.,  a  regular  out-aud-outer,  so 
far  as  I  can  gather." 

"Ah,  that  explains  the  pleasant  evening,"  observed  Fullar- 
ton.    "  Why,  Tombs,  you  are  a  slyer  rogue  than  I  thought  !" 

I  told  the  major  I  had  certainly  been  introduced  to  the 
young  lady — thought  her  very  pleasing,  good-lookiug,  and  so 
on — good  talker,  and  plenty  of  fun  about  her. 

"  Well,  you're  a  lucky  dog,  that's  all  I  can  say,"  replied 
the  major.  "  She  has  been  in  Athlone  a  week,  and  you're  the 
first  person  I  have  heard  of  as  having  been  introduced  to  her. 
Mr.  Tomb3  has  stolen  a  march  upon  you  all,  gentlemen." 

"  I  consider  that  you  are  under  deep  obligations  to  me, 
Tombs,  my  boy,  for  sending  you  last  night  to  the  doctor's  ; 
besides  having  cost  me  a  bottle  of  claret,"  observed  Fullarfon, 
as  I  rushed  into  the  mess-room  to  snatch  a  few  mouthluls 
before  parade. 

It  was  a  fearfully  hot  morning.  The  perspiration  rolled  off 
my  face  as  we  marched  and  wheeled,  aud  formed  hollow 
square,  and  wore  out  time,  boot3,  and  patience  together,  on 
the  scorching  gravel  of  the  barrack  square.  It  wa3  over  at 
last.  The  welcome  dismissal  was  given.  The  major  and 
adjutant  walked  off  to  the  orderly-room  ;  officers,  pauting  aud 
flushed,  went  to  the  mess-room  for  pale  ale ;  the  men 
retreated  to  their  quarters  ;  the  nursery-maids  aud  miscella- 
neous public,  who  had  clustered  about  the  gates,  dispersed  : 
aud  in  a  few  seconds  the  square  was  nearly  deserted.  As  to 
myself,  I  took  refuge  from  the  heat  in  my  own  room  ;  quickly 
threw  off  my  tight  uniform  and  odious  stock  ;  put  on  the 
lightest  summer  suit  I  possessed,  and  lay  cooling  for  half  an 
hour  in  my  easy  chair.  There  was  a  sharp  knock  at  the  door, 
and  in  walked  no  less  a  person  than  Dr.  Crab. 

I  cannot  say  that  uniform  improved  his  appearance.  What 
with  his  face  and  dress  together,  there  was  so  much  red  about 
him,  that  the  bushy  white  whiskers  were  quite  a  relief.  He 
gave  a  sort  of  amiable  growl  as  he  sat  down. 

"  Humph  !  Don't  know  what's  come  over  me.  First  sub. 
altern  I've  been  to  see  for  years.  Taken  a  fancy  to  you 
somehow.  Glad  you  stuck  up  to  me  last  night.  Ugh  | 
haven't  you  got  an  easy  chair?" 

"  Take  this  one,  sir,"  I  exclaimed,  springing  up. 

"  Ah  !  thank  you  ;  there  !  Not  bad  quarters  there  !  Too 
good  for  a  sub.  Humph  !  Fictures,  smoking-caps,  dressing- 
case,  cigar-box,  dressing'gown,  scent-bottle,  aud  I  don't  know 
what,"  looking  round  my  neat  apartment.  "  Far  too  much 
foolery.  Ought  to  be  ready  to  inarch  at  a  minute's  notice. 
Shouldn't  smoke  ;  far  too  young,  humph  !" 

"  Your  cigars  were  very  good  last  night,  doctor." 

•'  Shouldn't  have  given  them  to  you,  very  wrong;  nor  grog 
either.  By  the  way,  I  feel  thirsty  now.  May  as  well  have 
some  lunch.  Come  along,  and  we'll  have  some  together  in 
the  mes3-room.    Where's  the  other  fellow — Lobley — eh  ?" 

I  said  I  had  not  seen  him  all  the  morning. 

"Ah,  grog  too  much  for  him  ;  seedy  ;  headache  and  soda- 
water,"  grunted  the  doctor  as  we  turned  out. 

Our  entrance  into  the  mess-room  produced  no  small  sensa- 
tion. It  appeared  that  the  doctor  had  not  set  foot  in  it  since 
his  return  from  a  six  mouths'  leave,  nor  was  he  at  the  best  of 
times  very  fond  of  favoring  it  with  his  presence.  Quite  a 
group  surrounded  him  with  real  or  preteuded  congratulations 
ou  his  reappearance.    He  took  it  all  very  coolly. 

"  There,  there  !  that  will  do.  I'm  sure  you'  ve  all  been  lost 
without  me.  Ah,  Hallett !  stouter  than  ever,  I  see.  I  always 
told  you  how  it  would  be.  Apoplexy,  my  dear  fellow,  apo- 
plexy !  Give  these  youngsters  a  step,  some  day,  as  sure  as 
fate." 

"  Confound  him  I"  growled  the  senior  captain,  "  I'd  back  my 
life  against  his  any  day."  But  I  saw  he  did  not  much  like 
the  allusion. 

"  I  saw  Sir  Edward  the  other  day,  in  town,"  went  on  the 
doctor,  addressing  Maxwell,  the  younger  brother  of  this  same 
Sir  Edward,  with  whom  he  was  at  deadiy  feud.  "  Remark- 
ably well  he  looked,  to  be  sure.  No  chance  of  the  title  pas- 
sing yet  awhile.  They  talk  of  his  getting  married  shortly. 
By  the  way,  speaking  of  marriage,  didn't  I  see  Miss  Thomp- 
son's wedding  in  the  papers,  the  other  day,  at  Dublin  ?  I 
always  thought — ah  !  I  beg  pardon,  Delany,  I  had  forgotten 
you  were  here.  Never  mind,  plenty  more  fish  in  the  sea,  you 
know,  humph  1" 

"  Better  not  fish  at  all  than  catch  a  Tartar,  doctor,"  said 
Fullarton,  with  a  mischievous  smile,  covering  Delany 's  retreat. 

"  Mrs.  Crab  is  very  well,  thank  you,"  cried  the  imperturb- 
able little  man,  at  ouce  appropriating  the  allusion.  "  Where 
diil  you  pick  up  that  spavined  old  hack  I  saw  you  dming 
yesterday  ?" 

"  Spavined  old  hack !  Confound  it  all,"  said  Fullarton, 
starting  up.    "I  gave  Morrison  a  cool  hundred  for  him,  two 

months  ago." 


"  Ah  !  exactly.  Should  have  thought  he  was  one  of  Mor- 
rison's, from  the  look  of  him.  Heard  the  other  day  that  a 
fifteen  year-old-screw,  which  had  been  in  every  regiment  in 
the  garrison,  regular  rearer,  had  been  palmed  off  ou  a  green- 
horn from  somewhere  or  other.  It  can't  be  the  same,  of 
course,"  continued  the  doctor,  as  Fullarton  walked  off  angrily. 

"  There.  Tombs,  my  boy,  we  can  have  lunch,  I  thin!;,  now 
that  the  coast  is  clear." 

Clear  enough,  in  all  conscience.  The  doctor  had  utterly 
routed  his  opponents  with  his  caustic  tongue.  We  were  left 
in  peace.  His  victory  added  considerably  to  my  companion's 
good  temper.  "  Fetch  Mr.  Lobley,"  he  said,  as  he  concluded 
a  hearty  attack  on  the  cold  meat  and  pickles.  "  I  was  told 
to  briugyou  both.    Ladies  want  a  sail.    All  go  together,  eh  ?" 

1  bad  intended  joining  Fullarton  and  one  or  two  others  on 
a  rabbit-shooting  expedition.  'The  thought  of  another  chat 
with  Miss  Maggie  decided  the  question. 

"  You're  mad,  Tombs  !"  exclaimed  Fullarton,  angrily,  when 
I  told  him.  "  Old  Crab9tick'a  ouly  making  game  of  you — 
taking  you  up  out  of  spite  to  us  for  our  joke  upon  him.  It's 
this  girl.'I  suppose,  you're  thinking  of.  Well,  Crab  knows 
she's  pretty  safe  with  such  boys  as  you  and  Lobley." 

"At  all  events,"  I  said,  rather  nettled,  *  the  doctor  had  the 
best  of  it  just  now,  hadn't  he?" 

"  He  fights  his  battles,"  said  Fullarton,  sharply,  "  with  the 
same  weapon  as  that  with  which  Samson  smote  the  Philis- 
tines— the  jawbone  of  an  ass." 

•.4(  '  * 

I  date  a  succession  of  very  pleasant  days  from  my  intro- 
dnctiou  to  Dr.  Crab.  It  soon  became  known  throughout  the 
barracks  and  Athlone  generally,  that  the  doctor  had  broken 
through  his  usual  caution,  and  come  out  in  a  new  character 
altogether — patron  of  myself,  and  in  a  somewhat  less  degree 
of  Lobley  also.  Not  only  did  that  first  boating  expedition 
come  off  with  great  success,  but  many  others  after  it.  Bides, 
excursions  on  foot,  visits  to  the  neighboring  towns,  little  social 
picnics,  etc ,  etc.,  followed  one  another  in  quick  succession. 
True  to  his  declared  determination,  we  were  the  only  Slashers 
whom  the  doctor  admitted  to  the  society  of  his  niece,  save 
and  except  the  colonel  and  paymaster,  who  had  been  old 
cronies  of  his  through  years  of  home  and  foreign  service.  As 
both  Colonel  Cox  and  Captain  Seaton  had  wives,  we  formed 
a  tolerable  party  together.  There  was  a  Miss  Cox,  a  moder- 
ately pretty  girl  of  eighteen,  very  thick  with  Miss  Maggie, 
besides  some  smaller  fry  who  were  occasionally  admitted  to 
our  expeditious. 

"  Some  men  achieve  greatness,  and  some  have  greatness 
thrust,  upon  them."  Much  did  the  mess  wonder  at  the  singu- 
lar good  luck  of  its  two  junior  members.  We  had  hitherto 
been  rather  treated  as — what  indeed  we  were — little  better 
than  a  couple  of  school-boys  ;  but  now  seldom  a  day  came  but 
we  were  at  the  colonel's,  who  rarely  encouraged  visitors  save 
on  special  and  state  occasions  ;  or.  more  usuully  still,  at  the 
Crow's  Nest,  which,  though  heretofore  regarded  rather  as  a 
dragon's  den,  was  now  vainly  besieged  by  military  and  civil, 
male  and  lemale,  alike  desirous  of  knowing  the  beautiful  Miss 
Margaret  Crab.  The  doctor  was  inexorable.  Cards,  of  course, 
were  politely  returned,  Dot  invitations  as  politely  declined. 
A  large  picr.ic  given  by  the  mess  could  not  tempt  him,  nor 
was  Mrs.  Crab  to  be  won  over,  although  specially  invited. 
Miss  Maggie  herself  seemed  quite  to  acquiesce. 

"  1  don't  really  care  to  know  any  one  else,  Mr.  Tombs," she 
said  one  day,  when  I  questioned  her  on  the  subject.  "  Uncle 
and  aunt,  Colonel  and  Mrs.  Cox,  the  Seatons,  dear  Mary  " — 
that  was  Miss  Cox — and,  though  last  not  least,  Mr.  Lobley 
and  yourself,  are  quite  enough  lor  all  practical  purposes.  I've 
got  over  my  school-girl  admiration  of  a  red  coat  " — she  wasn't 
more  than  my  own  age,  I'm  certain — "aud  would  far  rather 
have  such  a  cosey  little  party  as  we  had  last  night  at  the  col- 
onel's than  any  amount  of  violent  dissipation.  Besides— but 
you  are  too  young  to  understand  what  I  was  going  to  say." 
Fancy  that  to  a  six  months'  old  ensign  in  the  Slashers  ! 
"  Well,  don't  look  cross,  aud  I'll  tell  yen.  You  know  if  there 
really  was  anything  going  on  which  I  should  like  to  be  at,  1 
could  easily  coax  uncle  and  the  dear  old  colouel  into  taking 
me,  and  meanwhile — " 

"  Meanwhile,  your  ladyship's  acquaintance  is  the  more  sought 
after  because  people  can't  get  it,"  I  interrupted. 

"  Your  penetration  does  you  credit,  sir.  You  are  improv- 
ing, 1  must  say.  if  you  could  but  produce  a  pair  of  nice 
whiskers  I  might  fancy  you  quite  a  man." 

"  Confound — " 

"  There,  don't  use  naughty  words.  I'm  going  into  the  gar- 
den, and  you  may  come  with  me  if  you  like." 

In  sober  earnest  nothing  could  have  been  more  fortunate 
for  me  in  every  way  than  the  intimate  familiarity  into  which 
I  was  admitted  at  the  surgeon's  and  colonel's.  With  all  his 
eccentricities  Dr.  Crab  was,  at  the  bottom,  a  most  kindly- 
hearted,  sensible  man,  and  his  friendship,  when  he  chose  to 
bestow  it,  was  real  and  valuable,  especially  to  an  impulsive 
youugster  like  myself.  To  a  much  greater  degree  might  this 
be  said  of  the  colonel.  A  thorough  gentleman  and  soldier,  of 
splendid  family,  noted  as  one  of  the  crack  commanding  officers 


of  his  day,  possessing  the  utmost  esteem  of  all  his  officers  and 
perfectly  adored  by  the  men,  no  wonder  I  felt  proud  of  being 
noticed  by  him.  With  an  ample  fortune,  a  nice  house  on  the 
banks  of  the  Shannon,  a  kind,  ladylike  wife,  and  a  family  of 
well-educated,  merry  children  of  all  ages,  from  the  pretty  Mary 
of  eighteen  down  to  a  bright-eyed  young  toddler  of  five,  I  was 
only  too  glad  to  avail  myself  of  their  kindness.  I  was  still 
boy  enough  to  join  in  the  youngsters'  games.  Many  a  romp 
did  we  all — Mary  Cox  and  Maggie  Crab  included — have  on 
the  smooth  lawn  which  sloped  gently  down  to  the  waters  of 
the  Guest  river  in  Ireland,  while  the  seniors  sat  at  the  open 
dining-room  windows  and  applauded.-  i\  ay,  more  than  once 
did  Dr.  Crab  put  down  his  meerschaum,  and  forcibly  dragging 
the  colonel  and  Captain  Seaton  with  him,  enter  vigorously 
into  a  game  of  blind-man's-buff,  or  tick,  until  as  the  victimized 
colonel  remarked,  a  day  in  the  tropics  was  nothing  to  it. 
Lobley  of  course  joined  iu  these  diversions,  though  to  a  less 
extent.  There  was  a  mutual  coolness  between  him  and  Mrs. 
Crab,  that  worthy  dame  liaviuga  decided  antipathy  to  younger 
sons,  while  Lobb  y  himself  had  as  great  a  dislike  to  Professor 
Totley's  pills,  not  having  the  discretion — or,  shall  we  say,  hy- 
pocrisy— of  your  humble  servant,  who  pocketed  every  pill-box 
that  was  offered  him,  and  quietly  threw  it  away  as  soon  as 
convenient. 

Moreover,  my  brother  sub  was  hardly  of  my  childish  state 
of  mind,  and  having  had  the  starch  taken  out  of  his  shirt-col- 
lar and  his  nose  injured  against  a  tree  while  playing  blind-man's- 
buff  on  a  certain  occasion,  when  Miss  Maggie  contrived  that 
he  should  continue  blindfold  for  nearly  half  an  hour,  he  had 
declared  that  he  didn't  care  for  so  much  romping.  However, 
he  was  quite  considered  as  one  of  our  little  party,  or,  as  Ful- 
larton expressed  it,  one  of  the  partners  in  the  firm  of  Cox, 
Crab,  and  Co. 

Of  course  we  had  to  run  the  gauntlet  of  plenty  of  senseless 
jo7ft~  from  the  mess.  Crab  in  all  shapes  and  forms — curried, 
grilled,  and  cold— was  ordered  for  our  special  edification.  On 
one  occasion,  on  entering  my  room  late  at  night,  I  found  half 
a  dozen  living  specimens  crawling  sidtways  about  the  floor  ; 
on  another,  the  sharp  claws  and  cold  budy  of  the  same  marine 
delicacy— boiled,  however,  this  time— caused  me  to  jump  out 
of  bed  in  no  little  consternation.  Lobley  fared  no  better. 
We  were  dignified  with  the  title  of  tne  lufant  Crabs  ;  had 
the  pleasure  of  seeing  a  meaning  smile  pass  round  the  table 
as  we  rose  before  the  decanters  had  gone  twice  round,  and  of 
hearing  the  doctor,  his  wife,  and  niece  made  the  subject  of  a 
hundred  pointed  remarks,  which,  however  ridiculous  to  look 
back  upon  now,  were  sufficiently  galling  at  the  time.  How- 
ever, it  was  only  harmless  chuff  after  all.  I  had  sense  enough 
even  then  to  understand  that  the  pleasant  social  evenings  at 
the  colonel's,  the  quiet  rubbers  ut  Captain  Seatou's,and  little 
suppers  at  the  Crow's  Nest,  with  the  accompaniment  of  an 
innocent  flirtation  with  the  fair  Maggie,  were  far  preferable, 
as  well  us  more  profitable  to  mind  and  body,  than  sitting  over 
cards  and  claret  in  the  mess-room  till  the  small  hours.  How- 
ever, whether  1  thought  so  then  or  not,  I  certainly  do  now. 

L  1  T  E  R  A  R  Y   NO  T E  S  . 

Me.  Wiiittier  may  congratulate  himself  on  the  success  of 
his  little  idyl,  know-Bound,  of  which  twenty  thousand  copies 
have  been  printed. 

Mit.  Bayard  Taylor  and  Mr.  George  Boker  are  about  to 
make  an  overland  journey  to  California. 

M.  Saintk-Heuyk  has  given  his  opinion  in  reference  to  the 
authenticity  of  the  famous  Marie  Antoinette  letters,  aud  it  is 
not  in  favor  ol  their  genuineness. 

M.  Victor  II coo  was  not  offered  one  hundred  thousand 
dollars,  as  was  at  first  reported,  for  the  use  of  Ids  Toilers  of 
the  Sea  us  a  feuiileton  in  Le  Solid,  but  one  hundred  thousand 
francs,  which  was  still  a  princely  price.  He  is  said  to  have 
lately  received  fifty  thousaud  dollars  trom  his  publisher  on  ac- 
count of  past  sales. 

Mr.  Thomas  Carlyle.  to  whom  the  American  rebellion  was 
only  a  smoky  chimney  burning  itself  out,  was  wiser  in  his  day, 
as  regards  American  stock,  than  many  of  his  countrymen, 
even  those  who  wished  us  well,  for  he  not  only  declined  to 
sell  his  securities,  though  often  advised  to  do  so,  but  added  to 
them  the  interest  which  came  to  him  from  those  he  already 
possessed.  So  says  a  gossiping  correspondent,  and  we  dure 
say  truly  :  for,  with  all  Curlyle's  nailery  against  the  money- 
getting  propensities  of  the  time,  he  is  still  ut  heart  a  canny 
Scotchman,  living  frugally  and  laying  up  his  meaDS. 

Mr.  J.  Payne  Collier  has  recently  published  two  more 
parts  of  his  specimens  of  Old  English  Literature,  a  reprint  of 
Hubbard's  Ceyx  and  Alcione,  aud  Vernard's  Apology  /or  his 
Lift:,  the  earliest  prose  autobiography  in  the  language,  written 
for  his  dramatic  entertainment  called  England's  Joy  (1602.) 
The  History  of  Sir  Plasidus,  the  early  Christian  martyr, 
written  iu  verse,  will  be  the  next  part  of  the  scries.  Mr. 
Collier  is  also  about  to  bring  out  his  exact  reprint  of  The 
Phoenix  Nest,  originally  published  in  1593. 

Mr.  Dion  L.  Boucicault  has  written  a  new  play  for  Mr. 
Joseph  Jefferson  called  The  Parish  Clerk. 

[Round  Table. 


June  30th] 


THE  CAL1FOUNIAN. 


5 


FARMER   HOPE'S  TROUBLE. 

FARMER  HOPE  sat  brooding  over  the  kitchen  fire ;  a 
few  rays  from  the  covered  embers  glanced  out  at  him 
now  and  then,  blinked,  wiuked,  and  went  to  their  ashen  sleep 
agaiu.  When  they  did  so,  the  farmer  stirred  them  up  with 
his  heavy  boot. 

A  heavy,  broad-shouldered  man  was  Farmer  Hope,  and,  as 
he  stooped  in  his  arm-chair,  over'the  smouldering  hearth  his 
muscular  frame  dropped  with  a  ponderous  weight,  as  it  the 
heart  inside  of  it  were  heavy  to  lift.    A  miserable  drop,  that 
should  have  been  a  tear,  hung  piteously  at  the  end  of  his 
nose  ;  for  Farmer  Hope  had  worked  out  early  and  late  this 
autumn,  and  the  only  thing  he  had  got  by  it  was  a  cold. 
"  Every  thing  goes  the  wrong  way,"  said  the  larmer. 
He  might  have  said  this  to  himself,  but  that  grandmother 
Beck  sat  in  the  doorway  knitting.    The  last  ruddy  rays  of 
twilight  gleamed  over  the  sloping  cornfield  that  occupied  the 
rising  ground  just  beyond  the  house,  and  a  broad  band  of 
sombre  crimson  swept  in  across  the  porch  and  over  the  floor 
of  the  unlit  room  ;  the  faintest  skylight  was  better  than 
candles,  graudmother  Beck  was  wont  to  say — and  more 
economical.    Silent  and  soothing  and  solemn  was  the  time, 
and,  sitting  erect  in  the  doorway,  the  old  lady  occasionally 
varied  her  employment  with  an  involuntary  nod  to  the  depart 
ing  twilight.    Roused  from  this  peaceful  mood  by  Farmer 
Hope's  gruff  voice,  the  needles  spasmodically  started  again, 
and,  vigorously  rocking  herself  in  her  comfortable  arm-chair, 
the  old  lady  peered  over  her  spectacles  after  the  dropped 
stitch,  till  silence   ensued  once  more,  and  Farmer  Hope 
brooded — Grandmother  Beck  nodded.    And  I  doubt  not  as 
much  wisdom  was  contained  in  his  patient  recognition  of  her 
old  age  and  acquiescence  in  fate  and  decrepitude,  as  in  all  his 
surly  struggles  and  sharp  defiance  of  destiny. 

A  sweet  summer  silence  reigned  in  the  room  for  an  instant ; 
the  katydids  in  the  dewy  shrubbery  without  chirped  their 
tender  monotony,  and  the  wondrous  peace  and  spell  of  a 
country  evening  seemed  to  have  settled  softly  down  every- 
where. Only  the  farmer  was  restive  under  this  opiate  of 
peace  brooding  in  the  atmosnhere. 

"Yes!"  he  repeated,  slapping  his  broad  hand  upon  his 
stalwart  knee,  in  a  way  that  startled  the  knitting-needles  with 
a  sudden  click,  "every  thing!  I'm  darned  tired  of  it  all. 
Here  I  have  been  working  early  and  late,  like  a  nigger  slave 
the  whole  blessed  summer,  and  all  these  years  along  back  — 
and  it  ain't  come  to  nothing  !  Blamed  if  I  don't  drop  the 
whole  concern.  A  fellow  may  work  and  work,  till  his  very 
soul's  wrigglud  out  of  Ins  body,  and  what  does  it  all  amount 
to  ?  There's  no  getting  along  honestly  in  this  world,  old 
woman  !  It's  all  cheating  and  chaffering,  and  cheapening — 
and  if  you  don't  do  like  the  rest,  it's  because  you're  too  much 
of  a  fool  to  be  a  knave — an' folks  '11  tell  you  of  it,  too,  as 
farmer  Jones  did  me,  when  he  carted  off  that  last  load  of  hay. 
It  all  turns  out  bad  as  far  as  I  can  see  in  this  world,  and  as  I 
don't  know  about  the  next — " 
"Samuel !"  said  Grandmother  Beck,  reprovingly. 
"  To  be  sure  I  don't,"  repeated  the  farmer,  gruffly,  stirring 
up  with  his  boot  the  sulky  embers,  "  know  nothing  about  it. 
Whoever's  got  the  charge  up  there  manages  things,  I  take  it, 
pretty  much  as  tyrants  do  here — or  else,  may  be  His  place  is 
so  far  off  from  these  parts  they  go  wrong  in  spite  of  IJim  !" 

"  Oh,  Samuel  !"  said  Graudmother  Beck;  "if  Beacon  Gil- 
bert should  hear  thee  talking  so!" 

Grandmother  Beck  had  been  brought  up  among  the  Quakers, 
but  she  had  the  profouudest  respect  for  church  dignataries  of 
any  sect  whatever. 

"  That  for  Deacon  Gilbert  I"  said  Farmer  Hope,  snapping 
his  fingers.  "  He  don't  have  any  short  crops  to  make  long- 
payments  with  ;  he — " 

"  Why,  Samuel  !"  said  the  old  lady,  uplifting  her  wrinkled 
hands,  from  which  the  yreat  ball  of  gray  yarn  rolled  treacher- 
ously upon  the  floor,  "  surely  thee's  not  given  over  to — " 
Puss,  taking  advantage  of  theology,  grasped  at  this  instant 
the  luckless  ball,  and  broke  at  the  same  lime  the  thread  of 
Grandmother  Beck's  discourse. 

"  Believe  a  lie  ?  Ay,  to  be  sure — it's  not  a  lie  if  I  believe 
it,"  said  Farmer  Hope,  with  a  harsh  laugh,  "  and  I  do  believe 
it— you  may  stake  your  life  on  that.  'Taint  a  lie  that  folks 
do  live  in  this  world  to  humbug  and  cheat  one  another,  and 
v  them  that  does  it  the  best  gets  off  the  safest,  and  no  one 
above  or  below,  'pears  to  me,  takes  charge  of  things,  and  sets 
'em  right.  'Tain  t  done  !"  And  Farmer  Hope  set  the  heel 
of  his  boot  energetically  on  puss's  tail,  who  had  taken  refuge 
on  the  hearth  to  investigate  the  ball  of  yarn  at  her  leisure.  A 
yell  from  puss. 

"  The  infernal  thing  1"  cried  the  farmer,  grinding  his  teeth 
as  she  scampered  away. 

Grandmother  Beck  rocked  herself  to  patience.  Farmer 
Hope  rose  up  and  stretched  himself,  and,  yawning,  took  a 
candle  from  the  high  mantel-shelf.  His  tall  figure  almost 
reached  the  kitchen  beams.  Puss  looked  down  upon  him 
from  alolt  in  the  rafters,  folded  her  tail  calmly  about  her,  and 
waited  to  see  what  would  become  of  it. 
"  Had  enough  of  it  for  to-night,  at  any  rate,"  said  he. 


"  I'm  off  to  bed.  There's  nothing  for  it,  that  I  see,  but  to 
sell  the  old  place  ;  it's  shingled  with  mortgages  now,  and  I 
don't  see  as  I'll  over  pay  'em  off." 

"  What  will  Lizette  do  then  ?"  said  Grandmother  Beck. 
"  Lizette  may  pick  blackberries  for  a  living  !" 
A  merry  laugh  was  heard  outside,  and  a  little,  sun-burned 
maiden  sprung  lightly  upon  the  door-sill.  There  she  stood 
poised  an  instant,  looking  within,  like  a  curious  bird  that  in- 
tends taking  flight  agaiu.  She  was  a  graceful  and  gracious 
maiden,  as  pleasant  to  look  upon  as  an  apple-blossom  in 
spring.  The  fading  light  seemed  to  concentrate  in  her  tiny 
figure,  as  she  stood  in  the  doorway.  "Within,  the  house  was 
dusk  and  solemn — this  little  girl  seemed  to  bring  the  fresh- 
ness and  life  of  the  meadows  with  her. 

"  Indeed,  uncle,"  said  she,  "  I'd  like  no  better  fun  !  Grand  ! 
I'd  be  on  the  hills  all  day,  instead  of  dozing  and  prozing  over 
the  school-books,"  and  as;ain  she  laughed  that  quick,  fresh, 
gushing  laugh  ;  such  a  frank,  free  laugh,  as,  like  other  girlish 
things,  women  learn  to  put  by  in  the  prosaic  sadness  of  their 
later  years.  As  Farmer  Hope  strode  off  to  bed,  he  glanced 
at  his  blithe  little  niece,  and  his  gloomy  eyes  lit  up  for  an 
instant.  For  she  was  the  embodiment  to  him  of  all  he  knew 
that  was  loving  and  beautiful,  and  his  heart,  though  he  did 
not  acknowledge  it,  took  in  the  glad  blessing  of  her  beauty 
and  freshness.  Lizette  was  more  to  him  than  meadows  or 
crops,  or  the  old  farm-house  itself,  and  dumbly  the  heavy 
hearted  man  worshipped  all  beauty  through  the  shape  of  his 
little  Lizette,  the  child  of  his  dead  wife's  sister. 

But  to-night  he  had  no  word,  even  for  her  ;  so,  taking  him- 
self to  bed,  he  left  the  old  woman  and  her  grand-daughter  to 
speculate  upon  what  was  the  matter.  But  Lizette  did  not 
speculate  long.  She  broke  the  silence  that  followed  her  uncle's 
departure,  as  she  set  the  lighted  candle  upon  the  table,  and 
hunted  up  her  basket  of  patchwork  : 

"  I  really  think  I  could  do  something,  now  !"  she  said,  half 
to  herself,  "  mornings  and  evenings  when  I  ain't  at  school 
My  !  Why,  grandmother,  all  the  girls  in  the  factory  pay  their 
own  board,  and  here  I  ain't  any  account  at  all !    Don't  pay 

for  my  salt  even.    Wonder  if  blackberries  " 

But  Grandmother  Beck  burst  into  a  laugh— a  rare  feat 
with  her. 

"  La,  child,"  said  she,  "  set  your  poor  little  heart  at  rest. 
Your  uncle's  none  so  bad  off  as  that.  He's  got  to  be  unac 
countably  uneasy  lately,  your  uncle  has.  But  rubbing  one's 
temper  betwixt  sharp  words  wears  out  the  ill-humor,  I've  no 
doubt.    Things  haven't  worked  exactly  right,  along  back,  but 

if  the  worst  comes  to  the  worst  " 

"  Blackberries  will  bo  all  gone,''  said  Lizette,  archly.  "Well." 
she  added,  after  a  thoughtful  pause,  "  it  isn'tso  foolish,  neither. 
Old  Mrs.  Feming  is  making  up  lots  of  blackberries  for  the 
hospitals,  and  I've  heard  the  girls  say  that  some  of  'em  make 
lots  of  money  just  gathering  'em." 

Lizette  was  silent  for  the  rest  of  the  evening,  as  Grand- 
mother Beck  and  herself  pursued  their  mutua',  industries,  in- 
terspersed on  the  part  of  the  old  woman  with 'occasional  pro- 
found obeisances  to  Morpheus,  and  on  the  part  of  the  yoiAig 
one  with  thoughtful  pauses,  and  abseut  drooping  of  the  busy 
hands,  as  if  some  profound  problem  were  being  revolved  in 
her  mind. 

The  shadow  wa3  still  upon  Farmer  Hope's  face  the  next 
morning,  as  he  went  out  to  his  work — a  painful  and  settled 
shadow.  The  only  sunshine  about  this  hard-working  man, 
who  hud  not  a  word  to-day  for  his  workmen  or  his  household, 
lingered  in  his  golden-tinged  hair,  which  yet  retained  a  cer- 
tain youthful  lustre  at  variance  with  the  grim  lines  on  his  face 
and  the  morose  dejection  of  his  eyes  under  their  shaggy  eye- 
brows. He  bad  grown  gray  in  spirit,  working  out  here  in  the 
sunshine  and  the  sunny  fields  ;  and  the  fact  that  he  was  not 
outwardly  gray-haired,  only  made  his  inner  gloom  more  pal- 
pable. 

It  was  a  hot,  autumn  day  ;  the  heat  lay  down  on  pasture 
and  meadow,  like  a  great,  solemn  dream.  Not  a  bird  chirped, 
not  a  leaf  stirred.  The  men,  scattered  in  the  shadow  of  the 
hedges,  or  grouped  here  aud  there  under  some  branching  tree, 
were  takiug  their  noonday  lunch  ;  some  of  them  lying  lazily 
at  full  length. 

Suddenly  there  rose  to  the  heavens  a  fearful  cry,  which 
caused  every  man  to  spring  to  his  feet.  Across  the  field, hat- 
less,  coatless,  heedless  of  the  noonday  sun,  the  reapers  hur- 
ried, their  ruddy  faces  turned  only  in  oue  direction. 

There,  just  beyond,  over  the  rising  ground,  a  white  smoke 
rose  heavily  in  the  summer  suu,  curling  away  in  sinister  silence 
toward  the  welkin.  Every  one  knew  what  that  meant.  Just 
over  that  slope,  then,  in  eight  from  the  risiug-ground.  stood 
the  old  farm-houee.  On  this  silent  summer  day,  without  a 
note  of  warning,  it  was  smitten,  as  if  from  the  very  heavens. 
The  old  place  was  on  fire ! 

The  dear  old  place  1  To  every  soul  then  hastening  on,  the 
ancient  nnd  sturdy  farm-house  that  had  looked  over  the  brow 
of  the  hill  as  long  as  any  of  them  remembered,  took  the  as- 
pect of  a  dear  old  friend  whoso  life  was  in  the  power  of  an 
enemy. 


Every  man's  face  grew  paler  with  passionate  eagerness  to 
reach  and  to  save  it ;  every  nerve  strained  ;  every  foot  forgot 
its  heaviness. 

But  one  figure,  stalwart  and  strong,  strode  on  in  advance  of 
them  all.  His  stern  features  worked  into  a  strange  emotion 
under  the  rude  straw  hat  shading  his  eyes.  This  fire-wreathed 
mass,  over  which  whirled  the  passion-white  clouds  of  smoke, 
through  which  every  moment  a  piercing  tongue  offlame  clove 
its  way  to  the  heavens — this  lonely  mansion,  struggling  silently 
with  destruction,  taking  its  last  glimpses  of  the  quiet,  sunny 
fields,  vvas  not  the  thing  he  had  hated  last  night,  and  almost 
cursed  last  night.  It  was  the  old  homestead  again,  where  his 
boyhood  and  youth  had  been  spent,  and  for  which  he  had 
lived  and  labored. 

I  think  iu  that  moment,  as  Farmer  Hope  advanced  swiftly 
toward  the  scene  of  destruction,  he  scarcely  remembered  his 
property  that  was  being  sacrificed  ;  he  scarcely  thought  of  the 
inmates,  who  had  fled,  probably,  from  the.  flames,  helpless  and 
in  terror  ;  he  only  thought  of  his  old  love— the  old,  old 
house. 

But  as  he  approached  over  the  slope  of  the  cornfield  that 
half  surrounded  it,  a  wild  figure  arrested  his  steps,  her  gray 
hair  streaming  in  the  wind,  her  wrinkled  hands  beckoning 
with  imploring  gestures.    It  was  Grandmother  Beck. 

"  Lizette  !  Lizette  !"  she  cried. 

"  What  of  Lizette  ?"  said  the  farmer.  "  She's  safe  in  school, 
isn't  she  ?" 

In  hurried,  broken  accents,  and  with  hands  that  eagerly 
dragged  him  forward,  the  old  woman  explained  that  Lizette 
and  her  fellow-pupils  had  received  an  unexpected  half-holiday, 
and  Lizette  had  come  home  and  gone  up  in  her  room  to  lie 
down  ;  she  was  not  very  well.  Grandmother  Beck  was  asleep 
herself  when  the  fire  broke  out,  and  had  made  her  escape 
through  the  kitchen.  Lizette's  room  was  under  the  pointed 
roof  of  the  building,  and  just  beside  the  great  stone  chimney 
that  took  in  almost  one  side  of  the  house — and  which  was 
tailing,  falling,  before  their  very  eyes. 

Farmer  Hope  did  not  wait  to  hear  more.  Shouting  to  the 
men  who  were  hastening  with  ladders  and  buckets,  he  disap- 
peared in  the  smoke  and  flame  which  surrounded  the  entrance. 
A  great  tongue  of  fire  leaped  fiercely  across  the  doorway  as 
he  vanished. 

Energetically,  as  for  life,  the  neighbors  worked  ;  but  in  these 
lonely  country  districts  such  efforts  are  of  little  avail. 

As  the  farmer  groped  along  in  the  blinding  smoke  and  fall- 
ing timbers,  there  was  but  one  thought  in  his  breast — to  reach 
and  to  save  Lizette.  Lizette  !  the  child  asleep  in  the  very 
arms  of  death.  God  !  could  he  rescue  this  frail  little  life,  he 
would  never  grumble  again  at  the  hardships  through  which 
hit  was  passed.  Over  the  great  stone  chimney,  from  which 
plank  and  plaster  had  shredded  away,  writhed  aud  hissed  the 
hungry  flames.  They  wrapped  the  doorway  of  Lizette's  little 
room.  Before  it  the  passage-way  yawned,  a  gulf  of  flames. 
Every  timber  had  fallen  in.  With  but  one  glance  across  the 
abyss,  and  a  cry  that  rung  out  amid  the  crackle  and  crash  of 
the  falling  building — a  dumb,  despairing  cry  that  had  no  words 
to  make  it  a  prayer,  he  sprung  across  the  chasm.  His  hand 
touched  the  latch  of  Lizette's  door  :  it  yielded  to  his  touch, 
but  the  suddeu  weight  of  his  heavy  frame  loosened  the  frail, 
decayed  timbers  that  yet  supported  it,  and,  with  a  crash,  it 
fell,  dragging  him  with  it  down  into  the  seething  flames. 

Helpless,  scorched,  scarce  recognizable  iu  the  soot  and 
blood  tliat  covered  his  visage,  Farmer  Plope  was  dragged, 
unconscious,  from  the  ruins.  And  as  they  did  so,  the  great 
stone  chimney  settled,  with  a  heavy,  fateful  sound,  down,  down 
upon  the  roof,  which,  yielding  beneath  the  pressure,  fell  in 
with  a  crash  ;  a  sparkling  fountain  of  flame  sprung  triumph- 
antly upward,  as  the  black  roof  shriveled  from  sight,  and  Far- 
mer Hope's  mansion  was  a  total  wreck. 

"Lizette!  Lizette!"  bemoaned,  as  the  awe-struck  crowd 
of  neighbors  gathered  around. 

At  that  moment,  Grandmother  Beck,  bending  low  over  the 
prostrate  figure,  and  dashing  the  cold  water  into  his  face, 
raised  herself  suddenly  erect  ;  her  fixed  and  eager  eye  gleamed 
but  from  her  disheveled  hair,  with  a  sudden,  wonderful  light. 
She  pointed  toward  the  meadow  ;  there,  breaking  through  the 
ledge,  flying  toward  them  with  a  breathless  speed,  a  little 
figure  appeared,  and  flung  itself,  sobbing,  on  the  neck  of  the 
unconscious  man. 

Lizette  !  oh,  Lizette,"  he  murmured. 
Lizette!  oh,  Lizette!  where  liave  you  been?"  cried 
Grandmother  Beck. 

"  Been  for  blackberries"  said  Lizette,  with  her  quaint  sim- 
icity,  and  accustomed  submissivencss  to  Grandmother  Beck 
"  Lost  'em  all  in  the  hedge,  though,  when  I  caught  sight  of 
the  fire." 

Lizette  had,  for  once,  practiced  a  little  deception  on  tho 
old  lady,  and  feigned  her  illness  and  need  of  rest,  iu  order  to 
escape  from  question. 

The  old  house  was  gone,  but  Lizette  was  safe.  She  had, 
as  Grandmother  Deck  shrewdly  observed,  "  earned  a  living  " 
by  picking  blackberies. 

The  last  time  I  saw  Farmer  Hope,  his  weather-beaten  faco 
was  scarred  with  tokens  of  his  struggle  with  the  flumes  ;  but 
there  shone  out  of  it  such  luminous  expression,  such  a  spirit 
of  cheerfulness,  as  I  had  uever  seen  before;  a  token,  also, 
which  1  think  he  brought  from  that  battle  in  which  he  was 
vanquished,  but  which  a  stronger  hand  than  his  forbade  to  be 
an  utter  defeat.  With  Lizette  to  iuspire  him,  the  tanner  works 
sturdily  to  recover  a  home  again.  With  the  vanishing  of  his 
prosperity,  has  vanished  his  quarrel  with  fate  ;  and,  whatever 
isappointmenta  befall  him.  he.  cheers  himself  with  a  little 
lugl)  about  the  day  when  Lizette  went  blackberrying. 


6 


THE    C  ALIFORNIAN- 


[June  30th 


OVER   THE  SEAS. 

AN    AMERICAN    WOMAN    IN  EUROPE. 

[The  Special  correspondent,  of  the  Springfield  Republican  writes 
from  Florence,  under  date  of  April  22d.] 

TWO  weeks  ago  to-day — can  it  be  only  two  weeks  ! — we 
took  a  fascinating  drive  through  the  city  of  Naples, 
going  up  a  long  hill  which  commanded  views  of  the  bay,  with 
its  beautiful  islands.  At  the  lelt  rose  Vesuvius,  blue  and 
bright,  with  a  border  of  towns  at  its  base,  and  only  smoking 
as  much  as  a  cigar  ;  then  came  Naples  with  all  its  shipping, 
and  Capri  and  Baiae,  the  former  cut  like  a  cameo  against  the 
blue  air  ;  its  outline  is  like  a  calm  still  face  gazing  upward,  as 
if  it  were  dead  Italy  lying  here  in  state,  before  her  beautiful 
palaces  and  shores. 

In  the  exhilarating  sea  air,  we  moved  onward  toward  the 
country,  which  was  one  mosaic  of  flowers,  and  festive  with 
vineyards,  the  vines  looped  airily  from  tree  to  tree.  Return- 
ing to  our  hotel  through  another  and  thickly-settled  way,  we 
had  an  excellent  opportunity  to  see  the  people  in  their  Sun- 
day attire,  and  out  of  doors,  in  processions,  in  crowds.  I  do 
not  think  an  infant  was  left  in  the  house.  Old  women  sat 
chatting  in  groups,  with  children  on  their  knees  ;  wives 
walked  beside  their  husbands,  two  or  three  bairns  beside 
them  and  perhaps  a  donkey.  Voung  men  and  maidens,  old  meu 
and  children,  were  out  in  the  sunshine  together  ;  and  even  the 
solitary  took  this  gay  scene  to  be  solitary  in,  sat  mazily  and 
silently  in  corners  while  the  rest  were  glad.  In  one  of  the 
steep,  narrow  streets,  we  met  a  kind  of  Canterbury  proces- 
sion, which  was  very  picturesque  ;  a  party  of  soldiers  with 
plentiful  bunches  of  cock-feathers  flying  over  their  faces,  a 
mixture  of  doctors  in  black  gowns,  of  citizens  and  strangers, 
were  mounted  upon  mules  and  donkeys,  and  each  had  a  flute 
or  some  other  musical  instrument  upon  which,  as  he  rode,  he 
idly  sounded  a  note  or  two.  The  bright  colors,  the  careless, 
graceful  attitudes,  the  leislurely  pace  of  the  donkeys,  the  gen- 
erally impromptu,  aimless  and  happy  look  of  the  party,  was 
entirely  Italian.  So  narrow  some  of  the  roads  were,  and 
shut  in  by  such  high  stone  walls,  that  they  recalled  to  our 
minds  the  ancient  passes  "  where  an  hundred  could  well  be 
stopped  by  three,"  and  we  descended  into  level  streets,  almost 
as  narrow,  60  narrow  as  to  bring  us  close  to  the  people  and 
the  houses.  "We  were  as  amused  as  children,  and  so  absorbed 
in  watching,  that  for  an  hour  or  two  we  did  not  exchange  a 
word  with  each  other. 

THE  DRIVE  TO  SORRENTO. 

The  next  morning  we  were  up  early  for  Sorrento,  via  Cas 
tellamare,  and  soon  found  ourselves  in  the  car  with  a  party  of 
French,  who,  chatting  volubly,  gave  us  a  lesson  in  the 
language.    At  Castellamare  we  took  a  carriage,  with  three 
horses  and  bright  Magenta  feathers  at  their  ears,  and  sped 
along  the  beautiful,  beautiful  road,  no  lovelier  on  earth.    It  is 
as  if  a  balcony  were  hung  on  the  side  of  the  high  cliff,  all  in 
and  out  and  around  the  "  Vesuvian  bay  " — now  taking  us 
toward  the  mountain  and  the  sea,  now  back  toward  the  deep 
ravines,  over  a  dizzy  viaduct,  and  along,  along,  the  walls  and 
cliffs  bright  with  poppies  and  double  gilliflower,  with  deep  pink 
asters  and  golden  gorse,  with  curtains  of  portulacca  in  a  blaze 
of  bloom,  and  the  lovely  blue-white  flowers  of  the  garlic,  and 
orange-groves  sweeter  than  Eden  ;  and  ever  beside  us  the 
sparkling  sea,  and,  lifting  us  up  like  wings,  the  exhilarating 
air,  and  scenery  such  as  hardly  the  angels  deserve  to  look 
upon.    The  view  from  the  hotel — Hotel  of  the  Sibyl,  I  think 
. — was  ravishing.    We  wished  we  had  obeyed  our  Roman 
physician  and  come  here  at  once  ;  we  longed  to  stay  a  week, 
a  mouth,  forever.    From  the  balconies  we  look  right  down 
into  the  Mediterranean  deep  below  us— and  across  at  Vesu- 
vius, and  on  for  miles  along  the  bright,  blue  sea.    As  we  stood 
there,  the  words  of  Aldrich's  song  came  back  : 
"  My  soul,  to  day,  is  far  away 
Sailing  the  Vesuvian  bay  : 
My  winged  boat,  a  bird  afloat, 
Sails  round  the  purple  peaks  remote  ; 
With  half  shut  eyes,  my  spirit  lies 
Under  the  walls  of  Paradise." 
May  they  never  come  back  >n  Boston,  some  chill  east  windy 
day  of  Spring  !    It  is  the  mischief  of  some  of  the  lovely  haunts, 
that  they  have  a  lotus-eating  effect  upon  us,  and  for  the  mo- 
ment make  us  love  them  better  than  our  homes. 

We  went  out  for  purchases  of  inlaid  wood,  but  found  it  here, 
as  at  Nice,  less  fine  than  formerly.  The  patterns  are  in  great 
part  colored  with  paint,  which,  though  it  produces  a  good 
efl'.-ct  at  first,  soon  loses  its  brilliancy,  and  betrays  the  imita- 
tion. We  wandered  about  the  little  town,  and  into  an  orange 
and  lemon  grove,  where  we  picked  the  blossoms  and  ripe  fruit 
to  our  hearts'  content.  It  is  an  unusually  good  year  for  this 
fruit,  and  the  trees  were  bowed  to  the  ground  with  their 
weight.  Some  of  the  oranges  were  as  large  as  an  infant's 
head,  and  really  a  burden  to  carry.  We  hurried  back  to  our 
hotel  for  our  Arcadian  lunch  at  the  open  door.  Over  the 
door  dropped  one  of  the  fragrant  climbing  roses  so  common  in 
Italy,  covered  now  with  thin  tiny  white  blossoms,  like  snow, 
and  outside  sat  a  strolliog  band  of  minstrels,  who  made  excel- 


lent music — beginning  with  the  high,  sublime,  from  Mozart 

and  Mendelssohn,  and  ending  in  Yankee  Doodle.    We  filled 

our  glasses  with  lachryma  christi,  grown  in  the  crater  of 

Vesuvius  ;  ard  as  we  sat  "  sipping  like  a  fly,"  wished  every 

one  whom  we  cared  for  at  home  could  be  with  us,  in  this  our 

Arcadia  !    Friends,  will  you  come  ? 

We  were  a  little  late  for  the  train,  so  our  tandem  team  of 

horses  scampered  arouod  the  mountoin  balconies,  in  the  most 

exhilarating  manner.    We  made  the  ten  miles  in  an  honrand 

a  half,  and  then  took  the  train  again  for  the  same  shore 

scenery — having  had  the  good  fortune  to  meet  the  friends 

who,  of  all  the  hundred  acquaintances  we  encouuter  in  Europe, 

could  most  add  to  our  enjoyment  of  such  a  day  as  this  : 

•  "  'Twns  one  of  the  charmed  days 

When  the  genius  of  God  doth  flow — 
The  wind  may  alter  twenty  ways, 
A  tempest  caunot  blow." 

Together  in  the  slanting  sunset  light  we  watched  the  won- 
drous loveliness  of  the  mountains  and  water — with  purple 
and  rosy  hues  tinging  their  haze,  and  the  haze  dilating,  almost 
lifting  them  up  from  their  solid  base.  "Do  you  know,"  said 
one  of  our  friends,  "  that  all  day  long  some  rhymes  of  Aldrich 
have  been  haunting  me.  He  wrote  them,  he  told  me,  one 
drearily  cold  day  iu  Brooklyn.  Did  you  ever  read  the  song, 
I  wonder  ? — 


"  With  half  shut  eyes,  my  spirit  lies 
Under  tne  walls  of  Paradise  ;" 

And  they  begin — 

"  Mv  soul  to-day  is  far  away, 
Sailing  the  Vesuvian  bay." 

We  were  home  in  our  hotel  by  six  o'clock  at  evening,  tired. 

PALACES  AND  CORALS. 

We  went  to  some  palaces  in  Naples,  but  the  pictures  were 
modern,  and  we  grew  weary  of  the  cold  splendor  of  these 
palaces,  which  never  look  as  if  any  one  lived  in  them. 

We  went  also  to  coral  and  lava  shops,  and  saw  literally 
bushels  of  this  beautiful  ware,  finely  carved,  and  in  all  shades 
of  white  and  red.  So  great  is  the  desire  for  coral  ornaments 
just  now  that  it  is  very  expensive,  a  pair  of  little  rouud  but- 
tons of  light-colored  costing  twenty  or  thirty  dollars. 

ROME  ONCE  MORE. 

From  Naples  back  to  our  beloved  Rome,  which  I  must  con- 
fess looked  sombre  after  the  gayety  and  sunshine  of  Naples. 
But  the  first  sight  of  the  Campagna  made  our  hearts  "  leap 
up  "  like  a  letter  from  home  ;  and  far  beyond  its  billowy  level 
the  sunshine  was  lighting  up  the  distant  sea  to  a  fine  line  of 
silver.  Then  came  the  Claudian  aqueduct  with  its  thousand 
arches,  hardly  two  alike,  some  broader,  some  lower,  some  with 
two  stories,  some  with  a  broad  and  a  narrow  arch  alternating, 
some  of  large  stone  and  some  of  small,  some  whole,  some 
broken,  some  bare,  some  ivy-overgrown  ;  into  one  a  little  house 
built,  and  some  loveliest  ones  adopted  into  the  garden  of  the 
Villa  Volkenski  and  embowered  iu  trees  and  vines.  So  we 
came  to  the  ruined  temple  of  Minerva  Medica — wild  flowers 
waving  among  all  its  graceful  atches— came  to  St.  John  Late- 
ran,  with  its  statues  beckoning,  came  to  the  Spanish  square, 
and  I  began  to  think  how  they  would  be  watching  at  the 
library  window,  would  run  out  on  the  side-piazza  to  greet  us, 
when  it  came  over  me  all  at  once,  like  an  eclipse,  that  these 
home-like  places  and  faces  were  not  of  home,  that  we  were  in 
the  Via  Condotti,  in  the  Corso,notin  Shawmut  avenue.  Ab, 
perhaps  after  all  we  did  not  eat  lotus  enough  in  our  Neapoli- 
tan Arcadia. 

In  a  few  days  more  we  took  our  last  drive  in  Rome.  Oh, 
but  it  was  like  tearing  an  ivy  from  the  wall  to  tear  our  hearts 
from  where,  in  so  short  a  time,  they  had  grown  so  fast  and 
close.  We  went  out  toward  the  Campagna,  saw  our  last  time 
the  sunset  gild  the  Colosseum,  looked  into  the  little  church 
where  is  Michel  Angelo's  Moses,  said  farewell  to  the  Foun- 
tain of  Trevi,  and  all  the  dear,  familiar  places.  The  fennel 
leaves  above  the  Colosseum,  waving  like  so  many  hands, 
seemed  to  say  an  revuir,  and  not  farewell  ;  the  doves  came 
back  to  the  fountain  aud  nestled  among  the  carved  capitals  of 
its  pillars,  and  so  we  departed.  C.  S.  W. 


J  E  F  F  E  R-S  O  N    DAVIS'    B  I  L  L  -  0  P  -  F  A  R  E. 

THE  uproar  about  Jefferson  Davis'  health  has  led  to  the 
publication  by  the  New  York  Times  of  his  bill-of-fare 
at  breakfast  and  dinner  for  one  week,  in  order  to  show  that  ' 
his  diet  has  had  nothing  to  do  with  the  decline  of  his  health. 
The  document,  which  the  correspondent  of  the  Times  calls  by 
the  impressive  name  of  a  "  schedule  of  meals,"  certainly  proves 
that  whatever  the  cause  of  Mr.  Davis'  weakness  may  be,  it 
is  not  want  of  food  ;  but  we  at  the  same  time  feel  bound  to 
add  that  it  does  not  reveal  very  extraordinary  resources  on 
the  part  of  either  the  caterer  or  cook  of  the  fortrees,  accord- 
ing to  the  notions  of  variety  current  in  this  part  of  the  world. 
He  bad  mutton  chops  three  times  in  the  week  ;  he  bad  beef- 
steak four  times  ;  he  bad  veal  cutlet  three  times  :  pork  steak 
he  was  only  treated  to  one-,  but  oysters  appear  to  have  been 
supplied  to  him  at  discretion.  They  made  their  appearance 
at  every  meal,  either  "  panned  "  or  stewed,  and  we  Dotice  with 
pleasure  that  that  excellent  anti-scorbutic,  onions,  was  sup- 
plied to  him  regularly  every  day  at  his  dinner.  It  may  seem 
rather  hard  that  "  a  scholar  and  a  gentleman  "  should  be  con- 
demned to  such  uniformity  of  diet,  and  some  boarders  at  New 
York  hotels  will  doubtless  think  the  fate  of  a  man  so  fed  as 
little  better  than  slow  starvation.  The  gentleman  who  writes 
the  lugubrious  articles  on  this  subject  in  the  World  and  Daily 
News  very  probably  draws  on  Mr.  Cranston's  larder  twice  a 
day,  and  therefore  must  shudder  on  reading  Mr.  Davis'  "  sche- 
dule of  meals."  But  it  must  be  remembered  that  everybody 
does  not  live  in  New  York  hotels,  and  the  food  served  to  the 
prisoner  at  Fortress  Monroe  is  probably  twice  as  varied  as 
that  which  he  would  get  on  nine  out  of  every  ten  plantations 
in  the  South.  We  shall  not  compare  it,  as  the  Times  does, 
to  the  stuff  served  out  to  the  unhappy  men  who  were  confined 
at  Andersonville.  No  matter  whether  Davis  was  responsible 
for  the  horrors  of  the  prison  pen  or  not,  we  owe  it  to  ourselves 
to  treat  him  like  a  human  being,  not  like  a  wild  animal.  But 
we  may  fairly  compare  it  to  what  he  would  get  if  he  were  slay- 
ing on  most  out  of  the  way  plantations,  and  ask  him  frankly 
whether  he  would  get  beefsteak  and  oysters  and  veal  cutlets 
half  as  often  as  he  does  in  prison.  The  fact  is,  that  most 
Southern  men,  who  are  not  expert  with  their  rod  aud  gun, 
are,  like  farmers  and  country  gentlemen  everywhere,  generally 
less  familiar  with  fresh  meat  and  fish  than  it  is  desirable  tbey 
should  be.  One  high  official  of  the  Confederacy  gave  a  diu- 
ner  to  a  distinguished  foreign  traveller,  some  years  ago,  on 
his  plantation,  and  the  bill-of-fare  contained  ten  courses,  all 
pork,  but,  of  course,  dressed  in  different  styles,  the  reason  be- 
ing that  there  was  no  butcher  or  market  within  thirty  miles. 
Davis  having  long  resided  in  Washington  must  have  become 
u  ed  to  more  generous  fare,  but  then  what  he  gets  in  Fortress 
Monroe  is  so  very  rruch  better  than  what  the  mass  of  his 
countrymen  get  that  we  think  be  cannot  in  common  decency 
complain. —  The  Nation. 


A  New  "  Precious  Stone." — If  the  following  had  not  ac- 
tually occurred,  it  might  be  considered  a  good  joke.  In  a 
town  eight  miles  from  Boston,  the  pupils  of  an  orthodox  Sab- 
bath School  have  been  accustomed  to  have  given  them,  at  the 
beginning  of  a  month,  a  sort  of  "  hunt-and-go-seek  "  task, 
the  result  of  which  was  to  be  made  known  at  the  monthly 
public  meeting  of  the  school.  On  one  occasion  they  were  told 
to  bring  in  a  history  of  all  the  women  named  in  the  Bible ; 
at  another  time,  all  the  rivers.  About  a  month  since  they 
were  asked  to  bring  in  the  names  of  all  the  precious  stones. 
The  Sabbath  evening,  when  the  result  of  their  investigations 
was  to  be  made  known,  at  length  came,  and  each  boy  and  girl 
stood  up  and  gave  the  names  of  the  precious  stones  of  the 
Bible.  After  several  had  been  given,  one  little  fellow  was 
called  out :  "  Well,  Thomas,  what  precious  stone  have  you 
found?"  "Brimstone/"  answered  the  boy.  It  is  needless 
to  say  that  a  number  of  handkerchiefs  were  called  into  requi- 
sition to  choke  down  the  "  depraved  human  nature  "  that 
seemed  desirous  of  manifesting  itself  in  laughter. 


The  contract  for  erecting  a  monument  to  commemorate  the 
battle  of  Gettysburg,  to  be  erected  on  the  field  where  that 
decisive  conflict  was  waged,  has  been  awarded  to  James  G. 
Batterson,  of  Hartford,  Connecticut,  who  designed  the  ac- 
cepted plan.  The  monument  <s  twenty-three  feet  square  at 
the  base  and  fifty-five  feet  high.  At  the  angles  of  the  base 
are  four  buttresses,  each  supporting  a  colossal  statue  in  a  sit- 
ting posture.  These  statues  are  allegorical,  and  represent  re- 
spectively, War,  History,  Peace,  and  Plenty.  War  is  repre- 
sented by  the  figure  of  au  American  soldier,  who,  resting  from 
the  conflict,  relates  to  History  the  story  of  the  battle  and  the 
names  of  the  houored  dead,  while  History,  with  her  stylus  and 
tablet,  writes  down  the  imperishable  record.  The  correspond- 
ing statues  symbolize  Peace  and  Plenty.  Peace  is  represented 
by  a  mechanic  with  the  implements  of  his  trade  about  him. 
Plenty  is  typified  by  a  female  figure  with  sheaf  of  wheat  and 
plougluhare.  These  last  figures  indicate  the  industry  and 
activity  which  shall  succeed  the  ravages  of  war,  and  theabuud- 
ance  and  prosperity  which  are  the  crowDiug  results  of  the 
glorious  victory  here  achieved.  • 

Upon  the  richly  moulded  cornice  rests  an  octagonal  plinth, 
bearing  in  basso  relievo  the  coat-of-arms  of  the  United  States. 
On  the  shaft  above  and  encircling  it  are  eighteen  stars  in 
basso  relievo,  representing  the  States  which  remained  loyal 
throughout  the  fiery  trial. 

The  Capitol  is  finely  moulded,  and  supports  a  three  quarter 
globe,  upon  which  stands  the  colossal  statue,  fifteen  feet  high, 
representing  the  Genius  of  Liberty,  clasping  within  her  left 
arm  the  folds  of  the  American  flag,  while  in  her  raised  right 
hand  she  holds  the  victor's  wreath  of  laurel.  The  pedestal 
is  to  be  made  of  fine  white  granite,  and  the  statues  of  white 
American  marble.    The  structure  will  cost  about  850,000. 


Rich  and  Brilliant  Trimming. — A  new  trimming  has  been 
introduced,  under  the  name  of  the  Target.  It  is  a  round  me- 
dallion, woven  at  intervals  in  a  flat  braid.  They  are  in  con- 
trasting colors.  Gold  or  deep  yellow  medallions  on  green  or 
blue  bands  are  rich  and  brilliant.  We  have  seen  a  couple  of 
white  opera  cloaks  with  a  trimming  of  this  kind — one  in  bice, 
the  other  in  green — that  were  among  the  prettiest  of  the  im- 
portations of  this  year. — Boudoir. 


June  30th] 


THE  CALIF  OftNIAN. 


7 


HOUSE-MOTHS. 
fOHERE  is  as  much  charming  suggestion  in  any  article  of 
_L  feminine  attire — a  knot  of  ribbon,  a  little  glove,  a  frill, 
a  belt-clasp,  a  snowy  edge  of  petticoat — as  in  a  line  of  Ten- 
nyson's ;  and  combine  the  suggestions  in  a  toilette,  there  is  a 
poem  ;  but  each  year  has  its  individuality.  There  are  fossil 
years  in  which  few  poems  are  worn  or  written.  There  are 
years  of  warm  vitality,  war,  and  struggle,  like  the  passionate 
days  of  a  century  back,  such  as  the  present ;  and  warm 
vitality,  war  and  struggle  are  poem-makers  and  poem-stuff ; 
hence,  to-day,  our  streets  and  drawing-rooms  burn  and  dazzle 
with  the  grace  of  those  similar  days  that  we  had  sighingly 
thought  locked  away  in  picture  frames  for  ever.  Miss  Adams, 
in  "  Leghorn  hat  and  gown  and  coat  of  Chamberi  gauze, 
flounced  with  crape,  and  trimmed  with  point  and  wreaths  of 
roses,"  needs  no  change  of  toilette  to  step  from  the  drawing- 
room  of  1786  into  that  of  1866  ;  while  Mollie,  with  crinkled 
hair  piled  high,  with  bands  and  curls,  with  dangliug  sequins 
aud  cameos,  pendant  ear-rings,  waist  cut  square  on  the  bosom, 
train,  hoop,  festooned  skirt,  and  a  jaunty  bit  of  crape,  deris- 
ively styled  a  hat,  lost  somewhere  on  the  top  of  her  head, 
between  curls  and  coils,  is  Josephine,  is  Recamier,  a  Wotteau 
shepherdess,  a  Titian,  but  never  that  meagre  Mollie,  whom  we 
recall,  with  hair  smooth  on  either  cheek,  and  a  poky  bonnet 
that  covered  her  back  hair,  shaded  her  face,  and  lied  under 
her  chin. 

Indeed,  a  bonnet  is  no  longer  a  reliable,  steady-going, 
prosaic  thing,  but  an  inspiration;  pity  that  an  inspiration 
cannot  be  "  made  over  !"  A  boot  is  a  bit  of  coquetry  ;  there 
are  permitted  to  it  satin  heels  and  crystal  buttons.  There  are 
fashions  and  devices  for  stockiugs,  of  which  in  the  old  days 
there  was  only  required  spotle3sness.  Red  hair  and  the  back 
of  the  head,  with  other  despised  things,  have  their  day. 
Miss  Smith  wears  diamond  dust ;  Miss  Brown  prefers  gold 
powder.  The  entire  feminine  world  flutters  and  palpitates 
over  daring  jackets,  ribbons,  sashes,  beads,  and  bows,  for 
which  1865  would  have  uever  had  the  pluck.  There  is  a  raid 
through  all  the  centuries  for  what  is  pretty  and  startling. 
The  click  of  their  little  boot- heels  has  more  than  once  re- 
sounded in  provinces  strictly  masculine.  They  have  robbed 
us  of  hat,  necktie,  'coat-tail,  vest,  sMrt,  and  boots,  and  we 
submit  without  an  attempt  at  reve\ge,  unless  it  be  an  intrepid 
doctor,  here  and  there,  solemnly  dissenting  a  poor  blue  veil  or 
an  innocent  green  gown,  and  determining  to  a  graiu  the  ar- 
senic contained  therein.  Broadway  is  a  picture  gallery  en 
promenade.  In  our  drawing-rooms  are  revived  the  days  of 
the  Revolution  and  the  Consulate.  Plain  girls  have  devel- 
oped prettiness  ;  pretty  girls  are  beautiful  ;  beautiful  women 
are  superb  ;  all  feminity  apotheosized  in  a  continually  ascend- 
ing scale  of  loveliness. 

To  every  good,  however,  is  a  reverse  side  of  evil.  With 
this  increase  of  beauty  increases  also  the  curious  pest  classed 
by  Ruskin  as  the  "  house-moth."  It  is  found  chiefly  in  cities, 
being  rarely  observed  in  the  country,  unless  in  the  months  of 
July  and  August,  and  is  the  most  pernicious  of  its  family,  de- 
vouring clothes,  houses,  upholstery,  gold,  aud  diamonds,  with 
the  voracity  of  a  dragon-fly  and  the  omuiverous  appetite  of  a 
shark.  It  is  not  a  little  curious  about  its  habitation,  and  ex- 
hibits as  much  delight  in  any  glittering  substance  as  the 
bower-bird  ;  but  is  as  reckless  as  an  ostrich  of  its  young.  It 
is  also  as  changeable  as  the  chameleon,  and  os  capricious  as  a 
butterfly  ;  but,  unlike  every  other  insect  and  animal,  possesses 
a  set  of  entirely  useless  organs  in  reasoning  powers  and  affec- 
tions, which  are  so  manifestly  an  annoyance  to  the  creature, 
and  incompatible  with  its  habits,  that  warm  discussions  have 
arisen  among  naturalists,  many  respectable  authorities  hold- 
ing tenaciously  to  the  belief  that,  just  as  the  Bushmau  is  a 
man  lapsed  into  bestiality,  so  the  "  house-moth  "  is  a  woman 
lapsed  wholly  to  bonnets  and  back-hair  ;  and  not  without  some 
show  of  reason,  as  so  startling  is  the  likeness  of  the  creattjre 
to  what  we  call  a  house-wife,  that  we  have  frequently  seen  a 
young  man  in  full  pursuit  of  one,  evidently  deceived  by  its 
extraordinary  resemblance  to  a  woman.  Nothing  can  exceed 
the  beauty  of  its  appearance  iu  its  prime,  unless  it  be  its  in- 
significance in  the  shrivelled  aud  faded  decadence  to  which, 
sooner  or  later,  it  is  sure  to  arrive  ;  and  yet,  spite  of  its  insig- 
nificance, it  is  the  most  terrible  and  relentless  enemy  of  mau, 
devouring  not  only  his  means  but,  like  the  spider,  its  mate 
also  :  his  tastes,  comfort,  and  very  individuality,  till  he  is  re- 
signed at  last  to  sink  into — Mrs.  House-moth's  husband. 
Worst  of  all,  though  supposed  indigenous  to  Europe,  it  is 
found  to  flourish  equally  well  in  our  own  hemisphere,  and 
though  a  remedy  has  been  anxiously  hunted,  the  means  of 
preventing  its  increase  have  not  yet  been  discovered. 

True,  that  eccentric  logician,  Fact,  suggests  that  unused 
feminine  energies  and  powers  work  off  in  ribbon  and  trimming 
outbreaks,  for  want  of  better  outlet,  and  that  women  seize  on 
fashion-plates  with  an  intensity  produced  by  mental  starva- 
tion ;  but  Fact,  as  all  the  world  knows,  is  a  theorist ;  and  we 
ask  ourselves,  apprehensively,  if  there  is  no  remedy — is  there 
not,  at  least,  a  method  of  discerning  our  destroyers?  We 
know  the  death's-head  moth  by  the  marks  on  the  thorax,  and 
can  distinguish  the  humming-bird  moth  from  its  namesake  ; 


but  by  what  subtle  analysis  or  master-stroke  of  genius  can  we 
seize  on  the  essential  difference  between  a  house-moth  and  a 
woman  ?  Louis  le  Grand  was  reduced  to  Louis,  a  shivering, 
bald-headed  nonenity,  in  a  stroke  of  the  pencil,  when  Thack- 
eray robbed  him  of  wig  and  buskins.  Who  will  inaugurate  a 
calico  test  in  America — they  have  already  a  club  de  la  Sainte 
Mousseline  in  Paris — and  show  us  Mollie  in  print  gown,  and 
with  hair  brushed  behind  her  ears,  confronting  Mollie  in 
diamond  dust  and  white  velvet  ?  aud  subtracting  Metternich 
curls  and  Lamballe  Hats  from  the  average  Mollies,  what  will 
be  the  average  remainder  ?  It  is  an  anxious  question  for  a 
bachelor  deeply  conscious  of  his  ignorance  and  defenceless 
condition.    Who  will  answer  it  ? — Nation. 


The  Russian  Pkasant  Made  a  Noble. — The  saving  of 
the  life  of  the  emperor  of  Russia  seems  likely  to  result  in  the 
spoiling  of  a  very  respectable  young  peasant,  a  hatter  by 
trade,  who  had  the  honor  to  jog  the  would  be  assassin's  arm, 
and  so  direct  the  pistol  ball  wide  of  the  imperial  mark.  He 
is  wholly  uneducated,  and  therefore  unfit  for  the  cultivated 
society  into  which  his  lot  is  now  cast,  through  the  gratitude 
of  Alexander  ;  and  Gen.  Todleben,  the  defender  of  Sebastopol, 
has  undertaken  the  task  of  imparting  the  needed  instruction. 
The  name  of  this  person  is  the  terrible  one  of  Joseph  Kom- 
mi3saroff  Kostromski.  His  patent  of  nobility  has  been  pub- 
lished, and  a  correspondent  writes  of  him  that  "  he  is  abso- 
lutely a  martyr  to  public  feeling,  and  has  no  doubt  many  a 
time  wished  himself  back  at  hat-making."  He  was  made  he- 
reditary noble  by  the  Emperor.  St.  Petersburg,  Moscow  and 
Kostroma  elected  him  member  of  their  corporations  :  two 
landed  proprietors  of  the  latter  place  gave  him  immense 
tracts  of  land  ;  a  banker  of  Moscow  begged  him  to  accept  a 
large  sum  to  enable  bim  to  Mipport  his  new  condition  in  life  ; 
a  national  subscription  has  purchased  for  him  a  magnificent 
house  in  Moscow  ;  the  municipality  of  St.  Petersburg  by  de- 
cree have  conferred  upon  him  the  title  of  the  "  First  Citizen 
of  St.  Petersburg,"  and  he  has  been  elected  honorary  mem- 
ber of  all  the  clubs  in  Russia.  Louis  Napoleon  has  conferred 
upon  him  the  Cross  of  the  Legion  of  Honor,  the  Emperor  of 
Austria  has  sent  him  the  Commander's  Cross  of  the  Franz 
Joseph  Order,  and  he  is  hereafter  to  be  known  as  '-Kostrom- 
sky  of  Koztroma."  On  his  first  appearance  at  the  theatre 
he  was  obliged  to  appear,  accompanied  by  his  wife,  on  the 
stage,  when  he  was  the  recipient  of  an  ovation  which  is  inde- 
scribable. 

Not  content  with  giving  him  ovations  at  theatres,  poor 
Kommissaroff  has  had  to  eat  and  drink  with  all  sorts  and  con- 
ditions of  men,  from  the  artisan  to  the  prince.  At  a  dinner 
given  by  the  nobles  at  St.  Petersburg  to  the  deputies  from 
Moscow  and  other  places  who  have  come  with  addresses  to 
the  emperor,  Kommissaroff  sat  next  to  Count  Orloff  Davydoff, 
who  was  in  the  chair.  There  was  the  unfortunate  Kommis- 
saroff going  through  his  second  dinner  that  day,  dressed  for 
the  first  time  in  the  stuffy  uniform  of  a  nobleman,  and  wiping 
his  honest  hot  face  with  the  trusty  right  hand  that  shoved 
Karakoff 's  elbow.  His  health  was  drunk  amidst  cheers  that 
might  be  compared  to  the  roar  of  artillery,  and  he  returned 
thanks  in  words  that  did  not  reach  either  his  neighbors  or  the 
reporters,  on  account  of  the  enthusiastic  uproar  which  his 
presence  created.  How  Mrs.  Kommissaroff  passes  her  time 
is  not  so  well  known,  for  her  husband's  popularity  is  but  little 
reflected  on  her.  She  appears,  however,  by  his  side  in  a  pho- 
tograph which  meets  with  an  immense  sale  iu  the  streets  of 
the  capital.  But,  of  course,  she  will  come  in  for  some  of  the 
good  things  that  are  lavished  on  her  husband. 

The  Frightful  White  Man. — There  mu3t  be  something 
(says  Dr.  Livingstone)  in  the  appearance  of  white  men  fright- 
fully repulsive  to  the  unsophisticated  natives  of  Africa  ;  for, 
on  entering  villages  previously  unvisited  by  Europeans,  if  we 
met  a  child  coming  quietly  and  unsuspectingly  towards  us,  the 
moment  he  raised  his  eyes  and  saw  the  men  in  "  bags  "  he 
would  take  to  his  heels  in  an  agony  of  terror,  such  as  we 
might  feel  if  we  met  a  live  Egyptian  mummy  at  the  door  of 
the  British  Museum.  Alarmed  by  the  child's  wild  outcries, 
the  mother  rushes  out  of  her  hut,  but  darts  back  again  at  the 
first  glimpse  of  the  same  fearful  apparition.  The  dogs  turn 
tail,  and  scour  off  in  dismay  ;  hens,  abandoning  their  chickens, 
fly  screaming  to  the  tops  of  their  houses.  The  so  lately  peace- 
ful village  becomes  a  scene  of  confusion  aud  hubub  until 
calmed  by  the  laughing  assurance  of  our  men  that  white 
people  do  not  eat  black  folks  ;  a  joke  having  oftentimes 
greater  influence  in  Africa  than  solemn  assertions.  Some  of 
our  young  swells,  on  entering  an  African  village,  might  expe- 
rience a  collapse  of  self-inflation  at  the  sight  of  all  the  pretty 
girls  fleeing  from  them  as  from  some  hideous  cannibals,  or  by 
witnessing,  as  we  have  doDe,  the  conversion  of  themselves 
iuto  public  hobgoblins,  the  mammas  holding  naughty  children 
away  from  them,  and  saying  :  "  Be  good,  or  I  shall  call  the 
white  man  to  bite  you." 


A  M  alay  Tradition. — On  the  western  entrance  of  the 
mouth  of  the  Singapore  river,  near  that  portion  which  is  now 
built  over  Fort  Fullertor^  stood,  as  late  as  1835,  a  large  stone, 
with  some  strange  characters  carved  or  impressed  on  it,  the 
deciphering  of  which  had  defied  the  utmost  ingenuity.  Sir 
Stamford  Raffles  was  so  much  occupied  with  the  desire  to 
learn  the  meaning  of  these  hieroglyphics,  that  he  caused,  it  is 
said,  an  abundant  supply  of  muriatic  acid  to  be  poured  over 
the  stone,  with  the  view  to  clear  off  any  crustaceous  matter 
that  might  have  accumulated  on  it,  and  bring  out  more  clearly 
the  characters  it  bore.    Unfortunately  the  experiment  failed, 
as  has  every  more  recent  attempt  either  to  decipher  the  fit- 
ters, or  arrive,  through  them,  at  a  true  knowledge  of  the  date 
of  their  inscription  ;  and  we  are  still  left  to  the  old  legend 
regarding  them.    It  has  been  differently  told,  but  the  most 
common  account  is,  that  a  powerful  chief — of  what  country  is 
not  very  clear— coming  to  attack  the  Malays  shortly  after 
they  had  formed  their  settlement  at  Singhapura,  landed  at 
this  point  of  the  island,  and  proceeded  up  the  hill  to  the 
Malay  encampment.  He  was  met,  it  appears,  on  his  approach, 
by  the  greatest  Sampson  among  the  Malays,  named  Badang  ; 
and,  after  some  altercation,  it  was  agreed  that,  instead  of 
engaging  in  a  general  combat,  a  trial  of  strength  between  the 
foreign  chief  and  the  Malay  Sampson  should  decide  the  fate 
of  the  invasion.    A  large  piece  of  rock  was  lying  close  at 
hand,  and  it  was  decided  that  whoever  could  handle  this  stone 
with  the  greatest  ease  was  to  be  the  victor.    The  invader 
tried  first,  and  he  succeeded  in  raising  the  stone  as  high  as 
his  knees,  and  then  let  it  fall  ;  on  which  the  Malay,  seizing  it 
in  one  hand,  balanced  it  high  in  the  air,  took  a  steady  aim, 
and  shot  it  right  out  to  the  mouth  of  the  river,  crushing  to 
pieces  the  boat  from  which  the  invader  had  landed.  Others 
maintain  that  instead  of  the  stone,  the  Malay  giant  seized 
the  invading  chief  himself,  and  hurled  him  back  upon  his  boat, 
and  that  the  stone  was  afterward  conveyed  there  to  commemo- 
rate the  deed.    In  any  case,  the  invading  force,  fearing  that 
they  would  be  immolated  if  they  had  to  combat  with  a  race 
of  men  like  Badang,  beat  a  precipitate  retreat. 

Mrs.  Carlyle,  the  wife  of  the  celebrated  author,  has  met 
her  death  in  London  under  very  peculiar  circumstances.  She 
was  taking  her  usual  drive  in  Hyde  Park  about  four  o'clock, 
when  her  little  favorite  dog,  which  was  running  by  the  side  of 
the  brougham,  was  run  over  by  the  carriage.  She  was  greatly 
alarmed,  though  the  dog  was  not  seriously  hurt.  She  lifted 
the  dog  into  the  carriage,  and  the  man  drove  on.  Not  receiv- 
ing any  call  or  direction  from  his  mistress,  as  was  usual,  he 
stopped  the  carriage,  and  discovered  her,  as  he  thought,  in  a 
fit  or  ill,  and  drove  to  St.  George's  Hospital,  which  was  near 
at  hand.  When  there  it  was  discovered  that  she  must  have 
been  dead  some  little  time.  Mrs.  Carlyle's  health  had  been 
for  several  months  feeble,  but  not  in  a  state  to  excite  anxiety 
or  alarm.  Mr.  Carlyle  was  in  Scotlaud  at  the  time  of  his 
wife's  death. 

The  late  Mrs.  Carlyle  was  a  woman  of  much  intelligence 
aud  culture,  and  in  her  earlier  days  was  a  writer  of  much 
promise,  and  a  contributor  to  Blackwood's  Magazine.  She, 
as  well  as  her  husband,  corresponded  with  Goethe  and  other 
foreign  authors  of  renown.  In  the  full  collection  of  Goethe's 
poems  will  be  found  two  •  or  three  poetical  scraps  addressed 
to  "  Madame  Carlyle,  Scotland."  One  of  these  was  originally 
written  on  a  visiting  card,  which  Goethe  sent  to  the  wife  of 
his  friend  and  admirer,  and  the  lines,  roughly  translated,  run 
somewhat  iu  this  fashion  : 

"  Messengers  like  this  we  send 

To  tell  the  coming  of  a  friend  ; 

This  poor  card  can  only  say 

That  the  friend  is  far  awav." 


Life's  Fantasies. — A  curious  German  cartoon  represents 
an  "  Idyllic  landscape,"  a  pretty  cottage,  with  romantic 
gables,  balconies  overgrown  with  luxuriant  creepers,  and  trel- 
lised  summer  houses  at  the  side.  But  when  you  look  closer, 
you  see  that  the  life  of  the  cottage  is  anything  rather  than 
idyllic  ;  one  half  of  the  inmates  are  turning  out  the  other  half, 
there  is  a  fight  with  pitchforks,  brooms  and  beer-jugs  ;  hats 
are  flying  off,  or  their  owners  are  bonneted  with  them  ;  dogs 
bark  and  cocks  crow  ;  one  woman  belabors  her  husbaud  with 
a  water-jug,  and  another  empties  another  jug  from  the  vine- 
clad  wiudow  upon  the  combatants  below. 


A  traveller  wishes  to  know  what  sense  there  is  just  now 
in  the  term  "  Railroad  securities,"  seeing  there  is  no  security 
any  of  the  railroads. 


Cotton  spinning  was  known  to  the  ancients,  and  more  than 
a  thousand  years  before  the  Christian  era  cotton  cloth  was 
made  in  India.  Muslins  take  their  name  from  Mosul,  a  town 
in  Mesopotamia,  and  the  cloth  made  by  the  natives  of  Dacca 
is  of  such  fineness  that  a  single  pound  of  cotton  is  spun  by 
them  into  a  thread  250  miles  lcng.  This  fineness  has  been  ex- 
ceeded by  British  manufacturers,  however,  who  have  succeeded 
in  spinning  a  pouud  of  cotton  into  a  thread  nearly  400  miles 
long.  

A  gentleman  praising  the  personal  charms  of  a  very  plain 
woman,  his  friend  asked  him — "  Why  don't  you  lay  claim  to 
such  an  accomplished  beauty?"  "  What  right  have  I  to  her?" 
asked  the  former.  "  Every  riprht  by  the  law  of  nations,"  re- 
plied the  other,  "  you  being  the  first  discoverer." 


8 


THE    CALIFORNI AN- 


jJune  30th 


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T  II  E   "  M  OXADNOCK ." 

VERT  few  of  us  give  to  contemporary  events  the  thought 
and  atteution  they  deserve.  Kingdoms  may  be  de 
stroyed  or  created  ;  a  race,  which  has  been  from  time  inime 
niorial  held  in  abject  bondage,  may  be  emancipated  and  raised 
to  the  rank  of  freemen  ;  electoral  reform  may  be  wrung  from 
the  most  oligarchical  caste  in  the  world  ;  science  may  discover 
new  plauets,  lay  bare  the  mysterious  principle  of  light,  re 
veal  new  truths  in  geology,  and  make  atrial  navigation  practi- 
cal and  real  ;  but,  except  to  the  few  whose  occupations  are 
given  to  explorations  in  physics,  great  truths  of  daily  develop- 
ment come  as  mere  matters  of  news,  exciting  but  common  re 
mark  and  then  are  almost  forgotten. 

Of  the  many  who  gathered  on  the  wharves  within  the  past 
few  days  to  gaze  at  tbe  Monadnock,  or,  who  circumnavigated 
her  in  steamboats,  what  proportion  was  there  who  felt  or  were 
governed  by  any  other  impulse  than  mete  idle  curiosity  I  In- 
deed, we  faucy,  that  with  the  mass,  it  was  the  publicity  given 
to  her  voyage  by  the  recent  bombardment  of  Valparaiso  rather 
than  anythiug  else  which  attracted  crowds  to  look  at  her; 
and  yet  part  of  the  motive  of  the  visit  was  to  see  an  odd  sort 
of  thing — swimming  its  bulk  below  waves — leaving  nothing 
above  water  except  a  pair  of  strange  sort  of  fins  ;  a  new  sort 
of  arm  of  warfare — not  a  ship — nor  a  rait  ;  but  an  indefinable 
something  between  torpedo  and  submarine  armor  that  had 
played  an  importaut  part  in  the  late  war.  iJow  many  looked 
beyond  the  bluck  deck  and  turrets  of  this  monster  to  the  tri- 
umph of  a  voyage  of  more  than  seventeen  thousand  miles, 
successfully  accomplishing  an  experiment  which  we  verily  be- 
lieve will,  independent  of  its  effect  on  the  science  and  art  of 
marine  architecture,  materially  influence  and  govern  cabinets 
to  a  policy  of  peace  among  maritime  countries,  at  least 
with  a  nation  of  inventors  aud  mechanics  of  warlike. tastes 
and  habits  such  as  the  United  States  is  ?  And  from  the  mero 
mobile  mass  of  iron  of  which  the  Monadnock  is  constructed, 
how  many  of  these  gazers  saw  and  reflected  on  the  adviince? 
made  in  the  science  of  projectiles  as  shown  by  the  huge  can- 
non which  frown  from  the  turrets  of  this  monitor?  advances 
which  have  had  such  weight  with  councils  ol  .State  and  admi- 
ralty boards,  as  to  provoke  from  them  the  declaration  that 
the  American  people  are  tbe  first  aud  strongest  nation  of  the 
world  in  the  theory  aud  art  of  war.  The  recent  bloody  con- 
test through  which  we  have  passed  has  taught  us  this  truth, 
and  sad  and  costly  has  been  the  lesson. 

As  one  goes  back  to  the  day  when  the  frail  fleet  of  Colnm. 
bus  floated  on  to  the  new  world,  amid  the  gloom  and  super- 
stitiou  of  that  age.  aud  contrasts  that  expedition  with  that 
of  the  Monadnock,  he  will  be  struck  with  the  similarity  of 
many  of  the  features  of  both,  and  amazed  when  he  reflects  on 
the  changes  made  during  the  past  four  centuries,  not  only  in 
marine  architecture,  but  in  the  'application  of  such  agents  of 
motion  as  steam  and  caloric.  As  one  accompanies  the 
Monadnock  in  her  long  wanderings,  sees  her  boldly  push  out 
to  sea,  beyond  the  headlands,  the  scenes  of  her  prowess  ■ 
watches  her  wrestling  with  wind  and  wave,  at  times  lust  amid 
the  tempest's  foam  and  spray  ;  daring  that  cape,  around  which 
sweep  the  Antarctic  storms,  and  where  floats  the  dread  ice- 
berg ;  as  one  sees  these  things  in  his  fancy,  he  will  be  struck 
with  wonder  at  the  boldness  of  the  experiment  of  that  voy- 
age, and  the  daring  skill  and  dexterity  it  developed.  All 
praise,  then,  to  the  gallan;  men  who  have  performed  this  bold 
undertaking  !  Yet,  while  we  so  picture,  it  is  with  regret  that, 
to  these  triumphs  of  human  ingenuity  and  skill,  we  cannot 
congratulate  our  iron-clad  on  the  farther  one  of  having  saved 
t  lie  capital  of  a  free,  but  defenceless,  nation  from  the  iuceu- 
diary  shell  ol  a  brutal. foe. 


A.' 


NEW  PUBLICATIONS. 

ROMAN  A-  CO.,  417  and  419  Montgomery  street. have 
supplied  our  table  with  the  following  works  received 
by  last  steamer  : 

Pictorial  History  of  the.  Civil  War  in  the  United  Sidles  of 
America.  By  Benson  J.  Eossing.  Philadelphia  :  (Jcorgo 
W.  Cbilds. 


Acknowlkiicmkxts. — An  invitation  to  attend  a  dramatic 
entertainment  by  the  pupils  of  the  University  School,  on  Post 
street,  on  Friday  evening  29th  inst.  Also  a  ticket  from  the 
St.  Andrews  Society  for  their  ball  on  the  3d  prox.^at  Piatt's 
Mall. 


The  author  of  the  Field-Book  of  the  Revolution  needs  no 
introduction  to  the  general  reader  as  a  graceful,  entertaining, 
and  instructive  writer.  Yet  in  the  present  volume  he  appears 
in  the  much  more  ambitious  character  of  historian  of  one  of 
the  greatest  struggles  of  ancient  or  modern  days.  "While  it 
is  a  matter  of  grave  donbt  whether  we  are  yet  sufficiently  far 
removed  from  the  event  to  judge  of  its  general  aspect ; 
whether  we  are  yet  able  to  accurately  define  and  settle  the 
relations  of  the  chief  actors  to  the  different  epochs  of  this 
history,  Mr.  Lossing  has  eudeavored  to  avoid  the  retrospec- 
tive and  reflective  air  of  the  historian,  and  places  his  book 
before  the  public,  asking  for  it  "  no  higher  consideration  than 
that  of  a  faithful  Chronicle,  having  the  form  of  history,  and 
aspiring  to  perform  its  highest  duty,  namely  :  to  inspire  man- 
kind with  a  love  of  justice,  and  hatred  of  its  opposite  and  of 
everything  that  impedes  the  onward  aud  upward  march  of 
humauity."  To  achieve  this  Mr.  Lossing  relies  on  facts — on 
the  rhetoric  of  events,  chronologically  and  consecutively  ar- 
ranged and  proceeding  steadily  to  that  culmination  with  which 
we  are  all  familiar.  When  we  add  that  these  facts  are  given 
greater  prominence  by  pictorial  illustration,  it  will  be  readily 
seen  that  the  book  moves  forward  like  the  unroliiug  of  a  vast 
panorama  of  the  Rebellion,  with  Mr.  Lossiug  as  the  clever 
and  entertaining  exhibitor  and  lecturer.  • 

It  is  a  volume  that  will  make  itself  a  necessity  in  every 
American  household,  if  it  be  eveu  to  the  exclusion  of  a  more 
careful  and  elaborate  history.  It  contains  the  everyday  story 
of  the  war  narrated  in  that  graphic  reportorial  style  which  is 
much  more  fascinating  to  the  average  reader  than  the  classic 
elegance  of  the  historian,  aud  is  perhaps  better  fitted  to  thi3 
comparatively  recent  chronicle.  The  illustrations,  over  600 
in  number,  comprise  all  objects  and  incidents  peculiar  to  the 
struggle,  and  form  a  running  pictorial  commentary.  When- 
ever the  eye  can  assist  the  reader  to  a  completer  understand- 
ing of  the  text,  we  have  a  drawing.  Weapons  of  war,  maps, 
and  plans  of  battle-grounds,  forts,  aud  fleets  and  arsenals, 
medals  of  houor,  costumes  of  soldiers,  flags,  banners,  badges, 
etc.,  follow  each  other  in  picturesque  succession,  From  these 
illustrations  alone,  a  child  could  gather  a  fair  idea  of  the  ob- 
ject of  the  book  and  the  subject  treated,  while  the  details 
themselves  are  sufficiently  accurate,  and  their  arrangement 
sufficiently  harmonious  to  engage  the  attention  of  the  most 
cultivated  reader. 

The  volume  is  handsomely  gotten  up,  with  fair  type  and 
broad  pages,  and  makes  a  reputable  appearance  on  any  library 
or  ceutie-table.  A.  Romau  &  Co.,  of  San  Francisco,  are  the 
agents,  aud  as  it  is  proposed  to  sell  the  work  by  subscription, 
the  reading  public  would  do  well  to  apply  to  them  early. 

The  Poetical  Works  of  Thomns  Hood.    New  York  :  Llurd 
<fc  J  lough  ton. 

In  this  solid  and  somewhat  too  plethoric  volume,  are  crowded 
all  the  poems  contained  in  the  English  (Moxon's)  collection 
of  Hood's  humorous  aud  sen',imeulal  verse,  as  well  as  iu  the 
four  volumes  of  Messrs.  Little  &  Brown's  series  of  the  British 
Poets.  It  is  called  the  -  People's  Editiou"--  but  aa  all  of 
Hood's  poems  really  belong  to  this  edition,  the  title  is  not 
distinctive.  We  have  here  the  noble  "  Pha  for  the  Midsum- 
mer Fairies,"  "  Hero  and  Leander,"  "  Ruth,"  and  "  Lycus  the 
Centaur  " — the  more  ambitious  aud  glowing  epics  of  those 
days  when  our  author  dreamed  of  fame,  and  before  the  sad. 
practical  experiences  ol  life  evolved  from  his  deeper  conscious- 
ness the  •'  Song  of  the  Shirt  "  and  "  The  Bridge  of  Sighs." 
Here,  too,  are  those  mirth-provoking  and  irresistible  ballads — 
the  "  Waterloo  Ballad,"  -Ben  Battle."  "The  Duel,"  "Lieu- 
tenant Luff;"  here,  too,  the  familiar  songs  in  which  the  tear 
and  smile  oddly  mingle— '•  J  Remember,  I  lieu, ember,"  "  0 
when  1  was  a  Tiny  boy  ;"  and  those  rarer  and  more  sustained 
efforts — "  Miss  Kilmansegg  "  which  has  enjoyed  the  sincerest 
flattery  of  having  been  unconsciously  imitated  by  all  succeed- 
ing comic  poets,  the  satirical  "  Tale  of  a  Trumpet,"  and  the 
capital  Spenserian  story  of  "  Love  aud  Lunacy."  The  "  unco 
good  "  will  learn  something  by  reading  the  "  Ode  to  Rue 
Wilson  Esq.,"  and  the  most  rigid  Sabbatarian  must  unbend 
and  relax  before  the  humorous  protest  against  shutting  up  the 
Zoological  Gardens  as  showu  in  "  Au  Open  Question,"  where 
he  is  told  that 

"  Ilium's  no  worse  than  bakiu'  on  a  Sunday." 

Hood  has  been  recognized  as  the  Laureate  of  the  Lowly,  as 
the  Philantrophist  and  Reformer,  purely  on  the  merit  of  his 
more  serious  pieces,  yet  his  most  humorous  poems,  written 
often  with  aching  heart  and  brain,  and  with  no  greater  appar- 
ent motive  than  that  of  earning  his  daily  bread,  are  full  of  a 
satirical  wisdom  aud  moral  truth  far  beyond  their  superficial 
show.  The  book  is  prefaced  by  a  brief  memoir  of  the  man 
whose  ashes  lie  iu  the.modest  sepulchre  at  Kensal  Green,  but 
'vIkim;  immortal  and  imperishable  remains  are  embalmed  in  the 
leaves  before  us. 


Hand  and  Glove.    By  Amelia  B.  Edwards.    New  York  : 

Harper  k  Brothers. 

The  clever  authoress  of  Miss  Carev— -that  admirable  col- 
lection of  short  stories  whicli  has  not  been  yet  surpassed  

does  uot  seem  to  be  as  happy  in  her  longer  and  more  ambitious 
Dovels.  Half  a  Million  of  Money,  thoogh  good,  was  not 
worthy  of  the  hand  that  drew  those  fascinating  sketches  which 
won  the  heart  of  the  ■'  adorable  Miss  Carew."  Hand  and 
Glove  is  a  •'  governess  "  story,  with  a  slight  leaning  toward 
Bronteism,  and  a  promiueut  character  whose  manners  are  a 
pleasing  mixture  of  Rochester  uud  M.  Puul  Emanuel.  Afas- 
ciuating  adventurer,  nominally  a  I'rotestaut  Episcopal  minis- 
ter but  really  an  escaped  couvict,  is  the  hero.  One  of  his 
hands  is  branded,  but  always  gloved  ;  hence  the  typical  sig- 
nificance of  the  title.  The  story  is  well  writteu,  aud  some  of 
the  descriptions  of  the  scenery  aud  customs  of  southern 
France  where  the  plot  is  laid,  are  excellently  drawn. 

Chandos.    By  the  anthor  of  Strathmore,  etc.    Philadelphia  : 
J.  B.  Jappincott  <te  Co. 

Hidden  Depths.    Philadelphia  :  J.  B.  Lippincott  &  Co. 

Love's  Conflict.    By  Florence  Marryat.    Boston  :  Loriug, 
Publisher. 


NOTE   FROM    "  E  M  S  T  A  I)  T . " 

San  Francisco,  June  29;  1866. 

EDITOR  California*  :  Your  order  for  "Sundries"  was 
received,  bat  1  am  indisposed — as  regards  writing — and 
shall  therefore  ask  a  postponement.  Meanwhile,  if  the  en- 
closed "  Reminiscence "  is  required  to  fill  Borne  obscure 
corner,  let  it  fill.  I  suppose  you  might  call  it  "  One-Half," 
as  it  relates  to  a  Fourth  long  since  gone  by,  and  the  Fourth 
which  will  greet  us  next  Wednesday. 

As  I  write,  a  "thing  "  occurs  to  me  which  might  furnish 
you  the  basis  of  two  or  three  conundrums.  You  are  welcome 
to  its  use,  editorially.  [We  beg  to  decline  adapting  "  Em- 
stadt's  "  "  sudden  inspiration  "  to  the  purposes  of  a  leader. 
— Ed.  Cal.|  You  see,  I  was  debating  whether  to  cut  this 
note  short  with  a  •'  Yours  Truly,"  or  to  imperil  my  life — pay 
or  no  pay — as  Miss  Rosa  Celeste  did  at  the  Cliff  last  Sunday, 
by  taking  a  little  more  rope,  when,  looking  from  my  window, 
I  perceived  a  street  car,  an  "  opposition  "  omnibus,  a  carpet 
wagon,  and  a  pet  poodle,  coming  up  street  abreast,  occupying 
the  entire  width  of  the  highway.  Public  convenience  and 
private  economy,  thought  I,  demand  that  they  be  consoli- 
dated. This  can  be  done  easily,  thus  :  But  the  poodle  in  the 
cur,  and  there  you  have  your  car  and  pet  (carpet,)  which  may 
be  placed  in  the  wagon.  As  to  the  omnibus,  that  is  peculiarly 
a  car  pet,  and  can  go  on  top  of  the  other  one.  (If  you  lay  this 
to  me,  please  send  a  ticket-of  leave,  as  I  shall  deem  it  prudent 
to  retire  to  the  country  for  a  few  days.  Tickets  can  be  pro- 
cured, "  four  for  a  quarter,"  at"  all  respectable  drng'stores.") 
Hut  1  promised  yon 

A  R  F.  M  I  H  I  S  C  B  X  C  E . 
The  "  Coining  Fourth  "  is  the  absorbing  topic  to-day.  A 
sti anger  to  our  customs  might  enquire  n<ho  is  expected  to 
cume  forth,  since  so  much  preparation  is  being  made  for  a 
public  reception.  Certainly,  not  another  I«izarus — he  would 
be  rather  '■  slow  "  for  our  times.  But,  if  that  whilom  heavy 
slumberer  have  no  lineal  descendent  or  namesake  to  whom  a 
command  to  come  forth  may  bo  addressed,  there  is  in  every 
man's  breast  some  sleeping  memory  that  will  be  awakened 
and  called  up  by  the  noises  and  smells  which  herald  the  day's 
approach.  One  of  my  recollections,  which  is  regularly  revived 
by  the  recurrence  of  patriotic  "  leaders,"  fire-crackers,  and 
the  tramping  of  our  bold  militia,  is  of  an  act  of  extraordinary 
generosity  whereof  1  was  the  recipient.  1  had  nearly  com- 
pleted my  first  year's  apprenticeship  ut  a  bnsine-s  which  has 
since  then  taken  turns  with  me  iu  supporting  each  other,  when 
tlie  "Glorious  Fourth"  made  its  advent  according  to  its 
usual  practice.  As  I  was  not  in  receipt  of  any  other  salary 
than  board  (save  and  except  lei  lures,  prayers,  and  grace  at 
meat,  tlie  which  I  was  graceless  enough  to  term  "  bored 
gratis,")  I  was  in  some  doubt  as  to  how  my  Fourth  would  go 
off.  My  employer's  liberality  was  of  that  quiet  cost  whijh 
seldom  pained  the  eye  with  its  glitter.  However,  after  break- 
fast, and  after  all  the  offerings  appropriate  to  the  occasion  bad 
been  made  at  the  family  altar,  my  lears  were  dissipated — •/ho 
only  dissipation  my  tender  years  would  warrant.  The  boom- 
ing of  cannon,  the  rattling  of  cider  and  cake  wagons  o'er  tbe 
stony  street,  the  shouts  of  playmates  on  their  way  to  "  the 
Fourth,"  mingled  with  the  welcome  tones  of  my  kind  "old 
boss,"  as  he  opened  :  "  Well,  Knistadt,  you  know  you  have 
holiday — you  need  not  go  to  the  shop— merely  saw  up  wood 
enough  to  last  a  couple  of  'lays,  and  then  you  can  go  and 
celebrate."  I  iulormed  bin  that  I  had  done  the  "  fiddliug  " 
the  night  previous.  "  Ah  !  then,  1  suppose,  your  are  wailing 
for  some  spending  money?"  "Yes,  sir,  if  you  please." 
"  Well,  well  ;  you  have  been  a  good  boy,  and  deserve  encour- 
agement. Here's  a  sixpence.  Take  it — spend  it  freely — it's 
all  yours  ;  but,  Emstadt,  for  your  own  good,  let  mo  caution 
you  on  one  point :  Don't  overload  your  stomach  with  trash  1" 

Emstadt. 


June  30th) 


THJK  CALIFORNIA^. 


9 


IN  I  GOINGS. 

Giiajiplain,  May  30,  1866. 

WHEN  I  think  where  I  am  and  remember  where  I  was, 
I  start  iu  surprise  and  say  to  myself,  Can  I  indeed 

be  here  ? 

It  seems  but  yesterday  that  I  sat  in  that  dark  and  dingy 
office,  over  whoso  walls  it  might  "  surely  "  be  written  that 
there  is  a  vein  for  the  slivers  and  a  place  for  dust  where  they 
find  it ;  and  now,  behold,  I  am  five  or  six  thousand  miles 
away.  Not  being  the  Persian  prince  of  the  Arabiau  Nights 
story,  who  had  nothing  to  do  but  to  seat  himself  on  a  piece  of 
carpet  and  wish  himself  there  when  he  wanted  to  be  any- 
where, it  is  tittle  wonder  that  now  and  then  I  look  around 
like  the  puzzled  country  fellow  in  the  familiar  rhyme,  asking 
"  Be  I  Giles  .Jones,  or  .lie  l.uot '!" 

For  indeed  "  if  I  be  he  I  've  lost  "  a  newspaper  ;  "  if  not 
I 've  found  "  a  farm. .  .  _„_ 

I  like  farms.  The  breath  of  the  cows  is  so  sweet,  and  milk 
rattles  so  merrily  in  the  pails  of  mornings.  "  So,  so,  Boss," 
1  hear  the  dairy-maid  say  under  my  window.  The  cow  never 
says  much  in  reply,  but  as  I  have  never  yet  seen  her  sow,  and 
put  no  faith  in  her  reaping,  I've  an  idea  she  minds  the  dairy- 
maid's words  less  than  she  does  the  flies,  for  the  latter  she 
switches  away  from  her  ears  with  her  tail. 

Her  claim  to  the  title  of  "Boss"  she  emphatically  as- 
serted the  other  morning,  by  kicking  both  dairy-maid  and 
pail  over  and  charging  wildly  about  the  lawn,  to  the  confu- 
sion of  the  clothes  that  lay  there  bleaching. 

I've  an  idea  that  the  lawn  dresses  of  the  feminine  element 
of  the  household  will  all  be  "  gored  "  after  the  latest  pattern. 
If  any  of  my  new  shirts  come  in  from  the  green  with  either 
bosoms  or  tails  cut  a  lu  vache,  I  have  a  presentiment  that  a 
considerable  quantity  of  beef  will  be  thrown  on  the  market 
very  suddenly. 

The  weather  is. scarcely  what  I  expected  to  find.  "  It  is 
delightful,"  wrote  my  sister.  "  We  have  had  warm  refreshing 
rains,  and  everything  is  green." 

I  was  green  enough  to  leave  New  York  and  venture  up 
here  in  the  country  apon  that  artful  recommendation.  "Warm 
rains,"  indeed !  Often  as  they  tell  about  warm  rains,  I've 
never  seen  one  yet,  and  only  remember  one  as  being  authen- 
tically recorded  in  history— the  rain  that  fell  on  Sodom  and 
Gomorrah.  It  has  rained  every  day  since  I  arrived  here,  and 
the  drops  are  as  cold  as  hailstones  ar.d  as  big  and  heavy  as 
grindstones.  To-day's  papers  never  get  here  till  to-morrow, 
and  the  only  regular  amusement  is  a  circus,  which  comes 
round  every  Fourth  of  J  uly.  This  year  the  programme  has 
been  slightly  varied  by  a  panorama  of  Paradise  Lost. 

Kve  was  represented  Stl  ijntud  lemw  dress  decollolee,  a 
chaine  Benoitoni  about  her  waist,  a  parasol  over  her  head, 
and  immense  quantities  of  back  hair.  This  leads  me  to  im- 
agine that  the  first  Pall  was  a  Waterfall. 

Adam  was  not  so  well  treated.  The  artist  had  only  given 
him  corduroy  breeches  and  a  red  flannel  shirt — as  lor  coat, 
he  had  to  be  satisfied  with  a  coat  of  paint.  In  the  second 
scene  he  was  represented  with  a  wheelbarrow,  picking  up 
chips  for  a  living. 

The  serpent,  wound  spirally  round  a  pole. bore  great  resem- 
blauce  to  a  hoop-skirt,  and  I  do  not  know  but  that  the  artist 
had  the  modern  temptation  of  dress  in  his  mind  when  he  sat 
at  his  easel. 

On  the  whole,  the  impression  left  upon  my  mind  by  that 
Paradise  is  one  of  pleasure  that  it  was  Lost,  and  a  sincere 
hope  that  it  may  never  again  bo  Pound. 

Seriously,  though,  I  am  having  a  very  good  time  of  it. 
This  is  a  dear,  quiet,  pleasant  little  place,  nestled  down  on 
the  banks  of  a  beautiful  river  at  the  foot  of  smiling  green- 
clad  hills — and  on  one  of  these  hills  the  Chateau  de  lnigo 
stands.  There  are  trout  in  the  streams,  partridges  iu  the 
woods  and  pretty  girls  in  the  village.  Having  a  mother  and 
sisters,  brothers,  nieces,  nephews  and  cousins  without  num- 
ber, I  am  strong  in  the  circle  of  my  fortifications.  Moreover, 
it  is  my  early  home,  and  all  the  village  seems  glad  to  see  me. 
This,  perhaps,  is  the  advantage  of  having  always  lived  abroad. 

How  curious  it  is  to  return  to  one's  old  home  and  find  the 
old  landmarks  and  old  people  all  unchanged — the  young  ones 
so  wonderfully  changed.  Little  girls,  for  instance,  that  a  few 
years  ago  I  trotted  on  my  knee,  are  young  ladies  now,  and 
would  scarcely  accept  that  substitute  for  a  horse.  The  old 
church  looks  the  same  as  ever,  and  I  am  confident  that  the 
hands  of  the  clock  which  graces  its  tower  have  not  moved 
during  my  absence.  The  stone  schoolhouse  is  gone,  having 
given  place  to  a  structure  of  red  brick,  with  gothic  windows, 
two  doors,  and  a  "  primary  department."  If  I  remember 
rightly  it  was  all  one  in  my  day,  and  little  Goody  Twoshoes 
spelled  out  her  alphabet  at  one  end  of  a  bench,  while  her  old- 
est brother  solved  some  elegant  problem  in  vulgar  fractions 
at  the  other. 

But  oh,  this  wretched,  wretched  weather !  A  party  was 
planned  to  visit  Chataquay  Lake  this  morninir,  but  with  a 
deluge  tailing  about  one's  ears,  why  go  seek  a  lake  ? 

Chataquay  Lake  is  about  forty-five  miles  from  this  place  ; 
it  long  was  celebrated  for  the  fishing  aud  hunting  which  its 


waters  and  banks  afforded,  and  of  late,  since  the  completion  days,  too  !  One  hundred  dollars  for  a  not  very  swell  suit,  and 
of  the  Ogdensburg  railroad,  near  the  line  of  which  it  is  loca-  a  hundred  dollars  a  dozen  for  shirts  ;  twelve  dollars  for  Oxford- 


ted,  it  has  been  a  great  resort  for  sportsmen.  Years  ago  we 
used  to  start  out  iu  .parties  of  four  or  five,  takiug  a  lumber 
wagon,  provisions,  and  all  the  maleriale  for  a  camp.  And 
then  for  weeks  we  remained  embowered  in  the  woods,  bagging- 
pigeons  and  partridges,  stalking  deer,  and  whipping  the  still 
waters  with  our  home-made  flies.  Now  city  sportsmen  make 
their  haunt  there,  bringing  out  with  them  no  end  of  patent 
rods  and  reels  and  lines  and  fancy  guns,  but  getting  few  fish 
and  very  little  game.  Probably  the  sport  is  not  so  good  as 
formerly,  but  still  it  is  reported  as  being  excellent,  aud  parties 
of  ladies  and  gentlemen  go  thither  and  have  fine  times.  A 
friend  managed  to  fan  me  into  a  fever  of  excitement  yester- 
day by  the  story  of  a  ten-pound  trout  that  he  took  trolling 
there  last  summer ;  and  now,  when  a  campaign  had  been 
planned,  it  rains  and  seems  to  have  set  in  for  a  week.  Of 
course  this  materially  interferes  with  our  plans,  for  it  is  well 
known  that  trout  will  not  rise  to  a  fly  in  a  shower.  Probably 
they  are  afraid  of  getting  wet. 

Nevertheless,  unpleasant  though  the  weather  be,  and  mo- 
notonous as  life  in  a  country  village  always  is,  one  has  at 
least  the  satisfaction  of  knowing  that  he  has  done  the  correct 
thing  in  coining  up  here.  For  outside  relatives,  like  mothers, 
sisters,  etc.,  have  a  certain  claim  upou  one's  politeness,  and 
should  be  visited  occasionally,  it  only  for  form's  sake. 

Great  excitement  has  been  produced  this  afternoon  by  the 
coming  of  a  troupe  of  minstrels.  They  marched  into  the 
village  as  a  brass  band — 

"  Sonorous  music  blowing  martial  sounds — " 
each  member  wearing  a  red  cap  upon  his  head.  As  the  un- 
usual sounds  were  heard,  windows  went  up  aud  wondering 
faces  looked  out ;  old  and  young  ran  into  the  street,  and 
speculation  was  rife  among  the  old  ladies  as  to  what  the  dem- 
onstration meant.  At  first  I  think  the  minstrels  were  mis- 
taken for  Fenians — this  is  near  the  Canada  border,  you  must 
know — and  it  was  supposed  that  an  immediate  invasion  of 
the  Proviuces  was  contemplated. 

(Apropos  of  the  Fenians  :  I  saw  the  great  Head  Centre  in 
New  York,  and  was  introduced  to  him.  He  seemed  quite 
delighted  on  being  told  that  "  Wearin'  the  Green"  was  the 
popular  air  in  San  Francisco.  I  much  regretted  that  Setchell 
was  not  along  with  me,  to  sing  "  The  Eatin'  of  the  Greens" 
for  his  edification.) 

It  suddenly  occurs  to  me  that  I  have  told  you  little  or 
nothing  of  the  trip  after  leaving  Panama.  It  can  all  be 
summed  up  in  a  very  lew  words  :  Delightful  weather,  splendid 
steamer,  and  a  nifty  old  time  generally.  At  Aspinwall  we 
took  passage  on  the  New  York  for  New  York,  and  a  few  of 
our  passengers  kept  crying  "  New  York"  until  we  reached 
that  city.  For  a  minute  description  of  the  balance  of  the 
voyage  behold,  is  it  not  all  embodied  in  a  "  screed  "  which 
"the  Governor"  thought  "too  long  for  the  Times,"  though 
"  very  ainu.Vmg,"  which  I  accordingly  carried  out  into  Egypt 
and  sold  to  the  Bedouin3.  It  should  be  published  by  this 
time,  and  if  it  be  and  should  turu  up  among  any  of  your  ex- 
changes, for  want  of  less  interesting  matter  you  can  transfer 
it  to  your  columns.  [Kxtraots  from  the  article  to  which 
"lnigo"  here  refers  w:ll  be  found  on  our  12th  page.] 

I  never  write  the  name  New  York  without  regret — that  is, 
when  away  from  it.  And  yet,  when  there,  it  scarcely  fills  my 
idea  of  happiness.  There  is  so  much  of  it !  The  city  has 
grown  in  my  absence.  On  first  landing  I  felt  strange  and 
lonely,  and  actually  looked  San  Francisco-wards  with  regret. 
The  streets  seemed  full  of  strangers.  I  wondered  what  had 
become  of  all  the  friends  I  left  beliiud  me.  Turn  which  way 
I  would  in  my  first  walk  of  a  dozen  blocks,  not  a  familiar  face 
greeted  me.  And  this  is  the  feeliug  of  all  Californians  on 
first  landing.  But  at  the  "  Metropolitan"  we  all  found  chums. 
First  in  the  proprietors — whose  name  should  be  Legion  in- 
stead of  Leland,  for  they  man  the  hotel,  fore  and  aft,  from 
their  own  family.  Besides  the  hotel  seems  to  be  the  head- 
quarters of  all  Californians.  Let  me  try  and  tell  you  whom 
1  met  there  the  morning  aud  evening  of  my  arrival  :  A.  A. 
Selover,  James  Street,  John  Perry  Jr.,  Harry  Piatt,  Sherry 
Oorbyn,  Billy  Birch,  Charley  Backus,  Dave  Wambold,  Mulf 
Nickersou,  John  Leach,  Tom  Fiske,  Abe  Holstead,  Jo  Ander- 
son, Michel  Augelo— not  Michel,  perhaps,  but  an  Angelo  at 
any  rate  who  is  publishing  pen  pictures  of  Idaho— Elisha 
Teakle,  George  Alexander,  Bob  Morrow,  Jim  Eon;  Johnuy 
Wilson — but  1  haven't  time  to  call  over  all  the  roll.  Besides 
a  goodly  lot  of  our  passengers  were  housed  there.  My  old 
friend  G.  K.  Fitch  and  family,  L.  R.  Towusend  and  wife,  Mr. 
Swift  and  family,  Emily  Thorne,  Mrs.  and  Miss  Ferris,  Jim 
Monro,  Mr.  iShiels,  Mr.  Moore,  Mr.  Wheeler,  Col.  Benjamin, 
Paymaster  Boggs— aud  many  others  too  numerous  to  men- 
tion. There  was  quite  a  family  of  us,  though  I  regret  to  say 
that  by  this  time  the  family  is  about  as  widely  scattered  'as  it 
could  have  been  had  a  package  of  nilro-glyceriue  been  tamped 
and  fired  in  the  centre  of  the  circle. 

We  found  the  weather  quite  cold  and  unpleasant,  but  after 
a  day  or  two  it  warmed  up,  the  sun  shone,  and  those  who  had 
credit  with  tailors  were  enabled  to  display  their  good  clothes 
on  the  street.    Pretty  prices  they  charge  for  clothes  now-a 


tie  shoe3  :  twenty  dollars  for  boots.  Blessed  indeed  are  the 
clothes  makers  iu  these  times.  How  I  congratulated  myself 
on  the  far-sighted  policy  which  has  always  prompted  me  to 
make  punctual  payments  to  tailors  el  id  genus  omne.  For 
verily  Porter  persisted  in  dressing  me  like  a  prince  and  as  yet 
has  not  sent  in  any  bill :  Who  disputes  the  eternal  truth  that 
Honesty  is  the  best  policy  ?  Surely  no  one  will  who  has 
tried  both. 

I  witnessed  the  burning  of  the  Academy  of  Music  in  New 
York.  The  opera  was  that  incomparably  slow  one  of  Halevy's 
— La  Juive — and  I  had  sat  it  through  faithfully.  The  Jewess 
fell  into  the  cauldron  and  the  curtain  upon  the  stage  simulta- 
neously at  about  twenty-five  minutes  to  twelve.  Turnbull  and 
I  had  just  got  comfortably  seated  at  the  Metropolitan,  cigars 
lighted  and  our  feet  considerably  above  our  heads — an  Ameri- 
can idea  of  bliss  which  1  was  endeavoring  to  impress  upon 
that  obdurate  Englishman — when  the  alarm  struck.  Seeing 
the  glare  of  the  flames  on  the  stores  opposite  we  turned  out, 
and  ran  with  the  machines.  Judge  of  our  surprise  on  finding 
that  the  Academy  to  whose  brilliancy  we  had  so  lately  con- 
tributed the  light  of  our  presence  was  on  fire.  All  efforts  to 
save  it  were  vain — our  firemen  could  find  excelleut  situations 
in  New  York  I  think — and  slowly  but  surely  it  burned  away. 
It  was  a  good  fire  while  it  lasted,  aud  it  lasted  until  morning 
was  bright.  And  both  my  companion  and  myself  got  wet 
through  by  the  bursting  of  a  hose — he  enjoying  the  additional 
fortune  of  being  kicked  in  the  stomach  by  an  angry  and  rather 
drunken  fireman — catching  severe  colds  which,  like  the  scent 
of  the  roses  to  the  shattered  vase,  "  cling  to  us  still." 

I  had  a  few  other  things  to  write — many  other,  in  .fact — 
intending  to  tell  you  of  the  excitement  which  a  monkey  and 
parroquet  that  I  brought  from  the  Isthmus  have  made  in  the 
village.  As  yet  I  am  unable  to  decide  whether  the  many 
calls  with  which  the  Chateau  de  lnigo  is  honored  are  meant 
for  me  or  for  the  monkey.  With  my  native  modesty,  I  am 
content  to  divide  the  odd  trick,  and  call  the  honors  easy. 
The  odd  trick  by  right  should  belong  to  him,  for  he  certainly 
has  more  odd  tricks  than  any  other  animal  that  ever  before 
fell  under  my  observation.  My  little  niece  does  not  like  the 
new  pet  at  all.  She  had  a  world  of  pets  before — white  rab- 
bits with  pink  eyes,  kittens,  canary  birds,  and  all  that  and 
those.  Mr.  monkey  has  pulled  out  what  little  stumps  of  tails 
-the  rabbits  had,  and  has  snatched  the  kitten  bald-headed, 
while  the  parroquet  has  made  it  very  warm  for  the  canary 
birds.  Fanny  says  she  hopes  Uncle  Charlie  won't  ever  come 
home  agaiu  bringing  such  pets.  If  the  monkey  would  but 
die  from  a  fit  of  indigestion,  consequent  upon  eating  the  par- 
rot, I  think  that  Fanny's  cup  of  happiness  would  be  complete. 

If  I  had  time,  I'd  tell  you  how  Bret  and  Mark  Twain  are 
appreciated  in  New  York,  and  what  a  warm  welcome  and 
open  field  await  those  two  worthies  whenever  they  choose  to 
effect  a  change  of  base  and  transfer  their  lines  of  communica- 
tion to  this  coast.  I  could  tell  you  what  The  Californian 
is  thought  of  in  the  metropolis,  how  several  authorities  declare 
both  orally  and  in  print  that  it  is  the  best  literary  journal  on 
the  continent,,  and  advise  its  transfer  to  New  York.  But 
modesty  checks  me,  as  usual.  However, you  will  have  already 
seen  what  the  Boudoir  says  of  Mr.  Iris  Miller's  articles  upon 
flowers  and  gardening.  And  now,  dear  Californian  au 
revoir.    When  I  next  write  you,  it  will  be  from  Gotham. 

Lnigo. 


Freedom  of  tfie  City. — We  are  pleased  to  know  that  the 
Board  of  Supervisors,  in  the  exercise  of  their  customary 
courtesy,  have  tendered  to  the  latest  distinguished  visitors  to 
California — the  officers  of  the  war  vessels,  Vanderbilt  and 
Monadnock — the  "  Freedom  of  the  City."  From  eminent 
strangers  to  whom  this  -somewhat  vague  compliment  has  been 
offered  heretofore,  we  are  informed  that  it  entitles  the  persons 
so  favored  to  lodge  at  the  best  hotels,  sup  at  the  best  restau- 
rant-), drive  the  best  horses,  aud  enjoy  oneself  absolutely  ac- 
cording to  the  best  opportunities  presented  in  the  vicinity, 
providing  always  that  the  party  so  enjoying  duly  meet  his 
obligations  and  keep  the  peace.  To  inquisitive  persons  who 
wish  to  know  in  what  consists  the  difference  between  this  high 
complement  as  extended  by  cities  ot  Europe  to  distinguished 
guests  and  as  proffered  by  this  city,  we  have  to  say,  that  in 
the  old  cities  of  the  old  world,  the  "  Freedom  of  the  City  " 
is  extended  generally  in  a  gold  snuff-box,  but  iu  San  Francisco 
it  is  exteuded  in  a  horn. 


The  "  Fourth  "  is  to  be  thoroughly  celebrated  in  this  city. 
All  the  civic  and  military  associations  have  tendered  a  prompt 
acceptance  of  the  invitation  to  join  in  the  celebration.  The 
route  of  the  procession,  which  will  be  much  shorter  than  usual, 
will  termiuate  at  the  Metropolitan  Theatre,  on  Montgomery 
street,  where  following  exercises  will  be  held  : 


-By  Rev.  H.  Goodwin, 
the  Declaration  of  Independence- 


-By  Nathan 


1.  Prayer- 

2.  Readily 
Porter,  Esq. 

3.  Oration— By  A.  L.  Stone,  D.  D. 

4.  Poem— By  Mr.  W.  A.  Kendall. 

In  the  evening!  the  grand  pyrotechuic  exhibition,  got  up  by 
Church  &  Clark,  will  take  place  at  the  junction  of  Market, 
Seventh  and  McAllister  streets. 


10 


THE    CALIFO  RNIAN. 


|  June  30th 


UNITED  STATES  STAMP  DUTIES. 
As  Amended  March  3,  1865. 

CABEFfLLr  REVISED  AND   CORRECTED    FOB   THE  CAUFORXIAX 


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instrument  shall  be  deemed  invalid  and  of  no  effect ; 
or  for  counterfeiting  stamps  or  dies,  $1,000,  and  im- 
prisonment to  hard  labor  not  exceeding  live  years. 
For  makiug,  signing,  issuing,  accepting,  or  paviug 
any  bill  of  exchange,  draft,  order,  or  note  without 
Btamp,  $200.  For  selling  proprietary  cosmetics, 
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Bills  of  Exchange,  (inlaud,)  or  draft  otherwise 
tuan  at  sight  or  on  demand,  or  promissory  note 
except  bank  notes  for  circulation,)  or  any 
memorandum,  check  or  receipt,  or  any  evi- 
dence of  an  amount  of  money  payable  on  de- 
mand or  at  a  designated  time,  for  a  sum  not 

exceeding  $100   05 

Every  additional  $100,  or  fractional  part.  ..  05 

Bill  of  Exchange,  (foreign,)  or  letter  of  credit, 
drawn  in,  but  payable  out  of  the  U.  S.,if 
drawn  singly,  the  same  rates  as  inland  bills  of 
exchange,  or  promissorv  notes. 

If  drawn  in  sets  of  three  or  more,  for  each 
bill  of  the  set,  where  the  sum  shall  not  ex- 
ceed $100  or  its  equivalent  in  any  foreign  cur- 
rency in  which  such  bill  may  be  expressed, 
according  to  the  standard  value  fixed  by  U.  S.  02 
Every  additional  $100,  or  fractional  part...  02 

Bill  of'Lading,  or  receipt  for  any  merchandise 
or  eftects,  to  be  exported  to  a  foreign  port  or 
place   10 

Bill  of  Sale,  conveying  any  ship  or  vessel,  or 
any  part  thereof,  where  the  considerationdoes 

not  exceed  $500   50 

For  every  additional  $500,  or  fractional  part 
thereof   50 

Bill  of  Sale  of  personal  property  other  than 
ships  or  vessels   05 

Bond,  indemnifying  any  person  for  the  payment 
of  money,  where  the  amount  recoverable  is 

$1,000  or  less   50 

For  every  additional  $1,000,  or  fractional 
part  thereof.   50 

Bond  for  the  due  performance  of  the  duties  of 
any  office   I  00 

Bond  of  any  other  description,  except  such  as 
may  be  required  in  legal  proceedings,  or  used 
in  connection  with  mortgage  deeds,  and  not 
otherwise  charged  in  this  schedule   25 

Charter-Party,  ship,  vessel  or  steamer,  not  over 
150  tons,  $1  ;  150  to  300  tons,  $3  :  300  to  600 
tons,  $5;  over  600  tons  10  00 

Certificate  of  Profits,  or  any  memorandum  show- 
ing an  interest  in  property,  or  accumulations 
of  any  incorporated  company,  for  a  sum  not 

less  than  $10  nor  exceeding  $50.   10 

Exceeding  $50  and  not  $1 ,000   25 

For  every  additional  $1,000  or  fract'al  part  25 

Certificate  of  Damage,  and  all  other  certificates 
or  documents  issued  by  Port  Wardens  or  Ma- 
rine Surveyors,  or  other  persons  acting  as  such  25 

Certificate  ol  Deposit,  not  exceeding  the  sum  of 
$100,  2  cents  ;  exceeding  $100   05 

Certificate  of  stock  in  any  incorporated  coinp'y,  25 

Certificates,  other  than  specified   05 

Contract,  broker's  note  or  memorandum  of  sale 
of  goods,  stocks,  bonds,  exchange  notes  of 
hand,  real  estate,  or  other  description  of  prop- 
erty, issued  by  any  person  acting  as  a  broker, 
for  each  note  "or  memorandum  of  sale   10 

Deed  or  Conveyance  of  Real  Estate,  value  not 
over  $500,  oOc.  ;  every  additional  $500,  or 
fractional  part  thereof   50 

Entry  of  Goods  at  any  custom-house,  value  not 
over  $100,  25c;  over  $100  and  not  over  $500, 

50c;  over  $500  1  00 

For  the  withdrawal  of  goods  from  bonded 
warehouse   50 

Gauger's  Returns,  quarterly,  for  quantity  not 
over  500  galls,  gross,  10c. ;  over  oOO  galls,  gr.  25 

Insurance  (Marine,  Inland  and  Fire)  policy  or 
renewal,  premium  not  over  $10,  10c;  $10  to 
$50,  25c.  ;  over  $50,  50c.  ;  Life  policy,  under 
$l,000,25c;  $1,000  to  $5,000,  50c;  over  $5,000.1  00 

Lease  of  lands  or  tenements,  rent  not  over  $300 
per  annum,  50c. ;  each  add'l  $200  or  fraction.  50 

Manifest,  cargo  to  foreign  port,  registered  ton 
nage  not  over  300  tons,  $1  ;  over  300  and  not 
over  600,  $3:  over  600  tons  5  00 

Measurer's  Returns,  for  quantity  not  over  1,000 
bushels,  10c;  over  1,000  bushels   25 

Mortgage,  Trust  deed,  or  personal  bond  for  pay- 
ment of  mouey,  $100  to  $500.  50c;  each  addi- 
tional $500  :   50 

Each  assignment  of  mortgage,  lease  or  pol- 
icy of  insurance,  or  renewal  of  the  same, 
is  subject  to  same  duties  as  the  original. 

Medicines  or  Preparations,  Perfumery  and  Cos- 
metics— Every  package,  box,  bottle,  etc.,  re- 
tailing for  25c.  or  less   01 

Each  additional  25c.  or  fractional  part  there- 
of, up  to  $1,  lc;  each  additional  50c.  or 
fractional  part  thereof,  over  $1   02 

Playing  Cards — Each  pack,  price  not  over  18c, 
2c;  from  18  to  25c,  4c  ;  25  to  50c,  10c;  50c. 
to  $1,  15c. ;  each  additional  50c.  or  fractional 
part  thereof   05 

Photographs,  Ambrotypes,  Daguerreotypes  or 
Sun  Piciures,  npon  each,  retailing  for  25c.  or 
less,  2c;  over  25  and  not  over  50c,  5c;  over 
50c.  and  not  over  $1,  3c;  each  additional  $1 
or  fractional  part  thereof   05 

Passage  Ticket  to  foreign  port,  cost  not  over  $35, 
50c. :  over  $35  and  not  over  $50,  $1 ;  every  ad- 
ditional $50  or  fractional  part  thereof  1  00 

Power  of  Attorney  to  sell  or  transfer  stock,  scrip, 

bonds,  or  collect  divideads  or  int.  thereon  25 
To  vote  for  officers  of  incorporated  comp'y  or 
society  not  religious,  charitable  or  literary, 

or  public  cemeteries   10 

To  receive  or  collect  rents   25 

To  sell,  convey,  rent  or  lease  real  estafc  ]  00 

For  any  other  purpose   SO 


Probate  of  Will,  or  letters  of  administration,  es- 
tate  not  over  $2,000,  $1 ;    each  additional 

$1,000  or  fractional  part  thereof.   50 

Protest  of  note,  bill,  acceptance  etieck  or  draft,  25 
Promissory  Note — See  Bill  of  Exchange,  inland. 
Receipt  for  payment  of  money  or  debt  over  $20, 
not   being   for  satisfaction  of  mortgage, 
judgment  or  decree  of  Court,  and  receipt 

for  the  delivery  of  property   02 

Warehouse,  for  property  stored,  not  over  $500 
in  value,  10c.  ;  $o00  to  $1,000,  20c.  ;  every 

additional  $1,000   10 

For  any  goods  held  iu  storage,  and  not  other- 
wise provided  for   25 

Weigher's  Returns,  up  to  5,000  lbs.,  10c. ;  oyer 

5,000  lbs.   25 

Writs,  or  original  process,  for  commencing  suit 
in  Court  of  record,  and  in  Court  not  of  rec- 
ord, when  amount  claimed  is  $100  or  over, 
except  before  Justices  of  the  Peace,  or  in 
court  of  no  greater  jurisdiction  us  to  dam- 
ages, or  in  suit  commenced  by  the  United 

States  or  any  State   50 

Upon  every  confession  of  judgment,  or  cogno- 
vit, for  $100  or  over,  except  where  tax  for 

a  writ  has  been  paid   50 

Writs  or  process  on  appeal  from  Justice's 
courts  and  other  courts  of  inferior  jurisdic- 
tion to  courts  of  record   50 

Warrant  of  distress — rent  claimed  under  $100, 
25c;  over  $100   50 


JJRITISH  PERIODICALS. 


The  London  Quarterly  Review  (Conserv- 
ative.) 

TnE  Edinburgh  Review  (Whig.) 
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The  interest  of  these  Periodicals  to  American 
readers  is  rather  increased  than  diminished  by  the 
articles  they  contain  on  our  late  Civil  War,  and 
though  sometimes  tinged  with  prejudice,  they  may 
still,  considering  their  great  ability,  and  the  different 
stand  points  from  which  they  are  written,  be  read 
and  studied  with  advantage  by  the  people  of  this 
country,  of  every  creed  and  party. 

TERMS  FOR  1866. 

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For  any  two  of  the  Reviews,  per  annum  7 

For  any  three  of  the  Reviews,  per  annum  10 

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Blackwood  and  three  of  the  Reviews,  per  annum.  13 
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CLUBS. 

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clubs  of  four  or^more  pursons.  ThuB,  four  copies  of 
Blackwood,  or  of  one  Review,  will  be  sent  to  one 
address  for  $12  80.  Four  copies  of  the  four  Reviews 
and  Blackwood,  for  $48,  ana  so  on. 

postage. 

When  sent  by  mail,  the  Postage  to  any  part  of  the 
Union  will  be  but  Tirenty-fmtr  Cents  a  year  for 
Blackwood,  and  but  JCigkt  Cents  a  year  for  each 
of  the  Reviews 

REDUCED   PRICES    FOR  PREVIOUS  YEARS. 

Subscribers  may  obtain  the  Reprints  immediately 
preceding  1866,  as  follows,  viz: 

Blackwood  from  September,  1864,  to  December, 
1865,  inclusive,  at  the  rate  of  $2  50  a  vear. 

The  North  British  from  January,  lf$65,  to  Decem- 
ber, 1865,  inclusive  ;  the  Edinburgh  and  the  West- 
minster from  April,  1864,  to  December,  1865,  inclu- 
sive, and  the  London  Quarterly  for  the  year  1865,  at 
the  rate  of  $1  50  a  year  for  each  or  any  Review. 

A  few  copies  yet  remain  of  all  the  Four  Reviews 
for  1863  at  $4  a  eel,  or  $1  50  for  any  one. 

LEONARD  SCOTT  &.  CO.",  Publishers, 
38  Walker  street, New  York. 


G 


RE  AT  ATTRACTION! 


M 


THE 

FASHIONS, 

ARE   ALL   THE  GO! 


Lamott, 


Hatter, 


IS  NOW  THE  MAX  !    HE  IS  READY  WITH  HIS 
BROADWAY  STYLES  FOR  THE 

Spring  of  I8b'6. 

JUST  SEE  THE  DIFFERENCE  between  his  styles  and 
the  others  iu  this  city.  There  is  style  about  his  Hals  that 
does  not  appear  in  others. 

FACTS  ARE    STUBBORN    THINGS  I 

LAMOTT,  227  Russ  Block,  is  bound  to  be  the  LEADER 
of  Fashions. 

LAMOTT  S  SPRING  STYLES 

show  taste.  It  ib  a  good  thing  that  you  have  a  man 
among  you  who  is  willing  to  take  a  stand  outside  of  oth- 
ers, to  introduce  a  style  that  is  new,  abd  not  follow  in  the 
wake  of  uthers  thai  are  ahout  one  year  hebiud  the  times. 

GO  TO  HIS  STORE  FOR  A  HAT, 

No.  220  Montgomery  xtrcet, 

and  get  something  that  is  new.  jc22-3m 


pisco  I 

6.  &  F.  MARTELL'S  COGNAC  ; 

JAMES  HE.VNESSY'S  Cognac  ; 
STEAMBOAT  GIN  ; 
OLD  TOM  GIN  ; 

IRISH  WHISKY, 

from  Bond  direct. 
Fcr  sale  by  V.  SQARZA, 

J*  Lied  street, "*an  Francisco. 


QCCIDENTAL 

HOMESTEAD 

Association, 

office,  305  montgomery  street. 

Capital  Stock,  $33,660. 


102  SHARES  $330  EACH. 


This  Association  was  formed  to  enable  its  mem- 
bers to  obtain  desirable  homestead  lots  m  this  city  at  a 
cheap  and  easy  rate,  paying  lor  the  same  by  regular 
monthly  instalments. 

For  this  purpose  they  have  purchased  Blocks  409,  500, 
and  501,  iu  the  Western  Addition  to  this  ci'y,  bounded  by 
Devisadero,  Pine,  Brodenck  and  Clay  streets. 

Subscribers  will  pay  an  initiation  fee  of  $5  on  each 
sharo  taken,  to  form  a  fund  for  defraying  current  ex- 
penses, and  $11  per  month  for  thirty  months,  commen- 
cing in  April,  1S68. 

The  property  is  within  three  blocks  of  the 
TURK  STREET  RAILROAD, 

IS  NEARLY  ALL  ON  THE  GRADE, 
and  is  most  desirably  located  for  Homestead  pur|x>ses. 

It  is  directly  east  from  the  lands  of  the  California 
Association. 

The  properly  has  been  purchased  on  very  reasonable 
terms,  and  oftors  a  rare  opportunity  for  Investment. 

A  number  of  floe  houses  are  In  process  of  erection,  and 
streets  are  being  graded  near  this  property,  which  will 
greatly  increase  its  value. 

When  twelve  monthly  payments  have  been  made,  the 
property  will  be  divided  among  the  members  in  the  usual 
manner,  and  each  shareholder  will  receive  a  contract  for 
a  deed  to  the  lot  or  lots  to  which  he  may  be  entitled,  and 
have  the  privilege  of  taking  immediate  possession  of  the 
same.  | 

The  lots  av*ragc  27  feet  in  front  by  120  feet  in  depth 
The  wbole  amount  due  upon  any  lot  may  be  paid  at  any 
time,  and  discount  at  the  rate  of  one  and  one-half  per 
cent.  per#mooth  will  be  deducted  therefrom. 

Persons  wishing  to  visit  the  lands  of  this  Association 
will  take  the  Tunc  street  cars  to  Bevisadero  street,  and 
thence  go  northerly  along  Dcvisadero  to  Pine  street. 

Twenty  thousand  dollars  of  the  capital  slocK  is  taken, 
and  the  books  are  open  for  subscription  to  the  balance  at 
I  he  office  of  the  Secretary,  where  the  Official  Map  of  the 
Association  can  be  seen,  and  lull  particulars  obtaiuod. 

The  Title  to  this  Property  is  Perfect. 

J.  8.  LUTY,  Secretary, 
Office,  305  Montgomery  street,  corner  of  Pine, 
myl9-3m  Rooms  2  and  6. 


£J0YS!    BOYS!  BOYS! 

NOW  IS  THE  TIME 


H.  51.  LOCKWOOD  &  CO., 
New  No.  824)  CLAY  STREET,  (Old  No  11 

Have  received  a  Large  Stock  of 

GENTS'  AND  BOYS'  CLOTHING 

— AND— 

FURNISHING  GOODS, 

Which  they  are  selling 
AT  VERY  LOW  PRICES. 
Every  Garment  warranted.    All  are  invited  to  call  and 
examine  our  goods. 


H.  M.  LOCKWOOD  fc  CO. 

624  Clay  street,  San  Francisco. 


J3  A  C  I  F  I  C  OCEAN  HOUSE, 
SANTA  CRCZ,  CAL. 

THIS  NEW  AND  COMMODIOUS  HOTEL,  built  and  fur 

nished  in  accordance  with  the  most  modern  and  improved 
plans,  and  with  a  view  to  the  comrort  and  convenience  of 
its  patrons,  is  now  opeu  for  the  reception  of  guests. 

To  those  who  have  visited  Santa  Cruz,  ft  is  unnecessary 
to  speak  of  its  beauties  and  its  natural  advantages  over 
all  other  places  of 

Summer  Resort. 

To  those  who  have  not,  the  Proprietor  can  only  say 
COME  AND  JUDGE  FOR  YOURSELVES—  giving  all 
who  may  come  the  assurance  tnat  his  earnest  endeavors 
shall  be  (o  make  (he  Hotel,  in  all  its  jip|>ointmenls,  equal 
to  the  surroundiugs  of  this  delightiiil  Sea  side  BefiQii, 

GEO.  T.  BROMLEY, 


Santa  Cruz,  April  4. 1840. 


Proprietor. 


M 


ARKET  STREET  RAILROAD 


CHANGE    OF    TIME  TABLE. 


ON  AND  AFTER  AUGUST  1,  1865,  Train*  will  start 
rom  the  City  an<i  the  Mission  every  hour  -  instead  of  every 
forty  minutes,  as  heretofore. 

Trains  from  the  City  will  start  at  the  odd  hour.com 
mencing  at  6:30  A.  M.  and  every  hour  thereafter  until 
11.30  P.  M, 

mu2S  r.  McCO/PIN,  Superintendent. 


VEGETABLE  AMBROSIA 

IS  THE  MIRACLE  OF  THE  AGE! 

Gray-headed  People  have  their 
locks  restored  by  it  to  the  dark,  lustrous, 
lilken  tresses  of  youth,  and  are  happy  I 

Young  People,  with  light,  faded  or  red  Hair, 
have  these  unfashionable  colors  changed  to 
a  beautiful  auburn,  and  rejoice  ! 

People  whose  heads  are  covered  with 
Dandruff  and  Humors,  use  it,  and  have  clean 
coats  and  clear  and  healthy  scalps  1 

Bald-IIeaded  Veterans  have 
their  remaining  locks  tightened,  and  tho 
bare  spots  covered  with  a  luxuriant  growth 
of  Hair,  and  dance  for  joy! 

Young  Gentlemen  use  it  because  it  is 
richly  perfumed ! 

Young  Ladies  use  it  becaase  it  keeps 
their  Hair  in  place ! 

Everybody  must  and  will  use  it,  because 
it  is  the  cleanest  and  best  article  in  tho 
market !  j 

For  Sale  by  Druggists  generally. 

For  nale,  wholesale  auii  leiall,  by 

JOHN  F.  SNOW, 

Pole  Agent  for  tbc  PaciQc  Coast,  24  Post  street, 
jp23  gan  Francisco. 


PACIFIC  MAJL  STEAMSHIP  CO.'S 

Through  Line  to  New  York. 

CARRYING  THE  U.  8.  MAIL! 

Leave  Folsom  streot  Wharf  at  11  o'clock  a.  h.  of  the 
following  dales,  for  PANAMA,  connecting  via  Panama 
Railroad,  with  oue  of  the  Company's  splendid  steamers 
from  ASPIN WALL  Tor  .NEW  YORK. 

On  the  16th,  18th,  >nd  30tb  of  each  month  that  has  30 
days. 

On  tbe  101...  10lb,  and  30lb  of  each  month  that  has  31 

days. 

When  the  10th,  19th  and  30tb  Tall  on  Sunday,  tbey  will 

leave  on  Saturday  preceding  ;  when  the  18th  tails  uu  Sun. 
day,  they  will  leave  on  Mouniij-  following. 

Steamer  leaving  San  Francisco  on  Uie  101b  touches  at 
Mauzanillo.   All  touch  at  Acapulco. 

Departure  of  19lh  counocts  wftb  French  Transatlantic 
company's  steamer  for  St.  Nazairc,  and  English  steamer 
for  South  America. 

Departure  of  lOlb  connects  with  English  steamer  for 
Southampton,  aud  P.  R  R.  Co.'s  steamer  for  Central 
America, 

Departure  of  30th  connects  with  English  steamer  for 
Tumaco,  the  port  of  the  new  mines. 

STEAMERS  FOR  JCJfE: 
The  following  steamships  will  ba  despatched  from  San 

Francisco  ou  the  date  given : 

JUNE  30tb,    ■        •  ...   GOLDEN  CITY, 

Captain  Watkius. 
(Connecting  with  ARIZONA,  Captain  Maory.) 
An  experienced  Surgeon  on  board.  Mediciueand  attend- 

an  ce  free. 

Cabin  Passengers  will  be  berthed  through.  Baggage 

checked  through— 100  pounds  allowed  each  adult. 

For  Merchandise  Freight  apply  to  Messrs.  Wells,  Fargo 
h  Co. 

The  steamer  will  positively  leave  at  11  o'clock.  Pas- 
sengers arc  requested  to  bnve  their  baggage  on  board  be- 
fore 10  u'clock 

For  Passage  ud  all  other  information,  apply  at  Pacific 
Mail  Steamship  coni|Miuy's  olbce,  corner  of  Sacramento  and 
Leide-sdorff  streets. 

OLIVER  ELDRIDGE,  Agent. 


ffVHE  BANK  OF  CALIFORNIA, 

.    '  SAX  fKAXClSCO,  Mat    9,  180». 

NOTICE. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Stockholders  of  this  Bank,  beld  on 
the  5th  lost!,  it  was  resolved  to  increase  the  Capital  Stock 
of  the  corporation  to  f5.000.000,  gold,  to  take  effect  on 

THE  FIRST  DAY  OF  JULY  NEXT, 
and  the  President  nod  Cashier  were  authorized  to  receive 
subscriptions  for  f  2,000, 000  ol  said  capital  stock.  Partlei 
desirous  of  subscribing  will  make  application  at  tba 
Bauk,  either  iicrsonally  or  by  letter,  when  further  details 
will  be  given.  D.  0.  MILLS.  President. 

mj-20-lm  W.  C.  RALSTON,  Cashier. 


B 


EER  AND  WINE  SALOON. 


Faust  Cellar. 


Southeast  corner  of  Clay  and  Montgomery  streets. 


A.  L.  TH1ELE  Proprietor 

WEPTPHALIA  HAMS.  RUSSIAN  CAVIAR,  SARDINES, 
Anchovies,  Swiss  and  Limburg  I  heese,  ii.  the  ho  est 
Brands  of  Liquors,  Wiues,  Cigars,  and  Seltzer  Water, 
Wholesale  and  Retail. 

gg-  Fishing  and  Hunting  Parties  Sited  out  at  the  short. 
c*l  nonce.  It  24 


June  30th  J 


THE  CALIFORNIAN. 


11 


QCCIDENTAL 

INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

S.  W-  Cor.  MONTGOMERY  and  CALIFORNIA  STREETS 

INDIVIDUAL  LIABILITY. 

CAPITAL  STOCK,  $300,000 

LOSSES  PAID  IN  UNITED  S1ATES  GOLD  COIN. 

THIS  COMPANY  will  insure  against  loss  by  Fire  on  any 
Dwelling  House,  Buildings,  Merchandise  or  other  property, 
situated  in  the  State  of  California.  Tho  largest  sum  they 
will  take  on  any  one  risk  is  thirty  thousand  dollars. 

CHRISTOPHER  CHRISTIANSEN,  President. 
J.  GREENEBAUM,  Vice  President. 
B.  Rothschild,  Secretary.  mh25-tf 


QREAT  TRIUMPH ! ! 

STEINWAY  &  SONS 


Were  awarded  the  FIRST  PRIZE  MEDAL  at  the  lat«  ea* 
INTERNATIONAL  EXHIBITION  AT  LONDON,  over  the 
two  hundred  anil  sixty-nino  Pianos  entered  for  competition 
from  all  parts  of  the  world. 

Tho  Special  Correspondent  of  the  New  York  Times  saye  : 

"  Messrs.  Steinway  &  Sous'  indorsement  by  the  Jurors 
is  emphatic,  and  stronger  and  more  to  the  point  than  that 
of  any  European  maker.*' 

A  constant  supply  of  the  above  superior  instruments  can 
be  found  at  the  Agent's, 

M.  GRAY,  613  Clay  street. 
PIANO  TUNING  done  by  a  first  class  Workman,  from 
Steinway  &  Son's  Factory,  New  York.  my25 


T  E  R  '  S 

AGUE.CURE, 

Fot  the  Speedy  and 
Certain  Cure  of  In- 
termittent Fever  or 
Chills  and  Fever,  Re- 
mittent Fever,  Chil 
Fever,  Dumb  Ague, 
Periodical  Headache 
or  Bilious  Headache, 
and  Bilious  Fevers  ; 
indeed,  for  the  whole  class  of  dise, 
natina;  in  biliary  derangement,  caused  by  the 
malaria  of  miasmatic  countries. 

This  remedy  has  rarely  failed  to  cure  the  severest  casts 
of  Chills  and  Fever,  and' it  bus  this  urnat  advantage  over 
other  Ague  medicines,  that  it  subdues  the  complaint 
•vithnut  injury  to  the  patient.  It  contains  no  quinine  or 
o  ther  deleterious  substance,  nor  docs  it  produce  quinism 
o  r  any  injurious  effect  whatever.  Snaking  brothers  of  the 
army  ami  the  West,  try  it  and  you  will  endorse  these 
assertions. 

Prepared  by  J.  C.  AYER  &  CO.,  Lowell,  Mass. ,  and  sold 
by 

CRANE  &  BKIGHAM,  San  Francisco, 
my26-2tn  and  all  Dealers. 


o 


PPOSITION  STEAMER-DAY, 


SATURDAY,  JULY  14,  1866. 

GREAT  REDUCTION  IN  RATES, 
VIA  NICARAGUA  ! 

THE  CENTRAL  AMERICAN  TRANSIT  COMPANY  will 
despatch  tho  favorite  Steamship 

AMERICA, 
On  Saturday,  -         •      July  14th, 

From  Mission  street  Wharf,  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M.,  precisely 
Connecting  at  GREYTOWN  with  tho  splendid  Steamship 
SANTIAGO , 
J. 500  Tons,  fob  New  Yoek. 
U3T  For  Passage  and  Freight,  and  Insurance  on  Treas- 
ure, at  greatly  REDUCED  RATES,  apply  to 

ti  W.  RAYMOND,  Agent, 
Northwest  corner  Battery  and  Pine  streets, 
Up  stairs,  San  Franciseo. 


rjIHE  ONLY  LIVING  ASTROLOGER, 
PROF.  COHEN, 
530  California  street,  San  Francisco, 

THROUGH  HIS  NATURAL  GIKT,  can  give  correct  iulor- 
mation  on  the  Past,  Present  and  Future,  on  any  subject 
tbat  may  be  required  so  as  to  avoid  trouble.  As  evidence 
of  his  reputation,  he  has  received  over  18.000  consultations 
during  his  residence  of  six  years  in  San  Francisco  L  Con- 
sultatiou  fee,  $2.  By  letter,  $3.  Letter  box,  104.  It  is 
not  necessary  to  give  the  age.  Office,  630  California 
6treet.    Hours  trom  8  a.  jl  to  11  p.  at.  tnar!5  3in 


HOME  AND  SEE  ME! 


DR.  JOHN  EEALD, 

DENTIST, 

HAS  REMOVED  TO  THE 

CORNER  KEARNY  AND  CALIFORNIA  STS, 
Where  he  will  be  pleased  to  sco  all  old  friends,  and  plenty 
of  new  ones.  Every  variety  of  Dental  Operations  per- 
formed in  the  best  manner,  and  at  prices  that  shall  suit 
all  persons.  ENTRANCE  ON  CALIFORNIA  SREET. 
ap28  3m 


rpo  FARMERS,  MINERS,  LABORERS 

And  all  those  wishing  to  secure  themselves  a  portion  of 
THE  MOST    VALUABLE  AGRICULTURAL    AND  MIN- 
ERAL LANDS  OF  MEXICO, 
With  an  equal  interest  in  the  Profits  of  the  Plantations  of 

THE  MEXICAN  SEA  ISLAND 
COTTON  COMPANY-. 

HOMES  FOR  THE  POOR  AND  COMPETENCY  FOR  ALL 

SPECIAL  NOTICE. 

The  Mexican  Sea  Island  Cotton  Company,  having 
reserved  from  their  final  Subscription  List  a  Limited 
Number  of  Unassessable  Shares,  (the  remaining 
shares  of  the  Company  having  been  taken  up  by  the 
stockholders.)  hereby  "offer  the  same  for  sale  a"t  the 
original  subscription  price  of  Sixteen  Dollars  each, 
payable  in  cash.  Every  holder  of  a  share  will  be 
entitled  to  a  portion  of  the  Company's  lands,  bavins 
the  privilege  to  settle  thereon  and  participate  in  all 
the  advantages  and  profits  of  the  enterprise,  and 
special  privileges  granted  to  this  Company  by  an 
Imperial  Decree  of  Maximilian,  dated  9th  January, 
1866,  without  being  subjected  to  the  conditions  of 
regular  Government  emigrants,  this  Company  set 
tling  upon  their  own  lands,  secured  by  private  pur- 
chase, and  held  under  indisputable  Spanish  titles. 

Shareholders  becoming  actual  settlers  will  also 
have  the  privilege  of  any  employment  upon  the  Com- 
pany's plantation.  Portions  of  land  will  be  allotted 
to  settlers,  to  be  held  by  them  until  a  hual  division 
makes  it  their  property. 

For  the  purpose  of  increasing  the  value  of  the 
Company's  land,  and  to  create  all  the  comforts  of  a 
home  and  society,  it  is  the  intention  of  the  company 
to  form  a  regular  settlement  and  to  lay  out  a  town 
adjoining  their  present  plantation  into  building  lots, 
which  will  likewise  be  fairly  divided  between  the 
8,000  shares  which  comprise  the  total  number  of  the 
company. 

A  large  number  of  shareholders  will  settle  upon 
the  company's  lands  after  the  rainy  season  in  Octo- 
ber next.  Many  of  them  may  then  be  employed  by 
the  company,  or  by  others  able  to  plant  for  them 
selves,  or  in  developing  the  mineral  resources  of  the 
adjoining  mountains,  etc.,  etc. 

Men  of  all  trades  and  professions,  desiring  to  emi- 
grate to  Mexico,  will  have  great  advantages  as 
shareholders  of  this  company.  They  will  find  the 
lands  already  purchased  for  them  at  a  rate  equivalent 
to  a  free  gift,  to  be  held  by  each  shareholder  as  his 
property,  protected  by  the  best  Spanish  titles,  and 
the  tfood  will  of  all  political  parties  now  contending 
for  the  reins  of  government ;  the  climate  the  most 
salubrious,  and  the  land  rich  and  fertile  beyond  de- 
scription ;  every  kind  of  game  abounding  :  the  rivers 
full  of  fish  and'with  extensive  beds  of  large  oysters ; 
altogether,  a  country  where  it  is  easy  to  procure  a 
livelihood  and  the  comforts  of  a  home  with  less 
labor  and  less  capital  than  in  any  other  part  of  the 
world. 

The  extensive  placer  diggings,  veins  of  silver, 
and  solid  quartz  ledges,  which  are  to  be  found  in  the 
immediate  vicinity,  and  ncknowledged  to  be  rich 
and  very  extensive,  can.  by  the  presence  of  a  num- 
ber of  settlers,  be  profitably  developed.  Many  of 
these  miues  are  to  be  found  within  the  limits  of  the 
company's  grant.  The  Sierra  Madre  or  Mother 
Mountain  of  Mexico,  situated  only  within  about 
tvveuty  miles  from  the  coast,  can  be  reached  and  de- 
veloped with  much  greater  facility  than  the  more 
remote  mines  in  the  interior,  and  will  therefore 
make  the  company's  lands  the  most  desirable  to 
locate  upon. 

For  Maps  aud  Survey,  and  further  information, 
apply  at  the  office  of  the  MEXICAN  SEA  ISLAND 
COTTON  CO.,  Betge's  Book  Store,  Rnss  House, 
Montgomery  street,  between  the  hours  of  11  and  1 
o'clock. 

All  the  assessable  stock  having  been  taken 
up  by  mutual  subscription  of  stockholders,  the  com- 
pany will  have  no  more  shares  to  oiler  after  the 
limited  number  of  unassessable  shares  have  been 
placed,  and  shall  prefer  to  sell  these  to  actual 
settlers — a  single  share  of  which  will  be  sufficieut  to 
entitle  them  to  a  large  portion  of  the  lands. 


We,  the  undersigned  shareholders  in  the  Mex- 
ican Sea  island  Cotton  Company,  having  investiga- 
ted and  satisliea  ourselves  of  the  importance  of  the 
enterprise,  recommend  the  same  to  the  public.  We 
are  convinced  that  under  the  management  of  the 
present  officers  of  the  company,  with  their  eltbrts  to 
induce  industrious  parties  to  locate  upon  the  land, 
tbat  the  enterprise  must  become  very  profitable  to 
all  parties  interested,  and  most  beneficial  to  actual 
settlers. 

S.  R.  Kettlewell.  Blacksmith,  264  First  street.  - 

W.  C.  Mead  &  Son,  224  Sansome  street. 

M.  O'Neil,  Proprietor  New  Branch  Hotel,  12 

Sutter  street. 
Winall  &  Clapp,  505  Market  street. 
R.  A.  S.  Repiton,  M,D.  ,816  Montgomery  street. 
Wm.  Rudolph,  Gunsmith,  216  Pacific  street. 
G.  Burkhardt,  Jeweller,  No.  209  Pacific  street. 
E.  Keil.  East  India  Tea  .Co.,  631  Washington-st. 
P.  D.  O'Regan,  People's  Bakery ,  corner  Fourth 

and  Jessie  streets. 
Wm.  Meyer,  Provision  Dealer,  258  Third  street. 
John  Duff,  Painter  and  Paper  Hanger,  642  Clay 

street. 

A.  E.  Mylott,  Importer  and  Dealer  in  Cigars  aud 

Tobacco,  305  Battery  street 
If.  M.  Baldwin,  Jeweller,  433  Montgomery-st. 
S.  Baysen.  Hatter,  No.  346  Kearny  street. 
Mathew  McCloskey,  614  Howard  street. 
San  Francisco,  March  20th,  1866.  mar24 


Jk£&  AND  MRS.  COGILL 
AND  SONS, 

Teachers  of  Dancing, 

CONGRESS  HALL, 
On  Bnsh-st.,adjoiuin  R ass  House. 


gPRING  AND  SUMMER  STYLE 


SCHOOI^MONDAYS  AND  WEDNESDAYS.  Ladies  at 
2  p.  h.  Gcntiejnen  and  Ladies  at  7  1-2  r  H.  Sorioes 
ev«v  Friday  Evening.   Hall  '.o  rent.  my6  3m 


SILK 


HAT, 


18  6  6 


INTRODUCED 


MARCH  3 


AMERICAN  HOTEL, 
Main  street.      .      -  Petaluma. 
~mar24  6m   EMERSON  &  LAMBER  ON,  Proprietors. 


McGANN   &  CO., 
FASHIONABLE  HATTERS, 

No.  654  Washington  Btreet, 

Two  doors  below  Kearny. 


JfURNITURE 

AND 


SPRING  AND  SUMMER  STYLES. — Silk, Felt, 
Beaver,  and  other  HATS  for  sale  at  the  lowest  prices. 

CAPS  of  every  description,  suitable  for  all  ages, 
made  to  order. 

McGANN  &  CO.,  being  experienced  and  skilled 
in  all  the  branches  of  the  manufacture  of  Hats,  feel 
confident  of  givingentire  satisfaction  to  their  patrons. 
Every  description  of  Hats  and  Caps  made  to  order. 

Remember,  McGANN  &  CO.,  Practical  Hatters, 
654  Washington  street,  two  doors  below  the  Plaza. 

t3F*  New  Goods  by  every  steamer.  marlO 


rpHE  NORTH  BRITISH  AND 

MERCANTILE  INSURANCE  CO 

OF      LONDON      AND  EDINBURGH. 

ESTABLISHED,  1809. 
Capital,   -  -  - 


Accumulated  Funds,  March  6, 1865,  - 
Annual  Income, 

Deposit  in  California  under  State  law, 


$10,000,000 
11,622,500 
2,827,290 
$75,000 


GENERAL  AGENCY  FOR  THE  PACIFIC  STATES  AND 

TERRITORIES, 
Cot.  Sansome  and  Calif  or  ma  streets,  San  Francisco 


Insurances  effected  at  the  lowest  rates  on  buildings  ot 
both  Brick  and  Wood,  throughout  the  State,  whether 
occupied  as  Stores,  Dwellings,  or  Warehouses,  together 
with  their  contents. 

Also,  VESSELS  in  port,  with  or  without  their  Cargoes. 

Also,  QUARTZ  MILLS  and  MACHINERY. 

LOSSES  PAID  IN  UNITED  STATES  GOLD  COIN  im- 
mediately on  adjustment. 

WM.  H.  TILLINGHAST,  Agent. 
mvl9 


ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 

CREATE  A    HEALTHY  APPETITE! 

ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 
Cure  Dyspepsia,  Diarrhoea  and  Constipation, 

ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 
Invigorate  the  System  and  enliven  the  mino, 

ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 
Overcome  the  effects  of  Drunkenness  and  Late  Hours. 

ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 
Cure  all  Diseases  of  the  Liver,  Stomach  and  Bowels. 

ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 
Are  Palatable  to  the  Taste. 

Tbey  are  the 

BEST  BITTERS  IN  THE  MARKET, 

And  when  once  used  will  always  be  called 
for  again. 

They  are  made  in  the  most  careful  manner 

From  Pure  Old  Wlieat  Whisky,  Medicated  from 

Roots  and  Herbs 
Especially  adapted  for  the  cure  of  all  Stomachic  Diseases 
and  Liver  Complaints. 

Try  Them  and  You  will  be  Sidisfied. 

For  sale  everywhere  by  Druggists  and  Liquor  Dealers 
or  by 

N.  B.  JACOBS  &  CO., 

423  Front  street, 
myll-6m  San  Francisco 


QALIFORNIA 

Steam  Navigation  Company. 


STEAMER  CAPITAL  CAPT.  E.  A.  POOLE. 

'<       CHRYSOPO LIS.  CAPT.  A.  FOSTER. 

"  YOSEMITE   

"       CORNELIA. .. -CAPT  W.  BROMLEY. 
JULIA  CAPT.  E.  CONCKLIN. 

One  of  the  above  steamers  leaVe  BROADWAY  WHARF, 
at  4  o'clock  P.M.,  EVERY  DAY,  (Sun. lays  excepted,)  for 
Sacramento  and  one  for  Stockton,  the  Sacramento  steamer 
connecting  with  light-draft  steamers  for  Marysville,  Co- 
lasa,  Chico  aud  Red  Bluff. 

Steamships  PACIFIC,  ORIZABA,  CA I IFT/RNIA  ,  A  C- 
TlVE,  and  SENATOR,  leave  as  advertised,  for  Portland, 
Oregon,  New  Westminster,  British  Columbia,  Victoria, 
(V.  I.,)  Santa  Barbara,  San  Pedro,  and  San  Diego. 

Office  of  the  Company ,  northeast  corner  of  Front  and 
Jackson  streets. 

B)ar23  B.  M.  HARTSHORNE,  President. 


B ED D INQ  I 


LARGEST  STOCK! 

LATEST  STYLES! 

The    Best  Workmanship, 


LOWEST  PRICES! 

at  _  ...,,„'.  ,..[»  .,; 

Goodwin    Sf    C  o  .  '  s 

FURNITURE  WARE-ROOMS, 
Nos.  508,  510,  518  and  528  Washington-st. 

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J.  WINTERBURN,  V.  A.  TORKAS,  W.  HOFFSCHNEIDER. 

(Successors  to  W.  P.  Harrison.) 

Printers   and  Electrotypers, 

413  TO  417  CLAY  ST.,  (Below  Sansome.) 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

ALL  KINDS  OF  JOB  PRINTING- 

Neally  and  Promptly  Executed. 

ELECTROTYP ING 

Done  at  the  shortest  notice. 
Stamps  of  all  kinds  made  to  order. 

Printing  in  Spanish,  French,  German  and  Italian  Lan- 
guages, executed  with  correctness. 

A  "  Mammoth  "  and  two  No.  3  Hand  Presses  FOR  SALE 
very  cheap.  my.1-3m 


J^MOKE 

THE  PATENT 

RUSSIAN 

CIGARETTES, 

MANUFACTURED  BY 


GIBB  &  STAHL, 

COR.  KEARNY  A! 

SAN  F 

For  sale  at  all  Cigar  Stnrcs. 


SAV.  COR.  KEAKNY  AND  VACRAMLNTO  STREETS, 
SAN  FRANCISCO. 

ap28  3m 


CALIFORNIA  BRASS  FOUNDRY, 

No.  125  First  street,  opposite  Minna, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

All  kinds  of  Brass, 
Composition,  Zinc, 
and  Babbitt  Mcta 
Castings,  furnished 
nt  tin-  shortest  notice. 
Brti*s  Ship-Work o 
all  kinds,  Spikes, 

Sheathing  Nails,  Rudder  Braces.  Hinges,  etc. ,  constantly 
on  hand  and  made  to  order.  Also,  manufacture  8hip  and 
Steamboat  Bells  and  Gongs  or  superior  tone, 

All  kinds  of  Steam,  Liquor,  Water,  Oil,  and  Flange 
Cocks  and  Valves  made  and  repaired. 

Hydraulic  Pipes  and  Nozzles,  and  Hose  Couplings 'and 
Connections  of  all  sizes  aud  patterns,  furnished  witb'dis- 
patch.    PRICES  MODERATE. 

JOHN  P.  GALLAGHER, 
JOSEPH  H.  WEED. 

jelO  3m 

jy£ONEY  TO  LOAN ! 

MONEY  TO  LOAN 


On  City  Real  Estate,  Dwellings,  Factories.  Shipping  and 
Merchandise,  for  such  time  as  may  be  agreed  for.  De- 
posits receivtl  in  small  or  largo  sums,  at  interest,  by  the 
CALIFORNIA  BUILDING,  LOAN  AND  SAV 
INGS  BANK, 

63  California  street,  (one  door  from  Siosome  street.) 

my  THOMAS  MoONEY,  Pr  sidont 


J2 


THE    CALIFO  RNIAN. 


| June  30tli 


FKO.M    SAN    FRANCISCO   TO   NEW  YOKK. 


["  Inigo,"  in  liis  letters  to  The  California*,  from  Aeapulco  and 
Panama,  has  given  our  readers  a  racy — and  no  donbt  ^Taphic — accoant 
of  a  portion  of  his  journey  liomeward.  The  following  extracts  from 
a  contribution  to  the  New  York  Loader  will  enable  the  reader  to  fol- 
low "  Inigo "  to  the  metropolis.  Elsewhere  we  publish  a  letter 
written  from  the  "  home  of  his  boyhood,"  Champlain,  N.  T.] 

J_)ERHAPS  some  "one  would  like  to  know  something 


style.    Tlie  consequence  was  I  caught  a  cold  in  the  back. 
But,  on  the  whole,  everything  turned  out  much  better  than  I 
expected.    My  trunk  was  got  up  in  good  time,  I  became  a 
successful  candidate  for  a  •'  new  birth,"  and  now  I  havechroni- 
oled  the  only  discomfort  that  befell  me  on  the  voyage. 
*         ■r,VT>\    *  *       *         »  •       *  » 
My  chief  amusement  was  with  the  monkeys.    Of  these 
there  were  two — one  a  lively,  jolly  fellow,  that  seemed  to  think  I 
every  day  the  Fourth  of  July,  and  celebrafed  it  by  one  con-  j 
about  the  railroad  across  the  Isthmns.    If  so,  they  |8 tant  j0Hification.    The  other  was  sullen  and  morose, appear- 
must  make  the  trip,  for  it  is  quite  enough  to  ride  over  it  with-  [  ing  t0  yiew  every  one  that  appr0ached  him  ts  an  enemy  and 
out  writing  about  it.    I  suppose,  in  any  event,  the  company  look  upon  the  worW  generally  as  something  against  which  he 
don't  much  care  what  is  said  about  their  road,  there  being  no  j  entertained  a  bitter  grudge.    The  treatment  he  got  from  the 
rival  route.    The  scenery  I  cannot  describe,  as  a  young  lady  |  gailor5  inav  nuve  1)ad  8omething  t0  do  with  framine  for  him 


was  resting  her  lovely  head  upon  my  shoulder  in  innocent 
slumber  all  the  way  over,  and  I  could  not  turn  my  head  with- 
out disturbing  her.    Contrary  to  the  general  idea,  we  were 


this  morose  turn  of  mind.  For  it  certainly  could  not  conduce 
much  to  his  amiability  to  have  tobacco  juice  squirted  into  his 
eyes,  while  his  neighbor  was  feted  with  oranges  and  bananas- 


not  disturbed  by  parrots  flying  in  at  the  windows,  nor  by  j  0d  the  wholei  though,  I  fancy  he  was  naturally  an  »  unhappy 
monkeys  climbing  over  the  roofs  of  the  cars  The  only  thing  j  cnS9  >.  T  ve  seen  some  pietists  of  whom  be  reminded  me 
in  the  menagerie  line  visible  was  seen  at  the  depot  at  Pana-  8tr0ngly.  Judge  of  my  surprise  when,  on  arriving  in  this  har- 
ma.  There  birds  were  hawked  about  and  monkeys  went*  bor  tDe  owner  of  tnat  morose  monkey  led  him  up  to  me  by  a 
begging.  I  purchased  a  couple  of  parroquets  in  an  improvised  j  cbain  nnd  formally  presented  me  with  him.  He  had  perhaps 
bamboo-cage,  for  four  dollars,  and  very  soon  afterwards  had  |  notjce(i  m<>  watching  the  animal  with  contemplative  eyes,  and 
the  satisfaction  of  seeing  four,  in  a  magnificent  tin  cage,  sold  1  uaj  faocied  that  there  was  some  eympatnetic  feeling  between 
by  the  same  man  to  a  gentleman  in  my  immediate  vicinity  for  n3_    you  uaVe  heard  of  the  man  "with  the  elephant !  Well. 


one  dollar  and  a  half.  However,  I  am  firmly  persuaded  that 
mine  are  the  best  birds — else  why  was  the  greater  price 
asked  for  them  ? 

******* 

At  Aspinwall  we  found  the  steamer  New  York  awaiting 
us.  Bless  her  dear  heart — heart  cf  oak — light  as  a  feather, 
buoyant  us  a  duck,  comfortable  as  a  cottage  on  the  Hudson, 
and  steady  as  a  cathedral — I'm  in  love  with  her  every  timber. 
Little  did  I  think,  though/,  on  my  first  introduction,  that  ever 
I  would  be  thus  writing  in  her  praise.  She  was  not  quite 
ready  on  our  arrival  at  Aspinwall,  and  we  had  to  awai*.  for  an 
hour  or  two  the  firing  of  the  gun  which  is  the  signal  to  come 
on  board.  Not  being  in  much  of  a  hurry,  I  did  the  town 
pretty  thoroughly  and  then  blundered  on  board  quite  late  at 
night,  thoroughly  tired  out,  aud  barely  able  to  prop  my  eyes 
open  by  putting  little  pieces  of  bamboo  between  the  lids. 
Into  my  state-room  I  groped  and  very  soon  was  sleeping  the 
sleep  of  the  just — though  the  unjust,  I  suppose,  sleep  just  as 
well.  Both  portholes  were  open,  and  all  was  cool  and  com- 
fortable. How  was  I  to  know  that  the  room  was  planted 
right  alongside  the  starboard  wheel,  and  that  that  starboard 
wheel,  when  the  steamer  got  under  weigh,  was  going  to  dash 
in  the  water  at  the  open  portholes  with  as  little  regard  for 
my  comfort  as  though  I  were  a  duck  or  any  other  waterfowl  ? 
It  is  a  compliment  to  my  conscience  to  say  that  I  slept 
through  it  all.  True,  I  may  have  dreamed  of  Niagara  Falls, 
or  a  swimming  bath  at  North  Beach,  but  nothing  beyond.  In 
the  morning  I  awoke  a  wiser  and  a  wetter  man.  There  were 
three  inches  of  water  in  my  birth,  six  upon  the  floor.  My 
clothes,  out  from  which  I  always  crawl  on  going  to  bed  as  a 
crab  does  from  its  shell,  leaving  it  huddled  upon  the  beach, 
lay  on  the  floor  soaked  aud  sodden  through.  There  was  a 
situation  for  you  !  Five  o'clock  in  the  morning,  and  not  a 
clean  stitch  or  change  of  clothes  in  my  valise,  and  the  bag 
gage  room  not  opened  until  eleven  o'clock  !  When  you  can 
do  nothing  else  it  is  sometimes  very  well  to  make  a  noise. 
So  I  shouted.  Very  soon  there  were  three  men  pumping  the 
water  out  of  the  room — six  swabbing  up  the  floor.  But  that 
waa  not  all  :  I  wanted  clothes.  So  sent  for  Fuller  and  com- 
manded him  to  get  up  my  trunk  at  once.  He  laughed.  Per 
contra,  1  swore,  but  that  bettered  the  situation  not  at  all. 
The  hottest  oaths  that  ever  the  army  in  Flanders  swore  were 
perfectly  incompetent  to  dry  so  much  even  as  a  shirt  collar. 
I  found  fault  with  the  company.    Fuller  to  me  : 

"  Why  did  you  not  shut  up  the  portholes  ?" 

I  to  Fuller  :  "  Who  the  devil  knew  I  was  stuck  under  a 
water-wheel  ?" 

"  Why  did-you  not  have  a  change  in  your  valise?" 

"  Ton  unmitigated  son  of  a  sea  cook  !  Why  didn't  I  have 
a  life-preserver  strapped  on  ?  Who  expects  to  be  shipwrecked 
in  one's  own  berth  ?" 

And  if  the  villain  had  not  got  beyond  my  reach,  I  do  think 
the  winds  and  waves  would  now  have  beeu  howling  his  dirge, 
for  I  had  a  wet  boot  in  my  hand,  aud  was  on  the  point  of  fir- 
ing it. 

By  and  by  he  returned  with  a  shirt  and  pair  of  stockings 
he  had  borrowed  from  the  doctor.  There  was  a  quarter-deck 
costume  for  you  !  Man  may  want  but  little  clothes  below. but 
he  certainly  wants  those  little  cut  alter  a  longer  pattern  than 
most  shirts  are.  Menken  is  complained  of,  and  yet  her  cos- 
tume were  cumbersome  compared  to  that  which  I  was  expected 
to  go  to  breakfast  in.  Let  Greeley  denounce  compromises  as 
much  as  he  pleases — in  this  case  a  compromise  was  my  salva- 
tion. I  borrowed  a  hat  and  a  very  long  overcoat  from  a  room- 
mate. You  would  have  thonght  me  a  grandee  of  Spain  or  a 
Field  Marshal  of  France.  The  overcoat  came  down  to  my 
heels,  and  I  had  on  a  pair  of  gold-embroidered  slippers  that 
Jim  Moore  lent  me.  The  main  trouble  lay  with  the  doctor's 
shirt.    That  buttoned  behind,  and  I'm  not  accustomed  to  that 


you  should  have  seen  me  bringinsr  that  monkey  ashore.  He 
jumped  upon  the  head  of  the  Custom-House  officer  who  stood 
at  the  gangway,  nearly  knocking  that  sedate  official  into  the 
river.  Being  actually  afraid  to  trust  myself  alone  in  a  car- 
riage with  the  animal,  I  tucked  htm  under  my  coat  and  started 
for  the  hotel.  He  availed  himself  of  the  situation  by  biting 
my  legs  and  tearing  my  trowsers.  By  way  of  mild  re- 
proof, I  boxed  his  ears.  He  revenged  himself  by  yelling 
like  a  copper-colored  Indian,  leading  the  police  to  believe  that 
I  was  kidnapping  a  child,  and  biting  my  fingers  to  the  bon?. 
That  was  piling  Ossa  upon  Pelion  with  a  vengeance  ;  so,  find- 
ing he  wouldn't  be  carried  and  refused  to  De  led,  I  finally 
compromised  matters  by  artistically  kicking  him  to  the  hotel. 
He  is  now  in  charge  of  the  colored  attaches  of  the  estab- 
lishment, among  whom  he  seems  to  feel  himself  perfectly  at 
home,  evidently  considering  himself  a  member  o(  the  Freed- 
men's  Bureau  Association,  entitled  to  all  the  benefits  of  the 
Civil  Bights  Bill, and  under  the  immediate  protection  of  Con- 
gress. 

But  we  had  more  fun  over  a  bird  that  wasn't  brought 
aboard  than  over  any  monkey  that  was.  An  Englishman  fresh 
from  the  colonics  bought  a  very  small  bird,  scarcely  the  size 
of  a  tomtit,  at  the  Isthmus.  He  purchased  a  cage  nearly  as 
large  as  a  hen-coop,  and  put  the  bird  in  at  the  door.  I  have 
an  idea  that  originallv  the  cage  was  iutended  for  a  turkey- 
buzzard.  On  being  put  in  at.  the  door  on  one  side,  the  little 
bird  very  sensibly  walked  out  between  the  slats  on  the  other. 
All  unknowing  of  the  escape  that  had  been  made,  the  Eng- 
lishman brought  the  cage  on  board  the  ship.  At  supper  time 
he  stuffed  enough  yams  and  potatoes  in  it  to  feed  au  ox,  and 
set  a  small  bucket  of  water  down  by  the  door.  At  night  he 
took  the  cage  into  his  state-room,  and  hung  a  blanket  over  it. 
In  the  morning  he  brought  it  out  and  aired  it.  Thinking  to 
aim!-"  himself  with  the  captive,  he  chirruped  at  the  door  and 
thrust  in  his  linger,  but  no  bird  perched  thereon.  The  look 
of  blauk  amazement  on  his  luce  when,  after  peering  in  every 
corner  of  the  cage — he  was  very  near-sighted  and  used  eye- 
glases — he  found  no  bird  there,  waa  very  comical  iudeed. 
******* 

If  any  one  doesn't  think  that  New  York  harbor  looks 
smiling  and  cheerful  when  one  enters  it  after  a  four  years' 
absence,  he  can  get  many  a  bet  out  of  me  !  The  pleasant 
little  country  seats  that  dot  the  shores,  the  green  terraces, 
and  the  waving  shade-trees,  all  offer  a  marked  contrast  to  the 
sand-hills  that  greet  the  stranger  on  gliding  within  our  Golden 
Gate.  Beaching  the  wharf,  one  finds  a  familiar  feature  in  the 
hackmen — hackmen.  1  fancy,  are  the  same  all  the  world  over. 
But  how  the  city  and  the  people  seem  to  have  changed  !  One 
feels  himself  alone  in  what  has  beeu  his  home  for  years. 
Some  way.  the  old  faces  seem  to  be  gone  and  new  ones  to  have 
taken  their  places.  And  I  can  now  understand  the  feeling  of 
discontent  which  the  Califoruian  experiences  when  he  walks 
up  Broadway  without  meeting  a  soul  who  takes  him  by  the 
hand  and  expresses  pleasure  at  seeing  him.  Though  tolerably 
well  "  fixed  "  fcr  friends  in  this  city,  I  experienced  at  first 
landing  sufficient  of  the  feeling  to  sympathize  a  little  with 
the  many  who  foudly  express  their  disgust  at  the  size  of  the 
city  and  the  way  in  which  a  man  fiuds  bis  individuality  merged 
in  the  mass  and  gone,  while  they  sigh  for  San  Francisco. 
But  I  cannot  indorse  to  the  full  the  generally  expressed  opin- 
ion that  San  Francisco  can  discount  New  York  on  everything. 
Jim  Moore,  for  instance,  has  written  to  a  friend  in  San  Fran- 
cisco that  the  Academy  of  Music  doesn't  begin  with  Maguire's 
Opera  House,  and  that  Pat  Gallagher  is  a  better  dressed  man 
than  can  be  found  on  Broadway.  And  Jack  Stratman,  on 
being  taken  out  to  the  Central  Park,  looked  contemptuously 
round  : 

'•  And  this  is  Central  Park,  is  it?" 
"  Yea." 

"  The  h-11  you  soy  !   You  should  see  Hayes'  Park  once !'' 


Siookstioxs  to  the  Ladies. — Very  few  people  give  them- 
selves the  trouble  to  understand  the  rales  of  color.  They  con- 
sider them  us  belonging  to  an  abstruse  science.  The  princi- 
ples, which  are  supposed  to  be  too  much  wrapped  in  mystery 
to  be  worth  the  trouble  of  acquiring  by  any  but  professional 
persons,  are  those  comprehended  in  the  laws  of  contrast  of 
color  and  contrast  of  tone. 

First,  as  regards  contrast  of  color.  There  are  three  primary 
colors — red,  blue,  and  yellow.  From  these  every  other  color 
is  formed,  aDd  each  has  its  perfect  harmony  in  its  contrasting 
or  complimentary  color.  The  complimentary  of  each  color  is 
formed  by  the  union  of  the  other  two,  (and  is  therefore  called 
the  secondary.)  that  i3,  green,  being  the  mixture  of  blue  and 
yellow  is  complimentary  to  red  ;  violet,  being  formed  of  red 
and  blue,  is  complimentary  to  yellow  ;  and  orange,  a  compound 
of  red  and  yellow,  to  blue. 

Each  of  these  colors,  when  placed  near  its  Complimentary, 
intensifies  its  effect.  Green  causes  red  to  appear  redder,  blue 
adds  a  brighter  tint  to  orange,  and  yellow  enhances  the  color 
of  violet.  In  other  words,  every  color  looks  its  purest  and 
best  when  it  is  beside  its  complimentary. 

By  means  of  the  simple  law  of  contrast,  therefore,  we  have 
the  power  of  imparting  any  tint  that  we  choose  to  the  com- 
plexion, and  of  rendering  our  costume  agreeable  to  the  eye  by 
the  harmony  produced  by  properly  contrasted  colors  :  and  we 
may  learn  to  avoid  increasing  the  undesirable  tints  of  a  sallow 
complexion  by  the  juxtaposition  of  blue  or  violet,  or  render- 
ing a  florid  complexion  still  more  highly-colored  by  contrast- 
ing it  with  green.  On  the  other  hand,  ladies  with  golden  hair 
and  clear  complexions  will  see  that  they  should  wear  blue  in 
preference  to  any  other  color,  harmonizing  agreeably  as  it 
does,  with  the  former,  without  exercising  auy  ill-effect  on  the 
Utter. 

TriE  new  Opposition  steamer,  the  S.  JI.  Whipple,is  to  make 
her  trial  trip  to-day,  and  will  be  placed  on  the  Sacramento 
route  next  week.  She  is  not  so  large  as  the  Navigalion  Com- 
pany's Sacramento  boats,  but  her  friends  claim  that  she  will 
be  very  apt  to  come  in  winner  in  the  contest  for  speed  with 
some  of  them.    At  all  events  she  is  in  fast  hands. 


Hkrr  GkOsse,  a  publisher  of  Berlin,  was  lately  sentenced 
to  a  month's  imprisonment  for  publishing  a  novel  directed 
against  the  French  Emperor.  Its  title  was  Louis  Napoleon  ; 
or,  the  Struggle  Baheeen  D  'stiny  and  the  Imperial  Crown. 


Mr.  Carlyt.p.'s  Frederick  the  Great,  translated  into  Ger- 
man from  time  to  time,  as  the  volumes  originally  appeared, 
has  been  successful  enough  to  justify  two  editions,  which  are 
published  at  Berlin — a  library  edition  and  a  people's  edition. 


M.  Bisvark's  name  has  added  a  new  word  to  the  French 
language,  bismarquer  being  now  used  therein  as  the  synonym 

of  tricher,  to  cheat. 


Facts  vs.  Theories. — "  Give  me  a  place  to  rest  my  lever  on, 
says  Archimedes,  "  and  I  will  move  the  world."    "  Give  me  pnre  and 
unadulterated  dmgB,"  suvb  Medicns,  of  the  olden  time,  "  and  I  will 
cure  disease." 

In  one  sense,  both  of  these  learned  pundits  were  the  veriest  charla- 
tans. They  knew  there  was  no  plnce  to  rest  their  lever  on.  either  to 
move  the  world  or  cure  disease.  Mechanism  was  in  a  backward  state, 
and  the  medical  profession  was  bnt  another  name  for  sorcery,  and  all 
the  adjuncts  of  magic  filters  and  charms  of  the  '•  evil  eye,"  etc. 

Kill  these  latter  days  have  borne  uuto  us  something  more  limn  even 
superstition  and  its  crew  ever  dreamt  of  in  their  maddest  philosophy. 
In  these  days  of  practical  science,  what  was  theory  of  yesterday  is 
fact  to-day,  and  all  the  old  time  notions  become  as  bubbles  ia  the  suu. 
and  burst  and  break  with  every  breath  we  draw. 

Let  Archimedes  shoulder  his  lever  and  we  will  find  a  resting  place 
for  it  to  move  the  world.  Let  mine  ancient  Medicns  pant  and  toil  no 
more  for  the  drum  he  so  sorely  needs,  for  we  have  them  at  our  hand 
ever  ix-a<V  to  serve  them  at  his  beck. 

Refined  ill  the  laboratory  of  Dr.  Maggiel.the  finest  materials  known 
in  the  medical  profession  are  obtainable  by  any  one.  His  Bilious, 
Dyspeptic,  and  Diarrhea  1'ilU  stand  unrivalled,  aud  bis  Salve  operates 
with  magical  effect  upon  burus,  scalds,  and  all  sores  and  niters  of 
the  skin. 

In  fact  ,  we  think  Maooif.i.'s  Pills  and  Salve  are  the  wonder  of  this 
century,  and  we  are  happy  iu  the  thought  that  many  others  of  oar 
brethren  of  the  craft  agree  with  us.  We  would  earnestly  counsel 
thut  all  families  provide  themselves  with  Dr.  Maggicl  s  Preparitioua 
at  once,  and  keep  them  ready  at  hand,  so  as  to  use  the  in  at  the  moat 
opportune  time  aud  as  occasion  serves. —  Valley  Sentinel.  c!4 


Wk  refer  onr  readers  to  the  advertisement  of  Meagher,  Taatfe  & 
Co.,  who  publish  in  our  advertising  columns  a  list  nearly  aa  long 
as  an  auctioneer's  catalogue  of  their  extensive  varieties  of  Cottons, 
Linens,  Dress  Goods,  Shawls,  Lace  and  Muslin  Goods,  Hosiery,  Flan- 
nels, etc.,  which  they  are  now  selling  at  reduced  rates.  Thia  mam- 
moth Dry  Goods  House  is  the  most  enterprising  establishment  in  thia 
city,  and  does  business  on  the  "  nimble  sixpence  "  orderof  quick  sales 
and  light  profits,  by  the  aid  of  liberal  advertising,  to  the  amount  of 
thousands  of  dollars  per  day.  They  are  spoken  of  among  the  trade 
as  the  "Stewards  of  the  Pacific  Coast" — a  very  delicate  way  of 
acknowledging  their  business  standing. 


Jio  Laijt  or  Fashion  thinks  of  going  to  a  party  or  making  a 
morning  call  without  first  adorning  and  beautifying  her  complexion 
nnd  skin  with  that  elegant,  innocent  and  fragrant,  toilet  article — Da- 
vidson's Circassian  Bloom.    Sold  by  all  Drucgista. 


June  30thJ 


THE    CALI  FORN'AN 


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Aoca  de  Magnolia.—  The  prettiest  thing, 
the  "  sweetest  thing,"  and  the  most  of  it  lor  the  least 
money.  It  overcomes  the  odor  of  perspiration ; 
softens  and  adds  delicacy  to  the  skin  .  is  a  delightful 
perfume;  allays  headache  and  inflammation,  and  is 
a  necessary  companion  in  the  sick  room,  in  the  nur- 
sery and  upon  the  toilet  sidehoard.    It  can  be  ob- 

ned  everywhere  at  one  dollar  per  bottle. 


Lyon's  Magnetic  Insect  Powder  is  in- 
stant death  to  Fleas,  Ticks,  Roaches,  and  everything 
of  the  insect  species.  It  is  one  of  the  few  articles 
that  can  be  relied  upon,  and  for  a  mere  wo  hits  we 
cau  save  the  Mitel  and  hills  of  these  little  pests. 
None  is  genuine  unless  signed  by  E.  Lyon,  and 
bearing  the  private  stamp  of  Demas  Dames  &  Co., 
New  York. 


No  Forfeiting— Heretofore,  if  a  person  holding 
a  Life  Policy  became  unfortunate,  and  could  not 
raise  the  sum  of  money  required  to  pay  his  next  pre- 
mium, his  policy  was  declared  forfeited.  The 
Brooklyn  Life  Insurance  Company  of  New 
York-'  has  decided  to  make  f.very  policy  it  issues 
NON-FORFEIT  ABLE,  giving  a  PAID-UP 
POLICY  to  the  party  if  unable  to  "continue  h 
payments  of  premiums.  The  dividends  of  the 
Brookly  n  Life  Insurance  Company  are  settled  aniiu 
ally  in  cash.  This  plan  is  far  more  acceptable  to 
insurers  than  at  the  end  of  three  or  live  years,  as  in 
other  companies.  The  Brooklyn  Life  Insurance 
Company  allows  thirty  days  grace  in  the  payment 
of  premiums.  Its  policies  are  incontestable,  and  its 
losses  are  promptly  paid.  The  Brooklyn  Ltfe  Insu 
ranee  Company  offers  every  known  plan  of  Life 
and  Eudowment  Insurance.  (Jet  a  pamphlet  at  the 
office,  2-10  Montgomery  street,  southeast  corner  of 
Pine,  from  Stephen  T.  King,  General  Manager,  or 
David  B.  Arrowsmith,  Local  Agent. 


S— T— 1860  —  X.    DRAKE'S  PLANTATION 

BITTERS. 
They  purify,  strengthen  and  invigorate. 
They  create  a  healthy  appetite. 
They  are  an  antidote  to  change  of  water  and  diet. 
They  strengthen  the  system  and  enliven  the  mind. 
They  prevent  miasmatic  and  intermittent  fevers. 
They  purify  the  breath  and  acidity  of  tbe  stomach. 
They  cure  Dyspepsia  and  Constipation- 
They  cure  Liver  Complaint  and  Nervous  Head- 
ache. 

They  are  the  best  Bitters  in  the  world.  They 
make  the  Weak  strong,  and  are  exhausted  natuie's 
great  restorer.  They  are  made  of  pure  St.  Croix 
Rum,  the  celebrated Caliaaya  Bark,  roots  and  herbs, 
and  are  taken  with  the  pleasure  of  a  beverage,  with- 
out regard  to  age  or  time  of  day.  Particularly  rec 
oinmended  to  delicate  persons  requiring  a  gentle 
stimulant.  Sold  by  all  Grocers,  Druggists,  lintels 
and  Saloons.  Only  genuine  when  Cork  is  covered 
by  our  private  U.  S.  Stamp.  Beware  of  counter- 
feits and  refilled  bottles. 

P.  H.  DRAKE  &  CO.,  New  York. 

"  In  lifting  the  kettle  from  the  hi  e  I  scalded  my 
self  vary  severely — one  hand  almost  to  a  crisp.  The 
torture  was  unbearable.  »  *  *  i»he  Mexican 
Mustang  Liniment  iclieved  the  pain  almost  immedi- 
ately. It  healed  rapidly,  and  left  very  little  scar. 
"  Chas.  Foster,  420  Broad  street,  Philada." 


This  is  merely  a  sample  of  what  the  Mus- 
tang Liniment  will  do.  It  is  invaluable  in  all  cases 
of  wounds,  swellings,  sprains,  cuts,  bruises, spavius, 
etc.,  either  upon  man  or  beast. 

Beware  of  counterfeits.  None  is  genuine  unless 
wrapped  in  tine  steel  plate  engravings,  hearing  the 
signature  of  G.  VV.  Westbrook,  Chemist,  and  the 
private  stamp  of  Demas  Barnes  &.  Co.,  New  York. 


MEDICAL  ADVICE. 
Dr.  Wm.  K.  Doherty's  Medical  and  Surgical 
Institute  is  becoming  a  sine  qua  non  to  the  welfare 
of  our  State  and  health  of  our  citizens ;  and  bis 
rapidly  spreading  reputation,  although  it  may  excite 
surprise,  is  but  the  signal  of  skill,  and  follows  as  the 
natural  effect  of  such  a  cause.  We  are  personally 
acquainted  with  gentlemen  who  bad  suffered  for 
years  under  chronic  disease,  and  who  had  taken  ad 
vantage  of  every  available  means  that  promised 
relief,  but  without  success,  until  they  called  upon 
Dr.  Doherty,  who,  in  an  incredibly  short  space  of 
time,  has  given  them  entire  relief.  It  is  gratifying 
to  announce  this  fact,  because  the  Doctor  is  a  gentle 
man  who  seeks,  not  by  defamation  of  others,  to  es 
tablish  his  reputation,  or  to  rear  the  superstructure  of 
his  own  upon  the  ruin  of  another's  fame.  The  Doc 
tor  conducts  his  Institute  in  a  manner  that  must  be 
gratifying  to  all  his  patients.  He  examines,  hears, 
advises,  and  recommends,  without  charge,  and  the 
patient,  after  hearing  his  terms  for  treatment,  can 
accept  or  reject  at  pleasure.  In  no  case  does  the 
Doctor  make  a  charge  unless  he  effects  a  cure.  This 
be  is  able  to  do,  because  he  feels  the  confidence 
which  long  experience  has  given,  and  no  doubt  the 
consolation  which  appertains  to  that  confidence. 
Persons  atfiicted  witli  either  acute  or  chronic  disease, 
would  do  well  to  consult  the  Doctor  ;  at  all  events, 
it  can  do  no  harm,  as  for  consultation  he  asks  no  fee ; 
nor  does  he  insist  on  obedience  to  bis  advice  unlets 
the  patient  places  himself  under  his  care.  His  offices 
are  on  Sacramento  street,  opposite  the  Pacific  Mail 
Steamship  office. — San  Francisco  News. 


E  Goldsmith  &,  Co.,  at  No.  646  Sacramento 
street,  three  doors  below  Kearny,  have  just  received 
some  beautiful  new  style  Gurbaldis  and  Zouave 
Jackets,  that  for  taste  and  style  are  particularly 
worthy  of  the  attention  of  our  lady  readers.  They 
have  also  a  fine  assortment  of  Ladies'  Furnishing 
Goods  of  the  choicest  description.  French  corsets 
for  one  dollar.  A  great  variety  of  French  toilet  and 
fancy  articles,  the  newest  styles  of  buttons  and 
dress  trimmings,  may  always  be  found  at  Gold- 
smith's G46  Sacramento  street. 


All  who  Value  a  Beautiful  Head  of 

Hair,  and  its  preservation  from  premature  baldness 
and  turning  gray,  will  not  fail  to  use  Lyon's  Cele- 
brated Kathairon.  It  makes  the  hair  rich,  soft, 
and  glossy,  eradicates  dandruff,  and  causes  the  hair 
to  grow  with  luxuriant  beauty.  It  is  sold  every- 
where.      E.  THOMAS  LYON,  ChemiBt,  N.  Y. 


- ..... 


Lyon's  Ekmiact  of  Pure  Jamaica  Ginger, 
for  Indigestion,  Nausea,  Heartburn,  Sick  Headache, 
Cholera  Morbus,  &,c,  where  a  warming,  genial 
stimulant  is  required.  Its  careful  preparation  and 
entire  purity  make  it  a  cheap  and  reliable  article  for 
culinary  purposes.  Sold  everywhere,  at  50  cents  per 
bottle.  ap7-ly 


RHEUMATISM. 

Throughout  this  coast  a  great  deal  of  suffering  is 
experienced  from  Rheumatism.  Weeks  and  even 
months  of  protracted  and  aggravated  misery  is  en- 
dured by  the  victims  of  medical  inefficiency  and 
ignorance,  which  could  be  cured  just  us  speedily  as 
was  Mr.  Sparrow,  whose  testimony  is  given  below, 
and  is  only  the  echo  of  hundreds  of  other  cases. 
Dr.  Bourne  cures  without  medicines,  which  accounts 
for  his  extraordinary  success.  No.  10  Masonic 
Temple,  Post  street  entrance : 

San  Francisco,  September  6,  1861. 

Dr.  Bourne :  Last  Winter  I  was  nearly  dead,  by 
an  attack  of  inflammatory  rheumatism.  I  suffered 
the  most  excruciating  pains  for  about  five  weeks, 
without  any  hope  of  relief,  when  a  friend,  hearing 
of  my  illness,  called  to  see  me,  and  assured  me  that 
if  I  would  stop  "drugging  and  dosing,''  and  go  to 
you,  that  you  would  have  me  walking  about  the 
Streets  in  three  days.  Sure  enough,  although  1  was 
utterly  helpless,  and  conveyed  to  your  house  in  a 
carriage,  aud  carried  into  it  by  three  stout  men,  and 
was  by  them  lifted  into  the  bath,  yet,  on  coming 
out  of  the  bath  I  was  able  to  largely  assist  myself, 
doing  much  toward  dressing,  and  without  assistance 
Walked  from  the  bath  to  the  carriage.  On  the 
fourth  day,  I  discharged  my  carriage  and  walked 
with  a  friend's  aid  the  entire  distance  to  your  house 
(nearly  a  mile)  and  home  again,  and  so  on  until 
cured  ;  and  I  hud  not  taken  more  than  twelve  baths 
when,  all  pain'  an j  swelling  having  ceased,  I  felt 
myself  a  well  man.  And  now  I  am  happy  to  do  this 
little  service  of  pnblicly  certifying  to  tbe  simple 
truth,  leaving  it  to  do  its  own  work  among  such  of 
my  friends  and  acquaintances  as  may  chance  to  see 
this.  Your  friend,  Joseph  Sparrow. 


Dainty  Work. — About  the  daintiest  work  we 
ever  niw  were  specimens  of  hair  jewelry  at  the  es-> 
tablishmentof  Mrs.  C.  Cook,  645  Clay  Btreet,  between 
Montgomery  aud  Kearny  streets,  yesterday.  This 
lady  manufactures  all  sortsof  jewelry — watch-chains, 
earrings,  finger  rings,  breastpins,  and  various  other 
kinds  of  ornaments — from  huniau  hair.  We  wit 
nessed  the  process  of  inaniifacturei  and  it  is  intricate 
and  ingenious  in  the  higheBt  degree. — <S>.  F.  Exam 
titer*  ■  .XAJtlfUS  j 


A  SUMMER  AND  WINTER  MEDICINE. 

"  Great  oaks  from  little  acorns  grow." 

The  worst  diseases  known  to  the  human  race 
spring  from  causes  so  small  as  to  almost  defy  detec- 
tion. The  volumes  of  scientific  lore  that  fill  the 
tables  and  shelves  of  the  medical  fraternity  only  go 
to  prove  and  elaborate  these  facts. 

Theu  guard  yourselves"  while  you  may.  The 
smallest  pimple  on  the  skin  is  a  tell-tale  and  indica- 
tor of  disease.  It  may  fade  and  die  away  from  the 
surface  of  the  body,  but  it  will  reach  the  vit  lie,  per- 
haps, at  last,  and  death  be  the  result  and  final  close. 
Maggiel's  Bilious,  Dyspeptic  and  Diarrhaa  Pills 
cure  where  all  others  fail.  While  for  Burns,  Scalds, 
Chilblains,  Cuts,  and  all  abrasions  of  the  skin,  Mag- 
giel't  Salve  is  infallible.  Sold  by  J.  Maggiel,  43 
Fulton  street,  New  York,  aud  all  Druggists,  at  25 
cents  per  box. 


Wanted — Agents  to  sell,  by  subscription  only  the 
most  popular  work  ever  written  :  "  GRANT  AND 
SHERMAN;  their  Campaigns  and  Generals."  By 
the  world-renowned  historian,  Hon.  J.  T.  Headley, 
author  of  Washington  and  his  Generals,  Sacred 
Mountains,  etc.  Agents  are  taking  as  high  as  thirty 
subscribers  per  day,  aud  all  agree  iu  pronouncing  it 
the  most  saleable  work  they  ever  took  hold  of.  The 
people  want  Headley's  illustrated  "  GRANT  AND 
•SHERMAN,"  etc.  For  terms  and  territory,  address 
E.  E.  Shear,  No.  8  Montgomery  Street,  and  Box 
1,430,  San  Francisco,  California 


Kkjd  the  Testimony  of  a  few  of  tbo  many  Eminent 
Clergymen  aud  their  Families  of  New  York  city,  who, 
haviug  used  the  Sozodont  for  a  long  time  past,  are  con 
vineea  ot  its  excellent  aud  invaluable  qualities,  and  give 
it  their  cordial  commendation  : 

Rev.  THOMAS  DEWITT,  Pastor  Collegiate 

Rcf.  Dutch  Church,  Lafayette  Place. 
Rev.  J.  W.  ALEXANDER,  D.  D.,  Presbyterian 

Church,  Fifth  Avenue. 
Rev.  J.  B.  WAKE  LEY,  M.  E.  City  Missionary. 
Rev.  W.  F.  MORGAN,  D.D.,  Rector  St.  Thomas 

Church,  Broadway. 
Rev.  E.  H.  CHAP1N.  D.  D.,  Pastor  Fourth  Uni- 

versaiist  Church,  Broadway. 
Rev.  SAMUEL  COOKE,  D.D.,  Rector  St.  Bar- 
tholomew's Chinch,  Lafayette  Place. 
Rev.  SAMUEL  OSGOOD,  D.D.,  Pastor  Church 

of  Messiah,  Broad/cay. 
Rev.  B.  M.  ADAMS,  M.  £.  Church,  Duane  street. 
Rev.  HE  MAN  BANGS,  late  Pastor  Centenary 

M.  E.  Church,  Brooklyn. 
Rev.  W.  S.  MIKELS,  Pastor  Baptist  Church, 

Sixteenth  street. 
Rev.  GEO.  POTTS,  D.D.,  Pastor  Presbyterian 

Church,  University  Place. 
Rev.  E.  E.  RANKIN,  Pastor  Presbyterian  Church 

Forty  second  street. 
Rev.  T.  E.  VERMILYE,  D.  D.,  Pastor  of  Co 

Dutch  Riformcd,  Lafayette  Place. t 

FROM  C.  F.  J.  COLBURN,  DOCTOR  DENTAL  SUR- 
GERY, NEWARK,  N.  J. 
The  Popular  Deutriuce  known  as  Van  Buskirk's  "  SO- 
ZODONT," besides  being  a  very  ploasant  addition  to  ilia 
toilet,  contains  ingredients  that,  if  used  according  to  the 
direclioas,  will  prove  of  tbo  greatest  utility  to  the  health 
of  the  month  aud  teeth. 

BEWARE  OF  IMITATIONS ! 
Sold  by  all  Druggists  aud  Perfumers. 

HALL  &  RUCKEL, 


je2-4m 


NEW  YORK. 


U ALL'S  SARSAPARILLA, 
YELLOW  DOCK  AND  IODIDE  POTASS, 

TUG 

Best  Blood  Purifier  Known. 

Persons  that  are  troubled  with  Rheumatism, 
Scrofula,  Neuralgia,  Morbid  Liver,  Salt 
Rheum,  Pimples,  Boils,  or  any  of  the  many 
diseases  that  originate  from  Impure  Blood, 
would  fiud  it  much  to  their  advantage  to  give 
this  justly  celebrated  article  a  trial.  One  or 
two  bottles  are  quite  sufficient  to  convince  the 
most  skeptical  of  its  merits.  It  contains 
neither  Spirit,  ARSENIC  nor  MERCURY 
which  canuot  be  truly  said  of  any  other  prepa- 
tion  called  "  Sarsaparilla." 

sHEPARDSON  &  GATES,  Proprietors, 
ap7-3tu      N.  W. cor. Sausome  aud  Commercial-streets; 


rj^HE  CALIFORNIAN'S 
SAN  FRANCISCO  BUSINESS  DIRECTORY. 

BATHS. 

Dr.  Bourne's,  (Medical,)  10Post,near  Montgomery- 

AUCTIONEERS. 
Olney  k  Co. ,  removed  to  418  Montgomery  street. 

BUSINESS  AND  PROPERTY  AGENCY. 
S.  P.  Whitman,  SIS  Montgomery  st- 

BOWLING  ALLEYS. 
Cosmopolitan,  White  &  Latferty,  Cosmopolitan  Hotel. 
Wholers  k  Steil.Piue  aud  Montgomery,  (Russ  House.) 

BOOKS. 

A.  Gcnsoul,  511  Montgomery.  **» 

A.  Roman  k  Co.,  417  and  419  Montgomery  street. 

BOOTS  AND  SHOES. 
Finch  &  Co. ,  133  Montgomery  street. 
I.  M.  Wcutworth  k  Co.  (wholesale  nianufac.)  210  Pine  St. 

HATTER. 

Lamott  (wholesalo  and  retail)  227  Montgomery  street, 
HOTELS. 

Brooklyn,  John  Kelly,  Jr., Sausome,  corner  Pino. 
Chicago,  E.  W.  Heiniburg  k  Co. .  220  Pacific  street. 

INSURANCE. 

Bigclow  &  Bro. ,  N.W.  cor.  Montgomery  and  Sacramento. 
Mutual  Life  Ius.  Co.,  H.  S.  Homans,  Agent,  609  Clay. 
Manhattan,  R.  B.  Swain  &  Co. ,  Ag'ts,  206  Front,  cor  Call 
National  Ins.  Co.,  N.E.  cor.  Montgomery  and  California. 
Occidental  Ius.  Co. ,  S.  W.  cor.  Muutgom'y  and  California! 
Pacillc  Ins.  Co. ,  436  California  street. 

COLLECTOR. 

B.  Pulverman,  614  Montgomery — Office  hours,  1  to  3  p.m. 

CLOTHING. 
H  M.  Lockwood  k  Co.,  624  Clay  street. 
J.  R.  Mead  &Co.,  corner  Montgomery  and  Bush  streets 
William  Sherraau,  412  Sausome.  corner  Commercial. 
Quinsy  Hall,  545,  547,  and  549  Washington  street. 

COAL  OIL,  LAMPS,  ETC. 
Dell,  Cranna  &  Co.  (wholesale)  513  Front  street. 
A.  C.  Dietz  &  Co.,  (wholesale,)  521  Front  street. 

COPPER  CRUSHER  AND  SAMPLER. 
S.  W.  Howlaud,  24  California  street,  (at  Thomas'  Mil  j) 

DRESS  TRIMMINGS,  WORSTEDS,  ETC. 
Mrs.  Norcross,  5  Montgomery  street  (Masonic  Temple.) 

DENTISTS. 
Dr.  Blake,  removed  to  Third,  corner  Mission. 
Dr.  A.  N.  Clark  (late  Knowles  k  Clark)  removed  to  410 
Kearny. 

Dr.  Wm.  B.  McAllister, 221  Third  street. 
Wbitcouib  k  Dyer,  205  Thirc' ,  near  Howard. 

DANCING  ACADEMY. 
Coghill's,  Congress  Hall,  Bush,  above  Montgomery 
Fuller  k  McCarthy,  727  Market,  near  Third. 

DRY  GOODS. 
Meagher,  Taaffe  k  Co..  9  Montgomery  street. 
Mosgrove  &  Blakely,  222  Third,  near  Howard. 

DRUGGISTS. 

R.  H.  McDonald  &Co.,  (Wholesale)  Sausome.  cor.  Vine* 
Shopardson  k  Gates,  (successors  to  R.  Hall  k  Co.,)  cor- 
ner Sausome  aud  Commercial. 

EDUCATIONAL  INSTITUTIONS. 
Cal.  Collegiate  Institute,  Miss  M.  Lammuud,  68  Silver. 
Miel  Institute,  Miss  Florence  James,  55 South  Park. 
PaciQc  Business  College,  751  Market  street,  above  Third. 

FURNITURE. 
Goodwin  k  Co.,  510  and  528  Washington  streets. 
J.  Poirce,  415,  417  and  419  California  street, 

GROCERS. 
N.  Boschcn,  corner  Fifth  and  Mim.a. 
Slossou  k  Ladd,  southwest  corner  Folsom  and  First. 
J  J.  Miller,  corner  Sutter  and  Leavenworth. 
Haskell  k  Co. ,  Market  and  Sutter  sts,  below  the  Market' 
W.  M.  Noble  k  Co.,  cor  Howard  and  Twelfth  streets 

LADIES'    BIJOUTERIE,  CLOAKS,  ETJ. 
Rosonblutt's,  123  aud  125  Montgomery  street. 

LIVERY  AND  SALE  STABLE. 

Philip  Morshead,  removed  to  Howard,  near  Fifth. 
MAPS. 

Pacific  Map  Depot,  A.  Geusoul,  511  Montgomery. 

MERCHANT  TAILORS. 
J.  H.  Hammond  removed  to  328  Montgomery. 

PIANO  SCHOOL. 
Mr.  Gustave  A.  Scott,  at  Miel  Institute,  55  South  Park. 
W.  S.  Pierce,  lenioved  to  534  Market,  0|  posite  Sccon  d 

PIANOS,  MUSIC,  ETC. 
M.  Gray,  613  Clay  street. 

PHOTOGRAPHS,  CUTLERY,   SPECTACLES,  ETC. 
Lawrence  k  Houseworth,  817  and  319  Montgomery  st. 

REAL  ESTATE. 
Fifteen-dollar  lots  for  sale  by  H.  S.  Brown,  S.E.  corner 
Of  Battery  aDd  Commercial  streets. 


IN  THE   DISTRICT     COURT   OF  THE 
Fifteenth  Judicial  District  of  thcStateof  California,  in 
and  for  the  City  aud  Couuty  of  San  Francisco. 
MARY  SMITH,  Plaintiff,  ") 
«*  > 
WILLIAM  SMITH,  Defendant.  J 

Ac!  Ion  brought  in  the  District  Court  of  the  Fifteenth  Judi- 
cial District  of  the  Stato  of  California,  iu  and  for  the  City 
and  Couuty  of  San  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in 
said  City  and  Couuty  of  San  Francisco,  iu  the  oltfce  of 
tbe  Clerk  of  said  District  Court. 

Tbe  People  of  the  State  of  California  fend  greeting 
to  WILLIAM  SMITH,  Defendant  ■  Yoii  are  hereby  re- 
quired to  appear  in  an  action  brought  against  you  by  the 
above-named  Plaintiff  iu  the  District  Court  of  the  Fifteenth 
Judicial  District  of  tbe  State  of  California,  in  aud  for  the 
City  and  Couuty  of  San  Francisco,  aud  to  answer  tbe  com- 
plaint filed  therein,  within  Ten  Days,  (exclusivo  of  the  day 
of  service.)  after  the  Service  on  you  of  this  Summons 
—if  servod  within  this  County  ;  or,  if  served  out  of  this 
County,  but  iu  this  District,  within  Twenty  Days  ;  other- 
wise, within  Forty  Days — or  judgment  by  default  will  bo 
taken  against  you,  according  to  tbo  prayer  of  said  Com- 
plaiut. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  decree  of  this 
Court,  dissolving  tbo  Bonds  of  Matrimony  existing  be- 
tween Plaintiff  and  Defendant,  and  that  one  half  of  the 
Defendant's  property,  if  he  have  any,  bo  awarded  to 
Plaintiff,  and  for  general  relief. 

And  you  arc  hereby  notified  that  if  you  fall  to  appear 
and  answer  the  said  complaint,  as<ibovc  required ,  the  said 
plaintilf  will  apply  to  the  Court  tor  the  relief  therein  de- 
handed. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  Seal  of  the  District  Court  of  tbe 
Fifteenth  Judiolnl  District  of  the  State  of  California,  in 
and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  this  27th 
day  of  June  in  the  year  of  oar  Lord  one  thousand  eight 
hundred  aud  sixty. six. 

Seal.  lut.  Rev.  Stamp,  \  WM.  LOEWY, 

60  cts.,  cancelled.      J  Clerk,  . 

By  Q.  C.  Letches,  Deputy  Cleric. 
A.  Wiixiams,  Plaintlll's  Attorney,  ) 

635  Clay  street.  J  jc»0-3m 


14 


THE     CALIFORNIA  N. 


[June  30th 


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AWARDED  the  HIGHEST  PREMIUM 

AT  THE 

State  Fair  of  California, 

The  only  Fair  on  the  Pacific  coast  at  which  auy  two 
double-thread  Machines  were  exhibited  in  competition  in 

1865. 

If  there  is  a  FLORENCE  SEWING  MA- 
chirje  within  one  thousand  miles  of  this  office 
that  is  not  working  well,  it  will  be  attended 
to  if  I  am  informed  of  it,  without  expense  to 
the  owner.  SAMUEL  HILL, 

General  Agent, 
111  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco. 

THE 


flORENGE 


SEWING  MACHINE 

RECEIVED  THE  FIRST  PREMIUM,  A  (iOLD  MEDAL, 
at  the  Great  Exhibition  of  the 

AMERICAN  INSTUTE,  -  -  -  New  York, 
1  8  6  5. 

myl0-3m 


£JANTY  &  WAGNER, 

(SUCCESSORS  TO  J.  REGAN,)  ] 
WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL 

Confectioners, 

111  Montgomery  street,  bet.  Bush  and  Sutter. 

N.  B. — All  candies  sold  by  us  are  warranted  to  be  man- 
ufactured from  Stewart's  double  refined  Sugat ,  and  to  be 
qin  1  to  any  manufactured  in  the  State.  Country  mcr 
hiu  ts  solicited  to  examine  our  slock  and  prices.  Goods 
lif.-jj  ik>    any  part  of  the  city  free  of  eharge.  my24  3m 


n.  Mcdonald  &  co., 

WHOLESALE 

DRUGGISTS 


IMPORTERS  OF 

Drugs,     Chemicals,  Herbs, 

PATENT  MEDICINES, 
PAINTS,  TARNISHES, 
ACIDS,  DYE  STUFFS, 

OILS,  PERFUMERIES, 

MB 

TOILET  ARTICLES, 


BRUSHES. 

We  are  just  receiving,  direct  from  Spain,  a  complete 
assortment  of 

CORKS !   CORKS !  CORKS 

which  we  offer  at  lower  prices  than  usual 

Dusting,    Paint,  Varnish,    Shoe,  Scrub, 
Hair  and  Tooth  Brushes  : 

Wc  have  a  splendid  stock,  which  we  ofTer  at  oxttemely 
low  prices. 

HERBS. 

We  have  received,  direct  from  the  Shakers,  all  kinds 
of  fresh  Herbs,  and  intend  to  keep  every  article  used  of 
this  description. 

Tildkn's  Solid  and  Fluid  Extracts,  Pills, 
and  Concentrated  Preparations. 

We  have  on  hand,  and  shall  keep  a  full  assortment  of 
the  above  celebrated  preparations,  which  we  offer  to  the 
trade  at  such  prices  as  will  defy  competition. 

FLAVORING  EXTRACTS. 

A  great  variety,  not  to  be  equalled  in  the  market  as  to 
quality  and  price. 

Parlies  abod  purchasing  would  do  well  to  give  uh  a  call 
and  examine  prices  and  goods  before  purchasing  else- 
where. 


PLAIN 
GUM  TEETH. 

We  have  the  largest  assortment  of  any  house  on  the 
Pacific  co} St. 

GOLD  FOIL. 
Wc  are  manufacturing  Foil  which  we  can  recommend  to 
the  profession  as  being  a  superior  article.    We  also 
have  on  hand  a  full  assortment,  of  all  the  various  makers 

VULCANIZERS, 
DENTAL  CHAIRS  AND  LATHES 

FILES, 
VULCANITE  AND  GUTTA  PERCHA, 
FORCEPS, 

BURRS,  DRILLS  AND  EXCAVATORS, 
mirrors,  etc.; 

We  have,  besides  the  above,  everv  article  used  by  the 
Dentist,  and  are  daily  in  receipt  of  all  the  new  inventions 
in  use. 

Dentists  will  find  it  to  their  interest  to  call  and  examine 
our  slock  and  prices  before  purchasing  elsewhere. 

R.    H.    McDonald    &  Co., 

CORNER  SANSOME  AND  PINE  STREETS, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

AMD 

]  STREET  -  -  SACRAMENTO. 

ap28  3n> 


rpHE  LIGHT  OF  THE  WORLD. 

DR.  MAGGIEL'S 

Pills  and  Salve. 


These  Life-giving  remedies  are  now,  for  the  first 
time,  given  puhlicly  to  the  world.  For  over  a  quar- 
ter of  a  century  of  private  practice  the  ingredients  in 
these 

LIFE-GIVING  PILLS1 

Have  been  used  with  the  greatest  success.  Their 
mission  is  not  oulv  to  preveut  disease,  hat  to  cure. 
They  search  out  the  various  maladies  by  which  the 
patient  is  suffering,  and  re-invigorate  the  failing  sys 
tern.  To  the  aged  and  infirm  a  few  doBes  of  these 
valuable  PILLS  will  prove  to  be 

A  VERY  FOUNTAIN  OF  YOUTH, 
For  in  every  case  they  add  new  life  and  vitality, 
and  restore  the  waning  energies  to  their  pristine 
state.  To  the  young  and  middle  aged,  they  will 
prove  most  invaluable,  as  a  ready,  specific,  and 
sterling  medicine.  Here  is  a  dream  realized,  that 
Ponce-de-Leon  sought  for  three  hundred  years  ago, 
and  never  found.  He  looked  for  a  fountain  that 
would  restore  the  old  to  vigor  and  make  youth  ever 

AN    ETERNAL    SPRING ! 
It  was  left  for  this  day  and  hoar  to  realize  the 
dream,  and  show  in  one  glorious  fact,  the  magic  that 
made  it  fair. 

THESE   FAMOUS  REMEDIES 

Cannot  stuy  the  flight  of  years,  but  they  can  force 
back,  and  bold  aloof,  diseases  that  might  triumph 
over  the  aged  and  the  young.  Let  none  hesitate 
then,  but  seize  the  favorable  epportunity  that  offers. 
When  taken  as  prescribed — 

FOR  BILLIOUS  DISORDERS 
Nothing  can  be  more  productive  of  cure  than  these 
Pills.  Their  almost  magic  influence  is  felt  at  once  ; 
and  the  usual  concomitants  of  this  most  distressing 
disease  are  removed.  These  remedies  are  made 
from  the  purest 

VEGETABLE  COMPOUNDS. 
They  will  not  harm  the  most  delicate  female,  and 
can  be  given  with  good  effect  in  prescribed  doseB  to 
the  youngest  babe. 

FOR   CUTANEOUS  DISORDERS 
And  all  eruptions  of  the  skin,  the  SALVE  is  most 
invaluable.    It  does  not  heal  externally  alone,  but 
penetrates  witn  the  most  searching  effects  to  the  very 
root  of  the  evil ! 

Dr.  Maggiel's  Pills 

Invariably  cure  the  following         ......  . 

Asthma, 

Bowel  Complaints, 
Coughs, 
Colds, 

Chest  Diseases, 
Costiveness, 
Dyspepsia, 
Diarrhoea, 
Dropsv, 
Debility, 

Female  Complaints,  Fever  and  Ague 

Headache, 
Indigestion, 
Influenza, 

Inflammation, 

Inward  Weakness, 
Liver  Complaint, 
Lowness  of  Spirits, 
Ringworm, 

Rheumatism, 
Salt  Uheum, 
Scalds. 

Skin  Diseases. 

Notice.  —  None  genuine  without  the  engraved 
trade  murk  around  each  pot  or  box,  signed  by  Dr.  J. 
M...  43  Fulton  st.,  New  York,  to  counterfeit 
which  is  felony. 

Sold  by  all  respectable  Dealers  in  Medicines 
throughout  the  United  States— at  25  cents  per  box  or 
pot.  up!4-ly 


C  ARD  . 


M.  Howard's  Hair  Restorative, 

NO.  315  MONTGOMERY  STREET, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

THE  ABOVE  PREPARATION,  which  has  been  recently 
discovered  and  patented,  is  purely  a  Vegetable  Extract 

The  undersigned  are  fully  aware  of  the  many  unsatis- 
factory  and  useless  preparations  for  restoring  hair  that 
have  been  introduced  to  tho  puplic,  and  how  little  confi- 
dence is  to  be  placed  in  any  pretensions  to  restoring  the 
hair  to  bald  heads,  but, 

HAVING  TRIED  MR.  HOWARD'S  PREPARATION, 
we  aro  ablo  to  state  that  it  not  only  prevents  the  Hair 
from  falling  out,  but  absolutely  reproduces  it,  and  that 
we  now  have  good  suits  of  Hair  gruwiug  where  we  we'e 
entirely  bald.  Therefore,  as  a  matter  of  justice  to  Mr. 
Howard,  and  of  consolation  to  bald  heads,  we  tender  him 
this  testimonial  Mr  H.  keeps  the  article  lor  sale  m 
bottles,  with  directions  for  its  use.  or  applies  it  himself, 
as  mav  be  desired. 
San  Francisco,  April  6, 1866. 

Frank  M.  Thayer,  R.  A.  Redman, 

W.  S  Davis,  J.  O.  Rounlree, 

T-  A.  Hall,  G.  W.  Gamble, 

A.  C.  Knox  J.  W.  Miller, 

Rradburv  Sanborn,  E.  C.  McComb, 

George  VVells,  D.  C.  Ross, 

Joseph  Wells,  ap7 


JPRANKLIN  PRINTING  OFFICE, 

509  CLAY  STREET,  [near  Samome,) 

SAN  FRANCISCO, 

'*  The  oldest  and  most  complete  Book  and  Job  printing 
establishment  In  California.  All  descriptions  of  work 
neatlv  executed  st  low  rates." 

jal.  FRANK.  EASTMAN,  Proprietor. 


PEIRCE, 

'furniture  AND 


Bedding  Warerooms. 


Nos.  415,  41",  and  419  California  Street, 

NEAR  MONTGOMERY. 


THIS  STOCK  OF  FURNITURE,  etc.,  was  selected  with 
great  care,  and  special  attention  given  to  the  wants  of 
this  market,  ENTIRELY  AT  THE  EAST.  It  Is  NOT 
COMPOSED  OF  REFUSE  GOODS,  ODDS  AND  ENDS  OF 
OTHER  HOUSES  that  have  lately  closed  out  here,  but 
CONSISTS  ENTIRELY  OF  NEW  GOODS,  made  after  tbe 
latest  patterns  und  in  tbe  most  durable  manner. 

The  present  Slock  is  fully  TWICE  as  large  as  that  of  any 
other  house  lu  re.  Parties  having  any  doubts  of  this,  or 
that  the  assortment  is  not  superior  to  any  in  the  city,  can 
easily  satisfy  themselves  by  calling. 

The  slock  of  Case  Goods  is  laiger  than  ever  before. 

J.  PEIRCE, 
Ware-rooms  415,  417  and  419  California  street, 

mhl6-3m  SAN  FRANCISCO. 


B.  F.  Sterett,  533 
Clay  St.,  a  few  doors 
below  Montgomery, 
continues  to  print  all 
kinds  of  Books,  Bills, 
Circulars,  Cards,  etc. 
in  superior  style,  and 
at  reasonable  prices. 


RODGERS  JOHNSON, 


ODD  FELLOWS*  HALL,  32»  Montgomery  str»et, 
Djh30  3m  San  Francisco. 


NATHANIEL  GRAY, 

UNDERTAKER, 

CITY  AND  COVNTT  SEXTON, 

641   8*CB»MENTO  STREET,  CORNER  OE  WlBB 

rrr 

-ole  agents  for   BARSTOW'S   PATENT  METALLIC 
BURIAL  CASES  and  CASKETS. 

,  —  0 

marl7  3m 


Edward  Bosqui  &  Co., 

Printers, 

And  Blank  Book  Manufacturers, 
517  CLAY  STREET, 

Between  Montgomery  and  Sansome  Sts., 
San  Francisco. 


gCHOOL  FURNITURE. 


RANKIN'S  PATENT  SCHOOL  DESK  j 
Liquid  Slating  for  Blackboard; 
ARITHMETICAL  FRAME; 

Babbitonlan  System  of  Writing— the  Best  System 
know 

W.  HOLT, 

def  SOS  Montgomery  street,  Room  No  a. 


June  30th] 


THE  CALIFORNIA!* 


DISTANCES  FROM  SAN  FRANCISCO 

To  various  points  : 

To  Fort  Point,  4  miles,  by  omnibus,  four  trips  a  day, 
Lone  Mountain,  3,  street  railway. 
Seal  Rock,  6,  cars  and  omnibus,  two  trips  a  day. 
Mission  Dolores,  street  railways ;  Ocean  House  8. 
San  Mateo,  20,  railroad. 
Crystal  Springs,  23,  railroad  and  stage 
Half-Moon  Bay, 29,     do.  do. 
Redwood  city,  30,  do. 
Mountain  View,  38,  do. 
Santa  Clara,  47,  do. 

Sau  Jose,  50,  do.,orsteamerandstage,54. 
Alviso,  46,  steamer,  daily. 

Almaden  mines,  67,  steamer  and  stage  ;  or  by  rail- 
road and  Btage,  64. 
Santa  Cruz,  78,  railroad  and  stage. 
Oakland,  8,  steamer  and  railroad,  six  trips  a  day. 
Alameda,  11,  steamer,  tbree  trips  a  day. 
San  Leandro,  15,  steamer  and  railroad. 
Mission  San  Jose,  34,  steamer,  railroad  and  stage. 
Warm  Springs,  37,  do.  do. 

Benicia,  30,  steamer  leaves  at  4  P.  M.  daily. 
Sacramento,  117,  do.  do. 
Stockton,  117,       do.  do. 
Martinez,  33,  do. 
Pacbeco,  38,  steamer  and  stage. 
Diablo  Coal  Mines,  44,  steamer  and  stage. 
S'.lisun,  50,  steamer,  or  54  by  steamer  and  stage 
Vallejo,  28;  Mare  Island,  37;  Napa  »ity,  50 
White  Sulphur  Springs,  67,  stage  from  Napa. 
Geyser  Springs,  118,  do.  do. 

Sonoma,  52,  steamer,  tri-weekly. 
Petaluma,  48,  steamer,  daily. 
Healdsburg,  80,  stage  daily  from  Petaluma 
San  Quentin,  12,  steamer  ;  Farallone  Islands,  20. 


JgROOKLYN  HOTEL, 

1852.   SAN    FRANCISCO.  1866. 


The  Proprietor  of  the  above-named  Hotel  wishes 
to  inform  his  patrons  and  the  Travelling  Public  that  he 
has  opened  that  elegant  Brick  Fireproof  Hotel,  situated 
on  the 

S.  E.  Corner  of  Pine  and  Sansome  streets, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

It  was  built  expressly  for  a  Hotel,  with  all  the  moderf 
conveniences  attached  to  it. 

Gas  and  water  are  supplied  throughout  the  House. 
Rooms  are  well  ventilated,  aud  the  Public  will  nudi 
Hotel  all  the  comforts  of  a  home.   The  Hotel  is  spacious, 
aud  well  adapted  for  the  use  of  Families.   Suits  of  Rooms 
can  be  had  on  reasonable  terms. 

LARGE  READING  ROOM 

Attached  to  the  Hotel, 

Containing  500  Volumes  of  Standard  Works, 

Which  is  entirely  for  the  use  of  patrons. 

THE  CITY  COACH,  with  the  Dame  of  the  Hotel  on  it, 
will  be  in  readiness  at  the  Wharf,  on  the  arrival  of  each 
steamer,  to  convey  passengers  md  baggage  to  the  Ho'el, 
free  of  charge.  JO  '  N  KELLY,  Jr., 

my6-3m  Proprietor. 


rjIHE  PACIFIC 

INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

HAVING  ADDED 

MARINE  INSURANCE 

TO  THEIR  BUSINESS,  ARE  NOW  PREPARED  TO  ISSUE 
POLICIES  ON 

Marine,  Inland  Navigation,  and  Fire  Risks, 

ON    THE     MOST    FAVORABLE  TERMS. 


Office,  436  California  street. 

J.  HUNT,  President 
A.  J.  RALSTON,  Secrotary.  my5-3m 


JJREWSTER  &  CO.'S 

Carriage  Manufactory, 

372  Broome  sleet,  New  York. 

We  desire  to  announce  to  our  California  friends  that 
wo  have  made  extensive  arrangements  by  increasing 
our  works  for  the  coming  season,  aud  with  a  view  to 
SUPPLYING  THE 

WANTS  OF  CALIFORNIA, 
will  manufacture  a  style  of  work  particularly  adapted  lo 
city  aad  country  use,  and  In  view  of  the  destructive  ef- 
fects of  city  railroads  on  all  light  work,  will  give 

PARTICULAR  ATTENTION 
to  remedying  the  evil,  and  guard  against  it  iu  work  shipped 
to  California. 

CARRIAGES,  BUGGIES,  PHAETONS,  COUPES, 
and  Vehicles  of  every  description,  of  our  own  lnanufac 
lure,  on  hand  aud  made  to  order. 
Orders  or  communications  should  be  addressed  to 
BREWSTER  &  CO., 

Of  Broome  street, 
The  Arm  of  Brewster  &  Baldwin  not  being  iu  any  way 
connected  with 

BREWSTER  &  CO., 
Of  No.  372,  Broome  street, 


s 


TOCKDaLE  HOUSE, 

Corner  Main  and  Oak  streets,  Petaluma. 
inar24  6m  H.  STOCKDAU5,  Proprietor. 


BOWMAN  &  CO., 
Dsalors  in  Stoves  and  Tin  Ware. 
mar24  6m  Main  street,  Petaluma. 


^LLEN'S 

LUNG  BALSAM! 


A  CERTAIN  CURE  FOR 
COUGHS,  COLDS,  INFLUENZA,  NIGHT 
SWEATS,  BRONCHITIS,  SPITTING 
OF  BLOOD,  ASTHMA,  WHOOPING 
COUGH, 

CONSUMPTION, 
And  all  Diseases  of  the 

CHEST   AND  LUNGS! 


This  celebrated  Cough  Remedv  effects  a  speedy 
cure  by  producing  a  free  and  easy  expectoration, 
heals  abscesses  of  the  lungs,  prevents  unhealthy  se- 
cretion of  the  bronchial  tubes,  and  removes  from 
them  those  accumulations  of  morbid  matter  which 
cause  oppression  of  the  breast,  difficulty  of  breath- 
ing, etc  ,  soothes  irritation  of  the  respiratory  organs 
which  produces  cough. 

PRICE  ONE  DOLLAR  PER  BOTTLE. 

Sold  by  all  Druggists. 

HOSTETTER,  SMITH  &  DEAN,  Agents, 
401  Battery  corner  of  Clay, 

ap27-3m  San  Francisco. 


£)R.  HUMPHREYS' 

Homoeopathic  Specifics 

Have  proved,  from  the  most  ample  experience,  an 
entire  success — simple,  prompt,  efficient  and  reliable. 
They  are  the  only  Medicines  perfectly  adapted  to 
popular  use — so  simple  that  mistakes  cannot  be  made 
in  using  them  ;  so  harmless  as  to  "be  free  from  dan- 
ger, and  so  efficient  as  to  be  always  reliable.  They 
have  received  the  highest  commendation  from  all, 
and  will  always  render  satisfaction. 

No.    1  cures  Fevers ,  Congestion,  Inflammations. 0  25 

2  cures  H/o?  ms,Worni  Fever,  Worm  Colic,  25 

3  cures  Crying  Colic,  or  Teething  of  in- 

4  cures  Diarrhoea  of  children  or  adults..-  25 
fant8   25 

5  cures  Dysentery,  Griping,  Bilious  Colic,  25 

6  cures  Cholera  Morbus,  Nausea,Vomiting,  25 

7  cures  Coughs,  Colds,  Bronchitis   25 

8  cures  Neuralgia,  Toothache,  Faceache.  25 

9  cures //ertrfat/ifs,sick-Headache,Vertigo,  25 

10  cures  Dyspepsia,  Billious  Stomach   25 

11  cures  Suppressed,  or  Painful  Periods..  25 

13  cures  Croup,  Cough,  difficult  Breathing,  25 

14  cures  Salt  Rlieum,  Erysipelas  Eruptions,  25 

15  enres  Rheumatism,  Rheumatic  Pains...  25 

16  cures  Fever  and  Ague,  Chill  Fever,  Agues  50 

17  cures  Piles,  blind  or  bleeding   50 

18cures  Op<Wmi«,andSoreorWeak  Eyes,  50 

19  cures  Catarrh, acute  orcbronic, Influenza  50 

20  cures  Wlwoping-Cough,  violent  coughs.  50 

21  cures  Asthma,  oppressed  Breathing   50 

22  cures  Ear  Discharges,  impaired  Hearing  50 

23  cures  Scrofula,  Enlarged  Glandk,  Swell- 
ings   50 

24  cures  General  Debility,  Physical  Weak- 
ness   50 

25  cures  Dropsy,  and  scanty  Secretions   50 

26cures  Sea- Sickness, sicknessfrom Riding,  50 

27  cures  Kidney  Disease,  Gravel   50 

29  cures  Sore  Mouth,  Canker   50 

31  cures  Painful  Periods,  even  with  Spasms  50 

32  cures  Sujerings  at  change  of  life  $1.00 

33  cavesEpilepsy,  Spasms, St.  Vitus'  Dance.  1.00 

34  cures  Diphtheria,  Ulcerated  Sore  Throat,  50 

FAMILY  CASES. 

35  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book  $10  00 

28  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book   8  00 

20  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book   6  00 

These  Remedies,  by  the  case  or  single  box,  are 
setit  to  any  part  of  the  country,  by  Mail  or  Express, 
on  receipt  of  the  price. 

HOSTETTER,  SMITH  &  DEAN, 
401  and  403  Battery  street,  corner  of  Clay, 
ap27-3m  San  Francisco. 


POURTE   OF   JULY,  1866 


BEAUTIFUL  COMPLEXION  ! 


Secret  of  Beauty ! 


USE  GEO.  W.  LAIRD'S 

BLOOM  OF  YOUTH, 

See  that  the  name. 


GEO.   W.  LAIRD, 
is  stamped 

ON   THE  BOTTLE. 

No  other  is  Genuine. 


LIQUID  PEARL! 
The  best  article  in  the 
world  for  Preserving 

and  Beautifying 
the  Complexion  and 
Skin. 

This  magnificent  Toilet  Article  is  prepared  only, 
by  GEO.  W.  LAIRD,  74  Fulton  street,  New  York, 
formerly  483  Broadway. 
Sold  bv  Druggists  everywhere. 

'HOSTETTER,  SMITH  &  DEAN, 
401  and  403  Battery  street,  corner  of  Clav, 
ap27-3m  San  Francisco. 


NOTICE. 


The  undersigned  having  been  appointed  Grand 
Marshal  of  the  Ceremonies  for  the  coming  Anniversary 
of  the  Independence  of  the  United  States,  hereby  respect- 
fully invites  the  different  Military,  Fireman  and  Civic  So- 
cieties iu  thiB  city  to  participate  ia  the  celebration,  and 
requests  tbeofflcers  of  the  same  to  send  immediate  notice 
of  acceptance  to  the  OInce  of  the  Marshal,  Nos.  25  and  26 
Montgomery  Block. 

The  proposed  celebration  is  intended  to  be  one  of  the 
grandest  ever  held  iu  San  Francisco,  and,  in  view  of  the 
peculiar  circumstances  attending  the  present  Anniver- 
sary, it  is  hoped  that  a  full  representation  of  the  above 
mentioned  societies  will  assist  in  giving  honor  to  the  day. 

As  peace  has  again  visited  our  Nation  it  is  especially 
appropriate  that  the  who.e  people  should  unite  in  publicly 
showing  their  gratitude  and  joy  on  the  occasion  relerrcd 
to  ;  and  a  demonstration  such  as  intended  to  be  made  will 
go  far  toward  showing  the  patriotism  which  still  endears 
the  memory  of  the  Birthday  of  America. 

je23-2t         WILLIAM  G.  BADGER,  Grand  Marshal. 


HEUSTON, 


HASTINGS 


&  oo. 


The   Fashionable  Clothiers 


SAN  FRANCISCO, 

Are  now  engaged  in  enlarging  their  already  ex- 
tensive European  connections,  and  are  offering  the 
LARGEST,  FINEST,  AND  MOST  COMPLETE 

STOCK  OF 

CUSTOM-MADE  CLOTHING, 

GENTS'  FURNISHING  GOODS, 
TRUNKS,  BAGS,  VALISES,  ETC., 
ON    THE   PACIFIC  COAST, 

AT 

REDUCED  PRICES. 

jel7-3m 


rpYLER  BROTHERS, 

NO.  632  WASHINGTON  STUEET, 
AND  691  MARKET  STREET,  ....  CORNER  THIRD, 

SAN  FRANCISCO, 
IMPORTERS,  WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL  DEALERS  IN 

SCHOOL  BOOKS, 

S  T  A  T 1  ONER Y  , 

PHOTOGRAPH  ALBUMS, 
BLANK  BOOKS, 

PORTFOLIOS, 

JUVENILE  BOOKS, 
FANCY  ARTICLES, 

CH1LDRENS'  PICTURE  BOOKS,  Etc. 
Especial  attention  given  to 

LADIES'  STATIONERY, 

Which  we  stamp  with 

INITIALS, 

In  COLORS  or  PLAIN. 


WEDDING    AND  VISITING  CARDS 

ENGRAVED,  WRITTEN,  OR  PRINTED. 

Jc23 


T 


HE  CALIFORNIAN. 


TERMS— FIVE  DOLLARS  PER  ANNUM,  IN  ADVANCE. 

A  PAPER  FOR  THE  TIMES 

DEVOTED  TO  LIVE  TOPICS, 

THE  DISSEMINATION  OF  A  PURE  LITERA 
TURK,  DEVELOPMENT  OF  HOME  TALENT, 
AND  THE 

BEST  INTERESTS    OF  CALIFORNIA. 

Published 

EVERY    SATURDAY  MORNIN8 

AT 

532  MERCHANT  STREET, 
BY   THE   CALIFORNIAN    PUBLISHING  COMPANY. 

A.   A.  STICKJiEY,  J.  P.  BOGARDUS,  W.  I.   B1NQHA3I,  C  B.  WEBB. 


No  effort  will  be  spared  to  enable  The  CAuroBNiAK 

to  appeal  to  the  Public  for  support,  uot  ouly  as  the 

BEST  JOURNAL  ON  THE  PACIFIC  COAST, 
But  also  as  being 
The  Equal  of  ant  on  thij  Continent 


THE  BEST  TALENT  OF  THE  STATE 
Is  employed  upon  The  Califobniaic. 

The  voluntary  notices  bestowed  by  the  press  of  the 
Eastern  cities  have  been  no  less  warm  and  con- 
gratulatory than  those  which  we  have  received  at 
the  hands  of  our  cotemporaries  of  the  Paciti 
Their  verdict  is  unanimously  iu  favor  of 

THE  CALIFORNIAN 
and  all  join  in  pronouncing  their  unqualified  appro 
val  of  its  unequalled  merits. 

Its  reputation  is  now  fully  established.    It  is  not 

EXCELLED  BY  ANY  LITERARY  JOURNAL 

on  the  Continent. 
!^-The  Tebhs  of  tbe  Caijfobnian  are  $5  per  year,  mailed 
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POETRY  : 

Cheated.— By  Emilie  Lawson. 
Ode  (July  4,  1866).— By  CharJes 
Warren  Stoddard. 


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[For  the  California!!. J 

ODE. 

E  kDow  what  awful  pnngs  aud  throes 
Of  hirlli  were  ours  wliea  lirst  uros  e 
The  child  that  was  to  he 
Our  Goddess — Liberty. 


'Twas  fitting  from  such  travail-pains 
Should  spring  an  idol  for  our  fanes, 

And  stars  not.  too  mean 

For  a  right  royal  queen. 

Then  we  did  robe  her  as  we  might 
In  graceful  skirts  of  red  and  white, 
And  to  those  fair  bright  bars 
Drew  down  God's  burning  stars. 

She  eheered  us  on  the  far  blue  main,  ^ 
She  nursed  us  on  the  battle  plain  ; 

Vor  her  we  armed  and  fought, 

The  deadliest  danger  sought. 

With  blazing  stars  more  heavenly  bright 
In  deeper  red  and  purer  white, 

Did  royal  liberty 

Proclaim  our  victory. 

We  will  not  strive  to  deck  her  more 
In  gandy  colors,  but  adore 

Our  Vestal  in  her  gown 

As  chastely  white  as  down. 

She  who  is  modest  and  yet  bold, 
As  firm  as  steel — honest  as  gold — 

Now  does  she  preach  to  us 

In  deeds  magnanimous, 

And  waves  her  olive-bough  of  peace. 
O!  boastful  drums  and  trumpets  cease! 
Protect  her  from  all  taints — 
Go  throne  her  with  thejsaints! 
Jot.Y  4,  1866.  Charles  Warren  Stoddjrd. 


Still  Another  Snake  Story. — A  newspaper  correspondent 
at  Winterhock  writes  the  following-  story  :  "  A  large  snake 
of  the  cobra  tribe,  about  4  feet  C  inches  long,  got  unseen  into 
a  farmer's  house,  it  is  supposed  on  the  Saturday  afternoon, 
and  concealed  himself.  On  the  Sunday  afternoon,  the  farmer 
and  his  wife  were  quietly  enjoying  themselves  reading,  when 
the  snake  crawled  out,  got,  unperceived,  under  the  good 
woman's  crinoline,  and  twisted  itself  around  her  leg  from 
the  ankle  to  the  knee,  which  position  it  kept  for  upwards  of 
half  an  hour.-  The  fanner's  wife,  all  the  while  thinking  it  was 
her  favorite  kitten,  took  no  notice  of  it,  until  at  length,  wish- 
ing to  eject  the  intruder,  she  slightly  raised  her  dress  for  the 
purpose.  Judge  of  her  surprise  on  finding  so  deadly  a  crea- 
ture twisted  round  her  leg.  She  sat  peifectly  still,  not  even 
looking  at  her  husband  lest  he  should  disturb  the  reptile.  At 
last  it  uncoiled  itself,  and  then  twisted  itself  about  her  foot. 
The  shoe  fitted  loosely,  and  she  softly  withdrew  her  foot,  made 
one  bound  across  the  room,  and  called  her  husband's  attention 
to  the  cause  of  the  disturbance.  The  savage  creature  now 
charged  the  wife,  and  was  only  kept  off  by  the  husband  with 
his  Sunday  coat.  It  at  length  retreated  into  the  bedroom, 
and  was  there  killed." — Australian  paper. 


Horne  Tooke  returned  his  income  at  sixty  pounds  a  year  ; 
the  commissioners  said  they  were  not  satisfied.  Horne  Tooke 
in  reply,  said  he  had  much  more  reason  to  be  dissatisfied  with 
the  smalluess  of  his  income  than  they  had. 


BY  THE  AUTHOR  OF   "  MY  SUBURBAN  RESIDENCE. 

IN  independence  of  all  civic  celebration  and  display,  I  have 
been  spending  the  Fourth  of  July  at  my  suburban  resi- 
dence. Let  not  the  incautious  reader  suppose  that  my  pleas- 
ures were  purely  bucolic  or  rural.  I  have  not  been  unl'amilia1" 
with  those  ingenious  contrivances  which  my  youngest  boy, 
in  the  imperfect  orthoepy  of  youth,  denominates  as  '  fire-wax." 
Even  as  I  write,  a  subtle,  sulphurous  flavor  pervades  the 
house;  the  garden  walks  are  strewn  with  fragmentary  and  ex- 
ploded crackers,  whose  red  outer  wrappings  rustle  in  the 
breeze,  as  though  they  were  the  autumnal  leaves  of  that  Tree 
of  Liberty  which  flourishes  so  pre  eminently  at  this  season. 
The  fences  are  blackened,  remarkable  blisters  appear  upon  the 
white  paint  of  the  verandah,  and  the  hand  that  records  these 
experiences  is  grimy  and  black  with  powder. 

The  celebration  of  the  day  was  opened  with  cheerful  energy 
by  a  neighbor  with  a  four-pounder.    Apparently  under  the 
impression  that  his  remoteness  from  the  city  limits  justified 
him  in  an  extra  vigor  of  expression,  he  for  a  long  time  held  a 
terrible  pre-eminence  in  the  neighborhood,  dominating  over  all 
other  sounds  to  that  extent  that  the  Chinese  crackers  of  my 
children,  albeit  they  were  extra  size,  sank  iuto  puerile  insig- 
nificance,   lie  kept  up  this  system  of  brain-shattering  explo- 
sions, until  1  hit  upon  the  expedient  of  upsetting  at  regular 
intervals  a  pile  of  clap-boards  which  stood  conveniently  in  my 
back-yard,  and  which  I  am  gratified  to  state  produced  a  con- 
cussion, not  only  equal  in  intensity,  but  far  superior  in  the 
matter  of  duration.    This,  or  want  of  powder,  silenced  him 
eventually.    My  Newfoundland  dog  rendered  me  valuable 
assistance  during  the  controversy  by  barking  furiously,  and 
charging  the  enemy's  cannon  violently,  after  each  discharge 
In  fact  I  had  matured  a  plan  of  celebration  of  my  own, 
with  which  this  self  asserting  character  of  my  neighbor's  some- 
what interfered.    My  eldest  boy  had  been  presented  with  a 
model  of  a  Monitor,  which  had  a  practicable  turret  that  moved 
by  machinery,  and  I  wished  to  turn  the  occasion  to  account 
I  accordingly  constructed  on  the  banks  of  a  little  pond  in  the 
rear  of  my  lot,  a  small  fortress,  which  I  mounted  with  miuia 
ture  practicable  cannon,  and  garrisoned  with  a  company  of 
stolid  and  inflexible  wooden  soldiers,  borrowed  for  the  occa 
sion  Irom  the  nursery.    A  little  distance  from  this  frowning 
fortress  1  laid  a  mine,  with  -a  slow  match.    A  few  feet  from 
the  fort  floated  a  model  ship. of  war  with  a  fine  broadside  (also 
practicable)  of  four  guns.    The  fort  bore  a  rebel  flag,  theship- 
of-war  carried  the  stars  and  stripes.    When  I  state  that  1 
christened  the  fort,  Fort  Fisher,  the  reader  will  understand 
how  my  object  was  to  combine  instruction  and  patriotism, and 
to  endeavor  to  exhibit  to  my  children  in  mimic  detail  the 
events  of  that  memorable  engagement.    The  Monitor,  which 
also  mounted  a  small  cannon  in  its  turret,  it  is  needless  to  say 
was  kept  in  reserve  until  the  proper  moment. 

With  the  exception  of  some  slight  incongruities,  the  effect 
of  these  details  when  completed  was  very  tine.  The  fact  that 
the  rebel  garrison  was  composed  of  giants — who  might  have 
been1,  in  comparison  with  the  size  of  the  Union  ship,  roughly 
estimated  at  fifteen  feet  high — lent  an  additional  moral  effect 
to  the  victory  which  was  to  be  achieved  over  them.  At 
exactly  twelve  the  ship  of  war  was  placed  into  position,  with 
her  guns  covering  the  fort,  aud  the  slow  matches  lighted.  An 
interval  of  breathless  suspense  followed.  Tho  audience,  con- 
sisting of  my  two  children,  and  a  select  deputation  of  young 
people  from  the  neighboring  houses,  fairly  trembled  with  ex- 
citement. 

Bang!— the  first  gun  from  the  ship.  A  cheer  from  the 
juveniles.  No  visible  effect  on  the  fort,  but  a  decided  splash 
in  the  water  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  ship.  On  examina- 
tion one  gun  was  missing  from  her  deck.  General  depression 
— with  the  exception  of  my  youngest,  who  then  and  thereafter 
wildly  cheered  everything  in  a  most  extravagant  manner. 
The  second  gan  was  very  appropriately  fired  from  the  fort. 
1  But,  while  it  resembled  tlie  first  iu  its  harnilesaness  toward 


the  object  against  which  it  was  directed,  it  was  attended  by 
disastrous  consequences  within.  The  whole  garrison  in- 
stantly fell  stiffly  and  immovably  on  their  faces,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  the  rebel  commander,  who,  being  placed  for  greater 
prominence  on  the  parapet,  calmly  dropped  over  the  wall,  and 
remained  standing  on  his  head,  with  his  inflexible  legs  in  the 
air,  coolly  surveying  the  enemy  during  the  rest  of  the  engage- 
ment. The  quiet  unconcern  he  exhibited  might  have  been 
the  effect  of  discipline,  or  the  conscious  security  of  his  posi- 
tion, for  the  next  movement  of  the  ship  was  to  yaw  and  dis- 
charge with  extreme  rapidity  the  rest  of  her  broadside  into 
my  party,  who  retired  with  some  precipitation. 

On  returning  to  the  scene  of  conflict,  it  was  discovered  that 
one  of  the  rebel  sentries  had  deliberately  rolled  down  the 
bank  into  the  water  and  was  just  then  floating  in  a  peculiarly 
imbecile  and  stiff  legged  manner  in  the  pond.  A  disagreeable 
smell  of  burning  paint  which  was  occasionally  wafted  from 
the  fort,  was  found  to  proceed  from  another  sentry  who  had 
been  ignited  by  some  burning  wadding  and  was  slowly  being 
consumed  from  his  legs  upward,  without  any  visible  alteration 
in  his  military  bearing  or  movement  of  his  inflexible  features. 
It  was  evident  that  the  critical  moment  had  come — the  hour 
for  decisive  action  had  arrived.  The  rebel  fort  was  already  in 
a  defenceless  condition,  but  for  the  matter  of  that  the  Union 
war  vessel  was  also  in  distress,  with  her  shrouds  on  fire.  I 
rapidly  wound  up  the  Monitor,  set  a  slow  match  to. her  two 
redoubtable  cannon,  and  amid  the  intensest  excitement  shoved 
her  off.  She  proceeded  toward  Fort  Fisher  finely — although 
perhaps  her  turret  revolved  a  little  too  rapidly  to  be  consis- 
tent with  the  best  facilities  for  aiming — until  she  arrived  di- 
rectly opposite,  and  then  without  the  slightest  apparent  rea- 
son changed  her  course  and  threw  herself  with  a  fearful  click- 
ing of  wheels  full  against  the  hapless  Union  vessel.  Totally 
disregarding  her  duty  to  save  the  ship  at  all  hazards,  she  de- 
liberately bore  her  unfortunate  ally  to  the  opposite  bank  and 
discharged  with  frightful  rapidity  her  two  cannon,  rakiDg  the 
deck  of  the  defenceless  vessel  and  blowing  the  remaining  guns 
overboard.  A  thrill  of  horror  ran  through  the  spectators. 
But  at  this  moment  the  sagacity  of  my  noble  Newfoundland 
dog  who  had  been  barking  furiously  at  the  whole  proceeding, 
changed  the  aspect  of  affairs.  Disregarding  the  fire  of  Fort 
Fisher,  he  sprang  into  the  pond,  funk  the  Union  vessel  with 
one  stroke  of  his  paw,  seized  the  Monitor  whose  turret  still 
revolved  frantically,  and  brought  the  vessel  dripping  to  my 
feet.  As  a  matter  of  course  the  mine,  till  then  forgotten, 
took  that  opportunity  to  explode  directly  under  one  of  the 
interested  spectators. 

The  infelicities  of  the  morning  were  repeated  in  the  evening 
celebration.    The  exhibition  of  fire-works  was  remarkable,  and 
some  novel  effects  were  introduced,  but,  on  the  whole,  it  could 
hardly  be  called  successful.    A  thick  fog  enveloped  the  house, 
the  wind  blew  chilly  liom  the  west,  and  the  moisture  dripped 
incessantly  from  the  foliage.    Some  of  the  rockets  sulked  ; 
those  that  were  successfully  ignited  were  completely  con- 
trolled by  the  wind  and  took  one  uniform  ditection  and  angle 
in  their  flight.  After  I  had  despatched  half  a  dozen,  I  received 
a  courteous,  but  firm  remonstrance  from  one  of  my  neighbors, 
who  informed  me  that,  as  their  ultimate  destination  appeared 
to  be  his  attic  windows,  he  would  like  some  explanation.  His 
statement  seemed  credible  from  the  fact  that  the  rockets  wero 
lost  in  the  fog  almost  as  qubkly  as  they  rose.    I  sent  by  way 
of  reply  another,  which  I  have  since  learned  overtook  the 
njasSeiigeE,  and  fixed  itself  on  the  verandah,  where,  for  some 
time,  it  played  like  a  fiery  hose  over  his  garden  bed.  The 
Catherine  wheels,  after  one  or  two  revolutions,  remained  fixed, 
and  derisively  hissed  at  the  spectators.    A  star  mine,  which 
had  persistently  refused  to  ignite,  after  having  been  returned 
to  tho  parlor,  suddenly  sprang  into  fearful  activity,  sent  up  a 
brilliant  and  variously-tinted  shower  of  sparks  into  the  chan- 
delier, and  finally  had  to  be  quenched  ignominiously  by  the 
garden  hose.    Only  the  Bengola  Lights  acted  consistently. 
They  burned  steadily,  with  a  baleful  and  peculiarly  wicked 
glare,  lighting  up  the  disastrous  scene,  apparently  enjoyino- 
the  discomfiture  of  my  audience,  and  investing  them  with  a 
ghastly  solemnity.    They  burned  long  after  the  entertainment 
was  concluded,  and  one  of  them,  fixed  upon  the  fence,  still 
lends  its  ominous  light  as  I  write  these  experiences. 


2 


THE  CAL:F0RN1AN 


| July  7th 


T  II  K   BALL   OF    P  I  II  E  . 

ONE  evening  towards  the  close  of  the  last  century,  two 
persons  were  walking  arm-in-arm  in  a  shady  walk  in 
Hyde  Park.  One  was  a  soldier,  young,  good-looking,  aud  ap- 
parently in  the  strongest  health  ;  and  his  companion,  a  neatly 
dressed  woman,  younger  than  himself,  with  a  gentle,  pleasing 
expression  of  countenance,  fair  hair,  and  a  (rood,  though  some- 
what pale  complexion.  They  were  walking  quickly,  and  it 
was  evident  from  the  snatches  of  their  conversation  which  a 
passer-by  might  have  caught,  that  she  was  anxious  to  be  homo 
by  a  certain  hour,  while  he  endeavored  to  prolong  the  walk, 
aud  the  pleasure  which  it  gave  him.  Their  conversation 
turned  chiefly  on  the  future — the  future  which  they  hoped  to 
spend  together — for  they  were  engaged — and,  though  the 
period  of  their  marriage  was  uncertain,  neither  of  them  enter- 
tained doubt  or  fear  on  the  subject,  so  constant,  deep,  and 
sincere  was  the  affection  which  subsisted  between  them. 
Their  walk  was  not  so  hurried  but  that  they  had  time  to  ap- 
point an  hour  on  the  morrow,  on  which  to  resume  their  walk 
aud  conversation  oc  the  subject  of  their  arrangements  and 
plans  for  the  future  ;  so,  when  they  parted,  it  was  with  that 
feeling  of  temporary  sorrow  which  is  called  up  by  a  separation 
of  a  few  hours  only,  with  a  certainty,  humanly  speaking,  of  a 
speedy  meetiug  again. 
Truly,  they  but  little  knew  how  uncertain  that  meeting  was  ! 

The  y  jung  man  was  a  private  iu  the  th  Itegiiueut,  wiiere 

he  bore  the  highest  character  for  steadiness  and  regular  con- 
duct, aud  iu  a  short  time  he  was  to  obtain  a  step  in  rank, 
which  he  trusted  would  enable  him  to  maintain  as  his  wile, 
this  girl,  to  whom  he  had  long  been  attached.  They  were 
natives  of  the  same  country  village,  and  chance  had  brought 
them  into  close  contact  in  London,  for  she  lived  as  maid  to 
an  excellent  mistress  in  Bryanstone  Square,  and  his  barracks 
were  but  a  five  miuutes'  walk  distant.  The  acquaintance  was 
gladly  renewed,  and  soon  ripened  into  the  warmest  love,  aud, 
with  the  full  consent  of  her  mistress  and  her  relations,  she 
engaged  herself  to  him. 

She  hurried  home  now  to  attend  to  her  mistress's  dressing, 
and  to  be  ready  to  resume  her  accustomed  occupation  of  read- 
ing aloud  to  her  of  an  evening  ;  for  .Mis.  Howard  was  an  in- 
valid, aud  the  careful  attention  of  her  maid,  Jane  Irvine,  had 
induced  her  for  many  months  to  treat  her  more  as  a  com- 
panion than  as  a  servant — a  distinction  which  her  good  edu- 
cation fully  warranted. 

"  Well,  Jane,"  said  Mrs.  Howard  to  her,  soon  after  she 
came  in,  "  I  hope  you  had  a  pleasant  walk  with  James  ;  and 
have  yon  settled  anything  definitely  with  him  2" 

"  No,  ma'am,  we  can  arrange  nothing  with  certainty  till  he 
knows  when  he  shall  get  his  promotiou  ;  and  he  has  advised 
me  to  ask  you  to  be  good  enough  to  let  me  remaiu  with  you 
for  some  little  time  yet,  as  we  can  hardly  marry,  so  as  to  be 
comfortable,  for  some  weeks  after  that.'' 

"By  all  means,"  was  Mrs.  Howard's  ready  answer ;  "  1 
shall  be  very  glad  for  you  to  stay  as  long  as  it  suits  you. 
Now,  give  me  my  handkerchief,  and  after  dinuer,  towards  ten 
o'clock,  come  to  the  drawing-room  aud  read  to  me." 

Mrs.  Howard  went  to  diuuer  ;  Jane,  no  doubt,  to  supper. 
Meantime,  the  sun  had  set  with  brilliancy,  and  to-night 
there  were  no  apparent  signs  of  the  thunderstorms  which  had 
been  so  frequent  of  late.  The  sky  was  clear  aud  cloudless, 
and  the  rich  golden  light  which  gleamed  over  it,  tempted  one 
to  quarrel  with  Byron's  depreciation  of  English  sunsets  as 
compared  with  those  of  more  southern  lands  : 

Slow  sinks,  more  lovely  ere  hits  race  be  run 
Along  Morea's  hills  the  selling  sun — 
Not  as  iu  northern  climes,  obscurely  bright, 
But  one  unclouded  blaze  of  living  light. 
But  it  sank  down  and  was  gone,  and  with  it  went,  though  as 
yet  they  knew  it  not,  the  happiness  of  those  two  loving  hearts. 

The  hour  came  at  which  Jane  was  to  bring  her  book,  aud 
continue  the  history  which  so  much  interested  Mrs.  Howard. 
When  she  came  down,  she  found,  as  was  often  the  ease*  that 
the  party  was  joined  by  a  young  mau,  her  mistress's  son,  who, 
having  his  home  in  another  part  of  London,  ollen  came  to  dine 
and  spend  the  eveniug  with  his  mother.  However,  the  read- 
ing was  not  on  that  account  abandoned,  but  the  young  man, 
AVilliain  Howard,  sitting  down  in  an  arm-chair  on  one  side  ot 
the  fire-place,  proposed  to  listen  to  it  with  as  much  attention 
as  his  mother,  who  sat  opposite  to  him  :  while  Jane  Irvine 
took  her  plane  at  the  table,  having  the  door  of  the  room  on 
her  right  haud,  and  her  mistress  on  her  loft,  between  herself 
and  the  fire  place  ;  where,  of  course,  being  summer  time,  there 
was  no  fire,  but  the  two  arm-chairs  retained  their  position  all 
the  year  round,  aud,  from  force  of  habit,  Mrs.  Howard  and  her 
son  sat  in  them  summer  and  winter  aliko.  In  front  of  Jane, 
and  shedding  their  light  on  her  book,  were  two  caudles,  and 
tin  re  was  uo  other  light  in  the  room,  as  Mrs.  Howard  had 
weak  eyes,  and  did  not  generally  occupy  herself  with  any  work- 
while  the  reading  was  going  on. 

Suddenly,  as  Jane  Irvine  was  raising  her  hand  to  snufToue 
of  the  candles,  a  scream  from  her  mistress  caused  her  acci- 
dentally to  put  it  out,  and  she  echoed  herself  a  piercing  stream 
as  a  flaming  globe  of  fire  rol'ed  along  the  floor,  touching  the 
"edge  of  her  dress  as  it  passed!    A  perfect  ball  of  fire,  larger" 


than  a  cricket  ball,  lighting  up  the  room  with  a  flash  for  au 
instant,  which  then  seemed  to  reiapse  into  utter  darkness,  go 
dazzling  was  its  effect ! 

What  was  it  ?  Whence  could  it  have  come  !  It  had  come 
from  the  fire  place  side,  but,  as  we  know,  there  was  no  fire 
there,  and  had  gone — whither?  The  door  was  shut,  and  the 
window  also.  The  three  people  were  almost  paralyzed  for  a 
moment,  but  William  Howard  was  the  first  to  recover  him- 
self, and  to  perceive  that  hjs  mother  was  fainting. 

"  Quick,  Jane  !"  he  ciied  ;  "  bring  some  water  !  she  is  faint- 
ing ;  she  is  dying  !    Oh  !  mother  " 

Jane  Irvine  controlled  her  own  feelings  in  anxiety  for  her 
mistress,  for  she  knew  that  her  constitution  could  little  bear 
such  a  shock,  and  it  was  not  for  some  time  that  she  was  suffi- 
ciently recovered  to  be  able  to  speak.  Her  first  words 
were — 

"  I  shall  die,  I  shall  die  within  the  month." 

"  No,  no,  my  dear  mothw  ;  why  should  you  think  so?  I>o 

not  talk  like  that,  I  beg  of  you." 

"  Yes,  William,  I  shall  die.  It  touched  me,  and  I  know 
that  wa5  my  summons." 

"  That  is  mere  superstition,"  he  said  ;  "  don't  let  that 
weigh  with  you." 

-  "  But  it  does,  William.  I  cannot  help  it.  I  caunot  disbe- 
lieve it.  All  whom  that  fearful  messenger  touches  will  leave 
this  world  within  a  month." 

Jane  shuddered.  Had  not  the  messenger  touched  her,  too  ? 
William  did  not  leave  the  house  that  night,  nor  did  Jane  Ir- 
vine quit  her  mistress's  side.  She  spoke  very  little,  and  when 
she  did  it  was  with  the  words  of  one  whose  hours  are  num- 
bered. She  told  her  son  where  her  will  would  be  found  ;  men- 
tioned that  she  had  made  in  it  a  provision  for  her  faithful  at 
lendatit,  amongst  other  small  legacies,  which  she  begged  her 
son  to  see  duly  paid.    This  he  promised,  but  added  — 

"  But,  my  dear  mother,  don't  talk  like  this.  1  do  trust  you 
will  shake  off  the  impression  which  this  has  made  ou  your 
mind.  Take  a  simple  explanation  of  what  you  saw,  aud  be- 
lieve that  it  was  one  of  the  curious  effects  of  electricity  or 
some  other  natural  phenomenon.  Don't  let  superstition  have 
such  a  strong  hold  upon  you." 

"  You  saw  it,  AVilliain,  though  ?"  she  asked.  "  You  saw  it 
yourself,  and  it  did  not  touch  you?"  she  added  eagerly. 

'•  No,  it  did  not  touch  me  ;  but  I  saw  it  plainly,  aud  Jane 
saw  it,  too." 

'■  Yes,  and  it  touched  me,"  said  Jane,  in  a  low  tone,  not  too 
low,  though,  for  it  to  reach  Mrs.  Howard's  ear,  who,  raising 
herself  iu  bed  with  a  lo.k  of  horror,  almost  sternly  asked, 
•'  Did  you  say  it  touched  ybtt,  too  ?    Then  you  will  die." 

Jane  Irvine  shuddered  again,  and  turned  away,  but  was  re- 
called by  an  exclamation  from  William.  His  mother,  after 
uttering  those  words  with  an  air  of  prophetic  conviction,  fell 
back  iu  a  tit.  The  doctors  came,  but  their  skill  was  of  little 
avail.  She  never  rallied.  Jane  Irvine  was  most  unremitting 
in  her  care,  aud  lor  days  never  lelt  her  mistress's  side  ;  attend- 
ing to  all  her  wants,  ami  watching  mo.  t  anxiously  for  a  gleam 
of  consciousness,  a  glance  of  recognition.  All  in  vain.  At 
night  she  slept  iu  the  same  room,  and  by  day  she  could  not  be 
persuaded  to  leave  her.  lor  however  short  a  time.  So  firmly 
did  she  cling  to  the  idea  that  her  beloved  mistress  would  wake 
once  uioie,  and  revoke  the  latal  words,  which  she  felt  had  fast 
a  sort  ot  spell  over  her.  Why  should  she  die?  Life  was 
strong  within  her — happiness  before  her.  She  was  not  super- 
stitious ;  site  would  shake  off  these  gloomy  ideas.  Mrs.  How- 
ard, she  cculd  not  but  believe,  would  die,  but  what  had  that 
to  do  w  ith  tlie  ball  of  fire  ?  She  had  long  been  au  invalid, 
aud  her  health  lor  the  last  year  had  been  daily  growing  more 
and  more  feeble,  and  she  was  not  likely  to  be  able  to  stand 
any  shock,  however  slight.  Very  naturally,  w  ith  her  tempera- 
ment, the  ball  of  fire  had  shattered  her  nerves,  already  so 
weak  ;  and  had  accelerated,  though  not  absolutely  caused,  the 
paralysis,  which  so  olten  strikes  down  the  aged  — those  who 
have  fought  the  battle  of  lite  end  have  no  strength  left  to 
struggle.  But  with  herself  the  case  was  widely  different. 
Young,  strong,  with  sound  nerves,  and  not  easily  frightened, 
she  still  admitted  that  what  she  had  seen  on  that  particular 
evening  had  certainly,  lor  the  time,  alarmed  her  beyond  any 
thing  she  had  ever  lelt  before  ;  but  now  that  was  over.  These 
things  could  be  explained  by  science.  Electricity,  a  power 
she  could  not  understand,  but  others  did — was  that  more  woi.- 
derful  than  the  shooting  stars  she  had  so  often  watched 
Streaming  over  the  sky  on  a  clear  November's  night?  But 
those  words,  "  Then  you  will  die  1" — clear  and  distinct  as  her 
mistress  had  spoken  them,  they  rang  in  her  ears.  "  But  1 
will  not  believe  it,"  she  resolutely  said,  "  let  me  think  of  other 
things.  Poor  James,  1  have  not  been  able  to  see  or  hear  of 
him  for  some  days,  but  he  will  have  called  and  have  heard  of 
our  misfortune.  I  will  write  and  tell  him  how  ill  Mt'3.  Howard 
is.  1  wonder  they  have  not  told  me  of  his  coming,  for  he  is 
sure  to  have  asked  to  see  me.  I  will  tell  him  to  call  again  to- 
morrow, and  i  could  just  see  him  for  five  minutes  in  the  hall." 

So  she  wrote,  and  sent  her  note,  and  returned  to  mount 
guard  by  Mrs.  Howard.  That  night  there  was  a  change,  aud 
U.fore  mo-ruing  Mrs.  Howaid  was  a  corpse  ! 

So  she  was  dead  bclore  the  uioulU  was  out  1 


Jane  Irvine  got  no  answer  to  htr  note.  To  explain  why, 
we  must  go  back  to  that  hot  summer's  evening,  when  she  and 
he  had,  as  it  proved,  taken  their  last  walk  together.  Near 
Mrs.  Howard's  house,  on  the  same  side  of  the  square,  there 
was.  at  that  time,  a  public  institution,  guarded  by  a  sentry  day 
and  night.  On  the  night  in  question  it  was  the  turn  of  James 
Radstock,  who  marched  cheerfully  to  the  spot  where  his  watch 
was  to  be  kept,  thinking  iu  his  heart  that  he  should  iu  u  wan- 
ner stand  sentry  over  his  beloved  also.  The  temptation  to 
look  up  at  the  wiudow,  and  if  possible,  discover,  from  the 
flickering  shadows  on  the  blinds,  what  Jane  Irvine  was  doing 
— also,  perhaps,  with  a  latent  hope  that  he  might  see  a  wiu- 
dow open,  and  a  smile  from  her  come  down  to  him  through 
the  summer  night,  induced  him  to  extend  his  walk  beyond  the 
regular  beat  which  the  national  service  for  the  safety  of  the 
institution  demanded,  and  more  than  -once  he  had  advanced 
as  far  as  Mrs.  Howard's  door,  and  had  then  retraced  his  steps 
to  advance  again  and  again  with  the  same  hope.  Bat  no  Jane 
was  to  be  seen  ;  only  a  shadow  on  the  blind,  which  might  or 
might  not  be  hers.  Backwards  and  forwards  he  wulked,  till 
the  night  grew  dark,  and  on  a  sudden  he  stopped  and  fell,  life- 
less apparently,  on  the  pavement — past  him,  touching  his 
boot,  had  rolled  that  ball  of  tire  ! 

There  he  lay,  and  by  and-liy  there  he  was  seen,  senseless  and 
motionless  on  the  pavement.  "  Drunk,"  said  a  passer-by, 
aud  moved  carelessly  on.  "  Drunk  on  duly,"  said  a  corporal 
of  his  regiment,  us  he  found  him  there  ;  "  I  should  not  have 
thought  it  of  James,  though.  I  don't  know  a  steadier  fellow. 
Hut  that's  no  good  now.  Drunk  on  duty,  and  so  drunk,  too," 
.he  added,  as  the  men  with  him  tried  to  raise  their  comrade, 
who  lay  in  their  arms  like  a  sack  ;  "  this  won't  be  passed 
over  iu  a  hurry,  'lake  him  home,  men,"  he  continued  ;  "  we 
must  report  him  in  the  morning." 

Next  in. .ruing  James  recovered  80  far  as  to  be  able  to 
speak,  but  he  seemed  to  have  lo3t  his  senses,  for  all  he  could 
say  was,  "  I've  seen  it — it  touched  me." 

"  Seen  what,  lad,"  asked  the  soldier,  who  was  bringing  him 
some  breakfast,  •'  your  own  ghost?" 

"  That  ball  of  fire  ;  it  touched  me  !" 

"  Fire-water,  I  expect  it  was.  And  it  certainly  touched 
you,  or  you  touched  it ;  for  you  were  as  drunk  us  you  could 

be,  last  night." 

"  No,  no,"  James  answered,  "  I  wasn't  drunk.  1  tell  you, 
I  saw  it  as  plain  as  I  see  you  now." 

"  No  doubt  you  did,  my  good  fellow,  lots  of  it." 

"  1  shall  die  ;  it  touched  me  here,"  he  went  on,  pointing  to 
his  foot. 

"  You've  got  into  a  scrape,  anyhow,"  his  sympathizing 
friend  answered  ;  "  but  I  don't  know  about  dying." 

"  I  must  die  within  the  month  !  Oh,  poor  Jane,  poor  Jane  !" 

•'  1  can't  make  you  out,  unless  you're  drunk  still  ;  but  why 
you  should  be  so  bent  on  dying,  I  don't  see." 

"I  saw  it,"  James  went  ou.  "It  came  straight  towards 
me,  and  touched  my  foot,  and  then  vanished.  Ob  !  it  was 
horrible.    1  must  die  ;  I  know  it." 

•'  Never  fear,  mau,"  said  the  other  ;  '•  you're  a  little  cracked, 
I  do  believe  ;  but  here's  your  breakfast,  and  you  had  better 
eat  it  ;  it  may  do  you  good."  Poor  James!  His  trial  camo 
on,  aud  the  evidence  went  to  prove  that  he  was  drunk  on 
duty.  He  persisted  in  every  word  of  his  story,  that  he  had 
seen  a  great  ball  of  fire,  that  it  had  lolled  along  the  pavement 
towards  htm,  had  passed  over  his  boot,  and  then  vanished. 
Never  in  all  the  cross  questioning  did  he  vary  a  hair's  breadth 
from  his  statement,  adding  that  after  that  he  was  totally  uu- 
couscious  of  anything  till  he  found  himself  next  morning  in 
the  lock  up  of  his  barracks,  ou,  as  he  was  (old.  a  charge  of 
drunkenness.  All  this  he  maintained,  but  who  would  believe 
such  an  unnatural  story  on  the  strength  of  his  unsupported 
word  ?  On  a  suddeu  there  was  a  mention  of  a  new  witness 
in  the  prisoner's  favor,  and  Mr.  William  Howard  appeared, 
and  gave  such  clear  evidence  of  the  appearance  of  the  ball  of 
fire,  further  explaining  that  it  might  well  have  passed  out  of 
iiis  door  to  ill.'  feet  .if  the  sentry  who  had  extended  his  beat, 
that  the  whole  face  of  the  charge  against  him  changed,  and 
by  comparing  notes  as  to  the  time  at  which  these  appearances 
had  been  made  to  both  parlies,  it  was  evident  that  the  state- 
ment of  the  soldier  was  wholly  true,  aud  he  was  fully  ac- 
quitted. 

Alter  the  trial,  Mr.  Howard  joined  James  to  congratulate 
him  on  his  escape,  which  was  unquestionably  a  very  narrow 
one.  James  expressed  his  gratitude  to  him  lor  having  stepped 
iu  in  time  to  save  his  character— beyond  that  he  had  neither 

care  nor  hope. 

••  Why?"  asked  Mr.  Howard,  surprised  at  the  continued 
gloom  which  oppressed  the  man,  instead  of  the  cheerfulness 
which  he  expected  him  to  feel  at  the  result  of  the  trial. 

"  It's  of  no  use,  sir,"  was  the  only  answer. 

"  How  do  you  mean,  of  no  use?''  said  Mr.  Howard.  "  It's 
all  right  enough  now." 

"  I  am  a  dead  man,  sir.  No  man  can  live  a  month  who  has 
beeo  touched  by  that  ball  of  fire." 

Mr.  Howard  was  struck.  Those  were  the  very  words  used 
by  his  mother,  who  was  now  hovering  between  life  und  death. 
He  had  not  the  heart  to  argue  about  it  then  ;  but  merely  tell 


July  7th] 


THE     CALIF  ORNIAN. 


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ing  the  man  that  his  mother  was  ill,  which  was  the  reason 
Jane  Irvine  could  not  see  him  at  present,  he  went  to  his  own 
honse,  where  business  called  him.  When  he  came  back  to  his 
mother's  house  next  morning,  it  was  to  hear  that  she  had 
breathed  her  last.  In  a  few  minutes  a  messenger  came  hurry- 
ing in  to  say  that  James  Radstock  had  just  been  found  dead 
in  his  bed.  On  looking  round  at  Jane  Irvine,  he  saw  her 
grow  deadly  pale,  and  in  an  instant  she  fell  back — fainting. 

He  thought  she  was  dead,  and  for  a  moment  his  strong 
mind  yielded  to  the  influence  of  superstition  ;  he  thought  that 
she,  too,  had  in  reality  been  called  away  by  the  fiery  messen- 
ger !  But  it  was  not  so  ;  by  decrees  the  color  retnrred  to  her 
cheek,  and  life  reanimated  her  pulses;  but  the  shock  had  been 
so  great,  that  even  her  strong  nerves  gave  way  in  some  degree, 
and  a  long  and  serious  illness  followed.  When  She  recovered, 
it  was  to  contemplate  an  altered  and  lonely  future.  Her  mis- 
tress was  dead,  and  her  tryst  with  James  would  be  held  in 
heaven,  never  on  earth.  To  that  she  must  look  forward,  and, 
faithful  to  the  oue  idea  of  happiness  at  last,  she  pursued  a 
useful  and  contented  life  on  earth,  cheering  those  around  with 
kindness  aud  sympathy,  doing  good  to  the  small  circle  in 
which  she  lived,  but  never  giving  up  her  heart  to  another 
(though  many  a  one  beat  warmly  when  her  name  was  spoken  ;) 
for  it  was  wholly  wrapped  up  in  the  great  love  she  had  borne 
for  James  on  earth,  and  as  fully  belonged  to  him  in  Heaven. 

Never  to  her  latest  day  did  she  forget  that  fatal  evening, 
though,  as  years  passed  on.  she  learned  to  look  back  upon  it 
with  calmness,  and  at  length  regarded  it,  as  indeed  it  was,  as 
a  coincidence,  rather  than  a  cause. —  Once  a  Week. 


COOKERY  LECTURES   AT  "THE  HUB." 

PROFESSOR  BLOT  is  the  hero  of  the  hour.  He  has 
taken  Boston  by  storm,  and  tho  whole  city  is  at  his 
feet.  To  mention  his  name  is  to  excite  immediately  the  most 
lively  interest,  and  it  is  only  necessary  to  say  that  one  has 
been  to  Blot's  lectures  to  become  at  once  the  centre  of  curi- 
osity and  attraction.  Emerson,  the  Allstou  club  exhibition, 
the  new  pictures  at  Doll  &  Richardson's  in  Summer  street, 
the  picnic  of  the  bears  at  Child.--  ,t  Jeuka',  plans  for  the  sum- 
mer, etc.,  are  totally  insignificant  topics  compared  with  the 
one  engrossing  subject  of  Blot  and  his  system  of  cookery 
The  daily  papers  devote  columns  to  reports  of  his  lectures, 
and,  as  to  the  'JWuism'jil ,  it  may  salely  be  said  to  have  ••  Blot 
on  the  brain,"  for,  not  content  with  very  clever  and  full  re- 
ports of  the  doii'gs  of  the  famous  professor,  it  considers  it  a 
duty  to  perpetrate  daily  some  witticisms  over  the  subject, 
which,  if  they  do  not  end  in  driving  the  perpetrators  thereof 
to  distraction,  certainly  will  the  public.  It  has  been  wittily 
said  that  if  Shakspeare  had  not  killed  Mereutio,  Mercutio 
would  have  killed  Shakspeare.  Very  much  of  the  same  serious 
result  is  to  be  anticipated  if  our  indispensable  companion  of 
the  tea-table  continue  to  give  us  a  daily  dish  of  Blot,  flavored 
with  "  sauce  piquante."  For  if  the  jocose  author  of  these 
continual  pleasantries  himself  survive,  as  by  a  miracle,  can  the 
public  stand  it?  For  the  sake  of  others,  then,  ifjiot  for  him- 
self, let  him  profit  by  Dr.  Holmes'  advice,  and  never  try  to 
"  be  funny  as  he  can." 

But  to  return  to  the  professor  and  his  mission.  Surely  it 
is  a  benevolent  one,  and,  if  ho  succeeds  in  delivering  Ameri- 
can housekeepers  from  the  dominion  of  the  cooks,  who  now 
reign  supreme,  he  will  be  entitled  to  the  nation's  everlasting 
gratitude,  and  ought  to  have  a  monument  raised  in  his  honor 
bigger  than  the  one  to  be  erected  to  the  discoverer  of  ether. 
One  thing  is  certain,  that  the  ladies  who  attend  his  lectures 
catch  the  professor's  enthusiasm  for  his  art,  and  return  to 
their  homes  with  the  full  and  sincere  intention  of  testing  for 
themselves  his  very  fascinating  receipts.  Whether  this  en- 
thusiasm will  bo  lasting  is  another  question,  that,  however,  is 
not  the  professor's  datj  to  solve.  He  does  his  part  well,  at 
all  events.  He  not  only  understands  himself  thoroughly,  but 
has  a  remarkable  faculty  of  imparting  information.  His  ex- 
planations are  so  full  and  clear  that  it  seems  scarcely  neces 
sary  to  ask  him  any  questions,  though  he  is  continually  plied 
with  them,  questions  in  many  cases  so  idle  and  childish  that 
his  patience  at  times  must  be  sorely  tried.  It  is  a  singular 
fact  that  questions  of  this  character  are  mostly  asked  by  old 
ladies,  who,  judging  from  their  interrogations,  are  entirely  de- 
void of  tho  power  of  comprehending  the  simplest  details. 
Several  of  these  well -dressed  and  important  dowagers  •hover 
around  the  platform  at  every  lecture,  and  appear  plentifully 
supplied  with  curiosity,  if  not  with  brains.  But  nothing  dis- 
turbs the  professor's  equanimity.  He  is  never  flurried.  He 
answers  all  questions  politely,  but  as  concisely  as  possible,  and 
proceeds  with  his  explanations. 

The  first  thing  on  tho  programme  is  writing  the  bill-of-fare 
on  the  black  board.  When  this  is  copied  by  his  audience,  his 
assistant  proceeds  quietly,  quickly,  and  neatly  to  cook  the 
dinner,  while  he  stands  by  and  explains.  Besides  giving  the 
receipts  for  the  different  dishes  under  preparation,  the  profes- 
sor throws  out  hints  with  regard  to  the  proper  order  of  the 
various  courses.  Thus  melons,  he  asserts,  should  not  make 
part  of  the  dessert,  but  be  served  after  the  soup,  or  if  there 
is  no  soup  they  should  form  the  first  course.    Raw  oysters  at 


dinner  is  against  all  principles  of  gastronomy.  If  served  be- 
fore tho  snup  they  spoil  its  taste  ;  if  al  ter,  they  neutralize  its 
effects.  They  should  therefore  be  reserved  for  breakfasts, 
lunches,  or  suppers.  The  daily  papers  have  been  so  free  in 
their  reports,  it  seems  scarcely  worth  while  to  repeat  what 
they  have  already  given  so  well,  but  for  the  information  of 
those  readers  of  your  paper  who  are  yet  uninformed  as 
to  the  professor's  system  of  cooking.  I  give  one  bill-of-fare  in 
its  order,  with  the  receipts  of  its  various  dishes  : 

Potage  a  la  Julienne. 

Fish,  with  Genevoise  sauce. 

Heef,  baked,  with  sauce  piquante. 

Cotellc-ttes  jardiniere— Croquettes. 

Spiuacb,  au  ^res. 

Smelts,  fried. 

Tetites  boucbees  a  la  cteine. 
Tie. 

Potage  a  la  Julienne  for  eight  persons  :  Slice  two  carrots 
and  two  turnips  in  fine  fillets,  melt  a  small  tablespoon  of  but- 
ter in  a  sauce  pan,  stir  in  the  carrot  aud  turnip  and  keep  Bur- 
ring until  they  are  partly  fried  ;  add  a  small  leek  cut  fine,  not 
chopped  ;  pour  two  quarts  of  broth,  strained,  on  the  vegeta- 
bles, cover  and  put  on  the  corner  of  the  fire  to  simmer  until 
the  vegetables  are  perfectly  done. 

Fish,  with  Geuevoisse  sauce  :  Put  a  two  pound  bass  in  a 
pan  and  nearly  cover  it  with  cold  water,  with  a  few  slices  of 
carrot  and  onion,  two  stalks  of  parsley  and  thyme;  boil  it 
ten  minutes,  add  a  tablcspoonful  of  vinegar  to  each  pound  of 
fish.  Genevoise  sauce  :  Melt  two  tablespoons  of  butter  with 
a  little  onion  and  a  tea.-poonlul  of  flour  ;  stir  until  brown,  add 
a  gill  of  the  water  in  which  the  fish  was  cooked,  half  a  gill  of 
white  wine,  a  teaspoon fnl  of  vinegar,  a  few  preserved  or  fresh 
mushrooms  cut  in  pieces. 

Beef,  baked,  with  sauce  piquante  :  Put  the  beef  in  a  bake- 
pan  with  salt  and  pepper  on  the  top  and  a  little  butler  ;  pretty 
warm  oven,  not  very  quick  ;  mix  the  gravy  with  the  sauce. 
Sauce  piquante  :  One-half  tablespoonful  of  butter,  a  little 
piece  of  onion  chopped  fine,  one  teaspoon  of  flour  ;  stir  until 
brown  ;  two  tablespoonsfu!  of  vinegar,  two  of  broth  ;  just 
before  serving  a  little  chopped  parsley  ;  if  too  thick,  add 
broth. 

Cotellettes  jardiniere  :  Cover  a  carrot  and  turnip  with 
witer,  add  a  pinch  of  salt ;  boil  until  tender,  then  put  them 
through  a  cullender  ;  put  a  little  piece  of  butter  in  a  pan, 
when  melted  put  in  six  chops,  turn  both  sides  until  half  done; 
take  them  out,  put  in  the  pan  a  teaspoonful  of  flour  and  stir 
until  the  flour  is  turning  brown,  then  add  nearly  a  gill  of  broth  ; 
put  the  chops  back  and  add  the  carrot  and  turnip. 

Veal  croquettes  :  One  pound  of  cold  veal,  without  any  fat ; 
chop  it  very  fine,  melt  half  a  tablespoonfu]  of  butter  over  the 
fire,  put  in  a  little  piece  of  onion  chopped  fine,  stir  it  until 
fried,  add  half  a  tablespoonful  of  flour  ;  then  put  in  the  meat 
and  stir,  add  salt  and  pepper, and  one  and  a  half  gills  of  broth, 
three  stalks  of  parsley  chopped  fine ;  stir  all  the  time  ii  is  on 
the  fire.  Stir  in  fast  two  eggs,  and  then  take  it  out  of  the 
pan  to  cool  ;  when  cold,  spread  flour  on  the  paste-board,  roll 
the  croquettes  in  it,  then  dip  each  in  egg,  and  roll  them  in 
bread  crumbs  ;  put  butter  in  the  saucepan,  and  stir  in  pepper 
and  salt  aud  a  little  nutmeg  ;  as  soon  as  vapor  rises,  they  are 
done. 

Spinach  au  gres  :  Throw  the  spinach  when  washed  and 
picked  into  boiling  water  with  a  little  talt  ;  boil  three  or  four 
minutes,  turn  it  into  a  cullender  and  press  it  ;  chop  it,  melt  a 
small  teaspoonful  of  butter  in  a  saucepan,  put  in  spinach  with 
salt  and  pepper,  a  little  grated  nutmeg,  one  teaspoonful  01 
flour,  stir  well,  and  add  a  gill  of  broth.  This  dish  is  worthy 
of  great  commendation,  and  is  to  be  especially  recommended 
to  all  those  uufortunates  who,  not  likirif,  spinach  the  way  it  is 
usually  prepared,  have  been  condemned  in  early  spring  to  do 
without  the  only  fresh  vegetable  to  be  had.  For  if  hitherto 
they  have  regarded  spinach  with  even  as  much  dislike  a3  poor 
Goldsmith  did  tripe  and  bacon — 

"  Now,  my  lord,  as  for  trip&'tia  my  titter  aversion, 
Aud  bacon  I  bate  like  a  Turk  or  a  Persian," 
They  will  become  at  ouce  converted,  and  own  that  thus  pre- 
pared spinach  is  very  palatable,  or  as  the  professor  says, 
'*  most  excellent." 

Fried  smelts  :  Roll  in  flour,  and  string  them  on  a  skewer 
and  put  them,  skewer  and  all,  into  boiling  fat :  sprinkle  them 
with  salt  when  done,  strain  the  fat,  put  it  away  in  a  stone  jar 
and  use  it  again. 

Petites  bouchees  a  la  creme  :  Sift  one  half  pound  of  flout- 
on  the  paste-board,  make  a  hole  in  the  middle,  put  in  a  pinch 
of  salt  and  one  gill  of  cold  water,  and  mix  it  well  with  the 
hand,  roll  out  the  paste  one-fourth  of  an  inch  thick,  spread 
over  it  the  whole  quantity  of  butter,  previously  worked  in 
cold  water  to  get  out  the  salt ,  fold  the  paste  in  four,  then 
roll  it,  fold  it  again  in  four,  roll  it  out  four  or  six  times  ; 
keep  it  very  cool ;  cut  into  shapes,  put  on  with  a  brush  yolk 
of  egg  and  water  ;  bake  in  a  quick  oven  and  do  not  open  the 
door  for  ten  minutes  or  the  cake3  will  fall.  Fill  them  with 
either  prepared  creams  or  sweatmeats. 

The  pie  is  made  in  the  same  manner  but  with  a  plainer 
under-crust. 

After  the  dinner  is  cooked  comes  tho  tasting,  which  is 


attended  with  some  difficulties.  The  ladies  on  the  front  seats 
have  a  great  advantage.  They  can  look  and  taste  at  their 
ease,  but  for  those  further  off,  it  requires  either  a  great  deal 
of  impudence  in  the  way  of  elbowing  and  pushing,  or  else  an 
illimitable  share  of  patience.  The  tasting,  upon  the  whole, 
seems  very  satisfactory,  still  if  the  truth  must  be  told  in 
regard  to  a  few  of  the  dishes  some  of  the  ladies  had  more 
confidence  aud  enthusiasm  for  the  professor  before  than  after 
the  tasting.  But  is  perfect  success  possible  in  this  world 
even  in  tho  noble  science  of  gastronomy? 

This  dinner  took  over  two  hours  and  a  half  to  prepare,  on 
account  of  the  puff  paste,  but  the  lectures  generally  are  two 
hours  in  length,  and  are  held  on  Mondays,  Wednesdays  and 
Fridays,  at  eleven  o'clock.  The  course  is  to  consist  of  four- 
teen, three  of  which  have  beeu  already  given.  They  are 
extremely  well  attended,  the  class  increasing  at  each  lecture. 
It  is  composed  chiefly  of  ladies  of  all  ages,  from  the  experi- 
enced matron  to  the  housekeeper  in  prospective.  It  is  amus- 
ing to  watch  the  looks  of  the  ladies  as  they  euter.  Some 
come  in  with  a  doubting,  half -laughing  expression,  as  though 
they  thought  the  whole  thing  a  good  joke  ;  others  have  a 
most  business-like,  enthusiastic  air,  and  some,  among  whom 
are  the  dowagers  mentioned  above,  regard  the  whole  assem- 
bly, including  the  professor,  assistants,  gas,  cooking-stove, 
table,  etc.,  with  an  air  of  mild  patronage  and  benevolent  supe- 
riority truly  edifying  to  witness.  Many  of  the  ladies  who  lis- 
tened to  Prof.  Blot  at  eleven  on  Friday  were  seen  at  Emer- 
son's lecture  at  twelve  on  Saturday.  When  oue  of  the  num- 
ber was  asked  from  which  she  had  derived  the  greatest  good, 
mentally  and  morally,  she  unhesitatingly  gave  the  palm  to  the 
French  professor.  Is  this  a  humiliating  or  encouraging  sign 
of  the  times  ? — Boston  Correspondence  Springfield  Republi- 
can. 


Colt.eoe  "  Commons." — When  our  fathers  were  in  college, 
the  public  table  at  which  all  the  students  were  required  to 
take  their  meals  was  prolific  in  trouble.  "  Bread  and  Butter 
Rebellions  "  succeeded  one  another  with  almost  as  much  reg- 
ularity as  the  fruits  in  their  season.  Poor  food,  bad  cooking, 
and  no  choice  but  Hobson's  choice  of  horses,  "  Take  this  or 
go  without,"  led  to  constant  quarrels  between  the  students 
and  the  faculty,  in  which,  according  to  the  judgment  of  the 
latter,  the  complainants  were  always  wrong  and  the  steward 
was  always  right.  In  time  "  commons  "  disappeared  in  almost 
every  college,  and  for  a  quarter  of  a  century  private  boarding 
houses  and  dinner  clubs  have  provided  "  rations"  according 
to  the  taste  or  purse  of  each  student.  Thus  the  only  remain- 
ing traces  of  that  English  institution,  the  college  ball,  with 
its  well  served  roasts  of  beef  and  mutton,  have  the  occasional 
public  dinners  at  Commencement  and  other  festive  times, 
with  the  "  tongue"  and  "pie,"  horresco  referens,  on  which 
the  academic  appetites  have  been  regaled.  But  now  a  curi- 
ous change  is  in  progress.  "  Commons  "  are  coming  back, 
not  with  all  the  objectionable  features  of  the  old  regime,  but 
in  a  sensible  form  which  gives  general  satisfaction.  The  au- 
thorities of  our  oldest  colleges  are  providing  halls  and  table 
furniture,  making  purchases  of  provisions  and  of  fuel  at 
wholesale  prices,  and  offering  board  to  students  at  prices  much 
lower  than  it  can  be  obtained  for  in  the  private  clubs.  A 
committee  of  those  students  who  come  to  the  common 
table  is  chosen  to  superintend  its  management  and  suggest 
improvements.  The  actual  expense  of  the  establishment  is 
divided  up  in  equal  proportions  among  those  who  share  in  the 
advantages.  None  are  required  to  come  to  the  college  table  ; 
any  one  may.  Thus  many  of  the  benefits  of  a  college  dining 
hall  are  secured  and  most  of  the  evils  are  avoided.  Good 
board  at  low  prices  is  secured,  and  a  wholesome  check  is  put 
upon  the  exorbitance  of  private  boarding-houses.  Harvard, 
we  believe,  is  entitled  to  the  credit  of  devising  this  new  fash- 
ion. The  experiment  baa  there  been  tried  so  thoroughly  that 
it  is  no  longer  an  experiment.  It  is  a  success.  Perhaps 
two  hundred  students  voluntarily  avail  themselves  of  tho 
proffered  privilege.  Not  only  do  they  receive  board  at  a  lo^ 
rate,  but  the  price  of  board  in  other  places  is  decidedly  les- 
sened. Yale  College  is  following  the  example  of  Harvard. 
A  college  boarding  house  has  just  been  opened  on  the  plan 
we  have  indicated  and  is  very  popular.  Other  colleges  aro 
likely  to  pursue  a  similar  course.  By  aud  by  we  expect  to 
see  the  college  "  buttery  "  or  '•  butlery  "  re-established— a 
plain  refresh inent  room  from  which  the  students  may  procure 
their  breakfast  and  tea  at  reasonable  rates.  Some  place 
within  the  college  walls  from  which  the  occasional  invalids 
may  be  served,  and  to  which  the  belated  and  the  busy  may 
resort,  would  be  very  popular.  Many  persons,  indeed,  if  the 
fashion  were  once  introduced,  would  like,  as  a  general  rule, 
the  European  way  o  breakfasting  iu  one's  room  and  dining 
at  a  public  table.  It  is  both  ecouomical  and  convenient. 
Nation. 

At  Adrian,  Michigan,  a  lady  saw  an  engine  house  with  a 
steeple,  and  innocently  asked  a  gentleman  attendant,  "What 
church  is  that  ?"  The  gentleman,  after  reading  the  sign 
'•  Deluge  No.  3,"  replied  :  "  1  guess  it  must  be  the  Third 
Baptist." 


4 


THE    CAL:FORJi  IAN. 


(July  7th 


CHEA  T  E  I) . 

nnHE  dusky  clouds  of  evening  flee, 

The  darksome  night  broods  dismally, 
The  fog's  white  fingers  dimly  grope 
About  the  far  hill's  fading  slope — 
I  watch  the  gathering  shadows  fall, 
The  dreariest  shadow  of  theui  all. 

My  mother  sang  the  sorriest  songs, 
My  baby -dreams  were  of  her  wrongs ; 
Then  came  a  glimpse  of  life  complete, 
One  brief  sweet  dream— a  lovely  cheat ! 
Ami  then  the  shadows  one  by  one, 
Shut  out  the  glory  of  the  sun. 

How  often  in  the  April  day 
When  clouds  Hew  darkly  o'er  my  way, 
I've  tried  to  reach  some  spot  of  blue — 
The  rift  the  sunbeam  glimmered  through — 
Only  to  find  the  clouds  could  fly 
As  fast  as  I — as  fast  as  I. 

And  when  the  Summer  clothed  the  wood, 
Within  its  leafy  solitude, 
Chilled  by  the  thick  glooms,  I  have  crept 
Where,  here  and  there,  a  sun-gleam  slept, 
The  leaves  o'er  head  would  interlace, 
And  drop  their  shadows  on  my  face. 

And  even  in  my  very  dreams 
I  wander  by  the  shadieot  streams  ; 
2ior  buttercups  the  meadows  gild, 
IJor  robiu-redbreaste  sing  nor  build, 
Nor  lovers  tell  their  teuder  vows 
Under  the  wailing  hemlock  boughs. 

And  now,  I  hear  the  eerie  Sea 
Call  from  its  caverns  mournfully  ; 
Lost  in  the  blackness  of  the  night 
The  winds  are  sobbing  with  affright ; 
And  dolefully  npon  the  pane, 
Drift  the  first  dull  drops  of  the  rain. 
Netc  York  Evening  Po$t.\  Emii.ie  Lawsc.v. 


A     S  T  K  A  X  C  E  DREAM. 

by  mark  twain. 

Volcano  House,  Crater  of  "  Kilauea,"  | 
Sandwich,  Islands,  April  1,  1866.  ) 
A  LL  day  long  I  have  sat  apart  and  poudered  over  the 
_L  V    mysterious  occurrences  of  last  night.  *  *  There  is  no 
link  lacking  in  the  chain  of  incidents— my  memory  presents 
each  iu  its  proper  order  with  perfect  distinctness,  but  still — 
However,  never  mind  these  reflections — I  will  drop  them 
and  proceed  to  make  a  simple  statement  of  the  facts. 

Towards  eleven  o'clock,  it  was  suggested  that  the  character 
of  ti  e  night  was  peculiarly  suited  to  viewing  the  mightiest 
active  volcauo  on  the  earth's  surface  in  its  most  impressive 
sublimity.  There  was  no  light  of  moon  or  star  in  tne  inky 
heavens  to  mar  the  effect  of  the  crater's  gorgeous  pyro- 
technics. 

lu  due  time  I  stood,  with  my  companion,  on  the  wall  of  the 
vast  cauldron  which  the  natives,  ages  ago,  named  Hale  mau 
mau — the  abyss  wherein  they  were  wont  to  throw  the  remains 
of  their  chiefs,  to  the  end  that  vulgar  feet  might  never  tread 
above  them.  We  stood  there,  at  dead  of  night,  a  mile  above 
the  level  of  the  sea,  and  looked  down  a  thousand  feet  upon 
a  boiling,  surging,  roaring  ocean  of  fire  !  —shaded  our  eyes  trom 
the  blinding  glare,  and  gazed  far  away  over  the  crimson  waves 
with  a  vague  notion  that  a  supernatural  fleet,  manned  by  de- 
mons and  freighted  with  the  damned,  might  presently  sail  up 
out  of  the  remote  distance  ;  started  when  tremendous 
thunder-bursts  shook  the  earth,  and  followed  with  lascinated 
eyes  the  grand  jets  of  molten  lava  that  sprang  high  up  toward 
the  zenith  and  exploded  iu  a  world  of  fiery  spray  that  lit  up 
the  sombre  heavens  with  an  infernal  splendor. 

'•  What  is  your  little  bonfire  ol  Vesuvius  to  this  ?" 
My  ejaculation  roused  my  companion  from  his  reverie,  and 
we  fell  into  a  conversation  appropriate  to  the  occasion  and 
the  surroundings.  We  came  at  last  to  speak  of  the  ancient 
custom  of  casting  the  bodies  of  dead  chieftains  into  this  fear- 
ful cauldron,  and  my  comrade,  who  is  of  the  blood  royal,  men- 
tioned that  the  founder  of  his  race,  old  King  Kamebatneha 
the  Frst— that  invincible  old  pagan  Alexander — had  found 
other  sepulture  than  the  burning  depths  of  tbe  Hale  mau 
mau.  I  grew  interested  at  once  :  I  kuew  that  the  mystery  of 
what  became  of  the  corpse  of  the  warrior  King  had  never 
been  fathomed  ;  1  was  aware  that  there  was  a  legend  con- 
nected with  this  matter,  and  I  felt  as  if  there  could  be  no 
more  fitting  time  to  listen  to  it  than  the  present.  The  de- 
scendant of  the  Kamehamehas  said  : 

'•  The  dead  king  was  brought  in  royal  state  down  the  long, 
winding  road  that  descends  from  the  rim  of  the  crater  to  the 
Bcorched  and  chasm-riven  plain  that  lies  between  the  Hale 
mau  mau  and  those  beetling  walls  yonder  in  the  distance. 
The  guards  were  set  and  the  troops  of  mourners  began  the 
weird  wail  for  the  departed.  In  the  middle  of  the  nigbt  came 
a  sound  of  innumerable  voices  in  the  air,  and  the  rush  of  in- 
visible wings  ;  the  funeral  torches  wavered,  burned  blue,  and 
went  out!  Tbe  mourners  and  watchers  fell  to  the  ground 
'"  paralyzed  by  frfjftt,  and  many  minutes  elapsed  before  Any  one 


dared  to  move  or  speak,  for  they  believed  that  the  phantom 
messengers  of  the  dread  Goddess  of  Eire  had  been  in  their 
midst.  When  at  last  a  torch  was  lighted,  the  bier  was  vacant 
— the  dead  monarch  had  been  spirited  away  !  Consternation 
seized  upon  all,  and  they  fled  out  of  the  crater.  When  day 
davvued,  the  multitude  returned,  aud  began  the  search  for  the 
corpse.  But  not  a  footprint,  not  a  sign,  was  ever  found.  Day 
after  day  the  search  was  continued,  and  every  cave  in  the 
great  walls,  aud  every  chasm  in  the  plain,  for  miles  around, 
was  examined,  but  all  to  no  purpose — and  from  that  day  to 
this  the  resting-place  of  the  lion  king's  bones  is  an  unsolved 
mystery.  But  years  afterward,  when  the  grim  prophetess 
Wiahowakawak  lay  on  her  deathbed,  the  goddess  Pele  ap- 
peared to  her  in  a  vision  and  told  her  that  eventually  the 
secret  would  be  revealed,  aud  in  a  remarkable  m  inner,  but 
not  until  the  great  Kaulcuhu,  the  Shark  Cod,  should  desert 
the  sacred  cavern  Aua  fulti,  iu  the  Island  of  Molokai,  and 
!  the  waters  of  the  sea  should  no  more  visit  it,  and  its  floors 
should  become  dry.  Ever  since  that  time,  the  simple,  confi- 
diug  natives  have  watched  for  the  sign.  Aud  now,  after 
many  and  many  a  summer  has  come  and  gone,  and  they  who 
were  in  the  flower  of  youth  then  have  waxed  old  and  died, 
the  day  is  at  hand  !  The  great  Shark  Cod  has  deserted  the 
Aua  1'ulii :  a  mouth  ago,  for  the  first  time  within  the  records 
of  the  ancient  legends,  the  waters  of  the  sea  ceased  to  flow 
into  the  cavern,  and  its  stony  pavement  is  become  dry  !  As 
you  may  easily  believe,  the  news  of  this  event  spread  like  wild 
fire  through  the  islands,  aud  now  the  natives  are  looking  every 
hour  for  the  miracle,  which  is  to  unveil  the  mjstery,  aud  reveal 
the  secret  vrave  of  the  dead  hero. 

After  I  had  gone  to  bed,  1  got  to  thinking  of  the  volcanic 
magnificence  we  had  wituessed,  and  could  not  go  to  sleep.  I 
hunted  up  a  book  aud  concluded  '.o  pass  the  time  iu  reading. 
The  first  chapter  1  came  upon  related  several  instances  of 
remarkable  revelations,  made  to  men  through  the  agency  of 
dreams— of  roads  aud  houses,  trees,  fences  and  all  manner  of 
landmarks,  shown  iu  visions  and  recoguizad  afterwards  in 
waking  hours,  aud  which  served  to  point  the  way  to  some 
dark  mystery  or  other. 

At  length  I  fell  asleep,  and  dreamed  that  I  was  abroad  in 
the  great  plaiu  that  skins  the  Hale  mau  mau.  I  stood  in  a 
sort  of  twilight  which  softened  the  outlines  of  surrounding 
objects,  but  still  left  them  tolerably  diatiuct.  A  gaunt,  nTs^ 
fled  figure  stepped  out  from  the  shadow  of  a  rude  column  cif 
lava,  and  moved  away  with  a  slow  and  measured  step,  beck- 
oning me  to  follow.  I  did  so.  1  marched  do>vn,  dowu,  down, 
hundreds  of  feet,  upon  a  narrow  trail  which  wound  its  tortu- 
ous course  through  piles  and  pyramids  of  seamed  and  black- 
ened lava,  and  under  overhanging  masses  of  sulphur  formed 
by  the  artist-hand  of  Nature  into  an  infinitude  of  fanciful 
shapes.  The  thought  crossed  my  mind  that  possibly  my 
phantom  guide  might  lead  me  dowu  among  the  bowels  of  the 
crater,  and  then  disappear  and  leave  me  to  grope  my  way 
through  its  mazes,  and  work  out  my  deliverance  as  best  1 
might,  and  so,  with  an  eye  to  such  a  contingency,  I  picked  up 
a  stone,  aud  ■•  blazed  "  my  course  by  breaking  off  a  projecting 
corner,  occasionally,  from  lava  walls  aud  festoons  of  sulphur. 
Finally  we  turned  into  a  clef*,  in  the  crater's  side,  and  pur- 
sued our  way  through  its  intricate  windings  for  many  a  lalhoin 
down  toward  the  home  of  the  subterranean  fires,  our  c<mr.-o 
lighted  all  tin?  while  by  a  ruddy  glow  w  hich  filtered  up  through 
innumerable  cracks  and  crevices,  and  wdiich  afforded  me  occa- 
sional glimpses  of  the  flood  of  molten  fire  boiliug  and  hissing 
in  the  profound  depths  beneath  us.  The  heat  was  intense, 
and  the  sulphurous  atmosphere  suffocating,  but  I  toiled  on  in 
the  footsteps  of  my  stately  guide,  and  uttered  no  complaint. 
At  last  we  came  to  a  sort  of  rugged  chamber  whose  sombre 
and  blistered  walls  spake  with  mute  eloquence  of  some  fiery 
tempest  that  had  spent  its  fury  here  in  a  bygone  age.  The 
spectre  pointed  to  a  great  boulder  at  the  farther  extremity — 
stood  and  pointed,  silent  and  motionless,  for  a  few  fleeting 
moments,  and  then  disappeared  1  "  The  grave  of  the  last 
Kainehameha !"  The  words  swept  inourntully  by,  from  un- 
known source,  and  died  away  in  the  distant  corridors  of  my 
prison  house,  and  1  wasaloue  iu  the  bowels  of  the  earth,  iu  the 
home  i  f  desolation,  iu  the  presence  of  death  ! 

My  first  frightened  impulse  was  to  fly,  but  a  stronger 
impulse  arrested  me  and  impelled  me  to  approach  the  massive 
boulder  the  spectre  had  pointed  at.  With  hesitating  step  1 
went  forward  and  stood  beside  it — nothing  there  ;  I  grew 
bolder,  and  walked  around  aud  about  it,  peering  shrewdly 
into  the  shadowy  half  light  that  surrounded  it — still  nothing. 
1  paused  to  consider  what  to  do  next.  While  I  stood  irreso- 
lute, I  chanced  to  brush  the  ponderous  stone  with  my  elbow, 
and  lo  !  it  vibrated  to  my  touch !  I  would  as  soon  have 
thought  of  starting  a  kilu  of  bricks  with  my  feeble  hand. 
My  curiosity  was  excited.  1  bore  against  the  boulder,  and 
it  still  yielded — I  gave  a  sudden  push  with  my  whole  strength, 
and  it  toppled  from  its  fouuuatiou  with  a  crash  that  sent  the 
echoes  thundering  down  the  avenues  aud  passages  of  the  dis- 
mal cavern  !  Aud  there,  in  a  shallow  excavaliou  over  which 
it  had  rested,  lay  the  crumbling  skeletou  of  King  Kanie- 
hauieuu  the  Creat,  thus  sepulchred  iu  long  years,  by  super- 


natural hands  !  The  bones  could  be  none  other,  for  with 
them  lay  the  rare  and  priceless  crown  of  pulamahma  coral, 
sacred  to  royalty,  and  lain  to  all  else  beside.  A  hollow  hu- 
man groan  issued  out  of  the  

I  woke  up.  How  glad  I  was  to  know  it  was  all  a  dream  ! 
"  This  comes  of  listening  to  the  legend  of  the!  noble  lord— of 
reading  of  those  lying  dream  revelations — of  allowing  myself 
to  be  carried  away  by  the  w  ild  beauty  of  old  Kileuna  at  mid- 
night— of  gorging  too  much  pork  and  beans  for  supper  I" 
And  so  I  turned  over,  and  fell  asleep  again.    And  dreamed 

the  same  dream  precisely  as  before  ;  followed  the  phantom  

"  blazed  "  my  course — arrived  at  the  grim  chamber—  heard 
the  sad  spirit  voice — overturned  the  massy  stone — beheld  the 
regal  crown  and  the  decaying  bones  of  the  great  king  ! 

I  woke  up,  and  reflected  long  upon  the  curious  and  singu- 
larly vivid  dream,  and  finally  muttered  to  myself,  "  This — this 
is  becoming  serious  !" 

I  fell  asleep  again,  and  again  I  dreamed  the  same  dream, 
without  a  single  variation  '.  1  slept  no  more,  but  tossed  rest- 
lessly in  bed,  and  longed  for  daylight.  And  when  it  came  I 
wandered  forth,  and  descended  lo  the  wide  plain  in  the  crater. 
1  -aid  to  myself,  '•  I  am  not  superstitious,  but  if  there  is  any- 
thing in  that  dying  woman's  prophecy,  I  am  the  instrument 
appointed  to  uncurtain  this  ancient  mystery."  As  I  walked 
along,  I  even  half  expected  to  see  my  solemn  guide  step  out 
from  some  nook  in  the  lofty  wall,  and  beckon  me  to  come  on. 
At  last  when  I  reached  the  phce  where  I  had  first  seen  him 
in  my  dream,  I  recognized  every  surrounding  objoct,  and  there, 
winding  down  among  the  blocks  and  fragments  of  lava,  1  saw 
the  very  trail  I  had  traversed  in  my  vision  !  I  resolved  to 
traverse  it  again,  come  what  might.  I  wondered  if,  in  my  un- 
real journey,  1  had  -  blazed  "  my  way,  so  that  it  would  stand 
the  test  of  stern  reality  :  and  thus  wondering,  a  chill  went  to 
my  heart  when  I  came  to  the  first  stony  projection  1  had 
broken  off  in  my  dream,  and  saw  tbe  fresh  new  fracture,  and 
the  dismembered  fragment  lying  on  the  ground  !  My  curiosity 
rose  up.  and  banished  all  fear,  and  1  hurried  along  as  fast  us 
the  lugged  road  would  allow  me.  1  looked  for  my  other 
"  blazes,''  and  found  them  ;  found  the  cleft  in  the  wail  ;  recog- 
nized all  its  turnings  ;  walked  in  the  light  that  ascended  from 
the  glowing  lure  aces  visible  far  below  ;  sweated  in  the  close, 
hot  atmosphere,  and  breathed  tbe  sulphurous  smoke — and  at 
last  1  stood  hundreds  of  feet  beneath  the  peaks  of  Kileana 
in  the  ruined  chamber,  aud  in  the  preseuce  of  the  mysterious 
boulder  ! 

"  This  is  no  dream,"  I  said  ;  "  this  is  a  revelation  from  the 
realm  of  the  supernatural  ;  and  it  becomes  not  me  to  longer 
reason,  conjecture,  suspect,  Out  blindly  to  obey  the  impulses 
given  me  by  the  unseen  power  that  guides  me." 

1  moved  with  slow  and  reverent  step  toward  the  stone  and 
bore  agaiust  it.  Jt  yielded  perceptibly  to  the  pressure.  I 
brought  my  lull  weight  and  Strength  to  bear,  and  surged  against 
it.  It  yielded  again,  but  1  was  so  enfeebled  by  my  toilsome 
journey  that  1  could  not  overthrow  it.  1  rested  a  little,  aud 
then  raised  an  edge  of  the  boulder  by  a  strong,  steady  push, 
and  placed  u  small  stone  under  it  to  keep  it  from  sinking  back 
to  its  place.  1  rested  again,  and  then  repeated  the  process. 
Before  long,  1  had  added  a  third  prop,  aud  had  got  the  edge 
of  the  boulder  considerably  elevated.  The  labor  aud  the  close 
atmo.-phere  together  were  so  exhausting,  however,  that  I  was 
obliged  to  lie  down,  then,  aud  recuperate  my  strength  by  a 
longer  season  of  rest.  And  so,  hour  alter  hour  1  labored, 
growing  more  and  more  weary,  but  still  upheld  by  a  fascina- 
tion which  1  fell  was  infused  into  me  by  the  invisible  powers 
whose  will  I  was  working.  At  last  1  concentrated  my  strength 
iu  a  final  effort,  and  the  stone  rolled  from  its  position. 

I  can  never  forget  the  overpowering  sense  of  awe  that  sank 
down  like  a  great  darkness  upon  my  spirit  at  that  moment. 
After  a  solemn  pause  to  prepare  myself,  with  bowed  form  and 
uncovered  head,  I  slowly  turned  my  gaze  till  it  rested  upon 
the  spot  where  the  great  stone  had  lain. 

There  wasn't  auy  bones  there. 

»         *         *       l'"4  To  vMP"'      *  * 
I  just  said  to  myself,  "  Well,  if  this  ain't  the  blastedest  in- 
femalest  humbug  that  ever  I've  come  across  yet,  I  wish  1  may 

never  !" 

And  then  I  scratched  out  of  there,  and  marched  up  here 
to  the  Volcano  House,  and  got  out  my  old  raw-boned  fool  of 
a  horse,  "  Oahu,"  and  "  lammed  him  till  he  couldn't  stand 
up  without  leaning  against  something. 

You  cannot  bet  anything  on  dreams.        Mark  Twain. 
N.  Y.  Saturday  Press.] 

Tim  .Pacific  Museum  ol  Anatomy  and  Science  is  open  every 
day  and  evening,  aud  every  .Sunday  from  two  o'clock  in  the 
afternoon  till  ten  in  the  evening.  Dr.  Jordan's  Sunday  even- 
ing lectures  to  young  men,  illustrative  of  the  auatomical  mod- 
els aud  scientific  charts  on  exhibition,  are  full  of  valuable  in- 
formation and  scientific  research. 

A  correspondent  of  a  western  religious  paper  kuowa  of  a 
preacher  in  one  of  the  Southern  States  who  has  charge  of 
four  churches,  edits  a  newspaper,  is  president  ol  a  female  col- 
lege, runs  several  pedlar  wagons,  keeps  up  a  farm,  aud  owns 
several  patent  rights  which  he  Unas  out. 


j  July  7  th] 


THE  CALIFORNIAN. 


CLIMATIC  PECULIARITIES  OF  CALIFORNIA. 
UST  at  this  time,  when  all  the  world  has  its  attention 
occupied  by  details  of  approaching  or  prevailing  cholera, 
and  the  citizens  of  this  coast  have  beeu  questioning  whether 
the  dreadful  epidemic  is  to  make  its  appearance  among  us,  a 
brief  reference  to  the  peculiarities  of  our  climate,  in  reference 
to  its  health-giving  propensities,  will  be  received  with  interest. 
Probably  in  no  part  of  the  world  were  so  many  diversities  of 
atmospheric  condition  ever  found  so  curiously  commingled  at 
one  and  the  same  moment.  Much  of  this  is  due  to  local  con- 
figuration. Thus  we  find,  according  to  the  statistics  of  Dr. 
Logan  (see  his  Report  on  the  Medical  Topography  and  Epi- 
demics of  California)  in  the  western  slope  of  the  Coast 
Range,  between  Point  Conception  aud  Cape  Mendocino,  a 
multiplicity  and  confusion  of  climates  almost  indescribable. 
South  of  Point  Conception  quite  a  different  kind  of  climate 
is  noticeable,  and  in  the  elevated  Sierra  Nevada  and  Klamath 
basins  and  plateaus  a  similar  change  is  observed  in  the 
climatic  features.  Again,  the  climate  of  the  Great  Basin  of 
Utah  and  of  the  Colorado  Desert  are  as  distinct  frjm  each 
other  as  they  are  from  all  the  rest.  The  atmosphere  at  San 
Francisco  is  favorably  affected  by  its  position,  being  in  close 
vicinity  to  the  pass  known  as  the  Golden  Gate,  which  allows 
free  access  to  the  sea  winds  and  attendant  mists  and  fogs, 
while  the  smaller  valleys  opening  into  the  larger  valley  of  the 
Bay,  as  well  as  most  of  the  valleys  embosomed  in  the  Coast 
Range,  though  having  each  a  peculiarly  modified  climate  of 
its  own,  and  productions  corresponding,  all  partake  more  or 
less  of  the  characteristics  of  the  climate  of  San  Francisco — 
the  shades  of  difference  beiug  caused  by  the  great  equalizing 
power  of  the  ocean,  and  the  greater  or  less  exposure  to  it. 
The  Pacific  winds  are  the  great  barometer  by  which  the 
degrees  of  health  are  determined.  The  nearer  the  Pacific  the 
denser  and  more  frequent  the  fog,  the  stronger  the  winds,  the 
warmer  the  winters,  the  cooler  the  summers.  Every  degree  of 
temperature  can  be  found  in  close  juxtaposition  near  the  level 
of  the  sea — from  the  heat  of  a  torrid  zone  to  a  chilling  cold. 
The  climate  of  various  places  is  graduated  in  the  summer  by 
their  comparative  distance  from  the  oceau — Sacramento  being 
eighty  miles  direct,  Benicia  forty,  Napa  thirty-five,  Sonoma 
thirty,  Petaluma  twenty,  San  Rafael  ten.  At  Sacramento  the 
influence  of  the  sea-breeze  is  sometimes  wanting  and  the  heat 
oppressive,  but  Sonoma  valley,  while  far  enough  off  from  the 
ocean  to  escape  the  fogs  and  cold  blasts  which  prevail  at  San 
Francisco,  enjoys  just  enough  of  the  sea-breeze  to  temper  the 
heat  of  every  summer  day  to  the  right  standard  for  comfort. 
Apparent  inversions  of  latitude  perplex  the  visitor.  In  the 
region  about  Marysville  the  stranger  finds  himself  in  April 
enveloped  in  a  fierce  sweltering  heat,  and  scarce  hears  the 
song  of  a  bird.  Passing  by  steamer  via  San  Francisco  to 
San  Jose,  a  distance  of  more  than  two  hundred  miles,  he  finds 
a  cool,  spring-like  freshness  in  the  air  and  the  singing  of 
innumerable  birds — being  as  if  he  passed  out  of  a  tropical  into 
a  temperate  climate,  when,  in  fact,  he  is  due  south  of  Marys- 
ville by  the  whole  route  passed  over. 

The  Sacramento  and  San  Joaquin  valleys  may  be  called  a 
single  valley,  the  meteoric  condition  of  which  varies  as  little 
as  its  geographical  formation.  The  exposure,  according  to 
Logan's  tables,  is  locally  over  low  plains,  with  much  surface 
watOrj  in  the  centre  of  the  wide  interior  valley.  The  climatic 
condition  ranges  from  46.9  up  to  72.!) — the  mean  for  the  whole 
year  being  G0.05.  This  is  the  approximate  estimate  at  this 
city  for  nine  years.  The  free  movement  of  the  aerial  mass  is 
interrupted  by  the  frequent  ranges  of  mountains  imparting  a 
tropical  feature.  The  mean  successive  daily  range  of  baro- 
metre  here,  in  summer,  frequently  does  not  amount  to  more 
than  the  ninety-four  thousandth  part  of  an  inch.  During  the 
past  year  Sacramento  has  been  subjected  to  an  unusually  se- 
vere winter,  followed  by  much  rain,  and  a  sudden  change  from 
cold  to  heat.  Yet,  withal,  it  is  quite  as  healthy  as  any  por- 
tion of  the  State.  The  diseases  are  the  usual  order,  including 
epidemics,  contagious,  infectious,  and  meteoric.  The  conta- 
gious embrace  variola,  scarlatina,  and  rubeola  ;  the  infectious 
— typhoid,  typhus,  and  spotted  fevers  ;  and  the  meteoric — 
influenza  and  diptheria.  The  persons  most  affected  are  usually 
the  native  Mexicans  or  the  mixed  races,  whether  of  Mexico 
or  California,  the  lower  foreign  population,  and  the  Indian 
tribes.  Fevers  are  occasional.  We  may  add,  while  on  this 
subject,  that  the  meteoric  conditions  of  the  climate  this  year 
do  not  promise  any  consequences  more  pernicious  to  health 
than  have  been  manifested  in  our  healthiest  periods — Bee. 


The  New  York  Atlas  says  :  Nature  in  her  most  benignant 
mood  never  fashioned  a  more  kindly  or  a  milder-mannered 
man  than  the  facetious  Mark  Twain,  yet  he  can't  stand  mos- 
quitoes. Mosquitoes  cause  him  to  take  gloomy  views  of  hu- 
man life  and  human  nature.  Mosquitoes  make  him  positively 
bloodthirsty.  In  a  letter  from  Honolulu  to  the  Sacramento 
Union  he  pensively  and  pathetically  remarks:  "  There  are  a 
good  many  mosquitoes  around  to-night,  and  they  are  rather 
troublesome  ;  but  it  is  a  source  of  unal!oy3d  satisfaction  to 
me  to  know  that  the  two  millions  I  sat  down  ou  a  minute  ago 
will  never  sing  again." 


A   LONDON  HOSPITAL. 

ON  the  blackboard  by  the  door  of  a  London  hospital  there 
is  attached  by  four  wafers  a  simple  announcement. 
Simple  as  it  looks,  it  meets  with  very  great  notice,  for  as  the 
students  keep  dropping  in,  some  in  little  knots,  others  singly, 
a  good  many  in  pairs,  the  first  thing  they  look  at  is  the  little 
sheet  of  paper,  with  but  few  words  in  print  and  fewer  in  writ- 
ing upon  it.    "  Has  it  begun  ?"    "  Is  Mr.  here  yet  ?"  are 

the  constant  questions  addressed  to  the  important  man  with 
the  red  collar  on  his  coat  of  blue.  The  functionary  is  the 
porter,  whose  chief  business  consists  in  keeping  order  among 
the  crowd  of  people  in  the  out-patients'  room,  and  in  letting 
up  and  down  a  wooden  bar  to  allow  them,  as  their  turn  arrives, 
access  to  the  celebrities  that  they  have  come  to  consult.  Let 
us  follow  the  studeuts  as  they  pass  through  the  various  pas- 
sages and  corridors  of  the  building.  The  out-patients'  prac- 
tice has  no  charm  for  the  students  to-day.  The  physicians 
are  going  their  rounds  alone  ;  for,  however  often  the  the  ry 
may  be  enunciated  that  in  rank  the  practice  of  physic  takes 
precedence  of  the  practice  of  surgery,  yet  the  fact  remains 
patent  that  a  brilliant  operator  creates  more  enthusiasm  than 
the  best  physician,  his  test-tubes,  stethoscope  and  microscope 
notwithstanding.  Passing  up  a  narrow  staircase,  we  find  our- 
selves at  the  top  of  a  tier  of  steps,  at  the  bottom  of  which  is 
the  room  proper.  The  bright  rays  of  the  sun  pass  through 
the  ample  skylight,  and  discover  a  densely  packed  mass  of 
people  filling  the  round  gallery. 

We  are  in  the  operating  theatre  of  the  hospital.  Around 
us  we  see,  set  into  the  walls,  medallions  of  the  great  surgeons 
of  the  old  times— the  apostles  of  the  art,  whose  names  are 
held  in  veneration  by  their  clever,  eager  followers  of  to-day. 
Here  and  there  among  the  students  we  have  pale-faced,  anx- 
ious-looking men,  who  have  called  in  during  their  round  of  so- 
called  "  general  practice."  They  have  come  to  see  their 
former  master  operate — the  surgeon  who  is  at  the  pinnacle  of 
the  profession,  and  who  has  fame,  wealth,  and  now  a  title,  by 
his  talent,  and  who  has  been  the  instrument  in  God's  hands  of 
alleviating  much  human  suffering  and  distress.  In  the  area  of 
the  theatre  there  are  signs  of  approaching  operations.  There 
is  the  peculiar  table,  that  can  extend  and  fold  in  all  directions, 
with  its  straps  and  appendages.  There  are  the  ccns  of  hot 
and  cold  water,  the  basins,  the  sponges,  and  many  other  things. 
The  surgical  dressers  flit  about,  anxious  that  nothing  shall  be 
forgotten,  and  the  house-surgeon,  with  ligatures  ready  in  the 
button-hole  of  his  coat,  is  examining  for  the  last  time  the 
glittering  array  of  knives  and  other  instruments, preserved  in 
a  case  as  delicately  lined  as  a  lady's  jewel-box.  By  degrees 
the  minor  luminaries  of  the  medical  and  surgical  staff  of  the 
hospital  arrive,  and  the  students  ranged  above,  so  noisy  at 
their  college  in  awarding  approval  to  their  favorite  teachers, 
only  show  here  by  a  \v  lf-stifled  buzz  their  recognition. 

At  last  the  lion  of  the  hour  arrives,  a  strong,  stalwart  man 
placid,  cool  and  smiling,  the  least  anxious  of  the  whole  as- 
sembly. A  smothered  roar  of  approbation  meets  him  as  he 
lifts  his  eyes  and  nods  to  the  assembled  crowd.  A  Gesture  of 
his  hand  checks  any  unseemly  noise,  for  now  the  patient  is  be- 
ing carried  in  aud  laid  with  g'-eat  tenderness  on  the  cushioned 
table. 

The  latter  gives  a  sharp,  half-frightened  glance  above  at  the 
dense  mess  of  hushed,  eager  and  expectant  students.  The 
time  has  at  last  arrived  which  has  been  ir.  his  thoughts  for 
days  and  weeks,  aye,  may  be  for  months.  It  is  a  moment  of 
agony  for  the  poor  man,  in  spite  of  all  the  care  and  kinduess 
shown  him'.  The  great  surgeon  whispers  in  his  car  and  pats 
his  shoulder  kindly.  The  patient  grasps  the  hand  of  his 
friend,  and  instantly  another  medical  man  fits  the  apparatus 
for  the  inhalation  of  chloroform.  Soon  he  is  wandering  in  his 
talk,  he  gesticulates  with  his  hands,  but  soon  he  drops  off  like 
a  sleeping  child.  Quietly  turning  up  his  cuffs  and  giving  a 
scrutinizing  glance  through  the  gleaming  instruments  on  the 
white  clothed  tray,  the  surgeon  turns  to  the  diseased  limb. 
There  is  a  dead  stillness  through  the  theatre  as  with  a  steady 
hand  the  operator  coolly  and  rapidly  proceeds. 

His  knife  is  crimson,  and  the  warm  red  blood  wells  up  and 
spirts  around.  The  saw  is  quickly  used,  and  a  few  more  dex- 
terous movements  with  the  knife  complete  the  operation.  All 
the  pumping  arteries  are  caught  and  tied,  aud  the  still  uncon- 
scious patient  is  carried  off  to  awake  in  his  bed  and  find  him- 
self surrounded  by  all  that  skill,  ingenuity  and  wealth  can 
bring  to  bear  for  suffering  man. 


Bouquet  Holder  and  Waist  Clasp. — An  elegant  and 
handsome  waist  clasp  has  made  its  appearance.  The  buckle 
is  made  of  gold,  aud  not  only  performs  the  functions  that 
usually  devolve  on  this  articie  of  dress,  but  is  also  intended  to 
hold  (in  a  little  glass  receptacle  bound  with  the  same  metal 
as  the  buckle)  a  flower,  such  as  a  camellia  or  rose-bud.  Alto- 
gether, it  is  the  most  elegant  and  chaste  article  of  its  kind 
that  we  have  seen  for  some  time,  and  deserves,  ns  no  doubt  it 
will,  to  become  very  popular  among  the  Udies. — Boudoir. 


A  wao  wrote  on  the  back  of  a  fat  Alderman, "  Widened  at 
the  expense  of  the  corporation." 


Santa  Anna.— Few  men  have  experienced  so  many  ups 
and  down^in  life  as  Santa  Anna,  who  is  now  quietly  sojourn- 
ing at  Klizabethport,  New  Jersey,  where  he  arrived,  recently, 
from  St.  Thomas.  He  was  born  at  Jalapa,  Mexico,  in  1798, 
and  is  therefore  68  years  old.  No  one  man  living  has  mingled 
so  freely  in  the  scores  of  revolutions  and  political  changes 
which  have  taken  place  in  Mexico  since  that  time.  He  first 
came  into  public  notice  during  the  war  for  Mexican  independ- 
ence in  1821,  and  was  given  command  of  Vera  Cruz  in  the 
following  year,  after  expelling  the  royalists  from  the  city. 
Yturbide,  who  had  proclaimed  himself  emperor,  soon  deposed 
him,  but  Santa  Anna,  in  true  Mexican  style,  turned  about  and 
deposed  Yturbide.  In  the  numerous  revolutions  subsequent 
Santa  Anna  played  a  prominent  part,  being  made  commander- 
in-chief  of  one  of  the  armies  in  1829.  In  1832  he  headed 
another  insurrection,  and  in  1835,  after  completely  defeating 
the  opposing  army,  killing  2,000  and  taking  2,700  prisoners,  he 
was  named  dictator.  An  insurrection  broke  out,  the  follow- 
ing year,  in  Texas,  then  under  Mexican  control,  and  heading 
an  army  of  6,000  men  in  person  to  suppress  it,  he  was  taken 
prisoner.  He  was  set  at  liberty  in  1837.  His  services  were 
soon  called  to  the  defence  of  Vera  Cruz,  where  he  defeated 
the  French  and  lost  a  leg.  From  1841  till  1844  he  was  vir- 
tually dictator  of  Mexico,  with  the  title  of  president,  but  was 
deposed  by  a  revolution  in  1845  and  banished  for  ten  years. 
He  went  to  Cuba,  but  in  a  year  was  recalled  and  through  the 
connivance  of  our  government,  which  supposed  him  favorable 
to  peace,  reached  Mexico  in  safety.  In  December,  1846,  he  was 
made  provisional  president,  and  immediately  headed  20,000 
men  and  attacked  General  Taylor,  with  5.000  men,  at  Buena 
Vista.  Santa  Anna  being  badly  beaten.  He  led  the  Mexican 
troops  in  all  the  great  battles  of  the  Mexican  war.  Discour- 
aged at  defeat,  he  left  Mexico  in  1848  for  Jamaica,  where  he 
spent  several  years.  He  returned  to  Mexico  in  1853,  was  ap- 
pointed president  for  one  year,  appointed  himself  president 
for  life,  ruled  with  great  rigor,  and  was  obliged  to  sign  his  ab- 
dication in  1855.  Most  of  the  time  since,  he  has  lived  at  St. 
Thomas.  On  Maximilian's  advent  he  declared  for  him,  but 
now  comes  out  for  Juarez  and  proposes  to  fight  for  him. 


Interesting  Discovery  at  Jerusalem. — The  Tyroler  Slim- 
men  contains  an  account  of  the  recent  discovery  of  a  subter- 
ranean chapel,  near  the  Church  of  the  Holy  Sepulchre.  It 
is  the  one  often  mentioned  by  ancient  writers  as  that  of  Maria 
Minor,  founded  during  the  reign  of  Charlemagne,  and  to  which 
was  attached  a  convent  for  Benedictine  nuns,  and  a  residence 
for  female  pilgrims.  It  had  often  been  searched  for,  but 
always  in  vain.  The  present  discovery  is  entirely  due  to  the 
energetic  researches  of  Signor  Carlo  Guarmani,  director  of 
the  French  post-office  at  Jerusalem.  The  church  contains 
three  aisles,  separated  by  rows  of  pillars,  aud  terminating  in 
seperate  apsides.  The  centre  is  spanned  by  a  dome,  under 
which  are  still  visible  the  oratories  of  the  nuns.  Though  en- 
tirely covered  by  the  soil,  which  has  now  been  carefully 
removed,  the  building  has  suffered  no  injury  to  any  extent, 
and  is  still  nearly  perfect. — Builder. 


Ax  interesting  relic  has  recently  been  acquired  by  the 
Academy  of  Sciences.  It  consists  of  a  copy  of  the  Memoirs 
of  Lagrange,  in  eight  volumes,  which  belonged  to  D'Alem- 
bert,  by  whom  it  was  given  to  Coudorcet.  It  next  passed 
into  tlx;  hands  oif  Biot,  who,  in  1856,  presented  the  volumes 
to  M.  Bour,  Professor  at  the  Ecole  Polytechuique,  a  rising 
mathematician,  whose  death  was  lately  announced.  M.Bour, 
fearing  lest  a  work  which  had  been  successively  identified 
with  such  illustrious  names  should  be  lost,  requested,  daring 
his  last  illness,  that  it  should  be  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the 
Academy  cf  Sciences. 


The  abbe-pianist,  Liszt,  has  been  to  Amsterdam  to  have 
his  13th  Psalm  played,  and  has  been  crowned  and  glorified 
without  stint.  Moreover,  his  Mass,  a  favorite  with  the  Hol- 
landers, has  also  been  performed,  and  renewed  the  sensation 
created  on  seven  or  eight  former  occasions.  Liszt  was  accom- 
panied by  his  son-in-law,  M.  de  Bulow. 


At  Vienna,  notwithstanding  the  rumors  of  war  with  Italy, 
the  Italian  singers  are  as  popular  as  ever.  In  Leipsic,  on  the 
contrary,  there  has  been  a  disturbance,  and  the  police  have 
interfered  to  protect  the  Italians  from  insults  in  the  streets. 


It  is  said  that  the  British  Government,  as  a  measure  against 
Fenianism,  iutend  to  abolish  the  use  of  the  shilhily  in  Ireland, 
as  its  use  is  considered  dangerous  to  the  security  of  the  crown. 

We  refer  our  readers  to  the  advertisement  of  Meagher,  Taafl'e  &. 
Co.,  who  publish  in  our  advertising  columns  a  list  nearly  as  long 
as  an  auctioneer's  catalogue  of  their  extensive  varieties  of  Cottons, 
Linens,  Dress  Goods,  Shawls,  Dace  and  Muslin  Goods,  Hosiery,  Flan- 
nels,  etc.,  which  they  are  now  selling  at  reduced  rates.  This  mam- 
moth' Dry  Goods  House  is  the  most  enterprising  establishment  in  thin 
city,  and  does  business  on  the  *  nimble  sixpence  "  orderof  quick  sale< 
and  light  profits,  by  the  aid  of  liberal  advertising,  to  the  amount  of 
thousands  of  dollars  per  day.  They  are  spoken  of  among  the  trade 
us  the  "  Stewarts  of  the  Pacific  Coast  "—a  very  delicate  way  of 
nclu'.owlcdi'ing  their  business  standing! 


6 


THE    C  AL1F0RNIAN- 


j  July  7th 


ODD  PEOPLE. 

MEN  have,  in  most  times,  withdrawn  themselves  from 
the  world  and  taken  up  their  abode  in  caverns  or 
ruiua,  or  whatever  shelter  they  could  find,  and  lived  on  herbs, 
roots,  coarse  bread  and  water.  In  many  cases,  sucli  persous 
have  deemed  these  austerities  as  acceptable  to  God,  and  this 
has  become  one  of  the  rudest  forms  of  monastic  life.  It  is 
not  from  this  class  of  persous  that  we  propose  to  introduce  a 
few  portraits  of  hermit  life,  but  rather  to  those  whose  pecu- 
liarities have  taken  a  more  eccentric  turn,  almost  in  our  own 
time. 

The  Hon.  Charles  Hamilton,  in  the  reigu  of  George  II.. 
proprietor  of  Pain's  llill,  near  Cobham,  in  Surrey,  built  a 
hermitage  upon  a  steep  brow  in  the  grounds  of  that  beautiful 
seat.  Of  this  hermitage  Horace  Walpole  remarks  that  it  is 
a  sort  of  ornament  whose  merit  soonest  fades,  it  being  almost 
comic  to  set  aside  a  quarter  of  one's  gardeu  to  be  melancholy 
in.  There  is  an  upper  apartment,  supported  in  pert  by  con- 
torted logs  and  roots  of  trees,  which  lorm  the  entrance  to  the 
cell,  but  the  unfurnished  and  neglected  stale  of  the  whole 
proves  the  justness  of  Walpole's  observation.  Mr.  Hamilton 
advertised  for  a  person  who  was  willing  to  become  a  hermit  in 
that  beautiful  retreat  of  his.  The  conditions  were  that  lie 
was  to  continue  in  the  hermitage  seven  years,  where  lie  should 
be  provided  with  a  Bible,  optical  glasses,  a  mat  for  his  bed, 
a  hassock  for  his  pillow,  an  hour  glass  lor  his  time-piece,  water 
for  his  beverage,  food  from  the  house,  but  never  to  exchange 
a  syllable  with  the  servant.  He  was  to  wear  a  camlet  robe, 
never  to  cut  his  beard  or  nails,  nor  ever  to  stray  beyond  the 
limits  of  the  grounds.  If  he  lived  there,  under  all  these 
restrictions,  till  the  eud  of  the  term,  he  was  to  receive  seven 
hundred  guineas.  Put  on  breach  of  any  of  them,  or  if  he 
quitted  the  place  any  time  previous  to  that  term,  the  whole 
was  to  be  forfeited.  One  person  attempted  it,  but  a  three 
weeks'  trial  cured  him. 

A  correspondent  of  jVofes  and  Queries  describes  a  gentle- 
man near  Preston,  Lancashire,  as  more  successful  in  the  above 
eccentricity.  He  advertised  a  reward  of  £50  a  year  for  life 
to  any  man  who  would  undertake  to  live  seven  years  under- 
ground, without  seeing  anything  human  ;  and  to  let  his  toe 
and  finger  nails  grew,  with  his  hair  and  beard,  during  the 
whole  time.  Apartments  were  prepared  under  ground,  very 
commodious,  with  a  cold  bath,  a  chamber  organ,  as  many  books 
as  the  occupier  pleased,  and  provisions  served  (rom  his  own 
table.  Whenever  the  recluse  wanted  any  convenience  he  was 
to  ring  a  bell,  and  it  was  provided  for  him.  Singular  as  this 
residence  may  appear,  an  occupier  offered  himself,  and  actually 
stayed  in  it,  observing  the  required  conditions  for  four  years. 

BURIAL  RKlJlTESTS. 

Jn  June,  1864,  there  died  at  Drogheda  one  Miss  Hardman, 
at  the  advanced  age  of  ninety-two  years.  She  was  buried  in 
the  family  vault  in  Peter's  Protestant  Church.  The  funeral 
took  place  on  the  eighth  day  of  her  decease.  It  is  not  usual 
in  Ireland  to  allow  so  long  an  interval  to  elapse  between  the 
time  of  a  person's  death  and  burial  ;  in  this  instance  it  was 
owing  to  the  expressed  wish  of  the  deceased,  and  this  origin- 
ated in  a  very  curious  piece  of  family  and  local  history. 
Everybody  has  heard  of  the  lady  who  was  buried,  being  sup- 
posed dead,  and  who  bearing  with  her  to  the  tomb,  on  her 
linger,  a  ring  of  rare  price,  this  was  the  means  of  her  being 
rescued  from  her  charnel  prison-house.  A  butler  in  the  family 
of  the  lady,  having  his  cupidity  excited,  entered  the  vault  at 
midnight  in  order  to  possess  himself  of  the  ring,  and  in  re- 
moving it  from  the  finger  the  lady  was  restored  to  conscious- 
ness and  made  her  way  in  her  grave-clothes  to  her  mansion. 
She  lived  many  years  afterwards  before  she  was  finally  con- 
signed to  the  vault.  The  heroine  of  the  story  was  a  member 
of  the  Hardman  family— in  fc.et  the  late  Miss  Hardman's 
mother,  and  the  vault  in  Peter's  Church  was  the  locality  where 
the  startling  revival  scene  took  place. 

The  story  is  commonly  told  in  explanation  of  a  monument 
in  the  Church  of  St.  Giles,  Crippiegate,  London,  which  is 
commemorative  of  Couslauce  Whitney,  and  represents  a  female 
rising  from  acoffin.  "  This,"  says  Mr.  Godwin,  in  his  interest- 
ing history  of  the  Clturclus  of  London,  "  has  been  erroneously 
supposed  to  commemorate  a  lady  who,  having  been  buried  in 
a  trance,  was  restored  to  life  through  the  cupidity  of  the  sex- 
ton, which  induced  hiin  to  dig  up  the  body  to  obtain  posses- 
sion of  a  ring."  The  female  rising  from  the  coffin  is  undoubt- 
edly emblematic  of  the  Resurrection,  and  may  have  been 
repeated  npon  other  monuments  elsewhere  ;  but  there  is  no 
such  monument  at  Drogheda,  which  a3  above  is  claimed  as 
the  actual  locality. 

Mr.  Guy  was  possessed  of  considerable  property,  and  was 
a  native  of  Gloucestershire.  His  grave  and  collin  were  made 
under  his  directions  more  than  a  twelvemonth  previous  to  his 
death  ;  he  wrote  the  inscriptions,  he  gave  the  orders  for  bid 
funeral,  and  wrapped  in  separate  pieces  of  paper  five  shillings 
for  each  of  the  bearers.  The  colli  u  was  very  neatly  made, 
and  looked  more  like  a  piece  of  cabinet-work  for  a  drawing- 
room  than  a  receptacle  lor  the  dead. 

Dr.  Fidge,  a  physician  of  the  old  school,  who  in  early  days 
had  accompanied  the  Duke  of  Clarence  (afterwards  YV-Ulia— 


IV.)  when  a  midshipman,  as  medical  attendant,  possessed  a 
favorite  boat  ;  and  upon  his  retirement  from  Portsmouth 
Dockyard,  where  he  held  an  appointment,  had  this  boat  con- 
verted into  a  coffin,  with  the  sternpiece  fixed  at  its  head. 
This  coffin  he  kept  under  his  bed  for  many  years. 

The  circumstances  of  his  deaih  were  very  remarkable. 
Feeling  his  end  approaching,  and  desiring  to  add  a  codicil  to 
his  will,  he  sent  for  his  solicitor.  On  entering  his  chamber 
he  found  him  suffering  from  a  paroxysm  of  pain,  but  which 
soon  ceased  ;  availing  himself  of  the  temporary  ease  to  ask 
him  how  he  felt,  he  replied,  smiling,  "  I  feel  as  easy  as  an  old 
shoe,''  and  looking  towards  the  nurse  in  attendance,  said, 
"  .lust  pull  my  less  straight,  and  place  me  as  a  dead  man  ;  it 
will  save  you  trorble  shortly  ;"  words  which  he  had  scarcely 
uttered  before  he  calmly  died. 

THIS  KCCB.NTKIC  MISS  BAKES. 

Oddities  of  dress  were  half  a  century  ago  much  ofteuer  to 
be  seeuthau  in  the  present  day  ;  or,  rather,  their  singularities 
were  more  grotesque  than  the  peculiarities  of  the  present 
day.  John  Thomas  Smith,  writing  in  1818,  says:  "It  is 
scarcely  possible  for  any  person  possessing  the  smallest  share 
of  common  observation  to  pass  through  the  streets  in  London 
without  noticing  what  is  generally  denominated  a  clinradtr, 
either  in  dress,  walk,  pursuits,  or  propensities."  At  the  head 
of  his  remarks  on  the  eccentricity  of  some  of  their  dresses  he 
places  Miss  Sophia  Bauks,  Sarah,  the  sister  of  Sir  Joseph, 
who  was  looked  after  by  the  eye  of  astonishment  wherever  she 
went,  and  in  whatever  situation  she  appeared.  Her  dress 
was  that  of  the  Old  School;  her  Barcelona  quilted  petticoat 
had  a  hole  on  either  side  for  the  convenience  of  rumaging  two 
immense  pockets,  stuffed  with  books  of  all  sizes.  This  petti 
coat  was  covered  with  a  deep  slomachered  gown,  sometimes 
obscuring  the  pocket-holes,  similar  to  many  of  the  ladies  of 
Bunbmy's  time,  which  he  baa  introduced  into  his  prints. 

In  this  dress  she  might  frequently  beseeu  walking,  followed 
by  a  six  foot  servant,  with  a  cane  almost  as  tall  as  hiiuscll. 
Miss  Banks,  lor  so  that  lady  was  called  for  many  years,  was 
frequently  heard  to  rela:e  the  following  curious  anecdote  of 
herself  :  "  After  making  repeated  inquiries  of  the  wall-vendors 
of  halt-penny  ballads  for  a  particular  one  which  she  wanted, 
she  was  informed  by  the  claret-faced  woman,  who  strung  up 
her  stock  by  Middlesex  Hospital  gates,  that  if  she  went  to  a 
printer  s  in  Loug  Lane,  SuiithGeld,  probably  he  might  supply 
her  ladyship  with  what  her  ladyship  wauted.  Away  trudged 
Miss  Banks  through  Sniilhfield  ;  but  before  she  entered  Mr. 
Thompson's  shop  she  desired  her  man  to  wait  for  her  at  the 
corner,  by  the  plum-pudding  stall.  '  Yes,  we  have  it,'  was  the 
printer's  answer  to  her  interrogative.  He  then  gave  Miss 
Bauks  what  is  called  a  book,  consisting  of  many  songs.  Upon 
her  expressing  her  surprise  when  the  uiau  returned  her  eight- 
pence  from  her  shilling,  aud  the  great  quantity  of  songs  he 
had  given  her,  when  she  only  wanted  oue — '  What,  then  !' 
observed  the  mau,  '  are  you  not  one  of  our  characters  '.'  1 
beg  your  pardon.'  " 

This  lady  and  Lady  Banks,  out  of  compliment  to  Sir  Jo- 
seph, who  had  been  deeply  engaged  in  the  production  of  wool, 
had  their  riding-habits  made  of  his  produce,  in  which  dresses 
the  two  ladies  at  one  period  on  all  occasions  appeared.  In- 
deed, so  delighted  was  Miss  Banks  with  this  overall coveriflir. 
that  she  actually  gave  the  habit-maker  orders  for  three  at  a 
time,  aud  they  were  called  '•  Hightum,"  ••  Tightum,"  and 
"  Scrub."  The  firsc  was  her  best,  the  second  her  second 
best,  and  the  third  her  everyday  one. 

Once  when  Miss  Banks  and  her  sister  in  law  visited  a  friend 
with  whom  they  were  to  stay  several  days,  on  the  evening  of 
their  arrival  they  sat  down  to  dinner  in  their  riding  habits. 
Their  friend  had  a  large  party  after  dinner  to  meet  them,  and 
they  entered  the  drawing  room  in  their  riJing-habits.  On  the 
following  morning  they  again  appeared  in  their  riding  habits ; 
and  so  on,  to  the  astonishment  ol  every  one  till  the  conclu- 
sion of  their  visit. 

Although  Miss  Banks  paid  great  attention  to  many  persons, 
there  were  others  to  whom  she  was  wauling  in  civility.  A 
great  genius,  who  had  arrived  a  quarter  of  an  hour  before  the 
time  specifitd  ou  the  card  for  dinner,  was  showu  iuto  the 
drawing-room,  where  Miss  Banks  was  putting  away  what  are 
sometimes  called  rattletraps.  Whou  the  visitor  observed,  "  It 
is  a  tine  day,  ma'am,"  she  replied  :  "  I  know  nothiug  at  all 
about  it.  You  must  speak  to  my  brother  upou  that  subject 
when  you  are  at  dinner."  Notwithstanding  the  very  singular 
appearance  of  Miss  Banks,  she  was,  when  in  the  prime  of 
life,  a  fashionable  whip,  and  drove  four-in-hand.  Miss  Banks 
died  in  1818. 

THE  KING  AND  QUEEN  OF  THE  SANDWICH  ISLANDS. 

In  the  year  1 824,  their  savafee  Majesties  of  the  Sandwich 
Islands  visited  England.  They  were  Seen  by  Miss  Berry,  who 
has  thus  graphically  described  their  visit : 

"  At  half  past  ten  o'clock,  I  weut  with  the  Prince  and 
Priucess  Lowensteiii,  their  son,  and  my  sister,  to  Mr.  Can- 
ning's, the  Secretary  of  State,  who  received  for  the  first  time 
the  King  and  Queen  of  the  Sandwich  Islands.  They  arrived 
in  the  midst  of  a  numerous  assembly  of  all  the  best  society, 
and  all  en  grands  toilette  for  a  large  assembly  given  at  Nor- 


thumberland House.    Mr.  Canning  entered,  giving  his  baud 
to  a  large  black  woman  more  than  six  feet  high,  and  broad  in 
proportion,  muffled  up  in  a  striped  gauze  dress  with  short 
sleeves,  leaving  uncovered  enormous  black  arms,  half  covered 
again  with  white  gloves  ;  an  enormous  gauze  turban  upon  her 
head  ;  black  hair,  not  curled,  but  very  short  ;  a  small  bag  in 
her  hand,  and  I  do  not  know  what  upon  her  neck,  where  there 
was  no  gauze.    It  was  with  difficulty  that  the  Minister  and 
his  company  could  preserve  a  proper  gravity  for  the  occasion. 
I  The  Queen  was  followed  by  a  lady  in  waiting  as  tall  as  herself, 
and  with  a  gayer  and  more  intelligent  countenance.  Then 
came  the  King,  accompanied  by  three  of  his  subjects,  all 
dressed,  like  him,  in  European  costume;  and  a  fourth,  whose 
I  office  I  did  not  kDow,  but  he  wore  over  his  ordinary  coat  a 
'  scarlet  and  yellow  feather  cloak,  and  a  helmet  covered  with 
I  the  same  material  on  his  head.    The  King  was  shorter  than 
!  his  fonr  courtiers,  but  they  all  looked  very  strong,  and.  except 
1  the  King,  all  taller  than  the  majority  ol  those  who  surrounded 
them.    The  two  ladies  were  seated  before  the  fire  in  the  gal- 
lery for  some  time. 

••  Mrs.  Canning  was  presented  first  to  them,  and  then  the 
Duke  and  Duches3  of  Gloucester  and  the  Prince  Leopold. 
The  Queeu  took  the  Duchess  of  Gloucester  by  the  arm  and 
shook  it.  One  should  have  pitied  them  for  the  way  in  which 
all  eyes  were  turned  upon  them,  and  for  all  the  observations 
they  occasioned  ;  but  it  seemed  to  me  that  their  minds  are 
uot  sufficiently  opened,  and  that  they  are  not  civilized  enough, 
to  notice  or  to  suffer  from  it.  From  the  gallery  Mr.  Canning, 
still  holding  the  Queen's  hand,  conducted  them  through  the 
apartment  and  under  the  verandah  of  the  garden,  where  the 
baud  of  the  Guards'  regiment,  in  their  lull  uniform  was  play- 
ing military  airs.  Her  savage  Majesty  appeared  much  more 
occupied  by  the  red-plumed  hats  of  the  musicians  than  by  the 
music.  She  ought  to  have  been  pleased  to  see  that  the 
officers'  helmet  of  her  Court  surpassed  them  as  to  color. 
From  there  they  were  conducted  into  the  dining  room,  where 
there  was  a  fine  collation.  The  two  ladies  were  seated  alone 
at  a  table  placed  across  the  room,  and  ate  some  cake  and 
drank  wine.  They  appeared  awkward  in  all  their  movements, 
and  particularly  enibarrased  iu  their  walk  ;  there  was  nothing 
of  the  free  step  of  the  savage,  being  probably  embarrassed  by 
the  folds  of  the  European  dress." 

The  King  and  Queen  and  their  suite  were  wantonly  charged 
with  gluttony  and  drunkenness  by  persous  who  ought  to  have 
known  better.  "  It  is  true,"  observes  Lord  Byron,  in  his 
"  Voyage  to  the  Sandwich  Islands."  "  that,  unaccustomed  to 
our  habits,  they  little  regarded  reenlar  hours  for  meals,  and 
that  they  liked  to  eat  frequently,  though  not  to  excess  Their 
greatest  luxury  was  oysters,  of  which  they  were  partienlarly 
fond  ;  and  one  day,  some  of  the  chiefs  having  been  out  to 
walk,  and  seeing  a  gray  mullet,  instantly  seized  it  and  carried 
it  home,  to  the  great  delight  of  the  whole  party  ;  who.  on 
recognizing  the  native  fish  of  their  own  seas,  could  scarcely 
believe  that  it  had  not  swum  hither  on  purpose  for  them,  or 
be  persuaded  to  wait  till  it  was  cooked  belorc  they  ate  it." 
The  best  proof  of  their  moderation,  is  however,  that  the 
charge  at  Osborne's  Hotel,  in  the  Adelphi,  dnring  their  resi- 
dence there,  amounted  to  no  greater  an  average  than  seven- 
teen shillings  a  head  per  day  for  their  table  ;  as  they  ate  little 
or  no  butcher's  meat,  but  lived  chiefly  on  fisb,  poultry,  and 
fruit,  by  no  means  the  cheapest  articles  in  l>oiidon,  their  glut- 
tony could  not  have  been  great.  So  far  Iroui  their  always 
preferring  the  strongest  liquors,  their  favorite  beverage  was 
some  cider,  with  which  they  had  been  presented  by  Mr.  Can- 
ning. 

The  popular  comic  song  of  "  The  King  of  the  Cannibal 
Islands  "  was  written  apri  pos  to  the  royal  visit. 


A  cOLXTitYiiAN  recently  visited  Paris,  and  had  his  pocket 
picked.  This  so  annoyed  him,  (he  was  a  Norman,  the  ••  Vau- 
kee  "  of  France,)  he  determined  to  punish  the  next  pick- 
pocket who  robbed  him.  He  contrived  a  sort  of  clip  kuot, 
which  should  arrest  the  thiel  s  hand.  Whilst  visiting  the 
Louvre,  he  felt  a  pickpocket's  hand  iu  his  pocket,  aud  taw 
that  he  had  caught  the  thief.  He  determined  to  enjoy  his 
vengeance  before  delivering  the  rogue  to  the  police.  So  he 
quietly  walked  from  picture  to  picture,  dragging  the  pick- 
pocket alter  him,  for  the  thiel  did  uot  say  a  word,  lie  had 
enjoyed  the  rogue's  torments  for  an  hour,  when  he  determined 
to  deliver  him  to  a  policeman  about  thirty  yards  off.  When 
he  got  near  the  policeman,  he  turned  round  to  collar  bis  pris- 
oner— there  was  nobody  1  The  robber  had  cut  the  Norman  s 
whole  coat-tail  and  made  off  with  it. 


Tup  Now   Bedford  Mercury/   tells  a  story  of  a  witty 

"  Colonel  B  ,"  who.  when  on  his  death-bed,  and  near  his 

demise,  assured  his  friends  that  he  conld  not  possibly  sarvive 
many  hours.  "  Nonsense!  Colonel,"  encouragingly  remarked 
one  ;  "  your  feet  are  warm,  and  no  one  ever  died  till  the  ex- 
tremities became  cold."  "  Don't  tell  me  that,"  squealed  out 
the  sufferer  ;  "  do  you  think  John  Rogers'  feet  were  cold  just 
before  he  died  ?" 


The  Rev.  C.  H.  Spurgeon  is  about  to  have  his  choice  say- 
ings served  up  nuder  the  head  of  Anecdotes  und  Sl^rus. 


July  7thj 


THE  CALIFORNIA**. 


A   LEGEND   FOR  SWEARERS. 

GREAT  excitement  has  been  caused,  both  in  strongly  re- 
ligious and  strongly  cursing  and  swearing  circles,  by 
the  report  of  a  very  remarkable  incident  alleged  to  have  taken 
place  at  Brighton  last  Sunday  but  oue.  Iudeed,  nothing  so 
remarkable  has  taken  place  since  the  famous  death  of  Earl 
Godwin,  who,  having  exclaimed  to  King  Edward,  "  If  I  con- 
tributed even  indirectly  to  your  brother's  death,  may  the  God 
of  heaven  grant  that  this  piece  of  bread  may  choke  me,"  put 
the  bread  into  his  mouth,  and  immediately  fell  back,  strangled. 
"  The  vengeance  of  the  Almighty,"  the  report  began,  with  an 
excess  of  dramatic  power,  "  was  visited  in  the  most  awful  and 
sudden  manner  on  a  youth  named  Richards." 

The  reader's  interest  is  for  a  moment  stayed  until  the  au- 
thor of  the  legend  has  given  an  elaborate  account  of  the 
game  of  "  cat  and  dog  " — "  a  game  in  which  a  piece  of  wood 
poiuted  at  both  ends  and  called  a  cat  is  tipped  by  a  short, 
stout  stick,  and  while  in  the  air  is  knocked  away  by  the  stick.'' 
After  some  further  details  have  been  supplied  of  the  laws  and 
regulations  of  "  cat  and  dog,"  we  are  introduced  to  the  youth 
named  Richards,  quarrelling  with  his  companions.  "  High 
words  and  bad  language  were  freely  used  on  both  sides.  Each 
boy  accused  the  other  of  falsehood,  and  at  length  Richards, 
failing  to  convince  his  companion  of  the  truthfulness  of  his 
statement,  flew  into  a  violent  rage,  and  emphatically  shouted, 
'  May  God  strike  me  blind  if  I  haven't  made  more  than 
twenty.'  " 

A  paltry  verbal  critic  would  detect  a  slight  discrepancy  to 
begin  with.  Tho  narrative  first  depicts  Richards  as  contend- 
ing with  a  multitude  of  "  opponents,"  and  then  in  the  next 
sentence  reduces  them  to  one  :  "  Each  accused  the  other  '? — 
"  his  companion."  But,  in  the  face  of  a  marvellous  and  strik- 
ing manifestation  of  this  kind,  verbal  criticism  is  evidently  out 
of  place.  We  must  look  at  such  events  in  a  large  and  liberal 
way.  On  such  occasions  the  hair  splitting  German  rationalist 
is  0;  nuisance.  Richards  "  had  scarcely  uttered  the  adjuration 
before  he  let  the  '  dog  '  fall  out  of  his  hands,  and,  throwing 
up  his  arms,  exclaimed,  '  Oh  dear,  I  can't  see.'  "  His  com- 
panions ran  up  to  him,  and,  finding  that  what  he  said  was 
true,  took  him  home,  "  when  it  was  fouud  that  a  thick  film 
had  overspread  each  of  his  eyes." 

The  sensation  caused  by  such  an  appalling  and  instanta- 
neous infliction  of  the  Divine  veugeance  as  this  may  be  imag- 
ined. Habitual  cursers  of  the  profane  kind  were  struck  with 
awe  and  terror.  Even  the  cursers  of  the  religious  kind,  who 
only  call  for  vengeance  upon  their  neighbors,  felt  a  vague  un- 
easiness. The  Sabbatarians  were  in  ecstacies.  A  boy  had 
been  struck  blind  lor  playing  "  cat  "  on  the  Sabbath  day,  and 
had  thus  confirmed  tho  solemn  lesson  of  the  immortal  young 
lady  who,  being  guilty  of  sewing  on  a  Sunday,  pricked  her 
finger,  and  died  the  very  same  evening.  A  niche  was  pre- 
pared in  Sabbatarian  households  for  the  reception  of  the 
youth  Richards,  close  to  that  where  the  young  lady  has  been 
installed  these  many  years.  And  he  might  perhaps  in  time 
have  put  the  young  lady's  nose  out.  The  wicked  rationalists 
of  the  nursery  want  details,  and  there  are  none  about  the 
pricked  finger.  But,  in  the  new  case,  we  know  the  boy's 
name.  And,  moreover,  people  have  seen  the  very  place,  where 
ho  was  playing.  You  cannot  have  better  evidence  than 
that. 

Besides  tho  Sabbatarians,  hosts  of  popular  and  unpopular 
preacliers  were  filled  with  a  lively  delight.  Here  was  a  mighty 
stick  with  which  to  hurl  the  pipe  out  of  the  mouth  of  that 
grotesque  and  inhuman  Aunt  Sally  whom  they  set  up  in  their 
pulpits  every  other  Sunday,  and  label  the  Skeptic  or  the 
Atheist.  A  boy  had  called  upon  God  to  strike  him  blind, 
and  God  had  forthwith  struck  him  blind.  In  the  hundreds  of 
sermons  which  are  probably  being  prepared  to  improve  the 
occasion,  one  can  imagine  the  diverse  but  powerful  styles  in 
which  it  will  be  handled. 

One  preacher  will  begin  with  a  florid  picture  of  a  summer 
morning,  anil  will  recount  how  from  the  azure  sky  the  sun 
shot  down  his  brightest  rays  over  God's  earth,  and  shone  upon 
fields  clad  in  their  robe  of  grassy  verdute  or  yellow  with  the 
golden  waving  corn  ;  how  the  dewdrop  trembled  on  the  spray, 
and  the  voices  of  a  thousand  birds  exulted  in  the  gladness  of 
the  earth.  It  may  be  noticed  cursorily  that,  as  a  matter  of 
fact,  on  tho  day  in  question  there  was  no  sunshine  at  all,  and 
there  was  an  uncommonly  cold  and  cutting  wind,  and  further, 
that  the  com  is  neither  very  golden  nor  very  waving  at 
present. 

We  should  have  scrupulously  refrained  from  this  slight 
critism  if  there  had  been  any  chance  of  its  interfering  with 
the  oratorical  effect.  But  the  charm  of  this  kind  of  oratory 
is,  that  utter  discrepancy  with  fact  is  no  drawback  at  all  in 
the  eyes  of  the  people  who  are  partial  to  it.  Provided  the 
language  is  lovely  and  poetic,  the  most  appalling  defects  of 
applicability  are  not  worth  noticing.  Perhaps,  as  the  scene 
of  the  legend  is  laid  at  Brighton,  the  clerical  scene-painter 
will  not  bring  his  golden  corn  and  grassy  verdure  into  the 
foreground,  but  will  talk  instead  of  the  blue  ripplings  of  the 
wave,  or  the  booming  thunders  of  the  abysmal  deep.  He  will 
ask  whether  the  man  who  has  lived  all  his  life  withiu  sight 
and  sound  of  the  eternal  ocean,  "  on  whose  brow  time  writes 


no  wrinkle,"  without  believing  that  it  had  a  Creator,  will  per- 
sist in  his  wickedness  in  the  face  of  the  youth  Richards  and 
his  frightful  fate. 

Of  course  there  is  nobody  at  Brighton  who  has  any  disbelief 
of  the  kind,  but  it  is  a  customary  thing  to  assume  that  the 
world  is  entirely  made  up  of  such  dreadful  people.  The  more 
reasonable  kind  of  preacher  will  argue,  and,  if  the  circum- 
stances were  other  than  they  are,  might  argue  with  fair 
plausibility,  that  such  an  extraordinary  event  cannot  be  a 
mere  coincidence,  and  that  it  is  easier  to  believe  in  the  special 
and  miraculous  interference  of  Providence  in  mortal  affairs 
than  that  a  child  should  have  actually  been  struck  at  the  mo- 
ment, by  mere  chance  and  accident,  with  the  curse  which  he 
had  blasphemously  called  down  upon  himself.  A  philosopher 
would  probably  in  no  case  have  been  shaken  from  his  convic- 
tion that  the  Creator  of  the  universe  works  by  general  laws, 
which  are  not  to  be  suspended  because  a  little  boy  uses  bad 
language.  He  would  have  begun  by  investigating  the  testi- 
mony on  which  the  story  had  been  received,  and,  if  the  story 
had  proved  true,  would  still  have  found  consolation  in  reflect- 
ing how  many  thousands  of  persons  every  day  call  the  divine 
vengeance  upon  themselves  without  being  immediately  taken 
at  their  word. 

If  all  the  people  who  invoke  mischief  upon  their  eyes,  in 
less  solemn  phrase  than  that  of  the  supposed  boy  Pichards, 
were  to  get  what  they  ask,  the  blind  asylums  would  have  to 
be  considerably  enlarged.  But  though  the  philosopher  would 
not  have  allowed  both  the  teaching  of  common  sense  and  a 
high  conception  of  the  nature  of  the  working  of  Providence 
to  bo  overthrown  by  a  single  coincidence,  a  good  many  people 
would  have  been  shaken  and  made  exceedingly  uncomfortable. 

Fortunately,  however,  the  human  testimony  to  the  miracle 
breaks  down.  The  youth  Richards  who  was  dramatically  in- 
troduced to  us  in  connection  with  "  the  vengeance  of  the  Al- 
mighty "  does  not  exist.  The  game  of  cat  unhappily  does 
exist,  and  is  very  likely  to  be  made  the  instrument  of  people 
being  struck  blind— simply,  however,  on  the  most  natural  and 
intelligible  principles.  But  nobody  who  played  at  cat  at 
Brighton  on  the  Sunday  in  question  is  known  to  have  been 
struck  blind,  or  to  have  seen  anybody  else  struck  blind,  either 
by  a  cat  or  by  the  divine  vengeance.  Indeed,  there  is  no 
evidence  that  the  sun  shone  upon  any  cat-playing  at  all  in 
Brighton  that  Sunday  morning,  or  that  the  dog  was  uplifted 
within  earshot  of  the  booming  of  the  abysmal  deep.  The 
miraculous  legend  is  simply  a  lie,  but,  like  all  miraculous 
legends,  and  a  good  many  lies,  is  not  without  a  little  germ  of 
truth.  There  is  no  Richards,  no  "  cat  and  dog,"  no  quarrel 
with  companions,  no  imprecation  to  God,  no  being  struck 
blind.  But  there  is  a  boy  who  went  out  from  Brighton  with 
his  comrades  on  the  Sunday,  ou  a  bird-nesting  expedition. 
They  walked  about  all  day.  when  the  boy  Jeffery — the  imagi- 
nary "youth  Richards"  of  the  legend — complained  that  he 
could  not  see,  and  apparently  he  could  not.  His  friends  took 
him  to  an  inn,  where  he  stayed  till  he  was  put  in  the  train  for 
Brighton,  quite  blind.  Of  course,  the  Sabb.  tarian  breaks  in  ; 
he  was  struck  blind,  not  for  cursing,  but  for  bird-nesting  and 
travelling  by  rail  on  the  Sabbath  day.  Possibly  ;  only  his 
punishment  was  scarcely  worth  inflicting,  because,  by  the 
time  he  got  to  Brighton,  he  could  see  as  clearly  and  distinctly 
as  anybody  else.  He  can  see  now  perfectly.  The  legend 
emerged  fatherless  out  of  a  chaos,  and  first  appeared  in  the 
Brighton  Gazette.  The  Brighton  Times  copies  it.  Tho 
Brighton  Observer,  with  sweet  fidelity,  copies  it.  The  Lon- 
don papers,  with  amiable  credulity,  copy  it  from  tho  Brighton 
Observer.  Preachers  and  moralists  are  copying  it  out  of  the 
London  papers  into  theirsermons  and  their  note-books.  And 
it  is  a  simple  fable  all  the  time.  He  that  is  filthy,  let  him  be 
filthy  still,  and  people  who  use  bad  language,  let  them  use  bad 
language  still.  .Swearers  are  rehabilitated —unless,  indeed, 
"  the  youth  Richards,"  though  acquitted,  and  even  dissolve;! 
into  sp-'ce,  is  warned  that,  if  he  is  innocent  this  time,  he  must 
be  careful  not  to  do  it  again. 

We  are  not  sure  that  the  public  exposure  cf  this  legend  will 
not  be  deplored  by  many  people  as  rather  a  mistake;.  II  the 
story  was  not  true,  at  least  it  was  ben  trnv/t/o.  It  would  have 
made  an  unspeakably  usefai  bugbear  for  domestic  and  religious 
purposes,  and  iu  a  sceptical  age  we  cannot  afl'ord  to  lose  a 
handy  bugbear  of  this  sort.  How  many  little  boys  might 
have  been  deterred  from  bad  language  and  Sabbath-breaking, 
and  even  playing  at  cat,  by  the  fate  of  the  youth  Richards  ! 
How  many  grown-up  men  might  have  been  converted  to 
righteousness,  and  a  belief  that  the  world  is  really  under 
moral  government,  by  this  incident  of  swift  vengeance  !  It  is 
more  thnn  doubtful,  by  the  way.  whether  men's  sense  of  jus- 
tice would  not.  have  been  revolted,  ratlrer  than  their  good 
opinion  of  the  government  of  the  universe  conciliated,  by  the 
fearful  puuishnieut  of  one  little  boy  who  had  never  been  taught 
any  better,  while  so  many  people  in  purple  and  fine  linen  are 
allowed  to  go  on  cursing  with  impunity.  Apart  from  this, 
the  people  who  use  bugbears  with  which  to  terrify  their  neigh- 
bors into  being  good  have  such  an  abundant  supply  already 
that  they  ought  not  to  grudge  the  sacrifice  of  this  little  one 
to  the  cause  of  plain  truth  and  fact.  As  Mr.  Carlyle  says  of 
a  larger  myth,  "The  thing  a  Lie  wants,  and  solicits  from 
all  men,  is  not  a  correct  natural  history  of  it,  but  the  swiltest 
possible  extinction  cf  it,  followed  by  entire  silence  concern- 
ing it." 


SKETCn  OF  EDWIN  FORREST. 

The  Philadelphia  correspondent  ot  tlie  Rovnil  Tnbls  famishes  the 
following  interesting  sketch  of  the  great  actor  now  iu  our  city.] 

EDWIN  FORREST,  the  actor,  according  to  all  biograph- 
ical notices,  was  born  on  March  9, 180G,  and  therefore 
is  (or  should  be)  little  more  than  a  sexagenarian  now.  He  is 
an  instance  of  the  "  fatal  facility  "  with  which  the  public  get 
impressed  with  the  idea  that  a  man  must  be  very  old  because 
they  recollect  him  a  great  many  years.  There  are  many  play- 
goers who  say  of  Forrest,  "  Looks  well  for  his  age.  Must  be 
seventy,  at  least,  for  1  recollect  his  acting  forty-five  years 
ago."  All  this  is  very  true.  Forrest  is  only  sixty,  but  made 
his  actual  debut  at  a  small  theatre  in  South  street,  Philadel- 
phia, as  far  back  as  1818,  being  then  twelve  years  old.  Ho 
then  performed  female  parts,  but  was  advanced  to  male  parts 
in  the  following  year.  His  actual  first  appearance  ou  the 
boards  of  a  regular  theatre  was  in  November,  1820 — he  playe 
the  character  of  '  Young  Norval  "  in  Home's  tragedy  of 
Douglas,  the  same  part  in  vdiich,  exactly  seven  years  later, 
Charles  Kean  made  his  debut  in  Drury  Lane  Theatre.  Mr. 
Forrest  appeared  in  the  Walnut  street  Theatre,  then  managed 
by  Wood  &  Warren — the  present  house,  corner  of  Walnut 
and  Ninth  streets,  originally  built  with  a  view  to  circus  pur- 
poses, but  adapted  to  theatrical  performances  in  consequence 
of  the  destruction  (April,  1820)  of  the  original  Walnut  street 
Theatre  by  fire.  Mr.  Wood, in  his  autobiography,  has  recorded 
with  what  difficulty  Forrest's  family  consented  to  bis  becom- 
ing an  actor,  adding  that  though  he  played  well — successively 
as  "  Young  Norval,"  "  Frederic  "  (in  Lover's  Vows)  and 
"  Octavian  "  in  The  Mountaineers— the  public  did  not  think 
so,  while  the  principal  actors  did.  Ho  went  to  the  West  to 
obtaiu  that  stage-practice  which  is  indispensable  to  success, 
and  after  six  years  of  this  apprenticeship  successfully  returned 
as  a  "  star,"  first  in  Philadelphia  and  then  in  New  York — 
his  great  fame  being  created,  still  later,  by  his  creation  of  the 
parts  of  "  Metamora"  and  "  Spartacus."  In  England,  where 
he  first  played  thirty  years  ago,  it  was  as  "  Othello  "  and  not 
as  "  Spartacus  "  that  he  obtained  greatest  renown.  To  this 
day,  "  Othello  "  is  by  far  his  best  Shakspearian  character. 

Little  is  known  of  Forrest's  career  during  the  five  or  six 
years  he  was  in  the  West.  In  Sol  Smith's  Theatrical  Ap- 
prenticeship, published  in  1818,  there  is  a  wholo  chapter  on 
"  The  Early  Days  of  Edwin  Forrest."  Iu  1822,  at  which 
time  Edwin  Forrest  would  have  been  only  sixteen  if  born  in 
1806,  he  was  a  member  of  the  stock  company  at  the  Cincin- 
nati theatre,  and  played  "  Young  Malfort,"  in  Tlie  Soldier's 
Daughter,  on  the  opening  night  of  the  season.  The  charac- 
ter is  slight  enough,  but  was  well  played,  and  Sol.  Smith  pre- 
dicted F'orrcst's  future  greatness  from  the  ability  which  he 
exhibited  a3  "  Richard,"  for  his  own  benefit.  That  year  For- 
rest played  ••  Othello  "  and  some  other  leading  characters,  for 
the  first  time  ;  but,  Smith  says,  "  with  scarcely  any  knowledge 
of  the  text — his  taste  leading  him  to  prefer  the  low  comedy 
characters  !  I  recollect  seeing  him  play  '  Blaise  '  and  '  Lu- 
bin  '—and  very  well  he  played  them,  too."  At  Cincinnati, 
Forrest  played  the  part  of  a  negro  in  a  farce  called  The  Tailor 
in  Distress,  and  the  part  of  a  dandy  in  a  petit  comedy  called 
Modern  Fashions.  In  the  concluding  pantomime  he  ap- 
peared as  •'  Saucho  Panza" — three  parts  in  oue  uight,  "  all  for 
the  sum  of  two  dollars!''  Mr.  Smith,  who  records  the  fact 
and  the  payment,  shrewdly  adds,  "Helms  learned  how  to 
charge  for  his  services  since."  The  same  authority  says  that 
though  soon  alter  engaged  by  Mr.  Caldwell,  tho  New  Orleans 
manager,  Forrest  was  loth  to  leave  the  West,  and  actually 
engaged  with  the  proprietors  of  a  circus  "  to  go  with  them  as 
a  rider  and  a  tumbler  for  a  year,"  at  the  rate  of  SI  2  a  week, 
lie  was  induced  to  go  to  New  Orleans,  from  which  time  his 
celebrity  begins  to  date. 

I  have  been  seduced  into  all  this  gossip  about  Edwin  For- 
rest by  seeing  it  noticed  in  the  newspapers  that  he  had  ar- 
rived in  Callornia — of  courso  to  play  there,  though  not  money 
nor  -  the  fleeting  breath  of  popular  applause,"  but  pursuit  of 
health,  was  the;  object  of  his  journey  thither.  This  is  his 
first  visit  to  the  laud  of  gold,  though  ho  has  had  splendid 
oilers,  over  and  over  again.  Mr.  Forrest  has  been  the  vic- 
tim, for  several  years,  of  rheumatic  gout,  and  though  when 
acting  his  intense  will  subdues  the  physical  pain  and  keeps 
the  nerves  and  muscles  under  entire  command,  ho  is  often 
helpless  as  childhood  or  advanced  age,  at  other  times — liter- 
ally unable  to  move  a  limb  without  pain,  winch  sometimes 
rises  to  the  heigh th  ot  torture. 

Attached  to  his  mansion  in  Broad  street  (I'hiladelphh's 
"  Fifth  Avenue,")  is  a  beautiful  little  theater,  in  which  it  is 
Mr.  Forrest's  intention  to  have  acting  regularly  taught,  by 
himself  aud  other  competent  persons,  to  a  certain  number  of 
the  youth  of  both  sexes,  who  exhibit  talent  and  taste  for  th 3 
stage.  Not  long  ago,,  Mr.  Forrest,  who  is  very  wealthy,  pur- 
chased a  fine  landed  estate,  in  the  northern  part  of  the  city, 
on  the  banks  of  the  Delaware.  It  is  said  that  his  purpose  is 
to  establish  and  endow,  in  that  locality,  a  home  for  retired 
actors.  It  is  doubtful  whethiv  Mr.  Forrest  will  ever  again 
study  a  new  character  ;  if  he  should,  let  mo  predict  that  it 
will  be  "  Timon,"  in  Timon  of  Athens,  with  the  concluding 
portion  altered  so  as  to  make  it  a  better  acting  piny,  or  in 

Ol       well,  a  new  tragedy,  writ  ten  for  him  in  ArneircO  by 

very  able  uml  practiced  dramatist.  R  y.  M. 


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deep  for  eradication  while  this  generation  lasts,  passions  in- 
(lamed  by  the  imprudent  assumptions  and  conduct  of  the 
negro,  and  the  antagonisms  arising  from  the  present  and  pre- 
vious condition  of  the  two  races — in  all  these  premonitions 
the  keen  vision  of  thinkers  sees,  on  the  political  and  social 
horizons,  gathering  clouds,  which  portend  a  storm.  AV i  1 !  the 
negro  patiently  labor  to  Bt  himself  for  the  privileges  he  asks 
— fit  himself  for  them  by  moral  and  intellectual  culture — or 
will  he  impatiently  attempt  to  seize  them  by  force,  from  an 
extravagant  and  presumptious  estimate  of  his  position  and 
capacity  ?  In  this  question  lies  the  future  of  the  African  race 
in  this  country  If  its  white  advisers  are  wise  and  patrirftic, 
and  itself  as  loyal  as  its  leaders  claim  it  to  be.  then  will  it  wait 
with  patient  fortitude  for  the  coming  of  that  tranquil,  but  irre- 
ristibl.x  Right,  which  is  ever  moving  the  world  forward  to  a 
conditio.^  of  final  h/ppiness,  and  w  hich  sooner  or  later  corrects 
error,  and  vindicates  good,  whether  of  races  or  individuals. 


THE  RECENT  CELEBRATION. 
TT AHE  celebration  of  the  Fourth  of  July  is  generally  dis. 
_1_  tinguished  by  petty  spites  arising  troin  a  struggle  for 
precedence.  These  usually  are  very  harmless,  and  are  soon 
forgotten.  But  the  recent  anniversary  of  our  nation's  birth- 
day, was  marked  by  dissensions  and  jealousies  of  more  than 
usual  gravity.  The  war  and  Congressional  action  have  intro- 
duced this  year  new  causes  of  dispute  and  ill  feeling  ;  mere 
personalities  are  lost  in  serious  controversies  of  caste,  and  the 
claims  of  a  recently  servile  race  to  mix  with  the  dominant  and 
governing  class,  are  made  with  an  energy  and  persistence,  as 
if  there  existed  a  constitutional  provision  giving  to  all  colors  i 
the  right  to  a  share  in  all  public  parades.  The  Civil  Rights  | 
law  is  all  well  enough  so  far  as  it  proposes  to  protect  the  black 
man  from  spoliation  and  oppression.  Practically  such  a  law 
was  perhaps  necessary.  It  wa3  the  inevitable  result  of  the 
contest  which  has  just  closed,  being  indispensable  in  view  of 
the  cruel  excesses  engendered  by  the  circumstance  of  war,  j 
and  the  utter  impossibility  of  reconciling  those  who  had  never 
known  any  other  relation  than  that  of  master  and  slave,  and 
the  influence  of  which  must  continue  for  generations  to  come. 
This  remark  is  equally  true  of  all  classes  in  the  whole  country  ; 
for  with  the  exception  of  the  visionaries  of  the  Sumner  school 
and  those  who  are  infected  with  absurd  and  impossible  theo- 
ries of  political  equality,  they  will  not  accept  the  colored  race 
as  comparable  to  themselves  in  the  moral  or  intellectual  quali- 
ties. The  bayonet  and  legislation  extend  to  the  negro  the 
rights  of  protection  and  redress  :  they  may  even  admit  him 
to  the  polls  ;  give  him  a  place  in  the  jury  box,  and  make  bin 
eligible  to  public  office  ;  but  beyond  these,  law  and  steel  are 
inoperative  ;  they  will  not  in  this  century  or  perhaps  in  a  half 
dozen,  destroy  the  Helotism  which  has  separated  the  two 
races  in  all  historic  times.  L  dependent  of  prejudice  and 
hereditary  antagonism,  nature  has  made  the  white  man  the 
superior  of  the  negro,  and  this  ii. equality  is  not  simply  true  as 
an  ethnological  fact,  but  since  the  foundation  of  our  govern- 
ment has  been  an  element  in  our  political  and  social  organiza- 
tion. These  we  couceive  to  be  facts  of  impossible  denial  ; 
they  are  obvious  as  matters  of  history  and  universal  experience. 

Bui  a  little  more  than  a  year  has  elapsed — a  period  too 
minute  for  measurement  in  the  advance  of  civilization — since 
the  rebellion  ended.  The  laws  of  war  unfettered  those  slaves 
found  within  thecircumvall'ition  of  our  camps  ;  but,  as  slavery 
was  recognized  by  the  fundamental  law,  nothing  short  of  con- 
stitutional inhibition  could  destroy  the  relation  of  master  and 
slave.  This  was  done,  and  mau  ceased  to  exist  as  a  chattel 
only  on  the  adoption  of  the  constitutional  amendment.  The 
true  friends  of  humanity  and  progress  should  have  been  satis- 
fied with  this  civil  triumph,  taken  in  connecliou  with  the  laws 
passed  to  protect  the  negro  ;  they  should  have  been  content 
to  let  the  freedmen  advance  only,  as  all  progress  is  made, 
through  an  enlightened  opbion,  and  that  conscience  which  is 
the  unerring  concomitant  of  a  high  civilization.  They  should 
teach  him  that  the  eradication  of  prejudice  is  the  growth  of 
years,  and  that  a  semi-barbarous  negro  race  could  not  ask 
equality  from  a  white  civilization  to  which  it  had  not  only 
contributed  nothing,  but  was  unable  to  appreciate,  much  less 
aid  in  exalting.  In  one  word,  he  should  be  taught  that  when 
he  equalled  the  white  man,  then  and  only  then  could  he  claim 
political  equality,  for  we  conceive  an  equal  social  freedom  and 
intercourse  to  be  impossible  iu  this  country.  Without  appre- 
ciation of  his  true  position,  believing  that  the  moment  his 
shackles  were  riven,  he  was  eo  institute  not  only  free,  but  by 
some  peculiar  process  raised  morally  and  intellectually  to  the 
plane  of  the  whites  ;  confirmed  in  his  belief  by  the  impolitic, 
injurious,  and  insincere  conduct  and  declarations -jf  bigots  and 
theorists,  the  negro  has,  since  the  close  of  the  war,  by  acts  and 
speech,  asserted  an  equality,  if  not  superiority,  which  will  not 
only  retard  the  advancement  of  the  colored  race,  but  positively 
make  his  political  elevation  impossible.  There  are  othtT 
probabilities  growing  out  of  this  condition  of  things,  which 
conservative  men  see  and  fear.    With  prejudices  lying  too 


INlGOl  NO  S'. 

Nkw  York,  June  2, 1866. 

IS  anybody  surprised  at  hearing  from  me  here  ?  perhaps  I 
should  say  in  this  quarter  of  this  hemisp  here?  Surely 
no  one  need  be,  for  San  Francisco  is  but  a  step  from  anywhere. 
From  the  Golden  Gate  to  Hurlgate  the  voyage  is  as  easy  as 
sliding  down  hill.  And  what  magnificent  sleds  those  steamers 
of  the  Pacific  .Mail  line  are  !  Coasting  along — the  smooth- 
keeled  Sacrumtnlo  —  a  conviction  comes  to  one  that  she  is  fur- 
uislied  with  ruuuers  instead  of  wheels,  and  that  those  runners 
are  greased. 

But  it  was  nothing  about  the  trip  home  that  I  started  ont 
to  write.  That  chronicle  is  already  writteu  and  published  at 
such  length  that  my  sympathies  lie  with  those  condemned  to 
read  it — few,  fortunately,  for  the  proof  reader  and  myself  prob- 
ably constitute  the  entire  number.  It  is  only  of  New  York 
that  1  purpose  to  write.  It  is  simply  my  iuteution  to  give 
the  impressions  of  a  new-coiner  on  first  landing,  contrasting 
the  new  New  York  with  the  old  oue  of  a  former  resident's 
recollections. 

Present  friends  and  former  fellow-citizens  were  surprised 
wiien  l  said  to  them,  with  uplilttd  hands.  Mow  New  York  has 
changed  !  In  like  manner  when  1  remarked  to  an  aunt :  How 
Bella  has  grown  !  No  oue  could  see  that  she  had  until  I  at- 
tempted to  kiss  the  young  lady,  and  she  drew  back  with  the 
conservatism  of  sixteen — widely  different  from  the  radicalism 
of  eleven  when  she  always  had  her  arms  round  my  neck.  So 
with  New  York  :  those  who  have  been  living  all  this  while  iu 
the  family  do  not  notice  its  stature  and  embonpoint,  nor  can 
one  who  has  been  absent  for  the  past  four  or  five  years  appre- 
ciate the  change  until  he  undertakes  to  embrace  her.  Take 
a  carriage,  for  instance,  and  skirt  about  Central  Park.  You 
find  one  solid  wall  of  mason;  y  and  brick  where  then  was  only 
empty  lots  or  unsightly  excavations.  "  Up  town  "  now  means 
any  street  this  side  of  Harlem,  It  seems  as  though  all  the 
houses  that  formerly  were  headed  off  by  42d  street,  had  sud- 
denly taken  up  a  line  of  march  and  crowded  and  jostled  each 
other  as  far  out  into  the  country  as  they  could,  without  actually 
trespassing  upon  the  lines  of  another  city.  Ten  thousand  dol- 
lars invested  five  years  ago  anywhere  between  Central  Park 
and  Harlem  would  have  made  a  man  independently  rich,  did 
he  avail  himself  at  the  present  time  of  the  ruling  prices  ol 
property  and  if  he  "held  in"  lor  five  years  to  come,  and 
property  still  advanced  in  the  same  ratio,  he  would  have  to 
get  a  mining  secretary  or  two  lrom  your  country  to  euable 
him  to  count  his  money  or  even  to  estimate  his  wealth. 

Sometimes  I  ask  myself,  in  the  silence  of  the  night  :  Why- 
did  f  not  iuvest  there  ?  Aud  in  the  gray  of  the  morning  the 
answer  comes,  a  small,  still  voice  replying  i  Because,  my  dear 
fellow,  you  had  nothing  to  invest. 

To  guard  homeward-bound  Californians  against  bein? 
unduly  surprised.  1  t  me  tell  them  that  the  New  York 
which  they  will  find  is  not  at  all  the  New  York  which 
they  are  looking  for,  and  i3  the  most  different  thing  ir. 
the  world  from  the  New  York  they  left.  Everything 
has  gone  up — even  some  of  the  heaviest  mercantile  houses 
— and  the  cost  of  living  is  doubled,  tripled.  Hotel  fare,  for 
instance,  five  dollars  a  day.  The  same  rooms  that  I  once  had 
for  ten  dollars  a  week  now  twenty-five.  Brinks — formerly  three 
for  a  quarter — now  twenty  cents  each  ;  for  old  brandy,  not 
particularly  good,  forty  cents  a  "  nip."  As  forcigars,  nothing 
smokeable  is  obtained  at  a  less  price  than  "  four  for  a  dollar." 
A  box  that  I  brought  from  the  Isthmus  caused  my  room  to 
be  in  a  state  of  siege  until  the  last  one  was  gone.  A  friend 
told  me  of  a  place  where  very  good  ones  could  be  had,  "  three 
for  a  half."  We  walked  around  to  explore  :  Locality,  the 
beginning  of  the  Bowery.  Biting  off  the  end  of  one,  I  soon 
discovered  that  my  mouth  was  filled  with  chips.  They  were 
actually  stuffed  like  sausages,  pine  shavings  and  small  shreds 
of  boot-legs  taking  the  place  of  forced-meats,  while  a  wrapper 
of  cabbage  leaf  did  duty  for  the  envelope  of  the  genuine  Bo- 
logna. House-rent — mention  it  not !  Furnished  houses 
range  from  four  hundred  to  a  thousand  dollars  a  month  ;  at 
less  than  the  former  rate  nothing  decent  can  be  had,  and  the 
latter  one  by  no  means  brings  a  house  any  too  good  to  live  in. 


Yet,  with  all  this,  people  do  live  and  laugh  aud  grow  fat' 
Indeed,  they  seem  to  be  doing  better  than  ever.  Friends  of 
mine  who  formerly  thought  they  were  doing  a  generous  thing 
by  asking  you  into  a  cheap  saloon  to  "  lager  "  at  four  cents 
a  glass,  now  invite  you  to  their  rooms  and  open  a  bottle  of 
champagne — and  nothing  but  Napoleon,  Cabinet,  Carted'  Or, 
or  Ureen  Seal,  serves  to  content  their  vinous  ambition.  I  ask 
them  why  is  this  thus,  and  whence  cometh  such  muchness, 
and  by  way  of  answer  get  a  nod  and  a  wink,  and  a  mysterious 
intimation  that  there  is  some  balm  iu  Gilead  and  much  corn 
in  Egypt,  and  that  I  must  not  think  of  returning  to  California. 
N  ot  think  of  it — indeed,  it  requires  an  income  of  a  hundred 
dollars  a  minute  to  live  here  ;  and  to  go  to  Saratoga  this 
season,  or  to  the  sea  side,  one  would  want  about  that  amount 
every  breath  he  drew.  The  law  of  compensation,  however, 
asserts  itself  in  some  degree,  for,  on  settling  up  with  a  journal 
for  which  1  had  done  a  good  deal  of  corresponding,  ten  dollars 
a  column  was  paid  me,  five  formerly  being  the  maximum.  But 
what  puzzles  me  through  it  all.  is  how  the  price  of  gold  affects 
not  the  prices  of  commodities  at  all.  Gold,  as  you  know,  has 
been  as  high  as  two  hundred  and  eighty  during  the  war.  On 
my  landing  in  New  York  it  was  only  at  thirty  premium,  and 
yet  the  prices  of  everything  are  about  as  high  as  they  have 
ever  been.  Manufacturers  explain  this  on  the  score  of  the 
high  rates  of  labor,  scarcity  of  material,  etc.  But  their  favor- 
ite excuse  is  "duties."  The  principal  doty  they  seem  to 
adhere  to,  is  that  of  tacking  on  the  most  exorbitant  price  to 
everything  that  the  range  of  figures  will  allow.  It  is  unfor- 
tunate for  us  Californiuns  that  we  had  not  struck  this  side 
when  gold  was  better  appreciated,  for,  at  two  hundred  and 
eighty,  a  suit  of  clothes  would  only  have  cost  some  thirty  five 
dollars  against  the  eeventy-ei»ht  that  it  stands  one  in  now. 

At  the  present  writing  gold  is  up  to  forty — conseqnent  npon 
the  news  of  a  panic  in  Kngland  and  a  tall  of  consols.  If  I 
Imil  had  any  gold  to  sell  when  1  came  on  here,  and  hud  sold 
it  at  twenty-eight — the  rate  on  the  day  of  my  nrrhal  —  how 
chagrined  I  should  now  feel  !  On  the  w  hole  J'm  glad  I  didn't 
have  any  to  sell,  for  certainly  I  should  have  sold  with  my  usual 
luck,  and  my  present  feeling  would  be  one  of  intense  mortifi- 
cation. 1  hear  people  talk  of  u,  sidling  short."  Some  day  I 
intend  to  go  down  into  Wall  street  and  try  my  hand  at  it.  for, 
if  you  hear  me,  I'm  a  little  shorter  and  willing  to  sell  more  of 
it  thau  any  other  man  in  the  country.  Were  J  only  as  tall  as 
I'm  short,  I'd  be  another  Anak. 

One  thing  that  troubles  one  here  is  the  currency.  It  is 
fearful.  They  wad  out  your  pockets  with  paper  representative 
of  all  values  between  three  cents  and  the  moiety  of  a  dollar. 
Bad  enough  when  they  are  clean,  they  become  perfectly  dis- 
gusting after  having  been  in  circulation  a  year  or  two.  Talk 
of  '•  shin  plasters  " — these  in  the  course  ot  time  come  to  look 
like  plasters  from  the  shins  or  the  scurvy  lazaroni  of  Naples 
or  St.  Giles.  Inconceivably  filthy,  carrying  disease  from  hand 
to  hand  ;  I  do  not  see  why  government  doesn't  issue  ivory 
chips  like  a  decent  dealer,  if  it  wants  to  play  on  credit.  Pew- 
ter iredals,  tin  tokens,  brass  checks— anything  would  be  pref- 
erable to  these  torn,  dirty,  stinking  substitutes  for  money. 
They  are  the  cause  of  unbounded  extravagance  with  us  who 
are  accustomed  to  a  different  currency.  Tired  of  carting  them 
around,  wearied  of  their  grease  and  exhalations,  and  not  able 
to  realize  that  they  have  indeed  a  value,  aud  are  to  all  intents 
and  purposes  money,  one  gives  them  away  and  throws  them 
away,  rather  glad  to  get  rid  of  them  than  otherwise.  If  you 
attempt  to  pay  your  fare  with  them  in  an  omnibus  the  chances 
are  that  a  whole  hatful  blows  out  of  the  window. 

Apropos  of  omnibuses,  fare  in  these  wooden  inconve- 
niences, formerly  six  cents,  is  now  raised  to  ten,  and  it  is 
"  Pay  immediately  on  entering."  Yon  get  in  and  sit  in  quiet 
unconcern,  wondering  what  tin?  driver  keeps  ringing  his  bell 
and  looking  down  lor.  until  some  mild-mannered,  benevolent- 
looking  old  gentleman  expluins  to  you  that  Jehu  wants  you  to 
pass  up  your  postage  stamps,  for  that  is  the  casiumbre  del 
puis.  In  the  cars  the  fare  is  six  cents — what  do  the  oppo- 
nents of  an  increase  of  fare  in  Sau  Francisco  city  railways  say 
to  tha'.  ?  And,  in  addition  to  oats  and  hay,  and  drivers'  and 
conductors'  wages,  being  cheaper  here  than  in  San  Francisco, 
the  travel  is  immense — the  cars  running  lull,  day  and  night. 
'-  Don  Guzman,"  on  taking  her  first  omnibus  ride,  tells  me 
that  she  was  us  much  opposed  to  an  increase  of  fare  as  ever 
the  Bay  Bulletin  was.  The  driver  charged  her  ten  cents  ; 
she  remembered  what  the  price  of  a  ride  was  before  the  war, 
aud  felt  highly  indignant  that  they  should  attempt  to  play  a 
Californienne  for  a  Chinaman.  So  she  pulled  the  check-strap 
and  got  out,  threatening  to  report  the  driver  to  the  "  office  of 
the  company,"  and  he  not  stopping  quite  so  soon  as  she 
wished,  she  gave  the  strap  another  jerk  that  nearly  pulled  him 
through  the  little  hole  at  which  the  fare  is  passed  up.  It  is 
surprising,  though,  how  far  one  can  ride  for  a  little  money. 
From  Fulton  Ferry  to  Central  Park  cannot  be  less  than  five 
or  six  miles,  and  you  can  have  it  all  lor  six  cents.  Riding  at 
that  rute  is  so  much  cheaper  than  taking  lodgings,  that  I  won- 
der people  don't  ride  up  and  down  in  the  cars  all  night. 

Another  thing  that  1  didn't  like  in  New  York  is  the  exhibit 
that  ladies  make  of  their  legs.  A  little  leg  now  and  then 
does  well  enough,  but  there  is  such  a  thing  as  crowding  the 


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mourners.  And  the  last  thing  in  hoops  seems  specially  con- 
trived for  making  an  exhibit.  It  is  bell-shaped— little  at  the 
top  and  big  at  the  bottom.  Leaning  over  and  looking  into  a 
shop  window  at  the  wonders  there  displayed,  more  of  the 
stern  realities  of  feminine  life  are  revealed  than  is  either 
modest  or  proper — I  am  sorry  I  cannot  say  "  more  than  the 
law  allows,"  but,  unfortunately,  this  same  law  of  ours,  which 
strains  at  a  gnat  of  impropriety,  stands  with  mouth  agape  to 
swallow  a  whole  camel  of  indecency.  Indecency  !  the  word  is 
not  a  harsh  one,  for  none  other  is  fitting.  At  every  tilt  which 
the  dress  makes  against  a  passer-by,  up  flies  the  hoop  like  the 
lid  of  a  box.  showing  precisely  the  things  which  it  is  com- 
monly thought  clothes  are  worn  to  conceal.  Young  men  were 
formerly  fond  of  such  exhibitions,  but  now  their  taste  is 
satiated.  Enough,  besides  being  always  as  good  as  a  feast, 
is  sometimes  a  great  deal  better.  There  is  such  a  thing  as 
glutting  the  market  The  ladies  are  perfectly  well  aware  of 
the  exposures  that  are  made,  fur  the  comic  papers  have  been 
caricaturing  the  new  fashion  ever  since  it  came  in,  and  papas, 
husbands  and  brothers  are  candid  and  familiar  enough  to  ad- 
vise. But  still  the  mania  rules.  If  it  be  the  intentiou  of  the 
ladies  to  captivate  swains  and  secure  husbands  by  such  dis- 
plays, they  certainly  show  a  singular  lack  of  judgment.  For 
the  proprietor  of  a  caravan  is  not  accustomed  to  exhibit  his 
principal  animals  outside  the  tent,  when  he  wishes  persons  to 
step  in  ;  nor  does  the  fruit  merchant  chuck  cherries  gratis 
down  the  throats  of  passers-by,  if  he  is  anxious  to  secure 
paying  customers. 

The  style  of  bonnets,  too,  is  another  absurdity,  to  call  it  by 
nothing  worse.  Bonnets,  did  I  say  ?  The  bonnet  is  an  insti- 
tution of  the  past ;  it  is  no  longer  known,  it  is  no  longer  worn 
— and  would  not  be  recognized  tf  it  wtre.  The  most  fashion- 
able substitute  at  present  is  a  plait  of  straw,  felt — or  some- 
thing which  ought  to  be  felt,  inasmuch  as  it  can  scarcely  be 
seen — looking  like  a  pancake,  and  lying  flat  upon  the  top  of 
the  head,  precisely  like  that  griddle  accompaniment  to  a  well- 
order  ?d  breakfast.  It  has  neither  grace,  sense,  nor  economy 
to  recommend  it ;  for  a  duck's  foot  in  the  mud  would  make 
quite  as  pleasant  an  impression  on  the  observer  ;  it  offers 
no  shade  from  the  sun,  and  costs  quite  as  much  as  a  full- 
grown  bonnet.  What  girls  wear  such  things  for,  unless  they 
want  young  men  to  pour  a  little  molasses  on  their  heads  and 
swallow  them  without  butter,  like  veritable  slap  jacks,  1  do 
not  see ! 

My  letter  haB  already  reached  a  length  which  may  be  weari- 
some to  the  reader,  however  pleasant  the  task  of  composition 
to  my  accustomed  pen.  But  I  cannot  close  without  saying 
something  further  about  the  recent  great,  tire,  to  which  I  al- 
luded in  my  last  letter  to  Tiik  Californian.  The  Saturday 
Press  says  it  was  then  and  there  demonstrated  how  well  fire- 
men can  "play  on  a  piano." 

Curiously  enough,  Hie  flames  leaped  over  a  block  and  a  half, 
and  caught  the  steeple  of  St.  James'  English  Evangelical  Lu- 
theran Church,  ou  East  Fifteenth  street,  completely  gutting 
the  whole  edifice.  In  like  manner  the  church  of  the  Rev. 
Stepli3ii  Tyng,  not  very  distant,  was  served  in  ivovember  last. 
Mr.  Tyng's  church  was  completely  riddled,  but,  viewing  it 
from  the  Park,  one  would  not  know  that  any  change  had  come 
over  it,  for  there  stand  the  walls,  solid  as  ever,  the  steeple 
tall  and  defiant,  the  clock  poiutiug  to  the  hour  at  which  the 
fire  occurred  ;  but  an  approach  to  the  side  reveals  all,  the 
sashless,  paneless  windows,  the  absence  of  a  roof,  and  the 
emptiness  aud  blackness  of  the  charred  interior  speak  of  de- 
struction. When  a  church  burns,  I  always  thiuk  of  the  Dutch- 
man who,  having  subscribed  handsomely  to  build  a  church, 
was  asked  to  contribute  to  buying  a  lightning-rod.  "  No,  no," 
said  Hans,  "  1  have  pay  to  build  a  house  for  te  Lord,  and 
now,  if  he  knock  it  town,  tat  is  his  own  lookout!" 

During  the  progress  of  the  fire  1  looked  around,  half  expect- 
ing to  see  Maratzek  and  Grau  emulate  Nero,  by  ordering  out 
their  orchestras  to  play  an  accompaniment  to  the  roar  of  the 
flames.  But  no  fiddling  was  done  in  Irving  Place  that  night. 
Grau  looked  disconsolate  and  distressed,  and  Maratzek  ap- 
peared far  from  memory. 

Well,  it  was  not  much  of  a  joke  for  either  of  these  two 
gentlemen,  nor  is  it  probable  that  many  of  the  employees  of 
the  concern  will  see  the  fun,  for  all  their  occupations  are  gone 
for  a  season— certainly  for  the  present  season.  Grau,  how- 
ever, promises  to  be  in  the  field  soon  again,  and  Muratzek  ad- 
vertises that  all  his  contracts  and  engagements  with  artists 
for  the  coming  season  hold  good. 

Manager  Piatt,  of  San  Francisco,  who,  as  you  already  knew 
is  bringing  the  Buislay  troupe  here  under  an  expeusive  en-, 
gagement,  is  out  and  injured  decidedly,  as  he  had  engaged  the 
Academy  for  sixty  nights,  and  some  portion  of  the  wardrobe 
of  the  troupe  was  already  stored  there.  The  loss  of  the  latter 
is  a  small  item,  but  the  loss  of  a  place  to  play  in  is  a  very 
different  affair,  for  theatres  are  not  picked  up  now  like  pota- 
toes. I  have  not  seen  him  since  the  accident,  and  so  cannot 
speak  by  the  card,  but  the  only  theatre  I  know  of  open  for 
lease  is  the  Lucy  llushton  one,  and  that  is  dark,  dingy,  and 
unpropitious  to  a  degree.  He  may  get  the  Winter  Garderj, 
for  that  is  not  doing  a  very  lucrative  business  just  now,  they 
say.    After  all,  the  fire  may  Lave  been  a  good  thing  for  Mr 


Piatt,  for  the  Academy  was  very  large,  a  terribly  expensive 
place  to  run  ;  the  opening,  fixed  for  the  11th  of  June,  was 
between  seasons — so,  taking  all  in  all,  I  do  not  know  but  that 
the  California  manager  has  cause  to  congratulate  himself, 
rather  than  otherwise. 

And,  were  it  not  for  the  four  gallant  lives — firemen — lost 
in  the  building,  New  YorK  would  not  have  much  cause  to  re- 
gret the  burning  of  the  Academy.  For  it  was  unmistakably 
a  failure  for  the  purpose  for  which  it  was  built.  It  only  ac- 
commodated about  half  the  persons  it  was  inteuded  to  seat, 
and  not  more  than  half  of  them  could  see  the  stage.  Accous- 
tically  the  Academy  was  a  success,  but  optically  it  was  a  fail- 
ure. Three  hundred  and  eighty-five  thousand  dollars  was  a 
good  deal  to  lay  out  cn  an  experiment,  but  from  thi3  deduct 
the  value  of  the  ground,  which  fortunately  did  not  burn,  the 
insurance  upon  the  building  of  !i?150,000,  and  the  rents  that 
have  been  received,  aud  the  loss,  I  apprehend,  will  be  found  to 
be  but  trifling.  The  directors  will  do  better  next  time.  The 
principal  sufferers,  aside  from  the  impressarios  and  the  em- 
ployees, are  those  of  the  public  who  will  be  at  a  loss  where  to 
spend  their  evenings.  Fitz  James  Augustus  can  no  more 
lounge  indolently  in  of  evenings,  suck  his  cane  in  the  lobbies, 
and  lorgne  the  dress  circle  from  the  balconies.  And  Ara- 
minta  Wilhelmina  Japonica  Browustoneica  will  have  to  dis- 
play her  languid  eyes,  superb  bust  and  shoulder,  and  over- 
powering back  hair,  in  some  other  temple  of  fashion  and  art. 
But  the  jeunesse  doree  and  the  vieillesse  adoree  must  stand 
it  for  a  time — I  don't  see  as  any  other  alternative  is  open  to 
thein — and  await  that  good  time  coming,  when  another 
Academy  shall  be  built,  surpassing  in  greatness,  adaptedness, 
and  everything  else  in  which  an  Academy  should  excel,  the 
one  on  Irving  Place,  of  which  ashes  and  blackened  walls  now 
alone  remain. 

It  is  said  that  the  fire  was  the  work  of  an  incendiary. 
More,  the  World  hints  that  James  Gordon  Bennett,  editor  of 
the  Herald,  was  at  the  bottom  of  it,  and  throws  out  myste- 
rious hints  about  a  cock-eyed  man  with  a  cloth  cap  on,  and 
a  carpet-bag  (supposed  to  contain  phosphorous  or  nitro- 
glycerine) in  his  hand,  being  seen  in  the  vicinity  immediately 
before  the  alarm  was  given.  But  this  scandal  is  not  be- 
lieved by  Inigo. 


LFor  tlic  CahforiiiaD.] 

SUNDRIES. 

("^  1VING  alms,  regularly  and  systematically,  is  part  of  the 
JJ  duty  one  owes,  if  success  attend  him,  his  less  fortu- 
nate fellows  ;  and  far  be  it  from  me  to  question  motives 
where  wuiit  is  actually  relieved.  It  is,  therefore,  with  a  view 
merely  to  illustrate  how  literally  children  construe  promises 
made  them,  that  I  mention  an  impression  made  upon  my 
mind  by  reading  in  a  school-book,  years  ago,  "  The  Old  Man's 
Prayer"  : 

"  O  !  (rive  relief,  if  but  the  shortest  span, 

Give  relief,  and  Heaven  will  bless  your  store." 
I  at  once  determined  that  if  ever  I  should  attain  the  proud 
position  of  merchant,  Heaven's  blessing — in  the  shape  of 
a  rushing  business — should  be  lully  and  fairly  earned  by  de- 
voting a  certain  proportion  of  the  profits  of  my  "  store"  to 
'  relief  "  purposes.  I  did  not  add  the  clause — "  even  if  the 
expenses  of  some  of  my  best  customers  should  be  increased 
thereby,"  until  a  much  more  mature  period. 

It  must  ba  quite  a  honor  to  lodge  in  the  seventh  story  of 
one  of  our  high-toned  hotels.  The  cream  of  society  is,  of 
coarse,  always  on  top. 

The  editor  of  a  paper  a  long  way  from  San  Francisco  re- 
ceived a  communication  some  parts  of  which  were  rather  in- 
delicate. The  writer  apologized  for  its  length,  which  he  feared 
would  cause  it  to  be  rejected.  In  returning  the  MS.,  the  edi- 
tor remarked  that  it  was  fully  as  broad  as  it  was  long,  and 
must  therefore  be  declined. 

The  Evening  Tribune  and  many  other  journals  have  copied 
"  Silent  Wooing,"  a  poem  by  "  Clytie,"  without  crediting  The 
Californian.    Credit  in  such  cases  is  capital,  gentlemen. 

An  English  punster  once  asked  his  servant,  "  Which  one 
of  my  puns  do  you  consider  the  best?"  "  The  pun'  ye  gave 
me  last  birthday,"  was  the  reply. 

A  careless  friend  of  mine  who  alwavs  has  an  excuse  ready 
for  not  fulfilling  his  engagements,  had  promised  me  an  article 
of  jewelry  which  was  in  a  bureau  at  his  house.  "  Why  don't 
you  bring  it  up?"  I  asked,  after  long  waiting.  "I  haven't 
had  time  yet  to  make  an  overhaul  of  the  drawers,"  he  an- 
swered. I  gave  up  all  hope  of  ever  seeing  the  trinket,  for 
how  can  a  man  make  an  overall  of  a  smaller  garment ? 

A  new  language  has  sprung  into  existence,  and  to  our  city 
belongs  the  honor  of  its  paternity.  A  few  days  ago  a  beggar 
asked  me  to  give  him  "  sometings  for  sharity."  I  inquired  if 
he  had  been  to  the  office  of  the  San  Francisco  Benevolent 
Association,  on  Pine  street.  "  No,"  said  he,  "  me  no  speak 
Son  Fraucisk  Benevolensashun  language." 

As  "  toasts"  usually  accompany  regrets  sent  for  inability 
to  attend  banquets,  a  student  of  domestic  economy  asks  if  it 


would  not  be  well  for  committees  to  honor  with  invitations  a 
great  number  of  people  obviously  unable  to  be  present.  The 
same  practically-inclined  young  man  also  thinks  something 
might  be  saved  by  bottling  the  w(h)ines  of  those  who  are  not 
invited. 

"  As  busy  as  an  old  hen  with  one  chicken,"  may  still  do 
duty  elsewhere  as  a  simile  ;  but  in  this  city  we  may  change  it 
slightly,  thus—"  As  busy  as  one  chicken  with  a  dozen  old 
hens."  The  game  young  Chronicle  seems  to  think  itself 
equal  to  the  task  of  managing  a  whole  hennery — hence,  per- 
haps, its  continued  attentions  to  the  absent  Charles  Henry,  of 
The  Californian.  "  'Tis  said  that  absence  conquers  love," 
but  the  cordial  affection  born  of  literary  intercourse  in  San 
Francisco  is  apparently  proof  against  the  obliterating  influ- 
ence of  time  and  distance. 

Mark  Twain's  "  steed  Oahu"  (Waw-hoo)  bids  fair  to  be- 
come as  famous  as  "  Old  Whitey."  Should  the  Humorist 
bring  "  Oahu  "  with  him  from  the  Islands,  we  may  have 
another  "  woolly-horse  "  exhibition,  for  Mark  is  continually 
"  lamming  "  the  beast. 

Accounts  which  reach  us  from  Europe  indicate  that  Aus- 
tria and  Prussia  will  accept  no  arbitration  but  that  of  the 
sword.  A  friend  of  peace  tells  me  he  has  but  one  hope  left, 
viz.,  that  the  "  accounts  "  are  "  overdrawn."  His  banker  as- 
sures him  that  such  a  thing  is  possible. 

"Be  kind  to  the  brute — he  is  feeble — the  weight  of  'ears 
is  upon  him,"  said  a  bystander  to  a  cartman  who  was  giving 
an  obstinate,  though  not  unmusical,  animal  a  severe  beating. 

A  man  on  Battery  street  recently  broke  several  panes  of 
glass  by  throwing  stones  at  the  window  of  a  liquor  saloon. 
When  remonstrated  with,  he  said  he  had  attended  the  "  Pub- 
lic Roll  Call  "  of  the  Temperance  Legion,  and  had  heard  dram- 
shops called  cradles  of  vice  ;  as  he  hadn't  "  rocked  "  a  cradle 
for  a  long  time,  he  thought  he  would  try  his  hand  ou  that  one. 

Emstadt. 


AMUSEMENTS. 

THE  new  attractions  at  the  Opera  House — Miss  Kate 
Deuin  and  Mr.  John  Wilson — made  their  first  appear- 
ance on  Monday  evening,  as  the  Japonica  loving  heroine,  and 
the  Camille  loving  Armand,  of  that  most  Freuchy  of  all 
French  plays — Camille.  Miss  Deuiu  possesses  a  fine  stage 
presence,  with  a  natural  and  graceful  style  of  acting  ;  a  full, 
clear  voice,  almost  too  masculine  in  its  volume,  but  capable 
of  yielding  to  the  various  intonations  of  modulated  passion 
and  pathos  ;  and  a  manner  of  reading  quite  emotional  and 
impressive,  without  being  exaggerated.  The  lady  withal  has 
excellent  taste,  as  displayed  in  her  make-up  and  the  half-dozen 
dresses  worn  as  "  Camille,"  who  is  as  exactiug  in  the  way  of 
dress  as  Miss  Flora  McFlimsey,  and,  doubtless,  causes  as  many 
reiterations  of  "  I've  nothing  to  wear  !"  when  the  part  is  cast. 
With  such  qualities,  Miss  Denin  could  not  fail  to  make  a  very 
favorable  impression,  which  has  not  been  weakened  by  her 
subsequent  impersonations  of  "  Julia  "  in  The  Hunchback, 
"  Rosalind  "  in  As  You  Like- 11,  and  "  Lady  Isabel,"  in  East 
Lynne. 

Mr.  Wilson,  on  the  contrary,  lacks  the  requirements  of  a 
star  actor,  in  the  parts  in  which  we  have  seen  him,  which  were 
of  a  sentimental  character.  He  appears  young  to  the  stage, 
and  is  still  crude  in  his  acting  and  reading.  We  judge,  from 
the  delivery  of  some  of  his  vehement  passages,  that  he  has 
considerable  ability  in  the  melo  dramatic  line,  and  would  ap- 
pear to  advantage  in  the  delineation  of  passionate  characters. 
For  instance,  as  "  Armand,"  in  the  fourth  act  of  Camille, 
where  that  young  Frenchman,  foolishly  showers  money  and 
curses  at  t  he  same  time  on  the  head  of  the  girl  that  has  jilted 
him,  he  was  quite  dramatic  and  effective,  and  warmed  the 
audience  up  to  general  applause.  The  gentleman  evidently 
possesses  power,  but  is  lacking  in  polish. 

Courtaine's  "  Gaston  "  and  Mrs.  Judah's  hungry  "  Madame 
Prudence  " — both  proverbially  good — lost  nothing  by  their 
representations  on  this  occasion.  Mr.  McCullough  played 
"  Master  Walter  "  to  Miss  Denin's  "Julia,"  in  The  Hunch- 
back, on  Tuesday  evening,  very  effectively.  Mrs.' Jackson's 
"  Helen  "  was  particularly  good,  and  was  ably  seconded  by 
the  "  Harry  Modus"  of  the  bashful  Couitaine. 

The  attendance  has  improved  with  the  week's  progression. 
East  Lynne,  on  Thursday,  drew  a  regular  Forrest  house.  The 
play  will  be  repeated  this  af'ternoou.  This  evening  Oliver 
Twist  will  be  given,  for  the  first  time  in  a  long  period. 
Brougham's  sparkling  burlesque  of  Pocahontas,  and  Charles 
Read's  dramatic  version  of  his  novel,  Never  Too  Late  to 
Mend,  are  in  rehearsal,  and  will  probably  form  the  attractions 
for  the  coming  week. 

The  new  opera  season,  by  the  Howson  Troupe,  will  open  on 
Monday  evening  at  the  Academy  of  Music,  with  every  pros- 
pect of  success.  Bellini's  charming  opera  of  La  Sonnambula 
will  constitute  the  opening  attraction,  to  be  followed  on  Thurs- 
day evening  by  Wallace's  Marilana,  and  by  Gounod's  grand 
opera  of  Faust  on  the  Monday  evening  succeeding,  to  be  given 
in  English  for  the  first  time  in  the  United  States.  The 
operas  have  been  in  preparation  and  rehearsal  for  more  than 
a  week  past,  and  all  the  aid  that  scenery  and  choral  effects 
can  render  to  their  successful  representation  will  be  secured. 
The  ladies  of  the  troupe  are  said  to  be  young, petite  and  pretty, 
and  gifted  with  musical  qualifications  of  a  high  order. 


THE  CALIFORNIAN. 


[July  7th 


DISTANCES  FROM  SAN  FRANCISCO 
To  various  points: 

To  Fort  Point,  4  miles,  by  omnibus,  four  trips  a  day. 
Lone  Mountain,  3,  street  railway. 
Seal  Rock,  6,  earn  and  omnibus,  two  trips  a  day. 
Mission  Dolores,  street  railways ;  Ocean  House  8. 
San  Mateo,  20,  railroad. 
Crystal  Springs,  23,  railroad  and  stage 
Half  Moon  Bay,  29,     do.  do. 
Redwood  city,  30,  do. 
Mountain  View,  38,  do. 
Santa  Clara,  47,  do. 

San  Jose  ,50,  do. ,  or  steamer  and  stage ,  54. 

Alviso,  40,  steamer,  daily. 

Almuden  mines,  67,  stcaincr  and  stage  ;  or  by  rail- 
road and  stage,  61. 
Santa  Cruz,  78,  railroad  and  stage. 
Oakland,  8,  steamer  and  railroad,  six  trips  a  day. 
Alameda,  11,  steamer,  three  trips  a  day. 
San  Leandro,  15,  steamer  and  railroad. 
Mission  San  Jose,  34,  steamer,  railroad  and  stage. 
Warm  Springs,  37,  do.  do. 

Benieia,  30,  steamer  leaves  at  4  P.  M.  daily. 
Sacramento,  117,  do.  do. 
Stockton,  117,      do.  do. 
Martinez,  33,  do. 
Paebeco,  38,  steamer  and  stage. 
Diablo  Coal  Mines,  41,  steamer  and  stage. 
Suisuu,  50,  steamer,  or  51  by  steamer  and  stage 
Vallejo,  28 ;  Mare  Island,  37  ;  Napa  citv,  50 
White  Sulphur  Springs,  07,  stage  from  Napa. 
Geyser  Springs,  118,  do.  do. 

Sonoma,  52,  steamer,  tri  weekly. 
Petaluma,  48.  steamer,  daily 
Healdshurg,  80,  stage  daily  from  Petaluma 
San  CJuentin,  12,  steamer  ;  Farallone  Islands,  20. 


JgROOKLYN  HOTKL, 

1852.    SAN    FRANCISCO.  1866. 


The  Proprietor  of  the  above-named  Hotel  wishes 
to  inform  his  patrons  ami  the  Travelling  Public  that  be 
has  opened  tout  elegant  lincit  Fireproof  Hotel,  situated 
on  the 

S.  E.  Corner  of  Pine  and  Scmsome  streets, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

It  was  built  expressly  for  a  Hotel,  with  all  the  modern 
conveniences  attached  to  it. 

G.tsand  water  are  supplier!  throughout  the  House. 
Rooms,  are  well  ventilated,  and  the  Public  will  flncli 
Hotel  all  the  comforts  of  a  home.    The  Hotel  is  spacious, 
and  well  adapted  for  the  use  of  Families.  Suits  of  Rooms 
can  be  had  on  reasonable  terms, 

LARGE  READING  ROOM 

Attached  to  the  Hotel, 
Containing  500  Volumes  of  Standard  Works, 
Which  is  entirely  for  the  use  of  patrons. 

THE  CITY  COACH,  with  the  name  of  the  Hotel  on  it, 
will  be  in  readiness  at  the  Wharf,  on  the  arrival  of  each 
steamer,  to  convey  passengers  and  baggage  to  the  Ho'cl, 
free  of  charge.  .10   N  KELLY,  Jr., 

my6  3ra  Proprietor. 


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heals  abscesses  of  the  lungs,  prevent*  unhealthy  se- 
cretiou  of  the  bronchial  tubes,  and  removes  from 
them  those  accumulations  of  morbid  matter  whit  li 
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401  Battery  corner  of  Clny, 

ap27-3m  San  Francisco. 


|)R.  HUMPHREYS' 

Homoeopathic  Specifics 

Have  proved,  from  the  most  ample  experience,  an 
entire  success — simple,  prompt,  efficient  and  reliable- 
They  are  the  only  Medicines  perfectly  adapted  to 
popular  use— so  simple  that  mistakes  cannot  be  made 
in  using  them  ;  so  harmless  as  to  be  free  from  dan- 
ger, and  so  efficieut  as  to  be  always  reliable.  They 
have  received  the  highest  commendation  from  all, 
and  will  always  render  satisfaction. 

No.  1  cures  Fevers,  Congestion,  Inflammations. 0  25 

"  2  cures  lUorwis-.Worm  Fever,  Worm  Colic,  20 

"  3  cures  Crying  Colic,  or  Teething  of  in- 

"  4  cures  Diarrha-.a  of  children  or  adults...  25 

fants   25 

"  5  cures  Dysentery,  Griping,  Bilious  Colic,  25 

"  6  cures  Cholera  Morbus,  Nausea,  Vomiting,  25 

"     7  cures  Cough.*,  Colds,  Bronchitis   25 

l(  8  cures  Neuralgia,  Toothache,  Faceache.  25 

"  9  cures  y/tw/rtc-Af*, sick-Headache, Vertigo,  25 

"    10  cures  Dyspepsia,  Billions  Stomach   25 

"  II  cares  Suppressed,  pip  Painful  Periods.-  25 

"  13  cures  Croup,  Cough,  difficult  Hreathing,  25 

"  14  cures  SallRheum,  Erysipelas  Eruptions,  25 

"  15  cures  Rhmmaimm,  Rheumatic  PuitiB...  25 

•'  16  cureB  Fever  and  Ague,  Chill  Fever,  Agues  50 

"    17  cures  Piles,  blind  or  bleeding   50 

"  18 cures  0/;rt<7/»»ia,andSoreor\Veak  Eyes,  50 

"  19  cures  Catarrh, acute  orchronic, Influenza  50 

"  20  cures  Wliooping-Conzh,  violent  coughs.  50 

"    21  cures  Asthma,  oppressed  Breathing   50 

"  20  cures  Far  Discharges,  impaired  Hearing  50 
"  23  cures  Scrofula,  Enlarged  Glands,  Swell- 
ings   50 

"  24  cures  General  Debility,  Physical  Weak- 
ness  50 

"    25  cures  Dropsy,  and  scanty  Secretions   50 

"  20cures  Sea- Sickness, sickness  from  Hiding,  50 

"    27  cures  Kid  my  Disease,  Gravel   50 

"    29  cures  Sore  Month,  Canker   50 

"  31  cures  Painful  Periods,  even  with  Spasms  50 

"    32  cures  Sujje.rings  atehange  of  Jtfe  $1.00 

•'  33  cures  Kpilepsy,  Spasms,  St.  Yil  us'  Dunce.  1.00 

"  34  cures  Diphtheria,  Ulcerated  Sore  Throat,  50 

FAMILY  CASES. 

35  vials,  morocco  case,  and  hook  $10  00 

28  vials,  morocco  case,  and  hook   8  00 

20  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book   6  00 

These  Remedies,  by  the  case  or  single  box,  arc- 
Bent  to  any  part  of  the  country,  by  Mail  or  Express, 
on  receipt  of  the  price. 

HOSTETTER,  SMITH  &  DEAN, 
401  and  403  Battery  street,  comer  of  Clay, 
ap27-3m  San  Francisco 


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USE  GEO.  W.  LAIRDS 

BLOOM  OF  YOUTn, 

See  that  the  name, 
GEO.    W.  LAIRD, 
is  stamped 


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forniei  ly  4H3  Broadway. 

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401  and  403  Battery  street,  corner  of  Ciuv, 
ap27-3m  San  Francisco. 


IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT  OF  THE 
Fifteenth  Judicial  District  of  theStuteof  California,  in 

and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco. 
MARY  SMITH.  Plaintiff,  ) 
c».  V 

William  smith,  Defendant  j 

Action  brought  in  tbe  District  Court  of  the  Fifteenth  Judi- 
cial District  of  the  State  or  California,  in  and  for  toe  City 
and  County  of  Sun  Frauciscb,  and  the  complaint  filed  in 
said  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  in  the  oflice  of 
the  Clerk  of  said  District  Court. 

The  People  of  the  state  of  California  send  greeting 
to  WILLIAM  SMITH,  Defendant-  You  arc  hereby  re- 
quired to  appear  in  an  action  brought  against  you  by  the 
above-named  Plaintiff  In  the  District  Court  or  the  Fifteenth 
Judicial  District  of  the  Suite  of  California,  in  nnd  fur  the 
City  and  County  or  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  com- 
plaint tiled  therein,  within  Ten  Days,  (exclusive  or  the  day 
of  service,)  after  the  Service  on  you  of  tins  Suiioiinus 
— if  served  within  this  ('.unity  ;  or.  if  served  out  of  this 
County,  but  in  this  District,  within  Twenty  Duys  ;  other- 
wise, w  ithin  Forty  Day.-— or  judgment  by  default  will  be 
taken  against  you,  according  to  the  prayer  of  said  Com- 
plaint. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  decree  of  this 
Court,  dissolving  the  Bonds  of  Matrimony  existing  be. 
tveefl  Pbiintiir  and  Defendant,  and  that  one  half  of  tbe 
Defendant's  property,  if  he  have  any,  tic  awarded  to 
Plaintiff,  and  for  general  relief. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  Unit  it  you  fail  to  appear 
and  answer  the  said  complaint,  as  above  required,  Ibe  said 
plaintilf  will  apply  to  the  Conrt  for  the  relief  therein  de- 
manded. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  Seal  of  the  District  Court  of  the 
Fifteenth  Judicial  Disi net  ot  the  Suite  of  CaMbVMh.  In 
and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  this  27lh 
day  of  June  ill  "the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  sixty-six. 

Seal.  Int.  Rev.  Stamp, )  WM.  LOEWY, 

60  els.,  cancelled.      j  Clerk. 

By  O.  C.  Lktciikr,  Deputy  Clerk. 
A.  Wiixi-ims.  Piaintill's  Attorney,  | 

635  Clay  street.  J  j<30  3m 


HEUSTON, 

HASTINGS 
&  CO. 

The    Fashionable  Clothiers 

OF 

SAN  FRANCISCO, 

Are  now  engaged  in  enlarging  their  already  t-x- 

...  «     i  o,afni~jjl!i  *t  -it.   .  fc,,  'uVtW?»  sfl 

tensive  European  connections,  and  are  offering  the 

LARGEST,  FINEST,  AND  MOST  COMPLETE 

stock  or 

CUSTOM-MALE  CLOTHING, 

CENTS'  FURNISHING  GOODS, 

TRUNKS,  BAGS,  VALISES,  ETC., 
ON    THE    PACIFIC  COAST, 

AT 

REDUCED  PRICES. 

jel7-3in 


C  A  R  D  . 


M.  Howard's  Hair  Restorative, 

NO.  315  MONTGOMKRY  ,-TItF.KT, 

SAN  PIIANCISCO. 

THE  ABOVE  PREPARATION",  which  has  been  recently 
discovered  and  patented,  is  purely  a  Vegetable  Extract 

The  undersigned  are  fully  aware  of  the  many  unsatis- 
factory and  useless  preparations  for  restoring  hair  that 
have  been  introduced  to  the  puplic,  and  bow  little  conli- 
denco  is  to  be  placed  in  any  pretensions  to  restoring  the 
hair  to  bald  beads,  but, 

HAVING  TRIED  Mil  HOWARDS  PREPARATION, 
wcaro  able  to  state  that  It  not  only  prevents  the  Hair 
troni  railing  out,  but  absolutely  reproduces  it,  and  that 
we  now  havo  good  suits  or  Hair  growing  w  here  we  we'e 
entirely  bald.  Therefore,  as  a  matte  r  of  Justice  to  Mr. 
H'lward,  and  of  consolation  to  bald  beads,  we  lender  him 
this  testimonial  Mr  H.  keeps  the  article  for  sale  In 
bottles,  with  directions  Tor  its  use.  or  applies  a  himself, 
as  may  be  desired. 

San  Francisco,  April  6, 1866. 

Frank  M.  Thaver,  R-  A  Redman, 

W.  S  Davis,  '  J-  O.  Rounlree, 

T.  A.  flaST,  G.  W.  Gamble, 

A.  C.  Knox  J.  W.  Miller, 

Bradbury  Sanborn,  E.  C.  McComb, 

George  AV'ells,  D.  C.  Ross, 

Joseph  Wells,  jy7 


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GENERAL    PURCHASING  AGENCY, 
No.  40  DROADWAV,  NEW  YORK. 


IP     TOO-  WANT 
Books,  Prints,  Clothing,  Instruments.  Music,  Tools.  Weap- 
ons, S|s>r(lug  Implements,  Fancy  Stock,  .!•  wclry, 
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Article,  large  or  punll.  singly  or 
in  quantity,  for  Indies'  nr 
Gentlemen's  us* or  wear, 
or  for  Dealers'  Supplies,  from  n  seal  ring  to  a  steam  engine 
—a  Cameo  or  u  Cushuierc  ;  lace  or  leather, 
SEND  ON  \,»Clt  ORDERS. 
Onlrrs  may  r>  171  v^n  in  French,  Symith  i>t  (?>>mnn. 
COMMISSION  CHARGE,  •      -     Fivk  i-kb  Cent. 

Address  : 

CARK1NGTON  *  CO  , 

io  Broadway,  N.  T 


July  7th 


THE    C  ALIFORN  IAN 


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m 


AWARDED  the  HIGHEST  PREMIUM 

AT  THE 

State  Fair  of  California, 

The  only  Fair  on  the  Pacilic  cfcast  at  wr.ieft  any  two 
double-thread  Machines  were  exhibited  in  competition  in 

1865. 

If  there  is  a  FLORENCE  SEWING  MA- 
chine  within  one  thousand  miles  of  this  office 
that  is  not  workiug  well,  it  will  be  attended 
to  if  I  am  informed  of  it,  without  exiien.se  to 
the  owDer.  SAMUEL  HILL, 

General  Agent, 
111  Montgjmery  street,  San  Francisco. 

T  H  E 


SEWING  MACHINE 

RECEIVED  THE  FIRST  PREMIUM,  A  GOLD  MEDAL, 
at  the  Great  ENinbiliou  of  the 

AMERICAN  INSTUTE,  -  -  -  New  York, 
1  8  C  5  . 

myl0-SA 


j^OSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 

CREATE  A    HEALTH V  APPETITE! 

ROSENBAUJl  S  HITTERS 
Cure  Dyspepsia,  Diarrha'a  ami  Cunstipatioa 

ii6sENlJATjM,S  BITTERS 
Invigorate  the  System  and  enliven  tho  mino. 

R'.LSENHAUM'S  BITTERS 
Overcome  the  eltects  of  Drunkenness  and  Ijitc  Hours. 

ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 
Cure  all  Discuses  of  the  Liver,  Stomach  and  Bowels. 

ROSENBAUJl  S  BITTERS 

Are  Palatable  to  the  Tuste. 

They  are  the 

BEST  BITTERS  IN  THE  MARKET, 

And  when  once  used  will  always  be  called 
for  again. 

They  are  made  in  the  most  careful  manner 
From  rure  Old  Wlieai  Wkisky,  Medicated  from 

Roots  and  Herbs 
Especially  adapted  for  the  cure  of  all  Stomachic  Diseases 
and  Liver  Complaiuts. 

IVy  Them  and  You  will  be  Satisfied. 

For  sale  ovory  where  by  Druggists  and  Liquor  Dealers 

N.  B.  JACOBS  &  CO., 


or  by 


niyll  Cm 


423  Front  street, 
San  Francisco 


(JANTV  &  WAGNER, 

(SUCCESSORS  TO  J.  REOAN,) 
WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL 

Confectioners, 

111  Montgomery  street,  bet.  Bush  and  Sutter. 

N.  B. — All  candies  sold  by  its  are  warranted  to  be  man- 
ufactured from  Stewart's  double-relink!  Bugai ,  and  to  bo 
qcial  to  any  manufactured  in  the  State.  Country  mer- 
hants  solicited  to  examine  our  slock  and  prices,  "floods 
livre  I  oi  j  aay  part  of  the  citv  Iree  of  charge.  my2*-3in 


h.  Mcdonald  &  CO/, 

WHOLESALE- 

DRUGGISTS 


mi'ORTEKS  OF 

Drugs,     Chemicals,  Herbs, 

PATENT  MEDICINES, 
PAINTS,  VARNISHES, 
ACIDS,  DYE  STUFFS, 
OILS,  PERFUMERIES, 
TOILET  ARTICLES, 


BRUSHES. 

We  are  just  receiving,  direct  from  Spain,  a  complete 
assortment  of 

CORKS!    CORKS!  CORKS 

which  we  oiler  at  lower  prices  than  usual 

Dusting,    Paint,   Varnish,    Shoe,  Scrub, 
Hair  and  Tooth  Brushes  : 

We  have  a  splendid  stock,  which  we  offer  at  cxt  cmely 
low  prices. 

HERBS. 

We  have  received,  direct  from  the  Shakers,  all  kinds 
of  fresh  Herbs,  aid  intend  to  keep  every  article  used  of 
this  desci  iptum. 

Tii.den's  Solid  and  Fluid  Extracts,  Pills, 
and  Concentrated  Prep  a  rations. 

We  have  on  hand,  and  shall  keep  a  full  assortment  of 
the  above  celebrated  preparations,  which  we  ollur  to  the 
trade  at  such  prices  as  will  defy  competition. 

FLAVORING  EXTRACTS. 

A  great  variety,  not  to  be  equalled  in  the  market  as  to 
quality  and  prieo. 

Parties  about  purchasing  would  do  well  to  give  us  a  call 
and  examine  prices  and  goods  before  purchasing  else- 
where. 


We  have  the  larg 
Paeilie  Co; St. 


st  assortment  of  any  house  on  the 


GOLD  FOIL. 

We  are  nvinnlaeturing  Foil  winch  we  can  recommend  to 
the  profession  as  being-  a  superior,  article  We  also 
have  on  baud  a  full  assortment,  of  all  the  various  makers 

V  U  L  C  A  N  I  Z  E  R  S  , 

DENTAL  CHAIRS  AND  LATHES 

FILES,- 

VULCANITE  AND  GDTTA  PERCHA, 

FORCEPS, 

BURRS,  DRILLS  AND  EXCAVATORS, 
mirrors,  etc. 

We  have,  besides  the  above,  everv  article  used  by  the 
Dentist,  and  arc  daily  iu  receipt  of  all  tbe  new  inventions 
in  use. 

Dentists  will  find  it  to  their  interest  to  call  and  examine 
our  stock  and  prices  before  purchasing  elsowbere. 


R.    H.    McDonald    &  Co., 

corner  sansome  and  pine  streets, 

san  francisco. 

AND 


DC 


RY  LE  COUNT'S  INK. 


.1  street 


SACRAMENTO. 


ap'Ji  3m 


CORNER  OF 

Sacramento    and  Montgomery  streets, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 
Post  Office  Address  :  Lock  Box  No  1477.        je30  3m 


rjIHE  LIGHT  OF  THE  WORLD. 

DR.  MAGGIEL'S 

Pills  and  Salv  e. 


These  Life-giving  remedies  are  now,  for  the  first 
time,  given  publicly  to  the  world.  For  over  a  quar- 
ter of  a  century  of  private  practice  the  ingredients  in 
these 

LIFE-GIVING  PILLS! 

Have  been  used  with  the  greatest  success.  Their 
mission  is  not  only  to  prevent  disease,  but  to  cure. 
They  search  out  the  various  maladies  by  which  the 
patient  is  suflcring,  and  re-invigorate  the  failing  sys 
Demi  To  the  aged  and  inlirm  a  lew  doses  of  these 
valuable  FILLS  will  prove  to  be 

A  VERY  FOUNTAIN  OF  YOUTH, 
For  in  every  ease  they  add  new  life  and  vitality, 
and  restore  the  waning  energies  to  their  pristine 
st  itc.  To  the  young  and  middle  aged,  they  will 
prove  most  invaluable,  as  a  ready,  specific,  and 
sterling  medicine.  Here  is  a  dream  realized,  that 
I'once  tie  Leon  sought  for  three  hundred  years  ago, 
and  never  found.  He  looked  for  a  fountain  that 
would  restore  the  old  to  vigor  and  make  youth  ever 

AN    ETERNAL   SPRING  ! 

It  was  left  for  this  day  and  hour  to  realize  the 
dream,  and  show  in  one  glorious  lact,  the  magic  that 
made  it  fair. 

THESE   FAMOUS  REMEDIES 

Cannot  stay  the  flight  of  years,  but  they  can  force 
hack,  and  hold  aloof,  diseases  that  might  triumph 
over  the  aged  and  the  young.  Let  none  hesitate 
then,  hut  seize  thp  favorable  opportunity  that  oilers. 
When  taken  as  prescribed — 

FOR   BILLIOUS  DISORDERS 

Nothing  can  be  more  productive  of  cure  than  these 
Pills.  Their  almost  magic  influence  is  felt  at  once  ; 
and  the  usual  concomitants  of  this  most  distressing 
disease  are  removed.  These  remedies  are  made 
Froth  the  purest 

VEGETABLE  COMPOUNDS. 
They  will  not  harm  the  most  delicate  female,  and 
can  he  given  with  good  ellect  in  prescribed  doses  to 
the  youngest  babe. 

FOR   CUTANEOUS  DISORDERS 
And  all  eruptions  of  the  skin,  the  SALVE  is  most 
invaluable.    It  docs  not  heal  externally  alone,  hut 
penetrates  with  the  most  searching  effects  to  the  very 
root  of  the  evil ! 

Dr.  Maggiel's  Pills 

Invariably  cure  the  fulluicing  diseases: 
Asthma, 

Bowel  Complaints, 
Coughs, 
Colds, 

Chest  Diseases, 
Cosliveness, 
Dyspepsia, 
Diarrhoea, 
Dropsy, 
Debility, 

Female  Complaints',  Fever  and  Ague 

Headache, 
Indigestion, 
lulluenza, 

Inflammation, 

Inward  Weakness, 
Liver  Complaint, 
Lowness  of  Spirits, 
Ringworm, 

Rheumatism, 
Salt  Rheum, 
Scalds, 

Skin  Diseases. 

Notick.  —  None  genuine  without  tho  engraved 
trade-mark  around  each  pot  or  box,  signed  by  Dr.  .1. 
Maggiel,  43  Fulton  bt.,  New  York,  to  counterfeit 
which  is  felony. 

13"^  Sold  by  all  respectable  Dealers  in  Medicines 
throughout  the  Uuiteu  Stiles — at  2j  cents  per  box  or 
pot.  apl4-ly 


PRANKLIN  PRINTING  OFFICE, 

509  CLAY  STREET,  (near  Sansome,) 

SAN  FRANCISCO, 

"  Tbe  oldest  and  most  complete  Book  and  Job  prlniiuc 
establishment  iu  California.  All  descriptions  of  work 
neatly  executed  at  low  rates." 

j;»  FRANK  EASTMAN,  Proprietor. 


J#  PEIRCE, 

FURNITURE  AND 


Bedding 


Warcrooms. 


Nos.  415,  417,  and  419  California  Street, 

NEAR  MONTGOMERY. 

THIS  STOCK  OF  FURNITURE,  etc.,  was  selected  with 
great  care,  and  special  attention  given  to  tbe  wants  nf 
tli is  market,  ENTIRELY  AT  THE  EAST.  It  is  NOT 
COMPOSED  OF  REFUSE  GOODS,  ODDS  AND  ENDS  OF 
OTHER  HOUSES  th.it  Have  lately  closed  out  here,  but 
CONSISTS  ENTIRELY  OF  NEW  GOODS,  made  after  tbe 
latest  patterns  and  in  the  most  durable  manner. 

Tbe  present  Stock  is  fully  TWICE  as  large  as  that  of  any 
other  bouse  here.  Parties  having  any  doubts  of  Ibis,  or 
that  the  assortment  is  nut  superior  to'auy  iu  the  city,  can 
easily  satisfy  themselves  by  calling. 

The  stock  of  Case  Goods  is  larger  than  ever  before. 

J.  PEIRCE, 
Ware-rooms  415,  417  and  419  California  street, 

jel6  3m  SAN  FRANCISCO. 


B.  F.  Sterett, 
Clay  St.,  a  few  doors 
below  Montgomery, 
continues  to  print  all 
kinds  of  Books,  Bills, 
Circulars,  Cards,  etc. 
in  superior  style,  and 
at  reasonable  prices. 

rjf^  RODGERS  JOHNSON, 


ODD  FELLOWS'  HALL,  329  Montgomery  street, 
jc30  am  San  Francisco. 


J^ATHANIEL  GRAY, 

UNDERTAKER, 
CITT  AND  COUNTY  SEXTON, 
641  Sacramento  street,  Corner  of  Webb 


'  ole  agents  for  BARSTOWS  PATENT  METALLIC 
I  BURIAL  CASES  anil  CASKETS. 


jel7  3m 


Edward  Bosom  &  Co., 

Printers, 

And  Blank  Book  Manufacturers, 
517  CLAY  STREET, 

Between  Montgomery  and  Sansome  Sts., 
San  Francisco. 


s 


CHOOL  FURNITURE. 


RANKIN'S  PATENT  SCHOOL  DESK  J 

Liquid  Slating. for  Blackboard; 
ARITHMETICAL  FRAME; 

Babbitoniau  S.ystem  of  Writing— tho  Best  System 
know 

W.  HOLT, 

de»  306  Montgomery  street,  Room  No  2. 


— 


THE  CALIFORNIAN. 


| July  7th 


12 


THE  BROTHERS. 

FEW  who  make  any  prolonged  stay  at  Spa,  a  watering- 
place  in  Delgium,  fail  to  visit  tbe  grotto  of  Remou- 
champs.  On  the  roadside,  about  htJf  a  mile  beyond  the 
grotto,  may  be  seen  the  Church  of  Dieupart,  the  architecture 
of  which  is  superior  to  that  of  most  of  the  country  churches 
in  that  district.  The  following  legend  is  connected  with  its 
erection  about  tive  hundred  years  ago  : 

At  that  time  there  stood  upon  a  height  above  where,  the 
church  is  now  seen,  a  chateau,  the  lord  of  which,  at  the  date 
of  our  story,  was  a  bold  and  wicked  man,  the  terror  of  the 
neighborhood.  He  had  lived  for  about  filteen  years  with  his 
wife,  who  had  borne  him  no  offspring,  and  who  had  come  with 
him  from  some  foreign  land,  where  he  had  spent  his  youth, 
rumor  said,  in  a  most  disieputable  manner.  One  day  there 
came  to  the  chateau  a  youthful  Minnesinger,  one  of  those  min- 
strels who  passed  from  town  to  town,  from  castle  to  castle, 
delighting  the  ears  of  their  denizens  with  romantic  ballads, 
sung  to  the  accompaniment  of  the  harp,  and  receiving  in  re- 
turn bed  and  board  for  a  short  time,  and  wherewithal  to  sup- 
port them  on  their  journey  to  their  next  halting-place.  He 
was  admitted  to  the  presence  of  the  lord  and  lady  of  the 
castle,  and  forthwith  began  his  lay.  At  the  first  stanza  a 
deadly  palor  overspread  the  features  of  the  baroness,  and  with 
a  trembling  voice  she  demanded  whence  he  came,  and  from 
whom  he  had  learned  that  ballad. 

"  I  come  from  Trieves,"  was  the  reply,  "  and  the  ballad  was 
taught  me  by  an  aged  man  with  whom  1  dwelt,  and  who,  when 
I  was  sufficiently  well  skilled  in  the  art  of  music,  sent  me  forth 
and  bade  me  sing  it  in  every  town  and  castle  which  I  should 
ent&^O  -J 

The  seigneur  of  Monjardin,  observing  that  his  wife's  agita- 
tion was  becoming  more  and  more  visible  and  intense,  ordered 
the  minstrel  to  quit  the  chamber,  but  to  await  in  the  castle 
his  farther  orders.  When  he  was  gone,  the  baroness  ex- 
claimed : 

"  Those  words  !  that  air!  methought  they  were  known  but 
to  myself  and  to  my  father." 

"  The  minstrel  is  without  doubt  a  spy,"  said  the  suspicious 
baron,  "  whose  object  is  to  discover  our  abode,  and  give  in- 
formation thereof  to  some  enemies  ;  but  he  shall  not  return  to 
give  intelligence  to  those  who  have  sent  him.'' 

"Oh!  slay  him  not,"  said  the  baroness;  "add  not  the 
murder  of  this  innocent  youth  to  a  list  of  crimes  already  too 
long.".  C"J  -J  I  lCJ  . 

"  Well,  well,"  answered  the  baron,  "  I  shall  not  deprive  him 
of  life,  but  it  were  dangerous  to  give  him  his  liberty;  I  will 
confine  him  in  one  of  the  chambers  of  the  castle." 

So  saying  he  went  forth  to  execute  his  design,  but  the  Min- 
nesinger had  disappeared,  and  could  not  be  found.  A  few 
days  elapsed,  and  the  yonng  minnrel  again  appeared  at  the 
castle.  He  was  taken  by  the  baron  to  a  secret  chamber 
known  only  to  himself,  in  a  remote  part  of  the  castle. 

"  Now,"  asked  the  baron,  "  tell  me  wherefore  thou  hast 
come  to  this  castle?  I  know  well,  thou  art  here  on  some  se- 
cret errand,  and  if  it  be  not  revealed,  thy  days  are  numbered." 

But  the  minstrel  gave  no  other  answer  than  that  which  he 
bad  given  before. 

"  Thou  art  obstinate,  then  !  'Tis  well  that  thon  shouldst 
know  what  punishment  awaits  thee  ;  neither  food  nor  drink 
shall  pass  thy  lips  until  thou  shalt  tell  me  all  I  desire  to  know. 
The  place  whence  thou  comest,  the  ballad  thou  hast  sung,  are 
tokens  that  some  hidden  design  brings  thee  here  ;  'tis  my  will 
that  thou  disclose  it.  I  will  return  to-morrow  and  give  thee 
one  more  chance  for  life  ;  if  thou  art  still  obstinate,  I  will 
leave  thee  here  to  perish." 

The  baron  then  departed,  carefully  fastening  the  door  of 
the  chamber. 

The  next  day  found  the  brave  minstrel  as  determined  as  be- 
fore to  make  no  further  revelations,  and  so  the  cruel  baron 
left  him  to  his  fate,  informing  his  wife  that  he  was  merely 
keeping  bim  in  custody,  as  he  was  more  than  ever  convinced 
that  the  minstrel  plotted  mischief. 

Three  days  had  elapsed  since  he  was  imprisoned,  when  an 
aged  man  arrived  at  the  chateau,  wearied  and  footsore,  and 
having  craved  and  obtained  an  audience  of  the  baron,  demanded 
if  he  knew  aught  of  a  youthful  minstrel,  who,  he  heard,  was 
last  seen  at  the  castle. 

"  Thou  dost  Dot  remember  me,"  continued  the  6tranger  :  "  I 
am  thy  wife's  father.  Thou  didst  carry  off, at  the  head  of  thy 
robber  band,  my  daughter  from  her  home  at  Trieves,  and  ever 
since  I  have  made  fruitless  effort  to  discover  thine  abode.  At 
length  I  bethought  me  of  a  means  which  has  proved  success- 
ful  ;  I  knew  a  sweet  ballad  which  my  daughter  had  composed 
in  her  youth  ;  this  I  taught  to  a  boy,  who,  neglected  from  his 
infancy  by  his  own  relatives,  lived  under  my  care.  IJim  I 
bade  go  forth,  and  sing  this  lay  in  every  town  and  castle  until 
he  should  find  my  daughter,  and  then  send  me  intelligence 
where  she  was,  that  1  might  see  her  ere  I  die.  This  youth 
came  here  ;  thou  didst  not  recognize  him,  doubtless  ;  he  is 
thy  brother  " 

The  baron  stayed  to  hear  no  more  ;  he  hastened  in  an  agony 
of  terror  to  the  secret  chamber,  flung  open  the  door,  and  be- 


held extended  on  the  ground  the  body  of  his  brother. 
He  caught  up  the  lifeless  form  in  his  arms,  intending  to  con- 
vey it  where  remedies  might  be  applied;' but — horror! — in 
his  confusion  he  had  closed  the  door,  and  it  could  be  opened 
only  from  without.  His  cries  were  unavailing  ;  none  knew 
of  the  secret  chamber  but  himself. 

For  some  time  the  disappearance  of  the  baron  caused  the 
greatest  excitement ;  but  at  length,  while  some  repairs  were 
being  executed  in  the  masonry  of  the  castle,  the  workmen 
discovered  the  secret  chamber,  the  half  worm-eaten,  yet  still 
recognizable,  corpses  of  the  two  brothers,  and  a  written  docu- 
ment containing  the  confession  of  the  baron. 

The  lady  of  Monjardin,  struck  with  horror,  cau°ed  the  cha- 
teau to  be  pulled  down,  and  the  present  Church  of  Dieupart  to 
be  built  with  its  stones. 


A  PEOPLE  TOO  BUSY  TO  READ. 

THERE  are  signs  not  a  few  in  the  world  of  literature— or 
at  least  in  that  portion  of  it  which  belongs  to  this 
country — which  are  ominous.  Once  we  promised  to  be  a  na- 
tion of  book-buyers  and  book-readers.  The  sale  of  standard 
works  was  steady  and  very  large.  Publishers  dared  to  attempt 
great  ventures,  sure  of  finding  patrons  and  ample  support. 
Professioual  men  everywhere  welcomed  a  scholarly  publication 
as  conferring  honor  upon  the  country.  Then  Irving  and 
Cooper  were  greater  favorites  than  Josh  Billings  and  Mrs. 
Southworth.  In  fact  it  was  disreputable  for  a  publisher  to 
lend  his  name  to  a  sensation  work  of  any  kind.  Put  since 
tbe  war  the  bright  promise  of  a  dignified  and  well-sustained 
literature  has  been  gradually  but  rapidly  vanishing.  Books 
are  not  bought  as  they  were.  The  people  do  not  read  as  they 
did.  Libraries  are  freely  offered  for  sale,  and,  what  is  most 
significant  of  all,  the  leading  publishers  complain  that  the  de- 
mand for  really  sterling  books  is  constantly  diminishing.  We 
hear  every  week  of  one  or  more  most  worthy  literary  ventures 
which  publishers  refuse  to  undertake,  simply  because  they 
have  lost  their  faith  in  the  willingness  of  the  people  to  sup- 
port an  honorable  literature.  Hence  discreditable  books  are 
on  nearly  every  bookseller's  counter,  and  American  publishers 
are  content  that  English  houses  should  bring  in  their  long  lists 
and  offer  fine  editions  of  standard  works  at  prices  less  than 
they  can  afford  them.  We  say  these  signs  are  ominous — por- 
tending the  greatest  evil. 

We  believe  the  secret  of  the  whole  matter  to  be  simply  that 
our  people  are  too  busy  with  money-making  to  read  books 
that  require  any  application.  The  disturbance  and  excitement 
of  the  war  disarranged  habits  of  study  and  quiet,  and  finally 
the  universal  mania  for  speculation— for  making  speedy  lor- 
tunes — intruded  upon  almost  every  household  in  the  laud. 
Our  people  are  money  mad.  Extravagance  is  the  watchword 
of  the  hour,  and  while  this  fever  is  raging  it  is  in  vain  to  hope 
for  a  healthier  literary  tone.  Probably  there  are  many  of  our 
own  readers  who  will  appreciate  the  change  to  which  we  re- 
fer. Once  they  found  it  comparatively  easy  to  devote  at  least 
a  portion  of  their  time  to  quiet  reading.  They  felt  a  pride, 
too,  in  sustaining  good  wor!:».  When  a  publisher  annuuuced 
a  book  of  permanent  value  they  felt  it  to  be  their  duly  to  en- 
courage it  by  actual  support.  They  would  no  more  think  of 
selling  their  libraries  than  they  would  of  pawning  their  clothes. 
Nor  would  they  allow  a  silly,  sensation  story  to  he  placed  upon 
their  table.  But  the  wild  rush  of  war  and  all  its  excitements 
have  swept  away  too  many  good  things.  The  cry  for  money 
has  swallowed  up  every  other,  and  the  publishers  look  on 
with  wonder  and  disgust  as  the  old-time  taste  and  scholarly 
aspiration  treem  abandoned  at  the  altars  of  Moloch  and  Mam- 
mon. The  country  is  full  of  opportunities  for  acquiring  wealth, 
and  now  that  the  red  hand  of  speculation  has  swept  down  in 
all  its  infernal  power,  the  old  paths  are  too  narrow — the  old 
ways  too  slow.  AVho  would  be  poring  over  books  w  hen  there 
are  chances  to  be  millionaires? 

Of  course,  there  are  some  good  and  true  who  do  not  yield 
to  the  fascinations  of  the  hour.  There  arc  book  publishers 
who  can  recite  their  names  with  no  hesitation — so  prompt  and 
faithful  are  they  in  maintaining  whatever  is  good.  These  men 
read.  If  all  the  fortunes  of  the  world  were  at  their  disposal, 
they  would  shut  to  their  library  doors  and  give  themselves  to 
study.  Such  names  are  honored  indeed.  The  publishers  of 
critical  journals  know  them  well.  What  little  money  they 
have  is  given  to  the  liberal  and  hearty  support  of  good  books, 
good  papers,  and  good  scholars.  But  the  rich  men  of  the 
land,  where  are  they  ?  Building  palatial  houses,  founding  er- 
ratic institutions,  giving  themselves  to  everything  and  any- 
thing but  to  the  generous  support  of  an  honorable  literature. 
That  which  should  be  their  pride  is  utterly  neglected  by  them. 
Xor  books  nor  papers  get  much  aid  from  their  abundance. 
They  will  give  largely  to  build  a  public  edifice,  but  will  not 
think  that  with  a  mere  bagatelle  they  may  aid  in  giving  to  a 
whole  nation  a  book  that  will  be  valuable  for  all  time.  Surely 
their  neglect  must  be  from  forgetfulness — we  cannot  think 
that  it  arises  from  pure  lack  of  appreciation  or  disregard  of  a 
uational  literary  reputation. 

While  we  have  no  great  hope  for  the  immediate  future  in 
regard  to  this  matter,  yet  something  can  surely  be  done  for 


the  correction  of  the  evil.  Not  only  can  wealthy  gentlemen 
aid  materially,  bnt  those  of  small  means  who  love  good  book'3 
and  who  once  found  time  for  reading  can  do  a  vast  deal  by 
betaking  themselves  to  quiet  study  again.  Women,  too,  can 
do  much  by  making  an  effort  to  check  the  extravagance  of 
the  hour,  which,  it  must  be  said,  is  largely  inspired  by  their 
demands.  The  publishers  can  also  help  in  the  matter  by  per- 
mitting only  good  books  to  go  forth  with  their  names.  But 
the  main  trouble  is  in  the  wild  recklessness  of  the  times,  which 
causes  only  unrest,  and  unfits  for  reading.  We  are  rushing 
ahead  at  too  high  speed,  and  from  present  appearances  shall 
awake  from  the  dream  to  find  our  national  literature  despoiled 
and  our  taste  degenerated. — Round  Jable. 


Causes  of  Sudden  Death. —  Very  few  of  the  sudden  deaths 
which  are  said  to  arise  from  diseases  of  the  heart  do  really 
arise  from  that  cause.  To  ascertain  the  real  origin  of  sudden 
deaths,  an  experiment  has  been  tried  in  Europe,  and  reported 
to  a  scientific  congress  at  Strasburg.  Sixty-six  cases  of  sud- 
den death  were  made  the  subject  of  a  thorough  post  mortem 
examination  ;  in  these  cases  only  two  were  found  who  had 
died  from  disease  of  the  heart.  Nine  out  of  sixty-six  had 
died  from  apoplexy,  while  there  were  forty-six  cases  of  con- 
gestion of  the  lungs — that  is,  the  lungs  were  so  full  of  blood 
they  could  not  work,  not  bein?  room  enousrh  for  a  sufficient 
quantity  of  air  to  enter  to  support  life.  The  cause3  that  pro- 
duce congestion  of  the  lungs  are — cold  feet,  tight  clothing, 
costive  bowels,  sitting  still  until  chilled  after  being  warmed 
with  labor  or  a  rapid  walk,  going  too  suddenly  from  a  close 
room  into  the  air,  especially  after  speaking,  and  sudden  de- 
pressing news  operating  on  the  blood.  These  causes  of  sud- 
den death  being  known,  an  avoidance  of  them  may  serve  to 
lengthen  many  valuable  lives,  which  would  otherwise  be  lost 
under  the  verdict  of  heart  complaint.  That  dispase  is  sup- 
posed to  be  inevitable  and  incurable  ;  hence,  many  may  not 
take  the  pains  they  would  to  avoid  sudden  death,  if  they  knew 
it  lay  in  their  power. — Exchange. 

A  vorxr,  man  who  has  great  respect  lor  the  revenue  laws, 
and  aspires  to  be  a  leader  of  fashion,  has  introduced  a  new  and 
decidedly  nobby  style  of  collar  in  Poughkeepsie — a  two-cent 
reveuue  stamp  being  pasted  on  each  of  the  long  corners. 


A  New  and  Grand  Epoch  in  Medicine.— Dr.  Maggiel  is  the 
founder  of  a  new  medical  system.  Tlic  qunntitarians,  whose  vast 
internal  doses  enfeeble  the  stomach  and  paralyze  the  bowels,  must 
give  precedence  to  the  man  who  restores  health  and  appetite  with 
i  from  one  or  two  of  his  extraordinary  pills,  and  cures  the  most  viru- 
lent eorea  with  n  box  or  so  of  his  wonderful  and  all-healing  salve. 
These  two  great  specifics  of  the  Doctor  are  fast  superseding  all  the 
stereotyped  nostrums  of  the  day.  Extraordinary  cures  by  Maggiel's 
Pills  and  salve  have  opened  the  eyes  of  the  ptihlir  to  the  inefficiency 
of  the  so-called  remedies  of  others,  and  upon  which  people  have  so 
long  blindly  depended.  Ma  spiel's  Pills  are  not  of  the  class  that  are 
swallowed  by  the  dozen,  and  of  which  every  hoxfnll  taken  creates 
an  absolute  necessity  for  knother.  One  or  two  of  Maggiel's  Pills 
suffice  to  place  the  bowels  in  perfect  order,  tone  the  stomach,  creale 
an  appetite,  and  render  the  spirits  light  and  buoyant.  There  is  no 
griping,  and  no  reaction  in  the  form  of  constipation.  If  the  liver  is 
affected,  its  functions  arc  restored,  and  if  the  nervous  system  is  feeble 
it  is  invigorated.  This  last  qnalitv  makes  the  medicines  very  de- 
sirable for  the  wants  of  delicate  females.  1'lcerons  and  ernptive  dis- 
eases are  literally  extinguished  by  the  disinfectant  power  of  Mag 
Kiel's  salve.  Ill  fact,  it  is  here  annonnced  that  M<ixs>cl'x  fiiliout, 
Dytpeptic  and  Diarrhea  Pills  cure  where  all  others  fail.  While,  for 
Iinrns,  Scalds,  Chilblains,  Cuts  and  all  abrasions  of  the  skin.  Mag- 
giel's Salve  m  infallible.  Sold  by  J.  Maooiei.,  No.  11  Pine  street, 
New  York,  and  all  Druggists,  at  25  cents  per  box.  K.  H.  McDon- 
ald ct  Co.,  Agents  for  Pacilic  coast,  corner  Sansome  and  Pine  streets, 
Snn  Francisco.  cl4 

Tnocni.F.  with  Tchkey — A  serious  embroglio  in  our  relations 
wilh  the  Divan  has  arisen,  as  follows  :  Sarkis  Minasian.  who  has  for 
ninny  years  acted  as  the  resident  agent  in  Turkey  for  the  sale  of  Dr. 
J.  C.  Aver  &  Co.'s  medicines,  driven  by  the  increase  of  his  business 
to  a  necessity  for  more  room,  built  his  warehouse  in  Constantinople 
several  stories  higher,  after  having  obtained  the  necessary  permit  from 
tbe  nnthorities.  The  Imans  of  a  neighboring  mo?qne,  which  over- 
looked the  premises,  demanded  a  large  present  in  money,  which  was 
refused.  They  then  applied  to  the  Grand  Vizier  for  the  enforcement 
of  an  obsolete  law,  which  had  been  disregarded  two  hundred  years, 
requiring  him  to  take  donn  the  building  io  eighteen  feel,  which  was 
granted,  and  they  commenced  the  work  of  demolition.  Minasian 
then  applied  to  tbe]  American  Minister,  who  notified  the  Sublime 
Porte  that  American  property  could  not  be  thus  tiitkd  with,  and  that 
the  demolition  must  cease.  Then  commenced  tbe  usnal  course  of 
Mussulman  prevarication  and  promisee,  but  no  real  redress.  Finally, 
Minister  Morris  infoimed  I  hem  that  if  their  depredations  continued, 
he  should  order  the  L".  S.  ships  of  war  to  enter  the  Posphorus  and 
Messrs-  Avers'  medical  warehouse  would  not  be  alone  roofless.  A 
stroke  of  his  pen  conld  have  laid  the  whole  city  under  the  sweep  of 
American  cannon,  backed  by  men  who  are  not  schooled  in  the  lessons 
of  fear.  This  brought  them  to  their  senses  and  speedy  redress  Mi- 
nasian has  now  arrived  in  this  country,  to  present  the  case  to  onr 
State  Department  for  indemnity.  At  length  it  is  something  to  say 
among  the  peoples  of  the  earth,  "  1  am  an  American  citizen  f" — ]Co- 
hnnbia  Republican 

A  WM  and  lovely  daughter  of  a  distinguished  gentleman  of  this 
c  ity  acknowledges  that  for  embellishing  the  complexion  and  skin, 
Davidson's  Circassian  Bloom,  is  by  far  the  most  excellent  in  pcifume, 
innocent  in  effects,  and  gives  a  more  heightened  lustre  to  the  toilet, 
tbnn  other  preparation  of  the  kind  iu  use. 


July  7th J 


THE    CALI  FORNIAN 


13 


AGUA  DE  MAGNOLIA. 
A  toilet  delight.  Superior  to  any  cologne, 
used  to  bathe  the  lace  and  person,  to  render  the  skin 
soft  and  fresh,  to  allay  inflammation,  to  perfume 
clothing,  for  headache,  etc.  It  is  manufactured  from 
the  rich  Southern  Magnolia,  and  is  obtaining  a  pat- 
ronage quite  unprecedented.  It  is  a  favorite  with 
actresses  and  opera  singers.  It  is  sold  by  all  dealeis, 
ut  $1.00  in  large  bottles,  and  by  Demas  Barnes  & 
Co.,  New  York,  Wholesale  Ageuts. 


Agua  de  Magnolia. — The  prettiest  thing, 
the  "  sweetest  thing,"  and  the  most  of  it  for  the  least 
money.  It  overcomes  the  odor  of  perspiration  ; 
softens  and  adds  delicacy  to  the  skin  ;  is  a  delightful 
perfume  ;  allays  headache  and  mllammation,  and  is 
a  necessary  companion  in  the  sick  room,  in  the  nur- 
sery and  upon  the  toilet  sideboard.    It  can  be  ob- 

ned  everywhere  at  one  dollar  per  bottle. 


Lyon's  Magnetic  Insect  Powder  is  in- 
stant death  to  Fleas/ricks,  Roaches,  and  everything 
of  the  insect  species.  It  is  oue  of  the  few  articles 
that  can  be  relied  upon,  and  for  a  mere  wo  bits  we 
can  save  the  biles  and  bills  of  these  little  pests. 
None  is  genuine  unless  signed  by  K.  Lyon,  and 
bearing  the  private  stamp  of  Demas  Darues  &  Co., 
New  York. 


:  *;a  h  tj  rj  a  u  «  a  I 

,\\\\  \\\ULr"///  •    n-/i  vaaaiB  stirr  To'i  ] 

iWV-  '  '" 

S— T— 1800— X.  DRAKE'S  PLANTATION 
f[    #5TT  E  R  S  . 

They  punfy,  strengthen  and  invigorate. 

They  create  a  healthy  appetite. 

They  are  an  antidote  to  change  of  water  and  diet. 

They  strengthen  the  system  and  enliven  the  mind. 

They  prevent  miasmatic  and  intermittent  fevers. 

They  purify  the  breath  and  acidity  of  the  stomach. 

They  cure  Dyspepsia  and  Constipation. 

They  cure  Liver  Complaint  and  Nervous  Head- 
ache. 

They  are  the  best  Bitters  in  the  world.  They 
make  the  weak  strong,  and  are  exhausted  uutuie's 
great  restorer.  They  are  made  of  pure  St.  Croix 
Rum,  the  celebrated  Calisaya  Bark,  roots  and  herbs, 
and  are  taken  with  the  pleasure  of  a  beverage,  with- 
out regard  to  age  or  time  of  day.  Particularly  rec 
ounnended  to  delicate  persons  requiring  a  gentle 
stimulant.  Sold  by  all  Grocers,  Druggists,  Hotels 
and  Saloons.  Only  genuine  when  Cork  is  covered 
by  our  private  U.  S.  Stamp.  Beware  of  counter- 
feits and  refilled  bottles. 

Pi  H.  DRAKE  &  CO.,  New  York. 

"  In  lifting  the  kettle  from  the  lire  I  scalded  my 
self  very  severely — one  baud  almost  to  a  crisp.  The 
torture  was  unbearable.  *  *  *  The  Mexican 
Mustang  Liniment  ielieved  the  pain  almost  immedi 
ately.  It  healed  rapidly,  and  left  very  little  scar. 
"  Chas.  Foster,  420  Broad  street,  Philada." 


This  is  merely  a  sample  of  what  the  Mus- 
tang Liniment  will  do.  It  is  invaluable  in  all  cases 
of  wounds,  swellings,  sprains,  cuts,  bruises, spavins' 
etc.,  either  upon  man  or  beast. 

Beware  of  counterfeits.  None  is  genuine  uuless 
wrapped  in  line  steel-plate  engravings,  bearing  the 
signature  of  G.  W.  Westbrook,  Chemist,  and  the 
private  stampof  Demas  Barnes  &.  Co.,  New  York. 


All  who  Value  a  Beautifcl  Head  of 
Hair,  and  its  preservation  from  premature-baldness 
and  turning  gray,  will  not  fail  to  use  Lyon's  Cele- 
brated Katuairon.  It  makes  the  hair  rich,  soft, 
and  glossy,  eradicates  dandruff,  and  causes  the  hair 
to  grow  with  luxuriant  beauty.  It  is  sold  every- 
where.      E.  THOMAS  LYON,  Chemist,  N.  Y. 


N6  Forfeiting. — Heretofore,  if  a  person  holding 
a  Life  Policy  became  unfortunate,  and  could  not 
raise  the  sum  of  money  required  to  pay  his  next  pre- 
mium, his  policy  was  declared  forfeited.  The 
Brooklyn  Like  Insurance  Company  of  New 
York  has  decided  to  make  every  tolicy  it  issues 
NONFORFEITABLE,  giving  a  PAID-UP 
POLICY  to  the  party  if  unable  to  continue  his 
payments  of  premiums.  The  dividends  of  the 
Brooklyn  Life  Insurance  Company  are  settled  aunu- 
ally  in  cash.  This  plau  is  far  more  acceptable  to 
insurers  than  at  the  end  of  three  or  live  years,  as  in 
other  companies.  The  Brooklyn  Life  Insurance 
Company  allows  thirty  days  grace  in  the  payment 
of  premiums.  Its  policies  are  incontestable,  and  its 
losses  are  prompt/ y.  paid.  The  Brooklyn  Life  Insu- 
rance Company  offers  every  known  plau  of  Life 
and  Endowment  Insurance.  Get  a  pamphlet  at  the 
office.  240  Montgomery  street,  southeast  corner  of 
Pine,  from  Stephen  T.  Kiug,  General  Manager,  or 
David  B.  Arrowsmith,  Local  Agent. 


Lyon's  Extoact  of  Pure  Jamaica  Ginger, 
for  Indigestion.  Nausea,  Heartburn,  Sick  Headache, 
Cholera  Alorbus,  &.C. ,  where  a  warming,  genial 
stimulant  is  required.  Its  careful  preparation  and 
entire  purity  make  it  a  cheap  and  reliable  article  for 
culiuury  purposes.  Sold  everywhere,  at  50  cents  per 
bottle.  ap7-ly 


MEDICAL  ADVICE. 
Dr.  Wm.  K.  Doherty's  Medical  and  Surgical 
Institute  is  becoming  a  sine  qua  -non  to  the  welfare 
of  our  State  and  health  of  our  citizens  ;  and  bis 
rapidly  spreading  reputation,  although  it  may  excite 
(Surprise,  is  but  the  signal  of  skill,  and  follows  as  the 
natural  effect  of  such  a  cause.  We  are  personally- 
acquainted  with  gentlemen  who  had  suffered  for 
years  under  chronic  disease,  and  who  had  taken  ad- 
vantage of  every  available  means  that  promised 
relief,  but  without  success,  until  they  called  upon 
Dr.  Doherty,  who,  in  an  incredibly  short  space  of 
time,  has  given  thein  entire  relief.  It  is  gratifying 
to  announce  this  fact,  because  the  Doctor  is  a  gentle- 
man who  seeks,  not  by  defamation  of  others,  to  es- 
tablish his  lepntation,  or  to  rear  the  superstructure  of 
his  own  upon  the  ruin  of  another's  fame.  The  Doc 
tor  conducts  his  Institute  in  a  manner  that  must  be 
gratifying  to  all  his  patients.  He  examines,  hears, 
advises,  and  recommends,  without  charge,  and  the 
patient,  after  hearing  his  terms  for  treatment,  can 
accept  or  reject  at  pleasure.  In  no  case  does  the 
Doctor  make  a  charge  uuless  be  effects  a  cure.  This 
he  is  able  to  do,  because  he  feels  the  confidence 
which  long  experience  has  given,  and  no  doubt  the 
consolation  which  appertains  to  that  confidence. 
Persons  ulilieted  with  either  acute  or  chronic  disease, 
would  do  well  to  consult  the  Doctor  ;  at  all  events, 
it  can  do  no  harm,  as  for  consultation  he  asks  no  fee  ; 
nor  does  he  insist  on  obedience  to  his  advice  unless 
the  patient  placed  himself  under  his  care.  His  ollices 
are  on  Sacramento  street,  opposite  the  Pacific  Mall 
Steamship  office.  —  Han  Francisco  News. 

E  Goldsmith  &.  Co.,  at  No.  040  Sacramento 
street,  three  doors  below  Kearny,  have  just  received 
some  beautiful  new  style  Gurbaldis  and  Zouave 
Jackets,  that  for  taste  and  stylo  are  particularly 
worthy  of  the  attention  of  our  lady  readers.  They 
have  also  a  line  assortment  of  Ladies'  Furnishing 
Goods  of  the  choicest  description.  French  corsets 
for  one  dollar.  A  great  variety  of  French  toilet  anil 
fancy  articles,  the  newest  styles  of  buttons  and 
dress  trimmings,  may  always  be  found  at  Gold- 
smith's 040  Sacramento  street. 


RHEUMATISM. 

Throughout  this  coast  a  great  deal  of  Buffering  is 
experienced  from  Rheumatism.  Weeks  and  even 
months  of  protracted  and  aggravated  misery  is  en- 
dured by  the  victims  of  medical  inefficiency  and 
ignorance,  which  could  be  cured  just  as  speedily  as 
was  Mr.  Sparrow,  whose  testimony  is  given  below, 
and  is  only  the  echo  of  hundreds  of  other  cases. 
Dr.  Bourne  cures  without  medicines,  which  accounts 
for  his  extraordinary  success.  No.  10  Masonic 
Temple,  Post  street  entrance  : 

San  Francisco,  September  0,  1861. 

Dr.  Bourne :  Last  Winter  I  was  nearly  dead,  by 
an  attack  of  inflammatory  rheumatism.  I  suffered 
the  most  excruciating  pains  for  about  five  weeks, 
without  any  hope  of  relief,  when  a  1'riend,  hearing 
of  my  illness,  called  to  see  me,  and  assured  me  t''at 
if  I  would  stop  "drugging  and  dosing,''  and  go  to 
you,  that  you  would  have  me  walking  about  the 
streets  in  three  days.  Sure  enough,  although  1  was 
utterly  helpless,  and  conveyed  to  your  house  in  a 
carriage,  and  carried  into  it  by  three  stout  men,  and 
was  by  them  lifted  into  the  bath,  yet,  on  coming 
out  of  the  bath  I  was  able  to  largely  assist  myself, 
doing  ninth  toward  dressing,  aud  without  assistance 
walked  from  the  bath  to  the  carriage.  On  the 
fourth  day,  I  discharged  my  carriage  and  walked 
with  a  friend's  aid  the  entire  distance  to  your  house 
(nearly  a  mile)  and  home  again,  and  so  on  until 
cured;  aud  I  hud  nut  taken  more  than  twelve  baths 
when,  all  pain  and  swelling  having  ceased,  I  felt 
myself  a  well  man.  And  now  I  am  happy  to  do  this 
little  service  of  publicly  certifying  to  the  simple 
truth,  leaving  it  to  do  its  own  work  among  such  of 
my  friends  and  acquaintances  as  may  chance  to  see 
this.  Your  friend.  Joseph  Si-arrow. 


A  SUMMER  AND  WINTER  MEDICINE. 

"  Great  oaks  from  little  acorns  grow." 

The  worst  diseases  known  to  the  human  race 
spring  from  causes  so  small  as  to  almost  defy  detec- 
tion. The  volumes  of  scientific  lore  that  fill  the 
tables  and  shelves  of  the  medical  fraternity  only  go 
to  prove  and  elaborate  these  facts. 

Then  guard  yourselves  while  you  may.  The 
smallest  pimple  on  the  skin  is  a  tell-tale  and  indica- 
tor of  disease.  It  may  fade  and  die  away  from  the 
surface  of  the  body,  but  it  will  reach  the  vit  lis,  per- 
haps, at  last,  and  death  be  the  result  and  final  close. 
MaggieVs  Bilious,  Dyspeptic  and  Diarrhwa  Pills 
cure  where  all  others  fail.  While  for  Hums,  Scalds, 
Chilblains,  Cuts,  and  all  abrasions  of  the  skin,  Mag- 
giel's  Salce  is  infallible.  Sold  by  J.  Maggiel,  43 
Fulton  street,  New  York,  aud  all  Druggists,  at  25 
cents  per  box. 


Wanted — Agents  to  sell,  by  subscription  only  the 
most  popular  work  ever  written  :  "  GRANT  AND 
SHERMAN;  their  Campaigns  and  Generals."  By 
the  world  renowned  historian,  Hon.  J.  T.  Headley, 
author  of  Washington  and.  his  Generals,  Sacred 
Mountains,  etc.  Agents  are  taking  as  high  as  thirty 
subscribers  per  day,  and  all  agree  in  pronouncing  it 
the  most  saleable  work  they  ever  took  hold  of.  The 
people  want  Headley's  illustrated  "  GRANT  AND 
■SHERMAN,"  etc.  For  terms  and  territory ,  address 
E.  E.  Shear,  No.  8  Montgomery  Street,  aud  Box 
1,430,  San  Francisco,  California 


Dainty  Work. — About  the  daiutiest  work  we 
ever  saw  were  specimens  of  hair  jewelry  at  the  es- 
tablishment of  Mrs.  C.  Cook,  045  Clay  street,  between 
Montgomery  and  Kearny  streets,  yesterday.  This 
lady  manufactures  all  sortB  of  jewelry — watch-chains, 
earrings,  linger  rings,  breastpins,  aud  various  other 
kinds  of  ornaments — from  human  hair.  We  wit 
nessed  the  process  of  manufacture,  and  it  is  intricate 
aud  ingenious  iu  the  highest  degree. — 8.  F.  Exam 
intr. 


Read  the  Testimony  of  a  few  of  the  mauy  Eminent 
Clergymen  and  their  Families  of  New  York  city,  who, 
having  used  the  Sozodout  for  a  long  lime  past,  are  con 
vincea  ot  its  excellent  and  invaluable  qualities,  and  give 
il  their  cordial  commendation  : 

Rev.   THOMAS  DEW  ITT,  Pastor  Collegiate 

Rif.  Dutch  Church,  Lafayette  Place. 
Rev../.  H'.  ALEXANDER,  D.  D. ,  Presbyterian 

Church,  Fifth  Avenue. 
Rev.  J.  B.  WAKELE  Y,  M.  E.  City  Missionary. 
Rev.  W.  F.  MORGAN,  D.D.,  Rector  St.  Thomas 

Church,  liroadway. 
Rev.  E.  H.  CHAP1N.  D.  D.,  Pastor  Fourth  Uni 

oersuiist  Church,  Broadway. 
Rev.  SAMUEL  COOKE.  D  P.,  Rector  St.  Bar 

tholomew' s  Chinch,  Lafayette  Place. 
Rev.  SAMUEL  OSGOOD,  D.D.,  Pastor  Church 

of  Messiah,  Broadway. 
Rev.  B .  M.  ADAMS,  M.  E.  Church,  Duane  street 
Rev.  HE  MAS  BANGS,  late  Pastor  Centenary 

M.  E.  Church,  Brooklyn. 
Rev.  W.  S.  MIKELS,  Pastor  Baptist  Church, 

Sixteenth  street. 
Rev.  GEO.  POTTS,  D.D.,  Pastor  Presbyterian 

Church,  University  Place. 
Rev.  E.  E.  RANKIN, Pastor  Presbyterian  Church 

Forty  second  street. 
Rev.  T.  E.  VERMILYE,  D.  D.,  Pastor  of  Co] 

Dutch  Reformed,  Lafayette  Place.^ 

FRO.M  G.  F.  J.  COLBURN,  DOCTOR  DENTAL  SUR 
GERY,  NEWARK,  N.  J. 
The  Popular  Dentriflce  known  as  Van  Buskirk's  "SO 
ZODONT,"  besides  being  a  very  plelisaut  addition  to  ihe 
toilet,  contains  ingredients  that,  if  used  according  to  the 
directions,  will  prove'of  the  greatest  utility  to  the  health 
of  the  mouth  and  leelh, 

BEWARE   OF  IMITATIONS ! 
Sold  by  all  Druggists  aud  Perfumers. 

HALL  &  RUCKEL, 

je2  4m  NEW  YORK. 


|J;iLL'S  SARSAPARILLA, 
YELLOW  DOCK  AND  IODIDE  POTASS, 

THE 

Best  Blood  Purifier  Known. 

Persons  that  are  troubled  with  Rheumatism, 
Scrofula,  Neuralgia,  Morbid  Liver,  Salt 
Rheum,  Pimples,  Boils,  or  any  of  the  many 
diseases  that  originate  from  Impure  Blood, 
would  find  it  much  to  their  advantage  to  give 
this  justly  celebrated  article  a  trial.  One  or 
two  bottles  are  quite  sufficient  to  convince  the 
most  skeptical  of  its  merits.  It  contains 
neither  Spirit,  ARSENIC  nor  MERCURY 
which  canuot  be  truly  said  of  any  other  prepa- 
tiou  called  "  Sarsaparilla." 

SHEPARDSON  it  GATES,  Proprietors, 

ap7  3m      N.  W .  cor .  Sansomu  and  Com  mercialslreets 


JPARRAND'S  OSCILLATING 

Amalgamator. 

THIS  UNRIVALLED  IMPROVEMENT  FOR  THE  RE- 

ductionaud  amalgamation  of  Gold  aud  Silver  Ores,  is  dow 
running  daily  at  No.  206  Commercial  street,  between  Front 
and  Davis. 

THIS  AMALGAMATOR  INVOLVES 

NO  C  O  M  P  L I  C  AT  E  D  MACHINERY 

Anil  possesses  the  folic  wing  advantages  over 

all   there  now  in  mc  : 
1st  It  is  capable  of  doing  double  the  am  unt  of 
work  of  the  ordinary  Pans,  at  a  saving  of  more  than 
one-half  the  power. 

2d.  It  reduces  the  pulp  finer,  thereby  producing  a 
better  result. 

3d.  It  requires  less  quicksilver  by  one-half  at  a 
charge,  whdst  the  loss  by  trituration  is  comparatively 
nothing. 

4th.  As  an  Amalgamitor  for  gold  contained  in  sul- 
phurets,  as  also  for  very  fine  or  flour  gold,  it  has  no 
equal. 

5th.  This  Amalgamator  involves  no  complicated 
machinery,  and  is  less  liable  to  get  out  of  order  than 
anv  of  the  pans. 
DESCRIPTION  Ol  lARRAND'S  AMALGAMATOR, 

In  offering  this  Amalgamator  to  the  public  the  in- 
ventor does  not  claim  anv  new  or  scientific  method 
of  extracting  the  precious  metals  from  the  ores  ;  he 
merely  claims  a  new  and  simple  combma'ion  ol 
mechanical  principles,  whereby  a  great  saving  of 
power  (full  one-half  in  amount)  is  effected.  The 
capacity  of  the  machine  varies  with  its  size.  The 
smallest,  or  prospecting  size,  will  reduce  400  lbs.  in 
three  hours,  and  can  be  easily  worked  by  the  power 
of  one  man.  The  largest  size  will  work  1,500  lbs 
in  three  hours,  or  six  tons  in  24  hours,  with  an  appli- 
cation of  a  trifle  more  than  one-horse  power.  J.  his 
saving  of  power,  as  all  mill-Wen  are  aware,  is  an  im: 
portaiitconsiderationparticularly  where  fuel  is  scarce,' 
The  power  so  saved  in  running  the  Amalgamators 
may  be  advantageously  employed  to  an  increase  of 
stamps,  and  thus  proportionally  increasing  the- work 
of  the  mill.  This  machine  consists  of  a  semi-cylin- 
drical, trough-shaped  vessel,  in  the  interior  of  which 
is  furnished  with  ino\  cable  concave  dies,  to  be  re- 
placed when  "worn  out,  as  in  ordinary  pans.  The 
mullers  are  convex,  and  attached  to  a  substantial 
rock  shaft,  by  which  they  are  moved  back  and  for- 
ward by  crank  or  eccentric  motion.  The  mullers 
are  held  to  their  places  by  springs  of  moderate 
strength,  the  pressure  of  which  may  be  easily  regu- 
lated. The  oscillating  motion  of  the  mullers  serves 
to  keep  the  pulp  iu  a  constant  state  of  agitation, 
thoroughly  mixing  it,  and  passing  it  under  the  mul- 
lers without  resort  to  any  of  the  various  expedients 
employed  in  Pans  where  a  circular  motion  is  main- 
tained. 

The  peculiar  construction  of  this  superior  machine 
admits  of  its  being  worked  with  a  much  smaller 
charge  of  quick  ilver,  to  any  given  amount  of  pulp 
than  the  flat-bottomed  Pans.  The  spiral  springs 
greatly  assist  in  the  work  of  rcduct.oii,  by  allowing 
the  free  admission  of  the  pulp  between  the  mullers 
and  dies,  so  that  the  pulp  is  made  to  actually  work 
upon  itself— as  the  dust  of  the  diamond  is  made  to 
reduce  the  gem  itself. 

Trials  made  with  this  machine  in  the  presence  of 
experts,  during  the  last  six  months,  have  been  pro- 
nounced highly  satisfactory.  It  is  peculiarly  well 
adapted  to  employment  by  small  mining  operators  iu 
distant  localities,  as  it  can  readily  be  taken  to  pieces 
and  packed  upon  mules. 

A  large  size  machine  is  constructed  without  dies  or 
mullers,  but  simply  with  arms  to  act  as  stirrers,  to 
be  used  in  connection  with  several  of  the  Amalga- 
mators as  a  "  Separator,"  as  it  is  found  that  the  pecu- 
liar motion  given  to  these  arms,  in  connection  with 
the  concave  shape  of  the  body  of  the  machine,  ren 
ders  it  most  effectual  for  such  a  purpose. 

W.  D.  FARRAND 


jgREWSTER  &  CO.'S 

Carriage  Manufactory, 

372  Broome  steel,  New  York. 

We  desire  to  announce  to  our  California  friends  that 
we  have  made  extensive  arrangements  by  increasing 
our  works  for  the  coming  season,  and  with  a"  view  to 

SUPPLYING  THE 

WANTS  OP  CALIFORNIA, 

will  manufacture  a  stylo  of  work  particularly  adapted  to 
city  aad  country  use,  aud  in  view  ol  Hie  destructive  ef- 
fects of  city  railroads  on  all  light  work,  will  give 

CARRIAGES,  BUGGIES,  PHAETONS,  COUPES, 
and  Vehicles  of  every  description,  of  our  own  manufac- 
ture, on  hand  aud  made  to  order. 
Orders  or  communications  should  be  addressed  to 
BREWSTER  &  CO., 

Of  Broome  street, 
The  Arm  of  Brewster  &  Baldwin  not  being  ia  any  way 
councctod  with  _   1  „ 


BREWSTER  &  CO., 
Of  No.  372,  Broome  street. 


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and  Babbitt  Mela 
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all  kinds,  Spikes, 

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Steamboat  Bells  and  Gongs  of  superior  tone. 

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654  Washington  street,  two  doors  below  the  Plaza. 

£5**  New  Goods  by  every  steamer.  marlO 


To  decipher,  lower  the  top  of  the  paper  to  an  angle 
of  forty-live  degrees;  then  close  one  eye,  and 
read  at  your  ease. 


rpHE  NORTH  BRITISH  AND 

MERCANTILE  INSURANCE  CO 

OF      LONDON      AND  EDINBURGH. 

.ESTABLISHED,  1809. 

Capital,   $10,000,000 

Accumulated  Funds,  March  6, 1865,  -         -  11.52^,500 

Annual  Income,         ....  2,827,290 

Deposit  m  California  under  State  law,      -  $75,000 


GENERAL  AGENCY  FOR  THE  PACIFIC  STATES  AND 

TERRITORIES, 
Cor.  Sansome  and  California  streets,  San  Francisco 


Insurances  effected  at  the  lowest  rates  on  buildings  01 
both  Brick  and  Wood,  throughout  the  State,  wheluor 
occupied  as  Stores,  Dwellings,  or  Warehouses,  together 
with  their  contents. 

Also,  VESSELS  in  port,  with  or  without  their  Cargoes. 

Also,  IJUARTZ  MILLS  and  MACHINERY. 

LOSSES  PAID  IN  UNITED  STATES  GOLD  COIN  im 
mediately  on  adjusiuient. 

WM.  H  TILLINGHAST,  Agent, 
nr.  la 


CALIFORNIA 

Steam  Navigation  Company. 


STEAMER  CAPITAL  CAPT.  E.  A.  POOLE. 

CHItYSOl'OLIS.CAPT.  A.  FOSTER. 

"  YOSEMITE   

■•  CORNELIA. . . .CAPT  VV.  BROMLEY. 
"       JULIA  CAPT  E.  CONCKLIN. 

One  of  the  above  steamers  leave  BROADWAY  WHARF, 
at  4  o'cloc  k  P.  M.,  VrgRT  DA  V,  (Sundays  excepted.)  for 
Sacramento  and  one  for  Stockton,  the  Sacramento  steamer 
conoecCtDg  with  light-draft  steamers  for  Marvsville,  Co- 
lusa, Chico  aud  Red  BlutT. 

Steamships  PACIFIC.  ORIZABA,  CA 1 IFORNIA  .  A C- 
TiVE,  and  SENA  TOR,  leave  as  advertised,  for  Portland, 
Oregon,  New  Westminster,  British  Columbia,  Victoria, 
CV.  LJ  S.mta  Barbara,  San  Pedro, and  San  Diego. 

Ofuee  of  the  ^  nipauy,  northeast  corner  of  Front  aud 
Jackson  streets." 

mar23  B.  if.  HARTSHORN'E,  President. 


rjlO  FARMERS,  MINERS,  LABORERS 

And  all  thoso  wishing  to  secure  themselves  a  portion  of 
THE  MOST    VALUABLE  AGRICULTURAL    AND  MIN- 
ERAL LANDS  OF  MEXICO, 
With  an  equal  interest  in  the  Prodis  of  the  Plantations  of 

THE  MEXICAN  SEA  ISLAND 
COTTON  COMPANY. 

HOMES  FOR  THE  POOR  AND  COMPETENCY  FOR  ALL 

SPECIAL  NOTICE. 

The  Mexican  Sea  Island  Cotton  Company,  having 
reserved  from  their  Unal  Subscription  Lrst  a  Limited 
Numlter  of  Unassessable  Shares,  (the  remaining 
shares  of  the  Coin|iiinv  having  been  taken  up  by  the 
stockholders.)  hereby  oiler  the  6auie  for  sale  at  the 
original  subscription  price  of  Sixteen  Dollars  each, 
payable  in  cash.  Every  holder  of  a  share  will  be 
entitled  to  a  portion  of  the  Company's  lauds,  having 
the  privilege  to  settle  thereon  aud  participate  iu  ail 
the  advantages  and  prolits  of  the  enterprise,  and 
special  privileges  granted  to  this  Company  by  an 
Imperial  Decree  of  Maximilian,  dated  !Uh  January, 
IStiti,  without  being  subjected  to  the  conditions  of 
regular  Government  emigrants,  this  Company  set 
tling  upon  their  own  lands,  secured  by  private  pur- 
chase, and  held  under  indisputable  Spanish  titles. 

Shareholders  becoming  actual  settlers  will  also 
have  the  privileged'  any  employment  upon  the  Com- 
pany's plantation.  Portions  of  land  will  be  allotted 
to  settlers,  to  be  held  by  them  until  a  final  division 
makes  it  their  property. 

For  the  purpose  of  increasing  the  value  of  the 
Company's  land,  and  to  create  all  the  comforts  of  a 
home  and  society,  it  is  the  intention  of  the  company 
to  form  a  regular  settlement  and  to  lav  out  a  tow'u 
adjoining  their  present  plantation  into  building  lots, 
which  will  likewise  be  fairly  divided  between  the 
8,000  shares  which  comprise  the  total  number  of  the 
company. 

A  large  number  of  shareholders  will  settle  upon 
the  company's  lands  after  the  rainy  season  iu  Octo- 
ber next.  Many  of  them  may  then  be  employed  by 
the  company,  or  by  others  able  to  plant  for  them 
selves,  or  in  developing  the  mineral  resources  of  the 
adjoining  mountains,  etc.,  etc. 

Men  of  all  tradus  and  professions,  desiring  to  emi- 
grate to  Mexico,  will  have  great  advantages  as 
shareholders  of  this  company.  They  will  find  the 
lauds  already  purchased  for  them  at  a  rate  equivalent 
to  a  free  gift,  to  be  held  by  each  shareholder  as  his 
property,  protected  by  the  best  Spanish  titles,  and 
the  good  will  of  all  political  parties  now  contending 
for  the  reins  of  government;  the  climate  the  most 
salubrious,  and  I  lie  laud  rich  and  fertile  beyond  de- 
scription ;  every  kindof  game  abounding;  the  rivers 
full  of  tish  and'with  extensive  beds  of  large  oysters; 
altogether,  a  country  where  it  is  easy  to  procure  a 
livelihood  and  the  comforts  of  a  home  wilh  less 
labor  and  less  capital  than  in  any  other  part  of  the 
world. 

The  extensive  placer  diggings,  veins  of  silver, 
and  solid  quartz  ledges,  which  are  to  be  fonnd  in  the 
immediate  vicinity,  and  leknowledged  to  be  rich 
and  very  extensive,  can.  by  the  presence  of  a  num- 
ber of  settlers,  be  profitably  developed.  Many  of 
these  mines  are  to  be  found  within  the  limits  of  the 
company's  grant.  The  Sierra  Madre  or  Mother 
Mountain  of  Mexico,  situated  only  within  about 
twenty  miles  from  the  coast,  can  be  reached  and  de- 
veloped with  ranch  greater  facility  than  the  more 
remote  mines  in  the  interior,  and  will  therefore 
make  the  company's  lands  the  most  desirable  to 
locate  upon. 

For  Maps  and  Survey,  and  further  information, 
applvat  tueoliice  of  the  MEXICAN  SEA  ISLAND 
COTTON  CO.,  Betgo's  Book  Store,  Russ  House, 
Montgomery  street,  between  the  hours  of  11  and  1 
o'clock. 

E^All  the  assessable  stock  having  been  taken 
up  by  mutual  subscription  of  slockholders,  the  com- 
paiiv  will  have  no  more  shares  to  oiler  after  the 
limited  number  of  unassessable  shares  have  been 
placed,  and  shall  prefer  to  sell  these  to  actual 
scalers — a  single  share  of  which  will  be  sufficient  to 
entitle  them  to  a  large  portion  of  the  lauds. 


We,  the  pHSKRSIGNEl)  shareholders  in  the  Mex- 
ican Sea  Island  Cotton  Company,  having  invesliga- 
ted  and  satisfied  ourselves  of  the  importance  of  the 
enterprise,  recouinu  ud  the  same  lo  the  public.  We 
are  convinced  thai  under  the  management  of  the 
present  officers  of  the  company,  with  their  efforts  to 
induce  industrious  parties  to  locate  upon  the  land, 
that  the  enterprise  must  become  very  profitable  to 
all  parlies  interested,  aud  most  beneficial  to  actual 
settlers. 

S.  R.  Kettlewell.  Blacksmith,  2(vl  First  street. 

W.  C.  Mead  &,  Son,  :£!4  Sansome  street. 

II.  O'Neil,  Proprietor  New  Branch  Hotel,  12 

Sutter  street. 
Winall  6i  Clapp,  505  Market  street. 
R.  A  S.  Repiton.  M.  D  ,SI(i  Montgomery  street. 
Win  Rudolph,  Gunsmith, 216  Pacific  street. 
G.  Burkhardt.  Jeweller,  No.  209  Pacific  street. 
E.  K.  il.  East  India  Tea  Co..  (VII  Washing-Ion  st. 
P.  D.  O'Reifnn,  People's  Bakery , comer  Fourth 

and  Jessie  streets. 
Wm.  Meyer, Provision  Dealer,  258  Third  street. 
John  Dull'.  Painter  and  Paper  Hanger.  642 Clay 

street. 

A.  E.  Mylott,  Importer  and  Dealer  iu  Cigars  and 

Tobacco,  305  Battery  street 
V.  M.  Baldwin,  Jeweller,  [33  Montgomery-st 
S.  Bavsen.  Hatter,  No.  34G  Kearny  street. 
Mai  hew  McCloskev.  (il-1  Howard  street. 

Sail  Fiaue.-co,  March  2Ulh,  1SG0.  Ular24 


lYJIl.  AND  MRS.  COGILL 

AND  SONS, 

Teachers  of  Dancing, 

CONORESS  HALL, 
On  Bush-st. ,  adjoinin   Russ  House. 


8CHOOI-— MONDAYS  AND  WEDNESDAYS.    Ladies  at 

2  r.  a.  Gentlemen  and  Ladies  at  1  1-2  r.  X.  Sor  ices 
eve-y  Friday  Evening.   Hall  'o  rent.  my5  3in 


AMERICAN  HOTEL, 
Maiu  street.       .       -  -  Petaluma. 

"Ear24  6m   EMERSON  i  LAMBERTON,  Proprietors. 


QCCIDENTAL 

INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

S.  W-  Cor.  MONTGOMERY  and  CALIFORNIA  STREETS 

INDIVIDUAL  LIABILITY. 

CAPITAL  STOCK,  $300,000 

LOSSES  PAID  £Y  UNITED  SIATES  GOLD  COIN. 

THIS  COMPANY  will  insure  against  loss  by  Fire  on  any 
Dwelling  House,  Buildings,  Merchandise  or  other  properly, 
Situated  in  the  State  of  California.  The  largest  sum  they 
will  take  on  any  one  risk  is  thirty  thousand  dollars. 

CHRISTOPHER  CHRISTIANSEN,  President. 
J.  GREENEBAUM,  Vice  President 
B.  Rothschild,  Secretary.  mh25tf 

— i  1  





QREAT  TRIUMPHS 

STEINWAY  &  SONS 


Wcreawardert  the  FIRST  PRIZE  MEDALat  thelati  ea. 
INTERNATIONAL  EXHIBITION  AT  LONDON,  over  Ihe 
two  hundred  aud  sixty-nine  Pianos  entered  for  comjiciilion 
from  all  parts  of  the  world. 

The  Special  Correspondent  of  the  New  York  Ttmex  snyr  : 

"  Messrs.  Stciaway  &  Sous'  indorsement  by  the  Jurors 
is  emphatic,  »tM  stronger  and  more  to  the  point  than  that 
of  any  European  iu.iivit." 

A  ruii.-i.iiit  supply  ef  the  above  superior  instruments  caa 
be  found  at  the  Agent's, 

M.  GRAY,  013  Clay  street. 
PIANO  TUNING  done  by  a  lir^t-clase  Workaian,  ton 

Steinway  A;  Son's  Factory,  New  York.  m>2& 


E  R  ' S 

AGUE  CURE, 

Fot  the  Speedy  and 
Certain  Cure  of  In 
termittPnt  Fever  or  j 
Chills  and  Fever,  Re-i- 
niittent  Fever,  Chill; 
Fever,  Dumb  Ague,' 
Periodical  Headache 
or  Bilious  Headache, 
aud  Bilious  Fevers  ; 

indeed,  lor  the  whole  class  of  disc..;.  ?  m.^i- 
uating  in  biliary  derangement,  caused  by  the 
malaria  of  miasmatic  countries 

This  remedy  has  rarely  failed  to  cure  the  severest  cases 
of  Chills  aud  Fever,  and  it  has  this  treat  advantage  i.ver 
other  Ague  medicines,  that  it  sublines  the  complaint 
•vlthont  injury  to  the  pniirnt.  It  eoniftlin  no  quinine  or 
oilier  deielenous  substance,  uor  does  it  produce  quinism 
or  any  injurious  effect  whatever.  Snaking  brothers  of  tbo 
army  an  i  the  Wrsi ,  try  it  and  you  will  endorse  these 
assertions. 

Prepared  by  J.  C.  AYER  ."c  CO  ,  Lowell,  Mass.  and  sold 
by 

CRANE  &  BRIGHAM,  San  Francisco, 
my 24  2m  >nd  all  Dealers. 


() 


PPOS1T10N  STEAM  Kll-DAY, 


SATURDAY.  JULY  14.  1BC4. 


GREAT  REDUCTION   IN  RATES, 

VIA  NIC  All  AULA  ! 

THE  CENTRAL  AMERICAN  TRANSIT  COMPANY  will 
despatch  the  favorite  Steamship 

AMERICA, 
On  Satukday,  -      Jolt  14th, 

From  Mission  street  Wharf,  at  lOo'clock,  A.  M  ,  precisely 
Coanectiug  at  GREYTOWN  with  the  splendid  Steamship 

S  A  N TI AGO  , 

2.500  Tuns,  fob  Nkw  YoBK. 
&ST  For  Passage  and  Freight,  and  Insurance  on  Treas- 
ure, at  greully  REDUCED  RATES,  imply  lo 

I.  W.  RAYMOND.  Ai;en«, 
Northwest  corner  Battery  and  line  streets 

Up  stairs,  San  Franclsoa. 


rpiIE  ONLY  L1YING  ASTROLOGER, 

PROF.  COHEN, 
KtO  California  street,  San  Francisco, 

THROUGH  HIS  NATURAL  GP  T,  can  give  correct  .... 
mution  en  Ihe  Past.  Pre.-eiit  and  Future,  on  any  subject 
tnal  may  be  required  so  as  to  avoid  trouble.  As  evidence 
of  his  reputation,  he  lias  received  over  lMiou  coDSUltatioas 
during  his  resioenre  el'  six  vears  in  San  Friilieiseo  I  Cou- 
suliaiion  fee,  $2.  By  leu.  r,  *3.  Letter  box,  104.  It  is 
not  necessary  to  give  the  age.  Olllce,  530  California 
street.    Hours  Irom  8  l.  M.  to  ll  P.  M.  marlfi  3in 


{JOMH  AND  SEE  ME  ! 

DR.  JOHN  UEALD, 

DENTIST, 

HAS  REMOVED  TO  THE 

CORNER  KEA  RNY  AND  CALIFORNIA  STS, 
Where  he  will  be  pleased  losee  all  old  friends,  and  plenty 
of  new  ones.  Every  variety  of  Dental  Operations  |ier- 
formed  in  ihe  besi  manner,  and  at  pnecp  that  shall  suit 
all  inrsiis.  ^ENTRANCE  ON  CALIFORNIA  SMEET. 
ap2S  3m , 


July  7th J 


THE    C ALI FORNIAN 


15 


UNITED  STATES  STAMP  DUTIES. 
As  Amended  March  3,  1865. 

ABEFI  LLY  REVISED  AND   COBRKCrED   FOB  THE  CAUKOBNIAN. 


PENALTIES. 

Penalty  for  malting,  signing,  or  issuing  any  instrn- 
.ment,  document,  or  paper  of  miy  kind  wlmtwjcver, 
without  the  same  being  duly  stamped,  for  denoting 
the  duty  hereby  imposed  thereon,  $50 ;  and  the 
instrument  shall  be  deemed  invall3  and  of  no  effect ; 
or  for  counterfeiting  stamps  or  dies,  $1,000,  and  im- 
prisonment to  hard  labor  not  exceeding  live  years. 
For  making,  signing,  issuing,  accepting,  or  paving 
any  bill  of  exchange,  draft,  order,  or  note  without 
stamp,  $:J00.  For  selling  proprietary  cosmetics, 
matches,  photographs,  etc.,  without  proper  stamps, 
$10.    For  removing  sUuups  on  these  articles,  $50. 


STAMP  DUTIES, 
Agreement  Contract  or  Appraisement,  not  other- 
wise specified,  each  sheet  or  piece  ofnaper.  .$0  05 
Assignment  of"  Mortgage,  Lease,  or  Policy  of  In- 
surance, name  as  originul  instrument.  Assign- 
ment of  Patent  Uiglit   05 

Bank  Checks,  Drafts  or  orders,  exceeding  $10, 

at  sight  or  on  demand  ,   02 

Bills  at  Exchange,  (inland,)  or  draft  otherwise 
'.nan  at  sight  or  on  demand,  or  promissory  note 
except  bank  notes  for  circulation,)  or  any 
memorandum,  check  or  receipt,  or  any  evi- 
dence of  an  amount  of  money  payable  on  de- 
mand or  at  a  designated  time,  for  a  sum  nut 

exceeding  $100   05 

Every  additional  $1110,  or  fractional  part.  -.  05 
Bill  of  Exchange,  (foreign,)  or  letter  of  credit, 
drawn  in,  but  payable  out  of  the  U.  S.,  if 
drawn  singly,  the  same  rates  as  inland  bills  of 
exchange,  or  promissory  notes. 

If  drawn  in  sets  of  three  or  more,  for  each 
bill  of  the  set,  where  the  sum  shall  not  ex- 
ceed JdOO  or  its  equivalent  in  any  foreign  cur- 
rency in  which  such  bill  may  be  expressed, 
according  to  CTie  standard  value  fixed  by  U.  S.  02 
Every  additional  $100,  or  fractional  part —  02 
Bill  of  Lading,  or  receipt  for  any  merchandise 
or  effects,  to  be  exported  to  a  foreign  port  or 

place   10 

Bill  of  Sale,  conveying  any  ship  or  vessel,  or 
any  part  thereof,  "where  the  donsiderationdoes 

not  exceed  $500    50 

For  every  additional  $500,  or  fractional  part 

thereof   50 

Bill  of  Sale  of  personal  property  other  than 

ships  or  vessels   05 

Bond,  indemnifying  anyperson  for  the  payment 
of  monet,  where  the  amount  recoverable  is 

$1,000  of  less   50 

For  every  additional  $1,000,  or  fractional 

part  thereof   50 

Bond  for  the  due  performance  of  the  duties  of 

any  office   1  00 

Bond  of  any  other  description,  except  such  as 
may  be  required  in  legal  proceedings,  or  used 
in  connection  with  mortgage  deeds,  and  not 

otherwise  charged  ill  this  schedule   25 

Charier- Party,  snip,  vessel  or  steamer,  not  over 
IM  tone,  $f ;  150  to  300  tons,  $3  i  300  to  000 

tons,  $5 ;  over  600  tons  10  00 

Certificate  of  l'rolils,  or  any  memorandum  show- 
ing an  interest  in  property,  or  accumulations 
of  any  incorporated  company,  for  a  sum  not 

less  than  $10  nor  exceeding  $50   10 

Exceeding  $50  and  not  $1,1100   25 

For  every  additional  $l,00U  or  fractal  part  25 
Certificate  of  Damage,  and  all  other  certificates 
or  documents  issaed  by  Port  Wardens  or  Ma- 
rine Surveyors,  or  other  persons  acting  as  such  25 
Certificate  of  Deposit,  not  exceeding  the  sum  of 

$100,  2  cento  ;  exceeding'$100   05 

Certificate X)f  stock  in  any  incorporated  cump'y,  25 

Certificates,  other  than  specified  "..  05 

Contract,  broker's  note  or  memorandum  of  sale 
of  goods,  Btocks,  bonds,  exchange  notes  of 
hand,  real  estate,  or  other  description  of  prop- 
erty, issued  by  any  person  acting  as  a  broker, 

for  each  note  or  memorandum  of  sale   10 

Deed  or  Conveyance  of  Real  Estate,  value  not 
over  $500,  50c.  ;   every  additional  $500,  or 

fractional  part  thereof   50 

Entry  of  Goods  at  any  custom  house,  value  not 
over  $100,  25c  ;  over  $100  and  not  over  $500, 

50c.;  over  $500  1  00 

For  the  withdrawal  of  goods  from  bonded 

warehouse   50 

Ganger's  Returns,  quarterly,  for  quantity  not 

over  500  galls,  gross,  10c.;  over  500  gulls,  gr.  25 
Insurance  (.Marine,  Inland  and  File)  policy  or 
renewal,  premium  not  over  $10,  l()c;  $10  to 
$50,  25c. ;  over  $50,  50c.  ;  Life  policy,  under 
$1,000,  25c;  $1,000  to  $5,000,  50c;  over  $5,000.1  00 
Lease  of  Inads  or  tenements,  rent  not  over  $300 

pcr-anmnn,  5lh~. ;  each  hilol'l  $g00  or  fraction.  00 
Manifest,  cargo  to  foreign  port,  registered  ton 
nage  not  over  300  tons,  $1  ;  over  300  and  not 

over  600,  $3;  over  600  tons  5  00 

Measurer's  Returns,  for  quantity  not  over  1,000 

bushels,  10c;  ovlr'l.OOtl.bushils   25 

Mortgage,  Trust  deed,  or  personal  bond  for  pay- 
ment of  money,  $100  to  $500.  50c;  each  addi- 
tional $500  '.   50 

Each  assignment  of  mortgage,  lease  or  pol- 
icy of  insurance,  or  renewal  of  the  same, 
is  subject  to  same  duties  as  the  original. 
Medicines  or  Preparations,  Perfumery  and  Cos- 
metics— Every  package,  box,  bottle,  etc.,  re- 
tailing for  25c.  or  less.,,....,,   01 

Each  additional  25c.  or  fractional  part  there- 
of, up  to  $1,  lc.i  each  additional  50c  or 

fractional  part  thereof,  over  $1   03 

Playing  (.'aids — Each  pack,  price  not  over  18c, 
2c;  from  18  to  2oc,  4c  ;  25  to  50c,  10c;  50c. 
to  $1,  15c.;  each  additional  50c.  or  fractional 

part  thereof   05 

Photographs,  Arnbrotypes,  Daguerreotypes  or 
Sun  Pictures,  upon  each,  retailing  for  25c.  or 
less,  2c;  over  25  and  not  over  50c,  5c;  over 
50c.  and  not  over  f  I,  3c;  each  additional  $  I 

or  fractional  part  thereof   05 

Passage  Ticket  to  foreign  port,  cost  not  over  $35, 
50c:  over  $:t5  aud  not  over  $50,  $1 ;  every  ad- 
ditional $50  or  fractional  part  thereof  1  00 

Power  of  Attorney  to  sell  or  transfer  stock,  scrip, 

bonds,  or  eollect  dividends  or  int.  thereon  25 
To  vote  for  officers  of  incorporated  comp'y  or 
society  not  religious,  charitable  or  literary, 

or  public  cemeteries   "10 

To  receive  or  collect  rents   25 

To  soil,  convey,  rent  or  lease  real  estate  1  00 

For  auv  olhei  l>,irMWi>jtf   5Q 


Probate  of  Will,  or  letters  of  administration,  es- 
tate  not  over  $2,000,  $1 ;    each  additional 

$1,000  or  fractional  part  thereof   50 

Protest,  of  note,  bill,  acceptance  check  or  draft,  25 
Promissory  Note — See  Bill  of  Exchange,  inland. 
Receipt  for  payment  of  money  or  debt  over  $20, 
not   being  for   satisfaction  of  mortgage, 
judgment  or  decree  of  Court,  and  receipt 

for  the  delivery  of  property   02 

Warehouse,  for  property  stored,  not  over  $500 
in  value,  10c.  ;  $500  to  $1,000,  20c.  ;  every 

additional  $1,000   10 

For  any  goods  held  in  storage,  and  not  other- 
wise provided  for   25 

Weigher's  Returns,  up  to  5,000  lbs. ,  10c;  over 

5,000  lbs.   25 

Writs,  or  original  process,  for  commencing  suit 
in  Court  of  record,  and  in  Court  not  of  rec- 
"  orcl,  when  amount  claimed  is  $100  or  over, 
except  before  Justices  of  the  Peace,  or  in 
court  of  no  greater  jurisdiction  as  to  dam- 
ages, or  in  suit  commenced  by  the  United 

States  or  any  State   50 

Upon  every  confession  of  judgment,  or  cogno- 
vit, for  $100  or  over,  except  where  tax  for 

a  writ  has  been  paid   50 

Writs  or  process  on  appeal  from  Justice's 
courts  and  other  courts  of  inferior  jurisdic- 
tion to  courts  of  record   50 

Warrant  of  distress — rent  claimed  under  $t00, 

25c;  over  $100   50 


B 


R1TISH  PERIODICALS. 


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ative.) 

TnE  Edinburgh  Review  (Whig-.) 
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The  interest  of  these  Periodicals  to  American 
reads.rs.iB  rather  uni-eased  than  dnrniisUid  by  (he 
articles'  they  contain  on  our  late  Civil  War,  anil 
though  sometimes  tinged  with  prejudice,  they  may 
still,  considering  their  great  ability, and  the  different 
Stand-points,  from  which  they  are  written,  be  read 
and  studied  with  advantage  '  by  the  people  of  this 
country,  of  every  creed  and  party. 

TERMS  FOR  1866. 

For  any  one  of  the  Reviews,  per  annum  $4 

For  any  two  of  the  Reviews,  per  annum  7 

For  any  three  of  the  Reviews,  per  annum  10 

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Blackwood  and  three  of  the  Reviews,  per  annum.  13 
Blackwood  and  the  four  Reviews,  per  annum  15 

C  I.  u  H  s  . 

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clubs  of  four  or  more  persons.  Thus,  Jour  copies  of 
Blackwood,  or  of  one  Review,  will  he  sent  to  one 
address  for  $12  80.  Four  copies  of  the  four  Reviews 
and  Blackwood,  for  $18,  and  so  on. 

POSTAGE. 

■When  sent  by  mail,  the  Postage  to  any  part  of  the 
Union  will  be  but  Twenty-four  Cents  a  year  for 
Blackwood,  and  pflt  Eight  Cents  a  year  for  each 
of  the  Reviews 

nufiucrn  prices  for  previous  tears. 

Subscribers  may  obtain  the  Reprints  immediately 
preceding  1866,  as  follows,  viz: 

Blackwood  from  September,  1864,  to  December, 
1865,  inclusive,  at  the  rate  of  $2  50  a  year. 

The  North  British  from  January,  lNtij,  to  Decem- 
ber, 1805,  inclusive;  the  Edinburgh  and  the  West- 
minster from  April,  1S64,  to  December,  1805,  inclu- 
sive, and  the  London  Quarterly  for  the  year  1865,at 
the  rate  of  $1  50  a  year  for  each  or  any  Review. 

A  tew  copies  yet  remain  of  all  the  Four  Reviews 
for  1863  at  $  1  a  Vet,  or  $1  SO  for  any  one. 

LEONARD  SCOTT  &  CO.",  Publishers, 
38  Walker  street, New  York. 


rjl  Y  L  E  R  BROTHERS, 


NO.  632  WASHINGTON  STREET, 

■  -*-Y  :>  3  I  2  OH 
and  691  market  street,  corner,  third, 

san  francisco, 

importers,  wholesale  and  retail  dealers  in 

SCHOOL  BOOKS, 

STATIONERY, 

PHOTOGRAPH  ALBUMS, 

BLANK  BOOKS, 

PORTFOLIOS, 

JUVENILE  BOOKS, 

FANCY  ARTICLES, 

CM 1LDRENS'  PICTURE  BOOKS,  Etc. 

Especial  attention  given  tu 

LADIES'  STATIONERY, 

Which  we  stamp  with 

INITIALS, 

In  COLORS  or  PLAIN. 


WEDDING    AND  VISITING  CARDS 

ENGRAVED,  WRITTEN,  OR  PRINTED. 

Je23  „  fYlrr|- 

BOWMAN  i.  CO., 
Dealers  in  Stoves  anil  Tin  Ware, 
MM  8iu  Main  street,  Pctalunia. 


pACIFIC  MAIL   STEAMSHIP  CO.'S 

Tl trough  Line  to  New  York. 

CARRYING  THE  TJ.  S.  MAIL ! 

Leave  Folsom-streot  Wharf  at  11  o'clock  a.  m.  of  the 
following  (hues,  for  PANAMA,  connecting  via  Panama 
Railroad,  with  one  of  the  Company's,  splendid  steamers 
from  ASPINWAt.L  for  NEW  YORK. 

On  the  10ta,  18th,  sua  SOlli  of  each  month  that  has  30 
days. 

On  the  10th,  19th,  and  30th  of  each  month  that  has  31 
days. 

When  the  10th,  19th  and  30lh  fall  on  Sunday  they  will 
leave  on  Saturday  preceding  ;  when  the  18th  falls  on  Sun- 
day, they  will  leave  on  Monday  following. 

Steamer  leaving  San  Francisco  on  the  10th  touches  at 
Manzauillo.   All  touch  at  Acapulco. 

Departure  Of  191h  connects  With  French  Transatlantic 
company's  steamer  for  St,  Nazaire,  and  English  steamer 
for  South  America. 

Departure  of  10th  connects  with  English  steamer  for 
Southampton,  aud  P.  R.  R.  Co.'s  steamer  for  Central 
America. 

Departure  of  30th  connects  with  English  steamer  for 
Tumaco,  the  port  of  the  new  mines. 

STEAMERS  FOR  JULY  : 
The  following  steamships  will  be  despatched  from  SaD 
Francisco  ou  the  date  given  : 

JULY  lOtli,     ....  SACRAMENTO, 

Captain  J.  M.  Cavarly, 
(Connecting  with  the  HENRY  CIIAUNCET,  Capt.  Gray 
JULY  19th,      ....      GOLDEN  AGE, 
(Connecting  with  the  NEW  YORK,  Captain  Bradbury.) 

Captain  W.  F.  Lapidge, 
JULY  30th,     ....  CONSTITUTION, 
Captain  E,  S.  Farnswortb, 
(Connecting  with  the  ARIZONA,  Captain  Maury.) 

An  experienced  Surgeon  on  board.  Medicine  and  attend- 
ance free. 

Cabin  Passengers  will  he  hcrthod  through.  Baggage 
checked  through — 100  pounds  allowed  each  adult. 

Fur  Merchandise  Freight  apply  to  Messrs.  Wells,  Fargo 
k  To. 

The  steamer  will  positively  leave  at  11  o'clock.  Pas- 
sengers are  requested  to  have  their  baggage  ou  hoard  be- 
fore 10  o'clock 

For  Passage  and  all  other  information,  apply  at  Pacific 
Mail  Stem i si iip  company's  office,  corner  of  Sacramento  aud 
heftdesdorff  streets. 

OLIVER  ELDRIDGE,  Agent. 


VEGETABLE  AMBROSIA 

IS  THE  MIRACLE  OF  THE  AGE! 

Gray-headed.  People  have  their 
locks  restored  by  it  to  the  dark,  lustrous, 
tilken  tresses  of  youth,  and  are  happy! 

Young  People,  with  light,  faded  or  red  Hair, 
have  these  unfashionable  colors  changed  to 
a  beautiful  auburn,  and  rejoice! 

People  whose  heads  are  covered  with 
Dandruff  and  Humors,  use  it,  and  have  clean 
coats  and  clear  and  healthy  scalps  ! 

Bald-Headed  Veterans  have 
their  remaining  locks  tightened,  and  the 
hare  spots  covered  with  a  luxuriant  growth 
of  Hair,  and  dance  for  joy ! 

Young  Gentlemen  use  it  because  it  is 
richly  perfumed ! 

Young  Ladies  use  it  because  it  keeps 
their  Hair  in  place ! 

Everybody  must  and  mil  use  it,  because 
it  is  the  cleanest  and  best  article  in  the 
market !  • :_!» 

^  For  Sale  by  Druggists  generally. 


For 


ale  ami  retail,  by 


JOHN  F.  SNOW, 

Sole  Agent  for  the  Pacific  Coast,  24  Post  street, 
jc23  Sau  Francisco, 


rjl  H  E  PACIFIC 

INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

HAVING  added 

MARINE  INSURANCE 

TO  THEIR  BUSINESS,  ARE  NOW  PREPARED  TO  ISSUE 
POLICIES  ON 

Marine,  Inland  Navigation,  and  Fire  EisLs, 

ON    TUB     MUST    fAVORAIir.E  TERMS. 

Office,  43G  California  street. 

J.  HUNT,  President 


A.  J.  RALSTON,  Secretary. 


iiij5.3ui 


Q  CCIDENT  A  L 

HOMESTEAD 


Association, 


OFFICE, 


305  MONTGOMERY  STREET. 


Capital  Stock,  $33,GG0. 


102  SHARES  $330  EACH. 

This  Association  was  formed  to  enable  its  mem- 
bers to  obtain  dosirablo  homestead  lots  in  this  city  at  a 
cheap  anil  easy  rate,  paying  for  the  same  by  regular 
monthly  instalments. 

For  this  purpose  they  have  purchased  Blocks  409,  500, 
and  501,  in  the  Western  Addition  to  this  city,  bounded  by 
Devisadero,  Pine,  Broderick  and  Clay  streets. 

Subscribers  will  pay  an  initiation  fee  of  $5  on  each 
share  taken,  to  form  a  fund  for  defraying  current  ex- 
penses, and  $11  per  month  for  thirty  mouths,  commen- 
cing in  April,  1S66. 

The  property  is  within  three  blocks  of  the 
TURK  STREET  RAILROAD, 

IS  NEARLY  ALL  ON  THE  GRADE, 
and  is  most  desirably  located  for  Homestead  purposes. 

It  is  directly  cast  from  tho  lands  of  the  California 
Association. 

The  property  has  been  purchased  on  very  reasonable 
terms,  and  oners  a  rare  opportunity  for  investment. 

A  number  of  fine  houses  arc  in  process  of  erection,  and 
streets  are  being  graded  near  this  property,  which  will 
greatly  increase  its  value. 

When  twelve  monthly  payments  have  been  made,  the 
property  will  be  divided  among  the  members  in  the  usual 
m'inner,  and  each  shareholder  will  receive  a  contract  for 
a  deed  to  the  lot  or  lots  to  which  he  may  be  eutitled,  and 
have  the  privilege  of  taking  immediate  possession  of  the 
same. 

The  lots  averago  27  feet  iu  front  by  120  feet  iu  depth. 
The  whole  amount  due  upon  any  lot  may  be  paid  at  any 
time,  and  discount  at  the  rate  of  one  and  one-half  per 
cent,  per  month  will  be  deducted  therefrom. 

Persons  wishing  to  visit  the  lands  of  this  Association 
will  take  the  Tunc  street  cars  to  Bevisadero  street,  and 
thence  go  northerly  along  Devisadero  to  Pine  street. 

Twenty  thousand  dollars  of  the  capital  stocK  is  taken, 
and  the  books  are  opeD  for  subscription  to  the  balance  a  t 
the  office  of  the  Secretary,  where  the  Official  Map  of  tho 
Association  can  be  seen,  and  lull  particulars  obtained. 

The  Title  to  this  Property  is  Perfect. 

J.  S.  hVTY,  Secretary, 
Oillco,  305  Montgomery  street,  corner  of  Pine, 
myl9-3m  Rooms  2  and  6. 


|^OYS !    BOYS !    BOYS  I 

NOW  IS  THE  TIME  I 


H.  M.  LOCKWOOD  &  CO., 
New  No.  624)  CLAY  STREET,  (Old  No  17 

Have  received  a  I.arge  Stock  of 

GENTS'  AND  BOYS'  CLOTHING 

— AND — 

FURNISHING  GOODS, 

Which  they  are  selliug 
AT  VERY  LOW  PRICES. 
Every  Garment  warranted.    All  are  invited  to  call  aud 
examine  our  goods. 

H.  M.  LOCKWOOD  k  CO. 
jal  624  Clay  street,  San  Francisco. 


pACIFIC  OCEAN  HOUSE, 
SANTA  CRUZ,  CAL. 

THIS  NEW  AND  COMMODIOUS  HOTEL,  built  and  fur- 
Dished  in  accordance  with  the  most  mndcrii  and  improved 
plans,  and  with  a  view  to  the  comfort  and  convenience  of 
its  patrons,  is  now  open  for  the  receptiou  of  gnests. 

To  those  who  have  visited  Santa  Cruz,  it  is  unnecessary 
to  speak  of  its  beauties  and  its  natural  advantages  over 
all  other  places  of 

Summer  Resort. 

To  tli op e  who  have  not  ,  the  Proprietor  can  only  My 
COME  AND  JUDGE  FOR  YOURSELVES — giving  all 
who  tuny  come  the  assurance  tnat  hie  oarnest  endeavors 
shall  he  to  make  ihe  Hotel,  iu  all  its  appointments,  equal 
to  the  surroundings  of  this  delightful  Sea  side  Resort. 

GEO.  T.  BROMLEY, 

Santa  Cruz,  April  4, 1866 .  Proprietor. 


M 


ARRET  STREET  RAILROAD 


CHANGE    OF   TIME  TABLE. 

■ 

ON  AND  AFTER  AUGUST  1,  1865,  Trains  will  start 

rom  tho  City  ann  the  Mission  every  hour  -  Instead  of  erory 
forty  minutes,  as  heretofore. 

Trains  from  the  City  will  start  at  the  odd  hour,  com  - 
mencing  at  6:30  A.  M.  and  every  hour  thereafter  unti  1 
11.30  P.  M. 

mh25  F.  McCOPPIN,  Superintendent 


16 


THE  CALIFORNIA**. 


[July  7th 


M 


AGUIRES  OPERA  HOUSE. 


T.  MAGUTRE  - 
C.  L.  GRAVES  - 
W.  STEVENSON 


-  Pbopbietor 
Stage  Manager 


SATURDAY  AFTERNOON,  JULY  7,  1866. 


Miss  Kate  Denin 


M  3u  VI 


Mr.  John  Wilson 


SUPPORTED    BY    THE    OPERA    HOUSE  COMPANY, 
will  appear  in  the  play  of 

EAST  LYNNE. 


Saturday  evening.- 
MISS  KATE  BENIN, 

MR.  JOHN  WILSON, 

AND 

THE  OPERA  HOUSE  COMPANY, 
i.v 

Oliver  Twist. 


PRICES  OF  ADMISSION: 

Press  Circle  and  Orchestra,  $1  00 

Parquet,  -    50 

Upper  Circle,   --------  25 

^CADEMY  OF  MUSIC. 

THOMAS  MAGCIRE,  -  -  -  Sole  Proprietor  <md  Manager. 

CHARLES  TIBBETTS,  Stage  Manager. 

J.  B.  MARSHALL,  Treasurer. 

MONDAY  EVENING  July  9th, 

FIRST  APPEARANCE  OF 

The  Howson  English  and 

Italian  Opera  Troupe, 

Id  Bcl.ini's  Grand  Opera  in  English, entitled 

LA  SONNAMBULA. 

AmiDa  Miss  Emma  Howson 

Lisa  Miss  Clelia  Howson 

Elvira)  Mr.  Henri  Herbaria 

Count  Rodolpho  Mr.  Frank  Howson 

Conductor  Mr.  F.  A.  Howson 

Enlarged  Chorus  ani  Orchestra.  New  Scenery  painted 
by  Mr.  A.  Turning. 

THURSDAY  EVENING,  JULY  12— 
Wallace's  Great  Opera  of 

MARITANA. 

MONDAY  EVENING,  JULY  16— 

First  time  hi  the  United  Slates  of  the  English  version 
of  Gounod's  great  opera  of 

FAUST. 

fly  Boi  Office  now  open.   Scats  may  be  secured  Tor  the 

week.    Books  of  the  Opera  for  sile  at  the  Box  Office. 

Dress  Circle  and  Orchestra  $1  00 

Reserved  Seats  50  cents  extra 

Family  Circle  50  cents 

Gallery  25  cents 

Private  Boxes  $10  and  $5 


J   OW  PRICES 

IN 

Gents'  Furnishing  .Goods, 

if  y  "I  O  H  V  /  'I  TW>  '  >  t  T  I  O  t  CJ  ' 

WARD'S  SHIRT  STORES, 

323  MONTGOMERY  STREET, 
V     CORNSR  OF  MARKET  AND  THIRD  STREETS, 
SAN  FRANCISCO. 


P.  S. — Printed  directions  for  self-measurement  for 
Shirts  and  Price  Lists  of  Goods  sent  free  by  mail. 
ap21-3m 


JJEER  AND  WINE  SALOON. 

Faust  Cellar. 

Southeast  corner  of  Clay  aud  Montgomery  streets. 
A.  L.  THIELE  Proprietor 

WESTPHALIA  HAMS,  RUSSIAN  CAVIAR,  SARDINES, 
Anchovies,  Swiss  aud  Limbnrg  Cheese,  etc.;  the  flnesl 
Brands  of  Liquors,  Wines,  Cigars,  and  Seltzer  Water, 
Wholesale  aud  Retail. 

j(ar  Fishing  aud  Hunting  Parties  fitted  out  at  the  sho^ 
est  notice. 


TIT  ORDERS  OF  WONDERS  ! 

TO  UK  St  EN  ONLY  AT  TUB 

Pacific  Museum  of  Anatomy  and  Science, 
Eureka  Theatre,  Montgomery  street, 
ja2"  tf  between  California  and  Pine. 


rpiIE  CALIFORNIANS 
SAN  FRANCISCO  BUSINESS  DIRECTORY. 

AUCTIONEERS. 
Olney  4:  Co. ,  removed  to  418  Moutgomery  street. 

BUSINESS  AND  PROPERTY  AGENCY. 
S.  P.  Whitman,  313  Montgomery  sf 
BATHS. 

Dr.  Bourne's,  (Medical,)  10Post,near  Montgomery 

BOWLING  ALLEYS. 
Wholers  k  Stcil.Pine  aud  Montgomery,  (Russ  House.) 

BOOKS. 
A.  Gcnsoul,  fill  Montgomery. 

A.  Roman  k  Co.,  417  aud  419  Montgomery  street. 

BOOTS  AND  SHOES. 
Finch  k  Co. ,  133  Montgomery  street. 
I.  M.  Weutworth  k  Co.  (wholesale  manufac.)  210  Pine  st 

COLLECTOR. 

B.  Pulverman,  614  Moutgomery — Office  hours, 1  to  3  p.m. 

CLOTHING. 
H  M.  Loclcwood  k  Co.,  624  Clay  street. 
J.  R.  Mead  &  Co.,  corner  Montgomery  and  Bush  stree  ts 
William  Sherman.  412  S.iusome.  corner  Commercial. 
Quincy  Hall,  545,  547,  and  549  Washington  street. 

COAL  OIL,  LAMPS,  ETC. 
Dell,  Cranna  ft  Co.  (wholesale)  513  Front  street. 
A.  C.  Dietz  ft  Co.,  (wholesale,)  521  Front  street. 

COPPER  CRUSHER  AND  SAMPLER. 
S.  W.  Howlaud,  24  California  street,  (at  Thomas'  Mil ,) 

DRESS  TRIMMINGS,  WORSTEDS,  ETC. 
Mrs.  Norcross,  5  Montgomery  street  (Masonic  Temple.) 

DENTISTS. 

Dr.  Blake,  removed  to  Third,  corner  Mission. 

Dr.  A.  NT.  Clark  (late  Kuowles  ft  Clark)  removed  to  410 

Kearuv. 

Dr.  Wm.  B.  McAllister.  221  Third  street. 
Wuilcouib  ft  Dyer,  205  Thin' ,  near  Howard. 

DANCING  ACADEMY. 
Coghill's.  Congress  Hall,  Bush,  above  Montgomery 
Fuller  ft  McCarthy,  727  Market,  near  Third. 

DRY  GOODS. 
Meagher,  TaafTe  ft  Co..  9  Montgomery  street. 
Mosgrove  ft  Blakely,  222  Third,  near  Howard. 
Buyce  ft  Reich,  S  W  corner  Jackson  and  Stockton. 

DRUGGISTS. 

K.  H.  MrDonald  &Co.,  (Wholesale')  Sansome,  cor.  Fine- 
Shepardson  ft  Gates,  (successors  to  R.  Hall  ft  Co.,)  cor- 
ner Sansome  and  Commercial.  f 

EDUCATIONAL  INSTITUTIONS. 
Cal .  Collegiate  Institute,  Miss  M.  Lamraon  I,  68  Silver. 
Miel  Institute,  Miss  Florence  James,  55 South  Park. 
Pacillc  Business  College,  751  Market  street, above  Third 

FURNITURE. 
Goodwin  ft  Co.,  510  and  528  W.tsliiogton  streets.  . 
J.  Peirce,  415,  417  and  419  California  street. 

GROCERS. 
X.  Bosohen,  corner  Filth  and  Mini.a. 
Slosj«on  ft  Lodcl,  southwest  corner  Folsom  and  First. 
J  J.  Miller,  corner  Sutter  and  Leavenworth. 
Haskell  ft  Co.,  Market  and  Sutter  sts,  below  the  Market' 
W.  M.  Noble  ft  Co.,  cor  Howard  aud  Twelfth  streets 

HATTER. 

Lamott  (wholesale  and  retail)  227  Montgomery  street, 
HOTKLS. 

Brooklyn.  John  Kelly,  Jr., Sausome,  corner  Pine. 
Chicago,  E.  W„  Heinibni g  ft  Co. .  220  Pacific  street. 

INSURANCE. 

Mutual  Life  Ins.  Co. .  H.  S.  Honiara,  Aeent.  609  Clay. 

Manhattan,  R.  B.  Swain  ft  Co. ,  A^'t.;,  206  Ftojul  ,cor  Cal. 
'National  las.  Co.,N.E.  cor.  Montgomery  and  California. 

Occidental  lus.  Co. .  S.  W  oor.  Montgom'y  and  California'. 
•  Pacillc  Ins.  Co. .  436  C.ililornia  street." 

BroolilYH  Lite,  »  T  Kang,  agent,  B  E  eor  Montg'y  ft  Pine 
'  RESTAURANTS. 

Bivalve,  Noltiug  ft  Sn-cen,  640  Market,  near  Kearny. 

Eureka.  C.  H.  BrirkwVdell  ft  Co. ,  Clay,  near  Montgoin'y 

Magnolia.  143  Third  street. 

Market,  by  Felix  and  Gusuve  Besson,  520  Merchant. 
Philadelphia,  Jacob  Weiss.  308  Montgomery  street. 
Helvetia,  Johniury  ft  Bms  .  524  Merchant  street. 
Suulinaun's,  506  Montgomery  street. 

SALOONS. 

Russell  ft  Holding's  Exchange,  622  Market  street 
Charter  Oak,  Frank  Kelly,  N  E.  cor  Third  und  Howard 
Razzctti  ft  Co.'s.  527  Washington,  above  the  Market. 
Jones'  Sample  Rooms.  S.E.  cor  Montgomery  and  Cal. 
S  Myers, 332  Montgomery  street. 
V.  Snuarza,  44  Lcidcsdorfrstreet. 

Sun  Burst.  Cariilin  ft  Me  Anile,  cor.  Second  and  Market. 
Coalcs  ft  Henderson,  37  Sutter  street. 

•  .  SCALES.  ■  <-•'  "an  H'.Il  10  1 
Fairbanks  ft  Hutchinson,  Depot  for  Fairbanks'  Scales 
334  Montgomery  street.  , 

SEWING    MACHINES.  { 
Grover  ft  Baiter.  R. '  .  Browu,  116  Montgomery. 
The  Florence,  office  111  Montgomery  Street. 
Wheeler  ft-  Wilson,  corner  Montgomery  aud  Sacramento 

.,     .       TOYS,  ETC. 
FeMbush  k  Co..  207  Montgomery  street. 
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Dresden  China. 

A  Golden  Wedding— By  C.  H.  Webb. 

POETRY  : 
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A    GOLDEN  WEDDING. 

FIFTIETH  ANNIVERSARY  OF   THE  NUPTIALS  OF  BISHOP  HOPKINS, 
OF  VERMONT. 

Burlington,  Vt.,  June  7,  1866. 

IN  an  age  in  which  iron  and  brass  so  closely  meet  and  blend 
that  it  is  almost  impossible  to  tell  where  the  one  ends  and 
the  other  begins,  a  bid  to  any  golden  wedding  is  not  to  be 
slighted.  And  you  may  be  sure  that  an  invitation  to  attend 
the  celebration  of  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  nuptials  of 
Eight  Kev.  J.  H.  Hopkins,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Dio- 
cese of  Vermont,  did  not  in  my  case  fall  upon  sluggish  ears. 

(In  conformity  with  established  usage  and  in  deference  to  a  I 
certain  formality  generally  expected  in  print,  I  bestow  upon  j 
the  Bishop  all  the  titles  which  are  his  of  right,  though  under 
the  more  familiar  addiess  of  "  Bishop  Hopkins,"  a  man  emi- 
nent not  only  as  a  scholar  and  divine,  but  also  combining  in- 
himself  the  accomplishments  of  the  poet,  the  painter,  the  mu- 
sician, the  orator,  and  the  architect,  he  is  widely  known  and 
quite  as  widely  esteemed  and  beloved.) 

The  occasiou  promised  to  be  an  eminently  interesting  one. 
The  Bishop  has  resided  at  Burlington — the  pleasantest  little 
city  in  Vermont — for  many  years,  and  his  house  has  been,  in 
a  measure,  the  Mecca  of  travellers.  It  is  beautifully  situated, 
overlooking  the  bright  blue  waters  of  the  beautiful  bay,  dotted 
with  the  white  sails  of  passing  vessels.  Married  in  Old  Har- 
mony, Batter  County,  Peun.,  May  8,  1816,  thirteen  children 
— nine  boys  and  four  girls — have  been  born  to  the  Bishop, 
nine  of  whom  are  now  living.  And  so  with  grand-children 
and  great  grand  children  there  was  enough  material  for  a  capi- 
tal celebration,. even  shutting  out  the  world  outside  his  own 
hearthstone,  but  the  Bishop  issued  a  general  invitation  to  his 
parish,  and  a  multitude  of  friends  availed  themselves  of  the 
opportunity  to  pay  their  respects  to  the  veneraole  bride  and 
bridegroom  of  fifty  years  ago,  hale  and  vigorous  enough  in 
their  green  old  age  to  inspire  the  hope  that  both  may  be  spared 
to  celebrate  in  another  golden  wedding,  the  happiest  epoch  of 
their  lives. 

The  annual  Convention  of  the  Diocese  of  Vermont  being 
now  assembled  in  Burlington,  the  most  distinguished  clergy- 
men of  the  Episcopal  Church  were  present,,  and  besides  these* 
visitors  came  from  San  Francisco,  New  Orleans,  Montreal, 
Pittsburgh,  Boston,  New  York,  and  many  other  distant  cities, 
At  a  meeting  of  the  clergy  of  the  diocese  on  the  morning  of 
the  6th,  the  usual  routine  was  broken  by  the  presentation  of 
a  pastoral  staff  or  "  crook  " — emblematical  of  his  office  as 
shepherd  of  the  fold — to  the  Bishop.  This  was  of  oak,  beau- 
tifully carved,  and  seven  feet  in  length.  Near  the  middle  of 
the  staff  there  was  an  ornamental  knob  of  silver,  the  panels 
of  which  contained  pictures  representing  the  five  wounds  of 
Christ,  St.  Paul,  Archbishops,  and  Bishop  White,  who  con- 
firmed Bishop  Hopkins — an  idea  of  the  Apostolic  succession. 
The  crook  at  the  end  of  the  staff  was  elegantly  carved  and 
gilded,  the  centre  containing  a  statuette  in  gold  of  the  good 
shepherd,  with  lambs  in  his  arms,  surrounded  by  sheep  in  sil- 
ver. The  cost  of  the  staff  was  $300.  It  was  presented  by 
Rev.  Mr.  Hale,  Rector  of  Arlington,  with  an  appropriate  ad- 
dress. 

In  accordance  with  the  rule  of  the  week  it  commenced 
showering  in  the  morning,  and  the  drops  seemed  to  grow  with 
the  day,  until  in  the  afternoon  their  size  and  volume  assumed 


proportions  almost  phenomenal.  For  nigh  upon  two  hours 
the  rain  fell  in  a  perfect  sheet  of  water — bringing  to  mind  that 
"  wet  sheet  "  of  which  the  song  makes  mention,  while  in  the 
streets  surged  and  swelled  the  "  flowing  sea"  of  lyric  mem- 
ory. Nevertheless,  the  Bishop's  house  was  thronged  through- 
out the  day  by  callers  who  availed  themselves  of  the  privi- 
leges of  old  friends,  setting  aside  the  fact  that  the  invitations 
were  issued  for  7:30  in  the  evening,  in  their  desire  to  evade 
the  crowd  which  they  expected  would  then  have  possession 
of  the  house.  Evening  found  the  house  full  at  the  appointed 
hour— not  unpleasantly  so,  however.  The  dampness  of  the 
grass  cheated  those  who  expected  a  dance  on  the  lawn,  but 
the  grounds  laid  out  under  the  guidance  of  the  Bishop's  own 
exquisite  taste — with  all  his  gettings  he  has  got  a  thorough 
knowledge  of  landscape  gardening — showed  to  excellent  ad- 
vantage, the  shrubbery  and  flowers  coming  up  all  the  greener 
in  leaf  and  brighter  in  blossom  for  their  great  douclii.  As  the 
evening  grew  darker  and  the  winding  paths  became  indistinct 
to  the  unassisted  eye,  lanterns  were  suspended  in  the  trees, 
while  several  large  locomotive  lamps,  sifting  their  powerful 
light  through  the  grounds,  made  them  so  light  that  guests 
were  not  at  all  inconvenienced  in  going  to  and,  from  their 
carriages.  Over  the  front  door,  in  quaint  old  letters  of 
variously  colored  lights,  this  legend  was  blazoned,  or  rather 
blazed,  "  Golden  Wedding."  The  large  drawing-room  and 
three  large  rooms  adjoining,  the  walls  covered  with  paintings 
from  the  Bishop's  brush  and  decorated  with  evergreens  and 
flowers,  were  thrown  open  for  the  reception  of  guests.  At 
one  end  of  the  drawing-room  the  wall  bore  a  large  cross,  in 
evergreen,  with  the  legend  "1816  and  1866;"  beneath  sat 
the  Bishop  and  she  who  half  a  century  ago  became  his  bride. 
It  was  a  beautiful  sight,  and  if  any  oue  doubted  that  a  well- 
spent  Hie  brings  its  certain  and  sure  reward,  certainly  that 
doubt  must  have  been  dispelled.  Most  of  the  sons  and  daugh- 
ters living,  thirty  grandchildren,  and  four  great-grandchildren, 
were  present.  The  days  of  the  patriarchs  seemed  revived, 
and  in  the  venerable  bishop  we  beheld  a  Jacob — a  Jacob  un- 
troubled by  the  memories  of  a  brother  Esau  unkindly  dealt 
with.  At  8  o'clock  the  cadets  of  the  Vermont  Episcopal 
Institute  marched  in,  led  by  their  officers. and  accompanied  by 
the  Rev.  Theodore  A.  Hopkins,  President  of  the  Institute, 
and  the  assistant  teachers.  Standing  in  the  centre  of  the 
room,  they  sung  a  song,  "  The  Golden  Thread,"  the  words 
and  music  written  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Hopkins,  Jr.,  several  years 
ago.  The  cadets  made  a  fine  appearance  in  their  neat  and 
well-fitting  uniforms  of  gray,  acquitting  themselves  mnsically 
as  well  as  manfully.  The  next  soug  was  a  great  surprise  to 
the  Bishop  and  Mrs.  Hopkins,  who  looked  wonderingly  at 
each  other  as  its  chorus  rose  and  swelled,  as  though  to  ask 
how  it  could  be,  or  how  it  came  to  be,  composed  and  rehearsed 
without  their  knowledge.  This  was  "  The  Golden  Wedding 
Song,"  the  composition  (both  words  and  music)  of  the  first- 
born son,  John  Henry.  Sung  by  the  whole  family  standing 
around  the  two  from  whom  all  had  sprung,  it  may  well  be 
imagined  that  it  brought  tears  to  the  eyes  of  those  to  whom 
it  was  addressed,  while  the  assembled  company  could  but 
share  in  the  emotion.    This  was  the  chorus  : 

•'  At  borne,  Father  !  home,  Mother  ! 
All,  all  at  home  !" 

Several  other  songs,  of  the  Bishop's  own  composition,  were 
sung,  the  Bishop  and  Mrs.  Hopkins  uniting  in  the  choruses. 
The  former  aged  74  and  the  latter  71,  their  voices  show  still 
fewer  wrinkles  than  their  brows,  seeming  to  have  mellowed 
rather  than  hardened  and  cracked  with  age. 

On  or  near  a  table  in  an  adjoining  parlor  the  presents  were 
displayed,  and  this  table  naturally  was  one  of  the  chief  centres 
of  attraction  during  the  evening,  drawing  crowds  only  rivalled 
by  the  one  which  thronged  around  the  Bishop  and  Mrs.  Hop- 
kins. I  was  never  very  good  at  enumeration,  but  allow  me  to 
tell  as  nearly  as  I  can  what  these  presents  were  :  First,  there 
was  a  new  carpet,  costing  §300,  presented  by  the  lady  mem- 
bers of  St.  Paul's  Church.  (The  carpet,  however,  was  on  the 
floor,  and  not  upon  the  table.)  A  silver  pitcher,  salver  and 
goblet,  from  the  older  members  of  the  Institute.    About  $350 


from  the  laity  of  the  diocese,  and  a  few  others.  I  am  sorry  to 
say  that  all  of  this  was  not  in  gold.  The  Rev.  Dr.  Balsh, 
canon  of  the  Montreal  Cathedral,  gave  a  fine  oaken  prayer 
desk  and  several  large  pictures.  Members  of  the  family  con- 
tributed every  little  article  that  affection  could  prompt.  For 
the  Bishop — oh,  ye  condemners  of  the  Virginian  weed,  hold 
up  your  hands  in  horror,  for  know  that  he  smokes — there  was 
tobacco  and  a  magnificent  meerschaum  pipe,  mounted  in  gold. 
A  gold  watch  and  chain.  There  was  also  a  gold  watch  and 
chain  for  Mrs.  Hopkins.  And  as  I  can  no  longer  pretend  to 
distinguish  or  remember  for  which  of  the  parents  the  presents 
were,  let  me  tell  them  off  all  together  :  Lace  curtains,  lace 
shawl  and  set,  a  case  of  Farina  cologne,  a  large  afghan, 
a  set  of  furs,  a  silver  caster,  cups,  cigar  holders,  portmonnaies, 
pipes,  gold  pencils,  brooches  and  sleeve  buttons,  silver  knives, 
china  ware,  toilette  vessels,  a  silver  card  case,  worsted  lamp 
mats,  a  tete-a-tete  for  tea,  gold  thimbles,  inkstands,  a  large 
picture  of  the  Bishop  on  porcelain,  a  carved  book  rack,  two 
large  easy  chairs,  and  many  other  articles  of  comfortable  fur- 
niture, and  a  large  family  Bible — one  of  the  chef  d'ceuvres  of 
the  English  press,  costing  $100.  My  attention  was  particu- 
larly attracted  by  a  chain,  made  from  the  Bishop's  hair,  for 
Mrs.  Hopkins.  It  was  white  as  silver.  And  I  fancy  that  what 
the  mother  will  value  quite  as  much  as  any  other  of  the  treas- 
ures given  her  is  a  necklace  of  all  her  children's  hair,  beauti- 
fully braided  and  studded  with  gold. 

Refreshments  were  served  during  the  evening,  and  in  social 
converse  and  the  exchange  of  congratulations  appropriate  to 
the  occasion  the  hours  wore  away.  At  about  10  o'clock  the 
whole  company  sang  the  Evening  Hymn,  the  Bishop  pro- 
nounced the  benediction,  and  the  company  began  to  disperse. 
Probably  many  who  read  this  article  have  seen  the  Bishop 
pronounce  the  blessing  in  church,  and  will  remember  his  ap- 
pearance as  he  stands  in  his  robes,  with  uplifted  hands,  the 
softened  sunbeams  streaming  through  the  richly-stained  glass 
of  the  great  window,  and  falling  upon  his  head — a  blessing 
from  Heaven  upon  the  blesser.  Those  who  have  will  little 
wonder  that  among  the  other  Bishops  he  is  called  "  the 
Apostle,"  for  certainly  there  never  was  on  earth,  in  human 
form,  a  nearer  approach  to  the  ideal  Apostolic  appearance. 
But  never,  even  when  surrounded  with  all  the  accessories  of 
office,  have  I  heard  the  benediction  so  affectingly  spoken  as 
by  that  white  haired  Priest  of  God,  in  the  bosom  of  his  own 
family,  his  children,  his  grandchildren,  his  great-grandchildren, 
the  clergy,  members  of  his  parish,  and  friends  among  whom 
so  many  years  of  his  life  and  labors  have  been  passed,  stand- 
ing around  him  as  he  implored  for  al!  present  "  the  peace  of 
God  which  passeth  all  understanding."  And  by  his  side 
stood  the  partner  of  so  many  years  of  joy — for,  looking  upon 
the  placid,  contented  countenances  of  both,  it  is  impossible  to 
realize  that  either  has  known  sorrows — still  able  to  sing  and 
play  upon  organ,  harp  and  piano.  To-day,  the  family  united 
in  a  dinner  at  the  Bishop's  house,  on  which  occasion  tho 
Bishop  presented  each  member  with  his  Autobiography  in 
verse — one  huudred  copies  of  which  were  printed  for  the 
family  only.  Thirty  or  forty  sat  down  to  dinner.  To-morrow 
they  all  partake  of  the  Holy  Communion  together — and  so 
will  end  the  most  interesting  and  impresaive  family  reunion 
ever  I  witnessed,  or  in  all  probability  ever  shall  see. 

New  York  Times.']  C.  H.  Webb. 


His  Majesty  the  King  of  Bavaria,  instead  of  attending  to 
the  increase  of  his  army,  and  signing  important  orders,  rode 
incognito  with  his  groom  to  Zurich  and  celebrated  Richard 
Wagner's  birthday  at  the  composer's  house,  whilo  his  minis- 
ters were  almost  in  despair  to  know  where  their  beloved  king 
was.  It  is  stated  that  the  President  of  the  Cabinet,  Von  der 
Pfordten,  and  also  the  celebrated  Pfistermeister  intend  to  re- 
sign their  offices  in  consequence  of  this  occurrence. 


Ole  Bull  has  been  giving  concerts  in  Russia,  with  great 
success,  at  the  time  when  he  was  deplored  as  having  died  ut 
Quebec. 


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THE    CALjFORN  IAN. 


|  July  14th 


MRS.  BHOWN  COMING  HOME  FROM  THE  DERBY. 
TTTELL,  I  says  to  Mrs.  Maddick,  I  certainly  should  like 

VV  to  see  'em  a-comin'  home,  as  is  a  fine  sight,  with 
their  shay  carts,  po'  shays,  four  in  hands,  and  all  rnauner  ;  but 
as  to  them  parties  as  throws  the  flour  and  e<rgs,  if  they  comes 
my  way  I'll  settle  their  'ash,  pretty  quick,  with  the  perlice,  for 
I'm  sure  the  sight  as  I  were  through  a  staudin'  by  Mile  End 
Gate  five  year  ago,  to  see  them  a-comin'  back  from  Fairlop 
Fair,  I  never  shall  forget.  I  was  whiteuin'  and  heggs  from 
top  to  toe,  and  everythin'  I  had  on  regularly  spoiled,  as  was  a 
lovely  black  welvet  bonnet  trimmed  with  red  ribbons,  as  looked 
that  cheerful  in  the  morning,  and  was  batter  puddiug  at  night, 
and  a  new  shawl,  leastways  as  good  as  new,  through  'avin' 
been  cleaned,  as  brought  the  colors  out  as  fresh  as  paint,  as 
were  orange  and  green,  with  a  mauve  ground. 

Well,  it  was  agreed  as  I  should  go  and  take  tea  with  Mrs. 
Maddick,  as  lived  just  agin  "  The  Swan,"  at  Stockwell,  as 
were  a  bit  of  a  country  inn,  when  I  was  a  gal,  but  now  swep 
away  into  a  fine  lookin'  house,  but  not  like  the  old  place 
a  bit. 

A  kinder  creature  than  Mrs.  Maddick  never  drew  breath, 
though  a  woman  as  has  her  faults,  for  she  will  let  her  tongue 
run  that  fast,  as  carries  her  off  her  legs,  as  the  sayin'  is,  and 
the  things  as  she  told  me  about  that  young'Bartleman  a  carry- 
in'  on  with  Lucy  Bond  a  knowin'  him  to  be  a  married  man, 
and  yet  a  dancin'  and  a  flirtiu'  with  him,  as  is  goiu's  on  as  I 
don't  hold  with,  and  so  I  said,  but  when  she  come  to  say  a  lot 
more  about  everybody,  a  runnin'  down  one  aud  takin'  up 
another,  till  at  last  I  says,  "  Mrs.  Maddick,  mum,  excuse  me, 
but,  I  says, '  the  dog  as  can  fetch  can  carry,'  as  the  sayin'  is, 
and  I  don't  see  as  we're  doing  any  good  to  ourselves  nor  any- 
body else  for  that  matter  in  talkin'  about  their  faults,  as  p'raps 
had  better  look  at  home  as  there's  none  of  us  as  is  without 
faults  ourselves." 

She  says,  "  If  you're  a  talkin'  about  me  in  speaking  of 
faults,  I  certainly  never  had  none  like  them  asl'mspeakinon." 

"  Well,  then,"  I  says,  "  I  dare  say  you'd  others,  as  is  p'raps 
as  bad." 

She  was  up  in  a  miunit  and  asks  me  what  I  means  a  talkin' 
like  that  to  her,  and  we  was  driftiu'  into  word%  as  the  sayin' 
is,  when  Mr.  Maddick  he  come  in,  an  J  so  the  subject  dropped, 
and  we  had  tea  quite  early  for  to  be  ready  to  set  out  for  Clap- 
ham  Common,  as  Maddick  said  was  the  best  place  for  to  see 
the  company. 

Of  all  the  rough  characters  as  I  ever  see  out  of  town  it  was 
along  that  road.  Aud  the  scrougin'  aud  the  pushin'  as  there 
■was,  made  it  very  unpleasant,  particular  to  me  as  bad  a  pair 
of  shoes  that  big  that  they  wouldn't  keep  on  comfortable,  aud 
Maddick  i3  a  man  as  walks  like  a  railway,  and  all  up  hill  was 
tryin'  to  the  breath,  and  boys  comin'  along  a  shovin'  and  a 
drivin'  till  at  last  I  was  obliged  for  to  stop  and  put  my  back 
agin  some  railins,  for  to  recover  my  breath  and  pull  my  shoes 
on  proper. 

Well,  I  was  a  takin'  on  it  easy,  when  all  of  a  sudden  I  gets 
a  drive  from  behind  as  ketched  me  in  the  bend  of  the  knees, 
and  down  I  sat,  as  anyone  nat'rally  would,  aud  it's  a  mercy  as 
it  were  a  prambulator  caught  me,  though  1  did  sit  on  the  chil- 
dren's legs  as  didn't  hurt  them,  though  nat'rally  terrified. 
But  of  all  the  low-lived  costers  as  was  drivin'  that  prambula- 
tor I  never  did  see,  and  the  female  as  was  with  him  the  abuse 
as  they  gave  into. 

"  Come  out  of  the  prambulator,"  hollers  he  ;  "  you'll  smash 
the  kids  !" 

I  says,  "  It  was  you  as  throwed  me  on  'em,  as  ought  to  be 
ashamed  on  yourself,  a-acting  that  serreptitious  behind  my 
back,  as  might  have  ended  serious  through  me  a  fallin'  'eavy." 

Says  the  female,  for  a  woman  I  won't  call  her,  "  It's  my 
belief  as  you  sit  down  malicious,  a-thinkin'  for  to  get  taken  up 
the  'ill." 

"  What,"  I  says,  "  me  ride  in  your  rubbishin'  prambulator 
as  yo've  made  out  of  a  old  dust  cart,  by  the  look  on  it,"  for 
it  wasn't  a  regular  prambulator,  but  a  rough  handbarrow  like. 
So  says  he  : 

"  It's  lucky  as  it's  pretty  tough,  or  you'd  have  smashed  it, 
and  I'd  a  made  you  pay  ;  as  ought  to  stand  a  pot  as  it  is." 

Well,  Maddick  come  up  and  took  me  away  just  then  as 
they  was  a-gettin'  downright  nasty  over  it,  and  the  children 
a-roarin'  like  bulls  though  not  hurt,  as  how  should  they  be, 
me  only  just  a-settin'  light  by  their  feet,  as  whipped  up  again 
in  no  time  by  their  mother  as  strong  as  a  horse,  as  the 
sayin'  is. 

1  was  glad  when  we  got  to  the  Common,  though  crowded 
up  a  good  deal.  I'm  sure  the  shay-carts  as  was  overtook  iu 
liquor  was  enough  to  make  any  one  stare,  with  parties 
dressed  out  in  'em,  as  you  might  have  expected  carriages  aud 
pairs  at  the  very  least. 

I'm  sure  them  Greenwood  gals  looked  that  bold  in  their 
father's  cart,  with  the  name  in  gold  letters,  as  I  would  not 
have  cone  out  iu  myself,  and  a-drinking  ale  at  a  public  house 
door  with  their  clothes  reg'lar  ruined  with  dust  and  their  hair 
regularly  powdered.  And  as  to  old  Greenwood,  as  is  a 
butcher,  he  couldn't  set  straight  though  a  holdin'  the  reins 
as  was  a  downright  farce,  not  as  the  horse  was  likely  to  run 
away,  for  if  ever  I  see  a  animal  dead  beat,  as  the  sayin'  is,  he 


was  standin'  in  them  shafts  as  the  weight  behind  made  stick 
up  to  above  his  head,  and  seemed  to  be  a-liltin'  him  off  his 
legs. 

We  was  a-standin'  quiet  a-lookin'  at  the  four-horse  coaches 
and  other  conveniences  as  was  comin'  ou  that  thick  as  soon 
made  'em  pull  up,  and  the  way  parties  was  a-goin'  ou  made 
me  downright  stare,  with  wails  over  their  'ats  and  little  Duich 
dolls  stuck  in  'em. 

Well,  there  was  a  large  party  in  a  open  carriage  as  was 
stopped,  a-laughin'  rather  wild,  aud  I  must  say,  though 
dressed  elegant  seemed  to  me  a  little  on.  I  was  a-standin' 
on  a  heap  by  the  roadside  as  brought  me  on  a  level  with  that 
carriage. 

"  I'm  sure  they've  'ad  enough,"  I  says  in  a  whisper  to  Mrs. 
MaddicK,  as  couldn't  'ave  been  laudable  in  their  ears,  when  I 
see  them  take  more  wine  out  of  a  basket  and  begin  to  drink 
free.  So  says  a  bold  gal,  "  You'd  like  a  drop,  wouldn't 
you  ?" 

I  didn't  make  no  answer,  but  only  give  her  a  look  as  made 
her  burst  out  a-laughin',  and  speak  to  one  of  the  men  as  was 
with  her.  So  lie  louks  at  me  and  says,  "  Rather!  Why  she's 
a  reg'ral  old  woodcock  for  suction."  I  couldn't  stand  that, 
so  I  says,  "  You  may  jeer,  but,"  I  says,  "  when  I  do  want  to 
drink  1  can  get  it,  and  honest  too." 

I  hadn't  hardly  got  the  words  out  when  I  got  a  shower  of 
peas  right  in  my  face  as  thick  as  hail  peltin'.  I  was  blinded 
for  the  moment,  but  soon  recovered  my  presence  of  mind  so 
as  to  see  the  fellow  as  had  done  it  and  was  up  in  the  dickey. 
So  I  ups  with  my  umbreller  and  give  him  one  tor  hisself  as 
sent  him  sprawlin'  over,  and  just  then  all  the  carnages  began 
to  move  ou.  Of  all  the  shriekin'  as  ever  you  heard  it  was 
downright  drownin'  to  the  senses,  and  I'm  sure  I  screamed  as 
loud  as  any  through  'avin'  been  the  cause  ;  but,  bless  you, 
he'd  fell  light,  as  them  in  liquor  always  doos,  and  Maddick  he 
caught  hold  of  me  and  hurried  me  away,  a-sayin,'  "  'Pon  my 
life,  Mrs.  Brown,  you'lf  get  yourself  into  serious  trouble  if  you 
will  make  that  free  with  your  umbrella."  I  says,  "  Do  you 
thiuk  as  I'm  a-goin'  to  be  insulted  like  that,  and  no  one  to 
take  my  part,  as  if  I'd  had  a  man  with  me  woulu  a  done  it." 

"  Who  are  you  a-sayin'  is  no  man  ?"  says  Mrs.  Maddick,  a- 
bristlin'  up. 

I  says,  "  Never  you  mind  what  I'm  a-sayin,'  as  don't  con- 
cern you,"  and  turns  away  from  her. 

I'm  sure  the  dust  acd  the  noise  was  that  unpleasant  as  I 
wished  myself  home,  and  bein'  hurt  with  the  Maddicks'  re- 
marks I  walks  on  by  myself,  and  who  should  come  up  but 
Barnes  and  Jaue,  as  is  Brown's  sister,  in  a  four-wheeled  shay. 

"  Who'd  athought  of  seeiu'  you  here?"  says  they,  "as  we 
were  a-goin'  to  call  ou  in  our  way  home,  through  'avin' lots  of 
cold  meat  in  the  basket,  and  thought  as  we'd  take  supper 
with  you."  Well,  I  was  that  hurt  with  the  way  as  the  Mad- 
dicks had  treated  me  that  I  says,  "  Do  so." 

"  Well,  then,"  says  they,  "you'd  better  get  into  the  seat 
behind." 

I  was  that  tired  as  I  wasn't  sorry  for  the  chance.  So  in  I 
got,  though  dreadful  squeezy  work,  through  the  basket  not 
a-leavin'  room  for  my  legs,  and  the  seat  that  was  small  as  1 
were  more  outside  than  in.  If  I'd  had  the  least  con- 
sumption of  what  I  should  have  had  to  suffer,  nothin'  in  this 
world  would  have  got  me  into  the  back  of  that  shay  ;  for, 
bless  you,  what,  with  the  boys  a  flic-kin'  at  me  with  whips, 
B-jampin'  up  behind  and  a-bonnetin'  me,  and  rough  characters 
a  peltin'  at  me,  I  never  had  such  a  ride.  My  bonnet  was 
reg'lar  smashed,  I  was  hollered  at  and  pelted  shameful,  parlies 
a-shoutin'  out  as  I  should  be  the  death  of  the  horse.  One  fel- 
low bawls  out,  "  Here's  a  sack  of  fat."  Another  says  to 
Barnes,  "  Hold  hard,  there's  the  back  of  your  shay  a  comin' 
ofi',"  as  he  treated  derisive,  when  just  then  if  the  pole  of  a  car- 
riage didn't  come  right  over  my  shoulder.  1  gives  a  wioleut 
wrench  for  to  save  myself,  and  the  seat  give  such  a  crack  as 
made  me  ketch  hold  of  Barnes'  coat  collar,  and  pulled  him 
sudden,  as  made  the  horse  back  on  to  some  roughs  in  a  tilt 
cart,  as  whipped  their  horse  and  got  locked  in  our  wheel,  and 
in  tryin'  to  extricate  it  took  the  wheel  cleau  off.  I  felt  I  was 
a-goin'  gradual,  and  screamed  for  help  through  bein'  that  ter- 
rified as  I  should  have  the  shay  on  me.  as  the  basket  was  quite 
enough  of  a  good  thing  ou  my  chest,  particular1}'  as  the  bottles 
had  broke,  and  I  felt  all  the  liquor  runnin'  over  me.  The,- 
picked  me  up,  but  really  Jaue  and  Barnes  was  that  unpleas- 
ant as  when  on  my  legs  I  walked  myself  home,  as  wasn't  far 
oil',  and  haven't  seen  nothin'  of  Barnes  and  Jane  siuce,  nor 
yet  spoke  to  Mrs.  Maddick,  as  was  offended  in  me  a-goin' 
away  ,  not  as  I  considers  her  conduct  friendly,  and  the  best 
way  for  them  as  can't  agree  is  to  keep  separa'-e,  and  such  is 
my  inten'.iou,  for  the  world's  wide  enough  for  us  all,  as  the 
sayin'  is. — London  Fun. 

The  Tiiree  Deorf.es  op  Comparison.— An  excellent  turn 
was  made  a  few  days  since  at  dinner-table  by  Judge  Hoar,  of 
Massachusetts,  too  good  to  be  lost. 

A  gentleman  remarked  that  ,  who  used  to  be  given  to 

sharp  practice,  was  getting  more  circumspect. 

"  Yes,"  replied  Hoar,  "  he  has  reached  the  superlative  of 
life— be  began  by  seeking  to  get  on,  then  he  sought  to  get 
hoDor,  aud  now  he  i3  trying  to  get  honest." 


THE  FACTS  IN  REGARD  TO  " LOCKSLEY  HALL." 

["  Cocsin  Amy  "  contributes  to  Loudon  Fun  the  following  amne- 
inf;  explanation  of  Tennyson's  well-known  poem.  It  is  worthy  of 
Thackeray  :] 

I MAY  as  well  begin  by  telling  you  that  I  never  cared  very 
uuch  for  Alfred  ;  except,  of  course,  as  a  cousin.  Our 
mode  of  living  at  Locksley  Hall  was  now  and  then  a  trifle 
dill,  you  6ee  ;  and  I  found  it  a  pleasaut  relief  to  get  verses 
written  'n  my  album,  or  to  have  the  leaves  of  my  music-book 
turned  over  when  I  chose  to  play  the  "  Harmonious  Black- 
smith with  Variations,"  the  march  in  Blue  Beard,  and  the 
Minuet  de  lu  Cottr.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  I  could  perform 
these  three  pieces  with  great  fluency  and  expression  ;  it  was, 
therefore,  much  to  be  regretted  that  I  could  perform  no  others. 
The  composition  of  the  "  Harmonious  Blacksmith  "  has  been 
attributed,  by  the  general  voice  of  mankind,  to  Handel ;  and 
that  of  the  march  in  Blue  Beard  is  assigned,  with  equal  unani- 
mity, to  Michael  Kelly  ;  but  the  authorship  of  the  "  Court 
Minuet  "  remains  veiled  in  the  mists  ot  obscurity.  But  I 
will  now  resume  the  history  of  my  uulortunale  misunderstand- 
ing with  young  Alfred,  beginning  at  the  beginning  ; 

This  poor  boy's  father  was  killed  in  the  Mahratta  war  ;  and 
my  beloved  parents— the  kindest  parents  that  ever  breathed 
— took  charge  of  the  orphan.  It  was  no  easy  task,  I  should 
think,  to  superintend  the  education  of  such  a  vain,  forward, 
self-willed,  and  passionate  child.  The  earliest  thing  I  remem- 
ber about  him  is  that  he  caught  a  severe  influenza  through 
standing  at  the  open  staircase  window  several  nights  in  suc- 
cession, to  watch  the  great  Orion  sloping  slowly  to  the  west. 
Nobody  with  a  grain  of  common  sense  would  have  selected 
for  these  nocturnal  experiments  a  constellation  which  is  only 
visible  during  the  coldest  months  in  the  whole  year.  Mycou 
sin's  temper  was  not  improved  by  illness,  as  you  uiay  imagine 
and  it  was  upon  my  devoted  bead  that  his  displays  of  petu- 
lance usually  fell.  I  persevered  iu  my  attentions  to  the  way- 
ward invalid  nevertheless  ;  and  ultimately  had  the  satisfaction 
of  seeing  him  arrowrooted  into  health  again. 

Years  rolled  by  in  alternate  quarrels  and  reconciliations, 
until  I  reached  the  age  of  seventeen.  My  cousin  Allred  was 
about  a  twelvemonth  older;  it  was  consequently  bigt  time 
that  he  should  select  some  trade  or  profession.  Any  lad  w  ith 
an  atom  of  spirit  would,  long  before  that  age,  have  preferred 
earning  an  honest  livelihood  by  his  own  exertions  to  living  in 
dependence  upon  his  relatives  ;  but  the  notion  of  hard  work 
was  distasteful  to  this  impetuous  youth.  He  must  needs  be- 
come a  poet — a  resolve  which  was  confirmed  by  my  thought- 
less approval  of  some  verses  he  had  lately  written.  1  could 
scarcely  help  laughing  outright  on  his  confessing  to  me  that 
he  entertained  serious  hopes  of  being  made  l'oet-Laureate 
after  the  death  of  Mr.  Wordsworth.  Such  presumption 
would  have  been  inexpressibly  comical  had  it  not  beeu  inex. 
pressibly  painful.  Another  proof  of  this  young  man's  mod- 
city  may  be  found  in  the  fact  of  his  proposing  that  I  should 
become  his  wife.  Excessively  probable,  forsooth,  that  Miss 
Amy  Locksley,  the  future  chatelaine  of  Locksley  Hall,  would 
uuite  her  destiny  to  that  of  a  penniless  and  obscure  scribbler  ! 
1  returned  un  evasive  answer,  which  saved  me,  1  have  no 
doubt,  from  a  terrific  outburst  of  abuse  and  vituperation. 
Certainly  I  told  no  falsehood  iu  saying  that  I  loved  him  ;  for 
I  did  love  him — as  a  cousin.  Anything  beyond  that  was,  of 
course,  entirely  out  of  the  question. 

About,  a  month  after  this  occurrence,  Alfred  went  up  to 
London  to  seek  his  fortune  at  the  point  of  his  pen.  I  need 
hardly  say  that  his  matrimonial  intentions  had  not  been  con- 
fided to  my  parents.  With  all  his  faults  (and  they  were  many) 
my  cousin  was  not  sufficiently  heartless  to  inflict  that  pang 
upon  his  benefactors  ;  and  the  love-passages  between  us  were 
kept  a  profound  secret.  We  corresponded  regularly  for  some 
time  ;  but  our  letters  very  soon  began  to  decrease  in  length 
and  interest.  Allred  was  evideutly  absorbed  iu  the  society  of 
artists,  musicians,  and  men  of  letters  ;  and  I  was  equally  ab- 
sorbed iu  preparations  for  my  approaching  marriage.  The 
match  was  in  every  respect  a  good  one,  and  I  have  never  yet 
found  cause  in  it  for  one  moment's  regret,  after  twenty-five 
years  of  unalloyed  happiness.  My  dear  husband's  tastes  are 
simple  ;  and  his  chief  interests,  apart  from  those  which  con- 
cern iny  own  comfort  and  the  education  of  our  children,  ap- 
pear to  bo  centred  in  his  dog  and  his  horse.  I  am  thankful 
that  my  father  and  mother  were  spared  to  witness  oar  domes- 
tic felicity  before  they  were  borne  away  to  sleep  their  last 
sleep  in  the  family  vault  of  the  Locksleys. 

Of  Alfred  I  have  seen  and  heard  nothing  since  a  year  aftei 
my  marriage.  At  that  period  he  was  discovered  prowling 
about  our  park  by  one  of  the  footmen.  On  being  invited  by 
the  man  to  step  into  the  servants'  hall  and  take  some  refresh- 
ment, he  angrily  declined.  He  was  shortly  afterwards  seen 
at  the  Locksley  Arms,  down  in  the  village,  in  the  company  of 
several  dissolute  authors,  who  amused  themselves  by  blow- 
on  the  bugle-horn,  and  drinking  considerably  more  than 
good  for  them. 

By  the  way,  I  have  heard  it  vaguely  rumored  that  my 
cousin  has  lately  thought  proper  to  publish  a  tissue  of  mis- 
representations and  caluniuies  respecting  myself,  my  parent*, 


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THE     CALIF  0RN1AN. 


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and  my  husband.  I  can  assure  him  that  he  is  at  liberty  to  make 
whatever  use  he  pleases  of  our  names  ;  and,  at  the  same  time, 
I  regret  that  he  is  uuable  to  earn  a  dinner  by  more  honest  and 
reputable  means.  My  intimate  frieud,  Lady  Clara  Vere  de 
Vere,  has  informed  me  that  I  am  not  the  only  sufferer  from 
these  vindictive  attacks.  Should  their  author  ever  attain,  as 
he  once  fondly  hoped,  the  dignity  of  the  Laureateship,  I  trust  j 
that  he  will,  at  least,  pay  to  the  highest  lady  in  the  hind  the  ' 

compliment  of  confining  his  personalities  in  future  to  offenders 

«       •      ...    !S*EfV«  t,.*,'M  ....  ,v  .. v  i.u. ,  -si  fy 

of  his  own  sex. 


SUMMER  11EAD-DRESSRS. 

C GORDONS  of  flowers  are  the  newest  style  of  head- 
J  dresses,  and  are  extremely  pretty  for  youthful  wearers, 
and  those  who  possess  an  abundance  of  hair.  Very  small 
flowers  only  are  used  for  this  purpose.  We  will  suppose  that 
the  wreath  was  of  apple  blossoms,  the  flowers  would  be 
arranged  with  a  leaf  or  two  each  at  intervals  on  a  thick 
green  stem  composed  of  India-rubber,  which  renders  it  pliant 
and  elastic.  The  ler.gth  is  about  a  yard,  and  is  placed  once 
round  the  head,  and  then  arrauged  round  the  chignon  in 
loops,  or  it  may  be  adjusted  as  three  bands  a  la  Grecque.  In 
fact,  almost  any  fancy  may  be  carried  out  by  the  cordon,  which 
is  arranged  at  will,  and  simply  fastened  by  hair-pins.  An- 
other cordon  may  be  of  gold  or  silver,  with  pompon  roses 
arranged  at  distances.  Tiny  scarlet  carnations,  japonicas, 
jessamines,  etc.,  are  used.  Other  cordons,  composed  of  lilies 
of  the  valley  or  forget-me-nots,  or  any  minute  blossom,  are 
arranged  with  the  flowers  close  together,  all  round  the  stem 
and  the  entire  length,  like  a  cowslip  chain. 

A  charming  set  of  wreaths  for  the  drawing-room  has  been 
lately  prepared.  The  set  consisted  of  a  sheperdess  wreath 
for  the  head  ;  a  chatelaine  ending  in  a  ring  wreath,  and  com- 
mencing in  a  bouquet,  for  the  p  tticoat  ;  a  bouquet  for  the 
berthe,  and  twenty-four  tiny  ring  wreaths  to  be  arranged 
round  the  tulle  bouillonnis,  which  trimmed  the  train  of  white 
silk.  The  flowers  were  all  apple  blossoms,  with  their  pale 
green  leaves. 

A  pretty  trimming  for  an  evening  dress  is  composed  of  the 
flowers  of  the  stephanotis  and  a  scarlet  berry  resembling 
branches  of  coral.  The  wreath  is  Spanish,  with  a  white 
feather  in  front.  On  either  side  of  the  skirt  three  crescents 
of  flowers,  graduated  in  size,  are  arranged.  The  berlhe  is 
distinguished  by  a  large  crescent,  and  two  very  small  ones  in 
the  shoulder  knots. 

Many  of  the  cordons  for  the  hair  have  a  raised  bouquet  in 
the  centre,  which  can  be  adjusted  over  the  forehead  or  on 
one  side  of  the  chignon,  and  the  end  of  the  cordou  can  be 
placed  a  lo.  Benoiton.  Most  wreaths  now  have  the  Benoiton 
chain  in  flowers  appended  ;  but  though  very  fashionable,  it  is 
not  indispeusable.  Coronets  and  combs  in  gilt  metal  with 
Benoiton  ch-ins  attached  are  in  vogue. 

A  very  new-shaped  wreath  resembles  the  tiny  bonnets  which 
are  now  so  fashionable.  It  is  round,  converging  from  a  centre 
like  a  palm-leal,  and  a  Benoiton  chain  hangs  beneath  the  chin, 
attached  on  either  side  to  the  flat  bouquet  at  the  top.  A 
head  of  endives  spread  out  exactly  gives  the  form  of  these. 
They  are  not  at  all  unbecoming  to  many  faces.  One  for  a 
bride,  formed  of  white  lilac  with  orange  blossom  in  the  centre, 
and  the  chain  composed  of  white  lilac  flowers  studded 
closely  together,  is  effective  ;  and  it  would  look  well  with  a 
veil. 

A  very  tasty  shepherdess  wreath  was  composed  of  turquoise 
blue  velvet,  and  silver  chains  ;  the  ends  were  of  velvet,  and  a 
white  feather  rested  over  the  forehead  of  the  wearer. 

A  different  style  of  head-dress,  and  suited  for  a  less  youth- 
ful face,  was  a  double  flat  baud  of  gold  mingled  with  a  few  fern 
leaves,  and  having  a  feather  butterfly  at  the  side. 

Another  head-dress  consists  of  a  bandeau  of  pink  velvet 
crossed  behind,  and  ornamented  with  tufts  of  white  marabout 
feathers,  and  chains  of  pearl,  not  Benoiton,  but  looped  round. 

A  pretty  head-dress,  with  long  Benoiton  chains  of  pearl, 
was  simply  composed  of  blue  ribbon. 

Among  many  pretty  novelties  for  the  hair  are  a  pair  of  sil- 
ver daggers  as  pins  for  the  chignon,  with  a  long  chain  of  gold 
and  coral  pendent  behind.  The  dagger  heads  are  also  of  coral. 
A  smaller  chain  of  fine  silver  hangs  above  the  coral.  Round 
silver  pins,  with  fine  silver  chains,  ornamented  with  filigree 
silver  nobs  are  pretty.  Combs  of  silver  and  pearl,  and  others 
with  cameos,  are  very  new.  A  pretty  kind  of  hair  net  is 
made  of  brood  stripes  of  ribbon  velvet,  scarlet  or  blue,  liuked 
together  with  open  work  of  gold  beads. — Boudoir. 


An  unusual  number  of  female  violin-players  have  of  late 
been  heard  ;  and  two  of  these,  Mdlle.  Lebouys  and  Mdlle. 
Castellan,  have  been  among  the  late  givers  of  concerts.  M. 
Leonard,  the  Belgian  violinist,  is  about  to  settle  in  Paris. 
From  every  side,  rumors  reach  us  of  the  present  unsatisfactory 
state  of  the  Conservatoire  Concerts,  M.  George  Hainl,  the 
new  conductor,  being,  unless,  report  be  more  scandalous  than 
usual,  uuequal  to  his  position.  The  post  is  one  to  which  M. 
Berlioz  might  fairly  have  succeeded — did  appointments,  in 
this  vale  of  tears,  go  by  merit. — Review. 


CALIFORNIA  LANDSCAPES. 
N  one  of  his  liter  letters  from  California,  Bayard  Taylor 

observed  that  monotony  was  characteristic  ot  the  land- 
scape in  this  State.  The  eminent  word  painter,  of  whom 
Humboldt  remarked  that  he  had  travelled  lurther  and  seen 
less  than  any  man  he  ever  knew,  came  as  near  the  truth  in 
this  instance  as  the  susceptible  Tapper  did  when  he  described 
the  scenery  ot  Niagara  Falls  as  "  pastoral."  Let  a  man  plant 
himself  on  a  ranch  on  the  interior  plains  and  there  await  the 
circling  of  the  year,  and  he  will  undoubtedly  have  good  rea- 
son to  condemn  the  sameness  of  both  climate  and  scenery.  If 
an  Eastern  man,  he  will  miss  the  "  frolic  architecture  of  the 
snow,"  spring's  awakening  of  nature  from  a  frosty  Bhrjbud, 
the  rich  bloom  of  June  and  the  pomp  of  October  woods,  as 
well  as  the  varied  prospect  of  hill  and  dale,  meadow  and  grove. 
And  if  he  should  then  sit  down  to  describe  the  climate  and 
landscapes  of  the  Golden  State,  he  would  convey  as  correct 
an  impression  of  both  as  the  fast  traveller  whose  books  are 
multiplied  more  rapidly  than  his  facts.  The  truth  is  that  the 
scenery,  like  the  climate  of  California,  is  more  diversified  than 
that  of  any  other  section  of  the  American  Union.  As  was 
said  of  the  charms  of  the  Egyptian  Queen, 

.Age  cannot  wither,  nor  custom  stale, 
Her  infinite  variety. 

While  almost  every  feature  of  Eastern  landscapes  has  its 
counterpart  somewhere  within  our  borders,  there  is  much 
beyond  of  beauty  and  sublimity  which  vainly  challenges 
rivalry.  If  one  objects  to  sun-scorched  plains,  and  yearns, 
like  Captain  Hall's  Esquimaux,  for  the  chill  enjoyment  of 
wintry  scenes,  he  has  not  very  far  to  journey  to  find  himself 
among  a  Canadian  expanse  of  snow,  trees  decorated  with 
frostwork,  and  ice  that  will  bear  a  skater.  If  the  images  of 
verdant  valleys,  purling  brooks  and  wood-crowned  uplands 
about  an  Eastern  home  haunt  his  memory,  and  the  white  oak 
and  the  Cottonwood  offend  his  taste,  a  day's  travel  will  carry 
him  among  scenes  which  will  match  those  he  regrets,  and  trees 
of  such  variety,  symmetry  and  height  as  he  has  not  known 
before.  If  he  remember  Lake  George  and  Winnipiseogee,  he 
will  be  consoled  by  Lake  Tahoeand  Clear  Lake.  If  he  thought 
the  White  Hills  sublime,  will  he  feel  no  enthusiasm  when  the 
white  cone  of  Shasta  looms  up  before  his  vision  ?  If  he  ad- 
mired  the  wild  beauty  of  the  Adirondack's,  can  he  fail  to  find 
their  parallel  in  the  middle  ridges  of  the  Sierra?  Artists 
have  been  employed  to  paint  the  lovely  landscapes  and  moun- 
tain views  at  famous  points  on  the  New  York  and  Erie, 
Pennsylvania  Central,  and  Baltimore  and  Ohio  railroads,  and 
their  pictures  adorn  the  Eastern  galleries,  inviting  tourists  to 
visit  those  attractive  scenes.  But  are  there  no  features  of 
scenery  on  the  route  of  the  Central  Pacific  railway  surpassing 
in  sensational  charm  the  most  celebrated  of  the  railway  at- 
tractions in  the  Atlantic  States? 

Iti  order  to  appreciate  the  "  monotony  "  of  our  landscapes 
we  have  but  to  follow  the  path  of  the  iron  horse  from  Sacra- 
mento to  his  temporary  stopping-place  three  thousand  feet 
above.  Speeding  away  at  sunrise,  we  leave  the  shady  avenues 
and  blooming  gardens  of  the  City  of  the  Plains,  which  con- 
trast refreshingly  with  the  tawny  desert  beyond.  We  cross 
the  American,  meekest  of  rivers  now,  with  a  terrible  pi'wer 
in  reserve,  and  soon  pass  out  upon  the  prairie,  not  long  since 
carpeted  with  flowers,  now  a  brown,  scorched,  cheerless  waste, 
bordered  by  gnarled  and  wierd  looking  white  oak.  Here  is  a 
fat  soil,  capable  of  yielding  many  a  golden  harvest,  but  the 
eager  vegetation  withers  and  dies  because  there  is  no  Moses 
to  smite  the  rock  and  call  forth  a  fertilizing  stream,  and  also 
because  there  is  no  rock  to  smite.  Leaving  the  verdureless 
plain,  we  enter  park-like  groves  of  oak,  with  no  underwood, 
and  note  the  gradual  heaving  of  the  earth  like  the  first  swells 
that  precede  the  mountain  waves.  Then  comes  a  gently  roll- 
ing country,  studded  with  pleasant  sites  for  the  villas  of  the 
future  ;  and  still  further  on,  real  rocks,  shaded  by  the  spread- 
ing boughs  of  the  nut  pine  and  bordered  by  the  thick-growing 
buckeye.  Iu  the  cool  shade  of  the  foliage  are  some  of  the 
wild  flowers  which  the  sun  banished  from  the  Plains  in  May. 

At  Newcastle  Gap  we  are  fairly  iu  the  foothills  of  the  Sierra, 
with  deserted  diggings  on  either  hand — whose  treasures  are 
in  the  vaults  of  foreign  banks — miners'  cabins,  ditches  full  of 
muddy  but  precious  water,  vineyards  and  orchards  on  the  hill- 
sides, marking  the  transition  period  of  industry  in  this  region. 
And  here  there  is  a  grand  view  of  the  Sacramento  Valley, 
the  "  meeting  of  the  waters  "  at  the  City  of  the  Plains,  the- 
western  wall  called  the  Coast  Range — a  view  of  immense 
breadth  and  varied  interest  on  a  clear  day.  Here,  also,  is  seen 
the  beginning  of  the  real  work  of  railroad  building  in  the 
Sierra,  for  we  have  ascended  a  thousand  feet  without  any  note- 
worthy effort.  Hence  to  the  summit  of  the  snowy  range, 
making  a  railway  means  blasting  out  "  deep  cuts,"  building 
huge  embankments  of  the  scrapings  of  a  shallow  soil,  bridging 
ravines  with  lofty  trestle-work,  skirting  high,  precipitous  knobs, 
and  finding  a  way  to  cross  great  chasms  a  thousand  feet  in 
depth!  Continuing  to  ascend— and  the  peculiar  feature  of 
this  railroad  route  is  that  it  is  always  going  up,  in  spite  of 
some  awful  descents'  in  the  formation  of  the  country — we  meet 
the  black  oak,  the  live  oak,  the  cedar,  the  sugar-pine — king  of 


the  mountain  forests — and  the  purple-boughed  manzanita.  On 
the  slopes  we  see  flowers  growing  in  wild  luxuriance  that  are 
treasured  in  Eastern  gardens,  such  as  the  tiger-lily  and  the 
larkspur.  The  frequent  gaps  open  a  series  of  mountain  views 
as  charming-  as  any  that  may  be  seen  in  the  Alleghanies  or 
the  Blue  Ridge.  And  yet  "  the  blasted  heath  "  of  the  plains, 
the  slimy  slough,  the  cottonwood,  and  the  white  oak  are  hardly 
three  hours  behind  ! 

We  remember  having  been  impressed  with  the  grandeur  of 
the  view  at  the  Horseshoe  Bend  of  the  Pennsylvania  Central 
Railroad,  on  the  Alleghany  Mountains.  At  that  point  the 
road  curves  round  a  ravine,  perhaps  three  hundred  feet  in 
depth,  and  about  five  miles  of  rugged,  woody  wilderness  is 
seen  from  the  track.  The  citizen  of  the  Keystone  State  who 
is  awed  by  that  tremendous  union  of  art  and  nature  should  see 
Cape  Horn  and  die. 

When  the  locomotive  reached  Colfax,  it  appeared  to  per- 
sons who  were  not  familiar  with  the  located  line  that  there 
the  track  must  end.  Directly  in  front  yawned  Long  Ravine, 
about  twelve  hundred  feet  in  depth,  the  north  fork  of  the 
American  river  flowing  at  the  bottom,  while  on  either  side  of 
this  chasm  towered  steep  hills — mountains  they  would  be 
called  in  the  Atlantic  Slates.  But  the  eye  of  the  engineer 
had  detected  the  single  point  at  which  the  ravine  could  be 
passtd  by  a  trestle-work  one  hundred  and  fifteen  feet  high, 
and  then,  by  curving  round  the  rugged  eminence  christened 
Cape  Horn,  and  building  a  road  ongits  precipitous  side,  he 
found  he  could  reach  a  point  two  miles  above  Colfax.  This 
work  is  thus  far  the  chief  wonder  of  the  route. 

In  going  "  round  the  Horn,"  the  traveller  may  look  down 
twelve  hundred  feet,  while  above  the  train  the  rock  rises 
quite  three  hundred  feet.  There  could  be  no  more  thrilling 
sensation  in  running  along  the  edge  of  the  cliffs  of  Dover. 
The  American  river,  far  below,  is  dwarfed  to  the  size  of  a 
mining  ditch.  The  bridge  spauning  the  river  is  as  small  as  a 
cigar-box.  The  road  winding  up  the  steep  sides  of  the  hills 
on  the  other  side  of  the  ravine  looks  like  a  little  garden  path, 
and  a  man  on  a  mule  seems  to  be  a  native  of  Lilliput.  The 
sight  of  a  train  passing  round  the  Horn,  from  the  bridge  be- 
low, gives  even  a  more  striking  impression  of  the  grandeur  of 
this  work  than  can  be  obtained  on  the  road  itself.  From  this 
point  to  the  summit  the  mountain  scenery  along  the  route  of 
the  railway  will  excite  the  admiration  of  thousands  of  tourists 
in  the  future,  and  after  journeying  from  the  Sacramento  to 
the  region  of  summer  snows,  we  fancy  there  will  be  few  to 
deny  that  the  landscapes  of  California  are'  as  infinitely  varied 
as  they  are  affluent  in  sublimity  and  beauty.  —  Union. 


Overworked  Americans. — The  Round  Table  thus  dis- 
courses :  '•  As  a  people  we  try  to  do  too  much.  There  is  one 
constant  strain  and  effort  to  go  higher — further,  to  be  greater 
— richer.  Young  men  are  brought  forward  into  places  of  re- 
sponsibility that  are  too  much  for  them.  Their  ambition  is 
excited  by  every  possible  motive,  and  they  grow  gray  and  old 
(vheu  they  ought  to  be  fresh  and  light-hearted.  Young  women 
are  hurried  into  society  and  to  the  use  of  its-wretched  artifices 
long  before  they  are  ready  to  sustain  so  much  care  and  anxiety. 
Instead  of  freshness  and  buoyancy,  they  are  weighed  down 
with  discontent  and  peevish  repining,  and  they  are  old  five 
years  before  they  ought  to  have  any  place  in  society.  And 
not  only  is  this  contagion  of  work  and  progress  the  curse  of 
the  young,  but  it  bears  down  with  intensified  force  upon  those 
who  have  been  longer  in  the  harness.  The  struggle  is  to  get 
rich  at  thirty-five  and  then  "  retire."  So  far  in  this  country 
those  men  who  have  "  retired  "  early  have  generally  carried 
with  them  a  broken-down  constitution,  a  disarranged  physical 
condition  which  no  rest,  no  money,  can  repair. 

The  remedy  for  this  state  of  things  is  the  suggestion  of 
plainest  sense.  The  English  have  learned  "it  most  fully,  aud, 
as  a  2onsequence,  they  live  better,  longer,  and  happier.  What 
is  needed  is  more  moderation  in  work,  and  more  intermingling 
of  daily  labor  with  pleasant  recreation.  The  physical  part  of 
our  being  must  be  attended  to  as  we  go  along,  not  once  in  a 
year  at  some  resort  oi  fashion.  We  must  be  satisfied  with 
less,  and  thus  shall  we  have  more  real  happiness.  We  need 
more  quiet,  less  chafing  and  worry.  In  this  way  will  all  the 
forces  of  life  have  a  better  opportunity  to  perform  their  va- 
ried functions,  and  we  shall  be  a  nation  of  happier,  healthier, 
and  more  buoyant  men  and  women.  There  may  not  be  so 
many  societies  for  the  diffusion  of  universal  knowledge,  but 
there  will  be  a  better  development  of  the  individual." 


Fashion  is  never  over-fastidious,  or,  at  least,  has  not 
been  so  in  this  day  and  generation,  but  she  has  laws  that  her 
true  votaries  never  violate.  As  regards  the  revealing  of  bust 
and  arms,  she  prohibits  it  at  night,  in  the  morning,  and  in 
public  places  ;  hence,  night  dresses,  toilet  robes,  morning 
dresses,  and  suits  tor  promenade,  are  always  high-necked  and 
long-sleeved. — Boudoir. 


A  clergyman,  on  reading  the  27th  verse  of  the  18th  chap- 
ter of  the  First  Kings,  incorrectly  placed  the  emphasis,  ren- 
dering the  verse  an  absurdity.  "  And  he  spake  to  his  sons, 
saying,  saddle  me  the  ass,  and  they  saddled  him." 


4 


THE    CAL:FORN  IAN 


| July  14th 


[For  the  Californiao.] 

WHAT  DOES   IT  MATTER? 

HAT  does  it  mutter,  dear,  though  I  go  soon, 
Before  the  eajden  cups  are  gathered  all; 
Before  the  burning  heat  of  Summer  noon, 
Or  the  cold  storm  of  Autumn-time  shall  fall ; 
What  does  it  matter  ?    If  I  sooner  go 
Wearing  unfaded  violets  on  my  breast, 
With  loaded  wains,  the  reapers,  tired  and  slow, 
Will  sighing  pass  the  grasses  o'er  my  rest, 
And  sighing,  drop  a  tear — 
What  will  it  matter,  dear? 

What  will  it  matter,  sweet,  if  I  grow  old, 
And  Summer's  pleasant  lields  grow  black  and  bare ; 
A  few  brief  days  of  sunshine  or  of  cold, 
A  few  short  hours  of  pleasure  or  of  care  ' 
What  will  it  matter  if  I  wearier  stay 
To  reap  the  fruitage  of  the  sober  Fall, 
To  pnt  the  earlier  gathered  flowers  away ; 
What  is  the  gain  or  loss,  if  after  all, 

A  little  longer  stray  my  feet — 

What  will  it  matter,  sweet  ? 

What  matters  it,  dear  heart,  if  far  or  near, 
Waits  the  Death  Angel — noiselessly  and  dumb  ; 
For  if  I  stay,  love-fetters  bind  me  here, 
And  if  I  go,  dear  voices  whisper,  Come! 
Though  dark  and  thick  the  shadows  intervene, 
The  clonds  are  sometimes  rifted,  and  I  see 
The  beautiful  dim  vale,  that  lies  between 
The  world  that  is,  aud  that  which  is  to  be — 

Ouly  a  step  apart — 

What  matters  it,  dear  heart? 

Emilie  Lawson. 

THE  GRAVE  OP   CHARLES  LAMB. 

|A  correspondent  of  the  New  York  Tribune  gives  the  follow- 
ing description  of  the  house  in  which  Charles  Lamb  died,  aud  the 
tonib  where  he  now  lies  :] 

EDMONTON  is  about  tea  utiles  out  of  Loudon,  lying  ou 
the  southeast ;  you  reach  it  by  the  Great  Eastern  Rail- 
way, starting  from  Shoreditch.  A  journey,  mostly  over  the 
housetops  of  a  dingy  neighborhood,  brings  you  through  the 
outskirts  of  the  giant  metropolis  and  heterogeneous  blending 
of  town  and  country  common  to  all  suburbs,  to  fields  and  the 
little  town  in  questiou  ;  the  "  station  "  where  one  alights  be- 
ing partly  over  "  the  wash,"  or  pond,  celebrated  in  Cowper's 
immortal  ballad  of  "  John  Gilpin."  Church  laue,  leading  to 
the  churchyard,  is  close  behind  ;  five  minutes  will  bring  you 
to  the  latter.  I  inquired  my  way  of  a  fellow-traveller,  who 
resembled  a  rexired  military  officer,  wearing  the  cap,  beard, 
and  moustache  appropriate  to  one.  He  professed  himself  an 
inhabitant  of  Edmonton  and  civilly  asked  me  if  he  could  be 
of  any  service  in  directing  me  more  minutely,  when  I  told  him 
my  object.  "  Cnarles  Lamb  !"  said  he,  "  I  recollect  the  old 
gentleman  very  well !  I  helped  to  bury  him."  1  stared  and 
questioned  him,  when  he  proved  to  be  the  sexton  of  the  place. 
He  could  give  me  no  live  memoranda  of  Elia,  beyond  the  fact 
that  "  he  always  dressed  in  black  "  (which  I  knew  before)  but 
pointed  out  the  house  where  he  died— we  were  close  to  it — 
and  subsequently  guided  me  to  the  grave.  I  shall  speak  of 
the  house  first :  it  has  not  been  described  in  any  of  the  pub- 
lications about  Lamb,  nor,  so  far  as  I  am  awaie  of,  been  put 
in  print  at  all. 

It  is  in  Church  lane,  and  known  as  Bay  Cottage  (then  as 
now.)  a  modest  little  tenement,  approached  by  a  narrow  strip 
of  garden,  and  shouldered  into  the  background  by  more  pre- 
tentious neighbors — oue  a  "  villa,"  with  a  lion  ramping  in 
stone,  or  at  least  in  plaster,  on  each  side  of  the  carriage  en- 
trance. Down  this  strip  runs  a  central  grass-plot,  margined 
by  trim  flower  fleds,  a  walk  of  neat  whitened  flagstones  leading 
to  the  low,  old-fashioned  door.  The  house  is  a  decidedly 
small  oue,  two  stories  in  height,  evidently  of  brick,  plastered, 
with  warm  yellovf-brown  stains  upon  it,  a  blue  slate  roof,  of 
two  different  angles,  divided  by  a  horizontal  line.  The  ad- 
joining /louses  rise  above  it,  as  well  as  squeeze  it  into  the 
rear.  One  old-fashioned  window,  opening  centrally,  with  six- 
teen small  panes  of  glass  to  it,  affords  liglit  to  the  ground 
floor ;  there  are  two  above.  In  this  upper  room  Charles 
Lamb  died.  The  neatest,  humblest,  quietest  of  retiring 
places,  Bay  Cottage— it  may  take  its  name  from  a  clump  of 
greenery  near  the  door — must  have  looked  just  the  same 
during  his  residence  as  it  does  now — as  it  did  on  the  mild, 
dull  April  afternoon  that  I  stood  gazing  through  the  rails  at 
it,  listening  to  the  reedy  thrill  of  a  thrush  singing  in  ths  trees 
next  door,  and  fancying  that  "  quaint  figure  in  black  "  emer- 
ging over  the  threshold,  and  coming  with  "  a  bland  sweet 
smile  "  toward  me. 

A  very  brief  space  brought  us  to  the  churchyard.  It  is  a 
large,  irregular-shaped  one,  with  many  perpendicular  white 
tombstones  in  it,  fewer  flat  ones,  and  numerous  green  mounds 
of  the  ordinary  form  .  there  are  trees  environing  it.  The 
cl»urch.  built  of  white  stone,  with  some  handsome  windows  of 
the  "  decorated  "  and  "  perpendicular  "  styles,  and  here  and 
there  well  massed  with  ivy,  is  above  the  average.  Lamb's 
grave  lies  away  to  the  left,  as  you  enter  from  Church  lane, 
between  two  gravel  paths,  not  far  from  the  tarred  fence  of  a 
large  garden,  which  makes  a  sharp  angle  in  the  churchyard. 


It  has  a  tallish  stone  at  the  head,  with  the  inscription  and 
well-known  lines  written  by  "  Dante  "  Carey,  cut  entirely  in 
Italic  capital  letters  (two  lines  overrunning,  the  redundant 
words  are  inserted  below  on  the  rigid-hand  side  of  the  stone 
like  a  refrain,)  aud  a  small  one  at  the  foot  containing  simply 
the  initials  of  those  beneath.  Between  is  a  neatly,  and,  1 
think,  newly-turfed  mound.  The  adjacent  monument  of 
"  Gideon  Rippon  ot  Eagle  House,  Edmonton,  and  the  Bank 
of  England,"  ou  the  right,  is  not  a  "  hideous  erection  of  the 
fluted  order  of  village  architecture,"  invidiously  described  iu 
the  Saturday  Review  four  years  ago,  but  a  peutish  tomb  of 
the  modern  Greek  style,  with  quadrupled  pediment,  Soaueau 
ornaments  and  a  low  iron  rail  surrounding  it. 

Xeither  is  Lamb's  grave  now  "  overgrown  with  nettles  and 
long  grass,"  as  then  was  probably  the  disgraceful  truth 
(though,  by  the  way,  Die  sexton  denied  it,)  for  one  could  see 
by  the  discoloration  of  the  headstone  that  at  least  oue  loot 
nine  inches  of  earth  had,  not  very  long  ago,  been  removed 
from  it ;  while  that  at  the  foot  must  have  needed  all  but  ex- 
cavation. At  present  the  grave  and  its  belongings  look 
decent  enough — thanks,  perhaps,  to  that  irascible  Saturday 
reviewer.  It  was  no  less  than  sixteen  feet  deep — on  the  sex- 
ton's authority,  corroborated  by  that  epithet  applied  to  it  by 
Talfonrd.  He  also  confirmed  the  biographer's  statement  that, 
wheu  the  grave  was  re-opened  to  admit  the  body  of  Mary — 
thirteen  years  after  that  "  afternoon  wintry  walk,  on  which 
about  a  fortnight  before  his  death  he  had  pointed  out  to  his 
sister  the  place  where  he  wished  to  be  buried  " — the  coffin  of 
Charles  Lamb  appeared  quite  sound.  "  bo  dry,"  says  Tal- 
fourd,  "  is  the  soil  of  the  quiet  churc  hyard,  that  the  excavated 
earth  left  perfect  walls  of  stiff  clay,  and  permitted  us  just  to 
catch  a  glimpse  of  the  still  untarnished  edges  of  the  coffin  in 
which  all  the  mortal  part  of  one  of  the  most  delightful  per- 
sons who  ever  lived,  was  contained,  and  on  which  the  remains 
of  her  he  had  loved  with  love  1  passing  the  love  of  woman  ' 
were  hencetorth  to  rest.  They  were  lovely  iu  their  lives,  aud 
in  death  they  are  not  divided. 

Men-  ix  Armor— Buckstone,  the  London  comedian  and 
manager,  at  a  recent  theatrical  gathering,  gave  the  following 
account  of  an  embarrassing  situation  in  which  his  company 
were  one  placed  : 

I  had  once  occasion  to  represent  "  Richard  the  Third  "  at 
the  11a;  market  Theatre,  but  being  unaccustomed  at  the  house 
to  warlike  tragedies,  we  had  no  suits  of  mail  to  engage  the 
captains  and  soldiers  of  York  and  Lancaster.  In  this  diffi- 
culty, 1  applied  to  the  manager  of  Astley's  Amphitheatre  for 
the  loan  of  some  armor,  when  almost  immediately  afterword 
a  van-load  arrived  at  my  stage  door.  1  seut  my  thanks  to  the 
manager  for  bis  kind  and  prompt  compliance  with  my  request, 
and  experienced  to  him  an  indescribable  leeling  of  friendship, 
mingled  with  gratitude.  The  only  draw  back  to  this  generous 
action  was  that  the  armor  was  very  dirty,  and  required  clean- 
ing. To  accomplish  this  my  meu  were  occupied  for  two  or 
three  days  in  brightening  it  up. 

The  uightcame  lor  the  performance  of  Richard  ihe  Third. 
The  armor  was  donned  by  the  actors,  who  went  into  the  bat- 
tle certainly,  but  uuder  difficulty.  My  "  Earl  of  Richmond," 
on  lilting  up  his  arm  to  strike  at  "  Richard  "  could  not  get  it 
dowu  again,  but  continued  in  that  striking  attitude  to  the  end 
of  the  play.  "  Catesby  "  aud  "  Ratcliffe  "  wandered  about 
like  two  animated  Butch  ov  ens,  and  being  unable  to  see  thiough 
their  vizors  where  they  were  going,  came  into  collision  with 
each  other  ;  some  of  the  helmets  having  been  forced  on  the 
heads  of  some  of  the  soldiers,  could  not  be  got  off  again  till 
long  after  the  tragedy  was  over  ;  while  one  disgusted  super, 
who  had  been  laughed  at  by  the  uudience,  and  had  also  expe- 
rienced a  tumble  or  two,  was  heard  to  say,  "if  this  armor 
dodge  goes  ou  1  shall  leave  the  profession." 

The  Last  Air  Suih. — The  experiments  which  have  been 
made  by  Dr.  Solomon  Andrews  at  Xew  York  and  his  aerial 
voyage  receutly,  have  aroused  fresh  iuterest  in  aerial  navi- 
gation. The  doctor  makes  no  prediction,  which  is  a  favorable 
portent,  but  he  is  sanguine  that,  with  the  lengthening  and 
some  modifications  of  his  machine,  he  will  be  able  to  steer  it 
with  certainty,    liis  air  ship  is  thus  described  : 

'•  The  itrostal  of  the  apparatus,  instead  of  being  pear-shaped, 
like  that  of  the  common  balloon,  more  resembles  a  long  lemon 
terininatiue  in  a  sharp  point  at  either  eud.  This  floats  hori- 
zontally iu  the  air,  and  by  means  of  a  strong  netting  passing 
over  the  whole  bag,  supports  the  car,  shaped  like  a  cradle,  of 
wicker-work,  about  eight  feet  iu  length  by  two  in  width.  A 
strong  leather  strap  passing  along  the  top  aud  bottom  of  the 
balloon,  .and  drawn  together  by  cords,  forms  a  deep  groove  in 
the  upper-  a,!)d  under  sides.  The  principle  of  its  operation  is 
that,  owing  ty  its  peculiar  form,  it  will  move  much  more  easily 
in  the  directiou  of  its  length  than  in  any  other,  and  conse- 
quently when  it  k  rising  through  the  air  or  sinking  toward  the 
earth,  if  one  of  its  poiuts  be  turned  partially  in  the  directiou 
in  which  it  is  pointed,  and  thus  by  alternately  rising  and  sink- 
ing in  slanting  diroctions,  the  machine  will  be  propelled  ahead. 
Dr.  Andrews'  present  ship  is  about  8b  feet  in  extreme  length 
and  i'2  feet  iu  diameter  in  the  middle.  It  contains,  whtn 
fully  inflated,  aoout  00,000  cubic  feet  of  gas,  aud  is  estimated 
to  be  i>Me  to  sustain  a  burden  of  1,800  pounds  " 


AMUSEMEXTS. 

CUT  ARLES  .MATHEWS'  lively  little  two  act  combination 
of  farce  aud  comedy,  under  the  queer  title  of  Who 
Killed  Cock  Robin  ?  was  produced  very  successfully  at  the 
Opera  House  on  Tuesday  evening.  Though  it  has  but  four 
characters  and  but  slight  material  for  plot,  yel  the  piece 
is  so  full  of  fun,  sparkle,  and  action,  aud  the  dialogue  so  clever 
aud  amusing,  it  is  uo  wonder  that  it  should  make  a  hit,  and 
be  the  theatre-talk  of  the  town— especially  when  its  chief 
parts  were  so  ably  represented  as  iu  the  present  case.  The 
plot  has  beeu  printed  and  reprinted  in  the  dailies — which  must 
serve  as  an  excuse  for  our  not  repeating  it  here. 

The  two  principal  characters,  "  Satanella  "  and  "  Jack  Rag- 
get,"  were  taken  by  Miss  Kate  Deuiu  and  Harry  Courtaine, 
and  were  both  capitally  given.  Miss  Denin's  acting  of  her 
part  was  very  artistic  ;  the  rendering  of  the  mock  heroic  por- 
tion of  it  was  a  gem  in  its  way.  Courtaiue's  "  Jack  Raggef' 
was  very  Courtainish,  indeed  too  much  so.  This  excellent 
actor's  tendency  to  exaggeration  is  a  growing  fault.  If  •'  Jack 
Raggett  "  had  not  been  made  so  extremely  nervous  aud  flighty 
he  would  have  presented  his  points  more  effectively.  It  does 
not  need  a  coustant  strain  of  nerve  and  muscle,  and  the  throw- 
ing of  salient  points — like  those  which  enliven  this  piece — at 
the  audience,  to  make  them  catch  them — a  quiet  and  artistic 
toss  would  serve  better.  Mr.  Courtaiue's  ability  and  versa- 
tility have  gained  him  a  just  popularity,  and  if  ho  will  but 
study  a  more  calm  and  omposed  manner  of  rendering  even 
eccentric  characters,  we  are  sure  it  will  tend  to  his  present, 
and  more  particularly  to  his  ultimate  advantase.  Ered  Franks 
as  the  •'  father "  of  the  piece,  acted  his  little  part  notably 
well. 

Pocahontas,  introduced  with  local  hits,  accompanied  Who 
Kdled  Cock  Robin?  on  Thursday's  and  Friday's  bill.  Both 
pieces  will  be  played  again  this  afternoon  and  evening.  "The 
Sphinx,"  a  clever  little  piece  of  optical  illusion,  has  shown  its 
head  on  the  stage,  apparently  without  any  body,  and  talked, 
smoked,  and  drank,  to  the  wonderment  of  the  uninitiated. 
This  feat  of  jugglery  will  be  added  to  this  afternoon  and  even- 
ing's bill. 

The  Bianchi  Itai.ian  Oit.ra  Season-. — The  new  artists 
engaged  to  complete  this  troupe  having  arrived  yesterday,  on 
the  Golden  Age,  the  season  will  be  inaugurated  at  the  Metro- 
politan theatre  with  Verdi's  favorite  opera  of  Ernuni,  on 
Tuesday  evening  next.  The  merits  of  the  resident,  members 
of  this  company,  Signor  and  Signora  Bianchi  and  Signorina 
Branibilla.are  will  known  to  our  readers.  The  stranger  artists 
are  not  unknown  to  fame.  Signor  J.  M'incusi,  has  ranked  as 
Primo  Baritone  at  the  La  Scala  of  Milan,  and  at  El  Liceo  of 
Barcelona  ;  which  is  a  sufficient  guarantee  of  musical  aud  vo- 
cal ability  of  high  order.  Signor  S.  Miller:  was  Primo  Basso 
of  her  Majesty's  Theatre,  London,  and  held  the  same  position 
at  the  Tacon  Theatre,  Havana,  during  the  last  winter.  He 
made  his  debut  at  the  Academy  of  Music,  Xew  York,  on  May 
10th,  and  we  clip  two  notices  from  the  Xew  York  press  as 
the  most  satisfactoiy  way  of  placing  his  qualifications  before 
the  public.  The  Xew  York  Tribune  of  May  11th,  iu  a 
critique  on  Fiiust.  says  :  ■'  Tne  debutante  basso,  Millcri,  ef- 
fected by  his  '  Gold  Song'  and  serenade  a  positive  control  of 
his  first  public  here."  And  adds  :  "  There  is  material  in  that 
basso  for  a  grand  dramatic  singer."  The  New  York  limes, 
of  the  same  date,  says  :  "  Signor  Milleri  was  the  Mephisto- 
pheles,  making  his  debut  in  that  trying  role.  The  gentleman 
has  a  fine  bass  voice,  particularly  clear  and  ringing  in  the  upper 
register,  lie  made  a  highly  favorable  impression."  About  a 
week  subsequently,  the  Xew  York  Academy  burnt  down,  and 
his  next  debut  will  be  before  a  San  Francisco  audience  as 
"  Silva,"  on  Tuesday  evening  next. 

The  new  season  opens  very  propitiously.  The  box  sheet  is 
fast  filling  up.  The  operas  will  be  produced  with  excellent 
leading  artists,  large  aud  efficient  chorus,  and  a  full  orchestra 
under  the  leadership  of  Mr.  R.  Herold  ;  and  are  pledged  to 
be  placed  very  effectively  on  the  stage.  A  new  drop  scene  for 
the  theatre  has  been  painted,  representing  the  famed  Bay  of 
Naples,  aud  Mount  Vesuvius  iu  eruption. 

The  Howson  Opera  Troupe,  at  the  Academy  of  Music,  did 
not  escape  the  usual  penalty  of  uuaclimated  singing  birds. 
They  were  rendered  incapable  of  singing  their  parts  by  hoarse- 
ness early  in  tho  week,  after  giving  two  performances.  The 
Misses  liowson  suffered  quite  severely  from  attacks  of  influ- 
enza upon  encountering  our  summer  wiuds  after  a  three-month 
voyage  through  the  tropics.  These  drawbacks  materially  af- 
fected their  success  in  the  rendering  of  La  Sonnambula,  and 
the  house  was  necessarily  closed.  But  autidotes  and  steam 
baths  have  conquered  in  the  interval,  and  to-night  the  troup 
essay  Murilana  with  clear  voices  and  uufettered  throats.  W 
think  Wallace's  opera,  being  an  English  one,  will  be  very  ef 
fectively  rendered. 

The  bath  for  beauty  is  an  application  of  that  elegant,  innocent,  and' 
delightful  toilet  gem— Davidson's  Circassian  Bloom.  It  is  far  bUotb 
all  other  drcseiugs,  so  nicely  does  it  adapt  iliself  to  every  skin.  It 
never^injures  or  roughens  the  complexion. 


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July  1 4th  | 


THE  CAL1F0RNIAN. 


5 


DUST   TO  DUST. 


BV  HENRY  GEORGE. 


We  copy  the  following  sketch — written  by  an  occasional  contrib- 
utortoTHE  Califorman— from  the  Philadelphia  Saturday  Night.] 

WHEN"  the  wheels,  whose  tireless  beat  brought  us  to 
these  Pacific  shores,  made  their  first  plunge  in  the 
brine,  and  for  the  last  time  flung  from  their  floats  the  spray 
jf  the  noble  Delaware,  how  much  of  life  and  hope  did  our 
lttle  barque  contain — what  bright  pictures  were  painted  for 
he  future !  We  were  nearly  all  young,  and  looked  to  our 
voyage  as  a  pleasure  excursion.  That  which  alone  is  certain 
is  already  come  to  many — in  battle  or  storm,  by  the  Indian 
•row,  or  by  fell  disease,  death  has  called  ;  yet  for  the  first 
hat  went  we  grieved  the  most,  and  there  were  circumstances 
onnected  with  his  death  and  burial  that  none  of  us  will  ever 
jrget. 

_  We  had  lived  through  the  northwester  off  Hatteras,  when 

tany  a  stout  barque  went  down  ;  we  had  entered  three  fever 
>rts  unscathed,  but  as  we  steamed  past  the  Sugarloaf  and 
ide  the  beautiful  bay  of  Rio  farewell,  we  knew  there  was 
ie  ou  board  who  had  not  begun  the  voyage  with  us — a 
htful  shipmate,  the  scourge  of  the  tropics,  the  personified 
mion  of  the  sailor — "Yellow  Jack." 

And  of  all  that  crew,  the  one  whose  hopes  seemed  bright- 
whose  prospects  in  life  were  most  to  be  envied,  seemed 
irked  by  the  destroyer.  This  roung  fellow,  scarce  twenty- 
the  son  of  a  man  of  wealth  and  high  position  who  could 
p  him  over  the  most  difficult  rounds  of  the  ladder;  with 
ery  promise  of  a  bright  career,  and  all  that  nature  ar.d  for- 
could  give  to  make  life  desirable,  lingered  while  others 
overed.  Fore  and  aft,  he  was  loved  by  all  for  his  genial 
e  and  generous*  spirit,  and  anxiously  we  watched  and 
■>ed  for  his  recovery.  The  crisis  seemed  past,  and  if  his 
sngth  would  only  last  until  he  neared  the  Cape,  all  would 
well. 

)ur  prow  pointed  to  the  cool  south,  to  the  path  of  the 
ezes  of  life.    Every  plunge  of  our  wheels  sent  us  farther 
the  sun.    Each  night  we  watched  the  Southern  Cross 
a  higher  station,  as  the  returning  voyager,  who  has 
bled  the  great  capes,  watches  the  rise  of  the  Dipper  and 
th  Star,  and  the  familiar  constellations  that  deck  the 
vens  of  his  home.    The  majestic  sweep  of  the  albatross 
he  horizon  we  would  have  greeted  as  the  bird  of  promise, 
the  furious  wind  of  the  Southern  ocean  would  have  been 
ome  as  the  soft  breeze  of  spring  in  the  frozen  Arctic, 
hoped  for  the  best,  yet  those  who  were  superstitious 
k  their  beads,  as  belore  us,  day  by  day,  in  the  clear  blue 
r  underneath  our  bows  swam  the  striped  pilot-fish,  and 
and  again  above  our  seething  track  the  fin  of  the  follow- 
hark  might  be  seen  to  rise.    Only  one  port  remained  to 
ssed  before  we  would  hail  the  rain  and  fog,  and  strength 
g  winds — Montevideo.    But  when  we  entered  that  great 
m,  more  sea  than  river,  the  mighty  La  Plata,  on  which 

ity  is  situated,  young  N  was  dying. 

wly  his  life  ebbed  away,  and  the  scene,  as  he  breathed 
st,  I  shall  never  forget.    On  our  right  were  the  low  hill; 
e  shore,  to  the  left  only  the  broad  expanse  of  the  river 
e  wild  sky,  the  black  clouds  seemed  big  with  the  dreaded 
aro  ;  the  wind  whistled  past,  the  waves  dashed  in  foam, 
u  board  stood  hushed  and  waiting,  for  we  knew  a  soul 
arting.    There  was  a  stir  at  the  cabin  hatchway,  a 
man  came  up,  his  face  covered  with  his  hands— we 
all  wa3  over.    Then  at  that  instant,  as,  spite  of  belief 
ucation,  a  prayer  for  thu  freed  soul  rose  from  our  hearts, 
ack  clouds  opened  in  a  perfect  circle,  out  streamed  the 
of  the  sun  upon  the  heaving  water  and  wild  scene,  and, 
ainst  the  darkness,  the  bow  of  everlasting  promise 
into  the  sky. 

some  time,  in  intervals  of  consciousness,  young  N  

en  aware  of  his  approaching  end,  and  the  only  thing- 
ented  to  trouble  him  was  the  idea  of  dying  so  far  from 
he  lovad,  and  of  being  buried  where  affection  might 
mark  his  resting-place.  It  was  his  last  and  earnest 
,  that  his  grave  might  be  made  on  shore,  where  his 
jould  be  recognized  by  his  friends,  and  not  committed 
waves ;  and  though  it  was  very  doubtful  it  the  privi- 
uld  be  granted,  yet  the  captain  resolved  to  take  the 
into  the  harbor,  and  try  to  obtain  permission  to  bury  it 


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when  night  came,  sadly  we  talked  in  little  groups  upon 
kk,  while  the  sound  of  hammer  and  plane  from  the  gang- 
Id  that  the  "  last  house  "  of  one  of  us  was  being  built. 

no  star  shed  its  light,  still  it  was  not  all  blackness. 
Diver  of  silver  "  beamed  with  a  lustre  of  its  own.  Not 
ie  furrows  our  prow  threw  aside,  or  the  broad  wake  we 
lind,  but  the  whole  surface  of  the  water  glowed  with 
crescent  brightness,  and  we  seemed  to  force  our  way 

a  sheet  of  molten  silver, 
light  long  we  steamed  up  the  river,  and  when  the  sun 
}se  it  showed  us  the  harbor  of  Montevideo.    Out  be- 

the  other  shipping  lay  a  stately  frigate,  the  Stars  and 
|:>f  the  great  republic  streaming  from  her  peak  in  "the 

breeze — the  old  St.  Lawrence,  flags!iip  of  the  squad- 


ron. She  was  the  first  national  vessel  we  had  seen  since  leav- 
ing our  own  shores,  and  as  we  neared  her  we  gazed  with  pride 
upon  her  trim  aspect  and  noble  proportions.  We  were  bring- 
ing them  news  and  letters  from  home,  and  every  port  of  the 
great  ship  was  thronged  with  face3  eager  to  see  the  comer 
from  the  land  they  loved.  Running  up  under  her  quarter  we  were 
hailed  and  answered,  and  after  the  usual  inquiries,  our  captain 

mentioned  the  death  of  young  N  ,  and  his  wish  to  have 

him  buried  on  shore ;  but  was  told  that  it  was  impossible  ; 
that  we  would  infringe  the  quarantine  rules  by  even  entering 
the  port  with  the  corpse  ;  and  was  directed  to  steam  back 
some  miles  and  commit  the  body  to  the  waves,  before  enter- 
ing the  harbor. 

The  shrill  whistle  of  the  boatswain  sounded  ;  a  boat  dropped 
from  the  frigate's  davits,  reached  our  side,  took  letters  and 
papers,  and  our  little  steamer  turned  slowly  round  to  retrace 
her  path.  We  had  felt  sad  while  coming  up,  but  a  darker 
gloom  hung  over  all  while  going  down  the  river.  It  seemed 
so  hard  that  the  last  and  only  request  of  the  poor  boy  could 
not  be  complied  with. 

But  swiftly  down  the  current,  in  the  bright,  fresh  morning, 
dashed  our  little  boa';,  and  when  the  lofty  frigate  was  hull 
down  behind  us,  we  turned  and  stopped  for  the  last  sad 
rites. 

Upon  the  quarter-deck,  in  reverential  silence,  all  hands  were 
gathered.  The  large  box-like  coffin,  in  which  we  had  hoped 
to  commit  our  dead  to  mother  earth,  bored  full  of  holes,  and 
filled  up  with  heavy  materials,  was  placed  by  the  side,  covered 
with  the  flag.  The  beautiful  burial  service  was  commenced 
its  solemn  sentences  sounding  doubly  solemn  under  such 
mournful  circumstances — there  was  a  pause — a  voice  that 
know,  years  afterwards,  sounded  clear  aud  full  through  the 
death  storm  of  the  Mississippi  forts,  trembled  and  faltered  a 
moment — then  came  the  words,  "  We,  therefore,  commit  his 
body  to  the  deep  !"  and  with  a  surge  the  waves  closed  above 
the  dead. 

Hardly  a  word  was  spoken  as  the  wheels  again  took  up  their 
task,  and  we  began  to  ascend  the  river,  but  every  eye  was  fixed 
on  the  spot  we  were  leaving,  and  at  the  same  instant  an  excla- 
mation sprang  from  every  lip  as  the  coffin  was  seen  to  rise 
The  engine  was  quickly  stopped,  a  boat  lowered,  and  taking  a 
small_ anchor  and  some  heavy  chain,  started  to  secure  andsinlc 
the  box.  But  it  was  no  easy  task  in  the  fresh  breeze  and 
short,  chopping  sea,  and  the  coffin  seemed  almost  instinct 
with  life  and  striving  to  elude  their  efforts.  Again  and  again 
they  were  foiled  in  their  attempt  to  fasten  the  weights,  but 
were  at  last  successful,  aud  ouce  more  the  water  closed  above 
the  corpse. 

Alter  waiting  some  time,  to  make  sure  that  it  could  not 
float  again,  we  started  once  more  up  the  river,  and  this  time 
awe  was  mingled  with  our  grief.  Most  men  who  follow  the 
sea  have  a  touch  of  superstition  ;  there  is  something  in  the 
vastness  with  which  Nature  presents  herself  upon  the  great 
waters  which  influences  in  this  direction  even  minds  otherwise 
sceptical,  and  as  we  steamed  up  the  river,  it  was  more  than 
hiuted  by  many  among  us  that  the  strong  desire  of  the  dying 
man  had  oomething  to  do  with  the  difficulty  of  sinking  his 
body. 

This  time  we  passed  the  frigate,  saluting,  but  not  stopping, 
and  entered  the  port.  It  was  war  time  ;  on  the  Pampas  some 
phase  of  the  interminable  quarrels  of  this  Southern  lederatiou 
was  being  fought  out,  and  the  harbor  was  crowded  with  men- 
of-war.  Nearly  all  the  Brazilian  uavy  was  there,  matching  the 
progress  of  events  ;  and  besides  these,  and  the  numerous  mer 
chantmeu,  the  ensign  of  almost  every  nation  was  displayed 
above  some  armed  vessel.  By  direction  of  the  officer  who 
boarded  us,  we  proceeded  past  them  all,  to  the  farther  side  oi 
the  harbor,  where  we  were  ordered  to  lay  in  quarantine  seven 
days  before  beiug  allowed  to  coal. 

The  new  scene,  the  various  objects  of  interest  around,  and 
the  duties  of  clearing  up,  conspired  to  make  us  forget  the 
events  of  the  morning,  but  the  sun  was  yet  some  distance 
above  the  western  horizon  when  a  startling  circumstance  oc- 
curred to  recall  them  to  our  minds. 

Nearly  all  hands  were  busily  engaged  below,  only  two  or 
three  loitering  arouud  the  deck,  when  the  quartermaster, 
sweeping  the  harbor  with  his  glass,  noticed  something  floating 
in,  which  riveted  his  attention.  Again  and  again  he  looked 
at  it ;  then,  with  surprise  and  dismay  in  his  face,  called  the 
officer  of  the  deck.  The  whisper  spread  through  the  ship, and 
in  a  few  minutes  all  were  watching  in  silence  the  object  that 
seemed  drifting  toward  us.  Onward  it  came,  through  all  the 
vessels  that  lay  beyond  us — now  lost  to  our  view,  now  coming 
in  sight  again — turning  and  tacking  as  though  piloted  by  life, 
and  steadily  holding  its  course  for  our  steamer.  It  passed 
the  last  ship,  and  came  straight  for  us.  It  came  closer,  and 
every  doubt  was  dispelled — it  was,  indeed,  the  coffin  I  A 
thrill  of  awe  passed  through  every  heart  as  the  fact  became 
assured. 

Right  under  our  bows  came  the  box  ;  it  touched  our  side  ; 
halted  a  moment,  as  if  claiming  recognition,  and  then  drifted 
slowly  past  us  towards  the  shore. 

There  was  an  excited  murmur  forward,  a  whispered  consul- 


tation in  the  knot  of  officers  aft;  then  one  advanced — "  Man 
the  quarter  boat,  boys  ;  take  picks  and  spades  :  tow  the 
coffin  ashore,  and  bury  the  body  !" 

It  was  the  work  of  a  moment — the  boat  shot  like  an  arrow 
from  our  side,  the  ashen  oars  bending  with  the  energy  of  the 
stroke.  Reverently  and  gently  they  secured  the  box,  and  with 
slow,  solemn  strokes  towed  it  to  the  foot  of  the  desolate- 
looking  hill  that  skirts  the  bay.  There,  breaking  it  open,  they 
bore  the  corpse,  covered  with  the  flag,  a  little  distance  up  the 
hillside,  and,  making  in  the  twilight  a  grave  among  the  chap- 
arral, laid  it  to  rest,  marking  the  spot  with  a  rude  cross, 
which,  concealed  from  observation  by  the  bushes,  would  yet 
serve  as  a  mark  of  recognition,  and  secure  the  grave,  should  it 
be  noticed,  from  the  intrusion  of  vandal  hands. 

And  so,  spite  of  all,  that  dying  wish  was  gratified,  and  the 
body  which  the  waters  refused  to  receive  was  laid  to  rest  in 
its  mother  earth. 


[For  the  Calif orniau.] 

LINES. 

BY  A  PRACTICAL  SENTIMENTALIST. 

SOMETIMES  at  eve,  when  the  lamp  burns  low, 
^    And  Day  recedes,  and  Night  with  its  flow 

Comes  bitter  and  black  about  me, 
I  see  the  lights  in  the  city  wake, 
And  moved  by  the  night-wind  shiver  and  shake 

Willi  a  tremor  that  seems  to  flout  me. 

But  I  watch  aud  wait  through  the  twilight  gray, 
Till  the  lamps  are  lit  in  tbe  Milky  Way 

And  the  golden  squares  of  the  Lion, 
Till  the  keys  of  the  Lyre  sparkle  fair 
And  the  tremulous,  misty  moonlit  air 

Is  faint  with  the  glow  of  Orion. 

Then  the  dreams  of  my  youth  before  me  pass 
And  the  cherished  visions  and  hopes,  alas  ! 

And  the  words  that  were  gaily  spoken, 
And  the  forms  I  loved  that  are  gore  away, 
And  'he  kindly  hearts  that  are  turned  to  clay, 

And  the  vows  that  are  long  since  broken. 

Theu  I  rise  and  enter  a  secret  door, 

As  marshalled  by  one  who  had  gone  before 

With  a  dim  and  ghostly  truncheon  ; 
And,  finding  pickles,  and  beer,  and  cheese — 
Through  filled  with  unutterable  thoughts  like  these — 

I  eat  my  midnight  luncheon. 


Exciting  Scene  at  Wombwell's  Menagerie. — The  Dundee 
(Scotland)  Courier,  of  May  18,  says:  On  Saturday  night  an 
alarming  incident  occurred  at  Wombwell's  menagerie,  which 
is  now  visiting  Dundee.  The  place  was  crowded  to  excess  by 
visitors.  During  one  of  the  performances,  while  the  keeper, 
Mr.  Mack,  was  causing  the  leopards  and  panthers,  which  are 
confined  in  one  large  caravan,  to  go  through  various  evolu- 
tions, a  large  male  panther  suddenly  showed  unmistakable 
signs  of  insubordination.  With  the  rest  of  his  companions  he 
was  ordered  by  the  keeper  to  leap  through  a  large  brass  ring 
held  up  for  that  purpose.  Instead,  however,  of  doing  this,  the 
animal  suddenly  turned  upon  Mr.  Mack,  and,  throwing  his 
powerful  paw  on  the  head  of  the  latter,  produced  a  deep  scalp 
wound,  from  which  the  blood  instantly  began  to  flow  pro- 
fusely, covering  the  face  and  clothes  of  the  daring  keeper  with 
a  crimson  stream.  Mr.  Mack  was  completely  taken  by  sur- 
prise, as  this  was  the  first  occasion  on  which  the  panther  had 
dared  to  make  an  open  attack  ;  but,  quickly  recovering  his 
self  possession,  he  struck  his  infuriated  assailant  several  severe 
blows  with  the  butt  end  of  the  heavy  whip  he  usually  carries 
about  with  him  when  going  through  his  dangerous  perform- 
ances. Blinded  and  maddened  with  the  blows  of  the  whip, 
the  panther  let  go  his  hold  and  bounded  round  the  cage  in  a 
frautic  manner,  then,  retiring  to  the  further  corner,  crouched 
down  as  if  preparing  for  a  spring,  while  his  gleaming  eyes  and 
gaping  jaw^,  from  which  he  emitted  the  most  terrible  growls, 
showed  plainly  enough  that,  had  he  been  allowed  to  make  his 
leap,  it  would  have  closed  forever  the  career  of  the  fearless 
ion-tamer.  But,  happily,  the  latter  followed  up  his  advantage 
with  energy  and  promptitude,  and  gave  the  animal  such  an 
unmerciful  beating  as  fairly  to  cow  him  into  an  unwilling  and 
threatening  submission.  He  compelled  him  to  finish  the  per- 
formance so  unexpectedly  interrupted,  and  was  loudly  ap- 
plauded by  the  audience  on  making  his  exit  from  the  exciting 
scene  in  which  he  had  showed  so  much  cool  daring  and  de- 
cision. It  may  be  readily  supposed  that  the  visitors  were 
wrought  to  the  highest  pitch  during  the  time  the  affair  lasted. 


A  picture  in  Punch  called  "  Rather  Cute,"  represents  a 
man  at  a  ticket  office.  "  Look  here  !"  he  says,  "  you  didn't 
give  the  right  change  just  now!"  Clerk — "Too  late,  sir. 
You  should  have  spoken  when  you*  took  your  ticket!"  Pas- 
senger— "Should  I?  Well,  it's  of  no  consequence  to  me; 
but  you  gave  me  a  half-sovereign  too  much  I"  Exit. 


Suggestive. — The  Napa  Register  suggests  that  the  cars 
running  from  Napa  to  the  landing  below  town  be  provided 
with  cow-catchers  behind  as  well  as  in  front,  as  there  is  noth- 
ng  to  prevent  cows  from  rnnr.in?  into  the  cars  from  the  rear, 
while  in  motion.    Very  good.—  Caii. 


6 


THE    C  A  L  I  F  O  ft  N  I  A  N  - 


i  July  14th 


THE   STEWARD'S  STORY. 

ABOUT  twelve  years  ago,  I  was  steward  of  the  Dryad, 
Robert  Harrison,  commander.  She  was  a  fine  fast 
little  ship  of  four  hundred  and  fifty  tons,  and  bound  from 
Shanghai  to  London,  with  a  cargo  of  teas  and  silk.  A  Clyde- 
built  ship,  called  the  Planet,  a  great  favorite  in  the  trade, 
completed  her  loading  at  the  same  time  that  we  did,  so  we 
sailed  together  and  passed  through  the  Straits  of  Sunda  in 
company. 

Now,  you  must  know,  that  to  bring  the  first  of  the  season's 
teas  into  market,  was  then,  and  is  now,  a  very  great  object ; 
and  of  course  thpre  is  considerable  rivalry  ainonsr  the  first  ships  I 
loaded.  Moreover,  part  of  our  cargo  was  on  account  ot  the 
owner  of  the  ship,  which  made  Captain  Harrison  doubly  anx- 
ious to  make  a  rapid  passage.  I  do  not  know  whether  he 
understood  he  was  to  receive  a  present  in  case  the  Dryad 
should  be  the  first  ship  into  London,  though  that  is  likely 
enough  ;  but  I  do  know  that  he  had  made  a  bet  of  fiveand- 
twenty  pounds  with  the  captain  of  the  Planet,  for  I  heard  the 
bet  made  one  day  when  old  Sandilands  was  taking  tiffin  on 
board  our  ship. 

Well,  we  parted  company  oflT  Java  Head,  and  you  may  de- 
pend that  there  was  not  much  rest  for  the  officers  and  crew 
of  either  ship  from  that  time  forward — at  least,  I  know  that 
there  was  none  on  board  our  ship.  Our  skipper  carried  sail  on 
her  very  hard,  day  and  night  the  same  :  indeed,  he  would  be 
on  deck  at  all  hours  of  the  night,  not  that  he  need  have  been 
afraid  of  either  of  the  mates  taking  in  canvas  before  they 
were  absolutely  compelled  ;  for  though  they  were  perhaps  not 
so  much  concerned  personally  in  the  matter  of  a  smart  pas- 
sage as  he  was,  yet  they  seemed  to  consider  it  for  the  credit 
of  the  ship  that  she  should  beat  the  Planet,  and  carried  sail 
as  hard  as  was  safe,  and  occasionally  a  good  deal  harder  than 
was  pleasant.  A  pretty  general  average  they  made  among  my 
crockery,  to  be  sure,  when  we  had  some  tolerably  heavy 
weather  coming  round  the  Cape.  However,  we  weathered  it 
handsomely,  for  a  stun'sail  boom  or  two,  and.  a  split  top-gal- 
lant sail  don't  count  for  much  when  a  ship  is  bound  to  make 
a  fast  tsn,  and  in  21  degrees  south  we  were  going  free  at  a 
great  rate  with  a  fine  fresh  breeze  on  the  quarter,  and  the 
skipper  and  mates  were  in  high  glee,  for  they  made  certain  we 
were  beating  the  Planet ;  though,  not  having  seen  that  ship 
since  leaving  Java  Head,  it  was  impossible  for  any  one  to 
know  anything  for  certain  about  the  matter. 

However,  there  was  no  mistake  about  the  fair  wind,  and 
the  Dryad  walked  along  in  great  style,  bowling  off  her  ten 
and  eleven  knots  au  hour,  when  one  evening  when  we  were 
getting  somewhere  to  about  26  degrees  south  latitude,  oce  of 
our  youngsters,  who  was  up  in  the  main-top,  stowing  away  a 
stun'sail,  sang  out,  "  Sail  ho  !" 

"  Where  away  ?"  called  out  Captain  Harrison  and  our  chief 
mate  both  together.  You  see  they  lancied  that  it  might  be 
the  Planet,  and  were  all  alive. 

'■  Right  abeam  of  us  to  leeward,  sir  !"  answered  the  lad. 

"  What  do  you  make  her  out  to  be  ?"  again  sung  out  the 
captain.  "  Here,  Mr.  Monsell,  he  continued,  addressing  the 
second  mate,  "  take  jour  glass  into  the  top,  and  see  what  she 
is  like." 

Up  ran  Monsell,  and  in  less  than  a  minute  hailed  the  deck 
with,  "  She  is  a  large  dismasted  ship,  sir,  waterlogged,  I  think, 
but  you  may  be  able  to  see  her  from  the  deck,  right  over  our 
lee  quarter." 

You  see,  at  the  rate  we  were  going,  we  were  dropping  her 
fast.  At  this  intelligence  Captain  Harrison  looked  very  much 
disturbed  and  annoyed,  and  walked  the  deck  for  a  minute  or 
two,  without  speaking.  Then  he  called  down  the  companion- 
hatch  for  me  to  bring  his  glasss,  which  I  did  pretty  quickly, 
for,  to  tell  the  truth,  I  was  standing  with  it  in  my  hand  at  the 
foot  of  the  stairs,  listening  to  what  was  going  on.  Now,  1 
heard  what  Monsell  had  said  when  he  hailed  from  the  main- 
top ;  so  when  I  came  on  deck  1  looked  over  the  quarter. 
There,  sure  enough,  I  picked  her  out  at  once  with  my  naked 
eye,  not  very  plain,  to  be  sure,  but  plain  enough  to  see  that 
she  was  a  large  ship,  very  deep,  rolling  heavily.  She  seemed 
to  have  a  main-royal  or  a  mizzen-top-gallant  sail  set  on  a  jury- 
mast  rigged  forward.  As  I  could  maKe  out  all  this,  you  may 
imagine  1  was  much  astonished  by  hearing  the  captain  say  to 
the  first  mate,  "  I  can't  see  her,  Mr.  Gilbert ;  I  thiuk  it  must 
be  Monsell's  fancy  !" 

When  he  said  this,  I  looked  round,  and  was  surprised  to  see 
he  had  his  glass  directed  to  a  point  or  so  abaft  the  beam.  No 
wonder  he  didn't  see  her  for  the  Dryad  had  not  been  idle  all 
tins  time,  and  we  were  leaving  the  wreck  well  astern  ;  the 
breeze,  too,  was  freshening  into  a  smart  capful  of  wind.  Upon 
hearing  the  skipper's  remark,  the  first  mate  said  : 

"  Bring  me  up  my  ni«ht-glass,  will  you,  Stedman  ?" 

"  And  get  supper  ready,  Studmin,"  added  the  captain,  in  a 
way  that  sounded  like,  If  What  are  you  doing  on  deck,  when 
you  are  not  wauted  ?" 

Of  course  1  took  the  hint,  but  what  with  going  between  the 
cabin  and  the  galley,  and  listening  at  the  loot  of  the  compan- 
ion, I  heard  and  saw  all  that  passed.  Mr.  Gilbert  took  the 
alass,  and  walking  right  aft,  looked  over  the  taffrail  a  little  to 
etrtard.  .  Presently  he  said  : 


"  I  see  her  quite  distinctly,  sir — a  heavy  ship,  from  Bombay 
or  Calcutta,  most  likely  ;  rolling  very  deep,  sprung  a  bad  leak, 
I  should  say,  sir  ;  shouldn't  wonder  if  one  of  her  masts,  when 
they  went  overboard,  had  started  a  butt." 

And  this  Mr.  Gilbert  oaid  without  removing  the  glass  from 
his  eye. 

"  She's  abandoned,  I  suppose,  Mr.  Gilbert,"  said  the  cap- 
tain, iu  a  tone  which  he  tried  to  make  uncoucerned,  and  with- 
out looking  in  the  direction  of  the  wreck. 

"  Well,  no,  sir,  I  should  say  not,"  replied  the  mate  decidedly, 
as  he  turned  round  and  looked  at  his  superior  with  some  sur- 
prise. "  I  should  say  that  there  were  some  hands  on  board  of 
her,  if  not  all  the  crew  ;  they  have  rigged  thai  jury  mast  with 
that  rag  of  sail  forward,  and  they  manage  to  keep  her  before 
the  wiud  pretty  well,  considering." 

"  Ah,  well,  well,  Mr.  Gilbert,  she'll  do  all  right  enough; 
she  has  a  fair  wind  for  St.  Helena,  and  she  can  fetch  that 
easily,  1  dare  say,  if  the  worst  comes  to  the  worst :  besides, 
she  is  in  the  regular  track  of  the  homeward-bounders,  aud 
some  ship  Or  other  will  be  sure  to  pick  her  up.  Whether  or 
no,  I  can't  put  the  ship's  head  round  now  and  beat  up  to 
windward  to  her  for  three  or  four  hours,  and  then  find,  after 
all,  that  she  does  not  require  our  assistance.  Perhaps  the 
Planet  may  fall  in  with  her  to-morrow  or  next  day — ha!  ha!" 

This  he  said  with  a  forced  laugh,  but  neither  of  the  mates 
seemed  disposed  to  join  him  in  his  merriment.  On  the  con- 
trary, they  both  looked  very  gloomy,  and  I  can't  say  that  I 
thought  it  a  subject  to  be  joked  about,  nor,  I  dare  say,  did 
the  crew.  Indeed,  our  captain's  behavior  surprised  me  a  good 
deal  ;  for.  though  he  was  generally  considered  a  taut  hand, 
and  very  strict  in  his  notions  of  duty  and  discipline,  no  one 
on  board  had  ever  regarded  him  as  a  cruel  or  bad-hearted 
man.  But,  you  understf  nd,  the  Devil  was  at  his  elbow  in  two 
or  three  shapes.  He  was  anxious  to  bring  in  the  first  cargo 
of  tea — he  was  anxious  to  do  well  for  bis  owner— he  took  a 
pride  in  the  fast  passage  his  ship  was  making,  and  then  there 
was  his  confounded  Pet  with  Captaiu  Sandilands,  of  the 
Planet. 

But  it  is  not  for  me  to  judge  him,  and,  what's  more,  no  one 
on  board,  officers  or  men,  presumed  to  express  their  opinion, 
whatever  they  may  have  thought ;  only  I  heard  Mr.  Gilbert, 
who  went  iuto  his  cabin  shortly  after  eight  bells  had  struck, 
muttering  something  to  himself  about,  "  a  nice  entry  to  make 
in  the  log-book  !"  It  was  the  second  mate's  watch  from  eight 
to  twelve,  but  Captain  Harrisou  remaiued  walking  the  deck  ; 
and  when  I  announced  to  him  that  supper  was  ready,  he  sent 
Mr.  Monsell  down,  saying  that  he  would  keep  the  watch  in 
the  meantime.  And  when  Monsell  returned  on  deck,  there 
he  still  remained,  silently  pacing  fore  and  aft,  aud  occasionally 
stopping  to  look  over  the  taffrail.  The  moon  rose  at  four 
bells  or  thereabouts,  and  soon  aftewards  I  heard  the  skipper 
say  : 

•'  Turn  the  hands  up,  Mr.  Monsell — in  stun'sails  !" 

Upon  this,  up  jumped  Mr.  Gilbert  with  "  What  is  the  old 
man  up  to  now  1"  He  was  on  deck  pretty  sharply,  aud  I 
could  hear  him  forward,  singing  ont  for  his  watch. 

Then  it  was — "  In  maintop-mast  and  top  gallant  stun'sails  ; 
fore  top  mast  and  lower  stun'sails  ;  and  then  single  reefs  in 
the  top  sails,  fore  and  aft."  Then,  "  Hands  by  the  braces !" 
and  as  the  helm  was  put  hard  to  port,  the  fore-sheet  was 
dragged  aft,  the  loretack  boarded,  the  yards  were  braced  sharp 
up,  and  the  ship  hauled  to  the  wind  as  close  as  she  would  lay. 

Then  we  knew  what  our  captain  had  been  thinking  about, 
while  he  had  been  pacing  the  deck  so  silently  during  the  last 
two  or  three  hours  ;  and  1,  for  one,  didn't  envy  him  his  re- 
flections. 

What  he  could  have  done  a  few  hours  before,  very  easily, 
he  was  going  to  do  now,  when  it  would  not  only  be  difficult, 
but  would  cause  great  loss  o  time  into  the  bargain.  Ay.  and 
what  was  worse,  it  would  probably  be  too  late.  For  when 
we  first  sighted  the  vessel  in  distress  there  was  no  more  than 
a  fresh  breeze,  and  very  little  sea  ;  now  there  was  a  consider- 
able sea  running  and  the  wind  had  freshened,  so  that,  as  we 
worked  to  windward,  it  was  like  half  a  gale  ;  aud  under  the 
canvaS  we  were  carrying,  our  good  ship  heeled  over  to  it  hand- 
somely, and  took  the  seas  over  her  in  great  style. 

Nevertheless,  we  did  not  make  much  way,  or  at  least  that 
was  our  captain's  opinion,  for  when  we  wore  ship  at  six  bells, 
he  said  to  the  mate,  ■'  We  will  get  the  mainsail  on  her,  Mr. 
Gilbert." 

"  Upon  my  word,  sir,  she  has  got  as  much  as  she  can  stag 
ger  uuder,  and  I  don't  think  she  can  bear  it,"  replied  the  mate  ; 
the  first  time  I  think  that  I  ever  heard  him  offer  a  remon- 
strance. 

•'  She  must  bear  it,  sir  !"  was  the  reply.  "  Send  the  people 
aft  to  the  mainsheet,  and  let  some  good  hands  tend  the  bunt- 
lines." 

Well,  when  she  bad  got  the  sheet  aft  and  the  tack  down, 
I  hoped  he  was  satisfied.  The  ship  certainly  weni  faster 
through  the  water,  and  held  a  better  wind,  but  she  careened 
over,  so  that  our  lee  chains  were  under  water,  and  she  trem- 
bled all  over  as  the  seas  struck  and  deluged  her  deck,  fore  and 
aft.  Thus  we  kept  carrying  on  all  night,  wearing  ship  about 
every  two  hours  or  soj  aud  mostly  with  all  hands  on  deck. 


The  night  was  tolerably  bright,  except  when  the  heavy 
clouds  drove  across  the  face  of  the  moon  ;  but  no  ship  did  we 
see.  At  seven  bells  in  the  morning  watch,  the  wind  had 
risen  so  much  that  Captain  Harrison  very  unwillingly  gave 
orders  to  hand  topgallant-sails,  double  reef  the  topsails,  and 
haul  up  the  mainsail.  Under  this  shortened  canvas  we  still 
kept  beating  to  windward,  aud  I  knew  by  the  constaut, 
anxious  look-out  kept  by  the  mates,  that  they  calculated  we 
were  somewhere  near  the  spot  where  the  distressed  ship  was 
last  seen  ;  but  no,  the  day  dawned,  the  sun  rose,  but  the  clear 
expanse  all  around  was  unbroken.  The  ship  was  gone  ! 
Without  orders,  Mr.  Monsell  took  his  telescope  up  into  tb* 
maintop-mast  cross-trees,  and  there  he  stayed  for  a  quarter  of 
an  hour  or  more.  When  he  came  down,  Captain  Harrison 
asked  him  no  questions.  There  was  no  need  :  the  grave  look 
of  his  face  told  its  own  story. 

All  that  forenoon  we  kept  stretching  to  windward,  though 
every  soul  on  board,  not  excepting  the  captain,  most  have 
known  that  it  was  too  late  ;  but  about  mid-day  Captain  Har- 
rison said  to  the  first  mate  (and  his  voice  seemed  hoarse  and 
strange,)  "  You  can  put  the  helm  up,  Mr.  Gilbert,  square  the 
yards,  shake  out  the  reefs,  and  keep  her  away  on  her  course." 
With  that  he  came  down  below,  and  went,  without  speaking, 
into  the  after-cabin.  At  first  I  did  not  venture  to  disturb 
him,  but  after  waiting  about  a  quarter  of  an  hour  1  fancied 
that  1  heard  him  groan  ;  so,  by  way  of  an  excuse  for  intrud- 
ing upon  him,  I  got  him  wine,  aud  taking  it  into  the  cabin, 
asked  him  to  take  some,  saying  that  1  knew  he  must  feel  in 
want  of  some  refreshment.  He  was  sittiug  with  his  elbows 
resting  upon  the  table,  and  his  face  hidden  between  his  hands. 

When  1  spoke  to  him  he  looked  up  and  stared  at  uie  as  if 
he  did  not  rightly  understand  what  I  said,  and  then  dropped 
his  head  between  his  hands  agaiu  ;  so  I  laid  the  wine  in  the 
swinging  tray  aud  left  the  cabin.  Upon  my  life  1  pitied  him. 
A  man  may  make  a  mistake  and  rectify  it — lie  may  commit  a 
fault  and  atone  for  it  ;  but  Captaiu  Harrison's  case  was  a  ter- 
rible one.  He  had  left  undone  what  he  ought  to  have  done  ; 
and  in  beating  his  ship  to  wiudward  under  a  dangerous  press 
of  sail,  we  all  had  witnessed  his  desperate  endeavors  to  set 
right  what  he  had  left  wrong  ;  but  who  can  describe  the  depth 
of  his  sorrow,  and  the  bitterness  of  his  self-reproach,  when  he 
found  that  those  efforts  were  made  in  vain  ?  Too  late  !  Ah, 
it  is  a  bitter  word  to  say. 

Homeward  sailed  the  Dryad,  with  tolerable  weather  and 
fair  winds,  and  everything  on  board  went  on  pretty  smoothly 
as  before  ;  but  the  mates  began  to  perceive  something  peculiar 
in  the  captain's  couduct.  He  was  usually  a  very  rererved  and 
silent  man,  and  alter  what  had  happened  it  was  only  natural 
to  suppose  that  he  should  be  less  lively  and  talkative  than 
usual ;  but  now  he  scarcely  ever  spoke  to  any  one.  He  never 
hud  been  what  is  called  "  a  jolly  skipper,"  that  is,  he  never 
cared  much  about  good  eatiug  and  drinking,  but  now  he  would 
hardly  taste  food  oftener  than  once  in  the  twenty-four  hours. 
And  from  a  few  slight  expressions  I  heard  let  fall  between  the 
officers,  I  concluded  that  they  thought  their  superior  was 
light-headed,  or  not  quite  right  in  his  mind. 

They  might  easily  consider  so,  for  his  conduct  was  certainly 
strange.  He  would  be  on  deck  all  day,  and  great  part  of  the 
night  also,  his  glass  always  in  his  hmd.  This  he  wai  con- 
staatly  using,  looking  to  windward,  just  as  he  did  when  we 
were  working  up  to  the  spot  where  we  considered  the  dis- 
masted ship  to  bo.  This,  at  first,  did  not  attract  much  atten- 
tion, but  when  it  became  his  constant  practico  all  day  long, 
the  officers— ay.  and  the  men,  too— begau  to  guess  how  it  was. 
Indeed,  Mr.  Gilbert,  to  try  him,  one  day  said  to  him,  in  a 
cheery  sort  of  voice,  "  I  don't  think  you  need  look  out  lor  the 
Planet,  Captaiu  Harrison  !  Bless  your  life,  sir,  she  haeu't  got 
legs  to  travel  with  us  !" 

"  Planet!  what  Planet?''  asked  the  poor  man,  in  a  bewil- 
dered way.  It  was  not  the  Planet  he  was  looking  for  :  it  was 
the  foundering  ship,  which  should  never  see  harbor  more,  that 
was  constantly  floating  before  his  diseased  imagination.  Did 
he  not  fear  that,  on  that  day  "  when  the  sea  shall  give  op  her 
dead,''  the  lost  crew  would  appear  to  plead  against  him  before 
the  great  judgment-seat '.' 

His  grief  and  remorse  had  fairly  turned  his  brain.   He  now 
never  attempted  to  interfere  in  the  navigation  or  working  of 
the  ship  ;  but  the  mates  did  not  require  his  assistance  iu  any 
way.  nor  did  they  trouble  bim  at  all  beyond  occasionally  con- 
sulting him  for  form's  sake  ;  they  were  both  first-rale  seamen, 
and  Mr.  Gilbert,  as  became  his  position  as  first  officer, 
a  good  navigator,  almost  as  good,  it  was  considered,  as  th 
captain  himself.    But  a  first  mate  in  Gilbert's  situation,  wit 
an  incapable  commander,  is  decidedly  in  a  false  position; 
has  all  the  responsibility  on  his  shoulders  without  bein 
legally  in  charge  of  the  ship. 

So  far,  however,  all  had  gone  on  very  well,  and  we  hop 
that  we  were  going  to  make  a  smart  passage,  and  be  the  firs 
ship  of  the  season,  notwithstanding  our  uiihappy  delay.  Bat 
our  good  fortune  was  coming  to  a  close.  When  we  were 
somewhere  about  3C  degrees  north  latitude  it  came  on  to 
blow  very  heavily  from  the  west,  and  the  weather  was  thick, 
with  a  good  deal  of  rain.  I  know  that  this  made  Mr.  Gilbert 
very  uueasy,  for  we  were  gettiug  close  upon  the  Western 


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THE  CALIFORNIA!*. 


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Islands,  and  I  had  heard  bim  talking  to  Mr.  Monsell  about 
sighting  them,  and  "  taking  a  fresh  departure."  But  in  the 
thick  weather  and  strong  westerly  gales,  there  was  nothing 
for  it,  he  considered,  but  giving  them  a  wide  berth,  and 
intended  to  keep  well  to  windward  of  Flores.  And  this,  I 
presume,  he  considered  he  had  succeeded  in  doing,  for  the 
night  after  I  heard  his  conversation  with  Monsell,  they  both 
came  down  below  together,  to  look  at  the  chart. 

They  had  not  much  opportunity  for  taking  observations, 
but  I  suppose  Gilbert  was  satisfied  that  we  had  weathered 
the  island,  for  after  prickiug  off  the  ship  on  the  chart,  he  de- 
cided on  altering  her  course  two  points  or  so,  rounding  in  the 
weather  braces,  and  shaking  a  reef  out  of  the  topsails.  This 
alteration  in  our  course  made  almost  a  fair  wind  for  us,  and 
as  we  had  been  hammering  away  for  the  last  two  or  three 
days  close-hauled  under  short  canva3  in  dirty  weather,  it  was 
good  news  to  all  on  board.  But  we  were  rather  premature  in 
our  rejoicing.  That  very  night,  just  as  the  first  mate  was 
turning  in  (for  he  had  not  been  in  hi9  berth  during  the  last 
two  nurhts,  and  now  that  his  mind  was  at  ease  he  resolved  to 
have  four  hours'  sleep)  the  lookout  ou  the  forecastle  shouted, 
"  Breakers  ahead  1" 

Mr.  Gilbert  was  on  deck  in  an  iu3tant,  and  gave  his  orders 
promptly  and  coolly.  "  Down  with  the  helm,  raise  tacks  and 
sheets  I'/  But  it  was  too  late  ;  the  only  difference  was,  that 
the  ship  went  crashing  broadside  on  to  the  reef,  instead  of 
bows  on.  A  choice  of  two  evils  with  a  vengeance.  As  she 
struck,  the  foremast  went  over  the  side  at  once,  dragging  with 
it  the  main-topmast,  and  there  lay  the  bonny  Dryad  almost 
on  her  beam-ends,  smashing  and  tearing  herself  to  pieces  on 
a  reef  off  the  shore  of  the  island  which  poor  Gilbert  had  flat- 
tered himself  he  had  weathered  so  cleverly.  The  ship  con- 
tinued beating  very  heavily,  and  the  sea  broke  clean  over  her 
waist  ;  but  though  there  was  not  much  shelter  anywhere,  the 
quarter-deck  was  comparatively  secure,  and  there  we  all, 
officers  and  men,  betook  ourselves.  As  she  lay  with  her 
deck  towards  the  shore,  she  ;.iade  a  lee  for  us  on  that  side, 
and  that,  so  far,  was  a  fortunate  circumstance. 

To  our  surprise,  the  captain  seemed  to  have  completely 
recovered  his  senses  ;  he  was  perfectly  cool  and  collected, 
lie  blamed  himself  and  no  oue  else,  for  the  loss  of  the  ship, 
and  consulted  with  the  mates  as  to  whether  the  cutters  could 
swim  in  the  sea  that  was  running,  and  whether  they  would  be 
sufficient  to  hold  ail  the  people.  Jt  was  extremely  doubtful 
whether  they  would  do  either  one  thing  or  the  other;  but  he 
ordered  them  to  be  seen  clear,  all  ready  for  lowering,  and  then 
said  :  "  My  lads,  the  ship  will  no  doubt  stick  together  until 
daybreak.  If  we  can  manage  to  hold  ou  till  then,  we  shall 
have  a  better  chance  of  getting  ashore  ;  by  that  time,  too, 
the  weather  may  have  moderated.  It  would  be  more  danger- 
ous to  attempt  to  land  now  than  it  is  to  stay  by  the  ship." 
He  then  ordered  me  to  go  down  with  the  mates  into  the 
cabin,  to  try  to  lay  our  hands  upou  the  blue-lights,  also  some 
cartridges  for  two  small  swivels,  which  we  had  on  the  taffVail. 
Moreover,  he  directed  me  to  bring  up  some  wine  or  spirits,  to 
serve  out  to  the  crew.  This  1  managed  to  effect  with  some 
difficulty  ;  and  very  useful  the  allowance  was  to  the  wet  and 
shivering  men.  We  learned  afterwards  that  our  blue-lights 
ami  guns  certainly  gave  notice  to  the  people  on  the  island  of 
our  Whereabouts,  but  produced  no  other  effect  ;  nor,  indeed, 
did  we  look  for  much  assistance  from  shore. 

A  dreary  night  we  passed,  nor  when  day  broke  was  the 
prospect  much  more  inspiriting  ;  but  that  our  commander's 
advice  was  good  in  urging  the  men  not  to  take  to  the  boats 
during  the  night  was  evident,  as  we  could  now  perceive,  what 
we  should  probably  have  missed  in  the  dark,  that  there  was  a 
short  stretch  of  sand  and  shingly  beach,  where  we  might  have 
6ome  chance  of  running  the  boats  ashore,  and  even  of  saving 
our  lives  if  they  chanced  to  be  rolled  over  in  the  heavy  surf, 
which  we  could  not  help  considering  was  more  likely  than  not. 
Be  that  as  might  happen,  the  trial  was  to  be  made  :  and  Cap- 
tain Harrison  proceeded  to  tell  off  t  he  crew  of  the  first  cutter, 
which  he  placed  uuder  the  charge  of  Mr.  Monsell.  With  him 
she  would  carry  twelve  in  all.  This  divided  the  crew  and 
officers  equally  between  the  two  boats,  with  the  exception  of 
the  captain,  who  made  one  over  the  conplement  for  the  sec- 
ond cutter. 

This  having  been  arrauged,  we  lowered  away  the  boat,  with 
two  hands  in  her  tending  the  falls,  and,  thauks  to  the  shelter 
afforded  by  the  position  of  the  ship,  we  managed  pretty  well, 
and  got  the  people  into  her  without  accident.  But  she  swum 
very  deep,  even  daugerously  so.  As  long  as  she  was  under 
the  lee  of  the  wreck,  this  was  not  a  matter  of  so  much  conse- 
quence, but  it  was  a  ticklish  moment  when  they  let  go  the 
painter,  and  put  her  head  round  for  the  shore.  We  watched 
her  progress  for  a  minute  or  two,  and  proceeded  to  lower  the 
second  cutter,  the  Captain  saying,  "  Now,  Gilbert,  it  is  your 
turn." 

The  boat  was  successfully  lowered,  and  the  hands  passed 
safely  over  the  side,  leaving  Captain  Harrison,  Mr.  Gilbert, 
and  myself.  Then  the  captain  addressed  the  mate,  aud  said, 
"  Gilbert,  I  must  be  the  last  man  on  board,  step  over  the  side. 
Steduiau,  fetch  me  my  glass  ;  it  lies  ou  the  companion  hatch." 

I  brought  it  to  hiui,  and  he  ordered  ine  to  get  into  the  boat. 


A3  he  followed  me  to  the  ship's  bulwarks,  I,  of  course,  obeyed 
him,  never  dreaming  of  anything  but  that  he  should  follow  me. 
But  when  he  saw  that  I  was  safe  on  board  the  boat,  he  called 
out,  to  the  surprise  of  all  : 

"  Thirteen  is  an  unlucky  number,  Gilbert ;  you  are  too  deep 
as  it  is,  and  will  do  better  without  me.  I  shall  stay  on  board 
to  take  care  of  the  ship.    Give  way,  my  lads!'' 

Take  care  of  the  ship,  indeed  !  God  help  him  !  the  ship 
was  breaking  up  fast,  and  the  cargo  coming  up  alongside. 

As  he  spoke,  he  cast  off  the  end  of  the  painter  where  it  was 
made  fast  on  board,  and  we  were  at  once  swept  twelve  or 
fifteen  feet  from  the  wreck,  and,  if  we  had  not  pulled  the  cut- 
ter's bow  round,  should  have  been  capsized  instantly. 

We  could  not  have  returned  to  the  ship  now  if  we  had 
risked  our  lives  to  the  utmost  in  attempting  to  do  so.  Had 
we  been  able  to  accomplish  it',  we  most  certainly  should  have 
been  compelled  to  use  force  to  remove  the  captain.  We  saw 
him  wave  his  hand  to  us,  and  walk  deliberately  to  the  weather 
quarter,  where  he  crouched  down,  and,  levelling  his  glass, 
looked  out  to  windward. 

You  see,  although  he  was  so  cool  in  taking  command  when 
the  ship  struck,  and  in  arranging  for  the  safety  of  the  men, 
yet,  as  soon  as  the  first  great  excitement  was  over,  his  ideas 
went  back  to  their  former  channel. 

He  had  no  care  now  for  his  wrecked  ship,  for  his  good  men 
in  extreme  danger,  or  even  for  his  own  life,  fast  drawing  to  a 
close.  No — no  ;  his  thoughts  were  fifteen  hundred  miles 
away,  with  a  deserted  ship  and  a  lost  crew  whom  he  would 
have  given  his  life  to  rescue,  and  for  whom  he  would  look 
until  his  last  hour,  and  look  in  vain  ! 
My  story  is  nearly  told. 

The  second  mate  managed  to  beach  his  boat,  very  cleverly, 
and  well  for  us  in  the  second  cutter  that  he  did  so  ;  for  we 
were  not  so  lucky.  When  within  three  boats'  length  from  the 
shore,  a  heavy  roller  took  the  cutter  under  the  counter  and 
turned  her  over,  sweeping  us,  along  with  the  capsized  boat, 
bruised  and  half  drowned.  So  that  if  Monsell's  crew  and  the 
people  on  shore  had  not  been  on  the  look-out  for  us,  and  ven- 
tured boldly  into  the  surf  to  our  assistance,  we  should  inevi- 
tably have  been  carried  back  by  the  returning  sea,  and,  in  our 
injured  and  helpless  state,  most  probably  have  perished.  But, 
thank  God,  we  were  rescued,  though  not  without  some  casu- 
alties. 

Among  other  trifles,  Mr.  Gilbert  dislocated  his  shoulder, 
and  two  of  my  ribs  were  broken.  Indeed,  the  whole  of  us  had 
suffered  more  or  less,  and  our  boat  lay  on  the  beach,  keel  up- 
permost, and  useless  for  the  present.  The  first  cutter,  how- 
ever, was  in  pretty  good  order,  snd  the  mates  consulted  to- 
gether on  the  possibility  of  reaching  the  wreck,  and  bringing 
off  their  commander,  whether  he  would  or  no.  If  they  had 
considered  it  at  all  feasible,  they  could  have  raised  half  a  dozen 
volunteers  in  a  minute  ;  but  it  was  too  clearly  a  sheer  impos- 
sibility to  launch  any  boat  through  the  surf  which  was  then 
ou  the  beach.  We  hoped,  however,  against  our  better  judg- 
ment, that  the  Dryad  would  hold  together  until  the  weather 
moderated. 

In  the  mean  while,  we  were  all  kindly  treated  and  cared  for, 
and  an  account  of  our  misfortune  was  to  be  conveyed  to  the 
British  consul,  at  Fayal,  as  soon  as  the  weather  would  permit. 
I  may  as  well  mention  here,  that  by  that  gentleman  we  were 
furnished  with  needful  supplies,  and  eventually  sent  home  to 
Englaud  by  a  large  steamer  that  called  at  Fayal. 

When  the  next  morning  dawned,  however,  our  hopes  as  to 
the  weather  and  the  wreck  were  doomed  t-j  disappointment. 
The  Dryad  was  gone  I  And  what  had  been  only  thirty-six 
hours  before  a  smart,  well-built  ship  was  nothing  but  a  mass 
of  smashed  and  twisted  timber,  driven  about  like  straw  by 
the  breakers,  and  hove  upon  the  beach.  And  there  we  found 
him!  He  had  lashed  himself  to  the  quarter-deck  bulwarks, 
where  we  had  last  seen  him,  and  apparently  in  that  position 
awai;ed  his  doom  ;  for  he  had  evidently  made  no  efforts  to 
save  himself,  either  by  the  hencoops  or  loose  spars  which  came 
ashore,  and  most  probably  must  have  been  floating  alongside. 
We  dug  his  grave  and  laid  him  down  with  all  decency  and 
respect  ;  ay,  with  sorrowing  hearts,  too  ;  for  to  us  he  had  al- 
ways behaved  as  a  good  and  iust  man  ;  and  if,  in  the  lament- 
able instance  I  have  related,  he  had  greatly  erred,  so  also  most 
bitterly  he  had  repented. 


One  of  the  peculiarities  of  the  great  International  Exhibi- 
tion to  be  held  in  Paris  next  year  will  be  a  grand  restaurant, 
or  rather  series  of  restaurants,  each  one  to  represent  the 
cuisine  of  a  different  nationality,  and  in  which  the  waiters 
are  to  have  the  distinct  costume  of  the  country  represented. 
A  correspondent,  speculating  upon  these  different  refreshment 
rooms,  says  :  "  The  Englishman  will  expect  to  have  his  roast 
beef  and  ale ;  the  Yankee  his  pork  and  beans,  buckwheat 
cakes,  and  green  corn  ;  the  Dutchman  his  sauerkraut  ;  the 
Spaniard  his  oVa  caldo  and  dulces  ;  the  Italian  his  rhacca- 
roni ;  the  Esquimaux  his  blubber  :  and  the  Chinaman  his  rice 
and  bird's  nests— perhaps,  in  a  quiet  way,  a  rat  or  so.  As  a 
large  space  will  be  devoted  to  the  Polynesians,  some  very 
curious  culinary  preparations  from  that  quarter  of  the  globe 
may  be  looked  for." — London  Review. 


fFor  the  Californian.J 

MOUNTAIN  TRAVEL. 

[by  our  reliable  correspondent.] 

Meadow  Lake,  Nevada  County,  Cal., ) 
July  4,  I860,  f 

LAST  March,  Hon.  N.  W.  Winston,  Capt.  Martin  White 
and  myself  found  ourselves  at  Heaton's  station,  now 
Cisco,  on  the  Dutch  Flat  and  Virginia  road.  We  had  trav- 
elled thus  far  by  stage,  but  at  this  point  the  beauty  of  the 
scenery  enticed  us  from  this  mode  of  conveyance,  and  we  de- 
termined to  complete  our  journey  to  Meadow  Lake  on  foot, 
in  order  that  we  might  have  more  leisure  for  observation.  We 
put  on  overcoats,  to  protect  us  from  being  blistered  by  the 
fervid  rays  of  the  sun,  and  covered  our  boots  with  barley 
sacks,  which  we  wound  around  aud  tied  on  to  prevent  the 
mosquitoes  from  biting  through  the  leather  into  our  feet,  that 
insect  being  of  extraordinary  size  and  fierceness  in  this 
region. 

Indeed,  many  kinds  of  animal  life  seem  to  be  exaggerated 
into  wonderful  proportions  by  bare  association  with  the 
gigantic  mountains.  We  had  cakes  for  breakfast  at  Heaton's, 
and  used  sugar  on  them,  some  of  which  may  have  stuck  in 
our  whiskers,  for  we  were  suddenly  attacked  by  a  flock  of 
humming-birds,  of  such  monstrous  size  that  nothing  but  a 
vigorous  use  of  our  sticks  saved  us  from  being  knocked  down 
the  side  of  the  mountain  by  their  wings,  the  swift  flapping  of 
which  resembled  the  noise  made  by  a  hundred-stamp  quartz 
mill. 

We  noticed  many  fine  varieties  of  flowers,  trees  and  shades, 
the  like  of  which  we  had  never  seen  before,  during  our  walk 
up  the  side  of  Bed  Mountain,  so  called  because  it  is  com- 
posed entirely  of  copper,  with  just  soil  enough  over  it  to  sup- 
port the  gardsn  through  which  we  passed.  To  step  half  way 
up  and  gaze  upon  the  view  was  delightful.  A  man  would 
probably  climb  such  a  mountain  not  more  than  once  in  his 
lifetime.  Once  while  we  were  sitting  on  the  side  of  the 
road,  enjoying  the  scene,  Pat.  Lannan,  of  Virginia,  came 
down  on  a  cloud.  Petrified  clouds  are  much  used  in  the 
mountains  for  the  conveyance  of  passengers.  There  is  a  cer- 
tain place  on  the  mountains  known  only  to  a  few  who  profit 
by  the  secret,  where,  when  the  clouds  become  entangled  in 
the  trees,  they  assume  almost  immediately  a  condition  of 
petrifaction,  changing  into  a  substance  which  is  hard  and  firm, 
but  floats  in  the  air  in  the  same  manner  that  another  kind  of 
stone  called  pumice-stone,  floats  on  the  water.  The  parties 
who  collect  these  singular  vehicles,  fasten  ropes  to  them 
before  releasing  them  from  the  trees,  to  prevent  them  from, 
sailing  away,  and  also  to  lead  and  guide  them  down  and  up 
the  mountain  trail.  The  cause  of  this  peculiar  change  in  the 
character  of  the  clouds  has  never  been  satisfactorily  ex- 
plained, but  it  is  supposed  to  be  owing  to  some  peculiarity  in 
the  earth  or  its  exhalations  in  the  particular  spot  where  the 
phenomenon  occurs.  Another  peculiarity  is  that  all  the  colors 
the  cloud  may  have  had  immediately  before  the  change  takes 
place,  remain  iudellibly  fixed.  It  thus  happens  that  some 
times  these  cloud  carriages  present  the  brilliant  beauties 
of  drab,  purple  and  gold,  and  all  the  other  sunset  hues  at 
once.  For  a  ride  on  these  an  extra  price  is  charged.  The 
handsomest  one  I  saw  had,  in  addition  to  these  colors,  several 
very  lively  rainbows,  which  had  been  caught  at  sunset.  Owing 
to  their  buoyancy,  they  can  only  be  taken  half-way  down  the 
mountain  ;  the  balance  of  the  trip  is  made  on  mules  or  on 
loot.  We  continued  our  journey  on  foot,  being  unwilling  to 
trust  the  clouds,  as  an  accident  had  occurred  shortly  before  ; 
a  rope  having  broken,  the  passenger  was  carried  to  unknown 
regions,  and  has  never  been  heard  from  since. 

We  continued  up  the  mountain  till  we  arrived  at  Fredonia, 
which,  in  the  language  of  the  inhabitants,  means  enchantment 
A  high,  white  wall,  had  been  built  around  the  place.  From 
the  top  of  this  we  descended  by  a  flight  of  steps,  whiter  than 
any  marble,  into  a  room  in  which  we  found  no  living  soul 
visible  ;  but  a  fire  was  ou  the  hearth,  which  we  suppose  it 
kept  perpetually  burning,  as  a  part  of  some  ancient  supersti- 
tion or  ceremony.  Though  no  hands  could  be  seen,  there  in- 
stantly appeared  a  table  loaded  with  viands  of  the  utmost 
variety  and  most  delicious  taste,  all  of  which  soon  disappeared 
a3  mysteriously  as  it  came,  aud  was  replaced  in  greater  variety 
and  with  more  abundance  than  before.  We  could  hear  the 
rattle  of  the  dishes,  aud  see  them  descend  upon  the  table,  but 
hand  or  person  we  could  not  see.  Startled  at  these  phenom- 
ena, we  re-ascended  the  steps,  but,  before  leaving  the  place, 
visited  the  wiud  factory.  This  is  necessary  because  the  wini 
never  blows  there,  and  this  establishment  was  therefore  built 
to  supply  the  demand.  When  manufactured,  it  is  kept  for 
use  in  a  large  reservoir  called  a  blacksmith's  bellows.  Find- 
ing ourselves  .'among  the  clouds,  I  tore  a  strip  of  "  silver 
lining  "  from  one,  and  brought  it  along  with  me.  It  is  a  great 
curiosity. 

From  Fredonia" we  passed  on  to  Enterprise,  so  called  <  n 
account  of  a  gigantic  project  originated  aud  successfully  put 
in  operatiou  by  its  founder,  about  which  I  will  inform  you  in 


my  next. 


J.  Jackson  Jones. 


8 


THE  CALIF0RN1AN- 


|  July  14th 


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HOME  CHARITIES. 

THE  meeting  recently  held  for  the  relief  of  the  Portland 
sufferers,  was  characterized  by  a  show  of  caution,  re- 
serve, and  prudence  quite  in  contrast  to  the  usual  spontaneous 
enthusiasm  and  display  of  previous  California  meetings  for 
similar  purposes.  The  speakers  wanted  to  know  the  exact 
condition  of  the  sufferers  ;  whether  the  aid  of  San  Francisco 
was  imperatively  required  ;  whether  temporary  relief  was  only 
asked  ;  whether  the  destitution  was  such  as  authorized  a 
claim  upon  the  charity  of  so  remote  a  city.  Some  thought 
the  condition  of  the  Portland  people  no  worse  than  that  of 
our  own  citizens  after  the  great  conflagrations  of  '52  and  '54, 
and,  arguing  from  the  fact,  that  we  had  not  received  charity 
from  Eastern  cities,  questioned  their  right  to  claim  assistance 
from  us.  It  was  urged  that,  having  ourselves  recuperated 
and  recovered  from  the  disastrous  Sacramento  flood  which 
left  so  many  thousand  homeless  without  receiving  help  be- 
yond the  borders  of  our  own  State,  the  like  energy  might  be 
reasonably  expected  of  an  older  community.  And  one  gen- 
tleman, whose  prominent  connection  with  most  of  the  chari- 
table organizations  of  this  city  entitle  hi*  remarks  to  some 
weight,  asserted  that  the  number  of  destitute  and  suffering 
people  in  this  city  was  about  equal  to  that  of  Portland  ! 

It  is  to  the  last  statement  that  we  wish  to  call  the  attention 
of  the  reader,  and  which  we  take  us  the  text  of  this  article. 
The  previous  arguments,  it  is  unnecessary  to  say,  have  no 
weight  with  a  liberal  and  enlightened  people,  or  with  any  com- 
munity that  believes  charity  to  be  something  more  than  the 
hope  of  reciprocation.  But  it  is  certainly  worth  our  serious 
consideration  if  a  destitute  man  is  more  likely  to  receive  our 
sympathy  when  in  Portland  than  when  in  San  Francisco,  or 
that  the  crippled  soldier  to  whose  wants — through  the  Sanitary 
Commission — we  contributed  so  liberally,  is  likely  to  starve 
to  death  when  he  makes  a  personal  appeal  on  our  streets  for 
aid.  The  fact  is  that  there  has  been  an  unpleasant  odor  of 
ostentation  about  most  of  our  popular  movements  in  the  way 
of  benevolence  and  charity,  and  a  disposition  to  make  not 
only  the  right  hand  know  what  the  left  had  done,  but  to  gen- 
erally take  the  rest  of  the  body  into  the  secret.  It  was  pleas- 
ant to  listen  to  the  trumpetlike  praise  with  which  Dr.  Bellows 
spread  our  munificence  throughout  the  land  ;  it  was  exceed- 
ing good  to  hear  ourselves  spoken  of  as  the  "  wealthy  and 
large-hearted  sons  of  California."  There  was  a  reckless  and 
barbaric  opulence  in  our  gifts,  an  unreasoning  liberality  that 
had  about  as  much  significance  as  the  largess  scattered  by 
some  tipsy  reveller.  With  this  reputation  for  generosity, 
there  has  been  more  real  suffering  and  unrelieved  destitution 
in  this  State  than'in  any  other  community  of  the  same  size. 
With  this  monument  to  our  liberality,  erected  by  the  United 
States  Sanitary  Commission,  we  have  not  been  able  to  build 
an  alms-house  ! 

The  reader  who  doubts  the  extent  of  poverty  and  suffering 
in  California,  has  but  to  reflect  upon  the  thousand  predispos- 
ing causes  which  give  an  epidemic  and  local  character  to  this 
form  of  social  complaint.  To  many  who  arrive  on  this  coast, 
California  is  the  dernier  resort — the  last  hope  of  a  luckless 
and  ill-considered  life.  People  forget  that  here,  energy,  appli- 
cation, and  intelligence  are  as  essential  if  not  reaily  more  im- 
portint  to  success  than  elsewhere.  The  factitious  glow  given 
to  California  life  and  business  by  ignorant  scribblers  and  wan- 
dering travellers  intoxicated  by  new  scenery  aud  people  ;  the 
enchanting  and  seductive  pictures  painted  by  self  interested 
.-peculators,  attract  many  here  who  are  unfitted  for  the  harsh 
realities  of  our  life,  and  who  exhaust  their  total  capital  in  the 
Httempt  to  reach  these  shores.  The  perils  of  an  adventurous 
and  speculative  trade  ;  the  sudden  reverses  of  fortune  peculiar 
to  the  legalized  gambling  which  we  call  stock-brokering  ;  the 
mischance  of  flood,  fire,  and  robbery  (greater  than  in  older 
communities  ;)  and  the  reckless  extravagance  of  expenditure, 
make  poverty  and  distress  more  frequent  than  competence  and 
wealth.  It  is  time  to  look  to  our  own  poor.  While  it  is  true 
that  charity  which  begins  at  home  often  ends  there,  we  believe 
in  applying  our  generosity,  intelligently  and  mercifully,  in  re- 
lieving those  distresses  which  can  be  most  easily  and  readily 
lelieved,  whether  they  be  iu  Portland  or  San  Francisco. 


OUR    BOOK- TABLE. 

AMONG  the  works  recently  sent  us  we  select  the  follow- 
ing for  notice  at  this  time.    Others  will  receive  atten- 
tion next  week  : 

Clarke's  New  School  Geography  ;  forming  the  Third  Part  of 
Bancroft's  Geographical  and  Historical  Series,  iiy  Chas. 
Russell  Clarke,  A.  M.  San  Francisco  :  H.  H.  Bancroft 
&  Co. 

The  characteristics  of  this  work,  which  are  urged  as  its 
claim  to  superiority  over  ordinary  text-books,  are — First,  the 
prominence  given  to  the  Pacific  group  of  the  United  States  ; 
and,  second,  a  habit  of  instruction  through  a  priori  and 
a  posteriori  induction.  In  regard  to  the  first,  it  is  question- 
able whether  in  the  abstract  the  best  interests  and  purposes 
of  the  geographical  study  are  served  by  allotting  so  much 
space  and  discussion  to  a  locality  which  is  comparatively  un- 
important in  the  general  sweep  of  geographical  survey.  It  is 
quite  as  important  that  California  youth  should  learn  some- 
thing of  the  power  and  magnitude  of  older  civilizations  and 
countries  as  to  be  taught  the  subdivisions  of  townships 
in  their  own  county.  The  practical  advantage  of  this  local 
information  is  overbalanced  by  the  loss  of  that  comparative 
knowledge  which  experience  shows  liberalizes  and  enlightens 
the  understanding.  The  second  characteristic  of  Mr.  Clarke's 
work  is  certainly  ingenious  and  of  considerable  practical 
utility,  although  it  is  somewhat  too  mate.ial.and  leads  the  au- 
thor often  into  amusing  statements.  Thus  we  are  told  (page 
29.)  that  "  Santa  Clara  is  situated  four  miles  from  San  Jose, 
and  is  the  seat  of  the  University  of  the  Pacific  and  the  Fe- 
male Collegiate  Institute  under  Protestant  control,  and  of 
Santa  Clara  College,  under  Catholic  supervision,  and  the 
importance  of  these  places  to  one  another" — here  we  have 
the  a  priori  deduction — "  has  ied  to  the  construction 
between  them  of  a  fine  causeway,  shaded  with  beautiful 
trees."  Here  Mr.  Clarke's  haste  to  get  to  his  favorite  conclu- 
sion leads  him  to  unintentional  misstatement.  While  it  is  not 
clearly  proven  why  Santa  Clara,  even  with  its  formidable  array 
of  learning,  should  be  so  important  to  San  Jose  as  to  justify 
the  making  of  the  causeway  with  its  beautiful  trees  the  real 
fact,  with  iis  far  greater  historical  significance,  viz  :  that  the 
road  called  !•  the  Alameda  "  was  built  and  the  trees  planted 
by  Jesuit  Fathers  over  fifty  years  ago  and  before  these 
colleges  were  in  existence  is  completely  lost  sight  of.  Again,, 
in  reforence  to  Benicia  we  are  told  that  "  it  enjoys  a  high  de- 
gree of  accessibility  from  every  quarter.  This  circumstance  fits 
it  to  serve  as  an  educational  centre,  in  which  character  accord- 
ingly it  is  well  known" — quod  erat  demonstrandum.  "And  the 
fact  that  distribution  can  be  easily  effected  from  this  point  fits 
it  to  be  the  seat  of  a  United  States  Arstnal  which  accordingly 
it  possesses."  Q.  e.  d.  This  remarkable  blending  of  ideas 
we  fear  will  only  produce  iu  the  youthful  ujiud  a  cloudy  im- 
pression that  arsenals  and  educational  centres  are  a  good  deal 
alike,  and  that  Benicia  enjoys  a  capacity  for  being  doubly  of- 
fensive, which  certainly  entitles  her  to  some  distinction.  Iu 
speaking  of  the  Kussiau  settlement  in  Sonoma,  our  author  bus 
a  clever  idea.  He  tells  us  that  the  Greek  and  Roman  Catho- 
lic churches,  after  many  centuries  divergence,  here  finally  met. 
The  point  of  nearest  approximation  was  singularly  enough  at 
Pluto  or  Devil  s  lake,  ou  what  might  be  termed  a  brimstone 
basis.  Our  author  evidently  lost  a  fine  opportunity  for  ortho- 
dox illustration  in  his  own  peculiar  manner.  "  Hence,  the 
sulphurous  odor,  etc." 

The  volume  has  been  adopted  by  the  Board  ol  Education 
as  a  text-book  for  the  public  schools,  and  has  received  the 
general  commendation  of  the  teachers. 

Shnkspeare's  Delineations  of  Insanity,  Imbecility  and  Suicide. 
By  A.  0.  Kellogg,  M.  D.,  Assistant  Physiciuu  State  Lu- 
natic Asylum,  Utica,  N.  Y.  New  York  :  Hurd  <fc  Hough- 
ton.   San  Francisco  :  A  Roman  &  Co. 

Another  tribute  to  the  universal  genius  of  Shakspeare.  It 
is  a  series  of  essays  written  "  at  various  intervals  between 
1859  and  1864."  The  author  intimates,  in  his  preliminary 
notice,  that  in  the  light  of  his  professional  education  he  had 
written  certain  strictures  upon  the  apparent  errors  of  Shaks- 
peare in  the  delineation  of  several  characters  in  his  dramas, 
and  now  with  great  frankness  confesses  that  "  a  better  ac- 
quaintance with  the  delicate  shades  of  mental  disease,  as  seen 
in  the  wards  of  a  large  hospital  for  the  insane,  has  tended  to 
modify  the  earlier  views  of  the  writer  respecting  some  of 
Shakspeare's  insane  characters,  and  enabled  him  better  to 
appreciate  the  fidelity  of  the  great  dramatist's  delineations." 

The  volume  is  one  of  very  considerable  interest  to  the 
student  of  Shakspeare,  in  that  it  is  the  free  and  generous 
testimony  of  a  medical  student  to  the  truth  of  the  delineations 
of  those  very  characters  which  in  life  it  is  his  constant  labor 
to  observe  and  minister  unto.  He  is  singularly  outspoken  in 
his  admiration  and  wonder  at  the  extent  aud  accuracy  of  the 
medical,  physiological  and  psychological  knowledge  displayed 
in  the  work3  of  the  dramatist,  lie  testifies  to  Shakspeare's 
information  in  regard  to  those  subjects  which  "  are  regarded 
as  strictly  professional  and  special,"  and  attributes  it  solely  to 
the  peculiar  force  of  his  great  genius,  its  power  of  "  close  ob- 
servation, and  an  acute  perception  of  the  nature  and  relations 
of  all  things  which  come  up  before  the  eye  and  mind,"  and 


"  of  calling  up  at  will  from  the  recesses  of  the  memory,  with 
great  distictness,  every  perception  there  recorded  ;"  for  the 
knowledge  he  displays  is  very  far  in  advance  of  that  of  his  age, 
and  "  was  not  possessed  by  any  one  in  his  time,  however  emi- 
nent in  any  special  department  of  science  to  which  he  might 
be  devoting  himself."  In  regarding  the  singular  degree  of 
intelligence  displayed  in  the  departments  of  physiology  and 
psychology,  Dr.  Kellogg  enthusiastically  remarks  :  "  In  fact, 
we  bslieve  a  very  complete  physiological  and  psychological 
system  could  be  educed  from  the  writings  of  Shakspeare — a 
system  in  complete  accordance,  in  almost  every  essential  par- 
ticular, with  that  which  we  now  possess,  as  the  result  of  the 
scientific  research  and  experience  of  the  last  two  centuries." 
The  author  passes  in  brief  review  the  display  of  the  poet's 
knowledge  in  these  two  departments  of  science  ;  takes  "  a 
cursory  view  of  some  of  the  conflicting  physiological  doctrines 
maintained  by  eminent  physicians  not  only  of  Shakspeare's 
time,  but  long  after,  even  down  to  the  present  century,  when 
they  were  overthrown  by  modern  scientific  research  ;"  declares 
that  Shakspeare  contended  for  "  truth,  not  for  the  establish- 
ment of  a  moral  theory,"  and  could  have  derived  no  assistance 
from  the  physiology  of  his  own  times  ;  that,  "  after  two  cen- 
turies and  a  half,  we  have  little  to  add  to  what  Shakspeare 
appears  to  have  known  of  these  intricate  subjects."  and  that 
'•  there  is  scarcely  a  department  of  scientific  knowledge  that 
he  has  not  enriched."  He  asserts,  in  illustration  of  the  great 
knowledge  displayed,  that,  in  spite  of  the  credit  haviug  been 
given  to  Harvey  of  the  discovery  of  the  circulation  of  the 
blood,  "  many  passages  from  his  dramas  seem  to  indicate  a 
pre-exisient  knowlege  on  the  part  of  the  writer  of  this  (freat 
physiological  fact,"  and  quotes  Falslaff,  who,  speaking  of  the 
influence  of  a  good  "  sherris-sack  "  upon  the  blood,  says  : 

'•The  second  property  of  your  excellent  sherris  ii — the 
warming  of  the  blood  ;  which  before,  cold  and  settled,  left  the 
liver  white  and  pale,  which  is  the  badge  of  pusillanimity  and 
cowardice  ;  but  the  sherris  warms  it,  and  makes  it  course  from 
the  inwards  to  the  parts  extreme." 

The  author  of  this  volume  treats  in  his  first  essays  upon 
the  characters  of  Lear,  Macbeth,  and  Lady  Macbeth,  and 
afterwards,  separately,  upon  Hamlet,  Ophelia,  Jaques,  and 
Cordelia,  the  characters  laboring  especially  under  the  infirmity 
of  mental  aberration,  though  in  different  manifestations.  He 
treads  here  upon  ground  that  has  been  trodden  over  many 
times  during  the  last  century,  and  will  doubtless  meet  with 
critics  who,  while  giving  him  great  credit  for  an  impartial  and 
learned  investigation,  in  the  light  of  his  professional  knowl- 
edge, into  the  mental  characteristics  of  each,  will  nevertheless 
be  loth  to  yield  their  early  interpretations  in  favor  of  his. 
This  will  apply  especially  to  the  character  of  Hamlet,  over 
which  learned  critics  have  differed  essentially.  He  believes 
that,  with  his  professional  study  and  experience,  he  can  and 
does  herein  solve  that  which  "  some  of  the  most  profound 
critics  of  the  last  century,  and  down  to  the  preseut  time,  uavo 
found  an  enigma  which  they  have  by  no  means  been  able  to 
solve,  and  which  has  been  to  them  a  stumbling-block  and  per- 
petual rock  of  offence."  He  cites  the  remarks  of  Schlegel, 
"  one  of  Shakspeare's  most  able  critics,"  concerning  "  this 
enigmatical  work,"  as  Schlegel  calls  it,  in  order  to 
"  illustrate  how  vain  are  all  efforts  to  solve  the  '  enigma,' 
aud  to  unlock  the  profound  mystery  with  which  the  poet  has 
surrounded  the  character  of  his  hero,  without  the  true  key, 
which  is  at  once  furnished  by  the  supposition  of  the.rea/  mad- 
ness of  Hamlet,  which  to  the  experienced  medical  psychologist 
is  quite  as  evident,  notwithstanding  what  he  himself  says  about 
'  putting  on  an  antic  disposition,'  as  that  of  Ophelia  or 
Lear." 

Part  Second  of  the  volume  is  taken  up  with  essays  upon  the 
Imbeciles  of  the  Dramatist,  specifying  Bottom,  Dogberry, 
Klbow,  Shallow,  Malvolio,  Bardolph,  Nym,  Pistol.  Launce  and 
Caliban.  There  follows  a  single  essay  upon  Shakspeare's 
suicides,  as  illustrated  by  Othello,  "  the  noble  Moor." 

In  his  essays  upon  such  characters  as  are  afflicted  with 
mania,  and  are  subject  to  medical  treatment,  the  author  is 
learnedly  critical  aud  persuasive,  and  sheds  the  light  of  a  valu- 
able experience  upon  the  delineations  of  the  dramatist  in  illus- 
tration and  confirmation  of  the  poet's  wonderful  truth  to  na- 
ture. In  the  essays  upon  those  whom  he  calls  Imbeciles,  not 
diseased  in  mind,  but  afllicted  only  with  natural  infirmity  of 
the  brain,  and  not  the  subjects  of  curative  remedies,  Dr.  Kel- 
logg appears  as  a  less  learned  and  able  critic,  and  being  not 
so  much  under  the  criticism  of  the  professional  reader,  is  less 
di«nified  and  Eober  in  his  style  and  treatment.  In  his  inter- 
pretation of  the  character  and  final  action  of  "  Othello,"  he 
will  find  perhaps  the  most  sevtre,  though  perhaps  not  the  most 
intelligent  opponents,  in  those  who  believe  there  is  no  ques- 
tion existing  whether  that  state  of  mind  is  "  healthy  and  nor- 
mal or  unhealthy  and  abnormal,"  which  leads  «i  individual  to 
the  commission  of  self  murder,  and  who  always  render,  iu  the 
case  of  suicides,  the  stereotyped  verdict,  "  committed  when 
in  a  state  of  mental  derangement." 

The  volume  is  a  pleasingly  attractive  one,  and  will  prove  a 
valuable  addition  to  Shakspearian  literature. 

[A  notice  of  the  Poems  of  Sarah  E.  Carmichael  will  be 
found  on  the  12th  page.] 


July  14th) 


THE     CALIF  ORNIAN 


9 


iFor  tbo  California!).] 

TO    AND  FRO. 

NUMBER  ONE. 

I AM  in  the  employ  ot  the  house  of  B.  C.  &  Co.  I  have 
been  with  them  since  '54,  and  as  I  have  honestly  tried  to 
do  my  duty,  I  now  sit  on  a  higher  stool  than  any  of  my  asso- 
ciate clerks.  This  firm  is  not  on  Front  street,  neither  does 
its  business  justify  any  one  of  the  partners  renting  a  house  on 
Taylor  street  or  making  annual  trips  to  Europe.  It  is  not  a 
wholesale  concern,  and  yet  its  retail  trade  is  steady  and,  in  a 
certain  way,  lucrative.  My  employers  are  modest  men,  whose 
names  are  never  seen  on  committees  or  complimentary  benefit 
cards  ;  they  stick  closely  to  their  business  ;  they  are  regularly 
patented  as  voters  on  the  "  Great  Register  ;"  and  they  attend 
church  every  Dominical  day.  If  the  occasion  should  arise 
which,  Heaven  forbid  !  when  they  would  find  it  necessary  to 
ask  "  accommodation  of  the  Bank  of  California,"  the  shrewd 
cashier— a  fellow  who  seems  to  know  all  the  contents  of  the 
"  Hall  of  Records,"  and  the  extent  of  the  collaterals  of  every 
impecunious  loan  solicitor— would  certainly  have  to  go  to  the 
directory  to  find  the  names  of  my  employers.  And  he  would 
require  responsible  signatures  on  the  back  of  their  paper. 

Counting  the  errand  boy,  there  are  three  of  us  in  our  store 
— two  behind  the  counter,  the  other,  seated  on  a  high  revolv- 
ing stool,  in  a  sort  of  pilot-house,  whoss  days  are  passed  in 
the  mysteries  of  stock  books  and  ledger— is  myself.  I  am  on 
very  good  terms  with  my  co-employes  ;  my  situation  and  se- 
niority, as  well  as  being  the  confidence  man  of  the  partners, 
accredit  me  with  an  influence  which  loses  nothing,  I  can  say 
it  with  a  pardonable  pride,  taken  in  connection  with  my  per- 
sonal character.  I  am  iu  the  receipt  of  a  moderate  salary,  on 
which  I  manage  to  support  my  family  and  to  pay  a  small  sum 
for  the  tuition  of  my  eldest  boy.  Yet  I  am  sometimes,  par- 
ticularly when  the  foot  of  the  surgeon  is  heard  in  my  little 
hall,  pushed  to  saddest  alternatives  to  make  my  mouthy  sti- 
pend cover  ordinary  and  extraordinary  expenses.  Before  my 
last  boy  was  born,  my  wife  Betty  and  I  had  a  little  margin 
from  which  we  sometimes  had  a  frolic— say  a  picnic,  and  again 
we  could  be  seen  on  extraordinary  uights  enjoying  a  backseat 
at  the  Opera  House— crying  over  Colleen  Bawn  or  hysterical 
with  laughing  at  the  Bull  in  a  China  Shop.  I  enjoy  a  good 
play,  I  love  music  too,  and  amiable  as  I  am  I  cannot  at  times 
but  feel  a  grudge  at  that  aforesaid  boy  that  he  didn't  delay 
his  coming  some  few  years  later,  at  least  until  Forrest  is  out 
of  the  way.  I  shall  always  remind  him,  when  he  is  older,  of 
his  inopportune  advent,  and  of  the  hundred  little  disappoint- 
ments he  has  caused  Betty  and  me.  But  as  I  have  good  rea- 
son to  anticipate  an  increase  of  salary  on  my  next  birthday, 
I  may  yet  forgive  baby— we  call  him  baby  yet,  although  he 
will  be  seven  next  September — all  these  annoyances.  My 
employers  instead  of  keeping  their  clerks  beyond  hours,  fre- 
quently, when  business  will  permit  it,  send  us  off  by  turns  be- 
fore the  usual  time  of  closiug.  They  honestly  act  on  the  good 
priuciple  of  creating  and  fostering  with  their  clerks  an  attach- 
ment to  their  interests  and  persous  ;  and  while  they  require 
on  our  part  steadiness,  punctuality,  and  alacrity,  they,  at  the 
same  time,  by  kindness  and  by  honest  inquiries  and  inquisi- 
tion into  our  welfare,  excite  and  keep  warm  with  each  of  us 
not  only  zeal  in  business  matters,  but  an  honest  affection  for 
them  individually. 

I  thought  it  but  fair  to  give  this  little  history  of  myself  by 
way  of  prologue  ;  that  is,  some  account  of  my  circumstances 
of  life,  so  that  I  will  seem  not  entirely  a  stranger  to  my 
reader. 

A  day  or  two  before  the  Fourth  I  held  a  family  council  at 
which  the  single  question  was  discussed,  whether  we  should 
remain  iu  town  to  see  the  procession,  or  take  stage,  boat  or 
car  and  have  a  rural  feast  iu  some  place  where  trees  can  be 
found.  As  at  councils  of  war,  the  junior  was  called  upon 
first  for  his  vote — a  small,  plump,  big-headed  youngster  ;  one 
of  those  slow  but  sure  fellows  who  rarely  exhibit  au  impulse ; 
reflective  for  his  years,  aud  at  times  philosophical  even.  He 
was  in  favor  of  the  country,  stating  at  the  same  time  he 
didn't  believe  the  procession  would  be  such  a  great  thing,  as 
he  heard  that  the  soldiers  with  the  bare  legs  had  goue  to 
Sacramento.  "  1  think  it  will  be  jolly,"  said  he,  "  to  lie  un- 
der the  big  trees  and  roll  on  the  grass — (/  there  is  any.'' 
These  last  words  had  an  interrogative  deflection,  for,  young 
as  he  is,  he  knows  the  summers  in  California  are  dry  and  arid, 
and  that,  instead  of  green  verdure  and  flowers,  we  have  a 
cracked  and  adobe  soil  ;  when  the  grass  is  seen  in  tufts — yel- 
low and  gone  into  bay.  He  turned  and  examined  me  as  to 
physical  characteristics  of  the  country  where  I  was  going ; 
and  when  I  described  the  live  oaks  which  grow  about  San 
Mateo  and  beyond,  bearded  with  moss,  and  full  of  shiuing 
leaves ;  at  this  season  of  the  year  all  huug  with  little  balls  ■ 
that  sometimes,  too,  he  could  see  the  bright-eyed  lizards 
warming  themselves  on  the  fallen  trees  or  gliding  among  the 
fallen  leaves  ;  and  if  we  stayed  over  night  could  see  the  glim- 
mer of  the  glow-worm  in  the  tufts  of  grass  ;  and  that  we 
could  get  a  horse  and  ride  over  the  foot-hills  of  the  Coast 
Range  of  mountains,  and  from  there  could  gaze  on  the  broad 
bay  and  watch  the  wbite-winged  vessels  glide  along — when 


I  told  him  of  these  things,  he  voted  for  the  country — at  the 
same  time  shying  his  straw  hat  within  an  inch  of  my  new 
spectacles  that  Lawrence  had  extolled  as  not  only  excellent 
in  quality  but  really  becoming  to  me,  giving  me  quite  a  notice- 
able air — "  decidedly,"  said  he,  stammering  a  little,  from  mod- 
esty, I  am  sure,  "  decidedly  like  a  professor — indeed,  I  may 
say  with  strong  points  of  resemblance  to  that  clever  scholar, 
Dr.  Wadsworth."  Now,  I  am  susceptible  to  flattery — rather, 
to  such  fair  words  as  my  optician  had  used — perhaps  I  may 
say  quite  feminine  in  this  weakness.  I  cannot  exactly 
say  I  would  esteem  a  compliment  sincere  that  meant  to  con- 
vey the  idea  that  I  am  good  looking;  but  when  one  ingenu- 
ously suggests  that  I  have  the  mien  of  one  of  that  respectable 
class  of  divines  whe  deliver  anniversary  orations  and  snch 
Christian  addresses  as  I  hear  every  Sunday,  and  whose  lives 
are  in  such  humble  imitation  of  the  "  Son  of  Man,"  I  am  sure 
to  be  touched.  I  know  no  class  of  citizens  who  are  so  polite 
and  truthful  as  shop-keepers.  Let  me  add,  lest  any  of  my 
readers  should  expect  here  scholarly  pretensions — Latin, 
Greek  and  Irish  quotations — that  I  am  one  who  is  compelled 
to  labor  hard  at  the  store,  except  on  holidays  of  admitted 
universality,  or  the  half  days  B.  C.  &  Co.  sometimes  give  me, 
and  that  it  is  not  until  I  get  home  and  the  children  have  been 
tucked  away  iu  cradle  and  crib,  I  can  give  any  time  to  books. 
My  library  is  not  extensive  :  it  contains  not  above  'twenty 
volumes  ;  and  yet,  as  my  and  Betty's  intellectual  wants  go 
beyond  our  literary  possessions,  we  are  compelled  to  go  to 
Boyd's  Circulating  Library,  where,  for  a  small  consideration, 
we  get  the  last  new  novel — a  year  old.  I  cannot  afford  the 
luxury  of  the  Mercantile  Library,  in  view  of  the  fact  of  coming 
taxation  to  build  and  support  the  new  edifice  proposed  ;  and, 
besides,  I  am  not  a  merchaut.  It  is  true  I  saw  that  Lawyer 
Barnes  was  elected  President — defeating  a  genuine  descend- 
ant of  a  signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  and  a 
merchant  withal  ;  and  then  I  wondered,  and  Betty  wondered, 
too,  at  the  incongruity  of  an  attorney  being  the  head  of  a 
mercantile  library.  This  town  is  full  of  eccentricities  and 
oddities,  and  I  suppose  I  must  accept  these  things  as  singular 
only  because  I  am  a  quiet  man,  and  all  unused  to  the  ways  of 
the  world. 

The  elder  of  my  two  boys  is  far  beyond  his  brother  in  edu- 
cational acquirements — indeed,  I  might  with  propriety  say 
that  he  is  iu  advance  of  myself.  In  statistics  of  population, 
staples,  names  of  capitals  of  States,  height  of  mountains  and 
length  of  rivers,  aud  in  his  Latin  studies,  why,  bless  me  !  he 
can  pose  his  less  fortunate  parent.  When  I  was  a  boy,  there 
were  no  Nivinses,  over  whose  epitaph  pundits  quarreled  and 
grew  wroth  ;  no  Peltons  and  learned  Educational  Boards  ; 
no  Knovvltons  who  educated  muscle  with  brain  ;  no  such 
school  houses  as  this  city  erects  iu  every  district ;  no  Sunday 
schools,  wtyere  young  and  pretty  misses  taught  the  catechism 
and  the  twelve  commandments,  aud  who  read  to  us  the  tale 
of  the  luckless,  lucky  J osepli  with  just  enough  vibration  of 
tone  aud  moisture  of  the  eye  to  give  piquancy  and  authen- 
ticity to  the  narrative.  Ah!  with  all  these  advantages — with 
red  lips,  and  peach  blossoms  oa  the  cheek,  black  orbs  with 
moistened  lushes,  aud  youth,  girl  youth  in  its  most  splendid 
and  endearing  phase — no  wonder  the  boys  of  to-day  are  brim- 
ful of  knowledge  ;  are  so  jaunty  aud  beauish  ;  so  wise  in  all 
worldly  ways,  and  so  economical  of  papa's  means.  Let  me, 
right  here,  while  1  am  reminded  of  it,  ask  why  it  is  one  never 
sees,  now-a  days,  boys  iu  jackets  and  neat  turn-over  collars  ? 
Is  there  a  generation  lost  from  this  town  ?  The  question  is 
appropriate  and  suggestive,  and  can  be  asked  only  in  the 
United  States — for  elsewhere  the  parlor  lies  beyond  the  nur- 
sery, with  school  house  aud  college  between. 

The  elder  boy  is  a  strange  aud  alarming  contrast  to  his 
brother — impetuous,  thoughtless,  and  quick-brained.  With 
these  qualities  are  the  kindred  ones  of  generosity  and  frank- 
ness. As  I  look  along  the  future — away  into  the  strange  days 
which  are  coming  to  us — I  feel  much  solicitude  as  to  these  two 
boys,  so  opposite  in  all  their  physical  aud  intellectual  quali- 
ties. Reverently  and  hopefully  do  I  look  up  to  the  Bower 
which  lights  both  glowworm  and  star,  and  ask  its  blessing  on 
both  the  bairns. 

While  my  council  swayed  and  was  agitated  with  the  impor- 
tance of  the  matter  before  it,  Betty  kept  silent — whether  be- 
cause she  was  indifferent  where  we  spent  the  Fourth,  or  from 
the  conscious  power  of  the  veto  she  alone  exercised  in  the 
family  congress,  I  cannot  say.  I  only  know  that,  as  she  sat 
in  the  corner  of  the  chamber  of  our  little  home,  darning  a  sock, 
aud  singing  a  sweet  old  air  which  seemed  to  come  up  from  the 
past,  half  sadly,  half  merrily,  she  gave  no  sign  of  her  interest 
iu  our  discussion,  and  yet  she  must  have  seen  how  impatiently 
we  watched  for  some  expression  of  her  preference.  I  was 
too  wise  to  press  her  on  to  speech.  I  have  been  taught  pa- 
tience by  rubs  and  disappointments,  and  while  I  am  naturally 
impulsive,  yet  twelve  years  on  one  counting  room  stool,  and 
immeasurable  goings  backwards  and  forwards  over  ledger  and 
stock  books,  have  taught  me  calmness.  But  soon  Betty 
ceased  her  self-lullaby,  and  dropped  her  darned  sock.  I  knew 
then— the  children,  too,  educated  in  all  the  habits  of  the 
maternal  ways,  through  a  rough  discipliue  of  boxings  aud 
spankings,  knew— that  the  time  had  arrived  for  speech.   "  I," 


said  she — her  1  is  the  most  inclusive  term  in  the  world,  com- 
prehending me,  the  children,  Biddy  and  the  dog  Joe — "  will 
spend  the  Fourth  at  Menlo  Park.  We  will  go  by  the  5  o'clock 
train  on  Taesday."  Our  family  constitution  provides  for  no 
action  beyond  her  approval  or  veto  but  obedience.  The  chil- 
dren, and  even  I,  the  man  by  sacred  authority  set  up  as  the 
head  of  the  household,  would  just  as  soon  have  thought  of 
protest  or  remonstrance  as  a  Turk  would  dare  to  deny  a 
firman,  even  though  it  was  to  bowstring  him,  and  so  the 
family  accepted  Betty's  imperialism  as  irrevocable  and  un- 
changeable. 

At  4:30  p.  m.,  although  the  train  was  advertised  to  start  at 
five  o'clock,  we  reached  the  depot.  Betty  took  charge  of  the 
two  boys,  while  I  perspired  under  the  burden  of  a  carpet-bag, 
a  basket  of  cold  meats  and  homemade  gingerbread,  and  a  big 
blanket  shawl.  Betty  is  an  excellent  woman.  She  is  and 
has  been  a  true  and  good  wife  to  me  ;  but,  somehow,  when 
she  starts  on  these  semi-annual  excursions,  she  does  all  the 
dignity  of  the  family  establishment — I  am  the  useful  member, 
the  work-horse  of  the  concern — the  fellow  who  has  to  carry 
all  the  packages.  And  it  is  I  who  have  to  get  up  first  in  the 
morning,  to  bed  last,  up  when  the  children  cry,  and  at  bed- 
time it  is  I  who  collect  the  few  pieces  of  silver  we  have,  hide 
them  away  ;  look  under  the  beds,  in  the  closets,  and  up  the 
chimney  for  trespassers.  I  have  been  doing  these  things  for 
so  mauy  years,  and  they  have  become  so  much  a  matter  of 
habit,  that,  indeed,  if  Betty  were  less  infirm  than  she  is,  and 
even  willing  to  put  these  tasks  on  herself,  I  should  not  be 
satisfied  with  it.  Besides,  I  have  begun  to  believe  that  it  is 
I  alone  who  can  save  the  silver  from  jeopardy,  and,  if  any 
other  hands  than  my  own  attempted  to  put  them  away,  I  verily 
believe  it  would  cost  me  the  right's  sleep.  No,  I  shall  pur- 
sue these  habitual  ways  until —  Well,  well,  I  am  not  appalled 
as  I  see  at  the  end  of  the  road  the  mattock  and  the  bier. 

This  reminds  me  of  Accidental  Life  Insurances,  which  I 
think  capital  post  obils  for  the  benefit  of  widows  and  orphans 
in  view  of  the  not  infrequent  accidents  and  risks  peculiar  to 
our  American  life.  When  one  remembers  that  our  people  are 
mo=t  fertile  iu  expedients  for  breaking  necks,  conservative 
folks — those  who  are  foolish  and  peculiar  enough  to  desire  a 
peaceful  going  out  in  a  natural  way — had  better  avoid  travel- 
ling by  railroad  ;  or,  if  this  impossible,  let  them  take  out  a 
life  policy  in  an  Accidental  Insurance  Company.  As  the  train 
started,  I  felt  an  irresistible  impulse  to  get  out  and  find  my 
friend  A.  D.  Smith  and  have  ray  life  insured  for  at  least  one 
thousand  dollars.  This  I  thought  would  be  a  nice  little  sum 
for  Betty  to  start  life  with  anew  in  the  event  of  my  being  thrown 
down  a  fifty-feet  embankment  or  dashed  with  the  velocity  of 
an  eight-inch  shell  through  a  car  window.  I  have  a  strangely 
neglectful  way  in  too  frequently  putting  off  matters  of  a  per- 
sonal or  household  nature  ;  and  half  of  my  domestic  infelici- 
ties arise  from  Betty's  scoldings  on  the  occasion  of  any  such 
default.  I  tell  her — at  least  I  have  told  her — that  I  have 
graver  thoughts  to  occupy  me  than  in  remembering  that  the 
coffee-pot  is  to  go  to  the  tin-shop,  or  that  the  glazier  must  be 
sent  for  to  put  in  a  pane  of  glass.  This  and  lectures  on  my 
extravagance  are  the  only  true  sources  of  my  sometimes  de- 
pression of  mind.  Sometimes  1  stop  at  the  fruit-stands  and 
get  strawberries  when  perhaps  they  are  forty  cents  per  pound  ; 
and  then  again  on  my  way  borne  from  the  store — for  with  me 
sentiment  has  the  floor  oftener  than  prudence — I  pause  at  the 
basket  of  an  itinerant  bouquisle  and  invest  two  dimes  in  a 
gleaming  parcel  of  rosebuds.  Once  I  had  the  temerity — it 
was  on  the  anniversary  of  our  wedding  day,  and  I  was  going 
along  thinking  of  the  time  when,  years  ago,  Bettv  laid  her 
hand  in  mine,  her  blue  eyes  placid  with  her  quiet  trust  and 
love;  her  head  adorned  with  a  wreath  of  rosebuds,  for  we 
were  too  poor  for  orange  blossoms — I  say  with  all  these  dear 
memories  in  my  head,  the  dearer  as  1  grow  older — I  met  a 
flower-girl  who,  under  the  influence  of  some  acute  perception 
of  my  thoughts,  thrust  before  me  a  half-blown  camelia,  framed 
iu  violets.  They  looked  my  thoughts,  the  very  shape  and 
purity  they  would  assume  if  they  could  take  form  and  expres- 
sion ;  and  so,  without  thinking  that  the  very  money  I  had  in 
my  pocket  was  to  pay  the  butcher's  bill,  I  bought  the 
bouquet,  and  when  I  reached  home  I  laid  it  on  Betty's  bosom 
while  I  kissed  her  with  humid  eyes. 

Five  o'clock  came  ;  there  was  a  cry  of  "  All  on  board !" 
then  a  puff,  and  we  moved  slowly  away.  Kuzzxbash. 


Curious  Oriental  Customs. — There  are  many  traits  of 
character  and  custom  in  which  the  Arabs  and  Turks  are  our 
antipodes.  They  shave  the  head,  but  not  the  chin,  and  we 
the  reverse.  With  us  the  uncovering  of  the  head  in 
the  presence  of  another  is  a  mark  of  respect  ;  with  them  a 
mark  of  disrespect.  When  they  go  into  a  place  of  worship, 
they  keep  on  the  hat  and  take  off  the  shoes  und  slippers  ;  we 
do  the  opposite.  They  mount  on  the  right  side  of  a  horse, 
and  we  on  the  left.  They  write  from  right  to  left,  and  we 
from  left  to  right.  We  show  our  good  breeding  by  taking 
the  outside  when  we  pass  persons  on  the  street ;  they  by  pas- 
sing nearest  to  the  wall.  They  do  the  honors  of  the  table  by 
serving  themselves  first ;  we  serve  ourselves  last.  Jf  a  friend 
inquires  after  your  wife,  you  regard  it  as  a  compliment ;  to 
inquire  after  theirs  is  an  insult.  Their  morning  dress  is  white  ; 
ours  black.  They  finish  their  wooden  houses  from  the  top 
downward  ;  and  we  from  the  foundation  up.  The  men  wear 
frocks  aud  the  women  pantaloons.  We  wash  the  hands  by 
dipping  them  in  water  ;  they  by  having  water  poured  upon, 
them. — Bailsman's  Siani  and  Zion. 


10 


THE  CALIFORNIAN. 


[July  14th 


UNITED  STATES  STAMP  DUTIES. 
As  Amended  March  3,  1865. 

ABEFCLLY  REVISED  AXD   CORRECTED    FOB   THE  CALTFOBNIAN. 


PENALTIES. 

Penalty  for  making,  signing,  or  issning  any  instru- 
ment, document,  or  paper  of  any  kind  whatsoever, 
without  the  same  being  duly  stamped,  for  denoting 
the  duty  hereby  imposed  "thereon,  $50 ;  and  the 
instrument  shall  be  deemed  invalid  and  of  no  effect ; 
or  for  counterfeiting  stamps  or  dies,  $1,000,  and  im- 
prisonment to  hard  labor  not  exceeding  live  years. 
For  making,  signing,  issuing,  accepting,  or  paying 
any  bill  of  excbauge,  draft,  order,  or  note  without 
stamp,  $200.  For  selling  proprietary  cosmetics, 
matches,  photographs,  etc. ,  without  proper  stamps, 
$10.    For  removing  stamps  on  these  articles,  $50. 


STAMP  DUTIES. 

Agreement  Contract  or  Appraisement,  not  other- 
wise specified,  each  sheet  or  piece  of  paper  .$0  05 

Assignment  of  Mortgage,  Lease,  or  Policy  of  In- 
surance, same  as  original  instrument.  Assign- 
ment of  Patent  Right   05 

Bank  Checks.  Drafts  or  orders,  exceeding  $10, 
at  sight  or  on  demand  ,   02 

Bills  of  Exchange,  (inland.)  or  draft  otherwise 
'.nan  at  sight  or  on  demand,  or  promissory  note 
except  bank  notes  for  circulation,)  or  any 
memorandum,  check  or  receipt,  or  any  evi- 
dence of  an  amount  of  money  payable  oj  de- 
mand or  at  a  designated  time,  for  a  sum  not 

exceeding  $100   05 

Every  additional  $100,  or  fractional  part. ..  05 

Bill  of  Exchange,  (foreign,)  or  letter  of  credit, 
drawn  in,  but  payable  out  of  the  U.  S.,if 
drawn  singly,  the  same  rates  as  inland  bills  of 
exchange,  or  promissory  notes. 

If  drawn  in  sets  of  three  or  more,  for  each 
bill  of  the  set,  where  the  sum  shall  not  ex- 
ceed $100  or  its  equivalent  in  any  foreign  cur- 
rency in  which  such  bill  may  be  expressed, 
according  to  the  standard  value  fixed  by  U.  S.  02 
Every  additional  $100,  or  fractional  part...  02 

Bill  of  Lading,  or  receipt  for  any  merchandise 
or  effects,  to  be  exported  to  a  foreign  port  or 
place   10 

Bill  of  Sale,  conveying  any  ship  or  vessel,  or 
any  part  thereof,  where  the  considerationdoes 

not  exceed  $500   50 

For  every  additional  $500,  or  fractional  part 
thereof   50 

Bill  of  Sale  of  personal  property  other  than 
ships  or  vessels   05 

Bond,  indemnifying  any  person  for  the  payment 
of  monev,  where  the  amount  recoverable  is 

$1,000  or  less   50 

For  every  additional  $1,000,  or  fractional 
part  thereof   50 

Bond  for  the  due  performance  of  the  duties  of 
any  office   I  00 

Bond  of  any  other  description,  except  such  as 
may  be  required  in  legal  proceedings,  or  used 
in  "connection  with  mortgage  deeds,  and  not 
otherwise  charged  in  this  schedule   25 

Charter-Party,  ship,  vessel  or  steamer,  not  over 
150  tons,  $1  ;  150  to  300  tons,  $3  :  300  to  000 
tons,  $5 ;  over  600  tons  10  00 

Certificate  of  Profits,  or  any  memorandum  show- 
ing au  interest  in  property,  or  accumulations 
of  any  incorporated  company,  for  a  sum  not 

less  than  $10  nor  exceeding  $50   10 

Exceeding  $50  and  not  $1 ,001)   25 

For  every  additional  $1,000  or  fract'al  part  25 

Certificate  of*  Damage,  and  all  other  certificates 
or  documents  issaed  by  Port  Wardens  or  Ma- 
rine Surveyors,  orotber  persons  acting  as  such  25 

Certificate  of  Deposit,  not  exceeding  the  sum  of 
$100,  2  cents  ;  exceeding  $100   05 

Certificate  of  stock  in  any  incorporated  comp'y,  25 

Certificates,  other  than  specified   05 

Contract,  broker's  note  or  memorandum  of  sale 
of  goods,  stocks,  bonds,  exchange  notes  of 
hand,  real  estate,  or  other  description  of  prop- 
erty, issued  by  any  person  acting  as  a  broker, 
for  each  note  or  memorandum  of  sale   10 

Deed  or  Conveyance  of  Real  Estate,  value  not 
over  $500,  50c.  ;  every  additional  $500,  or 
fractional  part  thereof   50 

Entry  of  Goods  at  any  custom-house,  value  not 
ever  $100,  25c;  over  $100  and  not  over  $500, 

50c;  over  $500  1  00 

For  the  withdrawal  of  goods  from  bonded 
warehouse   50 

Ganger's  Returns,  quarterly,  for  quantity  not 
over  500  galls,  gross,  10c. ;  over  500  galls,  gr.  25 

Insurance  (Marine,  Inland  and  Fire)  policy  or 
renewal,  premium  not  over  $10,  10c;  $10  to 
$50,  25c.  ;  over  $50,  50c.  ;  Life  policy,  under 
$1,000,  25c;  $1,000  to  $5,000,  50c;  over  $5,000  1  00 

Lease  of  lands  or  tenements,  rent  not  over  $)00 
per  annum,  50c. ;  eachadd'l  $200  or  fraction.  50 

Manifest,  cargo  to  foreign  port,  registered  ton 
nage  not  over  300  tons,  $1  ;  over  300  and  not 
over  600,  $3  :  over  GOO  tons  5  00 

Measurer's  Returns,  for  quantity  not  over  1,000 
bushels,  10c;  over  1,000  bushels   25 

Mortgage,  Trust  deed,  or  personal  bond  for  pay- 
ment of  money,  $100  to  $500,  50c;  each  addi- 
tional §500   50 

Each  assignment  of  mortgage,  lease  or  pol- 
icy of  insurance,  or  renewal  of  the  same, 
is  subject  to  same  duties  as  the  original. 

Medicines  or  Preparations,  Perfumery  and  Cos- 
metics— Every  package,  box,  bottle,  etc.,  re- 
tailing for  25c.  or  less   01 

Each  additional  25c.  i  r  fractional  part  there- 
of, up  to  $1,  lc;  each  additional  50c.  or 
fractional  part  thereof,  over  $1   02 

Plaving  Cards — Each  pack,  price  not  over  18c, 
2c;  from  18  to  25c,  4c  ;  25  to  50c,  10c.;  50c. 
to  $1,  15c;  each  additional  50c.  or  fractional 
part  thereof   05 

Photographs,  Ambrotype3,  Daguerreotypes  or 
Sun  Pictures,  upon  each,  retailing  for  25c.  or 
less,  2c. ;  over  25  and  not  over  50c,  5c;  over 
50c.  and  not  over  $1,  3c;  each  additional  $1 
or  fractional  part  thereof   05 

Passage  Ticket  to  foreign  port,  cost  not  over  $35, 
50c:  over  $35  and  not  over  $50,  $1 ;  every  ad- 
ditional $50  or  fractional  part  thereof  1  00 

Power  of  Attorney  to  sell  or  transfer  stock,  scrip, 

bonds,  or  collect  dividends  or  int.  thereon  25 
To  vote  for  officers  of  incorporated  comp'y  or 
society  not  religious,  charitable  or  literary, 

or  public  cemeteries   10 

To  receive  or  collect  rents   25 

To  sell,  convey,  rent  or  lease  real  estate  1  00 

For  anv  other  purpose   50 


Probate  of  Will,  or  letters  of  administration,  es- 
tate  not  over  $2,000,  $1 ;    each  additional 

$1,000  or  fractional  part  thereof.   50 

Protest,  of  note,  bill,  acceptance  check  or  draft,  25 
Promissory  Note — See  Bill  of  Exchange,  inland. 
Receipt  for  payment  of  money  or  debt  over  $20, 
not   being  for  satisfaction  of  mortgage, 
judgment  or  decree  of  Court,  and  receipt 

for  the  delivery  of  property   02 

Warehouse,  for  property  stored,  not  over  $500 
in  value,  10c.  ;  $500  to  $1,000,  20c.  ;  every 

additional  $1 ,000   10 

For  any  goods  held  in  storage,  and  not  other- 
wise provided  for   25 

Weiu'her'B  Returns,  up  to  5,000  lbs.,  10c;  over 

5,000  lbs   25 

Writs,  or  original  process,  for  commencing  suit 
in  Court  of  record,  and  in  Court  not  of  rec- 
ord, when  amount  claimed  is  $100  or  over, 
except  before  Justices  of  the  Peace,  or  in 
court  of  no  greater  jurisdiction  aB  to  dam- 
ages, or  in  suit  commenced  by  the  United 

States  or  any  State    50 

Upon  every  confession  of  judgment,  or  cogno- 
vit, for  $100  or  over,  except  where  tax  for 

a  writ  has  been  paid   50 

Writs  or  process  00  appeal  from  Justice's 
courts  and  other  courts  of  inferior  jurisdic- 
tion to  courts  of  record   50 

Warrant  of  distress — rent  claimed  under  $100, 
25c;  over  $100   50 

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J.  HUNT,  President 
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A.  J.  RALSTON,  Secretary. 


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QCCIDENTAL 

HOMESTEA 

Association, 

OFFICE,  305  MONTGOMERY  STREET 

Capital  Stock,  $33,GC0. 


102  SHARES  t$330  EACH. 

This  Association  vcas  formed  to  enable  its  mem- 
bers to  obtain  desirable  homestead  lots  in  this  city  at  a 
cheap  and  easy  rale,  paying  (or  the  same  by  regular 
monthly  instalments. 

For  this  purpose  they  have  purchased  Blocks  409,  500, 
and  501,  in  the  Western  Addition  to  this  ci'y,  bounded  by 
Devisadero,  Pine,  Brodcrick  aud  Clay  streets. 

Subscribers  will  pay  an  initiation  fee  of  $5  on  each 
share  taken,  to  form  a  fund  for  defraying  current  ex- 
penses, and  $11  per  month  for  thirty  months,  commen- 
cing in  April,  1S66. 

The  property  is  within  three  blocks  of  the 
TURK  STREET  RAILKOAD, 

IS  NEARLY  ALL  ON  THE  GRADE, 
and  is  most  desirably  located  for  Homestead  purposes. 

It  is  directly  east  from  the  lands  of  the  California 
Association. 

The  property  has  been  purchased  on  very  reasonable 
terms,  and  offers  a  rare  opportunity  for  investment. 

A  number  of  One  houses  are  in  process  of  ere  .lion,  and 
streets  are  being  graded  near  this  property,  which  will 
greatly  increase  its  value. 

When  twelve  monthly  payments  have  been  made,  the 
properly  will  be  divided  among  the  members  in  Hie  usual 
m-uiner,  and  each  shareholder  will  receive  a  contract  for 
a  deed  to  the  lot  or  lots  to  which  he  may  be  entitled,  and 
have  the  privilege  of  taking  immediate  possession  of  the 
same. 

The  lots  average  27  feet  in  front  by  120  feet  in  depth. 
The  whole  amount  due  upon  any  lot  may  he  paid  at  any 
time,  and  discount  at  the  rale  of  one  and  one-half  per 
Cent,  per  month  will  be  deducted  therefrom. 

Persons  wishing  to  visit  the  lands  of  Hub  Association 
will  take  the  TurK  street  cars  lo  Devisadero  street,  aud 
thence  go  northerly  along  Devisadero  to  Pine  street. 

Twenty  thousand  dollars  of  the  capital  stocK  is  taken, 
and  the  books  are  open  for  subscription  to  the  balance  at 
Iheofilceof  the  Secretary,  where  the  Official  Map  of  the 
Association  can  be  seen,  aud  lull  particulars  obtaiued. 
Hie  Title  to  this  Property  is  Perfect. 

J.  S.  LUTY,  Secretary, 
Office,  305  Montgomery  street,  corner  of  Pine, 

myl9-3m  Rooms  2  and  6. 


££OYS!    BOYS !  BOYS! 

NOW  IS  THE  TIME 


H.  M.  LOCKWOOD  &  CO., 
New  No.  624)  CLAY  STREET,  (Old  No  IT 

Have  received  a  Large  Stock  of 

GENTS'  AND  BOYS*  CLOTHING 

— AND— 

FURNISHING  GOODS, 

Which  they  arc  selling 
AT  VERY  LOW  PRICES. 
Every  Garment  warranted.    All  are  invited  to  call  and 
examine  our  goods. 

H.  M.  LOCKWOOD  t  CO. 
jal  624  Clay  street,  San  Francisco. 


PACIFIC  OCEAN  HOUSE, 
SANTA  CRUZ,  CAL. 

THIS  NEW  AND  COMMODIOUS  HOTEL,  built  and  fur. 
nished  in  accordance  with  the  most  modcru  and  Improved 
plans,  and  with  a  view  to  the  comfort  and  convenience  of 
its  patrons,  is  now  open  for  the  reception  of  guests. 

To  those  who  have  vi.-ih1 1  S  all  Cruz,  it  is  unnecessary 
in  speak  of  its  beauties  and  its  natural  advantages  over 
all  other  places  of 

Summer  Resort. 

Tn  those  who  hare  not,  the  Proprietor  can  on!v  say 
COME  AND  JUDGE  Full  YuUHSEL  VES — Kivnig  nil 
who  may  come  the  assurance  tnat  bis  earnest  endeavors 
shall  be  to  make  the  Hotel,  id  all  iut  appointment,  equal 

to  the  surroundings  or  Ibis  delightful  Sea  side  Resort. 

GEO.  T.  BROMLEY, 

Sauta  Cruz,  April  4, 1868.  Proprietor. 


M 


ARKET  STREET  RAILROAD 


CHANGE    OV    TIME  TABLE. 


ON  AND  AFTER  AUGUST  1,  1866,  Trains  will  start 
rom  the  City  ano  the  Mission  every  hour  -  instead  of  every 
forty  minutes,  as  heretofore. 

Trains  from  the  City  will  start  at  the  odd  hour,  com- 
mencing at  6:30  A.  M.  and  e\ery  hour  thereafter  until 
11.30  P.  M/ 

mh2i  F.  McCXVPIN,  Superintendent 


July  14th] 


THE  CALIFORNIAN. 


11 


0CCIDENTAL 

INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

&  W  Cor.  MONTGOMERY  and  CALIFORNIA  STREETS 

INDIVIDUAL  LIABILITY. 

CAPITAL  STOCK,  $300,000 

LOSSES  PAID  IN  UNITED  S1ATES  GOLD  COIN. 

THIS  COMPANY  will  insure  against  loss  by  Fire  on  any 
Dwelling  House,  Buildings,  Merchandise  or  other  property, 
situated  in  the  State  of  California.  The  largest  sum  tbey 
will  take  on  any  one  risk  is  thirty  thousand  dollars. 

CHRISTOPHER  CHRISTIANSEN,  President. 
J.  GREENEBAUM,  Vice  President. 
B.  Rothsciuld,  Secretary.  mb25-tf 


QREAT  TRIUMPH!  I 

STEINWAY  &  SONS 


Wcro  awarded  the  FIRST  PRIZE  MEDAL  at  the  laU  ea„ 
INTERNATIONAL  EXHIBITION  AT  LONDON,  over  the 
two  hundred  and  sixty-nine  Pianos  entered  for  competition 
from  ail  parts  of  the  world. 

The  Special  Correspondent  of  the  New  Yorl;  Times  sayf  : 

"  Messrs.  Stemway  &  Sons'  indorsement  by  the  Jurors 
is  emphatic,  and  stronger  and  more  to  the  point  than  that 
of  any  European  maker." 

A  constant  supply  of  the  above  superior  instruments  can 
be  found  at  the  Agent's, 

M.  GRAY,  613  Clay  street. 
PIANO  TUNING  done  by  a  first-class  Workman,  from 
Steinway  &  Sou's  Factory,  New  York.  my2i 


AGUE  CURE, 

FOT  THE    SpEKDY  AND 

Certain  Cure  of  In 
termittent  Fever  or 
Chills  and  Fever,  Re- 
mittent Fever,  Chill 
Fever,  Dumb  Ague, 
Periodical  Headache 
or  Bilious  Headache, 
and  Bilioii3  Fevers  ; 
indeed,  lor  the  whole  class  of  distua, 
nating  in  biliary  derangement,  caused  by  the 
malaria  of  miasmatic  countries 

This  remedy  has  rarely  failed  to  cure  the  severest  cases 
of  Chills  and  Fever,  and  it  Iras  this  great  advantage  over 
other  Ague  medicines,  that  it  sublines  the  complaint 
-vithuut  injury  to  the  patient.  It  contains  no  quinine  or 
other  deleterious  substance,  nor  does  it  produce  quinism 
or  any  injurious  cttVct  whatever.  Shaking  brothers  ot  the 
army  and  the  West,  try  it  and  you  will  endorse  these 
assertions. 

Prepared  by  J.  C.  AYER  k  CO  ,  Lowell,  MASS, ,  ami  sold 
by 

CRANE  &  BRIGHAM,  San  Francisco, 
my26  2m  and  all  Dealers. 


QPPOSrTiON  STEAMER-DAT, 

SATURDAY,  JULY  14,  1866. 

GREAT  REDUCTION  IN  RATES, 
VIA  NICARAGUA  .' 

THE  CENTRAL  AMERICAN  TRANSIT  COMPANY  will 
dospatch  the  favorite  Steamship 

AMERICA, 

ON  SATURDAY,  -  -         JULY  14TH, 

From  Mission  street  Wharf,  at  10  o'clocK ,  A.  M.,  precisely 
Connecting  at  GREYTOWN  with  the  splendid  steamship 
SANTIAGO, 
2,500  Toxs,  fob  Nkw  Yobk. 
OSff"  For  Passage  anil  Freight,  and  Insurance  on  Treas- 
ure, at  greatly  REDUCED  RATES,  apply  to 

I.  W.  RAYMOND,  Agent, 
Northwest  corner  Battery  and  Pine  streets. 

Up  stairs,  San  Francisoo. 


rjlHE  ONLY  LIVING  ASTROLOGER, 
PROF.  COHEN, 
530  California  street,  Sun  Francisco 

THROUGH  HIS  NATURAL  GlI'T,  can  give  correct  iulor- 
mation  on  the  Past,  Present  and  Future,  on  any  subject 
that  may  be  required  so  as  to  avoid  trouble.  As  evidence 
of  his  reputation,  he  has  received  over  18.000  consultations 
during  his  residence  of  six  years  in  San  Francisco  I  Con- 
sultation fee,  $2.  By  letter,  $3.  Letter  box,  104.  It  is 
not  necessary  to  give  the  agu.  OlUce,  630  California 
street.    Hour*  Irom  8     u.  to  11  p.  «.  marlo  3m 


£tOME  AND  SEE  MB  ! 
DR.  JOHN  I1EALD, 


DENTIST, 


HAS  REMOVED  TO  THE 

CORNER  KEARNY  AND  C A  LI  FOR  N LI  STS, 
Where  ho  will  be  pleased  to  see  all  old  friends,  aud  plenty 
of  new  ones.  Every  variety  of  Dental  Operations,  per- 
formed In  the  best  manner,  and  at  prices  that  shall  suit 
all  pcrsns.  «g-ENTRANCE  ON  CALIFORNIA  SHEET 
ap28  3  m 


rj^O  FARMERS,  MINERS,  LABORERS 

And  all  those  wishing  to  secure  themselves  a  portion  of 
THE  MOST    VALUABLE  AGRICULTURAL    AND  MIN- 
ERAL LANDS  OF  MEXICO, 
With  an  equal  interest  in  the  Profits  of  the  Plantations  of 

THE  MEXICAN  SEA  ISLAND 
COTTON  COMPANY. 

HOMES  FOR  THE  POOR  AND  COMPETENCY  FOR  ALL 

SPECIAL  NOTICE. 

The  Mexican  Sea  Island  Cotton  Company,  having 
reserved  from  their  final  Subscription  List  a  Limited 
Number  of  Unassessable  Shares,  (tile  remaining 
shares  of  the  Company  having  been  taken  up  by  the 
stockholders.)  hereby  "offer  the  same  for  sale  a't  the 
original  subscription  price  of  Sixteen  Dollars  each, 
payable  in  cash.  Every  holder  of  a  share  will  be 
entitled  to  a  portion  of  the  Company's  lands,  having 
the  privilege  to  settle  thereon  and  participate  in  all 
the  advantages  and  profits  of  the  enterprise,  and 
special  privileges  granted  to  this  Company  by  an 
Imperial  Decree  of  Maximilian,  dated  Dth  January, 
1S0G,  without  being  subjected  to  the  conditions  of 
regular  Government  emigrants,  this  Company  set 
tling  upon  their  own  lands,  secured  by  private  pur- 
chase, and  held  under  indisputable  .Spanish  titleB. 

Shareholders  becoming  actual  settlers  will  also 
have  the  privilege  of  any  employment  upon  the  Com- 
pany's plantation.  Portions  of  land  will  he  allotted 
to  settlers,  to  be  held  by  them  until  a  final  division 
makes  it  their  property. 

For  the  purpose  of  increasing  the  value  of  the 
Company's  land,  and  to  create  all  the  comforts  of  a 
home  and  society,  it  is  the  intention  of  the  company 
to  form  a  regular  settlement  and  to  lay  out  a  town 
adjoining  their  present  plantation  into  building  lots, 
which  will  likewise  he  fairly  divided  between  the 
8,000  shares  which  comprise  the  total  number  of  the 
company. 

A  large  number  of  shareholders  will  settle  upon 
the  company's  lands  after  the  rainy  season  in  Octo- 
ber next.  Many  of  them  may  then  be  employed  by 
the  company,  or  by  others  aide  to  plant  for  them 
selves,  or  in  developing  the  mineral  resources  of  the 
adjoining  mountains,  etc.,  etc. 

Men  of  all  trades  and  professions,  desiring  to  emi- 
grate to  Mexico,  will  have  great  advantages  as 
shareholders  of  this  company.  They  will  find  the 
lands  already  purchased  for1  them  at  a  rate  equivalent 
to  a  free  gift,  to  be  held  by  each  shareholder  as  his 
property,  protected  by  the  best  Spanish  titles,  and 
the  good  will  of  all  political  parties  now  contending 
for  the  reins  of  government ;  the  climate  the  most 
salubrious,  and  the  land  rich  and  fertile  beyond  de- 
scription ;  every  kind  of  game  abounding ;  the  rivers 
full  of  fish  and  with  extensive,  beds  of  large  oysters ; 
altogether,  a  country  where  it  is  easy  to  procure  a 
livelihood  and  the  comforts  of  a  home  with  less 
labor  and  less  capital  than  in  any  other  part  of  the 
world. 

The  extensive  placer  diggings,  veins  of  silver, 
and  solid  quart/,  ledges,  which  are  to  be  found  in  the 
immediate  vicinity,  aud  acknowledged  to  In-  rich 
and  very  extensive,  can.  by  the  presence  of  a  num- 
ber of  settlers,  be  profitably  developed.  Many  of 
these  mines  are  to  be  found  within  the  limits  of  the 
company's  grant.  The  Sierra  Mailre  or  Mother 
Mountain  of  Mexico,  situated  only  within  about 
twenty  miles  from  the  coast,  can  be  reached  anil  de- 
veloped with  much  greater  facilitv  than  the  more 
remote  mines  in  the  interior,  aud  will  therefore 
make  the  company  s  lands  the  most  desirable  to 
locate  upon. 

For  Maps  and  Survey,  and  further  information, 
apply  at  the  office  of  the  MEXICAN  SEA  ISLAND 
COTTON  CO.,  Betge's  Book  Store,  Rnss  Hdtiele, 
Montgomery  street,  Between  the  hours  of  11  aud  I 
o'clock. 

|3P  All  the  assessable  stock  having  been  taken 
up  by  mutual  subscription  of  stockholders,  the  com- 
pany will  have  no  more  shares  to  oiler  after  the 
limited  number  of  nnussessul/le  shares  have  been 
placed,  and  shall  prefer  to  seli  these  to  actual 
settlers — a  single  share  of  which  will  be  sufficient  to 
entitle  them  to  a  large  portion  of  the  lauds. 


We,  the  undersigned  shareholders  in  the  Mex- 
ican Sea  Island  Cotton  Company,  having  investiga- 
ted and  satistiea  ourselves  of  the  importance  of  the 
enterprise,  recommend  the  same  to  the  public.  We 
are  convinced  that  under  the  management  of  the 
present  officers  of  the  company,  with  their  efforts  to 
induce  industrious  parties  to  locate  upon  the  land, 
that  the  enterprise  must  become  very  profitable  to 
all  parties  interested,  and  most  beneiicial  to  actual 

6eU  S.  R.  Kettlewell.  Blacksmith,  264  First  street. 
W.  C-  Mead  &  Son,  '22i  Sansome  street. 
M.  O'Neil,  Proprietor  New  Branch  Hotel,  12 

Sutter  street. 
Winall  &  Clapp,  505  Market  street. 
R.  A.  S.  Repiton,  M,D  ,Slii  Montgomery  street. 
Wm  Rudolph,  Gunsmith, 210  Pacific  street. 
G.  Burkhardt,  Jeweller,  No.  209  Pacific  street. 
E.  Ke.il.  East  India  Tea  Co.,  631  Washiugton-st. 
P.  D.  O'Regan,  People's  Bakery ,  corner  Fourth 

and  Jessie  streets. 
Win.  Meyer,  Provision  Dealer,  25S  Third  street. 
John  Duif,  Painter  and  Paper  Hanger.  642^1ay 

street. 

A.  E.  Mylott,  Importer  and  Dealer  iu  Cigars  aud 

Tobacco,  305  Battery  street 
M.  M.  Baldwin,  Jeweller,  433  Montgomery-st. 
S.  Baysen.  Hatter,  No.  346  Kearny  street. 
Mathew  MeCloskey,  644  Howard  street. 
San  Francisco,  March  20ih,  186G.  mar2i 


J^JR.  AND  MRS.  COGILL 
AND  SONS, 

Teachers  of  Dancing, 

CONCRESS  HALL, 
On  Bnsh-st.,  adjoiuin  Russ  House. 


SCHOOI,— MONDAYS  AND  WEDNESDAYS.  Ladies  at 
2  p.  M.  Gentlemen  and  Ladies  at  7  1-2  p.  II  Snricos 
eve"?  Friday  Evening.   Hall  *.o  rent.  my5  Sm 


AMERICAN  HOTEL, 
Malu  street.      .      .  -  Potaluma. 

mar24  6m   EMERSON  &  LAMBERTON,  Proprietors. 


gPRING  AND  SUMMER  STYLE 


SILK 


HAT, 


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INTRODUCED 


McGANN  &  CO., 
FASHIONABLE  HATTERS, 

No.  654  Washington  street, 

Two  doors  below  Kearny. 


SPRING  AND  SUMMER  STYLES.— Silk,  Felt, 
Beaver,  and  other  HATS  for  sale  at  the  lowest  prices. 

CAPS  of  every  description,  suitable  for  all  ages, 
made  to  order. 

McGANN  &  CO.,  beina  experienced  and  skilled 
in  all  the  branches  of  the  manufacture  of  Hats,  feel 
confident  of  giving  entire  sat'sfactionto  their  patrons. 
Every  description  of  Hats  and  Caps  made  to  order. 

Remember,  McGANN  &  CO..  Practical  Hatters, 
654  Washington  street,  two  doors  below  the  Plaza. 

I2P  New  Goods  by  every  steamer.  marl!) 


PURN  ITURE 


To  decipher,  lower  the  top  of  the  paper  to  an  angle 
of  forty-five  degrees ;  then  close  one  eye,  aud 
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rpHE  NORTH  BRITISH  AND 

MERCANTILE  INSURANCE  CO 

OF      LONDON      AND  EDINBURGH. 
ESTABLISHED,  1809. 
Capital,   -----  $10,000,000 
Accumulated  Funds,  March  6,  1805,  -         -  11,522,500 
Annual  Income,         ....  2,827,290 
Deposit  in  California  under  State  law,      -  $75,000 


GENERAL  AGENCY  FOR  THE  PACIFIC  STATES  AND 

TERRITORIES, 
Cor.  Sansome  a nd  California  streets,  San  Francisco 


Insurances  effected  at  the  lowest  rates  on  buildings  of 
bpth  Brick  and  Wood,  throughout  the  State,  whetner 
occupied  as  Stores,  Dwellings,  or  Warehouses,  together 
with  their  contents. 

Also,  VESSELS  in  port,  with  or  without  their  Cargoes. 

Also.  QUARTZ  MILLS  and  MACHINERY. 

LOSSES  PAID  IN  UNITED  STATES  GOLD  COIN  im- 
mediately on  adjustment. 

WM.  H.  TILLINGHAST,  Agent. 
mvl9 


QALIFORNIA 

Steam  Navigation  Company. 


STEAMER  CAPITAL  CAPT.  E.  A.  POOLE. 

CIIKYSnpOLIS.CAPT.  A.  FOSTER. 

YOSEMITE   

"       CORNELIA.... CAPT.  W.  BROMLKY. 
JULIA  CAPT.  E.  CONCKLIN. 

One  of  the  above  steamers  leave  BROADWAY  WHARF, 
at4o'clock  ¥.11.,  EVERY  DAI',  (•Sundays  excepted,)  tor 
Sacmmeuto  and  one  for  Stockton,  the  Sacramento  steamer 
connecting  with  light-draft  steamers  for  Marysvillc,  Co- 
lusa, Chico  aud  Red  Bluff 

Steamships  PACI FIC,  OR1ZARA,  CALIFORNIA  ,  AC- 
TIVE, and  SENATOR,  leave  as  advertised,  for  Portland, 
Oregon,  New  Westminster,  British  Columbia.  Victoria, 
[V.  I.,)  Santa  Barbara,  San  Pedro,  and  Sin  Diego. 

Office  of  the  %  lupauy,  uortheast  corner  of  Front  aud 
Jackson  streets. 

mar23  B.  M.  HARTSHORNE,  President. 


BEDDING! 


LARGEST  STOCK! 

LATEST  STYLES! 

The    Best  Workmanship, 

AND 

LOWEST  PRICES! 

AT 

Goodwin         C  o  .  '  s 

FURNITURE  WARE-ROOMS, 
iVos.  508,  510,  518  and  528  Washington-st. 

jal6  SAN  FRANCISCO. 


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OS.  W1NTERBURN  &  CO. 


J.  WINTERBURN,  V.  A.  TORKAS,  W.  HOFFSCHNEIDER. 

(Successors  to  W.  P.  Harrison.) 

Printers   and  Electrotypers, 

413  TO  417  CLAY  ST.,  (Below  Sansome.) 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

ALL  KINDS  OF  JOB  PRINTING 

Neatly  and  Promptly  Executed. 

ELECTRO  TYPING 

Done  at  the  shortest  notice. 
Stamps  of  all  kinds   made   to  order. 
Printing  in  Spanish,  French,  German  and  Italian  Lan- 
guages, executed  with  correctness. 

A  •■  Mammoth  "  and  two  No.  3  Hand  Presses  FOR  SALE 
very  cheap.  my3-3m 


«^MOKE 

THE  PATENT 

RUSSIAN 

CIGARETTES, 

MANUFACTURED  BY 

GIBB  &  STAHL, 

S.W.  COR.  KEARNY  AND  SACRAMENTO  STREETS, 
SAN  FRANCISCO. 
«£~  For  sale  at  all  Cigar  Stores.  ap28  3m 

CALIFORNIA  BRASS  FOUNDRY, 

No.  125  First  street,  opposite  Minna, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

All  kinds  of  Brass, 
Composition,  Zinc, 
and  Babbitt  Mi  la 
Castings,  furnished 
at  the  shortest  notice. 
-  Brass  Ship-Work  o~ 
^  alt  kinds,  Spikes, 

Sheathing  Nails,  Rudder  Braces.  Hinges,  etc.,  constantly 
on  hand  and  made  to  order.  Also,  manufacture  8hip.and 
Steamboat  Bells  and  Gongs  or  superior  tone. 

All  kinds  of  steam,  Liquor,  Water,  Oil,  and  Flange 
Cocks  and  Valves  made  and  repaired. 

Hydraulic  Pipes  and  Nozzles,  and  Hose  Couplings  and 
Connections  of  all  sizes  and  patterns,  furnished  with'dis- 
patch.    PRICES  MODERATE. 

JOHN  P.  GALLAGHER, 
JOSEPH  H.  WEED. 

jelO  3m 


jyjONEY  TO  LOAN! 

MONEY  TO  LOAN 


On  City  Real  Estato,  Dwellings,  Factories.  Shipping  and 
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THE  CALIFORNIA?*. 


| July  14th 


DRESDEN  CHINA. 

THE  time  spent  by  the  tourist  in  Germany  in  an  excursion 
to  the  little  town  of  Meissen  is  time  well  speut.  Not 
only  is  there  to  be  seen  along  the  Elbe  from  Dresden  the  fiuest 
scenery  north  of  the  Alps — the  "  Saxon  Switzerland,"  it  is 
called — but  there  is  also  at  Meissen  itself  the  highest  develop- 
ment of  the  potter's  art  outside  of  the  Orient,  perhaps  in  the 
world,  the  manufactory  of  the  famous  Dresden  china. 

At  an  early  hour  in  the  morning  one  takes  a  boat  at  Dres- 
den, a  queer,  narrow,  sharp  affair,  such  as  ply  in  these  swift, 
crooked  streams,  and  in  two  hours  reaches  his  destination. 
The  boats  on  the  Elbe  are  like  our  American  canal-boats,  only 
much  longer  and  modelled  after  a  pike  instead  of  a  perch_ 
They  shoot  through  the  water  at  an  amazing  rat  e.  As  in  so 
many  other  instances,  here  also  the  Germans  entirely  reverse 
the  American  methods,  and  unlade  and  receive  passengers  and 
freight  aft  instead  of  forward,  lauding  with  the  bow  out  in 
the  stream. 

We  are  reminded  here, as  on  all  German  rivers,  that  James 
Watt  was  an  Englishman,  and  that  England  has  dominion 
over  steam  as  well  as  over  water.  Hear  the  words  of  com- 
mand which  the  captain  sends  down  through  the  speaking- 
trumpet  to  the  engineer  :  "  Vorwarts,"  "  Stoppe,"  "  Back- 
warts,"  "  Halte."  These  are  the  stock  forms  of  command, 
two  of  them  German  and  two  of  them  unmistakably  English, 
learned  from  English  engineers  sent  here  to  teach  the  use  of 
the  engine  years  ago,  and  handed  down  by  constant  use  almost 
unchanged. 

We  meet  and  overtake  scores  of  long  scows  heavily  loaded 
with  timber  and  produce,  tediously  propelled  by  poles,  with 
the  aid  of  occasional  flurries  of  wind.  One  hug?  vessel  ascend- 
ing the  -stream  is  pulled  by  a  rope  attached  to  its  mainmast, 
seventy-five  feet  above  the  water,  and  reaching  eight  hundred 
feet  up  stream.  Ten  men  are  tugging  at  it,  each  leauing 
heavily  against  a  wide  band  that  passes  over  one  shoulder  and 
under  the  other,  keeping  time  together  in  a  lazy  swing  back 
and  forth,  supporting  themselves  by  a  stick  held  in  both  hands. 
Put  an  ass  in  their  place  with  a  crabbed  curmudgeon  for  a 
driver,  and  we  should  have  looked  on  the  scow  for  Horace  go- 
ing to  Brundusium.    The  spectacle  is  a  common  one. 

The  buildings  in  which  the  famous  porcelain  is  made  are 
situated  in  a  narrow,  deep  valley,  a  hundred  rods  from  the 
Elbe,  and  are  built  in  the  form  of  a  quadrangle,  and  finely 
stuccoed.  You  register  your  name  not  far  beneath  that  of 
George  B.  McClellan,  and  pay  thirty  cents  admission  fee, 
which  procures  you  a  guide  who  speaks  indifferent  English. 

The  porcelain  earth  is  found  in  mines  near  Meissen,  and  is 
called  kaolin.  It  is  of  dingy  white  color,  and  contains 
seventy-five  per  cent  of  sand,  which  has  all  to  be  washed  out. 
The  eartti  is  mixed  with  water  and  passes  through  numerous 
vats,  sieves,  and  troughs  in  which  the  sand  is  precipitated, 
the  water  containing  the  pure  earth  in  solution  being  drained 
off,  and  the  earth  settling  to  the  bottom.  It  is  then  packed 
in  small  sacks  and  slightly  pressed  until  it  hardens  somewhat, 
when  the  sacks  are  removed  and  the  lumps  thrown  into  large 
boxes,  where  they  must  remain  six  months.  It  is  then  ready 
to  be  mixed  with  the  other  ingredients.  These  are  a  pure 
quality  of  quartz  from  Bohemia  and  feldspar  from  Norway, 
which  are  ground  many  times  under  water  to  reduce  them  to 
perfect  fineness.  Ask  the  guide  in  what  proportions  these 
are  mixed  with  the  earth,  he  gives  his  shoulders  the  peculiar 
German  shrug,  and  solemnly  informs  you  that  it  is  a  profound 
secret.  It  is  the  only  secret  in  the  whole  process.  When 
the  doughty  mass  is  ready  to  be  moulded,  it  is  singularly 
tough,  and  is  of  a  light  dun  color,  which  disappears  entirely 
under  a  white  heat. 

Most  solid  articles,  such  as  busts,  crucifixes,  animals, 
shrub3  and  leaves  are  cast  in  ordinary  moulds  of  plaster  of 
Paris.  The  minuteness  of  the  division  of  the  pieces  is  very 
great ;  for  instance,  to  cast  a  statue,  each  arm,  hand,  leg, 
foot,  and  the  head  must  be  a  separate  casting.  There  are 
moulds  accumulated  in  the  buildings  to  the  weight  of  thou- 
sands of  tons.  Pound  dishes  are  turned  on  an  ordinary 
wheel ;  all  other  articles  are  moulded  by  hand.  Lace  and 
filigree  work  is  made  by  girls,  and  is  formed  drop  by  drop 
from  a  pointed  stick,  each  drop  being  no  larger  than  half  a 
pin-head.  The  articles  are  baked  in  pans  of  fire  clay,  in  huge 
ovens  three  stories  in  height.  In  the  first  baking,  they  are 
set  in  the  second  and  third  stories,  which  are  brought  only  to 
a  red  heat ;  afterwards  in  the  lower  one,  where  the  heat  is 
white.  Every  baking  lasts  twenty-four  hours.  After  the 
first  baking,  all  the  parts  of  the  vessels  that  are  to  be  blue  or 
green  are  painted  with  preparations  of  cobalt  and  chrome 
green  respectively.  They  are  then  dipped  in  the  glazing, 
which  is  a  thin  solution  of  feldspar,  quartz,  lime,  and  old 
china  ground  fine.  So  porous  is  the  material  that  in  two  sec- 
onds after  it  is  out  of  the  liquid  it  is  dry,  though  a  sufficient 
deposit  has  been  left  to  conceal  all  the  painting,  which  only 
re  appears  after  the  second  baking.  Those  portions  of  "  bis- 
cuit china"  which  are  unglazed  are  covered,  when  dipped  in 
the  liquid,  with  a  paint  which  prevents  the  glazing  from  adhe- 
ring, but  remains  colorless. 

After  the  second  baking  all  those  vesseb  that  are  simple  in 
their  decorations  and  require  few  colors,  receive  their  finish- 


ing coats,  and  are  baked  a  third  and  last  time.  Others,  more 
elegant  and  more  complicated,  are  baked  a  fourth,  fifth,  and 
even  sixth  time,  not  to  harden  the  vessel  still  more,  but  to 
melt  the  paints  and  allow  the  artist  to  give  it  additional 
finishing  touches.  All  the  paiuts  BT9  made  of  metals  dissolved 
in  their  respective  chemical  solvents,  and  applied  with  ordinary 
fine  brushes.  The  yellow,  for  instance,  is  produced  by  gold 
which  is  twenty-four  carats  fine,  made  of  ducats,  and  dissolved 
in  the  sulphate  of  iron.  The  heat  of  the  furuace  is  so  intense 
as  to  melt  all  these  metals  and  give  them  a  lustre,  except  gold 
and  silver,  which  come  forth  dull  as  they  entered,  and  are 
polished  with  agates.  If  the  article  has  escaped  cracking  by 
heat,  it  is  now  finished  and  ready  for  market. 

The  loss  from  cracking  is  very  great.  Three-fifths  of  all  the 
vessels  are  Bpoiled  in  the  baking,  many  oT  them  splitting  in 
the  fifth  and  sixth  heatkg,  after  a  vast  amount  of  labor  has 
been  expended  on  them.  This  adds  much  to  the  cost  of 
porcelain.  Every  piece  shrinks  one-fifth  in  heating,  and  yet 
remains  of  the  same  weight  throughout.  All  the  laborers 
work  by  the  piece,  so  that  whatever  is  broken  after  the  first 
heating  they  receive  no  pay  for  unless  it  is  broken  in 
heating. 

There  are  over  four  hundred  workmen  employed  in  the  es- 
tablishment, among  whom  are  a  large  number  of  girls  and 
women.  Great  steadiness  of  nerve  and  accuracy  o(  sight  are 
required,  quite  incompatible  with  drinking  habits.  In  every 
department  except  that  where  the  glazing  is  conducted,  the 
workmen  are  not  exposed  to  injurious  vapors,  and  consequently 
have  good  health  and  look  fresh.  At  least  one-fifth  of  ihem 
have  impaired  their  eyes  ;  though  they  do  no  work  after  night 
they  are  obliged  to  use  shades  or  glasses.  The  greatest  quiet- 
ness prevails  throughout,  amid  perfect  cheerfulness  and  appar- 
ent contentment.  Every  workman  is  allowed  a  whole 
window,  to  which  he  sits  very  close,  and  you  will  not 
notice  a  window  whether  belonging  to  man  or  wo- 
man, that  is  not  filled  with  pot -plants  or  climbing 
vines.  Every  worknniu  is  first  drilled  three  years  in 
exercises  of  dravving,  moulding,  and  a  general  study  of  forms 
and  colors,  then  passes  through  an  apprenticeship  of  six  years, 
after  which  he  proceeds  by  gradual  promotion  from  the  lowest 
to  the  highest  grade  in  his  department.  Promotions  are  not 
made  from  one  department  to  another,  each  one  giving  his 
exclusive  attention  from  first  to  last  either  to  painting,  mould- 
ing, or  baking.  Even  the  best  artists  get  no  more  than 
seventy-five  thalers  per  month  (about  the  tame  Dumber  of 
dollars  in  our  prsseut  currency.)  There  are  painters  here 
whose  talent  is  manifestly  of  a  high  order.  Passing  through 
their  rooms  we  see  the  walls  hung  with  classical  engraviugs, 
and  scattered  about  are  portfolios  of  the  same,  from  Italy, 
from  France,  from  all  parts  of  Germany,  ancient  and  modern, 
and  alter  the  greatest  masters,  such  as  Raphael,  Guido,  Durer. 
Holbein.  Cranach,  etc.  Debate  with  them  about  the  proper 
form  of  Nereids,  the  length  of  Neptune's  trident,  the  bretdth 
of  Achilles'  beard,  or  the  folds  of  Tully's  toga,  and  they  may 
put  us  to  confusion.  Their  workmanship,  too,  bespeaks  a 
skill  of  no  mean  sort  ;  as  every  one  knows  who  has  seen  the 
exquisite  portraits  and  the  delicate,  almost  gossamer,  tracery 
of  the  Dresden  china. 

There  are  now  in  preparation,  and  have  been  for  months, 
several  magnificent  vases  and  some  representations  of  ancient 
mythology  and  Grecian  history  for  the  approaching  World's 
Fair  at  Paris.  One  beautiful  vase,  on  which  one  of  the  btst 
artists  had  labored  five  months,  perfecting  a  series  of  portraits 
representing  a  triumphal  march  of  Alexander  the  Great,  was 
broken  by  the  heat.  With  indefatigable  perseverance  he  lias 
begun  another  and  brought  it  within  two  perilous  months  of 
completion.  In  the  most  favorable  conditions  the  length  of 
time  required  to  complete  the  finest  work  is  very  great. 
First,  the  clay  lies  in  lumps,  "fermenting''  six  months; 
then  a  fine  vase  will  require  seven  weeks  in  which  to  be 
moulded,  to  which  add  four  months  for  baking  and  painting. 
The  Nation. 

Swinburne. — The  Springfield  Republican  says  :  We  get 
from  Mr.  M.  D.  Conway,  who  seems  to  have  found  his  true 
field  of  labor  in  a  literary  life  in  England— writing  of  Ameri- 
can things  in  British  magazines  and  journals,  and  of  English 
literature  and  litterateurs  for  American  journals,  with  lectur- 
ing some,  and  preaching  in  independent  British  Unitarian  pul- 
pits occasionally — this  sketch  of  the  new  British  poet  :  "  It 
was  enough  to  see  Swinburne's  face — especially  with  his  cheek 
and  eye  kindled — and  I  shall  ne\ er  forget  it.  A  small,  young, 
even  boyish  man  ;  with  handsome,  regular  features  and  smooth 
skin  ;  with  eyes  that  glitter  ;  with  thin  flexible  lips,  whose 
coldness  is  in  strange  contrast  to  the  passionate  intensity  of 
his  eyes  ;  with  a  great  deal  of  reddish  hair  that  surrounds  his 
face  like  a  halo — he  seemed  to  me  like  some  wild  bird  of  rare 
and  beautiful  plumage  which  has  alighted  in  our  uncongenial 
climate,  and  who  is  likely  to  die  before  it  is  acclimatized. 
No  one  who  has  ever  looked  upon  Algernon  Swinburne's  face 
would  ever  doubt  but  that  he  is  a  man  of  genius.  As  to  the 
poet,  his  vices  no  less  than  his  splendors  attest  the  fact  that 
he  is  the  iatest  inheritor  in  England  of  that  high  laureate-ship 
of  genius  which  only  the  gods  can  bestow." 


POEMS  BY  SARAH  E.  CARMICHAEL. 
We  learn  by  the  title-page  that  this  charming  little  sheaf 
of  poems  claims  the  kind  indulgence  that  belongs  to  a  volume 
intended  only  for  private  circulation.  But  it  deserves  a 
broader  and  more  public  approbation  than  is  modestly  asked. 
To  say  that  it  is  clever  for  the  locality  is  but  cheap  praise  ;  it 
is  creditable  to  an  older  and  higher  civilization  than  that  in 
which  the  lot  of  the  fair  authoress  is  cast.  Like  her  Califor- 
nia sisters  in  song,  Miss  Carmichael  is  not  dependent  lor  in- 
spiration upon  an  uuinspiring  and  material  climate  and  society  ; 
her  verse  is  mostly  introspective  and  retrospective  in  charac- 
ter. When  local  scenery  becomes  her  theme,  she  clothes  it 
with  an  imagery  and  suggestion  which,  while  it  lacks  the 
simplicity  and  naturalness  that  belong  to  immediate  inspi- 
ration, has  all  the  grace  and  dignity  of  experience  and  innate 
refinement.  This  is  by  no  means  a  peculiarity  of  Miss  Car- 
michael ;  it  is  the  attribute  of  the  best  verse  written  on  this 
side  of  the  continent.  The  following  poem,  of  which  we  have 
omitted  the  introduction,  is  a  fair  example  of  the  poetic  in- 
sight and  felicity  of  expression  which  distinguishes  her 
genius,  and  is  the  best  allegorical  fancy  of  the  origin  of  gold 
that  we  have  ever  met  : 

The  Fallen  looked  ton  the  world  and  sneered ; 

"  I  guess,"  he  mutered,  "  why  God  is  feared  ; 
For  cres  of  mort-ls  are  fain  to  shun 
The  midnight  heaven,  that  hath  no  sun. 
I  will  stand  on  the  height  of  the  hills  and  wait 
Where  the  day  goes  out  at  the  western  gate, 
And  reaching  up  to  its  crown  will  tear 
From  its  plu.ncs  of  glory  the  brightest  there  ; 
With  the  stolen  ray  I  will  light  the  sod, 
And  turn  the  eyes  of  the  world  from  God." 

He  stood  on  the  height  when  the  sun  went  down — 
He  tore  one  plume  from  the  day's  bright  crown ; 
The  proud  oi  l)  stooped  till  he  touched  iis  brow, 
And  the  marks  of  that  touch  are  on  it  now, 
And  the  (lush  of  its  anger  forever  more 
Hums  red  when  it  passes  the  western  door! 
The  broken  feather  above  him  whirled, 
In  llames  of  "torture  around  him  curled. 
And  he  dashed  it  down  from  the  snowy  height 
In  broken  masses  of  quivering  light. 

Ah  !  more  than  terrihle  was  the  shock 
Where  the  horning  splinters  struck  wave  and  rock  ; 
The  green  earth  shuddered,  and  shrunk,  und  paled, 
The  wave  sprang  up  and  the  mountain  quailed- 
Look  on  the  hills— let  the  scarB  they  hear 
Measure  the  pain  of  that  hour's  despair. 

The  Fallen  watched  while  the  whirlwind  fanned 
The  pulsing  splinters  that  ploughed  Hie  sand  ; 
Sullen  he  watched,  while  the  hissing  wave* 
More  them  away  to  the  ocean  caves  ; 
Sullen  he  watched  while  the  shining  rills 
Throbhcd  through  the  hearts  ot  the  rocky  hills  ; 
Loudly  he  laughed  :  "  Is  the  world  not  mine  J 
Proudly  the  links  of  its  chain  shall  shine  ; 
Lighted  with  gems  shall  its  dungeons  be  ; 
Hut  t lie  pride  of  its  beauty  shall  kneel  to  me!" 
That  splintered  light  in  the  earth  grew  cold, 
And  the  diction  of  mortals  hath  called  it  '  ooLD  !'  " 

The  volume  is  prettily  gotten  up  by  Towne  &  Bacon,  some- 
what in  the  style  of  Whittier's  Snow-Bound. 


A  New  and  Git  and  Erocu  is  Medicine.— Dr.  Maggie!  is  the 
founder  of  a  new  medical  system.  The  quanlitarians,  whose  vast 
internal  doses  enfeeble  the  stomach  and  paralyze  the  bowels,  must 
give  precedence  to  the  man  who  restores  health  and  appetite  with 
from  one  or  two  of  his  extraordinary  pills,  and  cures  the  most  viru- 
lent sores  with  a  box  or  so  of  his  wonderful  and  all-healing  salve. 
These  two  great  specifics  of  the  Doctor  arc  fast  superseding  all  the 
stereotyped  nostrums  of  the  day.  Extraordinary  cures  by  Maggiel'g 
Pills  and  salve  have  opened  the  eyes  of  the  pnblic  to  the  inefficiency 
of  the  so-called  remedies  of  others,  and  upon  which  people  have  so 
long  blindly  depended.  Maggiel's  Pills  nrc  not  of  the  class  that  are 
swallowed  by  the  dozen,  and  of  which  every  boxfull  taken  creates 
an  absolute  necessity  for  another.  One  or  two  of  Maggiel's  Pills 
iaiflicc  to  place  the  bowels  in  perfect  order,  tone  the  stomach,  create 
an  appetite,  and  render  the  spirits  light  and  buoyant.  There  is  no 
griping,  and  no  reaction  in  the  form  of  constipation.  If  the  liver  is 
all'ecled,  its  functions  are  restored,  and  if  the  nervous  system  is  feeble 
it  is  invigorated.  This  last  quality  makes  the  n  -dirines  very  de- 
sirable for  the  wants  of  delicate  females.  Ulcerous  and  eruptive  dis- 
eases are  literally  extinguished  by  the  disinfectant  power  of  Mag 
giel's  salve.  In  fact,  it  is  here  announced  that  Mnggiel't  Bilious, 
Dyspeptic  nnd  Diarrhea  Pills  cure  where  all  otherBfail.  While,  for 
Hums,  Scalds,  Chilblains,  Cuts  and  all  abrasions  of  the  skin,  M"g- 
gicl's  Salvc'ts  infallible.  Sold  by  J.  Maggiel,  No.  11  Pine  street, 
Xcw  York,  and  all  Druggists,  at  35  cents  per  box.  R.  H.  McDon- 
ald &■  Co.,  Agents  for  Pacific  coast,  corner  San6omc  and  Pine  streets, 
San  Francisco.  cl4 

TnoCBi.E  with  Ti'kkey  — A  serious  cmbroglio  in  our  relations 
with  the  Divan  has  arisen,  as  follows  :  Sarkis  Miuasian,  who  has  for 
many  years  acted  as  the  resident  agent  in  Turkey  for  the  sale  of  Dr. 
J.  C.  Aver  &  Co.'s  medicines,  driven  by  the  increase  of  bis  business 
to  a  necessity  for  more  room,  built  his  warehouse  in  Constantinople 
several  stories  higher,  after  having  obtained  the  necessary  permit  from 
the  authorities.  The  Imans  of  a  neighboring  mosque,  which  over- 
looked the  premises,  demanded  a  large  present  in  money,  which  was 
refused.  They  then  applied  to  the  Grand  Vizier  for  the  enforcement 
of  an  obsolete  law,  which  had  been  disregarded  two  hundred  years, 
requiring  him  to  take  down  the  building  io  eighteen  feet,  which  was 
granted,  and  they  commenced  the  work  of  demolition.  Miuasian 
then  applied  to  the  American  Minister,  who  notified  the  Sublime 
Porte  that  American  property  could  not  be  thus  trilled  with,  and  that 
the  demolition  must  cease.  Then  commenced  the  usual  course  of 
Mussulman  prevarication  and  promises,  but  no  real  redress.  Finally, 
Minister  Morris  informed  them  that  if  their  depredations  continued, 
he  should  order  the  U.  S.  ships  of  war  to  enter  the  Bosphorus  and 
Messrs-  Avers'  medical  warehouse  would  not  be  alone  rootless  A 
stroke  of  bis  pen  could  have  laid  the  whole  city  under  the  sweep  of 
American  cannon,  backed  hymen  who  are  not  schooled  in  the  lessons 
of  fear.  This  brought  them  to  their  senses  and  speedy  redress.  Mi- 
nasinn  has  now  arrived  in  this  country,  to  present  the  case  to  our 
State  Department  for  indemnity.  At  length  it  is  something  to  say 
anions  the  peoples  of  the  earth,  "  I  am  an  American  cidzen  !" 


July  14th  | 


THE  CALIFORNIAN 


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AGUA  DE  MAGNOLIA. 
A  toilet  delight.  Superior  to  any  cologne, 
used  to  buthe  the  face  and  person,  to  render  the  skin 
soft  and  fresh,  to  allay  inflammation,  to  perfume 
clothing,  for  headache,  etc.  It  is  manufactured  from 
the  rich  Southern  Magnolia,  and  is  obtaining  a  pat- 
ronage quite  unprecedented.  It  is  a  favorite  with 
actresses  and  opera  singers.  It  is  sold  by  all  dealers, 
at  $1.00  in  large  bottles,  and  by  Demas  Barnes  & 
Co.,  New  York,  Wholesale  Agents. 


Agua  de  Magnolia.— The  prettiest  thing, 

the  "  sweetest  thing,"  and  the  most  of  it  for  the  least 
money.  It  overcomes  the  odor  of  perspiration  ; 
softeus  aud  adds  delicacy  to  the  skin ;  is  a  delightful 
perfume;  allays  headache  and  inflammation,  and  is 
a  necessary  companion  in  the  sick  room,  in  the  nur- 
sery and  upou  the  toilet  sideboard.  It  can  be  ob- 
ned  everywhere  at  oue  dollar  per  bottle. 


Lyon's  Magnetic  Insect  Powder  is  in- 
stant death  to  Fleas,  Ticks,  Roaches,  and  everything 
of  the  insect  species.  It  is  oue  of  the  few  articles 
that  can  bo  relied  upon,  and  for  a  mere  wo  bits  we 
can  save  the  biles  and  bills  of  these  little  pests. 
None  is  genuine  unless  signed  by  E.  Lyon,  and 
bearing  the  private  stamp  of  Demas  Darnes  &  Co., 
New  York. 


S— T— 1860  — X.    DRAKE'S  PLANTATION 
li  I  T  T  E  R  S  . 

They  purify,  strengthen  and  invigorate. 

They  create  a  healthy  appetite. 

They  are  an  antidote  to  change  of  water  and  diet. 

They  strengthen  the  system  aud  enliven  the  mind. 

They  preveut  miasmatic  and  intermittent  fevers. 

They  purify  the  breath  aud  acidity  of  the  stomach. 

They  cure  Dyspepsia  and  Constipation. 

They  cure  Liver  Complaint  aud  Nervous  Head- 
ache. ■  " 

They  are  the  best  Bitters  in  the  world.  They 
make  the  weak  strong,  and  are  exhausted  nature's 
great  restorer.  They  are  made  of  pure  St.  Croix 
Rum,  the  celebrated  Calisaya  Bark,  roots  and  herbs, 
aud  are  taken  with  the  pleasure  of  a  beverage,  with- 
out regard  to  age  or  time  of  day.  Particularly  rec 
ommeuded  to  delicate  persons  requiring  a  gentle 
stimulant.  Sold  by  all  Grocers,  Druggists,  Hotels 
and  Saloons.  Only  genuine  when  Cork  is  covered 
*by  our  private  U.  S.  Stamp.  Beware  of  counter- 
eits  and  relilled  bottles. 

R  H.  DRAKE  &  CO.,  New  York. 

"  In  lifting  the  kettle  from  the  lire  I  scalded  my 
self  very  severely— oue  hand  almost  to  a  crisp.  The 
torture  was  unbearable.  »  *  *  MexiejSu'j 
Mustang  Liniment  relieved  the  pain  almost  immedi- 
ately. It  healed  rapidly,  and  left  very  little  scar. 
"  Chas.  Foster,  420  Broad  street,  Philada." 


This  is  merely  a  sample  of  what  the  Mus- 
tang Liniment  will  do.  It  is  invaluable  in  all  cases 
of  wounds,  swellings,  sprains,  cuts,  bruises, spavin  s 
etc.,  either  upon  man  or  beast. 

Beware  of  counterfeits.  None  is  genuine  unless 
wrapped  in  line  steel-plate  engravings,  bearing  the 
signature  of  G.  W.  Westbrook,  Chemist,  and  the 
private  stamp  of  Demas  Barnes  &.  Co.,  New  York. 


All  who  Value  a  Beautiful  Head  op 

Hair,  and  its  preservation  from  premature  baldness 
and  turning  gray,  will  not  fail  to  use  Lyon's  Cele- 
brated Kathairon.  It  makes  the  hair  rich,  soft, 
and  glossy,  eradicates  dandruff,  and  causes  the  hair 
to  grow  with  luxuriant  beauty.  It  is  sold  every- 
where.      E.  THOMAS  LYON,  Chemist,  N.  Y. 


Lyon's  Extract  op  Pure  Jamaica  Ginger, 
for  Indigestion.  Nausea,  Heartburn,  Sick  Headache, 
Cholera  Morbus,  &c,  where  a  warming,  genial 
stimulant  is  required  Its  careful  preparation  and 
entire  purity  make  it  a  cheap  and  reliable  article  for 
culiuary  purposes.  Sold  everywhere,  at  50  cents  per 
bottle.  ap7-ly 


No  Forfeiting. — Heretofore,  if  a  person  holding 
a  Life  Policy  became  unfortunate,  and  could  not 
raise  the  sum  of  money  required  to  pay  his  uext  pre- 
mium, his  policy  was  declared  forfeited.  The 
Brooklyn  Life  Insurance  Company  of  New 
York  has  decided  to  make  every  policy  it  issues 
NONFORFEITABLE,  giving  a  PAID-UP 
POLICY  to  the  party  if  unable  to  continue  his 
payments  of  premiums.  The  dividends  of  the 
Brooklyn  Life  Insurance  Company  are  settled  annu 
ally  in  cash.  This  plan  is  far  more  acceptable  to 
insurers  than  at  the  end  of  three  or  live  years,  as  in 
other  companies.  The  Brooklyn  Life  Insurance 
Company  allows  thirty  days  grace  in  the  payment 
of  premiums.  Its  policies  are  incontestable,  and  its 
losses  are  promptly  paid.  The  Brooklyn  Life  Insu 
ranee  Company  offers  every  known  plan  of  Life 
and  Endowment  Insurance.  Get  a  pamphlet  at  the 
office,  240  Montgomery  street,  southeast  corner  of 
Pine,  from  Stephen  T.  King,  General  Manager,  or 
David  B.  Arrowsmith,  Local  Agent. 


MEDICAL  ADVICE. 
Dr.  Wm.  K.  Doherty's  Medical  and  Surgical 
Institute  is  becoming  a  sine  qua  non  to  the  welfare 
of  our  State  and  health  of  our  citizens  ;  and  his 
rapidly  spreading  reputation,  although  it  may  excite 
surprise,  is  but  the  signal  of  skill,  and  follows  as  the 
natural  effect  of  such  a  cause.  We  are  personally 
acquainted  with  gentlemen  who  had  suffered  for 
years  under  chronic  disease,  and  who  had  taken  ad- 
vantage of  every  available  meaus  that  promised 
relief,  but  without  success,  until  they  called  upon 
Dr.  Doherty,  who,  in  an  incredibly  short  space  of 
time,  has  given  them  entire  relief.  It  is  gratifying 
to  announce  this  fact,  because  the  Doctor  is  a  gentle- 
man who  seeks,  not  by  defamation  of  others,  to  es 
tablish  his  leputation,  or  to  rear  the  superstructure  of 
his  own  upon  the  ruin  of  another's  fame.  The  Doc 
tor  conducts  his  Institute  in  a  maimer  that  must  be 
gritifviug  to  all  h  s  patients.  He  examines,  hears 
advises,  and  recommends,  without  charge,  and  the 
patient,  after  hearing  his  terms  for  treatment,  can 
accept  or  reject  at  pleasure.  In  no  case  does  the 
Doctor  make  a  charge  unless  he  effects  a  cure.  This 
he  is  able  to  do,  because  he  feels  the  confidence 
which  long  experience  has  given,  and  no  doubt  the 
consolation  wliich  appertains  to  that  confidence. 
Persons  afflicted  with  either  acute  or  chronic  disease, 
would  do  weil  to  consult  the  Doctor  ;  at  all  events, 
it  can  do  no  harm,  as  for  consultation  he  asks  no  fee ; 
nor  does  he  insist  on  obedience  to  his  advice  unlets 
the  patient  places  himself  under  his  care.  His  offices 
are  on  Sacramento  street,  opposite  the  Pacific  Mail 
Steamship  office. — San  Francisco  News. 


E  Goldsmith  &.  Co.,  at  No.  646  Sacramento 
street,  three  doors  below  Kearny,  have  just  received 
some  beautiful  new  style  Garbaldis  aud  Zouave 
Jackets,  that  for  taste- aud  style  are  particularly 
worthy  of  the  attention  of  our  lady  readers.  They 
have  also  a  line  assortment  of  Ladies'  Furnishing 
Goods  of  the  choicest  description.  French  corsets 
for  oue  dollar.  A  great  variety  of  Freuch  toilet  and 
fancy  articles,  the  newest,  styles  of  buttons  and 
dress  trimmings,  may  always  be  found  at  Gold- 
smith's 016  Sacramento  street. 


RHEUMATISM. 

Throughout  this  coast  a  great  deal  of  suffering  is 
experienced  from  Rheumatism.  Weeks  and  even 
mouths  of  protracted  and  aggravated  misery  is  en 
dured  by  the  victims  of  medical  inefficiency  aud 
ignorance,  which  could  be  cured  just  us  speedily  as 
was  Air.  Sparrow,  whose  testimony  is  given  below, 
aud  is  only  the  echo  of  hundreds  of  other  cases. 
Dr.  Bourne  cures  without  medicines,  which  accounts 
for  his  extraordinary  success.  No.  10  Masouic 
Temple,  Post  street  entrance: 

San  Francisco,  September  6,  1861. 

Dr.  Bourne:  Last  Winter  1  was  nearly  dead,  by- 
an  attack  of  inflammatory  rheumatism.  1  suffered 
the  most  excruciating  pains  for  about  five  weeks, 
without  any  hope  of  relief,  when  a  friend,  hearing 
of  my  illness,  called  to  see  me,  and  assured  me  t)>at 
if  I  would  stop  "  drugging  and  dosing,"  aud  go  to 
you,  that  you  would  have  me  walking  about  the 
streets  in  three  days.  Sure  enough,  although  I  was 
utterly  helpless,  aud  conveyed  to  your  house  in  a 
carriage,  and  curried  into  it  by  three  stout  men,  and 
was  by  theiu  lifted  into  the  hath,  yet,  on  coming 
out  of  the  bath  I  was  able  to  largely  assist  myself, 
doing  much  toward  dressing,  and  without  assistance 
walked  from  the  bath  to  the  carriage.  On  the 
fourth  day,  I  discharged  my  carriage  and  walked 
with  a  friend's  aid  the  entire  distance  to  your  house 
(nearly  a  mile)  aud  home  again,  and  so  on  until 
cured  ;  and  I  had  not  taken  more  than  twelve  baths 
when,  all  pain  and  swelling  having  ceased,  I  felt 
myself  a  well  man.  Aud  now  I  am  happy  to  do  this 
little  service  of  publicly  certifying  to  the  simple 
truth,  leaving  it  to  do  its  own  work  among  such  of 
my  friends  and  acquaintances  as  may  chance  to  see 
this.  Your  friend,  Joseph  Sparrow. 


Dainty  Work.— About  the  daiutiest  work  we 
ever  saw  were  specimens  of  hair  jewelry  at  the  es- 
tablishment of  Mrs.  C.  Cook,  645  Clay  street,  between 
Montgomery  and  Kearny  streets,  yesterday.  This 
lady  manufactures  all  sorts  of  jewelry — watch-chaius, 
earrings,  finger  rings,  breustpius,  aud  various  other 
kiuds  of  ornaments — from  humuu  hair.  We  wit 
nessed  the  process  of  manufacture,  and  it  is  intricate 
and  ingenious  in  the  highest  degree. — F.  Exam 
intr 


A  SUMMER  AND  WINTER  MEDICINE. 

"  Great  oaks  from  little  acorns  grow." 

The  worst  diseases  known  to  the  human  race 
spriug  from  causes  so  small  as  to  almost  defy  detec- 
tion. The  volumes  of  scientific  lore  that  fill  the 
tables  and  shelves  of  the  medical  fraternity  only  go 
to  prove  aud  elaborate  these  facts. 

Then  guard  yourselves  while  you  may.  The 
smallest  pimple  on  the  skin  is  a  tell-tale  and  indica- 
tor of  disease.  It  may  fade  and  die  away  from  the 
surface  of  the  body,  but  it  will  reach  the  vitals,  per- 
haps, at  last,  and  death  be  the  result  and  final  close. 
Maggicl's  Bilious,  Dyspeptic  and  Diarrhoea  Pills 
cure  where  all  others  fail.  While  for  Burns,  Scalds, 
Chilblains,  Cuts,  aud  all  abrasions  of  the  skin,  Mag- 
giel's  Salve  is  infallible.  Sold  by  J.  Maggiel,  43 
Fulton  street,  New  York,  aud  all  Druggists,  at  25 
cents  per  box. 


Wanted — Agents  to  sell,  by  subscription  only  the 
most  popular  work  ever  written  :  "  GRANT  AND 
SHERMAN;  their  Campaigns  and  Generals."  By 
the  world-renowned  historian,  Hou.  J.  T.  Headley, 
author  of  Washington  and  his  Generals,  Sacred 
Mountains,  etc.  Agents  are  taking  as  high  as  thirty 
subscribers  per  day,  and  all  agree  in  pronouncing  it 
the  most  saleable  work  they  ever  took  hold  of.  The 
people  want  Headley's  illustrated  "  GRANT  AND 
•SHERMAN,"  etc.  For  terms  and  territory ,  address 
E.  E.  Shear,  No.  8  Montgomery  Street,  and  Box 
1,430,  San  Francisco,  California 


Read  the  Testimony  of  a  few  of  the  maDy  Eminent 
Clergymen  aud  their  Families  of  New  York  city,  who, 
having  used  the  Suzodont  fur  a  long  time  past,  are  con 
viuceu  ot  its  excellent  aud  invaluable  qualities,  and  give 
it  tin-ir  cordial  commendation  : 

Rev.   THOMAS  DEWITT,  Pastor  Collegiate 

Rcf.  Dutch  Church,  Lafayette  Plate. 
Rev.  J.  W.  ALEXANDER,  D.  D.,  Presbyterian 

Church,  Fifth  Avenue. 
Rev.  J.  B.  WAKE  LEY,  M.  E.  City  Missionary. 
Rev.  W.  F.  MORGAN,  D.D.,  Rector  St.  Thomas 

Church,  Broadtray. 
Rev.  E.  H.  CHAP1N.  D.  D.,  Pastor  Fourth  Uni- 

versuiist  Church,  Broad  way . 
Rev.  SAMUEL  COOKE,  D.  P.,  Rector  St.  Bar- 
tholomew's Chutch,  Lafayette  Place. 
Rev.  SAMUEL  OSGOOD,  D.D.,  Pastor  Church 

of  Mitsiah,  Broadway. 
Rev.  B.  M.  ADAMS,  M.  E.  Church,  Duane  street. 
Rev.  NEMAN  BANGS,  late  pastor  Centenary 

M.  E.  Church,  Brooklyn. 
Rev.  IK  S.  MIKELS,  Pastor  Baptist  Church, 

Sixteenth  street. 
Rev.  GEO.  POTTS,  D.D.,  Pastor  Presbyterian 

Church,  University  Place. 
Rev.  £.  E.  RANKIN, Pastor  Presbyterian  Church 

Forty-second  street. 
Rev.  T.  E.  VE UM1  LYE,  D.  D.,  Pastor  of  Co 

Dutch  Reformed,  Lafayette  Place. M 

FROM  G.  F.  J.  COLBURN,  DOCTOR  DENTAL  SUR- 
GERY, NEWARK,  N.  J. 
The  Popular  DentriGce  known  as  Van  Buskirk's  "  SO 
ZODONT,"  besides  being  a  very  plcasaut  addition  to  the 
toilet,  coutaius  ingredients  tint,  if  used  according  to  the 
directions,  will  prove  of  the  greatest  utility  to  the  health 
of  the  mouth  and  tcoiu. 

BEWARE  OF  IMITATIONS ! 

Sold  by  all  Druggists  aud  Perfumers. 

HALL  &  RUCKEL, 

je2  4m  NEW  YORK. 


U ALL'S  SARSAPARILLA, 
YELLOW  DOCK  AND  IODIDE  POTASS, 

THE 

Best  Blood  Purifier  Known. 

Persons  that  are  troubled  with  Rheumatism, 
Scrofula,  Neuralgia,  Morbid  Liver,  Salt 
Rheum,  Pimples,  Boils,  or  any  of  the  many 
diseases  that  originate  from  Impure  Blood, 
would  find  it  much  to  their  advautago  to  give 
this  justly  celebrated  article  a  trial.  One  or 
two  bottles  are  cpjite  sufficient  to  convince  the 
most  skeptical  of  its  merits.  It  contains 
neither  Spirit,  ARSENIC  nor  MERCURY 
which  cannot  be  truly  said  of  any  other  prepa- 
tiou  called  "  Sarsaparilla." 

SHEPARDSON  &  GATES,  Proprietors, 
apT-3m      N.  W. cor.  Sausome aud  Commercial-street s 


JJ<ARRAND'S  OSCILLATING 

Amalgamator. 

THIS  UNRIVALLED  IMPROVEMENT  FOB  THE  RE 

duction  aud  amalgamation  of  Gold  ami  Silver  Ores,  is  now 
running  daily  at  No.  206  Commercial  street,  between  Front 
and  Davis. 

THIS  AMALGAMATOR  INVOLVES 

NO  COMPLICATED  MACHINERY 

And  possesses  the  following  advantages  over 
all  ithers  now  in  life  : 

1st.  It  is  capable  of  doing  double  the  am 'tint  of 
work  of  the  ordiuary  Pans,  at  a  saving  of  more  than 
one-half  the  power. 

2d.  It  reduces  the  pulp  finer,  thereby  producing  a 
better  result. 

3d.  It  requires  less  quicksilver  by  one-half  at  a 
charge,  whilst  the  loss  by  trituration  is  comparatively 
nothing. 

4th.  As  an  Amalgamator  for  gold  contained  in  sul- 
phurets,  as  also  for  very  flue  or  flour  gold:  it  has  no 
equal. 

5th.  This  Amalgamator  involves  no  complicated 
machinery,  aud  is  less  liable  to  get  out  of  order  than 
anv  of  the  pans. 
DESCRIPTION  Of  lARRAND'S  AMALGAMATOR. 

In  offering  this  A  malgamator  to  the  public  the  in- 
veutor  does  not  claim  any  new  or  scientific  method 
of  extracting  the  precious  metals  from  the  ores  ;  he 
merely  claims  a  new  and  simple  combination  ot 
mechanical  principles,  whereby  a  great  saving  of 
power  (full  one-half  in  amount)  is  effected.  Tho 
capacity  of  the  machine  varies  with  its  size.  The 
smallest,  or  prospecting  size,  will  reduce  400  lbs.  in 
three  hours,  and  can  be  easily  worked  by  the  power 
of  one  man.  The  largest  size  will  work  1,500  lbs 
in  three  hours,  or  six  tons  in  24  hours,  with  an  appli- 
cation of  a  trifle  more  than  one-horse  power.  This 
saving  of  power,  as  all  mill-men  are  aware,  is  an  im- 
portant considerationparticularly  where  fuel  is  scarcei 
The  power  so  saved  in  running  the  Amalgamators 
may  be  advantageously  employed  to  un  increase  of 
stamps,  and  thus  proportionally  increasing  the  work 
of  the  mill.  This  machine  consists  of  a  semi-cylin* 
drical,  trough-shaped  vessel,  in  the  interior  of  which 
is  furnished  with  moveable  concave  dies,  to  be  re- 
placed when  worn  out,  as  in  ordinary  pans.  The 
mullers  are  convex,  and  attached  to  a  substantial 
rock  shaft,  by  which  they  are  moved  back  and  for- 
ward by  crank  or  eccentric  motion.  The  mullers 
are  held  to  their  places  by  springs  of  moderate 
strength,  the  pressure  of  which  may  be  easily  regu- 
lated. The  oscillating  motion  of  the  mullers  serves 
to  keep  the  pulp  in  a  constant  state  of  agitation, 
thoroughly  mixing  it,  and  passing  it  under  the  mul- 
lers without  resort  to  any  of  the  various  expedients 
employed  in  Pans  where  a  circular  motion  is  main- 
tained. 

The  peculiar  construction  of  this  superior  machine 
admits  of  its  being  worked  with  a  much  smaller 
charge  of  quick -ilver,  to  any  given  amount  of  pulp 
than  the  fiat-bottomed  Pans.  The  spiral  springs 
greatly  assist  in  the  work  of  reduct.ou,  by  allowing 
the  free  admission  of  the  pulp  between  the  mullers 
and  dies,  so  that  the  pulp  is  made  to  actually  work 
upon  itself — as  the  dust  of  the  diamond  is  made  to 
reduce  the  gem  itself. 

Trials  made  with  this  machine  in  the  presence  of 
experts,  during  the  last  six  months,  have  been  pro- 
nounced highly  satisfactory.  It  is  peculiarly  well 
adapted  to  employment  by  small  mining  operators  in 
distant  localities,  as  it  can  readily  be  taken  to  pieces 
and  packed  upon  mules. 

A  large  size  machine  is  constructed  without  dies  or 
mullers,  but  6imply  with  arms  to  act  as  stirrers,  to 
be  used  in  connection  with  several  of  the  Amalga- 
mators as  a  "  Separator,"  as  it  is  found  that  the  pecu- 
liar motion  giveii  to  these  arms,  in  connection  with 
the  concave  shape  of  the  body  of  the  machine,  reu 
ders  it  most  effectual  for  such  a  purpose. 

W.  D.  FARRAND 


jgREWSTER  &  CO.'S 

Carriage  Manufactory, 

372  Broome  sleet,  New  York. 

We  desire  to  announce  to  our  California  friends  that 

we  have  made  extensive  arrangements  by  increasing 
our  works  lor  the  coming  season,  and  with  a  view  to 

SUPPLYING  THE 

WANTS  OF  CALIFORNIA, 

will  manufacture  a  style  of  work  particularly  adapted  to 
city  auu  couutry  use,  aud  in  view  of  the  destructive  ef- 
fects of  city  railroads  on  all  light  work,  will  give 

CARRIAGES,  BUGGIES,  PHAETONS,  COUPES, 
and  Vehicles  of  every  description,  of  our  own  manufac- 
ture, on  hand  and  made  to  order. 
Orders  or  communications  should  be  addressed  to 
BREWSTER  &  CO., 

Of  Broome  street, 
The  firm  of  Brewster  &  Baldwin  not  being  in  any  way 
connected  with 

BREWSTER  &  CO., 
Of  No.  372,  Broome  street, 


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Thoso  iu  pursuit  of  a 
PRACTICAL  B  USINE  SS  EDUCA  Tl  ON 
should  examine  the  incrils  of  this  College.  Send  lor  the 
COLLEGE  REVIEW,  giving  full  particulars  of  tho  Col- 
lege, besides  containiug  other  important  and  Interesting 
matter.    Sent  free  to  all  desiring  it. 

Further  particulars  can  be  had  by  calling  at  the  College, 
or  addressing      M.  K   LAUDENSLAGER,  President 

Iel7  Buswess  College,  Sau  Francisco, 


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[July  I 4th 


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AWARDED  the  HIGHEST  PREMIUM 

AT  THE 

State  Fair  of  California, 

The  only  Fair  on  the  Pacific  coast  at  which  any  two 
double-thread  Machines  were  exhibited  in  competition  in 

1865. 

If  there  is  a  FLORENCE  SEWING  MA- 
chine  within  one  thousand  miles  of  this  office 
that  is  not  working  well,  it  will  be  attended 
to  if  I  am  informed  of  it,  without  expense  to 
the  owner.  SAMUEL  HILL, 

General  Agent, 
111  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco. 

THE 


flORENGE 


SEWING  MACHINE 

RECEIVED  THE  FIRST  PREMIUM,  A  GOLD  MEDAL, 
at  the  Great  Exhibition  of  the 

AMERICAN  INSTUTE,  New  York, 

1  8  6  5. 

myl0-3m 


JJOSENBAUMIS  BITTERS 

CREATE  A    HEALTHY  APPETITE! 

ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 
Care  Dyspepsia,  Diarrhoea  and  Constipation. 

ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 
Invigorate  the  System  aud  enliven  the  mind. 

ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 
Overcome  the  effects  of  Drunkenness  aud  Late  Hours. 

ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 
Cure  all  Diseases  of  the  Liver,  Stomach  and  Bowels. 

ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 
Are  Palatable  to  the  Taste. 

They  arc  the 

BEST  BITTERS  IN  THE  MARKET, 

And  when  once  used  will  always  be  called 
.  for  again. 

They  are  made  in  the  most  careful  manner 
From  Pure  Old  Wheat  Whisky,  Medicated  from 

Roots  and  Herbs 
Especially  adapted  for  the  cure  of  all  Stomachic  Diseases 
and  Liver  Complaints. 

Try  Them  and  You  will  be  Satisfied. 
For  sale  everywhere  by  Druggists  and  Liquor  Dealers 
or  by 

N.  B.  JACOBS  &  CO., 

423  Front  street, 
myll-6m  San  Francisco 


jQJANTY  &  WAGNER, 

(SUCCESSORS  TO  J.  REGAN,) 

WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL 

Confectioners, 

111  Montgomery  street,  bet.  Bush  and  Sutter. 

N.  B. — All  candies  sold  by  us  are  warranted  to  be  man- 
ufactured  trotu  Stewart's  double-refined  Sugai ,  and  to  be 
qual  to  auy  manufactured  in  the  State.  Country  mer- 
h.inls  solicited  to  examine  our  stock  and  prices.  Goods 
liyreJ  eu  any  p.irl  of  tne  city  tree  of  charge.  wy2L3oi 


J#  PEIRCE, 

*  FURNITURE  AND 


Bedding  Warerooms. 


Nos.  415,  417,  and  419  California  Street, 

NEAR  MONTGOMERY. 

THIS  STOCK  OF  FURNITURE,  etc.,  was  selected  with 
great  care,  and  special  attention  given  to  the  warns  of 
this  market,  ENTIRELY  AT  THE  EAST.  It  is  NOT 
COMPOSED  OF  REFUSE  GOODS.  ODDS  AND  ENDS  OF 
OTHER  HOUSES  tuat  have  latelv  closed  out  here,  bul 
CONSISTS  ENTIRELY  OK  NEW  GOODS,  made  after  the 
latest  patterns  and  iu  the  mest  durable  manner. 

The  present  Stock  is  fully  TWICE  a*  large  as  that  of  any 
other  house  here.  Parties  having  auy  doubts  of  this,  or 
that  the  assortment  is  not  superiur  to  any  in  the  city,  can 
easily  satisfy  themselves  by  calling. 

The  stock  of  Case  Goods  is  larger  than  ever  before. 

J.  PEIRCE, 
Ware-rooms  415,  417  and  419  California  street, 

jel6-3m  SAN  FRANCISCO. 


B.  F.  Sterett,  533 
Clay  St.,  a  few  doors 
below  Montgomery, 
continues  to  print  all 
kinds  of  Books,  Bills, 
Circulars,  Cards,  etc. 
in  superior  style,  and 
at  reasonable  prices. 


rj^  RODGERS  JOHNSON, 


ODD  FELLOWS'  HALL,  329  Montgomery  str"et, 
jc30  3m  San  Francisco. 


J^ATHANIEL  GRAY, 

UNDERTAKER , 
CITY  AND  COUNTY  SEXTON, 
641  Sacrimento  street,  Corner  of  Webb 

'ole  agents  for   BARSTOW'S   PATENT  METALLIC  I 
55  URIAL  CASES  and  CASKETS. 

,  o 

jel7-3m 


Edward  Bosom  &  Co., 

Printers, 

And  Blank  Book  Manufacturers, 
517  CLAY  STREET, 

Between  Montgomery  and  Sansome  Sts., 
San  Francisco. 


CHOOL  FURNITURE. 


RANKIN'S  PATENT  SCHOOL  DESK  j 
Liquid  Slating  for  Blackboard; 
ARITHMETICAL  FRAME; 

Babbitouiau  Sjstem  of  Writing— the  Best  System 
know  1 

W.  HOLT, 

del  305  Montgomery  street,  Ruom  No  2. 


T 


RY  LE  COUNT'S  INK. 


CORNER  OF 
Sacramento    and  Montgomery  streets, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 
Post  Office  Address  :  Lock  Box  No  147".        jc30  3in 


rpHE  LIGHT  OF  THE  "WORLD. 

DR.  MAGGIEL'S 

Pills  and  Salv  e. 


These  Life-giving  remedies  are  now,  for  the  first 
time,  given  publicly  to  the  world.  For  jver  a  quar- 
ter of  a  century  of  private  practice  the  ingredients  in 
these 

LIFE-GIVING  PILLS! 

Have  been  used  with  the  greatest  suceees.  Their 
mission  is  not  only  to  prevent  disease,  but  to  cure 
They  search  out  the  various  maladies  by  which  the 
patient  is  suffering,  and  re-invigorate  the  failing  sy: 
tem.  To  the  aged  and  infirm  a  few  doses  of  these 
valuable  PILLS  will  prove  to  be 

A  VERY  FOUNTAIN  OF  YOUTH, 
For  in  every  case  they  add  new  life  and  vitality, 
and  restore  the  wauiug  energies  to  their  pristine 
stHte.  To  the  young  and  middle  aged,  they  will 
prove  most  invaluable,  as  a  ready,  specific,  and 
sterling  medicine.  Here  is  a  dream  realized,  that 
Ponce-de-Leon  sought  for  three  bundled  years  ago, 
and  never  found.  He  looked  for  a  fountain  that 
would  restore  the  old  to  vigor  and  make  youth  ever 

AN    ETERNAL  SPRING! 

It  was  left  for  this  day  and  hour  to  realize  the 
dream,  and  show  in  one  glorious  fact,  the  magic  that 
made  it  fair. 

THESE   FAMOUS  REMEDIES 

Cannot  stay  the  flight  of  years,  but  they  can  force 
back,  and  hold  aloof,  diseases  that  might  triumph 
over  the  aged  and  the  young.  Let  none  hesitate 
then,  but  seize  th»  favorable  epportuuity  that  otters. 
When  taken  as  prescribed — 

FOR  BILLIOUS  DISORDERS 
Nothing  can  be  more  productive  of  cure  than  these 
Pills.  Their  almost  magic  influence  is  felt  at  once  ; 
and  the  usual  concomitants  of  this  most  distressing 
disease  are  removed.  These  remedies  are  made 
from  the  purest 

VEGETABLE  COMPOUND. 
They  will  not  harm  the  most  delicate  female,  and 
can  be  given  with  good  effect  in  prescribed  doses  to 
the  youngest  babe. 

FOR  CUTANEOUS  DISORDERS 
And  all  eruptions  of  the  skin,  the  SALVE  is  most 
invaluable.    It  does  not  heal  externally  alone,  but 
penetrates  wit  h  the  most  searching  effects  to  the  very 
root  of  the  evil ! 

Dr.  Maggiel's  Pills 

Invariably  cure  tlte  following  diseases  : 
Asthma, 

Bowel  Complaints, 
Coughs, 
Colds, 

Chest  Diseases. 
Costiveuess, 
Dyspepsia, 
Diarrhoea, 
Dropsy. 
Debility, 

Female  Complaints,  Fever  and  Ague 

Headache. 
Indigestion, 
lutluenza. 

Inflammation, 

Inward  Weakness, 
Liver  Complaint. 
Lowness  of  Spirits, 
Ringworm, 

Rheumatism, 
Salt  Rheum, 
Scalds. 

Skin  Diseases 

Notice.  —  None  geuuine  without  the  engraved 
trade-mark  around  each  pot  or  box.  signed  by  Dr.  .). 
Maggie!  13  Fulton  st.,  New  York,  to  counterfeit 
which  is  felony. 

E3P  Sold  by  all  respectable  Dealers  in  Medicines 
throughout  the  Cnited  States— at  '25  cents  per  box  or 
pot.  apl4-ly 


pRANKLIN  PRINTING  OFFICE, 

509  CLAY  STREET,  (near  Sansome,) 

PAN  FRANCISCO, 

"  The  oldest  and  most  complete  Book  and  Job  printing 
establishment  in  California.  All  descriptions  of  work 
neatlv  executed  at  low  rates." 

jal  FRANK  EASTMAN,  Proprietor. 


h.  Mcdonald  &  co., 

WHOLESALE 

DRUGGIST 


S  , 


IMPORTERS  OF 

Drugs,     Chemicals,  Herbs, 

PATENT  MEDICINES, 
PAINTS,  VARNISHES, 
ACIDS,  DYE  STUFFS, 
OILS,  PERFUMERIES, 
TOILET  ARTICLES, 


BRUSHES. 

We  are  just  receiving,  direct  from  Spain,  a  complete 
assortment  of 

CORKS !   CORKS !  CORKS 

which  we  otter  at  lower  prices  than  usual 

Di'sti.ng,   Paint,  Varnish,    Shoe,  Scrub, 
Hair  and  Tooth  Brushes  : 

We  have  a  splendid  stock,  which  we  ofler  at  extiemely 

low  prices. 

HERBS. 

We  have  received,  direct  from  the  Shakers,  all  kinds 
of  fresh  Herbs,  and  intend  to  keep  every  article  used  of 
this  description. 

Tilden's  Solid  and  Fluid  Extracts,  Pills, 
and  Concentrated  Preparations. 

We  have  on  hand,  and  shall  keep  a  full  assortment  of 
the  abov  i  clebrated  preparations,  which  we  ofler  to  the 
trade  at  such  prices  as  will  defy  competition. 

FLAVORING  EXTRACTS. 

A  great  variety,  not  to  be  equalled  in  the  market  as  to 
quality  and  price. 

Parties  about  purchasing  would  do  well  to  give  u*  a  call 
and  examine  prices  aud  goods  before  purchasing  else- 
where. 


P  L  A  I  X 

GUM  TEETH. 

We  have  the  largest  assortment  ot  any  house  on  the 
Pacific  co:st. 

GOLD  FOIL. 
We  are  manutacturing  Foil  which  wo  can  recommend  to 
the  profession  as  being  a  superior  ""article.    We  also 
nave  od  hand  a  full  assortment,  of  all  the  various  makers 

VULCANIZERS, 
DENTAL  CHAIRS  AND  LATHES 

FILE S , 
VULCANITE  AND  GUTTA  PERCHA, 
FORCEPS, 

BURRS,  DRILLS  AND  EXCAVATORS, 

MIRRORS,  ETC 

We  have,  besides  the  above,  everv  article  used  by  tne 
Dentist,  and  are  daily  In  receipt  of  all  the  new  inventions 

in  use. 

Deutists  will  find  It  to  their  interest  to  call  and  examine 
our  stock  and  prices  before  purchasing  elsewhere. 

R.    H.    McDonald    &  Co., 

CORNER  SANSOME  AND  PINE  STREETS, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

AXD 

SACRAMENTO. 

»p28-3m 


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DISTANCES  FROM  SAN  FRANCISCO 

To  various  points:  _ 

To  Fort  Point,  4  miles,  by  omnibus,  four  trips  a  day. 
Lone  Mountain,  3,  street  railway. 
Seal  Rock,  6,  cars  and  omnibus,  two  trips  a  day. 
Mission  Dolores,  street  railways;  Ocean  House  8. 
San  Mateo,  20,  railroad. 
Crystal  Springs,  23,  railroad  and  stage 
Half-Moon  Bay, 29,     do.  do. 
Redwood  city,  30,  do. 
Mountain  View,  38,  do. 
Santa  Clara,  47,  do. 

San  Jose,  50,  do.,orsteamerandstage,54. 
Alviso,  46,  steamer,  daily. 

Alruaden  mines,  67,  steamer  and  stage  ;  or  by  rail- 
road and  stage,  64. 
Santa  Cruz,  78,  railroad  and  stage. 
Oakland,  8,  steamer  and  railroad,  six  trips  a  day. 
Alameda,  11,  steamer,  three  trips  a  day. 
San  Leandro,  15,  steamer  and  railroad. 
Mission  San  JoBe,  34,  steamer,  railroad  and  stage. 
Warm  Springs,  37,  do.  do. 

Benicia,  30,  steamer  leaves  at  4  P.  M.  daily. 
Sacramento,  117,  do.  do. 
Stockton,  117,      do.  do. 
Martinez,  33,  do. 
Pacheco,  38,  steamer  and  stage. 
Diablo  Coal  Mines,  44,  steamer  and  stage. 
S'.lisnn,  50,  steamer,  or  54  by  steamer  and  stage 
Vallejo,  28  ;  Mare  Island,  37  ;  Napa  city,  50 
White  Sulphur  Springs,  67,  stage  from  Napa. 
Oeyser  Springs,  118,  do.  do. 

Souoma,  52,  steamer,  tri  weekly. 
Petaluma,  48,  steamer,  daily. 
Healdsburg,  80,  stage  daily  from  Petaluma. 
San  Quentin,  12,  steamer  ;  Farallone  Islands,  20. 


JgROOKLYN  HOTEL, 

1852-   SAN   FRANCISCO.  1866. 


Tbe  Proprietor  of  the  above-named  Hotel  wishes 
to  inform  his  patroDS  and  the  Travelling  Public  that  he 
has  opened  that  elegant  Bnck  Fireproof  Hotel,  situated 
on  the 

S.  E.  Corner  of  Pine  and  Sansome  streets, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

It  was  built  expressly  for  a  Hotel,  with  all  the  mpderP 
conveniences  attached  to  it. 

Gas  and  water  are  supplied  throughout  the  House. 
Rooms  are  well  ventilated,  and  the  Public  will  tindi 
H"t'd  ;tll  the  comforts  of  a  home.   The  Hotel  is  spacious, 
and  well  adapted  for  the  use  of  Families.   Suits  of  Rooms 
can  be  had  on  reasonable  terms. 

LA.RGE  READING  ROOM 

Attached  to  the  Hotel, 
Containing  500  Volumes  of  Standard  Works, 
Which  is  entirely  for  the  use  of  patruns. 

THE  CITY  COACH,  with  tbe  name  of  the  Hotel  on  it, 
will  be  iu  readiness  ..t  the  Wharf,  on  the  arrival  of  each 
steamor,  to  convey  passengers  and  baggage  to  the  Hofel, 
free  of  charge.  JO  'N  KELLY,  Jr., 

my6-3m  Proprietor. 


D 


YOU 


WANT  ANY 

Printing  ? 

IF  YOU  DO,  GO  TO 

4  11    CLAY  STREET, 

BETWEEN  SANSOME  AND  BATTERY. 


Printing  of  every  description  done  on 

short  notice  aud  iu  the  best  style,  by 

M.  D.  CARR  &  CO. 

je30  3m 


D 


RY  GOODS 


for  choice  styles  in 

Dress  Goods, 

THE  VERY  BEST  MAKES  OF 

IRISH  LINEN, 

And  superior  French  and  English 

Calicos, 

Go  to 

S.  MOSGROVE, 

222  Third  st. . 

je23  Colton's  Building. 


►ISCO  1 

G.  k  F.  MARTELL'S  COGNAC  ; 

JAMES  HENNESSY'S  Cognac  ; 
STEAMBOAT  GIN  ; 
OLD  TOM  GIN  : 


Per  sale  by 
my28 


IRISH  WHISKY, 

from  Bond  direct. 
V.  SQARZA, 
Lied  street,  *an  Francisco. 


STOCKDaLE  HOUSE, 
Corner  Main  and  Oak  streets,  Petaluma. 
mar24«m  H.  STOCKDAiE,  Proprietor. 


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HE  CALIFORNIAN. 


TERMS — FIVE  DOLLARS  PER  ANNUM,  IN  ADVANCE 

A  PAPER  FOR  THE  TIMES 

DEVOTED  TO  LIVE  TOPICS, 
THE  DISSEMINATION  OF  A  PURE  LITERA 
TURE,  DEVELOPMENT  OF  HOME  TALENT, 
AND  THE 

BEST  INTERESTS    OF  CALIFORNIA 
Published 

EVERY   SATURDAY  MORNING 

AT 

532  MERCHANT  STREET, 
BY   THE   CALIFORNIAN    PUBLISHING  COMPANY. 

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to  appeal  to  the  Public  fur  support,  uot  only  as  the 

BEST  JOURNAL  ON  THE  PACIFIC  COAST, 

But  also  as  being 

The  Equal  of  any  on  this  Continent 


THE  BEST  TALENT  OF  THE  STATE 
Is  employed  upon  The  Caufobniam. 

The  voluntary  notices  bestowed  by  the  press  of  the 
Eastern  cities  have  been  no  less  warm  and  con- 
gratulatory than  those  which  we  have  received  at 
the  bands  of  our  cotemporaries  of  the  Pacili 
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and  all  join  in  pronouncing  their  unqualified  appro 
val  of  its  unequalled  merits. 
Its  reputation  is  now  fully  established.    It  is  not 

EXCELLED  BY  ANY  LITERARY  JOURNAL 

on  the  Continent. 
The  Tebjis  of  tue  Oaufubmax  are  $5  per  year,  mailed 
to  subscribers,  invariably  in  advance  ;  50  cents  per  month 
served  by  carriers. 

All  communications  and  correspondence  must  be  ad- 
dressed to  the  Publishers  of  The  Caukobxjan, 

No  632  MercU.iu  street, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 
*  FULL  SITS 

FROM  THE  COMMENCEMENT  OF  THE  CALIFORNIAN 

TO  THE  CLOSE  OF  VOL.  IV. 
Can  be  procured  at  the  Oltice.  Price,  bound  in  muslin,  per 
volume, $4.    Two  volumes  bound  together,  $7.  Unbound, 
per  volume,  $3. 


{JARRINGTON  &  GO'S 

GENERAL   PURCHASING  AGENCY, 
No.  40  BROADWAY,  NEW  YORK. 


IF     YOJ  WANT 
Books,  Prints,  Clothing,  Instruments,  Music,  Tools,  Weap- 
ons, Sporting  Implements,  Fancy  Stock,  Jewelry, 
Silver  or  Plated  Ware.  Wiues,  Cigars,  Fine 
Groceries,  Furniture  ;  in  short,  any 
Article,  largo  or  small,  singly  or 
in  quantity,  fur  Ladies'  or 
Gentlemen's  ush  or  wear, 
or  for  Dealers'  Supplies,  from  a  seal-ring  to  a  steam-engine 
— a  Cameo  or  a  Cashmere  ;  lace  or  leatner, 
SEND  ON  YOlTk  ORDERS. 
Orders  may  be  given  in  French,  Spanish  or  German, 
COMMISSION  CHARGE,      -      -      -     Five  pkb  Cent. 
Address  : 

CARRINGTON  &  CO., 
40  Broadway,  N.  T 


IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT  OF  THE 
Fifteenth  Judicial  District  of  thcState  of  California,  iu 
and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco. 
MARY  .-J1ITH,  Plaintiff 


enaant. ) 


WILLIAM  SMITH,  Dcf. 

Action  brought  in  tbo  Distnct'Court  of  the  Fifteenth  Judi 
ciul  District  of  the  Suite  of  California,  in  and  fur  the  City 
and  County  of  S:m  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in 
said  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  in  the  oliice  of 
the  Clerk  of  said  District  Court. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  send  greeting 
to  WILLIAM  SMITH,  Defendant'  You  are  hereby  re- 
quired to  appear  in  an  action  brought  against  you  by  the 
above-named  Plaintiff  iu  the  District  Court  of  the  Fifteenth 
Judicial  District  Of  the  State  of  California,  in  aud  fur  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  aud  to  answer  the  com- 
plaint filed  therein,  within  Ten  Days,  (exclusive  of  the  day 
of  service,)  after  the  Service  on  you  of  this  Summons 
— if  served  within  this  County  ;  or,  if  served  out  of  this 
County,  but  in  this  District,  within  Twenty  Days  ;  other- 
wise, within  Forty  Days — or  judgment  by  default  will  be 
taken  agaiust  you,  according  to  the  prayer  of  said  Com- 
plaint. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  decree  of  this 
Court,  dissolving  the  Bonds  of  Matrimony  existing  be- 
tween Plaintiff  and  Defendant,  and  that  one-half  of  the 
Defendant's  property,  if  he  have  any,  he  awarded  to 
PlaiDtifT,  and  for  general  relief. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  if  you  fail  to  appear 
and  answer  the  said  complaint,  as  above  required,  the  said 
plaintih'  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  the  relief  therein  de- 
manded. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  Seal  of  the  District  Court  of  the 
Fifteenth  Judicial  District  of  the  State  of  California,  in 
and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  this  27th 
day  of  June  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  sixty-six. 

Seal.   Int.  Rev.  Stamp,  1  WM.  LOEWY, 

50  cts.,  cancelled.      J  Clerk, 

By  G.  C.  Letcher,  Deputy  Clerk. 
A.  Willums,  Plaint ifTs  Attorney, } 

535  Clay  street.  j  jc30-3ra 


^LLEN'S 

LUNG   BALSAM  ! 


HEUSTON, 


HASTINGS 


&  GO. 


The    Fashionable  Clothiers 


SAN  FRANCISCO, 

Are  now  engaged  in  enlarging  their  already  ex- 
tensive European  connections,  and  are  offering  the 
LARGEST,  FINEST,  AND  MOST  COMPLETE 


CUSTOM-MADE  CLOTHING, 

GENTS'  FURNISHING  GOODS, 
TRUNKS,  BAGS,  VALISES,  ETC., 
ON   THE    PACIFIC  COAST, 

AT 

REDUCED  PRICES. 

jel7-3in 


CARD, 


M.  Howard's  Hair  Restorative, 

NO.  315  MONTGOMERY  STREET, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

THE  ABOVE  PREPARATION,  which  has  been  recently 
discovered  and  patented,  is  purely  a  Vegetable  Extract 

The  undersigned  aro  fully  aware  of  the  many  unsatis- 
factory and  useless  preparatious  for  restoring  hair  that 
have  been  introduced  to  the  puplic,  and  how  little  confi- 
dence is  to  be  placed  in  any  pretensions  to  restoring  the 
hair  to  bald  heads,  but, 

HAVING  TRIED  MR.  HOWARD'S  PREPARATION, 
we  are  able  to  state  that  it  not  only  prevents  the  Hair 
from  falling  out,  but  absolutely  reproduces  it,  aud  that 
we  now  have  good  suits  of  Hair  growing  where  wo  were 
entirely  bald.  Therefore,  as  a  matter  of  justice  to  Mr. 
Howard,  and  of  consolation  to  bald  heads,  we  tender  him 
this  testimonial  Mr  H.  keeps  the  article  for  sale  in 
bottles,  with  directions  for  its  use.  or  applies  it  himself, 
as  may  be  desired. 
San  Francisco,  April  6,1866. 

Frank  M.  Thayer,  R.  A.  Redman, 

W.  S  Davis,  J.  O.  Rountree, 

T.  A.  Hull,  G.  W.  Gamble, 

A.  C.  Knox.  J.  W.  Miller, 

Bradbury  Sanborn,  E.  C.  McComb, 

George  Wells,  D.  C.  Ross, 

Joseph  Wells,  jy7 


A  CERTAIN  CURE  FOR 
COUGHS,  COLDS,  INFLUENZA,  NIGHT 
SWEATS,  BRONCHITIS,  SPITTING 
OF  BLOOD,  ASTHMA,  WHOOPING 
COUGH, 

C  ONS  UMP  TION, 

And  all  Diseases  of  tho 

CHEST   AND  LUNGS 


This  celebrated  Cough  Remedv  effects  a  speedy 
enre  by  producing  a  free  and  easy  expectoration, 
heals  abscesses  of  the  lungs,  prevents  unhealthy  se- 
cretion of  the  bronchial  tubes,  and  removes  from 
them  those  accumulations  of  morbid  matter  which 
cause  oppression  of  the  breast,  difficulty  of  breath- 
ing, etc  ,  soothes  irritation  of  the  respiratory  organs 
which  produces  cough. 

PRICE  ONE  DOLLAR  PER  BOTTLE. 

Sold  by  all  Druggists. 

HOSTETTER,  SMITH  &  DEAN,  Agents, 
401  Battery  corner  of  Clay, 

ap27-3m  San  Francisco. 


jyR.  HUMPHREYS' 

Homoeopathic  Specifics 

Have  proved,  from  the  most  ample  experience,  an 
entire  success — simple,  prompt,  efficient  and  reliable- 
They  are  the  only  Medicines  perfectly  adapted  to 
popular  use — so  simple  that  mistakes  cannot  be  made 
in  using  them  ;  so  harmless  as  to  be  free  from  dan- 
ger, and  so  efficient  as  to  be  always  reliable.  They 
have  received  the  highest  commendation  from  all, 
and  will  always  render  satisfaction. 

No.  1  cures  Fevers,  Congestion,  lnHammations.0  25 

"  2  cures  Worms, Worm  Fever,  Worm  Colic,  25 

"  3  cures  Crying  Colic,  or  Teething  of  iti- 

"  4  cures  Diarrlicea  of  children  or  adults...  25 

fauts   25 

"  5  cureB  Dysentery,  Griping,  Bilious  Colic,  25 

"  6  cures  CW<'ra71/0;-6ws,Jiausea,Vomitiug,  25 

"     7  cures  Coughs,  Colds,  Bronchitis   25 

"  8  cures  Neuralgia,  Toothache,  Faceache.  25 

"  9  eure6 /yeor/o£7iCs,sick-Headache,Vertigo,  25 

"    10  cures  Dyspepsia,  Billious  Stomach   25 

"  H  cures  Suppressed,  or  Painful  Periods..  25 

"  13  cures  Croup,  Cough,  difficult  Breathing,  25 

"  14  cures  Sail  Rheum,  Erysipelas  Eruptions,  25 

"  15  cures  Rheumatism,  Rheumatic  Paius...  25 

■'  16  cm-en  Fever  and  Ague,  Chill  Fever,  Agues  50 

"    17  cures  Piles,  blind  or  bleeding   50 

"  18  cures  Opthalmia, aadSoreor Weak  Eyes,  50 

"  19  cures  Catarrh, acute  orchrouic.Influeuza  50 

"  20  cures  Whooping- Covgh,  violent  coughs.  50 

"    21  cures  Asthma,  oppressed  Breathing   50 

"  22  cures  Ear  Discharges,  impaired  Hearing  50 
"  23  cures  Scrofula,  Enlarged  Glands,  Swell- 
ings   50 

"  24  cures  General  Debility,  Physical  Weak- 
ness  50 

"    25  cures  Dropsy,  and  scanty  Secretions   50 

"  26cures  &V<7-;S'ic&7iess,sicknessfrom Riding,  50 

"    27  cures  Kidney  Disease,  Gravel   50 

"    29  cures  Sore  Mouth,  Canker   50 

"  31  cures  Painful  Periods, evenwith  Spasms  50 

"   32  cures  'Sv^eririgi  at  change  of  life  $1.00 

■'  33  cures  Epilepsy,  Spasms,  St.  Vitus'  Dance.  1.00 

"  34  cures  Di2>hlhcriu,  Ulcerated  Sore  Throat,  50 

FAMILY  CASES. 

35  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book  $10  00 

28  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book   8  00 

20  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book   6  00 

These  Remedies,  by  the  case  or  single  box,  are 
sent  to  any  part  of  the  country,  by  Mail  or  Express, 
on  receipt  of  the  price. 

HOSTETTER,  SMITH  &  DEAN, 
401  and  403  Battery  street,  corner  of  Clay, 
ap27-3m  San  Francisco. 


BEAUTIFUL  COMPLEXION  ! 


Secret  of  Beauty ! 


USE  GEO.  W.  LAIRDS 

BLOOM  OF  YOUTH, 

See  that  the  name, 
GEO.   W.  LAIRD, 
is  stamped 

ON    THE  BOTTLE. 

No  other  is  Genuine. 


LIQUID  PEARL ! 
Tbe  best  article  in  the 
world  for  Preserving 

and  Beautifying 
the  Complexion  and 
Skin. 

This  magnificent  Toilet  Article  is  prepared  only 
by  GEO.  W.  LAIRD,  74  Fulton  street,  New  York, 
formerly  483  Broadway. 
Sold  by  Druggists  everywhere. 

IIOST    ill  IP  MillB&DAN, 
401  and  403  Battery  street,  corner  of  Ciav 
ap27-3m  Sao  Frauciew 


16 


THE  CALIFORNIA!*. 


[July  14th 


jyjAGUTRE'S  OPERA  HOUSE. 


T.  MAGUIRE  - 

C.  L.  GRAVES  - 
W.  STEVENSON 


-  Pbopbictor 

Stage  Ma.vageu 
Tbkascbkb 


THIS  AFTERNOON  AND  EVENING,  JULY  14. 

Miss  Kate  Benin, 

SUPPORTED    BY    THE    OPERA   HOUSE  COMPANY, 
will  appear  id 

Who  Killed   Cock  Robin? 

Satanella  Miss  Kate  Denin 

Jack  Raggett  Harry  Courlaine 

Abel  TiDKe)  Fred  Franks 

Hannah  Mrs.  Smitten 

After  which,  the  Operatic  Extravaganza  entitled 

POCAHONTAS! 

Pocahontas  Miss  Denin 

Captain  John  Smith  Harry  Courtaine 

Powhattan  H.  D".  Thompson 

Mynheer  Rolff  Fred  Franks 

Wee-cha  en  daw  Mrs.  Judah 

To  conclude  with  the  world-renowned 

Sphinx ! 


PRICES  OF  ADMISSION: 

Dress  Circle  and  Orchestra,  $1  00 

Parquet,    50 

Upper  Circle,   -  25 

JLTETROPOLITAN  THEATRE, 

Montgomery  street. 

Bianchi's  Grand  Italian 

Opera  Troupe. 

THE  GREAT  ARTISTS, 

GUISEPPE  MANCUSI,  Primo  Baritone, 

AND 

STANISLAUS  MILLERI, 

Primo  Basso  Profondo, 
Will  make  their  debut  on  Tuesday  evening  next,  in  Verdi's 
great  Opera, 

E  R  N  A  N  I  ! 

Elvira  Signonna  Elvira  Brambilla 

Ernani  Signor  Eugenio  Bianchi 

Carlo  Qninto  Sr.  Guisepne  Mancusi 

Silva  Sr.  S.  Milleri 

Ricardo  Sr.  Canimani 

Jago  Mons.  Roucouviero 

Grand  Chorus  of  Soldiers,  Banditti,  Masks,  etc. 

Full  and  select  Orchestra.  The  whole  under  the 
direction  of  MR.  RUDOLH  HEROLD. 


PRICES  OP  ADMISSION. 

DresB  Circle  and  Parquefe  $1  00 

Reserved  seats,  50  cents  extra. 
Gallery  50 

ftB-  The  Box  Office  is  open  from  0  a.m.  for  the  seeuring 
of  reserved  seats  lor  season  tickets. 


CADEMY  OF  MUSIC. 


THOMAS  MAGUIRE.  - 
CHARLES  TIUBETTS, 
J.  B.  MARSHALL,  - 


-  Sole  Proprietor  *nd  Manager. 

 Stage  Mrmager. 

 Treasurer. 


SATURDAY  EVENING  July  14th, 

THIRD  APPEARANCE  OF 

The  Howson  English  and 

Italian  Opera  Troupe, 

Wallace's  Euglish,  Opera  of 

M  A  R  I  T  A  N  A  . 

Maritana  Miss  Emma  Howson 

Lazurillo  Miss  Clelia  Howson 

Don  Caesar  De  Bazan  Mr.  Henri  Herherte 

King  Charles  Mr.  John  Howson 

Don  Jo6e  Santarum  Mr.  Frank  Howson 

Enlarged  Chorus  aud  Orchestra.  New  Scenery  pau*»Cd 
by  Mr.  A.  Toruing. 

IN  REHEARSAL : 

First  time  in  the  United  States  of  the  English  version 
of  Gounod's  great  opera  of 

FAUST. 

J8ES"  Box  Offico  now  open.  Seats  may  be  secured  for  the 
week.    Books  of  the  Opera  for  sale  at  the  Box  Office. 

Dress  Circle  and  Orchestra  $1  00 

Reserved  Seats  50  cents  extra 

Family  Circle  50  cents 

Gallery  25  cents 

Private  Boxes  $10  and  $5 


B 


EER  AND  WINE  SALOON. 


Faust  Cellar. 

Southeast  corner  of  Clay  and  Montgomery  streets. 


A.  L.  THIELE  Proprietor 

WESTPHALIA  HAMS,  RUSSIAN  CAVIAR,  SARDINES, 
Anchovies,  Swiss  and  Limburg  Cheese,  etc.;  the  finest 
Brands  of  Liquors,  Wines,  Cigars,  and  Seltzer  Water, 
Wholesale  and  Retail. 

$5*  Fishing  and  Huuting  Parties  fitted  out  at  the  sho 
est  uotice. 


"VVTONDER8  OF  WONDERS  ! 

*  '  TO  BE  SEEN  ONLY  AT  THE 

Pacific  Museum  of  Anatomy  and  Science, 
Eureka  Theatre,  Montgomery  street, 
ja27-tf  between  Culiluruia  aod  Fmo. 


rj^HE  CALIFORNIAX'S 

SAN  FRANCISCO  BUSINESS  DIRECTORY. 

AUCTIONEERS. 
Olney  k  Co. ,  removed  to  418  Montgomery  street. 

BUSINESS  AND  PROPERTY  AGENCY. 
S.  P.  Whitman,  313  Montgomery  st- 

BATHS. 

Dr.  Bourne's,  (Medical,)  10  Post.near  Montgomery 

BOWLING  ALLEYS. 
Wbolcrs  k  Sleil.I'iue  and  Montgomery,  (Russ  House.) 

BOOKS. 
A.  Gensoul,  511  Montgomery. 

A.  Roman  k  Co.,  417  aud  410  Montgomery  street. 

BOOTS  AND  SHOES. 
Finch  &  Co. ,  133  Montgomery  street. 
I.  M.  Wcutworth  &  Co.  (wholesale  manufac.)  210  Pine  st. 

COLLECTOR. 

B.  Pulverman,614  Montgomery — Office  hours,  1  to  3  p.m. 

CLOTHING. 
H  M.  Lockwood  &  Co.,  624  Clay  street. 
J.  R.  Mead  &  Co.,  comer  Montgomery  aud  Bush  stree  ts 
William  Sherinau,  412  Sansome.  corner  Commercial. 
Quincy  Hall,  545,  547,  and  549  Washington  street. 

COAL  OIL,  LAMPS,  ETC. 
Dell,  Cranna  4:  Co.  (wholesale)  $13  Front  street. 
A.  C.  Dietz  k  Co.,  (wholesale,)  521  Front  street. 

COPPER  CRUSHER  AND  SAMPLER. 
S.  W.  Howland,  24  California  street,  (at  Thomas'  Mil[) 

DRESS  TRIMMINGS,  WORSTEDS,  ETC. 
Mrs.  Norcross,  5  Montgomery  street  (Masonic  Temple.) 

DENTISTS. 

Dr.  Blake,  removed  to  Third,  corner  Mission. 
Dr.  A.  X.  Clark  (late  Kuowles  k  Clark)  removed  to  410 
Kearny. 

Dr.  Win.  B.  McAllister,  221  Third  street. 
WUiicomb  k  Dyer,  205  Thirc' ,  near  Howard. 

DANCING  ACADEMY. 
Coghill's.  Congress  Hall.  Bush,  above  Montgomery 
Fuller  k  McCarthy,  727  Market,  near  Third. 

DRY  GOODS. 
Meagher,  Taaffe  &  Co..  9  Montgomery  street. 
Mosgrove  &  Blakcly,  222  Third,  near  Howard. 
Buyce  k  Reich,  S  W  corner  Jackson  aud  Stockton. 

DRUGGISTS. 

K.  H.  McDonald  &  Co.,  (Wholesale)  Sansome,  cor.  Pine' 
Shepardsou  k  Gales,  (successors  to  R.  Hall  k  Co.,)  cor- 
ner Sansome  and  Commercial. 

EDUCATIONAL  INSTITUTIONS. 
Cal.  Collegiate  Institute,  Miss  M.  Lammoiid,  68  Silver. 
Miel  Institute,  Miss  Florence  James,  55  South  Park. 
Pacific  Business  College,  751  Market  street,  above  Third. 

FURNITURE. 
Goodwin  k  Co.,  510  and  528  Washington  streets. 
J.  Peirce,  415,  417  and  419  California  street. 

GROCERS. 
N.  Boschcn.  corner  Filth  and  Mini.a. 
Slosson  k  Ladd,  southwest  corner  Folsom  and  First 
J  J.  Miller,  corner  Sutter  and  Leavenworth. 
Haskell  &  Co. ,  Market  and  Sutter  sts,  below  the  Market' 
W.  M.  Noble  k  Co.,  cor  Howard  and  Twelltn  streets 

HATTER. 

Lamott  (wholesale  and  retail)  227  Montgomery  street, 
HOTELS. 

Brooklyn,  John  Kelly,  Jr.. Sansome,  corner  Pine. 
Chicago,  E.  W.  Heiinburg  &  Co. .  220  Pacihc  street. 

INSURANCK. 
Mutual  Life  Ins.  Co. ,  H.  S.  Houians,  Aeent.  609  Clay. 
Manhattan,  R.  B.  Swam  ft  Co..  Ag't£, 206 Front,  cor  Cal. 
National  Ins.  Co.,  N.E.  cor.  Montgomery  aud  California. 
Occidental  Ius.  Co. ,  S.  W.  cor.  Moutgom'y  and  California; 
Pacific  Ius.  Co. ,  436  California  street. 
Brooklyn  Life,  S  T  King,  agent,  S  E  cor  Mootg'y  k  Pine 

RESTAURANTS. 
Bivalve,  Nolting  k  Sp-ecu.  640  Market,  near  Kearny. 
Eureka,  C.  H.  Brickwcilell  ft  Co. ,  ('lay,  near  Monlgom'y 
Magnolia,  143  Third  street. 

Market,  by  Felix  and  Gustave  Besson,  520  Merchant. 
Philadelphia,  Jacob  Weiss,  308  Montgomery  street. 
Helvetia,  Johujury  k  Bros. ,  524  Merchant  street. 
Saulmann's,  506  Montgomery  street. 

SALOONS. 

Russell  k  Holding's  Exchange,  622  Market  street 
Charter  Oak,  Frank  Kelly,  N  E.  cor  Third  and  Howard 
Razzetti  ftCo.*a.  527  Washington,  above  the  Market. 
Jones'  Sample  Rooms.  S.E.  cor.  Montgomery  uud  Cal. 
S  Myers,  332  Montgomery  street. 
V.  Squarza.  44  Leidesdorlfstruet. 

Sun  Burst.  Carolm  k  Me  Arm e,  tor.  Second  and  Market. 
Coates  &  Henderson,  37  Sutter  street. 

SCALES. 

Fairbanks  k  Hutchinson,  Depot  for  Fairbanks'  Scales 
334  Moutgomery  street. 

SEWING  MACHINES. 
Grover  k  Baker,  R. '  .  Brown,  116  Montgomery. 
The  Florence,  office  111  Montgomery  street. 
Wheeler  ft  Wilson,  corner  Moutgomery  aud  Sacramento 

TOYS,  ETC. 

Fcldbush  ft  Co.,  207  Montgomery  street. 
A.  Kohler,  620  Washington  street. 

UPHOLSTERER. 
T.  McAllister,  corner  Sutter  and  Leavenworth. 

WATER-CURE  INSTITUTE. 
Dr  Bourne's  Pioneer,  10  Post,  near  Montgomery 

LADIES'   BUOUTEME,  CLOAKS,  ETC. 
Rosenblatt's,  123  aud  126  Moutgomery  street. 

LIVERY  AND  SALE  STABLE. 

Philip  Morshead,  removed  to  Howard,  near  Fifth. 
MAPS. 

Pacific  Map  Depot,  A.  Geusoul,  511  Montgomery. 

MERCHANT  TAILORS. 
J.  H.  Hammond  removed  to  328  Moutgomery. 

PIANOS,  MUSIC,  ETC. 
M.  Gray,  613  Clay  street. 

PIANO  SCHOOL. 
Mr.  Gustave  A.  Scott,  at  Miel  Institute,  55  South  Park. 
W.  S.  Pierce,  removed  to  534  Mirkct,  opposite  Second 

PHOTOGRAPHS,  CUTLERY,    SPECTACLES,  ETC. 
Lawrence  k  Houseworth,  317  aud  319  Moutgomery  st. 


T^ATURE  UNVEILED, 

AT  THE 

PACIFIC  MUSEUM  OF  ANATOMY  AND  SCIENCE 

Eureka  Theatre,  Montgomery  street, 
ja27-tj  between  California  aud  Piue. 


D 


R  Y  GOODS 


REDUCED  PRICES  ! 


Meagher,  Taaffe  S?  Co. 


ARE  OFFERING 


AT  RETAIL: 


COTTONS- 


6-4,  7-4,  8-4,  94,  arid  10-4  Super  Cotton  Sheet- 
ings; 

New  York  Mills  Bleeched  Muslins; 
Wamsutta  Blpached  Muslins; 
White  Rock  Bleached  Musiins; 
Masonvilie  Mills  Bleached  Muslins; 
Lonsdale  and  Slater's  Bleached  Muslins; 
Brown  Cotton  sheetings  and  shirtings; 

All  at  Reduced  Prices. 
LINENS — 

6-4,  7-4,  8-4,  9-4,  10-4,  and  11  4  super  Barme- 

sty  and  Scotch  Linen  sheetings  ; 
Pillow  and  shirting  Linens,  Diapers,  Lawns; 
Towels  and  Toweling?  of  every  description; 
Napkins,  Doylies,  etc.,  etc.; 
Barnsley  and  Scotch  Table  Damask  ; 

£y  ALL  AT  REDUCED  PRICES. 

DRESS  GOODS— 

Poplins,  Mohairs,  Melange,  Cashmeres,  Ba- 
rege de  Laiues,  Empress  Cloth,  Prints, 
Lawns,  Organdies,  Alpacas,  Linseys, 
Wiuseys,  Black  and  Colored  silks. 

U&_  ALL  AT  REDUCED  PRICES. 

SHAWLS  — 

India  Cashmere  Shawls ; 
French  Cashmere  shawls; 
Paisley  Cashmere  shawls; 
Broche  and  Plaid  Wool  shawls; 
Black  p]mbroidered  Cashmere  shawls  ; 
Chantilly  aud  Lama  Lace  shawls; 
Cloaks,  Basques,  saques,  Talmas; 

t^ALL  AT  REDUCED  PRICES. 

HOSIERY— 
Ladies',  Children's  and  Gentlemen's  Hose  and 
Half  Hose,  in  Cotton,  Merino  and  Lambs' 
Wool; 

Children's  and  Gentlemen's  Under-garments, 
in  Merino,  Silk  and  Lambs'  Wool. 

SS-  ALL  AT  REDUCED  PRICES. 

FLANNELS — 
Welsh,  English,  and  American  Flannels; 

All  at  Reduced  Prices. 
LACE  AND  MUSLIN  CURTAINS— 

gg-  ALL  AT  REDUCED  PRICES. 

9  Montgomery  Street, 

LICK  BLOCK. 
WHOLESALE  HOUSE, 

107  BATTERY  ST.,  BET    PINE  AND  CALIFORNIA. 
je7 


s 


UMMER  MEDICI  X  E. 


PURIFY  THE  BLOOD 

AND 

Constitution, 

WITH 

LE  DOYEN'S 

SARSAPARILLA, 

YELLOW  DOCK, 

IODINE  ALTERATIVE. 


£1  A  R  P  E  T  S 


jel9  lin 


CRANEi&.  BRIGHAM,  Agents, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 


Removal!  Removal! 


KENNEDY  &  BELL 

HAVE  REMOVED  TO 

BUSH  STREET, 

Below  Moutgomery, 

Store  lately  occupied  by  the  Franco-Ameri- 
can Commercial  Company. 

ap21-3m  - 


ROMAN  &  CO.'S 
list  or 

Late  Publications. 


Armadale— a  Novel— by  Wilkie  Collins. 

The  Dove  in  the  Eagle's  Nest,  by  the  author  of  The 

Heir  of  Redely ff: 
Shukspeure's  Delineations  of  Insanity,  Imbecility 

and  Suicide,  by  A.  O.  Kellow,  M.'D. 
595  Pulpit  Pungencies,  with  a  Tahle  of  Contents. 
Footlight  Flashes,  by  William  Davidge,  Comedian. 
Hiddeu  Depths — 12mo. 

Lectures  on  the  Studv  of  Historv  ;  delivered  in  Ox- 
ford, 1859-61— by  Ooldwin  Smith,  M.  A 
Kate  Marstoue ;  or,  Happy  Heurts  .Make  Happy 

Homes. 

The  Mule  Singer — a  Novel — by  Anna  Cora  Ritchie 

(Mowatt.) 

Poetical  Works  of  Thomas  Buchanan  Read — New 
Edition — 3  vols. 

Devotions  of  the  Ages  ;  or,  Collects.  Texts,  aud  Ly- 
rics, illustrative  of  the  Christian  Year,  by  Rev. 
N.  O.  Allen. 

The  Adventures  of  Captain  Castagnette  (illustrated,) 

by  Gustave  Dore. 
The  .Mormon  Prophet -and  His  Harem,  by  Mrs.  C.  V. 

Waite. 

History  of  the  Gipsies,  by  .Walter  Simson. 
Josh  Hillings— His  Book. 

Beyminstre— a  Novel— by  the  author  of  The  Silent 
Woman.  King's  Cope,  Mr.  Warenne,  etc. 

Garden  Vegetables,  and  How  to  Cultivate  Them, 
by  Fearing  Burr.  .Ir     New  Edition. 

Brief  Biographical  Dictionary,  compiled  and  ar- 
ranged by  Rev  Chas  Hole  and  \\  .  A.  Wheeler. 

Poems  of  Thomas  Hood — New  Edition.  12mo. 

The  Maiden  and  Married  Life  of  Mary  Powell. 

The  Deau's  English,  by  G.  Washington  Moon. 

President  Lincoln  Self  portrayed,  by  John  M.  Lnd- 
low. 

Temperance  Recollections — an  Autobiography — by 

John  Marsh.  D.  D. 
The  Masquerade  and  other  Poems,  by  John  G.  Saxe. 
Life  of  Benjamin  Silliinan,  by  Geo.  P.  Fisher,  2  vols 
Betsv  Jaue  Ward — Belter  J  fo  Artemus. 
The  Person  of  Christ,  by  Philip  Schuff,  D.  D. 
Asiatic  Cholera,  bv  R.  Nelson,  M.  D. 
The  Laws  of  Short  Whist,  by  J.  L.  Baldwin. 
Speeches  of  Lord  Mucaulay  —  a  New  Edition,  2  vols. 
Treasury  of  Bible  Knowledge,  by  John  Avre. 
Marlineau's  Essays — Philosophical  and  Theological. 
Memoirs  of  the  Right  Hon.  Richard  B.  Sheridan,  by 

Thomas  Moore. 
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Short  Sermons  to  Newsboys,  bv  Chas.  Loring  Brace. 
Slunley's  Historv  of  the  Jewish  Church,  2d  series. 
Garden  Flowers':  How  to  Cultivate  Them,  by  E.  S. 

Rand,  Jr. 
Adrift  in  Dixie,  bv  Edmund  Kirke. 
The  Philosophy  of  Art,  by  EL  Taiue. 
Life  of  Emanuel  Swedeuborg,  bv  William  White. 
Baked  Meats  of  the  Funeral,  by  Private  Miles 

O'Reilly. 

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Taken  Upon  Trust,  iSoe's  Band,  etc. 

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CONTENTS 


PROSE. 

To  and  Fro— No.  2.— By  Kuzzilbxch. 
A  California  Gilford. 
Amusements, 
y  Short  Rations.— By"  Mark  Twain." 
Tho  Moleson. 

Advonture  with  n  Thug. — An  Old 

Officer's  Story. 
The  Art  of  Hospitality. 
Love's  Martyr. 
Beethoven. 
A  Female  Fiend. 
Hair  Dyeing. 


Counterfeit  Crit'cism. 
Scene  at  the  French  Races. 
FsarfUl  Courage. 
A  Tennessee  Olympic. 
A  Necromancer  in  Paris. 
The  Zouave  Spectre. 

POETRY  : 

<  Midsummer. — A  San  Francisco  Mad- 
rigal—By 'Bret." 
On  Translating  the  Divina  Comipe- 

dia — Second  Sonnet. 
The  Organ. 


SHORT  RATIONS. 
"  "A  /T ARK  TWAIN,"  in  a  graphic  letter  to  the  Sucra- 
v  -I\_L  mento  Union,  describes  the  sufferings  of  the  ship- 
wrecked crew  of  the  Hornet.  Yet  he  manages  now  and  then 
to  relieve  the  pathos  and  dramatic  intensity  of  his  narrative 
by  a  gleam  of  his  peculiar  humor  : 

On  Monday,  the  thirty-eighth  day  after  the  disaster,  "  we 
had  nothing  left,"  said  the  third  mate,  "  but  a  pound  and  a 
half  of  ham — the  bone  was  a  good  deal  ihe  heaviest  part  of 
it — and  one  soup-and-bully  tin."  These  things  were  divided 
among  the  fifteen  men,  and  they  ate  it  all — two  ounces  of  food 
to  each  man.  I  do  not  count  the  ham  bone,  as  that  was  saved 
for  next  day.  For  some  time,  now,  the  poor  wretches  had 
been  cutting  their  old  boots  into  small  pieces  and  eating  them. 
'  They  would  also  pound  wet  rags  to  a  sort  of  pulp  and  eat 
them. 

On  the  thirty-ninth  day  the  ham  bone  was  divided  up  into 
rations,  and  scraped  with  knives  and  eaten.  I  said:  "You 
say  the  two  Bilk  men  remained  sick  all  through,  and  after 
awhile  two  or  three  had  to  be  relieved  Irom  standing  watch  ; 
how  did  you  get  along  without  ruedicioes  ?" 

The  reply  was  :  "Oh,  we  couldn't  have  kept  them  if  we'd 
had  them  ;  if  we'd  had  boxes  of  pills,  or  anything  like  that, 
we'd  have  eaten  them.  It  was  just  as  well — we  couldn't  have 
kept  them,  and  we  couldn't  have  given  them  to  the  sick  men 
alone — we'd  have  shared  them  around  all  alike,  I  guess."  It 
was  said  rather  in  jest,  but  it  was  a  pretty  true  jest,  no  doubt. 

After  apportioning  the  ham  bone,  the  captain  cut  the  can- 
vas cover  that  had  been  around  the  ham  into  fifteen  equal 
pieces,  and  each  man  took  his  portion.  This  was  the  last  di- 
vision of  food  the  captain  made.  The  men  broke  up  the 
small  oaken  butter  tub  and  divided  the  staves  among  them- 
selves, and  gnawed  them  up.  The  shell  of  a  little  green  tur- 
tle was  scraped  with  knives  and  eaten  to  the  last  shaving. 
The  third  mate  chewed  pieces  of  boots  and  spit  them  out,  but 

ate  nothing  except  the  soft  straps  of  two  pairs  of  boots  ate 

three  on  the  thirty-ninth  day  and  saved  one  for  the  fortieth. 

The  men  seem  to  have  thought  in  their  own  minds  of  the 
shipwrecked  mariner's  last  dreadful  resort — cannibalism  ;  but 
they  do  not  appear  to  have  conversed  about  it.  They  only 
thought  of  the  casting  lots  and  killing  one  of  their  number  as 
a  possibility  ;  but  even  when  tbty  were  eating  rags,  and  bone, 
and  boots,  and  shell,  and  hard  oak  wood,  they  seem  to  have 
still  had  a  notion  that  it  was  remote.  They  felt  that  some 
one  of  the  company  must  die  soon — which  one  they  well 
knew  ;  and  during  the  last  three  or  four  days  of  their  terrible 
voyage  they  were  patiently  but  hungrily  waiting  for  him.  I 
wonder  if  the  subject  of  these  anticipations  knew  what  they 
were  thinking  of  ?  He  must  have  known  it — he  must  have 
felt  it.  Tlicy  had  even  calculated  how  long  he  would  last ; 
they  said  to  themselves,  but  not  to  each  other,  I  think  they 
said,  "  Ho  will  die  Saturday — and  then  !" 

There  was  one  exception  to  the  spirit  of  delicacy  I  have 
mentioned— a  Frenchman,  who  kept  an  eye  of  strong  personal 
interest  upon  the  sinking  man  and  noted  his  failing  strength 
with  untiring  care  and  some  degree  of  cheerfulness.  He  fre- 
quently said  to  Thomas  :  "  I  think  he  will  go  off  pretty  soon, 
now,  sir.    And  then  we'll  eat  him  I"    This  is  very  sad. 

Thomas  and  also  several  of  the  men  state  that  the  sick 
"  Portyghce,"  during  the  five  days  that  they  were  entirely  out 


of  provisions,  actually  eat  two  silk  handkerchiefs  and  a  couple 
of  cotton  shirts,  besides  his  share  of  the  boots,  and  bones,  and 
lumber. 

Captain  Mitchell  was  fifty-six  years  old  on  the  12th  of  June 
— the  fortieth  day  after  the  burning  of  the  ship  and  the  third 
day  before  the  boat's  crew  reached  land.  He  said  it  looked 
somewhat  as  if  it  might  be  the  last  one  he  was  going  to  enjoy. 
He  had  no  birthday  feast  except  some  bits  of  ha,m-canvas — 
no  luxury  but  this,  and  no  substantials  save  the  leather  and 
oaken  bucket  staves. 

Speaking  of  the  leather  diet,  one  of  the  men  told  me  he  was 
obliged  to  eat  a  pair  of  boots  which  were  so  old  and  rotten 
that  they  were  full  of  holes  ;  and  then  he  smiled  gently  and 
said  he  didn't  know,  though,  but  what  the  holes  tasted  about 
as  good  as  the  balance  of  the  boot.  This  man  was  very  (eeble, 
arid  after  saying  this  he  went  to  bed. 


A  NECROMANCER  IN  PARIS. 

AMONG  the  strangest  of  the  many  strange  people  who 
successively  "turn  up  "  in  this  city  is  a  certain  M.  de 
Caston,  a  man  of  good  family  and  great  acquirements,  who 
came  hither  from  his  provincial  home  about  six  years  ago,  and 
has  worked  his  way  from  poverty  and  obscurity  to  a  lucrative 
profession,  and  an  acquaintance  with  everybody  worth  know- 
ing in  the  capital,  by  the  aid  of  talent  for  wonder-working 
that  leaves  all  rivals  in  the  shade.  His  feats  of  prestidigita- 
tion are  equal  to  those  of  the  most  renowned  professors  of 
the  art  ;  and  in  one  department,  that  of  tricks  performed 
with  a  pack  of  cards,  he  far  surpasses  anything  accomplished 
by  them. 

But  the  most  astonishing  of  his  feats  are  of  an  entirely 
different  order,  and  such  as  no  other  wizard  ever  attempted. 
For  instance,  his  head  tied  up  in  a  couple  of  towels,  and  then 
covered  with  a  paletot,  he  will  require  one  of  the  audience  to 
go  to  the  farther  corner  of  the  room,  and  there  to  write  on  a 
sheet  of  paper  a  mass  of  cipher  arranged  in  parallel  columns, 
and  go  through  the  most  complicated  operations  with  them, 
subtracting,  multiplying,  dividing,  stating  the  square  of  such 
a  cipher,  and  so  on — playing  as  it  were  with  fignres  written 
on  paper,  and  apparently  reading  them  as  soon  as  written. 
At  one  of  his  seances  he  threw  a  folded  paper  to  u  lady  friend 
of  mine,  who  had  never  seen  him.  requesting  her  not  to  open 
it,  but  to  at  once  put  it  in  her  pocket,  and  keep  it  there  until 
he  should  ask  for  it  ;  which  the  lady  accordingly  did. 

Absorbed  in  watching  the  marvelous  things  done  by  the 
performer,  the  lady  had  quite  forgotten  the  paper  in  her 
pocket  when  de  Caston,  turning  to  her,  requested  her  to  name 
one  of  the  three  kingdoms  of  nature.  Thus  interrogated, 
and  feeling  rather  nervous  at  seeing  the  eyes  of  the  assembly 
fixed  upon  her,  the  lady  hurriedly  named  the  vegetable  king- 
dom. De  Caston  thereupon  singled  out  another  lady  witn 
his  eyes,  requested  her  to  name  a  class  of  objects  belonging 
to  the  vegetable  kingdom.  "  Flowers,"  replied  the  lady 
addressed.  Turning  to  a  third  lady,  the  wizard  asked  her  to 
name  a  flower.    "  The  rose,"  said  the  lady. 

Turning  to  my  friend,  he  requested  her  to  read  the  contents 
of  the  paper  in  her  pocket;  on  doing  so,  she  found  these 
words  :  "  The  Vegetable  Kingdom.    P'lowers.    The  Rose." 

A  man  of  great  literary  acquirements  and  reputation  here, 
being  invited  to  a  private  performance  of  de  Caston's,  at 
which  he  answered  every  question  written  by  the  persons 
present,  performed  the  most  astounding  feats  of  divination  of 
numbers,  stated  the  events  that  occurred  at  an  immense  num- 
ber of  dates  written  by  thera--each  paper  being  folded  and 
held  by  the  writer — went  away  very  much  disgusted,  regard- 
ing the  whole  affair  as  a  series  of  tricks  produced  by  the  col- 
lusion of  the  parties  present. 

"  How  very  imprudent,"  said  the  gentleman  to  himself,  "  a 
company  of  thirteen  respectable-looking,  gentlemanly,  and  in- 
telligent men,  all  in  league  with  a  charlatan  !"  A  day  or  two 
afterwards,  he  received  a  note  from  de  Caston,  saying  that  he 
should  do  himself  the  honor  of  calling  on  him  in  the  course 
of  a  day  or  two,  in  order  to  give  him  a  specimen  of  his  powers 
in  his  own  house.    M.  L  G  accordingly,  being  deter- 


mined to  baffle  his  visitor,  got  down  some  rare  old  historian 
from  one  of  the  shelves  of  his  library,  and  picked  out  about 
twenty  dates  of  little  known  historic  facts,  in  the  annals  of 
several  countries,  and  remote  ages.  He  drew  up  his  paper 
with  great  internal  satisfaction,  feeling  sure  that  he  had  pro- 
vided a  poser  for  de  Caston,  folded  it,  and  put  it  away  in  his 
waistcoat  pocket,  not  showing  it  to  any  one,  and  awaited  his 
visitor.    The  latter  arrived  next  day,  and  was  shown  at  once 

to  the  study  where  M.  G  was  writing  an  article  for  some 

newspaper. 

"  Pray  don't  disturb  yourself,"  said  de  Caston  on  entering, 
"  keep  your  seat  and  let  me  place  myself  here  ;"  and  drawing 
a  chair  to  the  opposite  side  of  the  table,  he  took  a  folded 

paper  from  his  pocket  and  gave  it  to  M.  G  .    "  Don't  open 

it  until  I  ask  you  to  do  so,"  said  de  Caston  ;  and  M.  G  

placed  it  unopened  in  his  pocket. 

"  Have  you  a  pack  of  cards  and  a  box  of  dominoes  ?"  de- 
manded the  visitor. 

"  Here  are  dominoes,"  replied  M.  G  ,  taking  a  box  out 

of  one  of  the  table  drawers,  aDd  handing  it  to  de  Caston,  "  as 
for  cards,  I  don't  think  there  are  any  in  the  house  ;  but  I'll 
ring  for  my  servant  and  tend  for  a  pack." 

Do  nothing  of  the  kind,"  replied  de  Caston  ;  "  we  can  do 
just  as  well  without  cards  as  with  them.  Now,"  he  continued, 
holding  out  his  hand,  "just  imagine  I  am  offering  you  a  pack 
of  cards,  of  which  you  select  four." 

M.  G  extended  his  hand  in  turn,  feigned  to  draw  four 

cards,  and  to  place  them  before  himself  on  the  table. 

"  Be  good  enough  to  write  on  a  paper  what  cards  you  have 
shosen,  and  fold  it  up  as  soon  as  written." 
M.  G  did  as  requested. 

"  You  have  chosen  the  ace  of  spades,  the  king  of  clubs,  the 
knave  of  diamonds,  and  the  queen  of  hearts,"  quietly  remarked 

the  wizard,  as  M.  G  finished  folding  his  paper.  Those 

being  the  cards  of  which  M.  G         had  just  written  down 

the  names. 

After  performing  several  feats,  equally  inexplicable,  with 
the  imaginary  cards,  and  with  the  dominoes,  which  came  into 

play  next,  de  Caston  asked  M.  G         to  write  a  number  of 

historical  dates  on  a  piece  of  paper,  fold  it  up  and  hold  it  in 
his  hand. 

"  I  have  my  list  already !"  cried  M.  G   triumphantly, 

and  produced  the  paper  he  had  prepared  the  day  before. 

"  Very  good,"  replied  de  Caston,  with  a  smile  and  a  bow. 
"  Be  so  kind  as  to  open  the  paper  I  gave  you  on  enteringyour 
study." 

"  Judge  of  niy  stupefaction,"  said  M.  G  ,  on  recounting 

this  little  scene  to  your  correspondent,  "  when  I  found  that 
the  paper  he  had  given  me.  on  coming  into  the  room,  contained 
au  exact  duplicate  of  my  list,  not  one  being  chanced  or  miss- 
ing, and  the  dates  following  each  other  in  exactly  the  same 
order  as  in  mine  !" 


Now,  Sol.,  said  Simon  Suggs  to  Sol.  Smith,  his  intimate 
friend,  I  will  tell  you  how  the  lovely  Julia  treated  me,  if  you 
will  faithfully  promise  not  to  tell  it  to  any  person  alive.  You 
promise — do  you  ?  Well,  I  had  been  courting  Julia  assidu- 
ously for  a  year  or  more  past,  and  never  would  bring  matters 
to  a  close,  so  I  determined  to  pluck  up  courage,  and  have  my 
fate  decided  at  once.  I  therefore  decked  myself  in  my  best 
bib  and  tucker,  had  my  hair  cut,  my  beard  and  moustaches 
trimmed,  and  called  on  my  dear  Julia  one  bright  morning  in 
May,  and,  after  much  cooing,  I  was  very  desirous  of  biling,  but 
my  heart  failed  me  to  make  the  attempt.  I  placed  my  hand 
on  her  shoulder,  and  said,  Widow,  this  is  the  softest  place  I 
ever  put  my  hand  in  the  course  of  my  life.  Indeed,  Mr.  Suggs, 
said  she,  I  will  put  it  on  a  softer  place,  and  Sol.,  now  you 
promise  you  won't  tell  anybody.  She  took  my  hand  from  her 
shoulder  in  her  own  soft,  delicate,  plump  little  hand,  and  put 
it  right  on  the  top  of  my  head. 

We  acknowledge  an  invitation  to  the  Literary  and  Social 
Reunion  of  the  "Hebrew  Youths'  Literary  Association,"  to  be 
held  at  Pickwick  Hall,  Fourth  street,  on  Thursday  evening 
next.  This  society,  formed  mostly  of  Hebrew  pupils  and 
graduates  of  the  High  School  of  this  city,  has  already  a  library 
of  130  volumes,  and  it  is  for  the  laudable  purpose  of  increas- 
ing its  library  that  the  association  will  make  an  appeal  to 
the  public  on  this  occasion. 


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THE  CALjFORNIAN 


1  July  21st 


THE  MOLESON. 

YOU  will  probably  ask.  Baedeker,  the  best  tourists' 
guide  to  Switzerland  (who  leads  you  step  by  step,  over 
bill  and  dale,  by  paths  which  he  has  explored  himself,  aud 
who  keeps  innkeepers  a  little  in  check  by  the  mention  he 
makes  of  their  various  prices,)  replies  in  these  lacooic  terms  : 
"The  Moleson  (6,172  feet,)  a  continuation  of  the  Janian, 
the  most  advanced  summit  of  the  plateau,  the  Kigi  of  west- 
ern Switzerland,  an  exceedingly  abrupt  cone  in  every  direc- 
tion, surrounded  by  numerous  pastures  and  forests,  possesses 
a  flora  of  peculiar  richness.  No  habitations  are  to  be  found 
on  this  eminence,  except  a  few  wretched  hovels  a  league 
from  the  top.  Extensive  panorama.  The  paths  are  imprac- 
ticable for  horses.  At  Albeuve,  guides  may  be  obtained  at 
moderate  charges."  A  more  recent  edition  (the  sixth)  adds, 
"  The  ascent  is  usually  made  by  starting  from  Bulle  (four 
hours,)  from  Gruyere  (three  hours,)  from  Semsales  or  from 
Vandruz  on  the  western  slope  (three  to  three  and  ote  half 
hours.)  We  by  no  means  recommend  this  latter  path  ;  be- 
cause, at  the  outset,  you  pass  over  another  steep  mountain, 
which  you  have  to  redescend,  solely  to  reach  the  foot  of  the 
Moleson.  .Refreshments,  and  four  (?)  beds,  at  the  chalet 
Plane,  one  hour  from  the  summit." 

I  had  already  seen  a  portion  of  Switzerland.  From  Zurich 
I  had  crossed  the  Albis,  my  first  and  facile  acquaintance  with 
mountains.  From  Zug  and  Arlh  I  had  performed  the  splen- 
did and  comfortable  ascent  of  the  Kigi,  with  beaten  paths 
from  the  base  to  the  kulm,  liberally  garnished  with  chalets, 
inns,  and  hotels,  offering  every  necessary  aud  almost  every 
luxury.  I  had  gone  over  the  Bruoig  (before  the  carriage  road 
was  open,)  reached  the  pure  blue  glacier  of  Roseulaui,  aud  yet 
remained  utterly  ignorant  of  the  Moleson.  As  some  excuse, 
allow  me  to  state  that,  before  venturing  aloue  into  Switzer- 
land, I  had  consulted  sundry  special  itineraries,  drawn  up  by 
experienced  hands  for  the  use  of  persons  wanting  to  see  the 
greatest  possible  number  of  remarkable  objects  in  the  shortest 
possible  space  of  time.  In  none  of  these  was  the  Moleson 
even  mentioned. 

But  on  the  29th  of  July,  1861,  while  travelling  by  rail  from 
Berne  to  Fribourg,  I  had  not  reached  the  first  station  before 
I  found  myself  conversing  with  a  Fribourg  notary.  What  bet- 
ter companion  can  you  have  than  a  notary,  to  give  you  a  com- 
plete inventory  of  all  and  everything  ?  It  is  proverbial  that, 
in  diligences,  people  make  acquaintance  rapidly  ;  in  a  railway 
carriage  the  same  thing  is  effected  6till  more  speedily,  because 
you  understand  that  you  have  not  a  minute  to  spare,  if  you 
want  to  pick  up  a  little  local  information.  Our  conversation, 
therefore,  for  me,  was  both  interesting  and  interested. 

As  to  Fribourg  itself,  I  knew  very  well  what  I  wanted  to 
see  there  ;  so  I  inquired  for  no  more  than  the  name  of  the 
hotel  the  most  advantageous  in  all  respects.  But  1  insisted 
about  the  environs  worth  visiting. 

"  As  you  are  going  to  Vevey,"  he  said,  "  it  is  quite  out  of 
the  question  that  you  should  omit  mak'ng  the  asceut  of  our 
beautiful  aud  beloved  Fribourgian  mountain,  the  Kigi  of  occi- 
dental Switzerland," — you  see  he  talked  liKe  Baedaker's  book 
— "  and  at  least  the  rival,  as  far  as  the  view  is  concerned,  of 
the  other  Rigi,  which  is  so  much  cried  up."  And  theu  he 
enumerated,  with  the  complacency  of  a  person  thoroughly  lull 
of  his  subject,  the  long  list  of  his  Moleson's  merits,  until  he 
brought  the  water  into  my  mouth.  But  what  gave  me  one  of 
those  longings,  which  lay  hold  of  you  aud  puisue  you  wbere- 
ever  you  go  until  they  are  fully  satisfied,  was  his  peroration 
overflowing  with  fcjwiss  sincerity. 

"  I  must  tell  you,  however,  that  my  mountain  is  both  steep 
and  savage  ;  that  the  only  shelter  it  affords  are  dingy  chalets  ; 
that  the  entire  ascent  must  be  made  on  toot ;  that  there  is 
no  beaten  track  to  the  top,  which  is  somewhat  difficult  to 
reach,  and  may  even  offer  a  certain  amount  of  dauger,  uuless 
your  head  is  steady  and  your  step  sure.  But  you  will  be 
abundantly  recompensed  at  the  summit,  especially  if  the  sun 
allows  you  to  witness  his  levee  ;  besides  which  you  will  gather 
the  rarest  flowers — pleasure  denied  by  the  Kigi  s  sterile  ridge, 
in  spite  of  its  inferior  elevation." 

We  arrived  early  at  Fribourg,  distant  only  an  hour  by  rail 
from  Berne.  We  reached  the  town  by  the  grand  suspension, 
bridge,  from  which  you  step  almost  immediately  into  the 
Zahringen  hotel.  There  I  took  leave  of  my  amiable  fellow- 
traveller.  He  told  me  his  name  ;  but  the  weakness  of  my 
memory,  not  the  ingratitude  of  my  heart,  has  caused  me  to 
forget  it.  Immediately  on  entering  the  house  1  begged  the 
landlord,  Mr.  Kussler,  to  find  me  up  some  excursionists  bound 
to  the  famous  Fribourgian  hill,  whose  strongly-marked  features 
I  first  caught  6ight  of  from  the  Pont  de  Gotterou,  a  structure 
even  higher  and  bolder  than  the  Grand  Bridge  itself. 

On  returning  to  the  hotel,  mine  host  presented  me  to  M. 
Mauron,  one  of  the  Cantonal  Councillors  of  State,  and  to  M. 
Vogt,  organist  to  the  cathedral.  The  former  had  expressed 
his  intention  of  scaling  the  Moleson  the  following  day;  the 
latter  was  going  to  perform,  that  evening,  on  Aloys  Moser's 
celebrated  organ.  The  artist  was  worthy  of  his  instrument ; 
he  moved  his  audience  even  to  tears.  Nothing  but  the 
sacredness  of  the  spot  prevented  outbursts  of  applause. 


On  returning  to  the  inn,  the  morrow's  excursion  was  our 
principal  topic  of  conversation  ;  and  M.  Mauron  told  me  that 
he  would  provide  not  only  a  guide,  but  a  whole  heap  of  useless 
articles — a  telescope,  a  map — not  to  mention  provisions.  The 
prospect  was  all  the  more  delightful,  that  Councillor  Mauron 
was  a  highly-educated  man,  with  a  lively  imagination,  an 
original  turn  of  mind,  and,  in  spite  of  some  sixty  years,  still 
in  possession  of  excellent  Ipgs.  1  was,  therefore,  not  sur- 
prised to  learn  that  he  had  been  tutor  to  Prince  Nicholas 
Youssoupoff,  a  Russian  grandee,  immensely  rich. 

We  separated  rather  late  in  the  evening,  intending  to  meet 
next  morning,  the  30th  of  July,  at  hall-past  seveu  ;  to  break- 
fast together,  and  start,  at  nine,  for  the  little  town  of  Bulle, 
at  the  foot  of  the  Moleson.  Notwithstanding  the  tatigues  of 
the  day,  I  slept  but  little  that  night.  The  ascension  which  I 
was  about  to  make  had  taken  a  strange  hold  on  my  fancy. 
And  I  was  much  surprised  at  the  circumstance,  being  now  no 
longer  a  novice  to  the  impressions  of  mountain  scenery. 

At  five  in  tlie  morning  I  was  awake  and  stirring,  and  in 
another  hour  ready  to  depart.  At  half-past  seven,  as  no  M. 
Mauron  appeared,  I  resolved  to  go  and  meet  him,  to  calm  my 
impatience.  As  I  went  on  and  on,  and  at  last  reached  his 
residence  without  catching  sight  of  him,  1  began  to  feel  some 
apprehensions,  which  very  soou  were  justified.  I  found  him 
in  bed,  with  his  head  tied  up  in  a  bandage  stained  with  spots 
of  blood.  He  had  met  with  an  unlucky  fall  overnight.  He 
was  in  a  fever  ;  his  doctor  had  forbidden  him  to  leave  the  house. 

He  expressed  his  deep  and  sincere  regret ;  I  expressed 
mine  with  no  less  depth  and  sincerity,  and  returned  to  the 
hotel  quite  taken  aback.  At  a  quarter  to  niue  I  had  finished 
my  sad  and  solitary  breakfast  ;  mine  host  had  presented  his 
bill  "received  with  thanks"  (the  accustomed  formula  of  po- 
liteness here  ;)  and  at  nine  1  mounted  the  conveyance  lor 
Bulle,  determined  to  venture  up  the  Moleson  alone,  if  needs 
must,  although  a  little  agitated  by  the  thought,  1  hardly  know 
why. 

The  road  is  interesting  all  the  way  to  Bulle.  From  time 
to  time  the  eye  plunges  into  the  valley,  through  which  the 
Sarine  flows  tranquilly  enough  in  his  broad  stony  bed.  About 
half-way  they  point  out  to  you  the  suspension  bridge  of  Fo- 
sieux  (one  of  the  countless  "  Devil's  bridges,'  )  thrown  with 
Alpine  boldness  over  a  black  and  frightful  ravine  ;  but  ever 
before  you,  awaiting  your  attack,  stands  the  giant  mountain, 
with  his  long  aud  narrow  ridge  showing  itself  more  and  more 
distinctly  conspicuous.  At  noon,  under  a  scorching  sun,  I 
was  at  Bulle,  the  depot  of  the  well-known  Gruyere  cheeses, 
which,  as  is  less  well  known,  are  almost  all  made  at  Gessenay. 
I  went  to  the  inn  called  the  Hotel  de  Ville,  and,  feeling  thor- 
oughly exhausted,  threw  myself  on  a  bed  without  undressing, 
begging  them  to  wake  me  at  three  o'clock,  or  earlier,  if  any 
pilgrims  to  the  Moleson  should  come. 

At  three  precisely  my  slumbers  were  interrupted  by  good 
news  in  duplicate  :  three  travellers  had  arrived,  intending  to 
start  for  the  Moleson  at  four,  aud  had  ordered  a  dinner,  which 
dinner  was  served. 

I  jumped  off  the  bed  and  hurried  down  stairs.  In  presence 
of  the  strangers,  already  at  table,  I  unhesitatingly  solicited 
the  honor  and  Lappiness  of  sharing  their  repast  and  their  ex- 
cursion. 

My  frank  request,  expressed  in  few  words,  was  immediately 
granted  with  the  best  grace  in  the  world.  They  were  a  French- 
man and  two  gentlemen  of  Fribourg,  speaking  our  language 
(French)  perfectly.  1  did  not  learn  their  names  and  qualities 
(nor  did  they  mine)  till  afterwards  ;  but  1  soon  discovered 
that  i  was  in  compauy  with  three  young  and  generous  spirits. 

A  bottle  of  Yvorue,  coffee,  aud  kirsch  affixed  the  seal  to 
our  engagement.  At  four  we  were  ready.  As  we  were  to  re- 
turn t j  dine  at  the  hotel  next  day,  we  left  all  of  our  luggage 
there  which  we  did  not  absolutely  want,  and  set  off'  with  the 
brightest  of  possible  skies,  restored  strength,  aud  in  the  be3t 
of  spirits. 

By  the  route  we  took,  we  had  four  and  a  half  hours'  up  hill 
walk  before  reaching  the  top.  But  as  the  afteruoou  was 
already  too  far  advanced  to  complete  the  ascent  that  same 
day,  it  was  agreed  that  we  should  make  a  halt,  at  rather  more 
than  two  thirds  of  the  distance,  in  a  chalet  known  to  the  two 
Fribourgians,  who  had  been  up  the  mountain  before  ;  that  we 
should  spend  the  early  portion  of  the  night  there,  and  theu 
proceed  to  reach  the  summit  a  little  before  sunrise — a  moment 
which,  amongst  the  hills,  often  brings  disappointment  with  it, 
like  many  other  things  in  this  world.  Alas  that  it  should 
be  so  ! 

Each  of  the  Swiss  excursionists  carried  a  long  and  strong 
alpenstock  ;  my  French  compauion|fji'd  nothing  but  a  switch  ; 
I  had  only  a  short  and  light  walking-stick,  terminating,  how- 
ever, iu  an  iron  point.  The  long  and  heavy  alpenstocks 
which  I  had  seen  duriug  the  course  of  my  journey  often  ap- 
peared a  useless  piece  of  affectation,  in  the  hands  of  either 
sex,  on  level  grouud,  aud  I  had  taken  a  dislike  to  them.  1 
refused  to  make  use  of  them  to  the  very  last,  sticking  faith- 
fully to  my  cherry-tree  wand,  and  making  it  the  bearer  of  the 
local  brands  which  are  a  testimonium,  presentioe  at  remarkable 
spots.  I  regretted  the  alpenstock  only  once  ;  namely,  while 
descending  the  Moleson  :  but  then,  indeed,  I  did  regret  it. 


We  arrived  at  the  lower  margin  of  the  wooded  belt  which 
surrounds  the  hill.  A  stream  of  water,  clear  and  peaceful 
(the  latter  a  rare  quality  with  streams  iu  Switzerland,)  was 
the  bouudary  which  separated  us  from  the  forest.  We  easily 
crossed  it  by  means  of  stepping-stones  which  reared  their 
mos3y  heads  above  the  surface  of  the  brook.  Deciduous  and 
resiuous  trees  sheltered  us  from  the  heat  of  the  sun,  which 
had  caused  us  no  little  inconvenience.  The  ascent  was 
already  begun. 

After  walking  for  nearly  an  hour,  sometimes  in  the  check- 
ered shade,  but  more  frequently  across  the  rich  pastures, 
where  the  narrow  and  not  always  visible  path  scarcely  served 
to  guide  us  on  the  way,  we  reached  without  difficulty  (the 
slope  having  hitherto  been  gentle)  a  vast  extent  of  buildings, 
screened  by  a  semi-transparent  girdle  of  trees  and  hedges.  It 
was  La  Part-Dieu,  a  religious  house  founded  in  1307  and  sup- 
pressed in  1847.  To  the  convent  (to  which  I  paid  little 
attention,  by  reason  of  its  nude  and  insignificant  architecture,) 
is  annexed  a  farm,  which  scarcely  interested  me  more  ;  be- 
cause, in  this  grand  solitude,  it  wus  inhabited— nay,  all  alive 
with  cackling  poultry  and  sturdy  children,  dirty  and  wild  to 
your  heart's  content,  and  miserably  kept. 

We  did  not  remain  at  La  Part-Dieu  more  th.n  a  quarter 
of  an  hour  or  twenty  minutes,  and  started  again,  but  this 
time  more  slowly  and  with  greater  fatigue.  The  ascent  be- 
came more  and  more  steep,  more  aud  more  difficult.  Some- 
times we  had  to  cross  soft  and  spongy  bogs,  hidden  beneath 
rank  herbage,  and  made  just  passable  by  rouud  stumps  of 
tirwood  placed  close  to  each  other,  and  formiug,  alter  all,  a 
very  unstable  and  wearying  causeway. 

We  were  in  the  region  of  pines.  Not  a  breath  of  wind 
whispered  amongst  the  branches  ;  not  a  bird  twittered  or 
fluttered  beneath  the  foliage  ;  [there  are  no  birds  in  Switzer- 
land ;  it  is  one  harmony  the  less  in  the  grand  concert  of  na- 
ture ;]  only  from  distance  to  distance  was  heard  the  tinkling 
of  the  bell  banging  at  the  neck  of  a  goat  or  cow,  themselves 
invisible,  and  the  continuous  murmur  of  the  waters  running 
along  their  pebbly  channel.  It  was  imposing,  but  melancholy. 
We  were  the  only  creatures  on  this  desert  path,  which  we 
followed  as  it  led  U3  ever  higher  aud  higher. 

At  last,  after  stopping  more  than  once  to  rest,  we  reached 
an  extent  of  table-land  whose  surface  was  unlevel  and  strewn 
with  boulders,  and  on  which  we  caught  sight  of  a  low,  long 
chalet,  supremely  black,  vhich  M.  Joanne  (who  doubtless  has 
never  seen  it)  presumes  to  call,  in  his  "  Guide,"  a  sort  of  inn. 
It  was  our  only  refuge  for  the  night.  We  had  Hobson's 
choice  ;  that  or  the  naked  wilderness. 

It  was  half  -past  seven.  The  sun,  who  still  shone  in  an 
unclouded  sky,  was  about  to  disappear  beneath  the  horizon. 
While  my  companions  proceeded  to  the  hovel,  summoning  a 
remnant  of  strength,  1  scaled  an  eminence  to  enjoy  the  epec- 
tacle  of  the  fiery  orb  sinking,  in  floods  of  light,  behiud  the 
long  dark-blue  wall  of  the  Jura.  I  then  directed  my  steps  to 
the  chalet,  having  before  me  the  brown  and  arid  peak  of  the 
mountain,  which  overhung  our  present  station  at  an  elevation 
of  five  or  six  hundred  yards.  This  final  stage  of  the  ascent 
would  take  at  least  an  hour  to  accomplish,  especially  as  we 
were  to  perforin  it  iu  the  darkness  of  night.  The  scheme 
seemed  venturesome,  if  not  perilous,  aud,  1  confess,  made  a 
strong  impression  on  my  mind. 

At  this  moment  all  the  cattle  were  returning  home  to  the 
chalet.  They  were  a  numerous  herd  of  cows,  goats,  aud 
swine,  each  with  a  little  bell  fastened  to  its  neck.  The  tink- 
ling of  this  multitude  of  bells,  sof;  in  sound  and  diverse  in 
tone,  made  a  singularly  harmonious  accompaniment  to  the 
shadow  and  silence  of  the  mountain. 

I  found  my  companions  in  a  vast  and  murky  shed,  settling 
the  conditions  of  our  board  uud  lodging  with  three  or  four 
tall  mountaineers,  us  black  as  soot,  who  were  keeping  up  the 
fire,  without  any  chimney,  beneath  an  enormous  caldron,  in 
the  midst  of  pungeut  smoke,  which  could  only  escape  by  the 
chinks  in  the  roof.  But  at  the  simc  time  1  noticed,  in  this 
darksome  den,  rows  of  large  wooden  bowls  full  of  milk  and 
cream  of  immaculate  whiteuess.  The  contrast  was  particu- 
larly striking. 

One  of  the  black  goblins  who  haunted  the  place,  and  who 
spoke  nothing  but  harsh  German  gibberish,  showed  us  up  a 
rough,  mill-like  ladder  staircase,  into  a  chamber  whose  whole 
lurniture  consisted  of  two  narrow  rickety  beds,  two  benches, 
and  one  table,  on  which  he  placed  a  smoky-smelling  lamp,  a 
black,  compact,  and  heavy  loaf,  some  little  bowls  full  of  milk, 
and  wooden  spoons  of  the  most  primitive  pattern.  The  milk 
was  sweet  and  good,  excellent,  delicious  ;  but  the  bread — I 
Such  is  the  cowhouse  and  piggery  combined  which  has  been 
promoted  to  the  rank  of  une  espece  d'auberge,  and  which  is 
known  in  the  neighborhood  as  the  Plianney,  or  Plane.  It 
was  lucky  for  us  that  we  had  brought  a  small  reserve  of  pro- 
visions with  us. 

About  half  past  nine  we  thought  of  going  to  bed  ;  but  not 
being  able  to  make  up  my  mind  to  share  one  of  the  luxurious 
couches  before  me,  1  caused  inquiry  to  be  made  of  our  savage 
hosts  whether  they  could  not  put  ine  into  some  out-of  tbe-way 
comer,  garnished  with  a  bundle  of  straw  aud  a  truss  of  bay. 
Tkey  conducted  me,  without  any  light,  into  a  little  attic  ful 


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of  aromatic  hay,  and  with  do  other  opening  besides  the  door 
and  a  wicket  closed  by  a  solid  wooden  shutter.  My  bed  was 
soon  made,  and  I  was  stretched  upon  it,  undressing  no  farther 
than  my  shoes  and  gaiters^  In  a  few  minutes  I  fell  asleep, 
lulled  by  the  talk  of  my  travelling  companions,  from  whom  I 
was  separated  only  by  a  thin  partition,  which  allowed  the  light 
to  glimmer  through  it  from  the  shrinking  of  the  wood.  Weari- 
ness had  overpowered  me. 

Unfortunately,  1  was  soon  awake  again,  streaming  with  per- 
spiration, in  a  high  fever,  and  with  a  splitting  headache.  I 
was  instantly  aware  that  the  strong  and  penetrating  odor  of 
the  mountain  hay  had  induced  the  first  symptoms  of  suffoca- 
tion. Consequently,  jumping  up,  I  forced  open  the  wicket  to 
let  in  fresh  air. 

Breathing,  bareheaded,  the  cool  breeze  of  night,  with  half 
my  person  thrust  outside,  I  tried  to  look  before  and  below  me. 
In  all  directions,  impenetrable  darkness.  But  on  the  horizon, 
towards  the  northeast,  broad  sheet-lightning,  unaccompanied 
by  sound,  shed  a  feeble  gleam  over  huge  masses  of  cloud. 
Overhead,  in  the  north,  shone  the  Great  Bear  constellation, 
brighter  than  ever  in  its  twinklings,  and  still  surmounted  by 
the  long-tailed  comet  which,  already  pale  and  small,  was  plung- 
ing almost  perpendicularly  into  the  abysses  of  the  firmament. 

This  spectacle,  beheld  from  such  a  spot,  and  under  such 
circumstances,  could  not  fail  to  produce  its  soothing  effects. 
Feeling  calmed  and  refreshed,  I  was  preparing  to  lie  down 
again  (but  with  the  window  open,)  when  the  chalet's  wooden 
clock,  with  discordant  creakings,  struck  one  in  the  morning. 
Sundry  lowings  and  bleatings  beneath  me  responded  to  the 
sound,  and  I  gave  up  all  notion  of  going  to  asleep  again,  re- 
membering that,  at  half  past  two,  we  were  to  begin  our  climb 
to  the  mountain  top. 

For  some  time  I  had  been  thinking  about  our  imminent 
and  adventurous  expedition,  when  I  heard  my  companions 
getting  out  of  bed.  A  few  taps  on  tho  partition  informed 
them  that  I  should  soon  be  with  them.  At  a  quarter  to  two 
I  was  in  their  chamber.  The  smoky-smelling  lamp  had  been 
relighted,  and  they  were  making  some  coffee  with  the  aid  of  a 
spirit-lamp.  At  half-past  two  our  coffee  was  drunk,  our  hotel 
bill  paid  (the  charges  were  by  no  means  so  modest  as  the 
accommodation.)  and  the  door  of  the  chalet  closed  upon  us. 

To  gain  the  first  slopes  of  the  peak,  we  had  only  a  few  hun- 
dred steps  to  set — but,  gracious  heavens,  what  a  path  !  Faucy 
a  black,  boggy  soil,  so  trodden  by  cattle  that  it  was  impossible 
to  avoid  putting  your  feet  in  holes,  which  frequently  were  the 
cause  of  stumbling.  It  is  true  the  night  was  very  dark  ;  but 
this  state  of  things  suited  me  all  the  less  that  one  of  my  feet 
had  received  a  slight  hurt,  my  shoe  having  grazed  the  skin  a 
little  above  the  heel.  Notwithstanding  which,  the  critical 
moment  soon  arrived  when  the  brunt  of  the  ascent  was  to  be 
grappled  with.  Our  arrangements  were  speedily  made.  The 
two  Fribourgians,  armed  with  their  alpenstocks,  formed  the 
van  and  led  the  way.  The  two  Frenchmen,  with  their  small 
walking  sticks,  were  in  the  rear.  We  marched  in  Indian  file, 
slowly  and  prudently,  following  exactly  each  other's  footsteps. 

Moreover,  the  slope  was  abrupt  and  steep,  and  the  rock— a 
loose  sort  of  pudding-stone — anything  but  solid  under  our 
feet.  At  a  certain  elevation,  on  suddenly  hearing  some  stones 
rolling  down  behind  me,  I  instinctively  stretched  out  my 
hands,  clinging  firmly  to  the  rocks,  and  even  to  the  ground. 
Then,  for  the  first  time,  I  looked  back  ;  and,  at  the  sight  of 
that  dark  chaos  of  shadows— at  the  sound  of  the  pebbles  leap- 
ing down  hill,  I  halted  involuntarily.  A  bar  of  iron  com- 
pressed my  chest,  and  a  cold  sweat  burst  out  upon  my  fore- 
head. This  painful  emotion  soon  passed  away,  and  I  speedily 
reioined  my  friends,  who  continued  their  march  before  me, 
silently  and  slowly.  You  see  that  I  have  no  intention  to  boast, 
and  that  I  am  not  afraid  of  confessing  those  few  moments  of 
weakness,  to  which  the  most  resolute  temper  might  tempo- 
rarily yield. 

Alter  some  three  quarters  of  an  honr  of  up-hill  toil,  we 
rested  ourselves  for  a  few  minutes,  and  then  first  perceived, 
S.S.E.,  the  thin,  sharp  edge  of  the  waning  moon,  scarcely 
illumining  the  sky  with  a  pale  and  doubtful  glimmer.  At  the 
same  time  the  darkness  of  the  night  appeared  to  diminish 
just  the  least  in  the  world. 

We  did  not  reach  the  much-wished-for  summit  until  verj 
nearly  four  in  the  morning.  The  sky  was  but  slightly  paling 
in  the  east ;  it  would  be  three-quarters  of  an  hour  before  the 
sun  could  rise :  and  the  night  still  veiled  the  landscape,  al- 
though with  a  more  transparent  shade.  We  were  all  exces 
sively  fatigued,  and,  moreover,  very  cold.  So  we  drew  upon 
the  flask  of  one  of  our  party  for  a  glass  of  kirschwasser  all 
round.  It  was  our  first  libation  to  the  Genius  of  the 
Mountain. 

At  that  moment— a  few  paces  from  us,  and  on  the  slope 
opposite  to  that  which  we  had  just  climbed  with  so  much 
labor — there  appeared  successively,  like  shadows  rising  from 
the  earth,  nine  or  ten  persons,  amongst  whom  we  could  dis- 
tinguish several  females,  whose  presence,  nevertheless,  had  not 
revealed  itself  by  any  sound  of  voice  or  step.  We  soon  learned 
that  we  had  fallen  in  with  a  couple  of  Vaudoise  and  Valasian 
families,  who  had  started  at  one  in  the  morning  from  Aibeuve. 
The  ascent  on  that  side  is  shorter  than  by  the  path  which  we 


had  taken,  but  steeper  and  rougher  from  beginning  to  end, 
and  thereby  impracticable  for  horses  and  mules  ;  whereas  from 
Bulle,  they  can  at  least  get  as  far  as  Plane.  And  yet,  here 
were  three  ladies,  two  of  them  mere  girls,  amongst  the  unex- 
pected arrivals !  But  these  women  had  the  constitutions  of 
mountaineers  and  the  legs  of  chamois  (I  had  Dearly  written 
"gazelles  "  for  poetry's  sake.) 

We  were  shivering  in  spite  of  our  drink  of  kirsch,  and  were 
drumming  on  the  ground  with  our  feet  to  warm  them  a  little, 
while  waiting  for  the  sun's  more-than-ever-desired  appearance, 
when  we  heard  the  short,  snapping  noise  of  twigs  being  bro- 
ken close  to  us.  Our  Vaudois  and  Valaisans,  knowing  what 
they  were  about,  and  loving  their  ease,  had  provided  them- 
selves with  a  stock  of  wood.  Soon  there  cracked  and  blazed 
a  cheerful  fire,  whose  warmth  we  were  allowed  to  share  with- 
out ceremony.  And  there  passed  kindly  and  interesting 
words  on  that  bare  observatory,  six  thousand  feet'high,  where 
the  love  of  the  beautiful  and  the  unknown  had  assembled  us, 
strangers  to  each  other,  together. 

Meanwhile  day  was  dawning.  The  distant  outline  of  the 
horizon  showed  itself  more  and  more  sharply  defined  ;  the 
moon  faded  like  a  mere  remnant  of  mist  about  to  melt  in  the 
azure  firmament ;  while  the  deep,  deep  plain,  and  valleys  and 
gorges  deeper  still,  gently  shook  off  their  shroud  of  darkness. 

Suddenly  an  exclamation  burst  from  several  mouths  at 
once.  It  was  a  salutation  addressed  to  the  great  luminary 
who,  rising  in  an  unclouded  sky,  was  gloriously  lighting  up  the 
whole  expanse  of  heaven.  A  dazzling  ray  was  shot  from  the 
east ;  and  this  fiery  dart  hit  at  one  stroke  the  heads  of  Monte 
Bosa,  Mount  Cervin,  and  Mont  Blanc — the  three  great  giants 
of  the  Valais  and  Savoy,  almost  standing  in  a  line,  and  of 
almost  equal  elevation — whose  very  waist  we  should  not  have 
reached  on  the  top  of  our  pigmy  Moleson.  Nevertheless,  I 
began  to  feel  ill  at  ease,  being  both  perched  on  too  lofty  a 
pinnacle,  and  having  too  little  standing-room  on  the  narrow 
ridge,  which  hoisted  you,  almost  astride,  between  the  two 
abysses  of  its  opposite  slopes,  of  which  we  had  just  scaled  one, 
and  were  soon  to  descend  the  other. 

It  was  a  young  Valaisanne,  with  a  countenance  intelligent 
rather  than  pretty,  who,  with  a  smile  upon  her  lips,  told  me 
the  names  of  the  three  colossi.  And  she  proceeded  to  tell  me 
plenty  of  others,  her  delight  and  enjoyment  still  increasing,  in 
proportion  as  the  sun  rose  higher  and  brought  out  every  detail 
o.  the  immense  panorama.  She  addressed  her  fresh  and  merry 
laugh  to  all  quarlers  of  the  compass  ;  exactly  as  the  morning 
lark,  excited  with  air  and  liberty,  scatters  his  aerial  notes  to 
the  clouds. 

"Look  there,  Monsieur,"  she  said,  stretching  her  childlike 
finger  into  space.  "  There,  in  front  of  the  Diablerets,  is  the 
Dent  de  Morcles,  the  Dent  de  Corgeon,  the  Dent  Blanche, 
the  Dent  du  Midi  the  Dent  de  Ohainan,  the  Dent  d'Oehe." 

I  expressed  my  astonishment  at  her  topographical  knowl- 
edge and  at  her  remembrance  of  all  those  names. 

"  Don't  be  surprised  at  that,  Monsieur.  I  have  learnt  it  all 
from  your  Joanne  ;  and,  as  you  say,  I  have  a  good  memory. 
But  that's  not  all.  There,  again,  is  the  Dent  de  Lys,  [sharp, 
jagged,  time-worn  peaks  are  styled  dents,]  the  'Dent  de  Yau- 
lion,  the  Dent  de  Broc — " 

My  eye,  dazzled,  fascinated,  followed  her  finger  ;  and  I  saw, 
in  my  troubled,  tired  imagination,  monstrous  tusks,  formidable 
incisors,  enormous  grinders,  pointed  fangs,  starting  in  all 
directions  from  gigantic  jaws  of  granite.  The  blood  was 
rushing  to  my  head  ;  I  could  scarcely  keep  my  equilibrium. 
I  made  an  effort  to  resist  the  weakness  ;  I  tried  to  answer,  to 
continue  the  conversation,  to  show  how  amiable  and  clever  I 
was — and  not  a  word  would  come  to  my  lips  (I  recall  it  with 
shame  for  Frenoh  intelligence,)  but  this  coarse  pleasantry 
which,  nevertheless,  was  the  melancholy  truth. 

"  Much  obliged  to  you  for  all  your  Dents,  Mademoiselle. 
My  teeth  are  already  set  on  edge  by  them — quite  enough  for 
once  I  can  assure  you!" 

The  merry  maiden  laughed  in  my  face,  notwithstanding  my 
evident  discomfort.  And  she  utterly  upset  me,  by  running 
with  her  brother  to  the  very  verge  of  the  cliff,  where  they 
carelessly  gathered  dead  grass  and  sticks,  to  keep  the  fire 
from  going  ouV 

You  know  the  effect  produced  on  nervous  persons  by  the 
sight  of  any  one  leaning  too  far  out  of  an  upper  window,  or 
walking  on  the  edge  of  a  lofty  wall.  You  tremble  for  their 
safety  ;  you  beg  them  to  have  a  care  ;  you  shrink  back  your- 
self, as  if  it  were  you  that  was  in  daDger.  The  sensation  is 
excessively  painful. 

I  was  suffering  from  this  feeling  to  a  terrible  degree.  I 
called  for  help,  and  pointed  with  horror  to  the  young  people 
who  were  disporting  on  the  brink  of  the  declivity.  The 
father  and  mother  interfered  and  called  their  children  away 
from  the  dangerous  sport,  perhaps  more  out  of  compassion 
for  me  than  through  any  apprehension  in  regard  to  them. 

"  Monsieur  has  reason  for  his  alarm,"  said  one  of  their 
party  who  was  close  to  me.  "  At  this  very  place  where  we 
now  are  standing,  a  frightful  accident  occurred  only  two  years 
ago.  A  young  girl  from  Bulle  was  gathering  flowers,  only  a 
few  pacts  away  from  her  family  and  friends.  .  They  saw  her 
lean  forwards,  and  fall  on  her  hands.   They  heard  her  laugh 


as  she  tried  to  creep  back  again.  But  she  could  not  get 
back.  She  slipped,  and  slipped,  still  sliding  downwards. 
Then  her  onward  movement  increased  in  rapidity.  She  called 
for  help  ;  her  shrieks  became  desperate.  She  rolled  over  and 
over.  She  bounded  like  a  stone  hurled  from  the  summit. 
Tiiey  heard  nothing  more  ;  she  was  a  silent  corpse,  but  still 
dashed  along  with  accelerated  velocity,  until  stopped  at  last, 
a  broken  and  shapeless  mass.  What  a  scene  !  What  out- 
bursts of  grief!  What  despair  !  The  flowers  she  had  gath- 
ered, still  clenched  in  her  hand,  were  shared  amongst  her 
playfellows  as  memorials  of  her  fate." 

My  juvenile  companions  laughed  no  longer,  but  instinct- 
ively nestled  close  to  their  parents.  As  for  me,  I  felt  worse 
than  ever.  There  seemed  to  be  a  veil  between  my  eyes  and 
every  visible  object ;  the  air  appeared  to  boil,  as  in  a  mirage. 
The  tragical  story  I  had  just  heard  rang  in  my  ears  like  a 
funeral  bell.  I  fancied  that  some  one  was  uttering  cries  of 
distress.  And  then,  do  all  I  could,  my  eyes  would  look  down 
to  the  base  of  the  mountain,  involuntarily  drawn  by  the  Cha- 
teau de  Gruyere,  perched  on  its  hillock  six  thousand  feet 
beneath  us.  This  deep,  immense,  fearful  void  attracted  me 
painfully,  invincibly.  At  that  moment  I  experienced  the 
strongest  and  strangest  sensation  which  can  possibly  seize 
hold  of  the  human  organism.  I  felt  what  I  never  knew  be- 
fore, and  hope  never  to  know  again.  My  head  was  turning 
with  the  giddy  height.  It  was  dizziness,  vertigo,  unmistak- 
able, complete,  the  result  of  fatigue  and  feverish  watchings, 
acting  on  a  frame  rendered  more  impressionable  by  the  excite- 
ment of  travel. 

To  break  the  spell,  I  sat  down  on  the  ground,  as  well  as  to 
conceal  my  deplorable  condition.  I  did  not  want  my  fellow- 
travellers  to  notice  my  infirmity,  and  that  I  was  almost  faint- 
ing. Nay,  I  took  advantage  of  the  opportunity  to  assume  a 
most  ungraceful  position,  laying  myself  on  the  flat  of  my 
stomach,  which  I  felt  was  the  speediest  way  of  rallying. 

Nevertheless,  I  condescended  to  practice  a  bit  of  hypo- 
critical coquetry.  I  made  believe  to  have  found  some  curious 
object,  and  to  be  examining  it  closely.  And  as  my  head  grew 
gradually  calmer,  I  did,  in  fact,  find  something,  without  hav- 
ing even  suspected  its  presence.  I  had  before  my  astonished 
eyes  a  thick  tuft  of  the  little  gentian,  bearing  flowers  of  the 
brightest  blue,  and,  to  the  right  and  the  left,  within  my  reach, 
tiny  plants  of  myosotis  in  full  bloom.  I  gathered  with  delight, 
a  few  specimens  of  each,  displayed  them  with  ostentatious 
affectation,  and  stored  them  carefully  between  the  pages  of 
my  guide-book 

These  floral  gems  naturally  recalled  the  thought  of  the 
young  Bulloise's  dreadful  end.  But  strength  of  mind  had 
returned  with  repose  of  body  and  calmness  of  thought.  I 
rose  with  a  renewed  stock  of  resolution  and  philosophy.  I 
believe  my  companions  became  aware  of  what  a  pitiable  con- 
dition I  had  been  in.  Indeed,  I  confessed  it  frankly  and 
humbly.  They  addressed  me  with  evident  sympathy.  One 
of  them,  holding  a  pint  of  champagne  in  his  hand,  cordially 
invited  me  to  take  my  share.  The  bottle  was  speedily 
uncapped,  and  our  leather  goblets  filled  and  emptied  twice  to 
the  prosperity  of  Switzerland  and  France.  Unluckily,  one  of 
my  comrades  took  it  into  his  head  to  set  the  bottle,  bottom 
upwards,  at  the  edge  of  the  grassy  slope,  and  let  it  go.  At 
first  it  glided,  then  rolled,  then  bounded,  and  at  last  was 
smashed  to  atoms  against  the  first  rock  it  met  with,  which  was 
several  hundred  feet  from  its  point  of  departure.  As  you 
may  imagine,  every  eye  followed  it  until  the  final  catastrophe, 
and  the  fate  of  the  maid  of  Bulle  was  again  brought  to  mind. 
With  that,  and  the  vertiginous  fascination  exercised  upon 
me  by  the  Chateau  de  Gruyere,  1  was  once  more  obliged, 
resist  it  how  I  might,  to  resume  a  ridiculous  horizontal  posi- 
tion. 

They  tried  to  divert  my  attention  by  pointing  out,  at  a  dis- 
tance, the  white,  but  no  longer  the  virgin,  Juugfrau— the 
lakes  of  Morat,  Geneva,  Bienne,  and  Neufchatel.  But  the 
sun,  rising  higher  and  higher  above  the  horizon,  made  moun- 
tain, lake  and  glacier  quiver  and  tremble  in  a  haze  of  light. 
It  overcame  me  with  a  sickening  feeling.  They  were  obliged 
to  let  me  remain  quiet  tor  a  while. 

But  the  time  for  our  departure  was  come.  It  was  then 
half  past  five  in  the  morning.  The  descent  would  take  us 
three  hours  to  perform  :  we  had  to  visit  the  Chateau  de 
Gruyere,  and  the  loss  of  the  Tine  ;  and  also  to  reach  Bulle 
not  too  late  for  my  friends  to  return  te  Fribourg,  and  myself 
to  sleep  at  Vevey.  Our  Yaudois  and  Yalaisaus  had  already 
bidden  us  adieu.  They  disappeared  out  of  sight  down  the 
rugged  path  which  led  us  hither,  while  we  in  turn  had  to  de- 
scend the  slippery  slope  which  they  had  mounted. 

So  1  stirred  up  my  courage  with  heart  and  soul,  and  vigor- 
ously shook  myself  both  morally  and  physically.  The  Fri- 
bourgians, armed  with  their  alpenstocks,  boldly  descended  the 
grassy  declivity,  while  we  Frenchmen,  with  oniy  our  walking- 
sticks,  followed  the  crest  of  the  mountain,  hoping  to  meet 
with  a  gentler  incline.  But  to  go  on  in  that  way  long  was 
impossible.  We  were  obliged  at  last  to  venture  and  obey  the 
invitation  of  our  friends  below,  however  slowly  and  painfully 
at  first.  I  tried  going  backwards,  throwing  my  whole  weight 
upon  my  stick  ;  then  I  let  myself  slide  a  little,  holding  on  last 


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|  July  21st 


with  both  hands.  Practice,  they  say,  makes  perfect;  if  not 
perfect,  I  was  at  least  improved.  When  once  the  steepest 
part  of  the  slope  was  passed,  I  was  no  loDger  the  hindmost  of 
the  party.  About  eight  we  entered  a  narrow  gorge,  full  of 
shadow,  foliage,  and  waterfalls.  Then,  crossing  a  meadow 
bounded  by  a  brook,  we  got  safely  to  Albeuve  at  last. 

Although  excessively  fatigued,  I  would  accompany  my 
friends  to  Gruyere.  Melancholy,  little,  decrepit,  deserted 
town  ;  ancient  castle  flanked  with  towers  and  ramparts.  As 
usual,  tbey  preferred  showing  us  abominable  remnants  of  the 
past,  dungeons  and  instruments  of  torture,  to  allowing  us  to 
linger  amongst  its  tapestry  and  furniture,  which  are  at  least 
harmless  vestiges  of  the  olden  time.  The  whole  is  now  the 
property  of  a  Geneva  watchmaker.  Such  are  the  lessons 
which  history  teaches  to  the  great  ones  of  the  land. 

Not  having  absolutely  the  strength  to  go  and  see  the  Tyno 
disappear  in  the  earth,  I  went  into  the  hotel  de  l'Ange,  there 
to  await  my  friends'  return.  The  first  thing  I  saw  in  it  was 
a  comfortable  sofa,  and  the  first  thing  1  did  was  to  lay  myself 
upon  that  sofa  and  fall  asleep  for  a  couple  of  hours.  And  then 
1  made  a  capital  breakfast. 

About  noon  the  visitors  of  the  Tine's  descent  underground 
returned  to  fetch  me  in  a  carriage.  I  paid  my  bill,  which 
contained  a  curious  item — "  For  having  reposed  on  the  sofa, 
one  franc."  I  regretted  not  having  slept  on  a  chair,  beiug 
curious  to  know  how  much  they  would  have  charged  lor  that 
less  pretentious  place  of  rest. 

At  three  we  reached  Bulle,  twenty-three  hours  after  leav- 
ing it.  The  same  idea  struck  us  all  simultaneously  ;  namely, 
that  the  best  of  all  things  would  be  a  bath.  In  truth,  we  had 
fairly  earned  it. 

At  four,  we  took  our  last  repast  together  :  and  before  rising 
from  table  and  separating,  we  exchanged  cards.  Theu  only  I 
knew  that  I  had  ascended  the  Moleson  in  company  with  MM. 
V.  de  Mutach  (of  Holligen,)  Charles  de  Chollet  (of  Fribourg.J 
and  B.  Dupuy,  engineer,  of  Lyons  ;  while  they  were  informed 
that  they  had  vouchsafed  that  honor  to  an  advocate,  once 
mayor  of  the  town  of  Calais,  for  which  great  kindness  I  thank 
them  afresh. 

Subsequently,  passing  over  the  Col  de  Balme,  I  visited  the 
valley  of  Chamounix.  Shall  I  ever  write  a  description  of  this 
latter  portion  of  my  tour?  I  think  not.  The  subject  has  been 
so  often  treated,  that  one  is  apt  to  believe  it  to  be  exhausted. 
The  Moleson,  on  the  contrary,  had  the  advantage  of  having 
been  neglected  by  the  pens  of  travellers.  I  therefore  deter- 
mined to  give  the  best  account  I  could  at  least  of  "  the  Rigi  ol 
Western  Switzerland." — London  Society. 


ADVENTURE    WITH   A  THUG. 

AN  OLD  OFFICER'S  STORY. 

I WENT  out  to  India  in  the  service  of  the  Company, 
nearly  forty  years  ago.  I  was  a  mere  lad  at  that  time, 
being  barely  eighteen.  I  left  Eugland  with  a  determination 
to  make  something  of  myself^  in  the  land  to  which  I  was 
going  ;  and  when  I  reached  my  destination,  I  began  immedi- 
ately to  apply  myself  to  the  duties  of  my  profession.  I 
labored  hard,  and  soon  made  progress.  I  studied  closely  the 
manners,  customs,  and  lauguage  of  the  natives,  and 
spared  no  effort  to  make  myself  as  thorough  an  Indian  as 
possible. 

It  was  slow  work  at  first,  but  I  persevered  ;  and  when  I 
was  forty-three,  just  fifteen  years  ago,  I  was  a  colonel  of  cav- 
alry, and  I  flatter  myself  that  I  was  the  best  informed  officer 
in  the  service,  with  regard  to  the  country  in  which  I  was 
serving. 

About  that  time,  the  authorities  at  Calcutta  were  making 
strong  efforts  to  suppress  the  sect  of  Thugs,  who,  as 
you  well  know,  make  murder  a  part  of  their  religion.  They 
rarely  molested  a  European,  on  account  of  the  great  danger 
in  which  it  would  have  placed  them  ;  but  they  carried  on  a 
regular  system  of  operations  against  the  natives,  and  espe- 
cially agaiust  tbos6  who  were  friendly  to  us. 

Certain  sections  of  the  country  were  kept  in  a  state  of  the 
most  complete  terror  by  them  ;  and  their  atrocities  had 
increased  to  so  great  an  extent  that  the  authorities  thought 
it  necessary  to  at  once  inaugurate  the  most  prompt  and  de- 
cisive measures  for  their  suppression. 

In  the  district  of  Benares,  the  trouble  was  very  great,  and 
the  Thugs  managed  their  affairs  with  so  much  dexterity,  that, 
for  a  time,  they  completely  baffled  the  authorities.  The 
command  of  this  district  was  given  me,  on  account  of  my 
knowledge  of  Indian  affairs,  and  ray  long  experience  in  the 
country.  I  was  given  a  regiment  of  mounted  men,  picked  for 
their  long  experience  in  the  country,  and  at  once  set  out  for 
my  new  command,  being  determined  to  use  no  half-way  meas- 
ures when  I  got  tU«  re. 

Upon  reaching  the  neighborhood  of  Benares,  we  halted 
and  encamped  near  the  Ganges,  about  five  miles  from  the  city. 
I  had  two  reasons  for  doing  this. 

One  was,  that  I  should  be  able,  by  encamping  there,  to 
move  on  the  instant  when  occasion  required  it ;  the  other, 
that  I  would  be  freer  there  from  observation  by  the  spies  of 


the  Thugs  than  1  should  be  in  the  city.  I  said  nothing,  and 
permitted  my  men  to  say  nothing  of  the  cause  of  oar  coming, 
but  at  once  set  my  spies  at  work. 

Through  their  instrumentality  I  learned  that  my  district 
was  infested  with  a  baud  of  Thugs,  quite  large  in  number, 
and  under  the  direction  of  a  leader  named  Kunjheet.  He 
was  described  to  me  as  the  most  active  of  all,  and  as  one  of 
the  most  dangerous  men  the  country  had  ever  known.  I  set 
to  work  at  once.  I  scoured  my  district  right  and  left,  by  day 
and  night,  and  with  good  effect,  too. 

By  the  time  I  had  been  there  six  weeks,  I  had  sent  ten 
prisoners  to  Calcutta  with  their  families,  had  hung  twenty 
caught  in  the  act  of  strangling  their  victims,  and  had  de- 
stroyed one  of  their  towns  and  a  temple.  With  ray  owu 
hand  I  broke  the  image  of  their  goddess  Kali  into  a  thousand 
pieces,  knowiug  that  this  would  be  a  severe  blow  to  them. 
This  act,  together  with  the  rest  of  my  career  there,  came  near 
beiug  fatal  to  me.  The  Thugs  begun  to  consider  me  the 
cause  as  well  as  the  means  ot  their  misfortunes,  and  at  length 
made  me  the  object  of  their  special  vengeance. 

When  I  had  been  in  camp  for  about  two  months,  my  orderly 
informed  me  that*  there  was  a  native  waiting  at  the  door  of  my 
tent  to  see  me.  I  had  him  showu  in  at  once.  He  was  a  small, 
spare  man,  of  about  thirty  ;  and  my  first  glance  told  me  that 
he  was  possessed  of  more  than  ordinary  strength.  There  was 
something  unusually  quiet  and  stealthy  about  him  ;  and  at 
first  I  loosened  my  pistol  and  regarded  him  with  a  suspicious 
glance.  He  did  not  seem  to  notice  this,  but  saluted  me  hum- 
bly and  respectfully.  Iu  reply  to  my  demand  to  know  his 
business,  he  stated  that  he  wished  to  enter  my  service  as  a 
spy.  He  was  well  acquainted  with  the  country,  and  was  sure 
that  he  couid  make  himself  useful.  He  gave  as  his  reason 
that  his  father  and  brother  had  recently  been  murdered  by 
thi?  Thugs,  and  that  he  desired  to  avenge  them.  1  looked  at 
the  fellow  searchiugly,  but  could  gain  nothing  from  his  coun- 
tenance, which  was  fixed  and  devoid  of  expression,  save  a 
strange  and  perplexiug  glitter  in  his  eyes.  He  told  me  his 
name  was  Ali,  and  that  he  was  a  ilahomedan.  I  said  to  him 
that  if  he  would  come  back  at  the  same  hour  the  next  day,  I 
would  give  him  my  answer. 

After  he  felt  me,  I  thought  long  and  seriously  of  his  request. 
I  did  not  like  his  looks  ;  but  I  thought  he  might  be  of  service 
to  me.  I  felt  confident  that,  if  faithful,  he  would  nuke  an 
excellent  spy  ;  and  I  thought  myself  competent  to  the  task 
of  watching  him  so  c'osely  that  he  would  have  no  opportunity 
to  play  me  false.  So,  after  weighing  the  matter  well  iu  my 
own  mind,  I  determined  to  engage  him,  but  not  to  trust  him 
until  he  should  have  been  fully  tried. 

When  I  gave  him  my  answer  the  next  day,  1  saw  his  eyes 
flash  and  a  smile  play  around  his  mouth.  In  an  instant  his 
face  resumed  its  stolid  expression.  I  was  startled  by  this, and 
was  more  than  ever  resolved  to  watch  the  mau  closely. 

I  gave  him  simple  and  easy  tasks  at  first.  He  performed 
them  with  so  much  skill  ar.d  celerity,  that  I  began  to  place 
more  confidence  in  him,  and  gave  him  more  difficult  and  im- 
portant duties  to  perform.  Thus  ten  days  passed  away.  At 
the  end  of  that  time,  I  went  out,  one  day,  at  the  head  of  a 
small  party,  to  follow  up  a  scent  which  Ali  had  discovered. 
Toward  niiil-day,  I  chanced  to  be  alone,  having  sent  the  men 
away  on  various  errands.  The  heat  was  intense,  and  I  dis- 
mounted from  my  horse  and  stood  for  a  short  while  under  a 
large  tree,  to  enjoy  the  shade,  which  looked  so  tempting  to  me. 
I  had  been  there  scarcely  ten  minutes,  when  a  rustling  in  the 
leaves  above  me  caused  me  to  look  up.  I  saw  a  dark  figure 
leap  toward  me  from  the  tree,  and,  from  the  handkerchief 
which  he  held  ready  in  his  hand,  I  knew  he  was  a  Thug,  and 
bent  upon  my  assassination.  He  was  so  sudden  and  unex- 
pected in  his  movements,  that  he  might  have  succeeded  but 
for  a  timely  interposition.  He  had  hardly  sprung  from  the 
tree,  when  I  heard  the  report  of  a  rifle  ;  and  the  next  instant 
the  Thug  fell  crashing  at  my  feet.  I  looked  around  in  aston- 
ishment to  discover  whence  came  this  timely  aid,  and  saw  Ali 
running  toward  me  at  full  speed,  with  his  discharged  rifle  in 
his  baud.  He  asked  me  anxiously,  as  he  came  up,  if  I  were 
safe,  and  seemed  gratified  when  I  assured  him  1  was  unhurt. 
He  listened  calmly  to  my  expression  of  thanks,  and  said  he 
was  glad  to  be  able  to  show  me  that  my  suspicious  of  his 
fidelity  were  unjust. 

I  could  not  help  blushing  with  mortification  as  he  spoke, 
and  felt  heartily  ashamed  of  having  suspected  him  at  all.  I 
told  him  that  he  should  have  no  occasion  to  feel  hurt  at  my 
conduct  again,  as  he  had  that  day  given  mo  the  best  proof  of 
his  loyalty  that  I  could  desire.  I  could  not  see  his  face  as  I 
spoke,  for  his  eyes  were  bent  on  the  ground,  and  his  head  was 
lowered. 

A  week  passed  away  after  this,  and  the  success  which  had 
attended  our  efforts  suddenly  deserted  us.  I  could  not 
account  for  it.  My  movements  were  us  secret  and  us  ener- 
getic as  formerly,  and  I  felt  sure  that  we  had  not  yet  dam- 
aged the  Thugs  to  a  sufficient  extent  to  warrant  our  depar- 
ture ;  but  each  day  recorded  new  fuilures  to  us.  Somehow  I 
could  not  help  connecting  Ali  with  our  want  of  success,  though 
for  the  life  of  me  I  could  not  tell  why  I  should  do  so,  and  I 
did  my  best  to  biiuisb  the  suspicion  as  ungenerous  and  unjust. 


Toward  the  close  of  the  week  I  6ent  out  a  party  with  abet- 
ter prospect  of  success  than  had  been  vouchsafed  to  us  during 
the  past  seven  days.  That  night,  feeling  somewhat  worn 
dowu  by  my  constant  exertions,  I  retired  early,  without 
undressing.  Yet,  in  spite  of  me,  I  could  not  sleep.  I  was 
nervous  aud  wakeful;  and  this  state  increased  every  mo- 
ment. 

I  have  always  been  a  great  lover  of  tobacco,  and  have  found 
it  the  best  remedy  for  nervousness  I  have  everusid.  Findiug 
that  I  could  not  sleep,  I  took  a  large  mouthful  of  some  ex- 
cellent tobacco  which  had  beon  sent  me  from  Euglaud  before 
leaving  Calcutta.  As  usual,  it  soothed  me  almost  instantly, 
aud  gradually  1  fell  into  a  doze,  with  the  liquid  which  I  had 
been  chewing  still  in  my  mouth. 

I  could  not  have  been  sleeping  very  soundly,  for  I  was 
awakened  by  a  slight  rustling  in  my  tent.  I  endeavored  to 
spring  up,  but  iu  an  instant  I  was  seized  by  a  powerful  hand, 
and  a  haudkerchief,  which  is  the  instrument  used  by  the 
Thugs  iu  their  work,  was  twisted  around  my  ueck.  I  man- 
aged to  thrust  my  left  hand  between  the  fold  of  the  handker- 
chief aud  my  throat,  aud  thus  prevented  the  scoundrel  from 
strangling  me  at  once.  By  a  powerful  effort  1  succeeded  iu 
gaining  my  feet,  but  the  fellow  huug  ou  to  me  with  almost 
superhuman  strength.  1  was  counted  then  one  of  the  most 
powerful  men  iu  the  army,  aud  1  was  much  larger  aud  heavier 
than  my  antagonist  ;  but  it  was  just  as  much  us  I  could  do  to 
keep  him  from  masteriug  me. 

By  the  dim  light  of  the  moon  which  struggled  in  through 
the  opening  of  the  tent,  I  recoguized  in  my  adversary  my 
native  spy,  Ali. 

Like  lightniug  it  flashed  across  my  mind  that  the  whole 
affair  was  a  plot.  Ali  had  been  sent  to  win  my  confidence, 
and  throw  uie  off  iny  ijuard.  The  shootiug  of  the  '1  hug,  a 
weeks  back,  had  beeu  simply  a  part  of  the  plot.  1  knew  that  I 
had  a  powerful  and  desperate  mau  to  deal  with,  aud  1  nerved 
myself  to  the  task  Lelore  me. 

The  fellow's  grip  on  the  haudkerchief  was  like  that  of  a 
vice,  and  it  seemed  that  he  would  crush  my  left  baud.  The 
strain  on  my  throat  was  terrible,  and  I  felt  that  unless  it  was 
released  very  speedily,  I  would  be  at  his  mercy. 

A  novel  and  desperate  plan  presented  itself  to  me  in  this 
emergency,  and  I  at  once  proceeded  to  put  it  into  execution. 

Braciug  myself  for  a  mighty  effort,  1  sank  back  slowly,  as 
if  being  gradually  overcome,  and  Ali  with  a  triumphant  glauce 
tightened  his  grip  on  my  throat,  and  bent  over  me  until  his 
flashing  eyes  were  just  above  my  face.  With  a  sudden  bound 
I  sprung  forward,  recovering  myself,  and  throwing  Ali  back- 
ward. At  the  same  instant  I  spit,  with  a  true  aim,  a  mouth- 
ful of  tobacco  juice  straight  into  his  two  eyes.  Thoroughly 
astounded  and  thrown  off  his  guard,  he  relinquished  his  hold 
on  the  handkerchief,  and.  with  a  yell  of  pain,  clapped  his 
hands  to  his  eyes.  This  was  just  what  I  had  expected,  aud 
iu  au  instant  I  put  him  out  of  the  way  of  doing  more  harm  by 
sending  a  pistol  bullet  through  his  head.  The  noise  of  tho 
shot  brought  the  men  to  my  tent,  and  I  soon  found  myself  the 
recipient  of  innumerable  congratulations. 

The  next  morning,  the  expedition  I  had  sent  out  returned, 
bringing  two  prisoners  with  them.  From  these  1  learned  that 
my  would-be  assassio  was  no  other  than  the  notorious  chief  of 
the  Thugs,  Runjheet,  who  had  sworn  to  take  my  life  in 
revenge  for  the  damage  I  had  inflicted  upon  his  sect. 

In  a  month  more  I  returned  to  Calcutta,  having  thoroughly 
accomplished  the  work  assigned  me. 


TitR  Zouave  Spbctbe. — The  Paris  Bourse,  the  spot  where 
merchants  "  most  do  congregute,"  has  got  a  romance.  The 
hill  brokers  aud  the  money-changers,  the  bulls  and  the  bears, 
the  "longs"  and  the  ••  shorts,"  have  got  a  subject  other  than 
the  price  of  stocks,  the  advance  and  decline  in  the  market, 
etc.,  to  talk  about.  The  romance  of  the  Bourse  is  connected 
with  the  tall  and  ghastly  spectre  of  a  Zouave,  who,  with  fea- 
tures pale  and  motionless,  and  eyes  lacking  lustre  aud  fixed, 
now  and  then  appears  from  behind  the  columns,  and  making 
its  way  among  the  crowd,  is  seen,  but  not  felt,  as  it  forces  a 
passage  through  the  eager,  striving  multitude  gathered  around 
the  OOtrbeilLi,  and  then  disappears.  Those  who  have  seen  the 
figure  declare  that  the  countenance  bears  a  strong  regemblan.ee 
to  that  of  the  late  Duke  of  Orleans.  It  was  beheld,  for  the 
first  time  since  1859,  a  short  time  since,  and  then  all  the 
oldest  hands  at  buying  and  selling  knew  well  enough  that  do 
earthly  effort  could  make  the  funds  go  up,  but  that  ruin, 
despair,  and  bankruptcy,  would  be  met  with  on  all  sides.  The 
last  time  the  Zouave  appeared,  the  season  was  oue  ot  utter 
despair,  disgrace,  and  suicide,  and  it  wus  with  a  terrible  pang 
that  the  announcement  of  his  reappearance  wus  received  ! 
Who  would  have  thought  that  this  superstition,  equivalent  to 
the  Black  Huntsman  of  tho  Hartz,  or  the  White  Lady  of 
Avenel,  could  find  room  to  lodge  itself  in  the  narrow  mind  of 
a  boursicolier  ?  But,  however  improbable  it  may  appear,  the 
rumor  has  had  its  effect,  and  not  only  a  financial  pauic,  but  a 
mystical  terror,  has  seized  upon  a  certain  set  of  men,  who 
could  view  without  the  smallest  emotion  the  massacre  of  whole 
armies,  were  it  to  insure  a  rise  in  the  funds  of  the  country  to 
which_they  belonged. 


July  2 1st  J 


THE     CALIF  ORNIAN 


5 


OX   TRANSLATING   THE   DIVINA  COMMEDIA. 

SECOND  SONNET. 

I  knter,  and  see  thee  in  the  glooin 

Of  the  long  aisles,  O  poet  saturnine  ! 

And  strive  to  make  my  steps  keep  pace  with  thine. 

The  air  is  filled  with  some  unknown  perfume  ; 
The  congregation  of  the  dead  make  room 

For  thee  to  pass ;  the  votive  tapers  shine ; 

Like  rook*  that  haunt  Ravenna's  groves  of  pine 

The  hovering  echoes  fly  from  tomb  to  tomb. 
From  the  confessionals  I  hear  arise 

Rehearsals  of  forgotten  tragedies, 

And  lamentations  from  the  crypts  below  ; 
And  then  a  voice  celestial  that  begins 

With  the  pathelic  words,  "Although  your  sins 

As  scarlet  be,"  and  ends  with  "as  the  snow.'' 

[Atlantic  Monthly. 


SCENE  AT  THE  FRENCH  RACES. 

WHILE  the  English  Derby  is  occupying  the  whole 
attention  of  the  horse  portion  ol  society  in  England, 
the  great  race  at  Chantilly  is  forming  the  study  of  the 
"  Sport "  (pronounced  "  Spor ")  of  the  French  amateurs. 
The  day  was  unpropitiou? — the  sky  gloomy  and  gray  as  that 
sometimes  furnished  by  England  on  the  like  occasion  of  fes- 
tivity. But  notwithstanding  this  drawback  the  race  course 
was  crowded  with  men  of  every  class,  and  women  also.  Never 
was  there  such  a  display  of  saucer  bonnets,  pearls,  spangles, 
lace,  feathers,  flowers,  long  trains,  red  paint,  rice,  powder, 
false  hair,  and  obscenity,  as  was  beheld  beneath  the  weepiug 
clouds  on  that  day.  "  Mein  Gott!"  exclaimed  Count  Medem, 
"  the pieuvres  are  more  numerous  than  the  horses!"  (Ever 
since  the  publication  of  Victor  Hugo's  Travaillers  de  la 
Mer,  the  persons  referred  to  bear  the  name  of  pieuvres,  from 
their  persistence  in  sucking  every  drop  of  blood  out  of  the 
veins  of  the  mau  ou  whom  they  have  once  fastened  their 
suckers.  These  ladies  who  have  been  hooted  off  the  race- 
course in  the  Bois  de  Boulogne,  amply  revenged  themselves 
by  appearing  as  splendid,  if  not  as  wise,  as  Solomon  in  all  his 
glory.  Nobody  could  complain  of  the  nakedness  of  the  land 
on  this  occasion,  for  the  surface  of  the  wet  and  muddy  earth 
was  covered  with  trains  of  the  richest  silk  and  flounces  of  the 
finest  lace.  It  was  evident  that  the  price  paid  by  the  wearers 
was  light  enough — of  less  value,  indeed,  than  the  soiled  and 
faded  rags  which  were  ruthlessly  torn  and  trampled  on  by 
every  dirty  boot  parading  the  narrow  space  wherein  was 
crowding  the  greater  portion  of  the  vice  and  the  folly  of 
Paris. 

The  winning  horse  was  a  new  one,  and  the  betting  has 
brought  iu  to  its  fortunate  owner,  Delamarro,  the  heavy  sum 
of  $50,000  !  The  ladies  were  full  of  tears,  and  many  a  rich 
lace  veil  and  cobweb  crochet  handkerchief  was  torn  iu  shreds 
by  the  rage  and  disappointment  occasioned  by  the  unex- 
pected event.  Strange  to  say  the  lucky  wiuuers  of  the  oppo- 
site sex  laughed  and  mocked  at  this  despair — never  reflecting 
that  they  would  most  assuredly  have  to  pay.  Many  lacetious 
jokes  were  practiced  as  of  yore,  Chantilly  being  so  privileged 
a  place  at  the  time  of  the  races  that  its  inhabitants  are  glad 
to  fly  from  it  at  that  period,  and  leave  it  wholly  i  i  the  hands 
of  the  merry  crew  from  Paris.  Even  when  the  resident  fam- 
ilies do  not  quit  their  home  altogether,  it  is  the  custom  to 
send  away  the  young  ladies  during  the  corruption  of  the 
moral  atmosphere,  which  envelops  the  place  as  with  a  filthy 
vapor  during  the  few  days  when  that  lovely  spot,  uniting 
every  placid  beauty  which  can  charm  the  sense  to  peace  and 
purity  of  thought,  becomes  a  perfect  pandemonium. 

One  of  the  most  pleasant  tricks  performed  on  this  particu- 
lar Sunday,  was  that  played  off  upon  the  Knglish  Marquis,  who, 
having  driven  over  from  the  chateau  he  has  hired  lor  the 
season  at  some  little  distance  from  Chantilly,  and  naturally 
enough  wishing  to  see  a  little  of  the  sport  he  had  come  to 
see,  was  standing  eagerly  gazing  at  the  race,  holding  to  the 
side  of  the  carriage,  with  oue  foot  resting  on  the  narrow  step 
— the  other  poised  in  air.  The  position  displaced  the  basket 
lull  of  bitter  fruit  drawn  up  by  the  side  of  the  carriage  where 
the  Marquis  and  his  friends  were  quietly  gazing  on  the  scene. 
The  ladies,  who  are  but  seldom  disobeyed,  were  first  of  all 
surprised,  then  indignant,  and  finally  furious,  at  finding  their 
summons  to  move  out  of  the  way  wholly  disregarded  by  the 
Englishmen.  After  having  wasted  much  bad  breath  in  epi- 
thets, which  sounded  strange  enough,  coming  from  beneath 
the  rich  lace  and  lovely  roses  with  which  her  bonnet  was 
adorned,  the  vixen  declared  at  last  that  if  the  intruder  did  not 
move  at  once  she  would  make  him.  The  Englishman  laughed 
at  the  threat,  and  seemed  highly  amused  at  her  impotent 
rage.  She  descended  from  the  basket  heedless  of  the  contact 
of  the  soft  mud  with  ber  train  of  rich  Lyons  silk,  and  walked 
to  where  he  stood.  She  was  seen  to  place  some  object  upon 
the  place  against  which  he  was  leaning,  bui,  as  she  was 
clamoring  loudly,  and  he  was  laughing  all  the  time,  no  one 
thought  to  examine  its  nature.  No  sooner  had  she  re-entered 
her  basket  carriage  and  driven  at  a  rapid  pace  down  the 
course,  than  a  loud  report  was  heard,  followed  by  a  tremen- 
dous shout  of  panic  from  the  carriage  from  which  the  Marquis 
had  been  blown  by  one  of  those  gw»-c  ;ttou  crackers  now 'so 


much  in  use  at  the  fetes  champctres  round  Paris,  and  which 
are  more  powerful  than  those  made  of  powder.  The  offender 
paid  dearly  for  his  mirth  ;  he  was  picked  up  senseless  and 
bleeding  and  carried  to  the  hotel,  where  he  has  been  ever 
since  under  the  doctor's  care,  unable  to  sit,,  9tand  or  walk, 
exactly  as  the  fairy  fury  had  declared  he  should  remain  as 
fitting  punishment  for  disobedience  to  her  orders.  Such  is 
the  tyranny  exercised  over  the  Paris  world  by  these  Mudases, 
that  none  but  a  simple-minded  Englishman,  ignorant  of  their 
power,  and  regarding  ther.i  as  of  no  more  account  than  they 
are  in  England,  would  have  dared  to  disputo  the  high  behests 
of  that  peculiar  specimen  of  the  clas3  with  whom  he  had  the 
misfortune  to  come  in  contact  on  that  day. 

A   TENNESSEE  OLYMPIC. 

IF  Mr.  Burke,  when  he  mourned  the  departure  of  the  age 
of  chivalry  in  a  celebrated  passage  the  rhetoric  of  which 
is  worthy  of  sounder  reason,  could  have  foreseen  that  chivalry 
would  return  cn  the  31st  of  May,  a.  d.  18G6,  to  irradiate  the 
State  of  Tennessee,  iu  the  United  States  of  America,  the 
prospect  might  have  mollified  the  grief  of  his  conservative 
and  apprehensive  spirit.  We  have  before  us  a  letter  printed 
in  the  Louisville  Journal,  full  at  once  of  knightly  emotion  and 
grammatical  solecisms,  reciting  the  splendors  of  "  a  tourna- 
meut  "  held  at  Clarksville,  Tennessee,  as  aforesaid,  on  the  day 
aforesaid,  in  the  course  of  which  seventeen  "  knights  "  tilted 
for  crowns  and  nosegays.  One  horse  died  of  a  bad  fall,  aud 
one  chevalier  was  "  sprained  "  by  falling  with  him — an  aggre- 
gate of  bloody  noses  and  cracked  crowns  at  which  wc  fear 
that  Froissart  would  have  turned  up  his  nose  and  thrown 
down  his  immortal  pen  in  contempt.  But  we  must  not  be  hy- 
percritical. If  no  creature  was  killed  upon  this  interesting 
occasion  (except  the  horse)  it  was  arranged  beforehand  and 
stipulated  that  the  combats  should  not  be  mortal.  It  was  a 
sort  of  militia  muster,  aftei'  the  fashion  of  the  Middle  Ages — 
a  highly  refined  and  romantic  kind  of  sham-fight,  bearing  about 
the  same  relation  to  the  "  tournament  "  which  we  read  of  that 
a  modern  circus  or  hippotheatrou  bears  to  the  Field  of  Cloth 
of  Gold.  The  combatants  were  arrayed  notiu  iron  armor  but 
in  fancy  dresses,  some  of  which,  wo  are  told,  were  "  really 
magnificent,"  while,  as  we  are  further  informed,  "  none  were 
either  specious  or  devoid  of  neatness."  The  assumption  of 
character  seems  to  have  beeu  a  little  promiscuous  and  not 
without  a  certain  touch  of  anachronism.  If  Sir  Montgomery 
Merrit  saw  fit  to  appear  as  "  The  Black  Prince,"  Sir  Henry 
Herndon  was  not  to  be  restrained  from  figuring  as  "  Thaddeus 
of  Warsaw."  There  was  "  The  Knight  of  the  Fallen  Banner," 
and  there  was  "  Sir  Walter  Raleigh."  Mr.  Longfellow  will 
be  pleased  to  learn  that  his  "  Hiawatha  "  was  impersonated 
upon  the  occasion,  and  stands  next  in  the  roll  of  chivalry  to 
"  The  Knight  of  the  Silver  Moon."  But  if  the  costumes 
were  of  no  age  in  particular,  the  speeches — for  we  defy  you  to 
have  an  American  "  tournament  "  or  an  American  any-thing- 
else  without  speeches — were  decidedly  modern,  with  the  true 
wild  racintss  of  our  native  eloquence. 

After  "the  fiery  horses  " — we  quote  the  uncommonly  fine 
language  of  the  correspondent — "  after  the  fiery  horses  and 
their  proud-crested  riders  had  moved  around  the  circuit  two 
or  three  times  in  winsome,  all  but  God  like  style" — (God  like 
style  is  good,  but  it  would  have  been  better  to  have  used  a 
small  "  g  ") — "  after  they  had  made  their  exit  through  the 
western  gate,"  they  then  came  back  again,  and  were  "  dis- 
posed in  strict  observance  of  military  usage  in  front  of  the 
stand  "  to  listen  to  the  speech-making.  It  was  "  General 
Quarles  "  who  "urged  them  on  to  the  gentle  contest  in  the 
most  inspiriting  terms."  He  said  everything  which  he  could 
reasonably  be  expected  to  say  to  animate,  exalt,  stimulate, and 
encourage  these  fancy  warriors.  He  likened  them  to  "  the 
manly  combatants  of  ancient  Greece  ;"  he  compared  them 
favorably  with  "the  solid  ranks  of  the  Roman  legion;"  he 
conjured  them  to  catch  courage  from  the  bright  eyes  of  their 
fair  spectators  ;  and  he  ended  by  sublimely  exclaiming  :  "  On 
then,  gallant  knights  !  The  whole  world  is  impatient  to  know 
who  will  be  our  sovereign  queen  of  hearts  and  of  beauty." 
The  "  whole  world  "  may  not  be  much  interested  in  knowing 
the  name,  but.  for  the  benefit  of  the  curious  few,  we  may  state 
that  Miss  Molly  Boyd  was  the  blushing  and  beautiful  recipient 
of  the  royal  honors.  She  received  her  flowery  crown  from 
Gen.  Williams,  "  whose  address  was  replete  with  everything 
that  the  poetry  of  the  moment  demanded."  The  gallant 
letter-writer  affirms  that  the  general  "caused  the  hearts  of 
the  young  knight  and  the|lovely  queen  to  pulsate  hymeneally, 
and  their  cheeks  to  be  suffused  in  blushes."  "Ah!"  lie  ex- 
claims, "  these  ceremonies  sent  a  queer  shock  to  many  a  sur- 
rounding breast."  And  then  came  something  which  they  did 
not  have  in  Athens,  not  in  Rome — something  Bois  de  Gil- 
bert never  enjoyed  and  the  Lady  Rowena  never  presided  over 
— "a  rich,  rare,  and  racy  barbecue."  The  knights  were  hun 
gry — the  queen  of  beauty  had  an  excellent  appetite — the 
king-at-arms  was  extremely  sharp-set— the  heralds  were  as 
"peckish"  as  Saucho  Panza — "there  was  more  than  a  suf- 
ficiency of  edibles,  and  nobody  loft  the  prandial  regions  un- 
satisfied." Then  the  knights,  internally  fortified,  went  back 
to  the  ring  "  for  sober  exercise,"  and  "de^apitaU-d  a  manikin." 


Then  the  Chevalier  Bayard,  Rob  Roy,  Thaddeus  of  Warsaw, 
Hiawatha,  and  the  Black  Prince  trotted  horses  "  for  a  pair  of 
silver  spurs."  After  this,  and  to  conclude,  there  was  a  ball 
so  magnificent  that  the  despairing  correspondent  informs  us 
that  "  the  picture  could  never  be  justly  daguerreotyped  save 
upon  the  tablet  of  memory."  "  We  have  it  there  fixed,"  he 
adds  complacently.    Happy  correspondent ! 

But  our  readers  have  doubtless  had  enough  of  what,  after 
all,  must  have  been  a  sort  of  shabby-genteel  spectacle,  as  any 
"tournament"  in  the  year  1866  must  necessarily  be.  This 
queer  aping  of  knighthood — this  droll  resuscitation  of  mouldy 
forms — this  putting  on  of  the  rag-tag  and  bob-tail  of  romance 
— the  toy  lances  and  the  theatrical  lists,  the  sham  combats 
and  the  poor  decapitated  manikin— it  is  all  about  as  genuine 
as  the  assumed  "  chivalry "  which  sectional  vanity  with 
ludicrous  complacency  laid  claim  to,  and  which  common  sense 
soon  converted  into  a  nickname. — Nation. 


(For  the  Californian.) 

MIDSUMMER. 

A  SAN  FHANCISCO  MADRIGAL. 

"  The  air 

Nimbly  and  sweetly  recommends  itself 
Uuto  our  several  senses." — Macbeth, 

"VTOVV  Cancer  holds  the  fiery  sun, 

And  Sirius  flames  in  yonder  skies, 
Midsummer's  languid  reign's  begun — 

Arise,  my  lady  sweet,  arise  ; 
Come  forth  ere  evening's  shadow's  fall — 
But,  dearest,  don't  forget  thy  shawl. 

For  why,  methinks  these  zephyrs  bland 

Are  brisk  and  jocund  iu  their  play. 
These  tears,  thou  may'st  not  understand, 

Spring  but  from  joy  at  such  a  day ; 
And  dearest,  what  thou  deem'st  a  frown 
Is  but  to  keep  my  beaver  down. 

How  generous  Nature  kindly  sifts 
Her  blessings  free  with  liberal  hand  ! 

How  varied  are  her  graceful  gifts  ; 
How  soft — (yes,  dearest,  that  wax  sand, 

A  trifle — and  by  Nature  thrown 

O'er  this  fresh  signature — her  own !) 

Here  let  us  sit  and  watch,  till  morn, 

The  fleecy  fog  that  creeps  afar 
And,  like  a  poultice,  soothes  the  torn 

And  wind-bruised  face  of  cliff  and  scar; 
Nor  fear  no  chill  from  damp  nor  dew, 
Nor — (really  I  bless  my  soul — a-tschu !) 

A  sneeze — 'tis  nothing — what  of  that  ? 

Or  if  I  choose,  in  youthful  guise, 
To  chase  this  lightly  flying  hat, 

Instead  of  painted  butterflies — 
'Tis  but  the  latitude,  you  know, 
The  season  gives — well,  well,  we'll  go, 

And  when  once  more  within  our  cot, 
Where  sweetly  steams  the  fragrant  tea, 

And  buttered  muffins  crisp  and  hot, 
Their  welcome  spread  for  you  and  me  ; 

Then,  love,  by  fires  that  glitter  bright, 

We'll  6ing  Midsummer's  soft  delight.  Bret. 


Fearful  Courage. — Oue  of  the  scions  of  the  first  families 
that  fought  fn  the  rebellion  and  got  "  subjugated,"  is  favoring 
our  relatives  of  England,  through  the  pages  of  Blackwood's 
Magazine,  with  some  wonderful  prodigies  of  valor  which  he 
performed.  It  is  lucky  for  the  Union  cause  that  there  were 
not  many  such  wonderful  charges  by  Confederate  braves, 
for  they  would  have  incontinently  "  chawed  up  "  our  poor 
boys  in  blue.  If  the  following  exploit  isn't  enough  to  make 
the  hair  curl,  our  readers  (says  an  Eastern  paper)  will  have  to 
turn  to  the  pages  of  the  veritable  Baron  Munchausen  or 
poetical  Scherzerade  for  anything  to  surpass  it : 

"  Having  been  refused  the  General's  permission  to  join  in 
the  attack,  I  galloped  on  my  own  account  a  hundred  yards  to 
the  right  of  the  road  in  the  direction  of  the  hostile  sharp- 
shooters, whose  particular  attention  I  at  once  engaged,  a 
number  of  bullets  flying  round  my  head  unpleasantly  quick 
and  near.  Having  got  within  about  forty  yards  of  their  posi- 
tion, I  shouted  out  to  them  to  surrender;  but  in  the  fancied 
security  offer  ;d  by  the  broad,  foaming  stream  which  flowed 
between  them  and  their  assailauts,  they  treated  my  summons 
with  defiance,  and  answered  it  only  by  a  brace  of'  bullets,  oue 
of  which  nearly  cut  off  a  lock  of  my  hair. 

"  Exasperated  out  of  all  patience  at  this,  I  spurred  my 
horse  and  dashed  with  a  tremendous  leap  into  the  middle  of 
the  creek,  and  for  a  moment  its  waters  seemed  to  close  over 
my  head  ;  but  quickly  surmounting  the  torrent,  my  brave 
horse  gallantly  swam  to  the  opposite  shore,  and,  by  a  strenu- 
ous effort  of  every  sinew,  succeeded  iu  scrambling  up  the 
steep  bank  to  the  high  ground  above.  The  boldness  and 
rapidity  of  this  feat  seemed  to  perfectly  paralyze  the  objects 
of  my  wrath — a  corporal  and  a  private  of  the  Third  Indiana 
cavalry — who,  us  I  pounced  upon  them  with  uplifted  sword, 
threw  away  their  anus  m  d  hego-ed  lor  mercy,  on  their 
kuees.'  .  • 


6 


THE    C  ALIFORNI  AN- 


j  July  2 1st 


A  FEMALE  FIEND. 
A  CORRESPONDENT,  writing  from  Paris,  says  that 
XI  the  ruffian  Phileppe,  who  is  now  in  confinement  at  the 
Paris  Tombs  awaiting  trial  for  the  perpetration  of  eighteen 
assassinations,  i3  but  a  parallel,  so  far  as  the  number  of  his 
unfortunate  victims  is  concerned,  ot  a  woman  who  lived  in 
Paris  during  the  rule  of  the  Directory. 

One  day,  at  the  period  mentioned,  the  proprietor  of  a  fur- 
Lished  hotel  in  the  Rue  de  l'Universite,  appeared  before  the 
Minister  of  Police,  and  informed  that  functionary  that  a  mur- 
der had  been  committed  in  his  (the  hotel-keeper's)  house.  On 
the  previous  evening,  he  said,  a  stranger  had  taken  a  roomi 
stating  his  residence  to  be  Milan,  and  his  purpose  to  spend 
two  or  three  days  in  Paris.  After  ordering  his  baggage  to 
be  carried  to  his  apartment,  the  new-comer  went  out,  giving 
notice  that  he  was  going  to  the  Odeon  Theatre,  and  should 
not  return  to  the  hotel  until  the  termination  of  the  perform- 
ance. Near  midnight  he  reappeared,  accompanied  by  a  young 
and  very  pretty  woman,  dressed  in  male  attire,  who,  he  said, 
was  his  wife.  The  next  morning,  at  an  early  hour,  the  pre- 
tended sposa  left  the  house,  requestiag  that  her  husband 
might  not  be  disturbed  until  her  return,  which  would  be  in  an 
hour.  At  noon  she  was  still  absent,  and,  hearing  nothing 
stirring  in  the  room  occupied  by  the  gentleman  from  Milan, 
the  landlord  began  to  feel  uneasy  and  rapped  at  the  stranger's 
door.  Receiving  no  answer  from  within,  the  hotel-keeper 
sent  for  a  duplicate  key  of  the  apartment,  upon  entering  which 
the  unfortunate  man  was  found  lifeless  in  his  bed.  A  doctor 
was  hastily  summoned,  who,  after  a  brief  examination  of  the 
body,  declared  that  death  had  been  produced  by  a  blow  on  the 
left  temple,  inflicted  by  means  of  a  blunt  instrument. 

It  was  evident  that  th<>  assassination  had  been  committed 
by  the  woman  in  male  attire,  and  every  effort  was  made  by 
the  police  to  discover  her  whereabouts,  but  ineffectually.  A 
month  subsequently,  another  murder  was  perpetrated  under 
similar  circumstances,  except  that  on  this  occasion  the  victim, 
also  a  traveller,  had  gone  to  his  room  quite  alone.  At  a  later 
hour,  however,  an  effeminate-looking  young  man  came  down 
stairs,  and  was  let  out  by  the  porter  of  the  hotel,  who  remem- 
bered the  fact  on  the  following  morning,  when  the  crime  was 
discovered.  The  affair  caused  great  excitement  in  Paris,  and 
redoubled  exertions  were  made  by  the  police  to  ferret  out  the 
mysterious  assassin,  but  still  without  result.  Eleven  days 
afterwards,  a  third  victim  perished  in  precisely  the  same  man- 
ner as  the  preceding  two,  and  in  the  course  of  a  few  months 
no  less  than  twenty  men  lost  their  lives  by  means  so  exactly 
identical  that  no  doubt  wa3  entertained  that  the  murderous 
blows  were  all  inflicted  by  the  same  hand.  Stung  to  the 
quick,  Fouche,  the  Minister  of  Police,  set  all  his  spies  to 
work,  and  offered  a  large  reward  for  the  discovery  of  the 
author  of  these  unparalleled  crimes. 

One  evening  a  certain  B.,  a  member  of  the  Becret  police 
but  who  had  the  appearance  of  a  provincial  gentleman,  was 
passing  through  a  narrow  street  of  the  Cite,  when  he  encoun- 
tered a  handsome,  equivocal-looking  youth.  B.  stopped, 
turned,  and  said  to  himself,  "  That's  a  woman  in  male  garb. 
If  it  should  be  she !"  At  the  same  moment  the  handsome 
stranger  also  turned,  and  smiled  encouragingly. 

"That  settles  the  question,"  murmured  the  delighted  spy. 
"  Now,  if  I  manage  things  cautiously,  my  fortune  is  made." 
And  retracing  his  steps,  he  accosted  the  unknown  : 

"  I  have  something  very  particular  to  say  to  you,"  whispered 
B.,  with  a  knowing  leer,  "  but  it  is  not  possible  for  us  to  talk 
freely  in  the  public  street.  Might  I  not  iuvite  you  to  accom- 
pany me  to  my  hotel  I" 

•■  I  suppose  you  take  me  for  a  woman  I"  was  the  reply,  in  a 
soft  voice.  "  You  are  quite  mistaken,  my  good  sir.  1  don't 
mind  having  a  chat  with  you,  however;  where  are  you  stay- 
ing?" 

ft  la  the  Rue  de  l'Universite." 

"  Indeed  !  I  am  too  well  known  to  go  there." 

"  I  am  on  the  right  track,"  thought  the  spy.  "  Well, then," 
he  said  aloud,  "  we  will  go  wherever  you  like." 

f  Come,"  replied  the  other.  And,  crossing  the  river,  the 
pair  presently  entered  a  small  hotel  on  the  Place  du  Chatelet, 
engaged  an  apartment,  and  ordered  supper  to  be  served  in 
their  room. 

••  If  I  am  to  remain  with  you  during  your  stay  in  Paris,' 
said  the  young  woman,  who  no  longer  attempted  to  conceal 
her  sex,  "  you  had  better  have  your  baggage  brought  here." 
B.,  overjoyed  at  the  opportunity  thus  offered  to  lodge  the  neces 
sary  information  at  the  central  police  station  near  by,  at  once 
assented  to  this  suggestion,  and  declared  that  he  would  go 
himself  and  bring  a  box  of  silks  he  had  at  the  other  hotel. 
After  an  hour's  absence  he  returned,  accompanied  by  two  por 
ters,  carrying  on  their  shoulders  a  large  and  apparently  heavy 
box,  which  they  deposited  in  a  comer  of  the  room.  The  sup- 
per previously  ordered  was  now  served. 

-  Your  walk  must  have  made  you  thirsty,"  said  the  young 
woman,  pouring  out  a  glass  of  wine  for  her  companion.  "  But 
before  you  sit  down,  have  the  kindness  to  give  me  my  hand- 
kerchief, which  I  have  left  over  on  the  sofa." 

Suspecting  some  trick,  B.,  while  crossing  the  room,  watched 
his  new  acquaintance  closely,  and  saw  her  throw  a  powder 


into  the  glass  of  wine,  which,  instead  of  swallowing,  he  dex- 
terously managed  to  spill  on  the  carpet.  In  a  few  moments 
he  showed  .signs  of  drowsiness  and  began  to  murmur  incohe- 
rent words.  Drawing  the  syren  near  him,  he  felt  something 
in  her  pocket  which  excited  his  curiosity.  Upon  asking  what 
it  was,  she  produced  the  object — a  beautiful  little  hammer. 

"This,"  6he  said,  "  is  an  opiate  of  the  most  powerful  de- 
scription. I  will  show  you  presently  how  it  puts  people  to 
sleep." 

B.  had  fallen  to  the  floor,  in  an  apparent  state  of  uncon- 
sciousness. Stooping  over  him,  the  murderess  raised  her  an- 
ticipated victim's  head,  placed  it  in  the  most  favorable  posi- 
tion to  render  the  intended  blow  effective,  and  had  already 
raised  the  pretty  little  hammer,  when  suddenly  the  box  in  the 
corner  flew  open  with  a  lou.i  noise,  and  a  grip  of  iron  seized 
her  uplifted  arm.  On  the  trial,  which  took  place  shortly  af- 
terward, the  female  assassin  alleged,  in  her  defence,  that  she 
had  been  ruined  by  a  villain,  and  had  sworn  to  be  avenged 
upon  the  entire  male  sex.  This  romantic  story,  however, 
did  not  prevent  her  conviction  and  subsequent  death  on  the 
scaffold.  . 


mine  from  an  Affection's 
I  love  you  both,  and  would 


LOVE'S  MARTYR. 
Prologue. — Apartment  in  Lady  Be/mour's  Mansion. 
Enter  Trevelyau  and  Edith. 
Trevelyan — Edith,  you  are  mj  daughter! 
Edith — A.nd  you  my  fond  papa  !  (They  weep. 

Trevelyan — Notwithstanding  the  magnificence  of  my  name, 
which  was  selected  at  an  early  age,  from  the  Minerva  Press. 
I  am  but  Lady  Belmour's  steward  ! 

Edith — And  I,  notwithstanding  the  ditto  of  my  ditto, 
which  was  dittoed,  at  an  early  ditto,  from  the  ditto  ditto,  am 
but  her  companiou ! 

Enter  Mrs.  Spriggins. 

Mrs.  Spriggins — Which  my  Lady  is  a  kickin'  of  her  bucket, 
as  the  sayiu'  is  ;  and  hours  is  tne  word,  so  I  will  keep  me 
awake,  make  some  coffee,  as  is  a  drink  1  holds  with,  and 
keeps  one's  eyes  open,  as  crowbars  is  a  fool  to. 

Enter  Lady  Flora  Yernon  and  Marion. 

Lady  Flora  (muses) — My  name  was  taken  from  a  Friend- 
ship's Offering. 

Marion  (her  daughter) — And 
Tribute. 

Edith — Lady  Flora!  Marion  ! 
be  on  intimate  terms  with  you. 

Lady  Flora — Really,  Miss  Trevelyan  !  You  are  only  Lady 
Belmour's  steward  s  daughter  ;  and  thougU  we  respect  you, 
we  cannot  yield  our  affection  on  demand. 

Edith — Oh,  how  cruel!  (Weeps.) 
Enter  Redgrave,  a  Solicitor. 

Redgrave  (muses) — To  a  Devotion's  Sacrifice  I  am  indebted 
for  my  appellation.  But  no  matter.  I  have  come  to  say  that 
Lady  Belniour  has  made  a  will,  leaving  everything  to  Mariou 
Vernon — disinheriting  her  nephew,  Paul  Rylaud,  who  is  her 
heir-at-law.  (At  least,  it  wasn't  quite  this,  but  this  will 
do.)  {Exeunt  Omnes.) 

Enter  Trevelyan. 

Trevelyan — Ha  !  Paul  Ryland  disinherited.  And  he  owes 
me  twenty  thousand  !  yuick  !  the  laudanum  !  (Pours  lauda- 
num into  coffee-pot.)  This  will  cause  Mrs.  Spriggins  (whose" 
name  was  certainly  not  selected  lrom  the  Minerva  Press  J  to 
sleep  souudly,  so  that  I  can  obtain  access  to  Lady  Belmour's 
room,  murder  her,  and  secure  the  will. 

(Exit,  like  a  bad  man,  as  he  is.) 
Enter  Mrs.  Spriggins. 

Mrs.  Spriggins — Now  for  my  coffee,  as  is  a  drnk  I  holds 
with.  (Drinks  it,  and  falls  asleep.) 

Enter  Edith. 

Edith — Mrs.  Spriggins  asleep!    Then  I  will  keep  awake. 

(Takes  coffee,  and  falls  asleep.) 
Enter  Trevelyan  (like  a  bad  man,  as  he  is.) 
(Edith  wakes,  and  sees  him  enter  Lr.dy  Belmeur's  room.) 
Edith — Ha!  my  papa!    Uracious  goodnesss,  how  awful  ! 

(Screams  heard  from  Lady  B.'a  room.) 
Enter  the  Household,  in  dressing-gowns. 
The  Household — We  heard  screams  ! 

Enter  Somebody. 
Somebody — Lady  Belmour  is  murdered  ! 
Every  one  (except  Edith — Then  you  are  the  murderess ! 
(Exit  Edith,  quickly.    Tableau  of  every  one,  except  Edith.) 

Act  I. — Evelyn  s  Studio  at  Hempstead. 
(Paul  Ryland,  Redgrave,  and  many  others,  discovered,  having 
their  portraits  painted  by  Frank  Mordaunt.) 
Mordaunt — Ryland,  has  it  ever  struck  you  as  remarkable 
that   all  our  friends — Arthur,  Evelyn,  yourself,  myself,  Sir 
Sir  Charles  Ormond,  and  Redgrave,  should  have  been  christ- 
ened from  a  silk-bound  annual  of  thirty  years  ago  ? 
Ryland  (mildly) — Never. 
Mordaunt  (aside)— Supercilious  puppy! 
Ryland — Where  is  Evelyn's  wife  ? 


Mordaunt — She  n  ever  appears.  She  never  leaves  the  bou- 
doir of  the  artist's  wife,  which  will  form  the  scene  of  the 
third  act. 

Ryland — Then  I  will  remain  until  the  third  act. 

Mordaunt — Courageous  creature  !  You  over-estimate  your 
powers  of  endurance. 

Enter  Mrs.  Mordaunt. 

Mrs.  Mordaunt — Pickles.  All  serene.  No  flies.  Walker. 
Also  Slap-bang.  Likewise  Over-the-left.  And  How  s-your- 
poor-feet  ? 

Enter  Sir  Charles  Ormond. 
Sir  Charles — Come,  all  of  you,  to  Lady  Ormond's  ball  to- 
night. 

All— We  will.  (They  do.) 

Act  II. — Drawing-room  at  Sir  Charles  Ormond's. 
Enter  Lady  Ormond  (nee  Marion  Yernon.) 
Lady  Ormond — Sir  Charles  not  yet  returned  ?    Then  he 
must  be  with  a  rival ! 

Enter  Mrs.  Spriggins. 
Mrs.  Spriggins — Which  my  daughter  has  run  away  with  a 
artist  chap,  as  is  no  belter  than  they  ought  to  be,  as  the  sayia' 
is,  as  is  parties  as  I  don't  hold  with,  through  bein'  that  free 
in  their  ways,  as  the  sayin'  is. 

Lady  Ormand — Good  soul,  two  artist  chapB  are  coming  here 
to-night  ;  I  don't  know  anything  of  them,  but  one  of  tbem  is 
doubtless  the  man  you  seek.  There  are  only  about  three 
artists  in  the  world. 

Enter  Mordaunt. 
Mrs.  Spriggins — Wherever  have  you  put  my  daughter, 

young  man  ? 

Mordaunt — Oh !  I  suppose  you  are  my  motber-iD-law. 
Well,  she's  at  home. 

Mrs.  Spriggins — All  right,  as  the  sayin'  is. 
[You  see,  a  piece  must  have  an  under-plot.] 

Enter  Arthur  Evelyn. 
Arthur  Evelyn — I  am  told  that  my  wife  knows  something 
of  Paul  Ryland.    Then  she  must  have  been  his  mistress ! 
Oh,  agony  ! 

Act  III. — Boudoir  of  the  Artist's  Wife. 
Enter  the  Artist's  Wife. 
|  You  see,  she  is  Edith  Trevelyan,  who  is  supposed  to  have 
committed  suicide  immediately  after  the  murder  in  the  first 
act.] 

Arthur's  Wife — Oh,  how  I  adore  my  husband  ! 

(Exit  Artist's  Wife.) 
Enter  Paul  Ryland  and  Servant. 
Ryland— Send  the  artist's  wife  here.    I  have  a  message 

for  her  husband. 

Enter  Artist's  Wife. 
Artist's  Wife — Ha  !  you  are  Paul  Ryland,  the  man  who 
instigated  my  excellent  father  to  murder  Lady  Belmour! 

liyland — And  you  are  the  Edith  Trevelyan  who  is  accused 
of  the  murder!       (Exit  Paul  Ryland.    Artist's  Wife  faints.) 
Enter  Evelyn. 
Evelyn — Ha !  Paul  Ryland  with  my  wife. 

(Artist's  wife  revives.) 

Artist's  wife — Yes  ! 

Evelyn— What  was  he  doing  here  ? 

Artist's  Wife— 1  shall  not  tell  you.  Do  not  ask  me.  You 
promised  me  you  would  never  ask  me  to  tell  you  anything 
about  anybody. 

Evelyn — True  ;  but  I  should  like  to  know  something  about 
my  wife's  previous  history.  The  first  time  I  saw  you,  you 
were  wandering  in  a  wood,  contemplating  suicide,  and  I 
thought  that  the  best  thing  1  could  do  was  to  marry  you  od 
the  spot. 

Artist's  Wile — It  was  obviously  the  wisest  course  that  you 
could  have  pursued. 

Evelyn — Hut  why  were  you  contemplating  suicide  ? 

Artist's  Wife — Because  i  was  pure,  virtuous,  excellent — ia 
every  way  too  good  for  this  life. 

Evelyn — Oh  !  I  see.    That  is  quite  satisfactory. 

(They  embrace.) 

Enter  Lady  Flora  Yernon,  Sir  Charles  and  Lady  Ormond,  and 
guests  from  the  Ball. 
All — Edith  Tre\elyan,  you  are  the  murderess  of  the  Lady 
Belmour,  whose  name  was  taken,  as  we  all  know,  from  the 
Devotion's  Ecstacy  for  1836  !  ■» 
Artist's  Wife— Wow  ! 
Artist — I  also  remark,  Wow ! 

Act  I Y.— The  Fence's  Cellar. 
[Lights  down.    Trevelyan  discovered,  measuring  diamond! 
in  a  quart  pot.) 

Trevelyan — I  am  a  Fence,  and  a  Fence  it  is  extremely 
difficult  to  get  over.  (Koock.) 
Enter  Winwood  and  Sir  Charles  Ormond. 
Winwood — Give  up  the  will,  and  Sir  Charles  will  give  you 
five  thousand  pounds. 
Trevelyan — Never  I 

Enter  Paul  Ryland. 


July  2 1st  J 


THE  C  AL1F0  RNI  AN. 


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Ryland — Give  it  to  me,  and  I  will  give  you  ten  thousand. 
Sir  C— So  will  I. 

Kyland— Ha !    Then  we  will  all  fight  for  it ! 

(Pulls  out  pistols.) 

Somebody — Never ! 
Somebody  Else — It  shall  be  so  ! 
Somebody — It  shall  not ! 

[They  all  take  up  weapons,  and  proceed  to  fight  for  the 
will.  Somebody  snaps  a  pistol  which,  of  course,  misses  fire, 
and  Somebody  Else  falls  mortally  wounded.  At  this  moment, 
who  should  come  into  the  cellar  but  All  The  Characters,  with 
a  candle.  | 

All  The  Characters — We  see  it  all.  The  old  Fence  was 
Edith's  Father,  who  murdered  Lady  Belmour,  that  the  prop- 
erty might  go  to  her  nephew,  who  owed  Trevelyan  twenty 
thousand  pounds !  Edith  is  innocent,  and  circumstantial 
evidence  is  again  at  fault. 

Trevelyan  (dying) — More  than  this,  Edith  is  Lady  Bel- 
mour's  child ! 

Sir  Charles  Ormond — (Only  I  don't  see  it  myself.)  Then 
she  is  my  sister  ! 

[General  Rapture,  Final  Chorus,  and  Comic  Dance,  by  All 
The  Characters.] 

Curtain.  [London  Fun. 

THE   ART   OF  HOSPITALITY. 

OUR  country  boasts  of  her  wide-spread  system  of  educa- 
tion, and  well  she  may.  We  are  all  proud  of  it,  and 
other  nations  respect  and  honor  us  for  it.  But  in  that  branch 
of  education  which  it  is  impossible  to  acquire  at  schools  and 
colleges,  nay,  which  schools  and  colleges,  by  necessitating 
separation  from  home,  cause  to  be  neglected — in  social  refine- 
ment it  is  needless  to  deny  Americans  are  too  far  behind  the 
rest  of  the  civilized  world.  It  is  remarkable,  for  example, 
how  great  an  effect  the  manner  in  which  a  guest  is  welcomed 
has  upon  the  pleasure  of  his  visit ;  it  is  quite  as  true  that  the 
manner  in  which  his  host  takes  farewell  of  him  at  its  termina- 
tion has  much  to  do  with  the  pleasure  of  its  recollections. 
Homer,  long  ago  as  he  lived,  and  beggar  as  he  was,  finely  ex- 
pressed what  was  due  to  the  guest  from  the  host  when  he  said  : 
"  True  friendship's  laws  are  by  this  rule  expressed  : 
Welcome  the  coming,  speed  the  parting  guest." 

Welcome  the  coming  guest ;  welcome  him  with  a  few,  simple, 
pleasant,  easy  words  ;  without  ostentatious  cordiality  ;  with- 
out gushing  declarations  of  friendship  ;  without  paralyzing 
his  arm  by  an  interminable  shaking  of  hands  ;  without  hurry 
or  flourish,  or  undue  anxiety  to  have  his  trunk  cajried  up  to 
his  room,  or  sandwiching  between  every  sentence  an  anxious 
appeal  to  make  himself  entirely  at  home — an  appeal  which 
usually  operates  to  make  one  feel  as  much  away  from  home  as 
possible.  There  are  few  prospects  more  dismal  to  a  man  who 
arrives  by  the  stage  at  the  country-house  of  his  bosom  friend 
than  the  spectacle  of  the  bosom  friend's  door  overflowing 
with  the  bosom  friend's  wife,  maiden  sisters,  decrepit  aunts, 
and  children  of  all  sizes — all  waiting  with  palpitating  hearts 
to  receive  the  bosom  friend's  bosom  friend — treading  on  one 
another's  toes,  and  squeezing  and  struggling  to  have  a  sight 
of  him  and  to  lead  on  the  attack  upon  his  nerves.  To  have 
to  run  a  gauntlet  of  welcomes  from  this  affectionate  but  mis- 
guided family  is  quite  enough  to  unstring  him  for  the  whole 
fortnight.  See,  in  this  dilemma,  what  the  poor  guest  has  to 
undergo.  First,  to  the  flowing  over  upon  him  of  the  bosom 
friend  ;  then  to  the  flowing  over  of  the  partner  of  the  bosom 
friend's  bosom  ;  then  to  the  screaming  into  the  deaf  ears  of 
the  antediluvian  members  of  the  household  ;  then  to  kissing 
the  smeared  faces  of  the  younger,  and  the  boisterous  greetings 
of  the  older  children.  When  at  last  the  victim  has  reached 
his  room,  he  is  totally  unfit  to  play  the  agreeable,  and,  if  he 
be  aught  of  a  cyme,  he  has  a  feeling  of  disgust  and  sensations 
anything  but  homelike.  Throughout  his  visit  he  is  so  anx- 
iously watched  over  lest  he  should  not  "  feel  at  home,"  that 
he  had  far  better  be  at  once  immured  in  one  of  our  recepta- 
cles for  convicts,  where  he  can  at  least  be  surly  without  breach 
of  etiquette.  This  constant  taking  it  for  granted  on  the  part 
of  the  host  and  his  family  that  one  is  not  comfortable,  and 
that  they  must  hurry  about  and  take  all  responsibility  (and  all 
self-helpfulness)  from  the  guest,  thus  depriving  him  of  the 
credit  of  common  sense,  is  something  worthy  of  indignation  ; 
all  the  more  so  because  politeness  forbids  the  least  sign  of 
impatience.  It  is  ill-bred ,  it  is  not  decent.  It  is  insulting  to 
the  guest,  and  he  would  serve  the  author  of  such  treatment 
right  if  he  cut  him  thereafter  without  ceremony.  And  yet 
how  many  of  our  well-meaning,  and  in  most  things  well-bred, 
people,  fall  into  the  error  that  unless  they  are  constantly  on 
the  alert,  unless  they  establish  a  kind  of  espionage  over  their 
guest,  and  watch  his  every  movement,  lest  he  should  brush  his 
own  coat  or  take  a  seat  for  himself,  they  will  be  wanting  in 
the  courtesies  of  hospitality  ! 

Perhaps  the  most  trying  ordeal  of  all  is  the  parting  scene. 
Iu  the  first  place,  the  guest  has  to  undergo  a  searching  cross- 
examination  as  to  why  he  is  going  and  where  he  is  going  ; 
then  come  repeated  appeals  to  stay  "just  two  days  more," 
aud  the  imaginations  of  the  hosts  are  exhausted  to  present 
attractions  that  will  induce  a  change  of  plan  ;  this  is  followed 


(when  the  effort  to  persuade  the  guest  to  alter  his  decision 
has  failed)  by  expressions  of  the  ecstacy  with  which  the  visit 
has  filled  their  breasts  and  the  equally  harassing  grief  with 
which  they  regard  his  departure.  As  he  goes  to  the  door  he 
is  followed  by  his  well-meaning  persecutors,  who,  as  he  departs, 
crowd  over  the  threshold  witho  it  regard  to  each  other's  feet 
or  dresses  ;  and  the  poor  man,  walking  away,  feels  a  morbid 
consciousness  of  being  watched  out  of  sight  by  his  bosom 
friend's  affectionate  family. 

The  art  of  hospitality  consists  in  putting  the  guest  at  his 
ease  ;  and  this  does  not  mean  telling  him  to  be  at  his  ease. 
It  consists  in  making  him  forget  that  he  is  a  guest,  and  not 
iu  constantly  pushing  the  fact  before  his  eyes.  And  it  also 
consists  in  leaving  to  him  the  exercise  of  his  senses  and  of 
responsibility,  at  least  so  far  that,  finding  what  he  needs  at  his 
hand,  he  may  help  himself. — Round  Table. 


BEETHOVEN. 

BORN  in  Bonn,  in  1771,  the  life  of  Beethoven  was  con- 
temporaneous with  that  great  intellectual  development 
in  Germany  which  has  made  it  such  a  power  in  the  present 
century.  While  Herder  and  Lessing  and  Goethe  breathed  a 
new  spirit  into  criticism  and  philosophy,  Gluck  and  Bach  and 
Mozart  and  Handel  led  the  way  to  that  eminence  in  music 
which  Germany  has  ever  since  maintained;  and  Beethoven 
carried  on  the  work  tbey  began.  Like  a  being  who  has  de 
scended  from  an  ideal  world  to  redeem  this,  he  was  in  per- 
petual struggle  with  the  past ;  and  his  early  days  in  Bonn, 
before  he  had  attained  a  full  consciousness  of  his  task  in  life, 
were  his  only  happy  ones.  They  were  to  him,  as  has  been  so 
well  said,  what  the  sweetly  fanciful  larghetto  of  his  second 
symphony  has  been  to  the  world,  an  undisturbed,  because  un- 
conscious, happiness.  His  father  and  grandfather  were 
musicians  before  him,  and  he  showed  early  great  musical 
genius.  At  the  age  of  fifteen  he  was  made  organist  of  the 
court  chapel  at  Bonn,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty-two  went  to 
Vienna  to  study  under  Haydu.  Mozart  had  died  a  year 
before,  and  it  was  only  once,  on  a  flying  tour  to  Vienna,  in 
the  winter  of  1786-7,  that  Beethoven  met  him  ;  and  how 
Mozart  recognized  his  genius  is  illustrated  by  a  curious  anec- 
dote. Beethoven  had  acquired  much  reputation  for  his  im- 
provisations upon  the  piano,  an  exercise  in  the  genuiness  of 
which  Mozart  had  no  real  belief,  fancying  that  the  pieces  to 
be  played  were  secretly  agreed  upon  beforehand.  He  re- 
solved, therefore,  to  test  Beethoven,  and  gave  him  as  a  sub- 
ject a  chromatic  figure,  the  motive  of  which  contained  the 
opposite  subject  of  a  double  figure.  Beethoven  instantly  de- 
tected the  deception,  and,  reversing  the  motive,  improvised  a 
regular  double  figure  ;  and  the  lively  Mozart  slipped  away  into 
an  adjoining  room  to  say  to  those  he  found  there  that  here 
was  a  youth  the  world  would  hear  of. 

The  placid  mind  of  Haydn,  however,  could  less  understand 
the  soaring  genius  of  Beethoveu,  and  they  soon  separated 
The  immediate  cause  of  the  rupture,  indeed,  is  said  to  have 
been  the  fact,  which  Beethoven  one  day  accidentally  discov- 
ered, that  Haydn  neglected  to  correct  his  errors.  That  was, 
in  Beethoven's  eyes,  a  crimen  Icesce  arlis,  and  he  broke  from 
him  at  once  ;  and  when,  notwithstanding,  it  was  suggested  to 
him  afterwards,  at  Haydn's  instance,  that  in  the  compositions 
which  he  was  publishing  he  should  call  himself  Haydn's 
pupil,  his  proud,  curt  reply  was  that  he  had  indeed  taken  les- 
sons of  Haydn,  but  had  learned  nothing  from  him.  And  that 
answer  is  the  key  to  bis  subsequent  career,  with  its  ceaseless 
effort  to  ascend  up  out  of  the  present  and  out  of  the  past  to 
dwell  in  newer  regions  and  among  sublimer  thoughts. 

In  the  midst  of  a  corrupt  city  and  a  still  more  corrupt  court, 
in  an  age  of  license,  exposed  to  all  the  seductions  which  beset 
genius  of  an  order  like  his,  he  preserved  ever  a  lofty  virtue 
and  a  hatred  of  whatever  was  impure  or  even  equivocal. 
Thrown,  as  he  was,  into  every-day  contact  with  the  proudest 
and  richest  nobility  in  Europe,  rank  and  wealth  remained  to 
him  ever  matters  of  absolute  indifference,  mere  accidents  of 
this  temporal  materia!  life.  Hence,  in  his  political  sentiments 
he  was  practically  a  republican.  A  devout  reader  of  Plato, 
he  longed  to  see  all  institutions  modelled  upon  the  plan  pre- 
scribed in  the  "  Republic."  "  Plato's  Republic,"  says  Schin- 
dler,  "  was  transfused  into  his  flesh  and  blood."  It  was  his 
firm  belief  that  it  was  Napoleon's  real  intention  to  republic- 
anize  France  upon  similar  principles ;  and  it  was  not  till  the 
news  came  that  Napoleon  had  caused  himself  to  be  proclaimed 
Emperor  of  the  French  that  he  was  undeceived  ;  when,  tear- 
ing off  the  title-page  of  his  Sivfonia  Eroica,  containing  the 
dedication  of  that  work  to  Napoleon,  which  he  was  just  on 
the  point  of  despatching  to  Paris,  he  flung  it  upon  the  floor 
with  a  torrent  of  execrations.  The  tragic  end  of  the  great 
conqueror,  however,  is  said  to  have  reconciled  Beethoven  to 
him,  for,  as  he  remarked,  he  had  predicted  it  himself  in  the 
"  Dead  March  "  of  this  symphony. 

At  Toplitz,  in  1812,  he  was  walking  one  day  with  Goethe, 
when  they  saw  at  a  distance  the  whole  Imperial  family  ap- 
proaching. With  his  usual  stately  deference,  Goethe  stepped 
aside  and  stood  with  his  hat  off,  bending  low,  until  they  had 
passed  him.    Beethoveu,  on  the  contrary,  pressed  his  hat  yet 


more  firmly  on  his  head,  and  walked,  with  folded  arms,  through 
the  thickest  of  the  throng.  Princes  and  pages  made  a  path 
for  him,  the  Arch-duke  Rudolph  took  off  his  hat,  and  the 
Empress  bowed.  There  may  be  a  difference  of  opinion  upon 
the  question  of  manners,  but  there  can  be  none  as  to  the  hon- 
esty of  Beethoven's  convictions. 

Helpless  and  awkward  in  every  movement,  spilling  ink- 
stands over  his  piano,  breaking  furniture  when  it  came  in  his 
way  ;  so  tempestuous  in  his  anger  that  if  a  waiter  brought  him 
the  wrong  dish  of  meat  he  would  throw  it,  gravy  and  all,  in  his 
face,  or  if  his  cook  gave  him  musty  eggs  for  his  soup  would 
spatter  her  with  them  from  head  to  foot ;  dashing  the  water 
over  himself  in  his  rooms  in  such  floods  that  scarcely  any  one 
would  have  him  for  a  lodger  ;  sending  a  lady  who  had  asked 
for  a  lock  of  his  hair  a  tuft  of  goat's  hair,  and  then  apologizing 
when  she  discovered  the  deception,  and  never  afterward  speak- 
ing to  the  person  who  had  suggested  it  to  him  ;  suddenly 
quitting  a  summer  retreat,  where  he  was  supremely  happy, 
because  his  host  persisted  in  making  him  profound  bows  when- 
ever he  met  him  in  his  walks  ;  constantly  changing  his  abode 
from  the  noith  side  of  the  city  in  May  to  the  south  side  in 
August,  and  often  having  three  lodgings  at  a  time  ;  this  small, 
thin  man,  with  his  head  covered  with  bushy  gray  hair,  and 
little  brown  eyes  flashing  bright  or  fixed  and  motionless  as  his 
thought  possessed  him,  with  long  furrows  in  his  chin,  laughing 
like  an  ape  in  the  midst  of  the  wildest  disorder,  books  and 
music  and  half-eaten  luncheons  and  half-emptied  bottles, 
sketches  for  quartettes  and  Stracchiuo  cheese,  all  mixed  up 
together,  deaf,  and  cheated  and  slandered — this  great  man, 
who  they  said  never  loved,  though  he  never  lived  an  hour 
without  loving  ;  who  they  said  was  parsimonious,  though,  if 
he  saved  any  money  at  all,  it  was  for  a  dissolute  nephew  who 
would  have  left  him  to  die  alone — this  abused  Beethoven,  who 
looked  upon  Haudel  as  the  greatest  composer  that  ever  lived, 
who  silenced  bores  with  a  sarcasm  and  forgot  his  pupils  for 
weeks  together,  and  in  bis  philosophical  discussions  would 
never  permit  the  mention  of  thorough-bass  or  religion,  which 
he  declared  were  exhausted  subjects — this  man,  so  full  of  con- 
tradictions and  absurdities  and  genius,  was  one  of  the  kindest 
and  purest  of  human  beings.  He  who  can  comprehend  his 
noble  heai  t  will  not  fail,  as  Schindler  well  says,  to  rank  the 
man  as  high  as  the  artist. 

Sorrow  illumined  by  the  reconciling  light  from  above,  the 
martyrdom  of  earth  glorified — that  was  Beethoven,  says  one 
of  his  critics.  And  the  sorrow  of  earth,  how  it  followed  him 
to  the  end  !  In  the  summer  of  1826,  his  nephew,  driven  des- 
perate by  his  bad  courses,  attempted  suicide,  a  crime  which 
the  law  iu  Austria  ascribes  to  a  defect  in  religious  education. 
The  case  was  investigated,  and  the  unfortunate  youth  com- 
mitted to  the  charge  of  his  uncle,  with  the  injunction  to  leave 
Vienna  in  twenty-four  hours.  Returning  home  in  the  autumn, 
Beethoven  caught  cold,  and  his  last  sickness  came  upon  him. 
He  kept  his  bed,  and  his  nephew  went  off  to  the  billiard  rooms 
and  told  the  marker  at  one  of  them  to  send  a  physician  to  his 
uncle  ;  but  the  marker  was  himself  taken  sick  before  he  could 
do  so,  and,  being  carried  to  the  hospital,  remembered  his  com- 
mission, and  the  attending  surgeon  set  off  instantly  to  visit 
Beethoven.  But  it  was  too  late  ;  several  days  had  elapsed, 
and  the  hand  of  death  was  heavy  upon  him.  Vet  his  eccen- 
tricity never  left  him.  When  the  landlady  brought  him  an 
almanac  to  prove  that  the  week  was  up  and  his  rent  was  due, 
he  sang  the  interrogatory  motive  of  the  quartette  in  F,  op. 
135,  "  Must  it  be  ?"  and  the  woman,  entering  into  his  humor, 
stamped  with  her  foot  and  said,  "  It  must  be  !"  and  those  words 
now  stand  in  the  superscription  of  the  work. 

The  last  thing  he  did  was  to  make  his  nephew,  who  had  so 
infamously  abaudoned  him.  his  sole  heir,  and  then  musing 
said  :  "  Do  you  hear  the  bell  ?  The  scene  is  shifting  ;"  and 
it  shifted,  indeed,  for  the  next  act  opened  upon  another  world, 
whence  we  still  seem  to  hear  the  echo  of  his  words  :  "  For 
my  works  I  fear  not.  No  evil  can  befall  them.  Whosoever 
shall  understand  them  shall  be  freed  from  the  misery  that  bur- 
dens mankind." — Nation. 


Whittier's  Creed. — John  G.  Whittier.  the  Quaker  poet, 
finding  himself  quoted  as  authority  for  certain  theological 
opinions,  writes  to  The  Friend,  the  organ  of  his  denomina- 
tion :  "  Painfully  sensible  of  my  own  moral  infirmities  and 
liabilities  to  error,  I  instinctively  shrink  from  assuming  the 
office  of  teacher  and  guide  to  others.  I  simply  wish  to  say 
that  my  ground  of  hope  for  myself  and  for  humanity  is  iu  that 
Divine  fullness  of  love  which  was  manifested  in  the  life,  teach- 
ings and  self-sacrifice  of  Christ — the  Way,  the  Truth  and  the 
Life.  In  the  infinite  mercy  of  God  so  revealed,  and  not  in 
any  work  or  merit  of  our  nature,  I  reverently,  humbly,  yet 
very  hopefully  trust.  I  regard  Christianity  as  a  life  rather 
than  a  creed  ;  and  in  judging  of  my  fellow-men  I  can  use  no 
other  standard  than  that  which  our  Lord  and  Master  has 
given  us.  '  By  their  fruits  ye  shall  know  them.'  The  only 
orthodoxy  that  I  am  specially  interested  in  is  that  of  life  and 
practice.  On  the  awful  and  solemn  theme  of  human  destiny 
1  dare  not  dogmatize  ;  but  wait  the  unfolding  of  the  great 
mystery  in  the  firm  faith  that,  whatever  may  be  our  particu- 
lar allotment,  God  will  do  the  best  that  is  possible  for  all." 


8 


THE  CALIFOHNIAN- 


jjuly  2Jst 


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THE  CALIFOKNIAN. 


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AN  "  ALT  A  CALIFORNIA"  CRITIC. 

AMIABILITY  and  good  humor  have  been  the  character- 
istic features  of  the  Alia  California  newspaper.  A 
bland  acquiescence  in  the  views  of  the  majority,  a  benignant 
zaal  in  trivialities,  aud  a  general  disposition  to  treat  all  man- 
kind in  the  light  of  possible  advertisers  and  contingent  sub- 
scribers, have  been  its  proud  specialities.  Whether  we  con- 
sider the  incessant  jocularity  of  the  reportorial  columns — 
whose  levity  can  lighten  even  the  austerity  which  is  supposed  to 
surround  the  Police  Court  docket — the  mild  inocuousness  of 
its  theatrical  and  musical  criticisms,  or  the  saccharine  rhetoric 
and  flattering  persoualities  of  its  correspondence,  we  must  feel 
with  Sampson  Brass  that  here  at  least  "  all  is  happiness  and 
joy."  The  few  low  Bohemian  scribblers  who  assert  that  this 
good-humored  laxity  extends  also  tc  the  forms  of  composi- 
tion, and  that  even  the  governing  powers  of  the  verb  are 
invested  in  the  Alia  office  with  a  singular  mildness,  do  so  from 
sheer  envy  of  that  equanimity  which  surrounds  respectability. 

But  we  have  been  amazed  and  shocked  at  a  certain  criticism 
of  a  book  of  poems  by  Saroh  E.  Carmichael,  reviewed  in  that 
paper  on  Sunday  last.  "We  have  long  been  familiar  with  the 
poetry  of  the  Alia  California — indeed  in  the  instance  of  a 
sonnet  by  "  Natoraa,"  published  the  same  day,  the  world  has 
enjoyed  a  like  familiarity  for  many  years,  erroneously  ascrib- 
ing the  poem  to  one  of  the  standard  English  poets — and  we 
expected  that  the  good  humor  which  accepted  "  Auielie's"  "Trip 
tj  Calistoga,"  would  extend  some  appreciation  to  the  talented 
young  Mormon  girl  who  sang  of  the  Wasatch  .Mountain.  But 
here  we  were  mistaken.  The  Wasatch  Kange  does  not  ad- 
vertise in  the  Alia,  and  Miss  Carmichael  foolishly  occupied 
herself  with  such  subjects  as  hills,  sunsets,  clouds,  Providence^ 
Cod's  goodness,  and  loyalty,  which,  with  the  exception  of  the 
latter,  have  but  little  pecuniary  relations  with  that  newspaper. 
Por  this  she  is  austerely  reprimanded.  She  is  told  that  there 
is  nothing  in  her  volume  "  that  can  be  considered  as  sufficiently 
meritorious  to  take  a  permanent  place  in  our  language — and 
poetry  is  of  that  nature  that  unless  it  deserves  to  be  immor- 
tal it  scarcely  deserves  publication."  Admitting  for  the  pres- 
ent the  truth  of  this  latter  original  and  startling  proposition, 
we  sincerely  congratulate  "  Amelie  on  the  immortality  which 
her  description  of  that  "  Paradise  where  there's  Eves  without 
number"  entitle  her  to,  and  we  trust  that  "  Natoma  "  may 
share  with  her  the  like  felicity  for  verses  which  are  not 
only  good  enough  to  "  deserve  publication,"  but  eveu  republi- 
cation. 

But  a  more  careful  examination  of  the  criticism  shows  U3 
that  we  are  perhaps  hasty  in  attributing  to  the  Alia  California 
any  change  in  its  uniform  mildness.  We  have  here  the 
attitude  but  not  the  execution  of  the  critic.  We  are  told 
that  "  it  is  true  that  great  poets  have  written  much  trash, 
and  Byron  and  Milton  have  published  much  that  is  no  better 
than  the  average  of  Miss  Carmichael's  pieces,  but  their  repu- 
tations were  made  by  their  best  compositions."  This  last 
statement  which  looks  like  a  truism,  is  actually  untrue 
in  both  illustrations— notoriously  so  in  the  case  of  Byron, 
whose  reputation  was  made  by  the  "  English  Bards  and 
Scotch  Reviewers,"  a  comparatively  unpopular  satire,  wrung 
from  him  by  a  criticism,  similar  to  the  above,  in  the  Edinburgh 
Jicview's  notice  of  his  "  Hours  of  Idleness."  "  Perhaps," 
adds  the  critic,  "  they  had  produced  nothing  immortal  when 
they  were  ut  her  age ;  but  if  so,  their  friends  should  uot  have 
advised  publication."  IIow  this  test  of  immortality  was  to 
lie  applied  at  an  early  age,  before  publication  and  posterity 
had  settled  the  question,  we  are  not  told.  It  is  the  "  attempt 
and  uot  the  deed"  that  evidently  "confounds  "  us,  according 
to  the  Alia.  But  we  are  informed  that  Miss  Carmichael's 
book  "  is  better  than  most  of  the  volumes  issued  from  the 
press,  but  that  fact  is  not  sufficient."  It  is  evident  that  noth- 
ing liut  immortal  literature  is  tolerated  for  an  instant  iu  the 
Afla  office.  "She  may  hereafter,"  doubtfully  but  amiably 
continues  our  critic,  "attain  eminence,  especially  if  she  does 
not  allow  herself  to  be  satisfied  or  convinced  by  the  partial 
or  insincere  praise  of  her  friends." 

After  this,  it  is  evident  that  there  is  but  one  thing  for  Miss 
Carmichael  to  do,  and  that  is,  to  go  home,  have  a  good  cry, 


abstain  from  print,  aud  set'herself  about  something  immortal. 
IIow  this  is  to  be  achieved,  or  recognized  when  achieved,  is 
perhaps  not  altogether  clear.  If  we  might  venture  to  suggest 
anything,  it  would  be  length,  which  to  many  critics  is  the 
sine  qua  nou  of  immortal  composition.  Perhaps  in  thirty 
or  foityyears  Miss  Carmichael  might  win  commendation  from 
the  Alia,  if  Providence  prolougs  its  already  senile  condition. 
But  if,  on  the  contrary,  she  foolishly  persists  in  writing  and 
publishing  ;  if  she  hearken  to  insincere  friends  who  believe 
that  there  is  one  glory  of  the  sun  and  another  of  the  moon, 
and  that  "  one  star  differeth  from  another  in  glory  ;"  if  she 
listen  to  those  vagrant  Bohemians  and  dissolute  men  of  let- 
turs  who  can  recognize  the  beauty  of  the  anemone  aud  violet 
without  disparagement  of  the  rose  ;  if  she  is  satisfied  to  take 
place  with  those  charuiii.g  singers  of  all  ages  who  have  made 
the  world  musical  with  their  simple  numbers,  and  yet  have 
died  and  been  forgotten  ;  if  she  choose  to  rellect  that  our  best 
poets  have  been  loved  and  honored,  not  for  the  most  ambitious 
monuments  they  have  left,  but  for  their  simpler  songs ; 
that  all  have  commenced  humbly,  and  that  criticism  like  the 
above  has  obtained  and  will  obtain  as  long  as  Providence 
permits  this  faculty  to  survive  the  wreck  of  the  others,  she 
may,  if  she.  does  not  achieve  immortality,  at  least,  through 
her  simple  freshness  and  melody,  make  us  more  toleruut  of 
a  mortality  which  we  are  obliged  to  share  with  the  Alia  Cali- 
fornia. 

|For  Uio  Cahrorniun.J 

T  0    AND  FRO. 

No.  2. 

A RAILROAD  trip  i3  a  matter  of  very  ordinary  occur- 
rence to  half  San  Francisco,  but  to  a  persou  of  my 
sedentary  habits,  whose  life  hitherto  spent  between  home  and 
office  has  been  as  regular  as  the  vibration  of  a  pendulum,  it 
is  an  event  of  some  importance. 

As  we  moved  oil',  Betty  pretended — I  am  sure  it  was  all 
pretence — that  she  felt  no  undue  excitement ;  but  I  knew 
from  her  change  of  expression  that  she  was  not  as  easy  iu 
feeling  and  as  peaceful  in  anticipation  as  she  is  when  seated 
in  her  cane-bottomed  chair,  rocking  in  cadence  with  the  airs 
she  usually  sings  when  so  seated.  Such  a  woman  as  Betty  is, 
domesticated  as  she  is,  aud  baviug  almost  a  feline  attachment 
to  the  spot  =he  calls  home,  nevertheless  carries  into  the  world 
that  sublime  feeling  of  self-confidence,  of  aplomb,  and  I  may 
add,  moral  muscle  for  all  ordinary  exigencies,  that  shows,  at 
least  I  tnink  so,  a  very  rare  mind.  I  am  frequently,  as  I  see 
the  exercise  of  this  self  possession  ;  see  her  standing  up 
arithmetically,  so  to  speak,  in  htraltercations  with  the  butcher, 
alleging  unfair  additions  of  dimes  to  the  bill,  and  an  undue 
proportion  of  bone  in  his  partition  of  steaks  ;  when  I  see  her 
spirit  on  these  occasions  ;  see  her  expression  of  quiet  energy. 
1  must  confess  1  feel  a  sort  of  awe  of  BcUy.  Let  Ine  add 
here,  suggestively  to  such  of  my  readers  as  have  suspicions  of 
their  butchers,  that  Betty's  plan  of  weighing  her  meat  is  a 
capital  improvement  in  the  family  machine.  One  can  easily 
see  that  Betty  wears  the  trousers,  and  that  I  stand,  so  far  as 
the  home  deportment  goes,  on  precisely  the  same  plane  of 
discipline  as  the  children.  I  submit,  because  in  submission 
there  is  peace.  If  there  were  more  men  or  my  resignation  to, 
and  acceptance  of  circumstauces,  Commissioners  Love,  Rogers, 
and  Taylor  would  find  a  very  considerable  reduction  of  their 
mensal  incomings.  A  married  man  who  sees  his  menage  con- 
ducted with  order  and  economy  ;  the  household  government 
administered  with  regularity  and  ease,  and  revenue  and  appro- 
priations moving  equally — the  difference,  if  there  is  any,  in 
favor  of  the  credit  side  of  the  sheet ;  I  say,  under  these  circum- 
stances, a  man  naturally  yields  his  own  position  as  the  heud 
of  the  household,  and  gives  a  cheerful  and  willing  obedience 
to  the  wife  ;  iu  a  word  becomes  her  subject. 

Betty  pretended  she  was  as  calm  and  as  much  at  her  ease 
as  if  she  had  been  a  conductor  of  the  road  cince  its  construc- 
tion, but  I  knew  that,  at  In  art.  she  was  uneasy,  and  secretly 
wished  herself  back  to  her  domain  of  pots,  kettles,  children, 
Joe,  and  myself.  May  she  forgive  me  if  1  triumphed  iu  my 
sleeve  at  the  idea  of  having  found  one  thing  in  the  world  that 
could  frighten  her.  If  I  ever  should  owe  her  a  spile,  I'll  cer- 
tainly coax  her  on  a  railroad.  When  the  steam-whistle  made 
some  convulsive  shrieks,  and  Betty  saw  the  brakesman  turn  a 
wheel  with  a  corresponding  screwing  of  his  face — setting  in 
motion  a  diabolical  rattling  of  chains,  I  thought  then  her 
equanimity  would  be  destroyed,  and  that  fear  would  break 
down  the  sovereign  and  bring  the  woman  uppermost.  I  at- 
tempted some  words  of  comfort  aud  assurance,  to  which  she 
answered  only  by  a  half  derisive  smile.  I  looked  again  and 
saw  she  had  recovered  her  aplomb,  and  then  she  reigned  again, 
supreme,  fearless,  aud  unquestioned.  As  a  hen  protects  her 
brood,  widening  her  leathers  until  every  chick  has  found  a 
cover  from  the  swooping  hawk,  so  did  Betty  morally  reach  out 
and  gather  us  all  in  her  protecting  embrace.  I  saw  her  then, 
iu  the  clear  sky  of  her  seif-possession,  towering  above  Tele- 
graph Hill — or  even  Mount  Diablo — sublimely  great,  a  vast 
moral  pyramid. 

I  do  not  want  the  reader  to  suppose  that  my  life  is  limited, 


and  always  has  been,  to  the  narrow  boundaries  of  the  little 
office  of  B.  0.  &  Co.  It  is  true  that  during  twelve  long  years 
I  have  sat  on  one  single  stool  in  the  aforesaid  office,  between 
the  hours  of  nine  a.  ft.  and  five  p.  ii.,  barring  an  interregnum 
of  a  half-hour  each  day  for  tiffin.  And  even  duriug  these 
years,  in  moments  of  leisure,  I  have  had  eyes  through  tho 
window  which  looks  over  the  street ;  and,  if  I  lean  back  ever 
so  little  on  my  stool,  I  can  see  the  stretch  of  water  which  lies 
beyond  Angel  Island,  the  shore  of  Contra  Costa,  and  the 
yellow  mountains  more  inland.  These  natural  beauties  have 
the  effect  of  leading  me  away  from  my  narrow  surroundings — 
lifting  me  to  a  higher,  clearer,  and  more  golden  clime.  Besides 
all  these,  I  have  resources  within  myself,  recollections  of 
happier  days  and  lands,  and  anticipations  of  a  brighter  life 
beyond  the  present,  which  make  me  cheerful,  kind  to  human 
frailties,  very  human  in  all  my  thoughts  and  sympathies,  and 
which  reconcile  me  to  the  humble  life  I  now  lead.  There  are, 
too,  a  thousand  little  objects  about  me  at  the  store  which  are, 
as  enchanted  horses,  carrying  me  from  the  dust  and  the  harsh, 
sad  winds  of  this  town  to  brighter  lands.  The  little  pyramids 
of  oranges  which  John,  one  of  the  clerks,  arranges  so  taste- 
fully in  the  show-window,  are  as  one  of  these  aforesaid  hippo- 
griffs  translating  me  to  islands  beyond  the  sea — lovely  Edenst 
peopled  by  typees  with  long  flowing  hair,  and  skins  burnished 
with  cocoa  oil.  Then,  again,  I  straddle  a  nutmeg,  and  am  in 
a  moment  idling  among  the  islar.ds  'of  the  Indian  Seas,  cooled 
by,"  spicy  breezes,"  aud  embowered  by  jessamine  and  japonica 
— the  air  filled  with  the  songs  of  birds. 

It  is  too  often  the  case  that  men  are  measured  according  to 
their  mode  of  life  and  business.  It  is  supposed  that  a  lawyer, 
for  example,  who  is,  like  my  lady  in  Gil  Bias,  "  given  to  dis- 
putation j" — whose  fife  is  passed  in  contentious  wrangling  on 
construction,  presumptions  of  law,  and  absurd  limitations  of 
the  speech  of  witnesses — and  who  i3  seen  usually  with  a  law 
volume  UDder  his  arm,  is  learned,  not  only  in  the  wide  range 
of  knowledge  peculiar  to  his  profession,  but  in  the  sciences, 
arts,  dialectics,  geography,  physiology,  etc.  I  think  1  can 
point  uut  in  this  town,  among  these  attorneys,  many  examples 
of  the  absurdity  of  what  I  call — the  theory  of  appearances. 
Aud,  too,  in  the  medical  profession  the  same  popular  fallacy 
is  seen.  A  bargain  with  a  policeman  to  call  him  in  all  cases 
occurring  in  his  department  where  a  physician  may  be  neces- 
sary or  a  puff  possible  ;  a  showy  horse ;  lips  opulent  in  tech- 
nology :  the  assumption  of  a  strong  and  controlling  religious 
sentiment,  to  secure  admission  to  the  Catholic  hospitals — 
perhaps  an  attitude  of  devotion  aud  moving  of  the  lips  at  the 
bedside  of  the  patient;  ah  intimacy  with  a  local  reporter,  and, 
as  a  sequilur,  an  item  in  the  Midday  Clamor,  describing  the 
success  of  a  wonderful  operation  by  Doctor  Sawbones — do 
less  than  an  incision  of  the  sternum,  taking  out  the  right  lung, 
clearing  it  of  all  tuberculization,  hanging  it  up  to  dry,  and 
then  putting  it  back  again.  Now,  from  these  data  is  fre- 
quently raised  a  reputation  which  builds  substantial,  paying 
brick  houses.  I  am  disposed  to  think  the  medical  is  the 
grossest  of  humbuggery.  By  this  rule  of  judgment,  because 
I  announce  myself  a  clerk,  mosi  people  would  suppose  me, 
morally  and  intellectually,  no  larger  than  a  salt  bag— a  person 
who  has  no  capacity  to  enjoy —indeed,  who  has  no  business  to 
enjoy  any  pleasure  beyond  Celeste's  rope-walking,  and  whose 
tastes  for  recreation  lift  him  no  higher  than  the  tan  of  a  circus 
ring  and  the  threadbare  jests  of  its  clown.  Sympathy  with 
all  that  is  beautiful  ;  genuine  emotion  ;  the  humanity  that 
reaches  the  furthest  corner  of  the  strange  human  heart  ;  ap- 
preciation of  the  illuminated  words  God  has  written  every- 
where, whether  in  the  physical  or  animal  world,  and  of  the 
harmony  which  pervades  the  universe  ;  smiles  in  unison  with 
joy  and  tears  for  human  griefs,  and  the  rainbow  which  lifts 
itself  from  out  these  same  tears,  arching  away  over  to  the 
unknown  world  beyond  this  one — these  are  felt,  thought,  and 
seen  oltener  over  the  pages  of  the  clerk's  ledger  than  perhaps 
people  usually  think.  If  Betty's  Aunt  Curtis,  who  is 
expected  to  make  her  sole  legatee  of  a  fortune  of  a  few 
thousand  dollars,  should  die,  and  her  last  will  and  testameut 
does  not  belie  our  hopes,  with  the  seat  at  the  Opera,  a  pew  at 
the  Cathedral,  and  a  town  and  country  house — with  these  ac- 
complishments, graces,  and  acquisitions — what  dear,  good, 
kind  and  fashionable  folks  Betty  and  I  would  be,  and  how 
sweet  our  boys !  Let  me  say,  by  way  of  premonition,  that 
Betty  had  a  letter  the  other  day,  stating  that  her  aforesaid 
aunt  was  ailing,  and,  "  poor  thing,"  the  writer  continued, 
"we  fear  she'll  not  last  long."  If  death  does  happen  to 
go  Aunt  Curtis'  way,  and  her  testament  should  show  au 
unrese.ved  and  unconditional  bequest  of  her  personalty  to 
lietty,  I'll  throw  B.  C.  &  Co.  to  the —  No  ;  they  are  kind  to 
me,  and  I  wish  them  well.  I  will  only  throw  a  somerset  off 
the  stool  and  reappear  here  in  these  columns  as  a  dolce  far 
niente  fellow — wearing  good  and  fashionably  cut  clothes, 
lounging  among  the  brokers  on  Montgomery  street,  and  per- 
haps quizzing  pretty  girls — and  with  the  eye,  but  the  eye  only, 
measure  and  compare  female  ankles. 

I  have  often  wondered  and  as  often  wished  it  could  be  made 
an  experiment,  how  Betty  and  I  would  meet  the  sunshine 
springing  from  a  respectable  heap  of  golden  eagles.  Would 
she  cling  still  to  the  old  rocker  and  sing  "  Indiana,"  while  the 


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meshes  of  her  Nubie  increased  under  steady  manipulation  ? 
AVould  she  go  bareheaded  to  the  street  gate  and  brandish 
a  moral  and  vocal  sort  of  pugilism  in  the  face  of  the 
butcher  ?  would  she  follow  the  entire  half-dollar  into  the  veg- 
etable man's  hands  and  see  the  return  of  her  change  to  a 
fractional  nicety  ?  would  she  still  wear  rep,  and  with  her  own 
hands  replace  buttons  on  the  boys'  jackets,  patch  their  pants, 
and  darn  the  rents  in  her  gowns  ?  These  are  the  necessities 
of  a  domestic  life  narrowed  by  scarcely  moderate  means,  and 
which,  although  tolerable  from  habit  and  a  cheerful  going  out 
of  the  mind  and  heart  to  meet  the  duties  of  our  condition, 
are  gladly  /aid  down  if  we  can  lay  them  down.  There  is  a 
certain  sort  of  harshness  in  labor — labor  which  commences 
with  the  sun,  and  which  is  scarce  put  aside  until  the  long 
shadows  of  the  day  are  lost  in  the  twilight ;  and  there  are 
very  few  who  would  not  gladly  stop  the  Juggernaut  we  Amer- 
icans set  up  in  our  stores  or  houses  ere  its  wheels  crush  us. 
I  am  sure  1  would.  I  would  gladly  lift  myself  up,  away  above 
curking  cares  and  the  sharp  disputes  I  am  too  frequently  com- 
pelled to  have  with  Fortune. 

 "  Oh,  most  sad, 

That  dry  drudgery  at  the  desk's  dead  wood." 

The  ride  by  the  San  Jose  railroad,  us  the  locomotive 
plunges  through  the  suburbs,  is  not  at  all  calculated  to  stir 
much  emotion  of  a  pleasant  sort.  I  am  always  cheerful  under 
the  pressure  of  annoyances,  and  disposed  to  put  the  best  ex- 
pression and  construction  on  everything  ;  but  I  really  cannot 
recommend  to  the  genteel  idler  the  journey  through  the 
shambles  at  the  terminus  of  Braunan  street.  I  doubt  if  a 
like  condition  of  disgusting  filth  can  be  encountered  any- 
where iu  the  world.  Democracy  is  all  well  enough — that  is, 
that  freedom  of  action  which  leaves  the  human  mind  un- 
trammelled to  work  out  a  high  civilization  ;  but  the  right  to 
build  pest-houses  where  you  please,  so  long  as  you  avoid  the 
dry  goods  and  jewelry  stores,  is  open  to  challenge.  Carniv- 
orous people  might,  as  a  matter  of  theory,  suffer  the  erection 
of  slaughter-houses  at  a  safe  distance  leeward  of  their  homes 
and  wonted  walks  ;  but  let  them  practically,  and  with  their 
own  proper  eyes,  see  the  sights  and  smell  the  odors  seen  and 
smelt  at  the  aforesaid  locality,  and,  ray  word  for  it,  they  will 
petition  the  Board  of  Supervisors  to  send  these  shambles  to 
the  Farallones,  if  not  into  the  great  deep.  I  am  now  a  pros- 
elyte to  Graham's  theory,  to  the  disgust  of  our  butcher  and 
the  loss  to  him  of  some  few  dimes  weekly. 

Emerging  from  this  Golgotha — not  only  a  place  of  skulls  but 
blood,  albeit  only  of  animals — you  pass  on,  not  to  "  where 
every  prospect  pleases,"  but  to  a  series  of  landscapes  where 
the  controlling  aud  central  points  are  environed  by  accessories 
that  would  destroy  any  view.  If  you  fix  your  eye  <  n  a  stretch 
of  water,  bouuded  at  its  furthest  limit  by  a  delicious  inouutan 
outline,  aud  then  move  forward  through  the  middle  distauce 
to  the  foreground — your  every  step  is  by  low  mud-flats,  bleak, 
stony  hills,  a  dry  and  fissured  earth  where  nothing  grows  at 
this  season  of  the  year  but  thistles  ;  dust  whirling  over  the 
fenceless  roads  ;  small  and  irregularly  built  houses  ;  naked 
quarries  looking  with  their  red  oxide  like  great  bloody  gashes 
in  the  hill  sides,  and  too  frequently  chill  mists— 
"  Phantom  fleets  they  seem  to  me, 
From  a  shoreless  and  unsounded  sea." 

swooping  over  the  whole  scene,  looking  like  a  great  shroud  to 
cover  a  dead  earth.  See  these  things  and  confess  to  not  only 
a  buttouing  of  the  coat  you  wear,  but  a  half,  aye,  an  entire 
dropping  of  the  lid,  and  then  the  opening  of  one's  •'  mind's 
eye  "  to  the  delicious  freshuess  and  newness  of  a  home  sum- 
mer scene  ;  green  lawns  and  hawthorn  blossoms  ;  broad  rivers 
sweeping  through  fresh  and  sunny  meadows,  and  the  refresh- 
ing oreatu  of  summer  showers — scenes  amid  which  1  passed 
the  first  segment  of  my  life,  and  which  are  to  me  now 
"  Meccas  of  the  mind." 

On  the  east  side,  rounding  from  the  Mission,  there  is  a 
stretch  of  water  view  terminating  with  the  fringe  of  oaks  on 
the  Contra  Costa  shore  and  the  bold  hills  rising  sharply  be- 
hind, which  is  noticeable.  On  the  seaside,  too,  there  are 
bits  of  landscapes  without  the  offence  of  prominent  draw- 
backs, over  which  the  eye  lingers  with  pleasure,  especially 
that  which  looks  down  the  ravine  ruuuiug  to  Lake  Merced, 
away  on  to  the  larthest  apparent  limits  of  the  sea;  but  eveu 
here  a  hill  of  sand,  separating  the  waters  of  the  lake  from 
from  the  sea,  chills  the  warmth  of  the  picture  aud  paius  the 
•esthetic  eye.  There  is  one  feature  peculiar  to  a  California 
landscupe  which  ruus  a  great  way  towards  compensation  for 
the  luss  of  that  delightful  charm  aud  passionate  glow  found 
iu  the  verdure  of  the  East — 1  mean  purity  of  atmosphere. 
Nowhere  do  skies  seem  so  distant  aud  profound,  and  objects 
so  boldly  defined — standing  out  with  such  grand  and  inex- 
pressible salience — as  here,  under  a  tirinameut  of  boundless 
amplitude  aud  a  depth  of  space,  as  if  Eternity  gleamed 
through  and  through,  passionless,  mysterious,  infinite. 

As  we  pass  on  to  the  San  Mateo  country,  away  from  the 
masses  of  clouds  which,  at  this  season  are  so  dense  over  San 
Francisco,  the  mountains  are  seeu  iu  all  their  power  and  de- 
tail-merely a  part  of  the  landscape — lor  they  have  a  clear 
colorless  sky  iu  which  to  show  themselves,  almost  cloudless, 
while  in  the  temperate  climes  the  skies  fall,  as  it  were,  to 
within  a  short  distance  of  earth— settling  even  on  the  apices 
of  the  hills — flat  rather  than  concave.  We  can  apply  the 
illustration  of  domelike  here  to  the  heavens,  but  to  no  part  oi 
the  orient  north  of  Florida.  Kuzzilbasii. 


AMUSEMENTS. 

AT  Magnire's  Opera  House,  Rosedale,  or  The  Rifle  Ball, 
was  produced,  certainly  with  the  "  lull  strength  of  the 
company,"  on  Monday  night — Miss  Kate  Deuiu,  Mrs.  Sophie 
Edwin,  Mrs.  Harry  JacksoD,  Mrs.  Franks,  Mrs.  Smitten,  Mrs. 
Wood,  and  Messrs.  Courtaiue,  Thompson,  Thayer,  Franks. 
Anderson,  Ned  Thayer,  young  Harry  Jackson,  and  the 
"  Kifle  Ball,"  with  the  whole  supernumerary  force,  appearing 
therein.  The  play  is  full  of  action  and  incident,  without  pos- 
sessing any  literary  merit  or  originality  of  plot  worthy  of 
notice.  It  is  a  laborious  piece  of  dramatic  mosaic  work,  inge- 
niously dovetailed  together,  aud  galvanized  with  diluted  senti- 
ment. But  its  rapid  action,  and  more  particularly  its  strength 
of  cast,  made  it  very  acceptable  to  the  audience,  and  kept  up 
the  interest  to  the  end. 

Sheridan  Knowle's  fine  play  of  The  Hunchback,  on  Thurs- 
day evening,  formed  a  strong  contrast,  with  its  splendid  dic- 
tion, pure  poetic  sentiment,  and  strongly  drawn  characters,  to 
the  tinsel  of  Rosedale.    This  play  was  admirably  personated. 

John  Brougham's  new  comedy,  of  excellent  repute,  Play- 
ing wilh  Fire,  was  produced  last  evening  for  the  benefit  of  Miss 
Kate  Benin.  The  early  hour  at  which  our  paper  retires  to 
the  press  room — which  is  one  of  The  Califoknian's  regular 
habits — prevents  our  speaking  advisedly  of  the  result  of  Miss 
Benin's  appeal  to  the  public ;  but,  if  the  lady  received  her 
just  reward,  there  was  not  a  vacant  seat  in  the  Opera  House 
last  night. 

Playing  with  Fire  will  be  repeated  this  afternoon.  This 
evening,  Mr.  Robert  Bryant  .takes  a  benefit,  and  "Jack 
Sheppard  "  and  his  fellows  will  tread  the  stage  in  the  drama 
of  that  name.  During  the  coming  week,  a  new  play,  entitled 
The  Female  Detective,  in  which  Miss  Deniu  will  appear  in  six 
characters,  will  be  brought  out.  Lees  and  Johnson  will  have 
to  look  to  their  laurels.  Uncle  Tom's  Cabin,  also,  will  be 
revived,  with  Miss  Denin  as  "  Topsy." 

The  members  of  the  Howsou  Opera  Troupe,  having  mas- 
tered their  colds,  gave  us  Wallace's  Marilana,  at  Maguire's 
Academy  of  Music,  on  Saturday,  Monday  and  Tuesday  even- 
ings, very  successfully  ;  and  appeared  to  much  better  advan- 
tage than  on  their  initial  perform  i nee.  In  Marilana  they 
displayed  ability  of  a  higher  order  thau  that  for  which  the 
public  was  inclined  at  first  to  give  them  credit.  Space  will 
not  permit  us  to  individualize  their  particular  merits  ;  we  can 
only  say  that  the  principal  artistes  gave  their  audiences  an 
agreeable  surprise.  The  proof  of  this  was  iu  the  abundance  of 
applause  and  the  frequent  encores  bestowed.  Marilana,  like 
Sonnambida,  was  excellently  produced.  Both  the  orchestra 
and  chorus  were  full  and  efficient.  The  stage  effects  and  the 
scenery  were  very  good.  The  brushes  of  the  Torniugs  gave 
us  some  new  and  beautiful  scenes  ;  and  the  experience  of 
Stage  Manager  Tibbetts  was  observable  in  the  general  per- 
fectness  of  the  stage  arrangements. 

Fausl,  iu  English,  was  sung  on  Wednesday  and  Thursduy 
evenings,  aud,  as  was  feared,  the  music  of  Gounod  was  too 
severe  a  test  lor  this  young  troupe.  Us  rendition  was  not  a 
fortunate  one.  The  Howson  Troupe  should  confine  their 
efforts  to  the  lighter  operas  to  secure  success.  Young  and 
inexperienced  to  the  stage,  they  caunot  be  ranked  with  the 
"grand"  troupes,  though  the  principal  artistes  certainly 
possess  sweet,  flexible  voices,  and  musical  culture  sufficient  to 
render  the  English  and  the  lighter  class  ol  operas  effectively, 
and  to  the  geueral  satisfaction  of  their  audiences.  Marilana 
was  repeated  last  night  ;  aud  the  ever  popular  Bohemian  Girl 
will  be  produced  to  night — with  the  addition  of  Mr.  S.  W. 
Leach  to  the  company,  who  is  the  best  "  Devihhoof"  that 
ever  appeared  in  this  city.  We  bespeak  for  this  opera 
an  able  representation.  The  Uowsou  Troupe  sing  every 
evening  during  the  week  ;  aud  will  repeat  the  Bohemian  Girl 
on  Monday  evening. 

At  the  Metropolitan,  the  Biancha  Dalian  Opera  season  was 
inaugurated  wilh  brilliant  success,  by  the  representation  of 
Ernani  on  Tuesday,  and  11  Trovalore  on  Thursday  evening, 
to  crowded  and  enthusiastic  audiences.  Both  operas  were  put 
upon  the  stage  in  a  style  hitherto  unequalled  at  this  theatre. 
With  new  scenery  and  costumes,  a  chorus  increased  iu 
number  and  admirably  trained,  aud  an  orchestra  under  the 
very  efficient  leadership  of  Mr.  Herold,  a  high  standard  of 
excellence  is  established  at  the  outset  in  departments  which, 
in  former  seasons,  have  often  been  weak.  Our  resideut  ar- 
tists, Signoriua  Brambilla,  Signora  and  Signor  Bianchi,  were 
also  iu  fine  voice,  and  have  never,  we  think,  appeared  to  such 
advantage.  Of  the  two  new  singers,  Siguori  Cuiseppe  Man- 
cusi  aud  Stanislaus  Milleri,  the  publ.c  seem  to  have  formed 
but  one  opinion,  indicated  by  hearty  and  prolonged  applause 
at  every  opportunity  ;  they  have  leaped  at  once  into  high 
favor,  aud  may  hereafter  sing  with  absolute  certainty  of  a  cor- 
dial welcome.  We  have  not  space  this  week  for  an  extended 
and  critical  examination  of  their  respective  merits,  nor  would 
such  a  review  be  quite  just  until  they  have  been  heard  in  a 
greater  variety  of  characters  and  styles  than  Verdi's  two  best 
known  operas  afford.  For  the  present  we  will  only  say  that, 
while  both  voices  are  of  noble  and  manly  quality,  aud  true  to 


the  pitch,  that  of  Milleri  is  naturally  full,  smooth,  and  rather 
ponderous,  as  if  given  forth  without  much  effort  from  a  pow- 
erful chest ;  but  Mancusi,  not  only  in  voice,  but  in  general 
style,  makes  up  for  the  want  of  natural  power  and  weight  by 
keen  dramatic  force,  articulation,  and  admirable  management 
of  the  breath.  Of  the  two,  we  should  take  him  for  the  more 
experienced  artist. 

The  regular  subscription  nights  will  hereafter  be  Monday, 
Wednesday  and  Friday.  This  evening,  Norma  will  be  given 
as  an  extra  performance,  with  Signorina  Brambilla,  M'lle 
Louise  Tourney,  Signor  Bianchi,  and  Signor  Milleri,  in  the 
principal  characters  ;  and  will  undoubtedly  be  repeated  in  one 
of  the  regular  nights  uext  week. 

That  great  collection  of  pathological  wonders — Dr.  Jordan's 
Anatomical  Museum — is  on  exhibition  every  day  and  evening 
at  Eureka  Hall,  Montgomery  street.  Open  on  Sunday  from 
two  to  ten  p.  m.  Dr.  Jordan  lectures  on  the  organization  of 
the  human  body  every  Sunday  evening. 


COUNTERFEIT  CRITICISM. 

A CONTRIBUTOR  to  the  New  York  Citizen  over  the 
signature  of  "  Whittlestick  "  writes  : 
I  had  a  dream  in  which  my  wildest  desires,  my  highest 
aspirations,  were  realized.  I  became  an  editor  ;  and  thought 
I  was  perusing  a  paper  published  in  Dream  Land  called  the 
Rowntaybul.  In  that  paper,  in  my  dream,  I  read  this  cri- 
tique : 

"We  have  received  a  poem  professing  to  be  'after  the 
Sanskrit,'  entitled  '  A  Samurliphe.'  Our  acquaintance  with 
that  tongue  being  but  slight,  we  are  unable  to  give  the  Eng- 
lish equivalent  for  the  caption.  The  poet  writes  under  the 
anonym  of  Longphello.  We  have  not  room  for  the  entire 
poem,  but  will  take  three  or  four  stanzas  at  random, as  abasis 
for  our  criticism.    Here  is  one  : 

'  Tell  me  not  in  mournful  numbers 

Life  is  hut  an  empty  dream  ; 
For  the  soul  is  dead  that  slumbers 
And  things  are  not  what  they  seem.' 

"  The  opening  phrase  of  the  foregoing  is  a  very  pretty  plati- 
tude, born  of  the  usual  disinclination  of  the  youthful  poetic 
mind  to  hearken  to  unpleasant  truths.  But  why  the  third 
line  should  begin  with  for  is  inexplicable,  as  what  follows  is 
not  in  the  slightest  degree  dependent  on  what  has  preceded  it. 
Why  slumber  should  be  fatal  to  the  soul  when  it  is  the  foun- 
tain of  refreshing  life  to  the  body,  is  almost  equally  difficult  of 
explanation.  A  similar  objection  may  be  taken  to  the  em- 
ployment of  the  word  and  in  the  last  line.  Its  use  would 
imply  the  additiou  of  some  cogent  consideration  to  what  had 
gone  before  ;  when,  in  truth,  nothing  is  added,  either  cogent 
or  consistent.  The  verse  iu  fact  ends  as  it  begun,  with  a 
platitude  pretty  and  petty. 

'  Trust  no  Future,  howe'er  pleasant, 
Let  the  dead  past  bury  its  dead ; 

Act — act — iu  the  living  Present, 
Heart  within  and  God  o  erbead.' 

"  Here  the  poet  refuses  to  allow  the  reader  any  comfort 

either  in  Hope  or  Memory.    The  Future  must  be  distrusted 

and  the  Past  buried,  i.  e.,  forgotten.    The  picture  of  the  dead 

burying  the  dead,  however,  relieves  this  melancholy  condition 

by  the  introduction  of  a  comic  Celticism  that  is  worthy  of 

Sir  Boyle  Roche.    The  last  line  may  have  a  meaniag,  but  no 

reader  will  ever  discover  it  unaided. 

'Lives  of  great  men  all  remind  ns, 

We  can  make  our  fives  suhlime  ; 
And,  departing,  leave  behind  us 
Footprints  ou  the  sands  of  time.' 

"  If  the  lives  of  great  men  can  remind  us  of  nothing  more 
encouraging  than  this,  then  is  their  lesson  lost.  For  foot- 
prints on  the  sands  of  time,  however  large  the  foot  that  makes 
them,  and  however  heavy  its  tread,  hardly  furnish  a  happy 
figure  for  the  expression  of  a  permanent  impression. 

'  Footprints  that  perhaps  another, 
.Sailing  o'er  life's  solemn  main, 
A  forlorn  and  shipwrecked  brother 
Seeing  shall  take  life  again.' 

"Finis  coronat  opus.  The  concluding  verse  is  fairly  burst- 
ing with  absurdities.  We  are  lost  in  admiration  of  the  mar- 
vellous mariuer,  who,  'sailing  o'er  life's  solemn  maiu,'  has 
such  a  prodigious  power  of  vision  as  to  be  able  to  see  foot- 
prints on  the  beach.  The  footprints,  however,  are  equally 
miraculous  iu  their  enabling  the  mariner  to  take  life  again. 
Common  intelligence,  however,  aided  by  ordiuary  imagination, 
utterly  fails  to  explain  how  these  wonderfully  permanent  foot- 
steps on  the  '  sands  of  time,'  can  in  anywise  serve  as  a  guide 
to  the  mariner  '  sailing  o'er,'  etc.  But  we  have  given  too 
much  space  aud  time  to  this  trash." 


New  Music. —Our  acknowledgment  for  the  following  music 
from  M.  Gray,  G13  Clay  street,  has  been  unavoidably  delayed  : 
"Bam  Door  Jig  and  Wearing  of  the  Green,"  "  Kissing  on 
the  Sly,"  "Delta  Phi  Polka,"  "Fairy  Waltz,"  "Be  Thou 
Near  Me,"  and  "  Call  Me  Thine  Owl  "—the  latter  a  very 
pretty  melody  by  Halevy.  "  Be  Thou  Near  Me  "  and  the 
"  Fairy  Waltz  "  rank  next  in  quality.  The  "  Barn  Door  Jig," 
etc.,  is  a  musical  reminiscence  of  Arrah-nu-Pogue. 


10 


THE  CALIFORNIAN 


[July  21st 


DISTANCES  FROM  SAN  FRANCISCO 

To  various  points  : 

To  Fort  Point,  4  miles,  by  omnibus,  four  trips  a  day 
Lone  Mountain,  3,  street  railwav. 
Seal  Rock,  6,  cars  and  omnibus,  two  trips  u  day. 
Mission  Dolores,  street  railways ;  Ocean  House  8. 
San  Mateo,  20,  railroad. 
Crystal  Springs,  23,  railroad  and  stage 
Half-Moon  Bay,  29,     do.  do. 
Redwood  city ,  30,  do. 
Mountain  View,  38,  do. 
Santa  Clara,  47,  do. 

San  Jose,  50,  do. ,  or  steamer  and  stage,  54. 

Alviso,  46,  steamer,  daily. 

Almaden  mines,  67,  steamer  and  stage  ;  or  by  rail- 
road and  stage,  64. 
Santa  Cruz,  78,  railroad  and  stage. 
Oakland,  8,  steamer  and  railroad,  six  trips  a  day. 
Alameda,  11,  steamer,  three  trips  a  day. 
San  Leandro,  15,  steamer  and  railroad. 
Mission  San  Jose,  34,  steamer,  railroad  and  stage. 
Warm  Springs,  37,  do.  do. 

Benicia,  30,  6teainer  leaves  at  4  P.  M.  daily. 
Sacramento,  117,  do.  do. 
Stockton,  117,      do.  do. 
Martinez,  33,  do. 
Pacbeco,  38,  steamer  and  Btage. 
Diablo  Coal  Mines,  44,  steamer  and  stage. 
S'.iisun,  50,  steamer,  or  54  by  steamer  and  stage 
Vallejo,  28;  Mare  Island,  37  \  Napa  cilv,  50 
White  Sulphur  Springs,  67,  stage  from  Napa. 
Geyser  Springs,  118,  do.  do. 

Sonoma,  52,  steamer,  tri  weekly. 
Petaluma,  48,  steamer,  daily. 
Healdsbnrg,  80,  stage  daily  from  Petaluma 
San  Quentin,  12,  6teamer  ;  Farallone  Islands,  20. 


gROOKLYN  HOTEL, 

1852.   SAN    FRANCISCO.  1866. 


Tbe  Proprietor  of  the  above-npmed  Hotel  wishes 
to  inform  his  patrons  and  the  Travelling  Public  that  he 
has  opened  that  elegant  Brick  Fireproof  Hotel,  situated 
on  the 

S.  E.  Corner  of  Pine  and  Sansome  streets, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

It  was  built  expressly  for  a  Hotel,  with  all  the  modern 
conveniences  attached  to  it. 

Gas  and  water  are  supplied  throughout  the  House. 
Booms  are  well  ventilated,  and  the  Publio  will  ftndi 
Hotel  all  the  comforts  of  a  home.   The  Hotel  is  spacious, 
and  well  adapted  for  the  use  of  Families.   Suits  of  Rooms 
can  be  had  on  reasonable  terms. 

LARGE  READING  ROOM 

Attached  to  the  Hotel, 

Containing  500  Volumes  of  Standard  Works, 

Which  is  entirely  for  the  use  of  patrons. 

THE  CITY  COACH,  with  the  name  of  the  Hotel  on  it, 
will  be  in  readiness  at  the  Wharf,  on  the  arrival  of  each 
steamer,  to  convey  passengers  and  bageage  to  the  Ilo'el, 
free  of  charge.  JO  'N  KELLY,  Jr., 

my6-3m  Proprietor. 


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IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT  OF  THE 
Fifteenth  Judicial  District  of  theStateof  California,  in 
and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco. 
MARY  SMITH,  llaiutifl', 


WILLIAM  SMITH,  Defendant.^ 

Action  brought  iu  the  District'Court  of  the  Fifteenth  Judi- 
cial District  of  tbe  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City 
and  Couuty  of  San  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in 
said  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  in  the  office  of 
the  Clerk  of  said  District  Court. 

The  People  of  ibe  State  of  California  send  greeting 
to  WILLIAM  SMITH,  Defendant:  You  are  hereby  re- 
quired to  appear  in  un  action  brought  against  you  by  the 
above-named  Plaintiff  in  the  District  Court  of  the  Fifteenth 
Judicial  District  of  the  Suite  of  California,  in  and  for  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  com* 
pllmt  filed  therein,  within  Ten  Day*,  (exclusive  of  the  day 
of  service,)  after  the  Service  on  you  of  this  Summons 
— if  served  within  this  County  ;  or,  if  served  out  of  this 
County,  but  in  this  District,  within  Twenty  Days  ;  other- 
wise, within  Forty  Days — or  judgment  by  default  will  be 
taken  against  you,  according  to  the  prayer  of  said  Com- 
plaint. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  decree  of  this 
Court,  dissolving  the  Bonds  of  Matnmouy  existing  be- 
tween Plaintiff  and  Defendant,  and  that  one  half  of  the 
Defendant's  properly,  if  he  have  any,  be  awarded  to 
Plaintiff,  and  for  general  relief. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  if  you  fail  to  appear 
and  answer  the  said  complaint,  as  above  required,  tbe  said 
plaintiff  will  apply  to  the. Court  for  the  relief  therein  de- 
manded. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  Seal  of  the  District  Court  of  the 
Fifteenth  Judicial  District  of  the  State  of  California,  in 
and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  this  27th 
day  of  June  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  sixty-six. 

Seal.   Int.  Rev.  Stamp,)  WM.  LOEWY, 

50  cts.,  caucelled.      /  Clerk, 

By  G.  C.  Letcher,  Deputy  Clerk. 
A.  Willi.* ms,  Plaintiff's  Attorney,  1 

535  Clay  street.  J  jeS0-3m 


HEUSTON, 
HASTINGS 

L  CO. 

The    Fashionable  Clothiers 

or 

SAN  FRANCISCO, 

Are  now  engaged  in  enlarging  their  already  ex- 
tensive  European  connections,  and  are  offering  the 
LARGEST,  FINEST,  AND  MOST  COMPLETE 

STOCK  OF 

CUSTOM-MADE  CLOTHING, 

GENTS'  FURNISHING  GOODS, 
TRUNKS,  BAGS,  VALISES,  ETC., 
ON   THE    PACIFIC  COAST, 

k 

AT 

REDUCED  PRICES. 

je!7-3in 


CARD, 


M.  Howard's  Hair  Restorative, 

NO.  315  MONTGOMERY  STREET, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

THE  ABOVE  PREPARATION,  which  has  been  recently 
discovered  and  patented,  is  purely  a  Vegetable  Extract 

The  undersigned  are  fully  aware  of  the  many  unsatis- 
factory and  useless  preparations  for  restoring  hair  that 
have  been  introduced  to  the  puplic,  and  how  little  confi- 
dence is  to  be  placed  in  any  pretensions  to  restoring  the 
hair  to  baM  heads,  but, 

HAVING  TRIED  MR  HOWARD'S  PREPARATION, 
we  are  able  to  state  that  it  not  only  prevents  the  Hair 
from  falling  out,  but  absolutely  reproduces  it,  and  that 
we  now  have  good  suits  of  Hair  growing  where  we  were 
entirely  bald.  Therefore,  as  a  matter  of  justice  to  Mr. 
Howard,  and  of  consolation  to  bald  heads,  we  tender  him 
this  testimonial  Mr  H.  keeps  the  article  for  sale  in 
bottles,  with  directions  for  its  use.  or  applies  it  himself, 
as  may  be  desired. 
San  Francisco,  April  6. 1866. 

Frank  M.  Thayer,  R.  A.  Redman, 

W.  S  Davis,  J.  O-  Rounlree, 

T.  A.  Hall,  G.  W.  Gamble, 

A.  C.  Knox  J.  W.  Miller, 

Bradbury  Sanborn,  E.  C.  McComb, 

George  Wells,  D.  C.  Ross, 


Joseph  Wells, 


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Article,  large  or  small,  singly  or 
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^LLEX'S 

LUNG 


BALSAM  ! 


A  CERTAIN  CURE  FOR 
COUGHS,  COLDS,  INFLUENZA,  NIGHT 
SWEATS.  BRONCHITIS,  SPITTING 
OF  BLOOD,  ASTHMA,  "WHOOPING 
COUGH, 

CONS  UMP  TION, 

And  all  Diseases  of  the 

CHEST   AND  LUNGS 


This  celebrated  Congh  Remedv  effects  a  speedy 
cure  by  producing  a  free  ana  easy  expectoration, 
heals  abscesses  of  the  lungs,  prevents  unhealthy  se- 
cretion of  the  bronchial  tubes,  and  removes  from 
them  those  accumulations  of  morbid  matter  which 
cause  oppression  of  the  breast,  difficulty  of  breath- 
ing, etc  ,  soothes  irritation  of  the  respiratory  organs 
which  produces  cough 

PRICE  ONE  DOLLAR  PER  BOTTLE. 

Sold  by  all  Druggists. 

HOSTETTER,  SMITH  &  DEAN,  Agents, 
401  Battery  corner  of  Clay, 

ap27-3m  San  Francisco. 


jyn  HUMPHREYS' 

Homoeopathic  Specifics 

Have  proved,  from  tbe  most  ample  experience,  an 
entire  success — simple,  prompt,  efficient  and  reliable- 
Tbey  are  the  only  Medicines  perfectly  adapted  to 
popular  use — so  simple  that  mistakes  cannot  be  made 
in  using  them  ;  so  harmless  as  to  be  free  from  dan- 
ger, and  so  efficient  as  to  be  always  reliable.  They 
ha-e  received  the  highest  commendation  from  all, 
and  will  always  render  satisfaction. 

No.    1  cures Ferers,  Congestion,  lnflammations.O  25 

"  2  cures  Worms, Worm  Fever,  Worm  Colic,  25 

"  3  cures  Crying  Colic,  or  Teething  of  in- 

"  4  cures  Diarrhoea  of  children  or  adults...  25 

fante   25 

"  5  cures  Dysentery,  Griping,  Bilious  Colic,  25 

"  6  cures  Cholera  Mo/bus,  Nausea, Vomiting,  25 

"     7  cures  Coughs,  Colds,  Bronchitis   25 

81  8  cures  Neuralgia,  Toothache,  Faceuche.  25 

"  9  cures  Headaches,  sick-Headache, Vertigo,  25 

"    10  cures  Dyspepsia,  Billions  Stomach   25 

"  11  cures  Suppressed,  or  Painful  Periods..  25 

"  13  cures  Croup,  Cough,  difficult  Breathing,  25 

"  14  cures  Salt  Rheum,  Erysipelas  Eruptions,  25 

"  15  cures  Rheumatism,  Rheumatic  Pains...  25 

•'  16  cures  Ferer  and  Ague, Chill  Fever,  Agues  50 

"    17  cureB  Piles,  blind  or  bleeding   50 

"  18  cures  Opthalmia, and Soreor  Weak  Eyes,  50 

"  19  cures  Catarrh,  acute  or  chronic,  Influenza  50 

"  20  cures  WhoopingCoug h,  violent  coughs.  50 

"    21  cures  Asthma,  oppressed  Breathing   50 

"  22  cures  Ear  Discharges,  impaired  Hearing  50 
"  23  cures  Scrofula,  Enlarged  Gluuds,  Swell- 
ings   50 

"  24  cures  General  Debility,  Physical  Weak- 
ness  50 

"    25  cures  Dropsy,  and  scanty  Secretions   50 

"  26 cures  Sea- Sickness, ticVneitiroxa Riding,  50 

"    27  cures  Kidney  Disease,  Gravel   50 

"    29  cures  Sore  Mouth,  C«nker   50 

11  31  cures  Painful  Periods,  even  with  Spasms  50 

"    32  cures  SuJ/crmgs  at  change  of  life  $1.00 

•'  33  cures  Epilepsy,  Spasms,  St.  Vitus'  Dance.  1.00 

"  34  cures  Diphtheria,  Ulcerated  Sore  Throat,  50 

FAMILY  CASES. 

35  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book  $10  00 

28  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book   8  00 

20  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book   6  00 

These  Remedies,  by  the  case  or  single  box,  are 
sent  to  any  part  of  the  country,  by  Mail  or  Express, 
on  receipt"  of  the  price. 

HOSTETTER,  SMITH  &.  DEAN, 
401  and  403  Battery  street,  corner  of  Clay, 
ap27-3m  San  Francisco. 


BEAUTIFUL  COMPLEXION  ! 

Secret  of  Beauty ! 


USE  GEO.  W.  LAIRDS 

BLOOM  OF  YOUTH, 

See  that  the  name, 


GEO.   W.  LAIRD, 


is  Btamped 


ON    THE  BOTTLE. 


No  other  is  Gennine. 


LIQUID  PEARL! 
Tbe  best  article  in  tha 
world  for  Preserving 

and  Beautifying- 
tbe  Complexion  and 
Skin. 

This  magnificent  Toilet  Article  is  prepared  only 
by  GEO.  W.  LAIRD,  74  Fulton  street,  New  York, 
formerly  483  Broadway. 
Sold  by  Druggists  everywhere. 

HOST    mi  ll   MUUT  AD  N. 
401  and  403  Br.ttery  street,  corner  of  Clnv 
ap27-3m  hau  FroncitM 


July  2 1st] 


THE  CALIFORNIA^. 


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RY  LE  COUNT'S  INK. 


£J ALL'S  SARSAPARILLA, 
YELLOW  DOCK  AND  IODIDE  POTASS, 

THE 

Best  Blood  Purifier  Known. 

Persona  that  are  troubled  with  Rheumatism, 
Scrofula,  Neuralgia,  Morbid  Liver,  Salt 
Rheum,  Pimples,  Boils,  or  any  of  the  many 
diseases  that  originate  from  Impure  Blood, 
would  find  it  much  to  their  advantage  to  give 
this  justly  celebrated  article  a  trial.  One  or 
two  bottles  are  quite  sufficient  to  couvince  the 
most  skeptical  of  its  merits.  It  contains 
neither  Spirit,  ARSENIC  nor  MERCURY 
which  cannot  be  truly  said  of  any  other  prepa- 
tion  called  "  Sarsaparilla." 

SsHEPARDSON  &  GATES,  Proprietors, 

ap7-3m      N.  W.  cor.  Sinsonie  and  Commercial-streets. 


AWARDED  the  HIGHEST  PREMIUM 

AT  THE 

State  Fair  of  California, 

The  only  Fair  on  the  Pacific  coast  at  wcicn  any  two 
doub'e-thread  Machines  wore  exhibited  in  competition  in 

1865. 

If  there  is  a  FLORENCE  SEWING  M  A- 
chine  within  one  thousand  miles  of  this  office 
that  is  not  working  well,  it  will  be  attended 
to  if  I  am  informed  of  it,  without  expense  to 
the  owner.  SAMUEL  HILL, 

General  Agent, 
111  Montgjmery  street,  San  Francisco. 


THE 


SEWING  MACHINE 

RECEIVED  THE  FIRST  PREMIUM,  A  GOLD  MEDAL, 
at  the  Great  Exhibition  of  the 

AMERICAN  INSTUTE,  -  -  -  New  York, 
1  8  6  5. 

myl0-3m 


JJOSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 

CREATE  A   HEALTHY  APPETITE! 

ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 
Cure  Dyspepsia,  Diarrhoea  and  Constipation. 

ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 
Invigorate  the  System  and  enliven  the  mina. 

ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 
Overcome  the  effects  of  Drunkenness  and  Late  HourB. 

ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 
Care  *U  Diseases  of  the  Liver,  Stomach  and  Bowels. 

ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 
Are  Palatable  to  the  Taste. 

They  are  the 

BEST  BITTERS  IN  THE  MARKET, 

And  when  onoe  used  will  always  be  called 
for  ogaiu. 

They  are  made  in  the  most  careful  manner 
Front  Pure  Old  Wheat  Wkisky%  Medicated  from 

Roots  and  Herbs 
Especially  adapted  for  the  cure  of  all  Stomachic  Diseases 
and  Liver  Complaints. 

Try  Hiem  and  You  will  be  Satisfied. 

For  sale  everywhere  by  Druggists  and  Liquor  Dealers 

N.  B.  JACOBS  &  CO., 

423  Front  street, 
mvll-6m  San  Francisco 


J#  PEIRCE, 

FURNITURE  AND 


Bedding  Warerooms. 


CORNER  OF 

Sacramento    and  Montgomery  streets, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 
Post  Office  Address  :  Lock  Box  No  1477.        je30  3m 


£JANTY  &  WAGNER, 

(SUCCESSORS  TO  J.  REGAN,) 
WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL 

Confectioners, 

111  Montgomery  street,  bet.  Bush  and  Sutter. 

N.  B. — All  candies  sold  hy  us  are  warranted  to  be  man- 
ufactured from  Stewart's  double-refined  Sugai ,  and  to  bo 
qual  to  any  maaufact  ured  in  the  State.  Country  mer- 
hants  solicited  to  examine  ou  r  stock  and  prices.  Roods 
hvral  etj  any  pirt  of  tlis  city  free  of  charge.  my24-3m 


jj^  h.  Mcdonald  &  co., 

IMPORTERS  O 

Drugs,     Chemicals,  Herbs, 

PATENT  MEDICINES, 
PAINTS,  VARNISHES, 
ACIDS,  DYE  STUFFS, 
OILS,  PERFUMERIES, 
TOILET  ARTICLES, 
BRUSHES. 

We  are  jnst  receiving,  direct  from  Spain,  a  complete 
assortment  of 

CORKS!    CORKS!  CORKS 
which  wo  oirer  at  lower  prices  than  usual 

Dusting,    Paint,  Yarnirh,    Suce,  Scrub, 
Hair  and  Tootii  Brushes  : 

We  have  a  splendid  stock,  which  we  offer  at  cxticmely 
low  prices. 

HERBS. 

We  have  received,  direct  from  the  Shakers,  all  kinds 
of  fresh  Herbs,  and  intend  to  keep  every  article  used  of 
this  description. 

Tilden's  Solid  and  Fluid  Exthacts,  Pills, 
and  Concentrated  Preparations. 

We  have  on  hand,  and  shall  keep  a  full  assortment  of 
the  above  celebrated  preparations,  which  we  oner  to  the 
trade  at  such  prices  as  will  defy  competition. 

FLAVORING  EXTRACTS. 

A  great  variety,  not  to  be  equalled  in  the  market  as  to 
quality  and  price. 

Parties  abont  purchasing  would  do  well  to  give  us  a  call 
and  examine  prices  and  goods  before  purchasing  else- 
where. 


PLAIN 
GUM  TEETH. 

We  have  tho  largest  assortment  of  any  house  on  the 
Pacific  co;st. 

GOLD  FOIL. 

We  are  manufacturing  Foil  which  wo  can  recommend  to 
the  profession  as  being  a  superior  article.  We  also 
have  on  hand  a  full  assortment,  of  all  the  various  makers 

VULCANIZERS, 

DENTAL  CHAIRS  AND  LATHES 

FILES, 

VULCANITE  AND  GUTTA  PERCHA, 

FORCEPS, 

BURRS,  DRILLS  AND  EXCAVATORS, 

MIRRORS,  ETC 

Wo  have,  besides  the  above,  cverv  article  used  hy  tne 
Dentist,  ana  are  daily  in  receipt  of  all  the  new  inventions 
in  use. 

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AND 

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rJIHE  LIGHT  OF  THE  AVORLD. 

DR.  MAGGIEL'S 

Pills  and  Salv  e. 


Nos.  415,  417,  and  419  California  Street, 

NEAR  MONTGOMERY. 

THIS  STOCK  OF  FURNITURE,  etc.,  was  selected  with 
great  care,  and  special  attention  given  to  the  wants  of 
this  market,  ENTIRELY  AT  THE  EAST.  It  is  NOT 
COMPOSED  OF  REFUSE  GOODS,  ODDS  AND  ENDS  OF 
OTHER  HOUSES  that  have  latelv  closed  out  here,  but 
CONSISTS  ENTIRELY  OF  NEW  GOODS,  made  after  the 
latest  patterns  and  in  the  most  durable  manner. 

The  present  Stock  is  fully  TWICE  as  large  as  that  of  any 
other  house  here.  Parties  having  any  doubts  of  this,  or 
that  tho  assortment  is  not  superior  to  any  in  the  city,  can 
easily  satisfy  themselves  hy  calling. 

The  stock  of  Case  Goods  is  larger  than  ever  before. 

J.  PEIRCE, 
Ware-rooms  415,  417  and  419  California  street, 

jel6-3m  SAN  FRANCISCO. 


These  Life-giving  remedies  are  now,  for  the  first 
time,  given  publicly  to  the  world.  For  over  a  quar- 
ter of  a  century  of  private  practice  the  ingredients  in 
these 

LIFE-GIVING  PILLS! 

Have  been  used  with  the  greatest  success.  Their 
mission  is  not  only  to  prevent  disease,  but  to  cure. 
They  search  out  the  various  maladies  by  which  the 
patient  is  suffering,  and  re-invigorate  the  failing  sys 
tern.  To  the  aged  and  infirm  a  few  doses  of  these 
valuable  PILLS  will  prove  to  be 

A  VERY  FOUNTAIN  OF  YOUTH, 
For  in  every  case  they  add  new  life  and  vitality, 
and  restore  the  waning  energies  to  their  pristine 
state.  To  the  young  and  middle  aged,  they  will 
prove  most  iuvaluable,  as  a  ready,  specific,  and 
sterling  medicine.  Here  is  a  dream  realized,  that 
Ponce-de-Leon  sought  for  three  hundred  years  ago, 
and  never  found.  He  looked  for  a  fountain  that 
would  restore  the  old  to  vigor  and  make  youth  ever 

AN    ETERNAL   SPRING ! 

It  was  left  for  this  day  and  hour  to  realize  the 
dream,  and  show  in  one  glorious  fact,  the  magic  that 
made  it  fair. 

THESE   FAMOUS  REMEDIES 

Cannot  stay  the  flight  of  years,  but  they  can  force 
back,  and  hold  aloof,  diseases  that  might  triumph 
oyer  We  aged  and  the  younsr.  Let  none  hesitate 
then,  but  seize  thp  favorable  epportunity  that  offers. 
When  taken  as  prescribed — 

FOR  BILLIOUS  DISORDERS 
Nothing  can  be  more  productive  of  cure  than  these 
Pills.  Their  almost  magic  influence  is  felt  at  once  ; 
and  the  usual  concomitants  of  this  most  distressing 
disease  are  removed.  These  remedies  are  made 
from  the  purest 

VEGETABLE  COMPOUND. 
They  will  not  barm  the  most  delicate  female,  and 
can  be  given  with  good  effect  in  prescribed  doses  to 
the  youngest  babe. 

FOR   CUTANEOUS  DISORDERS 
And  all  eruptions  of  the  skin,  the  SALVE  is  most 
invaluable.    It  does  not  heal  externally  alone,  but 
penetrates  witn  the  most  searching  effects  to  the  very 
root  of  the  evil ! 

Dr.  Maggiel's  Pills 

Invariably  cure  the  following  diseases : 
Asthma, 

Bowel  Complaints, 
Coughs, 
Colds, 

Chest  Diseases, 
Costiveness, 
Dyspepsia, 
Diarrhoea, 
Dropsy, 
Debility, 

Female  Complaints,  Fever  and  Ague 

Headache, 
Indigestion, 
Influenza, 

Inflammation, 

Inward  Weakness, 
Liver  Complaint, 
Lowuees  of  Spirits, 
Ringworm, 

Rheumatism, 
Salt  Rheum, 
Scalds, 

Skin  Diseases 

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THE  CALIFORNIAN. 


|  July  21st 


THE  ORGAN. 

nnilEN  swelled  the  organ  ;  np  through  choir  and  nave, 
•     The  music  trembled  with  an  inward  thrill 

Ot  bliss  at  its  own  grandeur  ;  wave  on  wave 
In  flood  of  mellow  thunder  rose,  until 

The  bushed  air  shivered  with  the  throb  it  gave, 
Theu,  poising  for  a  moment,  it  stood  still, 

And  6ank,  and  rose  again,  to  burst  in  spray 

That  wandered  into  silence  far  away. 

Deeper  and  deeper  shudders  shook  the  air, 

Ae  the  huge  bass  kept  gathering  heavily, 
Like  thunder,  when  it  rouses  in  its  lair, 

And  with  its  hoarse  growl  shakes  the  low-hung  sky; 
It  drew  np  like  a  darkness  everywheie, 

Filling  the  vast  cathedral ;  suddenly, 
From  the  dense  mass,  a  clear,  sweet  treble  broke, 
Like  lightning,  and  the  full-toned  choir  awoke. 

In  gorgeous  beauty  shone  the  light  aslant, 

Brimming  the  church  with  gold  and  purple  mist — 

Meet  atmosphere  to  bosom  that  rich  chant, 
Where  choral  voices  iu  one  strand  did  twist 

Their  vari  colored  tones,  and  left  no  want 
To  the  delighted  soul  which  sunk  abyssed 

Iu  the  warm  music-cloud,  while  far  below 

The  organ  heaved  its  surges  to  and  fro. 

[From  James  Russell  Lowell's  ''Legend  of  Brittany." 


HAI  11 -  DYEING. 

ARE  wigs  immoral  ? — because  if  not,  one  scarcely  per- 
ceives a  reason  why  the  newspaper  moralists  who  are 
so  fond  of  describing  Anonyma  and  Cora  Pearl  with  a  kind 
of  repiehen3ive  voluptuousnoss  of  detail,  should  waste  so  much 
moral  strength  in  denouncing  the  practice  of  using  hair-dyes. 
It  is  not  wickeder,  one  would  think,  in  itself,  than  wearing 
false  teeth,  or  scattering  powder,  or  padding,  and  all  those 
sins  have  hitherto  escaped  with  very  lenient  censure  from  the 
newspaper  pulpit.  Ilair-powder,  it  is  true,  since  it  became  a 
taxable  offence,  has  been  condemned  as  nasty,  which  it  is,  and 
ugly,  which,  as  any  one  will  acknowledge  who  has  ever  seen 
an  old  minuet  at  the  opera,  it  decidedly  is  not.  It  suited 
bright  faces  very  well,  though  it  made  the  pallid  ghastly,  and 
its  disappearance,  though  a  gain  to  cleanliness,  was  a  loss  to 
that  variety  of  appearance  which  is  the  greatest  external 
charm  of  society.  People,  footmen  excepted,  have  forgotten 
powder,  but  they  have  not  forgotten  adornments  as  deceitful 
a3  the  hair-dyes  against  which  they  are  so  amusingly  and  un- 
intelligibly indignant. 

The  practice  of  using  them  is  not  a  novel  one.  Women, 
and  men,  too,  have  dyed  their  hair  from  time  immemorial,  and 
there  has  not  been  an  interval  within  the  last  three  centuries 
during  which  hair  dressers  have  not  employed  pigments  to 
conceal  grayness,  whiteness,  or  eccentricity  of  color  in  the 
hair.  The  only  thiog  new  is  the  fashionable  shade,  and  the 
introduction  of  that  shade  is  in  one  way  a  very  distinct  gain. 
It  has  restored  the  popular  faith  in  the  possible  beauty  of 
ligbt-haired  women.  The  condition  of  public  opinion  upon 
that  subject  has  for  years  past  been  almost  a  marvel.  That  a 
people  essentially  Northern,  amoug  whom  five  persons  in  six 
have  hair  tinged  with  some  shade  of  light  brown,  should  pre- 
fer black  hair  is  quite  natural,  lor  iufrequency  always  iucreases 
the  piquancy  of  admiration. 

Orientals,  on  the  same  principle,  admire  fair  hair  and  ex- 
cessive lightness  of  complexion,  and  one  African  race,  the 
Somali,  stains  its  wool  with  henna  and  lime  till  it  is  of  a  dull 
brick-dust  hue.  But  the  English  horror  of  light  hair  in  women 
was  almost  comical  in  its  intensity,  so  deep  as  to  affect  litera- 
ture and  penetrate  the  opinions  of  the  uncultivated  mass. 

One  shade  of  red,  that  false  auburn  which  is  red  in  the  sun 
and  brown  under  artificial  light,  was  tolerated,  chiefly,  we 
imagine,  because  fashionable  opinion  is  formed  under  chande- 
liers ;  but  the  true  auburn,  which  has  a  golden  flash  in  it 
under  the  sun  and  a  red  flash  only  by  candle-light — the  auburn 
which  the  Italian  painters  loved  three  centuries  ago,  and  Mil- 
lais  can  paint  now  when  he  will  let  his  imagination  work  as 
well  as  his  eyes — was  utterly  condemned,  all  the  more  viciously 
perhaps  because  that  is  the  shade  in  which  hair  is  found  most 
voluminous  aud  silky.  Men's  judgment  was  acidulated  by 
the  admixture  of  the  one  envy  which  the  best  women  can 
never  quite  suppress.  Flaxen  hair,  even  that  wonderful  flax 
which  suggests  an  aureole,  and  which — probably  from  its  as- 
sociation with  the  appearance  of  little  children — conveys  an 
indefinable  impression  of  innocence,  for  which  Thackeray  gave 
it  to  Becky  Sharp,  was  disposed  of  summarily  as  "  tow." 
Golden  hair,  we  mean  the  true  gold,  looking  as  if  it  had  been 
spun  not  from  any  metal  so  much  as  from  a  sunny  topaz,  was 
first  called  "  conspicuous,"  and  then,  when  bands  became 
universal,  "  sandy."  That  color  is  perhaps  the  only  one  to 
which  curls  are  essential,  just  as  black  is  the  only  one  in  which 
curls  can  never  be  most  becoming.  As  to  the  different  shades 
of  red,  the  language  was  ransacked  to  find  terms  of  abhorrence 
which  should  be  sufficiently  expressive,  and  while  the  coster- 
monger  asked  somebody  "  to  put  out  that  ere  bonnet,  it  must 
be  burning  by  now,"  the  peer  summed  up  his  dislike  in  the 
emphatic  word,  "  Carrots  !"  So  deep  was  the  disgust  for  this 
shade  that  it  extended  even  to  men's  heads.  Nobody  ever 
suggested  that  men  with  fail  hair  could  not  be  handsome,  or 


denied  that  the  highest  Norman  type,  the  tall,  fair-haired, 
steel-eyed,  light-complexioned  man,  was  the  ideal  type  of  all. 
but  everybody  professed  to  abominate  red.  Hundreds  of 
school-boys  have  had  their  lives  rendered  miserable  by  a  shade 
too  much  of  the  hated  color,  and  grave  remonstrances  have 
been  addressed  to  the  managers  of  Christ's  Hospital  against 
their  uniform,  on  the  ground  that  the  6un  by  some  mysterious 
process  would  turn  brown  bair  red. 

The  sun,  if  the  evidence  of  fact  may  be  trusted,  either 
blackens  the  hair,  which  seems  impossible,  or  induces  the  race 
which  live  under  its  beams  to  produce  the  black  hair  which 
most  effectually  protects  the  head.  No  tropical  race  is  light- 
haired.  Patt  of  the  objection  to  red  hair  no  doubt  arose  from 
the  ugly  complexion,  and  freckles,  and  turned  up  nose  by 
which  it  is  often  accompanied,  but  the  aversion  was  felt  and 
expressed  even  in  cases  where  red  hair  was  only  the  natural 
complement  of  very,regular  beauty.  The  new  fashion,  there- 
fore, of  dyeing  hair  to  lighten  its  color,  instead  of  dyeing  it 
to  darken  it,  strikes  right  athwart  a  natural  prejudice — so 
clearly  athwart,  that,  while  it  has  restored  people  to  the  use 
of  their  senses  in  judging  color,  it  has  also  raised  an  absurd 
shout  of  moral  reprobation.  Dyeing  may  be  immoral  possibly, 
but  dyeing  red  cannot  bo  more  immoral  than  dyeing  black. 
The  world  does  not  greatly  condemn  a  fair  woman  whose 
beauty  is  spoiled  by  untimely  grayness  for  removing  the 
blemish — feeling,  though  not  acknowledging,  that  beauty  is  a 
gift  which  it  is  as  right  to  preserve  as  health  or  eyesight — and 
if  white  hair  may  be  made  black,  surely  brown  may  be  made 
golden.  At  all  events  it  is  made  every  day,  and  if  those  who 
make  it  would  only.' remember  that  the  golden  locks  of  Flavia. 
who  has  a  cheek  like  a  peach  and  a  brow  of  milk — not  ot 
alabaster,  0  minor  poet!  healthy  flesh  never  being  absolutely 
bleached — will  not  necessarily  suit  Lalage,  who  has  a  face 
carved  out  of  Derbyshire  cheese  and  a  forehead  which  cannot 
tan,  the  golden  hair  would  add  to  the  grace  and  variety  of 
assemblies. 

So  rapid  has  been  the  spread  of  this  fashion,  that  the  re- 
sources of  chemistry  have  beeu  ransacked  for  dyes,  and  we 
have  before  us  a  huge  volume  of  receipts  for  the  production 
of  almost  any  shade.  They  are  all  very  nasty — nastiness  is 
the  real  objection  to  hair-dyes,  as  it  is  to  rouge  and  chignons, 
and  is  not  to  false  teeth — and  all  subject  to  one  fatal  defect. 
They  do  not  change  the  inherent  color  of  the  hair,  which 
grows  every  moment  as  it  was  originally  made  ;  the  pigments 
therefore  must  be  incessantly  reapplied,  and  the  hair,  instead 
of  being  dyed,  as,  for  instance,  a  topaz  is  dved  by  burning,  is 
only  painted — by  no  means  a  very  pleasing  idaa.  One  would 
think  it  primn  facie  possible  to  make  a  radical  change,  the 
coloring  matter  being  an  oil  held  as  it  were  in  a  tube,  and  im- 
pregnated with  substances  the  character  of  which  has  been 
discovered. 

Accordingly  to  Mr.  Cooley,  "  The  chemical  constitution  of 
the  hair  was  first  made  known  by  Mr.  Hatchett,  who  showed 
it  to  consist  chiefly  of  indurated  albumen,  together  with  a 
little  trelatine,  or  matter  that  yields  it.  Soft  and  very  flexible 
hair  is  said  to  contain  the  most  gelatine.  Subsequently,  Yau- 
queliu  discovered  that  hair  contains  two  different  kinds  of  oily 
matter — the  one  white  and  bland,  common  to  ail  hair;  the 
other,  colored,  and  on  which  in  part  the  particular  color  of  the 
hair  depends.  He  also  found  small  and  variable  quantities  of 
mineral  substances  in  hair.  In  light-colored  hair  he  found 
magnesia,  and  in  black  and  dark  hair  iron  anil  sulphur.  It  is 
the  presence  of  these  last  that  mainly  gives  to  dark  hair  its 
color.  Fur,  wool,  bristles,  and  spines,  in  their  chemical  na- 
ture, structure,  and  mode  of  formation,  resemble  hair  ;  as  also, 
to  a  very  great  extent,  do  the  feathers  of  birds." 

We  ought,  if  that  i3  correct,  and  we  knew  how,  to  be  able 
to  feed  people  into  hair  of  the  wished-for  color  ;  but  then  we 
do  not  know  how,  and  so  are  driven  back  on  devices  many  of 
which  are  dangerous  or  disagreeable.  It  is  easy  enough  aud 
safe  enough  to  darken  the  color.  A  weak  solution  of  acetate 
of  iron  dissolved  in  water  and  mixed  with  a  little  glycerine 
will,  if  rubbed  daily  into  the  head,  gradually  and  permanently 
darken  the  hair  and  benefit  the  health  besides— a  hint  we  rec- 
ommend to  red-haired  beauties  when  popular  prejudice  turns 
against  them  again,  as  it  will  one  day.  Lead,  often  used  in- 
stead of  iron,  is  as  dangerous  a  substance  as  it  is  well  possible 
to  employ,  and  the  lead  comb  in  which  our  grandmothers 
trusted  is  of  very  uncertain  efficacy.  There  is  no  swift  mode 
which  does  not  involve  the  use  of  lead  or  silver  to  a  danger- 
ous extent,  and  no  safe  mode  except  iron,  or  sometimes  after 
a  certaiu  age  iron  and  sulphuret  of  potassium,  which  restores 
the  decreasing  sulphur.  In  any  case,  too,  undvir  any  tempta- 
tion, the  woman  who  tries  to  change  the  color  of  her  eye- 
lashes is  a  fool,  who  risks  for  nothing  penalties  which  may 
embitter  an  entire  life.  For  lightening  the  hair  the  following 
is  said  to  be  the  formula  most  in  use,  and  is,  when  the  lime  is 
applied  a  little  too  lavishly,  as  ingenious  a  device  for  iujuriug 
the  head  as  ingenuity  has  yet  discovered  : 

"  Take  of 


Carbonate  of  Lead  1  onnee  ; 

Litharge  (pure  ;  levigated,  )  (of  each 

Hvdrated  oxide  of  bismuth  J (  $  ounce  ; 

Fresh  slaked  lime  .i  ounces  ; 

Distilled  or  soft  water  1  pint- 1 


boil,  with  constant  stirring,  for  30  cr  40  minutes.    When  cold, 
pour  the  whole  into  a  wide-mouthed  bottle,  add  of 
Liquor  of  ammonia  (.880 -.882)  2  fluid  drachms  ; 

put  in  the  cork,  and  shake  frequently  for  some  hours.  The 
next  day  pour  off  the  liquid  portion.  The  sediment,  which 
forms  the  dye,  must  then  be  well  stirred  together,  aud  again 
before  use.  It  is  to  be  applied  for  8  to  10  minutes  to  produce 
an  '  auburn  color;'  15  minutes,  for  'chestnut;'  20  minutea, 
for  '  full  brown  :'  and  30  minutes,  or  longer,  for  '  deep  brown  ' 
and  '  black.'  For  the  paler  shades  it  is  to  be  washed  off  with 
water  containing  a  little  common  soda. 
"  ('  Liquid  Plumbic  Dye.  )    Take  of 

llydrated  protoxide  of  lead  i  onnce  ; 

Liquor  of  potassa  2  fluid  ounces  ; 

mix  in  a  stoppered  vial,  aud  agitate  it  frequently  for  some 
days.  It  must  be  used  more  or  less  diluted,  according  to  the 
object  in  view.  By  its  skilful  application,  every  shade,  from 
a  pale  '  sandy  red  '  to  '  dark  brown,"  may  be  produced  ;  and 
these  may  be  turned  on  the  '  golden  brown,'  1  auburn,'  and 
'  chestnut,'  by  subsequently  moistening  the  hair  with  a  weak 
solution  of  sulphuret  of  potassium  or  hydrosulphuret  of  am- 
monia." 

Instantaneous  hair  dyeing  is  effected  by  washing  the  hair 
in  a  solution  of  nitrate  of  silver,  and  then  in  a  mixture  of 
hydrosulphuret  of  ammonia  and  distilled  water,  which  acta  as 
a  mordant,  when  the  hair  instantly  turnseither  brown  or  black. 
It  is,  however,  on  the  golden  shades  that  intellect  has  been 
recently  chiefly  expended,  and  here  is  a  list  which  includes 
every  color  except  one — the  golden  bronze — which  is  caused 
by  washing  with  a  solution  of  blue  vitriol,  followed  by  another 
of  the  ferrocyanide  of  potassium. 

"  A  stronsr  infusion  of  safflowers.or  a  solution  of  pure  rouge, 
in  3  weak  solution  of  crystallized  carbonate  of  soda,  gives  a 
'  bright  red,'  like  henna,  or  a  '  reddish  yellow,'  according  to  its 
strength,  if  followed,  when  dry.  by  a  '  mordant  '  of  lemon- 
juice  or  vinegar  diluted  with  one  half  to  an  equal  bulk  of 
water. 

"  An  acidulated  solution  of  a  salt  of  antimony,  followed  by 
a  weak  '  mordant '  of  neutral  hydrosulphuret  of  ammonia  or 
the  bisulphuret,  carefully  avoiding  excess,  gives  a  '  red  turn- 
ing on  the  orange,'  which  tones  well  on  light  brown  hair. 

"A  solution  of  sulphantimoniate  of  potassa  (Schlippe's 
salt)  with  a  mordant  of  water  slightly  acidulated  with  sulphu- 
ric acid,  gives  a  '  bright  orange  red  '  or  '  golden  red  color.' 

'•  Golden  Yellow. — A  solution  of  bichloride  of  tin  (suffi- 
ciently diluted,)  followed  by  a  '  mordant '  of  hydrosulphuret 
of  ammonia,  gives  a  rich  '  golden  yellow  tint '  to  very  light 
hair,  and  a  '  golden  brown  '  to  darker  hair,  owing  to  the  forma- 
tion of  aurum  musivum,  mosaic  gold,  or  the  bisulpburet  of 
tin. 

"  A  solution  of  acetate  or  nitrate  of  lead,  followed  by  a 
'  mordant '  of  yellow  chromate  of  potash,  gives  a  brilliant  rich 
'  golden  yellow.'  If  wanted  •  warmer  '  or  "deeper  toned.'  a 
few  drops  of  solution  of  diacetate  of  lead  (Goulard's  extract) 
should  be  added  to  the  acetate  solution. 

"  A  solution  of  pure  annotta,  obtained  by  boiling  it  in  water 
slightly  alkalized  with  carbonate  of  soda,  or  with  salt  of  tar- 
tar, gives  a  '  golden  yellow  '  or  '  flameyellow, 'According  to  its 
strengtli,  to  very  pale  hair,  and  corresponding  tones  to  darker 
hair.  A  previous  'mordant'  of  alum  water  'deepens'  it; 
and  a  subsequent  washing  with  water  soured  with  lemon-juice 
or  vinegar  '  reddens  '  it,  or  turns  it  on  the  '  orange.'  " 

Henna,  by  the  way,  is  unobjectionable,  and  never  fails,  so 
that  if  any  woman  really  wishes  lor  bright  red  hair  she  has 
only  to  make  friends  with  some  at/ache  of  the  embassy  at 
Constantinople  or  with  Mr.  Layard.  We  must  add,  that  there 
is  now  sold  in  Paris  a  dyj  which  instantly  changes  white  or 
flaxen  hair  into  the  most  glorious  gold,  which  is  nearly  instant- 
aneous, and  never  fails,  or  can  fail.  It  is  called  orpiment,  is 
the  golden  sulphuret  of  arsenic,  and  has  only  one  trifling  draw- 
back, which  those  who  want  it  probably  will  not  mind.  It 
kills,  just  as  inevitably  and  as  swiftly  as  doses  of  arsenic 
would. 

A  New  and  Grand  Epoch  W  Mkhicixe. — Dr.  Maggie!  is  the 
fonder  of  a  new  medical  system.  The  quantilarians,  whose  vast 
internal  doses  enfeeble  the  stomach  and  paralyze  the  bowels,  mnst 
give  precedence  to  the  man  who  restores  health  and  appetite  with 
from  one  or  two  of  his  extraordinary  pills,  and  cures  the  most  viru- 
lent wrcs  with  u  box  or  so  of  bis  wonderful  aud  all  healing  salve. 
These  two  great  specifics  of  the  Doctor  arc  fast  superseding  all  tho 
stereotyped  nostrums  of  the  day.  Extraordinary  cures  by  Maggiel's 
Pills  and  salve  have  opened  the  eyes  of  the  public  to  the  inefliciency 
of  the  so-called  remedies  of  others,  and  upon  which  people  have  so 
long  blindly  depended.  Maggiel's  Pills  arc  not  of  the  class  that  are 
swallowed  by  the  dozen,  and  of  which  every  boxfull  taken  creates 
an  absolute  necessity  for  another.  One  or  two  of  Maggiel's  Pills 
suffice  to  place  the  bowels  in  perfect  order,  tone  the  stomach,  create 
an  appetite,  and  render  the  spirils  light  and  buoyant.  There  is  no 
griping,  and  no  reaction  in  the  form  of  constipation.  If  the  liver  is 
affected,  its  functions  arc  restored,  and  if  the  nervous  system  is  feeble 
it  is  invigorated.  This  last  quality  makes  the  medicines  very  de- 
sirable for  the  wants  of  delicate  females.  Ulcerous  and  eruptive  dis- 
eases are  literally  extinguished  by  the  disinfectant  power  of  Mag- 
giels  salve.  In  fact,  it  is  here  announced  that  Maggiel't  Jjilious, 
Dyspeptic  and  Diarrhea  Pillt  cure  where  all  others  fail.  While,  for 
Burns,  Scalds,  Chilblains,  Cut*  and  all  abrasions  of  the  skin,  Mag- 
giel's Salreie  infallible.  Sold  by  J.  Maooizl,  No.  11  Pine  street, 
New  York,  and  all  Druggists,  at  20  cents  per  box.  K.  H.  McDon- 
ald &  Co.,  Agents  for  Pacific  coast,  corner  Sansome  and  Pine  streets, 
San  Francisco.  eU 

A  t.ADY  of  high  rank,  wife  of  ouo  of  our  merchant  princes  says  : 
"  I  have  tested  the  merits  of  that  fashionable  toilet  drawing  for 
the  complexion  and  skin— Davidson's  Circassian  Bloom— and  find  it 

inc"t  delightful  perfume,  clearing,  beautifying,  and  enriching  llio 
toue  and  purity  of  the  complexion  and  skin. 


July  21st  | 


THE    CALIF  ORNIAN 


13 


AGUA  DE  MAGNOLIA. 
A  toilet  delight.  Superior  to  any  cologne, 
used  to  bathe  the  luce  and  person,  to  render  the  skin 
soft  and  fresh,  to  allay  inflammation,  to  perfume 
clothing,  for  headache,  etc.  It  is  manufactured  from 
the  rich  Southern  Magnolia,  and  is  obtaining  a  pat- 
ronage quite  unprecedented.  It  is  a  favorite  with 
actresses  and  opera  singers.  It  is  sold  by  all  dealers, 
at  $1.00  in  large  bottles,  and  by  Demas  Barnes  & 
Co.,  New  York,  Wholesale  Agents. 


Agua  de  Magnolia.— The  prettiest  thing, 
the  "  sweetest  thing,"  and  the  most  of  it  for  the  least 
money.  It  overcomes  the  odor  of  perspiration ; 
softens  and  adds  delicacy  to  the  skin ;  is  a  delightful 
perfume;  allays  headache  and  inflammation,  and  is 
a  necessary  companion  in  the  sick  room,  in  the  nur- 
sery and  upon  the  toilet  sideboard.    It  can  be  ob- 

ned  everywhere  at  one  dollar  per  bottle. 


Lyon's  Magnetic  Insect  Powder  is  in- 
stant death  to  Fleas,  Ticks,  Roaches,  and  everything 
of  the  insect  species.  It  is  one  of  the  few  articles 
that  can  be  relied  upon,  and  for  a  mere  wo  bits  we 
can  save  the  biles  and  bills  of  these  Utile  pests. 
None  is  genuine  unless  signed  by  E.  Lyon,  and 
bearing  the  private  stamp  of  Demas  Darnes  &  Co., 
New  York. 


S — T — 1860 — X.    DRAKE'S  PLANTATION 

BITTERS. 
They  purify,  strengthen  and  invigorate. 
They  create  a  healthy  appetite. 
They  are  an  antidote  to  change  of  water  and  diet. 
They  strengthen  the  system  and  enliven  the  mind. 
They  preveut  miasmatic  and  intermittent  fevers. 
They  purify  the  breath  and  acidity  of  the  stomach. 
They  cure  Dyspepsia  and  Constipation. 
They  cure  Liver  Complaint  and  Nervous  Head- 
ache. 

They  are  the  best  Bitters  in  the  world.  They 
make  the  weak  strong,  and  are  exhausted  natuie's 
great  restorer.  They  are  made  of  pure  St.  Croix 
Rum,  the  celebrated Calisaya  Bark,  roots  and  herbs, 
and  are  taken  with  the  pleasure  of  a  beverage,  with- 
out regard  to  age  or  time  of  day.  Particularly  rec 
omineuded  to  delicate  persons  requiring  a  gentle 
stimulant.  Sold  by  all  Grocers,  Druggists,  Hotels 
uud  Saloons.  Only  genuine  when  Cork  is  covered 
by  onr  private  U.  S.  Stamp.  Beware  of  couuter- 
eits  and  relilled  bottles. 

P.  H.  DRAKE  &  CO.,  New  York. 

"  In  lifting  the  kettle  from  the  tire  I  scalded  my 
self  very  severely— one  hand  almost  to  a  crisp.  The 
torture  was  unbearable.  *  *  »  'fhe  Mexican 
Mustang  Liniment  relieved  the  pain  almost  immedi- 
ately. It  healed  rapidly,  and  left  very  little  scar. 
"  Chas.  Foster,  420  Broad  street,  Philada." 


This  is  merely  a  sample  of  what  the  Mus- 
tang Liniment  will  do.    It  is  invaluable  in  all  case 
of  wounds,  swellings,  sprains,  cuts,  bruises, spavin 
etc.,  either  upon  man  or  beast. 

Beware  of  counterfeits.  None  is  genuine  unless 
wrapped  in  line  steel-plate  engravings,  hearing  the 
signature  of  G.  VV.  Westbrook,  Chemist,  and  the 
private  stamp  of  Demas  Barnes  &  Co.,  New  York. 


All  who  Value  a  Beautifci,  Head  of 
Hair,  and  its  preservation  from  premature  baldness 
and  turning  gray,  will  not  fail  to  use  Lyon's  Cele- 
brated Kathairon.  It  mala-,  the  hair  rich,  soft, 
and  glossy,  eradicates  dandruff,  and  causes  the  hair 
to  grow  with  luxuriant  beauty.  It  is  sold  every- 
where.      E.  THOMAS  LYON,  Chemist,  N.  Y. 


Lyon's  Extract  of  Pure  Jamaica  Ginger, 
for  Indigestion.  Nausea,  Heartburn,  Sick  Headache, 
Cholera  Morbus,  &c.,  where  a  warming,  genial 
stimulant  is  required  Its  careful  preparation  and 
entire  purity  make  it  a  cheap  and  reliable  article  for 
culiuary  purposes.  Sold  everywhere,  at  50  cents  per 
bottle.  ap7-ly 


No  Forfeiting. — Heretofore,  if  a  person  jholding 
a  Life  Policy  became  unfortunate,  and  could  not 
raise  the  sum  of  money  required  to  pay  his  next  pre- 
mium, his  policy  was  declared  forfeited.  The 
Brooklyn  Life  Insurance  Company  of  New 
York  has  decided  to  make  every  policy  it  issues 
NON- FORFEITABLE,  giving  a  PAID-UP 
POLICY  to  the  party  if  unable  to  continue  hiB 
payments  of  premiums.  The  dividends  of  the 
Brooklyn  Life  Insurance  Company  are  settled  annu- 
ally in  cash.  This  plan  is  far  more  acceptable  to 
insurers  than  at  the  end  of  three  or  live  years,  as  in 
other  companies.  The  Brooklyn  Life  Insurance 
Company  allows  thirty  days  grace  in  the  payment 
of  premiums.  Its  policies  are  incontestable,  and  its 
losses  are  promptly  paid.  The  Brooklyn  Life  Insu- 
rance Company  oilers  every  known  plan  of  Life 
aud  Endowment  Insurance.  Get  a  pamphlet  at  the 
oiiice,  240  Montgomery  street,  southeast  corner  of 
Piue,  from  Stephen  T.  King,  General  Manager,  or 
David  B.  Arrowsmith,  Local  Agent. 

MEDICAL  ADVICE. 
Dr.  Wm.  K.  Doherty's  Medical  and  Surgical 
Institute  is  becoming  a  sine  qua  non  to  the  welfare 
of  our  State  and  health  of  our  citizens  ;  and  his 
rapidly  spreading  reputation,  although  it  may  excite 
surprise,  is  but  the  signal  of  skill,  and  follows  as  the 
natural  effect  of  such  a  cause.  We  are  personally 
acquainted  with  gentlemen  who  had  suffered  for 
years  under  chronic  disease,  and  who  had  taken  ad- 
vantage of  every  available  means  that  promised 
relief,  but  without  success,  until  they  called  upon 
Dr.  Doherty,  who,  in  an  incredibly  short  space  of 
time,  has  given  them  entire  relief.  It  is  gratifying 
to  announce  this  fact,  because  the  Doctor  is  a  gentle- 
man who  seeks,  not  by  defamation  of  others,  to  es- 
tablish his  i  eputation,  or  to  rear  the  superstructure  of 
his  own  upon  the  ruin  of  another's  fame.  The  Doc- 
tor conducts  his  Institute  in  a  manner  that  must  be 
gratifying  to  all  his  patients.  He  examines,  hears, 
advises,  and  recommends,  without  charge,  and  the 
patient,  after  hearing  his  terms  for  treatment,  can 
accept  or  reject  at  pleasure.  In  no  case  does  the 
Doctor  make  a  charge  unless  he  effects  a  cure.  This 
he  is  able  to  do,  because  he  feels  the  confidence 
which  long  experience  has  given,  and  no  doubt  the 
consolation  which  appertains  to  that  confidence. 
Persons  afflicted  with  either  acute  or  chronic  disease, 
would  do  well  to  consult  the  Doctor  ;  at  all  events, 
it  can  do  no  harm,  as  for  consultation  he  asks  no  fee  ; 
nor  does  he  insist  on  obedience  to  his  advice  unlegs 
the  patient  places  himself  under  his  care.  His  ollices 
are  on  Sacramento  street,  opposite  the  Pacific  Mail 
Steamship  office. — San  Francisco  News. 

E  Goldsmith  &  Co.,  at  No.  046  Sacramento 
street,  three  doors  below  Kearny,  have  just  received 
some  beautiful  new  style  Garibaldis  and  Zouave 
Jackets,  that  for  taste  and  style  are  particularly 
worthy  of  the  attention  of  our  lady  readers.  They 
have  also  a  line  assortment  of  Ladies'  Furnishing 
Goods  of  the  choicest  description.  French  corsets 
for  one  dollar.  A  great  variety  of  French  toilet  aud 
fancy  articles,  the  newest  Btyles  of  buttons  aud 
dress  trimmings,  may  always  be  found  at  Gold- 
smith's 046  Sacramento  street. 


RH  E  UMATISM. 

Throughout  this  coast  a  great  deal  of  suffering  is 
experienced  from  Rheumatism.  Weeks  and  even 
months  of  protracted  and  aggravated  misery  is  en- 
dured by  the  victims  of  medical  inefficiency  and 
ignorance,  which  could  be  cured  just  as  speedily  as 
was  Mr.  Sparrow,  whose  testimony  is  given  below, 
and  is  only  the  echo  of  hundreds  of  other  cases. 
Dr.  Bourne  cures  without  medicines,  which  accounts 
for  his  extraordinary  success.  No.  10  Masonic 
Temple,  Post  street  entrance : 

San  Francisco,  September  6,  1861. 

Dr.  Bourne:  Last  Wiuter  I  was  nearly  dead,  by 
an  attack  of  inflammatory  rheumatism.  1  suffered 
the  most  excruciating  pains  for  about  five  weeks, 
without  any  hope  of  relief,  wheu  a  friend,  hearing 
of  my  illness,  called  to  see  me,  aud  assured  me  thkt 
if  I  would  stop  "drugging  and  dosing,''  and  go  to 
you,  that  you  would  have  me  walking  about  the 
streets  iu  three  days.  Sure  enough,  although  1  was 
utterly  helpless,  and  conveyed  to  your  house  iu  a 
carriage,  and  carried  into  it  by  three  stout  men,  aud 
was  by  them  lifted  into  the  bath,  yet,  on  coming 
out  of  the  bath  I  was  able  to  largely  assist  myself, 
doing  much  toward  dressing,  and  without  assistance 
walked  from  the  bath  to  the  carriage.  On  the 
fourth  day,  I  discharged  my  carriage  and  walked 
with  a  friend's  aid  the  entire  distance  to  your  house 
(nearly  a  mile)  and  home  again,  and  so  on  until 
cured  ;  and  I  had  not  taken  more  than  twelve  baths 
when,  all  pain  and  swelling  having  ceased,  I  felt 
myself  a  well  man.  And  now  I  ain  happy  to  do  this 
little  service  of  publicly  certifying  to  the  simple 
truth,  leaving  it  to  do  its  own  work  among  such  of 
my  friends  and  acquaintances  as  may  chance  to  see 
tiiis.  Your  friend.  Joseph  Sparrow. 

Dainty  Work.— About  the  daintiest  work  we 
ever  saw  were  specimens  of  hair  jewelry  at  the  es- 
tablishment of  Mrs.  C.  Cook,  045  Clay  street,  between 
Montgomery  aud  Kearny  streets,  yesterday.  This 
lady  manufactures  all  sorts  of  jewelry — watch-chains, 
em-rings,  finger  rings,  breastpins,  and  various  other 
kinds  of  ornaments — from  human  hair.  We  wit 
nessed  the  process  of  manufacture,  and  it  is  intricate 
and  ingenious  iu  the  highest  degree. — S.  /■'.  Exam 
iner.  •  , 


A  SUMMER  AND  WINTER  MEDICINE. 

"  Great  oaks  from  little  acorns  prow." 

The  wcrst  diseases  known  to  the  human  race 
spring  from  causes  so  small  as  to  almost  defy  detec- 
tion. The  volumes  of  scientific  lore  that  fill  the 
tables  aud  shelves  of  the  medical  fraternity  only  go 
to  prove  and  elaborate  these  facts. 

Then  guard  yourselves  ,  while  you  may.  The 
smallest  pimple  on  the  Bkin  is  a  tell-tale  and  indica- 
tor of  disease.  It  may  fade  and  die  away  from  the 
surface  of  the  body,  but  it  will  reach  the  vitils,  per- 
haps, at  last,  and  death  be  the  result  and  final  close. 
Maggiel's  Bilious,  Dyspeptic  and  Diarrhoea  Pills 
cure  where  all  others  fail.  While  for  Burns,  Scalds, 
Chilblains,  Cuts,  and  all  abrasions  of  the  skin,  Mag- 
giel's Salve  is  infallible.  Sold  by  J.  Maggiel,  43 
Fulton  street,  New  York,  and  all  Druggists,  at  25 
cents  per  box. 


Wanted — Agents  to  sell,  by  subscription  only  the 
most  popular  work  ever  written  :  "  GRANT  AND 
SHERMAN;  their  Campaigns  and  Generals."  By 
the  world-renowned  historian,  Hon.  J.  T.  Headley, 
author  of  Washington  and  his  Generals,  Saercd 
Mountains,  etc.  Agents  are  taking  as  high  as  thirty 
subscribers  per  day,  and  all  agree  in  pronouncing  it 
the  most  saleable  work  they  ever  took  hold  of.  The 
people  want  Headley's  illustrated  "  GRANT  AND 
•SHERMAN,"  etc.  For  terms  aud  territory,  address 
E.  E.  Shear,  No.  8  Montgomery  Street,  and  Box 
1,430,  San  Francisco,  California 


Read  the  Testimony  of  a  few  of  the  many  Eminent 
Clergymen  and  their  Families  of  New  York  city,  who, 
having  used  the  Sozodont  for  a  long  time  p:>st,  are  con 
vincea  o!  its  excellent  and  invaluable  qualities,  and  give 
it  their  cordial  commendation  : 

Rev.  T  HUM  AS  DEWI'PT,  Pastor  Collegiate 
Rcf.  Dutch  Church,  Lafayette  Place. 

Rev.  J.  W.  ALEXANDER,  D.  D.,  Presbyterian 
Church,  Fifth  Avenue. 

Rev.  ./.  B.  WaKELEY,  M.  F..  City  Missionary. 

Rev.  W.  F.  MORGAN,  D.D.,  Rector  St.  Thomas 
Church,  Broadway. 

Rev.  E.  H.  CHAP1N.  D.  D.,  Pastor  Fourth  Uni- 
versaust  Church,  Broadway. 

Rev.  SAMUEL  COOKE,  D.D.,  Rector  St.  Bar- 
tholomew's Chinch,  Lafayette  Place. 

Rev.  SAMUEL  OSGOOD,  D.D.,  Pastor  Church 
of  Messiah ,  Broadway. 

Rev.  B.  M.  ADAMS,  M.  £.  Church,  Duane  street. 

Rev.  HE  MAN  BANGS,  late  Pastor  Centenary 

M.  E.  Church,  Brooklyn. 
Rev.  W.  S.  MIKELS,  Pastor  Baptist  Church, 

Sixteenth  sticet. 
Rev.  GEO.  POTTS,  D.D.,  Pastor  Presbyterian 

Church,  University  Place. 
Rev.  E.  E.  R  AN KIN, Pastor  Presbyterian  Church 

Forty  second  street. 
Rev.  T.  E.  VERM1LYE,  D.  D.,  Pastor  of  Co 

Dutch  Reformed,  Lafayette  Plate. 

FROM  G.  F.    J.  COLJJURN,  DOCTOR    DENTAL  SUR- 
GHitY,  NEWARK,  N.  J. 

The  Popular  Deulnfiec  known  us  Van  Buskirk's  "  SO- 
ZOLONT,"  besides  bi-iiis;  a  very  pleasant  a.lditiun  to  ihe 
toilet,  euminis  ingredients  that,  if  used  according  to  the 
directions',  will  urOvc  of  the  greatest  utility  to  the  health 
of  the  mouth  and  teeth. 

BEWARE   OF  IMITATIONS  I 
Sold  by  all  Druggists  aud  Perfumers. 

HALL  &  EUCKEL, 

je2  4m  NEW  YORK. 


j^RKWSTER  &  CO.'S 

Carriage  Manufactory, 

372  Broome  sleet,  New  York. 

We  desire  to  announce  to  our  California  friends  that 
wo  have  made  extensive  arrangements  by  increasing 
our  works  lor  the  coming  season,  aud  with  a  view  to 

SUPPLYING     THE  , 

WANTS  OF  CALIFORNIA, 

will  manufacture  a  stylo  of  work  particularly  adapted  to 
city  aud  couutry  use,  aud  iu  view  of  the  destructive  ef- 
fects of  city  railroads  uu  all  fight  work,  will  give 

CARRIAGES,  BUGGIES,  PHAETONS,  COUPES, 
and  Vehicles  of  every  description,  of  our  own  manufac- 
ture, on  hand  aud  made  lo  order. 
Orders  or  communications  should  be  addressed  to 
BREWSTER  i:  CO., 

Of  Broome  street, 
The  firm  of  Brewster  h  Baldwin  not  being  in  any  way 
connected  with 

BREWSTER  &  CO., 
Of  No.  372,  Broome  street, 


^ITOCKDaLE  HOUSE, 
^         Coruer  Main  and  Oak  streets,  Petaluma. 
inar24  6m  H.  STOCKDAidi,  Proprietor. 


J^ARRAND'S  OSCILLATING 

Amalgamator. 

THIS  UNRIVALLED  IMPROVEMENT  FOR  THE  RE- 

duolion and  amalgamation  of  Gold  aud  Silver  Ores,  is  now 
running  daily  at  No.  206  Commercial  street,  between  Front 
and  Davis. 

In  offering  this,  Amalgamator  to  the  public  the  in- 
ventor does  not  claim  any  new  or  scientific  method 
of  extracting  the  precious  metals  from  the  ores  ;  he 
merely  claims  a  new  and  simple  combination  ol 
mechanical  principles,  whereby  a  great  saving  of 
power  (full  one-half  in  amount)  is  effected.  The 
capacity  of  the  machine  varies  with  its  size.  The 
smallest,  or  prospecting  size,  will  reduce  400  IbB.  in 
three  hours,  and  can  be  easily  worked  by  the  power 
of  one  man.  The  largest  size  will  work  1,500  lbs 
in  three  hours,  or  six  tons  in  24  hours,  with  au  appli- 
cation of  a  trifle  more  than  one-horse  power.  This 
saving  of  power,  as  all  mill-nien  are  aware,  is  an  im- 
portant considerationparticularly  where  fuel  is  scarce^ 
The  power  so  saved  in  running  the  Amalgamators 
may  be  advantageously  employed  to  an  increase  of 
stamps,  and  thus  proportionally  increasing  ihe  work 
of  the  mill.  This  machine  consists  of  a  semi-cylin- 
drical, trough-shaped  vessel,  in  the  interior  of  which 
is  furnished  with  mo\  cable  concave  dies,  to  be  re- 
placed when  worn  out,  as  in  ordinary  pans.  The 
inullers  are  convex,  and  attached  to  a  substantial 
rock  shaft,  by  which  they  are  moved  back  and  for- 
ward by  crank  or  eccentric  motion.  The  mullers 
are  held  to  their  places  by  springs  of  moderate 
strength,  the  pressure  of  which  may  be  easily  regu- 
lated. The  oscillating  motion  of  the  mullers  serves 
to  keep  the  pulp  in  a  constant  state  of  agitation, 
thoroughly  mixing  it,  and  passing  it  under  the  mul- 
lers without  resort  to  any  of  the  various  expedients 
employed  in  Pans  where  a  circular  motion  is  main- 
tained. 

The  peculiar  construction  of  this  superior  machine 
admits  of  its  being  worked  with  a  much  smaller 
charge  of  quick  ilver,  to  any  given  amount  of  pulp 
than  the  flat-bottomed  Pans.  The  spiral  springs 
greatly  assist  in  the  work  of  reduct.ou,  by  allowing 
the  free  admission  of  the  pulp  between  the  mullers 
aud  dies,  so  that  the  pulp  is  made  to  actually  work 
upon  itself— aB  the  dust  of  the  diamond  is  made  to 
reduce  the  gem  itself. 

Trials  made  with  this  machine  in  the  presence  of 
experts,  during  ihe  last  six  montliB.  have  been  pro- 
nounced highly  satisfactory.  It  is  peculiarly  well 
adapted  to  employment  by  small  mining  operators  in 
distant  localities,  as  it  can  readdy  be  taken  to  pieces 
and  packed  upon  mules. 

A  large  size  machine  is  constructed  without  dies  or 
mullers,  but  simply  with  arms  to  act  as  stirrers,  to 
be  used  in  connection  with  several  of  the  Amalga- 
mators as  a  "  Separator,"  as  it  is  found  that  the  pecu- 
liar motiou  given  to  these  amis,  in  connection  with 
the  concave  shape  of  the  body  of  the  machine,  ren- 
ders it  most  effectual  for  such  a  purpose. 

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rjIHE  NORTH  BRITISH  AND 

MERCANTILE  INSURANCE  CO 
OF      LONDON     AND  EDINBURGH. 
ESTABLISHED,  1809. 

Capital,  - 


Accumulated  Funds,  March  6, 1865,  - 
Annual  Iucome, 

Deposit  in  California  under  Stato  law, 


$10,000,000 
11,522,500 
2,827,290 
$75,000 


GENERAL  AGENCY  FOR  THE  PACIFIC  STATES  AND 

TERRITORIES, 
Cor.  Sansome  andCali/orma  streets,  San  Francisco 


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occupied  as  Stores,  Dwellings,  or  Warehouses,  together 
with  their  contents. 

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Also,  QUARTZ  MILLS  and  MACHINERY. 

LOSSES  PAID  IN  UNITED  STATES  GOLD  COIN  im- 
mediately on  adjustment. 

WM.  H.  TILLINGHAST,  Agent. 
invl9 


CALIFORNIA 

Steam  Navigation  Company. 


STEAMER  CAPITAL  CAPT.  E.  A.  POOLE. 

CHRYSOPOLIS.CAPT.  A.  FOSTER. 

YOSEMITE   

"  CORNELIA.... CAPT.  W.  BROMLEY. 
"      JULIA  CAPT  E.  CONCKLIN. 

One  of  the  above  steamers  leave  BROADWAY  WHARF. 
at4o'clock  P.M.,  EVERY  DA  Y,  (Sundays  excepted,)  for 
Sacramento  and  one  for  Stockton,  the  Sicramento  steamer 
connecting  with  light-draft  steamers  for  Marysville,  Co- 
lusa, Chico  and  Red  Bluff. 

Steamships  PACIFIC,  ORIZABA,  CA1 IFORNIA  ,  AC 
Tl  VE,  and  SENA  TOR,  leave  as  advertised,  Tor  Portland, 
Oregon,  New  Westminster,  British  Columbia,  Victoria. 
(V.  LJ  Santa  Barbara,  San  Pedro,  and  San  Diego. 

Office  of  the  <£tnpany,  northeast  comer  of  Front  and 
Jackson  streets. 

inar2»  B.  M.  HARTSHORNE,  President. 


rpO  FARMERS,  MINERS,  LABORERS 

"  ud  all  those  wishing  to  secure  themselves  a  portion  ol 
THE  MOST    VALUABLE  AGRICULTURAL    AND  MIN- 
ERAL LANDS  OF  MEXICO, 
With  an  equal  interest  in  the  Profits  of  the  Plantations  of 

THE  MEXICAN  SEA  ISLAND 
COTTON  COMPANY. 

HOMES  FOR  THE  POOR  AND  COMPETENCY  FOR  ALL 

SPECIAL  NOTICE. 

The  Mexican  Sea  Island  Cotton  Company,  having 
reserved  from  their  final  Subscription  List  a  Limited 
Number  of  Unassessable  Shares,  (the  remaining 
shares  of  the  Company  having  been  taken  up  by  the 
stock  holders, J  hereby  oiler  the  same  for  sale  at  the 
original  subscription  price  of  Sixteen  Dollars  each, 
payable  in  casti.  Every  holder  of  a  share  will  be 
entitled  to  a  portion  of  the  Company's  lands,  having 
the  privilege  to  settle  thereon  and  participate  in  all 
the  advantages  and  prolits  of  the  enterprise,  and 
special  privileges  granted  to  this  Company  by  an 
Imperial  Decree  of  Maximilian,  dated  Oili  January, 
1866,  without  being  subjected  to  the  conditions  of 
regular  Government  emigrants,  this  Company  set 
tling  upon  their  own  lauds,  secured  by  private  pur- 
chase, and  held  under  indisputable  Spanish  titles. 

Shareholders  becoming  actual  settlers  will  also 
have  the  privilege  of  any  employment  upon  the  Com- 
pany's plantation.  Portions  of  land  will  be  allotted 
to  Bettlers,  to  be  held  by  theui  until  a  final  division 
makes  it  their  property. 

For  the  purpose  of  increasing  the  value  of  the 
Company's  land,  and  to  create  all  the  comforts  of  a 
home  and  BOciety,  it  is  the  intention  of  the  company 
to  form  a  regular  settlement  and  to  lav  out  a  town 
adjoining  their  present  plantation  into  Building  lots, 
which  will  likewise  be  fairly  divided  between  the 
8,000  shares  which  comprise  the  total  number  of  the 
Company. 

A  large  number  of  shareholders  will  settle  upon 
the  company's  lands  after  the  rainy  season  in  Octo- 
ber next.  Many  of  theui  uiav  theu  be  employed  by 
the  company,  or  by  others  able  to  plant  for  them 
selves,  or  in  developing  the  mineral  resources  of  the 
adjoining  mountains,  etc.,  etc. 

Men  of  all  trades  and  professions,  desiring  to  emi- 
grate to  Mexico,  will  have  great  advantages  as 
shareholders  of  this  company.  They  will  had  the 
lands  already  purchased  for  them  at  a  rate  equivalent 
to  a  free  gift,  to  be  held  by  each  shareholder  as  his 
property,  protected  by  the  best  Spanish  titles,  and 
the  good  will  of  all  political  parties  now  contending 
for  the  reins  of  government ;  the  climate  the  most 
salubrious,  and  the  land  rich  and  fertile  beyond  de- 
scription; every  kind  of  game  abounding ;  the  rivers 
full  of  hsh  and  with  extensive  beds  of  large  oysters : 
altogether,  a  country  where  it  is  easy  to  procure  a 
livelihood  and  the  comforts  of  a  home  with  less 
labor  and  less  capital  than  in  any  other  part  of  the 
world. 

The  extensive  placer  diggings,  veins  of  silver, 
and  solid  quartz  ledges,  which  are  to  be  found  in  the 
immediate  vicinity,  and  acknowledged  to  he  rich 
and  very  extensive,  can.  by  the  presence  of  a  num- 
ber of  settlers,  he  profitably  developed.  Many  of 
these  mines  are  to  be  found  within  the  limits  of  t Lie 
company's  grant.  The  Sierra  Madre  or  Mother 
Mountain  of  Mexico,  situated  only  within  about 
twenty  miles  from  the  coast,  can  be  reached  and  de- 
veloped with  much  greater  facility  than  the  more 
remote  mines  in  the  interior,  and  will  therefore 
make  the  company's  lands  the  most  desirable  to 
locate  upon. 

For  Maps  and  Survey,  and  further  information, 
apply  at  the  office  of  the  MEXICAN  SEA  ISLAND 
COTTON  CO.,  Beiges  Book  Store,  Russ  House, 
Montgomery  street,  between  the  hours  of  11  and  1 
o'clock. 

[Sr*3  All  the  assessable  stock  having  been  taken 
up  by  mutual  subscription  of  stockholders,  the  com- 
pany will  have  no  more  shares  to  olfer  after  the 
limited  number  of  unassessable  shares  have  been 
placed,  and  shall  prefer  to  sell  these  to  actual 
settlers— a  single  share  of  which  will  be  sufficient  to 
entitle  them  to  a  lurge  portion  of  the  lauds. 


We,  the  und eksign eo  shareholders  in  the  Mex 
ican  Sea  island  Cotton  Company,  having  investiga- 
ted and  satisfied  ourselves  of  the  importance  of  the 
enterprise,  recommend  the  same  to  the  public.  We 
are  convinced  that  under  the  management  of  the 
present  officers  of  the  company,  with  their  efforts  to 
induce  industrious  parti'es  to  locate  upon  the  land, 
that  the  enterprise  must  become  very  profitable  to 
all  parties  interested,  and  most  beneficial  to  actual 
Bettlers. 

S.  R.  Kettlewell.  Blacksmith,  364  First  street 

W.  C.  Mead  ct  Son,  'ZlA  Sansome  street. 

M.  O'Neil,  Proprietor  New  Branch  Hotel,  12 

Sutter  street. 
Winall  &.  Clapp,  Mo  Market  street. 
R.  A.  S.  Repiton,  M,  D  ,816  Montgomery  street. 
Win.  Rudolph,  Gunsmith, 21G  Pacific  street. 
G.  Burkhardt,  Jeweller,  No.  209  Pacific  street. 
E.  Keil,  East  India  Tea  Co.,  631  Washington  st. 
P.  D.  O'Regan,  People's  Bakery , corner  Fourth 

and  Jessie  streets. 
Wm.  Meyer,  Provision  Dealer,  058  Third  street. 
John  Duff,  Painter  and  Paper  Hanger.  612  Clay 

street. 

A.  E.  Mylott,  Importer  and  Dealer  in  Cigars  and 

Tobacco,  30.r>  Battery  street 
Y.  M.  Baldwin,  Jeweller,  483  Montgomery-st. 
S.  Baysen.  Hatter,  No.  346  Kearny  street. 
Mathew  McCloskey,  641  Howard  street. 
San  Francisco,  March  2Ulh,  1668.  mar24 


jyjR.  AND  MRS.  COGILL 
AND  SONS, 

Teachers  of  Dancing, 

CONGRESS  HALL, 
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QCCIDENTAL 

INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

S.  W*  Cor.  MONTGOMERY  and  CALIFORNIA  STREETS 

INDIVIDUAL  LIABILITY. 

CAPITAL  STOCK,  $300,000 

LOSSES  PAID  IN  UNITED  S1ATES  GOLD  COIN. 

THIS  COMPANY  will  insure  against  loss  by  Fire  on  any 
Dwelling  House,  Buildings,  Merchandise  or  other  properly, 
situated  in  the  St.T.e  of  California.  The  largest  sum  they 
will  take  on  any  one  risk  is  thirty  thousand  dollars. 

CHRISTOPHER  CHRISTIANSEN,  President. 
J.  GREENEBAUM,  Vice  President 
B.  RoTBScniLD,  Secretary!  mh25-tf 


QREAT  TRIUMPH!! 

STEINWAY  &.  SONS 


T'erc  awarded  the  FIRST  PRIZE  MEDAL  at  thelat«  et. 

INTERNATIONAL  EXHIBITION  AT  LONDON,  over  the 

two  hundred  and  sixty -nine  Pianos  entered  for  competition 

from  all  parts  of  the  world. 
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11  Messrs.  Steinway  &  Sons'  indorsement  by  the  Jurors 

is  emphatic,  and  stronger  and  more  to  the  point  than  that 

of  any  European  maker." 
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be  found  at  the  Agent's, 

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Periodical  Headache 
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and  Biliou3  Fevers  ; 

indeed,  lor  the  whole  class  of  discaus  elimi- 
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malaria  of  miasmatic  countries. 

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2  r.  si.  Gentlemen  and  Ladies  at  7  1-2  r.  n  Sorices 
every  Friday  Evening.   Hall  *.o  rent.  my5  3m 


4  MERICAN  HOTEL, 

Main  street.      .       -  -  Petaluma. 

mar24  6m   EMERSON  i  LAMBERTON,  Proprietors. 


QPPOSITION  STEAMER-DAY, 

SATURDAY ,  JULY  14,  1866. 

GREAT  REDUCTION  IN  RATES, 
VIA  NICARAGUA  I 

THE  CENTRAL  AMERICAN  TRANSIT  COMPANY  will 
despatch  the  favorite  Steamship 

AMERICA, 
On  Saturday,  -        -      July  14th, 

From  Mission  street  Wharf,  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M.,  precisoly 
Connecting  at  GREYTOWN  with  the  splendid  Steamship 
SANTIAGO  , 
2.500  Toxs,  fob  New  Yobk. 
IKg-  For  Passage  and  Freight,  and  Insurance  on  Treas- 
ure, at  greatly  REDUCED  RATES,  apply  to 

I.  W.  RAYMOND,  Agent, 
Northwest  corner  Battery  and  Pine  streets. 
Up  stairs,  San  Franchise. 


T 


HE  ONLY  LIVING  ASTROLOGER, 


PROF.  COHEN, 
530  California  street,  San  Francisco, 

THROUGH  HIS  NATURAL  GU  T,  can  give  correct  inlor- 
mation  (in  the  Past.  Present  and  Future,  on  any  subject 
that  may  be  required  so  as  to  avoiu  trouble.  As  evidenee 
of  his  reputation,  lis  sas  received  over  18 .000  consultations 
during  his  residence  of  six  years  in  San  Francisco  I  Con- 
sultation fee,  $2.  By  letter,  $3.  Letter  box,  104.  It  Is 
not  necessary  to  give  tho  age.  Office,  530  California 
street.    Hours  Irom  8  A.  *.  to  li  r.  it.  Jel6  3m 

£10ME  AND  SEE  ME ! 

DR.  JOHN  HEALD, 

DENTIST, 

HAS  REMOVED  TO  THE 

CORNER  KEARNY  AND  CALIFORNIA  STS, 
Where  he  will  he  pleased  to  see  all  old  friends,  sud  plenty 
of  new  ones.  Every  variety  of  Dental  Operations  per- 
formed in  the  best  manner,  and  at  prices  Hint  shall  suit 
all  persns.  jgr ENTRANCE  0N  CALIFORNIA  SREET. 
ap28  Sm. 


July  2lstj 


THE    CALIF  ORNIAN 


15 


UNITED  STATES  STAMP  DUTIES. 
As  Amended  March  3,  1865. 

jlBEFUIXT  REVISED  i>D   COBRECTEO    FOB  THE  CALIFOBXIAN. 
PENALTIES. 

Penalty  for  making,  signing,  or  issuing  any  instru- 
ment, document,  or  paper  of  any  bind  whatsoever, 
without  the  same  being  duly  stamped,  for  denoting 
the  duty  hereby  imposed  thereon,  $50 ;  and  the 
instrument  shall  be  deemed  invalid  and  of  no  effect ; 
or  for  counterfeiting  stamps  or  dies,  $1,000,  and  im- 
prisonment to  hard  labor  not  exceeding  live  years. 
For  inakiug,  signing,  issuing,  accepting,  or  paying 
any  bill  of  exchange,  draft,  order,  or  note  without 
stamp,  $200.  For  selling  proprietary  cosmetics, 
matches,  photographs,  etc.,  without  proper  stamps, 
$10.    For  removing  stamps  on  these  articles,  $50. 

STAMP  DUTIES. 
Agreement  Contract  or  Appraisement,  not  other- 
wise specified,  each  sheet  or  piece  of  paper  .$0  05 
Assignment  of  Mortgage,  Lease,  or  Policy  of  In- 
surance, same  as  original  instrument.  Assign- 
ment of  Patent  Right   05 

Bank  Checks,  Drafts  or  orders,  exceeding  $10, 

at  sight  or  on  demand  ,  ...  02 

Bills  of  Exchange,  (inland,)  or  draft  otherwise 
Vian  at  sight  or  on  demand,  or  promissory  note 
except  bank  notes  for  circulation,)  or  any 
memorandum,  check  or  receipt,  or  any  evi- 
dence of  an  amouut  of  money  payable  on  de- 
mand or  at  a  designated  time,  for  a  sum  not 

exceeding  $100   05 

Every  additional  $100,  or  fractional  part.  ..  05 
Bill  of  Exchange,  (foreign,)  or  letter  of  credit, 
drawn  in,  but  payable  out  of  the  U.  S. ,  if 
drawn  singly,  the  same  rates  as  inland  bills  of 
exchange,  or  promissory  notes. 

If  drawn  in  sets  of  three  or  more,  for  each 
bill  of  the  set,  where  the  sum  shall  not  ex- 
ceed $100  or  its  equivalent  in  any  foreign  cur- 
rency in  which  such  bill  may  be  expressed, 
according  to  the  standard  value  fixed  by  U.  S.  02 
Every  additional  $100,  or  fractional  part...  02 
Bill  of  Lading,  or  receipt  for  any  merchandise 
or  erlects,  to  be  exported  to  a  foreign  port  or 

place   10 

Bill  of  Sale,  conveying  any  ship  or  vessel,  or 
any  part  thereof,  where  the  cousiderationuoes 

not  exceed  $500   50 

For  every  additional  $500,  or  fractional  part 

thereof   50 

Bill  of  Sale  of  personal  property  other  than 

ships  or  vessels   05 

Bond,  indemnifying  any  person  for  the  payment 
of  monev,  where  the  amount  recoverable  is 

$1,000  or  less   50 

Por  every  additional  $1,000,  or  fractional 

part  thereof*.  .   50 

Bond  for  the  due  performance  of  the  duties  of 

any  office   I  00 

Bond  of  any  other  description,  except  such  as 
may  be  required  in  legal  proceedings,  or  used 
in  "connection  with  mortgage  deeds,  and  not 

otherwise  charged  in  this  schedule   25 

Charier-Party,  ship,  vessel  or  steamer,  not  over 
150  tons,  $1 ;  150  to  300  tons,  $3  ;  300  to  bOO 

tons,  $5 ;  over  600  tons  10  00 

Certificate  of  Profits,  or  any  memorandum  show- 
ing an  interest  in  property,  or  accumulations 
of  anv  incorporated  company,  for  a  sum  not 

less  tfian  $10  nor  exceeding  $50   10 

Exceeding  $50  and  not  $1 ,000   25 

For  every  additional  $1,000  or  fract'al  part  25 
Certificate  of  Damage,  and  all  other  certificates 
or  documents  issaed  by  Port  Wardens  or  Ma- 
rine Surveyors,  or  other  persons  acting  as  such  25 
Certificate  of  Deposit,  not  exceeding  the  sum  of 

$100,  2  cents  ;  exceeding  $100   05 

Certificate  of  stock  in  any  incorporated  comp'y,  25 

Certificates,  other  than  specified   05 

Contract,  broker's  uote  or  memorandum  of  sale 
of  goods,  stocks,  bonds,  exchange  notes  of 
hand,  real  estate,  or  other  description  of  prop- 
erty, issued  by  any  person  acting  as  a  broker, 

for  each  note  or  memorandum  of  sale   10 

Deed  or  Conveyance  of  Real  Estate,  value  not 
over  $500,  50c.  ;   every  additional  $000,  or 

fractional  part  thereof   50 

Eutry  of  Goods  at  any  custom-house,  value  not 
over  $100,  25c;  over  $100  and  not  over  $500, 

50c;  over  $500  1  00 

For  the  withdrawal  of  goods  from  bonded 

warehouse   50 

Ganger's  Returns,  quarterly,  for  quantity  not 

over  500  galls,  gross,  10c. ;  over  500  galls,  gr.  25 
Insurance  (Marine,  Inland  and  Fire)  policy  or 
renewal,  premium  not  over  $10,  10c;  $10  to 
$50,  25c. ;  over  $50,  50c.  ;  Life  policy,  under 
$1,000,  25c;  $1,000  to  $5,000,  50c;  over  $5,000.1  00 
Lease  of  lands  or  tenements,  rent  not  over  $ 300 

per  annum,  50c. ;  each  add'l  $200  or  fraction.  50 
Manifest,  cargo  to  foreign  port,  registered  ton 
nage  not  over  300  tons,  $1  ;  over  300  and  not 

over  600,  $3;  over  600  tous  5  00 

Measurer's  Returns,  for  quantity  not  over  1,000 

bushels,  10c;  over  1,000  bushels   25 

Mortgage,  Trust  deed,  or  personal  bond  for  pay- 
ment of  money,  $100  to  $500,  50c ;  each  addi- 
tional $500.   50 

Each  assignment  of  mortgage,  leuse  or  pol- 
icy of  insurance,  or  renewal  of  the  same, 
is  subject  to  same  duties  as  the  original. 
Medicines  or  Preparations,  Perfumery  and  Cos- 
metics— Every  package,  box,  bottle,  etc.,  re- 
tailing for  25c.  or  less   01 

Each  additional  25c.  it  fractional  part  there- 
of, up  to  $1,  lc;  each  additional  50c.  or 

fractional  part  thereof,  over  $1   02 

Playing  Cards — Each  pack,  price  not  over  18c, 
2c;  from  18  to  25c,  4c.  ;  25  to  50c,  10c;  50c. 
to  $1,  15c;  each  additional  50c.  or  fractional 

part  thereof   05 

Photographs,  Ambrotypes,  Daguerreotypes  or 
Sun  Pictures,  upon  each,  retailing  for  25c.  or 
less,  2c;  over  25  and  not  over  50c,  5c ;  over 
50c.  and  not  over$l,  3c;  each  additional  $1 

or  fractional  part  thereof   05 

Passage  Ticket  to  foreign  port,  cost  not  over  $35, 
50c;  over  $35  and  not  over  $50,  $1 ;  every  ad- 
ditional $50  or  fractional  part  thereof  1  00 

Power  of  Attorney  to  sell  or  transfer  stock,  scrip, 

bonds,  or  collect  dividends  or  int.  thereon  25 
To  vote  for  officers  of  incorporated  comp'y  or 
society  not  religious,  charitable  or  literary, 

or  public  cemeteries   10 

To  receive  or  collect  rents   25 

To  sell,  convey,  rent  or  lease  real  estate  1  00 

For  anv  other  purpose   50 


Probate  of  Will,  or  letters  of  administration,  es- 
tate  not   over  $2,000,  $1 ;    each  additional 

$1,000  or  fractional  part  thereof.   50 

Protest  of  note,  bill,  acceptance,  check  or  draft,  25 
Promissory  Note — See  Bill  of  Exchange,  inland. 
Receipt  for  payment  of  money  or  debt  over  $20, 
not  being  for   satisfaction  of  mortgage, 
judgment  or  decree  of  Court,  and  receipt 

for  the  delivery  of  property   02 

Warehouse,  for  property  stored,  not  over  $500 
in  value,  10c.  ;  $500  to  $1,000,  20c.  ;  every 

additional  $1,000   10 

For  any  goods  held  in  storage,  and  not  other- 
wise provided  for   25 

Weigher's  Returns,  up  to  5,000  lbs.,  10c;  over 

5,000  lbs   25 

Writs,  or  original  process,  for  commencing  suit 
in  Court  of  record,  and  in  Court  not  of  rec- 
ord, when  amount  claimed  is  $100  or  over, 
except  before  Justices  of  the  Peace,  or  in 
court  of  no  greater  jurisdiction  as  to  dam- 
ages, or  in  suit  commenced  by  the  United 

States  or  any  State   50 

Upon  every  confession  of  judgment,  or  cogno- 
vit, for  $100  or  over,  except  where  tax  for 

a  writ  has  been  paid   50 

Writs  or  process  on  appeal  from  Justice's 
courts  and  other  courts  of  inferior  jurisdic- 
tion to  courts  of  record   50 

Warrant  of  distress — rent  claimed  under  $100, 

25c;  over  $100   50 

JJRITISH  PERIODICALS. 


The  London  Quarterly  Review  (Conserv- 
ative.) 

The  Edinburgh  Review  (Whig.) 
The  Westminster  Review  (Radical.) 
The  North  British  Review  (Free  Church.) 
Blackwood's  Edinburgh  Magazine  (Tory.) 

The  interest  of  these  Periodicals  to  American 
readers  is  rather  increased  than  diminished  by  the 
articles  they  contain  on  our  late  Civil  War,  aud 
though  sometimes  tinged  with  prejudice,  they  may 
still,  considering  their  great  ability,  and  the  different 
stand  points  from  which  they  are  written,  be  read 
and  studied  with  advantage  by  the  people  of  this 
country,  of  every  creed  and  party. 

TERMS  FOR  18C6. 

For  any  one  of  the  Reviews,  per  annum  $4 

For  any  two  of  the  Reviews,  per  annum   7 

For  any  three  of  the  Reviews,  per  annum  i . .  10 

For  all' four  of  the  ReviewB,  per  annum  12 

For  Blackwood's  Magazine,  per  annum  4 

For  Blackwood  and  one  Review,  per  annum   7 

I'lackwood  and  any  two  of  the  Reviews,  per  an. .10 
Blackwood  and  three  of  the  Reviews,  per  annum  13 
Blackwood  and  the  four  Reviews,  per  annum  15 

CLUBS. 

A  discount  of  twenty  per  cent,  will  be  allowed  to 
clubs  of  four  or  more  persons.  Thus,  four  copies  of 
Blackwood,  or  of  one  Review,  will  be  sent  to  one 
address  for  $12  SO.  Four  copies  of  the  four  Reviews 
and  Blackwood,  for  $18,  and  so  on. 

POSTAGE. 

When  sent  by  mail,  the  Postage  to  any  part  of  the 
Union  will  be  but  Twenty -four  Cents  a  year  for 
Blackwood,  and  but  Eight  Cents  a  year  i'or  each 
of  the  Reviews 

REDUCED  PRICES    FOR  PREVIOUS  YEARS. 

Subscribers  may  obtain  the  Reprints  immediately 
preceding  1866,  as  follows,  viz.- 

Blackwood  from  September,  1864,  to  December, 
1865,  inclusive,  at  the  rate  of  $2  50  a  year. 

The  North  British  from  January,  i860,  to  Decem- 
ber, 1865,  inclusive ;  the  Edinburgh  and  the  West- 
minster from  April,  1864,  to  December,  1865,  inclu- 
sive, and  the  London  Quarterly  for  the  year  1865,  at 
the  rate  of  $1  50  a  year  for  each  or  any  Review. 

A  few  copies  yet  remain  of  all  the  Four  Reviews 
for  1863  at  $1  a  pet,  or  $1  50  for  any  one. 

LEONARD  SCOTT  &  CO.,  Publishers, 
38  Walker  street,  New  York. 


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AND  691  MARKET  fcTREET,  -  -  -  .  CORNER  THIRD, 

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WEDDING    AND  VISITING  CARDS 

ENGRAVED,  WRITTEN,  OR  PRINTED. 

je23 


BOWMAN  &  CO., 
Dealers  m  Stoves  and  Tin  W  are. 
mar246m  Main  street,  Petaluma. 


pACIFIC  MAIL   STEAMSHIP  CO.'S 

Through  line  to  New  York. 

CARRYING  THE  U.  S.  MAIL ! 

Leave  Folsom-streot  Wharf  at  11  o'clock  a.  m.  of  the 
following  dates,  for  PANAMA,  connecting  via  PaDama 
Railroad,  with  one  of  the  Company's  splendid  steamers 
from  ASPINWALL  tor  NEW  YORK. 

Oo  the  16lh,  18th,  and  30th  of  each  month  that  has  30 
davs. 

6a  the  10th,  19lh,  and  30th  of  each  month  that  has  31 
days. 

When  the  10th,  19th  and  30th  fall  on  Sunday,  they  will 
leave  on  Saturday  preceding  ;  when  the  18th  falls  on  Sun- 
day, tbey  will  leave  on  Monday  following. 

Steamer  leaving  San  Francisco  on  the  10th  touches  at 
Mauzanillo.   All  touch  at  Acapulco. 

Departure  of  19th  connects  with  French  Transatlantic 
company's  steamer  for  St.  Nazaire,  and  English  steamer 
for  South  America. 

Departure  of  10th  connects  with  English  steamer  for 
Southampton,  and  P.  R.  R.  Co.'s  steamer  for  Central 
America. 

Departure  of  30th  connects  with  English  steamer  for 
Tumaco,  the  port  of  the  new  mines. 

STEAMERS  FOR  JULY  : 
The  following  steamships  will  be  despatched  from  San 
Francisco  ou  the  date  given  : 

JULY  30th,     ....  CONSTITUTION, 
Captain  E.  S.  Farnsworth, 
(Connecting  with  the  ARIZONA,  Captain  Maury.) 

An  experienced  Surgeon  on  board.  Medicine  and  attend- 
ance free.  • 

Cabin  Passengers  will  be  berthed  through.  Baggage 
checked  through — 100  pounds  allowed  each  adult. 

For  Merchandise  Freight  apply  to  Messrs.  Wells,  Fargo 
kci. 

The  steamer  will  positively  leave  at  11  o'clock.  Pas- 
sengers are  requested  to  have  their  baggage  ou  board  be- 
fore 10  o'clock 

For  Passage  and  all  other  information,  apply  at  Pacific 
Mail  Steamship  company's  office,  corner  of  Sacramento  and 
Leidesdorff  streets. 

OLIVER  ELDRIDGE,  Agent. 


vegetaIlIIIbrosla 

IS  THE  MIRACLE  OF  THE  AGE! 

Gray-headed  People  have  their 
locks  restored  by  it  to  the  dark,  lustrous, 
silken  tresses  of  youth,  and  are  happy! 

Young  People,  with  light,  faded  or  red  Hair, 
have  these  unfashionable  colors  changed  to 
a  beautiful  auburn,  and  rejoice ! 

People  whose  heads  are  covered  with 
Dandruff  and  Humors,  use  it,  and  have  clean 
coats  and  clear  and  healthy  scalps  ! 

Bald-Headed  "Veterans  have 
their  remaining  locks  tightened,  and  the 
bare  spots  covered  with  a  luxuriant  growth 
of  Hair,  and  dance  for  joy! 

Young  Gentlemen  use  it  because  it  is 
richly  perfumed ! 

Young  Ladies  use  it  because  it  keeps 
their  Hair  in  place ! 

Everybody  must  and  will  use  it,  because 
it  is  the  cleanest  and  best  article  in  the 
market !  j 

&j  For  Sale  by  Druggists  generally. 

For  buie,  w  Li'ijusiilu  ttucl  ieutU,  by 

JOHN  F.  SNOW, 

Solo  Agent  for  the  Pacific  Coast,  24  Post  street, 
j»-23  San  Francisco. 


|^HE  PACIFIC 

INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

HAVING  ADDED 

MARINE  INSURANCE 

TO  THEIR  BUSINESS,  ARE  NOW  PREPARED  TO  ISSUE 
POLICIES  ON 

Marine,  Inland  Navigation,  and  Fire  Risks, 

ON     THE     MOST     FAVORABLE  TERMS. 

Office,  436  California  street. 


A.  J.  RALSTON,  S»cretary. 


J.  HUNT,  President 
my&-3m 


OCCIDENTAL 

HOMESTEAD 

Association, 

office,  305  montgomery  street. 

Capital  Stock,  $33,660. 


102  SHARES  $330  EACH. 

This  Association  was  formed  to  enable  its  mem- 
bers to  obtain  desirable  homestead  lots  in  this  city  at  a 
cheap  and  easy  rate,  pay iug  for  the  same  by  regular 
monthly  instalments. 

For  this  purpose  they  have-purchased  Blocks  409,  500, 
and  501,  in  the  Western  Addition  to  this  city,  bounded  by 
Devisadero,  Pine,  Broderick  and  Clay  streets. 

Subscribers  will  pay  an  initiation  fee  of  $5  on  each 
share  taken,  to  form  a  fund  for  defraying  current  ex- 
penses, and  $11  per  month  for  thirty  months,  commen- 
cing in  April,  1S66. 

The  property  is  within  three  blocks  of  the 
TURK  STREET  RAILROAD, 

IS  NEARLY  ALL  ON  THE  GRADE, 
and  is  most  desirably  located  for  Homestead  purposes. 

It  is  directly  east  from  the  lands  of  the  California 
Association. 

The  property  has  been  purchased  on  very  reasonable 
terms,  and  offers  a  rare  opportunity  for  investment. 

A  number  of  fine  houses  are  in  process  of  erection,  and 
streets  are  being  graded  near  this  property,  which  will 
greatly  increase  its  value. 

When  twelve  monthly  payments  have  been  made,  the 
property  will  be  divided  among  the  members  in  the  usual 
mmner,  and  each  shareholder  will  receive  a  contract  for 
a  deed  to  the  lot  or  lots  to  which  he  may  be  entitled,  and 
have  the  privilege  or  taking  immediate  possession  of  the 
same. 

The  lots  average  27  feet  in  front  by  120  feet  in  depth. 
The  whole  amount  due  upon  any  lot  may  be  paid  at  any 
time,  and  discount  at  the  rate  of  one  and  one-half  per 
cent,  per  month  will  be  deducted  therefrom. 

Persons  wishing  to  visit  the  lands  of  this  Association 
will  take  the  Tunc  street  cars  to  Devisadero  street,  and 
thence  go  northerly  along  Devisadero  to  Pine  street. 

Twenty  thousand  dollars  of  the  capital  stocK  is  taken, 
and  the  books  are  opeo  for  subscription  to  the  balance  at 
the  office  of  the  Secretary,  where  the  Official  Map  of  the 
Association  can  be  seen,  and  lull  particulars  obtained. 
Hie  Title  to  this  Property  is  Perfect. 

J.  S.  LUTY,  Secretary, 
Office,  305  Montgomery  street,  coiner  of  Pine, 

myl9-3m  Rooms  2  and  6. 


JJOYS!    BOYS!  BOYS! 

NOW  IS  THE  TIME 


H.  M.  LOCKWOOD  &  CO., 
New  No.  624)  CLAY  STREET,  (Old  No  IT 

Have  received  a  Large  Stock  of 

GENTS'  AND  BOYS'  CLOTHING 

— AND — 

FURNISHING  GOODS, 

Which  they  are  selling 
AT   VERY   LOW  PRICES. 
Every  Garment  warranted.    All  are  invited  to  call  and 
examine  our  goods. 


jal 


H.  II.  LOCKWOOD  &  CO. 

624  Clay  street,  San  Francisco. 


pACIFIC  OCEAN  HOUSE, 
SANTA  CRUZ,  CAL. 

THIS  NEW  AND  COMMODIOUS  HOTEL,  built  and  fur- 
nished in  accordance  with  tho  most  modern  and  improved 
plans,  aud  with  a  view  to  the  comfort  and  convenience  of 
its  patrous,  is  now  open  for  the  reception  of  guests. 

To  those  who  have  visited  Santa  Cruz,  it  is  unnecessary 
to  speak  of  its  beauties  and  its  natural  advantages  over 
all  other  places  of 

Summer  Resort. 

To  those  who  have  not,  the  Proprietor  can  only  say 
COME  AND  JUDGE  FOR  YOURSELVES— giving  all 
who  may  come  the  assurance  tnat  his  earnest  endeavors 
shall  be  lo  make  the  Hotel,  in  all  its  appointments,  equal 
to  the  surroundings  of  this  delightful  Sea  side  Resort. 

GEO.  T.  BROMLEY, 


Santa  Cruz,  April  4, 1866. 


Proprietor. 


M 


ARKET  STREET  RAILROAD 


CHANGE    OF   TIME  TABLE. 


ON  AND  AFTER  AUGUST  1,  1865,  Trains  will  start 

rom  the  City  ana  the  Mission  every  hour  •  instead  of  every 
forty  minutes,  as  heretofore. 

Trains  from  tho  City  will  start  at  the  odd  hour,  com- 
mencing at  6:30  A.  M.  and  every  hour  thereafter  until 
11:30  P.  M/ 

wk2S  F.  MoGTVPIN,  Superintendent 


THE  CALIFORNIA!*. 


[July  21st 


M 


AGUIEE'S  OPERA  HOUSE. 


T.  MAGOTRE  -      -  PBOPKmros. 

C.  L.  GRAVES  St-igk  M^.nmgkb- 

W.  STEVENSON  TBEasuBEir. 

THIS  AFTERNOON  JULY  21. 


Miss  Kate  Denin, 

SJPPORTED    BY    THE    OPERA   HOUSE  COMPANY, 
will  appear  in  John  Brougham's  comedy, 

Playing  with  Fire  ! 

T^IS  EVENING  JULY  21, 

Benefit  of  Mr.  Robt.  Bryant  i 

On  which  occasion,  the  drama  of 

JACK  SHEPPARD 

will  be  produced. 
IN  REHEARSAL— 

THE   FEMALE  DETECTIVE, 

Uncle  Tom's  Cabin. 


PRICES  OF  ADMISSION: 
D.'.»ss  Circle  and  Orchestra,  - 
parquet,  - 

Jpper  Circle,  ------ 


$1  00 

50 

25 


CADEMY  OF  MUSIC. 


THOMAS  MAGUIRE,  -  -  -  Sole  Proprietor  «nd  Manager. 

CHARLES  TIBBETTS,  Stage  Manager. 

J.  B.  MARSHALL,  Treasurer. 

SATURDAY  EVENING  July  21, 

FIRST  APPEARANCE  OF 

The  Howson  English  and 

ITALIAN  OPERA  TROUPE, 

In  Balfour's  grand  Opera  of 

The  Bohemian  Girl ! 

Arline  Miss  Emma  Howson 

Gipsev  Queea  Miss  Clelia  Howson 

Thaddeua  Mr.  Henri  Herberte 

Devilshoof  Mr.  S.  W.  Leach 

Count  Arnheim  Mr.  Frank  Howson 

Florestein  ,  Hons  Charles 

Buda  Mrs.  Hall 

Enlarged  Chorus  and  Orchestra.  New  Scenery  painted 
by  Mr.  A.  Turning. 

IN  REHEARSAL: 
Loder's  Opera  of 

The  Night  Dancers. 

Kf  Box  Otllco  now  open.  Septa  may  be  secured  for  the 
week.    Books  of  the  Opera  for  Sue  at  the  Box  OlBce. 

Dress  Circle  and  Orchestra  $1  00 

Reserved  Seats  50  cents  extra 

Family  Circle  50  cents 

Gallery  25  cents 

Private  Boxes  $10  and  $5 


M 


EAGHER,  TAAFE  &  CO., 


IMPORTERS  Om  WHOLESALE  DEALF.BS  OT 

DRY  GOODS,  LINENS, 

FURNISHING  GOODS, 

YANKEE  NOTIONS, 

FANCY  GOODS,  ETC. 

AGENTS  FOB  '"'IE 

MOUNT  YERON   DUCK  COMPANY( 

NO.  107  BATTERY  STREET,  NEAR  PINE. 
RETAIL  HOUSE,  -  -  -  NO.  9  MONTGOMERY  STKEET) 
jy21  3m 


LUk  House. 


'ANKEE  NOTIONS 


FANCY  GOODS! 

MERCHANTS  wanting  Goods  in  this  line  should  not  fall 
to  examine  our  Stock,  which  is  new  and  attractive,  before 
buying  elsewhere. 

MEAGHER,  TAAFFE  &  CO., 

jv21  3m  Battery  street,  near  Pine. 


B 


EER  AND  WINE  SALOON. 


Faust  Cellar. 

Southeast  corner  of  Clay  aud  Montgomery  streets. 
A.  L.  THIELE  Proprietor 

WESTPHALIA  HAMS.  RUSSIAN  CAVIAR,  SARDINES, 
Anchovies,  Swiss  aud  Umbnrg  Cheese,  etc.;  the  finest 
Brands  of  Liquors,  Wines,  Cigars,  and  Seltzer  Water, 
Wholesale  and  Retail. 

Kg-  Fishing  and  Hunting  Parties  fitted  out  at  the  short- 
est notice. 


WONDERS  OF  WONDERS  ! 
TO  11K  SEEN  ONLY  AT  THE 

Pacific  Museum  of  Anatomy  and  Science, 

Eureka  Theatre,  Montgomery  street, 
jat>7  tf  between  California  aud  Pine. 


^METROPOLITAN  THEATRE, 

Montgomery  street. 

Bianchi's  Grand  Italian 

Opera  Troupe. 

FIRST   NON-SUBSCRIPTION  NIGHT, 
SATURDAY  EVENING       -       -      JULY  21 
Will  be  presented  Bellini's  Great  Opera, 

NORMA! 

Norma  Signonna  Elvira  Brnmbilla 

Adulgisa  M  ile  Louise  Tonrny 

Pollio  Signor  Eugenio  Bjanchj 

Oroveso  Sr.  S.  Milleri 

Flavio  Mr  Setaaubstadter 

Clotilde  Madame  Bernard 

Grand  Chorus  of  Druids,  Gallic  Warriors,  Priest- 
esses, etc. 

CONDUCTOR  MR.  RUDOLPH  HEROLD 

Scenery  by  Mr.  Rogers.     Costumes  by  Mr  Taylor. 

Regular  Subscription  Nights,  Mondays,  Wednes- 
days, and  Fridays,  commencing  Monday,  July  -'3d. 


PRICES  OF  ADMISSION. 

Dress  Circle,  Orchestra  and  Purquette  $1  00 

Reserved  seats,  oO  cents  extra. 
Gallery  50 

Ugv,  The  Box  Office  is  open  from  9  a.m.  for  the  securing 
of  reserved  seats  for  season  tickets. 

QUINCY  HALL, 

545,  547,  549  WASHINGTON  STREET. 


MONTGOMERY  BLOOK 


■  ■  II  '  l|l  ■  III    III  ■  111  I  HIT', 


QUINCY  HAIL  CLOTHING  EMPORIUM, 


THE  LARGEST  CLOTHING  EMPORIUM  in  Californlv 
The  daily  sales  from  the  establishment  is  a  sufficient 
guarantee  that  the  prices  are  less  th:.-  those  of  any  other 
bouse  on  the  Pacific  coast.  Here  you  also  find  clothing  of 
the  best  of  California  Cloth,  both  for  Wholesale  aud  Retail 
tra-to.  Also,  particular  attention  paid  tu  makiug  op  fine 
clothing  to  order.  j>21 


0 W  PRICES 


Gents'  Furnishing  ,Goods, 


WARD'S  SHIRT  STORES, 

323  MONTGOMERY  STREET, 
V     CORNER  OF  MARKET  AND  THIRD  STREETS, 
SAN  FRANCISCO. 


P.  S. — Printed  directions  for  self-measurement  for 
Shirts  and  Price  Lists  of  Goods  sent  free  by  mail. 
ap21-3m 


|}EMOCRATIC  CANDIDATE 

FOB 

TAX  COLLECTOR, 

HENRY  A.  COBB, 

OF  THE  FIRM  OF  COBB  &  SINTON, 
jy21  NO.  407  CALIFORNIA  STREET. 


c 


AEPETS 


Removal!  Removal! 


KENNEDY-&  BELL 

HAVE  REMOVED  TO 

BUSH  STREET', 

Below  Montgomery, 
Store  lately  occupied  by  the  Franco-Ameri- 
can Commercial  Company. 

ap21  3m 


rpHE  CALIFORNIAN'S 
SAN  FRANCISCO  BUSINESS  DIRECTORY. 

AUCTIONEERS. 
Olucy  k  Co. ,  removed  to  418  Montgomery  street. 

BUSINESS  AND  PROPERTY  AGENCY. 
S.  P.  Whitman,  313  Montgomery  sf 

BATnS. 

Dr.  Bourne's,  (Medical,)  10  Post,near  Montgomery 

BOWLING  ALLEYS. 
Wliolers  &  Steil.Pine  and  Montgomery,  (Russ  House.) 

BOOKS. 
A.  Gonsnill,  511  Montgomery. 

A.  Roman  k  Co.,  417  and  419  Montgomery  street. 

BOOTS  AND  SHOES. 
Finch  k  Co. ,  133  Montgomery  street. 
I.  M.  Wentworth  4:  Co.  (wholesale  manufac.)  210  Pine  St. 

COLLECTOR. 

B.  Polverman,014  Montgomery — OfBcc  hours,  1  to  3r.M. 

CLOTHING. 
H  M.  Lockwood  &  Co.,  624  Clay  street. 
J.  R.  Head  k  Co.,  corner  Montgomery  and  Bush  stree  ts 
William  Sherman,  412  Sansome.  comer  Commercial. 
Quiucy  Hall,  545,  547,  and  549  Washington  street. 

COAL  OIL,  LAMPS,  ETC. 
Dell,  Cranna  &  Co.  (wholesale)  513  Front  street. 
A.  C.  Dietz  4:  Co.,  (wholesale,)  521  Front  street. 

COPPER  CRUSHER  AND  SAMPLER. 

S.  W.  Howlaud,  24  California  street,  (at  Thomas'  Mil ;) 

DRESS  TRIMMINGS,  WORSTEDS,  ETC. 
Mrs.  Norcross,  5  Montgomery  street  (Masonic  Temple.) 

DENTISTS. 

Dr.  Blake,  removed  to  Third,  corner  Mission. 
Dr.  A.  N.  Clark  (late  Kuowles  k  Clark)  removed  to  410 
Ke.u  nv. 

Dr.  Wm.  B.  McAllister,  221  Third  street. 
Whitcoiub  A:  Dyer,  205  Thin1,  near  Howard. 

DANCING  ACADEMY. 
Coghlll's.  Congress  H  ill.  Bush,  above  Montgomery 
Fuller  it  McCarthy,  727  Market,  near  Third. 

DRY  GOODS. 
Meagher,  Taalfe  &  Co..  9  Montgomery  street. 
Mosgrove  &  Blakely,  222  Third,  near  Howard. 
Buyce  J;  Reich,  S  W  corner  Jackson  aud  Stockton. 

DRUGGISTS. 

K.  H.  McDonnld&Co.,  (Wholesale)  S.msome,  cor.  Fine- 
Shepardsou  k  Gales,  (successors  to  R.  Hall  &  Co.,)  cor- 
ner Sansome  and  Commercial. 

EDUCATIONAL  INSTITUTIONS. 
Cal.  Collegiate  Institute,  Miss  M.  Lanunoiid,  68  Silver. 
Miel  Institute,  Miss  Florence  J. ones,  55  South  Park. 
Pacific  Business  College,  751  Market  street,  above  Third. 
Prof.  Williams'  Commercial  Academy ,  869  Mission  st. 

FURNITURE. 
Goodwin  &  Co.,  510  and  528  Washington  streets. 
J.  Peirce,  415,  417  and  419  California  street. 

GROCERS. 
N.  Boschen,  corner  Fifth  aud  Mima. 
Slosson  &  Ladd,  southwest  comer  Folsom  and  First. 
J  J.  Miller,  corner  Sutter  and  Leaveuworlh. 
Haskell  .v.  a,. ,  Market  and  Sutter  sts.  below  the  Market" 
W.  M.  Noble  k  Co.,  cor  Howard  and  Twelfth  streets 

HATTKR. 

Lamott  (wholesale  aud  retail)  227  Montgomery  street, 
HOTELS. 

Brooklyn.  John  Kelly,  Jr. .Sansome,  corner  Pine. 
Chicago,  E.  W.  Hcimburg  4:  Co. .  220  Pacific  street. 

INSURANCE. 
Mutual  Life  Ins.  Co.,  H.  S.  Humans,  Agent.  C09  Clay. 
Manhattan,  R.  B.  Swam  .<c  Co. .  Ag'ts. 206  Front, cor  Cal 
•  National  Ius.  Co.,  N.E  cor.  Montgomery  aud  California. 
Occidental  Ins.  d. .  S.  W.  cor.  M  intgom'y  aud  California: 
Pacific  Ins.  Co. ,  436  California  sticct. 
Brooklyn  Lite,  S  T  King,  agent,  S  E  cor  Montg'y  «:  Pine 

RESTAURANTS. 
Bivalve,  Nolting  k  Sp-een.  640  Market,  near  Kearny. 
Eureka,  C.  H.  Brickwedell  &  Co. ,  Clay,  near  Montgom'y 
Magnolia,  143  Third  street. 

Market,  by  Felix  and  Gustavo  Season,  520  Merchant 
Philadelphia,  Jacob  Weiss,  308  Montgomery  i-tre.-t. 
Helvetia.  Jonnjury  .V.  Bros. ,  524  Merchant  street. 
Saulinanu's,  506  Montgomery  street. 

SALOONS. 

Russell  4:  Holding's  Exchange,  622  Market  street 
Charter  Oak,  Frank  Belly,  N  E.  cor  Third  and  Howard 
Razzt-lti  .v.  Co.'s.  527  Washington,  above  the  Market. 
Joues'  Sample  Rooms,  S.E.  cor.  Montgomery  aud  Cal. 
S  Mvers,332  Montgomery  street. 
V.  Squares,  44  Leidesdorlf  street. 

Sun  Burst.  Carotin  4:  MoArdle,  cor.  Second  and  Market. 
Coates  k  Henderson,  37  Sutter  street. 

SCALES. 

Fairbanks  &  Hutchinson,  Depot  for  Fairbanks'  Scales 
334  Montgomery  street. 

SEWING  MACHINES. 
Grover  &  Baker.  R.  '  .  Brown,  116  Montgomery. 
The  Florence,  olllce  111  Montgomery  street. 
Wheeler  &  Wilson,  corner  Montgomery  and  Sacramento 

TOYS,  ETC. 
Fcldbunh  4:  Co.,  207  Montgomery  street. 
A.  Kohler,  620  Washington  street. 

UPHOLSTERER. 
T.  McAllister,  corner  Sutter  aud  Leavenworth. 

WATER-CURE  INSTITUTE. 
Dr  Bourno's  Pioneer,  10  Post,  near  Montgomery 
LADIES'   BIJOUTERIE,  CLOAKS,  ETC. 
Rosenblatt's,  123  and  126  Montgomery  street. 

LIVERY  AND  SALE  STABLE. 

Philip  Morshead,  removed  to  Howard,  near  Fifth. 
MAPS. 

Pacific  Map  Depot,  A.  Geosoul,  511  Montgomery. 

MERCHANT  TAILORS. 
J.  H.  Hammond  removed  to  328  Montgomery. 

PIANOS,  MUSIC,  ETC. 
M.  Gray,  613  Clay  street. 

PIANO  SCHOOL. 
Mr.  Gustavo  A.  Scott,  at  Miel  Institute,  55  South  Park. 
W.  S.  Pierce,  removed  to  534  M.rket,  opposite  Second 

PHOTOGRAPHS,  CUTLERY,    SPECTACLES,  ETC. 
Lawrence  At  Houscwnrth,  317  aud  319  Montgomery  st, 


NATURE  UNVEILED, 
AT  THE 

PACIFIC  MUSEUM  OF  ANATOMY  AND  SCIENCE 

Eureka  Theatre,  Montgomery  street, 
j.\27  tf  between  California  and  Pine. 


"l^IN  CENT'S  COLD  PREVENTIVE. 

A  Sure  Cure 

FOR  COUGHS,  COLDS.  BRONCHITIS 
DYSPEPSIA, 
CONSUMPTION, 
NIGHT  SWEATS.  AND  PULMONARY 

DISEASES. 

Read  the  following : 

REMARKAHI.E  CURE. 
San  Francisco,  September  5th,  18C5, 
I  desire  to  make  known  the  tin  t  that  I  v  an  ulllic- 
terl  with  n  very  hail  cough  for  fifteen  vears,  and, 
during  this  time,  used  everything  which  1  could  hear 
of  without  getting  the  better  of  my  disease,  until  I 
tried  Dr.  D.  It.  Vincent's  Cold  Preventative  or  Cough 
Mixture,  which  cured  me  Bound  and  well. 

NEWTON  MOORE. 

This  is  to  certify  that  my  wife  has  been  troubled 
with  indigestion  for  nearly  eighteeu  months,  anil,  by 
using  one  bottle  of  Dr.  Vincent's  medicine,  has  been 
completely  cured. 

Sau  Francisco,  April  6th,  18GG. 

JOHNSON  J.  TOOMAS. 

San  Francisco,  July  17th,  18f>5. 

I  hereby  certify  that,  having  had  a  Cough  some 
five  niontus  since,  which  bud  troubled  me  for  two 
vears,  and  I  was  so  bad  that  I  was  able  to  do  but 
little  labor  of  uuy  kind,  and  could  not  walk  fast 
without  putting  mvself  out  of  breath.  I  was  so  far 
gone  that  I  had  chills  over  me  and  night  sweats,  aud 
bed  what  other  physicians  called  disease  of  the  lungs. 
I  had  been  doctoring  ii  part  of  the  time  for  the  last 
year,  when  I  saw  Dr.  D.  B.  Vincent,  and  be  gave 
me  a  small  vial  of  medicine,  which  relieved  me  of 
the  chills  and  night  sweats  and  the  cough  entirely 
went  away,  and  I  do  not  take  cold  so  easv,  and.iny 
health  is  much  better  in  everv  respect.  My  appetite 
is  much  better;  and  I  heartily  recommend  allothers 
who  are  alllicted  with  similar  complaints  to  him. 

JOHN  O'NEILL,.  National  Hotel. 

The  above  named  diseases  nearly  all  originate  from 
the  same  or  similar  causes,  and 

THE    COLD  PREVENTIVE 

will  cure  nil  of  them.  It  is  a  sure  cure  for  Dyspep- 
sia.   Price,  50  cents  per  bottle. 

D.  B.  VINCENT.  M.  D.. 

PHYSICIAN  and  OCULIST' 

Treats  all  diseases  successfully  on  the  Electric  sys 
tern.  Particular  attention  paid  to  treating  all  Dis- 
ease* of  the  Eyes,  Rheumatism,  Paralysis,  etc. 
CureB  guaranteed,  or  h  1 1  moneys  refunded — in  most 
cases  even  where  others  fail. 

13^  Office — No.  103  Kearny  street,  first  Hoor, 
where  he  can  be  consulted  at  nil  bonis,  unless  pro- 
fessionally engaged.  All  orders  from  the  country 
prjiuptly  attended  to.  ap7 


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I  MM ER  MEDICINE. 


PURIFY  THE  BLOOD 

AST) 

Constitution, 

WITH 

LE  DOYEN'S 

SARSAPARILLA, 

YELLOW  DOCK, 

IODINE  ALTERATIVE. 


CRANE  Ac.  BRIGIIAM,  Agents, 
jvl9  lm  SAN  FRANCISCO. 


PPOSITION  STEAMEitrDAY, 


WEDNESDAY,  AUGUST  15,  18oS. 

GREAT  REDUCTION  IN  RATES, 
VIA  NICARAGUA  ! 

THE  CENTRAL  AMERICAN  TRANSIT  COMPANY  will 
despatch  the  favorite  Steamship 

MOSES  TAYLOR, 
On  Wednesday,  -         -      Acoust  15, 

From  Mission  street  Wharf,  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M  ,  preclsoly 
Connecting  at  GREVTOWN  with  the  splendid  Steamship 
SANTIAGO, 
1,500  Tons,  fob  New  York. 
ffg-  For  Passage  nnd  Freight,  and  Insurance  on  Treas- 
ure, at  greatly  REDUCED  RATES,  apply  to 

I.  W.  RAYMOND,  Agent, 
Northwest  corner  Battery  and  Piue  streets, 
Up  stairs,  San  Francisco. 


A  VEIN  «r°$^^AND _> 


VOLUME  V.,  No  10. 

No.  532  Merchant  street. 


SAN  FRANCISCO.  JULY  28,  1866. 


TTfT?M«  5  §5  A  Year,  by  Mail, in  Advance 
ii.itmo,  ^50  Cents  a  MontHi  by  CARnlKli. 


CONTENTS: 


The  Praver  of  Knhonah— By  Heury  Gcorco.  Podtrcrines  by  the  Way— By 
"  Podgers!"  Copperhead  Humor  (Editorial).  Amusemcms.  Poetry:  To 
the  Pliocene  Skull— By  ''Bret."  By  the  Brook— By  Charles  Warren  :  tod- 
dard.'     Selected  Sketches,  stories,  Literary  Notes,  etc. 


[For  the  Calit'oruian.l 

BY   THE  BROOK. 

DOWN  across  the  lull's  low  brow — 
A  slender,  silver  lillet — 
Nothing  is  so  mimical 

As  my  little  rillet. 
Ah  !  that  laughing  song  of  yours! 
Delicately  trill  it. 

Shall  I  fret  you,  hasty  brook  1 

Shall  I  mar  your  paces — 
Weaver,  weaving  silver  threads 

Into  silver  laces, 
Round  about  and  in  and  out 

The  sunniest  of  places  7 

Loose  your  tresses  in  the  chase, 

Slip  about  the  border 
Of  yon  garden  wall,  and  catch 

A  blossom,  gay  marauder! 
What  shall  please  my  love  of  ease 

As  your  sweet  disorder  1 

While  the  world  goes  jogging  on, 

Presently  I  miss  you  ; 
Life  is  made  of  other  stuff 

Than  your  limpid  tissue. 
Turn  a  mill,  you  lazy  rill. 

While  I  wait  the  issue. 

Let  the  beetle  while  away 

The  Summer  with  his  drumming, 
Foaiu  you  at  the  whirling  wheel, 

And  babble  to  its  humming. 
Toil  away  the  livelong  day — 

It  is  more  becoming. 

Creep  beneath  the  sweeping  bough, 

While  each  ripple  twinkles, 
Starlike,  in  a  sky  of  leaves, 

And  your  frothy  crinkles 
Form  a  leathern  apron  there, 

Full  of  creamy  wrinkles. 

When  the  bald  and  brazen  day 

Hath  donned  his  dusky  visor, 
Still  you  flow  a-down  apace, 

While  night's  myriad  eyes  are 
Watching  you  ;  for  what  they  view 

No  one  is  the  wiser. 

Charles  Wakren  Stoddard. 


|  For  the  Calil'ornian.] 

PODGERINGS    BY   THE  WAY. 

YOU  ask  me  to  tell  you  what  I  saw  and  what  I  did  on  my 
last  raid  to  the  mountains.  1  observe  by  the  papers 
that  quite  a  number  of  "  tourists  "  are  doing  that,  and  as  the 
trip  "  up  country  "  is  low  so  common,  there  are  very  few  peo- 
ple who  don't  know  enough  of  it  not  to  care  about  knowing 
any  more.  A  great  many, people,  too,  travel  without  seeing 
anything  ;  others  see  a  thousand  trifles  that  seem  to  make  up 
the  general  interest  and  give  occupation  to  the  mind.  The 
stereotyped  idea  that  a  man  must  give  all  his  time  to  business 
and  none  to  pleasure  or  recreation,  is  a  Blue-Nose,  Puritanical 
proverb,  and  it  is  about  time  mankind  threw  aside  such  old- 
fashioned  notions.  A  man  who  don't  take  a  little  recreation 
when  he  can — can't  when  he  would.  All  work  and  no  play  not 
only  makes  Jack  a  dull  boy,  but  makes  dull  men  more  stupid. 

Finding  myself  illustrating  the  idea,  I  resolved  to  go  to  the 
mountains  :  and  Tuesday,  the  10th  day  of  July,  a  solitary  two- 
horse,  man,  and  coach  from  Porter  and  Covey's,  might  have 
been  seen  (if  an  object  of  sufficient  interest,)  winding  his 
way  around  some  6ne  openings  for  young  men  in  the  planks 
down  about  the  wharves,  and  finally  arriving  a  very  slow  gait 
at  a  very  large  one,  where  a  man  with  a  taking  countenance 
stops  the  coach  and  demands  money  ;  and  shows  no  quarter 
until  one  is  shown  to  him.   This  was  a  case  of  highway  rob- 


bery close  at  home,  and  rather  discouraging  at  the  outset.  I 
thought  if  such  things  are  permitted  here,  what  can  be  ex- 
pected up  country  ?  It,  js  one  peculiarity  of  this  country  that 
it  is  variegated.  You  can't  go  four  blocks  in  any  one  direc- 
tion without  meeting  with  a  gate,  and  having  to  pay  for  the 
sight.  I  don't  see  any  particular  sense  in  obliging  a  man  to 
pay  25  cents  for  the  privilege  of  going  on  board  one  of  the 
California  Steam  Navigation  Company's  boats,  and  then  pay- 
ing five  dollars,  and  two  dollars,  and  then  one  dollar  if  he 
wants  to  sleep  and  eat ;  and  a  great  many  people  have  these 
habits.  A  company  of  such  magnitude  certainly  could  afford 
to  let  people  through  their  gate  without  charge  when  they  are 
sure  of  getting  nearly,  if  not  all,  their  money  when  they  get 
them  on  board  their  boats.  But  they  commence  pulling 
feathers  on  the  very  start ;  and  before  a  young  cock  or  an  old 
one  gets  fairly  clear  of  their  hands,  he  has  scarcely  a  pin 
feather  left. 

The  Capital  is  a  capital  boat,  and  requires  a  big  Poole  to 
float  her.  The  passengers  on  board  were  not  too  numerous 
for  comfort :  there  was  the  usual  number  of  women  and 
babies — the  fashionably  dressed,  in  oil  the  pride  of  "  filters," 
and  the  lean  and  limp.  I  have  observed,  always,  that  women 
oa  board  steamboats  have  an  aggravating  way  of  sitting 
down,  staring  at  each  other,  and  making  ineffectual,  but  pur- 
sevenng  attempts'  to  swallow  their  parasol  handles  ;  they 
keep  at  it,  nevertheless,  and  remind  me  always  of  a  tame 
coon  I  once  had;  he  was  a  mischievous  rascal,  and  required 
constant  occupation,  or  he  would  play  grand  smash.  To 
keep  his  active  temperament  eugaged,  I  would  put  a  raisin  in 
a  bottle,  in  the  morning  when  1  left  the  house,  and  give  him 
that.  Zip  would  poke  his  long  nose  into  the  mouth  of  the 
bottle  as  far  as  it  would  go,  sniff  the  raisin,  then  put  his  eye 
to  the  hole  and  take  an  optical  view  of  the  situation — poke 
his  paw  in  as  far  as  it  could  go,  and  then  go  to  work;  the 
raisin  would  not,  of  course,  come  out,  and  he  couldn't  reach 
it — but  Zip  never  said  "  Give  up."  All  day  he  would  roll 
that  bottle,  turn  it  up  endwise,  wrestle  with  it,  sniff  at  it  and 
poke  at  it  until  tired  out,  then  crawl  up  into  his  box,  take  a 
nap,  get  up  and  go  at  it  again — and  was,  the  best  illustration 
of  perseverance  I  ever  knew.  When  I  came  home  at  night, 
Zip  was  rewarded  with  the  raisin  ;  and  often  when  sitting  up 
and  enjoying  the  brief  satisfaction  of  eating  it,  he  has  eyed 
me  with  an  expression  which  conveyed  Mr.  Welter's  idea  of 
matrimony,  when  he  expresses  his  doubt  to  Sam,  who  con- 
templates it,  "  whether  it,  is  worth  while  to  go  through  so 
much  to  learn  so  little." 

My  coons  sat  all  about  the  cabin  of  the  Capital,  trying 
the  parasol  absorption  business,  with  equal  perseverance  and 
no  better  success  than  the  other  coon.  and  without  the  en- 
couragement of  anticipated  assistance,  as  in  his  case. 

Witiiout  any  unusual  incident,  we  arrived  at  that  exciting 
city  ot  Benicia,  where  we  troubled  a  frantic  man  on  the 
wharf  with  a  line,  and  came  to  a  pause  ;  during  which  time, 
the  first  families  of  the  place  gazed  curiously  upwards  into 
the  faces  of  the  passengers,  and  they  in  turn  looked  down 
into  the  open  countenances  and  mouths  of  the  first  families 
aforesaid.  Some  dozen  or  more  young  ladies  stood  in  a  row, 
all  engaged,  as  usual,  in  trying  to  get  that  raisin  out  of  the 
bottle.  Father  Gallagher  landed  somewhat  flushed  and 
heated,  from  being  called  upon  to  make  a  little  faster  time 
down  the  plank  than  suited  the  dignity  of  his  calling,  conse- 
quent upon  perceiving  a  barrel  of  double  exti  act  of  strych- 
nine Bourbon  following  him  at  rather  a  gaining  pace.  1 
doubt  if  Father  Gallagher  would  flee  from  the  spirits,  good 
or  bad,  if  they  came  at  him  in  front ;  but  when  attacked  in 
flank  and  rear,  it  was  rather  too  much  of  a  good  thing,  and 
that  too  much  was  coining  too  fast.  Discretion  was  much 
the  wisest,  and  when  Father  Gallagher  brought  up  all  stand- 
ing, by  coming  in  contact  with  a  calm  and  unexcited  citizen 
of  the  place,  who  was  standing  quietly,  with  his  hands  in  his 
pockets,  looking  up  as  aforesaid,  the  sudden  blow  in  the 
region  of  his  watch  pocket  caused  him  to  describe  the  form 
of  the  new  moon — which  Father  G.  thinking  a  low  bow  of 
apology,  replied  to  by,  "All  right,  sir,  no  harm  done.;'  There 


was  none  done  to  Father  G.,  it  is  true,  but  I  noticed  the 
citizen  for  some  time  still  retaining  his  crescent-like  attitude 
with  both  bands  clasped  over  his  supper,  and  the  expression 
of  his  face  had  changed  wonderfully.  It  plainly  indicated 
that  Father  G.  had  made  a  decided  impression,  and  that  he 
>r„0  much  struck  with  him. 

The  only  inn*™—  ^  Benicia  that  seemed  to  have  any- 
thing to  do,  was  a  small  lean  dog,  wno  uu,  __r.  _j  o  hou__ 
somewhere,  and  had  brought  it  down  on  the  wharf  to  have 
room  and  air  to  pick  it  in  peace  and  comfort.  He  noticed 
nothing — was  in  no  way  excited  by  the  noise  and  flurry — 
but  lay  there,  intent  upon  trying  to  extract  sustenance  from 
that  bone.  I  could  not  avoid  the  comparison — here  was  our 
boat,  the  bone  from  which  all  Benicia  derives  its  sustenance  ; 
the  business  they  bring,  barely  suffices  for  food  for  mind  and 
body,  and  alas !  it  is  touch  and  go  with  the  people,  as  it  is 
with  the  boats.  The  greatest  consolation  Benicia  has— the 
recollection  upon  which  it  lives,  is  that  it  came  very  near 
being  a  great  city,  and  might  have  been  what  San  Francisco 
is,  had  it  not  been  for  the  little  circumstance  of  Doctor 
Semple's  having  a  pair  of  very  long  legs.  That  these 
lamentable  legs  lost  Benicia  its  greatness,  i3  vouched  for  by 
the  following  story  which  I  heard  a  man  tell,  and  swear  to  it, 
as  being  true  : 

In  early  days  when  this  place  was  a  case  of  doubt  and  Be- 
nica  an  unfixed  fact,  the  largest  owners  of  the  real  estate — 
the  projectors  of  both  places — met  by  appointment  at  about 
the  only  restaurant  in  town,  to  settle  the  mooted  point  and 
harmonize  their  mutual  interests,  so  as  to  decide  which  should 
be  the  great  city.  They  chartered  one  corner  of  the  room 
and  a  couple  of  tables,  and  after  ordering  on  refreshments,  the 
discussion  commenced.  They  drank  some  brandy  and  water 
and  got  a  little  excited  by  the  heat  of  the  argument.  Dr. 
Semple  sat  at  the  furthest  table  and  was  emphatic,  bringing 
his  fist  (not  a  small  one,)  down  on  the  table  in  a  very  decided 
manner,  making  the  battles  and  glasses  jingle  ;  and  at  the 
same  time  would  bring  his  feet  down  with  an  emphasis.  One 
of  the  principal  parties,  after  a  stubborn  resistance,  was  about 
giving  in  ;  aud,  although  a  little  irritated,  was  in  the  act  of 
signing  the  paper,  when  the  Doctor,  to  give  emphasis  to  a  re- 
mark, brought  his  foot  down  heavily,  and  by  sheer  accident 
and  bad  luck,  on  the  toes  of  the  stubborn  man,  who,  throwing 
down  the  pen,  sprang  up  and  skipped  around  the  room  ejacu- 
lating, (turninsr  fiercely  on  the  Doctor,  who  was  perfectlyinno- 
cent  of  what  he  had  done,)  "D — m  your  long  legs  and  big 
feet.  Why  don't  you  keep  them  at  home?"  The  Doctor, 
taken  aback,  replied,  "  Long  legs  !  big  feet  !  My  legs  ?" 
"  Yes,  your  legs  and  feet.  They  are  the  legs  of  a  giraffe  and' 
the  feet  of  an  elephant !"  The  Doctor  was  a  good-tempered 
man,  but  he  couldn't  stand  everything.  He  was  as  sensitive 
about  his  feet  as  the  other  man  was. 

******* 

As  the  play  bills  say,  an  interval  is  supposed  to  have  oc- 
curred, and  the  stars  represent  a  muss  that  occurred  in  that 
iaterval  and  what  some  of  the  party  saw. 

The  meeting  brcke  up,  and  so  did  the  tables  and  dishes, 
and  thus  it  came  to  pass  that  Benicia  was  ruined  in  toe  toe, 
and  came  within  a  foot  or  so  of  greatness.  Had  the  good 
Doctor's  legs  been  a  few  inches  shorter,  or  had  he  been  a 

little  less  playful  with  his  feet,  or  S  B.,  Esq.,  had  not 

been  afflicted  with  corns,  there's  no  knowing  how  big  that 
city  would  have  been,  and  how  small  we  should  to-day  appear. 
Upon  this  melancholy  reflection  doth  Benicia  still  brood,  and 
it  is  too  bad,  for  what  a  nice  city  could  have  been  built  there 
for  half  the  C03t  of  carting  sand  in  this  1  And,  then,  what  a 
Brooklyn  Martinez  would  have  been — what  delifrhtful  country 
homes  perched  on  the  hill  sides  opposite  !  When  I  think  of 
it,  I  feel  myself  like  jumping  on  some  sensitive  man's  toes  and 
getting  up  a  fieht  over  it  in  my  own  disappointment,  for  they 
do  say  that  the  climate  of  Benicia  is  mild,  that  it  never  blows 
there,  and  that  the  sturgeon  are  of  a  superior  quality — several 
having  been  caught  from  the  wharf,  by  the  celebrated  fisher- 
man, "  tl.e  oldest  inhabitant."  But  the  bell  rings,  the  plank 
is  coming  up,  and  the  newly-come-aboard  are  planking  down. 
The  dog  still  gnaws  his  bone — the  young  ladies  are  still  per- 
severing in  their  efforts  to  swallow  their  parasols — the  man 
Father  G.  "  butted.  "  still  stands  beut  in  reverence,  and  Be- 
nicia fades  from  our  sight.  Podgeks. 


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THE    CALiFORN  IAN. 


jJuly  28th 


A  MAN'S  A  MAN  FOR  A'  THAT. 

A    NEW  VERSION. 
I. 

"    A    MAN'S  a  man,"  says  Robert  Burns, 
"  For  a'  that  and  a'  that ;" 
But  though  the  soug  be  clear  and  strong, 

It  lacks  a  note  for  a'  that." 
The  lout  who'd  shirk  his  daily  work, 

Yet  claim  his  wage  and  a'  that, 
Or  beg,  when  he  might  earn,  his  bread, 
Is  not  a  man  for  a'  that. 

If  all  who  dine  on  homely  fare 

Were  true  and  brave,  and  a'  that, 
And  none  whose  garb  was  "  hodden  gray," 

Was  fool  and  knave  and  a'  that, 
The  vice  and  crime  that  shame  our  time 

Would  fade  and  fail  and  a'  that, 
And  ploughmen  be  as  good  as  kings, 

And  churls  as  earls  lor  a'  that. 

ni. 

Ton  see  yon  brawny,  blustering  sot, 

Who  swaggers,  swears,  and  a'  that, 
And  thinks,  because  his  strong  right  arm 

Might  fell  an  ox  and  a'  that, 
That  he's  as  noble,  man  for  man, 

As  duke  or  lord,  and  a'  that : 

He's  but  a  brute,  beyond  di""'*-- 
.n(]   -  rvi  a  that. 

IV. 

A  man  may  own  a  large  estate, 

Have  palace,  park,  and  a'  that, 
And  not  for  birth,  but  honest  worth, 

Be  thrice  a  man  for  a'  that ; 
And  Donald  herding  on  the  muir. 

Who  beats  his  wife,  and  a'  that, 
Be  nothing  but  a  rascal  boor, 

Nor  half  a  man  for  a'  that. 

v. 

It  comes  to  this,  dear  Robert  Burns — 

The  truth  is  old,  and  a'  that, 
"  The  rank  is  but  the  guinea's  stamp, 

The  man's  the  gold,  for  a'  that." 
And  though  you'd  put  the  minted  mark 

On  copper,  brass,  and  a'  that — 
The  lie  is  gross,  the  cheat  is  plain, 

And  will  not  pass  for  a'  that. 

VI. 

For  a'  that,  and  a'  that, 

Tis  soul  and  heart  and  a'  that, 
That  makes  the  king  a  gentleman, 

And  not  his  crown  and  a'  that. 
And  man  with  man,  if  rich  or  poor, 

The  best  is  he,  for  a'  that, 
Who  stands  erect  in  self-respect, 

And  acts  the  man  for  a'  that. 

[Charles  Mackay,  in  "  Blackwood' I  Magazine." 


Opportune  Appearance  of  Old  Nick. — Lorenzo  Dow  beiDg 
belated  one  night  in  his  travels,  unceremoniously  entered  an 
out-of-the-way  house  and  requested  lodgings.  The  wom&n  of 
the  house  objected,  alledging  that  her  only  spare  room  was 
occupied  by  a  friend  of  her  husband.  But  Lorenzo  insisted, 
and  she  at  length  consented — immediately  fastening,  against 
further  unwelcome  visitors,  the  only  outside  door  of  the  house. 
Soon  a  loud  knocking  was  heard.  It  was  her  husband  unex- 
pectedly returned.  Unable  to  leave  the  house,  and  fearing 
the*  husband  in  his  drunkenness,  the  friend,  to  conceal 
himself,  jumped  into  a  large  box  conveniently  at  hand,  and 
hastily  covered  himself  with  the  hatchelings  of  flax  it  con- 
tained, by  which  time  the  wife  bad  unfastened  the  door  and 
admitted  her  husband.  Having  spent  the  evening,  as  usual, 
at  the  tavern,  he  was  just  tipsy  enough  to  be  both  boisterous 
and  courageous.  He  soon  made  the  acquaintance  of  Lorenzo, 
whom  he  had  heard  much  of,  but  had  never  seen.  He  bad 
been  told  that  he  could  raise  the  devil,  and  insisted  upon  his 
immediately  doing  so — not  that  he  believed  in  any,  but,  if 
there  was  any,  he  wanted  to  see  him.  In  vain  Lorenzo  ob- 
jected, protesting  his  unwillingness  and  the  danger  attending 
it,  etc. ;  but  the  more  than  half-drunken  husband  insisted.  At 
last  said  Lorenzo,  "  If  you  are  determined  to  see  him,  open 
the  door,  put  out  the  light,  and  stand  out  of  hi3  way,  or  he 
may  take  you  with  him  ;  for,  when  he  comes,  it  will  be  in 
flames  of  fire,  and  I  warn  you  of  the  consequences."  Lighting 
a  bunch  of  matches,  that  there  might  be  the  greater  smell  of 
brimstone,  and  mutteiing  over  a  few  unintelligible  sentences, 
Lorenzo  set  fire  to  the  hatchelings,  and  cried  oat,  "  Come 
forth,  thou  evil  one,  and  be  gone  forever!"  when  out  sprang 
the  man,  completely  enveloped  in  flames,  and  put  for  the  open 
door,  leaving  the  house  with  a  most  unearthly  yell.  To  his 
dying  day  the  husband  was  ready  to  testify  that  Lorenzo  not 
only  could,  but  did  raise  the  devil,  for  he  had  seen  and  smelled 
him. 

Working  Out. — An  unwashed  street  boy,  being  asked 
what  made  him  so  dirty,  his  reply  was  :  "  I  was  made  as  they 
tell  me,  of  the  dust  of  the  ground,  and  I  reckon  it  is  just 
working  out." 


"LA  FEMME." 

FROM    THE    FRENCH    OF    M .  MICHELET. 
BY    "BRET,"   THI    CAL1FOKN I AN'S    CONDENSED  NOVELIST. 
WOMEN  AS  AN  INSTITUTION. 

"  TF  it  were  not  for  women,  few  of  us  would  at  present  be 

_1_  in  existence."  This  is  the  remark  of  a  cautious  and  j 
discreet  writer.    He  was  also  sagacious  and  intelligent. 

Woman  !  Look  upon  her  and  admire  her.  Gaze  upon  her 
and  love  her.  If  she  wishes  to  embrace  you,  permit  her. 
Remember  she  is  weak  and  you  are  strong. 

But  don't  treat  her  unkindly.  Don't  make  love  to  another 
woman  before  her  face,  even  if  she  be  your  wife.  Don't 
do  it.  Always  be  polite,  even  should  she  fancy  somebody 
better  than  you. 

If  your  mother,  my  dear  Amadis,  had  not  fancied  your 
father  better  than  somebody,  you  might  have  been  that  some- 
body's son.  Consider  this.  Always  be  a  philosopher,  even 
about  women. 

Few  men  understand  women.  Frenchmen  perhaps  better 
than  any  one  else.    I  am  a  Frenchman. 

II. — THE  INFANT. 

She  is  a  child — a  little  thine— an  infant. 

She  h«s  a  mother  and  father.  Let  us  suppose,  for  example, 
they  are  married.  Let  us  be  moral  if  we  cannot  be  happy 
and  free.  They  are  married — perhaps — they  love  one  an- 
other— who  knows  ? 

But  she  knows  nothing  of  this  ;  she  is  an  infant — a  small 
thing — a  trifle! 

She  is  not  lovely  at  first.  It  is  cruel,  perhaps — but  she  is 
red — and  positively  ugly.  She  feels  this  keenly,  and  cries. 
She  weeps  Ah,  my  God  !  how  she  weeps !  Her  cries  and 
lamentations  now  are  really  distressing. 

Tears  stream  from  her  in  floods.  She  feels  deeply  and 
copiously  like  M.  Alphonse  de  Lamartine  in  his  Confessions. 

If  you  are  her  mother,  Madame,  you  will  fancy  worms  ;  you 
will  examine  her  linen  for  uins  and  what  not.  Ah,  hypocrite! 
you,  even  you,  misunderstand  her. 

Yet  she  has  charming  natural  impulses.  See  how  she 
tosses  her  dimpled  arms.  She  looks  longingly  at  her  mother. 
She  has  a  language  of  her  own.  She  says  "  goo  goo,"  and 
"  ga  ga.'' 

She  demands  something — this  infant ! 
She  is  faint,  poor  thing.    She  famishes.    She  wishes  to  be 
restored.    Restore  her,  Mother  ! 

It  is  the  first  duly  of  a  mother  to  restorj  her  child/ 

,  *    IU. — THE  DOLL. 

She  is  hardly  able  to  walk — yet  she  already  totters  under 
the  weight  of  a  doll. 

It  is  a  charming  and  elegant  affair.  It  has  pink  cheeks  and 
purple-black  hair.  She  prefers  brunettes,  for  she  has  already, 
with  the  quick  knowledge  of  a  French  infant,  perceived  she  ia 
a  blonde  -Dd  that  her  doll  cannot  rival  her.  Mon  Dieu,  how 
touching.  Happy  child.  She  spends  hours  in  preparing  its 
toilette.  She  begins  to  show  her  taste  in  the  exquisite  details 
of  its  dress.  She  loves  it  madly,  devotedly.  She  will  prefer 
it  to  ion  bnns.  She  already  anticipates  the  wealth  of  love 
she  will  hereafter  pour  out  on  her  lover,  her  mother,  her 
father,  and  finally  perhaps  ber  husband. 

This  is  the  time  the  anxious  parent  will  guide  these  first 
outpourings.  She  will  read  her  extracts  from  Michelet's 
L' Amour,  Rosseau's  Ueloise,  and  the  Revue  des  deux  Mondes. 

IV.  — THE  MUD  PIE. 

She  was  in  tears  to-day. 

She  had  stolen  away  from  her  bonne  and  was  with  some 
rustic  infants.  They  had  noses  in  the  air,  and  large,  coarse 
hands  and  feet.  • 

They  had  seated  themselves  around  a  pool  in  the  road,  and 
were  fashioning  fantastic  shapes  in  the  clayey  soil  with  their 
hands.  Her  throat  swelled  and  her  eyes  sparkled  with  delight 
as,  for  the  first  time,  her  soft  palms  touch  the  plastic  mud. 
She  made  a  graceful  and  lovely  pie.  She  stuffed  it  with  stones 
for  almonds  and  plums.  She  forgot  everything.  It  was  be- 
ing baked  in  the  solar  rays,  when  Madame  came  and  took  her 
away. 

She  weeps.    It  is  night,  and  she  is  weeping  still. 

V.  HER  FIRST  LOVE. 

She  no  longer  doubts  her  beauty.  She  is  loved. 
She  saw  him  secretly.  He  is  vivacious  and  sprightly.  He 
is  famous.  He  has  already  had  an  affair  with  Finfin.  the^e 
de  chambre,  and  poor  Finfin  is  desolate.  He  is  noble.  She 
knows  he  is  the  son  of  Madame  la  Baronue  Couturiere.  She 
adores  him. 

She  affects  not  to  notice  him.  Poor  little  thing  !  Hippo- 
lyte  is  distracted — annihilated — inconsolable  aDd  charming. 

She  admires  his  boots,  his  cravat,  his  little  gloves — his  ex- 
quisite pantaloons — his  coat,  his  cane. 

She  offers  to  run  away  with  him.    He  is  transported,  but 
magnanimous.    He  is  wearied,  perhaps.    She  sees  him  the 
next  day  offering  flowers  to  the  daughter  of  Madame  la  Com- 
tesse  Blanchisseuse. 
She  is  again  la  tears. 


She  reads  Paul  el  Virginie.  She  is  secretly  transported. 
When  she  reads  how  that  exemplary  young  woman  laid  down 
her  life  rather  than  appe  xr  en  dishabille  to  her  lover,  she 
weepa  again.  Tasteful  and  virtuous  Bernardine  de  St.  Pierre ! 
— the  daughters  of  France  admire  you  ! 

All  this  time  her  doll  is  headless  in  the  cabinet.  The  mud 
pie  is  broken  on  the  road. 

VI. — THE  WIFE. 

Shf.  is  tired  of  loving,  and  she  marries. 

Her  mother  thinks  it,  on  the  whole,  the  best  thing.  As 
the  day  approaches,  she  is  found  frequently  in  tears.  Her 
mother  will  not  permit  the  affianced  onb  to  see  her,  and  he 

makes  several  attempts  to  commit  suicide. 

But  something  happens.  Perhaps  it  is  winter,  and  the 
water  is  cold.  Perhaps  there  are  not  enough  people  present 
to  witness  his  heroism. 

In  this  way  her  future  husband  is  spared  to  her.  The  ways 
of  Providence  are  indeed  mysterious. 

At  this  time  her  mother  will  comfort  her.  She  will  offer 
philosophy.    She  will  tell  her  she  was  married  herself. 

But  what  is  this  new  and  ravishing  delight  that  breaks  upon 
her?  The  toilette  and  wedding  clothes!  She  is  in  a  new 
sphere. 

She  makes  out  a  list  in  her  own  charming  writing.  Here 
it  ia.    Let  every  mother  heed  it.* 

******* 
******* 
She  is  married.    On  the  day  after,  she  meets  her  old  lover, 
Hippolyte.    He  is  again  transported. 

VII. — HER  OLD  AGE. 

A  Frenchwoman  never  grows  old. 

THE  END. 

"The  delicate  reader  will  appreciate  the  omission  of  certain  articles 

for  which  English  synonyms  are  forbidden. 


MY    FIRST  VISIT. 

A  CHAPTER  OF  ACCIDENTS. 

1WAS  fifteen  years  old,  very  shy,  and  rather  sentimental. 
I  had  been  brought  up  in  the  strictest  seclusion  in  my 
father's  country  parsonage,  and  all  my  mother's  time  and  care 
had  been  bestowed  upon  me,  her  only  child. 

I  need  hardly  say  I  had  never  been  Irom  home,  and  had 
never  even  contemplated  the  horrors  of  such  a  possibility. 
My  dismay,  therefore,  may  be  better  imagined  than  described, 
when  one  morning  after  breakfast,  just  as  I  was  running  off  to 
my  poultry-yard,  my  mother  called  me  back,  saying  that  she 
and  my  father  wished  to  speak  to  me.  I  couldn't  help  feeling 
guilty,  and  very  conscious  of  the  fact  that  Lalla  Rookh  wag 
at  that  moment  hiddtn  under  my  mattress.  Was  it  possible 
that  mamma  had  seen  its  circulating  library  cover  peeping 
out  ?  My  heart  beat  fast,  and  my  face  was  very  red,  while  I 
stood  to  hear  what  she  bad  to  say. 

"  My  dear  Clara  "  (of  course  my  name  was  Clara,  aDd  I 
wore  curls,)  "  my  dear  Clara,  your  father  and  I  have  thought 
it  best  to  accept  for  you  an  invitation  to  spend  a  day  and  a 
Dight  at  your  godfather's,  Sir  Thomas  Bullyon,  at  Golding 
Park.    How  shall  you  like  it?" 

I  felt  that  this  was  "  out  of  the  frying-pan  into  the  fire." 
1  had  much  rather  that  they  should  have  found  Lalla  Rookh^ 
I  had  a  horror  of  strange  faces,  even  when  papa  and  mamma 
were  prespnt  to  give  me  the  support  of  their  countenance. 
But  the  idea  of  being  among  strangers,  alone,  in  a  great  grand 
house,  and  for  a  whole  day  and  night,  was  insupportable.  I 
wept,  and  bewailed,  and  entreated,  in  what  I  considered  the 
most  moving  terms,  such  as  ought  to  have  melted  a  heart  of 
stone.  But  in  vaiu !  My  parents  were,  for  once,  inexorable, 
and  I  was  to  go. 

I  felt  it  was  adding  insult  to  injury  when  I  was  forced  to 
assist  in  the  preparations  for  my  visit.  The  village  dress- 
maker was  called  in.  and  set  to  work  at  once  to  make  me  a 
white  frock,  while  my  dear,  unselfish  mother  began  herself  to 
cut  up  her  only  silk  dress  to  make  me  another.  I  was  touched 
at  this,  and  tried  to  help  with  a  better  grace,  but  it  was  dreary 
work,  for  every  stitch  seemed  to  bring  me  nearer  to  my 
misery. 

How  well  I  remember  that  white  frock,  and  the  way  it  was 
made !  The  dressmaker's  fundamental  rule  evidently  was 
that  a  dress  should  stick  out  everywhere.  She  called  it 
"  sitting  nicely,"  I  remember.  It  was  anything  but  nice,  as 
far  as  my  own  feelings  and  appearance  were  concerned,  for  I 
looked  and  moved  like  a  hog  in  armor  ;  added  to  which,  it 
was  so  tight  round  the  throat  that  I  could  not  turn  my  head 
without  turning  my  whole  body.  But  I  bore  all  this  like  a 
heroine,  looking  upon  it  as  a  very  minor  evil  compared  with 
what  I  was  about  to  undergo. 

At  last  the  dreadful  day  dawned.  I  was  not  to  go  till  the 
afternoon,  Lady  Bullyon  having  promised  mamma  to  send  the 
carriage  for  me,  and  I  was  expected  to  reach  the  park,  only 
twelve  miles  distant,  in  time  for  dinner.  My  dear  mother 
spent  the  whole  morning  in  trying  to  reason  tne  out  of  my 
fears,  and  impressing  upon  me  the  advantage  it  might  be  to 
me  in  after  life,  should  I  secure  the  friendship  of  '.wo  such  rich 
and  influential  persons.  The  idea  of  the  riches  and  grandeur, 
however,  only  frightened  me  the  more,  and  the  sight  of  the 
carriage,  with  its  powdered  coachman  and  footman,  its  coat  of 
arms,  and  pair  of  prancing  bays,  quite  overcame  me.  I 
couldn't  speak,  I  couldn't  even  cry,  when  I  Baid  good-by  to 


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THE  CALIFORNIA**. 


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mamma.  I  was  the  personification  of  stony,  speechless 
misery.  I  had  a  certain  conviction  that  the  coachman  and 
footman  were  laughing  at  m-e,  as  I  dare  say  tbey  were,  for  in 
my  nervous  haste  and  flurry  I  had  missed  my  footing  on  the 
carriage  step,  had  fallen  forward  on  my  face,  and  muddied  my 
nose,  which  was  now  very  red  with  agitation  and  friction 
combined. 

I  could  net  help  enjoying  my  drive,  and  for  a  time  forget- 
ting my  troubles,  in  admiration  of  the  lovely  scenery  through 
which  I  was  passing.  But  as  I  neared  my  journey's  end  my 
fears  revived,  and  by  the  time  we  had  passed  through  the 
great  iron  gates,  and,  driving  up  a  beautiful  avenue  of  chest- 
nuts nearly  a  mile  long,  stopped  at  the  ponderous  door  of  a 
large  stone  built  mansion,  1  was  as  bad  as  ever  again.  The 
deep  toues  of  the  bell  resounded  through  the  house,  the  door 
instantly  opened  as  if  by  magic,  the  steps  of  the  carriage  were 
let  down,  and  I  alighted.  Such  was  my  humility,  and  so 
greatly  was  I  impressed  with  the  magnificence  of  all  I  saw, 
tliat,  if  1  had  had  any  voice  left,  I  believe  I  should  have 
apologized  to  the  footman  for  the  trouble  I  gave  him  in  help- 
ing me  out.  I  had  a  vague  idea  that  perhaps  Lady  Bullyon 
would  be  in  the  hall  to  receive  and  welcome  me.  You  see  I 
had  never  been  in  a  great  house  before,  and  was  not  up  to 
those  fashionable  manners  which  disdain  to 

"  Welcome  the  coming,  epeed  the  parting  guest." 
So  she  was  not  there  when  I  entered  a  fine  hall,  hung  round 
with  old  portraits,  banners,  stags'  heads,  and  other  trophies  of 
war  and  of  the  chase.  "  These  are  his  ancestors  and  their 
spoils,"  I  thought.  "  How  delightful !"  But  I  learned  after- 
wards that  the  house  belonged  to  an  ancient  but  impoverished 
family.  They  had  let  it  to  Sir  Thomas,  a  man  without  a 
grandfather,  who  had  got  his  money  by  the  manufacture  of 
gold  lace,  and  his  baronetcy  by  a  lucky  casting  vote  at  a  min- 
isterial crisis.  This  by  the  way.  We  will  now  return  to  my 
insignificant  self,  and  my  various  sensations. 

As  I  have  said,  I  entered  the  hall  with  faltering  steps,  and, 
on  lookiug  round  I  beheld,  instead  of  Lady  Bullyon,  and  be- 
sides the  footman  who  had  opened  the  door,  a  most  gentle- 
man!) person,  rather  portly  and  rubicund,  with  silver  hair,  and 
in  an  irreproachable  evening  dress  suit.  Behind  him  stood  a 
lovely  cherub  like  boy  of  ten  years  of  age,  attired  in  a  suit  of 
dark  green  velvet,  with  a  profusion  of  silver  ornaments.  I 
immediately  decided  that  the  first  individual  must  be  Sir 
Thomas,  and  wondered  why  he  did  not  come  forward  to  shake 
hands  with  me,  instead  of  standing  there  with  every  demon- 
stration of  extreme  respect.  It  was  not  so  easy  to  make  up 
my  mind  about  the  little  boy,  but  I  knew  Sir  Thomas  had 
lately  been  abroad,  and  I  supposed  therefore  that  this  must  be 
some  young  foreign  prince,  in  the  costume  of  his  native 
country,  who  had  returned  to  England  with  him  on  a  visit. 
My  astonishment  was  great,  after  arriving  at  all  these  satis- 
factory conclusions,  to  hear  the  supposed  Sir  Thomas  address 
the  young  prince  by  the  name  of  William,  and  desire  him  to 
call  my  lady's  maid,  an  order  which  he  immediately  and 
me'ekly  obeyed.  The  gentleman  then  turned  respectfully  to 
me  with  "  My  lady  has  gone  to  dress,  Miss.  The  dinner  will 
be  served  at  seven  o'clock,  and  it  is  now  half-past  six.  Will 
you  be  pleased  to  walk  up  stairs.''  It  was  Sir  Thomas' 
family  (?)  butler,  and  the  young  foreign  prince  was  my  lady's 
pet  page  !  I  shuddered  as  I  thought  what  might  have  been 
the  cousequences  of  my  mistake,  and  for  once  I  felt  thankful 
for  the  shyness  which  had  prevented  my  introducing  myself 
to  my  supposed  host. 

I  proceeded  slowly  up  the  broad  oak  staircase,  wondering 
much  what  would  happen  to  me  next.  At  the  top  I  was  met 
by  a  most  elegant  young  lady,  whose  elaborate  dress  and 
fashiouable  air  made  me  feel  more  dowdy  and  countrified  than 
ever.  I  was  on  the  look  out  for  fresh  mistakes,  however,  and 
did  not  therefore  suppose  her  to  be  anything  but  the  lady's 
maid,  as  indeed  she  was.  She  conducted  me  to  a  large  room, 
with  a  large  bed,  a  large  fire,  everything,  in  short,  on  a  gigan- 
tic scale  except  myself  and  my  poor  little  trunk,  which  looked 
decidedly  out  of  keeping  in  one  corner.  She  then  frightened 
me  more  than  ever  by  offering  her  services  to  assist  me  in 
dressing,  and  as  I  dared  not  refuse,  she  opened  my  trunk  and 
began  to  take  out  the  various  little  newspaper  parcels  of 
brushes  and  com^s,  shoes,  etc.,  all  of  which  I  had,  in  the  ab- 
sence of  mind  caused  by  my  grief,  packed  on  the  top  of  the 
unfortunate  white  ftock.  I  will  not  detail  the  mysteries  and 
miseries  of  that  toilet.  Suffice  it  to  sny  it  was  nearly  over,  I 
was  duly  arrayed  in  that  wretched  frock,  and  the  maid  was 
just  tying  my  sash  in  an  elaborate  bow,  when  suddenly  a  dread- 
ful sound  in  the  hall  below  almost  made  me  jump  out  of  my 
skin.  This  sound  was  a  sort  of  whizzing  and  grinding,  accom- 
panied by  two  or  three  heavy  blows. 

"Goodness!  what's  that?"  I  exclaimed,  frightened  out  of 
my  shyness,  and  speaking  for  the  first  time.  "  Something 
dreadful  is  happening,  some  one  ia  being  killed  !"  "  It  is  the 
gong  for  dinner,  miss,"  was  the  calm  reply,  with  ever  so  slight 
a  smile.    "  You  must  make  haste  down,  if  you  please." 

The  bare  idea  of  being  late  for  dinner  was  so  awful  that, 
without  waiting  to  blush  at  this  my  second  blunder,  I  flew 
down  the  stairs.  But,  alas!  I  was  unaccustomed  to  the 
slippery,  polished  oak.   I  lost  my  footing  aud  came  tumbling 


into  the  hall  with  a  loud  crash,  just  as  the  drawing-room  doors 
were  thrown  open  and  Sir  Thomas  and  Lady  Bullyon  appeared. 
Could  anything  have  been  more  unlucky?  I  jumped  up  in 
a  moment,  before  Lady  Bullyon,  who  ran  forward, could  reach 
me  ;  and  though  I  was  bruised  and  shaken  from  head  to  foot, 
I  strenuously  denied  being  in  the  least  hurt,  and  refused  all 
the  remedies  which  were  kindly  pressed  on  me  by  my  host  and 
hostess,  whom  I  did  not  dare  to  look  at.  What  I  minded 
more,  far  more  than  the  bruises,  was  that  those  horrid  foot- 
men were  all  standing  by  to  witness  this  my  second  downfall, 
and  I  saw  them  laugh  this  time. 

As  Sir  Thomas  and  Lady  Bullyon  preceded  me  into  the 
dining  room.  I  ventured  to  inspect  them,  and  saw  that  they 
put  all  their  finery  on  their  servants'  backs,  and  not  on  their 
own.  They  were  both  little  and  shabby-looking  :  my  lady 
was  even  shorter  than  I  was.  and  wore  an  old  black  satin  dress, 
instead  of  the  gorgeous  attire  in  which  I  had  pictured  her  to 
myself.  This  comforted  and  reassured  me  somewhat,  and  as 
I  was  very  hungry  I  began  to  hope  that  dinner  might  be  a  less 
awful  business  than  I  had  anticipated.  But  the  size  of  the 
room,  the  quantity  of  plate,  and,  above  all,  those  magnificent 
footmen  with  thp  gentlemanly  butler  at  their  head,  undid  all 
the  good  effects  produced  by  the  homeliness  of  my  entertain- 
ers' appearance,  and  I  sat  down  to  table  with  renewed  trepi- 
dation. 

T  got  through  the  soup  and  fish  pretty  well,  though  without 
daring  to  speak  or  look  up.  Sir  Thomas  and  Lady  Bullyon 
kindly  left  me  alone  and  talked  to  each  other  till  dinner  was 
half  over.  Then  Lady  Bullyon  turned  to  me  and  made  some 
kind  inquiries  after  mamma.  Unfortunately  I  had  just  at 
this  moment  put  a  very  hot  piece  of  potato  into  my  mouth. 
My  contortions  in  endeavoring  to  dispose  of  it  with  the  smallest 
amount  of  personal  inconvenience,  and  yet  in  time  to  answer 
Lady  Bullion's  question,  must  have  been  truly  ludicrous,  and 
I  had  the  mortification  of  seeing  all  the  servants  turn  away 
their  heads  to  hide  their  merriment,  while  even  the  heads  of 
the  house  could  not  repress  a  smile.  I  need  hardly  say  that 
the  question  about  mamma  was  never  answered,  and  that  I 
was  mute  and  more  than  miserable  for  the  rest  of  that  long 
dinner. 

I  heard  Lady  Bullyon  whisper  to  Sir  Thomas,  as  we  passed 
out  of  the  dining-room,  "How  painfully  shy."  which  remark 
in  no  way  tended  to  restore  my  composure.  But  she  made 
the  kindest  efforts  when  we  were  in  the  drawing-room  to  draw 
me  out,  and  I  was  just  beginning  to  feel  more  at  home,  when 
tea  time  brought  in  Sir  Thomas,  with  a  request  for  some 
music.  Now  I  was  extremely  fond  of  playing,  and  knew  I 
could  perform  very  creditably,  but  the  idea  of  any  other 
audience  than  my  father  and  mother  was  too  much.  I  was 
too  frightened  to  refuse,  and  far  too  frightened  to  play.  I 
only  succeeded  in  sitting  down  to  the  piano,  putting  my  hands 
before  my  face,  and  bursting  into  tears. 

"Poor  child!"  said  Lady  Bullyon;  "we  won't  tease  her 
any  more  ;"  and,  coming  up  to  me,  she  kindly  led  me  to  a 
distant  sofa,  gave  me  a  book,  and  told  me  to  try  and  fancy 
myself  at  home.  I  couldn't  quite  do  that,  but  I  managed  to 
amuse  myself  tolerably  till  bed-time,  when,  after  a  kind  good- 
night, I  went  up  to  my  room,  and  found,  to  my  horror,  that 
the  lady's-maid  was  witing  there  to  undress  me.  "  Am  I 
never  to  be  let  alone  ?"  I  thought.  But  I  had  to  submit  to 
her  fingers  and  her  tongue,  which  latter  never  stopped,  to 
make  up  for  the  silence  of  mine,  I  suppose.  Among  other 
things  she  particularly  cautioned  me  not  to  mistake  a  rope, 
that  hung  beside  a  closet  door,  for  a  bell-pull.  I  inquired 
why?  "Oh!  miss,  don't  you  know?"  she  said,  evidently 
delighted  at  the  notion  that  she  was  about  to  astonish  me  by 
what  she  had  to  tell.  "  Why,  miss,  the  people  that  lived  here 
before  had  a  raving  mad  uncle  with  a  great  deal  of  money, 
and  this  was  his  room,  miss,  where  he  lived  with  his  keeper 
That  closet,  miss,  is  a  shower-bath,  with  a  great,  big  cistern 
over  it,  big  enough  to  drown  you  and  me  ;  and  when  he  was 
more  than  common  fractious,  his  keeper  used  to  lock  him  in 
there  (you  see  the  key  is  on  the  outside)  and  pull  that  rope, 
which  let  all  the  water  down  on  his  poor  old  head  till  he  was 
half  dead.  One  day,  when  they  went  to  take  him  out  he  was 
quite  dead,  and  his  family  got  all  the  money.  Which  '  ill- 
gotten  gains  never  prosper,'  as  you've  doubtless  heard,  miss  ; 
and  it  didn't  do  them  much  good,  seeing  they  haven't  a  penny 
now,  owing  to  spending  it  all,  and  was  obliged  to  let  this  house 
to  Sir  Thomas,  and  hide  their  heads  in  foreign  parts.  They 
do  say,  miss,  that  the  poor  old  gentleman  may  often  be  seen 
at  night  in  his  shower-bath,  beweeping  and  bewailing  the 
cruelty  of  those  that  killed  him,  which  they  did  for  certaiu. 
Good  night,  miss,  and  I  hope  you  may  sleep  comfort- 
able." 

She  had  certainly  not  taken  the  best  means  to  insure  that 
happy  result ;  but  though  I  was  so  shy,  I  was  not  in  the  least 
nervous  about  those  sort  of  things,  and  consequently  did  not 
trouble  myself  much  about  her  parting  words.  I  had  to  turn 
my  whole  thoughts  and  energies  to  the  consideration  of  an 
important  question,  viz.,  how  I  was  to  get  into  bed  !  It  was 
piled  up  so  high,  that  any  ordinary  means  would  have  been 
wholly  inadequate.  The  chairs  were  all  so  large  and  heavy  (I 
suppose  to  prevent  the  mad  old  gentleman  throwing  them  at 


his  keeper,)  that  I  found  it  quite  impossible  to  lift  one  to  the 
bedside,  and  help  myself  up  that  way.  The  only  plan  was  to 
take  a  run  and  a  jump,  and,  after  many  failures,  I  at  length 
alighted  on  the  top  of  this  mountain  of  feather  beds.  There  1 
lay  for  some  time,  watching  the  flickering  of  the  fire  on  the 
ceiling,  thinking  of  home,  and  of  my  different  misadventures 
since  I  had  left  it  so  short  a  time  ago.  The  house  had  become 
quite  quiet  every  one  must  have  been  in  bed,  when  all  at  once 
an  odd  fancy  seized  me  to  look  into  the  shower-bath  and  see 
what  sort  of  a  place  it  was.  I  fought  against  the  idea  for  some 
time,  but,  finding  it  kept  me  awake,  I  thought  it  best  to  in- 
dulge it ;  and  after  much  hesitation,  and  not  a  little  laughing 
at  myself  for  being  so  inquisitive,  1  de?C3nded  carefully  from 
the  bed,  and  advanced  on  tip-toe  towards  the  mysterious  door. 

I  had  already  placed  my  hand  on  the  handle,  when  I  sud- 
denly heard  a  slight  noise  within.  My  heart  stood  still.  I 
thought  for  a  moment,  what  if  it  should  be  the  old  madman's 
ghost  ? 

But  as  quickly  dismissing:  so  absurd  an  idea,  I  remained 
perfectly  still,  holding  my  breath  to  listen.  There  !  I  heard 
it  again,  a  low  rustling,  cuch  as  would  be  caused  by  a  person 
breathiag  heavily  in  rather  stiff  clothes.  I  had  no  longer  any 
doubt  that  some  one  was  hidden  there  with  an  evil  design. 
Quick  as  thought  I  turned  the  key  so  as  to  lock  the  door,  and 
seizing  the  rope  which  hung  close  beside,  I  pulled  it  violently, 
at  the  =»~  time  screaming  for  help.  A  gasping,  strangled 
shout  came  from  within  n»  u.^f  theQ  no  gound  was  to 
be  heard  but  my  own  screams  and  the  steady  ciowu-j,^..  <• 
the  water  from  the  cistern.  Soon  footsteps  came  running 
from  all  directions  ;  my  door  was  opened,  and  a  confused 
troop  of  servants,  with  Sir  Thomas  at  their  head,  rushed  in. 
But  1  still  clung  to  the  rope  as  if  for  my  life,  screaming, 
"Don't  let  him  out!    Don't  let  him  out!    He'll  kill  you!" 

Sir  Thomas,  in  the  shortest  of  night-shirts,  and  the  most 
wonderful  night-csp,  with  a  tassel  at  the  top,  stood  motionless 
with  astonishment,  grasping  in  one  hand  a  pair  of  trousers, 
and  in  the  other  an  old  scabbard  without  a  sword.  The  ser- 
vants, too,  overcome  with  terror,  did  not  stir  beyond  the 
door  ;  and  had  not  the  water  in  the  cistern  failed  at  last,  I 
know  not  bow  long  we  might  all  have  remained  in  our  respec- 
tive positions.  When  nothing  came  of  all  my  tugs  at  the 
rope  but  a  few  slow,  heavy  drops,  I  let  go  my  hold,  and  gasped 
out  to  Sir  Thomas,  "  He's  in  there  ;  I'm  sure  of  it.  But  you 
may  open  the  door  now  :  I  don't  think  he  can  hurt  you." 
They  did  open  the  door,  and  sure  enough,  there  lay  a  half- 
drowned,  fustian-clothed  ruffian,  whose  bunch  of  skeleton  keys, 
and  other  burglarious  implements,  sufficiently  showed  what  he 
had  come  for.  He  was  thrust  into  the  strong  room  as  soon 
as  he  had  recovered  his  consciousness,  which  was  not  for  some 
time,  thanks  to  my  exertions  with  the  rope. 

A  guard  was  placed  at  the  door,  and  he  was  left  to  his  own 
meditations  till  he  could  be  conveyed  in  the  morning  to  the 
nearest  magistrate,  who  would  commit  him  to  the  county  jail 
I  was  taken  to  Lady  Bullyon's  own  bed,  where,  all  my  shyness 
having  departed  in  the  excitement  of  the  moment,  I  answered 
all  h^r  questions,  returned  her  kisses,  and  then  fell  into  a 
dreamless  slumber,  from  which  I  did  not  wake  till  a  late  hour 
on  the  following  morning. 

The  hero  of  the  shower-bath  had  been  already  carried  off 
to  prison  when  I  at  length  awoke,  but  Lady  Bullyon  told  me 
he  had  owned  to  having  selected  that  place  of  concealment  on 
account  of  the  superstitious  horror  in  which  it  was  held  by 
the  servants,  as  was  well  known  in  the  village.  He  had  been 
watching  his  opportunity  some  time,  and  had  made  himself  so 
well  acquainted  with  the  ways  of  the  household  and  the  inte- 
rior of  the  house,  that  while  the  servants  were  at  supper,  and 
we.  were  in  the  drawing-room,  he  quietly  walked  in  at  a  side 
door,  and  went  up  stairs  to  the  haunted  closet.  The  arrival 
of  so  unimportant  a  person  as  myself,  and  the  fact  of  my  oc- 
cupying that  room,  had  not  reached  his  ears,  else  he  might 
probably  have  deferred  the  execution  of  his  project  till  another 
night.  As  it  was,  he  felt  so  secure  of  being  uninterrupted, 
that  without  eveii  locking  himself  in,  he  merely  shut  the  door, 
leaving  the  key  on  the  outside,  and  being  tired,  and  the  closet, 
or  rattier  bath,  being  v?ry  roomy,  he  sat  down  on  the  floor  to 
fill  up  the  time  by  taking  a  nap.  Thus  he  never  heard  me 
come  to  bed,  nor  the  maid's  conversation,  nor  indeed  anything, 
till  down  came  the  water  and  roused  him  with  a  vengeance, 
only  to  deprive  him  of  breath  and  consciousness  almost  imme- 
diately after.  We  afterwards  heard  that  he  was  fully  com- 
mitted for  trial  at  the  next  assizes,  where  he  was  condemned 
to  penal  servitude  for  seven  years. 

Sir  Thomas  and  Lady  Bullyon  overwhelmed  me  with  praises 
and  thanks.  They  did  not  know  how  to  make  enough  of  me, 
and  I  was  only  alraid  their  gratitude  might  take  the  form  of 
inviting  me  to  stay  longer.  But  I  showed  such  evident  un- 
easiness when  they  hinted  at  it,  that  they  kindly  let  me  go  at 
the  time  agreed  upon,  not,  however  without  many  expressions 
of  friendship,  and  many  wishes  that  they  might  some  day 
have  an  opportunity  of  doing  me  an  essential  service  in  their 
turn.  I  need  not  tell  you  of  my  dear  mother's  delight  at 
hearing  of  my  exploit.  "  Who  knows  what  may  come  of  it?" 
she  said  ;  aud  something  substantial  did  come  of  it.  When 
Sir  Thomas  died,  some  few  years  afterwards,  his  will  was 
found  to  contain  a  bequest  to  me  of  £300  a  year,  "  as  a  mark 
of  gratitude  for  the  important  service  she  rendered  me,  and  of 
admiration  for  her  courage  and  presence  of  mind."  Upon  this 
£300  a  year  I  live,  retired  and  happy.  I  was  too  shy  to 
marry,  or  even  ever  to  be  asked  to  marry,  but  I  am  not  the 
less  content  on  that  account.  Often  when  sitting  alone  with 
my  cats  and  dogs  in  the  winter  evenings,  and  looking  round 
on  my  many  comforts,  my  memory  carries  me  back  to  the 
various  accidents  and  the  happy  results  of  My  First  Visit. 


4 


THE  CALjFORNIAN. 


|  July  28th 


THE  ASSASSINATION  OF  THE  DUKE  OF  PARMA. 

ONE  day  I  had  the  honor  to  dine  at  the  table  of  King 
Jerome  (Bonaparte)  at  Quarto,  near  Florence.  Some 
of  the  most  eminent  people  of  Tuscany  were  at  the  table  ; 
Prince  Corsini,  Don  Nexi  Corsini,  bis  brother,  and  old  Fos- 
sombroni ;  the  latter  is  the  same  person  Napoleon  found 
Minister  in  Tuscany,  aod  who  so  astonished  him  by  the  gran- 
deur of  his  ideas.  Napoleon  said,  as  he  left  him,  "  He  is  a 
giant  in  a  closet." 

Prince  Corsini  was  the  grand-nephew  of  Pope  Corsini — 
Lorenzo  XII.  He  was  an  old  man  of  seventy,  very  fond  of 
dress,  and  painted  his  face  just  as  our  lorettes  do.  He  was 
to  be  met  every  night  in  the  streets  of  Florence,  after  the 
receptions  and  assemblies  of  the  evening  were  ended,  dressed 
in  white  duck  or  some  light-colored  cloth,  a  small  blue  coat 
with  gilt  buttons,  a  ribbon  around  his  neck,  and  au  enormous 
nosegay  in  his  waistcoat.  When  he  met  any  acquaintance, 
he  drew  down  his  straw  hat  towards  the  passer,  as  if  he 
desired  to  conceal  his  face  ;  but  he  hoped,  if  the  latter  met 
him  the  next  day,  he  would  be  guilty  of  the  amiable  indiscre- 
tion of  saying,  "  Where  were  you  going,  past  one  o'clock  last 
night,  with  a  nosegay  in  your  waistcoat,  Prince  ?  Ah !  1 
recognized  you  I" 

The  Prince  would  deny  that  he  was  the  man,  he  would 
shake  his  head,  and  play  the  comedy  of  the  discreet  man.  1* 
was  a  curious  study. 

He  was  not-:a-'-"JluE  a"  this,  a  man  of  talents.  His 
Drother  was  Minister  of  the  Grand  Duke,  and  Priuce  Corsini, 
as  well  as  the  Grand  Duke,  held  the  intellectual  powers  of 
his  brother  in  the  greatest  contempt.  Whenever  the  Grand 
Duke  complained  to  him  of  the  way  in  which  political  affairs 
were  managed,  the  Prince  would  reply  :  "  It  is  not  astonish- 
ing, Highness,  when  you  keep  such  a  jackass  as  my  brother, 
Don  Neri,  for  your  Minister. 

So  I  was  dining,  as  I  have  said,  at  King  Jerome's  table, 
with  all  these  great  dignitaries  of  the  Tuscan  Court,  when 
Don  Neri — who  honored  me  with  particular  attention,  which 
was  all  the  more  courteous  on  his  part,  as  he  held  in  his  hands 
the  Ministries  of  the  Interior  aod  of  War — asked  me,  from 
the  other  end  of  the  table  :  "  Are  you  going  to  the  Lucca 
Baths  this  year,  M.  Dumas?", 

"  Yes,  I  thiuk  so,  your  Excellency." 
"  If  you  do,  you  had  better  take  care  of  yourself." 
"Why  so?" 

"  Because  there  13  on  the  road  between  Lucca  and  the  baths 
the  boldest  highwayman  we  have  seen  in  Tuscauy  this  many 
a  year." 

"  Bah  !  what  is  his  name  ?" 

"  Norcino." 

"  An  admirable  brigand's  name." 

"  Would  you  believe,  that  rascal  carries  his  impudence  so 
far  as  to  go  to  mass  every  Sunday  in  his  village  church?" 

"  Every  Sunday  ?' 

"  He  does  n't  miss  one." 

"  Why  don't  you  capture  him,  then  1" 

"  T  is  impossible  !    The  fellow  is  always  armed." 

This  reply,  in  the  mouth  of  a  Minister  of  War,  rather  cor- 
roborated the  opinion  Priuce  Corsini  expressed  about  his 
brother. 

A  short  time  afterwards  we  heard  that  the  terrible  Nor- 
cino was  captured  by  the  Duke  of  Lucca's  carabineers.  These 
carabineers  formed  a  siBgular  army  at  that  epoch  in  Italy.  It 
was  composed  solely  of  Corsicans  who  had  killed  a  man  at 
home,  and  who  had  instantly  leaped  into  the  great  wake 
made  by  vessels  plying  from  Bastia  to  Leghorn,  to  come  to 
Lucca  and  enter  the  Duke's  service. 

I  was  well  acquainted  with  the  Duke  of  Lucca.  He  reigned 
under  the  title  of  Charles  II.,  and  was  a  man  of  great  talents. 
His  subjects  would  have  been  the  happiest  people  on  earth, 
if  the  taxes  they  paid  could  have  proved  sufficient  for  the 
expenses  of  the  Duke.  Unfortunately,  he  was  a  Bourbou  of 
the  Spanish  race,  and  sustained  the  honor  of  his  family  by 
spending  twice  his  revenue.  One  day  1  was  still  in  bed, 
when  the  servant  announced,  not  his  Highness, Duke  Charles 
II.,  but  the  Duke  of  Lucca.  I  put  on  slippered  pantaloons 
and  a  dressing-gown,  aud  ran  to  my  drawing-room.  I  began 
to  offer  excuses. 

He  stopped  me  short,  saying  :  "  I  have  come  to  ask  you  to 
do  me  a  tavor.  You  have  a  right  to  receive  me  as  you 
pleas." 

I  expressed  to  the  Duke  the  delight  it  gave  me  to  think  1 
had  it  in  my  power  to  serve  him. 

"  You  are  going  to  leave  for  France  to-morrow?" 
"  Yes,  your  Highness." 

"  Then  be  so  good  as  to  take  this  portrait,  and  have  it 
lithographed." 

He  gave  me  a  water-color  drawing,  which  represented  the 
features  of  an  old  scholar,  who  was  teaching  him  Sanscrit. 

The  Duke  of  Lucca  was  a  man  of  fickle  imagination,  who 
often  pursued  for  a  fortnight  studies  which  required  whole 
years  of  persevering  labor.  Sanscrit  was  oue  of  those 
studies. 

1  brought  the  portrait  of  the  Duke's  Sanscrit-Master  to 


France  with  me.  I  carried  it  to  the  only  man  who  could  Guelph  cities.  Braga  was  then  obliged  to  retreat  before  the 
make  a  lithozraph  of  the  drawing,  without  losing  its  charac- 1  conqueror  (it  was  a  Guelph  city  :)  it  climbed  the  mountain, 


ter — Amaury  Duval.  This  was,  1  believe,  in  1841.  Amaury  |  and  fortified  itself  on  the  summit.  The  church  alone  remained 
Duval  was  then  at  the  commencement  of  his  career,  and  even  ;  at  the  foot  of  the  mountain,  aud  indicates  to  travellers  where 
then  he  had  the  reputation  of  being  one  of  M.  Ingres'  best  I  old  Braga  stood.- 


pupils.    I  said  to  him  :  "  What  will  you  charge  me,  my  dear 
friend,  to  make  a  lithograph  of  this  portrait?" 

'  If  it  is  for  you,  nothing.  If  it  is  for  anybody  else,  twenty 
dollars."  I  drew  forty  dollars  out  of  my  pocket,  saying,  "  My 
dear  fellow,  it  is  for  the  Duke  of  Lucca,  and  he  is  able  to  pay 
twice  as  much  as  a  plain  citizen." 

Amaury  Duval  made  a  magnificent  lithograph.  1  carried 
it  to  the  Duke.  He  was  delighted  with  it,  and  exclaimed  it 
was  altogether  too  cheap.  He,  nevertheless,  did  not  offer  to 
repay  me.  A  month  alterwards.  1  received  a  visit,  not  from 
the  Duke  of  Lucca,  but  from  his  Minister  of  Foreign  Affairs. 
He  said  to  me :  "  M.  Dumas,  his  Highness  has  charged  me 
with  the  agreeable  commission  of  annouucing  to  you,  he  has 
made  you  a  Grand  Cross  of  the  order  of  St.  Louis  of  Lucca. 
He  sends  you  the  cross  and  the  letters  patent.  As  for  the 
forty  dollars,  due  as  fees,  he  begs  you  will  not  think  of  them.'' 
The  Duke  of  Lucca  had  not  dared  to  take  out  of  Uia  purse 
and  pay  me  back  in  my  hand  the  forty  dollar  i.  and  he  con- 
trived this  princely  way  of  paying  the  debt  he  owed  me. 

[VI.  Dumas,  on  visiting  the  Duke,  subsequently,  met  the 
young  Prince,  his  son,  twelve  years  of  age.] 

"  Robert."  said  the  Duke,  "  can't  you  bear  witness  to  M. 
Dumas  I  read  nothing  but  his  works  ?" 
"  O  yes,  his  works — aod  Paul  de  Kock's  works,  father." 
•'  You  saucy  rogue  I"  exclaimed  the  Duke,  laughing,  and 
drawing  from  under  his  pillow  the  volume  he  had  concealed. 
It  was  Paul  de  Kock's  Sinter  Anne. 

I  was  greatly  astouisued  when  1  heard  that  this  handsome, 
sprightly  lad  proved  a  tyrant  when  he  became  the  Duke  ol 
Parma.  Chance  has  enabled  uie  tc  give  details  about  his  as- 
sassination which  very  few  people  have  it  in  their  power  to 
give. 

The  little  Duchy  of  Lucca  was  a  real  emerald  set  in  the 
gold  of  Iialy. 

A  singular  peculiarity  of  its  inhabitants  is,  that  in  general 
the  same  man  does  not  speak  live  or  six  languages,  but  live  or 
six  men  together  speak  each  a  different  language.  Half  the 
inhabitants  of  Lucca  are  figure-mongers.  Those  poor  crea- 
tures we  meet  in  the  streets  carrying  on  their  heads  (which 
are  protected  by  a  pad)  a  board  tilled  with  all  the  Pag  ns  and 
Christians  who  have  ever  lived  are  for  the  most  part  natives 
of  Lucca. 

1  said  to  one  of  them,  "  I  never  see  you  sell  any  of  your 
plaster  figures  ;  how  do  you  manage  to  get  your  living?" 
"  O.  sir,  there  are  the  accidents  :" 
"  The  accidents  !  what  do  you  mean  ?" 
"  People  break  a  great  many  of  our  plaster  figures." 
Of  a  trutn  this  is  the  real  profit  of  these  people.  People 
in  a  hurry  jostle  the  poor  figure-monger.    Two  or  three  stat- 
uettes lose  their  balance  in  consequence  of  the  shock  aud 
come  tumbling  to  the  ground.    They  are  shivered  to  atoms. 
The  pedler  begius  to  cry.    A  crowd  collects.    He  is  pitied, 
aud  murmurs  are  raised  against  the  author  of  the  mischief. 
He  is  in  a  hurry.    Ue"Unows  .he  value  of  time.    He  throws 
four  or  five  pieces  o(  silver  to  the  poor  pedler  and  passes  on 
This  is  the  way  they  make  their  living. 

These  figure-mongers  go  all  over  the  world — to  France, 
Englaud,  Germany,  Holland,  Hungary,  America,  Oceanica,  and 
even  to  China.  They  return  stammering  in  broken  accents 
the  languages  of  all  the  countries  they  have  visited.  Hence 
it  is  that  more  languages  are  spoken  in  the  Duchy  of  Lucca 
than  in  any  other  one  place. 

If  one  wishes  to  exasperate  an  inhabitant  of  this  duchy, 
one  has  but  to  tell  him,  that,  when  Christopher  Columbus 
landed  for  the  first  time  in  America,  a  native  of  Lucca  was 
the  first  person  he  saw,  and  he  came  up  to  Columbus  asking 
him  if  he  did  not  want  to  buy  statuettes  of  Ferdinand  and 
Isabella. 

About  a  quarter  of  the  population  of  Lucca  go  to  Corsica 
during  harvest-tide.  The  Corsicans  themselves  are  too  lordly 
to  reap.  These  laborers  live  on  tour  cents  a  day,  aud  return 
after  harvest  with  thirty  dollars  in  their  pockets. 

Meanwhile,  the  rest  remain  at  home,  and  so  carefully  culti- 
vate their  singularly  fertile  soil,  that  they  are  able  to  raise 
three  crops  a  year  on  it. 

In  going  to  visit  the  country  house  which  my  friend  is  re- 
pairing two  miles  from  the  Lucca  Baths.  I  met  a  man  employed 
by  the  day.  He  told  us  he  had  uot  for  the  last  teD  years  spent 
more  than  four  sous  a  day.  He  ate  nothing  but  bread,  and 
drank  only  water.  Another  man  heard  him  boast  of  his  fru- 
gality, and  shrugged  his  shoulders.  I  questioned  the  latter. 
He  spent  six  cent3  a  day,  and  he  had  anchovies  for  dinner, 
and  drank  a  glass  of  wine  at  each  meal. 

We  went  to-day  to  visit  a  village  called  Braga.  It  is  situ- 
ated on  the  summit  of  one  of  the  spurs  of  the  Ap?nnines. 

Braga  was  situated  in  the  plain  till  1300.  When  Castruc- 
cio  Castrocciani — that  petty  tyrant  to  whom  Machiavelii  did 
the  honor  of  writing  his  history — re-entered  Lucca,  aod  was 
made  leader  of  the  Uhibellines,  he  waged  war  on  all  the 


We  were  on  the  theatre  of  Norcino's  exploits.  The  con- 
versation turned  upon  him.  One  of  the  persons  present  wag 
the  son  of  a  miller,  to  whom  Norcino  had  done  a  great  ser- 
vice. After  two  bad  harvests,  this  miller  got  behindhand 
in  business.  His  landlord  got  impatient  for  hi3  rent,  and  at 
laBt  distrained.  The  rent  due  was  S240.  Bills  were  posted, 
advertising  the  sale  of  all  the  miller's  property.  The  prayers 
of  the  miller,  his  wife  and  children,  had  all  been  in  vain.  The 
landlord  was  inexorable.  He  ordered  the  sale  to  be  made 
without  postponement  The  following  day  was  appointed  for 
the  sale.  The  evening  before  the  sale,  a  stranger  presented 
himself  at  the  mill,  gave  the  miller  8240,  and  bade  him  pay 
his  landlord. 

"  The  miller  exclaimed  :  "  But  how  can  I  repay  you  this 

money  ?" 

The  stranger  replied,  "  Never  mind  that.  I  will  repay 
myself.  TaKe  care  to  send  a  messenger  to  your  landlord,  to 
ask  him  to  come  and  receive  the  money  in  person,  and  give 
you  a  receipt  lor  it." 

The  landlord  came,  received  the  money,  and  gave  a  receipt 
in  full  to  the  miller.  A  hundred  yards  from  the  mill,  Norcino 
lay  in  wait  for  him  on  his  return,  and,  as  he  had  said,  he  re- 
paid himself.  It  is  by  actions  like  these  that  the  Italian  ban- 
ditti secure  inviolable  retreats  for  themselves,  when  they  are 
bunted. 

The  miller's  son  told  us  another  anecdote  of  Norcino,  which 
proved  the  famous  bandit  did  not  disdain  to  mix  comedy  and 
tragedy,  like  modern  dramatists.  The"  first  time  he  was  made 
prisoner,  Norcino  was  carried  to  the  Pescia  jail.  He  suc- 
ceeded in  escaping  from  this  prison  by  cutting  a  hole  in  the 
wall.  As  soon  as  the  hole  wa3  cut,  it  became  very  important 
that  he  should  be  able  to  hide  it  from  all  eyes  for  a  whole  day. 
He  asked  the  turnkey  to  give  him  a  sheet  of  paper,  a  p»n  and 
an  inkstand.  The  turnkey  granted  his  request.  He  drew  a 
vessel,  about  to  sail,  on  the  large  sheet  of  paper,  wrote  under 
it,  Domani parte — "  It  leaves  to  morrow,"  and  pasted  it  over 
his  hole.  In  good  truth  the  vessel  weut  next  day.  and  Nor- 
cino with  it ! 

I  have  spoken  of  the  frugality  of  the  people  of  Lucca.  We 
had  additional  evidence  of  it  at  Braga.  Jsignor  Talinucci  told 
U3  that  more  than  half  the  population  lived  on  chestnuts, 
gathered  from  the  chestnut-trees  with  which  the  mountains 
are  covered.  As  soon  as  the  chestnuts  are  gathered,  they 
are  dried  and  grouud  to  flour.  Each  one  eecures  his  stock  of 
bread  for  the  year  by  picking  up  chestnuts.  Everybody  makes 
his  own  bread.  It  is  made  by  mixing  up  chestnut  flour  and 
water,  making  it  into  cukes,  which  are  cooked  on  stones 
heated  in  the  fire.  We  ate  some  of  these  cakes  ;  they  are 
agreeable  to  the  palate,  but  must  be  terribly  heavy  to  the 
stomach. 

As  I  returned  from  Braga  to  the  Bathe  of  Lucca,  I  saw 
hanging  on  the  flanks  of  the  mountain,  from  which  the 
medicinal  waters  flow,  the  little  castle  of  Lucca,  where  I  weut 
to  thank  Duke  Charles  Louis,  and  where  he  presented  his 
son  Charles  III.  to  me.  After  the  death  of  Napoleon's 
widow,  Marie  Louise,  Charles  Louis,  Duke  of  Lucca,  became 
Duke  of  Parma,  in  conformity  with  the  stipulations  of  the 
Treaty  of  Vienna.  At  the  end  of  two  years,  either  from 
fatigue  or  political  calculations,  he  abdicated  in  favor  of  his 
son,  Charles  III.,  the  same  sprightly  boy  who  had  denounced 
to  me  his  father's  sympathy  for  Paul  de  Kock's  literature. 

Charles  III.  (who  married  the  daughter  of  the  Duchess  of 
Berri,  and  sister  of  the  Count  de  Chambord)  inherited  not 
only  his  father's  sympathy  for  Paul  de  Kock's  literature,  but, 
moreover,  for  Paul  de  Kock's  heroiues.  He  was  the  fondest 
man  of  grisettes  that  ever  lived,  and  the  place  where  he  died 
showed  he  sometimes  sought  still  less  difficult  amours. 

This  dissolute  lire,  which  held  nothing  as  sacred,  had  raised 
up  a  great  many  enemies  to  the  young  DuKe  L'tarles  111.  of 
Parma.  Ode  of  these  euemies  was  both  a  political  enemy  aud 
the  brother  of  a  sister  injured  by  the  Duke.  This  was  too 
much  !  Armed  with  a  sharp  dagger,  which  is  on  my  table  aa 
I  write  these  lines,  the  murderer  followed  the  Duke.  The 
Duke  entered  a  house  adjoining  a  cafe.  The  murderer  hid  in 
the  staircase,  aud  lay  there  awaiting  the  Dukes  departure. 
When  the  Duke  came  down  stairs,  the  murderer  told  the  Duke 
who  he  was,  that  the  victim  might  know  beyond  doubt  whose 
band  gave  bun  the  fatal  blow.  He  then  killed  him  with  oue 
stroke  of  the  dagger,  which  was  so  well  aimed  that  the  Duke 
did  not  give  a  single  cry,  uot  one  sigh,  as  he  fell  a  corpse. 
The  murderer  then  concealed  his  dugger  (which  be  wished  to 
preserve  us  a  relic.)  entered  the  cale,  ordered  a  hall-cup  of 
coffee,  took  up  a  newspaper  and  began  to  read. 

Ten  minutes  afterwards  screams  were  beard  in  the  neigh- 
boring house.  Somebody  had  discovered  the  Duke's  body. 
The  murderer  waited  in  the  cafe  ;  be  foresaw  what  was  going 
to  take  place,  and  wished  to  free  himself  at  ouce  from  the 
suspicions  of  the  police.  The  cafe  was  surrounded  and  evtry- 
body  in  it  was  arrested  and  examined.  He  was  arrested  and 
examined  with  the  others.  Nobobody  suspected  the  inau 
who  so  quietly  sipped  his  half-cup  of  coffee,  and  read  bis  news- 
paper so  attentively ,  as  beiug  the  murderer.    He  was  released. 

A  few  days  afterwards  be  went  to  the  staircase  where  tbJ 
murder  was  committed  to  get  his  degger.    He  lound  it.  He 


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then  went  to  London,  and  from  London  to  the  Unitpd  States. 
He  save  his  daggpr  in  London  to  a  friend  who  did  him  an  act 
of  kindness,  and  who  iD  dying  bequeathed  it  to  one  of  my 
friends. 

One  evening  I  was  sitting  in  my  carriage  taking  an  ice  at 
Imoda  gate.  A  man  of  sixty  years  of  age  got  on  the  steps  of 
my  carriage.    I  looked  at  him  with  astonishment. 

He  said,  "  Don't  yon  recognize  me  ?" 

"  ^n'o,  sir,  and  I  try  in  vain  to  recall  your  face  to  memory." 

"  I  am  ,  I  was  the  Dnke  of  Lucca." 

Then  he  threw  himself  in  my  arms,  saying,  "You  know 
they  have  assassinated  my  poor  Charles  1" 

But  of  his  lest  duchy  he  did  not  say  one  word. — Alex. 
Dumas,  in  "  Le  Soleil." 

THE  SKA-SERPENT. 
46  T  BELIEVE  in  the  Great  Sea-Serpent"  Unconsciously, 
J_  I  uttered  these  words  aloud,  as  I  stood  one  night  on 
the  forecastle  of  an  American  clipper.  We  had  just  escaped 
from  the  China  Sea,  after  sixteen  days'  hammering  against 
head  gales,  and  were  gently  gliding  into' the  Pacific  under  a 
crowd  of  cotton  canvas,  which,  in  the  full  moonlight.,  almost 
pained  the  eye  by  its  brightness.  The  deck  was  3rowded  with 
a  strange,  motley  mass  of  human  beings,  the  prevailing  tvpe 
of  humanity  being  Chinese,  for  we  had  about  six  hundred  Ce- 
lestial s  on  board,  rushing  to  the  El  Dorado  of  California. 

The  sailor^  were  men  of  all  nations,  and  a  vast  variety  of 
Costume  ;  many  of  them  wore  red  shirts,  thereby  relieving  the 
monotonous  blue  cotton  of  John  Chinaman.  I  had  wandered 
forward,  and,  finding  myself  alone  on  the  forecastle,  had  been 
standing  there,  mayhip,  half  an  hour,  enjoying  the  rare  luxury 
of  solitude,  and  watching  the  porpoises  darting  backwards  and 
forwards  across  our  bows,  as  the  noble  old  ship  rose  to  each 
long  smooth  swell,  and  then  made  a  stately  bow  towards  the 
blue  hillock,  as  it  swept  away  from  her. 

It  was  a  mild,  peaceful  night,  and  doubly  delightful  after 
the  pitching  and  tossing,  the  jerking  and  groaning,  we  had 
undergone  lor  a  fortnight.  My  thoughts  naturally  reverted  to 
the  mysterious  inhabitants  of  the  element  on  the  surface  of 
which  we  were  floating.  What  wonderful  creatures  might  at 
that  very  moment  be  beneath  our  keel,  perhaps  never  requir- 
ing, possibly  unable,  to  reach  the  surface !  The  monsters 
which  are  revealed  to  us  by  the  microscope  may  have  mammoth 
relatives  ;  the  fantastic  forms  of  fossil  reptiles  may  be  outdone 
by  living  creatures  beneath  us,  and  possibly  in  view  of  those 
playful,  long  snouted  porpoises  beside  me.  Perhaps  the  sea- 
serpent  ;  ah,  the  sea  serpent !  Imagination  at  once  mounted 
on  stilts  ;  memory  brought  before  me  the  various  accounts  of 
its  appearance— accounts  so  numerous,  so  full  in  detail,  at- 
tested by  so  many  witnesses,  and  agreeing  in  the  main  so 
thoroughly  with  each  other,  that  it  seems  impossible  to  dis- 
credit them.  The  objection  raised  by  Professor  Owen,  that 
none  of  its  bones  have  been  found,  weighs  little  against  the 
positive  evidence  of  the  captain  and  officers  of  a  British  man- 
of-war,  so  lately  as  1848,  that  they  passed  within  one  hundred 
yards  of  a  snake  which  they  estimated  to  show  sixty  feet  of 
his  body  above  water,  and  to  have  probably  forty  feet  more 
underneath. 

That  sea-snakes  of  small  size  do  exist  cannot  be  questioned. 
A  few  miles  off  the  coast  of  Borneo,  I  have  passed  many  hun- 
dreds of  them  on  the  surface  of  the  smooth  sea,  measuring 
about  eighteen  inches  or  two  feet  in  length,  aDd  of  a  durk 
color,  barred  with  yellow.  I  recollected  what  a  stampede  took 
place  one  night  on  board  a  ship  lying  in  the  Hooghly,  oppo- 
site Calcutta,  when  the  forecastle  was  taken  charge  of  by  a 
six-foot  snake,  which  had  crawled  up  the  chain  cable  and 
through  the  hawsepipe. 

Turning  these  matters  over  in  my  mind  as  I  stood  alone  in 
the  bows  of  the  ship,  the  words  I  have  commenced  this  paper 
with  involuntarily  found  utterance  :  '•  I  believe  in  the  Great 
Sea-Serpent. " 

"  So  do  I,  sir,"  came  back  to  me  like  an  echo.  The  voice 
came  from  near  my  feet,  and,  looking  closely  at  the  place,  I 
found  an  old-salt  coiled  up  on  the  heel  of  the  cathead,  but 
hidden  from  me  before  by  the  black  shadow  of  the  jib.  The 
man  was  quite  a  character  on  board,  singular  in  appearance 
and  manner,  rough  and  surly  with  strangers,  but  improving  on 
acquaintance.  He  was  a  thorough  seaman,  and  had  already 
proved  himself  one  of  the  most  reliable  men  on  board  for  any 
service  requiring  courage  and  judgment.  Our  crew  had  found 
nicknames  for  each  other,  and  I  had  learned  to  distinguish 
Irish  Mike,  Soldier  Harry,  and  One-eyed  Sam.  The  old  sailor 
beside  me  was  known  by  the  sobriquet  of  Jake  the  Whaler. 
He  spoke  in  such  a  marked  and  earnest  tone,  that  it  roused 
my  curiosity.  "  Why  do  you  believe  in  the  great  sea-snake  ; 
have  you  ever  seen  him,  Jake?" 

"  I  have,  sir,"  said  Jake. 

The  tone  and  look  of  the  old  man  were  like  those  wherewith 
the  Ancient  Mariner  chilled  the  blood  of  the  wedding-guest. 
Not  another  word  passed  for  several  minutes  ;  Jake  seemed 
in  a  revery,  and,  for  myself,  I  was  wondering  whether  the  old 
man  was  mad,  for  I  could  not  doubt  his  being  thoroughly  in 
earnest.  That  voice  and  look  could  not  have  been  assumed 
by  the  best  actor  that  ever  wore  buskin.  After  a  pause,  dur- 
ing which  I  lighted  my  pipe  and  sat  down  on  the  anchor-stock, 
I  said  :  "  Come,  Jake,  tell  uie  all  about  it ;  when  did  it  hap- 
pen, and  where." 


"  I'll  never  tell  it  now,  sir,"  said  be  ;  "I  can't  bear  to  be 
laughed  at,  and  told  that  it  was  all  delirium  and  fever.  For 
two  years  past,  I  haven't  even  heard  the  name  of  the  sea- 
serpent  ;  though  day  and  night  I  think  of  him,  and  shall  while 
I  live." 

"  But,  Jafre,"  said  I.  "  you  need  not  fear  that  I  shall  laugh 
at  anything  told  in  earnest;  and  of  all  things  in  the  world  I 
should  like  a  yarn  about  the  sea-serpent." 

"  Don't  call  it  a  yarn,  sir,"  said  Juke  ;  'tis  too  true  and  too 
horrible  to  be  called  a  yarn." 

"  Fok'sle  there,"  hailed  the  mate  from  the  waist  of  the  ship. 

"  Ay,  ay,  sir,  "answered  mv  companion.    "  Eight  bells." 

As  the  eight  measured  strokes  were  given,  and  the  sweet 
sharp  sound  filled  the  air  followed  by  the  boatswain's  hoarse 
voice,  I  felt  that  all  chance  of  hearing  Jake's  story  for  that 
night  was  over,  and  strolled  back  to  the  poop,  had  my  nightly 
glass  of  grog,  and  turned  in,  determined  to  find  an  early  op- 
portunity of  learning  the  old  sailor's  secret. 

Early  next  morning,  I  came  on  deck,  and  found  a  strange 
and  menacing  change  of  weather  had  taken  place.  The  wind 
had  died  away,  and  the  ship  pitched  uneasily  in  a  heavy,  con- 
fused swell.  A  heavy  bank  of  clouds  was  rising  in  the  south- 
west, illuminated  every  few  moments  by  vivid  flashes  of  light- 
ning. The  barometer  had  been  gradually  falling,  and  the  men 
were  engaged  taking  in  the  light  sails.  Fitful  puffs  of  wind 
sang  through  the  rigging,  and  the  sails  alternately  thrashed 
back  on  the  masts,  and  then  tugged  forward,  straining  to  their 
tackle  like  chained  fiends.  The  main-course  was  now  reefed, 
and  the  twpsail  brailed  up  sharp,  looking  like  a  row  of  great 
bladders,  as  it  blew  out  from  the  yard.  I  glanced  to  wind- 
ward, and  saw  the  rapidly  advancing  bank  of  cloud  was  edged 
with  white,  where  the  coming  blast  ploughed  up  the  sea  in 
its  course. 

"  Send  another  hand  to  the  wheel,  Mr.  Blow,"  shouted  the 
captain. 

The  words  had  scarcely  left  his  lips  when  the  gale  struck 
us,  and  the  ship  heeled  over  till  the  water  rushed  in  at  the 
ports,  and  everything  loose  on  deck  flew  into  the  lee-scuppers. 
The  halliards  of  the  upper  topsail  yards  were  let  go,  but,  while 
the  yards  were  coming  down,  the  foresail  tore  adrift,  split  into 
long  streamers,  which  fluttered  out.  flapping  and  cracking  like 
gigantic  stockwhips,  till  they  were  borne  off  by  the  gale.  The 
ship  righted  and  gained  way  at  the  same  moment,  and  we 
flew  through  the  water  with  the  wind  on  our  quarter. 

For  eleven  days  and  nights  the  weather  never  moderated,  and 
we  ran  before  the  gale  at  a  terrific  rate  of  speed,  crossing  the 
North  Pacific  in  as  short  time  as  it  had  ever  been  done  by  a 
sailing  vessel.  There  was  but  little  chanqe  of  hearing  Jake's 
yarn  during  this  time,  but  I  kept  the  matter  in  my  mind,  and 
when  at  last  the  gale  ceased,  and  we  were  no  longer  rushing 
through  the  screaming  foam  pursued  by  great,  green  moun- 
tains with  threatening  crests,  but  calmly  gliding  towards  the 
golden  land,  I  got  the  old  sailor  to  unburden  his  mind  to  me, 
and  shall  now  try  to  give  an  accurate  version  of  his  story, 
though  I  cannot  follow  his  exact  words. 

"  'Tis  eight  years,  sir,"  said  he,  "  since  I  shipped  aboard 
the  brig  Mermaid,  bound  from  Liverpool  to  the  west  coast  of 
Africa  on  a  palm  oil  voyage.  She  was  a  poor  craft  and  we 
had  a  bad  set  on  board  of  her.  The  skipper  spent  most  of 
the  time  he  was  sober  in  tormenting  the  cabin-boy,  but,  after 
the  poor  lad  was  lost  ovei board —most  of  us  thought  he 
jumped  overboard  to  escape  his  tyrant — the  captain  was  sel- 
dom off  his  sora,  where  he  lay  swigging  rum  and  swearing  at 
the  steward.  The  mate  had  to  navigate  the  brig,  and  he  was 
such  a  stupid,  thick-headed  fellow,  that  it  was  little  wonder 
we  ran  off  our  course,  and  made  the  African  coast  a  littlz 
below  Cape  Blanco,  and  far  to  the  northward  of  where  we 
ought  to  have  been.  Our  water  had  fallen  very  short,  and 
the  mate  coasted  along  for  some  miles  till  we  found  a  small 
bay,  and,  after  considerable  search,  discovered  a  stream  from 
which  we  could  fill  our  casks.  He  brought  the  brig  to  an- 
chor about  a  mile  from  the  coast — the  breeze  was  very  light, 
and  sea  almost  calm. 

"  The  next,  day  we  were  busy  getting  water,  but  we  made 
slow  work  of  it,  as  the  small  stream  was  nearly  dry.  The 
mate  didn't  much  like  stopping  where  we  were,  so  close  to 
the  shore,  but  he  had  no  choice,  for  it  fell  dead  calm,  and  kept 
so  for  a  whole  week.  It  was  on  the  evening  of  the  third  day 
after  anchoring  that  the  captain  came  on  deck  and  sat  down 
on  the  break  of  the  poop,  smoking  his  pipe.  He  was  almost 
sober,  and  had  a  quieter  way  with  him  than  usual,  but  sud- 
denly he  dropped  his  pipe,  and  gave  two  or  three  wild  shrieks, 
like  a  frightened  woman.  The  mate  ran  to  him,  and  asked 
what  was  the  matter. 

"  '  Look  there,  look  there!'  he  said,  pointing  to  the  water, 
about  a  boat's  length  from  the  brig. 

"  I  looked  at  the  place,  and  saw  a  queer  swirl  on  the  sur- 
face, and  the  stain  of  blood,  just  as  if  a  whale  had  been  lanced 
and  sounded. 

"  '  There  was  a  big  shark  there,'  says  the  skipper,  his  eyes 
staring,  and  trembling  all  over  ;  '  there  was  a  big  shark  there, 
lying  quiet  on  the  surface,  and  suddenly  a  great  pair  of  jaws 
opened  and  seemed  to  swallow  him  as  you  might  swallow  a 
shrimp.' 


*'  '  Only  another  shark  falling  out  of  him,  captain,'  said  the 
mate  ;  '  I've  often  seen  them  bite  each  other.' 

"The  skipper  called  out  for  rum,  and  lay  down  on  the 
deck,  shaking  as  if  he  had  the  ague.  The  mate  looked  at 
me,  shook  his  head,  and  said  '  Gone  mad  at  last and  I  cer- 
tainly thought  that  liquor  had  turned  the  captain's  brain.  We 
soon  learned  what  good  reason  he  had  for  his  terror. 

"  It  was  not  rrore  than  an  hour  afterwards  that  lie,  rose 
alongside,  and  with  his  head  as  high  as  our  mainyard,  looked 
down  on  the  deck,  opening  and  shutting  that  horrible  mouth 
the  skipper  had  first  seen." 

"  What  rose  alongside,  Jake  ?"  said  I. 

"  The  Sea-Serpent,"  said  Jake,  in  the  solemn,  earnest  tones 
he  had  employed  when  speaking  to  me  first  on  the  sub- 
ject. 

I  had  the  conviction  that  the  man  was  in  earnest.  "  Well," 
said  I,  "  tell  me  all  about  it ;  and  first,  what  length  and 
thickness  might,  he  have  been  ?" 

"Judging  by  the  length  of  our  brig,  sir,  I  think  he  must 
have  been  good  two  hundred  feet,  and  he  looked  more  like  a 
monstrous  conger-eel  than  anything  else  I  can  think  of.  His 
body  was  as  thick  as  a  cart-horse,  and  his  head  was  flat  like 
an  eel's,  and  a  couple  of  fathoms  long.  He  had  great  gills, 
too,  like  an  eel.  His  eyes  were  very  big  and  bright ;  and 
when  he  lifted  his  head,  opening  and  shutting  those  frightful 
j»-»re,  a3  he  had  a  habit  of  doing  every  few  seconds,  he  was  the 
most  awful  sight  you  c*n  Som9  of  the  men  gaid  they 

saw  his  teeth,  and  that  he  had  a  double  row  liKe  »  owi..  u..,. 
I  can't  say  that  I  saw  them  myself.  It  was  his  eyes,  sir — his 
eyes  I  was  always  looking  at,  and  always  with  a  fear  that  I 
should  find  them  looking  right  at  me.  His  skin  was  dark  and 
glossy,  like  the  skin  of  a  whale — I  didn't  see  any  hair  any- 
where about  him  ;  and  when  we  afterwards  saw  him  swim- 
ming about,  he  wriggled  through  the  water  eel-fashion  ;  and 
you  could  see  that  the  dark  color  of  the  back  got  gradually 
lighter  on  the  sides,  and  the  belly  was  nearly  white.  But 
those  matters  I  noticed  afterwards,  for  at  the  time  I  speak  of, 
when  he  rose  alongside,  and  stared  down  on  our  decks,  as  I've 
told  you,  I  was  sitting  on  the  deck  cleaning  some  brass  work, 
and  when  I  looked  up  and  saw  that  dreadful  head,  I  just  sat 
where  I  was,  and  stared  at  him  with  my  mouth  open,  till  he 
sank  down  gently  out  of  sight. 

"  My  head  felt  dizzy  and  my  eyes  dim  for  half  a  minute, 
and  then  I  heard  the  captain  howling,  and  saw  that  he  was 
lying  on  the  deck  flat  on  bis  face,  The  mate  and  myself  lifted 
him  up,  but  he  kept  shrieking,  and  wouldn't  open  his  eyes  ; 
so  we  carried  him  below,  and  l  iid  him  on  the  sofa.  On  the 
cabin  table  was  the  captain's  case-bottle  of  rum,  and  the  mate 
filled  himself  a  full  glass,  and  drank  it  off ;  then  he  filled  a 
glass  for  me,  but  his  hand  shook  so  that  good  part  of  it  was 
spilled.  When  I  went  on  deck  again,  I  found  that  the  men 
had  shut  themselves  up  in  the  lorecastle,  in  spite  of  the  heat, 
and  two  of  them,  who  had  been  ill  with  coast-fever  for  some 
days,  were  now  quite  out  of  their  senses.  Well,  sir,  that  night 
the  steward  got  so  frightened  by  what  be  had  seen,  and  by 
the  horrible  yells  of  the  skipper,  that  he  went  forward  amongst 
the  men,  taking  a  small  keg  of  rum  with  him  ;  and  the  hands 
were  soon  all  drunk,  and  fighting  among  each  other  like  devils. 
The  mate  and  myself  took  it  in  turns  to  mind  the  skipper  ; 
and  about  daylight  I  was  wakened  from  a  short  snooze  by  a 
sudden  quiet  coming  over  the  ship,  and  there  was  the  captain 
quite  dead,  his  chin  fallen,  and  his  eyes  wide  open.  The  same 
afternoon,  the  two  men  who  bad  been  ill  of  coast-fever  died, 
and  there  were  three  others  in  their  berths  raving.  Twice  that 
day  we  saw  the  great  snake — once  about  a  mile  from  us,  and 
the  next  time  some  six  miles  out  to  seaward,  and  we  hoped 
that  he  had  left  us  altogether  ;  but  the  next  day  he  rose 
about  two  hundred  yards  form  our  starboard  beam,  and  moved 
his  head  about  as  he  had  done  at  first. 

"  Eight  times  in  all  we  saw  him,  sir  ;  and  once  the  steward, 
who  was  wild  with  drink,  got  the  captain's  gun  out,  and  would 
have  fired  at  him,  but  the  mate  took  it  out  of  his  hands.  On 
the  seventh  day  from  the  time  we  came  to  anchor,  the  weather 
suddenly  changed,  and  a  heavy  tornado  came  on,  and  blew  ua 
right  out  to  sea.  We  lost  most  of  our  spars,  being  so  short- 
handed  ;  and  as  soon  as  the  gale  moderated,  we  hove  over- 
board the  captain  and  four  of  the  bands  who  had  died  in  that 
bay,  but  whom  we  had  been  afraid  to  bury  before,  lest  the 
snake  might  take  a  fancy  for  human  flesh.  At  last,  we  reached 
Sierra  Leone,  nearly  dismasted,  and  with  only  three  hands  on 
board  fit  for  duty.  We  got  help  from  another  vessel  before 
we  could  bring  the  ship  to  anchor  ;  and  after  that  I  could  re- 
member nothing,  till  I  found  myself  recovering  from  fever  in. 
the  Sierra  Leone  hospital,  my  head  shaved,  and  my  limbs  as 
weak  as  a  child's. 

"  The  brig  had  left  the  port  with  a  aew  crew,  and  the  few 
survivors  of  her  former  crew  had  returned  to  England  in  an- 
other ship.  They  laughed  at  me  when  I  told  them  about  what 
we  had  seen  and  gone  through  ;  they  told  me  it  was  only  my 
dreams  when  I  had  brain  fever.  I  wish  I  could  have  thought 
so,  sir  ;  for  it  was  all  too  true — too  true." 

Again  the  sharp,  sweet  sound  of  the  ship's  bell,  again  the 
hoarse  call  of  the  watch,  and  old  Jake  the  Whaler  and  I 
parted  company. — Chumbers'  Journal 


6 


THE  CALIFORNIAN- 


| July  28th 


ABOUT  PIANOFORTES. 
' '  T3IANOFORTES,  sir !  stuff,  sir  !"  said  my  uncle  :  "  the 

_L  most  abominable  things  ever  invented.  Girls  do 
nothing  in  these  days  but  strum  on  those  confounded  piano- 
fortes. When  I  was  a  young  man  they  used  to  be  taught 
sewing  and  cooking  ;  they  didn't  waste  their  time  over  trashy 
novels,  and  love  songs,  and  pianos  ;  but  now,  sir,  they're  not 
content  with  the  occupations  of  sensible  women,  they  must 
needs  make  fools  of  themselves,  and  ruin  the  patience  and 
digestion  of  their  fellow-creatures  into  the  bargain.  If  I 
attempt  to  go  to  sleep  after  dinner,  that  pianoforte  begins 
upstairs  with  the  '  Dead  March  '  in  Said,  or  an  imitation  of* 
the  bagpipes  ;  and  when  I  complain,  I  am  told  that  sl".ep  after 
dinner  is  not  good  for  me.  In  the  morning,  sir,  that  is  to  say 
when  your  intended  wife  is  staying  in  the  house,  I  am 
awakened  by  scales  before  breakfast.  If  I  go  to  the  seaside 
for  peace  and  quiet,  I  am  driven  out  of  the  house  by  pianos 
on  both  sides  ;  and  if  I  go  out  to  dinner,  the  men  hurry  over 
their  wine  and  get  upstairs  to  the  women,  who  squall  aud 
bang  the  piano  for  the  remainder  of  the  evening.  You  tell 
me  you  are  going  to  be  married,  sir  ;  I  am  glad  to  hear  it. 
You  say  that  Emily  plays  ;  I  am  sorry  for  it.  You  say  she'll 
want  a  new  piano  for  her  new  house  ;  I've  no  doubt  of  it. 
But  if  you  suppose  for  one  moment  1  am  going  to  indulge 
idleness  by  encouraging  the  manufacture  of  those  abominable 
instruments,  you're  mistaken,  sir  !"  Aud  so  k«j';"5'  uncle 
took  out  his  vell/lw  i»c.inj«iua,  threw  it  over  his  face,  and 
leaning  in  his  arm-chair,  was  soon  asleep. 

My  uncle  was  the  kindest-hearted  of  men,  but  this  was  his 
peculiar  method  of  expressing  himself.  Emily  certainly 
wanted  a  new  piano,  and  we  both  thought  the  uncle  might 
give  us  one  ;  nor  was  I  seriously  discouraged  at  the  manner 
in  which  he  took  my  broad  hint  to  that  effect.  "  Omnia 
vincil  amor,"  said  I  ;  and  I  was  not  far  wrong,  as  the  event 
proved,  for  it  appeared  that  Emily  knew  a  trick  worth  two  of 
mine.  I  was  just  rising  to  leave  the  room,  when  I  heard  a 
soft,  well-known  step  outside  ;  the  door  gently  opened,  and 
Emily  herself  peeped  in. 

In  another  minute  we  had  both  passed  out  of  the  dining- 
room  window  on  to  the  lawn.  A  spreading  cedar  stood 
black  against  the  sky,  and  the  first  stars  seemed  to  hang  like 
pale  gems  amongst  its  branches.  After  a  few  turns  we  came 
in.  My  uncle  had  a  curious  objection  to  finding  himself  alone 
when  he  awoke.  He  liked  to  believe  that  he  never  exceeded 
his  fort;:  winks,  and  I  used  to  humor  him  in  this  harmless 
fancy  by  generally  appearing  innocently  in  the  room  about 
the  time  he  woke  up,  as  though  I  had  never  left  it.  Much  to 
our  relief,  we  found  him  still  asleep.  There  was  an  Indian 
sofa  by  the  window.  We  sat  down  and  continued  our  con- 
versation in  low  tones. 

"  And  now  talk  sensibly,"  said  Emily,  settling  herself  very 
demurely  with  her  hands  before  her.  (It  was  quite  clear  there 
was  to  be  no  more  nonsense.)  "  You  promised  to  tell  me 
what  you  had  been  writing  about  the  pianoforte."  And  so 
whatever  sentiment  there  may  have  been  in  the  garden  was 
brought  to  an  end  ;  and  owning  her  gentle  power  to  control 
and  regulate  my  pulses — as  far  as  an  instrument  owns  the 
touch  of  a  cunning  artist — I  drew  one  or  two  loose  notes  out 
of  my  pocket,  aud  collecting  my  wandering  thoughts,  began  : 

"  Before  the  Pianoforte  came  the  Harpsichord,  and  before 
the  Harpsichord  came  the  Spinet,  and  before  the  Spinet  came 
the  Virginal,  and  before  the  Virginal  came  the  Clavichord  and 
Monochord,  before  these  the  Clavicytherium,  before  that  the 
Gitole,  before  tiiat  the  Dulcimer  and  Psaltery,  and  before 
these  the  Egyptian,  Grecian,  and  Roman  harps,  and  lyres 
innumerable." 

••  But,"  said  Emily,  "  you've  already  got  right  away  from 
the  pianoforte." 

"  Into  the  remotest  ages  of  antiquity,  my  love  ;  it's  neces- 
sary, you  know,  in  treating  a  subject  philosophically  ;  but 
where  would  you  like  me  to  begin  in  the  series?" 

•'  What's  the  citole  ?"  said  Emily  ;  "  and  what  has  the  lyre 
and  harp  got  to  do  with  any  of  them  ?" 

"  Ah,  I  see,  I  must  begin  at  the  beginning.  Some  of  the 
harps  of  antiquity  were  struck  with  a  quill  or  1  plectrum  ' — we 
know  very  little  about  them  except  that  3ome  were  round  and 
some  square,  some  with  three  corners,  some  with  more,  some 
hml  ten  strings,  some  thirteen  ;  aud  modifications  of  these 
varieties  formed  the  staple  of  stringed  instruments  in  the 
middle  ages.  The  middle  ages  then  had  harps  of  all  kinds, 
and  out  of  the  harps  grew  the  psaltery,  the  dulcimer,  and 
citole.  The  Psaltery*  was  a  box  with  metal  strings  stretched 
over  it ;  it  was  plucked  with  a  quill.  The  Dulcimerf  was  also 
a  box  with  strings  stretched  over  it  ;  but  it  was  struck  with 
two  crooked  sticks.  The  Gitole,  or  '  little  chest,'  was  another 
box  with  strings  stretched  over  it  ;  but  it  was  played  with  the 
fingers.  And  now  roll  all  these  into  one,  and  you  get  the  first 
glimmering  notion  or  embryo  of  a  piano.  A  piano  has  three 
fundamental  ideas — Percussion  (hammer,)  Vibration  on  so- 
norous box  (sounding-board,)  and  Finger  touch  through  me- 
chntiical  action  (keyboard  )  From  the  dulcimer,  sometimes 
called  hacbret,  or  hack-board,  (alas,  how  many  young  ladies 

"Psaltery,  from  "  psaltendo,"  siuging.   t  Dulcimer,  "  dulce  meloe," 

sweet  souud. 


go  back  to  the  dark  ages  and  turn  their  pianos  into  hack- 
boards!) — from  the  dulcimer,  I  was  observing,  you  get  per- 
cussion with  a  hammer,  and  from  all  three  you  get  the  sono- 
rous box,  or  souuding-board  ;  but  no  one  had  yet  thought  of 
that  crowningglory — that  now  at  length,  so  perfect  and  subtle 
a  minister  of  touch,  the  keyboard.  As  early  as  the  eleventh 
century  the  keyboard  was  applied  to  the  organ,  and  some  time 
afterwards  an  unknown  Italian  (perhaps  Guido — not  the 
painter,  my  dear)  adapted  it  to  stringed  instruments,  aud 
hence  arose  the  Clavicytherium  or  Keyed-lyre.  For  many 
reasons  the  Clavicytheriam  was  not  extensively  popular,  and 
for  centuries  after  we  read  that  at  the  feasts  there  was 
'  Cytolyng  and  eke  harping,  ye  lydle  dovcemere,  ye  psaltery 
and  voices  sweet  as  bell.'  But  little  mention  is  made  of  the 
Clavicytherium,  the  '  dark  horse  '  which  was,  alter  all,  to  be 
the  winner.  The  fact  is,  in  those  days  people  progressed  by 
moving  one  step  forwards  and  two  backwards :  e.  g.,  the 
Clavicytherium  was  fitted  with  catgut  strings  and  plucked  with 
quills,  called  jacks  ;  and  so,  incredible,  as  it  may  seem,  the 
instrument,  in  gaining  a  keyboard,  actually  lost  its  metal 
strings  aBd  the  percussion  touch  !  The  construction  of  the 
Clavicytherium  was  coarse  and  simple  to  a  fault.  I  have  no 
doubt  that,  like  our  first  harmoniums,  it  was  always  getting 
out  of  order — keys  sticking,  catgut  snapping,  and  was,  alto- 
gether, much  less  manageable  and  portable  than  hack-boards 
and  citoles. 

"The  Clavichord*  (1500)  was  a  real  advance  ;  it  was  in 
most  respects  like  the  Clavicytherium,  with  the  restoration  of 
metal  strings  and  the  addition  o.  that  sine  qua  non  of  all 
harmony — the  dumper.  The  damper,  as  every  one  knows,  is 
a  piece  of  cloth  which  descends  upon  the  strings  after  they 
have  been  struck,  to  check  the  vibration  and  prevent  the 
sounds  running  into  one  another. 

"  The  Clavicymbal  differed  only  from  the  Clavichord  in 
shape  ;  it  bore  the  same  relation  to  the  Clavichord  that  a 
small  squre  piano  does  to  an  upright  serai-grand. 

"  With  the  Clavicfiord  and  Clavicymbal  we  enter  civilized 
regions  ;  instead  of  having  to  fall  back  upon  unknown  dulci- 
mer players,  copied  from  old  manuscripts,  and  ladies  out  of 
stained  windows  with  citoles  on  their  laps,  we  have  the  solemn 
figure  of  old  Sebastian  Bach,  with  his  neat  periwig  and  silk 
stockings,  thrumming  those  wonderfully  melodious  jigs  and 
sarabands  on  his  favorite  instrument  the  clavichord.  '  I  find 
it,'  he  says,  '  capable  of  expressing  the  most  refined  thoughts. 
I  do  not  believe  it  possible  to  produce  from  any  harpsichord 
or  pianoforte  (t.  e.,  a  pianoforte  of  the  Bach  pjriod)  such  a 
variety  in  the  gradations  of  tone  as  upon  this  instrument, 
which,  I  allow,  is  poor  in  quality  and  small  in  scale,  but  ex- 
tremely flexible.'  In  1772  Dr.  Burney  visited  C.  P.  E.  Bach, 
aud  heard  him  pipy.  '  M.  Bach,'  he  writes,  '  was  so  obliging 
as  to  sit  down  to  his Silberman  clavichord,  on  which  he  played 
three  or  four  of  his  choicest  compositions  In  the  pathetic 
and  slow  movements,  whenever  he  had  a  long  note,  he  abso- 
lutely contrived  to  produce  from  his  instrument  a  cry  of  sor- 
row or  complaint,  such  as  can  ouly  be  effected  on  the  clavi- 
chord, and  perhaps  by  himself.' 

"The  Virgiual  and  Spinet  were  still  nearer  approaches  to 
the  pianoforte  ;  they  were  an  improved  and  more  expensive 
kind  of  clavichord  ;  they  were  much  in  vogue  towards  the 
end  of  the  sixteenth  century,  and  were  found  chiefly  in  the 
Elizabethan  boudoirs  of  the  fine  ladies  of  that  stirring  and 
romantic  epoch.  Here,  for  instance,  is  a  description  of  Mary 
Queen  of  Scots'  virginal.  It  was  made  of  oak,  inlaid  with 
cedar,  and  richly  ornamented  with  gold  ;  the  cover  and  sides 
were  beautifully  painted  with  figures  of  birds,  flowers  and 
leaves,  and  the  colors  are  still  bright.  On  the  lid  is  a  4,raud 
procession  of  warriors,  whom  a  bevy  of  fair  dames  are  pro- 
pitiating by  presents  of  wiue  and  fruit." 

"  Why  was  it  called  a  virginal  ?"  here  interposed  my  fair 
listener. 

"  Some  think  virginal  refers  to  Elizabeth,  the  virgin  queen. 
Dr.  Johnson  says  it  was  a  compliment  to  young  ladies  in  gen- 
eral, who  all  liked  to  strum  on  the  virginal.  But  another 
writer,  with  better  judgment,  reminds  us  how  iu  the  pleasant 
twilights  of  convents  and  old  halls  it  served  to  lead  sweet 
voices  singing  hymns  to  the  Virgiu.  The  very  sound  of  the 
word  virginal  reminds  me  of  St.  Cecilia  sitting,  as  Raphael 
has  painted  her,  in  a  general  atmosphere  of  music,  with  angels 
listening  ;  or  else  the  light  must  fall  through  stained  glass 
upon  old  impanelled  wainscots  of  dark  oak,  or  upon  purple 
velvet  cushions  and  rich  tapestry.  And  there,  in  some  retired 
nook  of  an  ancient  palace,  at  sunset,  my  love  doth  sit,  saith 
Spenser, 

'  Playing  alone,  careless,  on  her  heavenlie  virginals.' 
Or  here  is  another  picture  drawn  from  life  ;  it  is  to  be  found 
in  the  Memoirs  of  Sir  James  Melvil,  1683,  ambassador  from 
Mary  Queen  of  Scots  to  Queen  Elizabeth  :  '  After  diuner  my 
Lord  of  Hundsen  drew  me  up  to  a  quiet  gallery,  that  I  might 
hear  some  musick  (but  he  said  that  he  durst  cow  avow  it,) 
where  I  might  hear  the  Queen  (Elizabeth)  play  upon  the  vir 
ginah.  After  I  had  hearkened  awhile,  I  took  by  the  tapestry 
that  hung  before  the  door  of  the  chamber,  aud  seeing  her  back 

*  "  Clavi,"  a  key  ;  "  chorda,"  a  string. 


was  towards  the  door,  I  entered  within  the  chamber  and  stood 
a  pretty  space,  hearing  her  play  excellently  well  :  bat  she  left 
off  immediately  she  turned  about  and  saw  me.  She  appeared 
to  be  surprised  to  see  me,  and  came  forward,  seeming  to  strike 
me  with  her  hand,  alleging  she  used  not  to  play  before  men, 
but  when  she  was  solitary,  to  shun  melancholy.  She  asked 
how  I  came  there.  I  answered,  as  I  was  walking  with  my 
Lord  Hundsen,  as  we  passed  by  the  chamber  door  1  beard 
such  a  melody  as  ravished  me,  whereby  1  was  drawo  in  ere  I 
knew  how— excusing  my  fault  of  homeliness  as  being  brought 
up  at  the  court  of  France,  where  such  freedom  is  allowed. 
Then  she  sate  down  low  upon  a  cushion,  and  1  upon  my 
knees  by  her.  She  inquired  whether  my  queen  or  she  played 
best.    In  that  I  found  myself  obliged  to  give  her  the  praise.' 

"  Again  he  writes — '  She  (Elizabeth)  asked  me  if  she 
(Mary  Queen  of  Scots)  played  well  ?  I  said,  1  Reasonably, 
for  a  queen.'  This  reminds  us  of  Handel's  reply  to  his  royal 
patron,  who  asked  him  how  he  liked  his  playing  on  the  viol- 
oncello.   '  Vy,  sir,  your  highness  plays  like  a  Prince  ' 

"  Abont  the  year  700  the  Virginal  went  out  of  fashion,  and 
its  place  was  finally  taken  by  the  improved  clavichord,  called 
Spinel,  [from  "  spina,"  a  thoru — heuce  "  quill. ']  and  later  OD 
harpsichord.  In  1700,  a  first  class  harpsichord  by  Riicker, 
the  most  celebrated  maker,  cost  one  hundri.d  guineas.  A 
grand  harpsichord  looked  precisely  like  a  graud  piano,  only  it 
was  provided  with  two  keyboards,  one  above  the  other,  the 
top  one  being  to  the  bottom  one  very  much  what  the  swell 
keyboard  of  the  organ  is  to  the  main  keyboard.  To  every 
note  there  were  four  strings,  three  in  unison,  the  fourth  toned 
an  octave  higher,  and  there  were  stops  capable  of  shutting  off 
or  coupling  any  of  these  together.  The  quality  of  the  sound 
depended  upon  the  material  of  which  the  jack  was  made — 
whether,  that  is,  the  string  was  struck  with  cloth,  quill,  metal, 
or  buff  leather  ;  the  quantity  did  not  depend,  as  in  the  piano, 
upon  the  finger  touch,  but  upon  the  number  of  strings  coupled 
together  by  the  stops.  It  now  at  last  occurred  to  admirers 
of  tha  harp  and  violin  that  all  refinement  of  musical  expres- 
sion depended  upon  touch,  and  that  whereas  you  could  only 
pluck  a  string  by  machinery  in  one  way,  you  might  bit  it  in  a 
hundred  different  ways. 

"  The  long-abandoned  notion  of  striking  the  strings  with  a 
hammer  was  at  length  revived,  and  by  the  addition  of  this 
third  and  last  element,  the  harpsichord  emerged  into  the 
Pianoforte.  The  idea  occurred  to  three  men  at  the  same 
time,  about  the  beginning  of  the  eighteen'.h  century — Crislo- 
fali,  an  Italian,  Marius,  a  Frenchman,  aud  Schroter,  a  German  1 
the  palm  probably  rests  with  the  Italian,  although,  so  clumsy 
were  the  first  attempts,  that  little  success  attended  them,  and 
good  harpsichords  on  the  wrong  principle  were  still  preferred 
to  bad  pianos  on  the  right  one  ;  but  the  key-note  of  the  new 
instrument  had  been  struck  in  more  senses  than  ODe — the 
object  of  centuries  was,  in  fact,  accomplished — the  age  of  the 
quill,  pig's  bristle,  thorn,  ivory  tongue,  etc.,  was  rapidly  draw- 
ing to  its  close.  A  small  hammer  was  made  to  strike  the 
string,  and  awake  a  clear,  precise,  and  delicate  tone  unheard 
before,  and  the  '  scratch,  with  a  sound  at  the  end  of  it,'  was 
about  to  be  consigned,  after  a  long  reigD,  to  an  eternal 
oblivion. 

"  We  cannot  wonder  at  the  old  harpsichord  and  clavichord 
lovers,  even  the  greatest  of  them,  not  taking  kindly  at  first 
to  the  pianoforte  ;  the  kpys  required  a  greater  delicacy  of 
treatment,  it  became  necessary  tor  musicians  and  amateurs 
to  change  their  style  of  playing,  and  this  alone  was  enough 
to  hand  over  the  new  instrument  to  the  rising  generation. 
Silberman  showed  two  of  his  pianofortes  to  Sebastian  Bach, 
who  praised  them  as  ingenious  pieces  of  mechanism,  but  com- 
plained of  their  feebleness  of  tone.  Silberman,  nothing  dis- 
concerted, retired  into  his  workshop,  and,  after  some  years  of 
study,  during  which  no  expense  was  spared,  he  at  last  pro- 
duced an  instrument  which  even  Bach,  wedded  as  he  was  to 
the  clavichord,  pronounced  to  be  4  without  fault.'  From  that 
moment  a  rapid  demand  for  Silberman's  pianos  rose  through- 
out Germany  ;  they  could  not  be  made  fast  enough. 

"  Frederick  the  Great,  who  indulged  in  a  variety  of  the 
most  improbable  pursuits,  had  several  of  them  about  his 
palace  ;  and  having  the  finest  pianos,  he  was  naturally  anxious 
to  hear  the  finest  player  in  the  world  play  upon  them.  But 
Sebastian  Bach,  like  other  great  'spirits  of  the  vasty  deep,' 
would  not  always  come  when  called  for.  At  last",  one  night 
in  the  year  1747,  as  the  king  took  up  his  flute  to  perform  a 
concerto  at  a  private  concert  in  the  palace,  a  messenger  came 
in  with  a  list  of  the  guests  already  arrived.  With  his  flute  in 
his  hand,  the  king  ran  over  the  names,  and  turning  suddenly 
to  the  musicians,  in  a  most  excited  manner,  said  :  '  Gentle- 
men, old  Bach  is  come  !'  The  great  man  had  indeed  alighted, 
after  his  long  journey,  at  his  son's  house  ;  but  by  express 
orders  Irom  the  king  he  was  hurried  to  the  palace.  The  con- 
cert was  suspended  ;  no  doubt  the  courtiers,  in  little  groups, 
began  eagerly  discussing  the  new  event ;  and  the  king's  enthu- 
siasm speedily  spread  through  the  assembly.  Presently  tos 
door  opeus,  and  '  old  Bach,'  in  his  dusty  travelling  coat,  his 
eyes  somewhat  dazzled  with  the  sadden  glare  of  light,  steps 
into  the  midst  of  this  lordly  company  of  powdered  wigs  and 
doublets,  and  diamonded  tiaras  and  sword  hilts.  His  majesty, 


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after  a  warm  and  unceremonious  greeting,  besought  the  great 
contrapuntist  to  improvise  to  the  company  ;  and  Bach  passed 
the  remainder  of  the  evening,  going  from  room  to  room,  fol- 
lowed by  troops  of  admiring  court  ladies  and  musicians,  and 
trying  '  forte  pianos,  made  by  Silberman.' 

"  But  the  man  who,  more  than  any  other,  made  the  piano 
and  pianoforte  music  popular  in  England  and  all  over  the 
Continent.iwas  Muzio  Clementi,  born  at  Rome,  1752.  At 
eighteen  he  composed  his  Op.  II.,  which  forms  the  basis  of 
all  modern  pianoforte  sonatas,  and  which  Sebastian  Bach  ob- 
served, only  the  devil  and  dementi  could  play.  Clementi 
was  educated  in  England,  by  the  kindness  of  Mr.  Beckford, 
and  soon  rivalled  Bach  as  a  popular  teacher.  In  1780  he 
went  to  Paris,  and  was  perfectly  astounded  at  his  reception. 
He  was  dubbed  the  greatest  player  of  the  age,  Mozart  per- 
haps excepted,  and  soon  afterwards  left  for  Vienna,  where  he 
became  acquainted  with  Mozart,  the  reigning  star,  father 
Haydn,  and  old  Salieri,  who  was  decidedly  going  off,  and 
hated  the  new  music,  new  pianos,  and  everything  new.  '  What 
right,  forsooth,  had  these  young  upstarts  to  write  music 
which  the  old  men  could  not  play  ?  And  such  music,  too ! 
Mozart  was  a  charlatan,  Beethoven  au  impostor,  and  even 
Schubert,  the  dear  little  quire  boy,  who  might  have  carried 
on  the  glorious  old  Italian  traditions,  was  becoming  tainted, 
and  writing  music  like  Mozart !'  Poor  Salieri !  if  he  could 
only  have  heard  the  seventh  Schubert  Symphony  and  the 
B  minor  Sonata,  what  would  have  become  of  him  ? 

"  One  evening,  Mozart  and  Clementi  met  in  the  drawing- 
room  of  the  Emperor  Joseph  II.;  the  Emperor  and  Empress 
of  Russia  were  the  only  others  present.  The  royal  trio  were 
longing  for  a  little  music  ;  but  how  could  one  great  master 
take  precedence  of  the  other?  At  last,  Clamenti,  the  elder 
of  the  two,  consented  to  begin,  which  he  did  with  a  long 
imp.ovization,  winding  up  with  a  sonata.  'Allons,'  says  the 
Emperor,  turning  to  Mozart,  '  d'raul  los  /'  (now  fire  away  !) 
and  Mozart,  after  a  short  prelude,  played  one  ol  his  own 
sonatas.  The  royal  aadience  appear  to  have  been  delighted, 
and  probably  thought  the  one  about  as  good  as  the  other  ; 
but  Mozart  observed  of  Clementi,  'He  is  a  good  player,  and 
that  is  all  ;  he  has  great  facility  with  his  right  hand,  but  not 
an  atom  of  taste  or  feeling  I' — Argosy. 


A    SCENE    OF  RETRIBUTION. 

A PICTURE,  representing  the  sale  of  a  quantity  of  old 
furniture,  seized  for  rent,  was  exhibited,  some  years 
back,  in  the  window  of  a  dealer  in  Lyons,  France,  and  attracted 
considerable  attention.  In  the  foreground  was  placed  a  poor 
woman,  holding  in  her  arms  a  child,  and  watching,  with  a  sor- 
rowful eye,  the  progress  of  the  sale.  The  sweet  face  of  the 
child  stood  out  in  strong  contrast  to  the  distressed  counte- 
nance of  the  poor  mother.  Further  back  were  the  personages 
connected  with  the  sale,  represented  with  great  vigor.  The 
following  is  stated  by  a  Lyons  journal  to  be  the  history  of  the 
scene  depicted  : 

"  A  lew  years  since,  the  painter  of  the  picture  in  question, 
an  eminent  artist  at  Lyons,  while  passing  through  the  Rue 
des  Terreaux,  approached  a  number  of  persons  who  were 
gathered  together,  witnessing  the  sale  of  the  furniture  of  a 
poor  workman.  A  woman  was  seated  on  the  pavement,  with 
a  child  in  her  arms.  The  painter  spoke  to  her,  and  was  told 
that  the  furniture  which  was  being  sold  belonged  to  her  ;  that 
her  husband  had  lately  died,  leaving  her  with  the  child  she* 
held  in  her  arms  ;  that  she  bad  struggled  hard  to  maintain 
herself,  by  working  day  and  night,  and  submitting  to  every 
privation,  but  that  her  landlord  had  at  length  seized  her  furni- 
ture for  some  months'  rent  which  was  due  to  him.  The  artist 
was  much  affected  by  this  simple  recital,  and  inquired  who 
was  her  landlord. 

"  '  There  he 's,'  replied  the  poor  woman,  pointing  to  a  man 
who  was  watching  the  progress  of  the  sale  ;  and  he  was  rec- 
ognized by  the  painter  as  a  person  who  was  suspected  of  hav- 
ing amassed  a  considerable  fortune  by  usury,  so  that  to  make 
any  appeal  to  his  feelings  on  behalf  of  the  poor  woman  would 
be  useless. 

"  The  artist  was  considering  within  himself  what  othor  plan 
he  could  adopt  to  benefit  her,  when  the  crier  announced  a  pic- 
ture for  sale. 

"  It  was  a  miserable  daub,  which,  in  the  summer,  this  poor 
woman  had  used  to  hide  the  bole  in  the  wall  through  which 
the  pipe  of  the  stove  passed  during  the  winter.  It  was  put 
up  at  one  franc.  The  artist  at  once  conceived  a  plan  for  tak- 
ing revenge  of  the  landlord.  He  went  over,  examining  the 
picture  with  great  attention,  and  then  called  out  with  a  loud 
voice, '  One  hundred  francs  !'  The  landlord  was  astounded  at 
the  bid,  but  conceiving  that  a  picture  for  which  so  emiuent  an 
artist  could  offer  that  sura  was  worth  more  than  double,  boldly 
offered  200f.  '  Five  hundred  !'  said  the  painter,  and  the  con- 
test between  the  two  bidders  became  so  animated  that  the 
prize  was  at  length  knocked  down  to  the  landlord  at  2,200f. ! 
The  purchaser,  then  addressing  the  painter,  said  : 

" '  In  seeing  an  artist  of  your  merit  bid  so  eagerly  for  the 
picture,  I  supposed  that  it  must  be  valuable.  Now,  tell  me, 
air,  at  what  do  you  estimate  its  value  ?' 


" '  About  three  francs  and  a  half,'  replied  the  painter,  'but 
I  would  not  give  that  for  it.' 

"  '  You  are  surely  jesting,'  said  the  landlord, '  for  you  bid 
as  high  as  2,100  francs  for  it.' 

"  '  That  is  true,'  replied  the  artist, '  and  I  will  tell  you  why 
I  did  so.  You,  who  are  in  possession  of  an  income  of  25,000f. 
a  year,  have  seized  on  the  furniture  of  a  poor  woman  for  a 
debt  of  200f.  I  wished  to  give  you  a  lesson,  and  you  fell  into 
my  trap.  Instead  of  the  poor  woman  being  your  debtor,  she 
is  now  your  creditor,  and  I  flatter  myself  you  will  not  compel 
her  to  seize  your  furniture  for  debt.' 

"  The  artist  then  politely  saluted  the  astonished  landlord, 
and  having  announced  her  good  fortune  to  the  poor  woman, 
walked  away."   

VAGUE  PEOPLE. 

WITH  the  Professors  and  Disciples  of  the  Vague  School 
certain  phrases  are  used  as  equivalents  for  long 
stories  and  explanations.  As  in  the  phrase  "  All  that  sort 
of  thing."    Thus  : 

Vague  Questioner  (much  interested)  —  You  saw  Whats- 
hername  the  other  day.    What  did  you  say  to  her  ? 

Vague  Respondent  (who  wishes  to  give  his  frieud  a  general 
notion  of  the  importance  of  the  communication  without  going 
into  lengthy  and  troublesome  details)— Oh!  I  told  her  it 
was  almost  impossible  for  Thingummy  to  manage  it ;  and  if 
she — er — (thinks  bow  he  can  abbreviate  the  narrative) — er — 
thought  that — er — I  could  after  all  do  the — 

Vague  Questioner  (perfectly  understanding  him  so  far) — 
Yes,  1  see.    Well  ? 

Vague  Respondent  (satisfied  that  his  friend  won't  under- 
stand it  a  bit  better  if  he  talks  for  half  an  hour,  hesitates  as 
to  finishing  at  once  or  not) — Yes— and  si'  we — er — talked  it 
over  several  times  ("  several  times  "  is  artistically  thrown  in 
to  give  the  idea  that  the  conversations  weren't  of  much  impor- 
tance as  regards  the  result,  and  therefore  are  not  worth  re- 
counting)— And  she  said  that — er — it  wasn't  at  all  the  sort  of 
way  to — (finds  that  he's  getting  into  a  dialogue  form,  aud 
simplifies  the  matter  by  skilfully  bringing  in  the  "  vague 
phrase")  and,  in  fact,  all  that  sort  of  thing, 

Vague  Questioner  (perfectly  satisfied) — Oh!  and  so  there 
was  uothing  more  done  ? 

Vague  Respondent  (much  relieved  by  his  Vague  friend's 
quick  apprehension) — No,  nothing. 

Two  other  vague  phrases,  which  obtain  among  the  Vague 
people  :  "  You  know  the  sort  of  thing  I  mean."  The  first  is, 
•'you  know,"  used  flatteringly;  the  other,  "you  know  the 
sort  of  thing  I  mean,"  used  causa  troublam  suvendi.  e.  g. : 
Vague  Questioner  (ready  to  ask  anything  about  everything 
lor  the  sake  of  conversation) — What  is  a  Rantoon  ?  (His 
friend  has  been  talking  of  Rantoons.)  .  - 

Vague  Respondent  (probably  lounging  and  smoking) — A 
Rantoon?  Oh,  don't  you  know  ?  (Superfluous  question  :  an 
inartistic  method  to  be  avoided.)  It's — er — (inspects  the  ash 
of  his  cigar,  as  if  he  saw  a  plan  of  a  Rantoon  in  it)  it's  a — 
er — one  of  those  sort  of  things  like  a  thingummy  with  large 
wheels  (his  friend  smokes  savagely) — goes  along  the  road — 
(says  by  way  of  flattering  him  and  avoiding  further  question,) 
You  know.  (Friend  nods  as  if  he  was  iu  possession  of  several 
secrets  of  this  sort.)  Well — it's  only  larger— (knocks  the 
ash  of  his  cigar) — aud  goes  quicker — er— and  (gets  bored  with 
the  explanation)  you  know  the  sort  of  thiug  I  mean. 

Vague  Friend  (who  being  totally  uninterested  in  Rantoons 
is  perfectly  satisfied  (or  the  second  time) — Oh  yes,  I  know. 

Now,  if  at  some  future  time  Vague  Questioner  is  asked 
what  a  Rantoon  is,  be  will  reply  somewhat  in  this  form  : 

Vague  Questioner— A  Rantoon  ?  Oh  yes,  I  know  very 
well.  (As  if  he'd  been  living  anions:  them  all  his  life.)  Whats- 
hisname  was  talking  about  it  only  the  other  day. 

His  Friend  (not  a  Vague  Disciple,  but  one  really  seeking 
information) — Well,  what  is  it  ? 

Vague  Questioner  (half  laughing,  as  if  there  was  something 
so  utterly  ludicrous  associated  with  a  Rantoon  as  to  beggar 
description)— Oh  (little  vague  laugh)  it's  a  thing  that  runs 
along — (Friend  thinks  he's  going  to  hear  of  an  animal) — you 
go  along,  you  know,  on  a  sort  of  a — um — dear  me — (in  an 
annoyed  tone  as  if  he'd  forgotten  the  name,  which,  indeed  he 
has) — er — (sees  that  his  friend  doesn't  understand  vagueness, 
aud  is  anxiously  waiting  for  an  answer)  you  know — what  you 
go  on  along  a  road — without  a  horse  (Friend  thinks  of  "  legs  " 
and  "  a  railway  "  no — no — Perambulator — (recollects  that 
that  isn't  the  word,  but  determines  that  it  must  do  for  the 
present)  and  you  know  the  sort  of  thing.  Good  bye,  old  fel- 
low, see  you  again  soon.  (Leaves  his  friend  wondering  what 
the  deuce  a  Rantoon  is.) 

Vague  People  never  know  the  names  of  streets.  Let  a 
stranger  to  London  meet  a  Professor  of  Vagueness  by  St. 
St.  James'  Palace,  at  the  bottom  of  St.  James'  street,  and 
ask  his  way  to  Hanover  Square. 

Vague  Professor  (who  has  allowed  his  thoughts  to  wander 
as  he  strolled  along,  is  now  utterly  unable  to  collect  them  in 
order  to  meet  the  demand)  —Eh  ?  Hanover  Square  ?  (Thinks 
if  he'd  been  asked  for  Belgrave  Square  he  could  have  told 
him.)    Hanover  Square.    (Considering  )    Well, you  must  go 


up  here — (forgets  the  name  of  St.  James  street)  and  then 
you  know — into  whatsitsname  street — to  the  right — rather — 
and  (hopelessly)  there  you  are — (corrects  himself  and  sag. 
gests  a  way  out  of  all  difficulties)  at  least  any  one  will  tell 
you.    (Gets  rid  of  him.) 

When  the  stranger  has  gone,  the  Vague  Person  will  won- 
der to  himself  where  the  dickens  Hanover 'Square  is,  and 
whether  the  fellow  didn't  mean  Grosvenor  Square  :  he  then 
recalls  the  fact  that  he  has  been  to  a  ball  in  Willis'  Rooms, 
in  Hanover  Square  ;  on  second  thoughts,  he  says  to  himself, 
"Willis'  Rooms  are  in  Grosvenor  Square,  or  no,  in  Thing- 
ummy street  where  St.  James'  Theatre  is  ;"  and  then  he 
makes  a  happy  hit  by  arriving  at  the  conclusion  that  the 
Hanover  Square  Rooms  are  in  Grosvenor  Square.  Finally, 
meeting  a  friend,  he  asks  where  the  Hanover  Square  Rooms 
are,  and  is  told  in  Hanover  Square,  whereupon  he  identifies 
the  spot  by  remarking,  "  Oh  yes,  I  know,  there's  a  statue  of 
Old  Thingummy  in  it,"  and  straightway  congratulates  himself 
upon  his  accurate  knowledge  of  London. 

Vague  people,  being  generally  persons  with  no  occupation, 
are  prone  to  scandal.  They  perhaps  do  less  harm  than  your 
regular  gossip  by  their  ingenious  use  of  blanks  and  dashes  in 
conversation — e.  g.  : 

Vague  Person — You've  heard  of  course  of — er  ? 

Vague  Friend  (who  would  like  to  know  all  about  it,  but 
thinko  that  a  show  of  ignorance  will  defeat  his  object.)  Oh, 

yon  mean  about — er  : 

Vague  Person  (quite  up  to  him) — No,  no.    1  menu  •wk«ta 

hisname  in  the  There  are  two  of  'em — you  must  have 

heard  it. 

Vague  Friend  (unwilling  to  give  in) — What,  do  you  mean 
the  case  that  was  in  the  paper  (he  hasn't  of  course  the 
slightest  notion  of  what  he's  talking  about.) 

Vague  Person  (interested)— No,  what  was  that? 
Vague  Friend  (baffled)— Oh  !    I  thought  you'd  seen  it. 
(Tbey  consider  whether  they  shall  exchange  confidences  : 
slight,  pause.)    Oh,  it's  nothing.    I  thought  it  was  the  same 
affair. 

So  the  conversation  continues,  and  ultimately  Vague 
Friend  learns  that  there  is  '*  some  sort  of  a  row  between  old 
Whatshisname.  you  know  the  fellow,  and  the  chap  who — let 
me  see  what  did  he  do  last  year? — however,  you  know  both 
parties  well  enough — however,  that's  the  state  of  the  case." 
Londou  Punch. 

A  Funny  Dog  Story. — When  the  war  in  Italy  commenced, 
the  Zouaves  embarked  for  Genoa  ;  but  as  they  were  going  on 
board  the  ship,  they  saw  a  formal  order  forbidding  the  entrance 
of  dogs  upon  the  vessel.  As  they  were  very  much  attached 
to  their  dogs,  they  were  stricken  with  grief.  It  was  not  easy 
to  deceive  the  sharp  lookout  kept  by  the  intendant,  for  every 
soldier  advanced  along  the  narrow  gangway,  one  by  one,  as 
their  names  were  called.  Necessity  is  the  mother  of  inven- 
tion. The  drummers  unscrewed  their  drums,  and  the  best 
dogs  of  the  regiment  were  concealed  in  the  drums,  which  were 
screwed  up  again.  When  regiments  embark,  no  music  is 
played  ;  but  on  this  occasion  the  colonel  determined  there 
should  be  music.  He  ordered  the  trumpets  and  drums  to  take 
the  head  of  the  column,  and  to  play  a  lively  tune.  The  faco 
of  the  drummers — every  one  of  whom  had  a  dog  in  his  drum 
— may  be  conceived  !  The  trumpets  sounded  ;  the  drums 
were  all  silent.  The  colonel  got  angry,  and  bawled  to  know 
the  reason  why  the  drums  did  not  beat.  There  was  but  one 
thing  to  do,  and  that  was  to  beat.  The  moment  the  drums 
began  to  beat,  innumerable  dogs  began  to  howl  and  bay,  to 
the  astonishment  of  everybody  but  the  Zouaves.  Everybody 
looked  right,  left,  backward,  forward — no  Bign  of  a  dog  any- 
where ;  and  yet,  the  more  the  drummers  beat,  the  more  the 
dogs  howled.  At  last  a  spaniel  fell  out  of  a  drum,  rolled  over 
and  over  on  the  ground,  got  up  and  took  to  his  heels,  howling 
louder  than  ever.  Roars  of  laughter  greeted  this  explanation 
of  the  mysterious  howls.  The  intendant  ordered  the  drum- 
mers to  advance  on  board  one  by  one,  and  to  roll  the  drum 
as  be  came.  "  If  a  barking  was  heard,  the  drum  was  unscrewed, 
and  the  dog  put  ashore.  Only  one  dog  got  on  board  ;  this 
was  "  Toutou,"  who  kept  quiet  through  all  the  rolling.  It 
need  not  be  said  the  Third  Zouaves  adore  "  Toutou."  He 
made  his  entry  into  the  city  of  Paris  at  their  head,  a  few  days 
since. 

A  cotemporary,  referring  to  aspirants  for  political  office 
being  brought  out  before  the  public  by  means  of  "  calls  " 
numerously  signed,  instead  of  comiug  out  flat-footed,  in  the 
old-fashioned  way,  says  it  reminds  him  of  the  story  of  O'Mul- 
ligan  and  his  wife.  "  Biddy,"  said  O'Mulligan  to  his  wife, 
"  it's  a  bad  cowld  ye  have.  A  drap  of  the  crayther  ud  do 
no  baarrum,"  "  Och,  hone !"  said  Biddy,  "  I've  taken  the 
plidge,  but  ye  can  mix  a  drink,  Jimmy,  and  force  me  to 
swally  it."  

Bathos. — An  editor  announces  the  death  of  a  lady  of  his 
acquaintance,  and  touchingly  adds  :  "  In  her  decease  the  sick 
lost  an  invaluable  friend.  Long  will  she  seem  to  stand  at 
their  bedside,  as  she  was  wont,  with  the  balm  of  consolation 
on  her  tongue  and  a  cup  of  rhubarb  in  her  hand." 


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radical  moments,  turning  from  the  rapt  contemplation  of  an 
immediate  alliance  with  a  negress — which  we  all  know  and  it 
is  perfectly  useless  to  deny,  is  his  regular  mental  occupation — 
never  charged  this  inconsistent  weakness  upon  it.  Wo  eay 
inconsistent,  because  it  must  be  apparent  that  gentlemen  who, 
natural  peculiarity,  really  believe  that  the 
world  is  going  to  perdition — who  see  in  progress  only  destruc- 
tion and  annihilation,  cannot  consistently  be  cheerful.  With 
b  Freedman's  Bureau  in  active  operation,  and  public  i  ffices 
filled  with  Republicans,  levity  becomes  simply  blasphemous. 

Again,  if  we  look  more  closely  into  this  serious  peculiarity, 
we  shall  find  that  the  low  vice  of  humor  is  essentially  demor- 
alizing, levelling,  and  of  a  Northern  and  Republican  charac- 
ter. The  quality  of  Southern  aristocracy — and,  indeed,  all 
pure  aristocratic  conditions — are  "  grand,  gloomy,  and  pecu- 
liar." Gentlemen  who  have  the  responsibility  of  a  long  line 
ot  ancestors  on  their  shoulders  have  something  else  to  do  than 
to  make  low  jokes  for  common  people  to  laugh  at.  People 
who  quote  the  gloomiest  portions  of  Lord  Byron,  who  have 
tournaments  in  the  nineteenth  century,  who  talk  of  chivalry 
and  "  ladye  fair,"  should  be,  and  are  careful  how  they  admit 
this  pestiferous  and  disorganizing  quality  among  them.  Indeed, 
it  may  be  broadly  stated  that  a  society  which  recoguizes  a 
bowie-thrust  as  a  legitimate  reply  to  banter,  and  accepts  a 
pistol  bullet  as  the  highest  form  of  repartee,  offers  but  slight 
inducements  to  the  development  of  playful  satire  or  humor. 
For  this  reason,  in  its  literary  exhibitions,  we  are  more  apt 
to  recognize  the  snapping  whip  and  elegant  heroics  of  the 
ring  master,  than  the  hearty  laughter  of  the  clown.  It  is  true 
that  "  Bill  Arp  "  and  "  Brick  Pomeroy  "  aspire  to  the  some- 
what distinguished  title  of  Southern  humorists.  As  we  have 
never  had  the  felicity  of  perusing  any  of  the  former's  writings, 
and  as  we  are  informed  that  appreciation  thereof  is  restricted 
to  certain  isothermal  lines,  we  are  unable  to  pass  upon  their 
merits.  Of  "  Brick  Pomeroy,"  while  there  can  be  no  doubt 
of  his  masterly  genius,  there  seems  to  be  a  difference  ot 
opinion  regarding  the  quality  of  that  genius.  In  speakiDg 
lately  of  General  Grant,  he  says  :  "  Ah,  but  old  dog  of  Galena, 
your  teeth  are  gone,  and,  as  the  age  of  miracles  has  passed 
away,  you  are  not  likely  to  grow  a  Dew  set  right  away.  What 
an  aspiration  for  a  man  by  whose  orders  the  torch  swept  the 
fair  and  beautiful  Shenandoah  I"  Now,  this  is  not  humor 
but  poetry.  And  poetry,  we  may  be  permitted  to  remark,  of 
a  very  high  and  imaginative  order.  It  is  the  sublime  prema- 
turely arrested  on  its  way  to  become  ridiculous. 

But,  tor  a  perfect  blending  of  poetry  and  humor  we  must 
look  nearer  home,  and  the  Daily  National,  published  at  Grass 
Valley,  seems  to  offer  a  felicitous  combination  of  these  quali- 
ties. To  relieve  the  monotony  of  mere  provincial  gossip,  the 
editor  treats  his  readers  to  a  series  of  remarkable  essays  which 
when  collected  into  ODe  volume,  will,  we  think,  add  a  third 
name  to  the  list  of  Southern  humorists.  In  its  issue  of  the 
2-4 tli  inst.,  we  have  an  article  entitled  "  Americans  of  Chinese 
Decent,"  which,  as  the  title  might  easily  suggest,  is  playfully 
ironical.  That  the  author  has,  since  its  publication,  been  more 
than  once  tapped  on  the  shoulder  by  feminine  parasols  and 
told  he  was  an  extremely  dangerous  person,  we  can  readily 
imagine.  The  text  is  not  much — simply  the  fact  that  a  Chi- 
ne.-.' agent  has  been  soliciting  emigration  to  labor  in  the 
South  and  West.  But  in  the  hands  of  a  skilful  humorist 
what  might  it  not  suggest  ?  The  National  man  sees  already 
"  twelve  millions  of  Chinamen  at  work  on  the  Pacific  Rail- 
road." with  an  eyeou  the  "  fat,  fruitful  lauds  of  Missouri."  By 
tbie  use  of  a  finely  turned  figure,  he  also  sees  them  as  a  "  Chi- 
nese Ai  my  Worm  "  eating  his  patient  way  around,  until,  by 
another  equally  fine  figure,  he  sticks  to  the  "  soil  of  the  West 
as  barnacles  to  the  keel  of  a  ship."  But  the  mere  contempla- 
tion of  this  dreadful  picture  causes  the  writer  for  a  moment 
to  lorget  his  irony  :  "  Through  our  licentious  and  fanatical 
ideas  of  equality  and  freedom,  America  seems  destined  to  be- 
come the  reservoir  where  shall  be  deposited  all  the  confluent 
filth,  ignorance,  bilge-water  and  degradation  of  Europe  and 


Asia  combined."  "Our  posterity,"  he  adds,  and  we  think 
with  considerable  reason,  "  will  certainly  curse  us  for  corrupt- 
ing and  squandering  their  just  inheritance."  How  they  will 
curse  us  we  learn  in  the  next  sentence.  "  A  few  centuries 
hence,  as  in  the  fable  of  the  frogs  and  the  boys,  our  children 
will  exclaim,  'It  might  have  been  fun  for  you,  but  it  is  h-ll  on 
us."  While  it  is  questionable  which  is  the  most  dreadtul  to 
contemplate  in  the  future — the  manners  of  posterity,  as 
plainly  shown  in  the  above  illustration,  or  their  situation, 
which  is  only  vaguely  hinted  at — if  the  writer  means  that  in 
this  mysterious  future  all  will  be  changed,  and  Chinese  chil- 
dren will  be  permitted  to  throw  stones  and  filth  at  full  grown 
white  Caucasians,  we  can  ouly  tremble  ut  this  prospect  of 
even-handed  justice. 

In  the  contemplation  of  this  future  the  editor  of  the  Na- 
tional indulges  in  a  fine  flow  of  humor.  "  Let  us,"  he  con- 
tinues, '•  send  for  the  Kooloocamba,  and  the  t'hempanzee  next, 
and  embrace  them  as  brothers  too,  on  the  principle  of  orology, 
for  they  look  much  like  niggers,  and,  may  have  souls  as  well, 
for  all  we  knew."  As  long  as  we  are  Dot  aware  who  the 
'■  Kooloocamba  "  is,  and  fail  even  to  recognize  the  "  Chem- 
panzee  "  under  its  peculiar  orthography,  we  must  refuse  to 
embrace  them  as  brothers,  even  on  the  ••  principles  of  orology  " 
which  wo  have  hitherto  regarded  —wrongly  do  doubt — as  the 
science  of  mountains.  But  this  doubtless  is  a  touch  of  humor, 
as  is  also  the  following  : 

"  Education  for  a  few  million  years  might  do  wonders  for 
them  ;  let's  try  the  experiment.  As  for  our  own  species,  it 
ir.atters  not.  The  idea  of  the  day  is,  not  how  the  nobler  be- 
ings of  creation  shall  be  still  farther  exalted,  but,  to  what  ex- 
tent the  inferior  beings  of  the  world  can  be  improved  !  No- 
ble ambition  !  l^et  us  die  for  the  nigger,  as  Christ  died  for 
us.  and  be  crushed  out  by  the  Chinamen  !  Equality  is  the 
shibboleth  of  the  age.  Deny  it,  and  damnation  quick  take 
thee  !  Let  us  be  equal,  though  we  sink  from  empyrean  to 
Styx-like  horrors  '.  Let  us  be  equal,  though  we  reek  in  filth, 
and  exult  in  shame  !*' 

That  this  fine  climax  is  worthy  of  a  better  definition  than 
that  of  being. sjmply  humorous  we  shall  not  attempt  to  deny. 
That  there  is  an  epithetic  force  in  "  damnation  quick  take 
thee  "  is  equally  clear.  But  when  the  writer  says  "  Let  U3  be 
equal,  though  we  sink  from  empyrean  to  Styx-like  horrors  ! 
Let  us  be  equal,  though  we  reek  in  filth  and  exult  in  shame !" 
and  we  perceive  that  he  means  "  Let  us  be  unequal"  though 
the  same  disgraceful  and  unpleasant  results  happen  to  us — we 
know  that  this  is  irony.  And  being  irony,  it  is  funny.  The 
evidence  of  humor  is  at  once  established. 

We.  think  we  have  shown  that  the  Copperhead  humorist  is 
"  fearfully  and  wonderfully  made."  Laboring  under  the  dis- 
advantage of  being  the  but  of  civilization,  his  attempts  at 
retaliation  are  maliciously  conceived  and  clumsily  executed. 
Like  Falstaff  he  may  say  :  "  Men  of  all  sorts  take  a  pride  to 
gird  at  me  ;  The  brain  of  this  foolish  compounded  clay.  man. 
is  not  cble  to  vent  anything  that,  tpnds  to  lauchler  more  than 
I  invent,  or  is  invented  on  me  :  I  am  not  only  witty  in  myself, 
but  the  cause  that  wit  is  in  other  men." 


TO  THE 


(For  tbe  CaliforulauJ 

PLIOCENE 


SKULL. 


Croquet. — The  noble  game  of  croquet  has  at  last  arrived 
in  San  Francisco.  A.  Roman  &  Co.,  booksellers  and  pub- 
lishers, No.  417  and  419  Montgomery  street — by  what  Bystem 
of  reasoning  we'  canDOt  say — have  made  it  a  prominent  addi- 
tion to  their  stock,  and  given  it  a  kind  of  literary  introduction 
to  San  Francisco.  From  their  show-windows  the  mysteries 
of  balls  and  mallets  are  made  clear  to  the  promenader. 
Whether  the  game  will  be  popular  as  an  outdoor  amusement 
in  this  breezy  metropolis,  remains  to  be  seen — though,  antici- 
pating that  objection,  there  is  a  parlor  tdition.  As  an  evidence 
of  the  enthusiasm  excited  by  croquet  we  give  the  following 
extract  from  one'  of  0.  H.  Webb's  (Champlaiu,  N.  Y.)  letters 
to  the  Boudoir  : 

"  What  do  we  do  up  here,  }ou  ask  ?  Well,  in  the  present 
pleasant  weather,  in  the  morning  we  play — croquet.  In  the 
al'te.uoon,  we  play — croquet.  In  the  evening,  we  play — cro- 
quet. The  only  hours  of  the  day  that  croquet  is  not  played 
are  those  which  lie  between  twelve  o'clock  .Saturday  night  and 
one  o'clock  Monday  morning — for,  to  guard  against  any  in- 
fringtment  of  the  fifth  commandment,  an  hour's  leeway  is 
.  Iways  given  to  the  Sabbath.  Perhaps  you  know  something 
about  croquet — Its  mallets,  its  hoops  or  arches,  the  stakes — 
often  reached  by  a  Miss-  thered  rover,  the  '•  splitting  stroke  " 
—  sometimes  made  by  irate  voung  ladies  on  the  skull  of  an 
awkward  partner — and  all  the  balance  of  the  nomenclature 
and  technicalities  of  the  mysterious  game  ?  I  have  played  it 
constantly — when  it  didu't  rain — since  my  arrival  in  the 
country." 

The  first  volume  of  tiie  Memoirs  of  Maximilian,  Emperor 
of  Mexico,  is  announced  by  a  Leipsic  publisher.  It  is  a  re- 
production of  the  account  of  the  Emperor's  travels,  of  which 
a  few  copies,  issued  from  the  imperial  printing  office  of  Vienna, 
had  been  distributed  to  members  of  the  imperial  family  and 
to  a  few  intimate  friends,  with  a  request  not  to  publish  any 
extract.  This  prohibition  must  have  been  removed  unless  the 
Leipsic  publisher  has  obtained  a  copy  surreptitiously  and  is 
printing  it  without  the  consent  of  the  author. 


In  Paris,  recently,  the  first  edition,  5,000  copies,  of  La 
Contagion,  a  new  comedy  by  M.  Emile  Augier,  was  sold  the 
day  it  was  issued. 


A  GEOLOGICAL  ADDRESS. 

A  HrMAN  skcu.  has  been  found  in  California,  in  the  pliocene  formation. 
Tins  skull  is  Ibe  remuuut  uol  ouly  of  the  curliest  pioneer  of  this  Slate,  but 
Ibo  nicest  known  human  being.  •  *  •  •  •  Tbe  skull  was  louud  in  a, 
shaft  one  huuored  and  liliy  feet  ileep,  two  miles  from  Angel's,  in  Calaveras 
county,  by  a  tniucr  named  James  Man-on,  who  gave  it  to  Mr.  senbuer, a 
meichaui.aud  he  gave  it  to  Dr.  Jones,  who  seul  it  lu  tbe  Stale  Geological 
survey.  •  •  *  *  •  The  published  volume  of  the  felalc  Burvcy  ou  the 
Geology  ol  California  slates  thai  man  existed  here  contemporaneously  w  uh 
the  mastodon,  but  this  fossil  proves  thai  be  was  here  before  tbe  mastodon 
was  known  lo  exist.— Daily  Paper. 

"  t^PEAK,  O  man,  less  recent!    Fragmentary[foiisil ! 

7-'    Primal  pioneer  of  pliocene  formation, 
Hid  iu  lowest  drifts  below  the  earliest  stratum 
Of  Volcanic  tufa  ! 

Older  than  the  beasts,  the  oldest  Palajotherium ; 
Older  than  tbe  trees,  the  oldest  Cryplogainia ; 
Older  than  the  hills,  those  infantile  eruptions 
Of  earth's  epidermis  ! 

Eo — Mio — I'lio — whatsoe'er  the  "cene"  was 
Tbut  those  vacant  sockets  tilled  with  awe  and  wonder— 
Whether  shores  Devonian  or  Silurian  beaches — 
Tell  us  thy  strange  story! 

Or  has  the  Professor  Blightly  antedated 
By  some  thousand  years  thy  advent  ou  this  planet, 
Giving  thee  an  air  that's  somewhat  tetter  lilted 
For  cold  blooded  creatures? 

Wert  thou  true  spectator  of  that  mighty  forest 
When  above  thy  head  the  stately  Sigillaria 
Reared  its  columned  truuks  iu  tbut  remule  and  distant 
Carboniferous  epoch  ? 

Tell  us  of  that  scene — the  dim  and  watery  woodland 

Songlets,  silent,  bushed,  with  never  bird  or  iusect, 

Vailed  with  spreading  fronds  and  screened  with  tall  club-mosses, 

.  Lycopodiacea — 

When  beside  thee  walked  tbe  solemu  Plesiosaurus, 
And  around  thee  crept  tbe  festive  Ichthyosaurus, 
While  from  time  to  time  above  thee  Dew  and  circled 
Cheerful  Pterodactyls. 

Tell  □■  of  thy  food— those  half  marine  refections, 
Crinoida  on  the  shell  and  Brucbipods  an  nut  met — 
Cuttle-fish  to  which  tbe  pieuvre  of  Victor  Hugo 
Seems  a  periwinkle. 

Speak,  thou  awful  vestige  of  the  Kami's  creation  

Solitary  fragment  of  remains  organic  ! 
Toll  the  wondrous  secrets  of  thv  past  existence — 
Speuk!  thou  oldest  primate!" 

Even  as  I  gazed,  a  thrill  of  the  maxilla 
And  a  lateral  movement  of  the  condyloid  process, 
\\  ilb  poel-pliociiic  sounds  of  healthy  mastication, 
Urouud  the  teeth  together. 

And,  irom  that  imperfect  dental  exhibition. 

Stained  with  expressed  juiies  of  tbe  weed  Nicotian, 

Cauie  these  hollow  accents,  blent  with  softer  murmurs 

Of  expectoration  : 

"  Which  my  nam«  is  Bowers,  and  my  crust  was  busted 
Falling  down  a  shatt,  in  Calaveras  county, 
But  I  d  lake  it  kindly  if  you'd  send  the  pieces 
Home  to  old  Missouri  I" 


BRI7. 


LITERARY    NO  T  E  S  . 


We  get  from  the  Nation,  Round  Table,  and  other  valuable 
exchanges,  the  following  items  : 

The  late  James  Sheridan  Knowles  left  a  posthumous  pla 
which  is  on  the  eve  of  publication,  under  the  title  of  Tr 
Unto  Death.  Originally  written  as  an  opera,  it  was  receotl 
produced  as  a  drama  iu  two  acts  at  the  strand  Theatre,  wit 
moderate  success. 

The  King  of  Saxony  has  recently  printed  the  third  volam 
of  his  translations  of  Daute,  Das  Paradie*.  Tbe  annotation 
of  his  Majesty  are  said  to  place  him  in  the  first  rank  of  DaDt 
scholars. 

Mr.  Martin  Farquhar  Tupper  is  about  to  publish  a  bijo 
edition  of  his  Proverbial  Philosophy,  which  completes  tb 
two  hundredth  thousand  of  that  work.    It  is  to  be  dedical 
to  Mr.  Gladstone. 

Miss  Christina  G.  Rosetti  is  about  to  publish  a  volume 
of  poems  entitled  The  Prince's  Progress,  and  Other  Poem* 
It  will  be  illustrated  with  two  designs  by  D.  G.  Koesetti. 

Another  translation  of  Homer  is  forthcoming  in  London. 
"The  first  book  of  Homer,  rendered  faithfully  into  tbe  heroic 
couplet,"  by  Omega. 

Hans  Christian  Andersen  bas  a  new  volume  ready, 
which  an  English  translation,  by  Mrs.  Bushhy,  is  announce 
Its  title  is  A  Poet's  Fancies. 

Mrs.  Henry  Wood  bas  a  new  novel  in  the  press  entitle 
Elsler's  Folly. 

Mr.  Charles  Collins,  a  brother  of  Mr.  Wilkie  Collins,  i 
about  to  publish  a  new  novel,  At  the  Bar. 

Mr.  Edmund  Yates  is  the  next  novelist  whom  Mr.  Dicken 
has  selected  to  fill  the  pages  of  All  the  Year  Round, 

Victor  Hugo  is  said  to  have  lost  £15,000  by  the  recent 
failure  of  a  London  bank. 


July  28th] 


THE  C  AL1FORNI  AN. 


9 


[For  the  Calif ornian.] 

THE    PRAYER   OF  KAHONAH. 

A   TRADITION  OF  THE  NORTHWEST  COAST. 
BY  HENRY  GEORGE. 

ALONG,  long  time  ago,  ere  our  people  had  become  few 
and  weak  ;  generations  on  generations  before  a  pale 
face  had  been  seen  on  the  land  or  a  fire-car.  oe  on  the  great 
water  ;  when  the  streams  were  filled  with  fis,h  and  the  valleys 
were  alive  with  game,  there  lived  a  mighty  chief,  whose  power 
and  knowledge  have  never  been  equalled. 

Hia  life  had  been  spent  in  meditation  and  the  study  of  the 
mysteries.  He  had  learned  all  things  that  man  can  learn — no 
plant  hid  from  him  its  virtues  ;  with  each  animal  he  could  talk 
in  its  own  tongue  ;  he  understood  what  the  birds  said,  and 
the  comings  and  goings  of  the  fishes  of  the  sea  ;  he  knew  the 
eigns  and  seasons  of  the  stars  of  the  night,  and  read  their 
warnings  of  things  to  come. 

,;  Though  too  old  to  go  forth  to  battle,  yet  his  counsel  was 
better  than  the  strength  of  all  his  warriors.  Under  his  wise 
rule  the  tribe  had  increased  and  flourished.  No  war  party 
that  he  sent  forth  returned  without  glory  ;  no  hunting  expedi- 
tion that  he  planned  came  back  empty-handed.  His  people 
loved  and  revered  him  ;  the  farthest  tribes  owned  his  power 
and  sought  his  friendship.  From  the  huts  of  the  little  men 
of  the  North  to  the  walled  cities  of  the  South  ;  along  the 
shores  of  the  salt  sea,  and  far  over  the  great  mountains,  spread 
the  fame  of  his  wisdom— the  little  people  of  the  North  brought 
him  furs,  and  the  kings  of  the  Soutli  sent  him  gold  and  rich 
vestures. 

He  was  an  old  man  ;  of  the  gray-haired  elders  none  could 
remember  his  boyhood,  none  had  seen  his  youth.  The  years 
of  his  strength  had  been  spent  seeking  wisdom  in  solitude  and 
fasting.  When  from  tbe  silence  of  the  mountains  he  had 
come  to  the  lodges  of  men,  the  marks  of  age  were  already  on 
bim  ;  yet  since  then  many  moons  had  gone  by,  though  with- 
out bringing  him  weakness.  If  not  as  strong  of  arm  or  fleet 
of  foot  as  the  young  men,  yet  the  decay  of  age  was  not  on 
him  and  his  wisdom  grew  not  le3S,  but  inure. 

But  when  he  knew  all  that  can  be  known — when  his  fame 
had  spread  far  and  wide — in  a  blazing  star  that  stretched  across 
the  midnight  heavens  he  read  that  he  must  shortly  go  to  the 
epirit  land.  And  returning  to  the  lodges  of  his  people,  from 
the  solitudes  ot  the  mountains  where  none  durst  follow  him, 
his  heart  was  solemn  and  his  step  slow.  For  he  was  loth  to 
leave  the  people  whom  he  loved  ;  to  leave  his  fame  and  his 
power  ;  to  have  met)  say,  "  He  was  wise  ;  he  was  great — he  is 
dead  !"  He  saw  the  maiden  and  her  lover  ;  the  young  men 
telling  of  their  deeds  ;  the  joyous  games  of  the  children  ;  the 
rue  ther  singing  to  her  babe — and  he  yearned  for  their  joy,  and 
was  sad  to  think  his  days  had  almost  gone  by — that  that 
which  was  not  done  must  forever  be  undone  ;  that  the  delights 
he  had  missed  he  could  never  attain. 

So  he  came  to  the  place  of  council  and  called  his  tribe  to- 
gether. "  I  am  old,"  said  ho  ;  "  my  years  are  more  than  those 
of  your  oldest ;  yet  my  will  is  not  weak  nor  do  I  feel  the  de- 
cay of  age.  But  the  sigu  which  I  know  has  told  me  that  1 
must  soon  pass  to  the  spirit  land.  With  glory  have  I  led  you  ; 
with  wisdom  have  I  guided  you  ;  who  is  there  who  will  take 
my  place  ?" 

But  his  people,  answering  not,  cast  down  their  faces  in  sor- 
row. They  knew  there  was  no  one,  nor  could  there  be,  who 
would  guide  them  as  he  had  done — for  he  knew  all  that  man 
can  know. 

Tten  an  old  medicine-man,  the  oldest  and  wisest,  spoke  : 
Must  it  be  so  ?  Will  not  the  Master  of  Life,  who  has 
lengthened  your  days  and  given  you  wisdom,  be  entreated  to 
leave  you  a  little  longer  with  your  people  ? — for  there  is  none 
who  can  take  your  place." 

And  all  kept  solemn  silence  till  Kahonah  answered  :  •'  I 
know  not  ;  such  thing  hath  never  been  :  yet  while  there  is 
time  will  I  ask  the  Lord  of  Life.  Who  will  go  with  me  on 
the  journey  I  must  make — to  the  end  of  the  world  ;  past  the 
fountain  of  the  North  Wind?" 

Up  sprang  the  warriors  ;  but  the  medicine-men  sat  still  : 
"  To  the  end  of  the  world  we  will  go  with  thee  ;  be  it  through 
water  or  through  fire  '." 

"  Not  so,"  said  the  old  man  ;  "  your  courage  I  know  ;  that 
for  aught  mortal  ye  would  not  turn  back  ;  yet  where  I  go  your 
hearts  would  fail  you  and  your  strength  become  as  weakness. 
Those  who  go  with  me  must  be  wise  as  well  as  brave — men 
skilled  in  the  mysteries,  who  have  been  purified  by  fasts  and 
watchings. 

Then  said  the  wise  men,  solemnly  :  "  We  know  whither 
thou  goest  and  through  what  thou  must  pass ;  yet  that  thou 
mayest  be  spared  to  thy  people  will  we  go  with  thee." 

So  of  tbe  wise  men  took  he  seven  of  the  wisest,  and  at  the 
6rst  of  the  moon,  while  the  whole  tribe  kept  a  solemn  fast  and 
prayed  with  their  faces  to  the  ground,  he  and  the  seven  en- 
tered the  sacred  canoe. 

Slowly,  with  measured  strokes,  they  left  the  land  behind, 
going  northward  till  over  their  beads  they  saw  the  great 
white  bird  ;  then  they  Bat  still  and  began  their  mystic  chant 


In  the  bow  sat  Kahonah,  wrapped  in  his  medicine  mantle> 
and  clasped  round  his  head  the  golden  fillet— the  golden  ser- 
pent with  eyes  of  diamond  and  scales  of  ruby,  which  the 
priests  of  tbe  South  had  sent  him.  In  the  bow  he  sat,  with 
his  face  to  the  North,  and  the  seven  sat  in  their  places  ;  they 
neither  set  sail  nor  paddled,  but  chanted  their  mystic  chant, 
aud  swifter  than  if  urged  by  sail  or  paddle  glided  their  canoe 

In  its  strength  the  fierce  north  wind  swept  across  the  sea, 
seeking  the  warmth  of  the  South.  On  either  hand  it  curled 
the  waves,  but  left  unrippled  a  smooth  way  before  the  singers 
of  the  mighty  song.  Softly  the  water  opened  for  their  prow, 
silently  it  closed  up  behind,  and  all  things  living  fled  away 
from  the  mighty  song  they  might  not  hear — the  song  of  mys- 
teries— the  chant  ot  life  and  death  ;  of  the  secret  of  life  aud 
the  meaning  of  death — of  awful  words,  potent  even  in  the 
realms  of  death.  But  over  them  the  great  white  bird  that 
knows  the  icy  sea  sea  sailed  motionless,  as  if  upborne  by  the 
mystic  song;  and  in  the  sky  at  night  blazed  the  fiery  star, 
pointing  to  the  North,  red  with  the  dancing  lights. 

Many  days  they  sailed  along,  and  behind  them,  at  noon,  the 
sun  was  lower  and  lower  ;  many  nights  they  sailed  along,  and 
before  them  the  red  lights  flashed  brighter  and  flashed  higher. 
Swiftly,  silently,  with  no  sound  save  the  sound  of  the  mighty 
song,  they  sped  towards  the  end  of  the  world.  They  passed 
the  lands  where  the  little  people  dwell  ;  they  passed  great 
mountains  and  fields  of  ice,  which  silently  opened  before 
them  ;  and  they  entered  the  silent  sea.  Around  them  rose  a 
great  white  mist — a  thick  white  mist  through  which  the  red 
lights  hardly  shone. 

They  had  passed  the  cave  which  is  the  fountain  of  the 
North  Wind  ;  they  came  to  the  shore  which  is  the  end  of 
the  world.  Then  the  seven  ceased  their  chant,  and  with  shut 
eyes  and  downcast  heads  were  motionless.  And  Kahonah, 
casting  off  his  magic  mantle  and  unclasping  from  his  head  the 
golden  serpent,  left  them  by  the  shore  which  is  the  end  of  the 
world,  and  went  into  the  mist.  And  with  his  hands  above  his 
head,  he  fell  prostrate  on  tbe  ground,  aud  prayed  to  the 
Master  of  Life. 

And  through  the  mist  a  voice  came  to  Kahonah,  though 
the  seven  heard  it  not,  for  their  eyes  were  closed  in  a  trauce : 

"  What  seekest  thou  ?" 

And  prostrate  on  the  ground,  Kahonah  answered  :  "  I 
have  come  to  entreat  thee  to  lengthen  my  days  yet  a  little. 
Though  my  years  are  many,  yet  the  decay  of  age  is  not  on 
me.  My  people  need  me  yet ;  I  have  yet  much  to  do  ere  I 
can  come  in  peace.  Thou  knowest  that  my  strength  has  boen 
spent  in  fasting  and  prayer  ;  I  have  not  known  the  love  of 
woman,  nor  have  I  looked  into  the  eyes  of  my  child.  The 
lifetime  of  man  is  short  ;  I  am  yet  young  in  wisdom  ;  leave 
me,  I  pray  tbee,  longer  with  my  people!" 

Through  the  mist  the  voice  again  spoke :"  I  know  that 
thou  hast  sought  wisdom,  and  from  thee  I  have  kept  the  de- 
cay of  age  ;  much  of  men's  pleasure  thou  hast  not  tasted, 
yet  thou  hast  learned  all  that  man  can  learn.  Art  thou  wil- 
ling to  again  become  a  child  ;  to  grow  again  as  thou  hast 
grown  ;  to  gather  again  thy  wisdom  ?'' 

But  his  power  and  wisdom  were  sweet  to  Kahonah,  and  he 
answered  reverently  :  "  No,  O  Master,  for  by  fastings  and 
long  watchings,  through  pain  and  weariness,  with  toil  and 
denial,  have  I  gained  my  wisdom.  Give  me  then,  I  pray  thee, 
time  to  use  it.  Grant  me  the  life  and  strength  of  my  youth, 
and  let  me  keep  my  knowledge." 

"  What  thou  askest  canst  not  be,  nor  could  it  give  thee 
joy;"  and  as  he  spoke,  the  mist  lifted  for  a  moment,  and 
beyond  the  shore  which  is  the  end  of  tho  world,  Kahonah 
beheld  the  bright  waters  of  the  spirit  land,  and  across  the 
happy  sea  saw  balmy  tree-tcps  tossing  in  the  sweet  breeze, 
while  waves  of  silver  fell  on  sands  of  gold — "  What  thou 
askest  canst  not  be  ;  yet,  O  man  to  whom  much  has  been 
given — though  thy  time  has  come,  and  beyond  those  waters 
they  wait  for  thee — for  thy  instruction  and  (or  the  instruction 
of  thy  people,  retain  knowledge  and  life.  Youth  with  wisdom 
thou  caust  not  have  ;  but  my  messenger  shall  not  call  thee 
and  the  weakness  of  age  shall  not  fall  on  thee.  Return  again 
to  thy  people,  and  when  the  peace  which  is  beyond  seems 
sweeter  even  than  thy  power,  come  of  thyself." 

And  out  oi  the  thick  mist,  into  the  boat,  unto  the  sleeping 
seven,  came  Kahonah  ;  and  his  face  was  as  the  face  of  the 
dead,  for  he  had  stood  on  the  shore  which  is  the  end  of  the 
world  and  had  seen  the  water3  no  mortal  eye  before  had 
looked  upon. 

Swiftly  they  drifted  back  from  the  shore  which  is  the  end 
of  the  world  ;  past  the  cave  whence  comes  the  North  Wind  ; 
through  the  fields  and  bills  of  ice  ;  and  they  came  again  to 
the  land  of  their  people,  who  watched  for  them— for  the 
blazing  star  had  disappeared. 

And  with  joy  and  gladness,  but  in  silence — with  reverent 
joy  and  thankfulness,  the  wise  men  of  the  tribe  bore  the 
seven  to  the  great  medicine  lodge.  And  Kahonah  walked 
before,  yet  spoke  to  no  one,  and  his  face  was  as  the  face  of  the 
dead. 

After  seven  days  had  passed,  Kahonah  and  the  seven  again 
came  forth  and  mingled  with  the  people,  yet  they  spoke  not 
of  what  they  had  seen,  and  none  durst  ask  them.   And  Ka- 


honah ruled  as  he  had  ruled  before  :  with  greater  wisdom  he 
could  not  ;  and  his  fame  still  spread,  and  his  people  continued 
to  flourish.  Yet  his  face  was  grave  and  his  heart  was  sad. 
When  he  sent  forth  a  war  party,  he  knew  it  would  return  in 
triumph  ;  when  he  planned  a  hunting  expedition  he  knew  it 
would  come  back  laden  ;  more  he  could  not  learn,  for  he  knew 
all  that  man  can  know — his  power,  through  long  use,  lost  its 
charm,  and  there  seemed  nothing  new  to  him  under  the  sun. 
His  people  revered  him  ;  his  slightest  gesture  was  law  ;  but 
he  was  alone — when  he  came  they  were  silent ;  when  he  held 
his  peace,  none  spoke,  for  to  his  knowledge  their  wisdom  was 
foolishness.  The  maidens  bent  their  heads  and  the  children 
hushed  their  games  as  he  passed  by  ;  only  the  infapts  smiled 
on  him,  for  they  looked  through  his  eyes  and  saw  tbe  good 
soul  within.  And  his  heart  went  back  to  the  days  of  his 
childhood,  for  he  bad  beheld  the  sea  whose  waters  blend  tbe 
future  and  the  past.  And  from  the  lost  freshness  of  his  child- 
hood faces  looked  upon  his  soul  and  voices  lingered  in  the  air, 
for  his  eyes  had  seen  the  tree-tops  of  the  happy  island,  aDd  he 
had  heard  the  waves  of  silver  falling  on  sands  of  gold. 

And  he  sought  the  spot  where  his  mother  had  sung  him  to 
rest,  where  his  father  had  stroked  his  hair,  and  his  sister  and 
bis  brother  had  played  their  plays  of  glee.  The  flowers 
bloomed  around  him — he  knew  now  their  names  and  uses — but 
they  had  lost  their  charm.  The  birds  sang  above — be  knew 
what  they  said— but  their  joy  found  no  echo  in  his  heart. 
The  squirrels  peeped  upon  him  from  tbe  tree — he  could  now 
speak  to  thom — but  saw  them  with  no  shout  of  glee.  The 
little  stream  murmured  at,  boforo_but  he  had  heard  the  music 
of  the  boundless  sea — and  the  little  stream  sung  to  him  only 
mournful  songs  of  the  time  that  was  gone  and  the  love  that 
he  missed. 

And  his  soul  was  sated  with  wisdom  and  power,  and  he 
longed  for  the  peace  which  is  beyond  the  grave,  and  for  the 
love  of  those  who  had  loved  him  in  his  childhood. 

The  flowers  were  happy  in  the  sun  ;  though  the  winter 
must  come,  they  knew  they  would  bloom  again.  The  winds 
sang  words  of  joy,  for  they  trusted  to  the  giver  of  their  life  ; 
tbe  old  squirrel  watched  the  gambols  of  his  young,  nor  dreaded 
to  be  gathered  to  his  fathers.  The  brook  ran  away  to  the 
sea,  nor  feared  it  would  lose  its  way.  All  things  were  content 
— in  Kahonah's  heart  bis  wisdom  seemed  foolishness,  and  his 
power  was  weariness. 

And  again  he  called  the  tribe  together,  in  a  solemn  council, 
round  the  great  medicine  lodge,  and  said  to  them  : 

"  I  sought  the  Master  of  Life,  and  entreated  him  that  my 
days  might  be  lengthened.  And  for  my  instruction,  and  for 
the  instruction  of  my  people,  he  bade  his  messenger  call  me 
not.  Yet  now  I  perceive  that  my  desire  was  vain,  and  my 
wisdom  was  foolishness.  The  companions  of  my  yorth  have 
long  since  past  away,  and  my  heart  longs  to  join  them. 
Choose,  therefor*;,  from  among  you  a  chief,  for  I  will  again 
ssek  the  Master  of  Life  and  beseech  him  to  recall  his  gift  and 
let  me  depart." 

And  at  the  new  moon,  in  the  twilight,  he  again  set  forth, 
while  his  people  stood  in  silence  on  the  shore.  And,  with  one 
foot  in  the  sacred  canoe,  he  turned  and  blessed  them,  and 
said  : 

"  The  Master  of  Life,  who  is  greater  than  we,  is  also  far 
wiser  than  we.  He  who  knows  all  things  knows  what  is  best ; 
where  he  has  set  bounds,  let  none  try  to  pass  :  but  when  his 
messenger  comes,  go  tranquilly  and  with  hope. 

And  blessing  them  again,  he  wrapped  himself  in  his  mantle 
and  laid  down  in  the  canoe  as  one  who,  wearied,  peacefully 
seeks  rest,  and  into  the  gathering  darkness  it  glided  away,  till 
his  people,  who  prayed  with  tears  by  the  shore,  could  see  it 
no  more.  

The  English  correspondent  of  the  Boston  Post  says  :  The 
Dean  of  Westminster  has  been  telling  how  sixteen  gentlemen 
were  invited  to  meet  the  author  of  Ecce  Homn,&t)d  not  one  of 
them  went  away  the  wiser.  This  reminds  me  of  a  story  I 
heard  lately,  though  perhaps  it  is  an  old  one,  at  the  expense 
of  Mr.  Vernon  Harcourt,  the  "  Historicus  "  of  the  Times, 
Saturday  Reviewer,  Q.  C.etc  ,  etc.  Four  gentlemen  bet  they 
would  bring  to  dinner  at  Richmond  the mo^t  disagreeable  man 
in  London.  Accordingly  a  dinner  for  eight  was  ordered. 
But  when  the  time  arrived,  the  persons  who  appeared  were 
the  four  gentlemen  and — Mr.  Vernon  Harcourt.  With  sug- 
gestive unanimity,  they  had  all  invited  him,  and  he  never  was 
the  wiser  as  to  the  part  he  played  in  the  banquet.  But  to 
return  to  Ecce  Homo,  the  continued  excitement  about  it  is 
conclusive  evidence  of  the  undying  popularity  of  theological 
speculation. 

The  nineteenth  volume  of  the  Correspondence  of  Nupoleon 
the  First  ha3  lately  appeared. 

A  number  of  Shakspeare's  plays  have  been  translated  into 
Hindostanee  and  published  at  Bombay. 

Mr.  Harrison  Ainsworth  will  publish  at  once  his  new 
novel,  The  Constable  de  Bourbon. 

Professor  Goldwin  Smith  is  to  resign  his  chair  of  modern 
history  at  Oxford  at  the  close  of  the  present  academical  year. 


JO 


THE  CALIFORNIA**. 


|  July  28th 


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part  thereof   05 

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Sun  Piciures,  upon  each,  retailing  for  25c.  or 
less,  2c;  over  25  and  not  over  50c,  5c;  over 
50c.  and  not  over$l,  3c;  each  additional  $1 
or  fractional  part  thereof   05 

Passage  Ticket  to  foreign  port,  cost  not  over  $35, 
50c:  over  $35  aud  not  over  $50,  $1 ;  every  ad- 
ditional $50  or  fractional  part  thereof  1  00 

Power  of  Attorney  to  sell  or  transfer  stock,  scrip, 

bonds,  or  collect  dividends  or  int.  thereon  25 
To  vote  for  officers  of  incorporated  comp'y  or 
society  not  religious,  charitable  or  literary, 

or  public  cemeteries   10 

To  receive  or  collect  rents   25 

To  sell,  convey,  rent  or  lease  real  estate  1  00 

For  anv  other  purpose   50 


Probate  of  Will,  or  letters  of  administration,  es- 
tate not   over  $2,000,  $1 ;    each  additional 

$1,000  or  fractional  part  thereof.   50 

Protest  of  note,  bill,  acceptance  check  or  draft,  25 
Promissory  Note — See  Bill  of  Exchange,  inland. 
Receipt  for  payment  of  money  or  debt  over  $20, 
not   being   for  satisfaction  of  mortgage, 
judgment  or  decree  of  Court,  and  receipt 

for  the  delivery  of  property  •  02 

Warehouse,  for  property  stored,  not  over  $500 
in  value,  10c.  ;  $.500  to  $1,000,  20c.  ;  every 

additional  $1,000   10 

For  any  goods  held  in  storage,  and  not  other- 
wise provided  for   25 

Weigher's  Returns,  up  to  5,000  lbs.,  10c;  over 

5,000  lbs   25 

Writs,  or  original  process,  for  commencing  suit 
in  Court  of  record,  and  in  Court  not  of  rec- 
ord, when  amount  claimed  is  $100  or  over, 
except  before  Justices  of  the  Peace,  or  in 
court  of  no  greater  jurisdiction  as  to  dam- 
ages, or  in  suit  commenced  by  the  United 

States  or  any  State   50 

Upon  every  confession  of  judgment,  or  cogno- 
vit, for  $100  or  over,  except  where  tax  for 

a  writ  has  beeu  paid   50 

Writs  or  process  on  appeal  from  Justice's 
courts  and  other  courts  of  inferior  jurisdic- 
tion to  courts  of  record   50 

Warrant  of  distress — rent  claimed  under  $100, 
25c;  over  $100   50 

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still,  considering  their  great  ability,  and  the  different 
stand  points  from  which  they  are  written,  be  read 
and  Btudied  with  advantage  by  the  people  of  this 
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ENGRAVED,  WRITTEN,  OR  PRINTED. 

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PACIFIC  MAIL   STEAMSHIP  CO.'S 

Through  Line  to  New  York. 

CARRYING  THE  U.  S.  MAIL ! 

Leave  Folsomstreot  Wharf  at  11  o'clock  a.  m.  of  the 
following  dates,  for  PANAMA,  connecting  via  Panama 
Railroad,  with  oue  of  the  Company's  splendid  steamers 
from  ASPIN  WALL  for  NEW  YORK. 

On  the  16lh,  18th,  t nd  30lh  of  each  month  that  has  30 
days. 

On  the  10th,  19th,  aad  30th  of  each  month  that  has  31 
days. 

When  the  10th,  19th  and  30lh  fall  on  Sunday,  they  will 
leave  on  Saturday  preceding  ;  when  the  18tb  falls  on  Sun- 
day,  tbey  will  leave  on  Monday  following. 

Steamer  leaving  San  Francisco  on  the  10th  touches  at 
Manzanillo.    All  touch  at  Acapulco. 

Departure  of  19th  connects  with  French  Transatlantic 
rompany's  steamer  for  St.  Nazaire,  and  English  steamer 
for  South  America. 

Departure  of  loth  connects  with  English  steamer  for 
Southampton,  and  P.  R.  R.  Co.'s  steamer  for  Central 
America. 

Departure  of  30th  connects  with  English  steamer  for 
Tumaco,  the  port  of  the  new  mines. 

STEAMERS  FOR  JULY  : 
The  following  steamships  will  be  despatched  from  San 
Francisco  ou  the  date  given  : 

JULY  30th,  ....  CONSTITUTION, 
Captain  E.  S.  Farnsworth, 

(Connecting  with  the  ARIZONA,  Captain  Maury.) 

An  experienced  Surgeon  on  board.  Medicine  and  attend- 
ance free. 

Cabin  Passengers  will  be  berthed  through.  Baggage 

checked  through — 100  pounds  allowed  each  adult. 

For  Merchandise  Freight  apply  to  Messrs.  Wells,  Fargo 
ft  Co. 

The  steamer  will  positively  leave  at  11  o'clock.  Pas- 
seugcrs  arc  requested  to  have  their  baggage  on  board  be- 
fore 10  o'clock 

For  Passage  and  all  other  Information,  apply  at  Pacific 
Mail  Steamship  company's  office,  corner  of  Sacramento  and 
Leidesdorff  streets. 

OLIVER  ELDRIDGE,  Agent. 


QPPOSITION  STEAMER-DAT, 

WEDNESDAY,  AUGUST  15,  186«. 

GREAT  REDUCTION  IN  RATES, 
VIA  NICARAGUA  1 

THE  CENTRAL  AMERICAN  TRANSIT  COMPANY  will 
despatch  the  favorite  Steamship 

MOSES  TAYLOR, 
On  Wednesday,  -         -      August  15, 

From  Mission  street  Wharf,  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M.,  precisely 
Connecting  at  GREYTOWN  with  the  splendid  Steamship 
SANTIAGO, 
1.500  Ton's,  fob  New  Yobe. 
For  Passage  nm-  Freight,  and  Iusurance  on  Treas- 
ure, at  greatly  REDUCED  RATES,  apply  to 

I.  W.  RAYMOND,  Agent, 
Northwest  corner  Battery  and  Pine  streets, 

,  Up  stairs,  San  Franciseo. 


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OWMAN  As  CO., 

Dealers  in  Stoves  and  Tin  W  are  . 
marM  Cm  Main  street,  Petaluma. 


jyjEAGHER,  TAAFE  &  CO., 

IMPORTERS  ANO  WHOLESALE  DEALEBS  OP 

DRY  GOODS,  LINENS, 

FURNISHING  GOODS, 

YANKEE  NOTIONS. 

FANCY  GOODS,  ETC. 

AGENTS  FOB  THE 

MOUNT  TERON    DUCK  COMPANY 

NO.  107  BATTERY  STREET,  NEAR  PISE. 
RETAIL  HOUSE,  -  -  -  NO.  9  MONTGOMERY  STREET, 
jyvl  3m  Lick  House. 


"ANKEE  NOTIONS 


FANCY  GOODS! 


MERCHANTS  wanting  Goods  in  this  line  shou'd  not  fail 
to  examine  our  stock,  which  is  new  and  attractive,  before 
buying  elsewhere. 

MEAGHER,  TAAFFE  &  CO., 


jy21-3m 


Battery  street,  near  Pine. 


rjIHE  PACIFIC 

INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

HAVING  ADDED 

MARINE  INSURANCE 

TO  THEIR  BUSINESS,  ARE  NOW  PREPARED  TO  ISSUE 
POLICIES  ON 

Marine,  Inland  Navigation,  and  Fire  Risks, 

ON     THE     MOST     FAVORABLE  TERMS. 

Office,  436  California  street 

J.  HUNT,  President 


QCCIDENTAL 

H  O  M  E  S  T 


E  A  D 


OFFICE, 


Association, 

305  MONTGOMERY  STREET. 


Capital  Stock,  833,660. 


102  SHARES  $330  EACH. 

This  Association  was  formed  to  eDable  its  mem- 
bers to  obtain  desirable  homestead  lots  in  ibis  city  at  a 
cheap  and  easy  rate,paymg  for  the  same  by  regular 
monthly  instalments. 

For  this  purpose  they  have  purchased  Blocks  409  ,  500, 
and  501,  in  the  Western  Addition  to  this  ci'y,  bounded  by 
Devisadero,  Pine,  Broderick  and  Clay  streets. 

Subscribers  will  pay  an  initiation  Tee  of  $5  ou  each 
share  taken,  to  form  a  fund  (or  defraying  current  ex- 
penses, and  $11  per  month  for  thirty  months,  commen- 
cing in  April,  1S66. 

The  property  is  within  three  blocks  of  the 
TURK  STREET  RAILROAD, 

IS  NEARLY  ALL  ON  THE  GRADE, 
and  is  most  desirably  located  for  Homestead  purposes. 

It  is  directly  east  from  the  lands  of  the  California 
Association. 

Tbe  property  has  been  purchased  on  very  reasonable 
terms,  and  offers  a  rare  opportunity  for  inrestmeut. 

A  number  of  fine  houses  arc  in  process  of  erection,  and 
streets  are  being  graded  near  this  properly,  which  will 
greatly  increase  its  value. 

When  twelve  monthly  payments  have  been  made,  the 
properly  will  be  divided  among  tbe  members  in  the  ffsual 
m-vnner,  and  each  shareholder  will  receive  a  contract  for 
a  de  *d  to  tbe  lot  or  lots  to  which  he  may  be  entitled,  and 
have  the  privilege  of  taking  immediate  possession  of  tbe 
same. 

The  lots  average  27  feet  in  front  by  120  feet  in  depth. 
The  wholo  amount  due  upou  any  tot  may  be  paid  at  any 
time,  and  discount  at  tbe  rate  of  one  and  one-half  per 
cent,  per  month  will  be  deducted  therefrom. 

Persons  wishing  to  visit  the  lands  of  this  Association 
will  take  tbe  TnrK  street  cars  to  Dovisadero  street,  and 
thence  go  northerly  along  Devisadero  to  Pine  street. 

Twenty  thousand  dollars  of  the  capital  sloe*  is  taken, 
and  tbe  books  are  open  for  subscription  to  the  balance  at 
the  office  of  the  Secretary,  where  the  Official  Map  of  the 
Association  can  be  seen,  and  lull  particulars  obtained. 
Hie  Title  lo  this  Property  is  Perfect. 

J.  S.  LUTY,  Secretary, 
Office,  305  Montgomery  street,  corner  of  Pine, 

mv!9  3m  Rooms  2  and  6, 


J£0  YS!    BOYS!   BOYS ! 

NOW  IS  THE  TIME 


H.  M.  LOCKWOOD  &.  CO., 
New  No.  «24)  CLAY  STREET,  (Old  No  17 

Have  received  a  lurge  Stock  of 

GENTS'  AND  BOYS'  CLOTHING 

— A.vn— 

FURNISHING  GOODS, 

Which  they  are  selling 
AT   VERY   LOW  PRICES. 
Every  Garmeut  wa,  ranted.    All  are  invited  to  call  and 
examine  our  goods. 


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H.  M.  LOCKWOOD  &  CO. 

624  Clay  street,  Sao  Francisco. 


PACIFIC  OCEAN  HOUSE, 
SANTA  CRUZ.  CAL. 

THIS  NEW  AND  COMMODIOUS  HOTEL,  built  and  for- 

nished  in  accordance  with  the  must  modern  and  improved 
plaus.  and  with  a  view  to  the  comfort  and  convenience  of 
its  patrons,  is  now  open  for  the  reception  of  guests. 

To  those  who  have  visited  S.iuta  Cruz,  it  Is  unnecessary 
to  speak  of  us  beauties  aud  us  natural  advantages  Over 
all  olber  places  of 

Summer  Resort. 

To  those  who  have  not,  the  Proprietor  can  only  sati 
COME  AND  JUDGE  FOR  YOVUSEL  Fi^-giving  al 
who  may  come  the  assurance  tnut  his  earnest  endeavors 
shall  be  to  make  the  Hotel,  in  all  its  appointments,  equal 
to  the  surroundings  of  this  deligbtlul  Sea  sideResoit. 

GEO.  T.  BROMLEY, 

Santa  Cruz,  April  4,  ISM.  Proprietor. 


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ARKET  STREET  RAILROAD 


A.  J.  RALSTON,  Secretory. 


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CHANGE    OF    TIME  TABLE. 


ON  AND  AFTER  AUGUST  1,  1885,  Trains  will  start 

rom  the  City  ano  the  Mission  every  hour-  Instead  of  every 
forty  minutes,  as  heretofore. 

Trains  from  the  City  will  start  at  tbe  odd  hour,  com- 
mencing at  8:30  A.  U.  and  every  hour  thereafter  until 
11.30  P.  M. 

mtab  T.  JtcCO/PIN,  Soperlntradeni 


July  28th 


THE  CALIFORNIA^. 


11 


QCCIDENTAL 

INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

8.  W-  Cor.  MONTGOMERY  and  CALIFORNIA  STREETS 

INDIVIDUAL  LIABILITY. 

CAPITAL  STOCK,  $300,000 

LOSSES  PAID  IN  UNITED  S1ATES  GOLD  COIN. 

THIS  COMPANY  will  insure  against  loss  by  Fire  on  any 
Dwelling  House,  Buildings,  Merchandise  or  other  property, 
situated  in  the  State  of  California.  The  largest  sum  they 
will  take  on  any  one  risk  is  thirty  thousand  dollars. 

CHRISTOPHER  CHRISTIANSEN,  President. 
J.  GREENEBAUM,  Vice  President. 
B.  Rothschild,  Seeretary.  mh25-tf 


£JREAT  TRIUMPH  I ! 

STEINWAY  &  SONS 


■Were  awarded  the  FIRST  PRIZE  MEDAL  at  the  Iat€  ea. 
INTERNATIONAL  EXHIBITION  AT  LONDON,  over  the 
two  hundred  and  sixty-nine  Pianos  entered  for  competition 
from  all  parts  of  the  world. 

The  Special  Correspondent  of  the  New  York  Times  sayc  : 

"  Messrs.  Steinway  &  Sons'  indorsement  by  the  Jurors 
is  emphatic,  and  stronger  and  more  to  the  point  than  that 
of  auy  European  maker." 

A  constant  supply  of  the  above  superior  instruments  can 
lie  found  at  the  Agent's, 

M.  GRAY,  613  Clay  street. 
PIANO  TUNING  done  by  a  first-class  Workman,  from 
Steinway  &  Son's  Factory,  New  York.  my25 


JfARRAND'S  OSCILLATING 

Amalgamator. 

THIS  UNRIVALLED  IMPROVEMENT  FOR  THE  RE- 
auction  and  amalgamation  of  Gold  and  Silver  Ores,  is  now 
running  daily  at  No.  206  Commercial  street,  between  Front 
and  Davis. 

THIS  AMALGAMATOR  INVOLVES 

NO  COMPLICATED  MACHINERY 
And  possesses  the  folk  wing  advantages  over 
all   tners  now  in  ntc  : 

1st.  It  is  capable  of  doing  double  the  am  >unt  of 
work  of  the  ordinary  Pans,  at  a  saving  of  more  than 
one-half  the  power. 

'id.  It  reduces  the  pulp  finer,  thereby  producing  a 
better  result. 

3d.  It  requires  less  quicksilver  bv  one-half  at  a 
charge,  whilst  the  loss  by  trituration  is  comparatively 
nothing. 

4th.  As  an  Amalgamator  for  gold  contained  m  buI- 
phurets,  as  also  for  very  tine  or  Hour  gold  it  has  no 
equal. 

5th.  This  Amalgamator  involves  no  complicated 
machinery,  and  is  lees  liable  to  get  out  of  order  than 
anv  of  the  pans. 

DESCRIPTION  OB  lARRAND'S  AMALGAMATOR. 

In  ottering  this  Amalgamator  to  the  public  the  in- 
ventor does  not  claim  anv  new  or  scientific  method 
of  extracting  the  precious  metals  from  the  ores  ;  he 
merely  claims  a  new  and  simple  combination  oi 
mechanical  principles,  whereby  a  great  saving  of 
power  (full  one-balf  in  amount)  is  effected.  The 
capacity  of  the  machine  vanes  with  its  size.  The 
smallest,  or  prospecting  size,  will  reduce  400  lbs.  in 
three  hours,  and  can  be  easily  worked  by  the  power 
of  one  man.  The  largest  size  will  work  1,500  IBs 
in  three  hours,  or  six  tons  in  'H  hours,  with  an  appli- 
cation of  a  triHe  more  than  one-horse  power.  litis 
saving  of  power,  as  all  mill-men  are  aware,  is  an  im 
portant  considerationparticularly  where  fuel  is  scarce  ■ 
The  power  so  saved  in  running  the  Amalgamators 
may  be  advantageously  employed  to  an  increase  of 
stamps,  and  thus  proportionally  increasing  the  work 
of  the  mill.  This  machine  consists  of  a  semi-cylin- 
drical, trough-shaped  vessel,  in  the  interior  of  which 
is  furnished  with  moseable  concave  dies,  to  be  re- 
placed when  worn  out,  as  in  ordinary  pans.  The 
mullers  are  convex,  and  attached  to  a  substantial 
rock  shall .  by  which  they  are  moved  back  and  for 
ward  by  crank  or  eccentric  motion.  The  mullers 
are  held  to  their  places  by  springs  of  moderate 
strength,  the  pressure  of  which  may  be  easily  regu- 
lated. The  oscillating  motion  of  the  mullers" serves 
to  keep  the  pulp  in  a  conslant  state  of  agitation, 
thoroughly  mixing  it,  and  passing  it  under  the  mul- 
lers without  retort  to  any  of  the  various  expedients 
employed  in  Pans  where  a  circular  motion  is  main- 
tained. 

The  peculiar  construction  of  this  superior  machine 
admits  of  its  being  worked  with  a  much  smaller 
charge  of  quick  ilver,  to  any  given  amount  of  pulp 
than  the  flat-bottomed  Pans.  The  spiral  springs 
greatly  assist  in  the  work  of  reduct.on,  by  allowing 
the  free. admission  of  the  pulp  between  the  mullers 
and  dies,  so  that,  the  pulp  is  made  to  actually  work 
upon  itself — as  the  dust  of  the  diamond  is  made  to 
reduce  the  gem  itself. 

Trials  made  with  this  machine  in  the  presence  of 
experts,  during  the  last  six  months,  have  been  pro- 
nounced highly  satisfactory.  It  is  peculiarly  well 
adapted  to  employment  by  small  mining  operators  in 
distant  localities,  as  it  can  readily  be  taken  to  pieces 
and  packed  upon  mules. 

A  large  size  machine  in  constructed  without  dies  or 
mullers,  but  simply  with  arms  to  act  as  stirrers,  to 
be  used  in  connection  with  several  of  the  Amalga- 
mators as  a  "  Separator,"  us  it  is  found  that  the  pecu- 
liar motion  given  to  these  aims,  in  connection  with 
the  concave  shape  of  the  body  of  the  machine,  ren 
ders  it  most  effectual  for  such  a  purpose. 

W.  D.  FAURAND 


STOCKDaLE  HOUSE, 
Corner  Main  and  Oak  streets,  Petaluma. 
mar24  6m  -       H.  STOCKDALE, Proprietor. 


rpo  FARMERS,  MINERS,  LABORERS 

•  nd  all  those  wishing  to  secure  themselves  a  portion  of 
THE  MOST    VALUABLE  AGRICULTURAL    AND  MIN- 
ERAL LANDS  OF  MEXICO, 
With  an  equal  interest  in  the  Profits  of  the  Plantations  of 

THE  MEXICAN  SEA  ISLAND 
COTTON  COMPANY. 

HOMES  FOR  THE  POOR  AND  COMPETENCY  FOR  ALL 

SPECIAL  NOTICE. 

The  Mexican  Sea  Island  Cotton  Company,  having 
reserved  from  their  final  Subscription  List  a  Limited 
Number  nf  Unassessable  Shares,  (the  remaining 
shares  of  the  Company  having  been  taken  up  by  the 
stockholders,)  hereby  offer  the  same  for  sale  at  the 
original  subscription  price  of  Sixteen  Dollars  each, 
payable  iu  cash.  Every  holder  of  a  share  will  be 
entitled  to  a  portion  of  the  Company's  lands,  having 
the  privilege  to  settle  thereon  and  participate  in  all 
the  advantages  and  profits  of  the  enterprise,  and 
special  privileges  granted  to  this  Company  by  an 
Imperial  Decree  of  Maximilian,  dated  9th  January, 
1866,  without  being  subjected  to  the  conditions  of 
regular  Government  emigrants,  tbis  Company  set 
tling  upon  their  own  lands,  secured  by  private  pur- 
chase, and  held  under  indisputable  Spanish  titles. 

Shareholders  becoming  actual  settlers  will  also 
have  the  privilege  of  any  employment  upon  the  Com- 
pany's plantation.  Portions  of  land  will  be  allotted 
to  settlers,  to  be  held  by  them  until  a  final  division 
makes  it  their  property. 

For  the  purpose  oi'  increasing  the  value  of  the 
Company's  land,  and  to  create  all  the  comforts  of  a 
home  and  society,  it  is  the  intention  of  the  company 
to  form  a  regular  settlement  and  to  lay  out  a  town 
adjoining  their  present  plantation  into  building  lots, 
which  will  likewise  be  fairly  divided  between  the 
8,000  shares  which  comprise  the  total  number  of  the 
company. 

A  large  number  of  shareholders  will  settle  upon 
the  company's  lands  after  the  rainy  season  in  Octo- 
ber next.  Many  of  them  may  then  be  employed  by 
the  company,  or  by  others  aide  to  plant  for  them 
selves,  or  in  developing  the  mineral  resources  of  the 
adjoining  mountains,  etc.,  etc. 

Men  of  all  trades  and  professions,  desiring  to  emi- 
grate to  Mexico,  will  have  great  advantages  as 
shareholders  of  this  company.  "  They  will  find  the 
lands  already  purchased  for  them  at  a  rate  equivalent 
to  a  free  gift,  to  be  held  by  each  shareholder  as  his 
property,  protected  by  the  best  Spanish  titles,  and 
the  good  will  of  all  political  parties  now  contending 
for  the  reins  of  government ;  the  climate  the  most 
salubrious,  and  the  laud  rich  and  fertile  beyond  de- 
scription ;  every  kind  of  game  abounding ;  the  rivers 
full  of  fish  and  with  extensive  beds  of  large  oysters ; 
altogether,  a  country  where  it  is  easy  to  procure  a 
livelihood  and  the  comforts  of  a  home  with  less 
labor  and  less  capital  than  in  any  other  part  of  the 
world. 

The  extensive  placer  diggings,  veins  of  silver, 
and  solid  quartz  ledges,  which  are  to  be  found  in  the 
immediate  vicinity,  and  acknowledged  to  be  rich 
and  very  extensive,  can.  by  the  presence  of  a  num- 
ber of  settlers,  be  profitably  developed.  Many  of 
these  mines  are  to  be  found  within  the  limits  of  the 
company's  grant.  The  Sierra  Madre  or  Mother 
Mountain  of  Mexico,  situated  only  within  about 
twenty  miles  from  the  coast,  can  be  reached  and  de- 
veloped with  much  greater  facilitv  than  the  more 
remote  mines  in  the  interior,  and  will  therefore 
make  the  company  s  lauds  the  most  desirable  to 
locate  upon. 

For  Maps  and  Survey,  and  further  information, 
applvat  the  office  of  the  MEXICAN  SEA  ISLAND 
COTTON  CO.,  Betge's  Book  Store,  Russ  House, 
Montgomery  street,  between  the  hours  of  11  and  I 
o'clock. 

All  the  assessable  stock  having  been  taken 
up  by  mutual  subscription  of  stockholders,  the  com- 
pany will  have  no  more  shares  to  offer  after  the 
limited  number  of  v nassessable  shares  have  been 
placed,  and  shall  prefer  to  sell  these  to  actual 
settlers — a  single  share  of  which  will  be  sufficient  to 
entitle  them  to  a  large  portion  of  the  lands. 


We,  the  undersigned  shareholders  in  the  Mex- 
ican Sea  island  Cotton  Company,  having  investiga- 
ted and  satistiea  ourselves  of  the  importance  of  the 
enterprise,  recommend  the  same  to  the  public.  We 
are  convinced  that  Onder  the  management  of  the 
present  officers  of  the  company,  with  their  efforts  to 
induce  industrious  parties  to  locate  upon  the  land, 
that  the  enterprise  must  become  very  profitable  to 
all  parties  interested,  and  most  beneficial  to  actual 
settlers. 

S.  R.  Kettlewell.  Blacksmith,  264  First  street. 

W.  C.  Mead  &  Son,  224  Sansome  street. 

M.  O'Neil,  Proprietor  New  Branch  Hotel,  12 

Sutter  street. 
Winall  &  Clapp,  505  Market  street. 
K.  A.  S.  Repiton,  M,D.,  816  Montgomery  street. 
Wm.  Rudolph,  Gunsmith, 216  Pacific  street. 
G  Burkhardt,  Jeweller,  No.  209  Pacific  street. 
E.  Keil,  East  India  Tea  Co.,  631  Washington-st. 
P.  D.  O' Regan,  People's  Bakery ,  corner  Fourth 

and  Jessie  streets. 
Wm.  Meyer,  Provision  Dealer,  258  Third  street. 
John  Duff,  Painter  and  Paper  Hanger.  642  Clay 

street. 

A.  E.  Mylott,  Importer  and  Dealer  in  Cigars  and 

Tobacco,  305  Battery  street 
If.  M.  Baldwin,  Jeweller,  433  Montgomery-st. 
S.  Bayeen,  Hatter,  No.  346  Kearny  street. 
Mathew  McCloskey,  644  Howard  street. 
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THE  CALIFORNIA**. 


|  July  28th 


AMUSEMENTS. 

AT  Maguire's  Opera  House,  Hie  Female  Detective  was 
played  on  Monday,  Tuesday,  and  Wednesday  even- 
ings. The  plot  of  the  piece,  of  course,  is  that  the  "  Female 
Detective"  discovers  any  amount  of  villainy  in  some  wretch 
of  the  opposite  sex.  who  has  already  married  one  female,  and 
who  is  trying  to  marry,  elope  with,  or  carry  off  three  or  four 
others  ;  all  of  which  is  prevented  by  said  female  detective. 
Miss  Kate  Denio  played  the  "Detective" — in  which  she 
assumed  a  half  dozen  disguises — with  that  degree  of  talent  and 
versatility  for  which  she  is  accredited.  Mrs.  Sophie  Edwin 
personated  the  loving  and  confidant  wife  of  the  villain,  to 
whom  she  was  secretly  married,  with  feeling  and  fervor.  Mrs. 
Jackson  ably  played  the  part  of  the  principal  young  lady  whom 
the  villain  wished  (for  the  sake  of  her  property)  to  inveigle 
into  a  marriage  with  him.  Mr.  AVilson  personated  the  villain 
aforesaid,  and  Mr.  McCullough  the  importunt  part  of  a  male 
detective,  whose  simple  duty  seemed  to  be  to  do  nothing  but 
get  handcuffed  by  the  scoundrels  he  wished  to  arrest,  to  be 
cast  in  prison  on  their  accusations,  and,  by  his  dullness,  set 
off  the  remarkably  brilliant  exploits  of  the  female  detective. 
The  piece  drew  well,  which  was  all  that  could  be  asked  of  it ; 
and  served  to  add  to  the  variety  of  that  dramatic  feast  which 
Manager  Maguire  is  weekly  serving  up  at  the  Opera  House. 

Uncle  Tom's  Cabin  was  revived  on  Thursday  night,  and  will 
be  presented  as  the  feature  for  to-day's  matinee.  This  even- 
ing, the  "  Dashaways"  have  a  benefit,  and  present  Asmode>/x, 
or,  The  Little  Devil's  Share,  aud  the  fareo  of  Delicate  Ground. 
The  benefits  that  the  members  of  this  association  have  ren- 
dered to  the  community  will,  we  trust,  be  in  part  receipro- 
cated  by  their  being  the  recipients  of  a  bumper  of  a  benefit 
to  night — thi3  being  the  only  class  of  bumpers  a  grateful 
public  can  give  them  in  return  for  the*  great  good  they  have 
done. 

On  Monday  evening.  Mr.  Richard  Younge,  a  tragedian  of 
reputation,  who  recently  arried  here  from  Australia,  will  make 
his  first  appearance,  as  "  Sir  Giles  Overreach."  Mr.  Tounge's 
name  is  a  familiar  one  to  the  European  theatres,  and  he  was 
to  have  supported  the  late  Gustavus  Brooke  in  his  Australian 
engagement. 

Academy  of  Music. —  The  Bohemian  Girl,  brought  out 
last  Saturday  night,  was  very  smoothly  rendered  and  had  quite 
a  successful  run  of  four  consecutive  nights.  Miss  Emma 
Howson,  as  "  Arline,"  sang  the  music  very  creditably  and  to 
the  general  satisfaction  of  her  audiences.  If  the  young  prima 
donna  did  not  fulfil  the  exacting  requirements  of  some  of  our 
more  highly-cultivated  music  lovers,  she  at  least  gave  them  an 
"  Arline  "  who  looked  and  acted  the  character  better  than  any 
who  have  preceded  her.  Her  younger  sister.  Miss  Clelia 
Howson,  made  a  very  youthful  "  Gipsy  Queen  "—which  may 
be  set  down  as  its  principal  fault.  Her  voice  and  action  have 
not  yet  ripened  into  the  fullness  required  for  \he  part  ;  the  lady 
stands  in  the  half-enviable  position  of  being  yet  too  young 
to  personate  effectively  not  only  that,  but  the  characters  she 
is  usually  cast  for.  The  pleasant-voiced  tenor.  Mr.  Herberte. 
would  certainly  recder  his  parts  more  acceptably  if  he  would 
throw  more  animation  in  both  the  singing  and  the  acting  of 
them.  With  the  exception  of  "  The  Fair  Land  of  Poland," 
in  the  last  scene,  his  "  Thaddeus  "  was  too  tamely  given  ; 
though  his  rendering  of  that  song  plainly  proved  him  capable 
of  better  things  if  he  would  only  conquer  the  general  apathy 
which  pervades  his  personations.  This  song  was  encored  every 
evening.  The  spirit  and  animation  shown  in  it  was  always  a 
pleasant  surprise  for  the  audience.  Mr.  Frank  Howson  as  the 
"  Count,"  was  good  ;  and  Mr.  Leach,  in  his  excellent  charac- 
terization of  "  Devilshoof,"  added  materially  to  the  successor 
the  opera  The  concerted  pieces  and  chorus,  were  excellently 
given  ;  and  the  opera,  as  a  whole,  proved  a  very  pleasant  and 
enjoyable  entertainment. 

The  Night  Dancers,  a  light  and  very  pleasant  English 
opera,  was  given,  for  the  first  time  in  America,  on  Thursday 
night.  There  is  so  much  familiar  music  in  it — especially  in 
the  last  act — which  has  been  popularized  by  political  and 
Ethiopian  airs,  that  the  audience  raised  the  same  objections 
to  it  that  the  countryman  did  to  Hamlet,  upon  seeing  it  played 
for  the  first  time — that  "  it  was  too  full  of  quotations." 
When  we  add  that  the  refrains  of  "  Marching  Through 
Georgia,"  "  The  Union  Fovever,"  and  "  Johnuy  Comes 
Marching  Home,"  are  all  plainly  traced  in  the  beautiful  airs 
which  the  female  chorus  sing,  while  appearing  as  the  Wilies 
or  Night  Dancers,  the  point  will  be  seen.  The  Night  Dan- 
cers was  composed  by  E.  Loder  for  Madame  Albertazzi  (sister 
of  Mr.  Frank  Howson,  and  aunt  of  the  younger  members  of 
the  troupe  of  the  same  name,)  and  was  produced  in  London 
Borne  twenty  years  ago.  So  the  priority  of  the  opera,  like  the 
question  between  Hamlet  and  the  quotations,  is  easily  settled. 

Neither  Miss  Emma  nor  Miss  Clelia  Howson  have  appeared 
in  any  parts  which  they  sustain  so  charmingly,  both  as  to  sing- 
ing and  action,  as  those  of  this  opera.  The  female  chorus 
came  out  quite  brilliantly  in  the  last  act,  and  gave  undeniable 
evidence  of  musical  aud  vocal  attainment.  We  are  sure  that 
The  Night  Dancers  will  prove  a  popular  opera,  and  will  drow 
well  as  soon  as  its  merits  become  known  to  the  public.  It 
will  be  repeated  to-night. 


Metropolitan  Theatre. — The  Italian  Opera  season,  at  the 
Metropolitan  Theatre,  has  completed  its  second  week  in  a 
manner  equally  gratifying  to  the  manager  and  satisfactory  to 
the  musical  public,  especially  to  the  subscribers,  who  have  had 
a  greater  variety  of  entertainment  than  many  of  them  prob- 
ably expected.  Ernani,  11  Trovatore,  La  Traviata,  Lucre- 
zia  Borgia,  and  Norma,  have  occupied  the  five  regular  nights- 
Norma  having  also  been  given  on  Saturday — an  off-night — 
prior  to  its  reeular  introduction  to  the  subscribers  last  even- 
ing. Five  operas  more  thoroughly  familiar  to  the  public 
could  hardly  have  been  selected  ;  nor  could  the  artists  have 
encountered  a  severer  test  than  the  keen  and  undivided  at- 
tention thus  relieved  from  any  consideration  of  the  music  itself, 
and  devoted  entirely  to  the  manner  of  its  performance.  From 
such  a  test,  however,  and  in  spite  of  crowding  recollections  of 
Morelli,  Adelaide  Phillips,  and  other  favorites,  the  present 
company  may  be  said  to  have  risen  not  only  without  defeat, 
but  with  a  reasonable  measure  of  triumph — perhaps  enough  to 
warrant  us  in  anticipating  for  it  a  more  thoroughly  successful 
season,  musically  and  financially,  than  has  fallen  to  the  lot  of 
any  company  ever  collected  here.  Meantime,  there  are  two 
or  three  weak  places  which  demand  notice  and  improvement. 
The  female  chorus,  though  increased  in  number,  lack  confi- 
dence, or  voice,  or  both  :  there  is  room  for  some  energetic 
training  here.  The  orchestra  has  not  strings  enough  to  bal- 
ance^he  wind  instruments — a  common  fault  all  over  the 
United  States,  and  especially  in  California,  but  more  than 
usually  noticeable  this  6cason  :  we  hope  the  manager  will  be 
able  to  give  us  one  or  two  more  first  violins,  and  that  Mr. 
Herold  will  induce  the  gentlemen  on  his  right  to  play  more 
softly  than  they  sometimes  do.  The  increased  volume  of 
wind,  however,  arises  partly  from  the  fact  that  the  bassoon,  an 
important  instrument,  is  now  in  the  hands  of  a  competent 
artist — a  new  face  to  us — and  is  played  as  we  do  not  remem- 
ber to  have  heard  it  here  for  many  years  ;  the  exquisite  little 
obligato  which  commences  the  tomb  scene  in  Ernani  was  so 
well  given  as  to  receive  a  hearty  round  of  applause.  There 
are  several  other  perfocmers  in  the  orchestra  who  are  fully 
competent  to  their  work,  but  it  is  chiefly  (and  we  suppose 
unavoidably)  composed  of  those  who  have  not  that  perfect 
familiarity  with  the  music  of  opera,  and  the  style  of  accom- 
panying recitative,  which  is  almost  more  necessary  than  me- 
chanical correctness. 

The  new  artists  have  strengthened  the  favorable  opinion 
created  by  their  first  appearance,  and  it  is  difficult  to  say 
which  has  proved  the  more  successful.  Signor  Milleri  has 
the  advantage  of  being  undoubtedly  the  best  basso  pro/undo 
who  ever  visited  this  coast,  while  Signor  Mancusi  has  to 
struggle  against  the  inevitable  comparison  with  Morelli, 
whom  we  all  delighted  to  honor,  and  whose  imperial  pres- 
ence, powerful  and  souorous  voice,  and  unrivalled  knowledge 
of  stage  business,  are  fresh  in  our  memory.  Mancusi  has 
played  "  Don  Carlos  "  in  Ernani,  the  "  Count  do  Luna  "  in 
Trovatore,  and  "  Giorgio  Gennont "  in  Traviata — the  last 
named  character  being  generally,  we  think,  considered  his 
finest  impersonation  so  far.  Milleri,  as  "  Silva,"  in  Ernani, 
"Ferrando"  (a  minor  part,  kindly  assumed  by  him)  in  Tro- 
vatore, "  Duke  Alfonso  "  in  Lucrezia,  and  "  Oroveso  "  in 
Norma,  has  appeared  to  great  advantage.  Lucrezia,  on 
Wednesday  evening,  was  marked  by  the  debut  of  Miss  Jenny 
Landesmann,  a  young  contralto,  already  favorably  known  as 
a  concert  singer.  Her  impersonation  of  "  Maffio  Orsini  " 
showed  great  confidence  and  presence  of  mind  on  the  stage, 
a  dramatic  talent  and  training  quite  remaikable  in  a  debu- 
tante, and  considerable  skill  in  the  use  of  a  promising  voice  : 
her  rendering  of  the  famous  "  Brindisi  "  was  by  no  means 
equal  to  her  singing  of  some  other  passages,  but.  was  en- 
thusiastically applauded.  Signorina  Brambilla,  the  prima 
donna  of  the  season,  is  singing  her  best,  and  Signor  Bianchi 
appears  to  be  in  remarkably  fine  voice ;  Messrs.  Schraub- 
stadter,  Roncovieri  and  others,  deserve  creditable  mention 
for  their  careful  rendering  of  minor  characters. 

Lucia  di  Lammermoor  will  be  produced  this  evening  as  a 
non-subscription  performance.  On  Monday,  the  sixth  regular 
nisrht  of  the  season,  Attila  will  be  given,  for  the  first  time  in 
ten  years.   

At  last,  after  a  labor  of  sixteen  years,  Mr.  S.  Austin  Alli- 
bone  has  completed  his  magnum  ojnts,  the  greatest  biblio- 
graphical undertaking  of  this  country.  In  a  letter  to  a  friend, 
dated  May  30,  he  says  :  "  The  dictionary  of  authors  which  I 
projected  in  1850,  and  commenced  preparing  tcr  the  press 
Aug.  1,  1853,  was  completed  last  night  at  twenty-seven  min- 
utes after  eight."  Those  who  have  used  Mr.  Allibone's  first 
volume,  and  have  become  acquainted  with  its  excellences,  will 
be  eager  for  this  second  and  concluding  part,  which  will  soon 
be  published  by  Mr.  G.  W.  Childs,  of  Philadelphia.  The  book 
contains  the  sum  and  essence  of  all  bibliography.  It  is  a  ready 
guide  to  the  writings  of  all  the  world's  authors. 

The  mausoleum  to  the  memory  of  Prince  Albert,  in  Hyde 
Park,  is  partially  finished.  It  is  160  feet  in  height,  and  is  to 
be  surmounted  by  a  statue  of  the  prince,  upon  which  Maro- 
chetti  is  now  engaged.  The  work  has  been  going  on  for  two 
years,  and  will  occupy  two  more. 


SPRING   AND    SUMMER  FASHIONS. 

FASHION,  this  season,  is  pleased  to  be  very  gay  and 
very  peculiar.  Odd  little  bonnets  of  the  quaintest  de- 
signs form  the  apex  to  objects  constructed  on  no  architectu- 
ral model  save  that  of  the  Pyramids,  the  base  being  exceed- 
ingly wide  and  broad,  and  differing  from  those  ancient  Egyp- 
j  tian  specimens  of  art  only  in  the  modeling  of  waist  and  the 
projection  of  arms. 

Take  the  whole  effect,  however,  and,  save  where  there  is 
unnecessary  exaggeration,  it  is  not  bad.  The  contrast  of 
color  is  pleasant  without  being  too  glaring.  Harmony  is 
insisted  upon  ;  and  though  there  are  many  novelties,  and  great 
variety  in  style,  material,  and  trimming,  good  taste  suggests 
the  impropriety  of  mixing  or  overloading  with  ornament  any 
article  of  costume,  and  finds  much  more  elegance  in  quiet 
simplicity  than  in  vulgar  display. 

Embroidery  has  been  revived  to  an  extent  which  renders  it 
a  most  important  element  in  ornamenting  dresses,  suits,  skirts, 
and  articles  of  clothing  of  all  kinds.  Scarcely  an  article  of 
dress  comprised  in  ladies  and  children's  wardrobes  but  is  in- 
debted to  this  method  of  producing  a  highly  decorative  effect. 
The  fashionable  impetus  has  undoubtedly  been  given  by  the 
beautiful  embroidery  executed  by  the  Grover  &  Baker  Ma- 
chine, by  the furorj  which  it  has  excited  abroad,  and  the  ad- 
miration and  patronage  which  it  has  received  in  the  highest 
circles.  Not  only  dresses,  cloaks,  suits,  Balmoral  skirts,  and 
the  more  important  articles  of  clothing  are  now  ornamented 
with  machine  embroidery,  but  parasols  (which  are  alterward 
dotted,  or  tilled  up  with  beads,)  slippers,  both  kid  and  satin, 
and  gaiter  boots,  both  for  walking  and  visiting  wear. 

This  fashionable  rage  renders  the  possession  of  a  Gkovkr  & 
Baker  Machine  indispensable  to  dress-makers,  and  most  de- 
sirable to  families  where  the  mother  executes  most  of  the 
sewing,  and  wishes  to  dress  herself  and  children  handsomely, 
and,  at  the  same  time,  economically. 

Morning  dresses  are  made  of  cambric,  or  pique.  Jf  of  the 
latter,  they  are  either  goied,  or  made  into  a  skirt  and  short 
jacket,  which  is  worn  wilh  a  white  tucked  chemisette.  The 
sored  dresses  are  beautifully  embroidered  down  the  seums  in 
a  narrow  and  very  simple  prttern,  and  sometimes  scolloped 
out  round  the  bottom  ;  the  jackets  are  also  embroidered,  and 
the  skirls,  either  in  an  apron  pattern,  as  a  border,  or  in  small 
pyramids  upon  the  skirt. 

Striped  cambrics  are  very  often  trimmed  with  fril's  ot  the 
material  ;  but  plain  cambric  dresses  are  extremely  pretty 
trimmed  with  bands  of  cambric  of  a  contrasting  color,  stitched 
on  with  the  machine. 

We  hardly  know  whether  this  is  the  proper  place  to  discuss 
such  matters,  but  we  may  just  mention,  for  the  benefit  of 
housekeepers,  that  the  newest  and  most  stylish  library-table 
and  piano  covers  are  made  of  plain  light  brown,  or  neutral, 
shades  of  cloth,  stitched  upon  the  edge,  and  ornamented  in 
the  centre  with  beautiful  designs  in  embroidery  machine 
stitching.   • 

VARIOUS. 

Mrs.  Kedle,  widow  of  the  poet,  died  recently  at  Brookside 
Bournemouth,  England,  in  the  same  house  where  her  husband 
died.  On  the  removal  of  her  husband's  body  to  Ilursley,  she 
begged  that  his  grave  might  be  kept  open  for  her — she  should 
not  be  long  apart  from  him.  Her  words  were  singularly 
verified  :  she  survived  him  but  sixty-six  diys. 

The  following  advertisement  appeared  in  a  New  York  coun- 
try paper  recently,  says  the  Boston  Post  : 

"Manure — Wanted,  stable  manure.  Any  person  having 
from  five  to  fifty  loads  to  dispose  of  will  please  send  word  or 
drop  it  through  the  pest  office." 

Not  in  a  New  York  paper,  but  in  a  New  Haven  paper,  by 
the  gentleman  recently  elected  Lieutenant  Governor  of  Con- 
necticut.— "  Fact,"  in  a  New  York  Paper. 

A  widower  wilh  seven  children  recently  married  in  Western 
New  York  a  widow  with  five.  Each  had  concealed  from  the 
other  the  fact  of  the  offspring,  and  the  discovery  made  a 
pleasant  episode. 

Illinois  is  bigger  than  New  England  and  New  Jersey,  Dela- 
ware and  Maryland  besides,  the  latler  States  having  altogether 
an  area  of  54,836  square  miles,  while  Illinois  has  55,405. 

A  stuffed  eel-skin,  with  a  hook  at  the  end,  is  the  tempting 
bait  that  lures  the  blue-fish  to  his  ruin. 

A  dish  of  over  done  meat  recently  called  out  the  fire  de- 
partment of  Providence. 

At  Springfield,  Mass.,  a  lady  sent  the  following  volunteer 
toast :  "  Spruce  old  bachelors,  the  evergreens  of  society." 

The  marriage  of  Princess  Mary  of  Cambridge  and  Prince 
Treck  took  place  on  the  12th  ult. 

Artemus  Ward  was  offered  §20,000  and  his  travelling  ex- 
penses for  a  six  months'  lecturing  tour  in  England^ 

All  the  doctors  of  the  State  were  in  Portland,  Maine,  one 
day  lately,  and  Portland  survived. 

Peaches  are  81  00  a-piece  in  New  York. 

Onk  of  the  roost  brilliant  women,  among  the  faehionablo  throng  at 
the  Springe,  declared  in  confidence  to  a  friend  that  she  ascribed  the 
beautiful  clearness  and  richness  of  her  complexion  to  the  use  of  Da- 
vidson's Circassian  Bloom. 


July  28th  | 


THE  CAL 


I  FORNIAN 


13 


AGUA  DE  MAGNOLIA. 
A  toilet  delight,  riuperior  to  any  cologne, 
used  to  bathe  the  face  and  person,  to  render  the  skin 
soft  and  fresh,  to  allay  inflammation,  to  perfume 
clothing,  for  headache,  etc.  It  is  manufactured  from 
the  rich  Southern  Magnolia,  and  is  obtaining  a  pat- 
ronage quite  unprecedented.  It  is  a  favorite  with 
actresses  and  opera  singers.  It  is  sold  by  all  dealers, 
at  $1.00  in  large  bottles,  and  by  Dimas  Barnes  & 
Co.,  New  York,  Wholesale  Agents. 


Agua  de  Magnolia.  — The  prettiest  thing, 
the  "  sweetest  thing,"  and  the  most  of  it  for  the  least 
money.  '  It  overcomes  the  odor  of  perspiration  ; 
softens  and  adds  delicacy  to  the  skin ;  is  a  delightful 
perfume;  allays  headache  and  inflammation,  and  is 
a  necessary  companion  in  the  sick  room,  in  the  nur- 
sery and  upon  the  toilet  sideboard.    It  can  be  ob- 

ned  everywhere  at  one  dollar  per  bottle. 


Lyon's  Magnetic  Insect  Powder  is  in- 
stant death  to  Fleas,  Ticks,  Roaches,  and  everything 
of  the  insect  species.  It  is  one  of  the  few  articles 
that  can  be  relied  upon,  and  for  a  mere  wo  bits  we 
can  save  the  biles  and  bills  of  these  little  pests. 
None  is  genuine  unless  signed  by  E.  Lyon,  and 
bearing  the  private  stamp  of  Demas  Darues  &.  Co., 
New  York. 


S— T— 1860— X.    DRAKE'S  PLANTATION 

BITTERS. 
They  purify,  strengthen  and  invigorate. 
They  create  u  healthy  appetite. 
They  ure  an  antidote  to  ehuuge  of  water  and  diet. 
They  strengthen  the  system  and  enliven  the  mind. 
They  preveut  miasmatic  and  intermittent  fevers. 
They  purify  the  breath  and  acidity  of  the  stomach. 
They  cure  Dyspepsia  and  Constipation. 
They  cure  Liver  Complaint  and  Nervous  Head- 
ache. 

They  are  the  best  Bitters  iu  the  world.  Tbey 
make  the  weak  strong,  and  are  exhausted  natuie's 
great  restorer.  They  are  made  of  pure  St.  Croix 
Rum,  the  celebrated Calisaya  Bark,  roots  and  herbs, 
and  are  taken  with  the  pleasure  of  a  beverage,  with- 
out regard  to  age  or  time  of  day.  Particularly  rec 
ommeuded  to  delicate  persous  requiring  a  gentle 
stimulaut.  Sold  by  all  Grocers,  Druggists,  Hotels 
and  Saloons.  Only  genuine  when  Cork  is  covered 
by  our  private  U.  S.  Stamp.  Beware  of  couuter- 
eits  anil  re  tilled  bottles. 

P.  H.  DRAKE  &  CO.,  New  York. 

"  In  lifting  the  kettle  from  the  lire  I  scalded  my 
self  very  severely — one  hand  almost  to  a  crisp.  Tlie 
torture  was  unbearable.  »  *  *  The  Mexican 
llusmug  Liniment  relieved  the  pain  almost  immedi- 
ately. It  healed  rapidly,  and  left  very  little  scar. 
"Chas.  Foster,  420  Broad  street,  Philada." 


This  is  merely  a  sample  of  what  the  Mus- 
tang Liuiinent  will  do.    It  is  invaluable  in  all  case 
of  wounds,  swellings,  sprains,  cuts,  bruises, spavin 
etc. ,  either  upon  man  or  beast. 

Beware  of  counterfeits.  None  is  genuine  uniess 
wrapped  iu  tine  steel-plate  engravings,  bearing  the 
signature  of  G.  \V.  Westbrook,  Chemist,  and  the 
private  stamp  of  Demas  Barnes  &  Co.,  New  York. 


All  who  Value  a  Beautiful  Head  of 

Hair,  and  its  preservation  from  premature  baldness 
and  turning  gray,  will  not'  fail  to  use  Lyon's  Cele- 
brated Rath  a  ikon.  It  makes  the  hair  rich,  soft, 
and  glossy,  eradicates  dandruff,  and  causes  the  hair 
to  grow  with  luxuriant  beauty.  It  is  sold  every- 
where.      E.  THOMAS  LYON,  Chemist,  N.  Y. 


Lyon's  Extract  of  Pure  Jamaica  Ginger, 
for  Indigestion.  Nausea,  Heartburn,  Sick  Headache, 
Cholera  Morbus,  &c,  where  a  warming,  genial 
stimulant  is  required  Its  careful  preparation  and 
entire  purity  make  it  a  cheap  and  reliable  article  for 
culiuary  purposes.  Sold  everywhere,  at  50  cents  per 
bMtU.  ap71y 


No  Forfeiting. — Heretofore,  if  a  person.holding 
a  Life  Policy  became  unfortunate,  and  could  not 
raise  the  sum  of  money  required  to  pay  his  next  pre- 
mium, his  policy  was  declared  forfeited.  The 
Brooklyn  Like  I.nsuka>.ce  Company  of  New 
York  has  decided  to  make  every  policy  it  issues 
NONFORFEITABLE,  giving  a  PAID-UP 
POLICY  to  the  party  if  unable  to  continue  his 
payments  of  premiums.  The  dividends  of  the 
Brooklyn  Life  Insurance  Company  are  settled  annu- 
ally in  cash.  This  plan  is  far  more  acceptable  to 
insurers  than  at  the  end  of  three  or  five  years,  as  in 
other  companies.  The  Brooklyn  Life  Insurance 
Company  allows  thirty  days  grace  iu  the  payment 
of  premiums.  Its  policies  are  incontestable,  and  its 
losses  are  promptly  paid.  The  Brooklyn  Life  Insu- 
rance Company  offers  every  known  plan  of  Life 
and  Endowment  Insurance.  Get  a  pamphlet  at  the 
office,  240  Montgomery  street,  southeast  corner  of 
Pine,  from  Stephen  T.  King,  General  Manager,  or 
David  B.  ArrowBmith,  Local  Agent. 


MEDICAL  ADVICE. 
Dr.  Wm.  K.  Doherty's  Medical  and  Surgical 
Institute  is  becoming  a  sine  qua  non  to  the  welfare 
of  our  State  and  health  of  our  citizens ;  and  his 
rapidly  spreading  reputation,  although  it  may  excite 
surprise,  is  but  the  signal  of  skill,  and  follows  as  the 
natural  effect  of  such  a  cause.  We  are  persouallv 
acquainted  with  gentlemen  who  had  suil'ered  for 
years  under  chronic  disease,  and  who  had  taken  ad- 
vantage of  every  available  means  that  promised 
relief,  but  without  success,  until  they  called  upon 
Dr.  Doherty,  who,  in  an  incredibly  short  space  of 
time,  has  given  them  entire  relief.  It  is  gratifying 
to  announce  this  fact,  because  the  Doctor  is  a  gentle- 
man who  seeks,  not  by  defamation  of  others,  to  es- 
tablish his  leputation,  or  to  rear  the  superstructure  of 
his  own  upon  the  ruin  of  another's  fume.  The  Doc- 
tor conducts  his  Institute  in  a  manner  that  must  be 
gratifying  to  all  Ins  patients.  He  examines,  hears 
advises,  and  recommends,  without  charge,  and  the 
patient,  after  hearing  his  terms  for  treatment,  can 
accept  or  reject  at  pleasure.  In  no  case  does  the 
Doctor  muke  a  charge  unless  he  effects  a  cure.  This 
he  is  able  to  do,  because  he  feels  the  confidence 
which  loug  experience  has  given,  and  no  doubt  the 
consolation  which  appertains  to  that  confidence. 
Persons  alllicted  with  either  acute  or  chronic  disease, 
would  do  weil  to  cousult  the  Doctor  ;  at  all  events, 
it  can  do  no  harm,  as  for  consultation  he  asks  no  fee  ; 
nor  does  he  insist  on  obedience  to  his  advice  unices 
the  patient  places  himself  under  his  care.  His  offices 
are  on  Sacramento  street,  opposite  the  Pacific  Mail 
Steamship  office.  —  Stin  Fro  fiasco  News. 


E  Goldsmith  &  Co.,  at  No.  C46  Sacramento 
street,  three  doors  below  Kearny,  have  just  received 
some  beautiful  now  style  Garibaldis  and  Zouave 
Jackets,  that  for  taste  and  style  are  particularly 
worthy  of  the  atteution  of  our  lady  readers.  They 
have  also  a  line  assortment  of  Ladies'  Furnishing 
Goods  of  the  choicest  description.  French  corsets 
for  one  dollar.  A  great  variety  of  French  toilet  and 
fancy  articles,  the  newest,  styles  of  buttons  and 
dress  trimmings,  may  always  be  found  ut  Gold- 
smith's G46  Sacramento  street. 


RHEUMATISM. 

Throughout  this  coast  a  great  deal  of  suffering  is 
experienced  from  Rheumatism.  Weeks  and  even 
months  of  protracted  and  aggravated  misery  is  en- 
dured by  the  victims  of  medical  inefficiency  and 
ignorance,  which  could  be  cured  just  as  speedily  as 
was  Mr.  Sparrow,  whose  testimony  is  given  below, 
and  is  only  the  echo  of  hundreds  of  other  cases. 
Dr.  Bourne  cures  without  medicines,  which  accounts 
for  his  extraordinary  success.  No.  10  Masonic 
Temple,  Post  street  entrance: 

San  Francisco,  September  6,  1861. 

Dr.  Bourne:  Last  Winter  I  was  nearly  dead,  by 
an  attack  of  .inflammatory  rheumatism.  1  suffered 
the  most  excruciating  pains  for  about  five  weeks, 
without  any  hope  of  relief,  when  a  friend,  hearing 
of  my  illness,  called  to  6ee  me,  and  assured  me  that 
if  I  would  stop  "  drugging  and  dosing,''  and  go  to 
you,  that  you  would  have  me  walkiug  about  the 
streets  in  three  days.  Sure  enough,  although  1  was 
utterly  helpless,  and  conveyed  to  your  house  in  a 
carriage,  aud  carried  into  it  by  three  stout  men,  and 
was  by  them  lifted  into  the  bath,  yet,  on  coming 
out  of  the  bath  I  was  uble  to  largely  assist  myself, 
doing  much  toward  dressing,  and  without  assistance 
walked  from  the  bath  to  the  carriage.  On  the 
fourth  day,  I  discharged  my  carriage  and  walked 
with  a  friend's  aid  the  entire  distance  to  your  house 
(nearly  a  mile)  and  home  again,  and  so  on  until 
cured  ;  and  I  had  not  taken  more  than  twelve  baths 
when,  all  pain  ani  swelling  having  ceased,  I  felt 
myself  a  well  man.  Aud  now  I  am  happy  to  do  this 
little  service  of  publicly  certifying  to  the  simple 
truth,  leaving  it  to  do  its  own  work  among  such  of 
my  friends  and  acquaintances  us  may  chance  to  see 
this.  Your  friend.  Joseph  Sparrow. 


Dainty  Work. — About  the  daiutiest  work  we 
ever  saw  were  specimens  of  hair  jewelry  at  the  es- 
tablishment of  Mrs.  C.  Cook,  G45  Clay  street,  between 
Montgomery  and  Kearny  streets,  yesterday.  This 
lady  manufactures  all  sorts  of  jewelry — watch-chains, 
earrings,  linger  rings,  breastpins,  and  various  other 
kinds  of  ornaments — from  human  hair.  We  wit 
nessed  the  process  of  manufacture,  aud  it  is  intricate 
and  ingenious  iu  the  highest  degree. —  6'.  F.  Exam 
intr. 


A  SUMMER  AND  WINTER  MEDICINE. 

"  Great  oaks  from  little  acorns  grow." 

The  wcrst  diseases  known  to  the  human  race 
spring  from  causes  so  small  U6  to  almost  defy  detec- 
tion. The  volumes  of  scientific  lore  that  fill  the 
tables  and  shelves  of  the  medical  fraternity  only  go 
to  prove  and  elaborate  these  facts. 

Then  guard  yourselves  while  you  may.  The 
smallest  pimple  on  the  skin  is  a  tell-tale  and  indica- 
tor of  disease.  It  may  fade  and  die  away  from  the 
surface  of  the  body,  but  it  will  reach  the  vit  lis,  per- 
haps, at  last,  and  death  be  the  result  and  final  close. 
Maggiel's  Bilious,  Dyspeptic  and  Diarrhwa  Pills 
cure  where  all  others  fail.  While  for  Burns,  Scalds, 
Chilblains,  Cuts,  and  all  abrasions  of  the  skin,  Mag- 
giel's Salve  is  infallible.  Sold  by  J.  Maggiel,  43 
Fulton  street,  New  York,  aud  all  Druggists,  at  25 
cents  per  box. 


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Clergyman  and  their  Families  of  N'ew  York  city,  who, 
having  uscJ  the  Suzoilout  for  a  long  time  past,  arc  cou 
vinceu  ot  its  excellent  ami  itivaluablo  qualities,  and  give 
it  their  cordial  commendation  : 

Rev.   THOMAS  DEW  ITT,  Pastor  Collegiate 

Ref.  Dutch  Church,  Lafayette  Piece. 
Rev.  J.  W.  ALEXANDER,  D.  D. ,  Presbyterian 

Church,  Fifth  Avenue. 
Rev.  J.  B.  WAKE  LEY,  M.  E.  City  Missionary. 
Rev.  W.  F.  MORGAN,  D.D.,  Rector  at.  Thomas 

Church,  Broadway. , 
Rev.  E.  H.  CHAPIN.  D.  D.,  Pastor  Fourth  Uni- 

versaiist  Church,  Broadway. 
Rev.  SAMUEL  COOKE,  D.D.,  Rector  St.  Bar- 
tholomew's Chinch,  Lafayette  Place. 
Rev.  SAMUEL  OSGOOD,  D.D.,  Pastor  Church 

of  Messiah,  Broadway. 
Rev.  B.  M.  ADAMS,  M.  E.  Church,  Duane  street. 
Rev.  I1EMAS  BANGS,  late  Pastor  Centenary 

M.  E.  Church,  Brooklyn. 
Rev.  W.  S.  MIKELS,  Pastor  Baptist  Church, 

Sixteenth  street. 
Rev.  GKO.  POTTS,  D.D.,  Pastor  Presbyterian 

Church,  University  Place. 
Rev.  E.  E.  R  AN KI S, Pastor  Presbyterian  Church 

Forty  second  street. 
Rev.  T.  E.  VERM1LYE,  D.  D.,  Pastor  of  Co 

Dutch  Reformed ,  Lafayette  Place. t 

FROM  G.  F.  J.  COLBURN,  DOCTOR  DENTAL  SUR- 
GERY, NEWARK,  N.  J. 
The  Popular  Deutrilice  known  as  Van  Buskirk's  11  SO- 
ZODONT,"  besides  bring  a  very  pleasant  addition  to  luc 
toilet,  contains  ingredients  that,  if  used  according  to  the 
directions,  will  prove  of  tlie  greatest  utility  to  the  health 
of  the  muutli  and  teeth. 

BEWARE   OF  IMITATIONS  I 
Sold  by  all  D.-uggists  and  Perlumcrs. 

HALL  &  RUCK  EL, 

je2  4m  NEW  YORK. 


gREWSTER  &  CO.'S 

Carriage  Manufactory, 

372  Broome  sleet,  New  York. 

We  desire  to  announce  to  our  California  friends  that 
wo  have  made  extensive  arrangements  by  increasing 
our  works  fur  the  coming  season,  aud  with  a  view  to 

SUPPLYING  THE 

WANTS  OF  CALIFORNIA, 

will  manufacture  a  style  of  work  particularly  adapted  to 
city  and  country  use,  and  iu  view  of  the  destructive  ef- 
fects of  city  railroads  on  all  light  work,  will  givo 

CARRIAGES,  BUGGIES,  PHAETONS,  COUPES, 
and  Vehicles  of  every  description,  of  our  own  manufac- 
ture, on  hand  and  made  to  order. 
Orders  or  communications  should  be  addressed  to 
BREWSTER  CO., 

Of  Broome  street, 
The  firm  of  Brewster  &  Baldwin  uot  beiDg  in  any  way 
connected  with 

BREWSTER  &  CO., 
Of  No.  372,  Broome  street, 


ALL'S  SARSAPARILLA, 
YELLOW  DOCK  AND  IODIDE  POTASS, 

THE 

Best  Blood  Purifier  Known. 

Persons  that  are  troubled  with  Rheumatism, 
Scrofula,  Neuralgia,  Morbid  Liver,  Salt 
Rheum,  Pimples,  Boils,  or  any  of  the  many 
diseases  that  originate  from  Impure  Blood, 
would  find  it  much  to  their  advantage  to  give 
this  justly  celebrated  article  a  trial.  One  or 
two  bottles  are  quite  sufficient  to  convince  the 
most  skeptical  of  its  merits.  It  contains 
neither  Spirit,  ARSENIC  nor  MERCURY 
which  cannot  be  truly  said  of  any  other  prepa- 
tion  called  "  Sarsaparilla." 

isHEPARDSON  &  GATES,  Proprietors, 

ap7-3m      N.  W.  cor.  Sansome  and  Commercial-streets. 


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and  Suicide,  by  A.  O.  Kellogg,  M.D. 
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Homes. 

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(Mowatt.) 

Poetical  Works  of  Thomas  Bnchanau  Read — New 
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N.  G.  Allen. 

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Waite. 

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Josh  Billings — His  Book. 

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The  Dean's  English,  by  G.  Washington  Moon. 

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John  Marsh.  D.  D. 
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Life  of  Benjamin  Silliman,  by  Geo.  P.  Fisher,  2  vols 
Betsy  June  W  ard — Better  \  to  Artemns. 
The  Person  of  Christ,  by  Philip  Schatf,  D.  D. 
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Friendship. 

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Stanley  's  History  of  the  Jewish  Church,  2d  series. 
Garden  Flowers':  How  to  Cultivate  Them,  by  E.  S. 

Rand,  Jr. 
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Life  of  Emanuel  Swedenborg,  bv  William  White. 
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O'Reilly. 

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IFORNI  AN. 


[July  28th 


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PEIRCE, 
*  FURN1 TURE  A  ND 


AWARDED  the  HIGHEST  PREMIUM 

AT  THE 

State  Fair  of  California, 

The  only  Fair  on  the  Pacific  coast  at  wnich  any  two 
double-thread  Machines  were  exhibited  in  competition  in 

1865. 

If  there  is  a  FLORENCE  SEWING  MA- 
chine  within  one  thousand  miles  of  this  office 
that  is  not  working  well,  it  will  be  attended 
to  if  I  am  informed  of  it,  without  expense  to 
the  owner.  SAMUEL  HILL, 

General  Agent, 
111  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco. 

THE 


FLORENCE 


SEWING  MACHINE 

RECEIVED  THE  FIRST  PREMIUM,  A  GOLD  MEDAL, 
at  the  Great  Exhibition  of  the 

AMERICAN  INSTUTE,  -  -  -  New  York, 
1  8  6  5  . 

myl0-3rn 


J^OSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 

CREATE  A    HEALTHY  APPETITE! 

ROSENBAUMS  BITTERS 
Cure  Dyspepsia,  Diarrhoea  and  Constipation 

ROSENBAUMS  BITTERS 
Invigorate  the  System  and  euliveu  the  mind. 

ROSENBAUM  S  BITTERS 
Overcome  the  effects  of  Drunkenness  and  Late  Hours. 

ROSENBAUM  S  BITTERS 
Cure  »11  Diseases  of  the  Liver,  Stomach  and  Bowels. 

ROSENBAUM  S  BITTERS 
Are  Palatable  to  the  Taste. 

They  are  the 

BEST  BITTERS  IN  THE  MARKET, 

And  when  once  used  will  always  be  called 
for  again. 

They  are  made  ia  the  most  careful  manner 
From  Pure  Old  Wheat  Whisky,  Medicated  from 

Roots  and  Herbs 
Especially  adapted  for  the  cure  of  all  Stomachic  Diseasef 
and  Liver  Complaints. 

Try  Them  and  You  will  be  Satisfied. 
Tor  sale  everywhere  by  Druggists  and  Liquor  Dealerf 
or  by 

N.  B.  JACOBS  &  CO., 

423  Front  Btreet, 
mv116m  am  Francisco 


Bedding  Warerooms. 


QANTY  &  WAGNER, 

(SUCCESSORS  TO  J.  REGAN,) 

WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL 

Confectioners, 

111  Montgomery  street,  bet.  Bush  and  Sutler. 

N.  B. — All  candies  sold  by  us  arewarrented  to  be  man- 
ufactured from  Stewart's  double-refined  Sugai ,  and  to  be 

ual  to  any  munufacl  ured  In  the  State.  Country  mer- 
a  nts  solicited  to  examine  our  stock  and  prices.  Goods 

t  «red  to  auy  pirt  of  the  city  free  of  charge.  my24-3m 


Nos.  415,  417,  and  419  California  Street, 

NEAR  MONTGOMERY. 

THIS  STOCK  OF  FURNITURE,  etc.,  was  selected  with 
great  care,  and  special  attention  given  to  the  wau's  of 
this  market,  ENTIRELY  AT  THE  EAST.  It  Is  NOT 
COMPOSED  OF  REFUSE  GOODS,  ODDS  AND  ENDS  OF 
OTHER  HOUSES  that  have  lalelv  closed  out  here,  but 
CONSISTS  ENTIRELY  OF  NEW  GOODS,  made  after  the 
latest  patterns  and  in  the  men  durable  manner. 

The  present  Stock  is  fully  TWICE  as  large  as  that  of  any 
other  house  here.  Parties  having  any  doubts  of  this,  or 
that  the  assortment  is  not  superior  to  any  in  the  city,  can 
easily  satisfy  themselves  by  calling. 

The  stock  of  Case  Goods  is  larger  than  ever  before. 

J.  PEIRCE, 
Ware-rooms  415,  417  and  419  Caliiornia  street, 

Jel6-3m  SAN  FRANCISCO. 


B.  F. Sterett,  533 
Clay  St.,  a  few  doors 
below  Montgomery, 
continues  to  print  all 
kinds  of  Books,  Bills, 
Circulars,  Cards,  etc. 
in  superior  style,  and 
at  reasonable  prices. 


RODGERS  JOHNSON, 


ODD  FELLOWS'  HALL,  329  Montgomery  Ftr»et, 
jeSO  3ra  San  Francisco. 


J^ATHANIKL  GRAY, 

UNDERTAKER, 
CITY  AND  COUNTY  SEXTON, 
641  Sacramento  street,  Corner  or  Webb 

^ole  agents  for   BARSTOW'S   PATENT  METALLIC  j 
BURIAL  CASES  and  CASKETS. 

,  o 

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Edward  Bosqui  &  Co., 

Printers, 

And  Blank  Book  Manufacturers, 
517  CLAY  STREET, 

Between  Montgomery  and  Sansome  Sts., 
San  Francisco. 


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CHOOL  FURNITURE. 


RANKIN'S  PATENT  SCHOOL  DESK  ; 
Liquid  Slating  for  Blackboard; 
ARITHMETICAL  FRAME; 

Babbitonian  System  of  Writing— the  Best  System 
know 

W.  HOLT, 

det  809  Montgomery  street,  Room  No  2. 


rpRY  LE  COUNT'S  INK. 

M 


CORNER  OF 
Sacramento    and   Montgomery  streets, 

SAN  FRANCISCO 
Post  Office  Address  :  Lock  Box  No  1477.        jt30  3m 


QUINCY  HALL, 

545,  547,  549  WASHINGTON  STREET. 


T 


HE  LIGHT  OF  THE  WORLD. 

DR.  MAGGIEL'S 

Pills  and  Sal\ e. 


These  Life-giving  remedies  arc  now,  for  the  first 
time,  given  publicly  to  the  world-  For  over  11  quar- 
ter of  a  century  of  private  practice  the  ingredients  in 
these 

LIFE-GIVING  PILLS! 

Have  been  used  with  the  greatest  success.  Their 
mission  is  not  onlv  to  prevent  disease,  but  to  cure. 
They  search  out  the  various  maladies  by  which  the 
patient  is  suffering,  and  re-invigorate  the  failing  sys 
tern.  To  the  aged  and  infirm  a  few  doses  of  these 
valuable  PILLS  will  prove  to  be 

A  VERY  FOUNTAIS  OF  YOUTH, 
For  in  every  case  they  add  new  life  and  vitality, 
and  restore  the  waning  energies  to  their  pristine 
state.  To  the  young  and  middle  aged,  they  will 
prove  most  invaluable,  as  a  ready,  specific,  and 
sterliug  medicine.  Here  is  a  dream  realized,  that 
Ponce-de-Leon  sought  for  three  hundred  yeurs  ago, 
and  never  found.  He  looked  for  a  lountain  that 
would  restore  the  old  to  vigor  and  make  youth  ever 

AN    ETERNAL   SPRING  I 

It  was  left  for  this  day  and  hour  to  realize  the 
dream,  and  show  in  one  glorious  fact,  the  magic  thai 
made  it  fair. 

THESE  FAMOUS  REMEDIES 

Cannot  stay  the  flight  of  years,  but  they  can  force 
back,  and  hold  aloof,  diseases  that  might  triumph 
over  the  aged  aud  the  young.  Let  none  hesitate 
then,  but  seize  th«  favorable  epportunity  that  offers. 
When  taken  as  prescribed — 

FOI  BILLIOUS  DISORDERS 
Nothing  can  be  more  productive  of  cure  than  these 
Pills.  Their  almost  nagic  influence  is  felt  at  once  ; 
and  the  usual  concomitants  of  this  most  distressing 
disease  are  removed.  These  remedies  are  made 
from  tne  purest 

VEGETABLE  COMPOUND. 
They  will  not  harm  the  most  delicate  female,  and 
can  be  given  with  good  effect  in  prescribed  doses  to 
the  youngest  babe. 

FOR   CUTANEOUS  DISORDERS 
And  all  eruptions  of  the  skin,  the  SALVE  is  most 
invaluable.    It  does  not  heal  externally  alone,  but 
penetrates  witn  the  most  searching  effects  to  the  very 
root  of  the  evil ! 

Dr.  Maggiel's  Pills 

Invariably  cure  tlie  following  diseases  : 
Asthma, 

Bowel  Complaints, 
Coughs, 
Colds, 

Chest  Diseases, 
Costiveness, 
Dyspepsia, 
Diarrhoea, 
Dropsy. 
Debility, 

Female  Complaints,  Fever  and  Ague 

Headache, 
Indigestion, 
Influenza, 

Inflammation, 

Inward  Weakness, 
Liver  Complaint. 
Lowness  of  Spirits, 
Ringworm, 

Rheumatism, 
Salt  lihenm, 
Scalds, 

Skin  Diseases 

Notice.  —  None  genuine  without  the  engraved 
trade  mark  around  each  pot  or  box.  signed  by  Dr.  .1. 
Maugiel,  4:1  t'ulton  st.,  New  York,  to  counterfeit 
which  is  felony. 

13T  Sold  by  all  respectable  Dealers  in  Medicines 
throughout  the  United  States— at  '25  rents  per  box  or 

pot.  r.  h.  Mcdonald  t  CO., 

Corner  Sunsome  and  Pine, 
apl4-ly  Agents  for  Pacific  Coast. 


RANKLIN  PRINTING  OFFICE, 

509  CLA  Y  S  TREE  T,  (near  Sansome,) 

SAN  FRANCISCO, 


"  The  oldest  and  most  complete  Book  and  .lob  printing 
establishment  in  California.  All  descriptions  of  work 
neatlv  executed  at  low  rates." 

jal  FRANK  EASTMAN,  Proprietor. 


inininiiiiirv 


111111 


MONTGOMERY  BLOOK 


QITINCY  HALL  CIOTHING  EMPORIUM^ 


THE  LARGEST  CLOTHING  EMPORIUM  in  California. 

The  daily  sales  from  the  establishment  is  a  sufficient 
guarantee  that  the  prices  are  less  than  those  of  any  other 
house  on  the  Pacific  coast.  Here  you  also  find  clothing  of 
the  best  of  California  Cloth,  both  lor  Wholesale  and  Retail 
tra'te.  Also,  particular  attention  paid  to  making  up  tlue 
clothing  to  order. 


D 


EMOCRATIC  CANDIDATE 


TAX  COLLECTOR, 

HENRY  A.  COBB, 

OF  THE  FIRM  OF  COBB  ct  SINTON, 
jy21  NO.  407  CALIFORNIA  STREET. 


'OriglvaLCOLQR^ 


VEGETABLE  AMBROSIA 

IS  THE  MIRACLE  OF  THE  AGE! 

Gray-headed  People  have  their 

locks  restored  by  it  to  the  dark,  lustrous, 
Milken  tresses  of  youth,  and  are  happy ! 

Young  People,  with  light,  faded  or  red  Hair, 
have  these  unfashionable  colors  changed  to 
a  beautiful  auburn,  and  rejoice ! 

People  whose  heads  are  covered  with 
Dandruff  and  Humors,  use  it,  and  have  clean 
coats  and  clear  and  healthy  scalps  I 

Bald-Headed  "Veterans  have) 
their  remaining  locks  tightened,  and  the 
bare  spots  covered  with  a  luxuriant  growth 
of  Hair,  and  dance  for  joy .' 

Young  Gentlemen  use  it  because  it  ia 
richly  perfumed ! 

Young  Ladies  uso  it  because  it  keeps 
their  Hair  in  place ! 

Everybody  must  and  will  use  it,  because 
it  is  the  cleanest  and  best  article  in  the 
market !  j 
^  For  Sale  by  Druggists  generally. 

Fur  sale,  wholesale  and  1  stall,  by 

JOHN  F.  SNOW, 

SJoIe  Agent  for  lh«  Pacific  Ccssl,  S4  Post  street, 
J.-23  San  Franc  11  CO. 


July  28  th 


THE  CALIFORNIA** 


15 


DISTANCES  FROM  SAN  FRANCISCO 

To  various  points  : 

To  Fort  Point,  4  miles,  by  omnibus,  four  trips  a  day. 
Loue  Mountain,  3,  street  railway. 
Seal  Rock,  6,  cars  and  omnibus,  two  trips  a  day. 
Mission  Dolores,  street  railways  ;  Ocean  House  8. 
San  Mateo,  520,  railroad. 
Crystal  Springs,  23,  railroad  and  stage 
Half-Moon  Bay,  29,    do.  do. 
Redwood  city,  30,  do. 
Mountain  View,  38,  do. 
Santa  Clara,  47,  do. 

San  Jose,  50,  do.,orsteamerandstage,54. 
Alviso,  46,  steamer,  daily. 

Almaden  mines,  67,  steamer  and  Btage  ;  or  by  rail- 
road and  stage,  64. 
Santa  Cruz,  78,  railroad  and  stage. 
Oakland,  8,  steamer  and  railroad,  six  trips  a  day. 
Alameda,  11,  steamer,  three  trips  a  day. 
San  Leandro,  15,  steamer  and  railroad. 
Mission  San  Jose,  34,  steamer,  railroad  and  stage. 
Warm  Springs,  37,  do.  do. 

Benicia,  30,  steamer  leaves  at  4  P.  M.  daily. 
Sacramento,  117,  do.  do. 
Stockton,  117,      do.  do. 
Martinez.,  33,  do. 
Pacbeco,  38,  steamer  and  stage. 
Diablo  Coal  Mines,  44,  steamer  and  stage. 
S'lisun,  50,  steamer,  or  54  by  steamer  and  stage 
Vallejo,  28;  Mare  Island,  37;  Napa  city,  50 
White  Sulphur  Springs,  67,  stage  from  Napa. 
Geyser  Springs,  118,  do.  do. 

Sonoma,  52,  steamer,  tri-weekly. 
Petaluma,  48,  steamer,  daily. 
Healdsburg,  80,  stage  daily  from  Petahima. 
San  Quentin,  12,  steamer  ;  Farallone  Islands,  20. 


gROOKLYN  HOTEL, 

1852.   SAN    FRANCISCO.  1866. 


Tbe  Proprietor  of  the  above-named  Hotel  wishes 
to  inform  his  patrons  and  the  Travelling  Public  that  he 
has  opened  tnat  elegant  Brick  Fireproof  Hotel,  situated 
on  the 

S.  E.  Corner  of  Pine  and  Sansome  streets, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

It  was  built  expressly  for  a  Hotel,  with  all  the  modern 
conveniences  attached  to  it. 

Gas  and  water  are  supplied  throughout  the  House. 
Rooms  are  well  ventilated,  and  the  Public  /ill  findi 
Hotel  all  the  comforts  of  a  home.   The  Hotel  is  spacious, 
and  well  adapted  for  the  use  of  Families.   Suits  of  Rooms 
can  be  had  on  reasonable  terms. 

LA.RGE  READING  ROOM 

Attached  to  the  Hotel, 
Containing  500  Volumes  of  Standard  Works, 
Which  is  entirely  for  the  use  of  patrons. 

THE  CITY  COACH,  with  tho  name  of  the  Hotel  on  it, 
will  bo  in  readiness  at  the  Wharf,  on  the  arrival  of  each 
Bte.imer,  to  convey  passengers  and  baggage  to  the  Ho'el, 
free  of  charge.  JO  'N  KELLY,  Jr., 

my6  3ra  Proprietor. 


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SWEATS,  BRONCHITIS,  SPITTING 
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COUGH, 

CONS  UMP  TION, 

And  all  Diseases  of  the 

CHEST   AND  LUNGS 


This  celehrated  Cough  Remedy  effects  a  speedy 
cure  by  producing  a  free  and  easy  expectoration, 
heals  abscesses  of  the  lungs,  prevents  unhealthy  se- 
cretion of  tbe  bronchial  tubes,  and  removes  from 
them  those  accumulations  of  morbid  matter  which 
cause  oppression  of  the  breast,  difficulty  of  breath- 
ing, etc  ,  soothes  irritation  of  the  respiratory  organs 
which  produces  cough. 

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Sold  by  all  Druggists. 

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401  Battery  corner  of  Clay, 

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Homoeopathic  Specifics 

Have  proved,  from  the  most  ample  experience,  an 
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They  are  the  only  Medicines  perfectly  adapted  to 
popular  use — so  simple  that  mistakes  cannot  be  made 
in  using  them  ;  so  harmless  as  to  be  free  from  dan- 
ger, and  so  efficient  as  to  be  always  reliable.  They 
have  received  the  highest  commendation  from  all, 
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No.    1  cures  Fevers,  Congestion,  Inflammations.*)  25 

"  2  cures  Worms,  Worm  Fever,  Worm  Colic,  25 
"     3  cures  Crying  Colic,  or  Teething  of  in- 

"     4  cures  Diarrhaa  of  children  or  adults...  25 

funts   25 

"     5  cures  Dysentery,  Gripiug,  Bilious  Colic,  25 

"      6  cures  Clwlera  Morbus,  Nausea, Vomiting,  25 

"     7  cures  Coughs,  Colds,  Bronchitis   25 

"     8  cures  Neuralgia,  Toothache,  Faceache.  25 

''     9  cures  Headaches, sick-Headache, Vertigo,  25 

"  10  cures  Dyspepsia,  Billions  Stomach   25 

"  11  cures  Suppressed,  or  Painful  Periods.-  25 

"  ]3  cures  Croup,  Cough,  difficult  Breathing,  25 

"  14  cures  Salt  Rheum,  Erysipelas  Eruptions,  25 

"  15  cures  Rheumatism,  Rheumatic  Pains...  25 

■'  \& cures  Fever  and  Ague,  Chill  Fever,  Agues  50 

"  17  cures  Piles,  blind  or  bleeding   50 

"  18 cures  Op</io/m!a,andSoreor Weak  Eyes,  50 

"  1!)  cures  Catarrh, acute  orchronic, Influenza  50 

"  20  cures  Whooping- Cough ,  violent  coughs.  50 

"  21  cures  Asthma,  oppressed  Breathing   50 

"  22  cures  Ear  Discharges,  impaired  Hearing  50 
"  23  cures  Scrofula,  Enlarged  Glands,  Swell- 
ings   50 

"  24  cures  General  Debility,  Physical  Weak- 

»    ness   50 

"  25  cures  Dropsy,  and  scanty  Secretions   50 

"  26cnres  Sea- Sickness, eicVuesBi'.om  Riding,  50 

"  27  cures  Kid,  ey  Disease,  Gravel   50 

"  29  cupest6'0e  Mouth, .Canker   50 

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20  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book   6  00 

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sent  to  any  part  of  the  country,  by  Mail  or  Express, 
on  receipt  of  the  price. 

HOSTETTER,  SMITH  &  DEAN, 
401  and  403  Battery  street,  corner  of  Clay, 
ap27-3m  San  Francisco. 


IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT  OF  THE 
Fifteenth  Judicial  District  of  the  State  of  California,  in 
aud  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco. 
MARY  SMITH,  Plaintiff, 


A 


BEAUTIFUL  COMPLEXION  ! 


Secret  of  Beauty  ! 


USE  GEO.  W.  LAIRD'S 

BLOOM  ( 

See  that  tbe  name. 


GEO.   W.  LAIRD, 


is  stamped 


ON    THE  BOTTLE. 


No  other  is  Genuine. 


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WILLIAM  SMITH,  Defendant. 

Action  brought  in  the  DistrictCourt  of  the  Fifteenth  Judi- 
cial District  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in 
said  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  in  the  oflice  of 
the  Clerk  of  said  District  Court. 

The  People  of  tbe  State  of  California  send  greeting 
to  WILLIAM  SMITH,  Defendant:  You  are  hereby  re- 
quired to  appear  in  an  action  brought  against  you  by  the 
above-named  Plaintiff  in  the  District  Court  of  the  Fifteonth 
Judicial  District  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  com- 
plaint filed  therein,  within  Ten  Days,  (exclusive  of  the  day 
of  service,)  after  the  Service  on  you  of  this  Summons 
— if  served  within  this  County  ;  or,  if  served  out  of  this 
County,  but  in  this  District,  within  Twenty  Days  ;  other- 
wise, within  Forty  Days — or  judgment  by  default  will  be 
taken  against  you,  according  to  the  prayer  of  said  Com- 
plaint. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  decree  of  this 
Court,  dissolving  the  Bonds  of  Matrimony  existing  be- 
tween Plaintiff  and  Defendant,  and  that  one  half  of  the 
Defendant's  property,  if  he  have  any,  be  awarded  to 
Plaintiff,  and  for  general  relief. 

Aud  you  are  hereby  notified  that  it  you  fail  to  appear 
and  answer  the  said  complaint,  as  above  required,  the  said 
plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  the  relief  therein  de- 
manded. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  Seal  of  the  District  Court  of  tbe 
Fifteenth  Judicial  District  of  the  State  of  California,  in 
and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  this  27th 
day  of  June  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  sixty-six. 
Seal.  Int.  Rev.  Stamp,  \  WM.  LOEWY, 

60  cts.,  cancelled.      j  Clerk, 

By  G.  C.  Letcher,  Deputy  Clerk. 
A.  Williams,  Plaintiff's  Attorney,  | 


535  Clay  street. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO, 

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TRUNKS,  BAGS,  VALISES,  ETC., 
ON    THE    PACIFIC  COAST, 

AT 

REDUCED  PRICES. 

jel7-3m 


CARD, 


M.  Howard's  Hair  Restorative, 

NO.  315  MONTGOMERY  STREET, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

THE  ABOVE  PREPARATION,  which  has  been  recently 
discovered  aud  pateuted,  is  purely  a  Vegetable  Extract. 

The  undersigned  are  fully  aware  of  the  many  unsatis- 
factory and  useless  preparations  for  restoring  hair  that 
have  been  introduced  to  the  puplic,  and  how  little  confi- 
dence is  to  be  placed  in  any  pretensions  to  restoring  the 
hair  to  bald  heads,  but, 

HAVING  TRIED  MR.  HOWARD'S  PREPARATION1, 
we  are  able  to  state  that  it  not  only  prevents  the  Hair 
from  falling  out,  but  absolutely  reproduces  it,  and  that 
we  now  have  good  suits  of  Hair  growing  where  we  we^e 
entirely  bald.  Therefore,  as  a  matter  of  justice  to  Mr. 
Howard,  and  of  consolation  to  bald  heads,  we  tender  him 
this  testimonial  Mr  H.  keeps  tbe  article  for  sale  in 
bottles,  with  directions  for  its  use.  or  applies  it  himself, 
as  may  be  desired. 
San  Francisco,  April  6, 1866. 

Frank  M.  Thayer,  R.  A.  Redman, 

W.  S  Davis,  J.  O.  Rountree, 

T.  A.  Hall,  G.  W.  Gamble, 

A.  C.  Knox.  J.  W.  Miller, 

Bradbnry  Sanborn,  E.  C.  McC'omb, 

George  Wells,  D.  C.  Ross, 

Joseph  Wells,  jy7 


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THE  CALIFORNIA**. 


[July  28th 


jyjAGUIRE'S  OPERA  HOUSE. 

T.  MAGUIRE  Pbofbictob. 

C.  L.  GRAVES  Stack  Ma.nageb- 

W.  STEVENSON  Tkeascbeb. 

THI5  AFTERNOON  JULY  28. 

Miss  Kate  Denin, 

SUPPORTED    BY    THE    OPERA   HOUSE  COMPANY, 
will  appear  ia  John  Brougham's  comedy, 

Uncle  Tom's  Cabin. 

TJIIS  EVENING  JULY  28, 

Benefit  of  The  Dashavvays, 

Oil  which  occasion,  the  comedy  of 

ASMODEUS! 

And  the  Farce  of 

DELICATE  GROUND, 

will  be  performed. 


PRICES  OF  ADMISSION: 

B.-i.-s  Circle  and  Orchestra,   $100 

parquet,            -  50 

iJpper  Circle,   25 


UARDIAN'S  SALE 


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REAL  ESTATE 


NOTICE  IS  HEREBY  GIVEN,  That  in  pursu- 
ance of  an  order  of  the  Probate  Court  of  the  city 
and  county  of  San  Francisco,  in  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia, made  on  the  19th  day  of  July,  A.  D.  1866,  in 
the  matter  of  the  estates  and  guardianship  of  Violet 
Blair,  Jesup  Blair  and  Lucy  J.  Blair,  minors,  the 
undersigned,  the  guardian  of  said  minors,  will  sell 
at  private  sale  to  the  highest  bidder,  for  cash,  and 
subject  to  confirmation  by  said  Probate  Court,  on  or 
after  Monday,  the  thirteenth  day  of  August,  A.  D. 
1866,  at  12  o'clock  M  ,  at  the  office  of  the  under- 
signed, in  Rooms  Nos.  4  and  5,  Barron's  Building, 
northwest  corner  of  Montgomery  and  Merchant 
streets,  in  the  city  and  county  of  San  Fraucisco, 
where  offers  or  bids  will  be  received,  all  the  right, 
title,  interest  and  estate  of  the  6aid  Violet  Blair, 
Jesup  Blair,  and  Lacy  J.  Blair,  minors,  in  and  lo 
all  those  certaiu  lots,  pieces,  or  parcels  of  land,  sit- 
uate, lying  and  being  in  the  said  city  and  county  of 
San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  bounded 
and  described  as  follows,  to  wit : 

1.  The  lot  on  the  northerly  side  ot  Bryant  street, 
commencing  100  varas  westerly  from  Fonith  street, 
running  thence  westerly  or  southwesterly  along 
Bryant  Btreet,  100  varas  front  by  a  uniform  depth, 
northerly  or  northwesterly,  of  100  varas,  being  the 
lot  knowu  on  the  official  map  of  the  city  of  tho  San 
Francisco  as  100-vara  Lot  No.  179.  The  interest  of 
said  minors  therein  is  claimed  to  be  an  undivided  one- 
half  of  said  lot. 

2.  The  lot  on  the  southwesterly  corner  of  Main 
and  Folsom  Btreets,  fifty  varas  square.  The  interest 
of  said  minors  therein  is  claimed  to  be  an  undivided 
one-balf  of  said  lotr— subject  to  lease. 

3.  The  lot  on  the  southerly  side  of  Filbert  street, 
fifty  varas  square,  commencing  50  varas  westerly 
from  Powell  street,  running  thence  westerly,  50 
varas  front  by  a  uniform  depth  southerly  of  50  varas , 
being  the  lot'known  ou  the  official  map  of  the  city 
of  San  Francisco  bb  50  vara  Lot  No.  431.  The  inte- 
rest of  said  minors  therein  is  claimed  :o  be  an  undi- 
vided one-half  of  said  lot- subject  to  lease. 

4.  The  lot  on  the  southeast  corner  of  Dupont  and 
Broadway  streets,  being  sixty  feet  front  ou  Du- 
pont street  by  a  uniform  depth  easterly  on  Broadway 
of  fifty  feet.  The  interest  of  said  minors  therein  is 
claimed  to  be  an  undivided  one-half  of  said  lot — 
subject  to  lease. 

5.  Lot  on  southeast  corner  of  Powell  and  Green- 
wich streets,  being  137$  feet  front  on  Greenwich 
street  hy  a  uniform  depth  southerly  on  Powell  street 
of  206  feet  and  3  inches.  The  interest  of  said  mi- 
nors therein  is  claimed  to  be  an  undivided  one  half 
of  Baid  lot — subject  to  lease. 

6.  The  lot  on  the  northerly  side  of  Silver  street, 
commencing  75  feet  easterly  from  Third  Btreet, 
thence  northerly  parallel  to  Third  street  70  feet, 
thence  easterly" parallel  to  Silver  street  150  feet, 
thence  southerly  parallel  to  Third  street  70  feet, 
.hence  westerly  along  Silver  street  150  feet  to  the 
point  of  beginning,  being  part  of  the  100  vara  Lot 
No.  85.  The  interest  of  Baid  minors  therein  is 
churned  to  be  an  undivided  one-fourth — subject  to 
contract  for  lease  and  improvements. 

7.  The  lot  next  adjoining  the  above,  fifty  feet 
front  on  Silver  street  bv  a  uniform  depth  northerly 
of  70  feet,  being  part  o"f  100-vara  Lot  No.  85.  The 
interest  of  said  minors  therein  is  claimed  to  be  an 
undivided  one-fourth. 

8.  The  lot  on  the  southerly  side  of  Silver  street, 
commencing  100  feet  easteily  from  Third  street, 
thence  easterly  along  Silver  street  175  feet,  thence 
southerly  parallel  to  Third  Btreet  155  feet  to  Brvant 
Btreet,  thence  westerly  along  the  northerly  side  of 
Bryant  street  175  feet,  theuee  northerly  155  feet  to 
place  of  beginning,  being  part  of  100-vara  Lot  No. 
85.  The  interest  of  said  minors  therein  is  claimed 
to  be  an  undivided  one-fourth.  The  same  can  be 
sold  in  subdivisions. 

9.  Lot  on  the  southeast  corner  ot  Sansome  and 
Broadway  streets,  being  fifty  feet  square.  The 
interest  of  said  minors  therein  is  claimed  to  be  an 
undivided  one-eighth— subject  to  lease, 

Terms  of  Sale. — Cash,  in  gold  coin  of  the  United 
States  :  ten  per  cent,  of  the  purchase  money  to  be 
paid  at  the  time  of  the  sale  ,  balance  on  confirma- 
tion of  sale  by  the  Probate  Court.  Deed  to  be 
made  uncluding  Uuited  States  revenue  stamps)  at 
purchaser's  expense.  R.  C.  ROGERS, 

Guardian,  etc. 

San  Francisco,  July  28,  1866. 

Notice. — The  remaining  undivided  interests  in 
■aid  lots,  except  Parcel  No.  9,  will  be  sold  at  same 
time. 


^JETROPOLITAN  THEATRE, 

Montgomery  etreel. 

Blanch  i's  Grand  Italian 

1  Opera  Troupe. 


NON-SUBSCRIPTION  NIGHT,] 
SATURDAY  EVENING       -       -      .JULY  28 
Will  be  presented  the  Opera, 

Lucia  di  Lammermoor, 

With 

BRAMBILLA,  MORLEY,  MANCUSI, 
AND  MILLERI, 

in  tb3  principal  rolos. 


MONDAY  EVENING,  JULY  30, 
First  Night  of  Verdi's  grand  tragic  opera,  of 

A  T  T  I  L  A  . 

Attila,  Kinj  of  the  Hnns  Sr.  S.  Milleri 

Ezio,  a  Roman  General  Sa.  Mancusi 

Odahella  Signonna  Elvira  Bnimbilla 

Foresto,  a  cavalier  Sfgnor  Engenio  Biunchi 

Uldino, a  young  slave  of  Attila-.Mr  Schraubstadter 

Leone  Mons  Roncouvieri 

Grand  Chorus  of  Druids,  Warriors,  etc. 

CONDUCTOR  MR.  RUDOLPH  HEROLD 

Scenery  by  Mr.  Rogers.     Costumes  by  Mr  Taylor. 

Regular  Subscription  Nights,  Mondays,  Wednes- 
days, and  Fridays,  commencing  Monday,  July  23d 


PRICES  OF  ADMISSION. 

Dress  Circle,  Orchestra  and  Parquette  $1  00 

Reserved  seats,  50  cents  extra. 
Gallery  50 

The  Box  Ofilce  is  open  I  rom  9  a  .  si.  for  the  seeuring 
of  reserved  seats  tor  season  tickets. 


Y  E  R  '  S 

PILLS 


ARE  YOU  SKTt,  FEEBLE 
and  complaining  ?  Aru  you 
out  of  order,  with  your  sys 
tem  derauped  and  your  feel- 
ings uncomfortable  ?  These 
symptoms  are  olten  tne  pre 
lude  to  serious  illness.  Some 
fit  of  sirkness  is  creeping 
upon  you,  and  should  be 
averted  by  a  timely  use  of 
the  right  remedv.  At  once 
TAKE  AYER'S  PILLS, 
and  cleanse  out  the  disor- 
dered humo»s,  purify  the  blood,  and  let  tu 
on  unobstuicicd  in  health  again.  They  stimulate  the 
functions  of  the  body  into  vigorous  activity,  puriry  the 
system  from  the  obstruction,  which  make  niscase  A 
cold  settles  somewhere  in  the  bodv,  aud  deranges  its  nat- 
ural functions.  These,  it  not  relieved,  react  upon  them- 
selves and  the  surroundiug  organs,  producing  general 
aggravation,  suffering  and  derangement.  While  in  this 
condition, 

TAKE  AYER'S  PILLS, 

and  see  how  directly  tbey  restore  the  unturaLaction  of  the 
system,  and  with  it  the  buoyant  feeling  of  health  again. 
What  is  true  and  so  appareut  in  this  triv  ial  and  common 
complaint  is  also  true  in  many  of  the  deep-sealed  and 
dangerous  distempers.  The  same  purgative  effect  «peis 
them.  Caused  by  similar  obstructions  add  derangements 
of  the  natural  lunctions  of  the  body  they  are  rapidiv 
and  many  of  them  surely  cured  by  the  same  means. 
None  who  know  the  virtue  of  these  Fills  will  neglect  to 
employ  them  when  suffering  from  the  disorders  they  cure, 
such  as  Headache,  Foul  Stomach,  Dysentery ,  Bilious  Com- 
plaints. Indigestion,  Derangement  of  the  Liver,  Costive- 
ness,  Constipation,  Heartburn,  Rheumatism,  Dropsy, 
Worms  and  Suppression,  when  taken  in  large  doges. 

They  arc  Sugar-Coated,  so  that  the  most  sensitive  can 
take  them  easily,  and  they  are  surely  the  best  purgative 
medicine  yet  discovered. 

Prepared  by  J.  C.  AYER  k  CO.,  Lowell,  Miss,  and  sold 

iy 

CRANE  6l  BRIGHAM,  San  Francieco, 
jy26 -2m  and  all  Dealers. 


NOTICE  IS  HEREBY  GIVES,  that,  iu  pursuance  of 
an  order  of  tho  Probate  Court  ot  the  City  and  '  onn- 
ty  of  San  Francisco  made  on  the  2d  day  of  April.  1866,  in 
the  matter  of  the  Estates  of  Hermuu  R  Haste  and  Julia 
Haste.  miDors,  the  umlersigDed,  Guardiao  of  said  miuor*, 
will  sell  at  private  sale  to  the  highest  bidder,  tor  cash, 
payable  iu  United  Stales  gold  coin,  and  subject  to  confir- 
mation by  said  Probnte  Court,  on  or  alter  Saturday .  the 
18th  day  of  August,  1866.  at  twelve  o'clock,  noon,  of  that 
day.  at  the  office  of  D.  P.  Barsiow,  Esd,.,  No  6  Montgom- 
ery Block,  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  all  the 
right,  title  and  interest  of  said  minor's,  Herman  R.  Haste 
and  Ju.ia  Haste,  of,  in  and  to  all  the  oiie  undivided  one- 
half  part  of  all  that  certain  lot  Ct  land  siiaaled  iu  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  described  as  follows, 
viz  :  Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  line  of  Mer- 
chant street,  23  feel  easterly  fr^ro  ihe  fionh  east  corner 
of  Merchant  street  and  Dunbar's  Alley  ;  thtn"-e  running 
easterly  along  said  line  of  Merchant  street  20  feel  2  12 
inches  ;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  68  feet  aud  9 
Inches  ;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  20  feet  2  12 
inches,  and  thence  at  a  i  ight  angle  southerly  68  feet  and 
9  inrhes  to  the  point  of  beginning. 

Offers  or  bids  for  said  property  will  be  received  at  the 
office  of  D.  P  Barstow,  Esq.,  No.  6  Montgomery  Block, 
from  this  date  till  Saturday,  the  lSlh  day  of  August,  at 
twelve  o'clock,  noon,  by  the  undersigLed, 

CHRISTIAN  KIRK, 
Guardian  of  Herman  R.  Histe  and  Ju.ia  Haste,  minors. 
0>'28-td) 


YTTONDKRS  OF  WONDERS  ! 

™  TO  BE  SEKX  O.VtY  AT  TOE 

Pacific  Museum  of  Anatomy  and  Science, 

Eureka  Theatre,  Montgomery  street, 
ja27  tf  between  California  and  Pine. 


S' 


TOCKDaLE  house, 

Corner  Main  aud  Oak  streets,  Petaluma. 
m»r24  6m  B.  STQrtni.'.f.  proprietor. 


A 


CADEMY  OF  MUSIC. 


THOMAS  MAGUIRE.  -  -  -  Sole  Proprietor  Mid  Manager. 

( HARLES  TIBBF.TTS,  Stage  Manager. 

J.  B.  MARSHALL,  Treasurer. 


SATURDAY  EVENING  Jolt  23, 

The  Hoivso?i  English  and 

ITALIAN  OPERA  TROUPE, 

Loder's  Opera  of  rgs; 

The  Night  Dancers. 

Oisello  Miss  Emma  How-son 

Mary  Mies  Clelia  Howson 

Mvrtlia  M  lie  Acoetu 

Albert  Mr.  Henri  Herbertc 

Fridolin  Mr.  Frank  Howbuii 

Godfrey  Mr  John  How-son 

Duke  Mr.  Wunderlich 

Bertha  Mrs.  Hall 

Gretcben  MiBS  Cameron 

Conductor  Mr.  F.  A.  Howson 

Enlarged  Chorus  and  Orchestra.  New  Scenery  painted 
by  Mr.  A.  Torning. 

A3""  Box  Office  now  open.  Seats  may  be  secured  for  the 
week.    Books  or  tne  Opera  for  sale  at  the  Box  Of&ce. 

Dress  Circle  and  Orchestra  $1  00 

Reserved  Seats  50  centB  extra 

Family  Circle  50  cents 

Gallery  25  cents 

Private  Boxes  $10  and  $5 


8 


UMMER  MEDICINE. 


PURIFY  THE  BLOOD 

AND 

Constitution, 

WITH 

LE  DOYEN'S 

SARSAPARILLA, 

YELLOW  DOCK, 

IODINE  ALTERATIVE. 


CRANE  At  BRIGHAM,  Agents, 
Jyl9  lm  SAN  FRANCISCO. 


COMMERCIAL  EDUCATION. 


Pacific  Business  College, 

751  MARKET  STREET, 

(BETWEEN  THIRD  AND  FOURTH.) 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

An  Institution  designed  to  prepare  Young  .ml  Middle 
aged  men  tor  an  active  and  successful  BUSINESS  LIFE. 

This  is  the  largest,  most  complete,  and  thorough  Insti- 
tution of  the  kind  on  the  const,  and 

THE  ONLY 
Commercial  College  which  is  conducted  on  Actual  Business 
Principles.    Its  great  system  of  Business  Training  is  en- 
dorsed by  the  Most  Eminent  Financiers  and  Business  Men 
of  the  Nation. 

REGULAR  BANKS  AND  BUSINESS  OFFICES 
have  been  introduced,  by  which  we  are  enabled  to  fit  our 
Students  in  the  best  possible  manner,  and  shortest  pos- 
Slhle  lime,  for  active  Business  Life., 

Those  iu  pursuit  of  a 
PRACTICAL  BUSI.XESS  EDUCATION 
should  examine  the  merits  of  this  College.  Send  lor  the 
COLLEGE  REVIEW,  giving  full  particulars  of  the  Col- 
lege, besides  containing  other  Important  and  Interesting 
matter.    Sent  free  to  all  desiriug  it. 

Further  particulars  can  be  had  bv  calling  at  the  College, 
or  addressing       M.  K.  I.AUDENSLAGER,  President 

fel7  Busineas  Cullego.San  Francisco. 


rpHE  PACIFIC 

INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

HAVING  ADDED 

MARINE  INSURANCE 

TO  THEIR  BUSINESS,  ARE  NOW  PREPARED  TO  ISSUE 
POLICIES  ON 

Marine,  Inland  Navigation,  and  Fire  Risks, 

ON     THE     MOST     FAVORABLE  TERMS. 

Office,  436  California  street. 

J.  HUNT,  President 


A.  J.  RALSTON,  Secretary. 


m>6-Sra 


rpHE  CALIFORNIAN  S 
SAN  FRANCISCO  BUSINESS  DIRECTORY. 

AUCTION  EERS. 
Olney  k  Co.,  removed  to  418  Moutgomery  street. 

BUSINESS  AND  PROPERTY  AGENCY. 
S.  P.  Whitman,  313  Montgomery  sf 
BATHS. 

Dr.  Bourne's,  (Medical,)  10  Post, near  Montgomery 

BOWLING  ALLEYS. 
Wholers  1:  Slcil.Pine  aud  Montgomery,  (Russ  House.) 

BOOKS. 
A.  Gensoul,  511  Montgomery. 

A.  Roman  .v  Co.,  417  aud  419  Montgomery  street. 

BOOTS  AND  SHOES. 
Finch  k  Co. ,  133  Montgomery  street 
I.  M.  Wcutworth  k  Co.  (wholesale  manufac.)  210  Pine  st. 

COLLECTOR. 

B.  Pulverman,  614  Montgomery — Office  hours,  1  to3r.it. 

CLOTHING. 
H  M.  Lockwood  k  Co.,  624  Clay  street. 
J.  R  Mead  k  Co.,  corner  Montgomery  and  Bush  stree  la 
William  Sherman,  414  Sansome.  corner  Commercial. 
Qulncy  Hall,  545,  547,  and  549  Washington  street. 

COAL  OIL.  LAMPS.  ETC. 
Dell,  Cranna  ft  Co.  (wholesale)  513  Front  street. 
A.  C.  Dieiz  k  Co.,  (wholesale,)  521  Front  Btreet. 

COPPER  CRUSHER  AND  SAMPLER. 
S.  W.  Howland,  24  Calilornia  street,  (at  Thomas'  Mil ,') 

DRESS  TRIMMINGS,  WORSTEDS.  ETC. 
Mrs.  Norcross,  6  Montgomery  street  (Masonic  Temple.) 

DENTISTS. 

Dr.  Blake,  removed  to  Third,  corner  Mission. 
Dr.  A.  N.  Clark  (late  Knowlcs  4:  Clark)  removed  to  410 
Kearny. 

I)r  Wm.  B.  McAllister.  221  Third  street. 
Whiicomb  k  Dyer,  205  Tlnri' ,  near  Howard. 

DANCING  ACADEMY". 
Coghlll's.  Congress  Hill.  Bush,  above  Montgomery 
Fuller  k  McCarthy,  727  Market,  near  Third. 

DRY  GOODS. 
Meagher,  Taaffe    Co..  9  Montgomery  street. 
Mosgrove  &  Blakely ,  222  Third,  near  Howard. 
Buyce  k  Reich,  S  \V  corner  Jackson  aud  Stockton. 

DRUGGISTS. 

R.  H.  McDonald  fc  Co.,  (Wholesale)  Sansome.  cor.  Pine- 
Shepardson  k  Gates,  (successors  to  R.  Hall  k  Co.,)  cor- 
uer  Sansome  and  Commercial. 

EDUCATIONAL  INSTITUTIONS. 
Cal.  Collegiate  Institute,  Miss  M.  Lammood.  68  Silver. 
Micl  Institute,  Miss  Flon  nce  James,  55  South  Park. 
Pacific  Business  College.  751  Market  sitcci ,  ah.. ve  Third. 
Prof.  Williams'  Commercial  Academy,  869  Mission  st. 

FURNITURE. 

Goodwin  k  Co. ,  510  and  528  Washington  streets. 
J.  Pcircc,  415,  417  and  419  California  street. 

GROCERS. 
N.  Boschen.  corner  Fifth  and  Mini.a. 
Slosson  k  Ladd,  southwest  corner  Folsom  and  First. 
J  J.  Miller,  corner  Sutter  and  Leavenworth. 
Haskell  k  Co. .  Market  and  Sutler  sis.  below  Ibe  Market' 
W.  M.  Noble  k  Co. ,  cor  Howard  and  Twelrtb  streets 

HATTER. 

Lamott  (wholesale  and  retail)  227  Montgomery  street, 
HOTELS. 

Brooklyn.  John  Kelly,  Jr. .Sansome,  corner  Pine. 
Chicago,  E.  W.  Heimburg  k  Co. .  220  Pacillc  street 

INSURANCK. 
Mutual  Life  Ins.  Co. ,  H.  S.  Homans ,  Agent .  809  Clay. 
Manhattan,  R.  B.  Swam  k  Co. .  Ag'ts. 206  Front, cor  Cal: 
National  Ins.  Co..  N  E  cor.  Montgomery  and  California. 
Occidental  Ins.  Oat .  S.  W.  cor.  M  mtgom'y  and  California: 
Pacillc  Ins.  Co. ,  436  C.ililornia  street. 
Brooklyn  Life,  S  T  King,  agent,  S  E  cor  Moolg'y  k  Pine 

RESTAURANTS. 
Bivalve.  Rolling  fc  sp-een.  640  Market,  near  Kearny. 
Eureka,  C.  H  BnckweJell  k  Co. ,  I'lay ,  near  Monlgom'y 

Magnolia,  143  Third  street. 

Market,  bv  Felix  and  Gustnve  Besson.  520  Merchant. 
Philadelphia,  Jaci.b  Weiss.  308  Montgomery  street. 
Helvetia.  Johniury  k  Bros. ,  624  Merchant  street. 
Saulmaun's,  606  Moutgomery  street. 

SALOONS. 

Russell  <:  Holding's  Exchange,  622  M  irkel  street 
Charier  Oik,  Frank  Kelly,  N  E  cor  Third  and  Howard 
Razxelti  k  Co.'s  527  Washington,  above  tho  Market. 
Jours'  Sample  Rooms,  S. E.  cor.  Moutgomery  and  CaL 

S  Myers.  332  Montgomery  strcel. 
V.Squariu.44  Leidesrtoi  If  street 

Sun  Bursl.  Carolin  &  McArdle,  cor.  Second  and  Market. 

Coates  k  Henderson,  37  Sutler  street. 

SCALES. 

Fairbanks  k  nutchinsou,  Depot  for  Fairbanks'  Scales 

334  Montgomery  street. 

SEWING  MACHINES. 
Grover  k  Baker.  R.  '    Brown.  116  Montgomery. 
The  Florence,  office  111  Montgomery  street. 
Wheeler  t  Wilson ,  corner  M  utgomery  and  Sacramento- 

TOYS,  ETC. 
Feldbnoh  k  Co..  207  Montgomery  street. 
A.  Kohler,  620  Watjiington  street. 

UPHOLSTERER. 
T.  McAllister,  corner  Sutter  and  Leavenworth. 

Water-cure  institute. 

Dr  Bourne's  Pioneer,  10  Post,  near  Moutgomery 

LADIES*   BIJOUTERIE.  CLOAKS.  ETC. 
Roseublatt's.  123  and  126  Montgomery  slreeL 

LIVEKT  AND  SALE  STABLE. 

Philip  Morshead,  removed  to  Howard,  near  Fifth. 
MAPS. 

PaciOcMap  Depot.  A.  Gensoul,  511  Montgomery. 

MERCHANT  TAILORS. 
J.  H.  Hammond  removed  to  328  Montgomery. 

PIANOS,  MUSIC,  ETC. 
M.  Gray,  613 Clay  street. 

PIANO  SCHOOL. 
Mr.  Gustave  A.  Scott,  at  Micl  Institute,  55  Sooth  Park. 
W  S.  Pierce,  removed  (o  &S4  M.rket,  opposite  Second 

PHOTOGRAPHS,  CUTLERY.   SPECTACI.E8,  ETC. 
Liwreuce  .v.  Houscworlb,  317  and  319  Montgomery  St. 


NATURE  UNVEILED, 
AT  THE 

PACIFIC  MUSEUM  OF  ANATOMY  AND  SCIENCE 

Eureka  Theatre,  Montgomery  street, 
Ja27-lf  between  California  and  Pin*. 


1 


VOLUME  V.,  No  11.  J 
Fkick,  No.  5:32  Mekchant  strket.  5 


SAN  FRANCISCO.  AUGUST  4,  1866. 


TERMS, 


i  $5  a  Tear,  by  Mail, in  Advancx. 
1  50  Cents  a  Month,  bv  Carrier. 


CONTENTS: 


PROSE. 

To  and  Fro— No.  3— By  Kuzzilbash. 
Podgerings  by  the  Way. 
Amusements. 

English  Writers  on  America. 

M.irk  Twain  at  Honolulu. 

The  Bagnoat  Toulon— No.  9999. 

Up  in  the  "Flies." 

Balzac. 


A  Homo  Trait  and  a  Home  Want. 

The  Races  Racily  Reported. 

Licensed  Thieves. 

What  Woman  Can  Do. 

At  the  National  Portrait  Exhibition 


POETRY  : 

Watching  the  Flocks.  - 


-By  Emile 


[For  the  CaliCoruian.J 

WATCHING   THE    FLOCKS.  1 

The  gentle  shepherd-boy, 
Who  dreams  a*av  his  life  among  the  hills, 

Finds  there  the  purest  joy — 
Poesy  in  leaves,  and  soft  songs  in  the  rills. 

He  calls  his  sportive  Iambs 
The  laughter  of  the  hills:  be  thinks  the  breeze 

Stirring  the  fragrant  calms, 
Dead  shepherds— talking  to  bim  through  the  trees. 

He  hears  the  rock — half-bid 
By  throbbing  mosses — call  in  whispers  sweet, 

"  Come  to  me,  wee'st  kid! 
Come  tiniest  lamu !  I  will  not  bruise  thy  feet." 

When  Summer  suns  are  bright, 
He  prays:  "Dear  Lord,  who  giv'st  the  golden  flood!" — 
When  clouded  from  his  light: 
1  Dear  Christ,  thy  soft  rains  give  the  flocks  their  food." 

When  in  the  starlit  fold 

The  sleeping  lambs  bleat  softly  in  their  dreams- 
Dreams  of  the  Howery  wold — 

Of  gambols  by  the  marge  of  twinkling  streams. 

With  simple  tenderness, 
He  plucks  a  mountain-rose  and  hies  to  seek 

A  little  shepherdess 
With  oleander  blossoms  on  her  cheek. 

Emihe  Lawson. 


EDITORIAL  PARAGRAPHS. 

Munchausen. — Every  reader  of  Blackwood  will  feel  a  re- 
gret that  the  aoul-stirring  adventures  of  a  Confederate  officer, 
which  have  lent  such  a  vivid  interest  to  its  pases,  close  with 
the  present  number.  It  can  be  easily  imagined  that  a  gentle- 
man who  makes  nothing  of  dashing  across  a  wide  river  and 
capturing  an  entire  company  of  Federals,  as  a  slight  outside 
episode  of  an  engagement,  does  not  finally  quit  the  field  of 
his  exploits  without  a  struggle.  Our  hero  was  wounded — not 
like  an  ordinary  Yankee — but  in  a  manner  and  under  circum- 
stances worthy  of  a  high-toned  Confederate  ally.  With  his 
arm  shattered  and  the  blood  "  spouting  from  a  large  wound  in 
hia  neck,"  "  the  hateful  thought  "  cf  becoming  a  prisoner  of 
the  vile  Yankee,  inspired  him  with  such  superhuman  courage 
that  he  mounted  his  horse  and  rode  some  miles  away.  The 
driver  of  an  ambulance,  who  afterward  persisted  in  running 
away  with  him,  was  obliged  to  stop  by  a  cocked  pistol  in  the 
hands  of  this  wounded  hero.  With  a  ball  through  his  wind- 
pipe, a  hole  in  his  right  lung,  and  a  perforated  left  arm,  he  lies 
in  bed  with  an  unshattered  sword  and  revolver,  ready  to  shoot 
down  the  first  of  the  enemy's  troopers  who  should  enter.  In 
this  physically  maimed  but  spiritually-unconquered  condition, 
he  passes  out  of  the  pages  of  Blackwood,  and  it  may  be  some 
satisfaction  to  the  trembling  American  reader  to  know  that 
he  eventually  takes  up  his  abode  on  English  soil.  Apropos, 
we  regret  to  hear  that  Belle  Boyd  Hardinge,  who  also  excited 
the  sympathies  of  our  English  brethren,  has  not  been  favorably 
received  op  the  boards  of  an  English  stage,  however  success- 
ful she  has  been  as  an  actress  during  the  rebellion. 


War  Map  —  A.  Gensoul,  of  the  Pacific  Map  Depot,  511 
Montgomery  street,  has  just  published  a  very  useful  map  of 
re  erence,  embracing  the  territory  of  the  seat  of  war  in  Europe, 
with  the  boundaries  of  Prussia,  Austria,  Italy,  etc.,  and  the 
locality  of  all  their  principal  cities  and  towns  clearly  defined. 
It  appears  to  be  very  carefully  and  correctly  compiled. 

New  Operas. — We  have  received  from  M.  Gray,  No.  613 
Clay  street,  the  librettos  of  the  following  operas  :  Halevy's 
La  Juive,  Meyerbeer's  L'Africaine,  and  Crispinoela  Comare 
by  the  brothers  Ricci.  Interspersed  with  the  English  and 
Italian  words  are  the  melodies  of  several  arias,  choruses,  etc. 


Epidemic  Cholera  :  A  treatise  on  the  modes  of  treatment 
of  this  disease,  their  respective  results,  and  directions  for  pre- 
vention ;  and  what  to  do  in  cases  of  sudden  emergency,  by 
John  F.  Geary,  M.  D.,  has  been  laid  on  our  table.  H.  H. 
Bancroft  &  Co.  are  the  publishers. 


(For  the  Calitnrnian.l 

PODGERINGS    BY    THE  WAY. 
No.  2.  ■• 

XT  is  astonishing  how  much  encouragement  one  gets  from 
his  friends,  when  he  sets  out  to  write  something  for  their 
express  edific  ition  and  amusement.  An  unrppreciative  and 
matter-of-fact  friend  of  mine,  after  perusing  The  Califorman 
of  last  week  without  ever  changing  countenance,  going 
through  gay  and  grave  without  the  slightest  expression  or 
contraction  of  a  muscle,  threw  down  the  paper  with  a  yawn, 
and  remarked.  "  Great  Heavens  !  you  have  used  up  a  whole 
page  of  three  columns,  and  only  got  as  far  as  Benicia.  When 
are  you  coming  home  i"  Now,  that  sort  of  a  chap  should 
travel  only  on  express  trains.  He  would  take  a  first  class 
passage  on  the  telegraph  wire  or  a  streak  of  lightning  if  he 
could.  He  would  have  me  go  over  the  mountains — go  fishing, 
as  I  did — make  a  "visit  at  Virginia  City,  and  home— all  in  one 
chapter.  It  is  a  great  consolation  to  reflect  that  I  am  not  the 
first  individual  that  has  was  written  a  whole  chapter  without 
getting  a  great  way  on  his  subject.  I  wish  to  announce  that 
I  am  not  in  a  hurry,  if  my  friend  is,  and  am  not  going  to 
increase  my  speed  to  please  him.  I  am  like  the  San  Jose 
cars,  which  could  make  the  trip  in  two  hours  if  they  pleased, 
as  everybody  knows  ;  but,  as  they  don't  please,  three  hours  is 
the  consequence.  What  a  man  might  do  is  seldom  what  he 
does  do.  It  wears  out  the  best  machinery  to  force  it  up  to 
its  full  powers  all  the  time — and  it  isn't  economy. 

I  left  my  readers  and  Benicia  simultaneously  at  the  end  of 
my  last  chapter.  The  steward,  commiserating  the  gaunt  and 
hungry  appearance  of  the  half-dozen  passengers  that  came 
aboard  at  that  attenuated  city,  forthwith  sounded  the  tocsin 
for  dinner  to  those  who  had  not  dined,  and  supper  to  those 
who  had.  The  additions  to  our  number,  rescued  from  further 
suffering  at  Benicia,  looked  as  if  they  had  been  cast  away 
there  a  couple  of  days  previous  ;  and,  being  so  unfortunate  as 
to  have  a  seat  near  them,  I  had  indisputable  evidence  of  their 
exhausted  state.  The  consequence  was,  the  California  Steam 
Navigation  Company  made  a  net  profit  out  of  cie  of  at  least 
seventy-five  cen's,  and  must  have  been  a  dollar  and  a  half 
a  piece  out  of  pocket  on  the  acquisitions.  They  ate  every- 
thing within  their  reach,  beginning  on  whaf,  was  nearest — 
which  happened  to  be  sauce  for  the  pudding.  The  gentle- 
man next  me  was  not  at  all  particular  in  what  shape  it 
came.  He  took  everything  suggested  by  the  waiter,  and 
when  halfway  down  the  bill,  accommodatingly  accepted  a  plate 
of  soup  that  I  had  ordered  early  in  the  action,  but  which, 
owing  to  the  dilatory  movements  of  the  waiter,  and  alarmed 
for  my  chances,  I  had  gone  on  without.  Subsequently  he 
took  fish,  which  arrived  between  a  course  of  pudding  and  pie  ; 
and,  after  ice  cream,  added  a  postscript  in  the  shape  of  a 
solitary  cold  boiled  potato  that  had  miraculously  escappd  his 
earlier  attention  ;  and  finally  left,  after  filling  his  pockets  with 
nuts  and  raisins,  to  be  taken  internally  when  he  had  shaken 
himself  well  and  made  a  little  room— which  he  accomplished 
in  about  half  an  hour  by  vigorously  striding  up  and  down  the 
forward  deck.  After  one  or  two  attempts  and  failures  to 
force  another  nut  down,  I  felt  sorry  for  that  man,  and  com- 
misserated  the  great  oversight  of  nature  not  to  have  provided 
him  with  that  sort  of  a  pouch  under  his  jaws  that  the  pelican 
and  a  certain  species  of  the  monkey  tribe  are  blessed  with.  It 
would  be  very  handy  to  mankind  when  setting  out  on  a  long 
journey  to  Benicia  or  elsewhere.  Of  course,  boardinghouse- 
keepers  would  object  to  supplying  a  day's  rations  ahead  of 
the  bill. 

At  the  supper-table,  opposite  me,  sat  a  woman.  No  unu- 
sual circumstance  ;  that  woman  was  a  mother — another  com- 
mon occurrence.  She  had  two  children — a  thirl  fact  not 
novel.  They  had  appetites— a  generally  understood  thing 
also.  This  mother — ignoring  the  theory  that  they  were  at  lib- 
erty to  eat  their  money's  worth,  and  probably  from  force  of 
habit,  which  was  to  cater  to  large  appetites  by  supplying  the 
bulkiest  substance  at  the  least  cost — in  a  spirit  of  liberality 
truly  commendable,  laid  on  each  of  their  plates — as  a  founda- 


tion— a  quarter  section  of  underdone  watermelon.  She  sat 
near  the  clerk,  who,  being  a  very  good-looking  young  man,  (by 
the  way,  it  was  the  Yosemite  not  the  Capital)  engrossed  a 
considerable  part  of  the  lady's  attention,  and  the  children  none 
at  all.  They  continued  to  munch  on  the  watermelon,  of  which 
nothing  remained  but  the  outside  skin.  The  boy  was  hard  at 
work  on  that,  but  the  little  girl,  having  more  enterprise  and 
confidence,  ceased  operations  at  this  juncture  and  put  forth  a 
proposition  for  fresh  supplies  ;  and  after  by  persevering  efforts 
attracting  the  attention  of  her  mother — who  continued  very 
devoted  to  the  clerk — another  quarter  section  was  adminis- 
tered to  each.  The  mother  finally — having  dined  principally 
upon  the  compliments  she  received — rose,  and  seizing  the 
children  dragged  them  away — but  with  childlike  tenacity  they 
adhered  to  the  diminishing^vater-melon,  and  took  the  balance 
of  the  fruit  course  on  deck. 

After  a  comfortable  smoke,  which,  next  to  woman,  is 
Heaven's  best  gift,  I  set  out  in  quest  of  my  stateroom.  I 
found  it,  and  at  the  same  time  encountered  on  one  side  of 
me  the  lady  passenger  in  the  act  of  towing  two  very  sleepy 
children  to  bed,  and  on  the  other  my  Benicia  friend  with  the 
delicate  appetite.  I  was  sandwiched  between  the  two.  The 
theory  of  cause  and  effect  flashed  through  my  mind,  and  I 
had  my  misgivings  that  my  location  was  not  desirable  ;  how- 
ever, I  went  to  bed  and  went  to  sleep.  I  dreamed  that  I 
owned  seven-eighths  of  the  stock  of  the  California  Steam 
Navigation  Company  and  didn't  owe  the  Bank  of  California  a 
red  cent,  and  not  a  share  stood  in  the  name  of  W.  C.  Ralston. 
I  did  not  lika  the  old  Board  of  Directors  and  concluded  to 
turn  them  all  out  ;  turn  everybody  out  except  Ben  Hartshorne 
and  Horace  Morrison  ;  let  them  remain  on  account  of  previous 
good  characters.  I  had  about  made  up  my  mind  to  buy  the 
Whipple  and  put  her  on  the  route  to  the  Dewly-discovered 
and  popular  district  of  San  Rafael,  aud  see  if  the  trip  could 
not  be  made  in  less  than  two  hours ;  and  was  proceeding  to 
see  how  much  stock  could  be  corralled  before  declaring  a  divi- 
dend, when  I  was  startled  from  my  golden  reveries  by  a  bump, 
a  crash,  and  a  groan.  Starting  up,  I  listened.  Another  bump 
against  the  partition  and  another  groan,  fairly  roused  me.  I 
listened.  Somebody  in  the  adjoining  room  was  apparently  in 
trouble.  There  was  a  sound  between  a  groan  and  a  snort,  ac- 
companied by  a  gurgling  sound,  as  if  the  party  was  in  the  last 
stages  of  suffocation.  Great  Heavens  !  thinks  I,  there  is  mur- 
der most  foul  going  on  in  that  room.  I  sprang  up  ;  bolted 
out  into  the  cabin.  All  was  still ;  nobody  visible.  I  tried 
the  door  of  the  room  !  it  yielded,  and  I  entered  by  the  light 
of  the  full  moon  which  shone  in  the  window.  I  discovered 
my  Benicia  friend  and  neighbor  at  the  dinner-table,  lying  on 
his  back  on  the  floor,  mouth  open  ;  aud  as  1  gazed  at  him  to 
see  if  he  was  dead,  he  gave  a  snort,  and,  as  the  sailors  say, 
"  fetched  "  a  sudden  roll  to  leeward  against  the  partition. 
This  was  the  noise  I  had  heard.  My  friend  was  having  a  good 
old  style  of  nightmare.  I  tried  to  rouse  him  ;  it  was  useless. 
I  shook  him,  punched  him.  No  use  ;  every  time  I  did  so  he 
would  groan  and  mutter.  I  listened  to  hear  what  he  had  to 
say,  and  found  he  was  still  going  it,  in  imagination,  on  the 
dinner  question.  I  gave  him  a  punch,  and  he  drawled  out. 
"  Corn  beef?  Yes.  No  gravy,  no  gravy."  I  retired  and  left 
him  kicking  about. 

I  had  hardly  got  to  bed  again  before  a  wail  arose  from  the 
other  stateroom.  "Ah  l"  said  I  to  myself,  "  that's  green 
watermelon."  I  imagine  there  were  two  good  sound  cases  of 
ncipient  cholera  ;  and,  between  the  howls  of  those  two  chil- 
dren, the  groans  and  snortinga  of  my  other  neighbor,  I  was 
defrauded  of  my  natural  rest  the  balance  of  the  night.  I  was 
somewhat  compensated,  however,  by  the  confidential  conver- 
sation of  two  young  ladies  who  had  risen  several  hours  too 
soon,  and  were  entertaining  each  other,  pendiug  their  arrival 
at  Sacramento,  with  little  personal  experiences  in  the  court- 
ing line.  With  one  of  them  the  course  of  true  love  had  run 
very  rough.  She  recounted  the  rise,  progress  and  failure  of 
lour  distinct  affairs,  which  had  shattered  her  tender  heart  con- 
siderably ;  hut  she  had  a  "fourth  feller"  in  hand  then,  and 
had  strong  hopes  that  this  would  be  a  sure  thing.  He  had 
given  her  a  valuable  ring,  which  she  was  bound  to  hang  on  to 
at  all  hazards.  The  other  young  lady  acknowledged  to  being 
engaged  to  three  at  that  time,  but  had  not  fully  made  up  her 
mind  which  to  take,  and  she  was  waiting  to  aee  which  one 
would  pan  out  tbs  best.  At  this  juncture  we  arrived  at 
Sacramento.  Podgers. 


2 


THE  CALiFORNlAN. 


|  August  4th 


THE   BAGN  E  AT 
No.  9999. 


TOULON. 


"  "\7~OU  are  going  to  Toulou  I"  exclaimed  my  neighbor,  the 
JL     avocat,  with  some  surprise. 

"  I  am  going  there,  because  I  cannot  help  passing  it,  unless 
I  take  steamer  from  Genoa  to  Marseilles  ;  which  would  not  be 
the  way  to  see  much  of  the  country." 

"  You  will  perhaps,  then,  pay  a  visit  to  the  Bagne,  the  only 
one  now  existing  in  France?" 

"  I  shall  try  ;  although  it  must  be  a  painful  sight.  But  I 
find  no  phase  of  humanity  uninteresting." 

"  I  will  give  you  a  letter  to  a  forcat  (convict)  there." 

"  A  letter  to  a  galley-slave  ?" 

"  Yes.  He  is  a  person  in  whom  I  take  great  interest.  It 
may  be  as  well  not  to  give  you  any  written  communication  to 
the  man  himself,  as  it  would  put  you  to  the  trouble  of  getting 
it  read  and  passed  by  the  prison  authorities,  and  others  per- 
haps, previous  to  presentation  :  but  I  will  put  you  in  the  way 
of  getting  at  him,  and  speaking  to  him.  You  shall  be  intro- 
duced to  one  of  bis  patrons,  an  adjoint  of  the  mayor." 

"  But  I  am  already  promised  an  introduction  to  the  Prefet 
Maritime." 

"  Capital !  With  that  backing  the  one  I  shall  give  you, 
you  will  be  able  to  perform  an  act  of  charity.  It  will  be  a 
good  deed  on  your  part.    Ouly  put  yourself  in  his  place — " 

"  Much  obliged." 

"And  think  how  gratified  you  would  feel  at  receiving  a 
friendly  visit  from  without." 

"  Is  he  one  of  your  clients,  this  worthy  forcat  ?  One  of 
the  innocents  whom  your  potent  eloquence  has  failed  to  white- 
wash ?"  « 

"  No.  I  did  not  defend  him,  although  the  prisoner  was  well 
defended."  % 

"  And  the  resulting  verdict  ?" 

"  Guilty,  with  exteuuatiug  circumstances.   The  sentence, 
Hard  labor  for  life." 
"  And  the  crime  ?" 

"  In  the  first  place,  it  is  doubtful  to  me  whether  a  crime 
was  committed  ;  secondly,  it  a  crime  there  was,  I  believe  the 
prisoner  innocent  of  it.  There  might  have  been  a  crime  ;  but 
he  was  not  the  guilty  party.  The  imputed  offence  was  fratri- 
cide."' 

"  He  has,  therefore,  at  least  escaped  the  guillotine." 

"  Yes  ;  and,  through  the  mitigation  of  our  law's  severity, 
he  was  also  spared  the  branding  on  the  shoulder  with  the  let- 
ters T.  F.  P., '  Travanx  Forces  a  Perpetuite.'  But  in  this 
very  place  where  we  are  now  walking  up  and  down,  and  which 
you  have  called  our  town's  unroofed  saloon,  he  was  subjected 
to  an  infliction,  now  also  abolished,  namely,  an  hour's  public 
exposure  on  a  scaffold,  as  infamous,  fratricide,  and  civilly 
dead." 

"  And  probably  hooted  and  insulted  accordingly  ?" 

"  Exactly  the  contrary.  The  propriety  of  his  attitude  and 
behavior,  coinciding  with  the  general  belief  of  his  iunocence 
and  pity  for  his  consequently  cruel  position,  gained  him  uni- 
versal sympathy.  Instead  of  harsh  words,  or  worse,  a  collec- 
tion of  money  was  made  on  the  spot,  to  procure  him  comforts 
during  his  journey  to  the  place  of  punishment."' 

"  But  what  was  the  cause  of  this  discrepancy  between  the 
popular  feeling  and  the  jury's  verdict  ?" 

"  Well ;  the  case  is  difficult  as  well  as  curious,  and  still  re- 
mains in  some  measure  mysterious.  You  are  aware  of  the 
innumerable  and  bitter  disputes  occasioned  in  France  by  the 
minute  division  of  property.  For  a  square  foot  of  ground, 
for  half  a  tree,  for  a  crumbling  mud  wall,  lor  a  creaking  bit  of 
furniture,  sometimes  even  for  a  few  pots  and  paus.or  half-worn 
clothes,  families  will  fall  into  variance.  This  was  another  in- 
stance of  quarrel  caused  by  a  trumpery  inheritance  unfairly 
appropriated.  Alexandre  Fourrier  and  his  elder  brother, 
Pierre  Francois,  each  believed  that  the  other  had  got  more 
than  his  share,  and  consequently  indulged  in  very  unbrotherly 
expressions  of  feeling.  Francois  was  even  heard  to  use  words 
threatening  his  brother's  life.  '  Mind  what  you  are  about,' 
he  said.    '  Je  te  tue  ;  I'll  kill  you  '  " 

"  That  was  very  bad." 

"  Yes,  and  no.  Hard  words  break  no  bones.  Hot-tem- 
pered people,  uuder  provocation,  often  say  more  than  they 
have  the  slightest  intention  of  meaning.  Listen  to  the  com- 
pliments often  interchanged  between  husband  and  wife  amo  ngst 
our  lower  classes,  and  then  see  how  they  make  it  up  afterwards. 
Parents,  even  with  you,  sometimes  tell  their  children  they 
will  break  their  necks  ;  and  yet  they  do  not  break  them  the 
more  for  that.  1  hold  that  Francois's  '  Je  te  tue '  was  not  a 
bit  more  serious  in  its  real  pjrport." 

"  It  would,  nevertheless,  have  an  ugly  look  when  proved  in 
•vidence." 

"  True  ;  and  could  Francois  have  foreseen  the  consequences, 
he  would  have  curbed  his  temper  and  held  bis  tongue.  Had 
he  really  intended  to  commit  the  murder,  he  would  have  re- 
frained from  announcing  that  intention." 

"  At  least,  it  was  a  great  imprudence." 

"  Doubtless,  as  was  proved  by  the  event.  The  other  fear- 
ing, or  pretending  to  fear,  that  his  life  was  in  danger,  procured 


a  pistol,  which  he  constantly  carried,  loaded,  in  his  pocket. 
Una  evening  he  was  found  lying  in  a  field,  close  to  a  half-open 
gate,  bleeding  to  death  from  a  wound  in  the  hip.  The  pistol 
in  his  pocket  was  discharged.  Carried  into  the  house,  the 
ouly  articulate  and  intelligible  words  which  he  uttered  before 
expiring  were  '  Cochon  de  frere  ! — '  Pig  of  a  brother  !'  Those 
words  were  the  cause  of  Francois's  condemnation." 
"  And  well  they  might  be." 

"  They  might  merely  be  the  delirious  expression  of  his  ha- 
bitual train  of  thought.  There  were  marks  of  footprints 
brought  as  evidence  against  Francois.  His  counsel  insisted 
that  the  shoes  in  question  should  be  tried  on  the  father,  who 
relused.  They  were  tried  on  by  force,  and  found  to  fit  him 
perfectly.  After  Francois's  condemnation  there  came  out 
very  grave  charges  against  the  father,  a  man  of  fierce  passions 
and  moody  temper.  The  whole  family  were  thrown  into  prison 
— father,  mother,  sisters,  and  all.  1  hold  that,  for  his  mother's 
sake,  Francois  had  said  nothing  against  his  father.  1  believe 
him  to  have  been  a  martyr,  sacrificing  himself  and  letting  mat- 
ters take  their  course  ou  her  account.  The  father  hung  him- 
self in  prison." 

"  Very  strange  that,  if  he  had  done  no  wrong." 
"  The  family  were  immediately  set  at  liberty.  The  father's 
suicide  was  coustrued  into  a  confession  of  guilt.  From  that 
moment  everybody  believed  iu  the  innocence  of  the  convicted 
prisoner.  It  is  certain  that,  if  the  suicide  had  preceded  in- 
stead of  following  the  condemnation,,  it  would  have  been  pro- 
ductive of  the  same  benefit  to  the  convict  as  it  was  to  the 
rest  of  the  family.  But  it  happened  too  late.  Judgment  had 
been  pronounced,  and  could  not  be  reversed.  He  was  first 
seut  to  Brest,  where  he  figured  under  the  singular  number  of 
333,550.  He  is  now,  as  I  have  told  you,  at  Toulon.  By 
great  exertions  his  sentence  has  been  remitted  from  hard 
labor  for  life  to  a  limited  period — an  immense  alleviation.  But 
he  has  still  four  years  to  remain  in  confinement.  We  are 
trying  further  to  diminish  that.  As  to  the  hard  labor,  he  has 
been  relieved  of  it  by  beiug  classed  with  the  '  incurables.' 
See  him  at  Toulon.    Your  visit  may  possibly  do  good." 

Before  starting,  Fourrier's  mother  and  sister,  apprised  of 
my  iutentioD,  tame  to  meet  me  at  the  avocat's  house.  The 
fiist,  a  hale,  apple-checked  old  womau,  could  hardly  speak  for 
emotion  ;  but,  without  asking  leave,  ki;sed  me  affectionately, 
as  if  I  were  her  child  himself.  The  sister,  a  tidy,  middle-aged, 
hard-working  woman,  burst  into  tears  as  soon  as  she  entered 
the  room,  seized  my  hand,  and  stammered  out  as  well  as  she 
could,  "You  will  try  and  see  my  brother,  theu  ?" 
"  Yes  ;  I  will  endeavor  to  speak  to  him." 
"  O,  then,  give  him  this  from  me,"  again  squeezing  my 
hand.  "  Tell  him  to  try  and  live  for  four  years  longer.  Tell 
him  that  we  only  live  in  the  hope  of  seeing  him  back  again." 

A  flight  by  rail  to  the  loot  of  Mont  Ceuis  ;  a  tramp  on  foot 
over  Mont  Cenis  j  another  railway  flight  from  Susa  to  Turin 
aud  Geuoa  ;  a  scrimble-scramble  along  the  Corniche  from 
Uenoa  to  Nice,  sometimes  on  foot,  sometimes  on  wheels,  with 
the  blue  Mediterranean  on  the  left,  aud  olive-clad  mountains 
to  the  right,  all  the  way  along  ;  aud  again  by  rad  from  Nice 
to  Toulou — the  whole  of  this  distance  had  to  be  traversed, 
and,  to  confess  the  truth,  enjoyed  ;  but  they  are  foreigu  to 
my  present  narrative,  except  as  taking  me  to  Toulon. 

Often,  however,  my  enjoyment  was  dashed  with  the  recol- 
lectiou  of  the  task  that  lay  before  me.  Ollen,  without  eveu 
shutting  my  eyes,  1  could  see  the  mother's  attitude  of  help 
less  grief,  and  the  care-worn  face  of  the  more  impulsive  sister. 
Ofven  1  wished  I  had  had  notbiug  to  do  with  the  business. 
What  a  fool  1,  a  foreigner,  had  been  to  undertake  to  confront 
official  formalities  and  impediments,  sure  to  be  tiresome,  per- 
haps unpleasant. 

At  the  fourth  station  from  Toulon,  reckoning  eastward,  a 
village,  Sollies-Pont,  is  pointed  out,  severely  ravaged  by 
cholera,  brought,  my  informant  assures  me,  by  that  river — 
that  quick-ruuuing  stream  of  water  there. 

"  Surely  not,"  1  observed  in  surprise.  "  The  stream  would 
rather  tend  to  keep  disease  away.  The  stream,  no  doubt, 
was  runuing  aud  the  cholera  raging  at  the  same  place  aud  the 
same  time  ;  but  one  was  hardly  the  cause  of  the  other." 

"  0,  yes,  it  was  ;  else  it  wouldn't  have  been  bo  bad.  The 
living  were  insufficient  to  bury  the  dead.  They  were  obliged 
to  get  volunteer  forcats  from  the  Bagne  to  come  and  dig  the 
graves  and  put  the  corpses  in.  They  behaved  very  well,  in- 
deed, those  forcats  did.  Not  a  bit  afraid.  And  they  touched 
nothing— did  not  take  the  value  of  a  pin — would  not  even 
go  through  a  vineyard  without  somebody  to  bear  witness  that 
they  refrained  from  gathering  the  grapes.  The  prefet  com- 
plimented them  in  a  handsome  speech,  praising  them  highly, 
and  holding  out  hopes  of  mitigation  of  their  sentences." 

"  Good  !  I  am  glad  of  that,"  I  said.  And  then  the  thought 
occurred  that  poor  Fourrier  could  be  none  the  better  for  the 
circumstance.  The  favor  intended  by  making  him  "  incu- 
rable "  would,  at  the  same  time,  cut  him  off  from  all  oppor- 
tunity of  proving  his  desire  to  be  useful  to  society.  It  would 
be  a  too  glaring  inconsistency  to  allow  a  prisoner,  privileged 
with  indulgences  on  the  ground  of  bodily  infirmity,  to  go  and 
merit  further  advantages  by  performing  the  terrible  duty  of 
interring  corpses  infected  with  cholera. 


That  talking  over  Mont  Cenis  and  along  the  Italian  coast 
has  somewhat  shabbified  my  travelling  attire.  I  had  not  bar- 
gained—  no  tourist  does — for  dust,  drenching  rain,  and  scorch 
ing  sunshine.  I  had  had,  however,  a  taste  of  each.  At 
Toulon,  with  the  letters  I  have  to  deliver  and  receive,  there  is 
no  choice  but  to  go  to  the  best,  that  is,  the  most  expensive, 
hotel.  And,  while  performing  the  part  of  rolling-stone,  I  have 
gathered  no  moss  by  the  way  as  yet.  My  cash-bag  is  grow- 
ing beautifully  less.  I  know  no  banker  in  Toulon,  and  no 
banker  knows  me  ;  and  I  have  to  get  back  again  as  well  as  I 
had  to  get  here.  A  new  suit  of  clothes,  therefore,  is  ont  of 
the  question.  I  shall  do  very  well  as  I  am.  My  hat,  too,  is 
quite  passable,  only  the  edge  of  the  top  of  the  cbimney-pot- 
sbows  a  slight  wound  on  its  epidermis.  Nobody  in  the  streets 
will  see  it ;  if  they  do,  no  matter.  While  making  a  call,  I 
can  hold  it  in  such  a  way  as  to  hide  the  blemish.  Fresh 
gloves  and  my  Sunday  shoes  will  make  a  perfectly  presentable 
morning  costume.  Bien  yanti  el  bien  chausst,  on  va  partout. 
Au  evening  invitation  must  perforce  be  declined. 

Toulon  is  generally  a  busy  place,  full  of  all  sorts  of 
strangers,  illustrious  and  otherwise.  I  am  put  into  a  first- 
floor  front  of  the  hotel,  a  chamber  for  generals  and  plenipoten- 
tiaries. The  master,  just  returned  from  the  country  (the  son 
came  in  next  day,  and  the  wife,  1  think,  the  day  after,)  hands 
me  a  letter  with  a  very  official- looking  outside  aspect.  It 
raises  me  in  bis  opinion.  1  open  it.  It  encloses  another 
addressed  to  the  Coutre-Admiral,  then  acting  Prefet  Mari- 
time. I  am  in  for  it  now.  With  this,  and  the  one  I  have  in 
my  pocket,  there  is  uo  decent  loophole  for  retreat. 
"At  what  o'clock  is  the  table  d'hote  dinner?" 
"At  six,  monsieur." 

At  six  I  enter  the  dining-room.    Nobody.    Enter  a  waiter. 
"  Where  is  the  table  d'hote?"    "  Here,  monsieur." 
"  And  the  people  who  dine  at  it?"    "  You,  monsieur." 
"Give  me  some  dinner,  then?    Serve,  at  once,  what  you 
have  readiest  at  band." 

As  soon  as  he  is  gone,  a  passing  traveller  inquires  in  an 
undertone  for  news  of  "the  malady."  Nobody  mentions 
cholera  to  ears  polite.  I  could  give  uo  news.  He  lied  bis 
comforter  round  his  neck,. buttoned  his  paletot,  and  weut  to 
take  the  next  train. 

Next  morning  to  business  in  right  good  earnest,  but  with  a 
lingering  wish  to  avoid  the  great  people,  if  possible.  Doing 
antechamber,  runniug  the  gantlet,  aud  forcing  one's  way 
through  porters,  sentinels,  gendarmes,  door-openers,  clerks, 
and  the  various  safeguards  with  which  authority  is  obliged  to 
fence  itself  in,  is  distasteful  to  many  besides  myself.  The 
feeling  will  be  understood,  and  needs  no  explanation.  I  will 
first  deliver  my  letter  addressed  to  M.  Margollc,  an  adjoiut  to 
the  mayor,  to  be  opened,  in  his  absence,  by  his  brother-in-law, 
M.  Zurcher,  both  men  of  letters,  who  write  excellent  books  in 
collaboration. 

1  fiud  the  house  with  difficulty.  My  driver  does  not  seem 
to  know  tbe  town,  aud  this  is  outside  it.  Is  be  one  of  the 
strangers  arrived  to  replace  the  runaway  population  ?  M. 
Margollc  if  abseut,  M.  Zurcher  not.  A  tall,  handsome  man, 
but  evidently  sufferiug  from  illness,  receives  me  with  kind  aud 
charming  courtesy.  He  kuows  Fourrier  aud  bis  story  well, 
and  has  been  iuslrumeutal  in  procuring  tbe  partial  remission 
ol  his  sentence.  He  himself  has  been  tormented  lately  with 
neuralgic  pains,  but  is  better  to  day.  He  will  take  me  to  tbe 
admiral  aud  accompany  me  to  the  Bague,  calliug  lor  me  at 
the  hotel  at  two  in  the  afternoon. 

Charming !  Capital  1  It  rolls  on  castors.  The  thing  is 
doue.  The  influeuliil  and  well-kuown  Frenchman  taking  the 
Englishman  under  bis  wing,  the  latter  will  have  only  to  walk 
over  the  course  and  fulfil  his  promise  as  easily  as  it  were  a 
cull  on  au  ordinary  acquaintance.  Meanwhile,  shall  I  not 
take  mine  ease  in  mine  inn  ?    I  do  take  it. 

Nevertheless,  as  two  o'clock  draws  near,  I  begin  to  grow  a 
little  fidgety,  aud  occupy  a  seat  outside  the  hotel,  awaiting  my 
benevoleut  visitor.  Soon  after  two,  instead  of  M.  Zurcher,  au 
employe  from  the  Mairie,  in  natty  uniform,  draws  uear  ;  and, 
ascertaining  who  I  am,  delivers  a  letter.  It  was  not  exactly 
(hat  which  I  wanted,  although  it  is  infinitely  better  than 
nothing.  M.  Zurcher  writes  that  his  pains  have  returned, 
and  compel  him  to  keep  house ;  ho  encloses  a  letter  to  the 
commissaire  of  the  Bagne.  With  that,  and  what  1  have  be 
sides,  1  shall  make  my  way  easily,  he  says. 

Shall  I  ?  There  is  no  help  for  it,  if  I  shall  not.  To  the 
admiral  at  once.  I  shall  find  him,  they  tell  me,  at  the  Major- 
ity, or  Etat-Major  de  la  Marine.  I  do  uot  find  turn.  He^is 
not  there,  but  at  tbe  Prefecture.  There,  I  am  introduced  into 
an  antechamber  occupied  by  an  aide-de-camp,  and  some  naval 
officers  pacing  to  aud  fro,  as  if  they  were  on  a  quarter-deck. 
Great  politeness.  My  letter  is  sent  in,  and  btfore  many 
minutes  I  am  admitted  to  the  presence. 

"  You  are  recommended  by  one  of  my  oldest  comrades," 
said  tbe  admiral,  with  unaffected  good  nature  ;  "  what  can  I 
do  for  you  ?" 

I  explain  that  I  wish  to  see  tbe  interior  of  the  Bagne,  and 
especially  to  epeak  to  the  forcat  Fourrier. 
"  Certainly."   Addressing  the  aide-de-camp,  "  Write  a  re- 


August  4th] 


THE  CALIFORNIA**. 


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que9t  to  the  commissaire  that  Monsieur  may  see  the  Bagne 
and  Fourrier.  Only,  you  know,  if  he  is  under  lock  and  key, 
he  will  not  be  visible  to  anybody." 

The  dungeons  at  the  Bagne  for  refractory  subjects  (indo- 
ciles)  are  said  to  be  something  terrible.  It  is  stated,  that, 
if  they  were  shown,  their  continuance  would  not  be  tolerated 
by  public  opinion.  And  yet. there  must  be  some  means  of 
preventing  criminals  from  haviug  their  own  way  in  further 
criminality.  In  any  case,  neither  those  cells  nor  their  occu- 
pants are  open  to  public  inspection. 

"  I  do  not  think  that  probable,"  I  interposed.  "  He  has 
never  incurred  a  single  day's  punishment." 

"  So  much  the  better  ;  you  will  be  able  to  see  him,  then. 
I  remember  hearing  him  mentioned  before.  He  seems  to  have 
friends  who  take  an  interest  in  him." 

At  that  moment,  I  noticed  the  direction  of  the  admiral's 
eye.  It  glanced  at  the  wound  on  my  hat,  which  I  had  clean 
forgotten.  Not  being  a  diplomatist,  I  fear  my  face  betrayed 
some  slight  symptom  of  mortification. 

Smiling,  he  added  that  I  was  to  take  to  the  Etat-Major  an 
order  to  visit  the  arsenal,  which  contains  the  Bagne  within 
its  walls.  There,  they  would  give  me  a  "  planton,"  or  sailor 
attendant,  to  conduct  me  to  the  commissaire  of  the  Bagne. 

The  audience  is  at  an  end.  Thanks  to  the  admiral's  frank 
and  simple  manners,  it  has  passed  off  much  more  agreeably 
than  I  anticipated.  I  retire  with  the  aide-de-camp,  who  writes 
the  nocessary  orders,  and  dismisses  me  with  perfect  courtesy. 
I  go  to  the  Majorite.  They  give  me  my  planton,  and  we  enter 
the  gates  of  the  arsenal  together. 

Within  the  arsenal  is  a  busy  scene,  resembling  other  dock- 
yards and  arsenals,  except  for  the  presence  of  the  forcats  per- 
forming various  slavish  work.  It  is,  after  all,  a  cheerful  spot 
to  labor  in.  There  are  trees  and  water,  air  and  sunshine, 
glimpses  of  the  town  through  the  arsenal  gates,  with  the 
mountains  beyond  all  towering  in  the  distance.  It  is  a  laby- 
rinth of  long  ranges  of  buildings  and  naval  stores,  through 
which  a  stranger  trying  to  thread  his  way  would  find  himself 
incessantly  cut  off  by  water.  For  necessary  daily  communi- 
cation, there  are  slight  wooden  bridges  and  ferry-boats'worked 
by  forcats.  But  for  the  shame  and  the  public  exposure,  I 
should  say  that  a  convict  would  greatly  prefer  this  place  to 
penitentiaries,  or  any  other  form  of  isolated  confinement. 

Nor  do  the  forcats  all  look  wretched.  They  crowd  their 
carts  over  bridges  with  a  run  and  a  laugh.  The  ordinary  set 
of  culprits  are  riveted  two  and  two,  never  separating,  day  or 
night.  "Eprouves,"  tried,  well-conducted  prisoners,  carry 
their  irons  singly,  with  no  human  clog  attached  to  them.  The 
costume  is  hideous  :  red  cap,  red  vest,  and  trousers  of  a 
frightfully  ugly  yellow.  Of  the  three  primitive  colors,  yellow 
is  the  least  pleasing  to  many  eyes.  Yellow  flowers  (except  in 
species,  as  the  rose,  where  that  hue  is  a  rarily)  are  less  sought 
for,  I  think,  than  blue  and  red.  But  then  also  there  are  good 
yellows  and  bad  yellows.  The  forcat's  yellow  has  a  bright, 
staring,  glaring,  vulgar  tinge,  which  catches  the  eye  like  a 
sign-post  or  a  personal  deformity,  and  is  suggestive  of  pesti- 
lence, poisonous  plants,  moral  jaundice,  and  everything  else 
that  is  corrupt  and  offensive.  A  prisoner  who,  like  a  bad 
shilling,  comes  back  to  the  Bagne  after  being  discharged,  is 
distinguished  by  one  yellow  sleeve  dishonorably  contrasting 
with  his  red  vest ;  after  a  second  relapse,  by  two.  It  is  rarely 
that  a  third  arm  is  required  to  display  a  triple  badge  of  dis- 
grace.   A  green  cap  marks  prisoners  sentenced  for  life. 

My  planton  is  an  active,  obliging  little  fellow,  sharp  as  a 
needle,  and  probably  not  deaf  to  tho  remarks  of  visitors. 
Anxious  to  do  the  honors  of  the  place,  he  would  show  me  the 
Taureau,  submarine  steam-ram,  which  is  to  rip  open  ships' 
bellies  under  water,  as  the  rhinoceros  disembowels  his  antag- 
onists when  he  catches  them  on  his  nasal  ho''n.  A  gang  of 
forcats  passes  us,  showing  their  naked  heads  in  profile.  What 
a  lot  to  frighten  a  phrenologist !  I  had  already  noticed  some 
not  at  all  bad  faces,  but  these  heads  present  everything  that 
is  exaggerated  and  unbalanced  in  cranial  form. 

"  Have  you  many  educated  persons  here  ?"  I  ask. 

"  Plenty  ;  bankers,  advocates,  huissiers,  notaries,  priests. 
At  the  bazaar,  where  things  made  by  the  forcats  are  sold  for 
their  benefit,  you  will  find  exceedingly  well-mannered  indi- 
viduals." 

"  We  must  reserve  that  and  other  things  for  to-morrow." 

I  am  naturally  anxious  to  get  at  Fourrier,  and  give  my  com- 
panion a  sketch  of  his  story.  He  listens  attentively.  No 
harm  will  be  done  if  he  reports  it. 

There  is  no  appearance  of  being  so  near  a  prison.  Noth- 
ing announces  the  home  of  criminals,  most  of  whom  have  lost 
all  hope  on  earth.  A  high-arched  wooden  bridge  is  the  isth- 
mus which  conducts  from  the  arsenal  to  the  peninsula  and  the 
floating  islands  o.  punishment.  The  site  of  the  locality,  amidst 
blue  waters  and  clear  skies,  would  of  itself  give  you  any  other 
idea  than  that  of  breathing  an  atmosphere  of  wickedness.  So 
little  has  the  Bagne  the  aspect  of  a  prison,  that  you  are  inside 
it  before  you  are  aware.  You  simply  behold  buildings  cover- 
ing a  large  space  of  ground,  widespread  and  "ambling  rather 
than  lul'ty,  with  little  to  iudicate  their  purpose. 

The  first  step  to  be  taken  now,  is  to  preseut  myself  to  the 


commissaire  and  obtain  his  countenance.  I  am  ushered  to  an 
upper  room,  where  I  find  a  gentleman  in  quiet  but  handsome 
uniform,  behind  a  most  business-looking  library  table.  He  re- 
ceives me  politely,  but  in  the  way  in  which  you  receive  people 
when  you  have  not  the  slightest  idea  what  they  are  come 
about.  He  takes  my  letters,  retires  to  the  recess  of  a  win- 
dow to  read  them,  and  returns  with  an  altered  countenance 
and  manner. 

"  You  are  quite  en  regie,  monsieur,"  he  cordially  observes. 
I  bow,  as  in  duty  bound. 

"  Perfectly  en  regie.  We  will  do  what  we  can  to  comply 
with  your  wishes.    Monsieur  Asterisk,  if  jou  please!" 

Monsieur  Asterisk  answers  his  superior's  summons.  He  is 
a  tall,  stout  man,  with  a  broad,  pale,  colorless  face,  and  a  sub- 
dued expression  of  great  intelligence. 

"  Monsieur  is  an  Englishman,"  continues  the  commissaire, 
"  well  recommended,  who  desires  to  see  the  interior  of  the 

Bagne,  and  also  to  speak  with  No.  let  me  see,"  referring 

to  the  letter,  "  with  No.  9999.  You  will  please  give  him  a 
competent  guide." 

•'  Ah,  No.  9999  !"  said  M.  Asterisk,  raising  his  eyes  to  the 
ceiling  to  consult  his  memory.    "  No.  9999  is  Fournier." 

"  Extraordinary  !"  observed  the  chief.  "  I  have  only  to 
name  a  number,  and  you  at  once  name  the  party  belonging 
to  it." 

"  After  so  many  years  of  service,  I  have  naturally  acquired 
the  faculty,"  M.  Asterisk  modestly  replies.  "  The  gentleman 
can  easily  see  the  Bagne  and  also  speak  with  Fournier." 

"  His  name  is  Fourrier,"  1  interposed,  "  Pierre  Francois  ; 
in  the  Salle  des  Incurables." 

"  The  same.  But,  I  beg  pardon,  he  is  Fourmer  ;  has  always 
been  Founner  at  the  Bagne." 

With  so  important  and  well-memoried  an  official  it  was  not 
worth  disputing  about  a  letter  ;  eo  I  acquiesced  in  his  orthog- 
raphy, and  prepared  to  take  my  leave. 

"  Tell  Fournier  to  be  in  readiness.  You  can  now  visit  all 
you  require,"  said  the  commissaire,  with  a  courteous  smile. 
"  Pray  give  my  compliments  to  M.  Zurcher.  I  shall  be.  glad 
to  hear  of  his  better  health." 

Here  let  me,  once  for  all,  testify  to  the  polite  and  obliging 
treatment  which  I  met  with  from  every  one  with  whom  I  had 
to  do  at  Toulon. 

With  an  adjutant,  therefore,  added  to  my  planton — quite  a 
suite — I  commence  my  round  of  inspection,  which  must  be 
briefly  described.  A  long  room,  lodging  some  two  hundred 
convicts,  but  for  its  extreme  cleanliness  and  one  or  two  minor 
accessories,  might  be  taken  for  a  wild  beasts'  den.  It  is  all 
bars,  and  bolts,  and  boards.  Amongst  those  accessories  are, 
at  the  further  end,  a  crucifix,  to  remind  the  guilty  in  this  world 
of  the  Savior  who  died  to  redeem  them  in  the  next,  and  a 
letter-box  ;  for  the  prisoners  have  free  permission  to  write  to 
their  friends,  subject,  of  course,  to  perusal  bofore  posting. 
Nor  is  reading  forbidden,  in  some  wards  at  least ;  Victor 
Hugo's  Miserables  having  been  listened  to  with  great  interest. 
The  entrance  door  of  this  room  is  formed  of  iron  bars,  resem- 
bling an  extra-strong  park  gate  ;  so  that  even  when  shut  every- 
thing that  passes  inside  is  visible  to  the  guards  without.  The 
bed  is  a  long  wooden  bench  slightly  raised  at  the  head,  whose 
surface  is  softened  by  a  slight  mattress  for  the  eprouves  only. 
One  blanket  is  the  covering  ;  but  Toulon,  be  it  remembered, 
is  in  the  south.  At  the  bed's  head  are  placed  the  rations  of 
black-brown  bread  allowed  to  each  individual.  All  along  the 
foot  runs  an  iron  bar,  to  which  the  chains  are  fastened  when 
their  wearers  retire  to  rest.  . 

There  is  a  Sulle  des  Blesses,  a  ward  for  the  wounded — and 
how  they  get  wounded  is  often  known  only  to  the  forgats 
themselves.  There  is  a  bathroom,  a  kitchen,  and  besides 
that  a  much  larger  kitchen  for  the  hospital,  where  the  cook- 
ing is  superintended  by  worthy,  self-denying  Sisters  of 
Charity. 

That  door  opposite  leads  out  of  the  Salle  des  Incurables. 
Fourrier  is  coming  out  to  meet  us.  Would  I  like  to  see  the 
hospital  first  ?  It  is  only  up  this  flight  of  steps.  Certainly. 
Very  well ;  he  can  wait  a  few  minutes  at  the  bottom.  The 
pans  I  notice  on  the  steps  contain  disinfectant  substances  ; 
for  "  the  malady  "  has  not  spared  the  Bagne.  The  hospital, 
roorny,  airy,  light,  is  the  acme  of  neatness  and  cleanliness. 
Not  a  trace  of  offensive  smell  perceptible.  True,  the  patients 
are  not  numerous.  One,  an  Arab,  sitting  up  in  bed  to  eat 
some  soup,  has  the  eyes  of  a  wildcat  staring  out  of  his  flesh- 
less  face.  The  sheets  are  as  white  as-  you  would  wish  for 
yourself ;  but  there  is  still  the  chain  fastening  the  sick 
man  to  his  bed.  It  quits  biin  only  when  he  ceases  to 
breathe. 

Down  stairs  again  to  find  my  man.  That  must  be  he,  pale, 
thin,  standing  with  his  back  to  the  wall,  surrounded  by  a 
throng.  There  is  quite  a  concourse  of  people  of  all  sorts  ; 
other  foroats,  douaniers,  employes,  and  I  know  not  what,  be- 
sides ourselves.  Confidential  talk  is  impossible,  and  I  must 
shape  the  interview  ascordingly. 

Some  people  have  real  faces,  others  have  only  facial  masks  ; 
but  it  is  not  hard  to  distinguish  which  is  a  face  and  which  is 
only  a  mask  put  on.  The  individual  before  me  has  a  face  ; 
and  on  it  is  written  unmistakably,  "  Misfortune,  when  it  can- 


not be  got  over,  must  be  borne.  I  will  go  through  with  this 
bearing  it  patiently,  though  sorrowfully."  He  trembles  with 
emotion. 

(Another  pair  of  eyes  and  ears  afterwards  informed  mo 
that,  while  I  was  in  the  hospital,  the  other  forcats  were  at 
him  with  "  Come,  Fourrier,  pack  up  your  things  I  You  are 
going  away  at  last.  Here  is  a  great  man  come  to  let  you  out. 
Make  up  your  bundle  as  fast  as  you  can  !"  and  such  like  teas- 
ing speeches.) 

"  You  are  Fourrier  V  I  said." 

"  Yes,  monsieur,  I  am." 

"  I  should  have  known  you  from  your  likeness  to  your 
sister.  When  I  left,  she  and  your  mother  were  well.  They 
beg  you  to  be  patient  for  their  sakes." 

The  poor  man  bowed  his  head. 

"  The  mayor  of  your  village  instructs  me  to  say  that  when 
you  return  you  will  be  well  received  and  find  plenty  of  em- 
ployment." 

He  looked  up,  touched  by  the  assurance,  but  also,  I  fear,  a 
little  disappointed,  having,  probably,  hoped  for  still  better 
news.  The  curious  group  showed  no  signs  of  retiring,  so  I 
determined  to  make  what  use  I  could  of  their  presence. 

".And  Maitre  Le  Beau,"  I  continued,  raising  my  voice  and 
looking  round,  "  a  distinguished  advocate,  who  has  carefully 
followed  your  case  from  the  outset,  is  convinced  of  your  inno- 
cence— that  you  did  not  commit  the  crime  for  which  you  are 
detained  here." 

Sensation  amongst  the  bystanders. 

"  I  never  did  any  harm  to  any  one,"  wa3  all  he  answered, 
in  a  low,  clear  voice. 

"  Have  you  anything  to  say  to  me  before  I  leave?" 
"  Nothing,  monsieur." 

"  I  shall  see  your  mother  and  your  sister  on  my  return. 
Have  you  anything  you  wish  me  to  say  to  them  ?" 
"  Nothing,  monsieur." 
"  Good  by,  then,  till  we  meet  again." 

I  subsequently  learned,  through  a  letter  to  my  friend,  that 
he  had  a  deal  to  say,  but  refrained  from  saying  it  for  fear  of 
the  surveillance  of  spies  and  informers.  Possibly,  at  the 
Bagne,  the  slightest  whisper  is  re-echoed  to  a  distance  with 
the  loudrress  of  a  speaking-trumpet. 

When  about  to  retire,  I  remember  the  sister's  request  to 
pass  on  to  the  brother  her  shake  of  the  hand.  Impossible. 
I  could  not,  for  the  life  of  me,  do  it.  His  innocence  had  not 
yet  been  officially  acknowledged.  And  if  I  had,  it  might 
have  done  more  harm  than  good.  Suspicion  there  is  easily 
excited.  I  had  permission  to  speak  to,  but  not  to  convey 
anything  to  him.  There  had  been  an  attempt  to  escape  that 
very  morning.  Had  I  not  seen  a  guardian  examine  the 
straw  at  the  bottom  of  a  forcat's  wooden  shoe,  as  he  returned 
from  work  ?  So  I  cast  a  last  look  at  the  pale-faced  man,  and 
leave  the  lookers-on  to  make  their  comments  and  guesses. 

"•  Is  there  anything  more  you  wish  to  see  ?"  the  adjutant 
obligingly  inquires. 

"  I  thank  you,  no  ;  no  more  to-day."  So  I  slowly  make 
my  way  out  of  the  Bagne,  and  relieve  my  chest  with  a  long, 
long  breath. 

P.  S.  A  petition  has  since  been  sent  to  the  minister  that 
Fourrier  should  be  medically  examined  and  his  condition 
reported  on.  He  has  been  examined,  and,  according  to  the 
report,  he  is  a  walking  complication  of  disease,  a  phenomenon 
of  morbid  affections.  One  would  say  the  only  wonder  is  how 
a  creature  so  afflicted  can  continue  to  live.  His  vital  spark 
must  be  unusually  hard  to  extinguish.  He  would  be  worth 
engagement  by  a  medical  lecturer  as  an  encyclopaedic  illustra- 
tion of  human  complaints! 

But  is  such  an  invalid  worth  keeping  in  prison  ?  No.  All 
he  is  good  for  is  to  consume  wholesome  food,  puzzle  the  doc- 
tors, and  give  worthy  jailers  the  trouble  of  locking  him  up. 
He  is  just  as  well  outside  as  indoors.  You  may  as  well  let 
him  go  for  a  poor  broken-down,  good-for-nothing  encum- 
brance. Such  is  the  train  of  reasoning  which  would  seem  to 
be  implied  by  the  petition  and  the  consequent  report. 

Second  P.  S.  Returned  some  weeks  from  my  travels,  I 
hear  a  rattling  knock  at  my  door  ;  not  at  all  like  a  French 
knock  (though  it  is  one,)  but  a  triumphant  imitation  of  an 
English  rat-tat-too.  I  peep  out  of  my  window,  like  Shaks- 
peare's  apothecary,  to  put  the  question,  "  Who  knocks  so 
loud  ?"  Behold  !  It  is  No.  9999,  loose,  free,  at  large,  come 
to  return  my  vfsit,  and  conducted  hither  by  my  friend  the 
avocat.  We  last  met  on  the  shore  of  the  Mediterranean,  and 
here  he  is  within  sight  of  the  English  Channel.  He  has  been 
"gracie,"  pardoned  by  the  Emperor.  But  that  the  sacredne?3 
of  a  sentence  once  pronounced  may  suffer  no  diminution  of 
prestige,  he  is  at  liberty  under  the  surveillance  of  the-  police. 
A  residence  is  assigned  to  him — the  very  place  where  he 
wishes  to  dwell.  I  wonder  how  he  contrives  to  walk  without 
irons  after  having  worn  them  for  two  and  twenty  years  ;  and 
I  must  ask  him  how  he  liked  his  first  night  in  a  bed  between, 
a  pair  of  sheets. 

Third  P.  S.  This  is  a  true  story,  and  not  a  subtle  fiction 
of  the  brain.  Strange  as  it  may  seem,  9999  is  the  actual 
number  the  convict  bore,  and  not  another  form  of  *  *  *  * 
He  is  living  happily,  in  the  solid  flesh,  and  not  in  your  ima»i 
nation  merely,  with  a  real  mother  and  a  real  sister,  whose 
real  children,  whom  he  had  never  seen,  are  now  the  objects  of 
his  affection. — All  Hie  Year  Round. 


4 


THE    CALiFORN  IAN. 


|  A  ugust  4th 


AT  THE  NATIONAL  PORTRAIT  EXHIBITION. 
"A  /TR.  PUNCH  considers  the  Exhibition  as  an  admirable 
-iYJL  mode  of  popularizing  instruction  in  English  History. 
While  there,  Little  Tom  Eaves,  his  contributor,  noted  down 
the  following  conversations  : 

Educated  Person  (who  wouldn't  buy  a  guide  because  it 
was  eighteenpence,  stands  before  the  picture  of  Inigo  Jones, 
and  says  to  his  Friend) — That's  good,  isn't  it?  (Pronounces 
the  name  as  if  he  hadn't  seen  it  written  under  the  portrait.) 
Inigo  Jones. 

His  Friend  (who  wanted  Educated  Person  to  buy  a  cata- 
logue, but  wouldn't  spend  the  eighteenpence  himself)— Ah, 
yes.  (Then,  as  if  he  did  know,  but  had  momentarily  forgot- 
ten)— Who  was  Inigo  Jones  ? 

Educated  Person  (well  up  in  history)— Inigo  Jones?  Oh, 
he  was — a — a — (Looks  round  to  see  if  anybody's  near  him 
with  a  catalogue.)    He  was  an  architect. 

His  Friend — Oh,  of  course.  (Still  not  quite  clear  on  the 
point.)    Didn't  he  try  to  get  into  Buckingham  Palace  once  ? 

Educated  Person  (contemptuously) — No  !  my  dear  fellow. 
He  lived  in  James  the  Second's,  no,  (hesitates)  Charles  the 
Second's,  or  James  the  First's.  Let  me  see — (recovers  him- 
self— at  all  events,  one  of  that  lot. 

[He  says  this  as  if  they  all  lived  in  the  same  year. 

His  Friend  (distrustfully) — I  wish  you'd  bought  a  catalogue. 

Lazy  Person  (in  a  chair,  with  a  catalogue  in  his  hand,  to  a 
Friend  without  a  catalogue,  who  is  staring  at  the  pictures) — 
It's  very  tiring  seeing  pictures  :  wonder  who  that  is? 

[Alluding  to  a  painting  In  front  of  him. 

His  Friend  (with  sound  common  sense) — Look  at  your  cat- 
alogue. 

Lazy  Person  (languidly) — Eh?  what's  the  number?  Ah, 
No.  915.  (Opens  the  guide  carelessly  by  several  other 
names.)  Nell  Gwynn.  (Meditatively.)  I  haven't  seen  Nell 
Gwynn.    I  should  like  to  see  that.  [Pauses  vacantly. 

His  Friend  (keeping  to  the  point) — But  what's  915  ? 

Lazy  Person  (as  if  very  much  bored) — Oh,  it's  Lady  Lucy 
(slowly)  Theresa  (slower)  Herbert. 

His  Friend — Is  it?  (Suddenly  awaking  to  the  fact  that 
the  picture  is  that  of  a  man  in  court  robes.)  You  haven't 
got  No.  915.    (Looks  over  him.)    You're  reading  953. 

Lazy  Person  (helplessly) — Am  I?  Ah,  all  these  people 
were  so  very  much  alike.  (Loses  all  interest.)  Here,  fiud 
the  thing  yourself. 

[Nearly  falls  asleep  in  the  chair,  and  is  left  by  his  Friend. 

HENRY  THE  EIGHTH'S  GALLERY. 

Elderly  Female  from  the  Country  (evidently  out  for  a  holi- 
day.)   Lor',  Mrs.  Probbit,  look  here !  there's  a  Blue  Beard. 

[They  are  looking  at  a  picture  of  Heury  V'lll. 
Mrs.  Probbit — Well,  ain't  he  now  ? 
Elderly  Female--Don't  he  look  it,  too  ? 
Mrs.  Probbit — Ah,  don't  he  I 

Elderly  Female  (looking  at  Anne  Boleyn) — Anne  Bowline. 
(Jocosely.)    That's  a  rum  dress. 

[Addressing  probably  her  husband. 
Respectable,  hot-looking,  and  silent  Man  (accompanying 
the  Country  Party,  carrying  a  mysterious  basket) — Urn  ! 

[The  party  moves  on. 
Yague  Person  (arriving  in  the  Gallery  with  Yague  Friend.) 
Where  shall  we  begin,  eh  ? 

[V.  F.|becoraes  utterly  unsettled. 

Yague  Person  (summoning  up  all  his  energy  to  decide) — We 
will  begin  with  Charles  the  Second.  (They  walk  towards 
that  division  ;  he  stops.)  Oh,  I  wanted  to  see  Thingunimys 
portrait.  (Vague  Friend  is  perfectly  ready  to  see  it) — I  mean 
Shakspeare's — the  one,  you  know. 

Vague  Friend  (without  any  curiosity) — Oh,  yes. 

[They  turn  back  towards  the  Elizabethan  Gallery. 

Vague  Person  (undecidedly) — And  yet  I  don't  know — 
p'raps  it  would  be  better  to  see  Charles  the  Second  first,  eh  ? 

[Vague  Friend  thinks  "  yes,  p'raps,  that  would  be  better," 
and  they  retrace  their  steps. 

Intelligent  Gentleman  (with  catalogue,  overheard  by  Vague 
Couple) — The  galleries  one  ought  to  begin  with  are  up-stuirs. 

Vague  Person  (to  his  Friend,  pausing) — There  are  galleries 
upstairs. 

| This  information  quite  unsettles  them  as  to  Charles  the 
Second. 

Vague  Friend  (suggestively) — Well,  let's  go  up  stairs. 

Vague  Person — Very  well.  (They  go  toward  the  stairs  ; 
they  stop.)  And  yet  I  think  I'd  rather  see  Charles  the  Sec- 
ond's time,  it's  more  interesting. 

[Vague  Friend  says  "  yes,  he  thinks  it's  more  interesting," 
and  they  go  to  Charles  the  Second's  Gallery. 

Vague  Person  (suddenly,  and  as  if  they'd  been  looking  for 
him  everywhere)— Oh,  here's  the  Earl  of  Ossory. 

Vague  Friend — Ah,  yes  (tries  to  recollect.)  It  was  Ossory 
who  wrote  those  poems,  wasn't  it? 

Vague  Person — Ah  !  (carelessly)  I  forget,  exactly.  (Re- 
collects a  name,  and  inquires  doubtfully.)  Wasn't  that 
Ossian  ? 

Vague  Friend  (not  liking  to  give  in  to  his  Friend  on  a  point 
of  history.)— No,  I  think  not,  he  wrote — (vaguely)  what's  the 


name  of  the  thing — and  Rochester — and  all  those,  you  know, 
of  that  time — (turning  the  conversatioc)  By  the  way,  who 
was  Ossian  ?  j 

Yague  Persou  (beginning  to  distrust  himself) — Ossian  ? 
Oh,  I  always  thought  he  was  an  Irishman.  (They  meet  a 
third  Vague  Person  who  is  esteemed  a  well  read  man.)  You 
cau  tell  us. 

Other  Yague  Person  (smiling  at  portraits) — Eh,  what? 

[He  feels  safe  with  a  catalogue. 
Vague  Person — Why  he  (illuding  to  Vague  Friend)  wants 
to  know  (as  if  he  himself  didn't)  who  Ossian  was  ? 

Other  Vague  Person  (thinks  he's  in  the  catalogue) — Eh  ? 
why — the  number— (a  thought  suddenly  strikes  him)  Oh,  no, 
he  was  a  mythological  whatshisname  (vaguely,)  wasn't  be  ? 
He  played  a  harp  on  a  dolphin's  back,  or  something  or  other. 
.  [Determines  to  look  out  Ossian  in  Lempriere  when  he  gets 
home. 

Vague  Friend  (half  satisfied) — Ah!  I  thought  be  wasn't  a 
whatyoumaycallem  in  this  time. 

[lie  means  a  Cavalier  in  the  reign  of  Charles  the  Second. 
Vague  Person  (after  looking  at  five  or  six  pictures,  sud- 
denly)—  Who  was  Killigrew  '! 

[Vague  Friend  looks  at  Other  Yague  Person  for  informa- 
tion. 

Other  Yague  Person  (who  thinks  he  really  ought  to  know 
who  Killigrew  was  without  looking  at  his  catalogue) — Killi- 
grew ?  he  was  a  wit — (pauses,  and  thinks  what  the  dickens 
else  Killigrew  was) — yes,  he  was  a  wit — (pauses  again,  but 
can't  think  of  anything  else) — yes,  that's  all.  (Adding,  as  if 
her  was  going  to  correct  any  mistake  there  might  be  about  Kil- 
ligrew in  the  catalogue.)    I'll  see  what  the  Catalogue  says. 

outside  the  gallery  (Any  day  afterwards.) 
Sleepy  Persou  (who  was  awoke  by  their  closing  the  exhi- 
bition)— Oh  I  (to  a  lady)  you  should  go  to  see  the  Portraits, 
it's  so  interesiing. 

Vague  Person's  Opinion — Oh,  you  should  go!  There  are 
all  the  pictures  of  Thingummy,  and  Whatshisname,  and 
Charles,  and  the  whole  lot  of  e'm. — Punch. 


A    HOME    TRAIT    AND    A    HOME  WANT. 

THE  peculiar  vice  of  Californians  is  extravagance  ;  and 
yet  it  is  so  nearly  allied  to  their  chief  virtue  as  to  be 
seldom  acknowledged  in  its  true  character.  They  love,  espe- 
cially when  abroad,  to  boast  of  their  generous  traits — their 
liberal  opinisns,  their  frank  aud  cordial  manners,  their  gener- 
ous way  of  spending  money  ;  and  they  sustain  the  boast  by 
words  aud  acts  which  establish  for  them  a  distinct  individu- 
ality. Strangers  are  apt  to  think  them  as  liberal  in  self- 
praise  as  in  everything  else,  and  it  was  perhaps  a  shrewd  ap- 
preciation of  their  ruling  trait,  in  its  weakest  no  less  than  its 
noblest  phase,  that  enabled  "  Father  Bellows  " — as  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  Sanitary  Commission  was  popularly  called — to 
stimulate  their  habit  of  lavish  giving  under  the  pleasing 
manipulation  of  his  laudatory  telegrams.  The  trait  of  extrav- 
agance attaches  to  most  of  their  habits.  It  is  betrayed  in 
their  over-demonstrative  deportment,  in  their  use  of  strong 
language  aud  abuse  of  adjectives,  in  their  fervent  partizansbip, 
in  their  excessive  loves  aud  hates,  in  their  fondness  for  the 
wildest  speculations  aud  boldest  adventures,  in  their  almost 
contemptuous  waste  of  wealth,  in  their  fast  riding  aud  fast 
living.  These  characteristics  result  from  the  peculiar  circum- 
stances attending  the  rapid  settlement  of  a  new  and  remote 
laud,  by  a  class  of  the  most  adventurous  and  independent 
spirits  from  all  parts  of  the  world,  incited  by  desire  for  the 
sudden  accumulation  of  wealth,  and  separated  for  many  years 
from  the  restraints  and  mollifying  influences  of  society.  The 
paucity  of  the  female  element  for  some  years,  the  absence  of 
home  attractions,  and  the  lack  of  those  higher  aims  that 
employ  active  tendencies  in  older  communities,  have  also  con- 
tributed to  the  cultivation  of  extravagant  and  eccentric  traits. 
With  all  that  is  most  objectionable  in  these,  an  impartial 
critic  must  admit  that  there  mingles  a  truly  cosmopolitan 
spirit — the  outgrowth  of  intimacy  with  all  sorts  of  people,  of 
lamiliarity  with  all  sorts  of  fortune,  aud  of  that  intellectual 
and  moral  attrition  which  smooths  down  insular  peculiarities 
and  local  prejudices.  We  may  hope,  also,  that  as  our  popu- 
lation increases,  through  a  uew  immigration  that  will  bring 
more  rational  ideas  of  life  and  business,  and  as  society  fixes 
itself  upon  the  substantial  basis  of  common  interests,  that  the 
extravagances  of  Californians  will  be  toned  down  till  they 
shall  appear  as  virtues.  The  extravagance  they  practice  in 
living  especially  needs  to  be  curbed  if  tbey  would  realize 
genuine  prosperity. 

If  we  could  dissociate  ourselves  for  a  moment  from  our  sur- 
roundings, we  should  be  surprised  at  the  reckless  disregard  for 
economy  displayed  by  every  class  of  our  people.  The  ease 
with  which  money  cau  be  made  here,  has  encouraged  a  habit 
of  the  most  lavish  expenditure.  Incomes  that  are  sufficient 
to  enable  a  prudent  man  to  live  in  taste  and  comfort,  and  lay 
up  a  competence  besides,  are  consumed  to  the  last  dollar  an- 
nually without  any  increase  of  happiness.  The  very  servants, 
who  come  here  delighted  to  receive  four  times  what  they  ob- 
tained at  (he  East,  exclusive  of  more  generous  gifts  than  they 


ever  received  there,  are  apt  to  waste  their  wages  in  a  vain 
attempt  to  dress  as  well  as  their  mistresses.  Men  who 
speedily  make  a  fortune  at  mining  or  trading  often  spend  the 
better  part  of  it  in  the  erection  of  a  splendid  mansion,  which 
involves  a  style  of  living  aud  expense  for  repairs,  taxes,  in- 
surance, etc.,  which  consumes  the  remainder  of  their  means 
and  often  leads  to  bankruptcy.  There  is  a  general  disposition 
to  indulge  in  costly  display  ;  to  pay  largely  for  gratifications 
that  are  only  temporary  ;  to  give  lavishly  and  without  discrimi- 
nation, for  the  empty  reward  of  being  called  "  a  good  fellow." 
The  vanities  of  gorgeous  upholstery,  fine  parties  and  fust 
horses,  are  indulged  in  by  many  whose  resources  are-ultogether 
disproportioued  to  the  expense.  Montgomery  street,  on  a 
clear  sunny  day,  reveals  more  laces,  diamonds,  watered  silks, 
and  sables,  than  are  displayed  on  Broadway  or  the  Fifth 
Avenue. 

A  Californian,  accustomed  to  these  things,  is  astonished,  on 
going  East,  to  find  how  much  more  plainly  ami  cheaply  people 
of  equal  or  greater  means  live  there  than  here.  There  is  in 
the  Atlantic  States,  of  course,  a  class  of  newly-rich — the  pe- 
troleum and  shoddy  speculators  for  instance— who  exceed  even 
Californians  in  extravagance,  and  disport  themselves  in  a  style 
uf  vulgar  costliness  which  presages  an  ultimate  crash.  But 
this  class  is  exceptional  and  confined  to  the  .cities.  The  rule 
in  the  oldest  communities  on  that  side  of  the  continent,  and 
especially  out  of  the  four  or  five  great  cities,  is  prudent  econ- 
omy— not  an  economy  which  cuts  off  substantial  comforts  and 
rational  enjoyments,  but  that  which  eschews  superfluities, gew- 
gaws, and  vanities.  One  sees  there,  to  be  sure,  much  parsi- 
mony and  meanness,  but  these  are  not  to  be  confouuded  with 
that  economy  which  is  a  virtue — that  economy  which  Frank- 
lin preached — that  economy  which  deveiopes  from  the  slight 
privations  of  a  few  months  the  wholesome  enjoyments  of 
years — that  economy  which  means  a  piece  of  land  in  one's 
own  right,  a  house  in  one's  own  name,  a  well  filled  larder, 
books,  music,  and  pictures  iu  the  parlor,  a  good  education  for 
one's  children,  permanent  esteem  in  community,  a  mind  free 
li  <iii  the  burden  and  depression  of  debt.  Surely  all  these  are 
worth  more  than  the  factitious  enjoyments  of  extravagance  ; 
and  Californians  must  learn  to  be  economical,  if  they  would 
possess  them. 

There  are  very  few  of  them  who  cannot  possess  a  compe- 
tence in  a  few  years  if  they  will  cultivate  that  saving  virtue 
on  which  we  insist.  Sermous  ou  economy  are  never  popular, 
and  even  Dr.  Franklin  has  been  denounced  as  penurious  when 
he  was  only  wise  ;  but  who  can  see  a  uoble  people  flinging 
away  golden  opportunities  ut  the  shrine  of  false  uotious  aud 
a  foolish  habit  without  raising  a  warning  voice?  There  is  no 
doubt  that  lack  of  a  reasonable  ecououiy  with  Califoruians  is 
the  root  of  much  of  the  disappointment  and  uuhuppiuess,  of 
the  blighted  hopes  and  thwarted  aspiralious,  that  sadden  our 
society  aud  give  to  the  uunals  of  our  Stale  an  almost  tragic 
coloring.  We  see  in  that  careless  aud  jovial  tossing  away  of 
mouey  wbich  characterizes  our  people,  heart-breakiug  absences, 
permanent  estrangements,  lonely  lives,  melaucholy  souls,  per- 
verted instincts,  premature  death.  It  will  not  do  to  turu  all 
this  off  with  a  witty  speech,  or  with  some  fine  words  of  poeti- 
cal contempt  for  sordiduess.  For  the  majority  of  maukiud 
everywhere,  comfort  and  mdependeuce  can  couieouly  through 
saving  and  carelul  habits,  'these  alone  will  insure  lor  the 
most  of  us  what  "  Klia  "  pleasantly  describes  as  "  goodly  legs 
aud  shouiders  of  mutton,  exhiliarating  cordials,  books,  pictures, 
the  opportunities  of  seeing  fureigu  countries,  iuuependeuce, 
heart  s  ease,  a  man's  own  lime  to  himself."  These  would 
make  home  music  of  the  duller  of  our  quartz  mills,  add  smil- 
ing pleuty  to  our  farms,  and  crown  wilh  success  many  a  busi- 
ness that  now  invites  the  red  flag. — Evening  Bulletin. 


Waiting  for  Opportunities. — Hie  Rhodus ;  hie  salla. 
Do  not  wait  for  a  change  of  outward  circumstances  ;  but  take 
your  circumstances  as  they  are,  and  make  the  best  of  them. 
Luther  moved  the  world,  not  by  waiting  lor  a  favorable  oppor- 
tunity, but  by  doing  his  daily  work,  by  doing  God's  .will  day 
by  day,  without  thinkiug  of  looking  beyond.  We  ought  not 
to  linger  in  inaction  until  Blucher  comes  up,  but,  the  moment 
we  catch  sight  of  him  in  the  distance,  to  rise  and  charge. 
Hercules  must  go  to  Atlas,  and  take  his  load  off  bis  shoulders 
perforce. —  Guesses  at  Truth. 

An  Emperor  without  a  Handkerchief.— A  young  secre- 
tary of  the  Turkish  Embassy  is  accredited  with  the  following 
pieuvre.  He  was  asked,  while  in  the  compauy  or  the  repre- 
sentatives of  Parisian  beauty,  to  whom  he  thought  the  Vice- 
roy of  Egypt  on  his  visit  to  the  Great  Exhibition  would  fling 
his  handkerchief.  "  I  am  sure  1  cannot  say,"  replied  the  em- 
bryo Ambassador,  "  for  the  Viceroy  never  uses  a  haudker- 
cbief"— an  enlightenment  as  to  the  manners  of  the  East 
which  is  a  little  surprising.— Court  Journal. 

The  most  unpopular  feud  (food)  in  Europe  just  now  :  The 

German  Diet. 

Who  has  all  he  wants  of  Atlautic  Cable  ?  Cyrus  W.  Field, 
to  his  "  Heart's  Content." 


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August  4th  ] 


THE     CALIF  ORNlAN 


"  MARK  TWAIN"  AT  HONOLULU. 

MARK  TWAIN,  in  his  last  letter  to  the  Sacramento 
Union,  occasionally  lays  aside  his  motley  and  appears 
in  his  real  character  of  a  thoughtful  and  discriminating  ob- 
server—a quality  which  underlies  his  love  of  fun  and  humor, 
and  gives  it  a  peculiar  force.  His  criticisms  upon  the  religious 
condition  of  the  Islanders  are  evidently  written  in  all  sincerity, 
and  his  rhetoric  often  rises  to  a  dignity  above  that  of  a  mere 
gossipping  correspondent.    He  says  : 

'■  It  is  reported  that  the  KiDg  has  said  :  '  The  foreigners  like 
their  religion— let  them  enjoy  it,  and  freely.  But  the  religion 
of  my  fathers  is  good  enough  for  me.'  Now  that  is  all  right. 
At  least  I  think  so.  And  I  have  no  fault  to  find  with  the 
natives  for  the  lingering  love  they  feel  for  their  ancient  cus- 
toms. But  I  dj  find  fault  with  Bishop  Staley  for  reviving 
those  customs  of  a  barbarous  age  at  a  time  when  they  had 
long  been  abandoned  and  were  being  forgotten— when  one 
more  generation  of  faithful  adherence  to  the  teachings  of  the 
American  missionaries  would  have  buried  them  forever  and 
made  them  memories  of  the  past— things  to  be  talked  of  and 
wondered  at,  like  the  old  laws  that  made  it  death  for  a  plebe- 
ian to  stand  erect  in  the  presence  of  his  king,  or  for  a  man  to 
speak  to  his  wife  on  a  tabu  day— but  never  imitated. 

For  forty  years  before  the  Bishop  brought  his  Royal  Ha- 
waiian Established  Reformed  Catholic  Church  here,  the  kings 
and  chiefs  of  this  land  had  been  buried  with  the  quiet,  simple, 
Christian  rites  that  are  observed  in  England  and  America,  and 
no  man  thought  of  anything  more  being  necessary.  But  one 
of  the  first  things  Bishop  Staley  did  when  he  arrived  here  a 
few  years  ago  was  to  write  home  that  the  missionaries  had  de- 
prived the  natives  of  their  innocent  sports  and  pastimes  (such 
as  the  lascivious  kulahulu,  and  the  promiscuous  bathing  in 
the  surf  of  nude  natives  of  opposite  sexes,)  and  one  of  the 
next  things  he  did  was  to  attend  a  hulahula  at  Waikiki  with 
his  holy  head  tricked  out  in  the  flower  and  evergreen  trumpery 
worn  by  the  hula-girls.  When  the  late  king  died  the  Bishop 
revived  the  half-forgotten  howling  and  hula  dancing  and  other 
barbarism's  in  the  palace  yard,  and  officiated  there  as  a  sort  ot 
master  of  ceremonies.  For  many  a  year  before  he  came  that 
wretchedest  of  all  wretched  musical  abortions,  the  tom-tom, 
bad  not  been  heard  near  the  heart  of  Honolulu  ;  but  he  has 
reinstated  it  and  brought  it  into  its  ancient  esteem  and  popu- 
larity. The  old  superstitions  of  this  people  were  passing  away 
far  faster  than  is  the  case  with  the  inhabitants  of  the  unfre- 
quented and  sparsely  populated  country  districts  of  America, 
France,  and  Wales,  but  Bishop  Staley  is  putting  a  stop  to 
progress  in  this  direction. 

We  owe  the  strange  and  unpleasant  scenes  of  last  night  to 
him— there  are  not  ten  white  men  in  the  kingdom  who  have 
ever  seen  their  like  before  in  public— and  I  am  told  that  he  is 
appalled  at  the  work  of  his  own  hands— that  he  is  ashamed— 
that  he  dreads  to  think  of  the  comments  it  will  provoke  in 
Christian  lands— iu  a  word,  that  he  finds,  too  late,  that  he  has 
made  a  most  melancholy  blunder. 

If  I  may  speak  freely,  I  think  this  all  comes  of  elevating  a 
weak,  trivial-minded  man  to  a  position  of  rank' and  power — 
of  making  a  Bishop  out  of  very  inferior  material— of  trying 
to  construct  greatness  out  of  constitutional  insignificance. 
My  estimate  of  Bishop  Staley  is  not  carelessly  formed  ;  there 
is  evidence  to  back  it.  He  gossips  habitually  ;  he  lacks  the 
common  wisdom  to  keep  still  that  deadly  enemy  of  a  man, 
his  own  tongue  ;  he  says  ill-advised  things  in  public  speeches, 
and  then  in  other  public  speeches  denies  that  he  ever  said 
them  |  he  shows  spite,  a  trait  which  is  not  allied  to  greatness  ; 
he  is  fond  of  rushing  into  print,  like  mediocrity  the  world 
over,  and  is  vainer  of  .being  my  Lord  Bishop  over  a  diocese 
of  fifteen  thousand  men  and  women  (albeit  they  belong  to 
other  people's  churches)  than  some  other  men  would  be  of 
wielding  the  world-wide  power  of  the  Pope ;  and  finally, 
every  single  important  act  of  his  administration  has  evinced 
a  lack  of  sagacity  and  an  unripeness  of  judgment  which 
might  be  forgiven  a  youth,  but  not  a  full  grown  man— or,  if 
that  seems  too  severe,  which  might  be  forgiven  a  restless,  vis- 
ionary nooody,  but  not  a  Bishop.  My  estimate  of  Bishop 
Staley  may  be  a  wrong  one,  but  it  is  at  least,  an  honest  one. 

Persons  who  are  intimate  with  Bishop  Staley  say  he  is  a 
good  man,  and  a  well-educated  and  cultivated  one,  and  that  in 
social  life  he  is  companionable,  pleasant  and  liberal-spirited 
when  church  matters  are  not  the  topic  of  conversation.  This 
is  no  doubt  true  ;  but  it  is  my  province  to  speak  of  him  in  his 
official,  not  in  his  private  capacity.  He  has  shown  the 
temerity  of  an  incautious,  inexperienced  and  immature  judg- 
ment in  rushing  in  here  fresh  from  the  heart  and  home  of  a 
high  English  civilization  and  throwing  down  the  gauntlet  of 
defiance  before  a  band  of  stern,  tenacious,  unyielding,  tireless, 
industrious,  devoted  old  Puritan  Knights  who  have  seen  forty 
years  of  missionary  service  ;  whose  time  was  never  fooled 
away  in  theorizing,  but  whose  lightest  acts  always  meant 
business  ;  who  landed  here  two  score  years  ago,  full  of  that 
fervent  zeal  and  resistless  determination  inherited  from  their 
Pilgrim  forefathers,  and  marched  forth  and  seized  upon  this 
people  with  a  grip  of  iron,  and  infused  into  their  bein 
wrought  into  their  very  natures,  the  spirit  of  democracy  and 
the  religious  enthusiasm  that  aniraatud  themselves ;  whose 


grip  is  still  upon  the  race  and  can  never  be  loosened  till  they, 
of  their  own  free  will  and  accord,  shall  relax  it.  He  showed 
a  marvelous  temeri'oy— one  weak,  inexperienced  man  against 
a  host  of  drilled  and  hardy  veterans  ;  and  among  them  great 
men— men  who  would  be  great  in  wider  and  broader  spheres 
than  that  they  have  chosen  here.  He  miscalculated  the  force, 
the  confidence,  the  determination  of  the  Puritan  spirit  which 
subdued  America  and  underlies  her  whole  religious  fabric 
to-day— which  has  subdued  these  islauders,  and  whose  influ- 
ence over  them  can  never  be  unseated. 

THE  REFORMED  CATHOLIC  CHURCH  THE  "  COURT  RELIGION." 

His  church  was  another  miscalculation.  It  was  a  mistake 
to  appeal  by  imposing  ceremonies  and  showy  display  to  a 
people  imbibed  with  a  thorough  Puritan  distaste  for  such 
things,  and  who  had  never  been  much  accustomed  to  anything 
of  the  kind  at  any  period  of  their  history.  There  is  little  in 
common  between  the  simpl"  evergreen  decorations  and  the 
tom-toms  and  kulahulas  of  the  natives,  and  the  cheap  mag- 
nificence of  the  Bishop's  cathedral  altar,  his  gaudily-painted 
organ-pipes  and  the  monotonous  and  unattractive  ceremonials 
of  his  church  service. 

He  is  fighting  with  good  nerve,  but  his  side  is  weak.  The 
moneyed  strength  of  these  island— their  agriculture,  their  com- 
merce, their  mercantile  affairs— is  in  the  hands  of  Americans 
— republicans  ;  the  religious  power  of  the  country  is  wielded 
by  Americans — republicans ;  the  whole  people  are  saturated 
with  the  spirit  of  democratic  Puritanism,  and  they  are — re- 
publicans. This  is  a  republic,  to  the  very  marrow,  and  over 
it  sit  a  King,  a  dozen  Nooles,  and  half  a  dozen  Ministers. 
The  field  of  the  Royal  Hawaiian  Established  Church  is  thus 
so  circumscribed  that  the  little  cathedral  in  Nuu'ana  street, 
with  its  thirty  pews  of  ten-individual  capacity  each,  is  large 
enough  to  accommodate  in  its  entirety,  .and  have  room  to 
spare. 

And  this  is  the  bugbear  that  has  kept  the  American  mis- 
sionaries in  hot  water  fjr  three  or  four  years  !  The  Bishop 
of  Honolulu  ought  to  feel  flattered  that  a  chance  so  slim  as 
his,  and  a  power  so  feeble  as  his,  has  been  able  to  accomplish 
it.  But,  at  the  same  time,  he  ought  to  feel  grateful,  because, 
if  let  alone,  he  and  his  Church  must  infallibly  have  been  and 
remained  insignificant.  I  do  not  say  this  ill  naturedly,  for  I 
bear  the  Bishop  no  malice,  and  I  respect  bis  sacred  office  ;  1 
simply  state  a  palpable  fact. 

I  will  say  a  word  or  two  about  the  Reformed  Catholic 
Church,  to  the  end  that  strangers  may  understand  its  charac- 
ter. Briefly,  then,  it  is  a  miraculous  invention.  One  might 
worship  this  strange  production  itself  without  breaking  the 
first  commandment,  for  there  is  nothing  like  it  in  the  heavens 
above  or  in  the  earth  beneath,  or  in  the  water  under  the  earth. 
The  Catholics  refuse  to  accept  it  as  Catholic,  the  Episcopa- 
lians deny  that  it  is  the  church  they  are  accustomed  to,  and 
of  course  the  Puritans  claim  no  kindred  with  it.  It  is  called 
a  child  of  the  Established  Church  of  England,  but  it  resem 
bles  its  parent  in  lew  particulars.  It  has  got  an  altar  which 
is  gay  with  fiery  velvet,  showy  white  trimmings,  vases  of 
flowers  and  other  mantle  ornaments.  (It  was  once  flanked  by 
imposing,  seven-branched  candlesticks,  but  these  were  obnox- 
ious and  have  been  removed.)  Over  it.  is  a  thing  like  a  gilt 
sign-board,  on  which  is  rudely  painted  two  processions— four 
personages  in  each— marching  solemnly  and  in  single  file 
toward  the  crucified  Saviour  in  the  centre,  and  bringing  their 
baggage  with  them.  The  design  of  it  is  a  secret  known  only 
to  the  artist  and  his  Maker.  Near  the  pulpit  is  a  red  cano- 
pied shower-bath — I  mean  it  looks  like  one — upon  which  is 
inscribe*!,  "  Separated  unto  the  Gospel  of  God."  The  Bishop 
8its  under  it  at  a  small  desk,  when  he  has  got  nothing  particu- 
lar to  do.  The  organ  pipes  are  celored  with  a  groundwork  of 
blue,  which  is  covered  all  over  with  a  flower  work  wrought  in 
other  colors.  Judging  by  its  striking  homeliness,  I  should  3ay 
that  the  artist  of  the  altar  piece  had  labored  here  also.  Near 
the  door  of  the  church,  but  inside,  of  course,  stands  a  small 
pillar,  surmounted  by  a  large  shell.  It  may  be  for  holy  water 
or  it  may  be  a  contribution  box.  If  the  latter  be  the  case,  I 
must  protest  that  this  ghastly  pun— this  mute  suggestion  to 
shell  out — is  ill  suited  to  the  sacred  character  of  the  place, 
and  it  is  only  with  the  profoundest  pain  that  I  force  myself 
to  even  think  for  a  moment  upon  so  distressing  a  circum- 
stance. Against  the  wall  is  a  picture  of  the  future  Cathedral 
of  Honolulu— a  more  imposing  structure  than  the  present  one  ; 
that  many  a  year  may  elapse  before  it  is  built  is  no  wish  of 
mine.  A  dozen  acolytes— Chinese,  Kanaka  and  half  white 
boys,  arrayed  in  white  robes,  hold  positions  near  the  altar, 
and  during  the  early  part  of  the  service  they  sing  and  go 
through  some  performances  suggestive  of  the  regular  Catholic 
services  ;  after  that,  the  majority  of  the  boys  go  off  on  fur- 
lough. The  Bishop  reads  a  chapter  from  the  Bible ;  then  the 
organist  leaves  his  instrument  and  sings  a  litany  peculiar  to 
this  Church,  and  not  to  be  heard  elsewhere;  there  is  nothing 
stirring  or  incendiary  about  his  mild,  nasal  music  ;  the  con- 
gregation join  the  chorus ;  after  this  a  third  clergyman 
preaches  the  sermon  ;  these  three  ecclesiastics  all  wear  white 
surplices.  I  have  described  the  evening  services.  When  the 
Bishop  first  came  here  he  indulged  in  a  good  deal  of  showy 
display  and  cermony  in  his  Church,  but  these  proved  so  dis- 
tasteful, ven  to  Episcopalians,  that  be  shortly  modified  them 
very  much." 


What  Woman  Can  Do. — An  Example  for  the  Male 
Sex. — The  Philadelphia  Gazette  relates  the  followieg  :  Among 
the  strangers  in  Philadelphia  at  this  moment,  are  two  ladies 
from  Martinsburg,  West  Virginia.  Yesterday  they  were 
purchasing  a  seed  drill,  a  mowing  machine,  and  other  agricul- 
tural implements,  whose  cost  in  the  aggregate  was  about 
$800.  Their  home  was  very  close  to  the  theatre  of  the  late 
war.  Between  the  two  contending  armies  their  houses  and 
barns  were  burned,  their  horses  and  cattle  driven  off,  their  only 
brother  conscripted  into  the  Confederate  army,  and  themselves 
left  utterly  destitute  and  homeless.  Any  one  who,  seeing  a 
young  lady  such  as  we  saw  yesterday,  had  been  told  that  she 
had  personally  ploughed  and  planted  many  acres  of  land,  would 
have  laughed  to  scorn  the  parties  so  informing  him.  Such, 
however,  is  literally  the  case.  We  learned  the  fact  from  a 
gentleman  residing  in  the  vicinity.  The  smoking  ruins  of  the 
farm  upon  which  these  young  people  resided  had  scarcely 
cooled,  when  the  neighbors  clubbed  together,  built  them  a 
log  house,  and  extemporized  a  sort  of  barn.  Horses  were 
loaned  to  them,  and  the  girls  with  their  own  hands  ploughed 
the  ground,  and  seeded  it  with  corn.  The  crop  grew  apace, 
and  with  their  own  hands  they  harvested  it.  They  sold  it  to 
good  advantage.  They  had  owned  forty-seven  negro  slaves. 
Some  of  these  went  into  the.Union  army,  others  deserted  the 
locality.  The  girls  were  left  alone  to  battle  with  the  vicissi- 
tudes of  the  war. 

Our  informant,  whose  respectability  is  beyond  all  question, 
says  that  these  girls  produced  by  their  work  in  the  field  more 
decided  and  productive  results  than  were  accomplished  by  the 
entire  gang  of  slaves.  They  toiled  for  three  years  and  now 
have  a  comfortable  house  and  most  substantial  barns  upon 
their  property  ;  while  improvements  have  been  made  to  an  ex- 
tent that  makes  it  of  considerable  more  value  than  before  the 
torch  of  conflicting  armies  reduced  the  buildings  to  ashes. 
One  of  the  young  ladies  has  since  married  ;  but  the  others 
still  do  duty  as  their  own  "  overseers,"  and  they  themselves 
purchased  yesterday,  and  directed  the  shipment  of  the  agricul- 
tural implements  to  which  we  have  above  referred.  The  won- 
der to  the  dealer  was  that  a  lady  delicately  gloved  and  attired 
as  though  she  had  never  overstepped  the  boudoir,  should  des- 
cant experimentally  and  intelligently  upon  the  respective 
merits  of  the  different  reaping  machines,  and  upon  the  com- 
parative values  of  the  different  patents  for  threshing  out  the 
cereals. 

These  young  ladies  were  educated  in  Philadelphia,  and  are 
well  known  to  many  of  our  best  people. 


Another  "Little  Story." — Miss  Margaret  Howitt,  in  her 
last  work,  Twelve  Months  with  Frederiha  Bremer,  tells  sev- 
eral curious  anecdotes  illustrating  the  simplicity  of  the  lower 
orders  in  Sweden.  Thus,  two  servants  were  given  tickets  to 
go  to  the  theatre,  to  which  they  went,  and  from  which  they 
soon  returned.  "You  have  surely  not  been?"  asked  their 
mistress.  '*  Oh  yes,"  tbey  answered,  "  we  went  to  the  theatre, 
and  sat  there  till  suddenly  a  curtain  drew  up  and  some  ladies 
and  gentlemen  began  talking  together,  but  as  it  was  on  family 
matters  we  felt  we  were  intruding,  and  so  came  home." — Daily 
Advertiser. 

A  correspondent  of  the  Boston  Transcript  gives  the  origin 
of  the  above  in  an  old  joke  book  printed  in  London,  114  years 
before  : 

"  Two  Countrymen,  who  had  never  seen  a  Play  in  their 
Lives,  nor  had  any  notion  of  it,  went  to  the  Theatre  in  Drury 
Lane,  when  they  placed  themselves  snug  in  the  corner  of  the 
Middle  Gallery  ;  the  first  Musick  play'd,  which  they  liked  well 
enough  ;  then  the  Second  and  Third,  to  their  great  Satisfac- 
tion ;  at  length  the  Curtain  drew  up,  and  three  or  four  Actors 
entered  to  begin  the  Play ;  upon  which,  one  of  the  Country- 
men cry'd  to  the  other,  Come,  Hodge,  let's  be  going,  mayhap 
the  Gentlemen  are  talking  about  Business." 


How  to  Gather  Mosses. — Go  to  the  shore  at  low  tide, 
after  a  blow  from  the  sea.  The  best  time  is  after  the  moon 
falls,  for  the  tides  are  lowest  then.  Examine  narrowly  every- 
thing on  the  sand  and  rocks,  and  take  up  with  your  stick 
(which  you  had  better  have  stout  enough  to  steady  your 
steps  in  passing  over  slimy  rocks)  everything  you  see  that 
looks  nearest  like  nothing.  Then  fish  all  you  can  of  the 
same  sort  from  the  waves.  Pick  for  bright  colors  ;  but  do 
not  always  reject  dull  ones.  They  often  change  to  bright,  or 
at  least  deep  hues  after  pressing.  Put  them,  with  salt  water, 
in  your  pail,  and  when  you  get  home  take  a  fine  stick,  or  a 
large  needle,  and  having  poured  your  treasures  into  a  bowl 
slip  a  piece  of  paper  under  them  one  at  a  time,  and  float  and 
pick  them  out ;  then  lift  them  carefully,  gently,  tenderly  from 
the  water,  and  hang  them  up  to  dry.  When  perfectly  dry 
place  tbem  between  pasteboards  and  press  them  for  several 
hours.  The  heavier  the  pressure  the  better.  By  the  time 
they  are  done  you  will  appreciate  them,  if  no  one  else  does. 
It  is  no  easy  task  properly  to  do  them.  For  amusement,  to 
secure  gilts  for  dear  friends  far  away,  etc.,  it  is  very  well ; 
but  if  one  was  obliged  to  chase  and  watch  the  seas,  to  be  out 
in  storms  (for  a  stormy  time  is  often  the  best  for  his  business) 
aud  to  "  put  on"  mo.ds.es  for  a  iiviug,  wouldn't  it  be  arduous  if 


6 


THE    C  ALIFORNI  AN- 


j  August  4th 


UP  IX  THE  FLIES,  "WATCHING  THE  "  STARS." 

BY  NELSON  J.  I  KK,  THE  TOUNGEK. 

HAVE  I  seen  a  many  in  my  time?    Well,  sir,  I  should 
rather  think  I  had,  both  good  and  bad,  and  some 
middling. 

I  was  at  the  Surrey  when  T.  P.  Cooke  was  there  ;  I  was  at 
the  Lane  when  Anderson  had  it ;  I  was  an  extra  hand  when 
Kean  brought  out  Pizarro  at  the  Princess's  ;  I  was  at  the 
Lyceum  when  Peep  o'  Bay  was  played,  and  now  I'm— well, 
never  mind,  I've  said  enough,  sir,  to  show  you  that  I've  seen  a 
many  in  my  time. 

Actors  are  altered,  mind  yon,  and  not  for  the  better,  least- 
ways, that's  my  opinion  ;  and  I  used  to  be  obliged  to  look  more 
after  what  they  were'  talking  about  on  the  stage  than  the  au- 
dience cared  about  doing  sometimes. 

Now  my  business  comes  to  me  as  reg'lar  as  can  be,  and  if 
I  drop  off  to  sleep  I  wake  up  (by  instinct,  I  suppose,)  just  in 
time  to  lower  the  act-drop  or  the  green  baize. 

My  place  is  Up  in  the  Flies,  and  so  it  has  been  ever  since  I 
was  fourteen  year3  old,  which  is  now,  sir,  about  six-and-thirty 
years  ago ;  but  the  work  then  was  nothing  to  what  it  is  now. 
What  with  cloths  working  up  to  show  the  sunset  and  moon- 
light effects,  and  gauzes  and  perforated  borders  in  the  Trans- 
formation Scenes,  we  want  about  six  times  the  number  of  men 
now  Up  in  the  Flies  than  we  used  to  have  before  these  sensa- 
tion dramas  and  heavy  pantomimes  came  up. 

I've  saved  three  theatres  from  being  burnt  down,  and  had 
the  governor's  thanks  each  time. 

The  last  was  a  near  squeak  for  me,  though.  We  were  play- 
ing a  piece  on  the  Bussian  war.  and  there  was  the  taking  of 
a  fort — the  Redan,  1  think  they  called  it — and  a  blow  up, 
which  was  the  end  of  the  piece,  of  course.  Well,  Benson, 
the  firework  maker,  lighted  the  quickmatch  behind  the  fort, 
and  the  batteries  went  off,  then  the  showers  of  sparks,  a  pan 
of  red  fire  was  lighted  at  each  wing,  and  down  I  dropped  the 
curtain. 

I  didn't  notice  anything  wrong  for  a  time,  but  as  I  was  sit- 
ting on  a  beam,  putting  on  a  new  line  for  the  fairy-drop,  I  saw 
a  thicker  smoke,  high  up  among  the  gauzes,  and  there  was  one 
of  'em  smouldering,  and  the  sparks  getting  thicker,  so  that  in 
about  ten  minutes  we  should  have  been  in  a  blaze. 

I  climbed  up  on  the  bridge,  sent  one  of  my  men  down  to 
keep  clear  below,  and  then  I  cut  the  lines  of  the  gauze  ;  but 
as  it  fell  it  went  over  on  to  the  gas  border  and  caught  fire.  I 
leaned  over  and  jumped  on  to  the  grooves,  unhooked  the  chain 
of  the  border,  and  let  the  blazing  canvas  on  top  of  the  gauze 
fall  on  the  stage,  where  it  was  soon  put  out.  But  I  had  over- 
balanced myself,  and  should  have  fallen  after  the  gauze  if  I 
hadn't  have  caught  hold  of  the  border,  and  there  I  hung  swing- 
ing about  till  they  brought  the  long  ladder  and  took  me 
down. 

Those  firework  pieces  ain't  pleasant  for  us  Up  in  the  Flies, 
because  all  the  smoke  and  sulphur  rises,  and  that  reminds  me 
of  a  night  I  shall  never  forget.  We  were  playing  a  Wreck 
Piece,  where  the  ship  went  down  in  sight  of  the  audience, 
and  we  were  pulling  the  cloths  up  and  down  to  show  the  rise 
and  fall  of  the  waves.  Well,  old  Benson  had  got  some  pink 
fire,  a  new  invention  he  called  it,  and  he  perched  himself  on 
the  grooves  (that's  where  the  scenes  fit  in,  sir,  at  top,  aud  are 
pushed  through  from  each  side,)  and  he  tied  his  handkerchief 
round  his  nose  and  mouth,  and  kept  on  sprinkling  little  pinches 
of  fire  in  the  pan,  to  make  the  flashes  of  lightning,  just  before 
the  wreck. 

I  daresay  it  looked  very  well  from  the  front,  the  pink  light 
just  flickered  a  bit  and  lit  up  the  back  "  horizon  cloth,"  which 
was  painted  dark,  but  there  was  a  lot  of  sulphur  in  this  pink 
fire,  and  we  found  it  getting  down  our  throats  to  that  extent 
that  we  all  dropped  the  ropes,  and  couldn't  work  the  waves  at 
all,  so  that  the  ship  was  rocking  about  and  the  sea  standing 
still.  The  master  carpenter  came  up  swearing,  to  see  what 
.vas  the  matter,  and-  I'm  blest  if  the  smoke  didn't  nearly  choke 
him,  for  he  fell  flat  on  his  back. 

We  told  the  governor  we  couldn't  stand  it ;  the  author  of 
the  piece  said  the  lightning  was  capital,  and  it  would  ruin  the 
piece  if  it  was  cut  out,  but  we  carried  our  point,  for  the  next 
night  the  property  man  got  the  rosin-box,  and  gave  the  flashes 
in  the  old  reg'lar  way. 

No  one  sees  me  from  the  front,  and  nobody  behind  the 
scenes  except  the  prompter  ever  thinks  of  me,  and  sometimes, 
during  a  long  act,  as  I'm  looking  over  the  beam,  among  the 
cloths  and  borders,  I  can  hear  the  star  blowing  up  the  call- 
boy,  and  a  many  things  they  don't  think  of  below. 

I  don't  believe  I  ever  spoke  to  an  actor  in  my  life,  sir, 
unless  when  I've  been  lowering  a  drop,  I've  called  out,  "  stand 
clear."  There  was  one  spoke  to  me,  though,  one  night,  and 
pretty  sharp,  too— it  was  our  heavy  man,  sir,  who  plays  all 
the  villains ;  you  see,  sir,  I  cut  him  out  of  his  dying  speech. 
I  don't  know  how  I  came  to  do  it  hatdly  ;  the  piece  had  been 
running  a  long  while,  and  I  was  watching  the  fight  between 
him  and  the  star,  and  directly  he  was  run  through  I  dropped 
the  curtain.  As  soon  as  it  was  down,  he  jumped  up  and 
raved  about  the  stage,  saying  his  "  dying  speech  was  the  only 


bit  "  he'd  got,  and  to  be  cut  out  of  it  by  a  "  blessed  Fly-man  " 
was  disgraceful,  which  are  not  exactly  the  words,  the  expres- 
sions he  did  say  being  more  full-flavored. 

Have  I  got  a  wife,  sir  ?  Yes — poor  mother's  still  alive, 
though  how  she's  weathered  the  storm  is  more  than  I  can 
account  for  to  myself,  and,  sometimes,  when  I've  a  long  wait 
Up  here  in  the  Flies,  I  fancy  I  see  her  face  bending  down  over 
her  work,  and  never  complaining — but  patient  always — and 
never  a  word  against  the  troubles  we've  gone  through 
together,  though  she's  suffered  most. 

What  do  I  mean  ?  Well,  I'll  tell  you  ;  here's  a  stool,  sir 
— you'd  better  sit  down,  wait  till  I  wipe  it.  sir  ;  that's  it — 
well,  you  see  it's  a  sad  bit  of  my  life,  aud  always  brings  the 
tears  into  my  eyes. 

Poor  little  Annie,  my  little  girl,  sir,  who  was  taken  from 
us  six  year  ago,  and  who's  Up  in  the  Flies  with  the 
real  angels  I  hope— she  was  the  life  of  our  room — our  one 
miserable  room,  sir — and  her  mother  never  felt  lonely  while 
she  was  alive.  We  had  a  boy,  who  was  very  sickly  from  his 
birth,  but  Annie  used  to  cheer  him  up  wouderful.  You'll 
excuse  me,  sir,  I  can't  help  blubbering  a  little. 

Well,  she  was  about  fourteen,  and  one  of  the  prettiest  little 
creatures  that  ever  saw  daylight.  We— I  mean  me  and  my 
wife — were  staying  at  lodgings  in  the  country,  for  I  was  en- 
gaged by  a  party  who  had  two  or  three  small  theatres. 

One  morning  the  governor  came  in,  and  he  said  he  didn't 
know  what  to  do  for  Ariel  in  The  Tempest — that's  the  girl 
who  has  to  fly  about  and  hang  suspended  in  the  last  sceue,  as 
the  ship  sails  off.  I  beard  him  talking  to  the  Stage-Manager, 
■and  saying  he'd  give  any  girl  ten  shillings  for  the  week.  Says 
he — "  Miss  Hetherington  won't  do  it ;  she  declares  that  her 
head  swims,  and  she  gets  giddy,  and  all  the  rest  of  tbb  old 
excuses.'-' 

So  I  sang  out:  "Do  you  think  my  girl  would  do,  sir  ?" 
"Who  are  you,  and  where  are  you?"  cried  the  governor. 
"  Here  I  am,  sir,  Up  in  the  Flies."  "  Can  your  girl  sing?" 
'•  Yes,  sir,  anything  after  she's  beard  it  once  or  twice." 
"  Well  bring  her  round  to-night,  and  let  us  have  a  look  at  her  ; 
if  she's  the  proper  size,  and  can  manage  '  Where  the  bee 
sucks,'  I  dare  say  she'll  do." 

So  I  went  home,  sir,  aud  took  the  little  one  on  my  knee. 
I  said*  "  I've  got  a  surprise."  "  Oh,  mamma,  father's  bought 
another  song  book.    I  know  he  has,  thank  you,  father." 

"  No,  Annie,  not  a  song  book,  no  present,  but  the  governor 
wants  to  see  you  to  ask  you  if  you'd  like  to  go  on  the  stage." 

"  On  the  stage,  Richard  !"  cries  my  dear  wife,  "  what  to 
do  ?"  "  Why,  to  sing  and  fly  like  an  angel  in  the  last  scene," 
I  says.  "Oh!  no,  Richard,  I  in  sure  you  II  not  let  her  do 
that."  "  Why  not?"  says  I ;  "  there  are  the  children  most 
in  rags,  and  ten  shillings  ain'fto  be  thrown  away." 

"  Shall  I  have  ten  shillings,  father  ?" 

"  Yes,  Annie,  ten  whole  shillings,"  and  I  do  declare,  sir, 
that  the  dear  child  says  to  me,  "  That'll  buy  a  cloak  for 
mother,  won't  it  ?" 

"  Well,  I  took  her  to  the  theatre,  and  after  a  day  or  two 
the  governor  said  she'd  do,  and  the  leading  lady  kissed  her, 
and  gave  her  a  biscuit 

At  last  the  night  came,  and  my  wife  got  so  nervous  that 
she  says,  "  Richard,  I  wish  you'd  take  me  with  you." 
"  What,  to  the  theatre,"  I  says,  opening  my  eyes  wide,  for 
she'd  never  been  inside  the  place.  "Yes,"  says  she,  "I 
couldn't  bare  to  stay  at  home.  I'll  come  and  sit  with  you, 
and  bring  Charlie  with  me,  he'll  keep  quiet,  and  I  know  my 
micd  Tl  be  easy." 

Well,  seeing  she  was  so  bent  on  it,  sir,  I  couldn't  say  no, 
so  I  made  the  best  of  it,  and  I  smuggled  her  Up  in  the  Flies, 
and  there  she  sat  with  Charlie  in  her  Up,  and  the  piece  began. 
Lord,  sir,  how  we  listened  to  our  Annie  singing  down  below, 
and  the  people  applauding  her.  I  could  hear  my  good  wife 
sobbing  away  fit  to  break  her  heart,  to  see  how  nat'ral 
the  girl  seemed  to  take  it,  and  how  clever  we  both  thought 
her. 

The  last  scene  came  on,  and  I  says  to  the  Master  Carpen- 
ter, "  I'll  take  the  Traveller  with  the  wires,  yoa  fix  my  girl 
down  below  and  I'll  pull  her  across  when  you  give  the  signal, 
I  wouldn't  have  anybody  else  do  it  for  fifty  pounds." 

The  ship  started  off,  and  the  Master  Carpenter  clapped  his 
hands.  I  worked  the  Traveller,  and  she  rose  beautiful,  smiling 
at  me  to  show  she  wasn't  fiightened  a  bit.  The  people  ap- 
plauded, and  my  mate  lowered  the  curtain. 

I  worked  the  Traveller  back,  aud  the  Master  Carpenter 
calls  "  Lower  out,"  and  I  saw  .Annie  all  safe  standing  on  the 
stage. 

I  went  down  from  the  Flies  to  kiss  her,  and  as  I  stepped  off 
the  ladder  one  of  the  Wingmen  says,  "  Don't  you  come  here." 
"  What  for  ?"  and  then  be  staggered  me,  for  he  said  "  Your 
child's  fell  through  the  'grave  trap'  " — that's  the  centre  trap 
used  in  Hamlet,  sir. 

My  wife  wa3  asleep  with  Charlie  in  her  arms,  and  she  never 
knew  it  till  next  day,  for  when  she  woke  up  and  asked  after 
Annie,  I  told  her  she  was  at  home  and  asleep,  and  so  she  was — 
but  not  to  wake  again  in  this  world. 

My  wife's  never  been  the  same  woman  since,  poor  little 


Charlie  took  ill  and  died  soou  after,  and  now  she's  alone  work- 
ing in  her  room,  and  I'm  here  night  after  night  thinking  Up 

in  the  Flies. 

Oh!  I  didn't  ask  for  that,  thank  you,  sir.  Are  you  going? 
Good  night. 

BALZAC. 

[The  Dublin  Vniver$ity  Magazine  gives  an  amusing  account  of 
"  Balzac  in  Undress,"  from  which  we  take  the  following.] 

balzac's  famous  debts. 

I)ALZAC'S  embarrassments  were  sufficiently  annoying, 
)  but  of  the  mighty  load  of  his  debts  of  which  his 
friends  as  well  as  he  were  never  tired  of  talking,  bia  friend 
and  confidant,  Gozlan,  entertains  considerable  doubt. 

Our  hero  entertained  the  simple  vanity  of  impressing  on 
the  world's  belief  the  large  amount  received  by  him  for  his 
works  year  after  year.  This  without  a  corresponding  mass  of 
debt  would  merely  bestow  on  him  ihe  proportions  of  an  ordi- 
nary man  in  the  eyes  of  the  world  ;  but  Balzac,  earner  of  a 
quarter  of  a  million  of  francs  in  the  year,  and  the  spender  of 
twice  the  amount,  was  a  personage  who  would  be  pointed  out 
by  the  finger  of  fame  to  an  admiring  public. 

His  income  was  in  all  probability  about  £600  a  year,  but 
his  iuconvenient  and  unlucky  palace  of  the  Jardies  swallowed 
much  money,  and  he  wa,a  perpetually  dunned  for  sums  trifling 
in  amount.  He  seems  to  have  been  betimes  an  adherent  to 
Pistol's  confession  of  faith — 

"  Base  is  the  slave  that  pays" — 
and  to  have  remained  faithful  to  it  during  his  Hie.  Still  he 
was  not  a  bronze-faced  repudiator  ;  be  could  not  look  in  the 
countenance  of  a  creditor  with  an  impudent  or  defiant  expres- 
sion on  his  features.  Jf  he  sinned,  he  paid  the  penalty.  Lis- 
ten, 0  ye  youthful  friends  and  imitators  of  Richard  Sniveller, 
Esq.,  and  ponder  on  the  ills  that  dog  the  steps  of  the  heedless 
contractor  of  debts : 

"  Balzac,  through  an  innocence  of  intention,  which  estab- 
lishes all  absence  of  high  proficiency  in  the  art  of  getting  into 
debt,  bad  the  imprudence,  the  perilous  candor,  of  borrowing 
money  iu  his  neighborhood.  It  was,  indeed,  sowing  debts  at 
his  feet,  which  would  one  day  spring  up  and  stifle  him.  He 
had  thus  enclosed  himself  in  a  circle  out  of  which  he  could 
not  escape.  His  awkward  and  untoward  obligations  had  so 
abridged  his  promenades  and  paralyzed  his  movements,  that 
he  dared  not  make  an  excursion  during  the  day  without  risk 
of  encountering  some  rural  creditor,  grocer,  or  milkman,  or 
butcher,  or  baker,  of  Ville  d  Am  ay.  We  insist  on  consider- 
ing this  procedure  a  profound  mistake  in  personal  economy. 
T»  owe  to  any  one  is  a  misfortune,  no  doubt,  but  to  be 
indebted  to  your  neighbor  is  an  intolerable  fault ;  it  is  culliug 
off  your  path,  stopping,  shutting  out  your  views,  putting 
gyves  on  your  ankles,  depriving  yourself  of  air." 

BALZAC  AND  TIIK  GARDE  CUAMPF.TRE. 

Gozlan  found  his  friend  one  morning  walking  ronnd  and 
round  his  paviliou.  Exhorting  him  to  quit  that  confined 
mode  of  taking  exercise,  and  join  him  in  an  excursion  through 
the  wood,  he  could  only  gel  out  of  him  the  disjointed  expres- 
sions, "  Too  late,  the  woodranger  ;  too  late,  the  woodranger  !" 
Alter  some  trouble  he  discovered  that  he  owed  this  guardian 
of  the  woods  belonging  to  the  commune  the  trifling  sum  of 
thirty  francs,  and  that  be  had  not  risen  so  early  on  that  morn- 
ing us  to  be  able  to  enjoy  his  walk  before  the  usual  issuing 
forth  of  the  dreaded  officer.  He  thus  unburdened  himself  of 
his  heavy  grief : 

" 'Ah,  he's  a  terrible  man— not  that  he  persecutes  me,  or 
dogs  me  like  others.  Ah,  no  ;  but  bis  expressive  silence,  his 
piercing  regards,  his  attitudes,  bis  words,  sudden  and  short  as 
the  crack  of  a  rifle,  trouble  me,  freeze  me,  turn  me  to  stone. 
It  is  a  spectre  I  meet,  not  a  human  being.'  " 

Gozlan,  however,  persuaded  him  to  join  him,  and  they  en- 
tered the  dreaded  wood.  They  were  deeply  engaged  on  the 
subject  of  the  Revue  Pari.iienne,  then  about  to  start,  when 
Bulzac.  stopping  in  the  middle  of  a  sentence,  stammered  out : 

"  '  There  he  is  ?'  '  Who  then  ?'  '  He !'  '  What  he  ?'  '  The 
woodranger.'  And  indeed  at  the  corner  of  the  opening 
which  we  were  traversing  appeared  the  outline  of  the  garde 
champetre,  with  his  wild-looking  three-cocked  hat,  bis  gun 
resting  on  his  left  arm,  his  loose  cartouche  belt,  bis  rustic 
gaiters,  his  gray  hair,  and  his  pipe  soldered  to  the  corner  of 
bis  mouth,  the  living  and  most  harsh  embodiment  of  tho 
transcendental  idea — garde  champetre. 

"  Balzac  turned  pale.  'I  told  you,'  said  he, 1  we  could  not 
fail  to  meet  him.'  'Silence!'  said  I,  '  firmness,  and  resigna- 
tion !'  « 

"  Still  the  terrible  spectre  approached  at  a  slow  pace.  He 
never  quitted  bis  calm,  military,  rigid  attitude.  You  would 
have  styled  him  the  gamekeeper  of  the  statue  in  Don  Gio- 
vanni. Balzac  ceased  to  speak  .  he  did  not  even  breathe. 
His  eyes  never  diverged  from  the  baldric  of  the  apparition. 

"  When  he  was  nearly  elbow  to  eloow  with  Balzac,  who  still 
held  my  arm,  he  spoke  in  a  tone  of  concentrated  gravity  : 

"  '  Monsieur  de  Bulzac,  this  is  beginning  to  become  musical,' 
and  he  stalked  on. 

"  Balzac  looked  at  me,  and  I  looked  at  Balzac. 

"  '  Have  yon  heard  him  ?  have  you  heard  him  ?'  said  he, 


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after  the  woodranger  had  vanished  in  the  gray  morning  vapor 
which  filled  the  avenues.  '  Have  you  heard  him  ?'  On  my 
word  of  honor  the  phrase  is  sufficiently  sublime  to  make  the 
head  giddy,  it  should  be  preserved  in  spirits.  '  Monsieur  de 
Balzac,  this  is  beginning  to  become  musical.'  It  is  a  thousand 
times  the  value  of  the  thirty  francs  I  owe  him.  I  intended  to 
pay  him  to-day,  but  the  expression  is  too  good  to  be  lost.  Let 
us  repeat  it  to  the  echoes  all  day  ;  he  shall  not  get  his  money 
till  to-morroiv.  '  Monsieur  de  Balzac,  this  is  beginning  to 
become  musical.'  " 

BALZAC  TAKES  A  COLL  A  BOBATEUR. 

From  what  has  been  already  said  it  may  be  easily  deduced 
that  Balzac  was  no  more  fitted  to  produce  a  dramatic  chef 
d'asuvre  than  to  secure  the  approbation  of  the  admirers  of 
the  "  Woman  with  the  Green  Eyes."  He  possessed  dramatic 
power  but  to  a  limited  extent ;  his  darling  studies  and  tastes 
tended  not  towards  tragedy  ;  he  had  a  great  respect,  but  little 
love  for  verse,  and  was  not  a  successful  workman  when  encum- 
bered with  the  bonds  of  rhyme  or  rhythm.  However,  on  oc" 
casions  of  some  great  dramatic  success  achieved  by  this  or 
that  man  of  letters,  he  would  rouse  his  energies,  suffer  the 
fumes  of  dramatic  glory  to  get  possession  of  his  brain,  and  set 
to  work  at  a  piece  for  Harel  or  Lireux.  In  these,  as  in  all  his 
other  operations,  hardly  had  he  grasped  the  outline  of  his  plan 
when  he  began  to  calculate  the  monetary  results.  He  would 
thus  hold  forth  to  one  of  the  few  that  enjoyed  his  intimacy  : 

"  O,  the  idea  is  grand  !  It  is  brilliant  and  solid  at  the  same 
time  ;  genuine  rose-colored  granite  !  We  shall  cut  from  mas- 
sive Egyptian  blocks  a  piece  with  tableaux  for  the  Porte-Saint- 
Martin,  with  Frederic  Lemaitre  for  chief  figure.  There  will 
be  a  hundred  and  fifty  representations  at  five  thousand  francs, 
one  with  another.  This  makes  seven  hundred  and  fifty  thou- 
sand francs.  Now  let  us  calculate.  The  author's  claim  of 
twelve  per  cent,  on  this  sum  is  more  than  eighty  thousand 
francs,  the  tickets  five  or  six  thousand  francs  in  fine  gold,  the 
printed  work,  ten  thousand  copies  at  three  francs  each.  Why 
that  will  be  a  trinket  of  thirty  thousand  francs.  Then  the — " 
etc.,  etc. 

Thus  he  declaimed  one  day  to  Henry  Monnier,  and  just  as 
he  came  to  the  point  where  both  had  got  a  fabulous  sum  in 
perspective,  Monnier  heartlessly  held  out  his  hand,  and  asked 
his  friend,  now  a  millionaire,  to  lend  him  a  hundred  sous  on 
the  strength  of  the  speculation. 

In  one  of  these  periodical  fits  he  brought  a  young  man  to 
the  Jardies  to  live  with  him,  and  be  his  collaborateur,  terms 
running  thus  :  Young  Lassailly  was  to  be  at  all  hours  at  M. 
Balzac's  disposal,  to  furnish  him  ideas  if  Deeded,  projects, 
plans,  dramatic  combinations,  etc.  In  return  he  was  to  be 
conveniently  lodged,  washed  for,  lighted,  warmed,  and  sup- 
ported at  the  expense  of  the  master  of  the  Jardies.  Balzac 
fulfilled  h'13  engagement  to  the  letter,  but  Lassailly  soon  grew 
so  fat  and  lazy  that  he  was  only  fit  to  enjoy  the  amenities  of 
the  Capua  into  which  he  had  entered,  and  to  keep  tormenting 
dramatic  associations  miles  arway  from  his  brains,  now  dulled 
by  his  good  condition  of  body. 

All  went  well  for  a  time,  but  Balzac,  who  we  know  was  a 
great  night  laborer,  would  require  the  presence  of  his  ill-fated 
collaborateur  on  cold  winter  nights,  when  the  thermometer 
would  be  preparing  to  sink  below  zero. 

The  poor  assistaut,  tearing  his  limbs  from  repose,  half- 
dressed  himself  in  haste — one  foot  shod,  the  other  naked,  his 
nightcap  poised  over  one  ear,  and  a  taper  in  his  hand.  He 
thus  traversed  the  passage  that  led  to  the  retired  room  of  his 
patron — a  different  man  from  the  Balzac  of  the  streets  and 
the  hero  of  the  cane  preserved  in  the  amber  of  Mme.  de  Gi- 
rardin's  genius.  The  Balzac  of  the  study  was  jaded  and  pale 
from  want  of  sleep,  and  the  light  of  the  wax  candles  flung 
yellowish  splashes  on  his  forehead  and  cheeks. 

The  ordinary  salute  was  :  "  Well,  what  have  you  discovered, 
Lassailly  ?" 

"  And  Lassailly,  taking  off  his  cotton  nightcap,  and  striv- 
ing to  open  his  eyes,  still  enveloped  in  vapory  dreams,  mut- 
tered, '  0  yes,  we  must  discover,  we  must  invent  something.' 
'  Well,  well,  have  you  invented  this  something  ?  We  must 
make  haste  ;  Porte-Saint-Martin  is  waiting  for  us  ;  hasten  ! 
Harel  wrote  to  me  yesterday  evening.  Hasten,  man  !  I  saw 
Frederick  Lemaitre  yesterday.'  '  O,  you've  seen  Lemai- 
tre ?'  '  Yes,  yes.  He  is  our  own  ;  he  is  hungry  and  thirsty 
for  a  drama  that  will  bring  all  Paris  together.  Where  is  this 
drama  that's  to  collect  all  Paris  ?  Have  you  it  ?'  '  Not  en- 
tirely ,  but — '  '  I  am  listening.'  '  I  would  prefer  to  hear 
what  you  have  conceived,  and  then  we  could  blend  our  ideas, 
and  I  am  sure — '  '  Lassailly,  you  ar3  dreaming  on  your  feet ; 
your  heavy  eyelids  are  closing.'  '  Ah  1  it's  the  intense  cold, 
it  is — '  '  Go  to  bed,  Lassailly.  In  an  hour's  time  we  shall 
Bee  if  the  muse  has  visited  you.' 

And  resuming  his  pale  bougie,  and  dragging  along  his 
slippers,  Lassailly,  resembling  a  desolate  ghost,  regained  his 
chamber  and  the  6tretcherbed,  on  which  he  was  supposed  to 
be  discovering  the  famous  drama  that  would  bring  all  Paris 
together.  Short  respite  !  An  hour  later  new  alarms  of  Bal- 
zac's bell  tore  poor  Lassailly 's  dream  from  top  to  bottom,  and 
seDt  him  barefooted,  and  protected  merely  by  a  knitted  vest, 


to  the  study  of  his  august  collaborateur.  Then  was  resumed 
a  repetition  of  the  former  scene,  Balzac  as  wakeful  as  a  lion, 
Lassailly  as  sleepy  as  a  dormouse  ;  and  the  result  still  the 
same  ;  one  demanding  his  drama  at  any  price,  the  other  not 
being  able  to  find  it  even  at  a  higher  one.  Six  times  in  one 
Dight  was  the  excellent  but  unfruitful  collaborateur  summoned 
by  his  literary  chief.  The  situation  was  of  the  most  perplex- 
ing character,  both  in  its  moral  and  physical  aspect. 

"  Finally,  Lassailly,  though  living  better,  better  warmed, 
better  washed,  better  lighted,  better  fed,  grew  pale  and  mea- 
gre, became  seriously  ill.  His  nocturnal  summonses,  and  his 
inability  to  perform  what  was  expected  from  him,  began  to 
affect  his  poor  brain.  Meeting  him  one  day  on  the  Boulevards, 
and  asking,  '  Well,  how  go  things  at  the  Jardies  ?'  '  O,  the 
Jardies  !  I  have  abandoned  them  forever,'  said  he,  and  his 
poor  clouded  eyes  filled  with  tears.  '  But  you  were  very  well 
off  there  ?"  "  0,  wonderfully  well.  What  a  residence,  what 
views,  what  a  life  !  ltoast  meat  every  day,  legumes  twice  a 
day,  dessert  in  profusion,  and  O,  such  coffee  !'  '  Then  why 
have  you  abandoned  these  delightful  Jardies  ?'  '  Why  !  Ah, 
who  could  remain  ?  To  rise  six  or  eight  times  in  the  night 
was  not  enough,  but  I  must  invent  the  subject  of  a  drama 
which  was  to  set  all  Paris  a  running  !  That  lay  beyond  my 
powers.    During  life  I  shall  never  set  foot  inside  the  Jardies.' 

"  And  he  kept  his  word.  Not  only  did  he  never  revisit  the 
Jardies,  but  he  never  pronounced  the  name  of  Balzac  without 
exhibiting  sigusof  terror  in  his  features." — Dublin  University 
Magazine. 

LICENSED  THIEVES. 

AMONG  the  professional  London  thieves  there  is  said  to 
be  a  remarkable  class  having  the  singular  name  of 
licjnsed  thieves.  These  licensed  rogues  are  said  to  be  in  the 
employment  of  the  police,  the  detectives  especially.  Strange 
tales  are  told  about  them.  It  is  said  that  a  detective,  anxious 
lor  fame,  and  nothing  scrupulous  as  to  the  means  of  its  ac- 
complishment, will  perhaps  see  a  wire  busily  employed  at  hie 
nefarious  trade  of  picking  pockets  in  the  streets.  By  chance 
the  wretch  does  his  work  cleverly,  and  so  far  the  policeman 
embraces  the  opportunity  of  making  his  acquaintance.  He 
frightens  the  thief  by  telling  him  what  he  has  seen,  and  hints 
that  he  can  bring  so  and  so  against  him  ;  but  if  he  will  render 
him  some  private  assistauce,  he  will  be  let  aloue  for  the  pres- 
ent. If  the  thief  agrees,  he  thus  gets  his  license  ;  and  dearly 
he  has  to  pay  for  it.  When  the  policeman  wants  a  case  for 
the  sessions  or  the  assizes,  the  thief  must  work.  By  discov- 
ering and  furnishing  secret  information,  be  puts  the  police- 
man upon  the  right  track  of  obtaining  information  sufficient 
to  get  up  a  case.  The  more  of  this  work  the  spy  does,  the 
more  he  has  to  perform,  and  the  further  he  becomes  involved. 
At  length  the  liceused  thief  quarrels  with  his  employer,  or 
refuses  to  do  his  bidding.  Then  comes  his  own  doom.  His 
license  is  taken  from  him,  something  is  brought  against  him, 
and  he  is  probably  condemned  to  penal  servitude  for  many 
years.  We  tell  the  following  story  as  it  was  told  to  us.  A 
robbery  of  plate  had  been  committed  ;  the  suspicions  of  the 
police  guided  them  to  the  delinquent,  but  they  could  obtain 
no  clue  by  which  to  prove  the  charge  they  had  against  him. 
He  was,  however,  apprehended,  and  thrust  into  the  cell. 
Another  thief,  kDown  to  the  police,  was  thrust  into  the  same 
cell,  with  secret  instructions  to  act  the  spy. 

The  spy  had  not  been  long  in  the  cell  before  he  began  to 
speak  very  bitterly  of  the  police,  because  of  what  he  alleged 
to  be  their  bad  usage  of  himself.  Presently  he  took  a  half 
crown  out  of  his  boot,  and  thrust  it  into  the  fire,  saying, 
"There;  that  evidence  is  gone."  "What  evidence?"  said 
the  supected  man.  "  That  I  am  a  maker  of  money,"  answered 
the  spy,  who  proceeded  to  describe  in  glowing  colors  his 
lucrative  method  of  manufacturing  base  coin.  The  two  became 
very  confidential,  and  the  spy  began  to  bewail  his  want  of 
silver  with  which  to  continue  his  busiuess  when  he  obtained 
his  liberty.  The  bait  took.  The  suspected  man  confessed 
that  he  had  some  silver  which  he  had  stolen.  They  at  once 
agreed  to  partnership,  and  the  next  morning  they  were  both 
set  at  liberty.  The  spy  was  furnished,  it  is  said,  by  the  police, 
with  moulds,  etc.,  and  he  fixed  the  time  with  his  new  friend  to 
commence  the  manufacture.  They  were  soon  at  work.  One 
evening  while  they  were  melting  the  plate,  the  police,  as  pre- 
viously arranged,  suddenly  rushed  in.  The  spy  was  allowed 
to  escape,  but  the  real  thief  was  caught.  The  career  jof  the 
spy  did  not  last  long.  The  police  became  tired  of  him,  ne  was 
beginning  to  know  too  much,  and  it  was  necessary  to  get  rid 
of  him.  For  anything  we  know  to  the  contrary,  this  licensed 
thief  is  now  undergoing  penal  servitude. 

The  executors  of  the  will  of  the  late  Augustus  Russell 
Street,  of  New  Haven,  are  Henry  White,  Henry  C.  Kingsley 
and  Mrs.  Street,  who,  with  Professors  Noah  Porter,  Thomas 
A.  Thacher  and  D.  C.  Oilman,  are  appointed  a  board  of  com- 
missioners to  superintend  the  completion  of  the  fine  arts 
building,  now  erecting  at  Yale  College.  Mr.  Street  has  left 
to  Yale  in  all  the  sum  of  $250,000. 


Gale,  the  Alabama  lawyer,  who  proposed  to  raise  SI .000,000 
to  procure  the  assassination  of  Lincoln  and  Seward,  has  bee:) 
bailed  iu  $15,000. 


A  Celestial  Opium-Debauch.— An  Englishman  writes  to 
a  London  paper  of  scenes  which  he  witnessed  in  China,  as 
follows  :  One  of  the  objects  at  this  place  that  I  had  the  cu- 
riosity to  visit  was  the  opium-smoker  in  his  heaven  ;  and  cer- 
tainly it  is  a  most  fearful .  sight,  although,  perhaps,  not  so 
degrading  to  the  eye  as  the  drunkard  from  spirits,  lowered  to 
the  level  of  the  brute,  and  wallowing  in  his  filth.  The  idiot 
smile  and  deathlike  stupor,  however,  of  the  opium  debauchee 
has  something  tar  more  awful  to  the  gaze  than  the  bestiality 
of  the  latter.  The  rooms  where  they  sit  and  smoke  are  sur- 
rounded by  wooden  couches,  with  places  for  the  head  to  rest 
upon,  and  generally  a  side-room  is  devoted  to  gambling.  The 
pipe  is  a  reed  of  about  an  inch  in  diameter,  aDd  the  aperture 
in  the  bowl  for  the  admission  of  opium  is  not  larger  than  a 
pin's  head.  The  drug  is  prepared  with  some  kind  of  con- 
serve, and  a  very  small  portion  is  sufficient  to  charge  it,  one 
or  two  whiffs  being  the  utmost  that  can  be  ihaled  from  a 
single  pipe,  and  the  smoke  is  taken  into  the  lungs  as  from  the 
hookah  in  India.  On  a  beginner,  one  or  two  pipes  will  have 
an  effect,  but  an  old  stager  will  continue  smoking  for  hours. 
At  the  head  of  each  couch  ia  placed  a  small  lamp,  as  fire  must 
bo  held  in  the  drug  during  the  process  of  inhaling  ;  and,  from 
the  difficulty  of  filling  and  properly  lighting  the  pipe,  there  is 
generally  a  person  who  waits  upon  the  smoker  to  perform  the 
office.  A  few  days  of  this  fearful  luxury,  when  taken  to  ex- 
cess, will  give  a  pallid  and  haggard  look  to  the  face  ;  and  a 
few  months,  and  even  weeks,  will  change  the  strong  and 
healthy  man  into  little  better  than  an  idiot  skeleton.  The 
pain  they  suffer  when  deprived  of  the  drug  after  long  habit  no 
language  can  explain  ;  and  it  is  only  when  under  its  influence 
that  their  faculties  are  alive.  In  the  houses  devoted  to--their 
ruin  these  infatuated  people  may  be  seen  at  nine  o'clock  in 
the  evening  in  all  different  stages,  some  entering,  half  dis- 
tracted, to  feed  the  craving  appetite  they  have  been  obliged 
to  subdue  during  the  day  ;  others  laughing  and  talking  wildly 
under  the  effects  of  a  first  pipe  ;  while  the  couches  around  are 
filled  with  their  different  occupants,  who,  languid,  with  an 
idiotic  smile  upon  their  countenances,  are  too  much  under  the 
influence  of  the  drug  to  care  for  passing  events,  and  fast  mer- 
ging to  the  wished  for  consummation. 

The  last  scene  in  the  tragic  play  is  generally  a  room  in  the 
rear  of  the  building,  a  species  of  dead-house,  where  lie 
stretched  those  who  have  passed  into  the  state  of  bliss  the 
opium-smoker  madly  seeks — an  emblem  of  the  long  sleep  to 
which  he  is  blindly  hurrying. 

Unhealthy  Fiction. — It  may  be  thought,  perhaps,  that  in 
this  age  of  novels  a  caution  against  over-indulgence  in  any 
other  kind  of  literature  is  not  greatly  needed.  We  are  by  no 
means  sure,  however,  that  the  present  passion  for  unhealthy 
fiction  is  not  a  natural  reaction  against  the  very  useless  facts 
with  which  many  well-intentioned  readers  insist  on  loading 
themselves.  In  itself,  of  course,  a  sense  that  the  human  in- 
tellect was  intended  for  some  higher  purpose  than  to  absorb 
periodically  the  contents  of  the  circulating  library  is  much  to 
be  encouraged';  but  unfortunately  many  people  who  do  really 
make  an  effort  to  read  something  besides  "  light  literature  " 
think  their  object  sufficiently  attained  when  they  have  swal- 
lowed a  certain  number  of  facts  to  the  value  or  authenticity 
of  which  they  are  serenely  indifferent.  The  accident  of  a 
book's  appearance  in  Mr.  Mudie's  last  list  is  the  cause  which 
determines  whether  their  studies  for  the  month  shall  take  a 
biographical  or  an  historical  direction.  Whichever  it  hap- 
pens to  be,  the  actual  process  is  much  the  same.  The  life  of 
a  great  author,  or  the  correspondence  of  a  great  statesman,  is 
read  without  any  reference  to  the  writings  which  have  made 
the  one  famous,  or  to  the  events  in  which  the  other  was  a 
conspicuous  actor.  The  history  of  a  period — ancient,  mediae- 
val, or  modern — is  taken  up  with  no  knowledge  of  the  events 
which  preceded  its  commencement,  and  laid  down  again  with 
no  desire  to  know  the  events  which  followed  upon  its  close. 
Bead  in  this  manner,  the  most  philosophical  narrative  neces- 
sarily loses  half  its  significance,  and  by  consequence  an  infe- 
rior article  is  found  to  answer  the  purpose  just  as  well.  To 
this  indiscriminate  fashion  of  reading  we  owe,  therefore,  the 
appearance  of  a  host  of  indifferent  books  which  are  simply 
created  by  the  demand. — Saturday  Review. 

Literal  People. — Sir  Walter  Scott,  walking  once  with 
Lady  Scott,  saw  some  lambs,  and  remarked  on  their  beauty. 
"  Yes,"  said  the  wife,  "  lambs  are  beautiful— boiled  !"  We 
read  that  Mrs.  Wordsworth  was  once  walking  in  a  grove,  and 
heard  a  farmer's  wife  soliloquizing,  "  Oh,  my,  I  do  love  stock- 
doves." The  heart  of  the  poet's  wife  yearned  towards  that 
Amaryllis.  "  But,"  continued  the  old  woman,  '  there  be's 
some  what  likes  'em  in  a  pie  ;  but  for  my  part  there's  nothing 
like  'em  stewed  in  onions."  Horace  Smith  tells  of  a  city  miss 
who  accosted  a  keeper  of  sheep  in  the  fields,  as  she  glowed 
with  a  desire  for  an  Arcadian  concert,  "  Oh,  gentle  shepherd, 
prithee  tell  me  where's  your  pipe  ?"  to  which  the  man  re- 
plied, "  I  loft  it  hum,  miss,  'cause  I  hain't  got  no  baccy." 

The  authorship  of  Ecce  Homo  has  been  attributed  to  va- 
rious persons,  and  among  the  rest  to  W.  E.  Gladstone,  Gold- 
win  Smith,  and  Louis  Napoleon. 


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and  say  a  friendly  word,  without  a  single  stricture  upon  all 
Americans'  well-known  habit  of  turning  their  parlors  into 
mammoth  spittoons  and  using  at  the  table  their  unwashed  fin- 


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ENGLISH    WRITERS    ON    AMERICA.  * 

IT  is  doubtful  if  the  spectacles  through  which  most  English- 
men view  the  American  people  are  not  very  much  blurred 
by  the  cobweb3  of  prejudice,  superciliousness,  or  ignorance. 
Besides  the  idea,  which  seems  to  be  generic,  and  is  so  like 
that  which  formerly  obtained  among  the  ancient  peoples  of 
Europe— that  everything  that  is  foreign  is  barbarian,  and 
necessarily  inferior— there  has  grown  up  with  most  of  them 
the  natural  contempt  for  a  colonial  offspring  that  speaks  the 
same  language,  though,  of  course,  in  a  much  inferior  way, 
and  has  set  itself  up,  apparently  ttrough  sheer  force  of  impu- 
dence, as  one  of  the  first  nations  of  the  globe.  That  it  is  so 
recognized  by  the  rest  of  mankind  is  a  matter  of  little  impor- 
tance ;  there  must  be  some  mistake  about  it.  It  is  plain 
enough  that  one  of  the  first  elements  requisite  to  the  dignity 
and  worth  of  a  nationality  and  people  is  wanting,  for  inasmuch 
as  it  is  the  old  wood  that  is  best  to  burn,  and  old  wine  the 
best  to  driuk,  the  utter  absence  of  the  aroma  of  age  must 
cause  the  experimental  republic  and  people,  like  green  wood 
and  new  wine,  not  to  be  considered  in  the  catalogue  as  articles 
either  fit  for  use  or  adornment.  Then,  the  utter  absence  in 
American  society  of  anything  like  an  aristocracy  puts  a  ple- 
beian 'esemblance  upon  the  picture,  and  places  such  a  people 
beyond  the  reach  of  the  sympathy  or  even  of  the  curiosity  of 
the  enlightened  representation  of  noble  blood.  In  so  far  as  the 
feelings  of  that  class  of  the  British  people  were  enlisted  during 
the  recent  contest  in  the  United  States,  favor  and  hope  were 
extended  to  the  Southern  people,  and  is  it  not  written  in  the 
records  of  the  probable  that  this  was  because  it  was  among 
that  people  that  the  greatest  pretensions  to  nobility  of  blood 
and  aristocracy  of  manners  existed  ? 

At  intervals  one  of  that  people  has  ventured  across  the  sea 
to  this  contiuent,  but  it  has  usually  been  with  eyes  curiously 
intent,  as  one  would  visit  a  menagerie,  with  the  expectation 
of  meeting  with  an  opportunity  to  observe  something  very 
curious  and  interesting  among  the  auimals.  If  the  visitor  has 
assumed  the  appearance  cf  a  gentleman,  he  has  generally 
proved  himself  to  be  a  snob.  He  has  written  a  book  upon 
his  return  that  has  demonstrated  either  how  unfit  be  was  for 
the  society  of  gentlemen,  or  how  unfortunate  he  was  not  to 
have  shown  himself  worthy  to  be  received,  when  here,  into 
society  better  than  that  in  which  he  was  accustomed  to  move 
when  at  home.  His  innate  suobbishness  or  his  vindictiveness 
at  not  being  estimated  higher  than  he  was  "  in  his  own 
country  and  among  his  own  kin,"  has  almost  universally  leaked 
out  in  a  duodecimo  of  abuse  of  America  and  her  people,  and 
in  such  a  gratuitous  display  ot  ignorauce  regarding  his  subject, 
as  would  be  quite  worthy  the  man  who  has  bought  his  ticket 
for  the  ocean  passage  as  be  would  pay  his  entrance  fee  into  a 
monkey  show. 

It  is  not  pleasant  to  any  American  to  have  to  acknowledge 
that  the  prevailing  sentiment  among  the  highest  class  of 
Englishmen  toward  the  people  of  this  couutry  is  that  ot 
hatred,  contempt,  or  distrust ;  that  the  spirit  of  fairness  seems 
seldom  present  in  their  estimate  of  us  :  that  our  mo'ives  are 
impugned,  our  government  disparaged,  our  progress  under- 
estimated, our  literature  estimated  as  the  primitive  efforts 
of  the  backwoodsman,  and  the  nation  spoken  of  afl  a  nation 
of  yarvenues,  not  to  be  encouraged  but  to  be  pooh-poohed 
out  of  the  contemplation  of  the  best  men.  While  to  them, 
as  individuals,  we  may  rightfully  entertain  sentiments  as  little 
flattering  as  those  they  hold  towards  us,  yet  considering  the 
dignity  and  importance  of  the  English  as  a  nation,  we  are  not 
indifferent  to  their  general  estimate.  Even  if  we  look  at 
them  simply  as  a  people  on  whom  the  light  of  knowledge  and 
Christian  charity  has  not  sufficiently  dawned,  we  most  then 
recognize  our  obligations  to  them  as  one  of  the  benighted 
nations  of  the  world,  and  be  grateful  to  any  who,  with  earnest 
missionary  zeal,  undertakes  to  open  the  eyes  of  their  under- 
standing and  clear  away  therefrom  these  impertinent  cob- 
webs of  prejudice  and  ignorance. 

We  have  been  led  into  this  course  of  reflection  by  perusal  of 
the  two  volumes  mentioned  at  the  close  of  these  remarks.  They 
are  written  by  Englishmen  who  have  visited  America,  have 
come  without  prejudice  and  have  gone  awav  without  supercil- 
iousness.  It  is  a  eource  of  refreshment  to  be  able  to  record 


gers  where  the  commonest  ot  Englishmen  perceive  the  appro-  displays  besides  bis  favorable  estimate  of  the  American  nation, 

to  a  great  degree  the  active  magoaminity  and  candor  that  ex- 
ists in  the  Republic  of  Letters. 

We  cheerfully  commend  both  of  the  volumes  alluded  to 
to  the  fair  consideration  of  intelligent  observers  of  their  own 
country,  and  as  well  as  to  the  scholar  and  student  of  history. 


pnateness  ot  forks 

Sir  S.  Morton  Ecto  has  visited  the  country  with  the  hon- 
est purpose  of  informing  himself  respecting  its  actual  resour- 
ces and  prosprcts ;  has  neglected  no  opportunity  of  making 
himself  acquainted  with  them  ;  was  assisted  in  his  investiga- 
tes and  inquiries  by  some  of  the  most  able  and  experienced 
persons  in  this  couutry,  and  was  endowed  with  intelligence 
sufficient  to  comprehend  and  appreciate  whatever  was  pre- 
sented to  his  view.  The  result  has  been  this  volume  upon 
the  resources  of  America,  written  with  great  honesty  of  pur- 
pose, aud  great  frankness  and  impartiality.  He  bus  carefully 
studied  the  condition  of  the  agriculture,  the  manufactures, 
the  mineral  resources  and  the  commerce  of  the  United  States. 
He  has  Irankly  pointed  out  and  admired  whatever  he  has 
found  admirable,  aud  where  he  has  perceived  errors  be  has 
frankly  and  courteously  criticised.  It  is  doubtless  one  of  the 
ablest  volumes  written  upon  the  resources  of  America,  and 
will  have  a  greater  tendency  than  any  other  ever  published  to 
correct  the  views  of  both  English  and  Americans  in  regard  to 
our  country.  It  is  in  many  respects  of  advantage  that  it  has 
been  written  by  an  Englishman  rather  than  by  an  American. 
The  writer  was  not  oppressed  in  the  beginning  with  the  idea 
that,  being  a  true-born  American,  he  must  keep  the  bird  ol 
freedom  always  in  view  with  outstretched  wiugs.and  that  the 
country  was  so  immense  that  words  would  fail  to  measure  its 
superlativeness  ;  there  is  an  entire  freedom  from  the  possibly 
somewhat  natural  exaggeration  of  the  mildest  American ; 
there  is  no  partiality  aud  preference  for  this  couutry  over  any 
other  ;  beiug  written  by  one  of  their  own  people,  Englishmen 
will  give  a  patient  audience,  and  hold  themselves  more  readily 
susceptible  to  a  consideration  of  the  subject. 

We  believe  we  need  not  make  extracts  from  its  pages  to 
demonstrate  the  value  of  the  work.  There  is  much  intelligent 
observation  running  through  the  volume  for  the  information 
of  Englishmen,  aud  there  is  much  iutelligeot  criticism  lor  the 
thoughtful  consideration  of  Americans.  The  author  has  not 
spared  statistics  where  they  would  serve  an  enlightened  pur- 
pose, aud  Irankly  says  to  those  who  do  not  fully  appreciate 
their  force  and  value  and  think  he  has  made  an  unnecessary 
use  of  them,  that  he  has  "  written  principally  for  those  who 
do  find  in  figures  a  source  of  valuable  information."  In  tak- 
ing leave  of  the  book  we  must  express  lue  hope  that  it  will 
not  prove  altogether  unacceptable  to  tLe  people  ot  California 
in  spite  of  his  criticisms  of  some  of  their  pel  products,  for  he 
frankly  confesses  that  American  wines  are,  in  bis  judgment,  of 


'Resources  aud  Prospects  or  America— Ascertained  daring  a 

visit  to  the  States  in  the  autumn  of  1865.  By  Sir  b-  ilortou  Veto, 
Bart.,  M.  P.  for  Bristol.  New  York:  Alexander  Stratmau  At  Co. 
Philadelphia:  J.  B.  Bippincott  *£.  Co.    Sua  Kraocitico :  A.  Roman 

&  Co. 

LfXTURF.s  on  the  Study  or  HisToRT— Delivered  in  Oxford 
1859-G1.  By  Goldwin  Smith,  M.  A..  liegius  Professor  of  Modern 
History  in  ■he  Uuiveiuity  of  Oxford,  etc.  New  York:  Harper  At 
Brothers.    San  Francisco  :  A.  Roman  &.  Co. 


iFor  IDo  California!].] 

TO   AND  FRO 


No.  3. 

JUST  behind  the  first  news  from  London — even  jostling 
it  on  the  wire — came  a  private  dispatch  to  me,  announc- 
ing that  Aunt  Curtis  had  died.  There  was  no  allusion  made 
to  any  bequest,  and  I  am  yet  in  ignorance  whether  my  wife 
Betty  is  a  beneficiary  nnder  ber  will,  provided  Aunt  died 
testate,  as  a  friend  of  mine,  formerly  a  Justice  of  the  Peace, 
calls  it.  I  am  glad  that  that  telegraphic  message  was  so  un- 
selfish in  its  phraseology — for  indeed,  in  the  grief  I  feel  at 
her  death,  there  is  no  inquisitiveness  as  to  the  disposition  of 
her  property — no  mingling  of  persooal  interest  with  tears. 

Aunt  Curtis  has  been  a  noted  character  in  my  wife's 
family  :  a  spinster  who  has  for  many  years  lived  apart  from 
almost  all :  not  exactly  the  isolated  and  unhappy  I'fe  of  a 
miser,  but  secluded,  as  a  matter  of  choice.  It  is  said  that 
she  had  once  a  very  strong  attachment  for  ayoung  man  of  her 
native  village,  who  went  to  sea  and  never  was  heard  of  more. 
However,  this  may  be,  it  is  certain  Bome  disappointment  had 
worked  a  sinister  influence  over  her— estranging  her  from  the 
world,  warping  the  gentle  qualities  of  kindness  and  philan- 
thropy which,  to  a  greater  or  less  degree,  stir  in  every  female 
heart.  Soon  after  Betty  and  I  married,  we  paid  ber  a  visit  at 
her  request,  and  I  remember  well  how  surprised  all  the  family 
was  at  this  proof  of  condescension  from  one  who,  with  her 
relatives  generally,  was  regarded  as  destitute  of  all  feeling 
of  relationship.  Had  she  not  been  possessed  of  means, 
which  the  hopes  and  exaggeration  of  the  family  multiplied  far 
beyond  their  real  value,  she  would  have  been,  long  ago, 
diopped  from  the  family  tongue  and  remembrance.  Money 
has  a  siroug  centripetal  force — keeping  its  possessor  within 


an  mlerior  quality  at  present,  and  of  the  malt  liquors  uelhiuks  i  tne  )auii|v  orbit>  tt„j  a  8hinea  ever  M  a  8lar  of  tne  tir8l  mag. 
they  are  simply  execrable,  though  he  uses  a  milaer  expression,  j  nitude— au  Aldebaran  in  the  very  eye  of  Taurus.    From  the 


If  there  is  no  other  recourse  to  avoid  the  imaginary  effects  of 
such  judgment,  it  is  quite  easy  to  have  recourse  to  the  usual 
American  tartness  of  remark,  which  is  quite  as  often  preva- 
lent here  as  among  those  who  have  written  books  that  we 
don't  like,  and  say,  with  au  accented  pooh,  that  the  book  is 
merely  written  by  an  Englishman.  Such  a  remark  might  have 
great  effect  among  well-informed  men. 

II  it  is  remarkable  that  there  should  be  one  intelligent 
Englishman  who  cau  say  a  friendly  word  of  America,  it  is  per- 
haps only  the  more  so  that  there  should  be  two  at  the  same 
lime.  Professor  Goldwiu  Smith,  the  author  of  the  Lectures 
on  the  &tudy  if  History,  has  been  lor  a  considerable  time 
past  recoguized  as  a  warm  and  earnest  friend  of  America  and 
ber  institutions— not  a  bliud  admirer,  who  swallows  the  repub- 
lican prescription  in  unintelligent  faith,  but  a  cultivated  student 
of  history,  politics  and  government,  who  has  aculeness  enough 
to  perceive  a  general  organic  health,  though  to  an  unpreju- 
diced eye  there  may  be  visible  a  remediable  functional  de- 
rangement. He  has  said  in  England,  before  he  visited  this 
country  in  the  year  1864,  mauy  things  that  betokened  his 
earnest  sympathy  with  the  better  civilization  of  the  country  ; 
and  his  more  intimate  acquaintance  with  the  people  has  not 
made  him  any  the  less  a  trusty  frieud  and  earnest  admirer  of 
what  is  worthy  of  every  man's  respect  and  commendation. 
He  lias  not  taken  the  present  opportunity  to  write  a  work 
upon  America,  but  his  appearance  among  the  publications  of 
the  day,  in  any  shape,  reminds  us  ot  our  obligations  to  him, 
aud  claims  a  word  of  regard.  The  present  work  is  oue  espe- 
cially recommended  to  the  scholar  and  student  of  history,  who 
is  already  well  informed  that  this  is  not  the  first  introduction 
to  the  republic  of  letters  of  this  ripe  and  cultivated  scholar 
and  mau  of  letters.  It  is  not  perhaps  geuerally  known  on  this 
coast  that  we,  as  a  people,  are  peculiarly  indebted  to  this 
gentleman  for  his  efforts  to  make  our  country,  its  people  and 
institutions  better  known  to  the  people  of  England.    His  visit 


moment  we  put  our  feet  on  the  threshold  of  her  little  house, 
betty  was  regarded  the  heiress  of  our  aforesaid  annt,  aod  she 
and  I  increased  in  magnitude  as  if  we  were  already  stuffed 
with  any  amount  of  money  bags.  Even  /,  who  had  been,  un- 
til then,  a  poor  clerk,  without  expectations,  and  geuerally 
snabbed  for  my  temerity  in  attempting  the  acquisition  of  one 
of  the  Brown  family — /bad  a  consideration  I  never  experi- 
enced before  from  it.  For  that  Bame  Brown  family  had  pre- 
tensions ;  it  bad  dignity  ;  it  was  recognized  as  among  the 
best  iu  the  little  town  of  Lattmere ;  its  bead  was  the  post- 
master; the  head  of  that  bead  bad  been  Sheriff;  for  gen- 
erations they  had  led  the  choir  in  the  singing  at  the  Episco- 
pal Church  ;  furnished  librarians  of  the  town  library  for  near 
a  century  ;  and,  before  Fulton  had  set  steam  at  work,  bad 
beeu  the  agents  of  a  line  of  sloops  trading  from  Lattmere  to 
New  Haven.  This  was  in  the  olden  time,  ere  a  faster  civili- 
zation bad  strangely  altered  the  standard  of  respectability 
and  family  dignity.  Then  we  had  May  dances  and  jigs — Ma- 
zourkas,  Schottisbes,  and  other  panting  and  passionate  mod- 
ern movements  were  unknown.  Education  was  by  the  acci- 
dence, and  English  examples  of  composition,  arithmetic  as  far 
as  fellowship,  Blair's  Rhetoric,  neat  copy-books,  filled  with 
rare  apothegms— these  were  cultivated  instead  of  what  is 
classed  as  "  accomplishments." 

But  when  I  had  made  that  visit — even  while  I  was  still 
using  salt  under  Aunt  Curtis'  roof  ont  of  the  oddest  sort  of 
salt  cellar,  aud  sleeping  in  a  bed  with  a  cornice  of  most  fan- 
tastic pattern,  and  a  gingham  tester — even  then  I  enjoyed  iny 
little  excursions  about  the  town,  complacent  under  the  queer, 
inquisitive  sort  of  stare  I  received  from  chance  people,  and 
the  half  jealous,  half  obsequious  bow  and  greeting  I  always 
got  from  the  Brown  family.  Grace,  the  elder  of  the  two  sis- 
ters, a  tall,  plump  and  disdainful  sort  of  person,  who  had  been 
cultivating  her  taste  for  aunt's  gold  eagles  for  some  years, 
who  used  to  make  gingerbread  of  the  horse  and  rabbit  pat- 


to  this  country  was  partly  for  his  own  better  information,  but,  tern  to  seud  to  Aunt  Curtis,  and  who  cultured  hollyhocks 
after  an  experience  of  the  almost  unpardonable  ignorance  of  his  J  and  poppies  because  aunt  had  a  fancy  for  them,  who  had 


countrymen  regarding  us,  he  also  resolved  to  dispel  as  far  as  he 
might  that  heavy  mist.  He  found  a  cordial  welcome  among  the 


scarce  spoken  to  me  from  the  day  I  married  Betty,  seemed 
suddenly  to  have  found  walking  a  healthy  sort  of  hygiene — 


scholars  and  literary  men  of  America,  and  when  he  went  back  for  I  encountered  her  every  day  in  my  perambulatious.  Grace, 
again  across  the  sea  he  took  with  him  handsome  contributions  1 1  say,  met  me  in  the  blandest  sort  of  manner,  smiled  gold 


August  4th] 


THE  CALIFORNIA**. 


9 


pieces  all  over  her  ruddy  cheeks,  and,  although  she  passed  me 
a  half  dozen  times  a  day,  she  extended  her  fiugers  to  me 
whenever  we  met. 

I  wasn't  a  bit  more  respectable  then  than  when  I  first  went 
a  sparking  Betty  :  I  was  still  a  clerk— wore  yet  acute  angled 
collars  and  ample  cravats  of  parti-colored  gingham  ;  trousers 
with  great  broad  flaps,  tight  at  the  knees,  and  loose  over  the 
feet ;  a  tall,  bell  crowned  hat,  for  tbo3e  were  days  anterior  to 
Derbys  and  Conformes — and  yet,  because  I  was  the  guest  of 
an  eccentric  aunt,  who  was  reputed  rich,  I,  who  had  been  the 
butt  of  all  the  Brown  family,  Miss  Grace  in  particular,  was 
now  snickered  at,  manipulated,  and  to  a  certain  degree 
caressed — all  because,  as  that  Justice  of  the  Peace  aforesaid 
told  me  when  I  related  these  experiences  to  him,  I  was  heir 
presumptive  to  a  snug  little  fortune.  Iu  this  present  day,  as 
centuries  ago,  when  the  Israelites  journeyed  to  the  Promised 
Land,  we  set  up  golden  calves,  and  (all  down  and  worship 
tbem.  A  man  way  be  noble,  morally  superior,  human  in 
thought  and  deed,  governed  by  strict  principles  of  integrity, 
the  head  of  a  family,  educating  his  childreu  up  to  the  highest 
standard  of  Christian  goodness — a  man  may  be  all  these,  and 
yet,  if  he  goes  afoot,  he  will  not  have  one-half  the  considera- 
tion that  attaches  to  a  fast  sort  of  fellow  sitting  behind  a 
spanking  pair,  setting  astir  clouds  of  dust  as  he  whirls  along 
the  smooth  road  to  the  Cliff  House. 

And  so  Aunt  Curtis  is  dead— gone  from  among  her  odd  and 
quaintly  carved  furniture — away  from  puss  and  spaniel,  to  a 
far  country,  where  the  oddities  of  this  world  cannot  reach  to 
ruffle  the  calm  of  the  etern.il.  I  am  old  enough  to  find  lessons 
in  mortality,  advanced  enough  towards  "  the  wild  of  which  no 
man  knows,"  to  see  the  shadows  of  the  setting  sun  falling  at 
my  feet.  It  seems  to  me  strange  that  decay,  and  the  total 
destruction  of  these  our  bodies,  built  up  so  ingeniously,  are 
necessary  constituents  in  the  Divine  scheme.  All  of  us,  saint 
as  well  as  sinner,  would,  if  we  could,  allow  Azrael  to  pass  us 
by  without  layiug  upon  us  his  icy,  withering  fingers.  For 
there  is  in  death  something  so  repulsive,  so  stunning  to  all  our 
ideas  of  beauty  and  refinement — a  belittling  and  very  finite- 
ness  that  takes  the  starch  from  our  pride — suggesting  the  re- 
flection whether  we  are  indeed  divinely  sprung — sprung  from 
that  immutable  and  eternal  Being,  who  heaved  up  rocks  from 
the  great  sea  and  covered  them  with  verdure,  who  hung  the 
constellations  in  mid-air,  and  who  has  through  myriads  of 
years  borne  them  up  in  their  invisible  flight  through  limitless 
realms  of  space.  From  this  reality  we  call  death-- this  overthrow 
of  the  strong  man,  whose  eyes,  when  be  lived,  penetrated  the 
celestial  laws,  and  which  followed  God  in  his  hidden  and  most 
intricate  workings — humanity  constructs  a  destiny  outlasting 
rock  and  star.  It  finds  in  itself  sufficient  of  that  same  God 
to  ensure  his  own  perpetuity.  Thus  much  I  think  we  can  rely 
upon  ;  certainly  nothing  beyond.  All  our  revelation  is  in  in- 
stinct and  analogy,  without  Edmonds  and  Hume  have  seeu 
and  experienced  all  they  claim  to  have  seen  and  experienced. 
Ever  since  man  was  created,  Death  has  mantled  the  whole 
earth  in  shadow  ;  pulling  down  sceptre  and  the  shepherd's 
crook  alike  ;  hushing  the  cry  of  the  weakling  in  the  cradle 
and  the  strong  man  ;  overtoppling  human  plans  ;  unheeding 
cries  of  humau  auguish  ;  and  yet,  whether  in  his  conquest  of 
great  or  little,  he  never  tells  why  he  so  scourges  us — why  he 
moves  at  the  same  pace  under  sunshine  and  cloud.  He  strikes 
his  victim  lifeless  and  cold  with  an  invisible  hand  and  form — 
never,  never  uttering  word  of  pity  or  triumph — never,  never 
turning  aside  from  imploring  look  and  prayer.  The  harshness 
of  his  blow  is  in  its  silence — its  cold  and  unpierceable  mystery. 
Look  on  the  victim  he  has  taken  the  life  from,  and  instead  of 
beauty  and  expression,  you  find  the  startling  negativeness  of 
unvitalization — if  I  may  so  express  it ;  a  repose  that  is  terri- 
ble in  its  profoundness.  You  can  see  nothing  beyond  the 
dumb  and  passionless  corpse,  and  hear  nothing  save  the  cold 
prayers  of  the  church,  and  the  terrible  symbol  and  shock  of 
dropping  clods  of  earth  on  the  coffin  lid.  Yes,  above  this 
dreadful  Sadduceeism  I  see  something  of  hope.  There  is  a 
something  left  upon  our  past  selves— the  Aurora — the  first 
streaks  of  a  dawning  of  a  new  world — you  see  these  in  the 
smile  which  invariably  settles  upon  the  face  of  the  dead.  I 
do  not  believe  it  a  lingering  of  the  old  man  ;  or  that  it  origi- 
nates with  the  spirit  which  animated  once  the  now  lifeless 
form.  But  rather  do  I  accept  it  as  the  gleam  which  God  mer- 
cifully and  kindly  lets  in  from  the  other  world  to  the  inner  life 
of  the  moribund  ;  perhaps  the  joy  which  comes  to  the  spirit 
in  its  first  recognition  of  the  glories  of  the  new  being.  To 
me  who  believes  a  little  of  a  certain  faith  told  long  ago,  the 
evidence  of  which  one  can  find  scattered  from  the  Iliad  to 
Froissart,  and  so  ou  to  the  preseDt  day  ;  of  which  Swedenberg 
wrote  and  Hare  experimented  ;  legends  of  which  the  Catholic 
church  writings  are  so  opulent ;  to  me  who  believes  in  that 
refined  spiritualization  which  recognizes  the  faith  of  guardian 
spirits,  I  accept  the  smile  on  the  face  of  the  dead  as  the  tes- 
timony of  the  presence  of  some  loved  angel  which  comes  to  the 
dying  to  bear  the  disembodied  spirit  to  the  bright  lands  beyond. 
So  hoping  and  so  believing,  I  trust  that,  at  the  death-bed  of 
Aunt  Curtis— under  the  cornice  of  her  old-fashioned  bed — 
flitted  golden  wiugs  of  angels,  who  came  to  bear  her  soul  to  a 
happier  home  than  *ne  had  here . 


— Until  after  the  San  Bruno  Range  is  passed,  the  same  bleak 
and  sterile  aspects  are  seen  as  the  governing  qualities  of  the 
landscape.  At  that  point  you  emerge  from  the  mists,  and 
reach  fairer  skies,  and  breathe  a  purer  and  more  beuignant 
air.  Ou  the  east,  where  the  point  of  mouutain  reaches  the 
marsh  land,  uncouth,  muddy  wastes  lie  before  you,  especially 
if  the  tide  is  low.  But  here  the  waters  of  the  Bay  come  in 
with  a  redeeming  charm— stretching  away  to  the  base  of  the 
hills  on  the  opposite  shore,  glistening  under  the  rays  of  the 
morning  sun  as  I  saw  them,  mirroring  the  golden  clouds  which 
floated  in  "  a  sea  of  glory."  We  shivered  through  a  dense 
mist  all  the  way  from  San  Miguel  until  we  reached  San 
Bruno.  As  we  came  to  the  open  country,  I  saw  a  series  of 
sweet  pictures— the  more  lovable  after  the  rude  landscapic 
features  we  left  behind.  It  was  a  scene  of  charming  contrasts, 
as  the  mist,  with  its  fringed  edges,  lifted  above  the  mountain 
ridge,  disclosing  golden  patches  of  sunshine  laughing  through 
the  ravines  and  adowu  slopes,  covered  with  the  ripening  oats. 
As  we  hurried  on,  the  country  widened,  the  sky  receded,  grow- 
ing more  shadowy  and  infinite  ;  fields  of  grain,  having  a  most 
delicious  summer  look,  were  spread  out  before  us  ;  little  hills, 
crowned  with  trees,  and  lying  in  a  most  pleasing  irregularity, 
were  seen  on  every  side  ;  with  valleys  lying  between,  wooded 
and  fraught  with  deep  shadows— those  delicious  heighteners  of 
landscape  effect ;  and  behind  all  these  was  the  Coast  Range, 
variegated  with  yellow  grain  and  brown  woods.  Fleecy  mists 
reposed  in  the  laps  of  the  outlying  spurs,  and,  above  all,  the 
clear  ridge  stood  out  boldly  in  the  transparent  sky,  running  off 
to  the  south-east  as  far  as  the  eye  could  reach,  until  it  was 
lost  in  tbe  shadowy  distance.  There  was  ample  compensation 
here  for  the  untoward  and  cold  expression  the  country  wore 
at  the  commencement  of  our  journey. 

We  came  to  San  Mateo  an  hour  after  leaving  the  city  :  a. 
little  village  just  outside  the  region  of  summer  mists,  and 
yef,  I  am  told,  it  is  frequently  reached  by  the  cold  fingers  of 
the  fog  god.  The  San  Mateans  say  that  south,  beyond  their 
horizon,  is  a  land  of  uncertaiu  temperature  ;  of  thermometri- 
cal  changes  too  great  for  personal  comfort  and  climatic 
respectability.  "The  avenue,"  they  say,  "ends  with  us. 
Beyond  is  tangled  wood  and  prickly  furze,  where  we  go  only 
to  hunt  foxes  and  coyotes.  They  have  grain  farther  on,  and 
firewood,  granaries  and  cattle  pastures  ;  but  if  you  would  find 
bracing  air  and  clear  skies,  come  here."  They  never  tell  you 
of  the  long  sweep  of  tule  lands  which  lie  before  their  very 
doors  ;  the  dense  clouds  swooping  to  their  chimney-tops  ;  the 
triturated  earth,  borne  aloft  by  summer  gusts  which  too  fre- 
quently stray  from  the  San  Francisco  meridian  ;  the  People's 
Park,  and  Fenian  gatherings,  and  little  Frenchmen  dodging 
among  the  bushes  after  little  birds.  These  are  infelicities 
which  are  never  told  except  to  confidential  friends.  1  know 
them  because  I  am  "  Pythias  "  to  a  San  Mateo  "  Damon." 
And  yet  tho  village  looks  charming  as  you  approach  it  trom 
the  North — nestled  among  the  trees,  with  graud  old  mount- 
ains behind.  As  we  reached  there,  I  saw  a  pretty  Gothic 
church  of  stone,  the  only  building  ot  any  beauty,  dedicated  to 
the  worship  of  the  Most  High,  I  have  seen  in  tlie  State.  It 
has  an  English  look,  as  if  it  had  been  born  of  a  minster  some- 
where among  the  merry  fields  of  old  England.  To  my  uned- 
ucated eye,  it  is  the  only  church  in  the  State  where  art  has 
had  an  opportunity  to  express  itself.  In  the  city  of  San 
Fraucisco  we  have  lots  of  churches  built  at  great  cost — a 
Catholic  cathedral,  at  the  altar  of  which  an  Archbishop 
bends  ;  an  Episcopal  ditto,  where  a. rhetorical  diocesan  calls, 

"Sinuers,  turn!  why  will  you  die  ?" 
These  we  have,  together  with  minor  chapels  without  number, 
and  yet  not  oue  of  tbem  is  up  to  even  the  elementary  iu  the 
art  of  architecture.  Vestries,  I  have  noticed,  are  not  usually 
educated  in  principles  of  beauty  as  applied  to  church  build- 
ing, and  if  some  of  the  members  happen  to  have  perceptions 
sufficiently  clear  to  distinguish  between  the  merits  of  a  boss 
carpenter  and  an  educated  architect,  be  sure  they  have  no 
chance  with  the  pig-headed  rich  who  constitute  the  majority 
of  such  bodies,  or  with  those,  at  least,  who,  unable  to  appre- 
ciate the  true  and  beautiful  in  art,  threaten  to  withdraw  their 
$10,000  subscriptions  if  some  plan  is  not  adopted  which  vio- 
lates all  rules  of  beauty  and  proportion. 

I  think  the  San  Mateo  architect  had  almost  all  his  own  way 
with  trie  church,  although  I  do  not  like  the  placing  and  form 
of  the  memorial  tower,  and  the  belfry  over-riding  all.  But  as 
this  building  is  such  au  advance  in  taste  and  style,  all  desire 
to  find  fault  is  lost  in  the  admiration  a  spectator  feels  as  he 
gazes  on  its  winning  beauty.  Kuzzilbash. 


Our  Book  Table.— Among  the  new  books  placed  on  our 
table  by  A.  Roman  &  Co.  are  Sir  Morton  Peto's  "  Resources 
of  America,"  and  Goldwio  Smith's  "  Lectures  on  the  Study 
of  History,"  both  of  which  are  more  extensively  reviewed  in 
another  column.  "  The  Growth  of  the  Wild  Olive  "  U  the 
suggestive  title  of  three  characteristic  lectures  by  Ruskin,  on 
Work,  Traffic,  and  War.  Among  the  volumes  awaiting  notice 
are  14  Footlight  Flashes,"  an  entertaining  and  instructive, 
though  somewhat  affectedly  written,  sketch  of  the  stage  and 
an  actor's  experiences,  by  W.  Dandge,  comedian  ;  and  "  The 
Mute  Singer,"  "Chandos,"  "  Hidden  Depths,"  "  Love's  Con- 
flict," "  Kate  Marstone,"  and  "  Armadale,"  to  which  we  have 
not  yet  had  time  to  more  particularly  refer. 


AMUSEMENTS. 

AT  Maguire's  Opera  House,  Mr.  Richard  Younge,  who 
opened  the  week  here  as  a  tragic  star,  not  coming  up 
to  the  requirements  of  a  San  Franciscan  audience  in  that  re- 
spect— now,  perhaps,  more  than  usually  fastidious  after 
having  supped  on  Forrest — quietly  withdrew  after  the 
third  night,  and  disappeared  from  the  dramatic  firmanent  of 
the  Opera  House.  All  the  honors  of  the  first  night's  perform- 
ance were  borne  off  by  the  regular  members  of  the  company  ; 
Mrs.  Edwin,  Mrs.  Harry  Jackson,  and  Messrs.  McCullough, 
Barry,  Anderson,  and  White  coming  out  quite  brilliantly  in 
that  old-time  legitimate  play  of  A  New  Way  to  Pay  Old 
Debts.  The  ladies  acted  as  if  by  intuition.  The  parts  played 
by  the  last  three  gentlemen  and  stage  veterans,  had  something 
of  the  thoroughness  of  characterization  that  belonged  to  the 
old  legitimate  Park  Theatre  school  of  more  than  a  quarter  of 
a  century  ago,  when  the  elder  Booth  trod  the  stage  as  "  Sir 
Giles  Overreach" — the  very  embodiment  of  passion,  power,  and 
genius —positively  electrifying  his  audience  by  his  wonderful 
personation  of  this  passionate  character.  Doubtless  the  early 
dramatic  lessons,  like  our  school-boy  speeches,  are  the  most 
thoroughly  learned  and  remain  longest  in  the  memory,  and  it 
is  owing  to  this  fact  that  Messrs.  Barry  and  Anderson  render 
so  effectively  some  of  the  characters  of  the  Shakspearian  and 
standard  plays.  One  of  the  gentlemen,  at  least,  is  a  graduate 
of  the  "  Old  Park,"  and  is  never  so  well  at  home  as  in  the  de- 
scription of  plays  referred  to. 

Miss  Kate  Denin — to  get  back  to  the  programme  again — 
headed  the  bill,  and  reappeared  on  Thursday  evening,  playing 
the  leading  piece  that  was  produced  for  the  Dashaways'  bene- 
fit on  Saturday  evening  last — (Asmodeus) — when  there  was 
not  a  dry  mouth  in  the  house — to  well-filled  benches.  Last 
evening  Mr.  McCullough  played  "  Richard  "  very  creditably 
for  his  benefit,  and  had  deservedly  a  good  house. 

Asmodeus  and  the  farce  of  An  Object  of  Interest  will  be 
presented  lor  to  day's  matinee;  and  Oliver  Twist  and  Jenny 
Lind  for  this  evening's  entertainment. 

Lady  Don,  a  lively  and  sparkling  extravaganza  and  burlesque 
actress,  and  an  excellent  singer,  will  make  her  debut  on  Mon- 
day evening  as  "  Josephine,"  in  the  Daughter  of  the  Regiment, 
and  in  the  new  burlesque  of  Kenilworth.  Lady  Don  has 
achieved  elsewhere  a  high  professional  reputation,  and  unques- 
tionably has  talents  and  ability  enough  as  an  actress  to  win 
success  and  public  favor. 

Metropolitan  Theatre. — The  interruption  of  the  Italian 
Opera  season  by  fire  and  water  in  an  adjoining  building,  and 
consequent  dampness  in  the  dressing-rooms  of  the  theatre, 
leaves  us  but  two  performances  to  notice  since  our  last  issue. 
Ou  Saturday  evening  Lucia  di  Lammermoor  was  produced  in 
a  style  hitherto  uoequaled  on  this  coast,  with  Signorina  Bram- 
billa  in  her  great  character  of  "Lucia,"  Signor  Morley — bis 
first  appearance  this  season — as  "  Edgardo,"  Signor  Mancusi 
as  "  Enrico,"  and  Signor  Milleri  as  "  Raimondo,"  constituting 
altogether  a  remarkably  strong  cast.  The  audience,  though 
not  so  large  as  on  the  regular  subscription  nights,  was  thor- 
oughly appreciative,  and  recalled  the  singers  again  and  again 
by  most  tumultuous  applause.  Signorina  Brambilla  sang  and 
acted  with  great  delicacy,  especially  in  the  mad  scene,  where 
her  "  Spargi  d'amaro  pianto,"  and  the  exquisite  cadenza  with 
flute  obligato  accompaniment,  were  given  with  a  perfection 
rarely  equalled.  We  must  credit  Mr.  Koppitz,  by  the  way, 
with  his  admirable  execution  of  the  elaborate  flute  solo  in  the 
first  act, just  preceding  the  appearance  of  "Lucia;"  it  was 
heartily  enjoyed,  and  we  have  always  wished  that  Signorina 
Brambilla  would  delay  her  entrance  a  moment,  in  order  that 
the  flutist  might  receive  his  well  merited  applause,  uninter- 
rupted by  the  greeting  always  given  to  the  prima  donna  ;  it 
would  be  a  graceful  act  of  courtesy  on  her  part,  and  would 
redound  to  her  credit  with  an  intelligent  audience.  Signor 
Morley  seems  to  have  profited  by  his  long  vacation,  his  pure 
teuor  voice  being  in  fine  order,  and  only  failing  him  for  au  in- 
stant in  the  last  act,  while  his  artistic  rendering  of  the  music 
deserves  the  highest  praise  ;  he  was  frequently  and  heartily 
applauded.  Signor  Maucusi  sang  and  acted  with  great  spirit, 
and  Siguor  Milleri  was  powerful  and  effective  in  the  part  of 
••  Raimondo,"  never  before  so  well  tilled  here. 

Verdi's  Attila  was  produced  on  Monday  evening  with  gor- 
geous costumes  and  appropriate  scenery  and  stage  effects. 
The  mnsic,  with  the  exception  of  a  trio  made  familiar  to  us 
by  the  Bianchis  at  concerts,  was  new  to  Oaliloruiau  audiences, 
and  requires  at  least  two  or  three  repetitions  to  be  thoroughly 
appreciated  ;  the  first  impression  was  favorable,  however,  and 
the  perlormance  wonderlully  successful  considering  that  three 
of  tne  artists  had  never  appeared  in  the  opera  belore.  After 
a  second  hearing  we  may  have  something  to  say  of  the  details 
of  the  music  ;  meantime  it  would  be  a  good  plan  for  the  man- 
agement to  publish  a  cheap  libretto,  as  nothing  of  the  sort  is 
to  be  had  here,  and  even  the  score  is  not  accessible.  On  Mon- 
day Faust  will  be  produced,  with  Milleri  as  "  Mephistopheles," 
Mancusi  as  "  Valentine,"  Brambilla  as  "  Margarita,"  Morley 
as  "  Faust,"  Miss  Landesmauu  as  •'  Siebel,"and  Mile.  Tourney 
as  "  Maria."  (We  inadvertently  neglected,  last  Saturduy,  to 
credit  M'lle.  Tourney  with  her  performance  in  the  character  of 
"  Adalgisa  ;"  it  was  excellent  iu  many  respects, anU  was  favor- 
ably received.)  The  well  known  Second  Artillery  Band  has 
been  secured  tor  the  stage  in  Faust,  aud  the  March  alone, thus 
rendered,  would  be  fully  worth  the  price  of  admission.  The 
management,  with  untiring  (but  we  think  mistaken)  energy, 
will  produce  JSrubuco  on  Wednesday,  and  UuBallo  on  Friday 
evening. 


10 


THE  CALIFORNIAN 


[  Augusj  4th 


DISTANCES  FROM  SAN  FRANCISCO 

To  vamous  points  : 

To  Fort  Point,  4  miles,  by  omnibus,  four  trips  a  day. 
Lone  Mountain,  3,  street  railwav. 
Seal  Rock,  6,  cars  aud  omnibus,  two  trips  a  day- 
Mission  Dolores,  street  railways ;  Ocean  House  8. 
Sau  Mateo,  20,  railroad. 
Crystal  Springs,  23,  railroad  and  stage 
Half-Moon  Hay,  29,     do.  do. 
Redwood  city,  30,  do. 
Mountain  View,  38,  do. 
Santa  Clara,  47,  do. 

San  Jose,  50,  do.,orsteamerand8tage,54. 
Alviso,  46,  steamer,  daily. 

Almaden  mines,  67,  steamer  and  stage  ;  or  by  rail- 
road and  stage,  64. 
Santa  Cruz,  78,  railroad  and  stage. 
Oakland,  8,  steamer  and  railroad,  six  trips  a  day. 
Alameda,  11,  steamer,  three  trips  a  day. 
San  Leandro,  15,  steamer  and  railroad. 
Mission  San  Jose,  34,  steamer,  railroad  and  stage. 
Warm  Springs,  37,  do.  do. 

Beuicia,  30,  steamer  leaves  at  4  P.  M.  daily. 
Sacramento,  117,  do.  do. 
Stockton,  117,      do.  do. 
Martinez,  33,  do. 
Pacheco,  38,  steamer  and  stage. 
Diablo  Coal  Mines,  44,  steamer  and  stage. 
Suisnn,  50,  steamer,  or  54  by  steamer  and  stage 
Vallejo,  28;  Mare  Island,  37;  Napa  city,  50 
White  Sulphur  Springs,  67,  stage  from  Napa. 
Geyser  Springs,  118,  do.  do. 

Sonoma,  52,  steamer,  tri  weekly. 
Petaluma,  48,  steamer,  daily. 
Healdsburg,  80,  stage  daily  from  Petaluma 
San  Quentin,  12,  steamer  ;  Faralloue  Islands,  20. 


QUARDIAN'S  SALE 


REAL  ESTATE 


gROOKLYN  HOTEL, 

1852.   SAN    FRANCISCO.  1866. 


The  Proprietor  of  the  above-named  Hotel  wishes 
to  inform  his  patrons  and  the  Travailing  Public  that  he 
has  opened  that  elegant  Brick  Fireproof  Hotel,  situated 
on  the 

S.  E.  Corner  of  Pine  and  Sansome  streets, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

It  was  built  expressly  for  a  Hotel,  with  all  the  modern 
conveniences  attached  to  it. 

Gas  aud  water  are  supplied  throughout  the  House. 
Rooms  are  well  ventilated,  and  the  Public  will  findi 
Hotel  all  the  comforts  of  a  home.   The  Hotel  is  spacious, 
and  well  adapted  for  tho  use  of  Families.   Suits  of  Rooms 
can  bo  had  on  reasonable  terms. 

LARGE  READING  ROOM 

Attached  to  the  Hotel, 

Containing  500  Volumes  of  Standard  Works, 

Which  is  entirely  for  tho  use  of  patrons. 

THE  CITY  COACH,  with  the  name  of  the  Hotel  on  it, 
will  be  in  readiness  at  the  Wharf,  on  the  arrival  of  each 
steamer,  tn  convey  passengers  and  baggage  to  the  Ho'cl, 
free  of  charge.  JO  '  N  KELLY,  Jr. , 

my6  3m  Proprietor. 


r^HE  ONLY  LIVING  ASTROLOGER, 
PROF.  COHEN, 
530  California  street,  San  Francisco, 

THROUGH  HIS  NATURAL  G^T.can  give  cornel  infor- 
mation on  the  Past,  Present  and  Future,  on  auy  subject 
that  may  be  required  so  as  to  avoid  trouble.  As  evidence 
of  his  reputation,  he  has  received  over  18,000  consultations 
during  his  residence  of  six  years  in  San  Francisco  I  Con- 
sultation fee,  $2.  By  lelier,  $3.  Letter  box,  104.  It  is 
not  necessary  to  give  tho  age.  OlDce,  530  California 
street.    Hours  from  8  i.  «.  lo  II  p.  m  jelS  3m 


r^OME  AND  SEE  ME ! 


DR.  JOHN  HEALD, 

DENTIST, 

HAS  REMOVED  TO  THE 

CORNER  KEARXr  AND  CALIFORNIA  STS, 
Where  he  will  bo  pleased  to  sec  all  old  friends,  and  plenty 
of  new  ones.  Every  variety  of  Dental  Operations  per- 
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G.  &  F.  MARTEIX'S  COGNAC  ; 

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STEAMBOAT  GIN  ; 
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IRISH  WHISKY, 

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Fcr  sale  by  V.  SQARZA, 

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NOTICE  IS  HEREBY  GIVEN,  that,  in  pursuance  of 
an  order  of  the  Probate  Court  of  the  City  and  foun- 
ty  of  San  Francisco  made  on  the  2d  day  of  April,  1866,  in 
the  matter  of  the  Estates  of  Herman  R.  Haste  and  Julia 
Haste,  minors,  the  undersigned,  Guardian  of  said  minors, 
will  sell  at  private  sale  to  the  highesT  bidder,  for  cash, 
payable  in  United  Stales  gold  coin,  and  subject  to  confir- 
mation by  said  Probate  Court,  on  or  after  Saturday,  the 
18th  day  of  August,  1866.  at  twelve  o'clock,  noon,  of  that 
day,  at  the  office  of  D.  P.  Barsiow,  Esq.,  No  6  Montgom- 
ery Block,  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  all  the 
right,  title  and  interest  of  6aid  minors,  Herman  R.  Haste 
and  Ju  ia  Haste,  of,  in  and  to  all  tho  one  undivided  one- 
half  part  of  all  that  certain  lot  cf  land  situated  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  described  as  follows, 
viz  :  Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  line  of  Mer* 
chant  street,  23  feet  easterly  fr^m  the  north  east  corner 
of  Merchant  street  and  Dunbar's  Alley  ;  thence  running 
easterly  along  said  line  of  Merchant  stroet  20  feet  2  12 
inches  ;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  68  feet  and  9 
inches  ;  thence  at  a  right  aDgle  westerly  20  feet  2  12 
inches,  aud  thence  at  n  right  angle  southerly  68  feet  and 
9  inches  to  the  point  of  beginning. 

Offers  or  bids  for  said  property  will  bo  received  at  tho 
offlcoofD.  P  Barstow,  Esq.,  No.  6  Montgomery  Block , 
Irom  this  date  till  Saturday,  the  18th  day  of  Augunl,  at 
twelve  o'clock,  noon,  by  the  underslgued, 

CHRISTIAN  KIRK, 
Guardian  of  Herman  R.  Histe  and  Ju.ia  Haste,  minors. 
0y28  td) 


NOTICE  IS  HEREBY  GIVEN,  That  in  pursu- 
ance of  an  order  of  the  Probate  Court  of  the  city 
and  county  of  San  Francisco,  in  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia, made  on  the  19th  day  of  July,  A.  D.  1866,  in 
the  matter  of  the  estates  and  guardianship  of  Violet 
Blair,  Jesnp  Blair  aud  Lucy  J.  Blair,  minors,  the 
undersigned,  the  guardian  of  said  minors,  will  ee 
at  private  sale  to  the  highest  bidder,  for  cash,  and 
subject  to  confirmation  by  said  Probate  Court,  on  or 
after  Monday,  the  thirteenth  day  of  August,  A.  D. 
1866,  at  12  o'clock  M  .at  the  ottice  of  the  under 
signed,  in  Rooms  Nos.  4  and  5,  Barron's  Building, 
northwest  corner  of  Montgomery  and  Merchant 
streets,  in  the  city  and  county  ot  San  Francisco, 
where  offers  or  bids  will  be  received,  all  the  right 
title,  interest  and  estate  of  the  6aid  Violet  Blair. 
Jesup  Blair,  and  Lucy  J.  Blair,  minors,  in  and  to 
all  those  certain  lots,  pieces,  or  parcels  of  land,  sit- 
uate, lying  and  being  in  the  said  oily  and  county  of 
San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and  bounded 
and  described  as  follows,  to  wit : 

1.  The  lot  on  the  northerly  side  ot  Bryant  street, 
commencing  100  varas  westerly  from  Fonith  street, 
running  thence  westerly  or  southwesterly  along 
Bryant  street,  100  varas  front  by  a  uniform  depth, 
northerly  or  northwesterly,  of  100  varas,  being  the 
lot  known  on  the  official  map  of  the  city  of  Sun 
Francisco  as  100-vara  Lot  No.  179.  The  interest  of 
said  minors  thereiu  is  claimed  to  be  an  undivided  one- 
quarter  of  said  lot. 

2.  The  lot  on  the  southwesterly  corner  of  Main 
and  Folsom  streets,  fifty  varas  square.  The  interest 
of  said  minors  therein  is  claimed  to  be  an  undivided 
one-half  of  said  lot — subject  to  lease. 

3.  The  lot  on  Hie  southerly  side  of  Filbert  street, 
fifty  varas  square,  commeucing  50  varus  westerly 
from  Powell  street,  running  thence  westerly,  50 
varas  front  by  a  uniform  depth  southerly  of  50  varas, 
being  the  lot  known  on  the  official  map  of  the  city 
of  San  Francisco  as  50-vara  Lot  No.  431.  The  inte- 
rest of  said  minors  therein  is  claimed  to  be  au  undi- 
vided one-half  of  said  lot— Bubject  to  lease. 

4.  The  lot.  on  the  southeast  corner  of  Dupont  and 
Broadway  streets,  being  sixty  feet  front  on  Du- 
pont street  by  a  uniform  depth  easterly  on  Broadway 
of  fifty  feet.  The  interest  of  said  minors  therein  is 
claimed  to  be  an  undivided  one-half  of  said  lot — 
subj;Ct  to  lease. 

5.  Lot  on  southeast  corner  of  Powell  and  Green- 
wich streets,  being  137 ,  feet  front  on  Greenwich 
street  by  a  uniform  depth  southerly  ou  Powell  street 
of  206  feet  and  3  inches.  The  interest  of  said  mi- 
nors therein  is  claimed  to  be  an  undivided  oue-half 
of  said  lot — subject  to  lease. 

6.  The  lot  on  the  northerly  side  of  Silver  street, 
commencing  75  feet  easterly  from  Third  street, 
thence  northerly  parallel  to  Third  street  70  feet, 
thence  easterly  parallel  to  Silver  street  150  feet, 
thence  southerly  parallel  to  Third  street  70  feet, 
thence  westerly  along  Silver  street  150  feet  to  the 
point  of  beginniug,  being  part  of  the  100-vara  Lot 
No.  85.  The  interest  of  said  minors  therein  is 
claimed  to  be  an  undivided  one-fourth — subject  to 
contract  for  lease  and  improvements. 

7.  The  lot  next  adjoining  the  above  on  the  east, 
fifty  feet  front  on  Silver  street  bv  a  uniform  depth 
northerly  of  70  feet,  being  part  of"  100-vara  Lot  No 
85.  The  interest  of  said  minors  therein  is  claimed 
to  be  an  undivided  one-fourth. 

8.  The  lot  on  the  southerly  side  of  Silver  street, 
commencing  100  feet  easteily  from  Third  street, 
thence  easterly  along  Silver  street  175  feet,  thence 
southerly  parallel  to  Third  street  155  feet  to  Brvant 
street,  thence  westerly  along  the  northerly  side  of 
Bryant  street  175  feet,  thence  northerly  155  feet  to 
place  of  beginning,  being  part  of  100-vara  Lot  No. 
85.  The  interest  of  said  minors  therein  is  claimed 
to  be  an  undivided  one-fourth.  The  same  can  be 
sold  in  subdivisions. 

9.  Lot  on  the  southeast  corner  ot  Sunsome  and 
Broadway  streets,  being  fifty  feet  square.  The 
interest  of  said  minors  therein  ig  claimed  to  bean 
undivided  one-eighth— subject  to  lease. 

Tutus  of  Salk. — Cash,  in  gold  coiu  of  the  United 
States  :  ten  per  cent,  of  the  purchase  money  to  be 
paid  at  the  time  of  the  sale  ;  balance  on  confirma- 
tion of  sale  by  the  Probate  Court.  Deeds  to  be 
made  (including  United  States  revenue  stamps)  ut 
purchaser's  expense.  R.  C.  ROGERS, 

Guardian,  etc 

San  Fraucisco,  July  28, 1 866. 

Notice. — The  remaining  undivided  interests  in 
said  lots,  except  Parcel  No.  9,  will  he  sold  at  game 
time. 


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IN  THE    DISTRICT     COURT  OF  THE 
Fifteenth  Judicial  District  of  theStateot  California,  Id 
and  for  the  Cily  and  County  of  San  Francisco. 
MARY  SMITH,  Plaintiff,  vs.  WILLIAM  SMITH,  Defendant. 

Action  brought  in  the  District  Court  of  the  Fifteenih  Judl 
ciai  District  of  the  State  of  Calilornia,  in  and  for  the  City 
and  County  of  Sin  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  Ued  in 
said  City  aud  County  of  San  Francisco,  in  the  office  of 
the  Clerk  of  said  District  Court. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  Fend  greeting 
to  WILLIAM  SMITH,  Defendant  :  You  nrc  hereby  re- 
quired to  appear  in  au  action  brought  against  you  by  the 
above-named  Plaintiff  fcB  the  District  Court  of  the  Fifteenth 
Judicial  District  of  the  Slate  of  California,  in  and  for  the 
City  aud  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  com- 
plaint filed  therein,  within  Ten  Days,  (exclusive  of  the  day 
of  service,)  after  the  Service  on  you  of  this  Summons 
— if  served  within  this  County  ;  or,  if  served  out  of  tills 
County,  but  in  this  District,  within  Twenty  Days  ;  other- 
wise, within  Forty  Days — or  judgment  by  default  will  he 
taken  against  you,  according  to  the  prayer  of  said  Com- 
pluiut.  - 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  decree  of  this 
Court,  dissolving  tho  Bonds  of  Matrimony  existing  be- 
tween Plaintiff  and  Defendant,  and  that  one  half  of  the 
Defendant's  properly,  if  he  have  any,  be  awarded  to 
Plaintiff,  and  for  general  relief. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  il  you  fail  to  appear 
and  answer  the  said  complaint,  as  above  required,  the  said 
plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  the  relief  therein  de- 
manded . 

Given  under  my  hand  and  Seal  of  the  District  Court  of  tbo 
Fifteenth  Judicial  District  of  the  Slate  of  California,  in 
and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fruncisco,  this  27th 
day  of  June  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousaud  eight 
hundred  aud  sixty-six. 

Seal.  lut.  Rev.  Stamp, )  WM.  LOEWY, 

60  cts.,  cancelled.      j  Clerk, 

By  G.  C.  Letcher,  Deputy  Clerk. 
A.  Williams  Plaintiff's  Attorney,  \ 

535  Clay  street  .  J  J(  30  3m 


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on  receipt  of  the  price. 

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Sacramento    and  Montgomery  streets, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 
Post  Office  Address  :  Lock  Box  No  1477.        jc30  3m 


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HE  LIGHT  OF  THE  AVORLD. 


DR.  MAGGIEL'S 

Pills  and  SclIy  e. 


These  Life-giving  remedies  are  now,  for  the  first 
time,  given  publicly' to  the  world.  For  over  a  quar- 
ter of  a  century  of  private  practice  the  ingredients  in 
these 

LIFE-GIVING  PILLS! 
Have  been  used  with  the  greatest  success.  Their 
mission  is  not  oulv  to  prevent  disease,  but  to  enre. 
They  search  out  tbe  various  maladies  by  which  the 
patient  is  suffering;  and  re-invigorate  the  failing  sys 
tern.  To  the  aged  and  infirm  a  few  doses  of  these 
valuable  PILLS  will  prove  to  be 

A  VERY  FOUNTAIN  OF  YOUTH, 
For  in  every  case  they  add  new  life  and  vitality, 
and  restore  the  waning  energies  to  their  pristine 
strte.  To  the  young  and  middle-aged,  they  will 
prove  most  invaluable,  as  a  ready,  specific,  and 
sterling  medicine.  Here  is  a  dream  realized,  that 
Ponce-de-Leon  sought  for  three  hundred  years  ago, 
and  never  found.  He  looked  for  a  fountain  that 
would  restore  the  old  to  vigor  and  make  youth  ever 

AN    ETERNAL   SPRING  1 

It  was  left  for  this  day  and  hour  to  realize  the 
dream,  and  show  in  one  glorious  fact,  the  magic  that 
made  it  fair. 

THESE   FAMOUS  REMEDIES 

Cannot  stay  the  flight  of  years,  bot  they  can  force 
hack,  and  hold  aioof,  diseases  that  might  triumph 
over  the  aged  and  the  yountf.  Let  none  hesitate 
then,  but  seize  the  favorable  epportunity  that  offers. 
When  taken  as  prescribed' — 

FOR  BILLIOUS  DISORDERS 
Nothing  can  be  more  productive  of  cure  than  these 
Pills.  Their  almost  magic  influence  is  felt  at  once  ; 
and  the  usual  .concomitants  of  this  most  distressing 
disease  are  removed.  These  remedies  are  made 
from  the  purest 

VEGETABLE  COMPOUND. 
They  will  not  harm  the  most  delicate  female,  and 
can  be  given  with  good  effect  in  prescribed  doses  to 
the  youngest  babe. 

FOE   CUTANEOUS  DISOEDEES 
And  all  eruptions  of  the  skin,  the  SALVE  is  most 
invaluable.    It  does  not  heal  externally  alone,  but 
penetrates  witn  the  most  searching  effects  to  the  very 
root  of  the  evil ! 

Dr.  Maggiel's  Pills 

Invariably  cure  the  following  diseases  : 
Asthma, 

Bowel  Complaints, 
Coughs, 
Colds, 

Chest  Diseases, 
Costiveness, 
Dyspepsia, 
Diarrhoea, 
Dropsy, 
Debility, 

Female  Complaints,  Fever  aud  Ague 

Headache, 
Indigestion, 
.  Influenza, 

Inflammation, 

Inward  Weakness, 
Liver  Complaint. 
Lowness  of  Spirits, 
Ringworm, 

Rheumatism, 
Salt  Rheum, 
Scalds, 

Skin  Diseases 

Notice.  —  None  genuine  without  the  engraved 
trade-mark  around  each  pot  or  box,  signed  by  Dr.  J. 
Muugiel,  43  Fulton  st.,  New  York,  to  counterfeit 
which  is  felony. 

Sold  by  all  respectable  Dealers  in  Medicines 
throughout  the  United  States — at  25  cents  per  box  or 

pot.  r.  h.  Mcdonald  &  co., 

Corner  Sunsome  and  Pine, 
apl4-ly  Agents  for  Pacific  Coast. 


Nos.  415,  417,  and  419  California  Street, 

NEAR  MONTGOMERY. 

THIS  STOCK  OF  FURNITURE,  etc.,  was  selected  with 

great  care,  and  special  attention  given  to  the  wants  of 
this  market,  ENTIRELY  AT  THE  EAST.  It  is  NOT 
COMPOSED  OF  REFUSE  GOODS,  ODDS  AND  ENDS  OF 
OTHER  HOUSES  that  have  lately  closed  out  here,  but 
CONSISTS  ENTIRELY  OF  NEW  GOODS,  made  after  the 
latest  patterns  and  in  the  most  durable  manner. 

The  present  Stock  is  fully  TWICE  as  large  as  that  of  any 
other  house  hero.  Parties  having  any  doubts  of  this,  or 
that  the  assortment  is  not  superior  to  any  in  the  city,  can 
eaBily  satisfy  themselves  by  calling. 

The  stock  of  Case  Goods  is  larger  than  ever  before. 

J.  PEIRCE, 
Ware-rooms  415,  417  and  419  California  street, 

je!6-3m  SAN  FRANCISCO. 


B.  F.  Sterett,  533 
Clay  St.,  a  few  doors 
below  Montgomery, 
continues  to  print  all 
kinds  of  Books,  Bills, 
Circulars,  Cards,  etc. 
in  superior  style,  and 
at  reasonable  prices. 


RAN  KLIN  PRINTING  OFFICE, 
509  CLAY  STREET,  {near  Sansome,) 

SAN  FRANCISCO, 

"  The  oldest  and  most  complete  Book  and  Job  printing 
establishment  in  Calitornia.  All  descriptions  of  work 
neatly  executed  at  low  ratcw. " 

jal  FRANK  EASTMAN,  Proprietor. 


H    RODGERS  JOHNSON, 


ODD  FELLOWS'  HALL,  329  Montgomery  street, 
je30  3m  San  Francisco. 


J^ATHANIEL  GRAY, 

UNDERTAKER, 
CITY  AND  COUNTY  SEXTON, 
641  Sacramento  street,  Corner  of  Webb 

^ole  agents  for   BARSTOW'S   PATENT  METALLIC 
BURIAL  CASES  and  CASKETS. 

,  . — .  0 

je!7-3m 


Edward  Bosqui  &  Co., 

Printers, 

And  Blank  Book  Manufacturers, 
517  CLAY  STREET, 

Between  Montgomery  and  Sansome  Sts., 
San  Francisco. 


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CHOOL  FURNITURE. 


RANKIN'S  PATENT  SCHOOL  DESK  ; 
Liquid  Slating  for  Blackboard; 
ARITHMETICAL  FRAME; 

Babbitouiau  System  of  Writing— the  Best  System 
know 

W.  HOLT, 

deS  SOS  Montgomery  street,  Room  No  2. 


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Hill'   MONTGOMERY  BLOOK 


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THE  LARGEST  CLOTHING  EMPORIUM  in  California. 
The  daily  sales  from  the  establishment  is  a  sufficient 
guarantee  that  the  prices  are  less  than  those  of  any  other 
house  on  the  Pacific  coast.  Here  yon  also  find  clothing  of 
the  best  of  California  Cloth,  both  for  Wholesale  and  Retail 
trade.  Also,  particular  attention  paid  to  making  up  I'm* 
clothing  to  order.  jy21 


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EMOCRATIC  CANDIDATE 


TAX  COLLECTOR, 

HEN  It  Y  A.  COBB, 

OF  THE  FIRM  OF  COBB  &  SINTON, 
jy2I  NO.  407  CALIFORNIA  STREET. 


VEGETABLE  AMBROSIA 

IS  THE  MIRACLE  OF  THE  AGE! 

Gray-headed  People  have  their 

locks  restored  by  it  to  the  dark,  lustrous, 
silken  tresses  of  youth,  and  are  happy ! 

Young  People,  with  light,  faded  or  red  Hair, 
hare  these  unfashionable  colors  changed  to 
a  beautiful  auburn,  and  rejoice  1 

People  whose  heads  are  covered  with 
Dandruff  and  Humors,  use  it,  and  have  clean 
coats  and  clear  and  healthy  scalps  ! 

Bald-Headed  "Veterans  have 
their  remaining  locks  tightened,  and  the 
bare  spots  covered  with  a  luxuriant  growth 
of  Hair,  and  dance  for  joy ! 

Young  Gentlemen  use  it  because  it  ia 
'richly  perfumed  I 

Young  Ladies  use  it  because  it  keeps 
their  Hair  in  place ! 

Everybody  must  and  will  use  it,  because 
it  is  the  cleanest  and  best  article  in  the 
market !  ^ 

^  For  Sale  by  Druggists  generally. 

sale,  wholesale  aud  retail,  by 

JOHN  F.  SNOW, 

Sole  Agent  for  the  Pacific  Coast,  24  Po6t  street, 
jc23  San  Francisco. 


THE  CALIFORNIA!*. 


|  August  4th 


THE    RACES    RACILY  REPORTED. 

BY  THE  FAT  CONTRIBUTOR. 

THE  two  leading  races  are,  the  race  of  man,  called  the 
human  race,  and  the  horse  race,  which  some  consider 
inhuman.  The  Indian  race  is  nearly  run.  A  mill  race  or  a 
race  to  a  "  mill  "  occurs  when  a  prize  fight  is  announced.  Of 
all  the  races  that  have  been  upon  the  tapis  recently,  the 
black  race  attracts  the  most  public  attention.  Congressmen 
make  speeches  upon  it,  clergymen  preach  upon  it,  and  Wen- 
dell Phillips  is  ready  to  bet  his  money  on  it. 

I  flatter  myself  that  I  know  something  of  the  horse  race. 
I  had  a  passion  for  horse  racing  when  a  lad,  and  used  to  run 
horses  with  a  neighbor's  boy  in  Tompkins'  lane.  How  viv- 
idly do  I  recall  my  last  race.  I  rode  the  governor's  grass  fed 
mare,  a  sorrel,  if  I  remember  correctly,  with  two  white  spots 
in  the  forehead.  She  was  a  little  foundered  in  one  eye,  but, 
with  the  exception  of  something  like  a  watermelon  on  each 
knee,  her  intellect  was  unimpaired.  Neighbor's  boy  rode  a 
cream-colored  chestnut,  with  a  spring  halt  to  harness.  On 
the  home-stretch  I  was  a  neck  and  half  a  shoulder-blade  be- 
hind, gently  encouraging  the  old  mare  to  do  her  level  best  by 
the  application  of  a  corn-cutter  to  ber  aged  ribs.  The  limp 
which  she  had  in  her  eye  prevented  her  taking  a  clear  view  of 
a  heap  of  cobble-stones  in  the  lane,  aud  when  she  struck 
them  there  was  a  tumble,  a  clatter  of  stones,  horse-shoes  and 
old  bones,  and  the  old  mare  was  wrecked,  and  no  insurance. 
I  was  picked  up  bleeding  and  insensible,  and  I  made  the 
remainder  of  the  home-stretch  on  a  stretcher,  coming  in 
under  one  blanket.  The  race  was  decided  in  my  favor.  The 
judges  allowed,  although  I  was  a  neck  behind  when  the  old 
mare  stumbled,  yet,  as  I  escaped  without  my  neck  being 
broken,  I  came  out  a  neck  ahead. 

Although  exceedingly  fond  of  the  races,  I  don't  attend 
them  very  often  now-a-days.  My  corpulency  is  too  annoying. 
They  charge  me  double  for  my  ticket,  and  I  can  only  get  in 
through  the  horse  gate.  Then  the  boys  yell,  "  Here  comes 
the  prize  ox  !"  and  insist  on  my  being  trotted  over  the  course 
to  show  my  points. 

The  first  thing  that  struck  me  at  a  race  course — no,  not  the 
first  thing,  for  that  was  the  shaft  of  a  sulky,  but  the  next 
thing — was  the  open  disregard  of  the  rules  of  the  course. 
Although  "  public  stand  "  was  painted  upon  a  shed  in  letters 
so  large  that  the  horse  that  runs  may  read,  there  was  the 
public  sitting  down.  But  the  public  have  to  stand  a  great 
deal  at  the  race  course.  I  saw  another  shed  labelled 
*'  reporter's  stand."  I  asked  a  reporter  what  it  meant,  .and 
he  whispered  "  stand  treat."    I  stood  it. 

"  Bidding  off  pools  for  the  horses,"  was  the  reply  I  received 
when  I  inquired  the  meaning  of  an  auction  scene  on  the 
course. 

I  innocently  inquired  if  these  pools  were  horse-ponds,  but 
he  only  gave  me  a  look  of  silent  contempt.  I  finally  dropped 
a  fifty  dollar  note  in  one  of  those  pools.  No  more  "  pool  " 
for  me. 

Foot  races  are  not  as  popular  as  they  once  were.  People 
are  too  lazy  to  run  now,  unless  they  run  for  office.  I  ran  for 
a  prize  once  in  a  foot  race.  I  was  not  quite  as  fat  as  I  now 
am.  I  only  weighed  four  hundred  and  forty-seven  pounds. 
It  happened  thus  :  I  was  attending  the  County  Fair.  They 
got  up  a  prize  for  the  fastest  runner.  In  those  days  (this  was 
before  the  onerous  tax  on  whiskey.)  I  used  to  indulge  occa- 
sionally in  that  cup  which  makes  us  cheer  and  be  inebriate, 
as  Cowper  hath  it.  In  a  playful  moment  I  asked  the  boys  to 
get  me  tight  and  have  fun  with  me,  and  they  took  me  at  my 
word.  The  barkeeper  assisted  them  by  putting  liquor  in  my 
gin-cocktail,  while  my  back  was  turned,  adding  acoholic 
stimulant  to  my  whiskey,  and  pouring  decoctions  of  malt  into 
my  beer.  I  have  since  suspected  that  tobacco  was  mingled 
with  my  cigars,  but  on  thai  point  I  am  not  quite  clear. 

Although  it  exhausted  the  contents  of  nearly  every  bar  on 
the  ground  to  do  it,  yet  I  got  "  full,"  and  the  fumes  of  the 
liquor  rose  from  my  stomach  to  my  brain,  as  from  an  immense 
cauldron,  causing  me  to  behave  in  the  most  ridiculous  and 
insane  manner.  I  felt  as  etherial  as  a  sylph,  and  actually  went 
half  through  with  a  flip-flap,  landing  on  my  back.  I  attempted 
to  throw  a  back  somersault  through  a  balloon,  resulting  in 
the  total  aunihilation  of  a  confectionery  stand,  into  which  1 
dove  head  first.  I  ruthlessly  seized  the  "  Fat  Woman  "  in 
her  tent  and  spun  her  around  in  a  waltz  until  she  shrieked. 
I  offered  to  permit  the  "  Living  Skeleton  "  to  hold  me  out  at 
arm's  length  sitting  on  bis  palm.  My  absurdities  drew  a 
crowd  of  delighted  spectators,  and  when  it  was  suggested  that 
I  should  compete  for  the  prize  at  the  foot  race,  fool  that  I 
was,  I  eagerly  jumped  at  the  offer. 

No  Athenian  athlete  ever  entered  the  arena  amid  such  tu- 
multuous applause  as  greeted  my  appearance  upon  the  course, 
peeled  for  the  race.  Talk  about  the  Grecian  games — they  af- 
forded no  such  "  game  "  as  I  did  that  day.  There  I  stood, 
among  the  other  contestants,  pants  secured  around  the  waist 
with  several  pairs  of  borrowed  suspenders  (my  own  were  in- 
sufficient to  go  round.)  shirt-collar  unbuttoned,  and  bald  head 
shining  in  the  sun  like  a  polished  snuff  bladder,  or  a  ten-cent 
watermelon. 

The  crowd  jeered  and  yelled.    One  advised  me  to  lie  down 


and  roll  around  the  course.  Another  said  if  I  couldn't  run 
around,  I  bad  better  black  my  face  and  try  a  "  walk  around." 
I  think  he  was  a  minstrel. 

"  Tou  run  a  foot-race  ?"  said  a  butcher,  derisively,  taking 
in  my  size  and  fatness  with  a  professional  eye,  "  there  is  only 
one  thing  you  are  fit  to  run." 

"  What  is  that?"  said  L 

"  Run  Candles .'" 

Frenzied  by  the  insult  and  the  yell  of  laughter  which  went 
up  from  the  crowd,  I  rushed  at  my  tormentor,  who  turned  and 
fled.  As  I  pursued  him,  devastation  followed  on  my  track. 
I  overturned  threshing-machines,  got  entanged  among  cultiva- 
tors, upset  bee-hives,  crumbled  patent  fences  like  glass,  in  get- 
ting over  tbem  ;  dashed  through  the  floral  department,  amid 
the  shrieks  of  the  women,  as  flower-roots  went  toppling  to 
the  ground  ;  and,  finally,  in  my  blind  frenzy,  stumbled  head- 
long into  a  vat  of  crude  petroleum.  A  huge  dredging-macbine, 
for  use  in  our  harbors,  being  on  the  grounds,  was  brought  into 
requisition,  and  I  was  scooped  up  and  left  high  in  the  air  to 
dream.  If  I  had  had  any  itching  to  be  "  in  oil  "  before,  that 
experience  satisfied  me.  Thus  ended  my  first  and  last  foot- 
race.   

A  Bear  in  a  Bedroom. — The  Milwaukie  Sentinel  states, 
a  few  nights  since  a  tame  bear,  which  is  kept  by  the  proprie- 
tor of  Cambria  House,  in  that  city,  got  loose  from  his  kennel 
and  started  on  an  exploring  expedition  throjgh  the  premises. 
Finding  a  door  open.Bruiii  entered,  and  made  his  way  through 
the  house.  Iu  passing  through  the  hall  he  came  in  contact 
with  one  of  the  servant  girls,  en  dishabille,  who,  supposing 
that  the  bear  was  bent  on  mischief, fled,  screaming,  irito  abed- 
room  close  at  hand.  Bruin,  seeming  to  appreciate  a  joke,  pur- 
sued her  closely,  and  took  hi3  stand  in  the  door.  The  girl, 
seeing  retreat  cut  off,  crept  under  the  bed  to  hide  from  the 
monster.  The  inmate  of  the  couch,  a  lady,  being  awakened 
by  the  screams  of  the  girl,  and  seeing  Bruin  making  his  way 
toward  the  bed,  started  up  in  a  hurry,  completing  her  toilet 
in  a  more  expeditious  manner,  we  venture  to  say,  than  she 
had  ever  done  in  her  life  before,  and  added  her  screams  to 
those  of  the  girl.  The  bear  commenced  a  charge  upon  the 
fair  ones,  being  evidently  in  a  sportive  mood.  By  a  dexterous 
flank  movement  he  cornered  them  both,  and  raising  himself 
upon  his  hind  legs,  he  looked  intently  into  their  faces,  as  if  to 
say,  "  What  do  you  think  now,  my  dears?"  By  this  time 
nearly  the  whole  house  was  aroused,  and  came  to  the  rescue 
of  the  besieged.  Bruin  was  seized  by  some  of  the  masculine 
gender  and  token  to  bis  kennel,  while  the  frightened  women 
were  taken  care  of  by  the  female  portion  of  the  house.  They 
blushed  at  havine  been  feen  in  so  scant  an  apparel,  and  after- 
ward laughed  at  the  groundlessness  of  their  fright. 

The  publication  of  newfpapers  is  not  as  safe  a  business  in 
Prussia  as  might  be  desired.  What  not  to  say  is  the  chief 
look  out  of  their  conductors.  The  Princess  Frederick  Charles, 
Queen  Victoria's  daughter,  recently  gave  birth  to  a  daughter, 
and  shortly  after  the  iufant  was  taken  to  church  to  be  bap- 
tized. The  Kreuz  Zeilung  published  a  report  of  the  ceremonyj 
enumerating  the  distinguished  personages  present,  not  forget- 
ting the  very  young  juvenile  who  was  the  party  most  inter- 
ested. Another  journal,  the  Bourse  Gazette,  criticised  the 
account,  and  humorously  asked  if  the  conduct  of  the  baby  was 
up  to  the  demands  of  the  occasion.  This  was  an  imputation 
which  the  sovereign  house  of  I  he  Hohenzollern  could  not  en- 
dure. The  Gazette  was  seized,  and  charges  preferred  against 
it  of  insulting  one  of  the  royal  family.  When  the  trial  came 
on,  the  defendant  asked  that  the  leading  physicians  be  called 
upon  to  testify  whether  a  child  five  weeks  old  could  be  prop- 
erly described  as  a  personage  and  as  haviug  pursued  any  con- 
duct. The  case  was  here  becoming  too  ludicrous  to  permit 
its  absurdity  being  unperceived  by  even  tbe  stupid  dignity  of 
royalty,  and  the  court  acquitted  the  offending  editor,  cen- 
suring him,  however,  for  his  disregard  of  propriety.  A  more 
laughable  circumstance  has  hardly  occurred  since  the  days 
when  the  poor  Spanish  woman,  who  wished  to  present  her 
Queen  with  a  pair  of  stockings,  was  rebuffed  with  the  ques- 
tion, "  Do  you  know  that  the  Queens  of  Spain  have  no  legs  V 

The  people  of  Martha's  Vineyard  have  been  congratulating 
themselves  upon  the  high  state  of  morals  in  that  community 

 there  being  not  a  single  case  before  the  Supreme  Court ; 

but  it  has  since  leaked  out  that  the  presiding  Judge  had  his 
new  hat  stolen  during  the  session. 

A  colored  preacher  out  South  baptized  forty  of  his  congre- 
gation one  Sabbath,  and  charged  them  a  dollar  a-piece.  Re- 
ceiving pay  from  but  two  of  the  crowd,  he  remarked  that  he 
"  wan't  gwine  to  muss  himself  up  for  two  dollars." 


J.  R.  Mead  &  Co.  announce  elsewhere  that  they  will  sell  their 
fiae  stock  of  Custom-Made  Clothing  for  the  next  thirty  days  at  a  great 
redaction,  to  make  room  for  their  coming  Fall  Importations.  Their 
stores  are  located  on  the  corner  of  Montgomery  and  Bush  streets,  and 
on  the  corner  of  Washington  and  Sunsome  streets. 

Use  Davidson's  Circassian  Bloom— the  best  toilet  article  extant 
For  sale  by  all  druggists. 


France  was  to  have  had  its  eleventh  census  completed  in 
the  latter  half  of  last  month.  It  will  only  confirm  the  well 
known  tardy  increase  of  the  French  population,  which,  in  1861, 
including  Savoy  and  the  Maritime  Alps,  amounted  to  some 
thirty-seven  and  a  half  million  souls.  The  past  five  years,  it 
has  been  observed,  have  been  unusually  exempt  from  the  three 
scourges  of  war,  pestilence,  and  famine,  and  afford  tbe  most 
favorable  opportunity  of  ascertaining  tbe  normal  growth  and 
progress  of  the  nation.  Roughly  estimated,  the  number  of 
births  in  France  yearly  may  be  set  down  at  1,000,000  against 
not  less  than  8001000  deaths,  which  is  about  one  fourth  the 
rate  of  increase  across  the  Channel.  The  depletion  of  the 
rural  departments  to  the  advantage  of  those  which  contain 
great  cities,  has  reached  an  alarming  extent.  In  tbe  decade 
1851-1861,  the  department  of  the  Seine  gained  upwards  of 
half  a  million  inhabitants  though  the  total  increase  through- 
out France  was  less  than  a  million.  The  humors  of  the  cen- 
sus are  not  wanting  iD  the  present  instance.  It  is  made  so- 
berry  to  appear  that  women  preponderate  in  the  pulpit,  in 
civil  office,  at  the  bar,  and  in  the  practice  of  medicine.  This 
arose  from  enumerating  in  the  same  columns,  as  belonging  to 
the  personnel  of  a  profession,  all  t  hose  who  are  supported  by 
it ;  that  is  to  say,  not  only  the  barrister,  but  tbe  barrister's 
wife  and  daughters  and  maids  ;  not  only  the  priest,  but  his 
sisters,  nieces,  and  female  servants. — Ration. 

The  Max  who  Never  has  Anything  of  His  Own. — Of 
course  you  have  encountered  this  pest.  He  borrows  your 
penknife,  your  razor,  your  writing  utensils,  your  umbrella  ;  and 
what  you  lend  him  goes,  as  a  rule,  to  that  bourne  from  which 
no  traveller  returns.  Not  that  be  is  dishonest,  but  he  con- 
siders himself  a  sort  of  pensioner  at  large  upon  the  world  for 
minor  conveniences,  and  has  no  idea  that  their  restoration  is 
expected.  As  be  is  usually  a  good  nalured  fellow,  who  would 
give  you  anything  he  had  if  be  had  anything  to  give,  you  don't 
like  to  snub  him,  and  so  he  passes  through  life  in  his  shiftless, 
careless  way,  unconscious  of  his  demerits— a  tolerated  nuisance. 
Willingly  would  you  raise  a  subscription,  heading  tbe  list  of 
donors  yourself,  to  furnish  him  with  all  he  borrows.  But  it 
would  be  useless.  There  is  no  tenacity  in  his  slipshod  nature. 
Whatever  you  give  him  would  slip  through  bis  fingers.  Be- 
side, your  professional  borrower  of  small  chattels  prefers  a 
loan  to  a  gift.  So  far  as  your  personal  comfort  is  concerned, 
it  is  best  to  meet  bis  application  for  loans  with  an  emphatic 
"  No  !"  He  is  not  pertinacious.  A  few  rebuffs  will  suffice. 
He  knows  well  enough  that  if  you  won't  supply  the  article  he 
wants,  somebody  else  will.  If  you  are  "  mean,"  there  are 
others  who  are  ''  generous." 

The  French  papers  speak  of  a  Dew  Rystem  of  en  bslming, 
the  invention  of  M.  Andigier.  It  differs  from  the  systems 
hitherto  in  use  in  the  manner  of  introducing  the  preservative 
liquid.  Heretofore  it  baa  been  necessary  to  mal'e  incision-1  in 
the  body  for  this  purpose,  but  M.  Audigier  introduces  it  by 
the  mouth,  and  also  rubs  the  skin  with  a  vegetable  powder 
impregnated  with  tbe  same  liquid.  The  latter  part  of  the 
process  is  not  absolutly  necessary,  and  the  embalming  may  be 
performed  after  the  body  has  been  placed  in  the  coffin.  The 
official  report  states  that  after  the  lapse  of  twelve  months, 
bodies  which  had  beeD  submitted  to  tbe  process  were  in  a 
perfect  state  of  preservation,  the  flesh  having  become  as  hard 
as  wood. 

An  Anglo-Saxon  cemetery,  of  the  pagan  period,  and  of 
considerable  extent,  near  Market  Harborough,  in  Leicester- 
shire, England,  baa  been  lately  the  scene  of  extensive  exca- 
vations, which  have  produced  a  considerable  Dumber  of  the 
usual  objects,  such  as  spear-heads,  knives,  umbos  of  shields, 
beads,  etc.,  found  in  Anglo-Saxon  graves.  Among  them  was 
found  a  fine  example  of  the  double-edged  Teutonic  sword, 
thirty-four  inches  and  a  half  in  length,  aud  rather  more  than 
two  inches  broad.  The  graves  were  laid  in  rows,  disposed 
east  aud  west,  with  the  feet  towards  the  east. 

THE.Detroit  (Mich.)  Advertiser  is  sponsor  for  the  follow- 
ing :  About  one  year  ago,  one  of  our  business  men  visited 
New  York  city,  and  while  there  ordered  a  half  dozen  carles  de 
msile  of  himself,  which  he  distributed  among  his  friends  in 
that  place.  A  few  days  ago  he  was  surprised  to  find  one  of 
the  counterfeit  resemblances  in  possession  of  the  family  cook. 
An  investigation  into  the  matter  disclosed  the  fact  that  she 
had  received  it  from  a  fortune-teller  in  New  York  city,  wbrt 
advertised  to  forward  a  correct  likeness  of  any  young  lady's 
future  husband,  all  for  the  sum  of  fifty  cents,  which  amount 
tbe  cook  had  remitted,  according  to  the  advertisement,  and 
received  her  employer's  likeness  io  return. 


Sicksess  is  an  affliction  that  waits  on  as  all.  None  are  exempt  and 
there  are  none  bat  need  relief  from  its  attacks.  Whoever  can  famish 
this  becomes  oar  benefactor.  A  conviction  prevails  that  Dr.  Ajtr 
does  it.  Disorders  of  the  blood  have  been  healed  by  bis  Sartaparilla, 
and  affections  of  tbe  Inngs  by  Ms  Cherry  Pectoral,  too  frequently  and 
too  distinctly  to  be  disputed.  His  Ague  Care  is  said,  by  those  who 
use  it,  to  never  fail.  Reader,  if  you  must  have  medical  aid,  take  tbe 
beet  of  medicine.  Poor  remedies  are  dear  as  good  are  cheap,  at  any 
price  yon  have  to  pay  for  them.—  CharUtton  Ccuritr. 


August  4th  | 


THE  CALIFORNIAN 


13 


AGUA  DE  MAGNOLIA. 
A  toilet  delight.  Superior  to  any  cologne, 
need  to  batbe  the  face  and  person,  to  render  the  ekin 
soft  and  fresh,  to  allay  inflammation,  to  perfume 
clothing,  for  headache,  etc.  It  is  manufactured  from 
the  rich  Southern  Magnolia,  and  is  obtaining  a  pat- 
ronage quite  unprecedented.  It  is  a  favorite  with 
actresses  and  opera  singers.  It  is  sold  by  all  dealers, 
at  $1.00  in  large  bottles,  and  by  Demas  Barnes  & 
Co.,  New  York,  Wholesale  Agents. 


Lyon's  Magnetic  Insect  Powder  will  exter- 
minate Fleas,  Ticks,  Roaches  and  all  insects  almost 
instantly.  Its  reputation  is  well  known,  and  hence 
has  been  counterfeited.  Inquire  for  and  take  none 
but  LroN's,  bearing  the  stamp  of  Demas  Barnes 
&  Co.,  and  the  signature  of  E.  Lyon. 


"  Out  of  Sorts  "  expresses  the  feelings  of 
many  that  cannot  be  otherwise  described.  Languor, 
weakness,  enervation,  listlessness,  sleepiness,  mel- 
ancholy, want  of  appetite,  etc.,  compose  a  class  of 
ailments  greater  than  all  others  combined.  It  is  ex" 
actly  for  these  indescribable  complaints  that  Plan- 
tation Bitters  are  prepared.  It  is  for  the  relief 
of  these  same  complaints  they  bave  become  so  fa- 
mous. Hence  it  is  that  tbey  are  so  extensively  used 
by  clergymen,  merchants,  ladies,  and  persons  of  se- 
dentary habits.  They  are  as  pleasant  to  the  taste  as 
they  are  beneficial  to  the  Stomach.  The  extent  of 
their  sale  is  almost  incredible. 


Intrinsic  virtue  alone  could  ever  insure  the 
success  met  by  the  Mexican  Mustang  Liniment. 
For  Rheumatism,  Neuralgia,  Cuts,  Bruises,  Burns, 
Swellings,  etc.,  upou  man,  or  Spavin,  Ringbone, 
Poll  Evil,  Scratches,  Strains,  etc. ,  upon  beasts,  Us 
effects  are  instantaneous,  soothing  and  wonderful. 
It  saves  time,  suffering  and  expense  to  have  it  always 
in  the  house.  None  genuine  unless  in  a  steel  plate 
label,  with  signature  of  G.  VV.  Westbrook,  and  hav^ 
ing  stamp  of  Demas  Barnes  &.  Co.,  over  top.  Sold 
»y  all  dealers. 


Leon's  Kathairon  is  a  most  delightful 
article  as  a  Hair  Dressing— to  eradicate  scurf  and 
dandruff,  to  keep  it  clean,  soft  and  silky,  and  the 
head  cool.  It  also  prevents  the  hair  from  falling  off 
nd  turning  gray,  and  promotes  its  growth  upon  pre 
maturely  bald  beads.    It  is  sold  by  all  dealers. 

E.  THOMAS  LYON,  N.  Y. 


Lyon's  Extract  of  Pork  Jamaica  Ginger — 
for  Indigestion,  Nausea,  Heartburn,  Sick  Headache, 
Cholera  Morbus,  Flatulency,  etc.,  where  a  warming 
stimulant  is  required.  Its  careful  preparation  and 
entire  purity  make  it  a  cheap  and  reliable  article  for 
culinary  purposes.  Sold  everywhere,  at  50  cents 
per  bottle.  Ask  for  "  Lyon's"  Pure  Extract.  Take 
M  other  «7m 


No  Forfeiting- — Heretofore,  if  a  personjholding 
a  Life  Policy  became  unfortunate,  and  could  not 
raise  the  sum  of  money  required  to  pay  his  next  pre- 
mium, his  policy  was  declared  forfeited.  The 
Brooklyn  Like  Insurance  Company  of  New 
York  has  decided  to  make  every  policy  it  issues 
NONFORFEITABLE,  giving  a  PAID-UP 
POLICY  to  the  party  if  unable  to  continue  his 
payments  of  premiums.  The  dividends  of  the 
Brookly  n  Life  Insurance  Company  are  settled  annu- 
ally in  cash.  This  plan  is  far  more  acceptable  to 
iusurers  than  at  the  end  of  three  or  live  years,  as  in 
other  companies.  The  Brooklyn  Life  Insurance 
Company  allows  thirty  days  grace  in  the  paymeut 
of  premiums.  Its  policies  are  incontestable,  and  its 
losses  are  promptly  paid.  The  Brooklyn  Life  Insu- 
rance Company  offers  every  known  plan  of  Life 
and  Endowment  Insurance.  Get  a  pamphlet  at  the 
office,  240  Montgomery  street,  southeast  corner  of 
Pine,  from  Stephen  T.  King,  General  Manager,  or 
David  B.  Arrowsmith,  Local  Agent. 

MEDICAL  ADVICE. 
Dr.  Wm.  K.  Doherty's  Medical  and  Surgical 
Institute  is  becoming  a  sine  qua  non  to  the  welfare 
of  our  State  and  health  of  our  citizens  ;  and  his 
rapidly  spreading  reputation,  although  it  may  excite 
surprise,  is  but  the  signal  of  Bkill,  and  follows  as  the 
natural  effect  of  such  a  cause.  We  are  personally 
acquainted  with  gentlemen  who  had  suffered  for 
years  under  chronic  disease,  and  who  had  taken  ad- 
vantage of  every  available  means  that  promised 
relief,  but  without  success,  until  they  called  upon 
Dr.  Doherty,  who,  in  an  incredibly  short  space  of 
time,  has  given  them  entire  relief.  It  is  gratifying 
to  announce  this  fact,  because  the  Doctor  is  a  gentle- 
man who  seeks,  not  by  defamation  of  others,  to  es- 
tablish his  leputation,  or  to  rear  the  superstructure  of 
his  own  upon  the  ruin  of  another's  fame.  The  Doc- 
tor conducts  his  Institute  in  a  manner  that  must  be 
gratifying  to  all  his  patients.  He  examines,  hears, 
advises,  and  recommends,  without  charge,  and  the 
patient,  after  hearing  his  terms  for  treatment,  can 
accept  or  reject  at  pleasure.  In  no  case  does  the 
Doctor  make  a  charge  unless  he  effects  a  cure.  This 
he  is  able  to  do,  because  he  feels  the  confidence 
which  long  experience  has  given,  and  no  doubt  the 
consolation  which  appertains  to  that  confidence. 
Persons  afflicted  with  either  acute  or  chronic  disease, 
would  do  well  to  consult  the  Doctor  ;  at  all  events, 
it  can  do  no  harm,  as  for  consultation  he  asks  no  fee  ; 
nor  does  he  insist  on  obedience  to  his  advice  unless 
the  patient  places  himself  under  his  care.  His  otlices 
are  on  Sacramento  street,  opposite  the  Pacific  Mail 
Steamship  oiiice. — San  Francisco  News. 

E  Goldsmith  &  Co.,  at  No.  646  Sacramento 
street,  three  doors  below  Kearny,  have  just  received 
some  beautiful  new  style  Garbaldis  atid  Zouave 
Jackets,  that  for  taste  and  style  are  particularly 
worthy  of  the  attention  of  our  lady  readers.  They 
have  also  a  fine  assortment  of  Ladies'  Furnishing 
Goods  of  the  choicest  description.  French  corsets 
for  one  dollar.  A  great  variety  of  French  toilet  and 
fancy  articles,  the  newest  styles  of  buttons  and 
dress  trimmings,  may  always  be  found  at  Gold- 
smith's 646  Sacramento  street. 


RHEUMATISM. 

Throughout  this  coast  a  great  deal  of  suffering  is 
experienced  from  Rheumatism.  Weeks  and  even 
months  of  protracted  and  aggravated  misery  is  en- 
dured by  the  victims  of  medical  inefficiency  and 
ignorance,  which  could  be  cured  just  as  speedily  as 
was  Mr.  Sparrow,  whose  testimony  is  given  below, 
and  is  only  the  echo  of  hundreds  of  other  cases. 
Dr.  Bourne  cures  without  medicines,  which  accounts 
for  his  extraordinary  success.  No.  10  Masonic 
Temple,  Post  street  entrance : 

San  Francisco,  September  6,  1861. 

Dr.  Bourne  :  Last  Winter  I  was  nearly  dead,  by 
an  attack  of  inflammatory  rheumatism.  1  suffered 
the  most  excruciating  pains  for  about  five  weeks, 
without  any  hope  of  relief,  when  a  friend,  hearing 
of  my  illness,  called  to  see  me,  and  assured  me  that 
if  I  would  stop  "drugging  and  dosing,  '  and  go  to 
you,  that  you  would  have  me  walking  about  the 
streets  in  three  days.  Sure  enough,  although  1  was 
utterly  helpless,  and  conveyed  to  your  house  in  a 
carriage,  and  carried  into  it  by  three  stont  men,  and 
was  by  them  lifted  into  the  bath,  yet,  on  coming 
out  of  the  bath  I  was  able  to  largely  assist  myself, 
doing  much  toward  dressing,  and  without  assistance 
walked  from  the  bath  to  the  carriage.  On  the 
fourth  day,  I  discharged  my  carriage  and  walked 
with  a  friend's  aid  the  entire  distance  to  your  house 
(nearly  a  mile)  and  home  again,  and  so  on  until 
cured  ;  and  I  had  not  taken  more  than  twelve  baths 
when,  all  paiu  and  swelling  having  ceased,  I  felt 
myself  a  well  man.  And  now  I  am  happy  to  do  this 
little  Bervice  of  publicly  certifying  to  the  simple 
truth,  leaviug  it  to  do  its  own  work  among  such  of 
my  friends  and  acquaintances  as  may  chance  to  see 
this.  Your  friend.  Joseph  Sparrow. 

Dainty  Work. — About  the  daintiest  work  we 
ever  saw  were  specimens  of  hair  jewelry  at  the  es- 
tablishment of  Airs.  C.  Cook,  645  Clay  street,  between 
Montgomery  and  Kearny  streets,  yesterday.  This 
lady  manufactures allsortsof  jewelry — watch-chains, 
earrings,  finger  rings,  breastpins,  and  various  other 
kiuds  of  ornaments — from  human  hair.  We  wit 
nessed  the  process  of  manufacture,  and  it  is  intricate 
and  ingenious  in  the  highest  degree. — 6'.  F.  Exam- 
imr. 


A  SUMMER  AND  WINTER  MEDICINE. 

f1  Great  oaks  from  little  acorns  grow." 

The  worst  diseases  knowu  to  the  human  race 
spring  from  causes  so  small  as  to  almost  defy  detec- 
tion. The  volumes  of  scientific  lore  that  fill  the 
tables  and  shelves  of  the  medical  fraternity  only  go 
to  prove  and  elaborate  these  facts. 

Then  guard  yourselves  while  you  may.  The 
smallest  pimple  on  the  skin  is  a  tell-tale  and  indica- 
tor of  disease.  It  may  fade  and  die  away  from  the 
surface  of  the  body,  but  it  will  reach  the  vit.ils,  per- 
haps, at  last,  and  death  be  the  result  and  final  close. 
Maggiel's  Bilious,  Dyspeptic  and  Diarrhma  Pills 
cure  where  all  others  fail.  While  for  Burns,  Scalds, 
Chilblains,  Cuts,  and  all  abrasions  of  the  skin,  Mag- 
giel's  Salve  is  infallible.  Sold  by  J.  Maggiel,  43 
Fulton  street,  New  York,  and  all  Druggists,  at  25 
cents  per  box. 


Wanted — Agents  to  sell,  by  subscription  only  the 
most  popular  work  ever  written  :  "  GRANT  AND 
SHERMAN;  their  Campaigns  and  Generals."  By 
the  world  renowned  historian,  Hon.  J.  T.  Headley, 
author  of  Washington  and  his  Generals,  Saered 
Mountains,  etc.  Agents  are  taking  as  high  as  thirty 
subscribers  per  day,  and  all  agree  in  pronouncing  it 
the  most  saleable  work  they  ever  took  hold  of.  The 
people  want  Headley's  illustrated  "  GRANT  AND 
SHERMAN,"  etc.  For  terms  and  territory,  address 
E.  E.  Shea  r,  No.  8  Montgomery  Street,  and  Box 
1,430,  San  Francisco,  California 


Read  the  Testimony  of  a  few  of  the  many  Eminent 
Clergymen  and  their  Families  of  New  York  city,  who, 
having  used  the  Suzodont  for  a  long  time  past,  are  con- 
vinced ot  its  excellent  and  invaluable  qualities,  and  give 
it  their  cordial  commendation  : 

Rev.   THOMAS  DE  WITT,  Pastor  Collegiate 

Rtf.  Dutch  Church,  LaJ ayctte  Place. 
Rev.  ./.  W.  ALEXANDER,  D.  D.,  Presbyterian 

Church,  Fifth  Avenue. 
Rev.  J.  B.  WAKELE  Y,  M.  E.  City  Missionary. 
Hev.  W.  F.  MORGAN,  D.D.,  Rector  SI.  Tlwmas 

Church,  Broadway. 
Rev.  E.  11.  CHAP1N.  D.  D.,  Pastor  Fourth,  Uni- 

versaiist  Church,  Broadway. 
Rev.  SAMVEI,  COOKE,  D.D.,  Rector  St.  Bar- 
tholomew's Chuich,  Lafayette  Place. 
Rev.  SAMUEL  OSGOOD,  D.D.,  Pastor  Church 

of  Alcssiaii,  Broadway. 
Rev.  B.  M.  ADAMS,  M.  E.  Church,  Duane  street. 
Rev.  HE  MAN  BANGS,  late  Pastor  Centenary 

M.  E.  Church,  Brooklyn. 
Rev.  W.  S.  MIKELS,  Pastor  Baptist  Church, 

Sixteenth  street. 
Rev.  GEO.  POTTS,  D.O.,  Pastor  Presbyterian 

Church,  University  Place. 
Rev.  E.  E.  J\  AN K I i\,Pastor Presbyterian  Church 

Forty  second  street. 
Rev.  T.  E.  VERMILYE,  D.  D.,  Pastor  of  Co 

Dutch  Reformed,  Lafayette  Place.  _ 

FROM  G.  F.    J.  COLBURN ,  DOCTOR    DENTAL  SUR- 
GERY, NEWARK,  N.  J. 

The  Popular  Dentrifice  kuown  as  Van  Buskirk's  "  SO- 
ZODONT,"  besides  Using  a  very  pleasant  addition  to  ihe 
toilet,  contains  Ingredients  that,  if  used  according  to  the 
dircctious,  will  prove  of  the  greatest  utility  to  the  health 
of  the  mouth  aud  teeth. 

BEWARE   OF  IMITATIONS ! 
Sold  by  all  Druggists  and  Perfumers. 

HALL  &  RUCKEL, 

je2  4m  NEW  YORK. 


ALL'S  SARSAPARILLA, 
YELLOW  DOCK  AND  IODIDE  POTASS, 

THE 

Best  Blood  Purifier  Known. 

Persons  that  are  troubled  with  Rheumatism, 
Scrofula,  Neuralgia,  Morbid  Liver,  Salt 
Rheum,  Pimples,  Boils,  or  any  of  the  many 
diseases  that  originate  from  Impure  Blood, 
would  find  it  much  to  their  advantage  to  give 
this  justly  celebrated  article  a  trial.  One  or 
two  bottles  are  quite  sufficient  to  convince  the 
must  skeptical  of  its  merits.  It  contains 
neither  Spirit,  ARSENIC  nor  MERCURY 
which  cannot  be  truly  said  of  any  other  prepa- 
tion  called  "  Sarsaparilla." 

BHEPARDSON  &.  GATES,  Proprietors, 

»p"  Sui      N.  W.cor.  Sansome  and  Commercial-streets. 


rjIHE  CALIFORNIAN'S 
SAN  FRANCISCO  BUSINESS  DIRECTORY. 

AUCTIONEERS. 
Olney  &  Co. ,  removed  to  418  Montgomery  street. 

BUSINESS  AND  PROPERTY  AGENCY. 
S.  P.  Whitman,  313  Montgomery  sl- 
BATHS. 

Dr.  Bourne's,  (Medical,)  10  Post, near  Montgomery 

BOWLING  ALLEYS. 
Wholers  &  Steil.Pme  aud  Montgomery,  (Russ  House.) 

BOOKS. 
A.  Gensoul,  511  Montgomery. 

A.  Roman  &  Co.,  417  and  419  Montgomery  street. 

BOOTS  AND  8HOE8. 
Finch  &  Co. ,  133  Montgomery  street. 
1.  M.  Wentworth  Jt  Co.  (wholesale  manufac.)  210  Pine  St. 

COLLECTOR. 

B.  Pulverman,  614  Montgomery — Office  hours, 1  to  3  p.m. 

CLOTHING. 
H  M.  Lockwood  &  Co.,  624  Clay  street. 
J.  R.  Mead  &Co.,  corner  Montgomery  and  Bush  streets 
William  Sherman,  412  Sansome.  comer  Commercial. 
Quincy  Hal],  545,  547,  and  649  Washinglou  street. 

COAL  OIL,  LAMPS,  ETC.  , 
Dell,  Ci  anna  &  Co.  (wholesale)  513  Front  street. 
A.  C.  Dietz  &  Co.,  (wholesale,)  621  Front  street. 

COPPER  CRUSHER  AND  SAMPLER. 
S.  W.  Howlaud,  24  Calilornia  street,  (at  Thomas'  Mil ;) 

DRESS  TRIMMINGS,  WORSTEDS,  ETC. 
Mrs.  Norcross,  5  Montgomery  street  (Masonic  Temple.) 

DENTISTS. 
Dr.  Blake,  removed  to  Third,  comer  Mission. 
Dr.  A.  N.  Clark  (late  Knowles  &  Clark)  removed  to  410 

Kearny. 

Dr.  Wm.  B.  McAllister,  221  Third  street. 
Wbiicomb  &  Dyer,  205  Third ,  near  Howard. 

DANCING  ACADEMY. 
Coghill's,  Congress  Hall,  Bush,  above  Montgomery 
Fuller  &  McCarthy,  727  Market,  near  Third. 

DRY  GOODS. 
Meagher,  Taaffe  &  Co..  9  Montgomery  street. 
Mosgrove  &  Blakely,  222  Third,  near  Howard. 
Buyce  &  Reich,  S  W  corner  Jackson  and  Stockton, 

DRUGGISTS. 

R.  H.  McDonald  8:  Co.,  (Wholesale)  Sansome,  cor.  Pine- 
Shepardson  &  Gates,  (successors  to  R.  Hall  &  Co.,)  cor* 
uer  Sansome  and  Commercial. 

EDUCATIONAL  INSTITUTIONS. 
Cal.  Collegiate  Institute,  Miss  M.  Lammond,  68  Silver. 
Miel  Institute,  Miss  Florence  James,  55  South  Park. 
Pacific  Business  College,  751  Market  street, above  Third. 
Prof.  Williams'  Commercial  Academy,  869  Mission  at. 

FURNITURE. 

Goodwin  k  Co.,  610  and  528  Washington  streets. 
J.  Peirce,  415,  417  and  419  California  street, 

GROCERS. 
N.  Boschen,  corner  Fifth  aud  Mini.a. 
Stosson  &  Ladd,  southwest  corner  Folsom  and  First. 
J  J.  Miller,  corner  Sutter  aDd  Leavenworth. 
Haskell  &  Co. ,  Market  and  Sutter  sts,  below  the  Market 
W.  M.  Noble  &  Co.,  cor  Howard  and  Twelfth  streets 

HATTER. 

Lamott  (wholesale  and  retail)  227  Montgomery  street, 
HOTELS. 

Brooklyn.  John  Kelly,  Jr., Sansome,  corner  Pine. 
Chicago,  E.  W.  Heimburg  &  Co..  220  Pacific  street. 

INSURANCE. 
Mutual  Life  Ins.  Co. ,  H.  S.  Homans,  Agent,  609  Clay. 
Manhattan,  R.  B.  Swain  &  Co. .  Ag'ts,  206  Front,  cor  CaV 
National  Ins.  Co.,  N.E.  cor.  Montgomery  and  Cahforn". 
Occidental  Ins.  Co. ,  S.  W.  cor.  Moutgom'y  and  California'. 
Pacific  lus.  Co. ,  436  California  street. 
Brooklyn.  Life,  S  T  King,  agent,  S  E  cor  Montg'y  *  Pin 

RESTAURANTS. 
Bivalve,  Nolting  k  ^p-eeu,  640  Market,  near  Seamy. 
Eureka,  C.  H.  Brickwedell  &  Co. ,  Clay,  near  iontgoui'y 
Magnolia,  143  Third  street. 

Market,  by  Felix  aud  Gustave  Bcsson,  520  Merchant. 
Pniladelphia,  Jacob  Weiss,  3Q8  Montgomery  street. 
Helvetia,  Joiinjury  &  Bros. ,  524  Merchant  street. 
Saulmann's,  506  Montgomery  slreet.f 

SALOONS. 

Russell  &  Holding's  Exchange,  622  Market  street 
Charter  Oak,  Frank  Kelly,  N.E.  cor  Third  aud  Howard 
Razzelti  &  Co.'s,  527  Washington,  abovi  the  Market. 
Jones'  Sample  Rooms,  S.E.  cor.  Montgomery  and  Cal. 
S  Myers,  332  Montgomery  street. 
V.  Squarza,  44 Leidesdoi  tt' street. 

Sun  Burst,  Carolin  &  McArdlo,  cor.  Second  and  Market. 
Coates  4c  Henderson,  37  Sutter  street. 

SCALES. 

Fairbanks  &  Hutchinson,  Depot  for  Fairbanks*  Scale* 

334  Montgomery  street. 


AMERICAN  HOTEL, 
Main  street.      .       -  -  Pctaluma, 

mar24  ta>  KMERSON  Jt  I. AMBER/TON,  ProprUtora. 


SEWING  MACHINES. 
Grover  di  Baker,  R.  '  .  Brown,  116  Montgomery. 
The  Florence,  office  111  Montgomery  street. 
Wheeler  &  Wilson,  corner  Montgomery  and  Sacramento 

TOYS,  ETC. 
Fcldbush  J:  Co.,  207  Montgomery  street. 
A.  Kohlor,  620  Washington  street. 

UPHOLSTERER. 
T.  McAllister,  corner  Sutter  and  Leavenworth. 

WATER-CURE  INSTITUTE. 
Dr  Bourne's  Pioneer,  10  Post,  near  Montgomery 

LADIES'  BIJOUTERIE,  CLOAK8,  ETC. 
Rosenblatt's,  123  and  126  Montgomery  street. 

LIVERY  AND  SALE  STABLE. 

Philip  Morshead,  removed  to  Howard,  near  Fifth. 
MAPS. 

Pacific  Map  Depot,  A.  GcdsouI,  511  Montgomery. 

MERCHANT  TAILORS. 
J.  H.  Hammond  removed  to  328  Montgomery . 

PIANOS,  MUSIC,  ETC. 
M.  Gray,  613  Clay  street. 

PIANO  SCHOOL. 
Mr.  Gustave  A.  Scott,  at  Miel  Institute,  55  South  Park. 
W.  S.  Pierce,  lemoved  (o  534  Market,  opposite  Second 

PHOTOGRAPHS,  CUTLERY,   SPECTACLES,  ETC. 
Lawrence  ,v  Houscwortb,  317  and  319  Montgomery  St. 


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THE  CALIFORNIA*. 


[August  4th 


P  URNITURE 


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LATEST  STYLES! 

The    Best  Workmanship, 

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FURNITURE  WARE-ROOMS, 
Nos.  508,  510,  518  and  528  Washington-st 

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J.  WINTERBURIf ,  V.  A.  TORRAS,  W.  HOFFSCHNEIDER. 

(Successors  to  W.  P.  Harrison,) 

Printers   and  Electrotypers, 

413  TO  417  CLAY  ST.,  (Below  Sausome,) 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

ALL  KINDS  OF  JOB  PRINTING 

Neatly  and  Promptly  Executed. 

E  L  E  C  T  R 0  TYPING 

Done  at  the  shortest  notice. 
&*imps  of  all  kinds  made  to  order. 
Primng  in  Spanish,  French,  German  and  Italian  Lan 
guage* .  >xecute<l  with  correctness. 

A  "  Munmoth  "  and  two  No.  3  Hand  Presses  FOR  SALE 
very  cheat  mv3  3m 


THE  PATE'T  *  ' 

RUSSIAN^ 

CIGARETTES, 

MANUFACTURED  BY . 

GIBB  &  STAHL, 

S.W.  COS.  KEARNY  AND  SACRAMENTO  STREETS 
SAN  FRANCISCO. 
33-  For  sale  at  all  Cigar  Store..  ap28  3m 


CALIFORNIA  BRASS  FOUNDRY, 

No.  125  First  street,  opposite  Minna, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

All  kinds  of  Brass, 
Composition,  Zinc, 
and  Babbitt  Meta 
Castings,  furnished 
_  "t  the  shnrtest  notice. 
gf"  Brass  Ship-  Work  o 
all  kinds,  Spikes, 

Sheathing  Nails,  Rudder  Braces.  Hinges,  etc.,  constantly 
on  hand  and  made  to  order.  Also,  manufacture  8bip  and 
Steam!'    i  Bells  and  Gongs  nr  superior  tone. 

All  kinds  of  Steam,  Liquor,  Water,  Oil,  and  Flange 
Cocks  and  Valves  made  and  repaired. 

Hydraulic  Pipes  and  Nozzles,  and  Hose  Couplings  and 
Connections  of  all  sizes  and  patterns,  furnished  with  dis- 
patch.   PRICES  MODERATE, 

JOHN  P  GALLAGHER, 
JOSEPH  H.  WEED. 

jelO  3m 

jyjONEY  TO  LOAN ! 

MONEY  TO  LOAN 

On  City  Real  Estate,  Dwellings,  Factories.  Shipping  and 
Merchandise,  for  such  time  as  may  be  agreed  (or.  De- 
posits received  in  small  or  large  sums,  at  interest  tiv  the 
CALIFORNIA  BUILDING.  LOAN  AND'  SAV- 
INGS BANK, 
63  California  jtreol,  (one  door  from  Sansome'street  ) 
n>y  THOMAS  HOONEY,  President 


To  decipher,  lower  the  top  of  the  paper  to  an  angle 
of  forty-five  degrees;  then  close  one  eye,  and 
read  at  your  ease. 


rpHE  NORTH  BRITISH  AND 

MERCANTILE  INSURANCE  CO 

OF      LONDON      AND  EDINBURGH. 
ESTABLISHED,  1800. 
Capital,   $10,000,000 

Accumulated  Funds,  March  6, 1865,  -  -  11.522,500 
Annual  Income,  -  2,827,2*0 
Deposit  in  California  under  State  law,      ■  175,000 


GENERAL  AGENCY  FOR  THE  PACIFIC  STATES  AND 

TERRITORIES, 
Cor.  San  tome  and  California  streets,  San  Francisco 


Insurances  effected  at  the  lowest  rates  on  buildings  of 
both  Brick  and  Wood,  throughout  the  Slate,  whetner 
occupied  as  Stores,  Dwellings,  or  Warehouses,  together 
with  their  contents. 
Also,  VESSELS  in  port,  with  or  without  their  Cargoes. 
Also,  QUARTZ  MIIJ.S  and  MACHINERY. 
LOSSES  PAID  IN  UNITED  STATES  GOLD  COIN  Im- 
mediately on  adjustment.  • 

WM.  H.  TILLINGHAST,  Agent. 
myl» 


QPPOSITION  STEAMER-DAY, 

WEDNESDAY,  AUGUST  15,  1866. 

GREAT  REDUCTION  IN  RATES, 
VIA  NICARAGUA  I 

THE  CENTRAL  AMERICAN  TRANSIT  COMPANY  will 
despatch  the  favorite  Steamship 

MOSES  TAYLOR, 
On  Wednesday,  .        -      Accost  15, 

From  Mission  street  Wharf,  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M  .  precisely 
Connecting  at  GREYTOWN  with  the  splendid  Steamship 
SANTIAGO, 
1.500  Toys,  fob  New  Yobx. 
at*"-  For  Passage  and  Freight,  and  Insurance  on  Treas- 
ure, at  greatly  REDUCED  RATES,  apply  to 

L  W.  RAYMOND,  Agent, 
Northwest  corner  Battery  and  Pine  streeU, 
Up  stairs,  San  Franciseo. 


D° 


YOU 


WANT  ANY 

Printing  ? 

IF  YOU  DO,  GO  TO 

411    CLAY  STREET, 

BETWEEN  SANS0ME  AND  BATTERY. 


Printing  of  every  description  done  on 

short  notice  and  In  the  best  style,  by 

M.  D.  CARR  &  CO. 

Je30-3m  _ 


CARD. 


M.  Howard's  Hair  Restorative, 

NO.  315  MONTGOMERY  STREET, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

THE  ABOVE  PREPARATION,  which  has  been  recently 
discovered  and  patented,  is  purely  a  Vegetable  Extract. 

The  undersigned  arc  fully  aware  of  the  many  unsatis- 
factory and  useless  preparations  for  restoring  hair  that 
have  been  introduced  to  the  puplic,  and  how  little  confi- 
dence is  to  be  placed  in  any  pretensions  to  restoring  the 
hair  to  bald  heads,  but, 

HAVING  TRIED  MR.  HOWARD'S  PREPARATION, 
we  are  able  to  stale  that  it  not  only  prevents  the  Hair 
from  falling  out,  but  absolutely  reproduces  it,  and  that 
we  now  have  good  suits  of  Hair  growing  where  we  were, 
entirely  bald.  Therefore,  as  a  matter  of  justice  to  Mr. 
Howard,  and  of  consolation  to  bald  heads,  we  tender  him 
this  testimonial  Mr  H  keeps  the  article  for  sale  in 
bottles,  with  directions  for  its  use.  or  applies  it  himself, 
as  may  be  desired. 
San  Francisco,  April  6, 1866. 

Frank  M.  Thayer,  R.  A.  Redman, 

W.  S  Davis,  J.  O.  Ronntree, 

T.  A.  Hall,  G.  W.  Gamble, 

A.  C.  Knox  J.  W.  Miller, 

Bradbnrv  Sanborn,  E.  C.  McComb, 

George  Wells,  _  D.  C.  Rom, 


Joseph  Wells, 


H  E  U  S  T  O  N 


HASTINGS 


&  CO. 


The   Fashionable  Clothiers 


SAN  FRANCISCO, 

Are  now  engaged  in  enlarging  their  already  ex- 
tensive Enropcan  connections,  and  are  offering  the 
LARGEST,  FINEST,  AND  MOST  COMPLETE 


CUSTOM-MADE  CLOTHING, 

GENTS'  FURNISHING  GOODS, 
TRUNKS,  BAGS,  VALISES,  ETC., 
ON   THE   PACIFIC  COAST, 

AT 

REDUCED  PRICES. 

jel7-3m 


]^|EAGJIER,  TAAFE  &  CO., 

IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALKBS  OF 

DRY  GOODS,  LINENS, 

FURNISHING  GOODS, 

YANKEE  NOTION8, 

FANCY  GOODS,  ETC. 

AGKXT9  FOB  TUB 

MOUNT  YERON   DUCK  COMPANY 

NO.  107  BATTERY  STREET,  NEAR  PINE. 
RETAIL  HOUSE,  -  -  -  NO.  9  MONTGOMERY  STREET, 
jy21  3m  Lick  Hinise. 


j^|R.  AND  MRS.  COGILL 
AND  SONS, 

Teachers  of  Dancing 

CONGRESS  HALL, 

On  Bosh  st. ,  adjoinin  Ruse  Honse. 

SCHOOI.— MONDAYS  AND  WEDNESDAYS.  Ladles  at 
2  p.  H.  Gentlemen  and  Ladies  at  7  1-2  r.  n  Sor  ees 
every  Friday  Evening.   Hall  to  rent.  my5-£m 


QCCIDENTAL 

INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

8.  W«  Cor.  MONTGOMERY  and  CALIFORNIA  STREETS 

INDIVIDUAL  LIABILITY. 

CAPITAL  STOCK,  $300,000 

LOSSES  PAID  IN  UNITED  STATES  GOLD  COIN. 

THIS  COMPANY  will  insure  against  loss  by  Fire  on  any 
Dwelling  House,  Buildings,  Merchandise  or  other  property, 
situated  in  the  Slate  of  California.  The  largest  sum  they 
will  take  on  any  one  risk  is  tbb-ly  thousand  dollars. 

CHRISTOPHER  CHRISTIANSEN,  President. 
J.  GREENEBAUM,  Vice  President, 
B.  RoTascaiLD,  Secretary.  mh2fr-tf 


QREAT  TRIUMPH  ! ! 

STEINWAY  &.  SON8 


Were  awarded  the  FIR>T  PRIZE  ME  DAI.  at  the  laU  ea. 

INTERNATIONAL  EXHIBITION  AT  LONDON,  over  the 

two  hundred  and  sixty-nine  Pianos  entered  for  competition 

from  all  parts  of  the  world. 
The  Special  Correspondent  of  the  New  York  Times  sayt : 
14  Messrs.  Steinway  &  Sons'  indorsement  by  the  Juror* 

Is  emphatic,  and  stronger  and  more  to  the  point  than  that 

of  any  European  maker." 
A  constant  supply  of  the  above  superior  Instruments  can 

be  found  at  the  Agent's, 

M.  GRAY,  613  Clay  street. 
PIANO  TUNING  done  by  a  first-class  Workman,  from 
Steinway  k  Son's  Factory,  New  York.  my25 


pARRAND'S  OSCILLATING 

Amalgamator. 

THIS  UNRIVALLED  IMPROVEMENT  FOR  THE  RB-. 
dnction  and  amalgamation  of  Gold  and  Silver  Ores,  Is  now 
running  daily  at  No.  206 Commercial  street,  between  Front 
and  Davis. 

THIS  AMALGAMATOR  INVOLVES 

NO  COMPLICATED  MACHINERY 
And  possesses  the  following  advantages  over 
all  'there  now  in  me  : 

1st  It  is  capable  of  doing  donble  the  urn -nut  of 
work  of  the  ordinary  Pans,  at  a  saving  of  more  than 
one-half  the  power. 

2d.  It  reduces  the  pulp  finer,  thereby  producing  a 
better  result 

3d.  It  requires  less  quicksilver  by  one-half  at  a 
charge,  whilst  the  loss  by  trituration  is  comparatively 
nothing. 

4th.  As  an  Amalgamator  for  gold  contained  in  *nl- 
pburets,  as  also  for  very  fine  or  Hour  gold  it  has  no 
equal. 

5tb.  This  Amalgamator  involves  no  complicated 
machinery,  and  is  less  liable  to  get  out  of  order  than 
any  of  the  pans. 
D'ESCRIPTIUN  Of  lARRAND'S  AMALGAMATOR. 

In  offering  this  A  malgamator  to  the  public  the  in- 
ventor does  not  ciaim  anv  new  or  scientific  method 
of  extracting  the  precious  nietals  from  the  ores  .  ba 
merely  claims  a  new  and  simple  combina'ion.  ot 
mechanical  principles,  whereby  a  great  savin  a  of 
power  (full  one-half  in  amount)  is  effected.  The 
capacity  of  the  machine  varies  with  its  size.  The 
smallest,  or  prospecting  size,  will  reduce  400  lbs.  in 
three  hours,  and  can  be  easily  worked  by  the  power 
of  one  man.  The  largest  size  will  work  1,500  lbs 
in  three  hours,  or  six  tons  in  24  hours,  with  an  appli- 
cation of  a  trifle  more  than  one-horse  power.  flu* 
saving  of  power,  as  all  mill-men  are  aware,  is  an  im- 
portant cousiderationparticolarly  where  fuel  is  scurce. 
The  power  so  saved  in  running  the  Amalgamator* 
may  ue  advantageously  employed  to  an  increase  of 
stamps,  and  thus  proportionally  increasing  the  work 
of  the  mill.  This  machine  consists  of  a  w  mi  cylin- 
drical, trough-shaped  vessel,  in  the  interior  of  which 
is  furnished  with  mo\eable  concave  dies,  to  be  re- 
placed when  worn  out,  as  in  ordinary  pans.  The 
mullere  are  convex,  and  attached  to  a  substantial 
rock  shaft,  by  which  they  are  moved  back  and  for- 
ward by  crank  or  eccentric  motion.  The  mullera 
are  held  to  their  places  by  springs  of  moderate 
strength,  the  pressure  of  which  may  be  easily  regu- 
lated. The  oscillating  motion  of  the  mullera  serves 
to  keep  the  pulp  in  a  constant  state  of  agitation, 
thoroughly  mixing  it,  and  passing  it  under  toe  mai- 
lers without  retort  to  any  of  the  various  expedient* 
employed  in  Pans  where  a  circular  motion  is  main- 
tained. 

The  peculiar  construction  of  this  superior  machine 
admits  of  its  being  worked  with  a  mnch  smaller 
charge  of  quick  ilver,  to  any  given  amount  of  pulp 
than  the  flat-bottomed  Pans.  The  spiral  spring* 
greatly  assist  in  the  work  of  reduct.on,  by  allowing 
trie  free  admission  of  the  pulp  between  toe  mullera 
and  dies,  so  that  the  pulp  is  made  to  actually  work 
upon  itself — as  the  dust  of  the  diamond  is  made  to 
reduce  the  gem  itself. 

Trials  made  with  this  machine  in  the  presence  of 
experts,  during  the  last  six  months,  have  been  pro- 
nounced highly  satisfactory.  It  is  peculiarly  well 
adapted  to  employment  by  small  mining  operators  in 
distant  localities,  as  it  can  readily  be  taken  to  piece* 
and  packed  upon  mules. 

A  large  size  machine  is  constructed  without  dies  or 
mullere,  but  simply  with  arms  to  act  as  stirrers,  to 
be  used  in  connection  with  several  of  the  Amalga- 
mators as  a  "  Separator,"  as  it  is  found  that  the  pecu- 
liar motion  given  to  these  arms,  in  connection  with 
the  concave  shape  of  the  body  of  the  machine,  ren- 
ders it  most  effectual  for  such  a  purpose. 

W.  D.  FAR  RAND 


A  MERICAN  HOTEL, 

Main  street.  •  P.  uluma, 

mar246m  EMERSON  &  LAMBERTON,  Proprietors. 


August  4  th  | 


THE    C  ALI  F  ORNIAN 


15 


UNITED  STATES  STAMP  DUTIES. 

As  Amended  March  3,  1865. 

ABKFCLLT  REVISED  AND   CORRECTED    FOB  THE  CAIJTOB.VIAN. 


PENALTIES. 

Penalty  for  making,  signing,  or  issuing  any  instru- 
ment, document,  or  paper  of  any  kind  whatsoever, 
without  the  same  being  duly  stamped,  for  denoting 
the  duty  hereby  imposed  thereon,  $50;  and  the 
instrument  shall  be  deemed  invalid  and  of  no  effect ; 
or  for  counterfeiting  stamps  or  dies,  $1,000,  and  ira- 
priaonment  to  hard  labor  not  exceeding  five  years. 
Por  making,  signing,  issuing,  accepting,  or  paying 
any  bill  of  exchunge,  draft,  order,  or  note  without 
stamp,  $200.  Por  selling  proprietary  cosmetics, 
matches,  photographs,  etc.,  without  proper  stamps, 
$10.    Por  removing  stamps  on  these  articles,  $50. 


STAMP  DUTIES. 

Agreement  Contract  or  Appraisement,  not  other- 
wise specified,  each  sheet  or  piece  of  paper  .$0  05 

Assignmeutof  Mortgage,  Lease,  or  Policy  of  In- 
surance, same  as  original  instrument.  Assign- 
ment of  Patent  Right   05 

Bank  Checks,  Drafts  or  orders,  exceeding  $10, 
•at  sight  or  on  demand  ,   02 

Bills  of  Exchange,  (inland,)  or  draft  otherwise 
'.'mil  at  sight  or  on  demand,  or  promissory  note 
except  bank  notes  for  circulation,)  or  any 
memorandum,  check  or  receipt,  or  any  evi- 
dence of  an  amount  of  money  payable  on  de- 
mand or  at  a  designated  time,  for  a  sum  not 

exceeding  $100   05 

Every  additional  $100,  or  fractional  part. ..  05 

Bill  of  Exchange,  (foreign,)  or  letter  of  credit, 
drawn  in,  but  payable  out  of  the  U.  S.,if 
drawn  singly,  the  same  rates  as  inland  bills  of 
exchunge,  or  promissory  notes. 

If  drawn  in  sets  of  three  or  more,  for  each 
bill  of  the  set,  where  the  sum  shall  not  ex- 
ceed $100  or  its  equivalent  iu  any  foreign  cur- 
rency in  which  such  bill  may  be  expressed, 
according  to  the  Btundard  value  fixed  by  U.  S.  02 
Every  additional  $100,  or  fractional  part...  02 

Bill  of  Lading,  or  receipt  for  any  merchandise 
or  effects,  to  be  exported  to  a  foreign  port  or 
place   10 

Bill  of  Sale,  conveying  any  ship  or  vessel,  or 
any  part  thereof,  where  the  considerationdoes 

not  exceed  $500  :   50 

Por  every  additional  $500,  or  fractional  part 
thereof   50 

Bill  of  Sale  of  personal  property  other  than 
ships  or  vessels   05 

Bond,  indemnifying  any  person  for  the  payment 
of  money,  where  the  amount  recoverable  is 

$1,000  O^  leSS   50 

Por  every  additional  $1,000,  or  fractional 
part  thereof   50 

Bond  for  the  due  performance  of  the  duties  of 
any  office   1  00 

Bond  of  any  other  description,  except  such  as 
may  be  required  in  legal  proceedings,  or  used 
in  connection  with  mortgage  deeds,  and  not 
otherwise  charged  in  this  schedule   25 

Charter-Party,  ship,  vessel  or  steamer,  not  over 
150  tons,  $1  ;  150  to  300  tons,  $3  :  300  to  600 
tons,  $5 ;  over  000  tons  10  00 

Certificate  of  Profits,  or  any  memorandum  show- 
ing an  interest  in  property,  or  accumulations 
of  any  incorporated  company,  for  a  sum  not 

less  than  $10  nor  exceeding  $50   10 

Exceeding  $50  and  not  $1 ,000   25 

Por  every  additional  $1 ,000  or  fract'al  part  25 

Certificate  ot  Damage,  und  all  other  certificates 
or  documents  issued  by  Port  Wardens  or  Ma- 
rine Surveyors,  or  other  persons  acting  as  such  25 

Certificate  of  Deposit,  not  exceeding  the  sum  of 
$100,  2  cento  ;  exceeding  $100   05 

Certificate  of  stock  in  any  incorporated  comp'y,  25 

Certificates,  other  than  specified   05 

Contract,  broker's  note  or  memorandum  of  sale 
of  goods,  stocks,  bonds,  exchange  notes  of 
baud,  real  estate,  or  other  description  of  prop- 
erty, issued  by  any  person  acting  as  a  broker, 
for  each  note  or  memorandum  of  sale   10 

Deed  or  Conveyance  of  Real  Estate,  value  npt 
over  $500,  50c.  ;  every  additional  $500,  or 
fractional  part  thereof   50 

Entry  of  Goods  at  any  custom-house,  value  not 
over  $100,  25c;  over  $100  and  not  over  $500, 

50c;  over  $500  1  00 

Por  the  withdrawal  of  goods  from  bonded 
warehouse   50 

Ganger's  Returns,  quarterly,  for  quantity  not 
over  500  galls,  gross,  10c.;  over  500  galls,  gr.  25 

Insurance  (Marine,  Inland  and  Fire)  policy  or 
renewal,  premium  not  over  $10,  10c;  $10  to 
$50,  25c. ;  over  $50,  50c.  ;  Life  policy,  under 
$1,000, 25c;  $1,000  to  $5,000, 50c;  over  $5,000.1  00 

Lease  of  lands  or  tenements,  rent  not  over  $300 
per  annum,  50c. ;  each  add'l  $200  or  fraction.  50 

Manifest,  cargo  to  foreign  port,  registered  ton 
nage  not  over  300  tonB,  $1  ;  over  300  and  not 
over  600,  $3:  over  600  tons  5  00 

Measurer's  Returns,  for  quantity  not  over  1,000 
bushels,  10c;  over  1,000  bushels   25 

Mortgage,  Trust  deed,  or  personal  bond  for  pay- 
ment of  money,  $100  to  $500,  50c;  each  addi- 
tional $500   50 

Each  assignment  of  mortgage,  lease  or  pol- 
icy of  insurance,  or  renewal  of  the  same, 
is  subject  to  same  duties  as  the  original. 

Medicines  or  Preparations,  Perfumery  and  Cos- 
metics— Every  package,  box,  bottle,  etc,  re- 
tailing for  25c  or  less   01 

Each  additional  25c  it  fractional  part  there- 
of, up  to  $1,  lc;  each  additional  50c.  or 
fractional  part  thereof,  over  $1   02 

Playing  Cards — Each  pack,  price  not  aver  18c, 
2c;  from  18  to  25c,  4c.  ;  25  to  50c,  10c;  50c. 
to  $1,  15c;  each  additional  50c.  or  fractional 
part  thereof   05 

Photographs,  Ambrotypes,  Daguerreotypes  or 
Sua  Pictures,  upon  each,  retailing  for  25c.  or 
less,  2c;  over  25  and  not  over  50c,  5c. ;  over 
50c.  and  not  nver$l,  3c;  each  additional  $1 
or  fractional  part  thereof   05 

Passage  Ticket  to  foreign  port,  cost  not  over  $35, 
50c;  over  $35  and  not  over  $50,  $1  .  every  ad- 
ditional $50  or  fractional  part  thereof  1  00 

Power  of  Attorney  to  sell  or  transfer  stock,  ecrip, 

bonds,  or  collect  dividends  or  int.  thereon  25 
To  vote  for  officers  of  incorporated  comp'y  or 
society  not  religious,  charitable  or  literary, 

or  public  cemeteries......   10 

To  receive  or  collect  renta   25 

To  sell,  convey,  rent  or  lease  real  estate  I  00 

For  anv  other  purpose   50 


Probate  of  Will,  or  letters  of  administration,  es- 
tate not  over  $2,000,  $1 ;    each  additional 

$1,000  or  fractional  part  thereof.   50 

Protest  of  note,  bill,  acceptance,  check  or  draft,  25 
Promissory  Note — See  Bill  of  Exchange,  inland. 
Receipt  for  payment  of  money  or  debt  over  $20, 
not   being   for   satisfaction*  of  mortgage, 
judgment  or  decree  of  Court,  and  receipt 

for  the  delivery  of  property   02 

Warehouse,  for  property  stored,  not  over  $500 
in  value,  10c.  ;  $500  to  $1,000,  20c.  ;  every 

additional  $1,000   10 

Por  any  goods  held  in  storage,  and  not  other- 
wise provided  for   25 

Weigher's  Returns,  up  to  5,000  lbs.,  10c;  over 

5,000  lbs   25 

Writs,  or  original  process,  for  commencing  suit 
in  Court  of  record,  and  in  Court  not  of  rec- 
ord, when  amount  claimed  is  $100  or  over, 
except  before  Justices  of  the  Peace,  or  in 
court  of  no  greater  jurisdiction  as  to  dam- 
ages, or  in  suit  commenced  by  the  United 

States  or  any  State   50 

Upon  every  confession  of  judgment,  or  cogno- 
vit, for  $100  or  over,  except  where  tax  for 

a  writ  has  been  paid   50 

Writs  or  process  on  appeal  from  Justice's 
courts  and  other  courts  of  inferior  jurisdic- 
tion to  courts  of  record   50 

Warrant  of  distress — rent  claimed  under  $100, 

25c;  over  $100   50 


B 


RITISH  PERIODICALS. 


The  London  Quarterly  Review  (Conserv- 
ative.) 

The  Edinburgh  Review  (Whig.) 
The  Westminster  Review  (Radical.) 
The  North  British  Review  (Free  Church.) 
Blackwood's  Edinburgh  Magazine  (Tory.) 

The  interest  of  these  Periodicals  to  American 
readers  is  rather  increased  than  diminished  by  the 
articles  they  contain  on  our  late  Civil  War,  and 
though  sometimes  tinged  with  prejudice,  they  may 
still,  considering  their  great  ability,  and  the  dilFerent 
stand-points  from  which  they  are  written,  be  read 
and  studied  with  advantage  by  the  people  of  this 
country,  of  every  creed  and  party. 

TERMS  POR  1866. 

Por  any  one  of  the  Reviews,  per  annum  $4 

For  any  two  of  the  Reviews,  per  annum  7 

Por  any  three  of  the  Reviews,  per  annum  10 

Por  all  four  of  the  Reviews,  per  aim  urn  12 

For  Blackwood's  Magazine,  per  annum   4 

Ppr  Blackwood  and  one  Review,  per  annum  7 

Blackwood  and  any  two  of  the  Reviews,  per  an. .10 
Blackwood  and  three  of  the  Reviews,  per  annum. 13 
Blackwood  and  the  four  Reviews,  per  annum.... 15 

CLUBS. 

A  discount  of  twenty  per  cent,  will  be  allowed  to 
clubs  of  four  or  more  persons.  Thus,  four  copies  of 
Blackwood,  or  of  one  Review,  will  be  sent  to  one 
address  for  $12  80.  Pour  copieB  of  the  four  Reviews 
and  Blackwood,  for  $18,  and  so  on. 

POSTAGE. 

When  sent  by  mail,  the  Postage  to  any  part  of  the 
Union  will  be  but  Twenty-four.  Cents  a  year  for 
Blackwood,  and  but  Eight  Cents  a  year  for  each 
of  the  Reviews 

REDUCED  PRICES    FOR  TREVIOUS  YEARS. 

Subscribers  may  obtiiiu  the  Reprints  immediately 
preceding  1866,  as  follows,  viz: 

Blackwood  from  September,  1864,  to  December, 
1865,  inclusive,  at  the  rate  of  $2  50  a  year. 

The  North  British  from  January,  1865,  to  Decem- 
ber, 1865,  inclusive ;  the  Edinburgh  and  the  West- 
minster from  April,  1864,  to  December,  1865,  inclu- 
sive, and  the  London  Quarterly  for  the  year  1865,  at 
the  rate  of  $1  50  a  year  for  each  or  atiy  Review. 

A  few  conies  yet  remain  of  all  the  Four  Reviews 
for  1863  at  $4  a  Vet,  or  $1  50  for  any  one. 

LEONARD  SCOTT  &.  CO. ,  Publishers, 
38  Walker  street,  New  York. 


rjlYLER  BROTHERS, 

NO.  632  WASHINGTON  STREET, 
AND  691  MARKET  STREET,  -  -  .  -  CORNER  THIRD, 

SAN  FRANCISCO, 
IMPORTERS,  WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL  DEALERS  IN 

SCHOOL  BOOKS, 

S  T  A  T 1  ONER  Y, 

PHOTOGRAPH  ALBUMS, 
BLANK  BOOKS, 

PORTFOLIOS, 

JUVENILE  BOOKS, 
FANCY  ARTICLES, 

CIIILDRENS'  PICTURE  BOOKS,  Etc. 
Especial  attention  given  tu 

LADIES'  STATIONERY, 

Which  we  stamp  with  , 

INITIALS, 

In  COLORS  or  PLAIN. 


WEDDING    AND  VISITING  CARDS 

ENGRAVED,  WRITTEN,  OR  PRINTED. 

je23 


B 


OWMAN  &.  CO., 

Dealers  in  Sto  ves  and  Tin  W  are, 
m a r24  6 in  Main  street,  Petaluma. 


QCCIDENTAL 

HOMESTEAD 

Association, 


OFFICE, 


305  MONTGOMERY  STREET. 


Capital  Stock,  $33,660. 


102  SHARES  $330  EACH. 

This  Association  was  formed  to  enable  its  mem- 
bers to  obtain  desirable  homestead  lots  in  this  city  at  a 
cheap  and  easy  rate,  paying  lor  the  same  by  regular 
monthly  instalments. 

For  this  purposo  they  have  purchased  Blocks  409,  500, 
and  501,  in  the  Western  Addition  to  this  ci*y,  bounded  by 
Dovisadero,  Pino,  Broderick  and  Clay  streets. 

Subscribers  will  pay  an  initiation  fee  of  $5  on  each 
share  taken,  to  form  a  fund  for  defraying  current  ex- 
penses, and  $11  per  month  for  thirty  mouths,  commen- 
cing in  April,  1S66. 

The  property  is  within  three  blocks  of  the1 
TURK  STREET  RAILROAD, 

IS  NEARLY  ALL  ON  THE  GRADE, 
and  is  most  desirably  located  for  Homestead  purposes. 

It  is  directly  east  from  the  lands  of  the  California 
Association. 

The  property  has  been  purchased  on  very  reasonable 
terms,  and  offers  a  rare  opportunity  for  investment. 

A  number  of  fine  houses  are  in  process  of  erection,  and 
streets  are  being  graded  near  this  property,  which  will 
greatly  increase  its  value. 

When  twelve  monthly  payments  have  been  made,  the 
property  will  be  divided  among  the  members  in  the  usual 
manner,  and  each  shareholder  will  receive  a  contract  for 
a  deed  to  the  lot  or  lots  to  which  ho  may  be  entitled,  and 
have  the  privilege  of  taking  immediate  possession  of  the 
same. 

Tho  lots  average  27  feet  in  front  by  120  feet  in  depth. 
The  whole  amount  due  upon  any  lot  may  be  paid  at  any 
time,  and  discount  at  the  rate  of  one  and  one-half  per 
cent,  per  month  will  be  deducted  therefrom. 

Persons  wishing  to  visit  the  lands  of  this  Association 
will  take  tho  Turk  street  cars  to  Bevisadcro  street,  and 
theuco  go  northerly  along  Devisadero  to  Pine  street. 

Twenty  thousand  dollars  ot  the  capital  stock  is  taken, 
and  the  books  are  opeo  for  subscription  to  the  balance  at 
the  office  of  the  Secretary,  where  the  Official  Map  of  the 
Association  can  be  seen,  and  lull  particulars  obtaiued. 

The  Title  to  this  Property  is  Perfect. 

J.  S.  LUTY,  Secretary, 
Office,  305  Moutgomcry  street,  corner  of  Pine, 
myl93m  Rooms  2  and  6. 


gOYS !    BOYS !    BOYS ! 

NOW  IS  THE  TIME 


H.  M.  LOCKWOOD  &  CO., 
New  No.  624)  CLAY  STREET,  (Old  No  17 

Have  received  a  Largo  Stock  of 

GENTS'  AND  BOYS'  CLOTHING 

— AND — 

FURNISHING  GOODS, 

Which  they  are  selling 
AT  VERY  LOW  PRICES. 
Every  Garment  warranted.    All  are  invited  to  call  and 
examine  our  goods. 

H.  M.  LOCKWOOD  &  CO. 
jal  624  Clay  street,  San  Francisco. 


PACIFIC  OCEAN  HOUSE, 
SANTA  CRUZ,  CAL. 

THIS  NEW  AND  COMMODIOUS  HOTEL,  built  and  fur- 
nished in  accordance  with  the  most  mcieru  and  improved 
plans,  and  with  a  view  t<»  the  comfurt  and  convenience  of 
its  patrous,  is  now  open  for  the  reception  of  guests. 

To  those  who  have  visited  Santa  Cruz,  it  is  unnecessary 
to  speak  of  its  beauties  and  its  natural  advantages  over 
all  other  places  of 

Summer  Resort. 

To  those  who  have  not,  the  Proprietor  can  only  say 
COME  AND  JUDpE  FOR  YOURSELVES—  giviug  all 
who  may  come  the  assurance  tnat  his  earnest  endeavors 
shall  be  to  make  the  Hotel,  in  all  its  appointments,  equal 
to  the  surroundings  of  this  delightful  Sea  side  Resort. 

GEO.  T.  BROMLEY, 

Santa  Cruz,  April  4, 1866.  Proprietor. 


M 


ARKET  STREET  RAILROAD 


CHANGE   OP   TIME  TABLE. 


ON  AND  AFTER  AUGUST  1,  1866,  Trains  will  start 
rom  the  City  anu  tho  Mission  every  hour'  instead  of  every 
forty  minutes,  as  heretofore. 

Trains  from  the  City  will  start  at  the  odd  hour,  com- 
mencing at  6:30  A.  M.  and  every  hour  thereafter  until 
11:30  P.  M/ 

mo26  F.  McCO/PIN,  Superintendent 


Y  E  R'  S 

PILLS. 


ARE  YOU  SICK,  FEEBLE 
and  complaining  ?  Are  you 
out  of  order,  with  your  sys- 
tem deranged  and  your  feel- 
ings uncomfortable  ?  These  / 
symptoms  are  often  the  pre  { 
lude  to  serious  illness.  Some, 
tit  of  sickness  is  creeping; 
upon  you,  and  should  be 
averted  by  a  timely  uso  of 
the  right  remedy.  At  once 
TAKE  AYER'S  PILLS, 
aud  cleanse  out  the  disor- 
dered humors,  purify  the  blood,  and  let  the  .....u 
on  unobstructed  in  health  again.  They  stimulate  liie 
functions  of  the  body  into  vigorous  activity,  purify  the 
system  from  the  obstructions  which  make  disease.  A 
cold  settles  somewhere  in  the  body,  and  deranges  its  nat- 
ural functions.  These,  il  not  relieved,  react  upon  them- 
selves and  the  surrounding  organs,  producing  general 
aggravation,  suffering  and  derangement.  While  in  this 
condition, 

TAKE  AYER'S  PILLS, 

and  seo  how  directly  they  restore  the  natural  action  of  tho 
system,  and  with  it  the  buoyant  feeling  of  health  again. 
What  is  true  and  so  apparent  iu  this  trivial  and  common 
complaint  is  also  true  in  many  of  the  deep-seated  and 
dangerous  distempers.  The  same  purgative  effect  expeis 
them.  Caused  by  similar  obstructions  and  derangements 
of  the  natural  t  unctions  of  the  body  they  are  rapidiy 
aud  many  of  them  surely  cured  by  the  same  means. 
None  who  know  the  virtue  of  these  Pills  will  neglect  to 
employ  them  when  suffering  from  the  disorders  they  cure, 
such  as  Headache,  Foul  Stomach,  Dysentery,  Bilious  Com- 
plaints, Indigestion,  Derangement  of  the  Liver,  Costive- 
ness,  Constipation,  Heartburn,  Rheumatism,  Dropsy, 
Worms  and  Suppression,  when  taken  in  large  doses. 

They  are  Sugar-Coatcd,  so  that  the  most  sensitive  can 
take  them  easily,  and  they  are  surely  the  best  purgative 
medicine  yet  discovered. 

Prepared  by  J.  C.  AYER  &  CO.,  Lowell,  Mass.,  and  sold 

iy 

CRANE  &  BRIGHAM,  San  Francisco, 
jy26-2m  and  all  Dealers. 


rj^HE  PACIFIC 

INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

HAVING  ADDED 

MARINE  INSURANCE 

TO  THEIR  BUSINESS,  ARE  NOW  PREPARED  TO  ISSUE 
POLICIES  ON 

Marine,  Inland  Navigation,  and  Fire  Risks, 

ON     THE    MOST     FAVORABLE  TERMS. 


Office,  436  California  street. 

J.  HUNT,  President 
A  J.  RALSTON,  Secretary.  my5-3m 


CALIFORNIA 

Steam  Navigation  Company. 


STEAMER  CAPITAL  CAPT.  E.  A.  POOLE. 

CHRYSOPOLIS.  CAPT.  A.  POSTER. 

"  YOSEM1TE   

"       CORNELIA  CAPT.  W-.  BROMLEY. 

"      JULIA  CAPT.  E.  CONCKLIN. 

One  of  the  above  steamers  leave  BROADWAY  WHARF, 
at4o'clock  EVERY DAY,  (Sundays excepted,)  for 

Sacramento  aud  one  for  Stockton,  the  Sacramento  steamer 
connecting  with  light-draft  steamers  for  Marysville,  Co- 
lusa, Chico  and  Red  Blulf. 

Steamships  PACIFIC,  ORIZABA,  CALIFORNIA,  AC- 
TIVE, and  SENA  JOR,  leave  as  advertised,  for  Portland, 
Oregon,  New  Westminster,  British  Columbia,  Victoria, 
(V.  I. ,)  Santa  Barbara,  San  Pedro,  and  San  JMego. 

Office  of  the  ^gmpany,  northeast  corner  of  Front  and 
Jackson  streets, 

mar23  B.  M.  HARTSHORNE,  President. 


COMMERCIAL  EDUCATION. 


Pacific  Business  College, 

751  MARKET  STREET, 

(BETWEEN  THIRD  AND  FOURTH,) 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

An  Institution  designed  to  prepare  Young  and  Middle 
aged  men  for  an  active  and  successful  BUSINESS  LIFE. 

This  is  tho  largest,  most  complete,  and  thorough  Insti- 
tution of  the  kind  on  the  coust,  and 

THE  ONLY 
Commercial  College  which  is  conducted  on  Actual  Business 
Principles.    Its  great  system  of  Business  Training  is  en* 
dorscd  by  the  Most  Eminent  Financiers  and  Business  Men 
of  the  Nation. 

REGULAR  BANKS  AND  BUSINESS  OFFICES 
have  been  iutroduced,  by  which  wo  are  enabled  to  tit  our 
Students  in  the  best  possible  manner,  and  shortest  pos- 
sible time,  for  active  Business  Life., 

Those  in  pursuit  of  a 
PRACTICAL  BUSINESS  EDUCATION 
should  examine  the  merits  of  this  College.  Send  lor  the 
COLLEGE  REVIEW,  giving  full  particulars  of  the  Col- 
lege, besides  containing  other  Important  and  Interesting 
matter.    Sent  free  to  all  desiring  it. 

Further  particulars  can  be  hail  by  calling  at  the  College, 
or  addressing      M.  K.  LAUDENSLAGER,  President 

fel7  Business  College, San  Francisco. 


YANKEE  NOTIONS 

AND 

FANCY  GOODS! 

MERCHANTS  wanting  Goods  in  this  line  shouM  not  fall 
to  examine  our  stock,  which  Is  new  and  attractive,  before 
buying  elsewhere. 

MEAGHER,  TAAFFE  &  CO., 

jy21-3m  Battery  street,  ncarPlne. 


16 


THE    C  ALIFORNI  AN. 


[August  4th 


M 


AGUIRE'S  OPERA  HOUSE. 


T.  MAGU1RE  - 
C.  L.  GRAVES  - 
W.  STEVENSON 


-  PltnnarsTOB 

stagk  manager 
Treasurer 


THIS  AFTElNOON  AUGUST  4, 

Jllss  Kate  Denin, 

SJPPOBTl*)    BY   THE    OPERA   HOUSE  COMPANY, 
will  appear  in  the  comedy  of 

ASMODEUS! 

lad  tbe  Farce  of 

Jin  Object  of  Interest. 

THIS  EVENING  AUGUST  4, 

Oliver  Twist, 


Jenny  Lind. 


MONDAY  EVENING— FIRST  APPEARANCE 
or 

LADY  DON, 

As  "  JOSEPHINE,"  in  the 

CHILD    OF    THE  REGIMENT, 

and  also  in  an  entirely  new  burlesque  entitled 

KENILWORTH. 


PRICES  OF  ADMISSION: 

D.-*J8  Circle  and  Orchestra,  - 
parquet,  ..... 
iTpper  Circle,  •  


$1  00 

60 
25 


s 


UMMER  MEDICINE. 


PURIFY  THE  BLOOD 

in 

Constitution, 

WITH 

LE  DOYEN'S 

SARSAPARILLA, 

YELLOW  DOCK, 

IODINE  ALTERATIVE. 


CRANE  it.  BRIGHAM,  Agents, 
JylBlm  .  SAN  FRANCISCO. 


rp  h  E 

Accidental  Insurance  Co., 

OF  NEW  YORK, 
ISSUES  POLICIES  INSURING  AGAINST  INJURIES  OF 
all  kinds,  aad  death  resulting  from  accident 

1h  case  deatn  docs  not  result  from  the  injury,  the  in- 
sured receives  a  weekly  coji|>ensation  as  long  as  he  is  dis- 
abled (not  to  exoecd  twenty -six  weeks.) 


Policy. 

$1,000.. 

$^,000.. 

»5,000.. 

$10,000. 


Premium.      Weekly  Compensation . 

,.$  5  00  $  5  00 

.  .$10  00  $10  00 

..$25  00  $25  00 

.,$50  00  $50  00 


SEA  VOYAGE  POLICIES, 
Covering  risk  to  New  York,  cost  $2  per  $1  00 

t£5_  No  Medical  Examination  required. 

Life  Insurance. 

CONNECTICUT  MUTUAL 

LIFE  INSURANCE  CO., 

HARTFORD,  CONN. 
For  Policies,  or  further  information,  apply  to 

A.  D.  SMITH  &  CO.,  Agents, 

Northwest  corner  Montgomery  and  Sec  rumen  to  streets. 


"yXTONDERS  OF  WONDERS  ! 

TO  BR  SEEN  ONLY  AT  TUB 

Pacific  Museum  of  Anatomy  and  Science, 
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Reopening  Night, 

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FAUST! 

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Band  of  the  Second  U.  S.  Artillery,  under -the  direc- 
tion of  Joseph  Schmidt.  Esq.,  will  lend  its  valuable 
assistance  in  giving  elfect  to  tbe  production  of  this 
Magnificent  Opera. 

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tution commenced  July  SOih,  I860. 

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dence, and  other  contingent  expenses,  such  as  books, 
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charges  in  this  Slate)  that  the  Institution  ran  be  con- 
ducted only  on  a  rigid  cash  principle  ;  bence  any  failure 
in  remitting  the  Pension  will  oblige  the  authorities  of  the 
College  to  charge  ten  per  cent,  additional,  or  forward  the 
student  loe^is  parents  or  guardian. 

Though  u  be  a  Catholic  Institution,  yet  pupKs  of  all 
denominations  will  be  admitted,  and  their  religious  con- 
victions respected  ;  but,  for  the  sake  of  uniformity,  all 
will  be  required  to  be  present  at  the  public  religious  exer- 
cises . 

Bedding,  towels,  etc.,  will  be  furnished  by  the  Institu- 
tion, to  defray  the  cost  of  which  ten  dot  are  will  be  paid, 
once  only,  by  each  pupil,  as  an  entrance  fee. 

Each  pupil  is  required  to  be  provided  with  a  neat  black 
suit  (or  Sundays,  and  two  other  plain  suits,  three  pairs  of 
boots,  with  sufficient  linen,  stockings,  etc. 

Five  dollars  will  also  be  charged  annually  for  medicines 
and  medical  attendance. 

au4  lm  REV  P.  J.  GREY,  President. 


IN  THE  PROBATE  COURT  of  tbe  city  and  county  of 
Sin  Francisco,  Slate  of  California. 
In  the  matter  of  the  estate  of  GEORGE  D.  HANSEN, 

deceased. 

Order  to  show  cause  why  order  of  distribution  should 
not  be  made. 

On  readmg  and  filing  tbe  petition  of  CHRISTIAN  KIRK, 
the  Executor  of  the  estate  of  GEORGE  1).  HANSEN, 
deceased,  setting  forth  that  he  has  filed  his  final  account 
of  bis  administration  of  the  estate  of  said  deceased,  iu 
this  Court,  and  that  the  s;imc  has  been  duly  settled  aud 
allowed;  that  all  the  debts  and  expenses  of  administra- 
tion have  been  duly  MM  ;  and  th»t  a  portion  of  said  es- 
tate remains  to  be  distributed  to  the  heir  and  devisee  of 
said  deceased,  and  praying  among  other  things  (or  an  or- 
der of  distribution  of  the  residue  uf  said  estate  among  the 
persons  entitled  : 

It  is  orokkkd,  That  all  persons  interested  In  the  estate  of 
the  Said  George  D.  Hansen,  deceased,  be  and  appear  be- 
fore the  Probate  Court  of  the  city  and  county  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, at  the  court  room  of  said  Court,  in  the  City  Hall  in 
said  city  and  county,  on  Wednesday,  the  fifth  day  of  Sep- 
tember, A.  D.  1866,  at  eleven  o'clock  A  M.,  then  and 
there  to  show  cause  why  an  order  of  distribution  should 
not  be  made  of  the  residue  of  said  estate  to  tbe  heir  ana 
devisee  of  the  said  Gcoige  D.  Hansen,  deceased,  ac- 
cording to  law: 

It  is  further  ordered,  That  a  copy  of  this  order  be  pub- 
lished tor  four  successive  weeks,  before  the  said  5tb 
day  of  September,  A.  D.  1866,  in  Tub  CaUvovlsiax ,  a  news- 
paper printed  and  published  in  the  said  city  and  county. 

M.  C.  BLAKE.  Probate  Judge. 

Dated,  Pan  Francisco,  August  3d,  1866.  4w 


ELEVENTH  WARD, 


District  No.  1. 
BOUNDARIES. 

On  the  east  by  Seventh  street,  to  Mission  Cereek, 

on  the  south  by  Mission  Creek,  and  Sixteenth  street 
to  Dolores  street,  and  on  tbe  west  by  Dolores  street 
to  Market  street,  and  westerly  and  northerly  by  Mar- 
ket street  to  Seventh  street. 

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Clerk  may  be  found  in  his  office,  southwest  corner  of 
Twelfth  and  Howard  streets,  in  the  morning  until 
10  o'clock,  and  from  2  to  9  o'clock,  r.  m. 

On  Monday  next  (Ctb  instant,)  the  Board  of  Regis- 
tration will  be  in  session  from  9  o'clock  a.  m.  to  1 
o'clock,  p.  M  ,  and  from  4  to  9  o'clock,  p.  m.,  to  bear 
applications  of  persons  claiming  the  right  to  be  en- 
rolled, agreeably  to  the  provisions  of  the  Registry 
Law. 

ALBERT  G-  RANDALL, 

Clerk  of  Elections 


8 


TOP  THAT  COUGHING. 


SOME  OF  Y.>U  CAN'T,  AND  WE  PITT  YOU.  Yon 

have  tried  every  remedy  foul  the  ONE  destined,  by  its 
intrinsic  merit,  to  supersede  all  similar  preparations  Ii 
is  not  surprising  you  should  foe  reluctant  to  try  something 
else  alter  the  many  experiments  you  have  made  of  trashy 
coniponnds  foisted  on  the  public  as  a  certaiu  cuie  .  but 

N  E  W  E  L  L  '  S 

PULMONARY  SYRUP 

is  really  ihe  VERY  BEST  remedy  ever  compounded  Tor 
the  cur.-  of  rioughS.  Colds,  Sore  Thro. I.  Aftiima,  Whonp. 
ing  Coign.  Bronchitis  and  Consumption.  Thousands  of 
people  iu  California  aud  Oregon  have  bceu  alreauy  bene- 
llted  by  the  surprising  curative  powers  of 

NEWELLS  PULMONARY  SYRUP, 

and  with  one  accord  give  it  their  unqualified  approbation. 
We  now  address  ourselves  to  all  who  are  unacqualuted 
with  this,  the  greatest  Panacea  of  tbe  age,  for  the  Dealing 
of  all  diseases  of  the  Throat  and  Lungs,  assuring  you  that 

Ne-welVs  Pulmonary  Syrup 

has  cured  thousands,  and  It  will  cure  you  if  you  try  it 
This  Invaluable  medicine  ib  plcasaul  to  the  taste,  sooth- 
ing, healing  and  strengthening  in  its  effects  ;  entirely  free 
from  all  poisonous  or  deleterious  drugs,  and  pt-rlcctly 
harmless  under  all  circumstances. 

Certificates  from  many  prominent  citizens  of  San  Fran- 
cisco aecumpany  every  bottle  of 

Newell's   Pulmonary  Syrup. 

REDINGTON  &  CO.,  Agents. 

Sin  Francisco. 


J^EDINGTON'S 

Flavoring  Extracts 

ARE  MADE  FROM  FRESH  FRUITS.  Each  bottle  holds 
twice  as  much  as  any  other  brand  In  the  market , conse 
quently  they  are  the  cheapest  and  the  best.  USE  MO 
OTHER. 

REDINGTON  61  CO., 
Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast, 


TyjARTHA  WASHINGTON 

KAIR  RESTORER. 


THIS  IS  A  WONDERFUL  DISCOVERY,  and  stands 
above  comparison  with  auy  other  article  for  the  Hair  ever 
brought  before  the  public. 

A  PERFECT 

Hair  Restorer  •»  Hair  Dresser 

BOTH  COMBINED  IN  ONE. 

First — It  is  not  a  Dye. 
Second— Wi'l  not  Color  tbe  Sltln. 

Third — Will  restore  Gray  Hair  to  a  beautiful  Black, 
Brown,  Auburn,  or  whatever  might  have  been  il*  original 

color,  and  causo  it  to  assume  its  former  beauty. 

Fourth — Wi  1  cure  all  Humors  and  Diseases  of  the  Scalp. 

Fifth — Will  remove  Dandruff*  and  Sfcurf  from  tbe  bead, 
and  keep  the  hair  moist  and  silk  like  in  Its  appearance  as 
in  youthful  days. 

Sixth— Will  promote  a  healthy  growth. 

Seventh — Will  prevent  it  from  falling  off,  and  cause  it 
to  grow  on  bald  heads  where  there  is  life  and  vitality  at 
the  root*,  but  where  these  arc  gone  there  is  no  hope  of 
success . 

Eighth— The  best  testimony  that  can  be  given  will  be 
found  mside  of  each  bottle 

Warranted  to  do  all  we  claim  for  it,  or  the  money 
refunded  after  viing  two  bottles.    Try  it  and  be 

convinced. 

SOLD  EVERYWHERE. 
Price  One  Dollar 

SIMONDS  Ac.  CO.,  Proprietors, 
Fitzwilliam,  N.  H. 
REDINGTON  &  CO.,  Agents, 

San  Francisco. 


J^EDINGTON  &  CO.'S 

Essence  of  Jamaica  Ginger. 


THIS  VALUABLE  PREPARATION,  containing  in  a 

highly  concentrated  form  all  the  properties  of  the  Jamaica 
Ginger,  has  become  one  of  the  most  popular  domestic  rem- 
edies for  all  diseases  of  the  stomach  and  digestive  organs. 

As  a  tooic  it  will  be  found  invaluable  to  all  persons  re. 
covering  from  debility,  whether  produced  by  fever  or 
otherwise,  for  whilst  It  Imparts  to  the  system  all  the  glow 
and  vigor  that  can  be  produced  by  wine  or  brandy,  it  is 
entirely  free  Trom  tbe  reactionary  effects  that  follow  tbe 
use  of  spirits  of  at  y  kind. 

It  is  also  an  excellent  remedy  for  females  who  suffer  from 
difficult  menstrual!'  n,  giving  almost  Immediate  teller  to 
the  spisms  that  to  frequently  accompany  that  period. 

It  gives  Immediate  relief  to  Nausea,  caesed  by  riding 
in  a  railroad  car,  or  by  sea  sickness,  or  oilier  causes. 

It  is  also  valuable  as  an  external  application  for  Gout, 
Rheumatism,  Neuralgia, etc. 

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VOLUME  V.,  No  12.  1 
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CONTENTS 


PROSE. 
Podgerings  by  the  Way. 
A  Ghost  Story  — By  Iro. 
England,  Now  and  Then. 
Tho  Popular  Sentimental. 
Amusements. 
Oar  Book-Table. 

The  Undecided  Gentleman's  Story. 
Bridal  Customs  in  Sweden. 
The  Summer  Fashions. 


A  Prison  in  Madrid. 
Circumstantial  Evidence. 
A  Freak  of  Rothschild. 
The  Streets  of  Venice. 
Capri  and  Caprioles. 
Family  Discipline. 
POETRY  : 
The^ocret  Well.— By  Charles  War. 

ren  Stoddard. 
Cable-Talk.— By  M. 


(For  the  Californian.] 

PODGERINGS    BY   THE  WAY. 

No.  3. 

SACRAMENTO  is  a  city  of  great  antiquity,  having  been 
well  and  widely  known  before  the  flood,  which,  however, 
did  not  purify  it  to  any  great  extent— on  the  contrary,  it  had 
to  accommodate  the  debris  of  its  neighbors  above,  whose  sins 
were  washed  away  and  lodged  at  Sacramento. 

If  I  was  not  afraid  of  incurring  the  indignation  and  ire  of 
the  newspapers  there,  I  should  throw  out  a  faint  hint  that  it 
is  sometimes  hot  in  Sacramento  ;  at  any  rate,  it  was  80  sug- 
gested by  several  perspiring  friends  of  mine,  whose  names  I 
am  bound  to  suppress,  if  demanded,  as  they  were"  well-mean- 
ing parties,  and  I  do  not  like  to  hand  them  over  to  the  tender 
mercies  of  an  indignant  newspaper  public.  When  I  went 
ashore  from  the  Yosemile,  at  the  delightful  hour  of  5  a.  m.,  I 
had  not  such  perspiring  proofs  of  the  fact  as  I  had  a  few  hours 
later.  There  is  not  much  sleep  to  be  obtained  on  board  the 
Bteamboat  after  she  arrives  at  the  levee  ;  for  some  people  go 
ashore  aud  some  come  aboard.  A  large  colored  delegation 
assemble  in  the  cabins  awaiting  the  egress  of  their  prey,  and 
in  tho  most  accommodating  manner  tender  their  services  to 
"  tote  "  anything,  from  a  steam  engine  to  a  carpet  sack.  But 
justice  to  the  colored  population  of  Sacramento  compels  me 
to  say  that  they  are  the  most  reliable  and  trustworthy  "  toters  " 
of  baggage  I  have  met  with  anywhere,  and  never  fail  to  charge 
all  they  agreed  to  ;  but,  in  all  candor,  I  must  confess  they  do 
not  exceed  the  original  sum  agreed  upon.  Three  of  tliem 
volunteered  to  take  my  baggage  for  fifty  cents  a  piece,  there 
being  three  pieces.  The  job  finished,  the  charges  came  to 
four  dollars  and  fifty  cents  by  their  Duboll.  There  were  three 
pieces,  and  each  one  r-harged  fifty  cents  a-piece,  and  being 
three  colored  pussons  engaged  in  the  transaction,  at  a  dollar 
aud  a  half  each,  made  up  the  some  total  as  aforesaid.  One 
of  them  remarking,  "  Boss,  dat's  de  way  us  figure  up  here."  I 
remarked  that  if  so  the  temperature  had  a  serious  effect  on 
my  friend  Daboll's  principles.  One  juvenile  contraband  who 
had  not  "  toted  "  anything,  but  had  favored  us  with  his  society 
ou  the  way  to  the  cars,  generously  offered  a  compromise,  and 
would  take  four  bits  for  hid  services  ;  and  the  others  not  to 
be  outdone  in  liberality, conformed  to  that  basis  of  settlement, 
and  the  "  enteute  cordiale  "  was  Jully  restored.  The  elder 
gentleman  informed  me  confidentially  that "  totin  "  was  mighty 
dull,  and  he  had  seriou3  thoughts  of  retiring  from  the  business 
and  resuming  the  profession  of  boot-blacking,  pending  an  ex- 
pected appointment  from  Governor  Low  as  clerk  to  au  ash 
cart,  or  some  other  lucrative  political  office. 

Sacramento  is  blessed  with  a  great  many  early  birds,  but 
worms  seem  to  be  scarce,  and,  competition  running  high 
many  of  them  stay  up  all  night  to  be  on  hand  at  the  worming 
— the  passengers  that  land  from  the  boats  personating  the 
worms,  and  tho  birds  are  generally  the  class  denominated 
black,  the  climate  being  favorable  to  that  species  of  orni- 
thology. 

The  pursuit  of  an  early  cup  of  coffee,  in  that  city,  is  at- 
teuded  with  some  difficulty — and  the  quality  of  the  article  is 
not  strictly  first  class.  The  mud  in  the  water  enters  largely 
into  the  compound,  aud  assists  in  carrying  out  the  fiction,  re- 
quiring a  powerful  imagination  on  the  part  of  the  consumer  to 
make  up  the  flavor,  in  the  absence  of  the  berry.  A  cup  of 
the  compound  being  placed  hufore  me,  I  was  obliged  to  insti, 
tute  on  enquiry  as  to  whether  it  was  intended  for  tea  orcoffuo- 


and  I  discovered  that  it  was  entirely  a  matter  of  choiceon  the 
part  of  the  consumer,  as  orders  for  either  were  filled  from  the 
same  reservoir.    I  determined  on  a  verdict  of  coffee  in  my 
case,  and  my  friend,  who  never  drank  coffee,  gave  it  as  tea. 
It  made  very  little  difference,  the  charge  being  the  same. 
With  the  addition  of  a  couple  of  very  doubtful  eggs,  appar- 
ently on  the  eve  of  deciding  in  I'avor  of  chickens,  we  made  our 
hasty  breakfast,  and  departed  for  the  cars,  which  we  found 
well  filled  by  a  large  delegation  of  gentlemen  uniformed  in 
dusters  and  big  boots — and,  with  a  view  to  make  room,  or  to 
give  the  boots  a  little  fresh  air,  they  were  generally  stuck  out 
of  the  windows — the  owners  lolling  on  the  seats,  which  po- 
sition used  up  the  accommodations,  to  the  exclusion  of  just 
one-half  the  number  they  were  supposed  to  seat.    The  con- 
ductor, however,  went  through  the  cars,  punching  up  these 
luxurious  gentlemen,  and  bringing  them  into  a  horizontal 
position.    We  arrived  at  Alta,  the  termiuus  of  the  road — the 
town  itself  had  only  arrived  the  day  before,  having  been  moved 
from  the  site  of  what  had  been  the  terminus  a  few  days  pre- 
vious.   Observing  a  carpenter  setting  up  a  first  class  saloon, 
I  inquired  if  he  intended  to  keep  pace  with  the  progress  of 
the  road  ;  said  he  did,  had  moved  "  that  ar  shanty  "  four  times, 
and  intended  to  fellow  up  the  thing  until  he  he  reached  his 
native  State,  old  Missouri.    It  was  getting  hot,  and,  as  I 
booked  for  an  outside  seat  on  the  stage.  T  set  out  in  quest  of 
an  umbrella,  but,  the  assortment  of  dry  goods  being  limited, 
none  were  to  be  had.    In  answer  to  my  enquiries  they  said, 
"  No  umbrellas,  but  we've  got  a  first  rate  article  of  whiskey." 
Not  seeing  the  connection,  I  did  not  indulge  in  that  substi- 
tute, but,  going  to  the  end  of  the  platform,  I  saw  abundant 
proof  of  the  proof  and  flooring  qualities  of  the  article  :  three 
men  who  probably  wanted  umbrellas,  and  had  tried  the  sug- 
gestion in  lieu,  lay  under  the  end  of  the  planks,  aud  one  at  the 
bottom  of  a  well  that  had  progressed  about  ten  feet  down. 
Tho  gentleman  may  have  been  intended  as  an  illustration  of 
Truth,  but,  if  so,  he  was  far  from  being,  able  to  speak  it,  for, 
when  I  "  hollered  "  down  at  him,  and  asked  what  he  was  doing 
there,  he'd  reply,  punctuated  with  frequent  hic-cups,  he  was 
"  goin'  to  ter  China  ;"  he  had  got  about  ten  f  ;et  on  hi*  way 
there,  but  his  prospect  for  going  to  even  a  warmer  place  was 
favorable.    The  driver  sung  out  "All  aboard!"  which  was 
not  true,  for  none  of  us  were  ;  but  we  soon  relieved  him  from 
the  charge  of  wilful  misrepresentation,  and  climbed  in  and  up 
to  our  perches,  and  the  agent  having  made  us  all  get  down 
agaiu,  to  see  if  we  were  the  same  persons  he  saw  up  there, 
concluded,  after  checking  us  oil' a  couple  times,  to  complete 
the  loading,  by  chucking  up  on  top  half  a  dozen  Celestials, 
who,  although  paying  the  same  fare,  are  considered  deck 
freight.    The  Johns  were  evidently  familiar  with  the  dangers 
of  their  position,  and  immediately  commenced  securing  them- 
selves by  taking  turns  with  their  pig-tails  through  the  trunk 
handles,  the  rail,  etc. ;  but  it  proved,  unfortunately,  premature 
in  one  case,  as.  it  was  discovered  that  a  valise  belonging  to  the 
other  coach  had  been  put  on  ours,  whereupon  the  driver  picked 
it  up  and  threw  it  down  to  the  agent,  carrying  with  it  a  little, 
thin  Chinaman  who  had  secured  himself  to  the  handle.  The 
property  was  soou  assorted,  however,  the  valise  beiug  thrown 
on  to  the  other  coach,  and  John  pitched  back  on  top  of  ours, 
where  he  belonged.    The  only  visible  effect  on  John  appar- 
ently wjs  to  cause  his  eyes  to  stick  out  somewhat,  and  I  doubt 
if  he  was  able  to  shut  them  for  twenty-four  hours  after.  The 
agent  having  endorsed  the  driver's  assertion  of  "All  aboard," 
the  horses,  apparently  having  more  faith  than  in  the  former 
case,  made  a  determination  to  move — one  of  the  leaders  be- 
gan to  kick,  whereupon  the  driver  exclaimed,  "  Oh,  will  you  !" 
touching  him  up  with  his  whip.    The  horse  thought  he  would, 
and  did — kicked  over  the  trace  ;  but  a  second  application  of 
buckskin  induced  him  to  change  his  mind  and  make  a  better 
use  of  his  heels,  and  away  we  went,  running  down  a  lean,  dog 
that  had  planted  himself  in  the  middle  of  the  road  and  was 
taking  a  survey  of  the  improvements  rapidly  springing  up 
about  him,  and  I  judged  from  his  expression,  of  disgust  that  he 
did  uot  approve  of  the  location.    Hi*  reveries  were  speedily, 
cut  short,  as  was  his  tail,  by  the  wheel  of  the  coach  ;  und  I 


presume,  if  that  dog  concludes  to  go  into  any  business  in  that 
place,  it  will  be  in  the  re-tail  line.  The  ride,  although  a  hot 
one,  was  pleasant,  and  the  scenery  magnificent.  We  arrived 
at  Plxcelsior,  the  place  of  debarcation  for  the  Meadow  City 
mines,  about  noon  ;  a  rapidly  growing  town,  the  principal 
business  being  the  sale  of  the  substitute  for  umbrellas,  inter- 
spersed with  a  little  something  in  the  "cloding"  way.  A 
gentleman  with  a  long  beard,  long  duster,  and  long  boots, 
climbed  up  on  the  stage  and  inquired  if  I  was  "  Up  thar  to 
buy  mines  ?"  1  said  "  No  ;  I  was  up  thar  to  go  to  Virginia 
City,"  and  he  got  down  again. 

I  was  afraid  to  get  off  the  coach  for  fear  I  might  be 
assessed  on  some  claim  on  suspicion.  The  principal  produc- 
tions of  the  city  of  Excelsior  appear  to  be  long  hair,  long 
dusters,  long  -boots,  Chinamen,  mules,  and  granite  boulders 
which  come  tumbling;  down  much  too  frequently  from  the 
heights  above,  where  hundreds  of  Chinamen  were  at  work  on 
the  railroad  grade.  It  was  certainly  uphill  work,  and  the 
towering  precipice  of  solid  granite  seems  to  be  the  orignal 
rock  of  ages  that  has  never  yet  been  cleft  for  anybody,  but 
that  job  is  being  done  by  Governor  Sanford  and  his  associ- 
ates. 

The  tumbling  down  of  these  big  chunks  of  porpyry  affords 
rather  pleasant  excitement  for  the  people  below,  as  they  must 
keep  one  eye  out  for  the  descending  boulders,  and  it  some- 
times interrupts  their  pursuits.  A  chap  a  little  farther  up 
the  road,  in  the  midst  of  a  horse-trade  was  cut  short  in  his 
enumeration  of  the  qualities  of  the  animal  by  being  obliged 
to  make  a  six-foot  leap  over  a  log  to  avoid  a  coming  event  in 
thc*shape  of  a  ten-ton  cobble-stone  that  was  tearing  and 
crashing  its  way  to  the  foot  of  the  mountain.  The  gentleman 
contemplating  purchasing  being  apparently  a  new-comer  and 
not  to  the  manner  born,  left  suddenly  in  the  other  direction, 
leoking  decidedly  wild.    Such  is  life  at  Excelsior. 

We  did  not  dine  at  Excelsior,  and  the  people  generally 
there  looked  as  if  they  had  uot,  either,  and  did  not  know 
to  any  degree  of  certainty  when  that  happy  event  would 
come  oft'.  I  presume  the  proprietors  of  the  stage  line,  iu 
mercy  to  us,  concluded  it  would  be  no  worse  for  us  to  go  on 
with  sharpening  appetites  to  some  place  where  the  edge 
could  be  taken  off  more  satisfactorily  ;  and  at  four  o'clock 
we  reached  the  summit  of  the  Sierra  Nevadas.  A  magnifi- 
cent view  of  the  valley  was  obtained  ;  Donner  Lake,  like  a 
burnished  mirror,  was  before  us  ;  the  road  lay  through  a  sea 
of  rocks  and  along  precipices  that  made  one  shudder  to  look 
at.  As  the  horses  at  a  gallop  make  the  windings  and  turn- 
ings down  the  grade,  the  driver,  with  wonderful  skill,  guiding 
them  with  apparent  ease — one  foot  on  the  "  break"  and  his 
eye  on  the  leaders — such  a  ride  is  worth  days  of  travel  to  ex- 
perience. We  went  down  at  a  lively  gait,  and  drew  up  at  the 
station  just  on  the  bank  of  the  lake,  nestled  under  the  shade 
of  immense  pine  trees.  Having  washed  the  dust  from  our 
faces,  we  were  glad  enongh  to  hear  the  welcome  announce- 
ment of  "  dinner."  That  cup  of  Sacramento  river  warm 
water  and  the  hen-fruit  taken  at  five  o'clock  had  uot  proved 
reliable  for  an  all-day  journey,  and  I  for  one  was  hungry — the 
young  woman  who  waited  on  the  table  evidently  thought  so, 
too,  for  she  looked  at  me  with  open-mouthed  wonder.  She 
was  good-looking,  but  such  an  appetite  as  mine  was  rather 
discouraging  to  sentiment,  and  the  brief  time  allowed  did  not 
permit  of  efforts  to  make  an  impression,  although  I  think  I 
made  one  :  which  was,  that  uo  money  was  made  out  of  me  on 
that  occasion. 

An  enthusjastio  angler — one  of  our  passengers — inquired 
if  there  were  not  plenty  of  fish  in  the  lake.  The  landlord 
said  there  were  ;  whereupon  the  gentlemen  concluded  to  stop 
over  and  fish.  I  euvied  him  ;  but  after  starting,  the  driver 
informed  me  in  confidence  that  there  were  fish  in  the  lake, 
but  the  deaced  bite  did  any  one  ever  get  yet  from  any  fish 
worth  catching.   This  consoled  me. 

The  air  becoming  chilly,  I  concluded  to  get  inside ;  and 
thereby  hangs  a  tale--which  I  will  tell  next  week — a  true 
tale  somewhat  mixed  up  with  a  pig-tail,  waich,  ha  !  ha  !  but  I 
have  not  time  to  unfold  it  now.  Podoers. 


2 


THE  CALiFORNIAN. 


(August  llth 


THE    UNDECIDED    GENTLEMAN'S  STORY. 

I AM  about  to  throw  myself  on  the  mercy  of  the  public,  by 
layiug  before  them  a  short  sketch  of  my  past  life.  I  did 
not  mean  to  do  so,  and  even  now  I  am  uncertaiu  as  to  the 
wisdom  of  trying  to  create  a  sympathy  among  the  mass.  I 
have  been  some  years  making  up  my  mind,  or  rather  deciding 
or  undeciding  it ;  but  now  that  I  have  decided,  I  thiuk  I  shall 
on  the  whole  be  glad. 

I  am  not  a  philanthropist  ;  I  do  not  expect  my  story  to 
change  the  course  of  human  nature,  by  altering  especial- pecu- 
liarities. 1  don't  assume  to  be  an  example,  but  I  lay  humble 
claims  to  merit  as  a  warning,  and  as  such  I  reveal  the  rock  on 
which  I  have  split. 

From  the  time  I  could  first  remember,  and  follow  the  lighted 
candle  with  admiring  baby  eyes,  I  have  never  beeu  able  to 
make  up  ray  mind  definitely  about  any  one  single  eveut,  and 
the  tortures  I  have  suffered  in  consequeoce  no  pen  could 
possibly  describe.  From  whom  I  may  have  iuherited  this 
peculiarity  I  don't  know  ;  certainly  not  from  my  parents;  for 
my  Lther  had  a  strong  will,  with  an  unbeuding  firmness  of 
purpose  and  decision  of  character,  which  displayed  themselves 
even  in  the  merest  trifles  ;  and  my  mother  was  not  wanting 
in  decision,  for,  soon  after  her  marriage,  she,  like  a  true 
woman,  lost  all  identity  in  ber  lord  and  master,  showing  by 
that  act  that  she  had  at  least  made  up  her  miud  to  something 
definite  if  inevitable,  and  she  yielded  honorably  on  all  occa- 
sions. 

I  was  one  of  a  large  family,  and  unfortunately  the  eldest. 
My  brothers  were  all  high-spirited,  determined  lads,  who  tried 
on  all  occasions  to  strengthen  their  own  rights  in  any  way 
that  seemed  most  likely  to  succeed,  so  that  the  vacillations  of 
my  mind  made  me  an  easy  prey  to  every  description  of 
tyranny.  In  large  families,  or  indeed  large  communities  of 
any  kind,  a  certaiu  strength  of  character  will  always  make  itself 
felt,  and  the  individual  possessing  it  be  respected,  whilst  the 
reverse  will  be  despised  or  ridiculed,  as  the  case  may  be.  I 
think  during  the  early  portion  of  my  life  I  suffered  most  from 
the  former.  How  my  brothers  chaffed  me!  fl early  every- 
thing they  said  was  prefaced  by,  "  If  you  have  uot  changed 
your  miud,  Con,"  or  "  Had  you.  not  better  consider  before 
you  speak,  or  toss,  so  as  to  be  quite  sure?"  Yes,  then  it  was 
I  never  did  feel  quite  sure  about  aoj  thing,  and  I  recollect  well 
the  tortures  I  suffered  in  consequence. 

To  go  quite  back  to  my  earliest  remembrance  of  the  first 
dawn  of  my  peculiar  weakness,  I  find  myself  in  the  nursery  of 
our  large,  old-fashioned  country  house  in  Warwickshire.  We 
were  all  of  us  in  a  considerable  state  of  excitement,  conse- 
quent on  the  visit  of  an  old  uncle,  a  bachelor,  who  was  re- 
ported to  have  more  lacs  of  rupees  than  other  people  had 
shillings.  Of  course  we  expected  to  benefit  by  such  a  visitor  ; 
nor  were  we  disappointed.  On  the  afternoon  in  question  a 
message  came  to  the  nursery  that  our  presence  was  desired  in 
the  dining-room,  and  that  we  were  to  be  dressed  in  our  best 
for  the  occasion.  How  well  I  remember  the  little  dark-blue 
cloth  surtout,  fastened  in  round  the  waist  by  a  belt  and  stiver 
•buckle,  which  I  and  my  next  brothers,  Robert  and  Edmund, 
wore,  and  the  biue  sashes  of  my  twin  sisters,  down  to  the 
embroidered  frock  and  red  shoes  of  baby.  Of  course,  as  the 
eldest,  I  went  first ;  and,  of  course,  on  reaching  the  dining- 
room  door,  I  could  uot  make  up  my  mind  to  go  in  ;  so  I 
lingered  for  a  while  ;  but  lynch-law  was  administered  from 
behind  by  Robert,  and  my  entrance  was  more  abrupt  than 
graceful  ;  but,  as  I  was  then  only  a  little  boy,  It  was  over- 
looked. 

My  uncle  kissed  ns  all  round  ;  commented  on  our  appear- 
ance, and  likewise  on  our  resemblance  to  various  (to  us  un 
known)  members  of  our  family,  and  finally  brought  out  before 
our  admiring  eyes  a  large  parcel,  which  he  undid,  cutting  the 
string  with  a  little  gold-mounted  penknife. 

"  Now,  Coningsby,"  said  he,  as  he  displayed  a  number  of 
tempting  things ;  "you  are  the  eldest,  so  you  must  take  your 
choice  ;  Robert  the  next  ;  and  so  on." 

The  difficulties  presented  themselves  to  my  mind  at  once. 
I  hesitated — wavered,  There  were  two  articles  that  almost 
equally  took  my  fancy.  One  was  a  sword,  the  other  a  gun. 
Whichever  I  did  ni  t  take,  Robert  would.  Of  that  I  (tit  sure  ; 
and  to  make  up  my  mind  which  I  would  decide  upon  perplexed 
me  sorely.  At  one  moment  I  fancied  that  Robert's  eye  would 
rest  lovingly  on  the  gun,  which  had  imitation  silver  mount- 
ings, and  would  fire  anything,  short  of  powder  and  shot,  and  1 
felt  quite  decided  to  take  it ;  the  next  moment,  and  he  had 
unsheathed  the  sword,  and  I  felt  that  it  was  impossible  to 
relinquish  such  a  treasure. 

My  uucle  waited  long  and  patiently,  but  at  last  he  suggested 
that  I  should  make  up  my  mind.  I  laid  my  hand  on  the  gun  ; 
I  half  drew  it  towards  me  ;  then  I  put  it  back,  and  did  the 
same  with  the  sword,  and  then  I  went  back  to  the  gun  again. 

"  Yon  have  made  your  choice,"  said  my  uncle,  quickly ; 
"  and  now  'tis  Robert's  turn." 

Robert  seized  the  sword,  and  buckled*it  round  bis  waist.  I 
would  have  given  worlds  then  had  it  been  mine,  and  the  gun 
his.  I  think  amidst  my  thanke  my  uncle  detected  this,  for  he 
Baid,  "  Yon  took  which  you  liktfd  best,  did  you  not  my  boy?"  I 

I  hung  my  head  ;  and  Robert,  who  was  as  generous  as  he  < 


was  vindictive,  took  off  the  sword,  and,  handing  it  to  me, 
offered  instantly  to  change.  The  moment  he  had  done  so,  the  I 
gun  rose  iu  my  estimation.  I  was  obliged  to  seem  contented  ; 
1  had  changed  my  mind  again,  but  i:  was  too  late.  I  remem- 
ber I  could  not  sleep  that  night  :  and  at  last  I  decided  on 
telling  Robert,  and  see  if  1  could  not  effect  another  barter, 
but  Robert  was  inexorable,  and  called  me  names  I  don't  wish 
to  repeat,  stating  that  he  had  given  me  a  second  chance,  and 
that  if  he  did  give  me  back  the  gun,  I  should  only  cry  for  the 
sword  back  again  next  day.  I  lelt  crestlallen,  but  not  con- 
vinced ;  it  has  taken  years  to  bring  me  to  a  sad  kuowledge  of 
the  sad  truth  that  I  am  to  be  turned  by  every  straw. 

The  remainder  of  my  boyhood  was  marked  by  other  inci- 
dents very  similar  to  the  one  I  have  narrated.  I  was  sent  to 
school.  I  never  knew  whether  I  preferred  marbles,  or  peg- 
top,  hockey  or  cricket ;  and  a  pastrycook's  shop  bewildered 
me  more  than  anything.  With  sixpence  to  spend,  and  a  hun- 
dred dainty  things  before  me,  I  became  simply  an  object  of 
pity.  I  would  timidly  lay  my  hand  upon  a  tart,  and  then  my 
eyes  would  wander  to  something  else,  and  I  would  look  at 
that,  and  thou  return  and  loook  again  at  the  tart,  finally  select- 
ing a  dainty,  and  eating  it,  yet  repent  of  my  choice  all  the 
while. 

At  college  it  was  just  the  same — in  fact  it  was  worse,  for  I 
was  more  my  own  master.  I  could  never  decide  whether  I 
should  take  to  the  oar,  or  read  for  honors  :  whom  I  should 
select  for  friends,  and  which  of  them  I  should  invite  to  my 
wine-parties  ;  where  I  should  spend  my  vacations,  what  tailor 
1  should  employ,  and  a  thousand  other  trifles  that  make  up 
the  sum  of  life.  However,  no  matter  how  much  I  weighed 
the  matter,  whatever  I  did,  I  always  wished  I  had  done  the 
opposite  :  and  in  this  state  of  mind  1  went  home,  aud  decided 
on  a  profession  — I  say  decided,  but  I  dou  t  uieau  it.  My 
father  called  me  into  his  study  one  moruiug,  and  thus  ad- 
dressed me : 

"  It  I  had  not  beeu  blessed  with  ten  children,  Con,  I  might 
have  made  au  elder  son  of  you  ;  but  I  don't  see  now  how  1 
cau.  You  must  do  as  your  brothers  have  done,  and  go  into 
some  profession.  I  have  given  you  a  college  education,  and 
now  1  give  you  a  week  to  consider  what  you  would  pri  fer,  and 
I  shall  make  it  my  duty  to  help  you  carry  out  your  wishes, 
whether  for  the  Church,  army,  or  the  bar,  as  lar  as  lies  withiu 
my  power." 

•  1  thanked  him,  and  retired  to  reflect.  I  reflected  for  all 
that  week,  but  I  came  to  no  decisiou.  One  day  I  had  almost 
determined  on  the  (Jhurch,  the  next  day  on  the  bar  ;  then 
some  chance  remark  would  unsettle  my  mind  again.  1  would 
have  given  the  world  to  feel  a  stroug,  unbiassed  inclination  in 
some  detiued  direction  ;  but  those  inclinations  seemed  reserved 
for  my  brothers.  Robert  was  a  sailor,  and  enthusiastic  about 
bis  professiou  ;  whilst  Edmund  would  hear  of  nothing  but  be- 
coming a  merchant.  Even  baby,  the  moment  he  abandoned 
his  red  shoes,  asserted  his  intention  of  keeping  a  public-house, 
aud  driving  his  own  coach. 

Luckily,  when  we  are  not  strong  enough  to  settle  for  our- 
selves, some  one  generally  is  to  be  found  who  will  do  it  for  us, 
and  my  future  deslijiy  was  taken  out  of  my  hands  vi  el  armis. 
One  of  my  college  friends  had  just  entered  the  army,  aud  dur- 
ing my  deliberation  we  chanced  to  meet.  I  nsked  him  to 
come  into  Warwickshire  for  a  few  days  to  talk  over  my  pros- 
pects, and  give  me  the  benefit  of  his  advice.  1  had  no  actual 
intention  of  takintr  it,  but  the  result. turned  out  otherwise. 

Rupert  Leigh  was  a  young  man  of  strong  will  and  enthu- 
siastic temperament,  and  was  gifted  with  the  greatest  of  all 
powers,  persuasive  eloquence.  He  laid  before  me,  as  we  sat 
idly  smoking  in  my  particular  den,  the  most  glowing  pictures 
of  soldier  life.  • 

"  Of  course,''  said  he,  "  you  could  not  do  anything  else  but 
go  into  the  army,  and,  if  possible,  into  my  regiment.  Every 
other  profession  is  quite  unfit  for  you,  aud  you  are  unfit  for 
any  other  professiou." 

I  partly  yielded,  or  rather  I  felt  almost  tempted  ;  and,  be- 
fore he  left,  I  had  under  his  advice  intimated  my  views  to  my 
father,  and  so  1  became  a  victim.  I  say  a  victim,  for  no 
sooner  did  I  wake  to  find  myself  really  gazetted  into  the  104th, 
which  was  Rupert  Leigh's  regiment,  than  1  bitterly  repented 
my  choice.  It  had  all  been  done  in  a  hurry,  and  now  it  was 
too  late.  My, uniform  was  ordered  ;  I  was  besieged  with  cir- 
culars from  outfitters,  and  the  day  when  I  was  to  join  my  regi- 
ment had  been  signified  by  an  order  from  the  Horse  Guards. 

My  father  gave  me  his  blessing,  a  tolerably  haudsoine  order 
on  Cox  k  Co.,  aud  some  good  advice.  My  mother  cried  over 
me^and  my  Bisters  packed  my  boxes  :  my  youngest  brother, 
Fred,  gavn  me  his  retriever-pup,  and  little  Conslunce  knitted 
pie  a  pair  of  muffettees.  with  her  own  fat  fingers  ;  and  so, 
amid  such  family  consolation,  I  left  home  and  went  into  the 
world. 

The  regiment  was  quartered  at  Chester,  and  we  were  not 
for  foreign  seTrice  til)  the  next  year.  Rupert  Leigh  received 
me  very  cordia'ly,  and  introduced  me  to  his'  frieuds.  Things 
seemed  to  have  taken  a  rather  fortunate  turn,  but  for  one  cir- 
cumstance :  I  never  felt  quite  pure  that  I  had  not  made  a 
mistake.  Every  young  clergyman  1  #*et  opened  my  mind  to 
new  doubts  as  to  whether  theology  had  not  been  my  express 


vocation  ;  every  man  of  business  as  to  the  question  of  specu- 
lation on  the  Bourse  or  Stock  Exchange.  There  certanly 
arose  one  good  out  of  the  profession  I  had  embraced,  as  fur 
as  affected  my  natural  character.  There  were  certain  things 
that  were  not  left  to  my  own  judgment — things  which  I  was 
compelled  to  do  :  and  the  machine  like  evolutions  of  a  sol- 
dier's body  acted  favorably  on  ray  mind  ;  it  was  only  thiugs 
that  were  left  that  tormented  me.  1  often  wonder  why  I  was 
not  born  a  woman,  with  the  inestimable  privilege  of  being 
allowed  to  change  my  mind  every  hour  of  the  day ! 

I  don't  thiuk  my  peculiarity  was  discovered  in  the  regiment 
for  some  lime,  but  it  came  out  by  degrees.  At  races,  if  I 
backed  a  favorite  horse,  and  had  apparently  every  chance  of 
winning,  the  least  straw  would  turn  me  in  another  direction, 
and  I  would  set  about  hedging,  and  so  lose  all  my  chances 
making  and  uumaking  my  book  twenty  times.  If  we  got  up 
a  ball,  and  each  officer  had  the  privilege  of  inviting  a  certain 
number  of  guests,  l(would  debate  so  long,  and  change  my 
mind  so  often,  that  the  day  would  arrive,  and  it  was  too  late 
for  me  to  ask  any  one. 

1  affected  dandyism,  but  I  never  could  decide  on  my  model, 
consequently  the  changes  in  my  costume  were  marvellous, and 
my  tailor's  bill  was  alarming.  When  it  became  my  turn  to 
cater  for  the  mess,  I  believe  1  nearly  drove  the  cook  frantic 
by  my  orders  aud  counter-orders.  Even  in  such  trifles  as 
writing  notes,  I  never  could  decide  upon  what  to  say,  aud  I 
would  ofteu  tear  up  a  dozen  iu  succession  before  settling  upon 
the  one  which  I*  would  send.  I  had  no  sooner  bought  a  horse 
and  dog-cart,  which  1  had  immeusely  coveted,  aud  for  which 
I  had  outbid  a  number  of  applicants,  than  1  would  have  given 
worlds  to  have  been  able  to  change  it  for  a  mail  phaeton.  I 
gave  away  my  dog,  and  could  scarcely  refrain  from  asking  to 
have  it  back  the  very  uext  day.  Indeed,  in  ever)  thing,  except, 
as  1  have  said,  the  inevitable  duties  attendant  on  my  profes- 
sion, my  life  was  almost  a  burden. 

At  last  an  event  happened  which  might  have  become  the 
turuing  point  of  my  existence — I  fell  in  love.  The  only  rea- 
sou  1  can  give  for  doing  so  is,  that  love  is  an  involuntary  act. 
Would  that  marriage  had  been  so  also !  But  that  beiug  left 
to  my  owu  decision,  J  naturally  marred  my  destiny.  Not  far 
from  Chester  1  had  often  noticed  a  fine  old  fashioned  country 
house,  called  "  The  Cedars,"  well  situated  in  a  wooded  park, 
little  thinking  how  great  an  influence  its  inmates  would  have 
upon  myself.  But  so  it  was  :  my  fattier  wrote  to  tell  me  that 
the  Walsinghams  were  old  friends  of  his  early  days  ;  that  he 
had  accidentally  heard  of  their  liviu£  near  Chester,  and  de- 
sired me  to  call  upon  them. 

I  often  wonder  why  I  went ;  I  took  several  weeks  making 
up  my  mind  to  do  so.  Perhaps,  if  1  had  never  gone,  I  should 
uever  have  known  Isabel  Walsinghain  .  and  theu — 

Alas  !  Isabel  Waleingham  is  one  of  the  most  unhappy  memo- 
ries of  my  past  life.  1  saw  her  the  first  day  I  went  to  "  The 
Cedars  ;"  she  came  in  at  the  open  drawing-room  window  with 
some  flowers  in  her  hand,  wearing  a  softly  falling  muslin  dress 
and  a  straw  hat,  under  which  was  a  face  of  surpassing  loveli- 
ness. No  Isabel,  1  thought,  however  renowned  in  song  or 
prose,  could  ever  equal  Isabel  Walsiogham.  with  her  dark  eyes, 
brown  hair,  smiling,  rosy  lips, and  teeth  that  might  have  rivalled 
Nell  C  Wynne's.  She  was  not  tall,  nor  very  slight,  but  all  her 
movements  were  light  and  graceful,  and  there  was  a  joyous 
ring  in  her  laugh  that  seemed  like  flashes  of  sunshine. 

1  remained  to  luncheon  ;  1  was  asked  to  dinner,  and  was 
treated,  by  reason  of  my  father,  like  an  old  friend.  Sir  John 
Walsinghain  was  a  kind,  hospitable  country  gentleman,  aud 
his  wife  a  perfect  model  of  old  age,  as  she  sat  in  an  arm-chair 
dressed  in  a  handsome  gray  silk  dress  and  white  lace  cap. 

Isabel  was  not  the  ouly  member  of  the  family.  She  had 
Gve  brothers,  but  only  oue  was  at  home,  and  he  did  not  return 
till  just  belore  dinner,  so  that  during  the  ufternoon  I  was  left 
entirely  to  the  care  of  Isabel,  who  lionized  me  over  the  grounds, 
and  finally  allowed  me  to  tuke  her  out  fur  a  row  ou  a  branch 
of  the  river  which  ran  through  the  park. 

Her  brother  Frank  had  returned  by  the  time  we  were 
thinking  of  going  back,  and  be  came  to  meet  us — a  bright, 
curly-beaded  boy  of  about  seventeen,  who  resembled  Label, 
without  being  exactly  like  her.  We  all  returned  to  the  house 
together.  Shortly  after  our  return,  dinner  was  announced,  and 
the  rest  of  the  evening  flew,  rather  than  passed  away,  and  I 
fouDd  myself  once  more  in  my  barrack-room.  I  could  not 
sleep  ;  for  when  I  went  to  bed  I  was  haunted  by  Isabel  Wal- 
singham. 

1  went  to  "  Tin-  Cedars  "  again  and  again,  until  my  frequent 
absence  from  barracks  began  to  draw  remarks  upon  me,  which 
I  evaded  as  well  ns  I  could.  But  at  last  my  idol  was  discov- 
ered ;  and  I —  However,  I  may  as  well  relate  how  it  all  hap- 
pened. 

The  Walsinghams  talked  of  giving  a  ball ;  and  as  Isabel 
seemed  enchanted  at  the  idea,  I  warmly  seconded  it,  and 
promised  to  secuie  the  attendance  of  as  many  of  my  brother 
officers  as  they  required.  I  felt  that  I  loved  Isabel  ;  and  I 
thought  of  proposing  for  her  hand  before  finally  deciding  that 
Rupert  Leigh  should  see  her,  and  that  I  should  have  his 
opiuiou. 

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the  cat  to  guard  the  cream,  and  it  was  mine.)  The  ball 
was  a  great  success  ;  I  never  saw  Isabel  look  so  radi- 
antly lovely.  I  longed  to  pass  the  eutire  night  by  her 
side,  but  I  refrained.  I  led  up  Kupert  Leigh,  introduced  him, 
and  watched»at  a  distance  the  impression,  and  hoped  he  had 
produced  a  favorable  one.  He  had  psked  her  to  dance,  and 
as  they  whirled  past  me  in  a  waltz,  his  eyes  met  mine,  and  I 
saw  that  he  approved.  I  think  that  during  the  whole  of  that 
evening  I  avoided  Isabel ;  first,  because  I  did  not  want  to 
make  myself  conspicuous  :  and  secondly,  because  I  was 
anxious  for  Rupert  Leigh  to  have  every  opportunity  of  form- 
ing his  opiniou,  aud  I  saw  that  he  hovered  about  her  with  that 
intention. 

Ouce,  late  in  the  evening,  she  came  up  to  me,  and  I  fancied 
her  dark  eyes  had  something  of  reproach  in  them  as  she  said 
softly  :  "  Are  you  enjoying  my  ball,  Mr.  Leicester  ?" 

"  Very  much,  Miss  Walsingham,"  I  replied  ;  "  but  I  should 
enjoy  it  more  if  you  could  spare  me  another  dance." 

I  fancied  a  color  flushed  into  her  cheeks  as  she  bent  over 
her  card. 

"  Why  did  you  not  ask  me  before  ?"  said  Isabel. 
"  You  are  so  much  engaged,  I  did  not  like  to  do  so,"  I 
replied. 

'  Strangers,"  said  she,  "  would  never  be  put  before  friends, 
unless  my  friends  deserted  me." 

"  You  consider  me,  then,  as  a  friend,"  I  asked. 

The  color  now  rose  unmistakably,  but  she  looked  up  into 
my  face,  and  said,  "Are  you  not?" 

I  took  her  hand,  and  drew  it  through  my  arm.  I  bent  over 
her,  and  whispered  somo  low,  soft  words,  and  felt  her 
hand  tremble  in  mine.  The  music  struck  up,  and  without 
another  word  we  entered  the  dreamy  maze  of  the  waltz. 
When  we  stopped,  llupert  Leigh  was  standing  before  us. 

"  I  thiuk  that  was  my  dance,  Miss  Walsingham,"  said  he. 

"  Never  mind,  old  fellow,"  I  said  ;  "  it  was  ray  fault."  And 
I  nodded  to  him  gayly,  once  more  putting  my  arm  round  her 
waist  as  the  "  Dreams  of  Childhood  "  came  wafted  from  the 
orchestra  down  the  brilliantly  lighted  room. 

After  the  dance  was  over,  I  still  lingered  by  her  side,  and, 
finally,  we  found  ourselves  standing  on  the  broad  terrace  that 
skirted  the  drawing-room,  with  the  moon  above  our  heads. 
What  a  glorious  night  it  was  1  everything  in  Nature  so  in- 
tensely still,  and  the  perfume  of  the  flowers,  like  incense, 
stealing  up  with  every  faint  breath  of  air. 

"  You  look  tired,  Miss  Walsingham,"  said  I,  as  we  walked 
slowly  on. 

"  No*,  very,"  she  replied  ;  "  but  I  like  the  feeling  of  reaction 
on  coming  out  iuto  the  quiet  night  air,  after  all  the  excite- 
ment of  lights  and  dancing.  Listen  to  the  music,"  she  said, 
pointing  iu  the  direction  of  the  ball-room,  ''and  then  look 
out  here." 

I  glanced  at  the  scenery,  and  then  my  eyes  rested  on  Isabel 
heiself.  Surely  nothing  in  Nature  or  Art  could  have  looked 
more  bewitching  than  she  did  then  in  her  floating  white  dress, 
that,  in  the  uncertain  light,  seemed  like  summer  clouds  with 
heart's-ease  and  blush-roses  iu  her  brown  hair.  She  held  a 
bouquet  of  hot-house  flowers  in  her  hand,  and  as  she  bent  over 
them  a  sudden  impulse  made  me  ask  her  to  give  it  me,  iu 
remembrance,  I  said,  of  the  evening.  She  smiled  as  she  partly 
held  them  towards  me. 

We  turned,  aud  slowly  retraced  our  steps.  I  was  debating 
whether  I  should  propose,  hut  at  last  it  was  decided  for  me 
that  I  should  not ;  for  Isabel's  band  was  claimed  for  a  dance 
the  moment  we  came  in  view  of  the  windows  ;  not  that  1  had 
positively  decided  even  that  Miss  Walsingham  was  necessary 
to  my  happiness,  but  I  was  thinking  it  might  be  so.  As  she 
swept  past  me  half  an  hour  afterwards,  making  some  gay  re- 
partee to  a  remark  of  Rupert  Leigh's,  her  light  laugh  janed 
disagreeably  ou  my  ear,  and  I  determined  to  broach  the  sub- 
ject to  him  ou  our  way  hom6.  I  did  so.  I  felt  very  uude- 
cided  as  how  to  begin,  but  the  difficulty  was  saved  me. 

We  lighted  our  cigars,  and  in  the  fair  dawn  of  a  summer 
morning  had  hardly  left  the  gay  scene  behind  us,  when  Rjpert 
Leigh  offered  me  what  he  was  pleased  to  term  his  hearty  con- 
gratulations, which  he  accompanied  by  a  slap  upon  my  shoul- 
ders that  nearly  made  me  drop  the  reins  out  of  my  hands,  and 
caused  my  horse,  "  Sultan,"  to  rear  on  his  hind  legs.  I  was 
driving  myself  in  the  dog-cart,  the  purchase  of  which  I  had  so 
regretted. 

A  few  minutes  ago,  and  I  was  anxious  Rupert  Leigh  should 
feel  that  a  something  was  understood  between  Miss  Walsing- 
ham and  myself;  but  now,  that  it  appeared  evident  such  was 
the  case,  my  miud  gave  one  of  its  uncomfortable  rebounds, 
though  I  still  pursued  the  subject,  and  asked  his  opinion.  He 
wanned  upon  it,  and  spoke  in  a  way  that  certainly  was  grati- 
fying. I  told  him  that  I  had  made  an  arrangement  to  lunch 
at  "The  Cedars  "  on  the  following  day,  and  wished  him  to 
accompany  me.  He  hesitated  as  to  the  propriety  of  his  doing 
ao  unasked,  but  I  pressed  the  point,  assuring  him  that  be 
ought  to  call,  and  that  a3  my  particular  friend  his  doing  it 
with  me  was  only  natural.    So  it  euded  that  we  went. 

After  luncheon,  I  left  him  to  wander  about  the  grounds 
with  Isabel,  in  order  that  he  might  become  better  acquaiuted 
with  her,  while  I  talked  to  Sir  John  ;  and  he  certainly  seemed 


to  improve  the  occasion,  for  we  did  not  get  away  until  nearly 
five  o'clock.  Going  home,  he  renewed  the  congratulations 
which  he  had  offered  on  the  morning  of  the  ball ;  but  the 
the  possibility  of  his  thinking  I  was  decided  ou  marrying 
made  me  uneasy. 

Was  I  decided  ?  Night  after  night  I  lay  awake,  and 
weighed  the  pros  and  cons.  I  tossed  •'  Heads  I  do  ;  tails,  I 
don't."  I  tried  if  my  marriage  came  out  in  "patience,"  sitting 
over  the  cards  alone  in  my  own  room.  1  continued  to  visit 
at  "  The  Cedars,"  but  managing  it  as  quietly  as  I  could.  I 
was  no  longer  the  same.  In  Isabel's  society  I  was  absent  and 
constrained,  fearing  I  might  do  or  say  anything  that  might 
commit  me. 

While  in  this  state  of  mind  the  affair  got  wind  in  the  regi- 
ment, and  one  night  at  mess  I  was  overwhelmed  with  con- 
gratulations. The  instinct  of  self-preservation  made  me  deny 
that  I  had  the  slightest  intentions  in  a  matrimonial  direction, 
and  I  reiterated  my  denial  again  and  again. 

When  mess  was  over,  and  we  were  standing  in  the  ante- 
room, Rupert  Leigh  came  over  to  where  I  was  standing,  and, 
putting  his  arm  within  mine,  asked  me  to  come  up  and 'have 
a  cigar  with  him  in  his  own  room  ;  and,  anxious  to  escape,  I 
acceded.  When  we  had  settled  ourselves  comfortably — a 
thing  it  was  quite  possible  to  do  in  Rupert  Leigh's  room, 
where  things  were  fitted  up  with  the  elegance  of  a  lady's 
boudoir — selecting  two  arm  chairs  of  the  most  luxurious  de- 
scription, and  lighting  our  cigars,  he  returned  to  the  subject 
of  my  probable  engagement  to  Isabel  Walsingham.  I  don't 
know  what  possessed  me,  but  the  feeling  that  Isabel  was  being 
forced  upon  me  made  me  deny  to  him  having  any  intention 
of  marrying,  as  I  had  done  to  the  others. 

His  manner  was  so  serious  that  I  became  quite  alarmed. 
Had  I  gone  too  far  ?  My  mind  was  iu  a  complete  chaos. 
Why  were  not  marriages  arranged  by  the  families,  on  the 
French  system  ?  What  agonies  of  doubt  I  should  have  been 
saved  !  I  don't  know,  or  rather  I  did  not  then  know,  what 
possessed  Rupert  Laigh,  but  he  got  up  quite  abrubtly,  shook 
my  hand,  called  me  "a  jolly  old  fellow,"  and  proposed  brandy 
and  water.  Alas !  I  know,  now  that  it  is  too  late,  what  it  all 
meant.  As  it  was  then,  I  enjoyed  the  evening  immensely. 
Two  or  three  other  men  came  in,  and  I  forgot,  in  the  fumes 
of  alcohol,  the  troubles  of  my  mind,  which  seemed  just  then 
to  have  acquired  a  stability  quite  unaccountable.  I  railed  at 
matrimony  generally,  sang  comic  songs,  and  recited  "  Betty 
Hunt." 

I  don't  remember  going  to  bed,  but  I  found  myself  there 
in  the  morning,  and  all  my  force  of  character  seemed  to  have 
been  left  behind  me.  However,  I  determined  to  give  up  for 
a  time  going  to  "  The  Cedars,"  and  to  let  it  be  felt  in  the 
regiment  tha*  no  joking  on  the  subject  was  to  be  allowed  ; 
and  I  succeeded  with  the  assistance  of  Rupert  Leigh,  who 
promised  to  give  a  hini  to  that  effect.  I  know  now  that  his 
generosity  extended  further,  and  that  he  went  constantly  in 
my  place  to  see  Isabel  Walsingham. 

The  first  disagreeable  impression,  that  I  was  about  to  lay 
mself  open  to  the  chance  of  being  obliged  to  do  something 
definite  about  Miss  Walsingham,  was  wearing  away,  and  in 
its  place  a  restless  desire  to  see  her  was  just  beginning  to 
take  possession  of  my  mind,  when,  one  evening,  in  the  private 
room  of  an  Irish  lieutenant,  a  toast  was  proposed.  Rupert 
Leigh  was  not  present  ;  he  had  gone  out  to  dinner — where,  I 
did  not  then  know.  However,  glasses  were  filled,  and  three 
cheers  given  for  Rupert  Leigh  and  his— lady-love  I  A  sick 
feeling  stole  over  me.  His  lady-love  !  Who  was  she  ?  I 
asked.  Who?  Isabel  Wasingham  !  A  thousand  demons 
seemed  to  shriek  her  name;  and  a  mist  floated  before  my  eyes. 
I  retained  only  sufficient  consciousness  to  rush  from  the 
room.  Now  that  Isabel  was  lost  I  knew  I  wanted  her — that 
I  must  have  her.  I  was  mad  with  rage.  What  a  traitor  I 
had  cherished  as  a  friend  !  I  only  waited  for  his  return  to 
pour  down  my  vengeance  upon  him.  Hours  passed,  during 
which  I  paced  up  and  down  my  barrack  room  ;  at  last  I  heard 
his  horse's  tread,  then  his  footstep  on  the  stair,  aud  then  his 
door  shut. 

I  followed  instantly.  I  did  not  even  knock,  and  I  found 
him  standing  with  a  photograph  in  his  hand,  which  be  was 
admiring  by  the  uncertain  light  of  a  sandle.  At  the  very 
first  glance  I  knew  whose  portrait  it  was,  aud  it  gave  an  impe- 
tus to  my  wrath,  convinced,  as  I  was,  that  Rupert  Leigh  was 
a  man  whom  any  woman  might  love.  I  had  never  considered 
him  so  much  personally  before  as  I  did  in  the  few  moments 
during  which  I  held  his  door-handle  in  my  trembling  hand. 
His  deep  gray  eyes  were  bent  on  the  picture,  a  soft  smile 
played  on  his  lips,  whilst  I — but  I  could  contain  myself  no 
longer  ;  he  had  looked  up,  and  our  eyes  met. 

"Is  this  true,"  I  said,  "  that  you  are  engaged  to  Isabel 
Walsingham  ?"    " *  V"0""-' 

"  Quite  true,"  he  replied,  and  as  be  spoke  he  drew  himself 
up  as  if  he  were  proud  to  say  it.  The  action  more  than 
words  maddened  me.    »nl  1©  ■n>&!  ji 

"  And  you  say  this  to  me  I"  I  exclaimed — "  me.  when  you 
knew  Isabel  Walsingham  was  all  but  my  affianced  wife!" 

"  I  knew  that  she  wa3  not,"  ho  replied.  "  I  had  it  from 
I  your  own  lipaJhfOIMq  bM  bwwwtf  u*i  TtJ«»II^~*MM*<J  1  ■ 


I  burst  into  a  torrent  of  invective,  and  he  waited  till  I  had 
done.  "  I  will  not  quarrel  with  you,"  he  said  ;  "  we  have  been 
friends  too  long.  First  listen  to  me.  Just  consider.  I  would 
not  take  your  word  at  mess,  for  I  thought  you  might  then 
have  said  what  you  did  in  the  heat  of  the  moment ;  but  you 
repeated  that  you  never  meant  to  ask  Isabel  Walsingham  to 
be  your  wife  here  in  this  very  room  to  me,  as  your  friend,  and 
when  we  were  alone.  I  liked  Isabel  Walsingham  even  then, 
and  in  my  heart  I  thanked  you  for  your  decision.  It  was  not 
till  after  that  I  thought  to  win  her  for  myself ;  after  that  I 
did,  and  now — " 

"  She  shall  never  be  yours  if  I  can  prevent  it  I"  I  exclaimed  ; 
and  again  I  launched  into  a  volley  of  bitter  reproaches.  In 
my  rage  I  rushed  at  him,  but  he  was  stronger  than  I,  and  held 
me  back. 

"  This  is  folly,"  he  said — "  folly  which  it  is  too  late  now  to 
repair.  If  you  had  known  your  own  mind,  I  should  never 
have  tried  to  come  between  you  aud  your  wishes  ;  as  it  is — " 

"  As  it  is,"  I  repeated.  "  I  only  want  the  morning  light  to 
go  to  '  The  Cedars  '  to  explain  it  all — your  villainy  and  my 
own  love." 

He  smiled.  I  paused  again  at  the  door,  the  smile  was  too 
hateful  to  me  ;  but  I  could  not  speak.  I  rushed  back  to  my 
own  room.  I  ordered  my  dog-cart,  first  for  six  o'clock,  then 
for  seven,  then  for  nine,  and  finally  for  ten — and  at  ten  I 
started  for  "  The  Cedars,"  as  I  was  determined  to  see  Isabel. 
She  would  come  to  me  in  the  drawing-room,  and  stand  before 
me  in  her  soft  white  dress,  and  we  should  be  alone.  I  would 
expose  the  perfidy  of  Rupert  Leigh,  and  confess  my  own  love, 
and  she  would  confess  in  return  that  she  had  always  loved  me 
best  ;  and  then  the  tears  would  come,  and  I  should  wipe  them 
away,  feel  her  little  trembling  hand  in  mine,  and  the  soft 
brown  hair  would  rest  on  my  shoulders,  and  the  dark  eyes 
look  up  to  mine,  and  Rupert  Leigh  should  be  forever  con- 
signed to  oblivion  ! 

I  was  carried  away  by  the  fervor  of  my  imaginetion  for  at 
least  five  miles  of  the  journey,  but  as  I  neared  "  The  Cedars  " 
it  abated,  and  my  fixed  determination  of  seeking  an  interview 
with  Isabel  Walsingham  wavered.  I  drew  in  the  horse's 
reins  till  what  had  at  starting  been  almost  a  gallop  became  a 
walk  ;  and  finally,  when  I  was  just  in  sight  of  the  house,  I 
stopped  altogether. 

I  believe  I  remained  almost  an  hour  trying  to  decide  whether 
I  would  go  into  the  lodge  gates  or  not,  but  I  saw  a  carriage 
advancing,  and  not  having  the  courage  to  remain,  I  turned 
and  retraced  my  steps  to  Chester. 

Years  have  gone  by  since  then,  but  the  lessons  I  have  been 
taught  have  failed  in  bringing  in  a  harvest  of  results.  Rupert 
Leigh  sold  out,  and  married  Isabel  Walsingham,  and  shortly 
after  the  regiment  was  ordered  abroad.  I  meant  to  try  for 
an  exchange,  but  I  kept  putting  it  off  for  ten  years,  and  then 
the  return  home  of  the  regiment  prevented  my  carrying  out 
my  intention.  I  have  often  thought  of  leaving  the  army 
altogether,  but  can  never  come  to  a  definite  conclusion.  I  am 
not  high  up  in  the  regiment,  for  men  have  purchased  over  my 
head,  not  because  I  was  wanting  in  the  means  requisite,  but 
I  never  decided  in  time  whether  I  preferred  my  money  in  the 
funds  or  not. 

I  am  still  unmarried,  but  am  no  longer  a  victim  to  the 
memory  of  Isabel  Walsingham  ;  for,  on  the  contrary,  I  have 
been  on  the  borders  of  the  hymenal  nbyss  on  several  subse- 
quent occasions,  but  never  quite  over,  still  feeling  haunted  by 
the  fear  of  making  a  mistake.  But  I  by  no  means  give  up  the 
idea  ;  aud  should  I  ever  make  up  my  miud  definitively  on  that 
or  any  other  subject,  I  will  let  the  public  know. 

Florence  Nightingale  on  the  Italian  Cause. — Florence 
Nightingale  has  addressed  a  letter  to  the  Cavaliere  Sebas- 
tianio  Fenzi,  one  of  the  committee  for  organizing  a  system  of 
volunteer  assistance  to  the  hospital  department  of  the  army. 
It  closes  as  follows  :  "  Thus  far  I  have  given  dry  advice  as 
drily  as  I  could.  But  you  must  permit  me  to  say  that  if  there 
is  anything  I  could  do  for  you  at  any  time,  and  you  would 
command  me,  I  should  esteem  it  the  greatest  honor  and  pleas- 
ure. I  am  a  hopeless  invalid,  entirely  a  prisoner  to  my  room, 
aud  overwhelmed  with  business.  Otherwise  how  gladly  would 
I  answer  to  your  call,  and  come  to  do  my  little  best  for  you  in 
the  dear  city  where  I  was  born.  If  the  giving  my  miserable 
life  could  hasten  your  success  but  by  half  an  hour  how  gladly 
would  I  give  it.  But  you  will  not  want  for  success,  or  for 
martyrs,  or  for  volunteers,  or  for  soldiers.  Our  old  General, 
Lord  Clyde  (he  is  dead  now,)  was  standing  at  the  port  of 
Balaclava  when,  eleven  years  ago,  the  Italian  Bersagiiere  were 
landing  ;  and  he  turned  round  and  arid  to  his  companion  (a 
man  high  in  office,)  '  I  wish  to  hide  my  face— I  blush  for  our- 
selves when  I  see  the  perfect  way  in  which  those  glorious 
troops  are  brought  up  to  their  work.'  And  what  have  not 
the  Italians  done  since  in  these  eleven  years?— the  work 
almost  of  eleven  oeuturies.  I,  too,  remember  the  Italian 
(Sardinian)  hospitals  <Jn  the  heights  of  Balaclava,  and  their 
admirable  government ;  and  sinoe  then  what  has  not  the  pro- 
gress heen  ?  I  wish  you  God  speed  with  my  whole  heart,  and 
beg  that  you  will  believe  roe,  air,  your  ever  faithful  aer- 


4 


THE  CALiFORNlAN. 


(August  llth 


CAPRI   AND  CAPRIOTES. 
I 

I HAVE  no  doubt  "  Calm  Capri  waits,"  where  we  left  it  in 
the  Gulf  of  Salerno,  for  any  traveller  who  may  choose 
to  pay  it  a  visit ;  but  at  the"  time  we  were  there  we  felt  that 
it  was  on  exhibition  for  that  day  only,  and  would,  when  we 
departed,  disappear  in  its  sapphire  sea,  and  bo  no  more  ;  just 
as  Niagara  ceases  to  play  as  soon  as  your  back  is  turned,  and 
Venice  goes  out  like  a  pyrotechnic  display,  and  all  marvel- 
lously grand  and  lovely  things  make  haste  to  prove  their  im- 
permanence. 

We  delayed  some  days  in  Naples  in  hopes  of  fine  weather, 
and  at  last  chose  a  morning  that  was  warm  and  cloudy  at  nine 
o'clock,  and  burst  into  frequent  passions  of  rain  before  we 
reached  Sorrento  at  noon.  The  first  half  of  the  journey  was 
made  by  rail,  and  brought  us  to  Castellamare,  whence  we  took 
carriage  for  Sorrento,  and  oranges,  and  rapture — winding  along 
the  steep  shore  of  the  sea,  and  under  the  brows  of  wooded 
hills  that  rose  high  above  us  into  the  misty  weather,  and 
caught  here  and  there  the  sunshine  on  their  tops.  In  that 
heavenly  climate  no  day  can  long  be  out  of  humor,  and  at 
Sorrento  we  found  ours  very  pleasant,  and  rode  delightedly 
through  the  devious  streets,  looking  up  to  the  terraced  orange- 
groves  on  one  hand  and  down  to  the  terraced  orange  groves 
on  the  other,  until  at  a  certain  turning  of  the  way  we  encoun- 
tered Antonino  Occhio  dArgento,  whom  fate  had  appointed 
to  be  our  boatman  to  Capri.  We  had  never  heard  of  Anto- 
nino before,  and  indeed  had  intended  to  take  a  boat  from  one 
of  the  hotels  ;  but  when  this  corsair  offered  us  his  services, 
there  was  that  guile  in  his  handsome  face,  that  cunning  in  his 
dark  e/es,  that  heart  could  no'  resist,  and  we  halted  our  car- 
riage and  took  him  at  once.  He  kept  his  boat  in  one  of  those 
caverns  which  honeycomb  the  cliff  under  Sorrento,  and  afford 
a  natural  and  admirable  shelter  for  such  small  craft  as  may  be 
dragged  up  out  of  reach  of  the  waves,  and  here  I  bargained 
with  him  before  finally  agreeing  to  go  with  him  to  Capri.  In 
Italy  it  is  customary  for  a  public  carrier  when  engaged  to  give 
his  employer  as  a  pledge  the  sum  agreed  npou  for  the  service, 
■which  is  returned,  with  the  amount  due  him,  at  the  end,  if  the 
service  has  been  satisfactory  ;  and  I  demanded  of  Antonino 
this  caparra,  as  it  is  called.  "  What  caparra  ?"  said  he,  lift- 
ing the  lid  of  his  wicked  eye  with  his  forefinger  ;  "  this  is  the 
best  caparra"  meaning  a  face  as  honest  and  trustworthy  a3 
the  devil's.  The  stroke  confirmed  my  subjection  to  Antonino, 
and  I  took  his  boat  without  further  parley,  declining  even  to 
feel  the  muscle  of  his  boatmen's  arms,  which  he  kindly  exposed 
to  my  touch  in  evidence  that  they  were  strong  enough  to  row 
us  swiftly  to  Capri.  The  men  were  but  two  in  number,  but 
they  tossed  the  boat  lightly  into  the  surf,  and  then  lifted  me 
aboard,  and  rowed  to  the  little  pier  from  which  the  ladies  and 
T.  got  in. 

The  sun  shone,  the  water  danced  and  sparkled,  and  presently 
we  raised  our  sail,  and  took  the  gale  that  blew  for  Capri — au 
oblong  height  rising  ten  miles  beyond  out  of  the  heart  of  the 
azure  gulf.  On  the  way  thither  there  was  little  interest  but 
that  of  natural  beauty  in  the  bold,  picturesque  coast  we  skirted 
for  some  distance  ;  though  on  one  mighty  rock  there  were  the 
ruins  of  a  seaward  looking  Temple  of  Hercules,  with  arches 
of  the  unmistakable  Roman  masonry,  below  which  the  reced- 
ing waves  rushed  and  poured  over  a  jetting  ledge  in  a  thun- 
derous cataract. 

Antonino  did  hii  best  to  entertain  us,  and  lectured  us  un- 
ceasingly upon  his  virtue  and  his  wisdom,  dwelling  greatly  on 
the  propriety  and  good  policy  of  always  epeaking  the  truth. 
This  spectacle  of  veracity  became  intolerable  after  awhile,  and 
I  was  goaded  to  say  :  "  Oh  then,  if  you  never  tell  lies,  you  ex- 
pect to  go  to  Paradise."  "  Not  at  all,"  answered  Antonino 
compassionately, "  for  I  have  sinned  much.  But  the  lie  doesn  t 
go  ahead  (non  va  avanti,"  )  added  this  Machiavelli  of  boat- 
men ;  but  I  think  he  was  mistaken,  for  he  deceived  us  with 
perfect  ease  and  admirable  success.  All  along,  he  had  pre- 
tended that  we  could  see  Capri,  visit  the  Blue  Grotto,  and  re- 
turn that  day  ;  but  as  we  drew  near  the  island,  painful  doubts 
began  to  trouble  him,  and  he  feared  the  sea  would  be  too 
rough  for  the  Grotto  part  of  the  affair.  "  But  there  will  be 
an  old  man,"  he  said,  with  a  subtle  air  of  prophecy,  "  waiting 
for  us  on  the  beach.  This  old  man  is  one  of  the  Government 
guides  to  the  Grotto,  and  he  will  say  whether  it  is  to  be  seen 
to-day."  And  certainly  there  was  the  old  man  on  the  beach 
— a  short  patriarch,  with  his  baldness  covered  by  a  kind  of 
bloated  woloen  sack,  a  blear-eyed  sage,  and  bare-legged.  He 
waded  through  the  surf  toward  the  boat,  and  (at  a  secret  sig- 
nal from  Antonino,  as  I  shall  always  believe)  when  we  asked 
him  whether  the  Grotto  was  to  be  seen,  be  paused  knee-deep 
in  the  water,  put  on  a  face  of  tender  solemnity,  threw  back 
his  head  a  little,  brought  bis  hand  to  his  cheek,  expanded  it, 
and  said,  "  No  ;  to  day,  no  !  To-morrow,  yes  I"  Antonino 
leaped  joyously  ashore,  and  delivered  us  over  to  the  old  man, 
to  be  guided  to  the  Hotel  di  Londra,  while  he  drew  his  boat 
upon  thfe  load.  He  had  reason  to  be  contented,  for  this  arti- 
Iivb  of  the  patrjarph  of  Capri  relieved  him  from  the  necessity 
of  verifying  to  nae  the  existence  of  an  officer  of  extraordinary 
powers  in  the  nature  of  a  consul,  who,  he  said,  would  not  per- 


mit boats  to  leave  Capri  for  the  mainland  after  five  o'clock  in 

the  evening. 

When  it  was  decided  that  we  should  remain  on  the  island 
till  the  morrow,  we  found  so  much  time  on  our  hands,  after 
bargaining  for  our  lodging  at  the  Hotel  di  Londra,  that  we 
resolved  to  ascend  the  mountain  to  the  ruins  of  the  palaces 
of  Tiberius,  aud  to  this  end  we  contracted  for  the  services  of 
certain  of  the  niuletre«39S  that,  had  gathered  about  the  iron 
gate,  clamorously  offering  their  beasts.  The  muletresses 
chosen  were  a  matron  of  mature  years,  and  of  a  portly  habit 
of  body  ;  her  daughter,  a  mere  child,  and  her  nieee,  a  very 
pretty  girl  of  eighteen,  with  a  voice  as  sweet  as  a  bird's. 
They  placed  the  ladies,  one  on  each  mule,  and  then,  the  mother 
and  daughter  devoting  themselves  to  the  hind  quarters  of  the 
foremost  animal,  the  lovely  niece  brought  up  the  rear  of  the 
second  beast,  while  the  patriarch  went  before,  and  T.  and  I 
trudged  behind.  So  the  cavalcade  ascended  ;  first,  from  the 
terrace  of  the  hotel  overlooking  the  bit  of  shipping  village  on 
the  beach,  and  next  from  the  town  of  Capri,  clinging  to  the 
hillsides,  midway  between  sea  and  sky,  until  at  last  it  reached 
the  heights  on  which  the  ruins  stood.  Our  way  was  through 
narrow  lanes,  bordered  by  garden  walls  ;  then  through  narrow 
streets  bordered  by  dirty  houses  ;  and  then  again  by  gardens, 
but  now  of  a  better  sort  than  the  first,  aud  belonging  to  haud- 
some  villas. 

On  the  road  our  pretty  muletress  gossiped  cheerfully,  and 
our  patriarch  gloomily,  and  between  the  two  we  accumulated 
a  store  of  information  concerning  the  present  inhabitants  of 
Capri,  which,  1  am  sorry  to  say,  has  now  for  the  most  part 
failed  me.  I  remember  that  they  said  most  of  the  land- 
owners at  Capri  were  Neapolitans,  and  that  these  villas  were 
their  country-houses  ;  but  they  pointed  out  one  of  the  state- 
liest of  the  edifices  as  belonging  to  a  certain  English  physi- 
cian who  had  come  to  visit  Capri  for  a  few  days,  and  had  now 
been  living  on  the  island  twenty  years,  having  married  (said 
the  muletress)  the  prettiest  and  poorest  girl  in  the  town. 
From  this  romance — somethiug  like  which  the  muletress 
seemed  to  think  might  well  happen  concerning  himself — we 
passed  lightly  to  speak  of  kindred  things,  the  muletress 
responding  gayly  between  the  .blows  she  bestowed  upon  her  j 
beast.  The  accent  of  these  Capriotes  has  something  of  Ger- 
man harshness  and  heaviness  ;  they  say  non  basso  instead  of 
non  posso,  monto  instead  of  mondo,  and  interchange  the  /  and 
d  a  good  deal  ;  and  they  use  for  father  the  Latin  pater, 
instead  of  padre.  But  this  girl's  voice,  as  I  said,  was  very 
musical,  and  the  island  s  accent  was  sweet  upon  her  tongue  : 

1 — What  is  your  name  ? 

She — Uateriua,  little  sir  (signorin.) 

I — And  how  old  are  you,  Catenua? 

She — Eighteen,  little  sir. 

I — Have  you  a  lover  ? 

She  feigns  not  to  understand  ;  but  the  patriarch,  who  has 
dropped  behind  to  listen  to  our  discourse,  explains  :  "  He 
asks  if  you  are  in  love." 

She — Ah,  no!  little  sir,  not  yet. 

/ — No?  A  little  late,  it. seems  to  me.  I  guess  there  must 
be  some  handsome  youngster  who  pleases  you — no  ? 

She — Ah,  no  !  one  must  work  ;  one  canuot  think  of  marry- 
ing. We  are  four  sisters,  and  we  have  only  the  buanamuno 
from  biriug  these  mules,  and  we  must  spiu  and  cook. 

The  Patriarch — Don't  believe  her  ;  she  has  two  lovers. 

She — Ah,  no  I    It  isn't  true.    He  tells  a  fib,  ha  ! 

But,  nevertheless,  she  seemed  to  love  to  be  accused  of 
lovers — such  is  the  guile  of  the  female  heart  in  Capri — aud 
laughed  over  the  patriarch's  wickedness.  She  confided  that 
she  ate  maccaroni  once  a  day,  aud  she  talked  constantly  of 
eating  it,  just  as  the  Northern  Italians  always  talk  of  polenta. 
She  was  a  true  daughter  of  the  isle,  aud  had  never  left  it  but 
once  iu  her  life,  when  she  went  to  Naples.  "  Naples  was 
beautiful,  yes  ;  bnt  one  always  loves  one's  own  country  the 
best."  She  was  very  attentive  aud  good,  but  at  the  end  was 
rapacious  of  more  and  more  buonamano.  "  Have  patience 
with  her,  sir,"  said  the  blameless  Antonino,  who  witnessed 
her  greediness  ;  they  do  not  understand  certain  matters  here, 
poor  little  things  I" 

As  for  the  patriarch,  he  was  full  of  learning  relative  to 
himself  and  to  Capri ;  and  told  me  with  much  elaboration 
that  the  islauders  lived  chiefly  by  fishing,  aud  gained  some- 
thing also  by  their  vineyards.  But  they  were  greatly  oppressed 
by  taxes,  and  the  strict  enforcement  of  the  conscriptions,  and 
they  had  little  love  for  the  Italian  Government,  and  wished 
the  Bourbons  back  again.  The  Piedmontese,  indeed,  misgov- 
erned them  horribly.  There  was  the  Blue  Grotto,  for  exam- 
ple :  formerly  travellers  paid  the  guides  five,  six,  ten  francs 
for  viewing  it ;  but  now  the  Piedmontese  had  made  a  tariff, 
and  the  poor  guides  could  only  exact  a  franc  from  each  person. 
Things  were  in  a  ruinous  condition. 

By  this  we  bad  arrived  at  a  little  inn  on  the  top  of  the 
mountain,  very  near  the  ruins  of  the  palaces.  "  Here,"  said 
the  patriarch,  "  it  is  customary  for  strangers  to  drink  a  bottle 
of  the  wine  of  Tiberius."  We  obediently  entered  the  hostelry, 
and  the  landlord — a  white-toothed,  brown-faced,  good-humored 
peasant— gallantly  ran  forward  and  presented  the  ladies  with 


bouquets  of  roses.  We  thought  it  a  pretty  and  graceful  act, 
but  found  later  that  it  was  to  be  paid  for,  like  all  pretty  and 
graceful  things  in  Italy  ;  for  when  we  came  to  settle  for  the 
wine,  and  the  landlord  wanted  more  than  justice,  he  urged 
that  he  had  presented  the  ladies  with  flowers*  yet  he  equally 
gave  me  his  benediction  when  1  refused  to  pay  his  polite- 
ness. 

"  Now  here,"  again  said  the  patriarch  in  a  solemn  whisper, 
"  you  can  see  the  Tarantella  danced  for  two  francs  ;  whereas 
down  at  your  inn,  if  you  hire  the  dancers  through  your  laud- 
lord,  it  will  cost  you  five  or  six  francs."  The  difference  was 
tempting,  and  decided  us  in  favor  of  an  immediate  Tarantella. 
The  muletresses  left  their  mules  to  browse  about  the  door  of 
the  inn  and  came  into  the  little  public  room,  where  were  al- 
ready the  wife  and  sister  of  the  landlord,  and  took  their  places 
vis-a-vis,  while  the  landlord  seized  his  tambourine  and  beat 
from  it  a  wild  and  lively  measure.  The  women  w?re  bare- 
footed and  hoopless,  and  they  gave  us  the  Tarantella  with  all 
the  beauty  of  natural  movement  and  free  floating  drapery, and 
with  all  that  splendid  grace  of  pose  which  animates  the  an- 
tique statues  and  pictures  of  dancers.  They  swayed  them- 
selves in  time  with  the  music  :  then,  filled  with  its  passionate 
impulse,  advanced  and  retreated  and  whirled  uway  ;  snapping 
their  fingers  above  their  heads  and  looking  over  their  shoul- 
ders with  a  gay  and  laughing  challenge  to  each  other,  tbey 
drifted  through  the  ever-repeated  figures  of  flight  and  wooing, 
and  wove  for  us  pictures  of  delight  that  remained  upon  the 
brain  like  the  effect  of  long-pondered  vivid  colors,  and  still 
return  to  illumine  and  complete  any  representation  of  that 
indescribable  dance.  Heaven  know?  what  peril  there  might 
have  been  in  the  beauty  and  grace  of  the  pretty  muletress  but 
for  the  spectacle  of  her  fat  aunt,  who,  I  must  confess,  could 
only  burlesque  some  of  her  niece's  airiest  movements,  and 
whose  hard-bought  buoyancy  was  at  once  pathetic  and  laugh- 
able. She  earned  her  share  of  the  spoils  certainly,  and  she 
seemed  glad  when  the  dance  was  over,  and  went  contentedly 
back  to  her  mule.  The  patriarch  had  early  retired  from  the 
scene  as  from  a  vanity  with  which  he  was  too  familiar  for 
enjoyment,  and  I  found  him,  when  the  Tarantella  was  done, 
leaning  on  the  curb  of  the  precipitous  rock  immediately  behind 
the  inn,  over  which  the  Capriotes  say  Tiberius  used  to  cast 
the  victims  of  his  pleasures  after  he  was  sated  with  tbem. 
These  have  taken  their  place  in  the  insular  imagination  as 
Christian  martyrs,  though  it  is  probable  that  the  poor  souls 
were  anything  else  but  Xazarenes.  It  took  a  stone  thrown 
from  the  brink  of  the  rock  twenty  seconds  to  send  back  a 
response  from  the  water  below,  aud  the  depth  was  too  dizzy- 
ing to  look  into.  So  we  looked  instead  toward  Ainalfi,  across 
the  Gulf  of  Salerno,  and  towards  Naples,  across  her  bay. 
On  every  hand  the  sea  was  flushed  with  sunset,  and  au  un- 
speakable calm  dwelt  upon  it,  while  the  heights  rising  from  it 
softeued  and  softened  in  the  distance,  and  withdrew  them- 
selves into  dreams  of  ghastly  solitude  and  phantom  city.  His 
late  majesty  the  Emperor  Tiberius  is  well  known  to  have  been 
a  man  of  sentiment,  and  may  often  have  sought  this  spot  to 
enjoy  the  eveniug  hour.  It  was  convenient  to  his  palace,  and 
be  could  here  give  a  fillip  to  his  jaded  sensibilities  by  popping 
a  boon  companion  over  the  cliff,  aud  thus  enjoy  the  line  poetic 
contrast  which  his  perturbed  and  horrible  spirit  afforded  to 
that  scene  of  innocence  und  peuce.  Later  he  may  have  come 
hither  also,  when  lust  failed  j  when  all  the  lewd  plays  and 
devices  of  bis  fancy  palled  upon  bis  senses ;  when  sin  had 
grown  insipid  and  even  murder  ceased  to  amuse,  and  his 
majesty  uttered  his  despair  to  the  Senate  in  that  terrrible 
letter  :  "  What  to  write  to  you,  or  how  to  write,  I  know  not  ; 
and  what  not  to  write  at  this  time,  may  all  the  gods  and  god- 
desses torment  me  more  than  1  daily  feel  that  I  suffer  if  I  do 
know." 

The  poor  patriarch  was  also  a  rascal  in  his  small  way,  and 
be  presently  turned  to  me  with  a  countenance  full  of  cowardly 
trouble  and  of  base  remorse.  "  I  pray  you.  little  sir,  not  to 
tell  the  landlord  below  there  that  you  have  seen  the  Tarantella 
danced  here  ;  for  he  has  daughters  and  friends  to  dunce  it  for 
strangers,  rnd  gets  a  deal  of  money  by  it.  So,  if  he  usks  you 
to  see  it,  do  me  the  pleasure  to  say,  lest  he  should  take  on 
(pigliarsi)  with  me  about  it  :  '  Thanks,  but  wo  saw  the  Tar- 
antella at  Pompeii  !' "  It  was  the  last  place  in  Italy  where  we 
were  likely  to  have  seen  the  Tarantella  ;  but  these  simple 
people  are  improvident  in  lying,  as  in  everything  else.  The 
patriarch  had  a  curious  spice  of  malice  in  him,  which  prompted 
him  to  speak  evil  of  all.  and  to  as  many  as  he  dared.  After 
we  bad  inspected  the  ruins  of  the  emperor's  villa,  a  clownish 
imbecile  of  a  woman,  professing  to  be  the  wife  of  the  peasant 
who  made  the  excavations,  came  forth  out  of  a  cleft  in  the 
rock  and  received  tribute  of  us — why,  I  do  not  know.  The 
patriarch  abetted  the  extortion,  but  Parthianly  remurked,  as 
we  turned  away,  "  Her  husband  ought  to  be  here  ;  but  this  is 
a  ftsla,  and  he  is  drinking  and  gaming  in  the  village,"  while 
the  woman  protested  that  be  was  sick  at  home.  There  was 
also  a  hermit  living  in  great  publicity  among  the  ruins,  and 
the  patriarch  did  not  spare  bim  a  sneering  comment.  He  had 
even  a  bad  word  for  Tiberius,  and  reproached  the  emperor  for 
throwing  people  over  the  cliff,  though  I  think  it  a  sport  iu 
which  he  would  himself  have  lik«d  to  join.   The  only  humuu 


August  11th  J 


THE  CAL1F0RNIAN 


creatures  with  whom  he  seemed  to  be  in  sympathy  were  the 
brigands  of  the  mainland,  of  whom  he  spoke  poetically  as 
exiles  and  fugitives. 

As  for  the  palace  of  Tiberias,  which  we  had  come  so  far  and 
so  toilsomely  to  see,  it  must  be  confessed  there  was  very  little 
left  of  it.  When  that  well-meaning,  but  mistaken,  prince 
died,  a  popular  tumult  demolished  his  pleasure-houses  at  Capri, 
and  left  only  those  fragments  of  the  beautiful  brick  masonry 
which  yet  remain,  clinging  indestructible  to  the  rocks,  and 
strewed  the  ground  with  rubbish.  The  recent  excavations 
have  discovered  nothing  beside  the  uninteiesting  foundations 
of  the  building,  except  a  subterranean  avenue  leading  from 
one  part  of  the  palace  to  another  ;  this  is  walled  with  delicate 
brickwork,  and  exquisitely  paved  with  white  marble  mosaic  ; 
and  this  was  all  that  was  left  of  the  splendor  of  the  wicked 
emperor.  Nature,  the  all-forgetting,  all-forgiving,  that  takes 
the  red  battle-field  into  her  arms  and  hides  it  with  blossom 
and  harvest,  could  not  remember  his  iniquity,  greater  than  the 
multitudinous  murder  of  war.  The  sea  which  the  despot's  lust 
and  fear  had  made  eo  lonely  slept  with  the  white  sails  of 
boats  secure  upon  its  breast ;  the  little  bays  and  inlets,  the 
rocky  clefts  and  woody  dells,  had  forgotten  their  desecration  ; 
and  the  gathering  twilight,  the  sweetness  of  the  garden- 
bordered  pathway,  and  the  serenity  of  the  lonely  landscape, 
helped  U3  to  doubt  history.  We  slowly  returned  to  the  inn 
by  the  road  we  had  ascended,  noting  again  the  mansion  of  the 
surprising  Englishman  who  had  come  to  Capri  for  three 
months  and  hid  remained  thirty  years  ;  passed  through  the 
darkness  of  the  village,  dropped  here  und  there  with  the  vivid 
red  of  a  lamp  ;  and  so  reached  the  inn  at  last,  where  we  found 
the  landlord  ready  to  have  the  Tarantella  danced  for  us.  We 
framed  a  discreeter  fiction  than  that  prepared  for  us  by  the 
patriarch,  and  went  in  to  dinner,  where  there  were  two 
Danish  gentleman  in  dispute  with  as  many  rogues  of  boatmen 
who,  having  contracted  to  take  them  back  that  night  to 
Naples,  were  now  trying  to  fly  their  bargain,  and  remain  at 
Capri  till  the  morrow.  The  Danes  beat  them,  however,  and 
then  sat  down  to  dinner,  and  to  long  stories  of  the  imposture 
and  villany  of  the  Italians.  One  of  them  chiefly  bewailed  him- 
self that  the  day  before,  having  unwisely  eaten  a  dozen  oysters 
without  agreeing  first  with  the  oysterman  upon  the  price,  he 
had  been  obliged  to  pay  this  scamp's  extortionate  demand  to 
the  full,  Since  ho  was  unable  to  restore  him  his  property.  We 
thought  that  something  like  this  might  have  happened  to  an 
imprudent  man  in  any  country,  but  we  did  not  the  less  join 
him  in  abasing  the  Italians — the  purpose  for  which  foreigners 
chiefly  visit  Italy.— Nation. 


Dress  in  England. — There  has  never  been  a  time  during 
the  present  reign  in  England,  when  so  much  money  has  been 
spent  as  at  the  present  period  upon  dresses.  Our  fair  ones 
are  running  a  race  in  extravagance.  In  many  families  the  cost 
per  person  for  dress  averages  one  thousand  pounds  a  year — 
this,  of  course,  exclusive  of  jewelry.  For  a  single  dress,  prices 
varying  from  forty  pounds  to  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  are 
frequently  paid.  It  is  in  the  rareness  of  material  and  its 
amount  that  the  excess  usually  consists,  not  in  the  skill  or  art 
of  the  design.  During  this  week  1  have  been  present  at  the 
opening  of  what  is  termed  an  International  Horticultural  Ex- 
hibition, in  the  fashionable  part  of  London — an  occasion  on 
which  the  tickets  of  admission  were  one  guinea — and  there  I 
saw  the  prevalent  wastefulness  displayed  in  the  morning 
dress.  Trains  of  satin,  some  yards  long,  were  seen  dragging 
over  gravel  walks  and  collecting  all  foreign  matter  from  the 
grass.  Lace  was  there  in  shawls  and  cloaks,  which  used  to  be 
worn  only  in  very  small  quantities  by  our  grandmothers.  As 
to  our  bonnets,  very  soon  they  will  disappear,  if  they  continue 
to  diminish  at  the  rate  they  have  followed  for  the  last  two  or 
three  seasons.  They  have  dwindled  into  something  of  the 
size  of  a  broad  piece  of  ribbon,  but  the  shapes  that  are  chosen 
are  scarcely  to  be  numbered.  Watching  the  fine  figures  of 
m«ny  of  our  English  girls  surrounded  by  an  immense  breadth 
of  some  exquisite  "precious  stuff"  and  wearing  on  their 
heads  some  odd  jumble  of  ribbons  and  flowers,  we  are  fre- 
quently forced  to  admire  ;  but  if,  in  the  midst  of  our  rumina- 
tions, the  form  arises  in  our  minds  of  the  chaste  and  natural 
style  of  a  few  years  back,  with  its  simple  adornment  and 
harmony  with  the  native  grace — or  of  a  classical  drapery,  such 
as  Mile  Rachel  used  to  wear  in  her  tragedies — these  walking 
bales  of  goods,  these  drapers'  and  dressmakers'  models  cease 
to  charm.  Can  any  dress  be  suited  to  us  which  prevents  the 
exercise  of  muscles  and  limbs  !  The  Countesses  and  Duch- 
esses whom  I  saw  on  Tuesday  at  Kensington  were  exposed  to 
a  hundred  mishaps.  To  walk  with  such  trappings  is  a  diffi- 
culty, but  to  walk,  and  to  stop  and  to  tnrn  round,  is  a  danger. 
You  may  take  your  hat  off  to  a  lsdy,  these  days,  but  if  you 
advance  to  shake  her  little  hand  you  fluster  her,  for  you  may 
tread  upon  her  dress.  If  she  is  alarmed  her  admirer  is  still 
more  so.  Some  men  have  acquired  the  greatest  dexterity  in 
avoiding  an  unfortunate  Btep,  for  there  are  men  who  can  stand 
on  anything,  on  the  spire  of  St.  Paul's,  but  to  the  average,  the 
modern  garb  of  our  ladies  is  a  snare  and  a  vexation. 

Prof.  Peters,  of  the  Hamilton  College  Observatory,  has 
discovered  a  new  asteroid. 


[For  the  Californian.J 

A    GHOST  STORY. 

THERE  are  few  families  without  their  lore  of  shadowy 
legends.  The  following  circumstances  came  to  me 
from  a  near  friend,  with  whom  I  have  long  been  intimately 
acquainted,  and  in  whose  veracity  and  good  sense  I  have  en- 
tire confidence.  The  statement  shall  be  in  her  own  words,  as 
nearly  as  I  can  remember,  only  using  fictitious  names  : 

"  It  was  a  blithe  party,  that  at  Aunt  Jane's,  out  in  the 
country  by  East  Point,  and  the  girls  and  boys  came  flocking 
to  it  from  all  the  neighborhood,  even  miles  away.  It  was  in 
the  Fall  of  the  year,  but  the  evening  was  warm,  the  doors  and 
windows  were  open,  parties  scattered  through  the  rooms  play- 
ing 'juniper  tree,'  and  other  kissing  games  ;  every  lady  was 
talking  and  laughing  at  once,  and  not  a  merrier  party  had  been 
seen  in  that  section.  But  of  all  the  gay  gi-ls,  the  gayest  was 
Martha  Stone.    She  seemed  almost  on  wings. 

"After  the  party  broke  up,  she  stayed  the  remainder  of  the 
night,  sleeping  in  the  same  room  occupied  by  Mary  Stolz  and 
myself,  occupying  a  bed  at  the  east  end,  while  we  were 
in  another  at  the  west  end.  Mary  and  I  were  young  girls 
also,  and,  having  been  as  lively  as  the  balance,  we  slept 
soundly  till  the  sun  had  risen  high. 

"  Then  Mary  declared  she  must  rise  and  return  home,  about 
two  miles  distant.  We  begged  her  to  stay,  as  the  sky  was 
growing  cloudy,  with  indications  of  rain  ;  but  she  said  her 
mother  noeded  her  help  and  she  must  go. 

"  She  had  hardly  made  half  the  distance,  when  a  heavy  rain 
began  to  fall,  and,  though  she  made  haste  homeward,  she  was 
drenched  and  chilled  before  her  arrival. 

"  That  same  night,  about  12,  while  Mary  and  I  were  soundly 
sleeping,  we  were  suddenly  awakened  by  a  light  shining  in  the 
room,  and,  upon  opening  our  eyes,  there  we  saw  Martha  Stone 
standing  over  the  bed  she  had  slept  in  the  night  before  ;  not 
on  it,  but,  apparently  raised  about  a  foot  above  it.  I  saw  her 
face  as  plain  as  ever  I  saw  it  in  my  life,  or  as  I  see  yours  now. 
From  about  her  the  light  seemed  to  come  that  softly  filled  the 
room. 

"  I  was  not  in  the  least  scared.  There  was  only  one  window 
in  the  room.  It  was  on  the  right  hand  side,  rather  nearer  our 
bed  than  the  other.  I  was  so  cool  as  to  go  to  that  window  to 
look  out,  to  be  sure  that  the  light  did  not  come  from  without. 
There  was  no  light  outside,  and  turning  I  saw  her  brighter  and 
clearer  than  ever. 

"  Mary  crept  out  of  bed  and  ran  down  stairs  to  tell  her 
father  and  mother  to  come  up  and  look  at  the  apparition. 
She  was  dreadlully  frightened.  I  stood  and  watche,d  it  till 
the  light  began  to  fade  and  the  features  grow  indistinct, "after 
which  it  gradually  disappeared,  and  was  quite  gone  when  the 
old  people  came  up  with  Mary. 

"  The  chilly  rain  had  given  Martha  Stone  a  violent  cold,  and 
a  month  from  the  night  we  saw  her  above  the  bed  she  died  of 
quick  consumption."  Iro 


These  French  ! — A  French  author  went  into  ecstasies  the 
other  week  over  "  that  noble  line  of  Sir  Thomas  More's,  the 
celebrated  Irish  poet,  monody, '  We  left  him  alone  in  his 
glory  !  *  "  These  French  1  .  '  .  The  French  newspapers 
mention,  in  biographical  notices  of  Mr.  Peabody  of  London, 
it  was  at  his  expense  Dr.  Kane's  expedition  to  search  for  Sir 
John  Franklin  was  made.  .  .  It  is  said,  during  a  recent 
discussion  in  the  French  Academy,  the  Duke  do  Noailles  ex- 
claimed, in  reply  to  an  argument  advanced  by  an  opponent : 
"  Terence  !  Ah  !  that  is  possible,  for  I  have  forgotten  almost 
all  the  Greek  I  ever  knew."  .  .  M.  Thiers  states  Nelsoa 
was  at  the  bombardment  of  Copenhagen,  which  took  place  in 
1807  ;  Nelson  died  in  1805  !  .  .  Some  two  or  three  years 
ago  an  eminent  resident  of  Passy  (the  West  Philadelphia  of 
Paris)  brought  a  friend  to  town  with  him,  and  carried  him  to 
the  house  of  a  college  chum,  where  he  was  going  to  breakfast, 
saying,  as  he  presented  his  neighbor  to  his  chum  and  wife, 
"  Let  me  present  you  the  most  celebre sauteur  of  France.  He 
now  lives  at  Passy.  I  am  proud  and  delighted  to  have  him 
for  a  neighbor."  The  chum  and  wife  were  most  cordial  in 
their  greeting  ;  they  evidently  were  delighted  to  receive  so 
distinguished  a  man  ;  they  had  long  admired  him  with  enthu- 
siasm. Breakfast  was  served.  The  most  celebre  sauteur,  feel- 
ing quite  out  of  his  element,  said  little.  Everybody  paid  him, 
nevertheless,  the  most  marked  attention,  and  after  the  cloth 
was  removed,  the  mistress  of  the  house  said  to  him,  with  her 
most  gracious  smile  :  "  Will  you  not  deign  to  give  us  soriie 
taste  of  your  talents  ?"  He  answered  :  "  It  has  been  a  long 
time,  ma'am,  since  I  was  in  practice  ;  but  if  you  wish  it,  lam 
at  your  orders."  He  rose.  There  was  a  dead  sileDce.  He 
gave  a  bound,  and  the  next  instant  he  had  hold  of  the  iron 
rod  to  which  the  table-lamp  was  suspended  from  the  ceiling, 
and  was  turning  somersaults  between  the  ceiling  and  the 
table,  to  the  stupefaction  of  everybody  but  his  friend.  The 
chum  ran  up  to  his  friend,  and  asked  in  a  whisper  :  "  Why, 
whom  in  the  deuce  have  you  brought  us?"  "Whom?  Why, 
Auriol,  the  clown  of  the  circus.  Did  you  not  recognize  him  ?" 
"  Good  gracious,  no  I  You  said  the  most  celebre  sauteur  of 
France,  and  we  all  made  sure  'twas  Lamartine." — "  O.  S.,"  in 
the  American  Literary  Gazette. 


The  Last  of  the  Mamelukes.— The  Pacha  of  Egypt,  in 
1818,  assembled  together  the  whole  corps  of  the  Mamelukes, 
ns  it  for  a  feast ;  and  having  secured  all  egress  except  a  steep 
and  precipitous  descent  over  the  sides  of  the  elevation  (the 
platform  of  the  citadel,)  he  destroyed  them  with  cannon  and 
musketry.  They  came,  according  to  custom,  in  their  richest 
costumes,  with  their  finest  arms,  and  bearing  about  tliem  all 
their  wealth.  At  a  signal  given  by  the  Pacha,  death  burst 
forth  on  all  sides.  Crossing  and  enfilading  batteries  poured 
forth  their  flame  and  iron,  and  men  and  horses  were  at  once 
weltering  in  their  blood.  Many  precipitated  themselves  from 
the  summit  of  the  citadel,  and  were  destroyed  by  the  abyss. 
Two,  however,  recovered  themselves. 

At  the  first  shock  of  the  concussion,  both  horses  and  riders 
were  stunned  ;  they  trembled  for  an  instant  like  equestrian 
riders  shaken  by  an  earthquake,  and  then  darted  off  with  the 
rapidity  of  lightning  ;  they  passed  the  nearest  gate,  which  for- 
tunately was  not  closed,  and  found  themselves  out  of  Cuiro. 
One  of  the  fugitives  took  the  road  to  El  Ezish,  the  other 
darted  up  the  mountains  ;  the  pursuers  divided,  one  half  fol- 
lowing each. 

It  was  a  fearful  thing,  that  race  for  life  or  death.  The 
steeds  of  the  desert,  let  loose  on  the  mountains,  bounded  from 
rock  to  rock,  forded  torrents,  flew  along  the  edges  of  preci- 
pices. Three  times  the  horse  of  one  Mameluke  fell  breath- 
less ;  three  times,  hearing  the  tramp  of  his  pursuers,  he  arose 
and  renewed  his  flight.  He  fell  at  length  not  to  rise  again. 
His  master  exhibited  a  touching  instance  of  reciprocal 
fidelity  ;  instead  of  gliding  down  the  rock  into  some  defile,  or 
gaining  a  peak  inaccessible  to  cavalry,  he  seated  himself  by 
the  side  of  his  courser,  threw  the  bridle  over  his  arm,  and 
awaited  the  arrival  of  his  executioners.  They  came  up,  and 
he  fell  beneath  a  score  of  sabres,  without  a  motion  of  resist- 
ance, a  word  of  complaint,  or  a  prayer  for  mercy. 

The  other  Mameluke,  more  fortunate  than  his  companion, 
traversed  El  Ezish,  gained  the  desert,  escaped  unhurt,  and  in 
due  time  became  governor  of  Jerusalem.  He  was  the  last  and 
only  remnant  of  that  redoubted  corps,  which,  thirty  years  be- 
fore, rivalled  in  courage,  though  not  in  fortune,  the  elite  of 
Napoleon's  army. 


Influence  vs.  Authority. — Influence  is  a  slower  acting 
force  than  authority.  It  seems  weaker,  but  in  the  long  run  it 
often  effects  more.  It  always  does  better  than  mere  force  and 
authority  without  its  gentle,  modifying  power. 

She  who  obtains  an  absolute  and  perfect  government  over 
a  ch'ld,  so  that  he  obeys  certainly  and  almost  mechanically, 
produces  effects  which  are  more  appreciable  in  their  immediate 
action  on  family  life ;  her  family  will  be  more  orderly,  her 
children  in  their  childhood  will  do  her  more  credit. 

But  she  who  has  conscientiously  no  power  of  this  kind, 
whose  children  are  often  turbulent  and  unmanageable,  need 
not  despair  if  she  feel  that  through  affection,  reason  and  con- 
science, she  still  retains  a  strong  influence  over  them.  If  she 
cannot  govern  her  boy,  she  can  do  even  a  better  thing  if  she 
can  inspire  him  with  a  purpose  to  govern  himself ;  for  a  boy 
taught  to  govern  himself  is  a  better  achievement  than  a  boy 
merely  governed. 

If  a  mother,  therefore,  is  high-principled,  religious,  affection- 
ate, if  she  never  uses  craft  or  deception,  if  she  governs  her 
temper  and  sets  a  good  example,  let  her  hold  on  in  good  hope, 
though  she  cannot  produce  the  discipline  of  a  man-of-war  in 
her  noisy  little  flock,  or  make  all  move  as  smoothly  as  some 
other  women  to  whom  God  has  given  another  and  different 
talent ;  and  let  her  not  be  discouraged  if  she  seem  often  to 
accomplish  but  little  in  that  arduous  work  of  forming  human 
character  wherein  the  great  Creator  of  the  world  has  declared 
himself  at  times  baffled. 


Population  of  the  Austrian  Empire. — The  empire  of 
Austria  consisted  in  1857  of  thirty-five  millions  of  inhabitants, 
of  which  it  lost  about  2,726,000  by  the  peace  of  Villafranca 
in  1859.  Austria  still  retains  about  thirty-three  millions,  and 
of  these  two  and  a  half  are  in  Lombardo-'7 enetia.  The  other 
elements  of  the  papulation  are  as  follows :  Germans, 
8,000,000  ;  Slavonians,  3,800,000  ;  Poles,  2,000,000  ;  Ruthen- 
ians,  2,800,000  ;  Croatians,  1,400,000  ;  Czecks  and  Slovacks. 
G.000,000;  Magyars,  5,000,000;  Jews,  1,100,000;  and  Bohe- 
mians, 150,000.  With  respect  to  religion,  the  population  is 
thus  divided  :  Catholics,  22,500,000  ;  United  Greeks,  3,500,- 
000  ;  Greeks,  non-united,  3,000,000  ;  Lutherans,  1,200,000  ; 
Calvinists,  2,000,000  ;  Jews,  1,000,000.  Austria  proper  con- 
tains little  more  than  12,500,000  inhabitants;  Hungary, 
10,000,000  ;  Galicia,  4,000,000  ;  Bohemia,  4,800,000  ;  Aus- 
trian Silesia,  450,000.  The  population  of  Prussian  Silesia 
consists  of  about  three  and  a  half  millioss.  The  territory 
taken  from  Denmark  during  the  late  war  contained  about 
888,750  inhabitants,  thus  divided  ;  Schleswig,  365,417  ;  Hol- 
stein,  476,874  ;  Lauenburg,  46,486. 

A  person's  character  depends  a  good  deal  upon  his  bring- ' 
ing  up.   For  instance,  a  man  who  has  been  brought  up  by  the 
police  seldom  turns  out  respectable. 


6 


THE  CALIFORNIAN. 


|  August  11th 


A    PRISON    IX  MADRID. 

WE  betook  ourselves  up  to  the  Puerta  Sta.  Barbara, 
where  stands  the  debtors'  prisou.  It  is  called  the 
"  Carcel  de  Villa,"  and  contains  not  only  the  debtors,  but 
the  criminals  of  nil  shades  belougiog  to  Mudrid.  aud,  besides 
securing  these,  serves  as  a  House  ot  Correction  for  boys  from 
eight  to  sixteen  years  of  age.  Having  visited  all  the  prisons 
in  London,  besides  others  in  England,  all  those  in  Paris,  many 
in  the  French  provinces,  several  in  Belgium  and  a  Tew  in 
Italy,  we  consider  ourselves  in  the  light  of  connoisseurs, 
capable  of  giving  an  opinion  on  the  subject,  and  can  safelj  say 
that  we  were  wholly  unprepared  for  the  interior  which  here 
presented  itself  to  our  view.  Our  experience  of  prison  life 
had  never  revealed  to  us  anything  so  forbidding,  and  so  totally 
unlike  what  any  establishment  under  the  supervision  of  Gov- 
ernment ought  to  be.  The  domestic  uncleanline&s  we  met 
with,  within  those  great  gaunt  wall3,  was  only  to  be  rivalled 
by  the  moral  turpitude  of  their  denizens  ;  and  the  lax,  irregu- 
lar discipline  by  which  the  place  is  (mis)ruled  was  in  harmo- 
uious  discord  with  the  rest.  We  found  the  door  open,  and 
although  there  were  two  sentinels  placed  before  the  entrance, 
we  passed  in  unmolested  ;  these  worthies  contented  them- 
selves with  halting  for  a  moment,  staring  at  us,  aud  then  con- 
tinued their  oscillations  as  before.  Meantime  we  proceeded 
through  the  portone  into  a  paved  passage,  and,  beneath  a  tol- 
erably lofty  archway,  passed  on  till  we  came  to  a  door  on 
either  side  ;  one  of  these  led  to  a  staircaise,  but  we  turned  to 
the  other,  our  curiosity  being  piqued  by  a  deafening  din  of 
numerous  voices  proceeding  from  that  direction  :  all  were 
talking  at  once,  in  the  coarsest  and  hoarsest  of  tones  ;  women's 
voices  were  mingled  with  those  of  men,  and  each  seemed  to 
be  doing  his  best  to  top  the  others  ;  add  to  this  that  the 
place  whence  the  sound  issued  gave  back  a  loud  reverberating 
echo,  and  the  effect  may  be  imagined.  The  door,  as  it  yielded 
to  our  push,  revealed  the  mystery.  We  found  ourselves  in  a 
long,  lofty,  wide,  and  particularly  dirty  hall,  divided  into  three 
compartments  by  railed  partitions,  and  we  at  once  recognized 
it  as  the  parloir.  Behind  the  farthest  of  these  partitions,  and 
stretching  through  the  bars  as  far  as  the  width  would  admit, 
like  wild  beasts  in  a  cage,  were  eighty  to  a  hundred  prisoners 
bawling  at  the  very  loudest  pitch  of  their  lungs — 
.  .  .  ostia  centum 
Unde  rant  totidem  voces. 
In  the  intermediate  compartment,  according  to  the  custom 
established  in  the parloirs  of  criminal  jails,  were  stationed  two 
sentinels,  who  walked  imperturbably  up  and  down  this  grilled 
corridor,  while  outside  the  third  grating  were  collected  the 
friends  and  relatives  who  had  come  to  avail  themselves  of  the 
questionable  privileges  of  the  "  visiting  day,"  and  were  re- 
sponsively  eager  and  clamorous  in  their  demonstrations.  It 
was  a  strange  sight  to  contemplate,  and  many  a  touching 
episode  might  have  been  disentangled  from  the  incidents  which 
met  our  gaze.  Gray-haired  fathers  we  saw,  and  profligate 
sons,  and  aged  mothers,  whose  wretched  hom3swere  made  yet 
more  desolate  and  destitute  by  the  absence  of  those  to  whom 
they  had  a  right  to  look  in  decrepitude  aud  infirmity  for  some 
return  of  the  care  lavished  on  their  helpless  infant  years. 
Wives  were  there  visiting  their  husbands,  brothers  aud  boon 
companions  jesting  and  making  light  of  a  position  only  too 
familiar  to  themselves  :  the  yells,  the  altercations,  aud,  alas  ! 
also  the  lamentations  of  those  united  cries  formed  an  un- 
earthly and  lugubrious  record.  Tales  of  woe  and  Breaking 
heart3  there  must  have  been  mingled  with  all  that  brawling 
aud  vehemence  ;  but  it  was  not  possible  to  get  at  any  details, 
or  even  to  discover  what  class  of  crime  had  chiefly  contribu- 
ted to  fill  this  repulsive  dungeon  ;  the  organization  of  such 
places  in  Spain  is  so  imperfect  that  facts  have  rather  to  be 
guessed  at  than  ascertained.  We  gathered,  however,  that 
besides  those  who  were  merely  precenus  or  accused,  this 
prison  contains  convicts  condemned  to  periods  of  incarcera- 
tion varying  from  two  to  twenty  years.  This  was  the  "  crimi- 
nal "  department.  Having  escaped  from  this  den  of  abomi- 
nation, misery  and  crime,  we  entered  the  other  door,  and  as- 
ceuded  the  stairs.  On  the  first  floor  we  found  a  rough-looking 
office,  where  three  stout,  solemn-looking  book-keepers — two 
seated  at  tables,  and  one  behind  an  office-desk --seemed  en- 
gaged in  some  registering  occupation.  One  wore  spectacles, 
aud  had  a  wise,  owl-like  expression,  and  all  three  looked  grave 
and  consequential.  They  raised  their  eyes  inquiringly  as  we 
entered,  aud  the  most  important  looking  peered  at  us  over  his 
glasses  as  if  thoroughly  puzzled  :  perhaps  he  thought  we  had 
come  to  deliver  ourselves  up  to  justice  !  We  soon  put  an  end 
to  this  mystification  by  telling  him  we  should  be  much  obliged 
if  he  would  give  us  a  permission  to  see  the  prison.  "  To  see 
the  prison  ?"  said  he,  with  an  air  which  showed  he  was  totally 
incapable  of  taking  in  the  idea.  *"  Yes,"  reiterated  we,  "  to 
see,  to  look  over,  to  visit,  the  prison."  "  If  I  understand 
you,"  replied  he,  "  jou  want  to  have  access  to  the  wards  and 
cells,  to  go  up  and  down  stairs,  and  inspect  the  prisoners,  aud 
the  house,  and  perhaps  the  kitchen,  and  all  the  rest.  Well, 
it's  a,  strange  idea,  but  I  have  no  wish  to  preveut  you  it  you 
find  any  satisfaction  in  it ;"  and  the  three  officials  looked  at 
each  other,  and  smiled  at  the  novel  and  comical  notiou.  Ho 
motioned  us  politely  out,  aud  then  called  a  jailer,  who  ap- 1 


peared  with  a  bunch  of  keys  on  a  large  ring,  as  if  by  an  after- 
thought he  had  recollected  that  there  would  be  some  of  the 
doors  we  should  not  be  able  to  get  through.  Our  guide  con- 
ducted us  to  the  debtors'  department,  not  unlike  some  of  the 
debtors'  prisons  in  Paris  in  its  arrangements,  but  far  more 
dirty.  The  prisoners  have  rooms  to  themselves,  with  alcoves 
for  their  beds.  These  rooms  open  from  a  common  corridor, 
to  which  all  have  access,  and  here  they  walk  ahout  with  a 
nonch'ilant  air,  habited  in  loose  dressing-gowus  aud  smoking 
caps,  visiting  each  other  iu  their  rooms,  and  seeming  alto- 
gether to  lead  a  free  and  easy  life.  The  majority  of  them 
were  youngish  men,  but  they  did  not  look  very  happy. — Cosas 
de  Espanu.    By  Mrs.  IF.  P.  Byrne. 


THE    STREETS   OF  VENICE. 

UNLESS  the  gentle,  low-speaking  Venetians  consent  to 
enjoy  a  festival  sitting  at  their  windows  and  in  their 
balconies,  they  are  a  serious  obstacle  in  their  way.  Besides 
the  canals,  which  intersect  the  city  in  all  directions,  there  is 
no  lack  of  streets,  or  cj/e,  as  they  are  called.  But  such 
streets  !  They  are  four  or  five  leet  wide,  are  nicely  flagged, 
indeed,  and  provided  with  a  channel  to  carry  away  the  super- 
flous  water  ;  but  fancy  a  Philadelphia  dandy  conducting  a 
lady  in  the  full  panoply  invented  by  the  French  Empress  along 
one  of  these  streets,  and  encountered  front  to  front  by  another 
gentleman  and  lady  similarly  accoutred. 

The  shops  at  each  side  are  not  so  narrow  in  many  cases  as 
the  streets.  They  are  pretty  and  gay,  and  are  furnished  with 
painted  Indian  mats,  screens,  glass  beads,  models  of  gondolas, 
and  all  those  pretty,  but  useless,  elegancies  found  in  the  shops 
of  the  Palais  Royal. 

Venice,  however,  besides  its  square  and  Piazetta,  and 
Quay  of  St.  Mark,  can  boast  of  one  street,  Merceria,  which  is 
fully  fourteen  feet  wide — the  Broadway  of  the  sea  city.  It  is 
nicely  paved  with  tiles,  and  still  presents  a  comparatively 
animated  and  pleasant  appearance. 

For  very  excellent  reasons  the  Venetians  rarely  take  their 
comfort  or  see  company  on  the  ground  floor,  the  streets  being 
narrow,  or  the  canal  in  front.  This  lower  floor  is  often  used 
as  a  receptacle  for  lumber,  the  family  preferring  the  one  above 
it  for  sake  of  light,  or  to  get  at  a  decent  distance  from  the 
surface  of  the  water,  from  which  occasionally  an  offensive 
smell  arises,  though  not  to  the  extent  that  strangers  appre- 
hend. When  the  mansion  is  built  round  a  court  there  is 
always  a  tank  in  the  centre  to  catch  the  rain  water,  and  every 
little  square  cr  cumpa  in  the  city  is  provided  with  the  same 
convenience.  Fresh  water,  as  may  be  supposed,  is  an  article 
of  value  in  Venice. 

From  the  second  floors,  spoken  of  above,  and  where  once 
might  be  seen  hanging  rich  draperies  over  richly  carved  stone 
balconies,  and  darked  beauties,  with  arms  resting  on  the  rich 
stuffs,  and  listening  to  a  charming  serenade  from  a  gondola, 
are  now  frequently  found  the  drying  clothes  of  a  working 
family.  The  rent  of  five  rooms  and  a  cellar,  in  a  good  quar- 
ter, is  about  three  dollars  of  our  money  per  month.  A  shilling 
pays  the  weekly  rent  of  a  working  family  on  remote  canals. 
There  are  a  great  number  of  families  in  poor  circumstances, 
but,  apparently,  hunger  is  not  a  geueral  affliction. 

There  are  no  beggars,  either  because  the  streets  arc  too 
narrow  to  afford  them  comfortable  stations,  or  that  watching 
round  the  corners  for  a  copper  fillipped  from  a  gondola  across 
the  water  might  entail  long  delays  and  small  profits.  An 
occasional  whimperer  is  detected  in  St.  Mark's  Place,  but  if 
the  tribe  ever  flourished,  they  went  out  with  the  bravos  and 
the  thieves.  Whether  it  proceeds  from  the  prevailing  honesty 
of  the  lower  classes,  or  the  wonderlul  ability  of  the  Austriau 
police,  few  residents  in  these  our  days  think  it  necessary  to 
secure  their  houses  at  night. 


A  Narrow  Escape. — That  night  I  was  asleep  in  my  tent, 
when  I  was  suddenly  awoke  by  loud  screams,  aud  upon  listen- 
ing attentively  I  distinctly  heard  the  heavy  breathing  of  some- 
thing in  my  tent,  and  1  could  distinguish  a  dark  object  crouch- 
ing to  the  head  of  my  bed.  A  slight  pull  at  my  sleeve  showed 
me  that  my  wife  also  noticed  the  object,  as  this  was  always 
the  signal  that  she  made  if  anything  occurred  at  nisht  that 
required  vigilance.  Possessing  a  share  of  sung  froid  admir- 
ably adapted  for  African  travel,  Mrs.  Baker  was  not  a  screamer, 
and  never  even  whispered  ;  iu  a  moment  of  suspected  danger 
a  touch  of  my  sleeve  was  considered  sufficient  warning.  My 
hand  had  quietly  drawn  the  revolver  from  under  the  pillow, 
and,  noiselessly  pointed  it  to  within  two  feet  of  the  dark 
crouching  object  before  I  a>ked,  "  Who  is  that  ?"  No  answer 
was  given — until,  upon  repeating  the  question,  with  my  finger 
touching  gently  upon  the  trigger  ready  to  fire,  a  voice  replied, 
"  Fadeela."  Never  had  I  been  so  near  to  a  fatal  shot !  It 
was  one  of  the  black  women  of  the  party,  who  had  crept  into 
the  tent  for  an  asylum. —  The  Albert  Nyanza. 


The  Boston  Public  Librnry  contains  123  000  volumes.  Its 
largest  contributors  are  Joshua  Bates,  of  London,  who  gave 
S100  000  worth  of  books,  and  Theodore  Parker,  who  left 
11,000  books  and  3,000  pamphlets.  In  18G5,  nearly  195,000 
books  were  lent,  or  an  average  of  708  per  day. 


CIRCUMSTANTIAL  EVIDENCE. 

THERE  was  a  trial  and  execution  in  Dublin,  more  than  a 
ceutury  since,  which  excited  great  interest.  It  was 
that  of  a  surgeon,  well-known  in  society  and  esteemed  for  his 
amiable  character,  remarkable  for  his  humanity  to  the  poor. 
He  lived  in  a  retired  street.  It  happened  one  evening  that 
the  milkwoman  found  the  street  door  ajar — and  not  being 
answered  when  she  knocked  at  it,  she  made  her  way  to  the 
kitchen.  She  had  no  sooner  entered  it,  than,  uttering  a  loud 
shriek,  she  called  loudly  lor  help.  The  passers-by  and  persons 
from  the  neighboring  houses  were  soon  on  the  spot,  and  the 
kitchen  was  crowded  in  a  short  time. 

A  sad  spectacle  presented  itself.  The  young  woman  who 
was  servant  to  the  surgeon,  was  lying  dead  on  the  flag3,  while 
her  dress  was  stained  with  the  blood  which  had  issued  from  a 
wound  in  the  side.  In  looking  about  the  floor,  a  surgical 
instrument  was  found,  which  also  was  stained  with  blood.  A 
medical  man,  who  was  present,  ascertained  that  it  was 
the  instrument  which  had  iuflicted  the  death-wound.  On  a 
further  search,  a  shirt  saturated  with  blood  was  found  huddled 
up  in  the  coal-hole ;  it  was  marked  with  the  initials  of  the 
surgeon's  name. 

He  was  immediately  seized,  and,  though  protesting  his 
innocence,  he  was  evidently  under  considerable  agitation. 
The  silent  witnesses  brought  against  him  were  thought  suffi- 
cient to  prove  His  guilt,  and  all  attempts  to  account  for  their 
having  been  found  near  the  unfortunate  girl  were  scouted  in 
the  cross-examination. 

A  living  witness  was  also  produced  in  court,  an  old  lady, 
who  deposed  that  she  lived  in  the  house  directly  facing  that 
where  the  surgeon  resided  ;  that  her  drawing-room  window 
commanded  a  view  of  his  premises,  and  that  it  was  customary 
with  her  to  watch  his  movements  ;  she  deposed  that  she  had 
not  taken  her  eyes  off  his  house  all  that  day  on  which  ibe 
murder  was  perpetrated  ;  that  no  one  had  entered  his  house 
all  that  day  but  himself;  that  he  went  home  at,  about  four 
o'clock,  his  usual  hour  of  returning  ;  and  that  on  knocking  at 
the  door  it  was  opened  by  the  servant,  who,  to  the  best  of  bpr 
belie'-,  9hut  it  fast  when  her  master  went  in  ;  that  she  saw 
him  three  or  four  times  pass  the  windows  of  bis  sitting-room  ; 
that  the  last  time  she  saw  him  was  about  an  hour  and  a  half 
before  the  murder  ;  that  she  observed  him  look  down  b*tb 
sides  of  the  street,  and  then  shut  down  the  window  ;  he  held 
something  in  his  hand,  which  she  thinks  may  have  been 
a  surgical  instrument ;  but  this  she  would  not  positively 
swear. 

In  summing  up  the  evidence,  the  horror  which  the  prisoner 
had  betrayed  when  looking  on  the  body  of  his  murdered  ser- 
vant, was  eloquently  dwelt  on  as  a  crowning  proof  of  guilt. 
The  defence  was  weak  and  meagre — a  bare  denial  of  the  crime 
being  its  chief  substance.  A  thrill  of  horror  pervaded  the 
court.  The  jury  retired — a  brief  space  sufficed  tor  delibera- 
tion ;  they  returned  with  a  verdict  of  "  Guilty."  The  judge 
having  donned  his  black  cap,  exhorted  the  prisoner  on  the 
heinousness  of  his  crime,  and  pronounced  the  fatal  sentence. 
It  is  said  that  the  condemned  showed  much  fortitude  through- 
out, and  persisted  to  the  last  in  asserting  bis  innocence.  He 
was  brought  to  the  place  of  execution  amid  a  vast  concourse 
and  the  execrations  of  the  people.  We  were  told  by  an  old 
gentleman  that  his  father  remembered  having  been  held  up 
in  his  nurse's  arms  to  see  the  procession  pass  to  the  place  of 
execution.  He  was  often  spoken  of  in  the  social  circle  as 
one  who  had  been  held  in  much  estimation.  His  untimely 
end  was  lamented,  but  there  were  few  who  believed  it  unde- 
served. 

It  was  after  the  lapse  of  several  years  that  some  one  who 
had  emigrated  to  America  returned  ;  he  was  ill  and  troubled 
in  mind  ;  something  lay  heavy  on  his  heart  and  disturbed  his 
conscience  ;  he  made  his  confession  and  published  it.  He 
had  been  "  the  sweetheart "  of  the  murdered  girl  ;  she  bad 
let  him  in  by  the  back  way  early  in  the  evening,  to  take  tea 
with  her.  As  they  sat  side  by  side,  be  asked  ber  for  a  kiss, 
which  he  would  have  snatched,  when  she  denied  him  ;  she 
took  up  her  master's  surgical  instrument  which  had  been  left 
out  to  be  cleaned,  and  which  lay  on  the  tuble  beside  ber,  aud 
she  pointed  it  toward  him  jestingly  ;  in  a  struggle  she  fell  on 
it,  aud  it  pierced  her  side  ;  he  snatched  the  shirt,  which  she 
had  in  her  lap  to  mend,  and  staunched  the  blood  which  was 
flowing  with  it ;  but  life  60on  ebbed  away,  and  he  saw  the 
girl  whom  he  loved — who  had  been  laughing  and  talking  with 
him  but  a  few  miuules  before — lyiug  dead  beside  him  ;  his 
agony  ouly  gave  way  to  the  instinct  of  self-preservation  when 
he  thought  he  heard  the  sound  of  approaching  fioteleps  ;  he 
thrust  the  blood-staiued  shirt  iuto  the  coal-hole,  and  setting 
the  hall  door  ajar,  he  concealed  himself  behind  it ;  wbeu  the 
crowd  had  collected  on  hearing  the  alarm,  he  mingled  with  it, 
and  then  passed  iuto  the  street,  aud  on  to  the  quay,  aud  get- 
ting on  board  an  American  merchant  ship  he  sailed  in  a  few 
hours. 

When  he  learned  that  the  surgeon's  life  had  been  forfeited  he 
was  overwhelmed  with  anguish.  The  ouly  reparation  iu  bis 
powe;*  was  to  clear  his  character  from  the  dreadful  imputa- 
tion ;  bat  though  he  felt  a  relief  in  this  act  of  justice,  yet  it 
could  not  undo  tho  injury  inflicted. 


August  11th) 


THE  CALIFORNIAN. 


7 


BRIDAL  CUSTOMS  IN  SWEDEN. 
M">HE  Pastor  described  the  wedding  supper  as  being  set  out 
_L  on  a  horse  shoe  shaped  table  ;  eacli  guest  sat  in  his  or 
her  appropriate  placa,  and  the  feast  lasted  from  midnight  till 
three  o'clock  in  the  morning,  one  dish  of  meat  and  Gsh  suc- 
ceeding another  the  whole  time.  Every  dish  was  flavored 
with  horseradish,  this  being  the  correct  thing,  and  was  par- 
taken of  by  every  guest;  this  also  being  the  mode,  otherwise 
it  would  be  considered  a  slight  and  an  offence.  No  vegetables 
made  their  appearance,  they  being  considered  vulgar;  and 
when  people  had  eaten  to  an  incredible  extent  they  rose  up 
to  dance. 

There  are  still  many  curious  customs  and  superstitions  re- 
lating to  weddings,  lingering  among  the  Swedish  peasants,  as 
for  instance  :  They  say,  when  hands  are  spoken  of,  that  the 
news  of  an  approaching  wedding  will  follow.  People  who  eat 
or  sing  going  to  church  eat  or  sing  lovers  away  from  them, 
and  will  not  be  married  that  year.  They  throw  apple-parings 
over  the  left  shoulder  to  see  the  initial  letter  of  the  husband 
or  wife's  name  ;  just  as  is  done  in  England.  All  sorts  of  for- 
tune-telling charms  and  sorceries  relating  to  marriage  are 
practised  on  Midsummer  Eve.  Iu  former  days,  according  to 
the  Swedish  antiquarian,  Kaal,  the  bride  used,  in  some  locali- 
ties, to  go  round  her  own  and  even  the  neighboring  parishes, 
during  the  autumn  preceding  her  wedding,  and  beg  for  tow, 
wool,  and  hemp,  by  striking  on  the  house-door  with  a  switch. 
She  did  not  go  in,  but  waited  outside  ;  and  the  mistress  of  the 
house,  understanding  the  signal,  came  out  with  the  gift,  but 
did  not  invite  her  to  enter.  The  bridegroom,  on  the  other 
hand,  taking  some  new  sacks,  woven  by  the  bride,  made  his 
journey  round  at  Christmas,  begging  for  oats  to  sow.  In  some 
places,  a  suitable  old  woman  was  selected  to  represent  the 
bride,  and  she  was  permitted  to  enter  the  house,  but  never  to 
ask  for  anything.  These  customs,  which  somewhat  resemble 
the  biddings  to  Welsh  weddings,  have  now  very  much  gone 
out. 

Weddings  on  New  Year's  Day,  or  on  Mondays,  Wednesdays, 
or  Saturdays,  are  considered  unfortunate.  Fridays  aud  Sun- 
days are  the  luckiest,  and  are  indeed  the  general  days.  If  the 
couple  be  married  at  church  and  ride  thither,  the  bridegroom 
must  hold  the  bridle  of  the  bride's  horse,  so  that  no  one  may 
ride  between  them.  If  there  should  be  any  stoppages  by  the 
way,  it  is  considered  a  bad  omen.  It  was  customary  in  the 
northern  provinces,  and  still  may  be  so,  for  the  bride  to  give 
little  presents  to  all  her  friends  and  to  children,  in  order  that 
she,  henceforth,  may  always  have  gifts  for  the  needy.  She 
may  also  cast  away  a  piece  of  money,  either  in  the  church  or 
churchyard,  upon  which  her  coming  misfortunes  are  laid,  but 
woe  unto  the  finder,  for  they  will  be  transferred  to  him  or  her. 
Weddings  generally,  however,  take  place  at  home,  and  require 
endless  preparations. 

Porridge  is  eaten  at  the  bride's  house  the  night  before  the 
wedding,  and  a  broad-bean  dropped  into  it,  which,  like  the 
ring  in  the  bride-cake  with  us,  denotes  that  the  young  man  or 
woman  to  whom  it  falls  will  be  the  next  married  after  t  he  bride. 
The  universal  wedding-dress  is  black  silk,  and  the  bride  is  fre- 
quently attired  by  the  chief  ladies  of  the  neighborhood.  It 
is  not  considered  right  for  the  bride  to  make  her  own  garments, 
every  stitch  she  puts  in  standing  for  a  tear  ;  nor  must  she 
wear  pearls,  which  signify  also  weeping,  but  all  otherornaiuents, 
and  as  many  of  them  as  may  be,  are  desirable. 

The  "  brides  crown,"  a  large  silver-gilt  crown, Vhich  it  is 
considered  elegant  to  adorn  with  a  tuft  of  feathers,  tall  enough 
to  sweep  the  ceiling,  belongs  to  the  parish,  and  is  hiftd  out 
for  the  occasion  on  the  requirement  of  the  bride  bi  jng  an 
honest  and  virtuous  woman.  It  is  fixed  on  a  sort  of  clshion, 
and  firmly  placed  on  the  head,  ttiough  it  must  of  necessity  be 
danced  off  during  the  evening.  Female  friends  of  the  bride 
are  stationed  at  all  conceivable  nooks  and  corners  to  give  no- 
tice of  the  bridegroom's  approach  ;  nor  do  they  mind  how 
long  they  may  have  to  wait  provided  only  they  can  secure  to 
her  the  6rst  view,  which  is  supposed  to  give  her  the  mastery, 
especially  if  she  can  see  him  through  a  ring.  The  guests  as 
semble  at  the  bride's  house  in  the  afternoon,  and  partake  of 
coffee  and  rusks,  the  contributions  of  some  of  the  guests  ; 
weak  tea  is  drunk,  later  in  the  day,  not  because  it  is  liked,  but 
because  it  is  considered  fashionable.  The  clergyman  arrives, 
and  after  he  too  has  been  regaled  with  coffee  the  marriage 
ceremopy  commences,  the  young  couple  standing  under  an 
improvised  canopy,  usually  formed  of  a  large  shawl,  which  is 
held  over  their  heads  by  lour  unmarried  people.  Superstition 
cautions  the  bridal  pair  against  allowing  any  light  to  come 
between  them  during  the  ceremony,  but  they  should  incline 
their  heads  towards  each  other.  Should  the  wedding-ring  be 
too  small,  it  bodes  a  great  misfortune.  A3  soon  as  the  cere- 
mony is  concluded,  the  bride  dances  a  polka  with  the  clergy- 
man, and  afterwards  with  all  the  men,  the  bridegroom,  on  his 
6ide,  dancing  with  all  the  women.  Dancing  continues  the 
whole  night  through,  with  intervals  for  lesser  refreshments 
end  the  great  substantial  banquet. 

Between  the  courses  of  pork,  beef,  pike,  and  mutton,  the 
healths  of  all  are  drunk,  from  the  clergyman  and  the  bridal 
couple,  down  to  the  woman  who  washes  the  dishes,  the  guests 
having  coino  provided  with,  their  own  flagons.    The  bride's 


father  also  inforrps  the  company  of  the  various  articles  of  his 
daughter's  dowry.  Alter  the  substantial  courses  of  meat  and 
fish  comes  the  pastry,  this  being  the  contribution  of  the  guests 
who  have  brought  with  them  gigantic  pyramidal  tarts,  com- 
posed of  layers  of  pastry  and  preserve,  each  worth  about  ten 
riksdalers,  and  the  rule  is  that  everybody  must  taste  every- 
body else's,  otherwise  it  would  be  a  slight. 

People  having  already  eaten  enough  of  the  former  dishes 
fora  week,  the  women's  large  whitelinen  pocket-handkerchiefs, 
hitherto  kept  coiled  up  in  their  hands  as  an  appendage  to  their 
costume,  now  come  into  requisition,  and  if  they  cannot  eat 
the  pieces  of  tart  themselves,  as  indeed  it  would  be  wonder- 
ful if  they  could,  they  can  carry  them  away  in  their  handker- 
chiefs. A  large  pocket  too  is  requisite,  a3  well  as  plenty  of 
money,  for  the  fiddlers  have  to  be  paid  by  the  guests.  The 
fiddling  is  kept  up  whilst  the  wedding  feast  is  eaten,  when  a 
plate  goes  round  for  the  musicians.  Besides  fiddling  indoors, 
there  is  no  end  of  firing  outside,  a  supply  of  gunpowder  being 
laid  in  for  the  occasion.  When  the  great  banquet  is  at  length 
concluded,  the  dishes,  with  their  half-devoured  joints  and 
other  fragments,  are  shoved  under  presses  and  beds,  the  table 
taken  out,  and  again  dancing  commences,  and  continues  till 
the  bride's  m'own  is  danced  off.  In  some  cases,  however,  all 
the  girls  dance  around  the  bride  in  a  ring,  and  she  being 
blinded,  takes  off  her  crown,  and  places  it  on  the  head  of  one 
of  the  girls,  the  one,  of  course,  who  is  to  be  a  bride  next  after 
her. — Margaret  Howitl's  "  Twelve  Months  with  FrederUca 
Bremer. 

THE    SUMMER  FASHIONS. 

ORGANDIES,  mulls,  muslins,  bareges,  mozambiques 
and  piques  are  all  the  rage,  and  they  are  for  the  sum- 
mer certainly  the  prettiest  dresses  in  the  world.  These 
goods  have,  too,  the  one  great  advantage  over  all  other 
goods— that  of  cheapness.  The  most  modest  purse  will  dress 
its  owner  with  comparative  elegance  duiing  the  summer 
months.  There  is,  in  several  stores  on  Chestnut  street,  (says 
a  Philadelphia  paper.)  a  kind  ol  dress  goods  called  English 
barege,  selling  for  the  mere  trifle  of  37  cents  per  yard,  which 
makes  a  dress  pretty  enough  and  elegant  enough  for  any  lady 
in  the  land.  One  of  these  dresses,  which  we  select  for  partic- 
ular mention,  was  a  plaid  pattern,  blue  ground,  with  a  white 
stripe  crossing  it  up  and  down.  The  skirt  was  made  very 
full,  with  a  Swiss  flounce,  set  on  in  box  plaits  around  the  bot- 
tom, and  ornamented  with  a  blue  gimp,  with  small  crystal 
beads  thickly  strewed  over  it.  A  sacque  of  the  same  was 
worn  with  it,  made  in  the  latest  style,  being  without  sleeves, 
(the  sleeve  of  the  dress  serving  for  the  sacque.)  and  finished 
off  at  the  shoulder  with  a  trimming  of  gimp  and  pendants  of 
crystal  to  match  those  on  the  skirt.  Sacqnes,  without 
sleeves,  to  match  the  dress,  are  almost  universally  worn,  and 
they  are  so  cool  and  thin  and  light  that  there  is  little  doubt 
they  will  become  more  nnd  more  general  so  long  as  the  warm 
weather  continues.  Toilettes,  consisting  of  a  mixture  of 
black  and  white,  are  even  more  generally  worn  than  they  were 
earlier  in  the  season.  Black  aud  white  check  silks,  both  in 
suits  and  in  dresses  simply,  are  great  favorites.  Sg  also  are 
black  and  white  striped  silks.  We  give  the  following  as  ex- 
amples of  a  suit  of  each  which  have  been  greatly  admired. 
The  checked  silk  dress  was  made  in  the  Princess  style,  orna- 
mented down  the  fiout  and  down  each  seam  of  the  gores  with 
small  black  velvet  buttons.  The  sleeves  half-close,  coat- 
pattern,  and  trimmed  at  the  wrist  with  graduated  rows  of 
buttons,  the  same  as  on  the  skirt.  At  the  shoulder  the  but- 
tons were  arranged  to  simurate  an  epaulette,  and  to  conceal 
the  fact  of  the  tight  basque  (\torn  with  the  dress  on  the 
street,  and  mide  of  the  same  material.)  having  no  sleeves. 
The  basque  was  trimmed  with  buttons  down  each  seam,  the 
same  as  the  skirt.  The  scond  suit  consisted  of  dress  and 
half-tight  sacque  to  match,  and  was  of  striped  black  and 
white  silk.  It  was  trimmed  with  pieces  of  black  silk,  cut  in 
half-diamonds  and  placed  at  regular  distances  all  round  the 
skirt  and  basque  ;  each  piece  of  silk  was  then  trimmed  around 
with  white  chintz  lace  ;  and  ornamented  between  each  half 
diamond  with  a  white  velvet  button.  This  was  a  very  elegant 
and  dressy  costume,  and  attracted  universal  admiration.  Iu 
Paris,  at  the  present  time,  white  paletots  are  worn  in  prefer- 
ence to  any  other  style  of  outdoor  cloak,  sacque,  or  shawl, 
aud  are  greatly  preferred  to  lace  shawls  or  mantles.  They 
are  made  of  alpaca,  muslin,  barege  or  grenadine  ;  but  of  what- 
ever pattern,  they  are,  without  exception,  trimmed  with 
black— either  guipure,  braid,  passementerie  jet,  or  embroidery, 
according  to  the  wearer's  taste  ;  but  the  "one  important  and 
apparently  absolute  necessity,  is,  that  the  trimming  ;.iust  be 
black.  Over  the  basque  and  the  tight-fitting  sacques,  youth- 
ful ladies,  both  married  and  single,  wear  the  waistband  aud 
buckle.  For  our  own  part  we  do  not  admire  the  fashion  ; 
and  think  that  the  lady's  figure  as  seen  beneath  a  thin,  loose 
sacque  is  much  more  attractive  and  modest  than  the  closely- 
detiued  waists,  busts  and  shoulders,  which  are  the  results  of 
a  close-fitting  basque  and  waistband.  Although  much  is  said 
about  the  summer  hat  and  summer  bonuet.  there  is  not  actu- 
ally anything  new  to  be  said  about  eithpr  ;  except  that  the 
gipsy  is  very  rapidly  verging  backward  into  the  Fauchou  and 


Pamela  ;  and  a  movement  is  on  foot  to  introduce  the  fashion 
of  fastening  the  bonnet-strings  in  a  bow  under  the  chignon, 
instead  of,  as  from  time  immemorial,  wearing  them  tied  be- 
neath the  chin.  The  fashion  has  been  already  introduced  in 
Paris,  and  has  met  with  entire  success.  The  natural  infer- 
ence is,  therefore,  that  before  the  close  of  August  every  lady 
wi.l  tie  her  gipsy  in  a  bow  beneath  the  back  hair. 


A    FREAK    OF    ROTHS  CHILD. 
rT^HE  Baron  de  Rothschild  has  treated  himself  to  a  freak, 
JL     which  he  does  not  often  do,  and  it  has  set  Paris  in  a 
roar  of  laughter  from  the  Emperor  down. 

You  know  Baron  de  Rothschild  negotiated  thereeent  Aus- 
trian and  Italian  loans,  and  he  has  long  regarded  the  Austrian 
funds  as  the  safest  in  Europe.  The  recent  political  disturb- 
ances which  have  caused  all  public  funds,  and,  especially  those 
of  Austria  and  Italy,  to  decline  so  much,  have  not  only  caused 
great  loss  of  money  to  Baron  de  Rothschild,  but  they  have, 
which  is  worse,  made  him  lose  his  temper.  Although  he  is 
Austrian  Consul  General  here  he  does  not  scruple  to  express 
openly  enough  his  anger  at  that  Government  for  its  "  tamstu- 
bit  bolicy."  He  is  the  banker  of  Prince  de  Metternich,  not 
only  in  the  latter's  character  of  Austrian  Ambassador,  but  in 
his  private  character.  As  Baron  de  Rothschild  is  perfectly 
familiar  with  the  Prince's  resources  the  accouut  between  credit 
and  funds  is  never  balanced  with  the  sternness  showed  to  the 
majority  of  customers.  He  is  allowed  to  overdraw  his  ac- 
count for  considerable  amounts  of  money,  because  upon  the 
whole  the  sum  usually  to  his  credit  greatly  exceeds  these  oc- 
casional over-drafts,  and  he  is  in  various  ways  an  excellent 
customer.  He  gives  information,  he  obliges  the  Baron's 
friends,  and  besides,  a  Prince  and  Princess  when  they  are 
called  von  Metternich,  and  are  styled  Austrian  Ambassador 
and  Ambassadress,  are  double  flowers  which  adoru  a  dining 
or  a  ball-room.  The  cashier  of  the  bank  is  not,  however, 
allowed  to  pay  any  checks  where  accounts  are  over-drawn 
until  the  check  presented  be  shown  to  Baron  James  de  Roths- 
child. He  gives  warrant  for  this  irregular  payment  by  writing, 
"  J.  de  R."  in  red  ink  in  a  corner  of  the  face  of  the  check. 
There  is  no  exception  to  this  rule,  because  were  there  an  ex- 
ception the  cashier  would  grow  negligent  and  fail  to  keep  the 
accounts  of  customers  balanced. 

A  few  days  since  Prince  de  Metternich  sent  his  body  ser- 
vant to  Baron  de  Rothschild's  bank  with  a  check  for  one  thou- 
sand dollars.  The  cashier  upon  looking  into  the  Prince's  ac- 
count found  he  had  already  over-drawn  his  account  ten  dollars. 
He  took  the  check  into  Baron  de  Rothschild's  private  room 
for  the  Baron  to  initial  and  order  him  to  pay  it.  To  his  as- 
tonishment the  Baron  said  :  "  Refuse  the  check."  "  Refuse 
the  Austrian  Ambassador's  cheek — Prince  de  Metternich's 
check  !  Baron?"  gasped  the  cashier,  who  had  never  seen  the 
Barou  indulge  iu  so  wild  a  freak  before.  "  Unquestionably. 
Has  be  any  money  here?" 

The  Prince's  servant  nearly  sank  to  the  floor  with  astonish- 
ment. He  thought  full  surely  bis  ears  must  have  turned  Prus- 
sian and  betrayed  him.  The  agitation  of  the  cashier  and  the 
close  of  the  little  wicket  left  him  no  longer  in  doubt.  He 
hastened  down  stairs,  threw  himself  into  a  hack  and  was  soon 
at  the  Austrian  Embassy.  The  Prince  heard  the  intelligence 
with  as  much  surprise  as  the  servant  had  felt.  It  createdstill 
more  astonishment  in  Baron  de  Rothschild's  bank  and  house 
1 1  is  wife  had  issued  cards  for  a  large  party  that  evening.  The 
Aust-ian  Ambassador  and  Ambassadress  were  invited.  Mine, 
de  Rothschild  and  her  sons  were  greatly  annoyed  by  the  Baron's 
conduct.  She  determined — with  the  hope  of  repairing  her 
husband's  folly — to  send  her  eldest  daughter  to  wait  on  Mice, 
de  Metternich,  remind  her  of  the  invitation  for  that  evening, 
and  in  the  name  of  the  family  express  the  hope  of  seeing  her 
at  the  party.  Mine,  de  Metternich  had  heard  of  the  incident 
and  was  quite  vexed.  She  received  Mile,  de  Rothschild  with 
Austrian  haughtiness  ;  heard  her  tell  her  tale  without  aiding 
her  once  by  those  words  of  courtesy  which  lighten  a  disagree- 
able task.  On  the  contrary  Mine,  de  Metternich  listened 
coldly  to  the  gracious  message,  and  at  its  conclusion  replied : 
'•  We  shall  not  go  out  to-night,"  half-rising  as  she  spoke  to 
intimate  to  Mile,  de  Rothschild  the  audience  was  at  an  end. 
"  Spiridion,"  in  the  Boston  Saturday  Evening  Gazelle. 

There  is  new  rivalry  among  the  law  book  publishers  ;  Hurd 
&  Houghton  are  dabbling  in  the  business  ;  Baker,  Voorhes  & 
Co.,  an  old  house  in  this  department  of  trade,  are  showing 
fresb  zeal  aud  enterprise  ;  and  Little  &  Brown,  the  Boston 
kings  in  sheepskin,  do  not  mean  to  be  caught  napping,  and 
are  getting  out  new  and  valuable  books  for  the  profession,  aud 
also  announce  a  uew  law  magazine. 

Anna  Dickinson  remarked,  in  a  public  speech,  a  few 
days  since,  that  "  the  nation  wants  a  man  " — which  is  perhaps 
a  modest  way  of  saying  that  Miss  Anua  considers  herself  th 
nation.   

M.  de  Rothschild  has,  we  hear  from  Paris,  refused  to  give 
Austria  a  credit  of  five  millions  of  francs,  which  was  asked  by 
Prince  Metternich  on  behalf  of  his  government. 


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THE  CALIFORNIA!*. 


{August  11th 


NO  T1CE. 

The  publication  of  "The  California*  "  takes  place  on  Saturday 
mornings,  and  copies  may  be  obtained  in  the  City  at  all  Newt 
stands,  and  of  our  News-agents  through  the  country.  It  will  also 
be  served  by  carriers  on  tlie  morning  of  publication. 

White  &  Bauer,  News  Dealers,  No.  413  Washington  street,  arc 
General  Agents  for  The  California.-.-  in  tlie  interior  counties  oj 
this  State  °  also,  for  the  adjacent  States  and  Territories. 

All  kinds  of  JOB  PRINTING  done  with  neatness  and  despatch, 
at  reasonable  rates. 


THE  CALIFORNIAN. 

SAN  FRANCISCO.  SATURDAY.  AUGUST  11.  1866. 

Foll  volumes  of  The  Californian,  Irom  the  commencement,  can 
be  obtained  at  the  office,  532  Merchant  Btreet.  Price,  in  muslin,  $  I 
per  volume;  two  volumes  (oue  year)  bound  together,  $7.  Unbound  , 
per  volume,  $3. 

ENGLAND,   NOW    AND  THEN. 

JUST  eight  hundred  years  ago  a  Norman  army  sailed  from 
France  and  landed  on  the  coast  of  England.  In  one 
month  it  had  overthrown  a  monarchy,  slain  its  king,  and  was 
master  of  the  entire  country.  The  history  of  that  race  is  the 
history  of  all  that  is  cruel  and  heroic  in  our  nature,  and  while 
in  its  progress  it  has  reached  the  highest  triumphs  in  civiliza- 
tion, yet  during  all  its  past  career— at  least  down  to  a  very 
short  period — it  has  always  carried  with  it  that  peculiar  vigor 
and  courage,  that  enterprize  and  contempt  of  danger  which, 
after  all,  are  the  highest  elements  in  all  national  greatness — 
indeed,  without  which  greatness  is  impossible.  This  race,  so 
remarkable  in  those  days  when  the  highest  virtue  lay  in  sword 
and  torch,  is  now  the  foremost  in  the  world  in  all  the  distinc- 
tions of  civilization — in  agriculture,  commerce,  science,  arts, 
and  letters.  And  yet  in  this  extraordinary  development  of 
national  wealth  and  prosperity,  it  is  a  suggestive  subject  of 
inquiry  whether  or  not,  so  far  as  England  is  concerned,  have 
not  been  lost  that  national  manhood  and  that  prompt  vindica- 
tion of  principle  which  were  so  conspicuous  as  the  controlling 
qualities  of  the  English  race  up  to  the  commencement  of  this 
century. 

At  no  period  in  European  history  as  late  as  the  dethrone- 
ment of  Charles  X.,  of  France,  could  any  matter  be  mocted — 
any  question  of  territory,  morals  or  state  ceremony — but  that 
England  had,  by  virtue  of  her  pluck  and  power,  the  arbitra- 
ment of.  In  all  history  there  can  be  presented  no  higher  spec- 
tacle of  moral  and  military  grandeur  than  when  the  English, 
conquerors  on  almost  every  field  from  Cressy  to  Waterloo, 
dictated  peace  to  all  Europe  from  the  capital  of  France.  In 
that  act  seems  to  have  culminated  the  power  and  greatness  of 
England.  The  Norman  blood  which  in  the  olden  time  was 
so  fiery  ;  which  has  been  shed  on  so  many  fields,  and  which  is 
associated  with  all  that  is  great  and  gloriously  pugnacious  in 
the  annals  of  modern  races,  seems  to  flow  sluggish  now  T1  and 
instead  of  beating  high  "  in  honor's  field  alone  " — where  op- 
pression seeks  to  throttle  right,  courses  slowly  on  the  mart 
and  experiences  no  sense  of  quickness  except  when  traffic  of- 
fers gains.  It  is  for  the  philosophic  historian  to  trace  the 
cause  and  gradation  of  this  decadence,  and  the  reason  why  a 
nation  so  combative,  vigorous,  "  sudden  and  quick  iu  quarrel," 
through  a  space  of  eight  hundred  years,  should  have  so  sud- 
denly, in  a  period  of  scarce  thirty  years,  lost  all  ambition  to 
maintain  its  old  glorious  position,  should  consent  to  descend 
to  the  status  of  a  second  rate  power.  The  English  dead, 
whether  in  Westminster  or  scattered  from  the  Heights  of 
Abraham  to  the  field  of  Waterloo,  must  have,  to  use  tlie  com- 
mon phrase,  turned  in  their  coffins  when  Englaud  abandoned 
Denmark— a  daughter  of  whose  king  is  the  wife  of  the  Eng- 
lish beir  apparent.  Had  she  then  stood  faithful  to  tradition 
and  principle,  we  would  not  now  see  Prussia  threatening 
A'ienna,  the  old  ally  of  England  ;  would  not  see  the  Napoleonic 
monocrasy  overriding  Europe,  and  would  not  behold  the 
British  Empire,  "  on  which  the  sun  never  sets,"  accepting  any 
seat  in  the  European  circus,  provided  she  is  allowed  quietly 
to  peddle  peanuts.  At  this  moment,  it  is  no  exaggeration  to 
say,  not  ouly  has  England  lost  all  hold  on  the  contiueut,  but 
that  she  is  thoroughly  despised  everywhere  as  "  a  na  ion  of 
shop-keepers." 

From  the  very  moment  of  the  commencement  of  the  war  in 
Europe,  down  to  the  present,  we  have  had  no  appeals  from 
the  tricks  of  the  Tuileries  to  the  old  honest  frankness  and 
cudgel  of  "John  Bull."  Even  beleaguered  and  sorely  pressed 
Austria,  once  the  friend  and  ally  of  England,  lias  not  in 
her  present  agony  reached  out,  crying,  "  Save  me,  or 
1  perish."  The  truth  is,  she  is  already  ruled  out  as  a  power 
in  Europe — not  simply  ruled  out,  but  declared  to  be  a  nation 
that  will  endure  a  kick,  rather  than  lose  a  ship  which  bears  to 
her  shores  the  goods  from  which  she  can  turn  a  penny. 

Notwithstanding  the  gross  outrages  we  have  suffered  at  her 
hands,  at  a  time,  too,  when  we  were  battling  for  very  life  with 
the  flames  of  rebellion  ;  although  our  great  commercial  fleets 
have  been  destroyed  by  cruisers  having  no  Confederate  char- 
acter beyond  the  Hag  and  their  principal  officers,  anil  although 
we  have  received  from  her  every  species  of  coutumely  and 
oppression,  yet,  after  all,  we  cannot  but  regret  that  a  people 


of  such  real  ereatness — of  such  renown  in  all  the  accomplish- 
ments which  belong  to  nations  as  well  individuals — should 
have  been  thrust  into  a  position  so  utterly  antpgonistical  to 
all  her  traditions,  her  manliness  and  virtues.  We  are  disposed 
to  believe  that  her  government  did  not  represent  the  real 
opinions  of  England  when  we  were  so  treated,  and  that  her 
apparent  decline  is  simply  the  rule  of  a  privileged  class,  whose 
days  of  domination  and  influence  are  passing  away  forever. 
Let  us  hope  that  with  the  extension  of  the  right  of  suffrage,  and 
the  elevation  of  the  middle  classes  to  a  share  in  the  councils  and 
government,  may  come  to  her  again  that  true  courage  and 
manhood,  which  not  only  will  bring  back  her  old  martial  spirit 
and  pride,  but  that  appreciation  of  right  and  that  control  of 
the  principle  of  fair  play  ever  the  glory  and  renown  of  "  Old 
England."   -  

THE    POPULAR  SENTIMENTAL. 

WHY"  a  gentleman,  with  his  face  blackened  by  burnt  cork, 
and  a  preposterous  shirt  collar,  should  be  able,  by 
simply  singing  "  Bright  Things  Can  Never  Die,"  or  "  Why 
Do  Summer  Roses  Fade  ?"  to  so  far  overcome  the  manifest 
defects  of  his  personal  appearance  as  to  wiu  not  ouly  the  re- 
spectful attention  but  hearty  applause  of  an  enraptured 
gallery,  is  one1  of  those  things  for  which  philosophy  offers  no 
satisfactory  explanation.  It  is  perfectly  understood  that  the 
singer  cares  little  about  the  perishable  nature  of  summer  roses  ; 
still  less  is  the  audience  concerned  in  their  ephemeral  quality  ; 
while  iu  regard  to  the  fact,  it  is  undeniable  that  bright  things 
do  die,  and  that  a  great  deal  of  the  Beauty  and  Miustrelsy 
extant  is  not  of  a  "  deathless  "  quality.  It  is  evident  that  we 
must  look  beyond  the  mere  truth  or  importance  of  the  abstract 
statement  to  fiud  a  reason  for  its  extraordinary  effect.  When 
the  hero  in  the  melodrama  avows  bis  intention  to  rescue  some- 
body or  perish  in  the  attempt,  we  can  understand  the  burst  of 
applause  that  follows,  for  the  average  instincts  of  humanity 
are  magnanimous,  but  when  this  applause  reaches  a  tumul- 
tuous climax  as  he  makes  the  purely  abstract  and  gratuitous 
addition  that  the  Man  who  Refuses  to  aid  a  Fellow  Being  in 
Distress,  is  Unworthy  of  the  Name  of  an  American  Citizen, 
or  a  British  Subject,  as  the  case  may  be,  we  confess  we  are  at 
a  loss.  As  with  the  perishable  Summer  Roses  or  the  immor- 
tal Bright  Things,  there  is  something  that  remains  to  be  ac- 
counted for.  That  something  is  the  Popular  Sentimental. 
Cheap,  illusive,  and  diluted  it  may  be,  but  still  popular.  It 
is  this  one  touch  of  highly  artificial  nature  that  makes  the 
whole  world  kin — that  transforms  the  gaping  apprentice  for 
the  moment  into  a  poet,  and  thrills  the  house-maid  with  tbat 
unutterable  and  vague  longing,  above  the  mere  physical  appe- 
tite for  food  and  drink,  which  she  is  pleased  to  consider  is  the 
normal  condition  of  persons  of  quality. 

Now,  sentiment  is  all  very  well,  and  undoubtedly  has  its 
uses,  but  the  Popular  Sentimental,  like  many  other  popular 
things,  is  very  apt  to  lose  the  substance  arid  thing  itself  in 
the  mere  symbol  and  form.  The  word  "  Alas,"  occurring  in 
composition,  is  to  many  good-natured  people  invested  with 
preternaturally  affecting  qualities.  To  others  the  mere  fact 
of  keepmg  a  journal  or  diary  is  prima  facie  evidence  of  the 
existence  of  sentiment.  Reflections  upon  the  uncertainly  of 
human  life — no  matter  how  obvious  the  truism  or  apparent 
the  proposition,  and  suggestions  as  to  the  deceitfulness  of 
appearances,  are  valuable  symbols  of  the  Popular  Senti- 
mental. As  with  the  summer  roses  before  alluded  to,  it  by 
no  means  follows  that  those  who  reflect  upon  mortuary  possi- 
bilities are  at  all  influenced  in  their  conduct  by  such  reflec- 
tions, or  that  the  deceitfulness  of  appearances  prevents  them 
from  being  regularly  affected  by  mere  show  or  glitter.  They 
are  simply  gracelul  conventionalities.  Clever  people  are  often 
beguiled  into  the  Popular  Sentimental.  The  Irequent  call 
upon  their  sympathy  leads  them  to  adopt  words  and  sentences 
that  have  passed  current  and  have  a  recognized  value  as  the 
equivalents  of  genuine  sentiment.  The  currency  may  be 
depreciated,  but  the  law  of  society  makes  it  a  legal  tender, 
and  he  would  be  foolish  who  would  reject  it  because  he  has 
the  real  coin  locked  np  and  is  conscious  that  it  is  at  a  pre- 
mium. The  Popular  Sentimental  mixes  largely  in  the  relig- 
ion of  some  people — how  largely  we  sometimes  shudder  to 
speculate.  So  long  as  the  "  silent  tomb,"  "  the  narrow  house,'' 
"  rock  of  ages,"  "  the  better  land,"  and  reckless  and  inordi- 
nate Scriptural  quotation,  occupy  serious  conversation  with 
formula;  to  the  exclusion  of  ideas,  we  find  little  difference 
between  the  white  performer  and  his  brother  with  the  blackened 
lace.  Politics  is  equally  favorable  to  the  growth  of  this 
quality  :  so  long  as  the  bird  of  freedom  is  permitted  to  soar — 
so  long  as  we  hear  of  a  "  freeman's  privilege,"  of  "  Bleeding 
.  Kansas,"  of  the  "  Hard  fisted  Democracy,"  we  know  that 
the  Popular  Sentimental  does  not  languish  in  the  hands  of 
politicians. 

We  need  not  look  far  for  a  correction  of  the  evil.  As  it  is 
I  said  of  certain  poisonous  herbs  that  the  antidote  is  always 
found  in  convenient  contiguity,  so  in  the  same  plane  of  thought 
and  action  do  we  find  compensation  and  remedy  for  the  evil. 
The  lesser  satirists  and  humorists — the  Josh  Billingses  and 
Artemus  Wards — are  the  checks  upon  the  Popular  Senti- 
mental.  When  Mr.  Ward  listens  to  his  daughter  singing 


•'  Why  Do  Summer  Roses  Fade  ?"  and  replies,  "  Because  it  is 

their  Biz '' — the  humor  is  coarse  but  demolisliDg.  People 
addicted  to  sentimental  inquiry  in  that  direction,  whose  coarse 
cuticle  would  turn  the  polished  shafts  of  irony,  are  utterly 
crushed  by  his  rude  but  straightforward  absurdity.  Josh  Bil- 
lings has  similarly  shown  up  the  cheap  philosophy  of  the  Popu- 
lar Sentimental  ;  and  we  owe  a  lasling.debt  of  gratitude  to 
Petroleum  V.  Nasby  for  bis  rough  but  thorough  demolition, 
as  "  Pastor  of  the  Church  of  the  New  Dispensation,"  of  the 
mingled  blasphemous  scriptural  quotations  and  cheap  political 
formulas  which  invest  the  Popular  Sentimental. 

A  M  U  S  E  M  K  N  T  S  . 

LADY  DON,  '.he  latest  reigning  star  here,  is  achieving 
great  success,  not  only  as  an  actress,  but  also  as  a 
vocalist.  The  Opera  House  has  been  crowded  every  evening, 
though  there  has  scarcely  beeu  a  change  in  the  bill  since  her 
first  appearance,  on  Monday  night.  She  is  an  actress  of 
spirit  and  vivacity,  and  has  an  off-haud,  easy,  natural  way  ot 
saying  and  doitig  ber  parts,  with  a  thorough  disregard  ot  the 
"  prunes  and  prisms  "  style  of  the  stage,  that  is  truly  refresh- 
ing. Clever  and  pleasing  as  Lady  Don  is  in  her  impersona- 
tions, yet  it  is  her  accomplishments  as  a  vocalist  tbat  form 
her  strongest  charm  of  attraction.  We  have  frequently4)een 
favored  with  actresses  of  greater  merit,  but  probably  the 
Opera  House  stage  has  never  been  graced  by  a  vocalist  of 
equal  powers — certainly  not  since  the  era  of  the  Aeleon  sis- 
ters. She  has,  perhaps,  a  mezzo-soprano  voice — it  is  difficult 
to  classify  it — of  excellent  compass,  and  under  complete  com- 
mand and  cultivation.  As  a  cantatrice  and  ballad  singer,  she 
takes  high  rank. 

This  lady  has  been  excellently  supported  by  Miss  Kate 
Denin,  Mrs.  Edwin,  Mrs.  Jacksou,  and  the  Opera  House  com- 
pany, and  appears  to  have  a  wardrobe  sufficient  to  mount  half 
the  company. 

Lady  Don  has  commenced  well,  and,  as  her  forte  lies  in 
acting  burlesques  and  extravaganzas,  with  musical  interludes, 
we  can  heartily  commend  the  entertainments  she  offers  the 
public  as  being  lively  and  enjoyable,  as  well  as  interesting. 

This  afternoon  the  popular  burlesque  of  Kenilieorth—  which 
has  been  the  chief  attraction  of  the  week — will  be  played  for 
the  last  time.  To-night  Guy  Mannering  will  be  produced 
with  all  the  original  incidental  music.  Orpheus  and  Eury- 
dice  is  announced  as  being  the  next  burlesque  feature.  It  is 
to  be  brought  out  with  fine  scenic  effects  and  gorgeous  cos- 
tumes. 

Metropolitan  Theatre. — Every  musician,  whether  pro- 
fessional or  amateur,  has  doubtless  observed  many  instances 
io  his  musical  progress  where  the  old  rule,  "  Practice  makes 
perfect,"  does  not  seem  to  hold  good.  He  may  take  up  a 
piece  of  music  rather  beyond  his  capacity,  and  iu  the  excite- 
ment of  the  first  reading  may  nevertheless  execute  it  with 
tolerable,  perhaps  even  brilliant  effect ;  but  on  settling  down  to 
steady  practice  for  the  purpose  of  mastering  all  its  difficulties 
in  detail,  he  will  fiud  himself  playing  or  singing  it  worse  and 
worse,  until  he  finally  throws  it  aside  in  disgust,  and  wonders 
whether  it  could  not  be  learned  best  by  leaving  it  alone  alto- 
gether. On  the  other  haiid,  he  may  take  up  a  piece  which  he 
had  labored  over,  in  the  same  unsatisfactory  manner,  six 
months  ago,  and  may  now  find  himself  rendering  it  with  a 
perfection  quite  surprising.  By  an  involuntary  and  impercep- 
tible process  4he  musical  forms  have  crystallized  into  shape 
in  his  mind  .  the  spirit  of  the  piece  remains,  while  the  inci- 
dental labor  aud  disgust  have  dropped  out  of  sight  as  if  they 
had  never  been  kuown.  The  hard  practice,  therefore,  was 
not  lost,  although  there  was  a  time  when  it  appeared  abso- 
lutely futile. 

Tbat  this  theory  of  musical  progress  applies  to  whole  opera 
troupes  as  well  as  to  individual  artists,  is  proved  in  a  striking 
manner  by  the  two  performances  which  were  respectively  the 
very  best,  and  the  very  worst,  of  the  eleven  (including  two 
extra  nights)  already  given  during  the  present  season.  Lucia 
di  Lammermoor,  put  upon  the  stage  almost  without  prepara- 
tion, was  given  to  an  audience  neither  large  nor  fashionable ; 
but  the  enthusiasm  of  that  audience  was  roused  by  a  perform- 
ance so  full  of  lile  and  fire,  so  brilliant  in  its  principal  points, 
so  delicately  perfect  iu  detail,  and  pervaded  by  such  unity  of 
feeling  and  expression,  that  it  may  be  set  dowu  as  the  great 
musical  success  of  the  season  so  far.  Faust,  on  the  other 
hand,  was  in  rehearsal  for  a  week— a  long  time  for  California — 
during  which  the  theatre  was  closed  ;  produced  to  an  abso- 
lutely overflowing  audience,  comprising  '  the  wealth,  beauty 
and  fashion  of  San  Francisco  " — the  finest  house  within  the 
memory  of  our  opera-goers,  aud  of  course  the  great  pecuniary 
success  of  the  season.  But  the  troupe  happened  to  be  at  that 
point  of  progress  in  Faust  when  practice  does  not  make  imme- 
diately perfect ;  and  the  enthusiasm  of  that  audience  was 
damped  as  by  a  cold  and  drizzly  rain.  As  the  repetition  of 
the  opera  on  Wednesday  showed  marked  improvement  in 
nearly  every  respect,  we  shall  not  remember  Monday's  failure 
to  the  disadvantage  of  the  indefatigable  manager  and  .bis 
assistants,  (whose  labors  have  been  extremely  arduous,)  bat 
shall  confine  ourselves  to  the  notice  of  such  faults  as  hap- 


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pened  upon  both  evenings,  and  need  vigorous  correction. 
There  was  a  constant  want  of  correspondence  between  the 
singers  and  the  orchestra,  for  which  we  think  the  former  were 
chiefly  to  blame,  not  knowing  their  parts  perfectly  ;  the 
latter  part  of  the  garden  scene  was  a  glaring  instance  of  this 
on  both  uights,  but  the  trouble  occurred  in  nearly  every  con- 
certed passage  throughout  the  opera.  The  chorus  singers, 
tolerably  good  in  music  they  have  sung  for  years, do  not  seem 
to  master  this  opera,  and  their  weakness  and  uncertainty, 
when  left  to  themselves,  as  in  some  parts  of  the  Soldiers' 
Chorus,  without  accompaniment,  were  painfully  perceptible  ; 
though  large  iu  numbers,  they  utter  no  such  distinct  and  pow- 
erful body  of  sound  as  we  naturally  expect.  The  Second 
Artillery  band  was  very  effective,  especially  on  the  second 
night,  when  the  grand  march  came  out  with  inspiriting  splen- 
dor;  the  whole  scene  was  encored  on  each  evening,  and  with 
three-fourths  of  the  audience  was  certainly  the  most,  perhaps 
the  only  attractive  feature,  besides  the  waltz,  in  the  whole 
performance  ;  the  greater  part  of  Gounod's  music  being  mere 
sound  signifying  nothing  to  an  uncultivated  ear.  With  the 
band  we  find  but  one  fault,  which  we  also  observed  in  their 
performance  on  the  Fourth  of  July  during  the  whole  proces- 
sion ;  the  principal  cornet  player  seldom  allows  rapid  pas- 
sages, especially  triplets,  (as  in  the  opening  phrase  of  the 
Fausl  march.)  to  fill  their  whole  time  in  the  measure,  but 
jerks  them  out  in  a  fidgetty  way,  as  if  desirous  to  get  over 
some  disagreeable  duty  as  soon  as  possible  ;  and  this  detracts 
very  much  from  the  quiet  majesty  which  should  characterize 
the  music.  The  stage  business  and  mountings  of  the  opera 
had  evidently  received  considerable  attention,  but  some 
points  were  badly  made,  and  others  neglected.  In  the 
garden,  for  instance,  "Siebel"  hid  the  bouque#  carefully 
away,  and  "  Margarita "  had  to  pass  by  the  conspicuous 
jewel  casket  in  order  to  hunt  for  the  offering  which  she  ought 
properly  to  have  discovered  first.  The  moonlight,  which 
should  have  been  arranged  beforehand  so  as  to  shine  on 
Margarita's  window,  and  gradually  brightened  as  if  discov- 
ered from  behind  a  cloud,  was  on  the  fir3t  night  produced  by 
a  loud  hissing  conflagration  in  the  prompter's  box,  and  on  the 
second  by  a  sort  of  dark  lantern,  held  at  the  opposite  upper 
corner  of  the  proscenium,  and  shining  in  rapid  succession  on 
various  wrong  places  before  the  right  focus  was  established. 
Stage  scenery  can  never  produce  an  absolute  illusion  ;  but  it 
should  not  be  obtrusively  unreal. 

Signorina  Brambilla  has  rarely  appeared  to  better  advan- 
tage than  in  the  character  of  "  Margarita,"  and  has  never,  we 
think,  sung  the  music  more  acceptably  than  she  did  on  Wed- 
nesday night.  The  spinning-wheel  song,  ("  The  King  of 
Thule,")  and  the  bijou  song,  in  the  garden,  and  the  prayer  in 
the  prison  scene,  were  exquisitely  rendered,  although  the  last 
named  was  taken,  both  in  the  solo  and  afterwards  in  the  trio, 
a  good  deal  too  fast.  Morley  was  in  fine  voice  on  Wednesday, 
and  acted  the  part  of  "  Faust  "  with  care  and  spirit  on  both 
evenings.  Milleri's  "  Mephistopheles  "  is  a  powerful  imperso- 
nation, different  from  Morelli's,  (with  which  a  comparison  is 
unavoidable,)  and  hardly  equal  to  it  on  the  whole  ;  heindulges 
in  too  much  buffoonery,  especially  in  the  serenade,  and  looks 
like  such  a  "  Mephistopheles  "  as  Leporello  or  Sancho  Pauza 
might  have  made  ;  whereas  Morelli,  with  his  princely  bearing, 
sardonic  counteuance,  and  eagle  eye,  looked  and  acted  the 
character  like  the  very  devil  himself. 

Mancusi  made  the  part  of  "  Valentine  "  a  principal  feature, 
and  was,  as  we  remember,  the  only  one  of  the  four  leading 
artists  who  sang  every  note  of  his  music  in  a  manner  entirely 
satisfactory.  Miss  Landesmanu,  as  "  Siebel,"  did  very  well, 
but  was  too  languishing  and  indulged  in  too  much  tremolo  for 
a  boy  ;  she  should  learn  to  avoid  overacting.  M'lle.  Tourney 
was  excellent  as  '■  Marta  Schwerlein,"  and  filled  her  part  iu 
the  garden  quartet  very  creditably.  We  hope  to  hear  the 
opera  again,  anJ  in  better  style  than  even  on  Wednesday  ; 
but  we  think  the  management  will  do  well  to  let  it  rest  for 
the  present.  Last  night  Un  Ballo  en  Maschera  was  given 
for  the  first  time,  as  the  ninth  regular  performance,  but  the 
early  hour  at  which  we  go  to  press  forbids  any  particular 
notice.   It  will  be  repeated  this  evening. 

Dr.  Jordan's  Anotomical  Museum. — The  ceroplastic  pre- 
parations, in  anatomy  and  pathology,  which  Dr.  Jordan  has  at 
great  expense  brought  to  this  country,  are  on  exhibition  at 
Eureka  Hall  to  day,  from  morning  till  10  o'clock,  r.  m.  On 
Sundays  the  Hall  will  be  open  from  five  to  ten  p.  m.  only. 


CABLE-TALK. 
There  was  a  young  person  called  Cyrus, 
Whoso  talk  of  his  hobby  did  tire  us : 

Said  be,  "  If  I 'm  able, 

I  II  lay  this  big  cable." 
He  did  it.    Good  Lord  !  how  he  '11  wire  as ! 

There  was  a  young  girl  named  Victoria, 
Who,  -when  tbe  long  wire  was  stretched  o'er  here, 
Said,  "Aint.  it  nice,  Audy  ?" 
"  Yes  !  't  will  be  bandy,  , 
It  is,  marui,  THE  mvidi  gloria.''  M. 


[For  tbe  Calirornian.] 

THE    SECRET  WELL. 
T  KNOW  a  well  so  deep  and  cool 
And  hid,  the  crystal-hearted  pool 
Hath  never  thrilled  a  swallow's  throat 
Or  sweetened  a  lark's  note. 

No  fainting  stag,  though  perishing, 
Hath  ventured  to  disturb  this  spring  ; 
No  leopard  with  bis  fiery  breast 
This  fountain  dares  molest. 

No  cunning  silver-cased  trout 
The  sheltered  source  can  e'er  search  out ; 
No  tongue  but  mine  may  ever  tell 
The  secret  of  this  well. 

I  build  abont  its  guarded  rim 
With  added  Btones ;  I  know  the  dim 
Still  twilight  of  its  mossy  cell, 
Where  the  sweet  waters  dwell. 

For  spirits  go  between  us  two 
With  flasks  ;  they  brim  with  softest  dew  ; 
I  drink  and  am  refreshed,  and  seem 
As  living  iu  a  dream. 

This  well,  that  is  alone  for  me, 
I«  all  a  fount  of  memory, 
And  every  year  that  I  have  known 
Is.  as  an  added  stone. 

My  willing  thoughts,  as  spirits,  haste 
To  draw  the  draught  I  love  to  taste. 
There  is  an  ever  full  supply, 
Yet  who  may  driuk  but  I  7 

Charles  Warren  Stoddard. 


FAMILY  DISCIPLINE. 
rr^HE  horrible  case  of  child-whipping  in  the  western  part 
1  of  this  State,  to  which  we  referred  on  a  previous  occa- 
sion, is  to  be  lamented  not  merely  on  account  of  the  unhappy 
little  victim,  but  also  for  its  inevitable  tendency  to  loosen  the 
bonds  of  parental  discipline,  by  associating  the  idea  of  child- 
punishment  with  the  recollection  of  this  clerical  wretch,  who 
seems  to  combine  the  language  of  a  Pecksniff  with  the  relent- 
lessness  of  a  Legree.  This  act  is  thrice-acurst,  in  respect  to 
his  baby,  to  himself,  and  to  society.  We  cannot  doubt  that 
he  will  receive  so  much  of  the  punishment  which  he  deserves 
as  it  is  possible  lor  the  law  to  inflict.  Whether  it  is  possible 
under  legal  forms  to  render  him  full  justice  may  be  doubted. 

But  we  cannot  afford  to  let  this  solitary  instance  of  parental 
cruelty  blind  ns  to  the  fact  that,  as  a  people,  we  err  mainly  in 
the  opposite  direction.  American  parents,  as  a  rule,  have 
very  little  inclination  to  tyrannize  over  their  children,  and  are 
very  strongly  disposed  to  loosen  the  reius  of  family  govern- 
ment. Looking  around  among  our  own  acquaintance,  we  do 
not  call  to  mind  a  single  parent  who  is  a  terror  to  his  child- 
ren ;  and  we  rejoice  that  it  is  so.  But  we  do  know  multitudes 
of  parents  who  never  had  their  children  under  their  control  ; 
aud  this  we  cannot  rejoice  over.  The  days  when  childreu 
were  tied  to  bed-posts  and  flogged  lor  slight  transgressions 
are,  thank  Heaven,  substantially  past  ;  but  the  extreme  to 
which  our  grandfathers  carried  their  notions  of  discipline  is 
no  justification  for  the  other  extreme  into  which  we  are  now 
disposed  to  run.  If  there  is  really  no  middle  path,  doubtless 
the  license  which  is  now  allowed  to  children  is  netter  than  the 
excessive  severity  of  old  times  ;  but  no  such  excuse  for  laxity 
can  be  truly  made.  There  is  a  middle  path  ;  but  it  requires 
more  patience,  perseverance,  and  enlightened  parental  love 
than  either  of  the  rival  systems  of  wholesale  flogging  or  lais- 
sez  /aire. 

A  certain  distinguished  clergyman  once  told  in  our  hearing 
an  incident  which  illustrates  our  .weaning.  His  little  girl,  then 
a  little  over  three  years  old,  was  playing  in  his  room,  when  he 
called  upon  her  to  fetch  his  shoe.  She  had  often  done  it  be- 
fore, and  been  proud  to  do  it  ;  but  this  time  she  looked  at  her 
lather  with  a  smiling  face,  aud  did  not  stir.  '•  I  repeated  my 
command,"  said  the  father, "  but  with  no  better  result.  '  Now,' 
said  I  to  myself,  '  comes  the  crisis,  aud  we  must  see  who  is  to 
gain  the  day.'  I  culled  her  to  me,  and  she  came  quite  cheer- 
fully. I  pointed  to  the  shoe,  but  she  would  not  look  at  it ; 
she  threw  her  arms  round  my  neck,  aod  would  kiss  me  just 
as  long  as  1  would  let  her  ;  she  brought  me  au  apron,  a  book, 
anything  but  '.be  shoe  ;  that  she  would  not  touch.  And  noth- 
ing but  the  shoe  would  satisfy  me.  '  Fetch  me  that  shoe,' 
said  I ;  but  no.  For  more  than  two  hours  the  conflict  lasted, 
and  then  she  suddenly  grasped  the  shoe  in  her  little  hand,  and, 
rushing  up  to  me,  threw  herself  into  my  arms  in  a  violent  fit 
of  weeping,  her  little  frame  perfectly  convulsed  with  sobs  ;  but 
she  was  conquered."  Such  struggles  as  these  occu  r  at  least 
once  in  the  life  of  every  high-spirited  child.  A  Liudsley  grati- 
fies his  brutal  love  of  domination  by  the  use  of  a  shingle  upon 
his  child  ;  the  majority  of  American  pareuts  find  it  easier  to 
abandon  the  contest,  and  let  their  children  enjoy  a  demoraliz- 
ing triumph,  than  to  persist  with  mingled  firmuess,  tact,  and 
patience  until  obedience  is  secured. 

Divine  wisdom  has  made  obedience  necessary  to  the  true 
happiness  of  every  child.  A  spoiled  child  is  the  emblem  of 
misery  to  itself  and  discomfort  to  all  around.  And  American 


children  are  universally  presumed  to  be  spoiled,  not  merely  by 
the  judgment  of  foreigners,  but  by  the  tacit  evidence  of  our 
own  people.  Why  is  it  that  landlords  are  so  unanimous  in 
preferring  tenants  without  children  ?  Why  is  it  that  children, 
iti  all  other  countries  esteemed  the  object  of  marriage,  are 
here  so  commonly  thought  of  as  its  drawback  ?  There  can  be 
no  doubt  that  it  is  because  they  are  expected,  as  a  matter  of 
course,  to  be  a  source  of  irritation  and  anxiety,  undisciplined, 
little  nuisances,  worrying  their  parents'  lives' and  driving  off 
their  parents'  friends.  We  go  further,  and  assert  that  the 
enormous  prevalency  of  abortion  among  married  women  is 
largely  owing  to  this  universal  expectation  that  children  will 
be  a  source  of  far  more  annoyance  than  comfort ;  an  expecta- 
tion which  no  experience  of  well-trained  children  would  ever 
justify.  Unquestionably  the  most  judicious  training  fails  in 
many  instances  ;  but  as  a  rule  it  develops  a  condition  of  moral 
health  which  makes  children  the  joy  of  the  household  and  the 
special  attraction  of  visitors.  Aod  it  is  from  the  rule,  and 
not  from  the  exceptions,  that  the  common  judgments  of  men 
are  formed.  We  conclude,  therefore,  from  the  general  antici- 
pation that  children,  at  any  rate  other  people  s  children,  will 
be  disagreeable  and  mischievous,  that  there  is  a  general  belief 
that  children  are  badly  trained. 

We  have  already  been  led  incidentally  to  remark  how  much 
discomfort,  and  even  crime,  is  indirectly  caused  by  the  general 
lack  of  proper  family  discipline.  These  are,  however,  only 
part  of  the  evils  to  which  it  gives  rise.  "  Young  America " 
is  proverbially  pert,  obtrusive,  and  irreverent;  unaccustomed 
to  obey  at  home,  our  young  men  are  apt  to  lack  respect  for 
lawful  authority  everywhere  ;  untrained  at  home,  they  rush 
into  life  with  shallow  thoughts  and  little  training  of  any  kind. 
Probably  half  the  cost  of  our  late  civil  war  may  be  fairly 
charged  to  the  lack  of  habits  of  discipline,  obedience,  and 
self-command  on  both  sides. 

It  is  even  more  melancholy  to  witness  the  causes  which 
most  frequently  excite  parents  to  the  exercise  of  their  author- 
ity, and  the  manner  in  which  that  authority  is  spasmodically 
exercised,  than  it  is  to  observe  the  general  absence  of  parental 
control.  A  ialsebood,  a  petty  theft,  an  act  of  meanness  or 
cruelty  whicirought  to  excite  the  parent  at  once  to  grief  and 
indignation,  is  usually  passed  over  with  slight  reproof  cr  total 
indifference.  Charley  may  torture  the  cat,  or  destroy  his  baby 
sister's  doll,  or  steal  her  apple,  or  show  a  meanly  selfish  spirit 
toward  bis  playfellows  with  comparative  impunity,  though  he 
is  thus  giving  way  to  the  basest  tendencies  of  his  nature  ;  but 
woe  be  to  Charley  if  he  breaks  his  mother's  china,  or  stains 
her  silk  dress,  even  though  it  should  be  done  by  pure  accident 
and  in  the  excess  of  affectionate  zeal.  Is  not  this,  in  its 
measure,  almost  as  ghastly  a  spectacle  as  that  of  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Lindsley  "  correcting  "  his  baby  with  a  shingle  for  refusing  to 
say  its  prayers  1  On  the  one  hand  the  child  displays  a  tem- 
per which,  if  entirely  unchecked  through  life,  would  make  it 
a  fiend.  For  this  it  receives  no  punishment.  On  the  other 
hand,  through  mere  natural  thoughtlessness,  it  injures  a  few 
dollars'  Worth  of  goods,  which  must  in  any  case  soon  perish. 
This  brings  upon  it  bitter  words,  perhaps  bodily  chastisement. 
Every  one  knows  that  this  is  a  contrast  daily  witnessed  in 
thousands  of  families.  For  ourselves,  we  see  it  often,  and 
with  ever-growing  abhorrence. —  The  Nation. 

A  Jewish  Divorce. — A  divorce,  according  to  the  practice 
in  the  Hebrew  Church,  took  place  at  the  residence  of  the 
Rev.  J.  Gabriel.  At  the  present  term  of  the  Superior  Court 
a  divorce  was  obtained  by  Louis  Rothschild  from  Esther 
Rothschild.  One  of  the  parlies  desired  that  a  divorce  should 
also  be  granted  after  the  manner  of  the  Hebrew  custom. 
Yesterday  it  was  accomplished.  As  it  is  somewhat  interest- 
ing to  know  what  tbe  ceremony  consisted  of,  we  give  it.  It 
is  as  follows  :  The  wife,  dressed  in  black,  with  a  black  veil 
over  her  face,  appeared  with  her  husband  before  a  council  of 
ten  men,  members  of  the  synagogue.  There  were  also  present 
three  rabbins,  one  of  whom  acted  as  the  petitioner,  and  wrote 
out  on  parchment  a  petition  in  Hebrew,  asking  for  a  divorce, 
and  also  wrote  out  the  decree  of  divorce  ;  the  second  acted  as 
the  respondent  or  defendant,  and  the  third  as  a  kind  of  judge; 
the  council  of  ten  acting  as  a  jury.  The  man  and  wife  having 
appeared,  they  stood  side  by  side  before  the  council.  The 
rabbins  and  council  then  took  an  oath,  all  shaking  hands — the 
oath  being  to  the  effect  that  they  would  always  consider  the 
divorce  legal  and  binding.  The  wife  then  removed  her  veil, 
aud  the  rabbi  who  acted  as  petitioner  read  the  petition  In 
German,  aud  stated  the  case  to  the  council,  who,  having  heard 
it,  decreed  the  divorce.  The  decree,  folded  up,  was  handed  to 
the  husband,  and  the  wife  raising  her  open  hands,  tbe  husband 
dropped  the  paper  into  them.  The  rabbi  who  acted  as  judge 
then  took  it  and  cut  the  edge  like  a  fringe.  He  then  banded 
it  to  tbe  president  of  the  synagogue,  telling  him  to  place  it 
among  the  records  of  the  society,  to  be  preserved  as  evidence 
of  the  divorce.  This  having  been  done,  the  ceremony  was 
finished,  and  tbe  parties  departed,  no  longer  man  and  wife. — 
New  Haven  Journal. 

The  Howson  Opera  Troupe  have  done  a  good  business  at 
Sacramento  daring  tbe  week. 


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|  August  llth 


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AEEFOLLY  REVISED  AXI>  CORRECTED    FOB  THE  CALIFORNIA*. 
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the  duty  hereby  imposed  thereon,  $50;  and  tli* 
instrument  shall  be  deemed  invalid  and  of  no  effect ; 
or  for  couuterfeiting  stamps  or  dies,  $1,000,  and  im- 
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over  $100,  25c;  over  $100  and  not  over  $500, 

50c.;  over  $500  1  00 

For  the  withdrawal  of  goods  from  bonded 
warehouse   50 

Ganger's  Returns,  quarterly,  for  quantity  not 
over  500  galls,  gross,  IQp.;  ove"r  500  galls,  gr.  25 

Insurance  (Marine,  Inland  and  Fire)  policy  or 
renewal,  premium  not  over  $10,  10c;  $10  to 
$50,  25c.  ;  over  $50,  50c.  ;  Life  policy,  under 
$l,000,25c;  $1,000  to  $5,000,  50c;  over  $5,000.1  00 

Lease  of  lauds  or  tenements,  rent  not  over  $300 
per  annum,  50c. ;  each  add  !  $200  or  fraction.  50 

Manifest,  cargo  to  foreign  port,  registered  ton 
nage  not  over  300  tons,  $1  ;  over  300  and  not 
over  600,  $3  ;  over  600  tons  5  00 

Measurer's  Keturns,  for  quantity  not  over  1,000 
bushels,  10c. ;  over  1,000  bushels   25 

Mortgage,  Trust  deed,  or  personal  bond  for  pay- 
ment of  jDoney,  $100  to  $500,  50c. ;  each  addi- 
tional $500   50 

Each  assignment  of  mortgage,  lease  or  pol- 
icy of  insurance,  or  renewal  of  the  same, 
is  subject  to  same  duties  as  the  original. 

Medicines  or  Preparations,  Perfumery  and  Cos- 
metics— Every  package,  box,  bottle,  etc.,  re- 
tailing for  25c.  or  less   01 

Each  additional  25c.  it  fractional  part  there- 
of, up  to  $L,  lc;  each  additional  50c.  or 
fractional  part  thereof,  over  $1   02 

Playing  Cards — Each  pack,  price  not  over  18c, 
2c.;  from  18  to  25c,  4c.  ;  25  to  50c,  10c;  50c. 
to  $1,  15c;  each  additional  50c.  or  fractional 
part  thereof   05 

Photographs,  Ambrotypes,  Daguerreotypes  or 
Sun  Piciures,  uoon  each,  retailing  for  25c.  or 
less,  2c. ;  over  2o  and  not  over  50c,  5c;  over 
50c.  and  not  overfl,  3c. ;  each  additional  $1 
or  tract ioual  part  t hereof  ......  05 

Passage  Ticket  to  foreign  port,  cost  not  over  $35, 
50c;  over  $35  and  not  o\er$50,  $1 ;  every  ad- 
ditional $50  or  fractional  part  thereof  1  00 

Power  of  Attorney  tosell  or  transfer  stock,  scrip, 

bonds,  or  collect  dividends  or  int.  tlieretai  25 
To  vote  for  officers  of  incor  porated  comp  v  or 
society  not  religious,  charitable  or  literary, 

or  public  cemeteries   10 

To  receive  or  collect  rents   25 

To  sell, convey,  renter  lease  real  estate.  ]  Oo 

For  any  other  purpose   50 


Probate  of  Will,  or  letters  of  administration,  es- 
tate  not  over  $2,00?,  $1 ;    each  additional 

$1,000  or  fractional  part  thereof.   50 

Protest  of  note,  bill,  acceptance  check  or  draft,  25 
Promissory  Note— See  Bill  of  Exchange,  inland. 
Receipt  for  payment  of  money  or  debt  over  $20, 
not    being  for   satisfaction  of  mortgage, 
judgment  or  decree  of  Court,  and  receipt 

for  the  delivery  of  property   02 

Warehouse,  for  property  stored,  not  over  $500 
in  value,  10c.  ;  $500  to  $1,000,  20c.  ;  every 

additional  $1,000   10 

For  any  goods  held  in  storage,  and  not  other- 
wise provided  for   25 

Weigher's  Returns,  up  to  5,000  lbs. ,  10c. ;  over 

5,000  lbs   25 

Writs,  or  original  process,  for  commencing  Buit 
in  Court  of  record,  and  in  Court  not  of  rec- 
ord, when  amount  claimed  is  $100  or  over, 
except  before  Justices  of  the  Peace,  or  in 
court  of  no  greater  jurisdiction  as  to  dam- 
ages, or  in  Buit  commenced  by  the  United 

States  or  any  State   50 

Upon  every  confession  of  judgment,  or  cogno- 
vit, for  $100  or  over,  except  where  tax  for 

a  writ  has  been  paid   50 

Writs  or  process  on  appeal  from  Justice's 
courts  and  other  courts  of  inferior  jurisdic- 
tion to  courts  of  record   50 

Warrant  of  distress — rent  claimed  under  $100, 

25c;  over  $100   50 


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38  Walker  street,  New  York. 


JIYLER  BROTHERS, 

NO.  632  WASHINGTON  ST  It  EE  T, 
AND  691  MARKET  STREET,  ....  CORNER  THIRD, 

SAN  FRANCISCO, 
IMPORTERS,  WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL  DEALERS  IN 

SCHOOL  BOOKS, 

STATIONERY, 

PHOTOGRAPH  ALBUMS, 
BLANK  BOOKS, 

PORTFOLIOS, 

JUVENILE  BOOKS, 
FANCY  AR3TCLES, 

CHILDRENS'  PICTURE  BOOKS,  Etc. 
Especial  attention  given  to 

LADIES'  STATIONERY, 

Which  we  stamp  with 

I  N  I  T  I  A   L   S  , 

Iu  COLORS  or  PLAIN. 


WEDDING    AND  VISITING  CARDS 

ENGRAVED,  WRITTEN,  OR  PRINTED. 

jc23 


BOWMAN  &  CO., 
Dealers  iu  Stoves  and  Tin  W  arc 
mar24  6uq  Mai  ^Ktu',,  Potaluma. 


QCCIDENTAL 

HOMESTEAD 

Association, 

OFFICE.  -      305  MONTGOMERY  STREET. 


Capital  Stock,  $33,6G0. 


102  SHARES  $330  EACH. 

This  Association  was  formed  to  enable  its  mem- 
bers to  obtain  desirable  homeslcud  lots  in  this  city  at  a 
cheap  and  easy  rate,  paying  for  the  same  by  regular 
monthly  instalments. 

For  this  purpose  they  have  purchased  Blocks  409  ,  500, 
and  501,  in  the  Western  Addition  to  this  ci*y,  bounded  by 
Devisadero,  Pine,  Broderick  and  Clay  streets. 

Subscribers  will  pay  an  initiation  fee  of  $5  on  each 
share  taken,  to  form  a  fund  lor  defraying  current  cx 
penses,  and  $11  per  month  for  thirty  months,  commen- 
cing tn  April,  TS66. 

The  properly  is  within  three  blocks  of  the 
TURK  STREET  RAILROAD, 

IS  NEARLY  ALL  ON  THE  GRADE, 
and  is  most  desirably  located  for  Homestead  purposes. 

It  is  directly  cast  from  the  Lands  of  the  California 
Association. 

The  property  has  been  purchased  on  very  reasooabie 
terms,  and  offers  a  rare  opportunity  for  investment. 

A  numbor  of  line  houses  are  in  process  of  erection,  and 
streets  arc  being  graded  near  this  property,  which  will 
greatly  increase  its  value. 

When  twelve  monthly  payments  have  been  made,  the 
properly  will  be  divided  among  the  members  in  the  usual 
manner,  and  each  shareholder  will  receive  a  contract  for 
a  deed  to  the  lot  or  lots  to  which  he  may  be  entitled,  and 
have  the  privilege  of  taking  immediate  possession  of  Ibe 
same. 

The  lots  average  27  feet  in  front  by  120  feet  in  depfn 
The  whole  amount  due  upon  any  lot  may  be  paid  ai  any 
time,  and  discount  at  the  rate  of  one  and  one-half  per 
cent,  per  month  will  be  deducted  therefrom. 

Persons  wishing  lo  visit  the  lands  of  this  Association 
will  take  the  Tunc  street  cars  to  Devisadero  street,  and 
thence  go  northerly  along  Devisadero  to  Piue  street. 

Twenty  thousand  dollars  of  the  capital  BtOQK  is  taken, 
and  the  books  are  open  for  subscription  to  the  balance  at 
ihe  office  of  the  Secretary,  where  the  Oflvial  Map  of  tbe 
Association  can  be  seen,  and  lull  particulars  obtained. 

Hie  Title  to  this  Property  is  Per/eel. 

J.  S.  LUTY,  Secretary, 
OflHcc,  305  Montgomery  street,  corner  of  Pine, 
myl9-3m  Rooms  2  and  6. 


gOYS!    BOYS!  BOYS! 

NOW  IS  THE  TIME 


H.  M.  LOCKWOOD  &  CO., 
New  No.  924)  OLAY  STREET,  (Old  No  17 

Have  received  a  Lirge  Stock  of 

GENTS'  AND  BOYS'  CLOTHING 

— AND — 

FURNISHING  GOODS, 

Which  they  are  setting 
AT   VERY   LOW  PRICES. 
Every  Garment  warranted.    All  are  invited  to  call  aDd 
examine  our  goods. 

H.  M.  LOCKWOOD  k  CO. 
jal  624  Clay  street,  San  Francisco. 


PACIFIC  OCEAN  HOUSE, 
SANTA  CRUZ,  CAL. 

THIS  NEW  AND  COMMODIOUS  HOTEL,  built  and  fur- 
nislicd  in  accordance  witliibc  most  modem  and  improved 
plans,  and  witti  a  view  to  the  comfort  and  convenience  of 
Its  patrons,  is  now  open  for  ttie  reception  of  guests. 

To  those  who  have  visited  S  in  la  Cruz,  it  is  unnecessary 
to  speak  of  its  beauties  ami  its  natural  advantages  over 
all  other  places  of 

Summer  Resort. 

To  those  who  have  not,  tbe  Proprietor  ran  only  say 
COME  AND  JUDGE  FOR  rOCliSELVFS—K.w^nU 
who  may  come  the  assurance  timt  his  earnest  endeavors 
shall  be  to  make  the  Hutcl,  in  all  its  appointments,  cquaJ 
to  the  surroundings  of  this  delightful  Sea  siiieRcsoft 

GEO.  T.  BROMLKY, 

Sauta  Cruz,  April  4, 1868.  Proprietor. 


M 


AltKET  STREET  RAILROAD 


CHANGE   OF   TIME  TABLE. 


ON  AND  AFTER  AUGUST  1,  186S,  Trains  will  start 

rom  the  City  ana  the  Mission  every  hour  -  Instead  of  every 
forty  minutes,  as  heretofore. 

Trains  from  the  City  will  start  at  the  odd  hour,  com- 
mencing at  6:30  A.  M.  and  every  hour  thereafter  until 
11.30  P.  M 

mu2a  F.  McCO/PlN,  Superinteadeut 


JTOP  THAT  COUGHING. 


SOME  OF  YIU  CAN'T,  AND  WE  PITY  YOU  You 
have  tried  every  remedy  but  the  ONE  destined,  by  ita 

intrinsic  merit,  lo  supersede  all  similar  preparations  It 
is  not  surprising  you  should  be  reluctnnl  to  try  something 
else  after  Die  many  experiments  you  have  madu  of  trashy 
compounds  foisted  on  the  public  as  a  ccrtaiu  cure  .  but 

N  E  W  E  L  L  '  S 

PULMONARY  SYRUP 

is  really  the  VERY  BEST  remedy  ever  compounded  for 

tbe  cure  of  Coughs.  Colds,  Sore  fhro.it.  Asthma,  Whoop. 
Ing  Cough,  Bronchitis  and  Consumption.  Thousands  of 
people  in  California  and  Oregon  have  beeu  already  bene- 
fited by  the  surprising  curative  powers  of 

NEWELL'S  PULMONARY  SYRUP, 

*ind  with  one  accord  give  it  their  unqualified  approbation. 
We  now  address  ourselves  to  all  who  are  unacquainted 
with  this,  the  greatest  Panacea  of  the  age,  for  the  healing 
of  all  diseases  of  the  Throat  and  Lungs,  assuring  you  that 

XeweWs  Pulmonary  Syrup 

has  cured  thousands,  and  it  will  cure  you  if  you  try  it. 
This  invaluable  medjrinc  is  pleasant  to  the  taste,  smith- 
ing, heuhng  and  strengthening  in  its  effects  ;  entirely  tree 
from  all  poisonous  or  deleterious  drugs,  and  perfectly 
harmless  under  all  circumstances. 

Certificates  from  many  prominent  citizens  of  San  Fran- 
cisco accompany  every  bottle  of 

Ne well's   Pulmonary  Syrup. 

EEDINGTON  &  CO.,  Agents, 

San  Francisco. 


J^EDINGTON'S 

Flavoring  Extracts 

ARE  MADE  FROM  FRE>H  FRUITS.  Each  bottle  hold* 
twice  as  much  as  any  other  brand  in  tbe  market , conse- 
quently they  are  the  cheapest  and  the  besl.  USE  NO 
OTHER. 

KED1NGTON  Sl  CO., 
Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast 


TyjARTHA  WASHINGTON 

KAIR  RESTORER. 


THIS  IS  A  WONDERFUL  DISCOVERY,  and  Hands 
above  comparison  with  any  oilier  article  lor  the  Hair  ever 

brought  before  the  public. 

A  PESFECT 

Hair  Restorer  *™  Hair  Dresser 

BOTH  COMBINED  IN  ONE. 

First— It  Is  not  a  Dye. 
Second— Wi'l  not  Color  the  Skin. 

Third — Will  restore  Gray  Hair  to  a  beautiful  Black, 
Brown,  Auburn,  or  whatever  might  have  been  its  original 

color,  and  cause  it  to  assume  its  former  beauty. 

p,,nrth — Wi  I  cure  all  Humors  and  Diseases  of  tbe  Scalp. 

Fifth — Will  remove  Dandruff  and  Scurf  from  ibe  bea-L, 
and  keep  the  hair  moisl  and  silk  like  in  its  appearauce  as 
in  voutnTuI  days. 

Sixth— Will  promote  a  healthy  growth. 

Seventh— Will  prevent  it  from  falling  off,  and  cause  It 
lo  grow  on  b;ild  heads  where  there  is  life  and  vitality  at 
the  rnois,  but  where  these  arc  gaue  there  is  no  hope  of 
success. 

tif.hth— The  best  testimony  that  can  be  given  will  be 
found  inside  of  each  bottle. 

Warranted  to  do  all  ire  claim  for  it,  or  the  money 
refunded  after  using  tao  bottles.  Try  it  and  be 
convinced. 

SOLD  EVERYWHERE. 


Price  -  One  Dollar 

SIMONDS  St  CO.,  Proprietors, 
Filzwilliain,  N.  H. 

REDINGTON  &  CO..  Ag«nts, 

San  Francisco. 


REDINGTON  &  CO.'S 

Essence  of  Jamaica  Ginger. 


THIS  VALUABLE  PREPARATION,  containing  in  a 
highly  concentrated  form  all  the  propertiea  of  Ihe  Jamaica 
Ginger,  has  become  one  of  the  most  popular  domestic  rem- 
edies for  all  diseases  of  the  stomach  and  digestive  organs. 

As  a  tonic  it  will  be  found  invaluable  to  all  persons  re- 
covering from  debility,  whether  produced  by  fever  or 
otherwise,  for  whilst  It  imparts  lo  the  system  all  the  glow 
aud  vigor  that  cau  be  produced  by  wine  or  brandy.  It  ii 
entirely  free  from  the  reactionary  effects  that  follow  tbe 
use  or  spirits  of  ai  y  kind. 

It  is  also  an  excellent  remedy  for  females  who  suffer  from 
difficult  menstruation,  giving  almost  immediate  iclief  to 
the  spasms  thai  so  frequently  accompany  that  period. 

It  gives  Immediate  relief  lo  Nausea,  caescd  by  riding 
in  a  railroad  car,  or  by  sea  sickness,  or  other  causes. 

It  is  also  valuable  as  an  external  application  lor  Gout, 
Rheumatism,  Neuralgia,  etc. 

REDINGTON  &  CO.. 

tut  6m  &ulu  A»cuu  (or  Utv  PacUic  Coast. 


August  11th1 


THE  CALIFORNIA^. 


11 


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H  E 


AWARDED  the  HIGHEST  PREMIUM 

AT  THE 

State  Fair  of  California, 

The  only  Fair  on  the  Pacific  coast  at  which  any  two 
double-thread  Machines  wore  inhibited  iu  competition  in 

1865. 

If  there  is  a  FLORENCE  SEWING  Mi- 
dline within  one  thousand  miles  of  thi3  office 
that  is  not  working  well,  it  will  be  attended 
to  if  J  am  informed  of  it,  without  expense  to 
the  owner.  SAMUEL  HILL, 

General  Agent, 
111  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco. 

THE 


WBSm 


SEWING  MACHINE 

RECEIVED  THE  FIRST  PREMIUM,  A  GOLD  MEDAL, 
at  the  Great  Exhibition  of  the 

AMERICAN  INSTUTE,  -  -  -  New  York, 
1  8  6  5. 

myl0-3m     •  H^Tl 


t> OSfiNBAUM'S  BITTERS 

CREATE  A    HEALTHY  APPETITE! 

ROSENBAUJl'S  BITTERS 
Cure  Dyspepsia,  Diarrhoea  anil  ConslipatioiL 

ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 
Invigorate  the  System  and  enliven  the  mind. 

ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 
Ovorcomc  the  effects  of  Drunkenness  and  Lato  Hours. 

ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 
Cure  all  Diseases  of  the  Liver,  Stomach  and  Bowels. 

ROSENBAUM'S  BITTERS 
Are  Palatable  to  the  Taste. 

They  arc  the 

BEST  BITTERS  IN  THE  MARKET, 

And  when  once  used  will  always  be  called 

A  MM  for  again.    .  ■/  , 

They  are  made  Id  the  most  careful  manner 
Front  Pure  -Old  Wheal  Whisky,  Medicated  from 

Roots  and  Herbs 
Especially  adapted  for  the  cure  of  all  Stomachic  Diseases 
and  Liver  Complaints. 

Try  Them  and  You  will  be  Satisfied. 

For  sale  everywhere  by  Druggists  aud  Liquor  Dealers 
or  by 

N.  B.  JACOBS  &  CO., 

423  Front  street, 
j-  myll-M*'  "1  *•*  '  8mi  Francisco 


QANTY  &  WAGNER, 

(SUCCESSORS  TO  J.  REGAN,) 
WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL 

Confectioners, 

111  Montgomery  street,  bet.  Bush  and  Sutler. 


x  n  — a 

nfacture'ljh 
equal  to  a 


1  by  us  are  warranted  to  be  man- 

t  double-refined  Siigai.nud  lobe  establishment  iu  Calif orn 

■ed  in  the  Plate.   Cmntrv  mer 


equal  to  aav  mm  naci  ureu  in  tnc  >i:m\    Luunirv  mer-  .   .    .  .  „, 

chants  solicited  w  examine  our  stock  and  i  rices..  Goods  executed  at  low  rates. 


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HE  LIGHT  OF  THE  WORLD. 

DR.  MAGGIEL'S 

Pills  and  Salv  e. 


These  Life-giving  remedies  are  now,  for  the  first 
time,  given  publicly  to  the  world.  For  over  a  quar- 
ter of  a  century  of  private  practice  the  ingredients  in 
these 

LIFE-GIVING  PILLS! 

Have  been  used  with  the  greatest  success.  Their 
mission  is  not  onlv  to  prevent  disease,  but  to  cure. 
They  search  out  the  various  maladies  by  which  the 
patient  is  Buttering,  and  re-invigorate  the  failing  6ys 
tern.  To  the  aged  and  infirm  a  lew  doses  of  these 
valuable  PILLS  will  prove  to  he 

A  VERY  FOUNTAIN  OF  YOUTH, 
For  in  every  case  they  add  new  life  and  vitality, 
and  restore  the  waning  energies  to  their  pristine 
st  ite.  To  the  young  and  middle  aged,  they  will 
prove  most  invaluable,  as  a  ready,  specific,  and 
sterling  medicine.  Here  is  a  dream  realized,  that 
Ponce  de-Leon  sought  for  three  hundred  years  ago, 
and  never  found.  He  looked  for  a  fountain  that 
would  restore  the  old  to  vigor  and  make  youth  ever 

AN    ETERNAL   SPRING ! 

It  was,  left  for  this  day  and  hour  to  realize  the 
dream,  and  show  in  one  glorious  fact,  the  magic  that 
made  it  fair. 

THESE   FAMOUS  REMEDIES 

Cannot  stay  the  flight  of  years,  hut  they  can  force 
back,  and  hold  aloof,  diseases  that,  might  triumph 
over  the  aged  and  the  young.  Let  none  hesitate 
then,  lint  seize  th«  favorable  epportunity  that  offers. 
When  taken  as  prescribed — 

FOR   BILLIOUS  DISORDERS 

Nothing  can  be  more  productive  of  cure  than  these 
Pills.  Their  almost  magic  influence  is  felt  at  once  ; 
and  the  usual  concomitants  of  this  most  distressing 
disease  are  removed.  These  remedies  are  made 
from  the  purest 

VEGETABLE  COMPOUND. 
They  will  not  harm  the  most,  delicate  female,  and 
can  he  given  with  good  effect  in  prescribed  doses  to 
the  youngest  babe. 

FOR   CUTANEOUS  DISORDERS 
And  all  eruptions  of  the  skin,  the  SALVE  is  most 
invaluable.    It  does  not  heal  externally  alone,  but 
penetrates  wit  n  the  most  searching  effects  to  the  very 
root  of  the  evil ! 

Dr.  Maggiel's  Pills 

Invariably  cure  tlie  following  diseases  : 
Asthma, 

Bowel  Complaints, 
Coughs, 
Colds, 

Chest  Diseases, 
Costiveness, 
Dyspepsia, 
Diarrhoea, 
Dropsy, 
Debility, 

Female  Complaints,  Fever  and  Ague 

Headache, 
Indigestion, 
Influenza, 

lutlammation, 

Inward  Weakness, 
Liver  Complaint, 
Iaowness  of  Spirits, 
Ringworm, 
Rheumatism, 
Salt  Khcnm, 
Scalds, 

Skin  Diseases 

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Y  E  R  '  S 

PILLS 


ARE  YOU  SICK,  FEEBLE 

id  complaining?  Are  you 
out  of  order,  with  your  sys- 
tem deranged  and  your  feel- 
ings uucomlortable  ?  These 
symptoms  are  often  the  pre 
lude  to  serious  illness.  Sume 
lit  of  sickuess  is  creeping 
upon  you,  and  should  be 
averted  by  a  timely  use  of 
the  right  remodv.  At  once 
TAKE  AYER'S  PILLS, 

aud  cleanse  out  the  ^lisor-   

dcrcd  humors,  purity  the  blood,  and  let  Ui.  ,,  

on  unobstructed  in  health  again.  They  stimulate  the 
functions  of  the  body  inio  vigorous  activity,  puriry  the 
system  from  the  obstructions  which  make  disease.  A 
cold  settles  somewhere  in  the  bodv,  and  deranges  its  nat- 
ural functions.  These,  it  not  relieved,  react  upon  them- 
selves and  the  surrounding  organs,  producing  general 
aggravation,  suffering  and  derangement.  While  in  this 
coudition, 

TAKE  AYER'S  PILLS, 
and  sec  how  directly  they  restore  the  natural  action  of  the 
system,  and  with  it  the  buoyant  feeling  of  health  again. 
What  is  true  and  so  apparent  iu  this  trivial  and  common 
complaint  is  also  true  in  many  of  the  deep  seated  and 
dangerous  distempers.  The  same  purgative  effect  expeis 
them.  Caused  by  similar  obstructions  aud  derangements 
of  the  natural  functions  of  the  body  they  are  rapidiy 
and  many  of  them  surely  cured  by  the  same  means. 
None  who  know  (.ne  virtue  of  these  Pills  will  neglect  to 
employ  them  tt  hen  suffering  from  the  disorders  they  cure, 
such  as  Headache,  Foul  Stomach,  Dysentery,  Bilious  Com- 
plaints, Indigestion,  Derangement  of  the  Liver,  Costive- 
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Worms  and  Suppression,  when  taken  iu  large  doses. 

They  are  Sugar-Coated,  so  that  tho  most  sensitive  can 
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OUR  BOOK-TABLE. 

Robi  di  Roma.    By  W- W.  Story.    In  t  wo  volumes.  Fifth  edition. 
Philadelphia  :  J.  B.  Lippincott  Sc  Co.    London:  Chapman &. llall. 

rpHE  fame  which  Mr.  Story— the  "  W.  W.  S."  of  Black- 
I  wood — has  lately  acquired  as  a  poet,  ought  not  eclipse 
the  reputation  he  has  fairly  won  as  prose  writer  through  his 
well  known  Robi  di  Roma.  This  series  of  admirable  sketches 
of  Roman  life  and  manners,  is  now  in  its  fifth  edition,  and 
has  already  become  classic.  If  we  except  some  passages  of 
Hawthorne's  Marble  Faicn,  it  is  universally  conceded  that  no 
writer  ha9  ever  approximated  to  Mr.  Story  in  description  of 
Italian  scenery  and  customs.  With  that  skill  in  delineating 
outline,  and  that  delight  in  color  which  is  born  of  his  profes- 
sion as  a  painter,  he  has  been  enabled  to  picture  Rome  to  the 
reader  as  no  other  traveller  has  done.  His  culture,  classical 
knowledge,  and  ready  memory  give  to  his  sketches  the  charac- 
ter of  historical  retrospects,  without  the  stiffness  and  tedious- 
ness  of  retrospect,  while  travellers,  artists,  and  pilgrims  of  all 
nations,  concur  in  the  fidelity  of  his  descriptions  of  the  present. 
The  following  passage  from  the  chapter  of  tho  Colosseum  is 
an  instance  of  the  pecaliar  blending  of  the  pictorial  and  ret- 
rospective : 

"  Of  all  the  ruins  in  Rome,  none  is  at  once  so  beantiful.  so 
imposing,  and  so  characteristic  as  the  Colosseum,  i-fere 
throbbed  the  Roman  heart  in  its  fullest  pulses.  Over  its 
benches  swarmed  the  mighty  population  of  the  centre  city  of 
the  world.  In  its  arena,  gazed  at  by  a  hundred  thousand  eager 
eyes,  the  gladiator  fell,  while  the  vast  velarium  trembled  as 
the  air  was  shaken  by  the  Bavage  shouts  of  '  Habet.'  and 
myriads  of  cruel  hands,  with  upturned  thumbs,  sealed  his 
unhappy  fate.  The  sand  of  the  arena  drank  the  blood  of 
African  elephants,  lions,  and  tigers — of  Mirmittiones  Laquea- 
tores,  Retiurii,  and  Andabatce — and  of  Christian  martyrs  and 
virgins.  Here  emperor,  senators,  knights  and  soldiers,  the 
lowest  populace  and  the  proudest  citizens,  gazed  together  on 
the  bloody  games — shouted  together  as  the  favorite  won, 
groaned  together  fiercely  as  the  favorite  fell,  and  startled  the 
eagles  sailing  over  the  blue  vault  above  with  their  wild  cries 
of  triumph.  Here  might  be  heard  the  trumpeting  of  the  en 
raged  elephant,  the  savage  roar  of  the  tiger,  the  peevish  shriek 
of  the  grave-rifling  hyena,  while  the  human  beasts  above, 
looking  on  the  slaughter  of  the  lower  bea3ts  beneath,  uttered 
a  wilder  and  more  awful  yell.  Rome — brutal,  powerful,  blood- 
thirsty, imperial  Rome — built  in  its  days  of  pride  this  mighty 
amphitheatre,  and,  outlasting  all  its  works,  it  still  stands,  the 
best  type  of  its  grandeur  and  brntality.  What  St..  Peter's  is 
to  the  Rome  of  to-day  is  the  Colosseum  to  the  Rome  of  the 
Caesars.  The  Baths  of  Caracalla,  grand  as  they  are.  must 
yield  precedence  to  it.  The  Caesars'  palaces  are  almost  level 
with  the  earth.  Over  the  pavement  where  once  swept  the 
imperial  robes  now  slips  the  gleaming  lizard  ;  and  in  the  in- 
discriminate ruins  of  these  splendid  halls  the  contadino  plants 
his  potatoes  and  sells  for  a paul  the  oxodised  coin  which  once 
may  have  paid  the  entrance  fee  to  the  great  amphitheatre. 
The  golden  house  of  Nero  is  gone.  The  very  Forum  where 
Cicero  delivered  his  immortel  orations  is  almost  obliterated, 
and  antiquarians  quirrel  over  the  few  columns  that  remain 
But  the  Colosseum  still  stands  :  despite  the  assault  of  time 
and  the  work  of  barbarians,  it  still  stands,  noble  and  beautiful 
in  its  display — yes,  more  beautiful  than  ever. 

"  But  what  a  change  has  come  over  it  since  the  bloody  scenes 
of  the  Caesars  were  enacted  !  A  supreme  peace  now  reigns 
there.  Thousands  of  beautiful  flowers  bloom  in  its  ruined 
arches,  tall  plants  and  shrubs  wave  across  the  open  spaces, 
and  Nature  has  healed  over  the  wounds  of  timp  with  delicate 
grasses  and  weeds.  Where,  through  the  podium  dnnrs,  wild 
beasts  once  rushed  into  the  arena  to  tear  the  Chris' inn  mar- 
tyrs, now  stand  the  altars  and  stations  that  are  dedicated  to 
Christ.  In  the  summer  afternoon  the  air  above  i*  thronged 
with  twittering  swallows  ;  and  sometime*  like  n  reminiscence 
of  imperial  times,  far  np  in  the  blue  height  an  eagle,  planing 
over  it  on  widespread  motionless  wings,  sai's  silently  alcng. 

"  Here,  as  you  lie,  towards  twilip.ht,  dreaming  of  the  past, 
upon  some  broken  block  of  travertine,  you  will  see  a  proces- 
sion wending  its  way  between  the  arches,  preceded  by  a  cross- 
bearer  and  two  acolytes.  It  is  composed  of  a  Franciscan  friar 
in  his  brown  serge  and  cowl,  accompanied  by  the  religions 
confraternity  of  the  '  Lovers  of  Jesus  and  Maria.'  and  fol- 
lowed bj  a  group  of  women  in  black,  and  veiled.  They  chant 
together  a  hymn  as  they  slowly  approach  the  cross  planted 
in  the  centre  of  the  arena.  There  they  kneel  and  cry,  'Ado- 
ramus  te,  Chrisli,  el  benedicimus  te,'  with  the  response, 
'Quia  per  sanclam  crucem  tunin  redemisti  mundtim.'  Then 
the  monk  ascends  the  plntform  before  one  of  the  altars,  plants 
his  crucifix  beside  him.  and  preaches  a  sermon.  This  finished, 
the  procession  makes  the  round  of  the  stations,  and  again 
passes  out  of  the  arena.  As  he  advances  to  the  first  station 
he  chants  : 

'  L'  orme  snngnigne, 
Del  fhio  Signore, 
Tntto  doloro 
Seguitero.' 

And  the  people  respond  : 

'  Vi  prego,  o  Genu  hnono, 
Per  la  vostra  passione 
Darmi  il  perdono !' 

It  is  strange  to  hear  this  chant  and  sermon  in  a  place  once 
dedicated  to  blood — strange  to  hear  the  doctrine  of  love  and 
forgiveness  on  the  spot  where  the  gladiator  fell  and  the  mar- 
tyr suffered  for  his  faith  ! 

"  As  you  dream  over  this  change,  the  splendor  of  sunset 
blazes  against  the  lofty  walls,  and  transfigures  its  blocks  of 
travertine  to  brown  and  massive  gold  ;  the  quivering  stalks 
and  weeds  seem  on  fire  ;  the  flowers  drink  in  a  glory  of  color, 
and  show  like  gems  against  the  rough  crust  of  their  setting  : 
rose  clouds  hang  in  the  open  vaalts  above,  under  which  swift 
birds  flash  incessantly,  aud  through  the  shadowed  arches  you 
see  long  molten  bars  of  crimson  drawn  against  a  gorgeous 
sky  beyond.  Slowly  the  great  shadow  of  the  western  wall 
creeps  along  the  arena  ;  the  cross  in  the  centre  blazes  no 
longer  in  the  sun  ;  it  reaches  the  eastern  benches,  climbs 


rapidly  up  the  wall,  and  the  glory  of  sunset  is  gone.  Twilight 
now  swiftly  draws  its  veil  across  the  sky ;  the  molten  clouds 
grow  cool  and  gray,  the  orange  refines  into  citron,  and  pales 
awav  to  tenderest  opaline  light,  and  stars  begin  to  peer 
through  the  dim  veil  of  twilight.  Shadows  deepen  in  the  open 
arena^ block  up  the  arches  and  galleries,  confuse  the  lines  of 
the  benches,  and  shroud  its  decay.  You  rise  and  walk 
musingly  into  the  centre  of  the  arena,  and,  looking  round  its 
dim,  vast  circumference,  you  suddenly  behold  the  benches  as 
of  old,  thronged  with  their  myriads  of  human  forms— the 
ghosts  of  those  who  once  sat  there.  That  terrible  circle  of 
eyes  is  shining  at  you  with  a  ghastly  expression  of  cruel  ex- 
citement. You  hear  the  strange,  exciting  hum  of  confused 
voices,  and  the  roar  of- wild  beasts  in  the  caverns  below.  You 
are  yourself  the  gladiator,  who  must  die  to  make  a  Roman 
holiday,  or  the  martyr  who  waits  at  the  stake  for  the  savage 
beasts  that  are  to  rend  you.  A  shudder  comes  over  you,  for 
the  place  has  magnetized  you  with  its  old  life.  You  look 
hurriedly  round  to  seek  flight,  when  you  suddenly  hear  a  so- 
prano voice  saying,  'Francois,  where  did  the  Vestal  Virgins 
sit?'  and  you  wake  from  your  dream." 

Mr.  Story's  power  of  humorous  description  is  no  less  re- 
markable in  the  following  account  of  the  Fantoccini,  or  pup- 
pet shows : 

"  Do  not  allow  yourself  to  suppose  that  there  is  anything 
ludicrous  to  the  audience  in  the  performances  of  these  burat- 
tini.    Nothings  on  the  contrary,  is  more  serious.    No  human 
beings  coold  be  so  serious.    Their  countenances  are  solemn  as 
death,  and  more  unchanging  than  the  face  of  a  clock.  Their 
terrible  gravity  when,  with  drooping  heads  and  collapsed  arms, 
they  fix  on  their  great  goggle  eyes,  is  at  times  ghastly.  They 
never  descend  into  the  regions  of  conscious  farce.    The  plays 
they  perform  are  mostly  heroic,  romantic,  and  historical. 
They  stoop  to  nothing  which  is  not  startling  in  incident,  im-  I 
posing  in  style,  and  grandiose  in  movements.    The  wars  of 
the  Paladins,  the  heroic  adventures  of  knights  and  ladies  of. 
romance,  the  tragedies  of  the  middle  ages,  the  prodogies  of  j 
the  melodramatic  world,  are  within  their  special  province. 
The  heroes  that  tread  the  fantoccini  stage  are  doughty  war-  j 
riors,  who  perform  impossible  feats  of  prowess,  slay  armies  , 
with  a  single  arm,  rescue  injured  damsels,  express  themselves 
in  loud  and  boastful  language,  utter  exalted  sentiments,  and 
■re  equally  admirable  in  love  and  war.    No  wortliyyWocci'no  j 
shrinks  before  an  army,  or  leaves  the  board  of  battle  till  it  is 
covered  with  the  corpses  of  his  enemies. 

"  The  audience  listen  with  grave  and  profound  interest.  To 
them  the  actors  are  r.ot  fantoccini,  but  heross.  Their  inflated 
and  extravagant  discourse  is  simply  grand  and  noble.  They 
are  the  mighty  x  which  represents  the  unknown  quantity  ol 
boasting  which  potentially  exists  in  the  bosom  of  every  one. 
Do  notlaugh  when  you  enter,  or  the  general  look  of  surprise 
and  annoyance  will  at  once  recall  you  to  the  proprieties  of  the 
occasion.    You  might  as  well  laugh  in  a  church." 

»****♦* 
"  The  scene  when  we  entered  was  between  two  puppets,  both 
dressed  in  armour,  speaking  in  tremendous  voices,  and  flour- 
ishing gigantic  swords.  One  was  a  child  Fantoccino — the 
other^ probably  Selinguerra.  No  attempt  was  made  to  con- 
ceal the  agency  by  which  the  figures  and  their  weapons  were 
moved.  Stont  perpendicular  wires,  piercing  the  head  and 
passing  out  of  sight  above  the  hangings,  sustained  the  figures, 
and  the  hands  and  swords  were  moved  by  the  same  grossly 
apparent  means.  Each  Fantoccino  when  it  spoke  went  into 
a  sudden  convulsion,  as  if  it  were  attacked  by  a  fit  of  St.  Vi- 
tus's  dance,  while  the  sword  seemed  animated  with  spasmodic 
life,  and  thrashed  to  and  fro  in  the  air  with  utter  disregard  to 
the  warrior's  anatomy,  which  it  constantly  and  painfully  dis- 
located with  every  movement.  But  no  sooner  had  he  ceased 
speaking  than  his  arms  fell  into  a  helpless  collapse,  his  head 
dropped  drunkenly  forward,  or  remained  fixed  in  a  dislocation, 
glaring  at  nothing,  and  with  his  sword  stiffly  pointing  up  to 
the  ceiling,  and  his  legs  hanging  in  the  air  or  huddled  under 
him,  so  as  to  leave  him  quite  out  of  balance,  he  awaited  im- 
potently  the  answer  of  his  opponent.  It  was  a  violent  dis- 
pute that  was  taking  place  between  the  youth  and  Selinguerra 
and  his  lieutenant,  who  were  threatening  to  destroy  the  castle 
of  the  '  terribil  Gobbo:  Both  these  doughty  warriors  were 
a  couple  of  inches  at  least  above  the  floor,  which  they  never 
descended  or  condescended  to  touch,  save  by  way  of  empha- 
sis, when  down  they  came  on  their  heels  with  a  sharp  wooden 
rap,  and  then  jerked  suddenly  up  again.  The  dispute  was 
tremendous.  They  launched  at  each  other,  in  loud  voices, 
terrible  threats  and  challenges.  Selinguerra  was  especially 
ferocious,  and  '  Chi  sei  tu  die  osi  !'  he  cried  to  the  youth; 
but  the  latter,  not  to  be  outdone  in  boasting  or  fury,  with  a 
wild  spasm  ol  sword  and  dangling  about  of  his  arms,  exclaimed, 
'  Trema  I  die  son  ilfiglio  del  terribil  Gobbo.'  and  then  col- 
lapsed in  silence.  'Ah  ha,'  with  a  roar,  responded  his  oppo- 
nent '  male  hai  fatlo  a  paleiarlo- -non  pnsso  piu  contenere  il 
mio  immenso furor.  Preparati  a  morirV  and  with  a  gal 
vanic  twitch  and  a  thundering  rap  of  his  heels  on  the  floor  he 
shook  defiance  at  the  bold  youth.  But  the  youth  now  showed 
himself  the  true  son  of  the  terrible  Gobbo.  He  roused  from 
the  collapse  in  which  he  had  fallen,  and  coming  down  with  hit 
heels,  too  (as  if  Anta-us  like,  to  acquire  new  strength  by 
touching  the  ground.)  he  jerked  his  head  and  limbs,  flung  out 
wildly  one  leg,  and  waved  a  challenge  in  the  name  of  St.  Vi- 
tus. Now  ensued  a  terrible  encounter.  Selinguerra.  backed 
by  his  lieutenant,  attacked  the  heroic  son  of  the  Gobbo,  and 
all  three,  rising  higher  from  the  floor  in  their  excitement, 
dashed  promiscuously  together, clashing  their  swords  furiously, 
and  swinging  backwards  and  forwards  half  the  length  of  the 
stage,  while  their  helpless  legs  beat  to  and  fro  in  the  air  All 
the  while  a  drum  behind  the  scenes  was  *  rolling  rapidly.' 
It  was  encouraging,  however,  to  see  how  bravely  ihe  son  of 
the  Gobbo  held  his  own.  Despite  the  terrible  blows  he  re- 
ceived on  his  head,  each  of  which  would  have  done  forever 
for  a  mere  '  personaggio,'  and  the  excited  efforts  he  made 
with  his  arms  and  legs,  he  never  for  a  moment  lost  his  cour- 
age or  wind.  His  expression  never  changed,  but  on  his  coun- 
tenance might  still  be  seen  the  same  calm  supernatural  glare, 
the  same  unwinkiug  eyes.  At  last,  however,  he  was  brought 
to  his  knees,  or  rather,  to  be  accurate,  he  was  brought  half- 
way down  backward,  with  his  legs  at  an  angle  of  forty  five 
degrees,  sitting  on  nothing  at  all,  and  still  shaking  the  '  frag- 


ments of  his  blade  '  above  him.    He  was  now  so  weak  that 

his  endeavors  to  sit  entirely  down  seemed  vain,  and  in  one  of 
his  attempts  to  do  so  a  gigantic  apparition  of  a  superhuman 
fist  appeared  like  a  portent  above  his  head,  between  the  slips. 
'  Preparila  a  morir  !'  now  thundered  Selinguerra,  and  all 
seemed  over  with  him,  when  suddenly  the  aspect  of  things 
changed.  In  burst  the  '  Urribil  Gobbo  '  himself.  '  in  com- 
plete steel,1  and,  striking  the  floor  with  a  succession  of  bold 
knocks,  and  waving  with  convulsive  jerks  his  sword,  while  he 
sidled  dislocatedly  along  towards  Selinguerra  with  little  drift- 
ing hops,  brought  help  at  the  most  opportune  moment.  Well 
did  he  sustain,  in  the  ensuing  conflict  his  terrible  reputation. 
•Alone  he  did  it.'  At  first  it  was  Selinguerra  and  his  lieu- 
tenant who  opposed  him,  but  he  soon  made  minced  meat  of 
them  ;  and  then  the  whole  army,  spasmodically  hopping  and 
staggering  in  sideways  to  the  rescue  of  their  captain,  attacked 
the  Gobbo  altogether.  In  the  rage  of  the  conflict,  both  he  and 
the  army  madly  swung  the  whole  length  of  the  stage,  sus- 
pended in  the  air.  smashing  against  each  other  right  and  left 
in  the  utmost  confusion,  and  cutting  each  other  promiscuously 
in  their  attempts  to  bit  him,  as  if  it  were  a  'free  fight '  in 
Arkansas.  But  one  by  one,  and  platoon  by  platoon,  they  fell 
before  the  terrible  Gobbo,  until  at  last  he  hovered  above  the 
heaps  of  slain,  sound  as  ever  in  wind  and  limb,  and  had  a 
spasm  of  satisfaction  over  them  as  they  lay  there  covering 
the  stage,  some  with  their  legs  straight  up  in  the  air.  But  a 
messenger  now  arrived.  Where  is  the  Gobbo's  spouse?  Oh 
Dio  !  and  messenger  and  Gobbo  drifted  out  together,  bump- 
ing each  other  recklessly  on  the  way,  and  disappeared  between 
the  slips."   

TnE  Last  Paris  Fashion. — I  have  to  announce,  says  a 
writer  from  the  centre  of  fashion,  one  of  the  oddest,  queerest, 
strangest,  most  curious,  unaccountable,  inconceivable,  incom- 
prehensible, extraordinary,  wildest,  and  ugliest  invention  ever 
devised  by  fancy  or  fashion,  and  that  is  "  false  eyelashes." 
The  Empress  has  mentioned  them — has  put  her  seal  upou  the 
patent.  Imagine,  courting  a  lovely  Hebe,  with  a  mass  of 
golden  curls  covering  her  neck  and  shoulders,  and  with  long 
lashes  veiling  her  eyes,  like  a  beautiful  silk  fringe  ;  and  then 
imagine,  if  you  can,  seeing  one  by  one  of  the  curls  and  lashes 
disappear  within  the  recess  of  a  board  card-box. 


The  Right  to  Hiss. — Punch  hits  the  mark  exactly  in  the 
following  :  "  Yoo  will  do  no  good  at  the  theatres  until  the 
right  to  hiss  is  as  much  recognized  as  the  right  to  clap.  Ab- 
stractedly, these  rights  are  equal  ;  but  just  hiss  and  you'll 
have  a  dozen  snobs  ciying  1  shame,'  a  fool  next  you  will  re- 
mark to  bis  friend  that  it  is  '  illiberal,'  and  a  policeman  will 
probably  say  that  you  '  had  better  be  quiet.'  And  though  a 
claque  may  be  sent  in  to  applaud,  it  is  called  a  conspiracy  if 
a  group  agree  to  condemn." 


A  Xew  and  Grand  Epoch  is  Medicine. — Dr.  Maggiel  is  the 
founder  of  a  n.-w  medical  system.  The  qiiantilarians,  whose  vast 
internal  doses  enfeehle  the  stomach  and  paralyze  the  bowels,  must 
give  precedence  to  the  man  who  restores  health  and  appetite  with 
from  one  or  two  of  his  extraordinary  pills,  and  cures  the  most  viru- 
lent sores  with  a  box  or  so  of  his  wonderful  and  all-healing  salve. 
These  two  great  specifics  of  the  Doctor  are  fast  superseding  all  the 
stereotyped  nostrums  of  the  day.  Extraordinary  cures  by  Maggiel's 
Pills  and  salve  have  opened  the  eyes  of  the  public  to  the  inefficiency 
of  the  so-called  remedies  of  others,  and  upon  which  people  have  so 
long  blitidly  depended.  Maggiel's  Pills  are  not  of  the  class  that  are 
swallowed  by  the  dozen,  and  of  which  every  boxfull  taken  creates 
nn  absolute  necessity  for  another.  One  or  two  of  Maggiel's  Pills 
suffice  to  place  the  bowels  in  perfect  order,  tone  the  stomach,  create 
an  appetite,  and  render  the  spirits  light  and  buoyant.  There  is  no 
griping,  and  no  reaction  in  the  form  of  constipation  If  the  liver  it 
affected,  its  functions  are  restored,  and  if  the  nervouf  system  is  feeble 
it  is  iuvigorated.  This  last  quality  makes  the  medicines  very  de- 
sirable for  the  wants  of  delicate  females.  CU-erons  and  eruptive  dis- 
eases are  literally  extinguished  by  the  disinfectant  power  of  Mag  - 
gicl  s  salve.  In  "faot,  it  is  here  announced  that  Mapriel't  Biltovi, 
Vytprptic  and  Pinrrhea  Pillt  cure  where  all  others  fail.  While,  for 
Burns,  Scalds,  Chilblains,  Cuts  and  all  abrasions  of  the  skin,  Mag- 
rieTs  Salve  is  infallible.  Sold  bv  J.  Maggiel,  No.  11  Pine  street. 
New  York,  and  all  Druggists,  at  '25  cents  ner  box.  R.  H.  McDon- 
ald St.  Co.,  Agents  for  Pacific  coast,  corner  Sansome  aud  Pine  streets, 
San  Francisco.  

Sewing  Machines.— We  have  have  written  often  upon  this  sub- 
ject, and  urged  the  value  of  this  implement  to  a  more  general  use — 
not  only  to  the  wife  and  daughter,  for  household  purposes,  bnt  to  the 
farmers,  to  make  np  their  grain  sacks  ;  by  this  means  a  large  saving 
could  be  made  to  them.  We  visited  the  office  of  the  Wheeler  4t  Wi!- 
son  Sewing  Machine  the  present  week,  and  were  gratified  to  notice 
the  business  done.  Nearly  every  machine  was  at  work  by  those  who 
were  trying  them,  as  purchasers,  nnder  the  direction  of  the  Lsidy 
Director.  Mr.  Tilceton,  the  active  agent,  was  busy  in  his  department, 
preparing  machines  to  be  sent  away.  We  noticed  one  farmer  trying 
a  machine  to  see  how  thick  a  mass  could  be  sewed,  in  order  to  learn 
how  to  sew  heavy  hags.  We  saw  four  thicknestes  of  heavy  cloth 
tewed  as  ensilv  a's  lighter  materia).  The  best  proof  we  have  of  the 
superiority  of  'the  Wheeler  Sl  Wilson  machine,  is  that  there  were 
thirty-eight  machines  sent  ofl  to  order  the  last  week,  and  the  business 
is  steadily  increasing. — Vahfornia  Farmer. 

It  yon  want  a  fashionable  and  well-fitting  suit  of  clothe*,  or  any- 
thing choice  in  gents'  fumisbing  goods,  make  your  selections  from 
the  extensive  stock  of  Ilcuslon,  Hastings  &  Co.  They  import  their 
own  goods,  keen  the  choicest  and  largest  stock, and  sell  at  low  prices. 
By  the  aid  of  these  advantages,  and  liberal  advertising,  they  do  an 
enormous  business  and  take  the  lead  of  all  other  bouses  in  the  cloth- 
ing trade.  

Ladies:  With  tastetul  discrimination,  the  world  of  fashion  has 
selected  Davidson's  Circassian  Bloom  as  the  most  elegant  beantifier 
of  fbe  complexion  and  skin.  There  is  Dot  a  notable  soiree,  ball  or 
party  to  which  its  incomparable  dressing  does  not  add  test  Sold  by 
all  druggists.    Crake  Sc  Brigham,  Agents. 

Feats  of  magic,  astonishing  tricks  of  delusion,  etc.,  will  be  per- 
formed at  the  Circassian  Saloon  to  night,  and.every  ni^ht  next  week. 
Admission  free.   See  advertisement. 


August  11th  | 


THE  CALIFORNIA!* 


13 


AGUA  DE  MAGNOLIA. 
A  toilet  delight.  Superior  to  aDy  cologne, 
used  to  batbe  the  face  and  person,  to  render  the  skin 
soft  and  fresh,  to  allay  inflammation,  to  perfume 
clothing,  for  headache,  etc.  It  is  manufactured  from 
the  rich  Southern  Magnolia,  and  is  obtaining  a  pat- 
ronage quite  unprecedented.  It  is  a  favorite  with 
actresses  and  opera  singers.  It  is  sold  by  all  dealers, 
at  $1.00  in  large  bottles,  aud  by  Dkm  as  Barnes  & 
Co.,  New  York,  Wholesale  Agents. 


Lyon's  Magnetic  Insect  Powder  will  exter- 
minate Fleas,  Ticks,  Roadies  and  all  insects  almost 
instantly.  Its  reputation  is  well  known,  and  bcncc 
has  been  counterfeited.  Inquire  for  and  take  none 
but  Lron's,  bearing  the  stamp  of  Dkmas  Barnes 
6l  Co.,  and  the  signature  of  E.  Lyon. 


"  Out  of  Sorts  "  expresses  the  feelings  of 
many  that  cannot  be  otherwise  described.  Languor, 
weakness,  enervation,  listlessness,  sleepiness,  mel- 
ancholy, want  of  appetite,  etc.,  compose  a  class  of 
ailments  greater  than  all  others  combined.  It  is  ex" 
actly  for  these  indescribable  complaints  that  Plan- 
tation Bitters  are  prepared.  It  is  for  the  relief 
of  these  same  complaints  they  have  become  so  fa 
mous.  Hence  it  is  that  they  are  so  extensively  used 
by  clergymen,  merchants,  ladies,  and  persons  of  se- 
dentary habits.  They  are  as  pleasant  to  the  taste  as 
they  are  beneficial  to  the  Stomach.  The  extent  of 
their  sale  is  almost  incredible. 


Intrinsic  virtue  alone  could  ever  insure  the 
success  met  by  the  Mexican  Mustang  Liniment. 
For  Rheumatism,  Neuralgia,  Cuts,  Bruises,  Burns, 
Swellings,  etc.,  upon  man,  or  Spavin,  Ringbone, 
Poll  Evil,  Scratches,  Strains,  etc.,  upon  beasts,  its 
effects  are  iustautaneous.  soothing  and  wonderful. 
ItsaveB  time,  suffering  and  expense  to  have  it  always 
in  the  house.  None  genuine  unless  in  a  steel  plate 
label,  with  signature  of  G.  W.  Westbrook,  and  hav; 
ing  stamp  of  Dkmas  Barnes  &  Co. ,  over  top.  Sold 
by  all  dealers. 


Leon's  Kathairon  is  a  most  delightful 
article  as  a  Hair  Dressing— to  eradicate  scurf  and 
daudrutf,  to  keep  it  clean,  Boft  and  silky,  and  the 
head  cool.  It  also  prevents  the  hair  from  falling  off 
nd  turning  gray,  and  promotes  its  growth  upon  pre 
maturely  bald  beads.    It  is  sold  by  all  dealers. 

E.  THOMAS  LYON,  N.  Y. 


Lyon's  Extract  of  Pore  Jamaica  Ginokr — 
for  Iudigestiou,  Nausea,  Heartburn,  Sick  Headache, 
Cholera  Morbus,  Flatulency,  etc.,  where  a  warming 
stimulant  is  required.  Its  careful  preparation  and 
entire  purity  make  it  a  cheap  and  reliable  article  for 
culinary  purposes.  Sold  everywhere,  at  00  cents 
per  bottle.  Ask  for  "  Lto»'»"  Pure  Extract.  Take 
»u  other.  »7m 


No  Forfeiting. — Heretofore,  if  a  person^holding 

a  Life  Policy  became  unfortunate,  aud  could  not 
raise  the  Bum  of  money  required  to  pay  his  next  pre- 
mium, his  policy  was  declared  forfeited.  The 
Brooklyn  Life  Insurance  Company  of  New- 
York  bus  decided  to  make  every  tolicy  it  isBUes 
NONFORFEITABLE,  giving  a  PAID-UP 
POLICY  to  the  party  if  unable  to  continue  hie 
payments  of  premiuma.  The  dividends  of  the 
Brooklyn  Life  Insurance  Company  are  settled  annu- 
ally in  cash.  This  plan  is  far  more  acceptable  to 
insurers  than  at  the  end  of  three  or  live  years,  as  in 
other  companies.  The  Brooklyn  Life  Insurance 
Company  allows  thirty  days  grace  in  the  payment 
of  premiums.  Its  policies  are  incontestable,  and  its 
losses  are  promptly  paid.  The  Brooklyn  Life  Insu- 
rance Company  offers  every  known  plan  of  Life 
ad  Endowment  Insurance.  Get  a  pamphlet  at  the 
ollice,  240  Montgomery  street,  southeast  corner  of 
Pine,  froni  Stephen  T.  King,  General  Manager,  or 
David  B.  Arrowsmith,  Local  Agent. 


MEDICAL  ADVICE. 
Dr.  Wm.  K.  Doherty's  Medical  and  Surgical 
Institute  is  becoming  a  sine  qua  non  to  the  welfare 
of  our  State  and  health  of  our  citizens  ;  and  his 
rapidly  spreading  reputation,  although  it  may  excite 
surprise,  is  but  the  signal  of  skill,  and  follows  as  the 
natural  effect  of  such  a  cause.  We  are  personally 
acquaiuted  with  gentlemen  who  had  suffered  for 
years  under  chronic  disease,  and  who  had  taken  ad- 
vantage of  every  available  means  that  promised 
relief,  but  without  success,  until  they  called  upon 
Dr.  Doherty;  who,  in  an  incredibly  short  space  of 
time,  has  given  them  entire  relief.  It  is  gratifying 
to  announce  this  fact,  because  the  Doctor  is  a  gentle- 
man who  seeks,  not  by  defamation  of  others,  to  es- 
tablish his  reputation,  or  to  rear  the  superstructure  of 
his  own  upon  the  ruin  of  another's  fame.  The  Doc- 
tor conducts  his  Institute  in  a  manner  that  must  be 
gratifying  to  all  his  patients.  He  examines,  hears, 
advises,  and  recommends,  without  charge,  aud  the 
patient,  after  hearing  his  terms  for  treatment,  can 
accept  or  reject  at  pleasure.  Iu  no  case  does  the 
Doctor  make  a  charge  unless  he  effects  a  cure.  This 
he  is  able  to  do,  because  he  feels  the  confidence 
which  long  experience  has  given,  and  no  doubt  the 
consolation  which  appertains  to  that  conlideace. 
Persons  afflicted  with  either  acute  or  chronic  disease, 
would  do  well  to  consult  the  Doctor  ;  at  all  events, 
it  can  do  no  harm,  as  for  consultation  he  asks  no  fee  ; 
nor  does  he  insist  on  obedience  to  hiB  advice  unices 
the  patient  places  himself  under  his  care.  His  offices 
are  on  Sacramento  street,  opposite  the  Pacific  Mail 
Steamship  office. — San  Francisco  News. 


E  Goldsmith  &.  Co.,  at  No.  616  Sacramento 
street,  three  doors  below  Kearny,  have  just  received 
some  beautiful  new  style  Garbaldis  aud  Zouave 
Jackets,  that  for  taste  and  style  are  particularly 
worthy  of  the  attention  of  our  lady  readers.  They 
have  also  a  tine  assortment  of  Ladies'  Furnishing 
Goods  of  the  choicest  description.  Freuch  corsets 
for  one  dollar.  A  great  variety  of  French  toilet  and 
fancy  articles,  the  newest,  styles  of  buttons  aud 
dress  trimmings,  may  always  be  found  at  Gold- 
smith's 646  Sacramento  street. 


RHEUMATISM. 

Throughout  this  coast  a  great  deal  of  suffering  is 
experienced  from  Rheumatism.  Weeks  and  even 
mouths  of  protracted  aud  aggravated  misery  is  en- 
dured by  the  victims  of  medical  inefficiency  and 
ignorance,  which  could  be  cured  just  as  speedily  as 
was  Mr.  Sparrow,  whose  testimony  is  given  below, 
and  is  only  the  echo  of  hundreds  of  other  cases. 
Dr.  Bourne  cures  without  medicines,  which  accounts 
for  his  extraordinary  success.  No.  10  Masonic 
Temple,  Post  street  entrance : 

San  Francisco,  September  6,  1861. 

Dr.  Bourne:  Last  Winter  I  was  nearly  dead,  by 
an  attack  of  inflammatory  rheumatism.  I  suffered 
the  most  excruciating  puius  for  about  five  weeks, 
without  any  hope  of  relief,  when  a  friend,  hearing 
of  my  illness,  called  to  see  me,  and  assured  me  that 
if  I  would  stop  "drugging  and  dosing,''  aud  go  to 
you,  that  you  would  have  me  walking  about  the 
streets  in  three  days.  Sure  enough,  although  1  was 
utterly  helpless,  and  conveyed  to  your  house  iu  a 
carriage,  aud  carried  into  it  by  three  Btout  men,  and 
waB  by  them  lifted  into  the  bath,  yet,  on  coming 
out  of  the  bath  I  was  able  to  largely  assist  myself, 
doing  much  toward  dressing,  aiyl  without  assistance 
walked  from  the  bath  to  the  carriage.  On  the 
fourth  day,  I  discharged  my  carriage  and  walked 
with  a  friend's  aid  the  entire  distance  to  your  house 
(nearly  a  mile)  and  home  again,  and  so  on  until 
cured  ;  and  I  had  not  taken  more  than  twelve  baths 
when,  all  paiu  ani  swelling  having  ceased,  I  felt 
myself  a  well  man.  And  now  I  am  happy  to  do  this 
little  service  of  publicly  certifying  to  the  simple 
truth,  leaving  it  to  do  its  own  work  among  such  of 
my  frieuds  and  acquaintances  us  may  chance  to  see 
this.  Your  friend.  Joseph  Sparrow. 


Dain*t  Work. — About  the  daintiest  work  we 
ever  saw  were  specimens  of  hair  jewelry  at  the  es- 
tablishment of  Mrs.  C.  Cook,  645  Clay  street,  between 
Montgomery  aud  Kearny  streets,  yesterday.  This 
lady  manufactures  all  sorts  of  jewelry — watch-chains, 
earrings,  finger  rings,  breastpins,  aud  various  other 
kiuds  of  ornaments — from  humau  hair.  Wp  wit 
Reused  the  process  of  manufacture,  aud  it  is  intricate 
and  ingenious  in  the  highest  degree. — 8-  F.  Exam  ■ 


A  SUMMER  AND  WINTER  MEDICINE. 

"  Great  oaks  from  little  acorns  grow." 

The  worst  diseases  known  to  the  human  race 
spring  from  causes  so  small  as  to  almost  defy  detec- 
tion. The  volumes  of  scientific  lore  that  fill  the 
tables  aud  shelves  of  the  medical  fraternity  only  go 
to  prove  and  elaborate  these  facts. 

Then  guard  yourselves  while  you  may.  The 
smallest  pimple  on  the  skin  is  a  tell-tale  and  indica- 
tor of  disease.  It  may  fade  and  die  away  from  the 
surface  of  the  body,  but  it  will  reach  the  vit  lis,  per- 
haps, at  last,  and  death  be  the  result  and  final  close. 
Maggiel's  Bilious,  Dyspeptic  and  Diarrha-a  Pills 
cure  where  all  others  fail.  While  for  BuniB,  Scalds, 
Chilblains,  Cuts,  and  all  abrasions  of  the  skin,  Mag- 
giel's Halve  is  infallible.  Sold  by  J.  Maggiel,  43 
Fulton  street,  New  York,  aud  all  Druggists,  at  25 
cents  per  box. 


Wanted — Agents  to  sell,  by  subscription  only  the 
most  popular  work  ever  written  :  "  GRANT  AND 
SHERMAN ;  their  Campaigns  and  Generals."  By 
the  world  renowned  historian,  Hon.  J.  T.  Headlev, 
author  of  Waslangton  and  his  Generals,  Saered 
Mountains,  etc.  Agents  are  taking  aB  high  as  thirty 
subscribers  per  day,_and  all  agree  in  pronouncing  it 
the  most  saleable  work  they  ever  took  hold  of.  The 
people  want  Headley's  illustrated  "  GRANT  AND 
•SHERMAN,"  etc.  For  terms  and  territory,  address 
E.  E.  She*  r,  No.  8  Montgomery  Street,  and  Box 
1,430,  San  Francisco,  California 


Read  the  Testimony  of  a  few  of  the  many  Eminent 
Clergymen  and  their  Families  of  New  York  city,  who, 
having  used  the  Suzodont  for  a  long  time  pust,  are  coo 
vincca  ot  its  excellent  and  invaluable  qualities,  and  give 
it  their  cordial  commcudatiou  : 

Rev.   THOMAS  DEWITT,  Pastor  Collegiate 

Rcf.  Dutch  Church,  Lafayette  Place. 
Rev.  J.  W.  ALEXANDER,  D.  D.,  Presbyterian 

Church,  Fifth  Avenue. 
Rev.  J.  B.  WAKELEY,  M.  E.  City  Missionary. 
Rev.  W.  F.  MORGAN,  D.D.,  Rector  St.  Thomas 

Church,  Broadway. 
Rev.  E.  H.  CHAP  IN.  D.  D.,  Pastor  Fourth  Uni- 

versaiist  Church,  Broadway. 
Rev.  SAMUEL  COOKE,  D.D.,  Rector  St.  Bar- 
tholomew's Church,  Lafayette  Place. 
Rev.  SAMUEL  OSGOOD,  D.D.,  Pastor  Church 

of  Messiah,  Broadway. 
Rev.  B.  M.  ADAMS,  M.  E.  Church,  Duane  street. 
Rev.  HE  MAN  BANGS,  late  Pastor  Centenary 

M.  E.  Church,  Brooklyn. 
Rev.  W.  S.  MIKELS,  Pastor  Baptist  Church, 

Sixteenth  street. 
Rev.  GEO.  POTTS,  D.D.,  Pastor  Presbyterian 

Church,  University  Place. 
Rev.  E.  E.  RAN  KIN, Pastor  Presbyterian  Church 

Forty  second  street. 
Rev.  T.  E.  VERMILYE,  D.  D.,  Pastor  of  Co 

Dutch  Reformed,  Lafayette  Place., 

FROM  G.  F.    J.  COU5URN,  DOCTOR    DENTAL  SUR- 
GERY, NEWARK,  N.  J. 

The  Popular  Dentrilice  known  as  Van  Buskirk's  "  SO- 
ZODONT,"  besides  being  a  very  pleasant  nddition  to  the 
toilet,  contains  ingredients  that,  if  used  according  to  the 
directions,  will  prove  of  the  greatest  utility  to  the  health 
of  the  mouth  and  teeth. 

BEWARE  OF  IMITATIONS  I 
Sold  by  all  Druggists  and  Perfumers. 

HALL  &  RUCKEL, 


je2 -4m 


NEW  YORK. 


|JALL'S  SARS  APARILLA, 
YELLOW  DOCK  AND  IODIDE  POTASS, 

THE 

Best  Blood  Purifier  Known. 

Persons  that  are  troubled  with  Rheumatism, 
Scrofula,  Neuralgia,  Morbid  Liver,  Salt 
Rheum,  Pimples,  Boils,  or  any  of  the  many 
diseases  that  originate  from  Impure  Blood, 
would  find  it  much  to  their  advantage  to  give 
this  justly  celebrated  article  a  trial.  One  or 
two  bottles  are  quite  sufficient  to  convince  the 
most  skeptical  of  its  merits.  It  contains 
neither  Spirit,  ARSENIC  nor  MERCURY 
which  cannot  be  truly  said  of  any  other  prepa- 
tion  called  "  Sarsaparilla." 

SHEPARDSON  &.  GATES,  Proprietors, 

apT'Sw      N.  W.eor.iAnsoms  aud  Commerclal  strssts. 


yiNCENT'S  COLD  PREVENTIVE. 

Jl  Sure  Cure 

FOR  COUGHS,  COLDS,  BRONCHITIS 

DYSPEPSIA, 

CONSUMPTION, 
NIGHT  SWEATS,  AND  PULMONARY 
DISEASES. 

Read  the  following  : 

REMARKABLE  CURE. 
_  San  Francisco,  September  5th,  1865. 
I  desire  to  make  known  the  fact  that  I  was  afflic- 
ted with  a  very  bad  cough  for  fifteen  years,  and, 
during  this  time,  used  everything  which  I  could  hear 
of  wiiliont  getting  the  better  of  my  disease,  until  I 
tried  Dr.  D.  B.  Vincent's  Cold  Preventative  or  Cough 
Mixture,  which  cured  me  sound  and  well. 

NEWTON  MOORE. 

This  is  to  certify  that  my  wife  has  been  troubled 
with  iudigestiou  for  nearly  eighteen  months,  and,  by 
using  one  bottle  of  Dr.  Vincent's  medicine,  has  been 
completely  cured. 

San  FranciBco,  April  6tb,  1866. 

JOHNSON  J.  THOMAS. 

San  Francisco,  July  17th,  1865. 

I  hereby  certify  that,  having  had  a  Cough  some 
five  months  since,  which  had  troubled  me  for  two 
vears,  and  I  was  so  bad  that  I  was  able  to  do  but 
little  labor  of  any  kind,  and  could  not  walk  fast 
without  putting  myself  out  of  breath.  I  was  bo  far 
gone  that  I  had  chills  over  me  and  night  sweats,  and 
hud  what  other  physicians  called  disease  of  the  lungs. 
I  had  been  doctoring  a  part  of  the  time  for  the  last 
year,  when  I  saw  Dr.  D.  B.  Vincent,  and  he  gave 
me  a  small  vial  of  medicine,  which  relieved  me  of 
the  chills  and  night  sweats,  and  the  cough  entirely 
went  away,  and  I  do  not  take  cold  so  easy,  and  my 
health  is  much  better  in  every  respect.  My  appetito 
is  much  better  ;  and  I  heartily  recommend  all  others 
who  are  afflicted  with  similar  complaints  to  him. 

JOHN  O'NEILL,  National  Hotel. 

The  above  named  diseases  nearly  all  originate  from 
the  same  or  similar  causes,  and 

THE    COLD  PREVENTIVE 
will  cure  all  of  them.    It  is  a  sure  cure  for  Dyspep- 
sia.   Price,  50  cents  per  bottle. 

D.  B.  VINCENT,  M.  D., 

PHYSICIAN  and  OCULIST" 

Treats  all  diseases  successfully  on  the  Electric  sys- 
tem. Particular  attention  paid  to  treating  all  Dis- 
eases of  the  Eyes,  Rheumatism,  Paralysis,  etc. 
Cures  guaranteed,  or  all  moneys  refunded — in  most 
cases  even  where  others  fail. 

1^°"  Office — No.  103  Kearny  street,  first  floor, 
where  he  can  be  consulted  at  all  hours,  unless  pro- 
fessionally engaged.  All  orders  from  the  country 
promptly  attended  to.  ap7 

JfARRAND'S  OSCILLATING 

Amalgamator. 

THIS  UNRIVALLED  IMPROVEMENT  FOR  THE  RE- 
dnetiunand  amalgamation  of  Gold  and  Silver  Ores,  is  now 
running  daily  at  No.  206  Commercial  street,  between  Front 
and  Davis. 

THIS  AMALGAMATOR  INVOLVES 

NO  COMPLICATED  MACHINERY 
And  possesses  the  following  advantages  over 
all  thers  now  in  uec  : 

1st.  It  is  capable  of  doing  double  the  am  >nnt  of 
work  of  the  ordinary  Pans,  at  a  saving  of  more  than 
one-half  the  power. 

2d.  It  reduces  the  pnlp  finer,  thereby  producing  a 
better  result. 

3d.  It  requires  less  quicksilver  by  one-half  at  a 
charge,  whilst  the  loss  by  trituration  is  comparatively 
nothing. 

4th.  As  an  Amalgamator  for  gold  contained  in  sul- 
phurets,  as  also  for  very  fine  or  flour  gold  it  has  no 
equal. 

5th.  This  Amalgamator  involves  no  complicated 
machinery,  and  is  leBS  liable  to  get  out  of  order  than 
an  v  of  the  pans. 

DESCRIPTION  OI  lARRAND'S  AMALGAMATOR. 

In  offering  this  Amalgamator  to  the  public  the  in- 
ventor does  not  claim  any  new  or  scientific  method 
of  extracting  the  precious  metals  from  the  ores  ;  he 
merely  claims  a  new  and  simple  combination  ot 
mechanical  principles,  whereby  a  great  saving  of 
power  (full  one-half  in  amount)  is  effected.  The 
capacity  of  the  machine  varies  with  its  size.  The 
smallest,  or  prospecting  size,  will  reduce  400  lbs.  in 
three  hours,  and  can  be  easily  worked  by  the  power 
of  one  man.  The  largest  size  will  work  1,500  Its 
in  three  hours,  or  six  tons  in  24  hours,  with  an  appli- 
cation of  a  trifle  more  than  one-horse  power.  This 
saving  of  power,  as  all  mill-men  are  aware,  is  an  im: 
portant  cousiderationparticulurly  where  fuel  is  scarce,' 
The  power  so  saved  in  running  the  Amalgamators 
may  oe  advantageously  employed  to  an  increase  of 
stamps,  and  thus  proportionally  increasing  the  work 
of  the  mill.  This  machine  consists  of  a  semi  cylin- 
drical, trough-shaped  vessel,  iu  the  interior  of  which 
is  furnished  with  nio\eable  concave  dies,  to  be  re- 
placed  when  worn  out,  as  in  ordinary  pans.  The 
mullers  are  convex,  and  attached  to  a  substantial 
rock  shaft,  by  which  they  are  moved  back  and  for- 
ward by  crank  or  ecceutric  motion.  The  mullers 
are  held  to  their  places  by  springs  of  moderate 
strength,  the  pressure  of  which  may  be  easily  regu- 
lated. The  oscillating  motion  of  the  mullers  serves 
to  keep  the  pulp  in  a  constant  state  of  agitation, 
thoroughly  mixing  it,  and  passing  it  under  toe  mul- 
lers without  report  to  any  of  the  various  expedients 
employed  in  Pans  where  a  circular  motion  is  main- 
tained. 

A  large  size  machine  is  constructed  without  dies  or 
mullers,  but  simply  with  arms  to  act  as  stirrers,  to 
be  used  in  connection  with  several  of  the  Amalga- 
mators as  a  "  Separator,"  as  it  is  found  that  the  pecu- 
liar motiou  given  to  these  arms,  in  connection  with 
the  concave  shape  of  the  body  of  the  machine,  ren- 
ders it  most  effectual  for  such  a  purpose. 

Trials  made  with  this  machine  in  the  presence  of 
experts,  during  the  last  six  months,  have  been  pro- 
nounced highly  satisfactory.  It  is  peculiarly  well 
adapted  to  employment  by  small  mining  operators  iu 
distant  localities,  as  it  can  readily  be  taken  to  piecee 
aud  packed  upon  mules. 

W.  D.  FAR  RAND 


14 


THE  CALIFORNIA?*. 


[August  11th 


PEIRCE, 

'furniture  AND 


Bedding  Warerooms. 


Nos.  415,  417,  and  419  California  Street, 

NEAR  MONTGOMERY. 

THIS  STOCK  OF  FURNITURE,  etc.,  was  selected  with 
great  care,  and  special  attention  given  to  the  wants  ol 
this  market,  ENTIRELY  AT  THE  EAST.  It  is  NOT 
COMPOSED  OF  REFUSE  GOODS,  ODDS  AND  ENDS  OF 
OTHER  HOUSES  that  have  latelv  closed  out  here,  but 
CONSISTS  ENTIRELY  OK  NEW  GOODS,  mado  after  the 
latest  patterns  and  in  the  m^l  durable  manner. 

The  present  Stock  is  fully  TWICE  as  large  as  that  of  any 
other  house  here.  Parties  having  any  doubts  of  this,  or 
that  the  assortment  is  not  superior  to  any  in  the  city,  can 
easily  satisfy  themselves  by  calling. 

The  stock  of  Case  Goods  is  larger  than  ever  before. 

J.  PEIRCE, 
Ware-rooms  415,  417  and  419  California  street, 

jel6  3m  SAN  FRANCISCO. 


B.  F.  Sterett,  533 
Clay  St.,  a  few  doors 
below  Montgomery, 
continues  to  print  all 
kinds  of  Books,  Bills, 
Circulars,  Cards,  etc. 
in  superior  style,  and 
at  reasonable  prices. 


RODGERS  JOHNSON, 


ODD  FELLOWS"  HALL,  329  Montgomery  str»et, 
je30  3m  San  Francisco. 


I 


]^ATHANIEL  GRAY, 

UNDERTAKER, 
CITY  AND   COUNTY  SEXTON, 
641  Sacrimento  stbekt,  Corner  op  Webb 

•—  I 
ole  agents  for   BARSTOWS   PATENT  METALLIC  [ 

BURIAL  CASES  and  CASKETS. 

 0 

jel7  3m 


Edward  Bosqui  &  Co., 

Printers, 

And  Blank  Book  Manufacturers, 
517  CLAY  STREET, 

Between  Montgomery  and  Sansome  Sts., 
San  Francisco. 


YANKEE  NOTIONS 


FANCY  GOODS! 

MERCHANTS  wanting  Goods  in  this  line  should  not  fail 
to  examine  our  flock,  which  is  new  and  attractive,  before 
buying  elsewhere. 

MEAGHER,  TAAFFE  &  CO., 

Jy21-3m  Batte:  y  street,  nearPine. 


To  decipher,  lower  the  top  of  the  paper  to  an  angle 
of  forty-five  degrees ;  thcu  close  one  eye,  and 
read  at  your  ease. 


rjIHE  NORTH  BRITISH  AND 

MERCANTILE  INSURANCE  CO 
OF      LONDON     AND  EDINBURGH. 
ESTABLISHED,  1809. 
Capital,  -  $10,000  000 

Accumulated  Funds,  March  6, 1865,  -  -  11,522,500 
Annual  Income,  ....  2,827,290 
Deposit  in  California  under  State  law,      -  $"5,000 


GENERAL  AGENCY  FOR  THE  PACIFIC  STATES  AND 

TERRITORIES, 
Cor.  Sansome  and  California  streets,  San  Francisco 


Insurances  effected  at  tho  lowest  rates  on  buildings  of 
both  Brick  and  Wood,  throughout  the  State,  whetner 
occupied  as  Stores,  Dwellings,  or  Warehouses,  together 
with  their  contents. 

Also,  VESSELS  in  port,  with  or  without  their  Cargoes 

Also,  QUARTZ  MILLS  and  MACHINERY. 

LOSSES  PAID  IN  UNITED  STATES  GOLD  COIN  im- 
mediately on  adjustment. 

WM.  H.  TILLINGHAST,  Agent, 
my  19 


QPPOSITION  STEAMER-DAT, 

WEDNESDAY,  AUGUST  15,  I860. 

GREAT  REDUCTION  IN  RATES, 
VIA  NICARAGUA  I 

THE  CENTRAL  AMERICAN  TRANSIT  COMPANY  will 
despatch  the  favorite  Steamship 

MOSES  TAYLOR, 
On  Wednesday,      -        -         -      August  15, 
From  Mission  street  Wharf,  at  10  o'clock,  A.  11.,  precisely 
Connecting  at  GREYTOWN  with  the  splendid  Steamship 
SANTIAGO, 
2.500  Tons,  fob  New  Yobk. 
83~  For  Passage  nml  Freight,  and  Insurance  on  Trcas 
uru,  at  greatly  REDUCED  KATES,  apply  to 

l.W.  RAYMOND,  Agent, 
Northwest  corner  Battery  and  Pine  streets. 
Up  stairs,  San  Franciseo. 


D° 

YOU 

WANT  ANY 

Printing  ? 

IF  YOU  DO,  GO  TO 

411    CLAY  STREET, 

BETWEEN  SANSOME  AND  BATTERY. 


Printing  of  every  description  done  on 

short  notice  and  in  the  best  style,  by 

LM.  D.  CARR  ft  CO. 

Jc30-3m 


R  N  I  T  U  R  E 

AND 


B  ED  DING! 


LARGEST  STOCK! 

LATEST  STYLES! 

The    Best  Workmanship, 

AST) 

LOWEST  PRICES! 

AT 

Goodwin    8f    C  o  .  '  s 

FURNITURE  WARE-ROOMS, 
Nos.  508,  510,  518  and  528  Washington-st. 

jal6  SAN  FRANCISCO. 


H  E  U  S  T  O  N 


HASTINGS 


&  co. 


The   Fashionable  Clothiers 


SAN  FRANCISCO, 

Are  now  engaged  in  enlarging  their  already  ex- 
tensive European  connections,  and  are  offering  the 
LARGEST,  FINEST,  AND  MOST  COMPLETE 


CUSTOM-MADE  CLOTHING, 

GENTS'  FURNISHING  GOODS, 
TRUNKS,  BAGS,  VALISES,  ETC. 
ON   THE   PACIFIC  COAST 

AT  ' 

REDUCED  PRICES, 

jel7-3in 


jyjEAUHER,  TAAFE  &  CO., 

IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  Of 

DRY  GOODS,  LINENS, 

FUKNftllING  GOODS, 

YANKEE  NOTIONS, 

FANCY  GOODS,  ETC. 

f     M   (on    „       ACEXT8  Ft  B  TDK 

MOUNT  TERON   DUCK  COMPANY 

NO.  107  BATTERY  STREET,  NEAR  PINE. 
RETAIL  HOUSE,  -  -  -  NO.  9  MONTGOMERY  STREET, 
jy  21  3m  Lick  Home. 


jyjR.  AND  MRS.  COG  ILL 
AND  SONS, 

Teachers  of  Dancing, 

CONGRESS  HALL, 
On  Bush  st  ,  adjoin iu  Russ  House. 


SCHOOt.— MONDAYS  AND  WEDNESDAYS.  Ladies  at 
8  T.  H.  Gentlemen  and  Ladies  at  7  1-2  r,  n  Sir  eos 
every  Friday  Evening.  Hall  '.o  rent.  uU-Uw 


QUINCY    II  ALL, 

545,  547,  549  WASHINGTON  STREET. 


THE  LARGEST  CLOTHING  EMPORIUM  in  California. 
The  daily  sales  from  the  establishment  is  u  sulHi  lent 
guarantee  that  the  prirr-s  are  less  than  those  of  any  other 
house  on  the  P., otic  coast.  Here  you  also  find  clothing  of 
tbe  best  of  California  Cloth,  both  lor  Wholesale  and  Retail  ' 
tra'te.  Also,  particular  attention  paid  to  maklug  up  tine 
clothing  to  order.  J}  21 


J)EMOCRATIC  CANDIDATE 

FOB 

TAX  COLLECTOR, 

HENltY  A.  COBB, 

OF  THE  FIRM  OF  COBB  &  SINTON, 


jj21 


NO.  407  CALIFORNIA  STREET. 


yegetaTlIImbeosia 

IS  THE  MIRACLE  OF  THE  AGE! 

Gra.y-I10a.ded  People  have  their 

locks  restored  by  it  to  the  dark,  lustrous, 
silken  tresses  of  youth,  and  arc  happy ! 

Young  People,  with  light,  faded  or  red  Hair, 
hare  these  unfashionable  colors  changed  to 
a  beautiful  auburn,  and  rejoice ! 

People  whose  heads  are  covered  with 
Dandruff  and  Humors,  use  it,  and  have  clean 
coats  and  clear  and  healthy  scalps  ! 

Bald-TIcadcd  Veterans  have 
their  remaining  locks  tightened,  and  the 
bare  spots  covered  with  a  luxuriant  growth 
of  Hair,  and  dance  for  joy ! 

Young  Gentlemen  use  it  because  it  is 
richly  perfumed ! 

Young  Ladies  nsc  it  because  it  keeps 
their  Hair  in  place ! 

Everybody  must  and  trill  use  it,  because 
it  is  the  cleanest  and  best  article  in  tho 
market !  ■  **mo*X  i0oi*  ajJ 

t\  For  Sale  by  Druggists  generally. 

For  sale,  wholesale  a  id  retail,  by 

JOHN  F.  SNOW, 

Sole  Agent  for  tbe  IV  die  Coast,  24  Post  street, 
Ji28  San  f/aiwuco. 


August  11th  | 


THE    C ALI FORNIAN 


15 


DISTANCES  FROM  SAN  FRANCISCO 

To  various  points  ; 

To  Fort  Point,  4  miles,  by  omnibus,  four  trips  a  day. 
Lone  Mountain,  3,  street  railway. 
Seal  Rock,  G,  cars  and  omnibus,  two  trips  a  day. 
Mission  Dolores,  street  railways;  Ocean  House  8. 
San  Mateo,  20,  railroad. 
Crystal  Springs,  23,  railroad  and  stage 
Half-Moon  Bay,2»,     do.  do. 
Redwood  city,"30,  do. 
Mountain  View,  38,  do. 
Santa  Clara,  47,  do. 

San  Jose,  50,  do.,orsteamerandstage,54. 
Alviso,  46.  steamer,  daily. 

Almaden  mines,  67,  steamer  and  stage  ;  or  by  rail- 
road aud  stage,  64. 
Santa  Cruz,  78,  railroad  and  stage. 
Oakland,  8,  6teamer  and  railroad,  six  trips  a  day. 
Alameda,  11 ,  steamer,  tbree  trips  a  day. 
San  Leandro,  15,  steamer  and  railroad. 
Mission  San  Jose,  34,  steamer,  railroad  and  stage. 
Warm  Springs,  37,  do.  do. 

Benicia,  30,  steamer  leaves  at  4  P.  M.  daily. 
Sacramento,  117,  do.  do. 
Stockton,  117,      do.  do. 
Martinez,  33,  do. 
Pacbeco.  38,  steamer  and  stage. 
Diablo  Coal  Mines,  44,  steamer  and  stage. 
Bllisan,  50,  steamer,  or  54  by  steamer  and  stage 
Vall>:jo,  08;  Mare  Island,  37;  Napa  city,  50 
White  Sulphur  Springs,  07,  stage  from  Napa. 
Geyser  Springs,  118,  do.  do. 

Sonoma,  52,  steamer,  triweekly. 
Petaluma,  48,  steamer,  daily. 
HealdBburg,  80,  stage  daily  from  Petaluma 
Sau  Queutiu,  12,  steamer  ;  Faralloue  Islands,  20. 


^LLEN'S 

LUNG 


BALSAM  ! 


JgROOKLYN  HOTEL, 

1852.   SAN   FRANCISCO.  1866. 


The  Proprietor  of  the  above-named  Hotel  wishes 
to  inform  his  patrons  and  the  Travelling  Public  that  he 
has  opened  that  elegant  Brick  Fireproof  Hotel,  situated 
on  the 

S.  E.  Corner  of  Pine  and  Sansome  streets, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

It  was  built  expressly  for  a  Hotel,  with  all  the  modort> 
conveniences  attached  to  it. 

Gas  aud  water  are  supplied  throughout  the  House. 
Booms  are  well  ventilated,  aud  the  Public  will  Audi 
Hot.-l  all  the  comforts  of  a  home.   The  Hotel  is  spacious, 
and  well  adapted  tor  the  use  of  Families.   Suits  of  Booms 
can  be  had  on  reasonable  terms.  * 

LARGE  READING  ROOM 

Attached  to  the  Hotel, 

Containing  500  Volumes  of  Standard  Works, 

Which  is  entirely  for  the  use  of  patrons. 

THE  CITY  COACH,  with  tho  name  of  the  Hotel  on  it, 
will  be  in  readiness  at  the  Wharf,  on  tho  arrival  of  each 
steamer,  to  convey  passengers  and  baggage  to  the  Ho' el, 
free  of  charge.  JO  '  N  KELLY,  Jr., 

my6  3m  Proprietor. 


r^HE  ONLY  LIVING  ASTROLOGER, 
PROF.  COHEN, 
530  California  street,  San  Francisco, 

THROUGH  HIS  NATURAL  GII-T,c.ni  give  corrc, 
matiou  on  the  Past,  Present  and  Future,  on  any  subject 
tiiat  may  be  required  so  as  to  avoid  trouble.  As  evidence 
of  His  reputation,  he  has  received  over  IS ,000  consultations 
during  his  residence  id'  six  years  in  Bin  Francisco  I  Con 
sultation  fee,  $2.  By  letter,  $3.  Letter  box,  104.  It  it 
not  necessary  to  give  the  age.  Office,  530  California 
street.    H  iurs  Irom  8  a.  M.  to  li  p.  m.  jelf,  3m 


A  CERTAIN  CURE  FOR 
COUGHS,  COLDS,  INFLUENZA,  NIGHT 
SWEATS,  BRONCHITIS,  SPITTING 
OF  BLOOD,  ASTHMA,  WHOOPING 
COUGH, 

CONS  UMP  TION, 
And  all  Diseases  of  the 

CHEST    AND  LUNGS 


This  celebrated  Cough  Remedv  effects  a  speedy 
cure  by  producing  a  free  ana  easy  expectoration, 
heals  abscesses  of  the  lungs,  prevents  unhealthy  se- 
cretion of  the  bronchial  tubes,  and  removes  from 
tlieru  those  accumulations  of  morbid  matter  which 
cause  oppression  of  the  breast,  difficulty  of  breath- 
ing,  etc  ,  soothes  irritation  of  the  respiratory  organs 
which  produces  cough 

PRICE  ONE  DOLLAR  PER  BOTTLE. 

Sold  by  all  Druggists. 

HOSTETTER,  SMITH  &  DEAN,  Agents, 
401  Battery  corner  of  Clay, 

ap27-3m  San  Francisco. 


MS  CO  I 

G.  ii  F.  KARTELL'S  COGNAC  ; 

JAMES  HENNESSY'S  Cognao ; 
STEAMBOAT  GIN  ; 
OLD  TOM  GIN  ; 

IRISH  WHISKY, 

from  Bond  direct. 
For  sale  by  V.  SQARZA, 


my28 


Lied 


street,  San  Francisco. 


CALIFORNIA  BRASS  FOUNDRY, 

No.  125  First  street,  opposite  Minna, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

All  kinds  of  Brass, 
Composition ,  Zinc, 
and  Babbitt  Mela 
Castings,  furnished 
at  the  shortest  notice. 
Brass  Ship-Work o 
all  kinds,  Spikes, 

Sheathing  Nails,  Rudder  Braces,  Hinges,  etc. ,  constantly 
on  hand  and  made  to  order.  Also,  manufacture  8bip  and 
Steamboat  Bells  and  Gongs  or  superior  tone. 

All  kinds  of  Steam,  Liquor,  Water,  Oil,  and  Flange 
Cocks  and  Valves  made  and  repaired. 

Hydraulic  Pipes  anil  Nozzles,  and  Hose  Couplings  and 
Connections  of  all  sizes  and  patterns,  famished  with  dis- 
patch.   PRICES  MODERATE. 

— .    »•«  JOHN  P.  GALLAGHER, 

JOSEPH  H.  WEED. 

jelO  3m 


]^[ONEY  TO  LOAN ! 

MONEY  TO  LOAN 


On  City  Real  EsUte,  Dwellings,  Factories,  Shipping  and 
Merchandise,  for  such  time  as  may  be  agreed  for.  De- 
posits received  iu  small  or  large  sums,  at  interest,  by  the 
CALIFORNIA  BUILDING,  LOAN  AND  SAV 
INfiS  HANK, 

63  California  etreet,  (one  door  from  Sansome  street.) 

my  THOMAS  MOONEY,  Pr  sidenl 


STOCKDaLE  HOUSE, 
Corner  Main  and  Oak  streets,  Petaluma. 
mar24  em  H.  STOCKDAiE  .Proprietor 


Y)R.  HUMPHREYS' 

Homoeopathic  Specifics 

Have  proved,  from  the  most  ample  experience,  an 
entire  success — simple,  prompt,  efficient  and  reliable. 
They  are  the  only  Medicines  perfectly  adapted  to 
popular  use — so  simple  that  mistakes  cannot  be  made 
in  using  them  ;  so  harmless  as  to  be  free  from  dan- 
ger, and  so  efficicut  as  to  be  alwaj'e  reliable.  They 
have  received  the  highest  commendation  from  all, 
and  will  always  render  satisfaction. 

No.    1  cures  Fevers,  Congestion,  Inflammations. 0  25 

"  2  cures  Worms, Worm  Fever,  Worm  Colic,  25 

"  3  cures  Crying  Colic,  or  Teething  of  in- 

"  4  cures  Diarrhoea  of  children  or  adults.. .  25 

fonts   25 

"  5  cures  Dysentery,  Griping,  Bilious  Colic,  25 

11  6  cures  Cholera  Morbus,  Nausea, Vomiting,  25 

"      7  cures  Coughs,  Colds,  Bronchitis   25 

"  8  cures  Neuralgia,  Toothache,  Faceache.  25 

'*  9  cures  Headaches, sick-Headache, Vertigo,  25 

"    10  cures  Dyspepsia,  Billions  Stomach   25 

"  11  cures  Suppressed,  or  Painful  Periods..  25 

"  13  cures  Croup,  Cough,  difficult  Breathing,  25 

"  14  cares  Sa/t  Rheum,  Erysipelas  Eruptions,  25 

"  15  cures  Rheumatism,  Rheumatic  Pains...  25 

•'  16  cures  Fcrcr  and  Ague,  L\\i\\  Fever,  Agues  60 

"    17  cures  Pi/is,  blind  or  bleeding   50 

"  18 cures  Oplhalmia, and Soreor  Weak  Eyes,  50 

"  19  cures  Catarrh, acute  orclirouic, Influenza  50 

"  20  cures  Whooping- Cough,  violent  coughs.  50 

"    21  cures  Asthma,  oppressed  Breathing   50 

"  22  cures  Ear  Discharges,  impaired  Hearing  50 
"  23  cures  Scrofula,  Enlarged  Glands,  Swell- 
ings   50 

"  24  cures  General  Debility,  Physical  Weak- 
ness   50 

"    25  cures  Dropsy,  and  scanty  Secretions   50 

"  26cure3  *Sei7-.'>'»c4«css,sicknes8fi'omRiding,  50 

"   927  cures  Ki dney  Disease,  Gravel   50 

"    29  ewrea^Sore  Mouth,  Canker   50 

"  31  cures  Painful  Periods, even  with  Spasms  50 

32  cures  SuJ/crings  at  change  of  life  $1.00 

•'  33  cures  Epilepsy,  Spasms,  St.  Vitus'  Dunce. 1.00 

"  34  cures  Diphtlieria,  Ulcerated  Sore  Throat,  50 

FAMILY  CASES. 

35  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book  $10  00 

28  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book   8  00 

20  vials,  morocco  case,  and  hook   6  00 

These  Remedies,  by  the  case  or  single  box,  are 
sent  to  any  part  of  the  country,  by  Mail  or  Express, 
on  receipt  of  the  price. 

HOSTETTER,  SMITH  &  DEAN, 
401  and  403  Battery  street,  corner  of  Clay, 
ap27-3m  .  Sun  Francisco 


BEAUTIFUL  COMPLEXION  ! 


Secret  of  Beauty  ! 


USE  GEO.  W.  LAIRDS 

BLOOM  i 

See  that  the  name. 


GEO.    W.  LAIRD, 
is  stomped 

ON    THE  BOTTLE. 

No  other  is  Genuine. 


LIQUID  PEARL! 
The  best  article  in  the 
world  for  Preserving 

and  Beautifying 
the  Complexion  and 
Skin. 

This  magnificent  Toilet.  Article  is  prepared  only 
by  GEO.  W.  LAIRD,  74  Fulton  street,  New  York., 
formerly  483  Broadway. 

Sold  by  Druggists  everywhere. 

host  inili  !inu  «r  k, 

401  aud  403  Battery  street,  comer  of  Clav 
ap27-3m  San  Franciito 


QUARDIAN'S  SALE 


REAL  ESTATE. 


NOTICE  IS  HEREBY  GIVEN,  That  in  pnrsn 
ante  of  an  order  of  the  Probate  Court  of  the  city 
and  county  of  San  Francisco,  in  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia, made  on  the  I9f.H  day  of  July,  A.  D.  1866,  in 
the  matter  of  the  estates  and  guardianship  of  Violet 
Blair,  Jesnp  Blair  and  Lucy  J.  Blair,  minors,  the 
undersigned,  the  guardian  of  saiitniinors,  will  sell 
at  private  sale  to  the  highest  bidder,  for  cash,  and 
subject  to  confirmation  by  said  Probate  Court,  on  or 
after  Monday,  the  thirteenth  day  of  August,  A.  D 
1866,  at  12  o'clock  M.,  at  the  office  of  the  under 
signed,  in  Rooms  Nos.  4  and  5,  Barron's  Building, 
north  west  corner  of  Montgomery  and  Merchant 
streets,  in  the  city  and  county  of  San  Francisco, 
where  offers  or  bids  will  be  received,  all  the  right, 
title,  interest  and  estate  of  the  said  Violet  Blair, 
Jesup  Blair,  and  Lucy  J.  Blair,  minors,  in  and  to 
all  those  certain  lots,  pieces,  or  parcels  of  land,  sit- 
uate, lying  aud  being  in  the  said  city  and  county  of 
San  Francisco,  State  of  California,  and '  bounded 
and  described  as  follows,  to  wit : 

1.  The  lot  on  the  northerly  side  of  Bryant  street, 
commencing  100  varas  westerly  from  Fomth  street, 
running  thence  westerly  or  southwesterly  along 
Bryant  street,  100  varas  front  by  a  uniform  depth, 
northerly  or  northwesterly,  of  100  varas,  being  the 
lot  knovvu  on  the  official  map  of  the  city  of  San 
Francisco  as  100-vara  Lot  No.  179.  The  interest  of 
said  minors  therein  is  claimed  to  be  an  undivided  one- 
quarter  of  said  lot. 

2.  The  lot  on  the  southwesterly  corner  of  Main 
and  Folsom  streets,  fifty  varas  square.  The  interest 
of'said  minors  therein  is  claimed  to  be  an  undivided 
one-ball  of  said  lot — subject  to  lease. 

3.  The  lot  on  the  southerly  side  of  Filbert  street, 
fifty  varas  square,  commencing  50  varas  westerly 
froin  Powell  street,  running  thence  westerly,  50 
varas  front  by  a  uniform  depth  southerly  of  50  varas , 
being  the  lot  known  on  the  official  map  of  the  city 
of  San  Francisco  as  50  vara  LotNo.  431.  The  inte- 
rest of  said  minors  therein  is  claimed  to  be  an  undi- 
vided one-half  of  said  lot— subject  to  lease. 

'4.  The  lot  on  the  southeast  corner  of  Dupont  and 
Broadway  streets,  being  sixty  feet  front  on  Du- 
pont street  by  a  uniform  depth  easterly  on  Broadway 
of  fifty  feet.  The  interest  of  said  minors  therein  is 
claimed  to  be  an  undivided  one-half  of  said  lot — 
subject  to  lease. 

5.  Lot  on  southeast  corner  of  Powell  and  Green- 
wich streets,  being  137^  feet  fronton  Greenwich 
street  by  a  uniform  depth  southerly  on  Powell  street 
of  206  feet  and  3  inches.  The  interest  of  said  mi- 
nors therein  is  claimed  to  be  an  undivided  one-half 
of  said  lot — subject  to  lease. 

6.  The  lot  on  the  northerly  side  of  Silver  street, 
commencing  75  feet  easterly  from  Third  street, 
thence  northerly  parallel  to  Third  street  70  feet, 
thence  easterly  parallel  to  Silver  street  150  feet, 
t Hence  southerly  parallel  to  Third  street  ?0  feet, 
thence  westerly  along  Silver  street  150  feet  to  the 
point  of  beginning,  being  part  of  the  100-vara  Lot 
No.  85.  The  interest  of  said  minors  therein  is 
claimed  to  be  an  undivided  one-fourth — subject  to 
contract  for  lease  and  improvements. 

7.  The  lot  next  adjoining  the  above  on  the  east, 
fifty  feet  front  on  Sliver  street  by  a  uniform  depth 
northerly  of  70  feet,  being  part  of  100-vara  Lot  No 
85.  The  interest  of  said  minors  therein  is  claimed 
to  be  an  undivided  one-fourth. 

8.  The  lot  on  the  southerly  side  of  Silver  street, 
commencing  100  feet  easteily  from  Third  street, 
thence  easterly  along  Silver  street  175  feet,  thence 
southerly  parallel  to  Third  street  155  feet  to  Bryant 
street,  thence  westerly  along  the  northerly  side  of 
Bryant  street  175  feet,  thence  northerly  155  feet  to 
place  of  beginning,  being  part  of  100-vara  LotNo. 
85.  The  interest  of  said  minors  therein  is  claimed 
to  be  an  undivided  one-fourth.  The  same  can  he 
sold  in  subdivisions. 

9.  Lot  on  the  southeast  corner  of  Sansdme  and 
Broadway  streets,  being  fifty  feet  square.  The 
interest  of  said  minors  therein  is  claimed  to  bean 
undivided  one-eighth— subject  to  lease. 

Terms  ok  Sale. — Cash,  in  gold  coinof  the  United 
States  :  ten  per  cent,  of  the  purchase  mouey  to  be 
paid  at  the  time  of  the  sale  ;  balance  on  confirma- 
tion of  sale  by  the  Probate  Court.  Deeds  to  be 
made  (including  United  States  revenue  stamps)  at 
purchaser's  expense.  R.  C.  ROGERS, 

Guardian,  etc. 

San  Francisco,  July  28, 1866. 

Notice. — The  remaining  undivided  interests  in 
said  lots,  except  Parcel  No.  9,  will  be  sold  at  same 
time. 


TN  THE   DISTRICT    COURT  OF  THE 
I  Fifteenth  Judicial  District  of  theStateof  California,  in 
and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco. 
MARY  SMITH,  Plamtilt',  vs.  WILLIAM  SMITH,  Defendant. 

Action  brought  in  the  District  Court  of  the  Fifteenth  Judi- 
cial District  of  the  Slate  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in 
said  City  and  County  of  Sau  Francisco,  in  tho  oflico  of 
the  Clerk  of  said  District  Court. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  send  greeting 
to  WILLIAM  SMITH,  Defendant:  You  are  hereby  re- 
quired to  appear  iu  an  action  brought  against  you  by  the 
above-named  Plaintiff  in  the  District  Court  of  the  Fifteenth 
Judicial  Disirict  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  com- 
plaint filed  therein,  within  Ten  Days,  (exclusive  of  the  day 
of  service,)  after  the  Service  on  you  of  this  Summons 
— if  served  within  this  County  ;  or,  if  served  out  of  this 
County,  but  in  this  District,  within  Twenty  Days  :  other- 
wise, "within  Forty  Days — or  judgment  by  default  will  be 
taken  against  you,  according  to  the  prayer  of  said  Com- 
plaint. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  decree  of  this 
Court,  dissolving  the  Bonds  of  Matrimony  existing  be- 
tween Plaiutilf  aud  Defendant,  and  that  one  half  of  (he 
Detendant's  property,  if  he  have  any,  be  awarded  to 
Plaiutilf,  aud  for  general  relief. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  it  you  fail  to  appear 
and  answer  the  said  complaint,  as  above  required,  the  said 
plaintilf  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  tho  relief  therem  de- 
manded. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  Seal  of  the  District  Court  of  the 
Fifteenth  Judicial  District  ol  the  State  of  California,  in 
and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  this  27th 
day  of  June  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  sixty-six. 

Seal.  Int.  Kcv.  Stamp, )  W1I.  LOEWV, 

50  cts.,  cancelled.      J  Clerk, 

By  G.  C.  Lctciier,  Deputy  Clerk. 
A.  Williams,  Plaintiff's  Attorney, ) 

535  Clay  street.  j  JeSO  3m 


NOTICE  IS  HEREBY  GIVEN,  that,  in  pursuance  of 
an  order  of  the  Probate  Court  ot  the  City  and  Coun- 
ty ol  ban  Francisco  made  on  the  2d  day  of  April.  1866,  in 

the  matter  of  the  Estates  of  Herman  R  Haste  aud  Julia 
Haste,  minors,  the  undersigned,  Guardian  of  said  minors, 
will  seQ  at  private  sale  to  the  highest  bidder,  for  cash, 
payable  in  United  Slates  gold  coin,  and  subject  to  confir- 
mation by  said  Probate  Court,  on  or  alter  Saturday  the 
18th  day  ot  August,  1866.  at  twelve  o'clock ,  noon,  of  that 
day,  at  the  office  of  D.  P.  Barsiow,  Esq.,  No  6  Montgom- 
ery Block,  in  the  City  aud  County  or  Sau  Francisco,  all  the 
right,  title  and  interest  of  said  minors,  Herman  K.  Haste 
aDd  Ju.ia  Haste,  ot,  in  and  to  all  the  one  undivided  one- 
half  part  ot  all  that  certain  lot  el'  land  situated  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  described  as  follows 
viz  :  Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  line  of  Mer- 
chant street,  23  feet  easterly  frcm  the  north  east  corner 
of  Merchant  street  and  Dunbar's  Alley  ;  theu^-c  runuing 
easterly  along  said  line  of  Merchant  street  SO  feet  2  12 
inches  ;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  68  feet  and  9 
inches  ;  thence  at  a  right  aDgle  westerly  20  feet  2  12 
inches,  and  thence  at  a  i  Ight  anglo  southerly  68  feet  and 
9  inches  to  the  point  of  beginning. 

Offers  or  bids  for  said  property  will  be  received  at  the 
office  of  D.  P  Barstow,  Esq. ,  No.  6  Montgomery  Block, 
from  this  date  till  Saturday,  the  18th  day  of  August,  at 
twelve  o'clock,  noon,  by  the  undcrsigi.ed, 

CHRISTIAN  KIRK, 
Guardian  of  Herman  R.  Haste  and  Ju.ia  Haste,  nrnors. 
(jy28-td) 


IN  THE  PROBATE  COURT  of  the  city  and  county  of 
San  Francisco,  State  of  California. 
In  the  matter  of  the  estate  of  GEORGE  D.  HANSEN, 

deceased. 

Order  to  show  cause  why  order  of  distribution  should 
uot  he  made. 

On  reading  and  filing  the  petition  of  CHRISTIAN  KIRK 
the  Executor  of  the  estate  of  GEORGE  D.  HANSEN 
deceased,  setting. forth  that  he  has  tiled  his  final  account 
of  his  administration  of  the  estate  of  said  deceased,  in 
this  Court,  and  that  the  same  has  been  duly  settled  and 
allowed  ;  that  all  the  debts  and  expenses  of  administra- 
tion have  been  duly  paid  ;  and  that  a  portion  of  said  es- 
tate remains  to  be  distributed  to  the  heir  and  devisee  of 
said  deceased,  and  praying  among  other  things  for  an  or- 
der of  distribution  of  the  residue  of  said  estate  among  the 
persons  entitled  : 

It  is  okdekkd,  That  all  persons  interested  in  the  estate  of 
the  said  George  D.  Hansen,  decca&ed,  be  and  appear  be- 
fore the  Probate  Court  of  the  cily  and  county  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, at  the  court-room  of  said  Court,  in  the  City  Hall  in 
said  city  and  county,  on  Wednesday,  the  fifth  day  of  Sep- 
tember, A.  D.  1866,  at  eleven  o'clock  A.M.,  then  and 
there  to  show  cause  why  an  order  of  distribution  should 
nut  be  made  of  the  residue  of  said  estate  to  the  heir  aud 
devisee  of  the  said  Geoige  D.  Hansen,  deceased,  ac- 
cording to  law; 

It  is  further  ordered,  That  a  copy  of  this  order  be  pub- 
lished lor  four  successive  weeks,  before  the  said  5th 
day  of  September,  A.  D.  1866,  in  Tb?  Califojixlan,  a  news- 
paper printed  aud  published  iu  the  said  city  and  county. 

M.  C.  BLAKE,  Probate  Judge. 

Dated,  San  Francisco,  August  3d,  18G6.  4w 


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[August  11th 


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•  OR, 

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Amy  Robsat  Miss  Kate  Denin 

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Guy  Mannering, 

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TVTETROPOLITAN  THEATRE, 

^"  Montgomery  street. 

Bianchi's  Grand  Italian 

Opera  Troupe. 

General  Director  v  J.  P.  Crowlv 

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NON -SUBSCRIPTION  NIGHT. 

SATURDAY  EVENING  AUGUST  11, 

Will  be  presented  Verdi's  Opera  of 

Un  Ballo  en  Maschera. 

Ricardo  Signor  Eiigenio  Bianchi 

Renato  Siguor  Maucusi 

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Ulrica  Signora  Giovanni  Bianchi 

Oscar  Louisa  Tourney 

Sylvano  Mone.  Hennecart 

Samuel  Mons.  Clmrlee 

Tom  Mons  Roucouvieri 

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under  the  direction  of  Joseph  Schmidt,  Esq. ,  will 
assist  in  the  Grand  Masquerade  Ball  Scene. 

CONDUCTOR  MR.  RUDOLPH  HEROLD 

Sceuery  by  Mr.  Rogers.    Costumes  by  Mrs  Taylor. 

Regular  Subscription  Nights,  Mondays,  .Wednes- 
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Reserved  seats,  50  cents  extra. 
Gallery  50 

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of  reserved  seals  for  season  tickets. 


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CARRYING  THE  U.  S.  MAIL  I 

Leave  Folsom-streot  Wharf  at  11  o'clock  a.  m.  of  the 
following  dates,  for  PANAMA,  connecting  via  Panama 
Railroad,  with  oue  of  the  Company's  splendid  steamers 
from  ASPIN WALL  for  NEW  YORK. 

Ou  the  16th,  18th,  rnd  30th  of  each  month  that  has  30 
days. 

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days. 

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leave  on  Saturday  preceding  ;  when  the  18th  falls  on  Sun- 
day, they  will  leave  on  Mouday  following. 

Steamer  leaving  San  Francisco  on  the  10th  touches  at 
Mauzanillo.   All  touch  at  Acupulco. 

Departure  of  19th  connects  with  French  Transatlantic 
company's  steamer  for  St.  Nazairc,  and  Euglish  steamer 
for  South  America. 

Departure  of  loth  connects  with  English  steamer  for 
Southampton,  and  P.  R.  R.  Co.'s  steamer  for  Central 
America. 

Departure  of  30th  connects  with  English  steamer  for 
Tumaco,  the  port  of  the  new  mines. 

STEAMERS  FOR  AUGUST  : 
The  following  steamships  will  bo  despatched  from  San 
Francisco  ou  the  date  given  : 

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Captain  J.  M.  Cavarly, 
(Connecting  with  the  HENRY  CHAUNCET,  Capt.  Gray 
AUGUST  30th,  ....      GOLDEN  AGE, 

Captain  E.  S.  Farnsworth, 
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Lcidesdorff  streets. 

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NOTICE  IS  HEREBY  GIVEN,  that  In  pursuance  of 
the  order  01  the  Probate  Court  of  the  city  aud  county 
of  Sail  Fraucisco,  111  the  Stale  of  California,  made  on  the 
26th  day  of  July,  1866,  in  the  matter  of  the  estate  of 
Audrew  Robeson,  deceased,  the  undersigned,  adminis- 
trator with  the  will  annexed  of  said  deceased,  will  sell  at 
private  sale  to  the  highest  bidder  fur  cash  In  United 
States  gold  coin,  In  two  parcels,  subject  to  continuation 
by  said  Probate  Court,  on  or  after  Tuesday,  the  11th  day 
01'  September,  1866,  at  twelve  o'clock  noou  of  that  day, 
at  the  counting  room  of  Aldrich  a  Merrill,  Nos.  204  aud 
206  California  street,  in  said  city  and  county,  all  the 
right,  title  aud  interest  of  said  Andrew  Robeson, deceased, 
ut  the  time  of  his  death,  and  all  the  right,  title  and  in- 
terest that  the  said  estate  has,  by  operation  of  law  or 
otherwise  acquired,  other  than  or  in  addition  to  that  of 
said  deceased  at  the  lime  of  bis  death,  in  aud  to  all  those 
certain  two  lots  of  laud  situated  iu  said  city  and  couuty 
and  described  as  follows,  viz  :  1st.  Commencing  at  a 
point  on  the  west  side  of  Mason  street,  7712  feet  northerly 
from  the  northwest  corner  of  Mason  and  Ellis  streets  ; 
thence  running  northerly  along  said  side  of  Mason  street 
60  feet  ;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  77  1  2  feet ;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  southerly  60  feel ;  and  thence  at  a  right 
angle  easterly  77  1-2  feel  to  the  point  of  bag  Inning.  2.1. 
commencing  at  a  puiut  on  the  north  hue  of  Ellis  street, 
117  1  2  feet  westerly  from  the  northwest  corner  of  Mason 
aud  Ellis  streets  ;  ruuuing  thence  westerly  along  Ellis 
street  20  feel  ;  theuce  at  a  right  angle  northerly  60  feel  ; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  20  feet  ;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  60  feet  to  the  place  of  beginning. 
And  said  administrator  will  receive  offers  or  bids  for  said 
property  from  this  ilatc  till  said  llth  day  of  September, 
1866,  at  12  o'clock  noon,  at  said  counting  room  of  Aldrich 
&  Merrill,  Nos.  204  and  206  California  street,  in  said  city 
and  couuty.  EDWARD  F.  STONE, 

Administrator  with  the  will  annexed  of  Andrew  Robeson, 
deceased. 

Sun  Francisco,  August  llth.  1866.  aull  id 


PROBATE  COURT  of  the  city  and  county  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, Slate  of  California. 
In  the  matter  of  tbc  Estates  of  David  Whipple  and  Wil- 
liam Whipple,  minors. 

It  npi>eariug  to  this  court  from  the  petition  this  day 
presented  and  (lied  by  Robert  L.  Harris,  the  guardian  of 
the  estates  of  David  Whipple  and  William  Whipple,  minors, 
praying  for  an  order  of  sale  of  the  real  estate  belonging 
to  his  said  wards,  that  it  would  be  beneficial  to  the  said 
wards  that  such  real  estate  should  be  sold  at  privatosalc. 

It  is  hereby  ordered  that  the  next  of  kin  of  said  wards, 
and  all  persons  interested  iu  said  estate,  appear  bofore 
this  court  at  the  court  room  thereof,  at  the  court  house,  in 
lbs  city  and  county  of  San  Francisco,  ou  Mouday  the  loth 
day  of  September,  1866,  at  eleven  o'clock  x.  m.  ,  then  and 
thero  to  show  cause  why  au  order  should  not  bo  granted 
for  the  sale  of  such  estate. 

And  it  is  further  ordered  that  a  copy  of  this  order  be 
published  at  least  three  successive  weeks  beforo  said  hear- 
ing of  said  petition  inTmr.  Caufobman,  a  newspaper  printed 
and  published  in  said  city  and  county. 
Dated  August  10th,  A.  D.,  1866.       M.  C  BLAKE, 
aull  41  Probate  Judge. 


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AUCTIONEERS. 
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BUSINESS  AND  PROPERTY  AGENCY. 

S.  P.  Whitman,  313  Montgomery  st- 

BATHS. 

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BOWLING  ALLEYS. 
Wholers  k  Sleil.Piue  and  Montgomery,  (Russ  11  •.-..-.) 

BOOKS. 
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A.  Roman  B Co.,  417  and  419  Montgomery  street. 

BOOTS  AND  SHOES. 
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Wcutworlu,  Hubarl  &  Co.  (wholesale  manufac.)  210  Pint 

COLLECTOR. 

B.  Pulvcrman,6l4Moutgomery — Office  hours, 1  to  3  i-.a. 

CLOTHING. 
H  M.  Lockwood  i  Co.,  624  Clay  street. 
J.  R.  Mead  .\  Co.,  corner  Montgomery  and  Bush  streeta 
William  Sherman,  412  Sansome.  corner  Commercial. 
Quiucy  Hall,  545,  547,  and  549  Washiugton  street. 

COAL  OIL,  LAMPS,  ETC. 
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A.  C.  Diolz  k  Co.,  (wholesale,)  621  Front  street. 

COPPER  CRUSHER  AND  SAMPLER. 
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DRESS  TRIMMINGS,  WORSTEDS,  ETC. 
Mrs.  Norcross,  5  Montgomery  street  (Masonic  Temple.) 

DENTISTS. 

Dr.  Blake,  removed  to  Third,  corner  Mission. 

Dr.  A.  N.  Clark  (late  Kuowles  ,v  Clark)  removed  to  410 

Kearny. 

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Wbitcomb  fc  Dyer,  205  Thin' ,  near  Howard. 

DANCING  ACADEMY. 
Coghill's.  Congress  Hall,  Bush,  above  Montgomery 
Fuller  k  McCarthy ,  727  Market,  near  Third. 

DRY  GOODS. 
Meagher,  Taafle  &  Co..  9  Montgomery  street. 
Mosgrovo  k  Hlakely,  222  Third,  uear  Howard. 
Buyce  k  Reich,  S  W  corner  Jackson  aud  Stockton. 

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Shcpardson  k  Gales,  (successors  to  R.  Hall  k  Co.,)  cor- 
ner Sansome  aud  CommerciaL 

EDUCATIONAL  INSTITUTIONS. 

Cal.  Collegiate  Institute,  Miss  M.  Lummoud,  68  Silver. 
Micl  Institute,  Miss  Flop-nee  James,  66  Sooth  Park. 
Pacific  Business  College,  751  Market  street, above  Third. 
Prof.  Williams'  Commercial  Academy,  869  Mission  St. 

FURNITURE. 
Goodwin  k  Co.,  610  and  528  Washington  streeta. 
J.  Peirce,  416,  417  and  419  Californui  street. 

CROCERS. 
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Slosson  k  I-add,  southwi  st  corner  Folsom  and  First. 
J  J.  Miller,  comer  Sutler  aud  Leavenworth. 
Haskell  ,\  Co. ,  Market  and  Sutter  sts,  below  Ibc  Market 
W.  M.  Noble  k  Co.,  cor  Huward  and  Twellth  streets 

HATTER. 

Lainott  (wholesale  and  retail)  237  Montgomery  street, 
HOTELS. 

Brooklyn':  John  Kelly,  Jr. .Sansome,  corner  Pine. 
Chicago,  E.  W.  Hem.      .  k  Co. .  220  Pacinu  street. 

INSURANCE. 
Mutual  Life  Ins.  Co.,  H.  S.  Homans,  Agent.  809 Clay. 
Maubatlun,  R  B.  Swam  k  Co. .  Ag'Ls, 206  Front,  cor  Cal 
Naliouul  Ins.  Co  ,  N.E  cor.  Montgomery  and  California. 
Occidental  Ins.  Co. ,  S.  W.  cor.  M.migoin'y  and  California! 
Pacific  Ins.  Co. ,  436  California  street. 
Brooklyn  Life,  S  T  King,  ugent,  S  E  cor  Mootg'y  k  Pin 

RESTAURANTS. 
Bivalve,  Nolting  &  Sp-eeu,  640  Market,  near  Kearny. 
Eureka,  C.  H.  Brickwcdcll  &  Co. ,  < lay .  near  Montgom'y 
Ladies'  Refreshment  Saloon,  Swain  &  Broau,  636  Market 

Magnolia,  143  Third  street. 

Market,  by  Felix  and  Gusiave  Bcsson,  620  Merchant. 
Philadelphia,  Jacob  Weiss,  308  Montgomery  street. 
Helvetia,  Jolmjury  k  Bros. ,  624  Merchant  street. 
Saulmann's,  608  Montgomery  street. 

SALOONS. 

Russell  It  Holding's  Exchange,  622  Mirket  street 
Charter  Oak,  Frank  Kelly,  N  E  cor  Third  and  Howard 

Razzetli  *: Co.'s.  627  Washington,  above  the  Market. 
Jones'  Sample  Rooms,  S.  E.  cor.  Montgomery  and  CaL 
S  Myers, 332  Montgomery  street. 
V.  Squarza.  44  Lcidcsdorl'r  street. 

Sun  Burst,  Carol  in  k  McArdle,  cor.  Second  and  Marital. 
Coales  k  Henderson,  37  Suiter  street. 

SCALES. 

Fairbanks  k  Hutchinson,  Depot  for  Fairbanks*  Scales 

3M  Montgomery  street. 

SEWING  MACHINES. 
Grover  k  Baker,  R. '  .  Brown,  116  Montgomery. 
The  Floreuco,  office  111  Montgomery  street. 
Wheeler  &  Wilson,  corner  Montgomery  and  Sacramento 

TOYS,  ETC 

Feldbiuh  k  Co.,  207  Montgomery  street. 
A.  Kohler,  620  Washington  street. 

UPHOLSTERER. 
T.  McAllister,  corner  Suiter  and  Leavenworth. 

WATRR-OURE  INSTITUTE. 
Dr  Bourne's  Pioneer,  10  Post,  near  Montgomery 

LADIES'   BIJOUTEP.IE,  CLOAKS,  ETC. 
Rosenblatt's,  123  and  l'J6  Montgomery  street. 

LIVtKT  AND  9AI.E  STABLE. 

Philip  Morshcad,  removed  to  Huward,  near  Fifth. 
MAPS. 

Pacific  Map  Depot,  A.  Gensoul,  611  Montgomery. 

MERCHANT  TAILORS. 
J.  H.  Hammond  removed  to  328  Montgomery. 

PIANOS,  MUSIC,  ETC. 
M.  Gray,  613  Clay  street. 

W.  S.  Pierce,  temoved  to  634  Mirket,  oj-poslte  Second 

PHOTOGRAPHS,  CUTLERY,   SPECTACLES,  ETC. 
Lawrence  k  Houscwortb.  317  and  319  Montgomery  st. 


A  MERICAN  HOTEL, 

Cm.  Main  street.  .  Potaluma, 
marS4  6m   EMERSON  k  LAMB ER TON,  Proprietors. 


.      VOLUME  V.,  No  13. 
Office,  No.  539  Merchant  street. 


SAN  FRANCISCO.  AUGUST  18,  1866. 


TERMS, 


$5  a  Year,  by  Mail, in  Advanck" 
50  Cents  a  Month,  by  Carrier- 


CONTENTS 


On  the  Sagacity  of  the  Newfound- 
land .—By  "  Bret." 
Podgerings  by  the  Way. 
Our  Club.— No.  3.— By  "  Philip." 
The  Board  of  Supervisors,  au^ 

Slaughter-Houses. 
Amusements. 
Our  Book  Table. 
Brilliants  for  the  Ball-room. 
Literary  Notes. 


The  Iron  Shroud.— By  William  Mud- 
ford. 

A  Very  Hard  Case. 
Obituary  Absurdities. 
Capri  and  Cypriotes. — No.  2. 
Lord  Nelson's  Protege. 
Strange  Hallucinations. 


Vespers.  - 
dard. 


-By  Charles  Warren  Stod- 


|For  the  California!!.] 

PODGERINGS    BY  THE 

No.  4. 


WAY. 


"  rpWILIGHT  dews  were  fulling-  fast"  (that's  not  quite 
X  original.)  when  I  left  my  perch  with  the  driver  and 
got  inside  the  coach.  It  was  too  dark  to  see  who  and  what 
manner  of  man  occupied  a  portion  of  the  back  seat,  but  I 
thought  I  could  discern  an  odor  of  dried  fish  and  stale  opium 
smoke  :  however,  one  should  not  be  over-nice  when  travelling. 
I  dropped  asleep,  but  was  roused  at  the  next  station  by  the 
entrance  of  another  passenger  —a  lady  (every  female  is  called 
a  lady  in  this  country.  She  of  course  claimed  a  back  seat. 
I  dropped  off  in  another  doze,  but  after  a  while  was  awakened 
with  an  oppressed  feeling,  and  discovered  that  my  friends  on 
either  side  had  also  fallen  asleep  and  had  inclined  to  the  cen- 
tre, making  me  a  sort  of  leaning  post  to  support  them,  and  I 
was  carrying  weight  on  both  shoulders.  The  odor  of 
fish  and  opium  was  stronger,  and  on  the  left  there  was  a  sus- 
picion of  rancid  castor  oil  not  at  all  agreeable.  I  could  not 
stand  this  combination  of  odors,  and  very  quietly  crawled  over 
on  to  the  middle  seat,  thereby  bringing  the  two  heads  of  my 
right  and  left  hand  neighbors  together  ;  and  we  jogged  on, 
the  rattle  of  the  coach  being  occasionally  drowned  by  the  cho- 
rus of  snores  that  arose  from  the  four  other  occupants 
of  the  coach.  After  a  time,  the  moon,  having  risen, 
shone  in  the  coach,  and  I  turned  around  to  see  who  and 
what  my  late  neighbors  were,  and  discovered  a  Spanish  woman 
and  a  John  Chinaman  with  their  heads  in  contact  in  the  most 
affectionate  manner,  still  asleep  :  and  as  the  coach  jolted  and 
rolled  they  were  rubbing  noses  together  after  the  most  ap- 
proved manner  of  some  of  the  Eastern  tribes  who  indulge 
that  time-honored  custom  by  way  of  salutation  and  greeting. 
The  woman's  head  was  lying  on  the  Chinaman's  shoulder  in 
the  most  confiding  manner  ;  and  John,  doubtless  dreaming  of 
his  native  land,  occasionally  muttered  to  himself,  and,  forwhat 
I  know,  was  giving  expression  to  some  most  endearing  senti- 
ments in  the  choicest  broken  China  ;  when  suddenly  the  coach 
gave  an  extra  bump  and  roused  the  lady  from  her  slumbers, 
and,  with  a  sleepy  yawn,  she  awoke  and  discovered 
her  close  proximity  to  the  Celestial  gentleman,  whose 
pigtail  had  entwined  itself  about  her  neck.  She  started  back, 
and,  as  she  did  so,  drew  the  coil  of  the  pigtail  closer. 
She  probably  thought  it  some  venemous  serpent,  for 
she  screamed  and  sprang  up,  giving  an  awful  jerk  on  John's 
highly-ornamental  appendage  that  made  him  see  stars.  He 
started  up  into  an  upright  position,  thus  tightening  the  strain 
on  it  and  the  lady's  neck.  She,  discovering  the  tie  that  bound 
her  to  Chinadom, commenced  forthwith  a  vigorous  application 
of  her  nails  to  John's  head  and  face,  and  he,  in  turn,  set  up  a 
Chinese  yell,  rousing  the  other  two  passengers  who,  not  know- 
ing the  cause  of  the  row,  fancied  John  had  been  taking  liber- 
ties with  the  lady,  and  were  going  to  chuck  him  out  of  the 
coach  window,  but  I  interfered,  and,  after  some  difficulty,  ex- 
tricated the  tangled  tie  that  bound  two  unwilling  heads  to- 
gether. Poor  John's  nose  was  bleediug"  from  an  incision  of 
the  lady's  nails,  and  as  be  evidently  was  disgusted  with  that 
evidence  of  her  partiality,  got  out  at  the  next,  station  and 
crawled  on  deck,  muttering  to  himself,  "  Melliky  woman  muchy 
frightee  ;  no  shabbee,  no  shabbee." 

At  two  o'clock  we  arrived  at  Virginia  City,  and  I  for  one 
was  glad  enough  to  be  released  from  my  oscillating  prison, 


and  register  my  name  at  the  "  Hotel  de  Todos  Nationale  " 
for  a  bed.  A  gentleman  of  semi-Spanish  extraction,  lighting 
a  candle,  and  taking  my  carpet-bag,  commenced  the  ascent.  It 
was  long  and  wearying,  and  what  I  supposed  was  the  last 
floor  proved  to  be  only  the  second,  owing  to  the  fact  that  in 
Virginia  City  the  houses,  being  built  on  the  steep  side  hill, 
are  about  six  stories  at  one  end  on  one  street,  and  thr«e  on 
the  other.  I  reached  the  roof  after  some  further  vigorous 
efforts,  and  was  shown  my  room.  I  had  to  call  my  conductor 
out  to  get  myself  in,  and  then  had  to  get  on  the  bed  to  shut 
the  door,  and  put  my  carpet-sack  under  the  bed  to  get  a 
chance  to  shut  one-half  the  window.  I  went  to  bed  with 
great  calculations  on  a  sound  sleep  the  rest  of  the  night.  I 
had  scarcely  closed  my  eye3  when  a  pair  of  cats  commenced 
an  a  mews-ing  argument  outside  my  window,  on  the  subject 
of  opera,  and  proceed  to  try  their  voices.  Madame  Pussilini 
Catilini,  from  the  conservatoire  of  a  near  neighbor,  and  La 
Rcala,  of  Milan'  a  half,  or  less,  gave  a  cavatini 'from 
Tin  Roofi,  to  which  Signorina  Meaiti  responded.  Both  being 
in  excellent  voice,  they  luxuriated  in  a  duet  from  Nacubud- 
oh-no-sir — "  No  sleep  for  you."  I  have  an  ear  for  music,  and 
appreciate  it  on  all  occasions,  and  on  this  I  think  I  did  fully. 
I  sacrificed  half  a  bottle  of  Florida  water  on  my  own  ac- 
count, and  the  soap  dish  on  account  of  the  house,  to  the 
cause.  As  the  concert  was  within  a  few  feet  of  my  window, 
the  shots  told,  and  I  am  very  positive  that  a  couple  of  cats 
had  urgent  business  elsewhere.  I  retired  again,  but  had 
barely  closed  my  eyes  a  second  time  when  I  heard  a  thump, 
thump  of  small  heels  along  the  hall  :  there  wa3  a  skuff,  skuff, 
skulling  sound  accompanying,  that  leant  a  strong  suspicion  of 
crinoline.  The  sounds  ceased  at  my  door,  and  a  gentle  knock 
followed.  I  responded  "  Hello  !"  A  voice  exclaimed,  "  Jim, 
is  that  you?"  I  replied,  "Yes,  it  isn't."  There  was 
evidently  a  mistake  somewhere— at  any  rate,  I  was  not  the 
man  (her  husband,  of  course)  that  she  was  looking  for.  Sev- 
eral times  later;  I  heard  similar  heels  and  similar  knockings 
around  that  floor,  and  came  to  the  conclusion  that  the  spirit- 
rappers  were  abroad.  And  I  can't  say  much  for  the  Habits 
of  the  people  of  Virginia  City,  for  the  lodgers  in  our  hotel 
came  dropping  along  very  promiscuously  until  daylight.  I 
should  not  take  a  sick  man  in  quest  of  peace  and  quietness  to 
the  Hotel  de  Todos  Nationale  ;  but  it  is  pretty  well  under- 
stood that  the  hotels  at  Virginia  are  of  that  character  known 
to  "  run  all  night." 

Virginia  City  is  a  place  that  I  enjoy  hugely — that  is,  there 
is  one  period  of  my  frequent  visits  there  which  I  particularly 
enjoy — that  of  departure  ;  and  the  earlier  that  little  event 
takes  place  the  better  it  pleases  me.  A  shadow  has  fallen 
over  that  place  ;  times  have  changed.  Two  years  ago,  it  was 
a  dangerous  enterprize  for  a  man  to  attempt  to  cross  the 
street — for  the  chances  were  he  would  get  a  nip,  or  a  pair  of 
mule  heels  in  his  side.  The  streets  were  then  crowded  with 
six  and  ten-mule  teams,  and  immense  ore  and  freight  wagons 
blocked  the  way  on  the  sidewalks,  a  moving  mass  of  honest 
and  dishonest  miners  elbowed  each  other,  talked  "  feet," 
smoked  cigars,  and  invited  each  other  frequently  to  "  irri- 
gate." But,  alas!  the  streets  are  quiet  enough  now,  and 
there's  no  danger  of  getting  kicked  by  anything.  There  is 
scarcely  a  team  passing  as  often  as  once  in  ten  minutes.  A 
few  people  lean  against  the  awning  posts,  listlessly  whittling 
and  waiting  for  something  to  turn  up.  Now  and  then  a 
mining  superintendent,  with  a  fine  pair  of  horses  and  a  natty 
Kimball  buggy,  dashes  up  to  Wells-Fargo's,  lands  a  bar  or 
two  of  bullion,  and  accepts  an  invitation  to  "  moisten  "  after 
his  exertion.  On  the  arrival  and  departure  of  the  stage, 
there  is  a  little  bustle  of  excitement,  but  it  dies  away  and 
quiet  reigns  again.  There  is  a  beggarly  account  of 
empty  houses,  "  To  Let,"  but  they  appear  to  be  let  alone,  and 
many  of  them  can  be  had  without  asking.  The  city  was' 
built  in  a  hurry,  and  they  did  not  stop  when  it  was  as  large 
as  it  should  have  been,  but  kept  on  and  built  it  considerably 
larger.  It  has  been  hinted  that  the  great  staple,  gold,  has 
fallen  off  slightly.  At  any  rate,  something  has  fallen  off,  and 
the  fall  has  had  a  serious  effect  on  the  general  prosperity  of 


the  place,  which  has  sympathized.  There  is  an  uriversal 
suspicion  of  shortness  of  cash,  and  it  is  particularly  apparent 
in  the  deserted  state  of  the  saloons.  Barkeepers  have  plenty 
of  time  to  read  the  daily  papers,  ar.d,  to  keep  themselves  in 
practice,  throw  dice  with  their  friends  for  the  drinks.  They 
are  willing  to  risk  the  loss  for  the  possible  gain — it  being 
nearly  all  profit  when  they  win,  as  they  keep  a  decanter  of 
water,  colored,  to  duty  as  brandy  for  their  own  drinks  :  has 
the  appearance  without  the  cost.  The  palmy  days  for  judges 
and  lawyers  are  past,  and  his  Honor  may  be  seen  polishing  a 
post  at  the  corner  with  other  gentlemen  out  of  business  and 
out  of  the  "needful."  Woe  to  any  non-resident  who  may 
have  a  case  to  be  tried  there  now,  for  an  outsider  is  consid- 
ered fair  game  and  to  be  victimized.  Suits  always  go  against 
such.  A  resident  must  be  protected,  of  course.  The  law, 
as  construed  up  there,  is  very  much  like  some  of  the  surveys 
of  ranches — the  lines  are  run  zig-zag,  ar.d  make  many  an 
elbow  to  take  in  fertile  spots  that  have  no  business  to  be  out 
in  the  cold.  I  have  had  several  suits  up  there.  If  any  one 
should  ever  go  in  my  favor,  I  will  Cake  this  all  back. 

Business,  and  especially  mining,  is  conducted  there  now  on 
economical  and  sound  principles,  and  all  surplus  labor  and 
"  splurge  "  is  dispensed  with.  They  have  gone  earnestly  to 
work,  and  are  now  reaping  a  large  product  from  former 
wastage.  Under  this  system  a  town  of  one-fourth  the  pres- 
ent size  of  Virginia  City  would  be  quite  adequate  to  the 
requirements  of  its  present  volume  of  business.  The  product 
of  the  present  time  is  by  no  means  to  be  despised.  A  hun- 
dredth part  of  it  would  run  The  Caufornian  for  some  time, 
and  that  is  saying  considerable,  for  if  a  newspaper  dsn't  run 
away  with  money,  what  does? 

As  rough  as  Virginia  City  is,  it  can  boast  of  a  little  circle 
of  polished  society  and  evidences  of  refinement  not  excelled 
in  any  city,  even  though  it  may  not  be  apparent  to  the  stran- 
ger passing  through  or  spending  a  brief  time  there. 

I  had  "done  "  the  place,  and  I  might  add  en  passant  that 
it  ha'd  done  me  pretty  thoroughly  previously.  I  mounted  the 
coach  once  more,  and  we  rattled  towards  Carson.  At  Gold 
flill  we  tarried  a  few  moments  to  take  on  board  a  few  hun- 
dred pounds  of  bullion,  aud  at  Silver  City  for  a  feeble  mail 
bag  :  and  thence  on  through  the  sage  brush  and  alkali  dust  to 
Carson,  that  elegant  site  for  a  mint.  (Peppermint  would  be 
more  popular,  with  the  addition  of  a  little  ice.) 

1  won't  say  anything  against  Carson  City  ;  I  could  not  do 
the  subject  justice.  No  man  who  arrives  there  periodically, 
just  about  daylight  in  the  morning,  after  a  hard  night's  ride, 
can  take  a  reasonable  view  of  the  place — and  humanity,  before 
coffee,  is  not  in  its  best  mood  for  fair  criticism.  I  have  taken 
breakfasts  there  that  sum  up  the  sum  total  of  human  endu- 
rance. I  have  breakfasted  there  and  lived  ;  many  people  have 
brtakfasted  there  and  didn't.  I  don't  know  what  I  ate. 
Nobody  probably  was  ever  able  to  give  a  physician  any  re- 
liable clue  to  the  disease  he  was  after.  I  always  went  to  the 
Ormshy  House  until  I  went  to  the  National,  and  then  I 
T.ished  I  had  stuck  to  the  Ormsby.  It  was  not  which  was 
the  best,  but  which  was  the  least  worst.  Carson  is  famous 
for  fleas,  dogs,  and  dust.  No  money  was  ever  seen  there, 
— no  money  ever  went  there  ;  and  that  is  probably  the  reason 
why  they  are  going  to  have  a  mint — thai  will  bring  there  the 
amount  necessary  to  build  the  institution  ;  there  never  will 
be  any  more.  The  officers  of  this  Government  workhouso 
will  draw  their  salaries  with  great  fidelity,  and  that  will  be  all 
the  labor  imposed  upon  them.  There  will  be  rotation  in 
office,  for  they  will  board  at  the  Ormsby  House.  My  friend 
Rice  lives  there,  and  performs  the  duty  of  stage  agent — 
Wells-Fargo's  agent — and  everybody's  agent ;  but  then  he 
is  insured.  If  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.  do  not  give  him  a  hand- 
some pension  for  the  alkali  services  he  has  rendered  them  for 
years,  they  are  an  ungrateful,  unappreciative  institution. 
Rice  should  be  brevetted,  and  voted  a  cool  spot  and  a  house 
and  lot,  for  he  has  earned  it  all.  He  has  lived  in  Carson  City 
for  several  years — but,  as  I  remarked  before,  I  won't  say  any- 
thing against  Carson,  for,  like  "  San  Andreas,"  it  is  a  very 
nice  place. 

As  .the  driver  sung  out  "  All  aboard  !"  I  mounted  the  deck 
seat  again,  and  as  we  rattlod  oat  of  Carson  I  shed  an  alkali 
tear  of  regret  that  my  lot  should  not  have  been  cast  there, 
for  a  man  who  has  dwelt  for  even  a  brief  period  in  that  classic 
city  has  nothing  to  fear  in  that  dim  undefined  future  that  all 
dread. 

To  the  music  of  Concord  axles  we  skirt  along  the  valley  ; 
creep  up  the  six-mile  grade ;  down  the  broad,  smooth  grade 
at  Slippery  Ford  :  over  the  rock-hewn  road  ;  down  the  slope 
with  the  roar  of  the  American  river  in  our  ears  and  the  spray 
in  our  faces  ;  pa3t  the  Palisades ;  past  the  Pyramid  Rooks, 
and  rattle  up  to  the  cht-ovful  wayside  borne  of  Charley  Wat- 
son, at  Strawberry.  I'll  get  down,  lor  I  am  hungry  and 
dusty.  Podgebs. 


2 


THE  CALiFORNIAN. 


j  August  18th 


THE   IKON  SHROUD. 

BY  WILLIAM  MUDFORD. 

TI^HE  castle  of  the  Prince  of  Tolfi  was  built  on  the  summit 
J_  of  the  towering  and  precipitous  rock  of  Scylla,  and 
commanded  a  magnificent  view  of  Sicily  in  all  its  grandeur. 
Here,  during  the  wars  of  the  middle  ages,  when  the  fertile 
plains  of  Italy  were  devastated  by  hostile  factions,  those  pris- 
oners were  confined,  for  whose  ransom  a  costly  price  was  de- 
manded. Here,  too,  in  a  dungeon  excavated  deep  in  the  solid 
rock,  the  miserable  victim  was  immured,  whom  revenge  pur- 
sued— the  dark,  fierce,  and  unpitying  revenge  of  au  Italian 
heart. 

Vivenzio — the  noble  and  the  generous,  the  fearless  in  bat 
tie,  and  the  pride  of  Naples  in  her  sunny  hours  of  peace— the 
young,  the  brave,  the  proud  Vivenzio — fell  beneath  this  sub- 
tle and  remorseless  spirit.  He  was  the  prisoner  of  Tolfi  ;  and 
he  languished  in  that  rock-encircled  dungeon,  which  stood 
alone,  and  whose  portals  never  opened  twice  upon  a  living 
captive. 

It  had  the  semblance  of  a  vast  cage  ;  for  the  roof  and  floor 
and  sides  were  of  iron,  solidly  wrought,  and  spaciously  con- 
structed. High  above  there  ran  a  range  of  seven  grated  win- 
dows, guarded  with  massy  bars  of  the  same  metal,  which  ad- 
mitted light  and  air.  Save  these,  aud  the  tall  foldiug  doors 
beneath  them,  which  occupied  the  centre,  no  chink  or  chasm 
or  projection  broke  the  smooth  black  surface  of  the  walls- 
An  iron  bedstead,  littered  with  straw,  stood  in  one  corner, 
and,  beside  it,  a  vessel  with  water,  and  a  coarse  dish  filled 
with  coarser  food. 

Even  the  intrepid  soul  of  Vivenzio  shrunk  with  dismay  as 
he  entered  this  abode,  and  heard  the  ponderous  doors  triple- 
locked  by  the  silent  ruffians  who  conducted  him  to  it.  Tueir 
silence  seemed  prophetic  of  his  fate,  of  the  living  grave  that 
had  been  prepared  for  him.  His  menaces  and  his  entreaties^ 
his  iudignant  appeals  for  justice,  and  his  impatieut  question- 
ing of  their  intentions  were  alike  vain.  They  listened,  but 
spoke  not.  Fit  ministers  of  a  crime  that  should  have  no 
tongue ! 

How  dismal  was  the  sound  of  their  retiring  steps  !  And  as 
their  faint  echoes  died  along  the  winding  passages,  a  fearful 
presage  grew  within  him,  that  never  more  the  face  or  voice  or 
tread  of  man  would  greet  his  senses.  He  had  seen  human 
beings  for  the  last  time  1  And  he  had  looked  his  last  upon 
the  bright  sky  and  upon  the  smiling  earth  and  upon  a  beauti- 
ful world  he  loved,  and  whose  minion  he  bad  been  !  Here  he 
was  to  end  his  life — a  life  he  had  just  begun  to  revel  in  I  And 
by  what  means?  By  secret  poison  ?  or  by  murderous  assault? 
No  ;  for  then  it  had  been  needless  to  bring  him  thither. 
Famine,  perhaps — a  thonsand  deaths  in  one  !  It  was  terrible 
to  think  of  it ;  but  it  was  yet  more  terrible  to  picture  loug, 
long  years  in  a  captivity  so  apalling,  a  loneliness  so  dreary, 
thought,  for  want  of  fellowship,  would  lose  itself  in  madness, 
or  stagnate  into  idiocy. 

Ho  could  not  to  escape,  unless  he  had  the  power,  with  his 
bare  hands,  of  rending  asunder  the  solid  iron  walls  of  his 
orison.  He  could  not  hope  for  liberty  from  the  relenting 
mercies  of  his  enemy.  His  instant  death,  under  any  form  of 
refined  cruelty,  was  not  the  object  of  Tolfi  ;  for  he  might  have 
inflicted  it,  and  he  had  not.  It  was  too  evident,  therefore, 
he  was  reserved  forborne  premeditated  scheme  of  subtle  ven- 
geance ;  aud  what  vengeance  could  transcend  in  fiendish 
malice,  either  the  slow  death  of  famine,  or  the  still  slower  one 
of  solitary  incarceration  till  the  last  lingering  spark  of  life 
expired,  or  till  reason  fled,  and  nothing  should  remain  to  per- 
ish but  the  brute  functions  of  the  body  ? 

It  was  evening  when  Vivenzio  entered  his  dungeon  ;  and 
the  approaching  shades  of  night  wrapped  it  in  total  darkness, 
as  he  paced  up  aud  down,  revolving  in  his  mind  these  horrible 
forebodings.  No  tolling  bell  from  the  castle,  or  from  any 
neighboring  church  or  convent,  struck  upon  his  ears  to  tell 
how  the  hours  passed.  Frequently  he  would  stop  aud  listen 
for  some  sound  that  might  betoken  the  vicinity  of  man  ;  but 
the  solitude  of  the  desert,  the  silence  of  the  tomb,  are  not  so 
still  and  deep  as  the  oppressive  desolation  by  which  he  was 
encompassed.  His  heart  sunk  within  him,  and  he  threw  him- 
self dejectedly  upon  his  couch  of  straw.  Here  sleep  gradually 
obliterated  the  consciousness  of  misery ;  and  bland  dreams 
wafted  his  delighted  spirit  to  scenes  which  were  once  glow- 
ing realities  for  him,  in  whose  ravishing  illusions  he  soon  lost 
the  remembrance  that  he  was  Tolfi's  prisoner. 

When  he  awoke,  it  was  daylight ;  but  bow  long  he  had 
slept  he  knew  not.  It  might  be  early  morning,  or  it  might  be 
sultry  noon  ;  for  he  conld  measure  time  by  no  other  note  of 
its  progress  than  light  and  darkness.  He  had  been  so  happy 
in  his  sleep,  amid  friends  who  loved  him,  and  the  sweeter  en- 
dearments of  those  who  loved  him  as  friends  could  not,  that, 
in  the  first  moments  of  waking,  his  startled  mind  seemed  to 
admit  the  knowledge  of  his  situation,  as  if  it  bad  burst  upon 
it  for  the  first  time,  fresh  in  all  its  appalling  horrors.  He 
pazed  round  with  an  air  of  doubt  and  amazement,  and  took 
up  a  handful  of  the  straw  upon  which  ho  lay,  as  though  he 
would  Ssk  himself  what  it  meant.  But  memory,  too  faithful 
to  her  office,  ioou  unveiled  the  mehucholy  past,  while  reason 


shuddering  at  the  task,  flashed  before  his  eyes  the  temendous 
future.  The  contrast  overpowered  him.  He  remained  lor 
some  time  lamenting,  like  a  truth,  the  bright  visions  that  had 
vanished,  aud  recoiling  from  the  present,  which  cluDg  to  bun 
as  a  poisoned  garment. 

When  he  grew  more  calm,  he  surveyed  his  gloomy  dungeon. 
Alas  !  the  stronger  light  of  day  only  served  to  confirm  what 
the  glooriiy  indistinctness  of  the  preceding  evening  had  par- 
tially disclosed — the  utter  impossibility  of  escape.  As  how- 
ever, his  eyes  waudered  round  and  round,  and  from  place  to 
place,  he  noticed  two  circumstances  which  excited  his  sur- 
prise aud  curiosity.  The  one,  he  thought,  might  be  fancy  ; 
but  the  other  was  positive.  His  pitcher  of  water,  and  the 
dish  which  contained  his  food,  had  been  removed  from  his 
side  while  he  slept,  and  now  stood  near  the  door.  Were  he 
even  inclined  to  donbt  this,  by  supposing  he  had  mistaken  the 
spot  where  he  saw  them  over  night,  he  could  uot ;  for  the 
pitcher  now  in  his  dungeon  was  neither  of  the  same  form  nor 
color  us  the  other,  while  the  food  was  changed  for  some  other 
of  beUer  quality.  He  hud  been  visited  therefore  during  the 
night.  But  how  had  the  person  obtained  entrance  ?  Could 
he  have  slept  so  soundly  that  the  unlocking  and  opening  of 
those  ponderous  portals  were  effected  without  waking  him  ? 
lie  would  have  said  this  was  not  possible,  but  that,  in  doing  so, 
he  must  admit  a  greater  difficulty,  an  entrance  by  other  means, 
of  which  he  was  convinced  there  existed  uone.  It  was  not 
intended,  then,  that  he  should  be  left  to  perish  from  hunger  ; 
but  the  secret  and  mysterious  mode  of  supplying  him  with 
food  seemed  to  indicate  ho  was  to  have  no  opportunity  of 
communicating  with  a  human  being. 

The  other  circumstance  which  had  attracted  lis  notice  was 
the  disappearance,  as  he  believed,  of  one  of  the  seven  grated 
windows  that  ran  along  the  top  of  his  prison.  He  felt  confi 
dent  that  he  bad  observed  and  counted  them;  for  he  was 
rather  surprised  at  their  number,  and  there  was  something 
peculiar  in  their  form,  as  well  as  in  the  manner  of  their  ar- 
rangement, at  unequal  distances.  It  was  so  much  easier, 
however,  to  suppose  he  was  mistaken,  thau  that  a  portion  of 
the  solid  iron,  which  formed  the  walls,  could  have  escaped 
from  its  position,  that  he  dismissed  the  thought  from  hismiud. 

Viveoaio  partook  of  the  food  that  was  before  him  without 
apprehension.  It  might  be  poisoned  :  but  if  it  were,  he  knew 
he  could  not  escape  death,  should  such  be  the  desigu  of  Tolfi  ; 
and  the  quickest  death  would  be  the  speediest  relief. 

The  day  passed  wearily  and  gloomily,  though  not  without  a 
faint  hope,  that,  by  keeping  watch  at  night,  he  might  observe 
when  the  person  came  again  to  bring  him  food,  which  he  sup- 
posed he  would  do  in  the  same  way  as  before.  The  mere 
thought  of  being  approached  by  a  living  creature,  and  the 
opportunity  it  might  preseut  of  learning  the  doom  prepared 
or  preparing  for  him,  imparled  some  comfort.  Besides,  if  he 
came  alone,  might  he  not  iu  a  furious  onset  overpower  him  1 
Or  he  might  be  accessible  to  pity,  or  the  influences  of  such 
munificent  rewards  as  he  could  bestow  if  ouce  more  at  liberty, 
and  master  of  himself.  Say  he  were  armed.  The  worst  that 
could  befall,  if  nor  bribe  nor  prayers  nor  force  prevailed,  was 
a  faithful  blow,  which,  though  dealt  iu  a  damned  cause,  might 
work  a  desired  end.  There  was  no  chance  so  desperate  but 
it  looked  lovely  in  Viveuzio's  eyes,  compared  with  the  idea 
of  being  totally  abandoned. 

The  uight  came,  and  Vivenzio  watched.  Morning  came, 
and  Vivenzio  was  confounded  !  He  must  have  slumbered 
without  knowing  it.  Sleep  must  have  stolen  over  him  when 
exhausted  by  fatigue  ;  and,  in  that  interval  of  feverish  repose, 
he  had  been  bafiled  :  for  there  stood  his  replenished  pitcher 
of  water,  and  there  his  day's  meal !  Nor  was  this  all.  Cast- 
iug  his  looks  towards  the  windows  of  his  dungeon,  he  counted 
but  FIVE  !  Here  was  no  deception  ;  and  he  was  now  con- 
vinced there  had  been  none  the  day  before.  But  what  did  all 
this  portend  ?  Into  what  strange  aud  mysterious  den  had  he 
been  cast  ?  He  gazed  till  his  eyes  ached  ;  he  could  discover 
nothing  to  explain  the  mystery.  That  it  was  so,  he  knew. 
Why  it  was  so,  he  racked  his  imagination  iu  vaiu  to  conjec- 
ture. He  examined  the  doors.  A  sitigle  circumstaiice  cou- 
viuced  him  they  had  uot  been  opened. 

A  wisp  of  straw,  which  he  had  carelessly  thrown  against 
them  the  preceding  day,  as  he  paced  to  and  fro,  reuiaiued 
where  he  had  cast  it,  though  it  must  have  been  displaced  by 
the  slightest  motion  of  either  of  the  doors.  This  was  evi- 
dence that  could  Dot  be  disputed  ;  and  it  followed  there  must 
be  some  secret  machinery  in  the  walls  by  which  a  person 
could  enter.  He  inspected  them  closely.  They  appeared  to 
him  one  solid  and  compact  muss  of  iron  :  or  joined,  if  joined 
they  were,  with  such  nice  art  that  no  mark  of  division  was 
perceptible.  Again  and  again  be  surveyed  them,  aud  the  floor 
and  the  roof,  and  that  range  of  visionary  windows,  as  he  was 
now  almost  tempted  to  consider  them  :  be  could  discover 
nothing,  absolutely  nothing,  to  relieve  bis  doubts  or  satisfy 
his  curiosity.  Sometimes  he  fancied  that  altogether  the 
dungeon  had  a  more  contracted  appearance — that  it  looked 
smaller  ;  but  this  he  ascribed  to  faucy,  and  the  impression 
naturally  produced  upon  his  mind  by  the  undeniable  disap- 
pearance of  two  of  the  windows. 
With  intense  anxiety,  Vivenaio  looked  forward  to  the  re- 


turn of  night;  and,  as  it  approached,  he  resolved  that  no 
treacherous  sleep  should  again  betray  him.  Instead  of  seek- 
ing his  bed  of  straw,  he  continaed  to  walk  up  and  down  his 
dungeon  till  dayligh,  straining  his  eyes  in  every  direction 
through  the  darkness,  to  watch  for  any  appearances  that 
might  explain  these  mysteries.  While  thus  engaged,  and,  as 
nearly  as  he  could  judge  (by  the  time  that  afterwards  elapsed 
before  the  morning  came  in.)  about  two  o'clock,  there  was  a 
slight  tremulous  motion  of  the  floors.  He  stopped.  The 
mo>.ion  lasted  nearly  a  ruinate  ;  but  it  was  so  extremely  gentle 
that  he  almost  doubled  whether  it  was  real,  or  only  imaginary. 
He  listened.  Not  a  sound  could  be  heard.  Presently,  how- 
ever, he  felt  a  rash  of  cold  air  blow  npon  him  ;  and,  dashing 
towards  the  quarter  whence  it  seemed  to  proceed,  he  stumbled 
over  something  which  he  judged  to  be  tbe  water  ewer.  The 
rush  of  cold  air  wa3  no  longer  perceptible  ;  and,  as  Vivenzio 
stretched  out  bis  hands,  be  found  himself  close  to  the  walls. 
He  remained  motionless  for  a  considerable  time  ;  but  nothing 
occurred  during  the  remainder  of  the  night  to  excite  his  atten- 
tion, though  he  continued  to  watch  with  unabated  vig- 
ilance. 

The  first  approaches  of  the  morning  were  visible  through 
the  grated  wiudows,  breaking,  with  faint  divisions  of  light, 
the  darkness  that  still  pervaded  every  other  part,  long  before 
Vivenzio  was  enabled  to  distinguish  any  object  in  liis  dun- 
geon. Instinctively  and  fearfully  he  turued  his  eyes,  hot  aud 
inflamed  with  watchiug,  towards  them.  There  were  four  ! 
He  could  see  only  four  :  but  it  might  be  that  some  intervening 
object  prevented  tbe  fit tU  from  becomiug  perceptible  ;  and  be 
waited  impatiently  to  ascertain  if  it  were  so.  As  tbe  light 
strengthened,  however,  aud  penetrated  every  corner  of  the 
cell,  oiber  objects  of  amazement  struck  his  sight.  On  the 
ground  lay  the  broken  fragments  of  the  pitcher  be  bad  used 
the  day  before,  and,  at  a  small  distance  from  them,  Dearer  to 
the  wall,  stood  the  one  he  had  noticed  the  first  night.  It  was 
filled  with  water,  and  beside  it  was  his  food.  He  was  now 
certain,  that,  by  some  mechanical  contrivance,  ail  opening  was 
obtained  through  the  iron  wall,  and  that  through  this  open- 
ing the  current  of  air  bad  found  entrance.  Bui  bow  noise- 
less !  for,  had  a  feather  almost  waved  at  tbe  time,  be  must 
have  heard  it.  Again  he  examined  that  part  of  tbe  wall ; 
but  both  to  sight  and  touch  it  appeared  one  even  aud  uniform 
surfuce,  while  to  repeated  and  violent  blows,  there  was  no 
reverberating  sound  indicative  of  hollowuess. 

This  perplexing  mystery  had  for  a  time  withdrawn  his 
thoughts  from  the  windows  ;  but  now,  directing  his  eyes  again 
towards  them,  be  saw  that  the  fifth  bad  disappeared  in  the 
same  manner  as  the  preceding  two,  without  the  least  dis- 
tinguishable alteration  of  external  appearances.  The  remain- 
ing four  looked  as  the  seven  bad  originally  looked  ;  that  is, 
occupying  at  irregular  distances,  the  top  of  tbe  wall  on  that 
side  of  the  dungeou.  Tbe  tall  foldiug  door,  too,  still  seemed 
to  stand  beneath,  iu  the  centre  of  these  four,  as  it  bad  first 
stood  iu  the  centre  of  the  seven.  But  he  could  no  longer 
doubt,  what,  on  the  preceding  day,  he  funcied  might  be  the 
effect  of  visual  deception.  Tbe  dungeon  was  smaller.  Tbe 
roof  bad  lowered  ;  and  the  opposite  ends  had  contracted  the 
iutermediute  distance  by  a  space  equal,  be  thought,  to  that 
over  which  the  three  windows  had  extended.  He  was  bewil- 
dered in  vaiu  imaginings  to  accouut  for  these  things.  Some 
frightful  purpose,  some  devilish  torture  of  mind  or  body,  some 
unheard  of  device  for  producing  exquisite  misery,  lurked,  he 
was  sure,  in  what  bad  laken  place. 

Oppressed  with  this  belief,  and  detracted  more  by  the 
dreadlul  uncertainly  of  whutever  fate  impended  thau  be  could 
be  dismayed,  he  thought,  by  the  kuowledge  of  the  worst,  be 
sat  ruminating,  hour  after  hour,  yielding  bis  fears  in  succes- 
sion to  every  haggard  fancy.  At  last  a  horrible  suspicion 
flashed  suddenly  across  his  mind,  aud  he  started  up  with  a 
frantic  air.  "  Yes  I"  be  exclaimed,  looking  wildly  round  bis 
dungeon,  and  shuddering  as  he  spoke  ;  "yes,  it  must  be  so  1 
1  see  it!  I  feel  the  maddening  train  like  scorching  flames 
upon  my  braiu  1  Eternal  God  !  support  me  !  it  must  be  so  1 
Yes,  yes,  that  is  to  be  my  fate  !  You  roof  will  descend  ! 
these  walls  will  hem  me  round,  und  slowly,  slowly,  crush  me 
iu  their  iron  arms!  Lord  Ood  !  look  dowu  upon  me,  and  iu 
mercy  strike  me  with  instant  death  !  O  fiend  !  O  devil  I  is 
this  your  revenge  ?"  ^ 

He  dashed  himself  upon  the  ground  in  agony,  tears  burst 
from  him,  aud  the  sweat  stood  in  large  drops  upon  bis  face  : 
he  sobbed  aloud,  he  tore  his  hair,  he  rolled  about  like  oue 
suffering  intolerable  anguish  of  body,  and  would  have  bitten 
the  iron  floor  beneath  him  ;  he  breathed  fearful  curses  upon 
Tolfi,  and  the  Dext  moment  passionate  prayers  to  Heaven  for 
immediate  death.  Then  the  violeuce  of  his  grief  became  ex- 
hausted j  and  be  lay  still,  weeping  as  a  child  would 
weep. 

The  twilight  of  departing  day  shed  its  gloom  around  him  ere 
he  arose  from  that  posture  of  utter  and  hopeless  sorrow.  He 
had  taken  no  food.  Not  one  drop  of  water  had  eooled  the 
fever  of  his  parched  lips.  Sleep  had  not  visited  his  eyes  for 
six  and  thirty  hours.  He  was  faint  with  hunger  ;  weary  with 
watchiug,  and  with  the  excess  of  his  emotions.  He  tasted  of 
his  food  ;  he  drank  with  avidity  of  the  water,  and  reeling,  lik 


August  I8thJ 


THE  CALIFORNIA]*. 


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a  drunken  man,  to  his  straw,  cast  himself  upon  it  to  brood 
again  over  the  appalling  image  that  had  fastened  itself  upon 
his  almost  frenzied  thoughts. 

He  slept ;  but  bis  slumbers  were  not  tranquil.  He  re3i;ted, 
as  long  as  he  could,  their  approach  ;  and  when,  at  last,  en- 
feebled nature  yielded  to  their  influence,  he  fouud  no  oblivion 
from  his  cares.  Terrible  dreams  haunted  him  ;  ghastly  visions 
harrowed  up  his  imagination  ;  he  shouted  and  screamed',  as  if 
he  already  felt  the  dungeon's  ponderous  roof  descending  on 
him  ;  he  breathed  hard  and  (hick,  as  though  writhing  between 
its  iron  walls.  Then  would  he  spring  up,  stare  wildly  about 
him,  stretch  forth  his  hands  to  be  sure  he  yet  had  space  enough 
to  live,  and,  muttering  some  incoherent  words,  sink  down 
again,  to  pass  through  the  same  fierce  vicissitudes  of  delirious 
sleep. 

The  morning  of  the  fourth  day  dawned  upon  Vivenzio  ;  but 
it  was  high  noon  before  his  mind  shook  off  its  stupor,  or  he 
awoke  to  a  full  consciousness  of  his  situation.  And  what  a 
fixed  energy  of  despair  sat  upon  his  pale  features  as  he  cast 
his  eyes  upwards,  and  gazed  upon  the  tiirke  windows  that 
now  alone  remained  !  The  three  !  there  were  no  more  !  and 
they  seemed  to  number  his  own  allotted  days.  Slowly  and 
calmly  he  next  surveyed  the  top  and  sides,  and  comprehended 
all  the  meaniug  of  the  diminished  height  of  the  former,  as 
well  as  of  the  gradual  approximation  of  the  latter.  The  con- 
tracted dimensions  of  his  mysterious  prison  were  now  too 
gross  and  palpable  to  be  the  juggle  of  his  heated  imagination 
Still  lost  in  wonder  at  the  means,  Vivenzio  could  put  no 
cheat  upon  his  reason  as  to  the  end.  By  what  horrible  in- 
geuuity  it  was  contrived,  that  walls  and  roofs  and  windows 
should  thus  silently  and  imperceptibly,  without  noise  and  with- 
out motion,  almost  fold,  as  it  were,  within  each  other,  he 
knew  not.  He  only  knew  they  did  so  ;  and  he  vainly  strove 
to  rack  the  miserable  wretch  who  might  be  immured  there 
with  anticipation  merely  of  a  fate  from  which,  in  the  crisis  of 
his  agony,  he  was  to  be  reprieved. 

Gladly  would  he  have  clung  even  to  this  possibility,  if  his 
heart  would  have  let  him  ;  but  he  felt  a  dreadful  assurance  of 
its  falhcy.  And  what  matchless  inhumanity  it  was  to  doom 
the  sufferer  to  such  lingering  torments  ;  to  lead  him  day  by- 
day  to  so  appalling  a  death,  unsupported  by  the  consolations 
of  religion,  unvisited  by  any  human  being,  abandoned  to  him- 
self, deserted  of  all,  and  denied  even  the  sad  privilege  of 
kuowiug  that  his  cruel  destiny  would  awaken  pity!  Alone 
he  was  to  perish  !  Alone  he  was  to  wait  a  slow-coming  tor- 
ture, whose  most  exquisite  pangs  would  be  inflicted  by  that 
very  solitude  and  that  tardy  coming. 

'•  It  is  not  death  I  fear,"  he  exclaimed,  "  but  the  death  I 
must  prepare  for  !  Methinks,  too,  I  could  meet  even  that — 
all  horrible  and  revolting  as  it  is — if  it  might  overtake  me 
now.  But  where  shall  1  find  fortitude  to  tarry  till  it  come? 
How  can  I  outlive  the  three  long  days  and  nights  I  have  to 
live  ?  There  is  no  power  within  me  to  bid  the  hideous  spectre 
hence  ;  none  to  make  it  familiar  to  my  thoughts,  or  myself 
patient  of  its  errand.  My  thoughts  rathpr  will  flee  from  me, 
and  I  grow  mad  in  looking  at  it.  Oh  !  for  a  deep  sleep  to 
fall  upon  me  1  That  so,  in  death's  likeness,  I  might  embrace 
death  itself,  and  drink  no  more  of  the  cup  that  is  presented 
to  me  than  my  fainting  spirit  has  already  tasted  !" 

Iu  the  midst  of  these  lamentations,  Vivenzio  noticed  that 
his  accustomed  meal,  with  the  pitcher  of  water,  had  been  con- 
veyed, as  before,  into  his  duugeou.  But  thi3  circumstance  no 
longer  excited  his  surprise.  His  mind  was  overwhelmed  with 
others  of  a  far  greater  magnitude.  It  suggested,  however,  a 
feeble  hope  of  deliverauce  ;  and  there  is  no  hope  so  feeble  as 
not  to  yield  some  support  to  a  heart  bending  under  despair. 
He  resolved  to  watch,  during  the  ensuing  night,  for  the  signs 
he  had  before  observed,  and,  should  he  again  feel  the  gentle, 
tremulous  motion  of  the  floor,  or  the  current  of  air,  to  seize 
that  moment  for  giving  audible  expression  to  his  misery. 
Some  person  must  be  near  him,  and  within  reach  of  his  voice, 
at  the  instant  when  his  food  was  supplied  ;  some  one,  perhaps, 
susceptible  of  pity.  Or,  if  not,  to  be  told  even  that  his  ap- 
prehensions were  just,  and  that  his  fate  was  to  be  what  he 
foreboded,  would  be  preferable  to  a  suspense  which  hung  upon 
the  possibility  of  his  worst  fears  being  visionary. 

The  night  came  ;  and,  as  the  hour  approached  when  Viven- 
zio imagined  he  might  expect  the  6igns,  he  stood  fixed  and 
silent  as  a  statue.  He  feared  to  breathe,  almost,  lest  he  might 
lose  any  sound  which  would  warn  him  of  their  coming.  While 
thus  listening,  with  every  faculty  of  mind  and  body  strained 
to  an  agony  of  attention,  it  occurred  to  him  he  should  be  more 
sensible  of  the  motion,  probably,  if  he  stretched  himself  along 
the  iron  floor.  He  accordingly  laid  himself  softly  down,  and 
had  not  been  long  in  that  position  when — yes — he  was  certain 
of  it — the  floor  moved  under  him  1  He  sprang  up,  and,  in  a 
voice  suffocated  nearly  with  emotion,  called  aloud.  He 
paused — the  motion  ceased — he  felt  no  stream  of  air — all  was 
hushed — no  voice  answered  to  his — he  burst  into  tears  ;  and, 
as  he  sunk  to  the  ground,  in  renewed  anguish,  exclaimed, 
"  Oh,  my  God  !  my  God  !  You  alone  have  power  to  save  me 
now,  or  strengthen  me  for  the  trial  you  permit." 

Another  morning  dawned  upon  the  wretched  captive,  and 
the  fatal  iudex  of  his  doom  met  his  eyes.   Two  windows ! 
biii'f  iImJ  lo  ^lOolABj.  tamm/ d?adc}i..l  gni<Mvv.|Xi 


and  ixoo  days — and  all  would  be  ovsr !    Fresh  food — fresh  of  thirst,  though  the  third  day  was  now  commencing  since 

water!    The  mysterious  visit  had  been  paid,  though  he  had'  even  a  dtop  of  water  had  passed  his  lips.    He  remained  on 


implored  it  in  vain.  But  how  awfully  was  his  prayer  answered 
in  what  he  now  saw  !  The  roof  of  the  dungeon  was  within  a 
foot  of  his  head.  The  two  ends  were  so  near  that  in  six  paces 
he  trod  the  space  between  them.  Vivenzio  shuddered  as  he 
gazed,  and  as  his  steps  taversed  the  narrowed  area;  but  his 
feeliugs  no  longer  vented  themselves  in  frantic  wailings. 
With  folded  arms,  and  clenched  teeth  ;  with  eyes  that  were 
bloodshot  from  much  watching,  and  fixed  with  a  vacant  glare 
upon  the  ground  ;  with  a  hard,  quick  breathuig,  and  a  hurried 
walk— he  strode  backwards  and  forwards  in  silent  musing  for 
several  hours.  What  mind  shall  conceive,  what  tongue  utter, 
or  what  pen  describe,  the  dark  and  terrible  character  of  his 
thoughts?  Like  the  fate  that  moulded  them,  they  had  no 
similitude  in  the  wide  range  of  this  world's  agony  for  man. 
Suddenly  he  stopped,  and  his  eyes  were  riveted  upon  that  part 
of  the  wall  which  was  over  his  bed  of  straw.  Wovds  are  in- 
sciibed  there  !  A  human  language,  traced  by  a  human  hand ! 
He  rushes  towards  them  ;  but  his  blood  freezes  as  he  reads  : 

"  I,  Ludovico  Sf'orza,  tempted  by  the  gold  of  the  Prince  of 
Tol6,  spent  three  years  in  contriving  and  executing  this  ac- 
cursed triumph  of  my  art.  When  it  was  completed,  the  per- 
fidious Tolfi,  more  devil  than  man,  who  conducted  me  hither 
one  morning  to  be  witness,  as  he  said,  of  its  perfection, 
doomed  me  to  be  the  first  victim  of  my  own  pernicious  skill  ; 
lest,  as. he  declared,  I  should  divulge  the  secret,  or  repeat  the 
effort  of  my  ingenuity.  May  God  pardon  him,  as  I  hope  he 
will  me,  that  ministered  to  his  unhallowed  purpose.  Miser- 
able wretch,  whoever  thou  art,  that  reade3t  these  lines,  fall  on 
thy  knees,  and  invoke,  as  I  have  done,  His  sustaining  mercy 
who  alone  can  nerve  thee  to  meet  the  vengeance  of  Tolfi, 
armed  with  this  tremendous  engine  which,  in  a  few  hours,  must 
crush  you,  as  it  will  the  needy  wretch  who  made  it." 

A  deep  gioan  burot  from  Vivenzio.  ne  stood,  like  one 
transfixed,  with  dilated  eyes,  expanded  nostrils,  and  quivering 
lips,  gazing  at  this  fatal  inscription.  It  was  as  if  a  voice  from 
the  sepulchre  had  sounded  in  his  ears,  "  Prepare."  Hope 
forsook  him.  There  was  his  sentence,  recorded  in  those  dis- 
mal words.  The  future  stood  unveiled  before  htm,  ghastly  and 
appalling.  His  brain  already  feels  the  descending  horror  ;  his 
bones  seem  to  crack  and  crumble  in  the  mighty  grasp  of  the 
iron  walls  !  Unknowing  what  it  is  he  does,  he  fumbles  in  his 
garment  for  some  weapon  of  self-destruction.  He  clenches 
his  throat  in  his  convulsive  gripe,  as  though  he  would  strangle 
himself  at  ouce.  He  [.tares  upon  the  walls;  and  his  warring 
spirit  demands,  "  Will  they  not  anticipate  their  office  if  I  dash 
my  head  against  them  ?"  An  hysterical  laugh  chokes  him  as 
he  exclaims,  "  Why  should  I  ?  He  was  but  a  man  who  died 
first  in  their  fierce  embrace ;  and  I  should  be  les3  than  man 
not  to  do  as  much  !" 

The  evening  sun  was  descending,  and  Vivenzio  beheld  its 
golden  beams  streaming  through  one  of  the  windows.  What 
a  thrill  of  joy  shot  through  his  soul  at  the  sight  !  It  was  a 
precious  link  that  united  him,  for  the  moment,  with  the  world 
beyond.    There  was  ecstasy  in  the  thought. 

As  he  gazed,  long  and  earnestly,  it  seemed  as  if  the  windows 
had  lowere"d  sufficiently  for  him  to  reach  them.  With  one 
bound,  he  was  beneath  them  ;  with  one  wild  spring  he  clung 
to  the  bars.  Whether  it  was  so  contrived,  purposely  to  mad- 
den with  delight  the  wretch  who  looked,  he  knew  not ;  but, 
at  the  extiemity  of  a  long  vista  cut  through  the  solid  rocks, 
the  ocean,  the  sky,  the  setting  sun,  olive  groves,  shady  walks, 
and,  in  the  farthest  distance,  delicious  glimpses  of  magnificent 
Sicily,  burst  upon  his  sight.  How  exquisite  was  the  cool 
breeze  as  it  swept  across  his  cheek,  loaded  with  fragrance ! 
He  inhaled  it  as  though  it  were  the  breath  of  continued  life. 
And  there  was  a  freshness  in  the  landscape,  and  in  the  rip- 
pling of  the  calm,  green  sea,  that  fell  upon  his  withering  heart 
like  dew  upon  the  parched  earth.  How  he  gazed,  and  panted, 
and  still  clung  to  his  hold  !  sometimes  hanging  by  one  hand, 
sometimes  by  the  other,  and  then  grasping  the  bars  with  both, 
as  loath  to  quit  the  smiling  paradise  outstretched  before  him  ; 
till,  exhausted,  and  his  hands  swollen  and  benumbed,  he 
dropped  helpless  down,  and  lay  stunned  for  a  considerable 
time  by  the  fall. 

When  he  recovered,  the  glorious  visiou  had  vanished.  He 
was  in  darkness.  He  doubted  whether  it  was  not  a  dream 
that  had  passed  before  his  sleeping  fancy  ;  but  gradually  his 
scattered  thoughts  returned,  and  with  them  came  remem- 
brance. Tes !  he  had  looked  once  again  upon  the  gorgeous 
splendor  of  nature !  Once  again  his  eyes  had  trembled  be- 
neath their  veiled  lids  at  the  sun's  radiance,  and  sought  re- 
pose in  the  soft  verdure  of  the  olive  tree  or  the  geutlo  swell 
of  undulating  waves.  Oh,  that  he  were  a  mariner,  exposed 
upon  those  waves  to  the  worst  fury  of  storm  and  tempest,  or 
a  very  wretch,  loathsome  with  disease,  plague  strj,tk;&^,  and 
bi3  body  one  leprous  contagion  from  crown  to,  so.le,  hunted 
forth  to  gasp  out  the  remnant  of  infectioi-,3  life  beneath  those 
verdant  trees,  so  he  might  shun  the  destiny  upon  whose  edge 
he  tottered ! 

Vain  thoughts  like  these  would  steal  over  his  mind  from 
time  to  time,  in  spite  of  himself;  but  they  scarcely  moved  it 
from  that  stupor  into  which  it  had  sunk,  and  which  kept  him, 
during  the  whole  Dight,  like  one  who  had  been  drugged  with 
opium.   He  was  equally  insensible  to  the  calls  of  h.u.O''er  and 


■he  ground,  sometimes  sitting,  sometimes  lying  ;  at  intervals 
sleeping  heavfty,  and,  when  not  sleeping,  silently  brooding 
over  what  was  to  -some,  or  talking  aloud,  in  disordered  speech, 
of  his  wrongs,  of  his  fiends,  of  his  home,  and  of  those  he 
loved,  with  a  confused  mingling  of  all. 

In  this  pitiable  condition, the  sixth  and  last  morning  dawned 
upon  Vivenzio,  if  dawn  it  might  be  called— the  dim,  obscure 
light  which  faintly  struggled  through  the  oxb  solitary  window 
of  h'13  dungeon.    He  could  hardly  be  said  to  notice  the  mel- 
ancholy token.  And  yet  he  did  notice  it ;  for,  as  he  raised 
his  eyes  and  saw  the  portentous  sign,  thera  was  a  slight  con- 
vulsive distortion  tf  his  countenance.    But  what  did  attract 
his  notice,  and  at  tlr>  sight  of  which  his  agitation  was  exces- 
sive, was  the  change  the  iron  bed  had  undergone.    It  was  a 
bed  no  longer.    It  stool  before  him,  the  visible  semblance  of 
a  funeral  couch  or  bier'    When  he  beheld  this,  he  started 
from  the  ground  ;  and  in  raising  himself,  suddenly  struck  hi= 
head  against  the  roof,  wht-h  was  now  so  low  that  he  could  no 
longer  stand  upright.    "  Gcd's  will  be  done  !"  was  all  he  said, 
as  he  crouched  his  body,  an!  placed  his  hand  upon  the  bier  ; 
for  such  it  was.    The  iron  Sedstead  had  been  so  contrived, 
by  the  mechanical  art  of  Ludovico  Sforza,  that,  as  the 
advancing  walls  came  in  contact  with  its  head  and  feet,  a 
pressure  was  produced  upon  concealed  springs,  which,  when 
made  to  play,  set  in  motion  a  very  simple  though  ingeniously 
contrived  machinery  that  effected  the  transformation.  The 
object  was,  of  course,,  to  heighten,  in  the  closing  scene  of  this 
horrible  drama,  all  the  feelings  of  despair  and  anguish  which 
the  preceding  one  had  aroused.    For  the  same  reason,  the 
last  window  was  so  made  as  to  admit  only  a  shadowy  kind  of 
gloom  rather  than  light,  that  the  wretched  captive  might  be 
surrounded,  as  it  were,  with  every  seeming  preparation  for 
approaching  death. 

Vivenzio  seated  himself  on  his  bier.  Then  he  knelt  and 
prayed  fervently  ;  and  sometimes  tears  would  gush  from  him. 
The  air  seemed  thick,  and  he  breathed  with  difficulty  ;  or  it 
might  be  that  he  fancied  it  was  so,  from  the  hot  and  narrow 
limits  of  his  dungeon,  which  were  now  so  diminished  that  he 
could  neither  stand  up  uor  lie  down  at  his  full  length.  But 
his  wasted  spirits  and  oppressed  mind  no  longer  struggled 
with  him.  He  was  past  hope,  and  fear  shook  him  no  more. 
Happy  if  thus  revenge  had  struck  its  final  blow  ;  for  he  would 
have  fallen  beneath  it  almost  unconscious  of  a  pang.  Bat 
such  a  lethargy  of  the  soul,  after  such  an  excitement  of  its 
fiercest  passions,  had  entered  into  the  diabolical  calculations 
of  Tolfi  :  and  the  fell  artificer  of  his  designs  had  imagined  a 
counteracting  device. 

The  tolling  of  an  euormous  bell  struck  upon  the  ears  of 
Vivenzio  !  He  started.  It  beat  but  once.  The  sound  was 
so  close  and  stunning  that  it  seemed  to  shatter  his  very  brain, 
while  it  echoed  through  the  rocky  passages  like  reverberating 
peals  of  thunder.  This  was  followed  by  a  sudden  crash  of 
the  roof  and  walls,  a3  if  they  were  about  to  fall  upon  and  close 
around  him  at  once.  Vivenzio  screamed,  and  instinctively 
spread  forth  his  arms,  as  though  he  had  a  giant's  strength  to 
hold  them  back.  They  had  moved  nearer  to  him,  and  were 
now  motionless.  Vivenzio  looked  up,  and  saw  the  roof  almost 
touching  his  head,  even  as  he  sat  cowering  beneath  it ;  and 
he  felt  that  a  farther  contraction  of  but  a  few  inches  only 
must  commence  the  frightful  operation.  Boused  as  he  had 
been,  he  now  gasped  for  breath.  His  body  shook  violently  ; 
he  was  bent  nearly  double.  Hi3  hands  rested  upon  either 
wall,  and  his  feet  were  drawn  under  him  to  avoid  the  pessure 
in  front.  Thus  he  remained  for  more  than  hour,  when  that 
deafening  bell  beat  again,  and  again  there  came  the  crash  of 
horrid  death.  But  the  concussion  was  now  so  great  that  it 
struck  Vivenzio  down.  As  he  lay  gathered  up  in  lessened 
bulk,  the  bell  beat  loud  and  frequent  ;  crash  succeeded  crash  ; 
and  on  and  on  came  the  mysterious  engine  of  death,  till  Vi- 
venzio's  smothered  groans  were  heard  no  more !  He  was 
horribly  crushed  by  the  ponderous  roof  r>.ud  collapsing  sides  ; 
and  the  flattened  bier  was  his  Iron  Shroud.— Blackwood's 
Edinburgh  Magazine. 


An  Affectionate  Brother— A  norse  reccently  jumped 
over  the  rail  at  a  race-conrse  P.v,rj  seriously  hurt  a  young  man. 
While  he  was  lying  on.  grass,  another  young  man  uttered 
a  pierciDg  cry,  and  exclaimed,  ■<  My  brother,  my  poor  brother  !" 
He  flung  him.self  on  the  prostrate  form,  from  whioh  he  was  at 
length  ki.odly  and  gently  raised,  while  the  injured  man  was 
taken  away  to  receive  medical  care.  It  afterward  transpired 
that  the  affectionate  creature  who  flung  himself  on  the  body 
of  his  brother,  had  done  so  to  steal  the  gold  watch  and  chain, 
and  portmonaie. 

There  is  an  anecdote  of  Albert  Smith  dining  with  Barnura, 
The  litterateur  dined  amply,  nay  convivially,  b-flt  the  ory  as  to 
dishes  was,  "  Still  they  come  ;"  and  Albert,  aghast—  appar- 
ently— said,  "My  dear  Barnutc..  I  will  take  the  rest  out  in 
money." 

'A  cuuec^,  ^  a  memorial  to  Washington  Irving,  is  being 
erected.  m  Tacrytowu,  iu  the  famed  precincts  of  Sleepy  Uoi- 
low. 


4 


THE  CALiFORNIAN. 


j  August  18th 


CAPRI   AND  CAPRIOTES. 
ii. 

STANDING  on  the  beight  among  the  n>:"S  of  Tiberincs 
palace,  the  patriarch  had  looked  over  the  wnters, 
and  predicted  for  the  morrow  the  fines*  weather  that  had  ever 
been  known  in  that  region  ;  but  in -spite  of  this  prophecy  the 
day  dawned  stormily,  and  at  breakfast  time  we  looked  out 
doubtfully  on  waves  lashed  by  driviog  rain.  The  entrance  to 
the  Blue  Grotto,  to  visit  wlich  we  had  come  to  Capri,  is  by 
a  semi-circular  opening,  some  three  feet  in  widtJand  two  teet 
in  height,  and  just  large  enough  to  admit  a  sriall  boat.  One 
lies  flat  in  the  bottom  of  this,  waits  for  the  Uipulse  of  a  bene- 
ficent wave,  and  -:s  carried  through  the  mocth  of  the  cavern, 
and  rescued  from  it  in  like  manner  by  seee  receding  billow. 
Wheu  the  wind  is  in  the  wrong  quarter^  is  impossible  to  en- 
ter the  grot  at  all ;  and  we  waited  till  nine  o'clock  for  the 
storm  to  abate  before  we  ventured  for.h.  In  the  meantime, 
one  of  the  Danish  who,  after  assistim;  his  companion  to  com- 
pel the  boatmen  to  justice  the  nigjt  before,  had  stayed  at 
Capri,  and  had  risen  early  to  see  tie  grotto,  returned  Irom  it, 
and  we  besieged  him  with  a  hundred  questions  concerning  it. 
But  he  preserved  the  wise  silence  >> f  the  boy  who  goes  in  to 
see  the  six-legged  calf,  and  comes  out  impervious  to  the  cu- 
riosity of  all  tbo  boys  who  are  doubtful  whether  the  monster 
i3  worth  their  money.  Our  D»ne  would  merely  say  that  it 
was  now  possible  to  visit  the  Blue  Grotto  ;  that  he  had  seen 
it ;  that  he  was  glad  he  had  seen  it.  As  to  its  blueness,  mes- 
sieurs— yes,  it  is  blue.    Vest  a  dire. 

The  ladies  had  been  amusing  themselves  with  a  perusal  of 
the  hotel  register,  and  the  notes  ot  admiration  or  disgust  with 
which  the  different  sojourners  at  the  inn  had  filled  it.  As  a 
rule,  the  English  people  found  fault  with  the  poor  little  host- 
elry and  the  French  people  praised  it.  Commander  Joshing 
and  Lieutenant  Prattent.  R.N.,  of  the  former  nation,  "  were 
cheated  by  the  donkey  women,  and  thought  themselves  ex- 
tremely fortunate  to  have  escaped  with  their  lives  from  the  ef- 
fects of  Capri  vintage.  The  landlord  was  an  old  Cossack." 
On  the  other  hand,  we  read,  "  J.  Cruttard,  homme  de  lettres, 
a  passe  quinze  jours  ici,  et  n'a  eu  que  des  felicites  du  patron 
de  cet  hotel  et  de  sa  famille."  Cheerful  man  of  letters  !  His 
good-natured  record  will  keep  green  a  name  little  known  to 
literature.  Who  are  G.  Bradshaw,  Duke  of  New  York,  and 
Signori  Jones  and  Andrews,  hereditary  princes  of  the  United 
States  ?  Their  patrician  names  followed  the  titles  of  several 
Jinglioh  nobles  iu  the  register.  But  that  which  most  interested 
the  ladies  in  this  record  was  the  warning  of  a  terrified  British 
matron  against  any  visit  to  the  Blue  Grotto  except  in  the  very 
calmest  weather.  The  British  matron  penned  her  caution 
after  an  all  but  fatal  experience.  The  ladies  read  it  aloud  to 
us,  and  aunounced  that  for  themselves  they  would  be  contented 
with  pictures  of  the  Blue  Grotto  and  our  account  of  its  mar- 
vels, 

On  the  beach  below  the  hotel  lay  the  small  boats  of  the 
guides  to  the  Bluj  Grotto,  and  we  descended  to  take  one  of 
them.  The  fixed  rate  is  a  franc  for  each  person.  The  boat- 
men wanted  five  francs  for  each  of  us.  We  explained  that 
although  not  indigenous  to  Capri,  or  even  Italy,  we  were  not 
of  the  succuleut  growth  of  travellers,  and  would  not  be  eaten. 
We  retired  to  our  vantage  ground  on  the  heights.  The  guides 
called  u3  to  the  beach  agaiu.  They  would  take  us  for  three 
francs  apiece,  or  say  six  francs  for  both  of  us.  W e  withdrew 
furious  to  the  heights  again,  where  we  found  honest  Antouino, 
who  did  us  the  pleasure  to  yell  to  his  fellow-scoundrels  on  the 
beach,  "  You  had  better  take  these  signori  for  a  just  price. 
They  are  going  to  the  syndic  to  complain  of  you."  At  which 
there  arose  a  lamentable  outcry  among  the  boatmen,  and  they 
called  with  one  voice  for  us  to  come  down  and  go  for  a  franc 
apiece.  This  fable  teaches  that  common  carriers  are  rogues 
in  Naples  as  well  as  iu  New  York  ;  but  that  whereas  you  are 
helpless  in  their  hands  at  home,  you  may  bully  them  into  rec- 
titude in  Italy,  where  tbey  are  afraid  of  the  law. 

We  had  scarcely  left  the  landing  of  the  hotel  in  the  boat  of 
the  patriarch — for  I  need  hardly  say  he  was  first  and  most  ra- 
pacious of  the  plundering  crew — when  we  found  ourselves  in 
very  turbulent  waters,  in  the  face  of  mighty  bluffs,  rising  inac- 
cessible from  the  sea.  Here  aud  there,  where  their  swarthy 
fronts  were  softened  with  a  little  verdure,  goat-puths  wound 
Tip  and  down  among  the  rocks,  and  midway  between  the  hotel 
and  the  grotto,  in  a  sort  of  sheltered  rock,  we  saw  the  Roman 
masonry  of  certain  antique  baths — baths  of  Augustas,  says 
Valery  ;  baths  of  Tiberius,  say  the  Capriotes,  zealous  for  the 
honor  of  their  infamous  hero.  Howbeit,  this  was  all  we  saw 
on  the  way  to  the  Blue  Grotto.  Every  moment  the  waves 
rose  higher,  emulous  of  the  bluffs,  which  would  not  have  af- 
forded a  foothold  or  a  crag  to  cling  to  had  we  been  upset  and 
washed  against  them — and  we  began  to  talk  of  the  immortal- 
ity of  the  soul.  As  we  neared  the  grotto,  tliS  patriarch  enter- 
tained us  with  storie3  of  the  perilous  adventure.;  of  people 
who  insisted  upon  euteriog  it  in  stormy  weather — especia.'.'j' 
f.'f  *  French  painter  who  had  been  imprisoned  in  it  four  days, 
find  kept  aiivo  (jjjlt  on  ruin,  which  the  patriarch  supplied  him, 
Bwimmjng  mmJ  th«  grotto  wjtu  a  bottle-full  at  a  time.  "  And 
behold  us  arrived,  gentlemen  !"  aa|q  bfi > aa  ue  brought  the  boat 


F&ilfully  around  in  front  of  the  small  semi-circular  opening  in 
the  front  of  the  lofty  bluff.  We  lie  flat  on  the  bottom  of  the 
boat  and  complete  the  immersion  of  that  part  of  our  clothing 
which  the  driving  torrents  of  rain  had  spared.  The  wave  of 
destiny  rises  with  us  upou  its  breast — sinks,  and  we  are  inside 
of  the  Blue  Grotto.  Not  so  much  blue  as  eiey,  however,  and 
the  water  about  the  mouth  of  it  green  rather  than  azure. 
Tbey  say  that  on  a  sunny  day  both  the  water  and  the  roof  of 
the  cavern  are  of  the  vividest  cerulean  tint — and  1  saw  the 
grotto  so  represented  in  the  windows  of  the  paint-shops  at 
Naples.  But  to  my  own  experience  it  did  not  differ  from 
other  caves  in  color  or  form  ;  there  was  the  customary  clam- 
miness in  the  air  ;  the  sound  of  dropping  water ;  the  sense  of 
dull  and  stupid  solitude — a  little  relieved  iu  this  case  by  the 
mighty  music  of  the  waves  breaking  against  the  rocks  outside. 
The  grot  is  not  great  in  extent,  aud  the  roof  in  the  rear  shelves 
gradually  down  to  the  water.  Valery  says  that  some  remains 
of  a  gallery  have  caused  tbe  supposition  that  the  grotto  was 
once  the  scene  of  Tiberius's  pleasures  ;  and  tbe  Prussian 
painter  who  discovered  tbe  cave  was  led  to  seek  it  from  some- 
thing he  had  read  of  a  staircase  by  which  Barbarossa  used  to 
descend  into  a  subterranean  retreat  from  tbe  town  of  Ana- 
capri  on  the  mountain-top.  The  slight  fragment  of  ruin  which 
we  saw  in  one  corner  of  tbe  cave  might  be  takeu  in  confirma 
tion  of  both  theories  ;  but  tbe  patriarch  attributed  the  work 
to  Barbarossa — beiog  probably  tired  at  last  of  hearing  Tibe- 
rius so  much  talked  about. 

We  retunred,  soaked  and  disappointed,  to  the  hotel,  where 
we  found  Antooino  very  doubtful  abjot  the  possibility  of  get- 
ting back  that  day  to  Horrento,  and  disposed,  when  pooh- 
poohed  out  of  the  notion  of  bad  weather,  to  revive  tbo  fiction 
of  a  prohibitory  cousul.  He  was  staying  in  Capri  at  our  ex- 
pense, and  tbe  honest  fellow  would  willingly  have  spent  a 
fortnight  there. 

We  summoned  the  landlord  to  settlement,  who  restrained 
all  his  household,  assembled  to  present  tbe  account,  from  ask- 
ing buonamano  by  a  strong  sense  of  previous  contract.  It 
was  a  deadly  struggle  with  them,  but  they  conquered  them- 
selves, and  blessed  us  as  we  departed.  The  pretty  mulelress 
took  leave  of  us  on  the  beach,  and  we  set  sail  for  Sorrento, 
tbe  ladies  crouching  in  the  bottom  of  the  boat,  taking  their 
sea-sickness  in  silence.  As  we  drew  near  the  beautiful  town, 
we  saw  how  it  lay  on  a  plateau,  at  the  foot  of  the  mountains, 
but  high  above  the  sea.  Antonino  pointed  out  to  us  the 
bouse  of  Tasso.  in  which  the  novelist  Cooper  also  had  resided 
when  in  Sorrento — a  white  house  not  handsomer  nor  uglier 
than  the  rest,  with  a  terrace  looking  out  over  the  water.  The 
bluffs  are  pierced  by  numerous  arched  caverns,  as  I  said,  giv- 
ing shelter  to  the  fishermen's  boats,  and  here  and  there  a  devi- 
ous stairway  mounts  to  their  crests.  Up  one  of  these  we 
walked,  noting  how  in  tbe  house  above  us  the  people,  with 
that  puerility  usually  mixed  with  the  ltaliau  love  of  beauty, 
had  placed  painted  busts  of  terra  cotta  in  the  wiudows  to 
simulate  persons  looking  out.  There  was  nothing*to  blame 
in  the  breakfast  we  found  ready  at  tbe  Hotel  Rispoli,  and  as 
for  tbe  grove  of  slender,  gracetul  orange-trees  in  the  midst  of 
which  it  stood,  and  which  had  lavished  the  fruit  in  every  direc- 
tion ou  the  grouud,  why  1  would  willingly  give  for  it  all  tbe 
currant  bushes,  with  their  promises  of  jelly  and  jam,  on  which 
I  gaze  at  this  moment. 

Antonino  atteuded  us  to  our  carriage  when  we  went  away. 
He  had  kept  us  all  night  at  Capri,  it  is  true,  and  he  bad 
brought  us  iu  at  the  end  for  a  prodigious  buonnmano  ;  yet  1 
cannot  escape  the  conviction  that  he  parted  from  us  with  au 
unfulfilled  purpose  of  greater  plunder,  and  1  have  a  compas- 
sion, which  1  here  declare,  for  the  strangers  wbo  fell  next  iuto 
bis  bands.  He  was  good  enough  at  the  last  moment  to  say 
tbat  his  name,  "  Silver-Eye,"  was  a  nickname  given  him 
according  to  a  custom  of  the  Sorreutiuos  ;  aud  be  made  us  a 
farewell  bow  that  could  not  be  bought  io  America  for  money. 

At  tbe  station  of  Castellamare  sat  a  curious  cripple  on  tbe 
stones — a  man  with  little,  short,  withered  legs,  and  a  pleasant 
face.  He  showed  us  the  ticket  office,  and  wanted  nothing  for 
the  politeness.  After  we  bad  been  in  th"  waiting-room  a 
brief  time,  he  came  swiuging  himself  in  upon  bis  hands,  fol- 
lowed by  another  person,  who,  when  the  cripple  planted  him- 
self finally  aud  squarely  ou  the  ground,  whipped  out  a  tape 
from  his  pocket  aud  took  his  measure  for  a  suit  of  clothes, 
the  cripple  twirling  and  twisting  himself  about  in  every  way 
for  the  tailor's  convenience.  Nobody  was  surprised  or 
amused  at  the  sight,  and  when  his  measure  was  thus  publicly 
taken,  the  criple  gravely  swung  himself  out  as  he  had  swung 
himself  in. — The  A'ulion. 

Mr.  Robert  Buchanan  has  in  preparation  The  Poet :  an 
Essay,  a  Criticism,  end  a  Biography.  His  volume  of  Lon- 
don Poems  is  to  be  published  immediately. 

Mr.  Algernon  Charles  Swinburne's  fourth  volume  is  entitled 
Poems  and  Ballads.    It  will  appear  immediately. 

C^Prof.  Aufrecht,  of  Edinburgh,  has  just  put  to  press  acom- 

DleCe-  Glossary  to  the  Rig  Vtda. 

Mr.  B.  Proctor's  Memoir  of  Charles  Lamb  is  nearly 
ready  to  bo  juMuhed. 


BRILLIANTS    FOR    THE    BALL  ROOM. 
Original  Observation. — 1.    (To  your  partner) — Have  you 
been  out  much  this  season  ? 

2.  You  must  have  been  very  tired  after  your  party  the 

other  night. 

3.  I  suppose  we  shall  meet  at  tbe  Blanks'  ? 

4.  It's  very  hot,  isn't  it  ? 

5.  Almost  impossible  to  dance. 

Fickle  Partner  (to  her  favorite  waltzer,  with  whom  she  is 
surreptitiously  danciDg  for  the  third  time) — Don't  go  near 
that  corner  :  I  was  engaged  for  this,  and  he's  looking  for  me. 

Fickle  Partner  (taker,  at  a  disadvantage  by  ber  Jilted  Part- 
ner, during  au  interval  of  breathing  time) — Oh  I  I  don't  think 
this  wa3  our  dance.  I've  got  you  down  for  the  one  before 
this.  (Jilted  one  refers  to  his  tablets,  and  Fickle  Partner,  by 
a  stroke  of  unprincipled  genius,  turns  the  tables  on  him.) 
You  never  came  to  letch  me  :  ah  !  I  shant  forget. 

[Shakes  ber  bead  wickedly  at  Jilted  One,  who,  being  ut- 
terly staggered,  tees  tbe  pair  waltz  away  from  him,  without 
being  able  to  get  out  a  word.] 

New  Idea  for  the  Refreshment  Room — Will  you  take  aa 
ice  ? 

reclamations  for  Young  Ladies  on  finding  an  op»n  window 
(which  tbey  welcome  like  water  in  the  Desert,  or  water-ice  ia 

the  Dessert)  : 

Oh  !  how  delicious ! 
This  is  delightful  1 
So  refreshing  ! 
This  is  nice ! 
This  is  nice  and  cool. 

Original  Idea  lor  a  Mamma  (to  her  daughter) — How  impru- 
dent, dear  !    Don't  go  into  the  draught. 

Original  Idea  for  Supper  (ia  answer  to  tbe  Gentleman's 
question,  "  Wbat'll  you  take?") — Oh!  (Considers,  glances 
rapidly  at  the  table,  sees  Uie  same  supper  she  a  met  at  every 
other  party,  aud  in  despair  hits  on  a  new  idea.)  Oh  !  Some 
chicken,  please. 

Cavalier  (with  persuasive  sweetness) — And  some  tongue  ? 
Last  brilliant  thing  to  be  said  io  the  cloak-room — Hallo  ! 
'1'liis  isn't  my  coat ;  this  is  torn  iu  the  lining.    Conlound  it, 
the  fellow's  gone  off  with  my  bat,  too,  a  bran-new  gibus  ; 
only  two  of  the  kind  in  London. 

[Walks  out  savagely  aud  determines  to  revenge  himself  on 
society  by  taking  somebody  else's  hat  and  coat  to-morrow 
night.] 

Last  of  all  (after  feeling  in  coat  pockets) — And  (venial 
expletive.)  My  cigar-case  was  iu  the  coat  that  bo's  goue  off 
with. 

[Expletive,  with  renewed  resolutions  about  coats,  huts  and 

cigar-cases.] — Punch.  

A  Bio  Inclination. — 1  was  acquainted  with  a  well-disposed 
young  gentleman  of  large  fortune,  whose  only  fault  was  the 
babit  of  sweariug — such  a  habit  that  he  often  declared  that  he 
would  give  half  his  fortune  to  get  rid  of  it.  This  desire  came 
to  the  ears  of  a  Quaker,  who  thereupon  had  an  interview  with 
the  young  gentleman,  and  said  : 

"  I  can  cure  thee  of  tbat  bad  habit." 

Whereupon  the  youth  caucht  hold  of  tbe  Quaker's  hand, 
and  gave  it  a  hearty  shake,  and  Baid  : 
"  How  can  you  perform  this  miracle?" 
"  1  can  tell  thee.  I  have  heard  that  thou  art  just  my  size; 
nobody  will  kuow  thee ;  thou  sbalt  come  to  my  bouse,  pat  on 
the  cocked  hat,  the  coat  without  buttons,  the  knee-breeches 
and  tbe  shoe  buckles,  and  thou  wilt  find  that  the  BtrangeneBS 
of  the  dress  will  have  such  an  effect  oo  thee  whea  thoa  art 
going  to  talk  that  it  will  restrain  thee  from  swearing — as  thoa, 
perhaps,  knowest,  my  friend,  that  we  Quakers  never  swear." 

The  young  man  cheerfully  assented  to  the  proposal,  and 
accompanied  the  Quaker  to  his  house,  where,  after  changing 
his  clothes,  he  took  bis  departure  in  the  garb  of  a  Quaker,  and 
went  on  his  way  rejoicing.  The  period  of  the  young  gentle- 
man's tonr  elapsed,  and  the  Quaker,  all  anxiety,  started  to 
meet  him.  Having  met  him,  he  said  : 
"  Well,  friend,  how  hast  thou  got  on  ?" 

Very  well,"  replied  the  young  man. 
"  Hast  thoa  sworn  so  much  with  that  dress  on  thee?" 
The  young  man,  robbing  the  sleeves  of  his  coat,  replied  : 
"  Certainly  not ;  bat  I  felt  a  d--d  inclination  to  lie  1" 

The  mysteries  of  Shakspeare's  sonnets  still  provoke  study 
aod  suggestion— they  form  a  tantalizing  and  seductive  secret, 
like  perpetual  motion  aud  squaring  the  circle.  Gerald  Massey, 
the  English  poet,  has  j--at  produced  a  volume  of  600  pages 
oo  the  theme.  He  divides  them  iDto  tbe  Sootbampton  son- 
nets and  into  the  Herbert  sonnets,  claiming  that  Sbakspeare, 
friend  of  Lords  Sootbampton  and  Pembroke  (Herbert,)  wrote 
them  for  these  noblemen  ;  not  in  his  youth  and  poverty,  but 
in  the  Tullness  of  his  fame,  after  be  bad  become  a  prosperoos 
geotlemeo  "  at  Stratford  ;  that  Southampton,  who  once  gava 
him  a  thousand  pounds  (equal  to  five  times  the  amouut  now,) 
had  employed  Sbakspeare  to  pot  a  series  of  real  incidents  into 
verse,  to  write  a  number  of  sonnets  expressing  Soothamptoo'a 
passion  for  his  mistress,  Elizabeth  Vernon  ;  others  expressing 
Elizabeth  Vernon's  love  for  Southampton  ;  and  others  aguiu 
expressing  Elizabeth  Vernon's  jealoosy  of  Lady  Rich.  Thii 
theory  is  very  ingeniously  worked  out. 


August  1 8th] 


THE  CALIFORNIA**. 


5 


AMUSEMENTS. 

AT  Maguire'8  Opera  House,  the  clever  burlesque  of 
Kenilwnrlh,  after  having  a  run  of  over  a  week,  was 
withdrawn  on  Wednesday,  to  make  way  for  the  Ladies'  Club, 
a  lively  little  comedietta,  with  some  good  points,  and  Orpheus 
and  Eurydice,  a  mythological  burlesque,  with  any  amount  of 
fine  music  and  poor  puns.  Lady  Don  appeared  to  advantage 
in  both  pieces,  and  added  to  her  popularity  by  the  way  in 
which  she  carried  her  parts  through.  Miss  Kate  Denin's  part, 
"  Eurydice,"  was  given  with  charming  grace  and  finish.  Her 
able  support  to  Lady  Don  is  greatly  adding  to  the  success  of 
that  lady's  engagement.  Harry  Courtaine,  who  re  appeared 
in  the  last  named  piece,  is  also  another  valuable  addition  to 
the  support  of  Lady  Don.  Barry,  too',  though  for  many  years 
kept  under  a  cloud,  has  at  la3t  come  come  out — like  a  true 
California  nugget,  all  the  brighter  for  age — in  singing  parts; 
and  there  has  been  much  controversy  among  the  critics  as  to 
the  proper  classification  of  his  voice,  some  claiming  that  it  is 
a  tenor,  and  others  a  bass.  It  will  be  remembered  that  the 
same  doubt  arose  in  regard  to  Morelli's  voice,  upon  his  first 
coming  amongst  us.  Upon  leaving  the  question  to  our  opera 
critic,  a  very  competent  judge,  to  decide,  he  pronounced  it  a 
Barry-tone  of  the  purest  quality  and  the  lowest  range,  and 
added  that  he  "  did  not  believe  there  was  another  like  it  on 
the  Pacific  coast,"  in  which  opinion  we  fully  concur. 

There  have  been  regular  Forrestonian  audiences  in  attend- 
ance throughout  the  week,  and  Lady  Don  is  proving  to  bo  one 
of  the  most  attractive  stars  that  ever  played  at  the  Opera 
House.  The  crowded  house  that  she  draws  (with  the  aid  of 
the  excellent  support  given  her)  in  the  lace  of  the  counter 
attraction  of  Italian  Opera  four  nights  of  the  week,  is  sufficient 
proof  of  this. 

This  afternoon,  Orpheus  and  Eurydice  will  be  repeated. 
Black- Eyed  Susan  will  be  played,  with  Lady  Don  as  "  Wil- 
liam," for  the  first  time,  to-night. 

Metropolitan  Theatre. —  Un  Ballo  in  Maschera  was  pre- 
sented to  full  houses  on  Friday  and  Saturday  evenings  of  last 
week,  in  the  same  handsome  style  which  has  characterized  all 
the  efforts  of  the  mauagement,  and  with  a  cast  well  balanced, 
and  adequate  to  the  requirements  of  the  music,  though  lack- 
ing the  exceptional  brilliancy  of  the  distribution  at  the  Acad- 
emy of  Music  during  the  combination  season  a  year  ago. 
Signorina  Brambilla,  always  good,  did  not  find  in  the  charac- 
ter of  "Amelia  "  an  opportunity  lor  the  display  of  her  highest 
artistic  power  ;  and  Signor  Bianchi  sang  the  music  of  "  Ri- 
cardo  "  rather  heavily,  though  correctly,  and  with  good  effect 
on  the  whole.  Signor  Mancusi,  as  "  Renato,"  distinguished 
himself  particularly  in  his  opening  address  to  "  Kicardo  " 
("Alia  vita.)  and  in  the  splendid  imprecation  ("E  sei  tu,") 
after  the  interview  with  "  Amelia  "  in  the  third  act,  both  of 
which  he  sang  with  great  power  and  expression.  The  part  ol 
"  Ulrica  "  was  ably  filled  by  Nignora  Bianchi,  while  Signor 
Roncovieri  and  M.  Charle3  appeared  as  '-Samuel"  and 
"  Tom."  The  importaut  part  of  the  "  Page  "  was  assigned 
to  Mile.  Tourny,  who  made  quito  a  hit,  considering  her  want 
of  experience  in  such  characters  ;  her  elegant  costume  dis- 
played a  fine  figure  to  great  advantage,  and  she  acted  with 
more  spirit  th  n  we  expected,  while  her  singing  of  the  music 
was  very  creditable,  the  favorite  air  ("  Volta  la  terrea  ")  in 
the  first  act  meeting  with  a  hearty  encore.  The  chorus  was 
the  weakest  poiut  in  this  opera,  the  magnificent  finale  of  the 
second  act  being  given  with  a  vagueness  and  waut  of  power 
quite  disappointing  to  the  audience.  The  stage  arrangements 
were  excellent,  as  usual.  The  Second  Artillery  Band  was  a 
great  addition  to  the  masquerade  scene,  and  we  could  only 
desire  a  little  more  precision  in  the  alternating  passages,  and 
in  the  chorus  with  both  band  and  orchestra. 

Lucia  di  Lammermoor  was  given  (for  the  first  time  to  the 
subscribers)  on  Monday  evening,  and  excited  great  enthu- 
siasm, although  the  performance  was  not  equal  in  merit  to 
that  of  the  same  opera,  when  given  on  an  off  night  some  time 
before. 

On  Wednesday  eveningf  Verdi's  grand  opera  of  Nabuco 
was  produced,  with  a  remarkably  strong  cast  and  great  atten 
tion  to  stage  effect,  the  Second  Artillery  Band  beiug  again 
employed,  with  a  large  corps  of  supernumeraries,  an  addition 
of  two  or  three  fiue  voices  to  the  chorus,  and  of  an  oboe  to  the 
orchestra,  which  last  was  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Evans,  in 
the  absence  of  Mr.  Herold.  We  have  seldom  heard  in  Cali- 
fornia a  moro  satisfactory  first  performance  of  any  opera. 
Signor  Mancusi  as  "  Nabuco,"  Signor  Milleri  as  "  Zaccaria," 
Signor  Bianchi  as  "Abigaile,"  and  Signor  Bianchi  as  "  Is- 
niaele,"  were  all  in  remarkably  fine  voice  ;  Milleri  especially 
distinguished  himself  in  the  splendid  music  of  his  part,  which 
we  think  the  most  favorable  in  which  he  has  yet  appeared. 
Mancusi  sang  with  great  power  and  tenderness,  especially  in 
the  scene  of  his  overthrow  and  deprivation  of  reason  by  the 
god  whom  he  has  insulted,  and  in  the  interview  with  "  Abi- 
gaile," when  begging  the  life  of  his  child.  Signora  Bianchi 
wa&very  effective  as  the  usurping  queen,  a  part  well  suited  to 
her  voice  and  style.  Mile.  Tourny  labored  under  severe 
hoarseness,  but  was  otherwise  excellent  iu  the  character  of 
"  Fenena."    The  grand  choruses  of  the  opera  were  rendered 


with  more  power  and  corectness  than  any  we  remember  during 

the  season,  and  we  are  pleased  to  give  credit  where  we  have 
sometimes  had  to  find  great  fault.  The  triumphal  march  in 
the  first  act  (the  poorest  thing  in  the  opera,  by  the  way,  and 
one  of  the  "  cheapest  "  marches  we  ever  heard  anywhere,) 
and  the  funeral  march  in  the  fourth  act,  were  handsomely 
given  by  the  Second  Artillery  Band. 

Allila  was  produced  last  night  for  the  second  time, and  con- 
stituted the  twelfth  and  last  performance  of  a  season,  which 
for  variety  and  excellence  has  never  seen  its  equal  on  this 
coast.  Ernani,  Trovalore,  Traviata,  Lucrezia,  Norma,  At- 
tila,  Faust,  Un  Ballo,  Lucia,  Nabuco — ten  operas  in  twelve 
nights,  at  the  rate  of  three  nights  a  week,  besides  extra  per7 
formances  ! 

While  we  admire  the  pluck  and  activity  of  the  management, 
we  must  nevertheless  deprecate  in  the  strongest  terms  the 
childish  and  inconsiderate  craving  for  novelty  which  charac- 
terizes the  great  majority  ol  opera  goers  iu  San  Francisco — 
an  appetite  as  totally  different  from  real  desire  for  musical  cul- 
ture as  can  well  be  imagined.  If  we  are  ever  to  have  a  per- 
manent opera  here,  we  must  first  effect  a  reform  in  our  own 
taste,  for  no  manager  can  go  on  for  any  length  of  time  pro- 
ducing two  or  three  new  operas  a  week.  It  is  not  by  the 
second,  nor  yet  by  the  third  performance,  but  only  after  fre- 
quent repetitions,  that  full  justice  can  be  done  to  the  music 
and  to  the.  artists.  And  until  audiences  are  not  only  willing 
but  glad  to  study  a  fine  opera  by  attentively  listening,  night 
after  night,  we  shall  never  have  nor  deserve  performances  that 
approach  perfection.  As  it  is,  the  manager  meets  the  public 
more  than  half  way.  We  are  promised  for  the  second  season 
of  twelve  nights,  (commencing,  probably,  with  Un  Ballo,  on 
Monday,)  ten  operas,  including  Crispino  e  la  Comare,  lone, 
and  La  Juive,  entirely  new  to  us  here,  besides  Don  Giovanni, 
11  Barbiere  di  Siviglia,  and  others  which  have  always 
proved  attractive.  Such  variety  should  secure  a  handsome 
list  of  subscribers  for  the  season. 

Ernani  will  be  given  this  evening  as  an  extra  perform- 
ance. 

Dr.  Jordan's  Anatomical  Museum  should  be  visited  by  all 
strangers.  Through  no  other  means  can  the  same  informa- 
tion in  regard  to  the  organization  of  the  human  body  be  ob- 
tained. 


Frightful  Catastrophe.  —  At  3  o'clock,  yesterday  morn 
ing,  San  Francisco  was  visited  by  one  of  those  fearful  occur- 
rences which  send  a  shudder  of  grief  and  horror  through  en- 
tire communities.  A  brick  lodging  house,  occupied  by  between 
twenty  and  thirty  people,  gave  way  at  its  foundations,  and 
fell  with  a  fearful  crash,  buryiug  over  twenty  persons  in  its 
ruins.  A  general  alarm  was  struck,  and  our  volunteer  fire 
department,  prompt  at  the  call,  hurried  to  the  scene  of  the 
disaster,  and  set  to  work  to  exhume  the  unfortunates  thus 
prematurely  buritd.  Huge  beams  were  tossed  on  one  side  like 
straws,  and  men  burrowed  in  the  chaotic  mass  digging  their 
way  with  their  bare  hands  towards  some  spot  to  which  the 
feeble  moaning  of  a  crushed  and  mau^led  fellow  creature 
directed  their  efforts.  All  day  long  the  work  weut  on.  Niue 
corpses  were  exhumed,  and  sixteen  persons  terribly  crushed 
were  at  length  rescued.  The  cause  ol  the  fall  of  the  Summer 
Street  Lodgiug  House  is  stated  to  have  originated  in  the 
weakening  of  its  foundations  by  excavations  made  on  the  ad- 
joining lot.  Fears  were  entertained  that  the  walls  were  in- 
secure, and  it  was  suggested  to  the  owner  that  they  should 
be  shored.  After  an  examination  had  been  made,  it  was  de 
cided  that  this  precaution  was  unnecessary  ;  and  this  fatal 
mistake  has  resulted  in  the  fearful  loss  of  life  which  has  so 
shocked  the  city.  Had  there  been  the  slightest  tremor  in  the 
earth  yesterday  morning,  probably  no  blame  would  be  attached 
to  any  one,  and  highly  colored  accounts  of  a  "  Fearful  Earth- 
quake in  San  Francisco,"  "Appalling  Loss  of  Life,"  etc 
would  have  been  telegraphed  to  the  world.  There  are  still 
buildings  in  this  city  which  need  ao  earthquake  to  make  them 
(all.  At  six  o'clock,  yesterday  evening,  the  debris  was  nearly 
entirely  cleared  away,  and  no  more  bodies  had  been  found. 


The  Nation  tells  the  following  story  :  "  A  woman  lives— 
we  presume  she  still  lives,  for  public  virtue  is  decayed — some 
where  in  the  eastern  part  of  New  York,  who  has  just  dis 
graced  her  city,  her  stx,  and  the  universal  race  of  man  ?  A 
few  days  6ince  the  infant  offspring  of  this  creature  fell  head- 
long into  the  river  from  a  pier.  She  could  not,  and  the  by- 
standers, if  there  were  any,  would  not  or  could  not,  do  any- 
thing to  rescue  the  child,  which  struggled  pitifully,  and  sauk. 
Just  then,  a  Newfoundland  dog,  which  happened  to  be  near 
at  hand,  plunged  in  and,  after  the  littlo  creature  had  disap- 
peared beneath  the  surface,  caught  it  by  the  hair,  and  then  by 
the  clothing,  and  at  last  succeeded  in  bringing  it  safe  to  its 
mother.  That  female  discovered  on  the  head  of  the  infant 
two  or  three  slight  scratches.  She  at  once  set  off  to  the  near- 
est police  station,  and  begged  for  an  order  authorizing  her  to 
have  her  benefactor  killed.  The  policeman,  or  sergeant,  or 
captain,  or  whoever  was  in  autlurity,  after  some  demurring, 
acceded  to  her  request,  and  the  dog  was  put  to  death  that 
same  day. 


Manufacture  (*  A«TTr.T,._r„  „, 
Hunters  at  Rome.-Cco"  n  T  Tm°"  CU™ 
says  :  There  exists  at  R^Tcre?  wl^*  ^  I  ture 
where  the  works  manufacture.^  broken  arSs,  *L  ""J  ^ 
gods,  feet  of  satyrs,  and  broken\,rsi_of  .nobody.    By  me.-, 
of  a  liquid  there  used,  a  color  of  t^  fin9st  antiquity  is  com- 
municated to  the  marbles.    Scatterea  aDOut  the  country  are 
goatherds,  who  feed  their  flocks  in  the  vicinity  of  ruins,  and 
look  out  for  foreigners.    To  these  they  sr>.ak  incidentally  of 
the  treasures  found  by  digging  a  few  feet  dee^  jD  6UCh  neigh- 
borhoods.   The  English,  in  particular,  are  the  victims  of  such 
mystifications,  and  freely  yield  their  money  to  the  shepherds, 
who  are  agents  to  the  General  Artificial  Ruin  Association, 
and  know  well  where  to  apply  the  pickaxe.    They  are  care- 
ful, however,  to  spend  much  time  and  fruitless  search  bei->re 
they  come  finally  upon  the  treasure,  for  which  the  foreigner 
willingly  pays.    England  is  full  of  these  antiquities  of  months' 
age.    Nor  do  the  amateur  numismatists  leave  Rome  with 
empty  hands  :  for  in  that  city  are  daily  coined,  without  fear 
of  the  law,  the  money  of  Cajsar,  Hadrian,  Titus,  Heliogabalus, 
and  all  the  Antonie3— filed,  pinched,  and  corroded,  to  give 
the  look  of  ag9.    Paris  may  be  said  to  have  hitherto,  by  com- 
parison with  London,  escaped  this  epidemy  for  the  youthful 
antiquities  of  bronze  and  marble — but  she  is  devoured  by  the 
forgers  of  middle  age  antiquities.    It  is  notorious  with  what 
skill  and  impudence  certain  cabinet-makers  manufacture  chairs 
tables,  and  footstools  of  the  fifteenth  century,  and  how  readily 
they  find  dupes.    A  young  antiquary  showed,  lately,  with 
great  pride,  to  an  artist,  a  friend  of  his,  a  very  fine  article  of 
Gothic  furniture,  which  he  had  just  bought  at  great  cost.  "  It 
is  very  fine,"  said  his  friend,  after  examination,  "  and  it  will 
last  you  long — for  it  is  quite  new." 


An  Affecting  Incident.— In  Frank  Moore's  Women  of 
the  War,  we  find  the  following  touching  story  :  One  day,  a 
well-dressed,  intelligent  woman  called  at  the  door  of  the  diet 
kitchen,  and  asked  to  see  one  of  the  "  Christian  Commission  " 
ladies.  The  surgeon  bad  sent  her  to  me  to  help  her  find  her 
husband,  and  the  directions  were,  "  Bed  one  hundred  and  six, 
ward  two."  As  we  went  up  the  steps,  I  noticed  that  she 
trembled  with  excitement.  I  inquired  if  she  was  tired,  and 
she  said  "  No,"  though  she  had  slept  none  since  leaving  her 
home.  We  entered  the  ward,  and  the  nurse  pointed  out  the 
bed,  but  it  was  empty.  I  looked  at  her  and  saw  she  was 
deadly  pale,  and  hastened  to  assure  her  that  there  was  some 
mistake,  as  she  would  not  have  been  sent  from  the  office  to 
look  for  her  husband  if  he  had  been  dead.  While  I  had  been 
talking  to  her,  the  ward-master  had  referred  to  his  book,  and 
told  us  her  husband's  leg  had  been  amputated  a  few  days  be- 
fore, and  he  was  removed  to  ward  four.  Again  her  face  was 
in  a  glow,  and  I  could  hardly  keep  her  from  rushing  in  un- 
announced. We  could  see  his  face  from  the  door,  and  I 
thought  him  asleep.  As  I  was  holding  her  by  the  arm,  and 
beckoning  to  one  of  the  men  to  come  to  us,  he  opened  his 
eyes  full  upon  her.  Such  a  scream  as  he  gave  I  She  bounded 
from  me,  and  in  a  moment  had  her  arms  around  his  neck,  both 
crying  and  laughing  at  the  same  time.  I  am  sure  neither  of 
them  uttered  a  whole  sentence  for  fifteen  minutes,  so  over- 
powering was  the  joy  of  their  meeting.  His  recovery  was 
almost  miraculous,  and  one  month  from  the  time  she  came 
she  started  home  with  her  husband.  The  wife  remarked,  as 
she  bade  us  good-by,  that  she  was  not  half  so  happy  the 
morning  she  started  on  her  bridal  tour  as  she  was  now,  taking 
her  husband,  though  he  left  one  leg  in  a  Southern  grave." 


A  French  Hermit. — It  is  very  seldom  that  we  have  an 
opportunity  of  studying  the  life  of  an  individual  thrown  en- 
tirely on  his  own  resources,  with  no  help  from  his  fellow  men, 
and  living  solely  on  the  supplies  furnished  by  nature.  Six 
years  ago.  a  man  named  Laurent  was  seized  with  the  idea  of 
going  to  live  in  a  forest :  he  was  then  thirty-three  years  of 
age,  and  his  mental  and  physical  condition  has  recently  at- 
tracted a  good  deal  of  attention  in  France,  and  especially  in 
the  department  of  the  Var.  It  must  not  be  supposed  that 
this  man  is  an  idiot,  or  a  morose-minded  man,  who  has  taken 
up  his  abode  in  a  forest  for  the  mere  sake  of  getting  away 
from  his  fellow-creatures  ;  on  the  contrary,  he  converses  cheer- 
fully with  any  who  come  to  see  him,  and  is  remarkable  for 
his  readiness  to  assist  the  people  whose  occupations  lie  in  the 
forest.  To  those  who  argue  with  him  on  the  life  he  leads,  or 
who  question  him  concerning  the  motives  which  induced  him 
to  adopt  it,  he  i3  very  communicative.  To  M.  Mesnet  he  was 
remarkably  chatty,  and  that  gentleman  has  since  made  a  report 
concerning  him,  from  which  it  appears  that,  sociable  as  he  is, 
he  determined  on  living  akme  because  men  did  not  live  in 
harmony  together.  He  choo3es  to  live  by  nature's  work  ; 
that  is  to  say,  by  contenting  himself  with  the  productions  of 
nature  without  troubling  himself  to  cultivate  the  ground. 
This  kind  of  existence  he  calls  the  life  of  nature.  He  will 
accept  nothing  which  could  extenuate  the  misery  to  which  he 
has  condemned  himself.  He  wishes  to  live  a  free  life,  free  of 
cost.  He  will  have  no  family  ;  a  wife,  ho  says,  weakens  a 
man  in  various  ways  ;  he  will  have  no  money,  because  it  is 
tot  the  spontaneous  production  of  nature. 


THE  CALIFORNIA!*- 


|  August  18th 


A   y  ]r  p  v   HiPJ  CASE. 

On  tho  «  of  November-8--  1  <lmUed  LiverP°o1  for 
Hoston  in  the  Royal-11811  Steamship  Caledonia.  As 
I  stood  on  the  wharf  r-^y  to  embark,  I  saw  a  man  whose 
face  was  not  unknown  0  rae  moving  to  and  Iro  with  an  uneasy 
air,  asking  to  speak  u  tne  captain  of  the  ship. 

The  history  of  person,  who  was  the  possessor  of  a  ereat 
fortune,  and  w^  verv  we|l  known  in  Paris,  is  worth  telling. 
It  is  both  sifter  and  amusing. 

"  Captou  •  captain  !  where  is  the  captain  ?"  exclaimed  M. 
X  . 

TV  captain  made  his  appearance. 

"My  trunks,  Mr.  Captain !  where  are  my  trunks?" 

The  captain  replied  in  English,  "I  dou't  understand  you." 

M.  X  said,  "  Hang  such  a  language!    Why  don't  the 

English  Bpeak  French  ?  It  would  be  far  more  convenient  all 
round.  Good  heavens !  if  I  only  knew  where  my  trunks 
were." 

Seeing  M.  X  's  embarrassment,  I  offered  to  be  his  inter- 
preter, although  Lord  Byron's  language  was  not  very  familiar 
to  me  at  that  time. 

M.  X          took  me  affectionately  by  the  hand,  saying, 

"  "What  a  service  you  do  me,  sir !  1  have  eighteen  trunks 
and — " 

"  You  have  eighteen  trunks  I"  I  exclaimed,  with  great  as- 
tonishment. 

"  Yes,  and  they  are  not  one  too  many  when  a  man  is  going 
to  the  new  world.  Unfortunately,  here  I  am  about  to  sail  and 
I  cannot  find  my  trunks  high  or  low — although  eighteen  trunks 
are  anything  but  like  a  needle  in  a  haystack." 

I  made  inquiries,  and  M.  X  's  eighteen  trunks  were 

found  and  put  on  board  the  steamship.  An  hour  alterwards 
we  were  at  sea.  The  sea  was  smooth,  but  the  wind  was  fresh- 
ening, and  threatened  foul  weather  for  the  next  day. 

M.  X   said  to  me,  in  a  disdainful  tone,  "  I  am  disap- 
pointed in  the  ocean.  It  is  wide,  I  grant  you,  and  deep,  but 
it  is  perfectly  fiat." 

"  It  is  not  always  flat ;  and  perhaps  you  may  regret  to-mor- 
row that  it  is  so  high." 

"  My  opinion  is,  sir,  the  ocean  has  been  overlauded  to  hu- 
miliate the  rivers  ;  which  is  all  the  greater  injustice  ;  for  I 
should  like  to  know  what  would  become  of  the  ocean  if  it 
were  not  for  the  rivers.  I  assure  you,  I  have  no  private  rea- 
sons for  lauding  rivers  to  the  ocean '8  detriment ;  but  I  do  love 
justice,  and  I  must  say  the  ocean  is  very  flat." 

The  wind  freshened  more  and  more.  Presently  the  steam- 
ship labored  as  ebs  ploughed  her  way  through  the  wave3, 
which  at  first  were  slight  enough,  but  now  began  to  swell  and 
break  with  fnry  on  the  steamship's  bow. 

M.  X  began  to  look  pale.    I,  too,  began  to  feel  the  first 

effects  of  the  vessel's  pitching. 

He  said  to  me,  "  I  don't  kuow  what  is  the  matter  with  me 
to-day  ;  but  I  don't  feel  well." 

"  Nor  do  I." 

"  And  yet  I  ate  a  very  hearty  breakfast." 
"  So  did  I." 

"  But  I  don't  think  I  shall  dine  with  so  good  an  appetite." 
"  Neither  shall  I." 

"  The  trouble  seems  to  be  with  the  stomach." 
"  Ay." 

"  It  is  very  odd."  . 

"  0  no.    It  is  perfectly  natural." 

"  It  strikes  me  the  sea  is  not  as  flat  as 't  was." 

"  Are  you  less  disappointed  in  it  ?" 

"  Yes,  but  more  disappointed  with  myself.  Why,  how  the 
steavaship  rolls  !  It  is  agreeable,  and  yet  confoundedly  disa- 
greeable. Ah,  mon  Dieu.'  I  begin  to  believe  I  am  poi- 
soned." 

"  0  no  ;  you  are  sea-sick  as  well  as  I." 
"  Do  you  think  so  ?" 
"  I  know  it." 

"  Well,  after  all,  I  am  glad  I  sailed." 

A  person  at  this  uioraeut  called  me  by  name.    M  X  

shook  me  affectionately  by  the  hand,  and  asked  what  I  was 
going  to  America  for. 

I  replied,  "  To  see  the  country,  and  give  concerts." 

"  I  lay  you  Cuiinot  guess  the  object  of  my  voyage.  I  am 
going  to  New  Orleans.    I  am  in  love." 

'•  In  love  !    That  is  something  serious." 

"Yes,  I  am  in  love  with  a  woman  I  met  at  a  ball  given  at 
the  Hotel  de  Tille.  I  never  saw  anything  like  her — beauti- 
ful, tall,  fascinating  eyes,  and  something  superb  in  all  her 
motions,  which  fires  the  senses  while  at  the  same  time  it 
inspires  respect.    In  fine,  she  is  a  marvel." 

"  Of  course  this  marvel  is  an  unmarried  lady  " 

"  No,  she  is  married,  and  lives  with  her  husband  in  New 
Orleans." 

"  But  then— if  she  is  married  ?" 

"  0,  that  :s  no  matter." 

"  What !  that  no  obstacle  ?" 

"  I  reckon  upon  transferring  her  husband  to  a  lunatic  asy- 
lum as  a  madman.  As  soon  as  his  insanity  is  proved  by 
decree  of  court,  his  wife  will  sue  out  a  divorce.    Then  I  shall 


marry  her.  To  be  prepared  for  this  happy  event  I  have 
filled  a  portion  of  my  truuks  with  presents  for  my  future 

wife." 

"  Really  that  is  an  excsllent  idea,  and  it  proves  you  possess 
a  most  fruitful  imagination." 

■'  Love  makes  men  ingenious.  And  I  do  so  adore  her,  she 
is  so  beautiful !  Come  down  into  my  cabin  and  let  me  read 
you  some  of  the  letters  she  has  written  me.  You  will  see 
how  elegant  and  impassioned  is  berstyje.  'Tis  Heloise  born 
a  Creole,  that  is,  indolence  allied  with  the  most  exalted  senti- 
ments." 

'  "  You  are  a  very  happy  man." 

"  Indeed  lama  very,  very  happy  man." 

I  wished  to  remain  on  deck,  having  great  need  of  breathing 

fresh  air  ;  but  M.  X-  insisted  so  much  and  so  earnestly  I 

was  obliged  to  yield.  When  M.  X  saw  there  were  sev- 
eral beds  in  his  cabin  be  became  furious. 

He  said  :  "  This  is  horrible.  I  have  been  swindled.  What ! 
I  have  paid  four  hundred  and  eighty  dollars,  and  I  shall  not 
be  alone  ;n  my  cabin  !  And  pray  who  is  going  to  sleep  with 
me?" 

The  butler  replied,  "  An  Englishman,  sir  !" 

"  An  Englishman  !  And  why  do  you  stick  an  Englishman 
with  me  ?  Is  it  because  I  cannot  speak  English  ?  No,  I  have 
never  slept  with  an  Englishman,  and  I  never  will  sleep  with 
an  Englishman." 

The  captain  was  summoned.  When  M.  X  was  con- 
vinced he  could  not  have  a  cabin  entirely  to  himself,  he 
b3gged  me  to  take  the  Englishman's  place.  1  he  latter  con- 
sented to  this  change  of  cabins.  I  became  M.  X  's  ship- 
mate. He  made  me  read  two  or  three  letters  of  his  beautiful 
Creole  every  day.    He  had  at  least  forty  of  them. 

I  had  been  some  months  in  America,  when,  after  landing 

in  New  Orleans,  I  met  M.  X  .    He  said  to  me  :  •'  Well, 

it  was  perfectl^successful  !" 

"It?  What?" 

"  Why,  my  scheme.  I  had  the  husband  sent  to  an  insane 
asylum  ;  the  divorce  was  decreed,  aud  1  married  his  wife." 

M.  X         spoke  with  perfect  seriousness.    I  was  full  of 

horror  to  think  of  so  monstrous  an  act.  1  said  to  him  : 
"  You  have  resorted  to  abominable  means  to  satisfy  your 
love.    Have  you  no  remorse  ?" 

"  No,  I  have  no  remorse,  but  I  have  some  regret  at  having 
succeeded  so  well.  If  it  was  not  much  more  difficult  to  get  a 
sane  man  out  of  a  mad-house  than  to  send  bim  there,  to  de- 
clare a  divorce  null  than  to  dissolve  a  marriage,  and  if  it  was 
not  impossible  to  persuade  an  unmarried  husband  to  remarry 
his  old  wife,  long  ago  the  poor  husband  would  have  resumed 
his  original  position  and  I  mine." 

"  Has  not  your  marriage  proved  a  happy  one  ?" 

"  Alas!  I  have  discovered  too  late  that  happiness  is  not  to 
be  found  in  this  world,  either  in  the  new  or  old  world." 

The  fascinating  Creole  who  had,  with  so  much  alacrity, 
taken  measures  to  get  her  first  husband  adjudged  a  lunatic, 
made  her  second  husband  so  unhappy  by  her  incessant  whims 

and  caprices  that  .M.  X  became  really  crazy.    He  was 

carried  to  an  insane  asylum  upou  good  ground  of  reason,  and 
he  soon  died  there  in  a  state  of  complete  prostration." 

As  for  the  first  husband,  the  pseudo-lunatic,  he  laughed 
heartily  when  he  heard  the  tragic  end  of  his  successor  to  the 
favors  of  his  ex  tender  half.  He  obtained  his  liberty,  and 
confessed  he  had  cheerfully  feigned  lunacy,  because  he  was 
afraid  he  would  really  become  so  if  he  did  not  get  rid  of  his 
wife. 

The  greater  lunatic  of  the  two  was  not  he  who  passed  for 
the  madniau. 


A  Fkog  Story. — One  is  half  inclined  to  accept  as  indubit- 
able what  Elian  tells  us  about  the  water  snakes  and  frogs  of 
Egypt.  The  former  have,  he  informs  us,  a  passionate  liking 
lor  frogs — that  is,  for  devouring  and  digesting  them.  No  one 
knows  this  belter  than  the  frog,  and,  accordingly,  wheu  they 
meet  in  a  pond,  wonderful  is  the  cunning  that  ensues.  Tne 
water  snake  glides  up  as  if  intentionless  of  evil,  but  our  other 
slimy  friend  is  quite  aware  of  the  intentions  of  the  passionless- 
looking  snake.  He  makes  for  the  nearest  twig,  seizes  it,  and 
enrries  it  across  his  mouth,  and  then  fearlessly  approaches  the 
hydra.  The  latter  now  makes  at  the  frog  with  open  jaws,  but 
the  twig  across  the  frog's  mouth  is  much  wider  than  the  jaws 
of  the  snake,  and  he  can  by  no  possibility  swallow  the  much 
desired  frog.  The  latter  looks  down  his  enemy's  throat  from 
the  outside,  holds  fast  to  the  protecting  twig  and  laughs. 
The  water  snake  tries  again  and  again  ;  he  glides  around  his 
anticipated  victim,  but  the  frog  always  contrives  to  keep  him 
in  view,  and  the  end  of  every  attempt  is  that  the  foiled  snake 
finds  the  bar  carried  by  his  anticipatory  victim  lying  across 
his  open  jaws,  and  the  frog  once  more  laughing  down  his 
throat.  The  hydra  at  length  gives  it  up  in  despair,  and 
"  froggy  "  plumping  into  a  safe  spot,  where  he  knows  his  kin- 
dred to  be  assembled,  tells  his  exciting  tale,  and  raising  a  very 
din  of  croaking  congratulations. 


Experiments  have  been  made  with  steam  as  a  disinfectant, 
in  New  York,  recently.  The  results  obtained  are  said  to  be 
highly  satisfactory. 


OBITUARY  ABSURDITIES. 

THE  doggerel  of  the  tomb  stones  has  always  afforded  a 
curious  food  for  laughter.  The  droll  speeches  of  the 
dying,  the  last  words  of  the  ruling  passion,  have  always  been 
a  feature  of  the  jest-books.  A  pretty  compilation  might  be 
made  of  funny  funeral  anecdotes.  Likeness  in  things  dissimi- 
lar and  an  audacious  mixture  of  incongruous  affairs  make  the 
salt  of  wit  compound  for  blasphemy  even  with  the  pious,  ex- 
tenuate impropriety  with  the  decent,  give  a  savor  to  coarse- 
ness, relieve  us  from  the  tension  of  n  wearisome  earnestness, 
and  force  a  fleeting  smile  upon  the  saddest  of  faces.  Horace, 
if  he  had  thought  of  it,  might  have  affirmed  the  pleasure  of 
laughing  ex  loco  as  well  as  in  loco.  We  like  to  be  agreeably 
irritated  and  find  a  fillip  in  the  stroke  of  an  untimely  ji'st. 
To  the  least  touch  of  nature  our  hearts  respond.  The  polite 
lather  who  apologized  at  the  funeral  of  his  child  for  bringing 
so  small  a  body  before  a  company  so  unexpectedly  large,  as  if 
he  would  have  provided  a  coffin  six  feet  long,  and  not  such  a 
sesquipedalian  one,  had  he  foreseen  the  fulness  of  the  bouse, 
was  a  true  gentleman  in  his  grief,  and  only  moibidly  nervous 
lest  be  should  fail  in  some  pious  point  of  sepulture.  Tho 
comic  epitaphs,  we  may  be  sure,  were  soberly  written,  and  an 
honest  grief  prompted  the  rudest  inscription.  When  a  babe 
only  a  span  long  is  dead,  the  most  prosaic  are  tempted  into 
sending  a  versified  advertisement  of  the  death  to  the  news- 
papers ;  and  the  first  mother  who  placed  flowers  upon  the 
tomb  of  her  child  was  an  unconscious  poet,  although  these 
floral  offerings  have  now  become  hackneyed  and  cheap.  It  is 
the  sorrow  of  a  great  sorrow  that  it  is  so  inarticulate  and 
helpless  and  speechless,  and  often  tearless  ;  in  our  bereave- 
ment we  strive,  even  in  some  pitiful  way,  to  give  words  to  our 
agouy. 

But  it  is  not  of  these  genuine  and  domestic  demonstrations 
of  regret  that  we  propose  particularly  to  speak.  We  have 
no  jibes  for  real  mourners  ;  but  those  who  are  strictly  profes- 
sional and  formal  in  their  lugubrious  calling,  and  manage  the 
ceremonies  as  volunteers  or  for  hire, should  either  feel  assured 
of  their  competency  for  the  service,  or  should  keep  a  prudeut 
sileuce.  It  was  only  the  other  day,  in  Boston,  that  a  vener- 
able ger.t'ieman,  well  known  in  the  medical  world,  was  buried, 
as  full  of  honors  as  of  years.  The  clergyman  who  officiated 
upon  the  occasion  drew  a  lively  picture  of  the  doctor's  pub- 
lic and  private  life  ;  he  portrayed  his  friend's  strong  religious 
nature,  and  went  on  to  say  :  "  With  him  it  was  Christ  and 
his  kingdom  first.  He  believed  iD  vegetable  diet,  and  lived 
thirty  years  without  tasting  meat.  He  believed  in  calomel  und 
used  il  through  life.  And  now  he  has  gone  to  be  at  rest  iu 
the  Lord."  Is  not  this  an  extraordinary  admixture?  When 
a  man  has  ceased  to  eat  altogether  of  earthly  food,  one  does 
not  readily  see  why  his  hostility  to  beef  and  bis  partiality  for 
potatoes  should  be  proclaimed  over  bis  coffin  ;  nor  is  there  any 
occult  connection,  that  we  are  aware  of,  between  salvation  and 
salivation.  In  a  church  at  least,  and  in  a  church  this  funeral 
oration  was  pronounced,  the  controversies  of  the  bolus  and 
the  pellet,  of  heroic  dosers  and  infiuitesimai  practitioners,  of 
vegetarians  and  of  sarcophagicians,  might  be  permitted  to 
subside.  To  have  told  the  weeping  assemblage  that  the  de- 
ceased was  five  feet  high,  weighed  one  hundred  and  fifty 
pounds,  and 

"  Wore  not  rigbu  and  lefte  for  enoea, 

But  changed  hie  every  day," 

would  hardly  have  been  more  untimely  than  this  recital  of  his 
dietetic  and  medical  fuith. 

We  have  ceased  to  look  for  any  great  oratorical  displays  in 
the  House  of  Representatives,  nor  do  we,  indeed,  think  it  a 
proper  arena  for  frequent  exhibitions  of  that  character. 
Speech-making  for  the  sake  of  making  a  speech  should  be  in- 
tolerable in  a  body  devoted  to  the  business  of  legislation  ;  be- 
cause it  is  well  enough  known  that  speeches  change  no  votes 
and  neither  affect  nor  expedite  results.  .Ambitious  attempts 
in  that  direction  are  usually  either  for  the  purpose  of  personal 
display  in  Washington  or  of  personal  aggrandizement  at  home. 
The  death  of  a  member  is  one  of  the  few  occasions  upon 
which  a  somewhat  elevated  style  of  address  may  be  allowed, 
because  it  is  natural  as  the  expression  of  personal  friendship 
and  regret,  aud  the  utterance  of  sentiment,  however  respect- 
able, is  not  to  be  restricted  by  the  technical  formalities  of 
practical  discussion.  But,  if  this  license  is  to  be  permitted, 
the  credit  of  the  country  aud  common  sense  require  that  it 
should  be  kept  within  the  strictest  limits  of  good  taste. 
Death  is  a  stern  monitor,  and  the  death  of  a  public  man  is 
especially  suggestive  of  the  emptiness  of  all  which  we  call 
honor,  and  the  frivolity  of  mere  display.  We  think  that  the 
late  Mr.  James  Humphrey  deserved  to  have  something  better 
said  of  him  than  this  :  "  Shortly  after  midnight  he  raised  him- 
self upon  his  pillow,  repeating  the  words, '  1  faint !  I  faint  !* 
and,  without  a  struggle  or  a  groan,  the  gentlemanly  spirit  of 
James  Humphrey  was  wafted  into  tlie  presence  of  hi*  Maker.'' 
Without  any  coarseuess  of  language  to  offend  us,  there  is  to 
our  minds  something  painfully  coarse  in  speaking  of  a  departed 
spirit  as  "  gentlemanly."  We  need  hardly  point  out  to  the 
careful  reader  that  "  gentlemanly  spirit "  is  an  etymological 
solecism.  A  "  man  "  is  not  a  "  spirit,"  and  a  "  spirit  "  can- 
not be  a  "  man,"  in  the  sence  in  which  the  word  is  here  used 


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But  this  is  a  trifle.  It  is  the  moral  solecism  which  particu- 
larly shocks  and  offends  us.  While  the  title  of  "  gentleman  " 
is  certainly  expressive  of  the  most  noble  and  praiseworthy 
qualities  of  character,  it  is  reasonably  to  be  hoped  that  all 
who  are  entitled  to  enter  upon  the  eternal  joys  of  paradise 
are  also  entitled  to  the  appellation.  No  "  spirit,"  we  believe, 
is  more  "  gentlemanly  "  than  another.  How  shocking  it 
would  be  to  our  ears  to  hear  the  assemblage  of  the  saints 
spoken  of,  even  by  the  vulgarest  of  Hard-shell  Baptist  preach- 
ers, as  a  company  of  "ladies  and  gentlemen!"  These  are 
words  which  have  a  conventional  meaning,  and  we  habitually 
use  them  to  express  something  very  different  from  the  perfect 
purification  and  the  complete  glorification  of  the  saints.  The 
phrase  "  gentlemanly  angel  "  would  be  not  merely  a  contradic- 
tion in  terms,  but  it  would  imply  an  extension  to  the  next 
world  of  the  frivolous  distinctions  of  this,  and  an  eternal  ma- 
teriality like  that  which  disgusts  us  in  the  revelations  of 
"  seers  "  and  of  "  mediums." 

AVe  offer  these  strictures  chiefly  in  behalf  of  the  violated 
laws  of  good  taste.  The  subject,  we  know,  is  cap-ible  of  a 
higher  treatment ;  but  this,  perhaps,  would  not  be  strictly 
within  our  province.  Death  is  certainly  not  to  be  regarded 
with  a  hopeless  and  cowardly  dread,  but  still  less  is  that  tre- 
mendous change  to  be  classed  with  the  common  and  familiar 
incidents  of  our  life  ;  and  he  who  canuot  attain  some  degree 
of  extraordinary  solemnity  in  its  contemplation,  and  a  reason- 
able propriety  of  speech  in  commemorating  the  departed,  for 
a  thousand  reasons  had  better  remain  silent. —  The  Nation. 


lawn,  for  it  was  against  orders  to  sleep  in  a  house  ;  but  we 
were  not  forbidden  an  hour  or  two  on  the  portico,  discussiDg 
our  little  adventure.  That  young  lady,  1  fear,  was  told  a  good 
many  fibs  that  evening,  but  I  was  so  utterly  worn  out  and 
sleepy  that  I  hardly  knew  what  was  said.  A  soldier  Kill  make 
love  wherever  he  goes,  for  the  girls  all  expect  it.  They  say, 
"  Poor  fellow  !  he'll  be  killed,  wounded,  or  captured  soon, and 
we  shall  never  eee  him  again  ;  let  us  give  him  all  the  pleasure 
we  can."  On  bidding  my  charmer  good-by  next  morning  I 
promised  to  write  to  her,  but  I  forgot  to  ask  her  middle  name. 
She  never  wrote  to  me. — Four  Years  in  the  Saddle. 


I 


A  MODEST  ENGLISHMAN  WHITES  HIMSELF  UP. 

THE  enemy  had  received  re-enforcements,  and  were  keep, 
ing  up  a  brisk  cannonade.  Two  of  their  minie  balls 
had  passed  through  our  limber-box,  and  one  of  them  struck 
the  breeching  of  a  wheel  horse.  I  had  put  in  a  shell  with  the 
fuse  cut  to  explode  in  a  second  and  a  half  just  as  the  enemy 
started  to  charge  our  piece,  and  was  about  to  fire,  when  I 
found  that  the  linstock  was  extinguished.  They  were  clos- 
ing on  us,  which  gave  uo  time  to  relight  it,  and  the  colonel 
had  just  sent  me  orders  to  bring  off  the  gun,  as  the  enemy 
were  outflanking  us  with  an  entire  regiment.  Determined 
to  have  one  more  shot,  I  ran  to  a  shovelful!  of  fire,  and,  pick- 
ing up  a  live  coal  in  my  fingers,  stuck  it  in  the  touch-hole. 
The  piece  was  discharged,  and,  rebounding,  the  wheel  struck 
me  on  the  hip,  and  knocked  me  heels  over  head  down  the 
hill.  But  it  did  terrible  havoc  also  in  front.  The  shell 
went  crashing  down  the  street,  jammed  full  of  the  enemy, 
and,  exploding  in  front  of  Mr.  Watson's  house,  killed  and 
wounded  eleven  men.  I  was  enabled  to  save  our  piece. 
.  *,  *  i  *  *  »  •  j  .  *  * 
Settling  myself  well  in  the  saddle,  I  dashed  in  among  the 
blue-jackets,  cutting  and  thrusting  right  and  left,  and  pa>ry- 
ing  a  blow  when  necessary.  They  were  from  Michigan  and 
Maryland,  and  for  a  while  fought  well.  Observing  an  officer 
fighting  like  a  Turk,  and  cheering  his  men  on,  I  made  for  him. 
He  was  a  man  of  my  own  size,  wore  a  very  heavy  beard,  and 
looked,  1  thought,  very  savage  as  he  yelled  out,  "  Come  on, 
you  damned  rebel  ;  I'll  soon  fix  your  flint."  This  promised 
good  sport.  I  closed  with  him,  making  a  powerful  front  cut, 
which  he  parried,  and  at  the  same  instant  made  a  right  cut  at 
my  neck.  By  bringing  my  sabre  down  in  lime,  my  side  caught 
the  blow.  Now  1  had  the  advantage.  Quick  as  a  flash  I  cut 
him  across  the  cheek,  inflicting  a  large  gash,  and  he  fell  to 
the  ground.  I  gave  him  in  charge  of  one  of  my  men,  and 
then  followed  after  my  first  ten,  who  had  pushed  the  column 
back  two  hundred  yards  while  the  lieutenaut  and  I  were  busy 
with  our  affair. 

Liberty  is  a  beautiful  little  town,  and,  like  many  others  in 
"Virginia,  remarkable  for  the  number  ot  pretty  girls  it  has  to 
boast  of.  I  was  standing  in  frout  of  a  fine  house,  talking  to 
some  half  dozen  ladies,  one  of  whom  had  just  given  me  a 
glass  of  water.  They  were  all  crowded  around  us,  laughing 
and  talking.  I  had  just  placed  the  empty  glass  on  the  gate- 
post when  a  bullet  struck  its  top  with  a  loud  rap,  aud  jarred 
off  the  tumbler.  The  ladies  screamed,  and  bounded  off  for 
the  house,  one  of  them  losing  her  slipper  in  the  flight.  Major 
Douglas  (who  was  present)  and  I  jumped  off,  but  I  was  so 
fortunate  as  to  beat  him  in  the  race,  and  got  that  little  slipper. 
I  remounted,  telling  them  the  owner  mu3t  come  out  and  claim 
her  property.  We  had  a  deal  of  fun,  and  finally  persuaded 
two  of  them  to  advance.  They  had  scarcely  approached  near 
to  the  gate  when  another  ball  crashed  through  a.  lilac  bush. 
One  made  a  spring  like  a  deer  for  the  house,  while  the  other 
who  had  lost  the  slipper,  stood  her  ground,  advanced  bravely 
to  the  gate,  picked  up  the  glass,  and  put  it  on  the  post,  though 
I  must  admit  the  sweet  little  thing  did  turn  pale  when  she  saw 
the  bullet-hole  in  the  wood.  1  sprang  to  the  ground— down 
on  my  knees  to  replace  the  slipper.  The  beautiful  foot  was 
soiled  with  grass.  What  diligent  efforts  I  made  to  remove 
every  stain  ;  it  is  astonishing  how  long  I  was  about  it ;  and 
then  how  awkward  I  was  in  getting  on  the  shoe  !  No  doubt 
it  was  very  tedious  to  her,  but  the  time  was  very  short  to  me. 
Such  are  some  of  the  few  happy  scenes  that  brighten  a  sol- 
dier's life. 

My  men  had  encamped  near  by,  while  I  turned  in  upon  the 


LORD  NELSON'S  PROTEGE. 
T  was  a  bright  morning  in  spring,  and  the  English  fleet  lay 
at  anchor  in  Portsmouth  harbor,  awaiting  the  admiral's 
signal  to  start  out  on  a  cruise.  The  flag-ship,  a  huge,  formid- 
able ship  of  the  line,  with  its  dark  sides  bristling  with  guns, 
was  all  in  commotion.  The  admiral,  the  most  famous  sailor 
of  his  day,  was  coming  off  from  the  shore,  and  the  ship  was 
ready  to  receive  him.  Already  the  guns  of  the  squadron  were 
beginning  to  thunder  forth  their  welcome,  and  soon  the  ves- 
sel was  wreathed  in  smoke,  and  quivering  beneath  the  dis- 
charges of  her  heavy  ordnance,  as  Admiral  Nelson  touched 
her  deck,  surrounded  by  a  brilliant  staff.  Standing  near  the 
edge  of  the  quarter-deck,  and  watching  the  scene  with  intense 
eagerness,  was  a  young  lad  of  about  eighteen.  He  was  dressed 
simply  but  neatly,  and  his  cheeks  glowed,  and  his  eyes  kindled, 
as  he  watched  the  exciting  events  that  were  going  on  around 
him.  As  he  returned  the  salutes  of  the  officers,  the  admiral 
chanced  to  observe  the  lad. 

"  Who  is  this?"  he  asked,  turning  to  the  captain  of  the 
vessel. 

"  He's  a  young  lad  that  came  on  board  a  few  hours  ago," 
replied  the  captain.  "  He  insists  on  seeing  you,  sir,  as  he 
say's  he  has  something  of  importance  to  say  to  you." 

"  Well,  my  lad,"  said  the  admiral,  kindly,  "  speak  out 
freely." 

"  If  you  please,  sir,"  said  the  boy,  "  I've  come  to  ask  you 
to  take  me  to  sea  with  you." 

"  Is  that  all  you  have  to  say,  you  young  scamp  ?"  asked  the 
captain,  sharply. 

"  Let  him  alone,"  said  the  admiral,  laughing.    "  What  posi- 
tion do  you  want?"  he  asked,  turning  to  the  boy. 
"  If  you  would  take  me  a3  your  cabin  boy,  sir,"  said  the  lad, 
I  should  be  very  glad." 

"  That's  a  poor  chance  for  you,  if  you  wish  to  rise  above  it," 
said  the  admiral,  kindly. 

"  It  will  be  a  beginning,"  replied  the  lad.  "  If  you'll  give 
me  a  start,  I'll  work  my  way  up,  sir.  You  did  it ;  and  /  mean 
to  do  so,  too." 

The  admiral  gazed  at  him  kindly  but  searchingly,  and  then 
said,  with  a  smile,  "  I'll  take  you  with  me  on  this  cruise  ;  and 
if  you  want  to  rise,  I'll  give  you  a  chance.  What  is  your 
name  ?" 

"  Edward  Lee,"  was  the  reply. 

"  Very  well  then,  Edward,  I  take  you  into  my  service,"  said 
the  admiral.  "  I  shall  expect  you  to  prove  yourself  worthy 
of  the  tru3t." 

"  I'll  do  that,  sir,"  said  the  boy,  earnestly,  as  he  moved 
aside,  respectfully  to  let  the  admiral  pass. 

Ill  two  houis  the  Vanguard  stood  out  to  sea,  followed  by 
the  squadron,  to  join  Earl  St.  Vincent  at  Gibraltar.  The 
young  valet  of  the  admiral  made  a  decidedly  favorable  impres- 
sion upon  the  officers  of  the  ship  before  the  completion  of  the 
voyage. 

"  'Tis  too  bad,"  said  the  admiral  to  his  flag  captain,  oDe  day- 
"  that  that  boy  should  fill  a  menial's  position." 

The  captain  agreed  with  his  commander,  and  the  result  of 
the  matter  was  that  a  few  days  after  the  arrival  of  the  Van- 
guard at  Gibraltar,  Edward  Lee  was  given  a  midshipman's 
warrant  by  Earl  St.  Vincent,  at  the  special  request  of  Admiral 
Nelson. 

Then  came  the  famous  cruise  in  the  Mediterranean,  in  search 
of  Buonaparte  and  his  fleet.  In  the  terrific  gale  which  dis- 
masted the  admiral's  ship,  young  Lee  proved  that  lie  merited 
the  kindness  his  great  commander  bad  shown  him,  and  won 
praise  from  all  on  board,  Then  came  the  brief  halt  at  Syra- 
cuse, the  arrival  of  the  wished-for  reinforcements,  and  the 
departure  for  Egypt.  As  the  dawn  of  the  memorable  First 
of  August  revealed  to  the  eyes  of  the  EnglisTi  the  tricolor 
floating  over  Alexandria,  and  the  French  fleet  in  the  bay  of 
Aboukir,  Edward  Lee  was  standing  by  bis  chief  on  the  deck 
of  the  flag  ship. 

"  There  they  are  !"  burst  from  a  score  of  voices,  as  the  dis 
tant  vessels  came  in  view. 

"  Yes,"  muttered  the  boy  ;  "  and  we'll  be  there,  too,  before 
night." 

Nelson  glanced  at  him  approvingly. 

"There's  a  chance  for  promotion  for  us  all  inhere,"  he 
said,  smiling. 

He  was  right.  The  fearful  encouuter  which  carried  such 
sorrow  and  despair  to  so  many  English  homes,  brought  to 
these  two  men  fame  and  honor.   Through  the  whole  action 


the  admiral's  eye  was  on  the  young  "  middy,"  and  all  through 

that  long  and  thrilling  summer  night  it  never  lost  the  gleam 
of  satisfaction  which  had  illumined  it  as  he  heard  the  young 
sailor's  words  in  the  morning.  The  same  dispatch  that  greeted 
him  as  Lord  Nelson,  informed  him  that  his  request  for  a  lieu- 
tenancy for  young  Lee  was  granted. 

Steady  devotion  to  his  profession,  and  conspicuous  bravery 
in  times  of  danger,  soon  made  the  youthful  lieutenant  a  noted 
man  in  His  Majesty's  navy.  The  battle  of  the  Baltic  was  a 
memorable  day  to  him.  It  was  truly  the  greatest  battle  he 
had  been  in.  Though  severely  wounded,  he  refused  to  go  be- 
low, and  stood  at  his  post  until  the  close  of  the  action.  When 
Sir  Hyde  Parker  gave  the  signal  for  discontinuing  the  fight, 
Lieutenant  Lee  reported  it  to  Lord  Nelson.  The  admiral, 
putting  the  glass  to  his  blind  eye,  said,  with  mock  gravity, "I 
really  don't  see  the  signal.  Keep  our  flag  for  closer  battle 
still  flying.  That's  the  way  I  answer  such  signals.  Nail  mine 
to  the  mast." 

It  seemed  that  the  fortunes  of  the  great  admiral  and  his 
protege  were  mysteriously  united  ;  for  this  victory,  which 
made  the  one  a  viscount,  made  the  other  a  first  lieutenant, 
though  he  had  but  just  come  of  age.  He  followed  his  com- 
mander, who  had  become  warmly  attached  to  him,  through  all 
the  years  that  intervened,  so  that  when  the  great  day  of  Tra- 
falgar came  he  was  the  second  in  command  to  Captain  Hardy. 
As  the  action  began,  Lord  Nelson  approached  him,  and  plac- 
ing his  hand  on  his  shoulder,  said  : 

"  We  are  going  to  have  a  hard  day,  Edward.  I  hope  you 
may  pass  through  it  safely." 

"  I  shall  try  to  do  my  duty,  my  lord,"  said  Lieutenant  Lee. 
"  But,"  he  added,  pointing  to  the  uniform  and  decorations 
which  the  commander  wore,  contrary  to  his  ordinary  custom, 
"  why  does  your  lordship  renderyourself  so  conspicuous  to-day  ? 
You  will  surely  draw  upon  you  the  fire  of  some  marksman." 

"  I  have  a  presentiment,"  said  the  admiral,  that  my  race  is 
run  ;  so  I  have  put  on  all  my  harness  to-day.  In  honor  I 
gained  them,"  he  exclaimed,  proudly,  laying  his  hand  on  the 
insignia,  "  and  in  honor  I  will  die  with  them." 

The  presentiment  was  realized.  It  was  the  last  action  of 
the  great  sailor.  .As  he  fell  on  the  deck,  in  the  heat  of  the 
battle,  the  captain  and  lieutenant  of  the  ship  sprang  to  him, 
in  an  agony  of  grief. 

"  Go  back  to  your  post,  Edward,"  he  said  as  the  lieutenant 
knelt  by  him.    Then  he  added,  gently,  "  God  bless  you,  lad." 

With  a  sad  heart  the  young  man  returned  to  his  place. 
The  fate  which  had  seemed  to  unite  his  destiny  with  that  of 
his  commander  was  fully  realized  on  this  day,  for,  just  as  the 
victory  was  gained,  a  heavy  discharge  of  grape  from  a  French 
ship  of  the  line  swept  the  deck  of  Lord  Nelson's  ship,  and 
when  the  smoke  cleared  away,  Captain  Hardy  saw  his  lieuten- 
ant lying  almost  in  the  same  spot  where  the  Conqueror  of  tha 
Nile  had  fallen,  with  his  breast  torn  open  by  the  terrible  dis- 
charge. 


Lord  Chesterfield's  Courtesy. — The  following  anecdote 
is  well  attested.  Sir  Richard  Hill,  the  elder  brother  of  the 
Rev.  Rowland,  gives  it  as  having  happened  in  his  presence  : 
"  He  happened  once  to  be  in  the  company  of  three  extraordi- 
nary persons  in  very  different  ways — the  Earl  of  Chesterfield, 
the  Countess  of  Huntingdon,  and  Mrs.  Macaulay.  Lady 
Huntingdon,  with  her  usual  zeal,  endeavored  to  introduce  the 
subject  of  religion,  which  Mrs.  Macaulay  continually  avoided 
by  bringing  in  her  own  favorite  views  of  republicanism.  She 
launched  out  into  rapturous  commendations  of  the  Romans, 
the  Lacedaemonians,  the  laws  of  Lycurgus,  and  the  praise 
bestowed  on  them  by  Zenophon.  Lord  Chesterfield,  equally 
uneasy  at  the  mention  of  either  of  these  topics,  still  main- 
tained his  politeness,  though  longing  all  the  while  for  an 
opportunity  to  slip  away  without  any  breach  of  good  man- 
ners. He  praised  beyond  measure  the  historical  knowledge 
and  ingenuity  of  Mrs.  Macaulay,  and  passed  the  most  flatter- 
ing encomiums  on  the  zeal,  piety  and  character  of  l-ady  Hunt- 
ingdon. "  Ah,"  said  the  latter,  "  it  is  for  want  of  your  Lord- 
ship's knowing  me  more  perfectly  that  you  speak  of  me  in 
such  flattering  terras ;  for  I  am  conscious  that  I  am  nothing 
better  than  a  poor,  vile,  miserable,  sinful  creature,  such  us  can 
only  hope  to  be  saved  by  free,  sovereign  grac,  and  without 
any  merit  of  my  own  to  recommend  me  to  the  divine  favor. 
This  sincere  rejection  of  the  flattery  of  the  Earl  gave  him 
the  desired  opportunity  of  escaping  from  the  seat  of  thorns 
on  which  his  courtesy  had  long  kept  him.  He  rose, 
made  a  most  profound  bow,  and  retired  with  these  character- 
istic words  :  "  I  never  yet  was  in  any  room  or  company  where 
I  could  stay  and  hear  the  excellent  Lady  Huntingdon  abused. 
I  am  therefore  under  the  immediate  necessity  of  bidding 
your  Ladyship  good  morrow.    Airs.  Macaulay,  your  obedient." 


Punch  has  a  clever  picture  entitled  "  A  Sketch  from  Gar- 
rison Society,"  representing  an  irate  old  lady  lecturing  her 
pretty  daughter  at  a  ball  room:  "Now,  miss,"  she  says, 
"  have  you  written  down  the  distinctions  of  rank  on  your  card, 
as  I  told  you?"  Alice — "  Yes,  ma."  Mamma — "Very  well, 
then,  recollect  you've  no  excuse  this  time  ;  and  if  I  catch  you 
dancing  with  any  one  below  a  captain,  you  don't  go  out  for  a 
mouth." 


i  ii  u  u  ji  u  i  r  yj  11  n  inn 


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THE   BOARD  OF  SUPERVISORS,  AND 
SLAUGHTER-HOUSES.. 

MUNICIPAL  bodies,  as  a  general  rule,  get  but  little  com- 
mendation or  sympathy  from  their  constituency,  and 
it  is  really  doubtful  whether  they  deserve  it.  Good  measures 
are,  speaking  very  abstractly  and  in  legal  contemplation,  deemed 
the  purpose  and  object  of  their  creation  ;  while  people,  who 
will  persist  in  taking  a  practical  and  common  sense  view  of 
them,  regard  mischief  as  the  usual  characteristic  of  all  such 
elective  aggregations.  If  a  Board  of  Government  ever  retired 
with  the  applause  of  the  people,  it  was  only  because  the  power 
to  do  harm  was  suspended.  Few  such  ever  intrinsically  earned 
any  honest  praise.  Perhaps  it  is  because  we  are  difficult  to 
please  and  ungrateful  ;  given  to  such  suspicions  as,  that  time 
is  idly  consumed  and  expenditures  of  money  wastetully  made  ; 
that  the  governing  powers  are  stupid  and  incomprehensibly- 
dull  when  the  public  weal  is  concerned  ;  but  keen  and  untir- 
ing in  the  pursuit  of  the  personal  chances  which  underlie  most 
public  measures.  Just  here  may  be  repeated  to  some  advan- 
tage the  old  truth  we  see  every  day  in  warning  salience,  that 
we  are  governed  too  much,  and  that  in  our  democratic  govern- 
ments, law-making  and  speech  are  pushed  to  a  sinful  extreme. 
They  constitute  evils  under  which  we  suffer,  but  which  we  can- 
not abate  or  abolish.  The  late  war  had  good  effects  so  far  as 
it  went,  but  while  it  emancipated  the  negro,  it  left  the  whites 
under  the  slavery  of  ignorant  majorities  ;  too  free  and  extended 
a  voting  franchise  ;  naturalization  laws  too  unrestricted  ;  in- 
cumbencies of  office  too  much  a  matter  of  arbitrary  change, 
and  inferior  governments  too  centrifugal — indeed  too  many 
inferior  governments. 

Our  own  Board  of  Supervisors  is  a  body  of  many  virtues. 
It  meets  punctually  once  a  week  ;  once  a  week  it  votes  accord- 
ing to  a  strict  formule  ;  the  proceedings  of  one  Monday  are 
the  proceedings  of  all  Mondays,  except  in  the  matter  of  ve- 
toes, aud  they  are  sporadic  ;  we  have  spread-eagleism  from 
one  member,  grave  didactics  from  another  ;  but  voting  appro- 
priations is  pretty  uniform.  It  is  a  practical  Board,  we  may 
Bay,  as  one  should  expect,  seeing  how  long  it  has  burrowed 
among  our  sand  heaps  and  drilled  Telegraph  liill  ;  and  the 
straightforward  way  it  goes  to  work  to  ruin  a  grumbling  con- 
stituency by  street  contracts  and  changes  of  street  grades. 
And  yet  with  all  these  haish  duties,  it  really  has  leisure  for 
jokes— jokes  so  full  of  humour  that  one  can  lau^h  over  them 
heartily  every  time  they  come  up  to  one's  memory.  For  ex- 
ample let  the  reader  go  back  to  the  Alia  of  the  31st  of  July, 
1866,  and  he  will  find  in  the  published  proceedings  of  that 
Board  the  following  language,  viz. : 

SLAUGHTER-HOUSES. 

An  order  was  introduced  expending  the  time  for  removing 
the  slaughter-houses  till  May  next.  The  preseut  order  fixes 
the  time  in  August  next. 

Mr.  McCoppin  said  that  the  condition  of  the  slaughter- 
houses is  much  better  than  it,  was,  aud  he  favored  the  exten- 
sion. 

Mr.  Ashbnry  said  the  hog  ranches  are  worse  than  the 
slaughter-houses,  and  both  ought  to  be  removed. 

Dr.  Rowell  said  that  the  hog  ranches  must  remain  with  the 
slauuhter-houses,  because  the  hogs  are  fed  on  the  offal.  If 
people  live  together  they  must  bear  with  one  another's  slinks. 
Be  favored  the  extension. 

The  order  was  referred  to  a  special  committee. 

In  order  to  appreciate  this  joke  feelingly,  the  reader  must 
visit  the  locus  in  quo  ;  he  must  stand  in  that  sweet  atmos- 
phere through  which  half  of  San  Francisco  and  all  of  San 
Jose  pass  every  few  days  ;  he  must  see  troughs  of  blood  and 
intestines  reeking  still  with  the  steam  of  a  just-butchered  vi- 
tality ;  cattle-pens  full  of  modern  cropolites  ;  a  sluggish  st  ream 
red  with  blood  from  the  shambles,  aud  in  which  Boat  festering 
carcasses  of  dead  pigs  and  the  viscera  of  a  hecatomb  ;  he 
must  see  and  smell  these  things  ;  but  he  must  not  laugh  there 
or  in  that  vicinage,  for  if  he  does,  he  will  be  in  danger  of  as- 
phyxia from  irrespirable  gases.  Is  it  not  a  pity  that  we  peo- 
pla  cannot  bind  each  individual  of  our  acute  and  conscientious 
Board  to  the  railroad  ties  of  Brannan  street  bridge,  to  see 


which  of  them  will  longest  survive  the  odors  and  sights  of 
that  spot  ?  A.nd  if  the  cholera  does  come  hitherwards,  can 
we  not  induce  or  compel  the  aforesaid  Board,  accompanied  by 
the  Health  (!)  Department,  to  hold  just  one  session  there  ?  If 
we  cau,  there  will  be  vacancies  in  the  several  districts  in  which 
our  city  is  topographically  divided  ;  and  perhaps  their  succes- 
sors will  have  noses,  consciences,  and  an  active  prevision  of 
that  dread  missionary  from  Asia,  whose  evangelism  we  fear 
and  flee  from.  But  as  the  innocent  are  generally  the  victims, 
it  is  just  possible  the  Supervisors  may  escape  the  coming  ca- 
lamity. Be  this  a3  it  may,  we  will  yet  repose  on  the  hope  that, 
as  vengeance  is  the  Lord's,  He  will  repay  the  Board  of  Super- 
visors of  the  city  aud  county  of  Sau  Francisco,  for  their  uu- 
just  and  shameful  permission  to  the  slaughter-houses  to  re- 
main where  they  are  until  May,  1867. 


OUR  BOOK-TABLE. 

Poems,  by  Christina  G.  Rosselli.    Boston  :  Roberts  Brothers. 
San  Francisco  :  A.  Roman  &  Co. 

As  there  is  no  one  who  has  yet  given  a  complete  and  satis- 
factory definition  of  poetry,  so  there  is  no  standard  of  expres- 
sion according  to  which  we  may  determine  whether  or  not  a 
writer  will  be  universally  allowed  the  name  of  poet.  In  this 
uncertainty,  talents  and  genius,  varying  in  strength  aud  tex- 
ture as  noon  and  midnight,  have  been  classed  as  poetic,  until 
the  name  of  poet  is  the  most  comprehensive  of  any  in  litera- 
ture, iucluding  within  its  family  embrace  a  greater  number 
than  that  of  historian  or  philosopher.  According  to  one's 
education,  he  believes  this  one  to  be  a  poet  whose  claims  as 
such  will  be  utterly  ignored  by  another  equal  in  education 
and  taste,  while  he  discredits  the  discrimination  of  that  one 
whose  favorite  poet  may  appear  to  him  entirely  without  the 
tiuest  elements  of  poetry.  To  some,  the  vivid  rythmical  de- 
scription of  nature  and  the  actions  of  men  is  the  completion 
of  poetic  expectation,  and  to  them  no  one  who  is  not  similar 
in  writing  to  the  author  of  "Marmion,"  "  The  Lay'of  the 
Last  Minstrel,"  or  "  The  Lady  of  the  Lake,"  will  fiud  favor 
or  win  a  poet's  crown.  To  others,  the  concise,  musical  eSP 
pression  of  abstract  thought,  detached  from  personalities,  and 
existing  only  as  pure  thought,  is  the  high  culmination  of  the 
poetic  art.  Whether  or  not  Miss  Rossetti,  now  so  favorably 
received,  extravagantly  praised  by  some  critics,  and  for  whom 
so  high  a  place  in  the  affections  of  the  people  is  confidently 
predicted,  will  prove  to  have  any  claim  upon  the  remembrance 
of  other  generations  is  a  problem  which  only  Time,  the  cor- 
rector of  opinion,  will  solve.  If  she  had  been  a  painter,  she 
would  have  belonged  to  the  school  of  the  pre-Raphaeiiles. 
As  she  is  an  artist,  she  pictures  uature  with  the  miuuteuess 
and  detail  characterislic  of  a  very  close  aud  careful  observer. 
Her  special  claim  fur  admiration  will  be  found  in  her  devo- 
tional pieces.  Her  mind  is  deeply  religious,  and  the  expres- 
sion in  her  poems  of  sorrow,  religion  and  death  mora  nearly 
approaches  that  musical  ulleraDce  aud  melody  indispensable 
to  the  highest  and  sweetest  poetry.  There  is  perhaps  no 
better  specimen  of  her  best  powers  thau  the  following 

SONG. 
When  I  am  dead,  my  dearest, 

Sing  no  sad  song  tor  me ; 
Flam  thou  no  roses  at  my  bead, 

Not  shady  cypress  tree  ; 
Be  the  green  grass  above  me, 

Willi  B bowers  and  dew-drope  wet ; 
And  if  thou  wilt,  remember, 

And  if  thou  wilt,  forget. 

I  shall  not  see  the  shadow, 

1  shall  nut  feel  the  rain  ; 
I  shall  nut  hear  the  nightingale 

Sing  on,  as  if  in  pain  ; 
And  dreaming  luruugh  the  twilight 

That  doth  uoi  rise  nor  set. 
Haply  1  may  remember, 

Aud  haply  may  forget. 

A  New  Book  of  Floners.    New  York  :  Orange,  Judd  &  Co. 
San  Francisco  :  A.  Roman  <fc  Co. 

No  one,  however  well  acquainted  with  flowers,  will  fuil  to 
derive  some  new  ideas  from  this  book,  and  those  who  are  only 
admirers,  but  not  euthusiasts,  will  find  much  to  interest  them, 
and  derive  more  pleasure  from  its  perusal  than  from  that  ol 
the  very  latest  uovel.  It,  has  been  finely  gotten  up  by  Messrs. 
Orange,  Judd  &  Co.,  of  New  York,  handsomely  illustrated  with 
engravings  which  are  true  to  nature,  und  will  give  to  those 
unacquainted  with  a  plant  a  better  idea  of  it  than  whole  pages 
of  descriptive  matter.  Jt  has  been  brought  down  to  the 
present  day,  aud  includes  all  uf  the  late  novelties  which  have 
been  recently  introduced  ;  also  lull  directions  for  planting 
gardens,  grouuds,  the  care  and  attention  of  flowers,  and  how 
to  arrange  them  in  bouquets,  vases,  etc.  No  one  with  a  love 
for  the  beautiful  can  afford  to  be  without  this  book. 

Four  Years  in  the  Saddle.    By  Col.  Harry  Gilmor.  New 
York:  Harper  &  Brothers.    Sau  Francisco:  A.  Roman 

&  Co. 

The  adventures  of  Harry  Gilmor  belong  to  that  class  of 
Confederate  war  literatuie,  of  which  the  story  of  Belle  Boyd 
and  the  notes  of  a  Confederate  officer  are  noteworthy  ex- 
amples. When  the  Pirate's  Own  Book  and  Baron  Mun- 
chausen pall  upon  the  youthful  taste,  we  can  imagine  that  it 
will  turn  to  this  marvellous  record  of  Col.  Gilmor  with  a 
thrill  of  satisfaction.  There  is  that  strong  personal  flavor  in 
the  Colonel's  story,  which  is  one  of  the  distinguishing  iiaiki 


of  this  style  of  Confederate  literature.  The  book  is  interest- 
ing, if  not  entirely  truthful,  and,  as  the  writer  is  not  confioed 
to  facts,  readers  of  fiction  will  find  it  sufficiently  entertaining. 
We  give  a  few  extracts  in  another  tolumu,  which,  by  a  mis- 
placement of  title,  are  confounded  with  another  article  in 
type  crowded  out  of  this  week's  issue. 

Running  The  Gauntlet.    By  Edmund  Yates.    Boston  :  Lo- 
ring.    Sau  Francisco  :  A.  Roman  &  Co. 


IFur  luc  Cahfuniiau.J 

ON  THE  SAGACITY  OF  THE  NKWFOUNDLAjnD. 
r  I'M  IK  high  intellectual  qualities  which  Cuvier.  Buffon  and 
JL  Goldsmith  agree  in  attributing  to  the  Newfoundland, 
I  am  satisfied,  do  but  scant  justice  to  the  mental  capacity  of 
that  sagacious  animal.  The  point,  1  believe,  usually  u.ade  in 
his  favor,  is  his  habit  of  plunging  iulo  the  water  and  rescuing 
people  from  drowning,  but,  as  I  have  frequently  had  occasion 
to  observe  that  he  exhibits  an  equal  solicitude  for  sticks  and 
stones,  or,  indeed,  anything  that  his  master  may  first  spit 
upon,  and  then  throw  overboard,  I  do  not  think  that  the  in- 
tellectual quality  of  the  habit  is  conclusively  proven.    I  am 

so  well  satisfied  of  this,  that  I  feel  conBdeut  that  my  dog  

albeit  an  unusually  intelligent  member  of  the  species — would 
refuse  through  logical  consistency  to  rescue  even  my  most 
intimate  friends,  uuless  they  had  first  been  spat  upon  aud 
thrown  in  by  me. 

Nevertheless,  although  I  point  with  pride  to  the  fact  that 
nobody  has  been  drowned  at  my  residence  on  Bush  street 
since  his  advent  in  the  family,  I  base  the  evidences  of  his  in- 
tellect on  somewhat  higher  grounds.  He  early  evinced  a  dis- 
position to  attack  passing  Chinamen.  I  should  have  prob- 
ably overlooked  this  circumstance,  had  not  my  attention  been 
previously  attracted  to  an  editorial  in  one  of  the  daily  papers 
conclusively  proving  the  inferiority  of  the  Mongolian  race, 
and  1  at  once  saw  that  what  I  had  presumed  to  be  simply  a 
brutal  instinct,  was  really  a  mental  effort  of  considerable 
ability.  I  have  seen  him  bark  at  an  inoffensive  John  with  a> 
persistency  that  was  as  offensive  if  not  as  convincing,  as  a 
column  of  rhetoric.  I  have  seen  him  pursue  negroes  with 
that  fine  blending  of  ferocity  and  intelligence  which  I  have 
hitherto  supposed  to  be  peculiar  to  the  genus  homo.  When 
I  have  watched  him  flush — if  I  may  so  call  it— a  bevy  of 
colored  children  on  their  way  to  school,  and  stand  with  his 
handsome  head  erect,  his  silken  ears  slightly  raised  at  their 
bases,  his  tail  lightly  tossing  like  a  martial  plnme, — utter- 
ing deep-mouthed  protests  against  this  manifest  abuse  of  the 
educational  system,  he  has  seemed  to  me  to  bean  embodiment 
of  chivalrous  and  aristocratic  breeding. 

In  regard  to  his  literary  habits,  of  which  no  mention  is  made 
by  Buffon  or  other  naturalists,  I  would  now  speak.  My  atten- 
tion was  first  drawn  to  the  fact  by  his  abusive  attitude  toward 
the  carrier  of  a  certain  newspaper,  at  wliom  he  continually 
growled.  Although  this  first  attempt  at  criticism  was 
abstract  and  vague,  he  eventually  improved  npon  it  so  much 
as  to  separate  the  irresponsible  agent  from  the  distasteful 
object  itself,  and  spent  his  animosity  upon  the  paper.  This 
he  literally  "  chewed  up."  Duringlhe  term  of  my  subscrip- 
tion, I  do  not  think  that  an  entire  copy  of  the  journal  ever 
reached  me  ;  there  was  usually  a  column,  a  page  or  a  para- 
graph missing.  Nor  were  these  objectionable  features  of  the 
paper  apparently  confined  to  the  editorial  expression  ;  very 
frequently  whole  columns  of  advertisements  were  the  subject 
of  his  displeasure.  To  the  savageness  he  also  added  the 
impersonality  of  the  critic;  he  never  permitted  himself  to  be 
caught  in  the  act,  but  always  wore  an  air  of  quiet  uncon- 
sciousness, when  his  conduct  was  the  subject  of  comment, 
that  never  revealed  his  complicity.  A  few  days  after  this  a 
copy  of  some  Congressional  speech  was  missing  from  my  desk, 
and  w  is  found  in  the  garden,  having  been  claudestiuely  pur- 
loined by  him.  A  preternaturally  uninteresting  tract,  and  one 
or  two  pamphlets — one,  I  think,  on  the  cholera — soon  fol- 
lowed. Had  he  occupied  himself  with  this  lighter  kind  of 
mental  pabulum,  I  should  not  possibly  have  interfered.  But 
when  his  taste  for  knowledge  extended  to  bound  volumes — 
when  a  copy  of  Pope,  vilely  handled,  was  found  on  the  veran- 
dah— I  found  it  necessary  to  correct  him.  He  subsequently 
took  Lamb  and  Bacou,  but,  as  an  ingenious  ycung  Irieud 
assured  me  that  this  was  evidently  through  a  too  literal  con- 
ception of  their  titles,  I  excused  him.  But  when  this  same 
young  person  attempted  to  justify  the  seizure  of  Hogg's 
Tali «  as  an  act  not  inconsistent  with  the  dog's  previous 
habits,  I  could  only  look  upon  the  hypothesis  as  pleasing  in 
its  verbal  felicity,  but  inaccurate  in  its  logic. 

That  quality  of  discriminating  intelligence  which,  according 
to  the  Ethiopian  belief,  keeps  the  monkey  from  talking  lest 
he  should  be  made  to  work,  was  exhibited  to  a  high  degree  by 
my  Newfoundland.  My  attempts  to  teach  him  certain  nseful 
tricks  failed  solely  through  his  extraordinary  sagacity.  When 
I  offered  him  a  basket  to  carry,  he  would  wag  his  tail  and 
otherwise  sWw  his  perfect  understanding  of  the  service  re- 
quired, but  firmly  and  quietly  decline  the  office.  When  I  or- 
dered him  to  go  out,  he  would  walk  as  far  as  the  threshold  to 
show  his  comprehension  of  the  order,  and  return  to  his  post 


August  Mil 


THE     CALIF  ORNIAN. 


9 


on  the  hearth-rug,  to  show  his  superior  knowledge  of  the 
comparative  merits  of  the  two  places.  He  always  helped  him- 
self, when  unobserved,  to  the  victual  reserved  for  the  table,  in 
preference  to  that  set  apart  for  bis  own  use,  with  a  fiue  dis- 
crimination of  quality.  When  I  sometimes  found  it  necessary 
to  urge  liim  to  attack  the  strange  dogs  which  infested  our 
garden— if  he  hesitated  and  exhibited  a  desire  to  bark  at 
them  from  the  parlor  windows— if  be  preferred  vocal  abuse  to 
prompt  and  physical  action— I  generally  found  that  the  dogs 
were  larger  than  himself,  and  that  his  decision  was  the  result 
of  reason  rather  than  instinct.  So  well  am  I  satisfied  of  his 
sagacity  that  I  am  convinced  he  only  waits  an  opportunity  to 
find  some  more  comfortable  lodgings  to  desert  mine,  and  far 
from  imitating  the  mere  animal  instinct  which  governed 
Ulysses'  dog,  I  am  satisfied  that  if,  in  the  mysterious  future 
I  should  present  myself  as  a  beggar  to  him,  he  would  at  once 
recognize  my  descent  in  the  social  scale,  and  unhesitatingly 
attack  me.  Bret. 


|For  the  Caliroruian.] 

OUR  CLUB. 

No.  3. 

EXPLANATORY. 

AS  historiographer  of  the  social  circle  that  was  accus- 
tomed to  come  together  in  philosophic  convocation  at 
stated  intervals,  I  found,  after  availing  myself  of  a  certain 
channel  of  communication  with  the  literary  world,  that 
although  I  might  be  very  entertaining  to  myself,  not  having 
been  requested  to  paint  portraits  for  public  display,  my  ser- 
vices in  that  especial  line  could  be  immediately  dispensed 
with.  I  merely  replied,  that  in  the  first  place  nobody  could 
imagine  who  under  the  sun  the  painter  was  who  subscribed 
himself"  Thkhsitks  " — that  being  the  fictitious  name  you  will 
remember  that  1  had  assumed — and  that  in  the  second  place 
they  who  gave  me  the  above  hint  were  unintentionally  pass- 
ing upon  me  a  compliment  of  which  I  felt  myself  altogether 
unworthy  ;  for  that,  although  I  and  they  knew  the  real  indi- 
viduals concealed  behind  the  cognomens  by  which  I  described 
them,  to  all  the  rest  of  the  world  they  were  the  purest  crea- 
tures of  imagination  and  would  always  remain  so.  In  reply 
to  this  I  was  told,  that  while  on  the  one  hand  no  critical  mem- 
ber of  the  Club  had  intended  by  any  corrective  remark  to 
offer  nourishment  for  my  vanity,  on  the  other  hand  discreet 
persons  generally  were  quite  as  much  aggrieved  at  being 
pictured  openly  for  everybody's  recognition.  This  was  quite  a 
new  phase  presented  to  niy  inir.d,  and  although  I  expressed 
some  indignation  at  this  designation  of  the  little  etchings  1 
had  attempted,  as  I  was  without  any  sympathizer  I  was  per- 
force compelled  to  remain  silent. 

Where  and  what  was  the  occasion  of  what  precedes,  did 
you  ask  ?  Merely  this,  sir,  which  I  must  offer  in  reply  to 
your  very  courteous  inquiry.  About  two  years  ago,  having 
by  a  very  contemplative  person,  perchauce  my  friend,  been 
invited  to  the  ambrosial  feasts  of  certain  literary  and  philo- 
sophic gods,  1  was  recognized  by  them  as  a  fit  associate,  and 
was  duly  initiated  into  the  mysterious  penetralia  of  their 
temple.  I  was  made  to  drink  of  the  nectar  which  they  drank 
without  intoxication.  Truly  the  potation  was  new  to  me, 
and  it  it  did  not  iuebriate,  it  cheered  me  iu  a  singular  manner. 
I  believed  myself  to  be  somebody  else,  and  saw  these,  who 
were  but  men,  in  the  semblance  of  inhabitants  of  Olympus. 
I  said  to  myself  that  nobody  ever  knew  or  heard  of  such  con- 
templative and  wise  convocations,  and  I  would  make  the 
world  wiser,  if  not  belter,  by  drawing  the  picture  of  the 
circle,  without  letting  any  word  uttered  here  be  heard.  I  had 
only  half  finished  the  picture  ere  I  was  arrested  by  a  direct 
attack  made  upon  me.  The  Club  had  met  one  evening  hour, 
the  highly  eminent  mysteries  of  the  incipient  moments  had 
occurred,  when  I  found  myself  the  object  of  animadversion. 
In  an  idle  moment  the  editor  had  hiuted  that  a  recent  novi- 
tiate had  begun  to  publish  what  be  had  considered  some  dev- 
ilish clever  papers  about  Our  Club  ;  that  the  same  were  given 

to  the  world  iu  the  columns  of  an  obscure  weekly,  and  that  

Thereupon  there  arose  on  a  suddeu  a  loud  burst  of  inextin- 
guishable laughter,  and  every  countenance  was  turned  towards 
me.  I  immediately  answered  this  phase  of  the  question  by 
saying  that  I  was  unable  to  perceive  the  relevancy  of  such  a 
demonstration.  Thereupon  as  if  by  concerted  impulse  they 
each  rolled  thtir  handkerchiefs  into  a  ball  and  filled  the  ori- 
fices whence  proceeded  their  loud  mirth.  When  quiet  was 
restored,  the  nervous  disciple  asked  what  might  be  the  name 
of  the  eminent  sheet  which  was  houored  by  these  contribu- 
tions. When  the  name  was  mentioned,  another  burst  of 
laughter  followed,  quite  equal  to  the  first.  I  ventured  to 
remark  that,  if  one  might  make  any  allusion  to  the  logical 
faculty  which  was  at  times  active  and  demonstrative  and  de- 
ductive, that  au  inference  from  such  conduct  would  be  preju- 
dicial to  their  reputation  as  reasonable  and  responsible  crea- 
tures. This  remark  drew  upon  me  the  scornful  aud  indignant 
gaze  of  every  person  present.  A  certain  individual,  whom  1 
need  not  now  otherwise  indicate,  immediately  addressed  him- 
self to  my  atteotion.  I  was  thenceforward  to  be  aware  that 
the  minds  of  the  members  of  the  Club  rested  upon  other 


topics  than  such  as  came  within  the  discussion  of  ephemeral 
journals  which  were  issued  at  regular  intervals  from  printing 
offices.  No  one  could  be  a  consistent  member  of  that  organ- 
ization whose  intellect  could  not  maintain  its  integrity  with- 
out recourse  to  such  debile  pabulum.  Any  new  work  upon 
Philosophy  or  any  of  the  occult  sciences  by  any  member 
of  the  Club,  would  be  respectfully  considered.  It  was 
hoped  that  no  such  error  had  been  committed  as  to 
have  admitted,  among  recent  members,  any  who  might  be  in 
any  way  indirectly  connected  with  any  ephemeral  publication. 
Such  a  thing  was  worldly  and  notclubly.  Even  the  existence 
of  that  sodality  the  world  ought  not  to  know. 

The  very  measured  tones  in  which  these  ideas  were  pro- 
mulgated, and  the  transcendental  aspect  of  the  speaker,  as  if 
he  were  detached  from  any  terrestial  contact  and  were  only 
existing  in  an  atmosphere  of  the  purest  philosophy,  made  a 
very  singular  and  solemn  impression  upon  my  mind.  I  felt 
my  pigminess  complete  in  this  charmed  circle  of  superior 
beings.  In  the  degraded  depths  of  self-consciousness,  I  was 
about  to  confess  my  unworthiness,  and  ask  that  some  one 
favor  me  by  bisecting  my  head  and  weighing  my  cerebral  com- 
position, as  a  mere  indication  of  my  humility.  But  I  remained 
speechless.  That  reticence  Gf  the  tongue,  as  by  sympathy-, 
was  communicated  to  my  pen.  I  yielded  up  my  earnest  pur- 
pose to  tell  the  world  of  Our  Club,  and  so  have  all  this  time 
been  silent.  If  I  shall  now  nt  intervals,  and  over  my  own 
proper  signature,  endeavor  to  continue  and  complete  these 
papers,  it  will  be  because  the  instantaneous  fear  that  affected 
me,  has  recognized  its  original  groundlessness.- 

The  natural  depravity  of  woman  causes  her  to  wear  the 
tbin  tissue  before  her  countenance  that  the  world  may  exercise 
its  credulous  imagination  aud  picture  to  itself  female  beauty 
behind  it  which  Nature  refuses  to  verify.  The  whole  world 
is  given  to  artifices  to  call  forth  demonstrations  out  of  all 
proportion  to  the  significance  of  events.  The  mysteries  of 
the  supernatural  are  pretended  with  a  view  to  the  acquisition  of 
reputation  which  bursteth  as  a  bubble.  I  regret  to  say  that 
what  I  have  narrated  of  the  gentlemen  composing  the  Club 
was  but  another  instance  of  an  ordinary  but  not  uncomely  fe- 
male, attempting  to  seduce  the  world  into  the  belief  in  her 
possibly  extravagant  beauty  by  thickening  the  gossamer  en- 
velope over  her  countenance — another  instance  of  mysterious 
seeming  over  very  ordinary  and  approachable  facts.  The 
movement  was  entirely  strategic,  but  it  was  some  little  time 
before  it  became  evident  to  my  dullness  that  all  "  things  are 
not  what  they  seem."  While  I  found  then  something  different 
from  what  first  appeared,  and  found  what  was  substantially 
quite  as  worthy  and  delectable,  there  was  existent  the  natu- 
ral disappointment  that  follows  a  delusion  of  the  senses  and 
a  half-regret  that  the  truth  was  not  what  to  prolonged  experi- 
ence would  probably  prove  intolerable.  It  is  one  of  the 
weaknesses  of  our  human  nature  that  it  likes  wonderfully  to 
be  infallible  and  to  seem  to  be  endowed  with  impossible  capabili- 
ties that  appertain  to  a  higher  nature.  Even  were  a  positive 
disadvantage  to  follow  our  perverse  primal  impressions,  so 
they  are  true,  we  would  rather  endure  the  penalty  of  positive 
misfortune  than  possible  derision.  It  seems  to  be  the  worst 
thing  in  the  world  to  be  laughed  at ;  and  whether  any  one  is 
looking  or  not,  when  we  slip  on  the  ice,  it  takes  a  terrible 
amount  of  blushing  and  confusion  of  countenance  to  be  expe- 
rienced before  we  get  again  our  natural  composure.  Even  if 
no  one  saw  us,  perchance  we  shall  confess  it  in  our  dreams, 
and  theu — the  immeasurable  shame!  Philip. 


Of  George  Sand,  (Madame  Dudevant,)  queen  now  iu  French 
literature,  a  young  and  enthusiastic  ad.nirer,  also  French,  as 
the  style  too  truly  betrays,  thus  descriptively  writes  :  "  This 
is  truly  she  in  the  miraculous  portrait  of  Calamata,  who  re- 
presents her  in  the  costume  of  a  man,  the  clothes  loose  and 
too  large,  and  a  cravat  negligently  tied,  superb  then  with 
youth  and  heroism.  That  little  head  that  the  waved  hair 
caresses  in  large  masses,  the  oval  face,  the  forehead  more 
developed,  and  apparently  higher  in  the  middle  than  towards 
the  temples,  the  brown  eye,  a  little  rapproche  at  the  foot  of 
the  nose,  swimming,  almond-cut,  and  a  protruding  pupil,  a  look 
glistening  with  a  melange  of  bonhomie  and  malice,  the  aqui- 
line nose  with  the  delicate  nostrils  raised,  flexible  and  mock- 
ing, an  extremely  small  ear,  shell-shaped,  the  generous  mouth, 
with  lips  of  a  deep  red,  full  aud  finely  chiseled,  surmounted 
with  a  shadow  of  down,  the  teeth  very  white,  narrow,  a  little 
long  and  protruding,  the  chin  somewhat  plump,  but  where  one 
feels  a  resolute  bone,  the  neck  majestic,  the  bust  ample,  rich, 
and  well  modeled,  the  very  tiny  hands,  gilded  by  the  kiss  of 
the  sun — express  magnificently  the  love  of  visible  splendors, 
the  enthusiasm  for  created  things,  the  proud  appetite  for  all 
noble  joys.  Who  had  said,  before  this  rosy  and  flaming 
aurora  of  her  infant  genius,  that  she  would  write  in  reply  to 
M.  Feuillet  abstract  romances,  directed  against  the  sacrament 
of  penitence,  and  peopled  with  eossauier-like  characters  with 
nothing  of  life  in  them  V 

Mr.  Froudc,  the  historian,  is  spoken  of  in  connection  with 
the  chair  of  modern  history  at  Oxford  which  Mr.  Goldwin 
Smith  has  resigned. 


(For  the  CaliforDian.) 

VESPERS. 

rj^HE  poppies  nod  their  elecpy  brows, 

And  reel  adown  the  opiate  air; 
The  sombre  lilies  slowly  rouse, 
And  fold  transparent  hands  in  prayer. 

The  climbing  roses  whisper  soft 

Sweet  messages ;  the  four-o'clocks 
Are  drowsy  now — but  far  aloft 

I  see  the  watchmen-hollyhocks. 

The  Moslem-lilacs  seem  to  call 

On  "  Ailah"  through  the  red  sunset; 
They  rise  upon  the  turret-wall 

Of  every  leafy  minaret. 

The  passionate  tulips  at  'his  hour 

Forget  their  pride.  With  good  intent 
The  haughty  dahlias  yield  their  dower — 

The  dusky  peony  queens  relent 

A  thousand  lights  are  sivung  iu  view 

From  heaven's  dome.    I  leave  the  fair 
Meek  violets  kneeling  in  the  dew: 

It  is  the  evening  hour  of  prayer. 

Chahles  Warren  Stoddjrd. 


LITERARY  NOTES. 

WE  get  the  following  paragraphs  from  our  Eastern 
exchauges,  received  by  last  steamer  : 
Mr.  George  Lillie  Craik,  professor  of  history  and  English 
literature  in  Queen's  College,  Belfast,  died  on  the  25th  of 
June.  He  was  born  in  Fife  in  1799,  and  was  the  son  of  a 
schoolmaster.  In  1824  he  came  to  London  and  got  employ- 
ment under  Mr.  Charles  Knight  and  the  Society  for  the  Diffu- 
sion of  Useful  Knowledge.  At  the  suggestion  of  Lord 
Brougham  he  wrote  the  Pursuit  of  Knowledge  Under  Diffi- 
culties. Under  Mr.  Knight's  direction  he  wrote  the  Pictorial 
History  of  England.  He  was  appointed  professor  at  Belfast  in 
1849,  and  has  since  been  more  generally  known  by  his  History 
of  the  English  Language  and  Literature,  which  was  repub- 
lished iu  this  couutry.  He  was  also  the  author  of  Tlie  En- 
glish of  Shakspeare,  The  Romances  of  the  Peerage,  and 
several  minor  works. 

Mr.  Dickens'  Our  Mutual  Friend  has  been  dramatized  by 
Mr.  Henry  Faruie,  and  is  being  performed  at  the  Saddler's 
Wells  Theatre  as  The  Golden  Dustman.  It  enjoyed  the 
honor  here,  if  it  be  one,  some  two  or  three  months  since. 
Not  to  fall  into  the  hands  of  a  mere  playwright,  Mr.  Wilkie 
Collins  is  dramatizing  his  Armadale,  which,  we  believe,  is  the 
first  time  that  he  has  ever  turned  his  stories  into  plays.  In 
the  meantime,  Mrs.  Henry  Wood,  whose  East  Lynne  has  been 
brought  out  at  one  of  the  minor  London  theatres,  has  been 
tryirg  to  right  herself  in  the  matter  through  the  friendly  of- 
fices of  Lord  Lyttleton,  in  Parliament,  but  without  effect.  As 
the  Euglish  law  of  copyright  now  stands,  there  is  no  remedy 
for  au  author  whose  works  are  brought  out  upon  the  stage 
against  his  or  her  will. 

A  writer  in  Notes  and  Queries  gossips  in  this  fashion  con- 
cerning some  of  our  old  childish  lore  :  "  Our  popular  nursery 
tales  are  very  ancient,  and  it  is  probable  that  many  of  them 
are  of  Teutonic  origin.  The  English  stories  of  Tom  Thumb, 
Tom  a  lyn,  Tumlane,  Tommel finger,  etc.,  all  refer  to  the 
same  mystic  personage,  who  is  of  Scandinavian  descent,  and 
figures  in  as  many  different  characters  in  the  legends  of  the 
North.  The  adveutures  of  '  Jack  the  Giant  Killer  '  may  be 
traced  in  the  fictions  of  the  Edda.  At  one  time  he  is  Thor  ; 
at  another,  he  robes  himself  in  the  coat  which  renders  him  in- 
visible, and  which  is  the  cloud-cloak  belonging  to  King  Al- 
berich,  and  the  other  dwarfs  of  Teutonic  romance  ;  and  at 
another,  he  wears  the  shoes  of  swiftness,  in  which  Loke  es- 
caped from  Valhalla." 

Mr.  Dion  L.  Boucicault  has  made  a  great  success  in  Paris 
with  Jean  la  Posle,  his  translation  of  A rrah-na-Pogue,  which 
is  now  runniug  at  the  Gaite  ;  the  critics  agreeing  that  no 
French  dramatists  could  have  succeeded  nearly  so  well  in 
placing  such  entertaining  scenes  of  Irish  life  on  the  French 
stage.  The  most  popular  part  of  the  play  is  the  dance  at  the 
wedding,  with  which,  by  the  way,  Mr.  Boucicault  himself  has 
but  little  to  do  in  his  dramatic  capacity. 

Mr.  Henry  Kingsley  commences  a  new  novel  in  the  July 
number  of  Macmillan's  Magazine.  The  title  is  Silcole  of 
Silcotes. 

Miss  Thackeray,  the  author  of  TJie  Story  of  Elizabeth, 
commences  a  uew  tale,  The  Village  on  the  Cliff,  in  the  July 
number  of  the  Cornhill  Magazine. 

Mr.  John  Ruskin  has  been  invited  to  stand  for  the  chair  of 
poetry  at  Oxford,  which  is  soon  to  be  vacant  by  the  expiration 
of  Mr.  Matthew  Arnold's  terra  of  office. 

Mr.  Thomas  Woolner  has  recently  finished  a  bust  of  the 
late  Richard  Cobden,  which  is  to  be  placed  in  Westminster 
Abbey. 

Mr.  Emerson  is  revising  his  late  course  of  lectures  for 
speedy  publication. 


10 


THE  CALIFORNIA!* 


|  August  1 8th 


DISTANCES  FROM  SAN  FRANCISCO 

To  various  points  : 

To  Fort  Point,  4  miles,  by  omnibus,  four  trips  a  day. 

Lone  Mountain,  3,  street  railway. 

Seal  Rock,  0,  cars  aud  omnibus,  two  trips  a  day. 

Mission  Dolores,  street  railways ;  Ocean  House  8. 

Sau  Mateo,  20,  railroad. 

Crystal  Springs,  23,  railroad  and  stage 

Half-Moon  Bay, 29,     do.  do. 

Redwood  city,  30,  do. 

Mountain  View,  38,  do. 

Santa  Clara,  47,  do. 

San  Jose  ,50,  do. ,  or  st  eamer  and  stage ,  54. 

Alviso,  46,  steamer,  daily. 

Almaden  mines,  67,  steamer  and  stage  ;  or  by  rail- 
road aud  stage,  64. 
Santa  Cruz,  78,  railroad  and  stage. 
Oakland,  8,  steamer  and  railroad,  six  trips  a  day. 
Alameda,  11 ,  steamer,  three  trips  a  day. 
San  Leandro,  15,  steamer  and  railroad. 
Mission  San  Jose,  34,  steamer,  railroad  and  stage. 
Warm  Springs,  37,  do.  do. 

Benicia,  30,  steamer  leaves  at  4  P.  M.  daily. 
Sacramento,  117,  do.  do. 
Stockton,  117,      do.  do. 
Martinez,  33,  do. 
Pacheco,  38,  steamer  and  stage. 
Diablo  Coal  Mines,  41,  steamer  and  stage. 
Btlisnn,  50,  Bteamcr,  or  54  by  steamer  and  stage 
Vallejo,  28 ;  Mare  Island,  37  ;  Napa  city,  50 
White  Sulphur  Springs,  67,  stage  from  Napa. 
Geyser  Springs,  1 18,  do.  do. 

Sonoma,  52,  steamer,  tri  weekly. 
Petaluma,  48,  Bteamcr,  daily. 
Healdsburg,  80,  stage  daily  from  Petaluma 
San  Quentm,  12,  steamer  ;  Farallone  Islands,  20. 


JgROOKLYN  HOTEL, 

1852.   SAN    FRANCISCO.  1866. 


The  Proprietor  of  the  above-named  Hotel  wishes 
to  inrorro  his  patrons  and  the  Travelling  Public  that  he 
hasopeDcd  that  elegant  Brick  Fireproof  Hotel,  situated 
on  the 

S.  E.  Corner  of  Pine  and  Sansome  streets, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

It  was  built  expressly  for  a  Hotel,  with  all  the  moder» 
conveniences  attached  to  it. 

Gas  and  water  are  supplied  throughout  the  House. 
Rooms  are  well  ventilated,  and  the  Public  will  fiudi 
Hotel  all  the  comforts  of  a  home.    The  Hotel  is  spacious, 
and  well  adapted  for  the  use  of  Families.   Suits  of  Rooms 
can  be  bad  on  reasonable  terms. 

LA.RGE  READING  ROOM 

Attached  to  the  Hotel, 
Containing  500  Volumes  of  Standard  Works, 
Which  is  entirely  for  the  use  of  patrons. 

THE  CITY  COACH,  with  the  name  of  the  Hotel  on  it, 
will  be  in  readiness  at  the  Wharf,  ou  the  arrival  of  each 
steamer,  to  convey  passengers  and  baggage  to  the  Uo'el, 
free  of  charge.  JO  N  KELLY,  Jr., 

my6  3m  Proprietor. 


rpHE  ONLY  LIVING  ASTROLOGER, 
FROF.  COHEN, 
530  California  street,  San  Francisco, 

THROUGH  HIS  NATURAL  GIl-T.can  give  cornel  inhu- 
mation on  the  Past,  Present  and  Future,  on  any  subject 
t'nat  may  be  required  so  as  to  avoid  trouble.  As  evideneo 
of  his  reputation,  he  has  received  over  16,000  consultations 
during  his  residence  of  six  years  in  Sun  Francisco  1  Con- 
sultation fee,  $2.  By  letter,  $3.  Letter  box,  104.  It  is 
not  necessary  to  give  the  age.  Office,  530  California 
street.    Hours  Irom  8  a.  m.  to  It  P.  M.  jc!5  3ul 


piSCO  ! 

G.  &  F.  BfARTELL'S  COGNAC  ; 

JAMES  HENNESSY'S  Cognac  ; 
STEAMBOAT  GIN  j 
OLD  TOM  GIN  ; 

IRISH  WHISKY, 

from  Bond  direct. 
Frr  sale  by  V.  SQARZA, 

my28  Lied  street,  Francisco. 


CALIFORNIA  BRASS  FOUNDRY, 

No.  125  First  street,  opposite  Minna, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

All  kinds  of  Brass, 
Composition,  Zinc, 
and  Babbitt  Mcta 
Castings,  furnished 

  at  the  s)u>rtcsl  notice. 

t&=~  Brass  Ship-Work  o 
~v..^  ail  kinds,  Spikes, 

Sheathing  Nails,  Rudder  Braces.  Hinges,  etc. ,  constantly 
on  hand  and  made  to  order.  Also,  manufacture  Stup  and 
Steamboat  Bolls  and  Gongs  or  superior  tone. 

All  kinds  of  Steam,  Liquor,  Water,  Oil,  and  Flange 
Cocks  and  Valves  made  and  repaired. 

Hydraulic  Pipes  and  Nozzles-,  and  Hose  Couplings  and 
Connections  of  all  sizes  and  patterns,  furnished  with  dis- 
patch.   I' RICES  MODERATE. 

JOHN  P.  GALLAGHER, 
JOSEPH  H.  WEED. 

jelO  3m 


jyjONEY  TO  LOAN! 

MONEY  TO  LOAN 


On  City  Real  Estate,  Dwellings,  Factories,  Shipping  and 
Merchandise,  for  such  time  as  may  be  agreed  (or.  De- 
posits received  in  small  or  large  sums,  at  intorect,  by  the 
CALIFORNIA  BUILDING,  LOAN  AND  SAV 
INGS  BANK, 

63  California  street,  (one  door  from  Sansome'slrect. ) 

my  THOMAS  MOONEY,  Pr  sidcnl 

STOCKDaLE  HOUSE, 
Corner  Main  aud  Oak  streets,  Petaluma. 
mar24»m  H  STOCKDALE  .Proprietor 


^LLEN'S 

LUNG 


BALSAM  ! 


A  CERTAIN  CURE  FOR 
COUGHS,  COLDS,  INFLUENZA,  NIGHT 
SWEATS,  BRONCHITIS,  SPITTING 
OF  BLOOD,  ASTHMA,  WHOOPING 
COUGH, 

C  ONS  UMP  TIO  N, 
And  all  Diseases  of  the 

CHEST   AND  LUNGS 


This  celebrated  Cough  Remedy  effects  a  speedy 
cure  by  producing  a  free  and  easy  expectoration, 
heals  abscesses  of  the  lungs,  prevents  unhealthy  se- 
cretion of  the  bronchial  tubes,  and  removes  from 
them  those  accumulations  of  morbid  matter  which 
cause  oppression  of  the  breast,  difficulty  of  breath- 
ing, etc  ,  soothes  irritation  of  the  respiratory  organs 
which  produces  cough 

PKICE  ONE  DOLLAR  PER  BOTTLE. 

Sold  by  all  Druggists. 

HOSTETTJER,  SMITH  i.  DEAN,  AgenU, 
401  Battery  corner  of  Clay, 

ap27-3m  San  Francisco. 


£)R.  HUMPHREYS' 

Homoeopathic  Specifics 

Have  proved,  from  the  most  ample  experience,  an 
entire  success — simple,  prompt ,' efficient  and  reliable 
They.are  the  only  Medicines  perfectly  adapted  to 
popular  use — sc  simple  that  mistakes  cannot  be  made 
in  using  them  .  so  harmless  as  to  be  free  from  dan- 
ger, and  so  efficient  as  to  be  always  reliable.  They 
have  received  the  highest  commendation  from  all, 
and  will  always  render  satisfaction. 

No.  1  cures  Fevers,  Congestion,  lnflammations.0  25 

"  2  cures  Worms, Worm  Fever,  Worm  Colic,  25 

"  3  cures  Crying  Colic,  or  Teething  of  iu- 

"  4  cures  Diarrhoea  of  children  or  adults...  25 

fants   25 

"  5  cures  Dysentery,  Griping,  Bilious  Colic,  25 

"  6  cures  Ciwlera  Morbus,  Nausea, Vomiting,  25 

"     7  cures  Coughs,  Colds,  Bronchitis   25 

"  8  cures  Neuralgia,  Toothache,  Kaceache.  25 

'•  9  cures /Vcnrfnfflfs.sick-Headaclie, Vertigo,  25 

"    10  cities  Dyspepsia,  Billions  Stomach   25 

"  11  cures  Huppreiwl,  or  Painful  Periods..  25 

"  13  cures  Croup,  Cough,  difficult  Breathing,  25 

"  14  cures  Salt  Rheum,  Erysipelas  Eruptions,  25 

"  15  cures  Rheumatism ,  Rueumutic  Pains  ■ . .  25 

•'  \6euresFeverand  Ague, Chill  Fever,  Agues  50 

"    17  cures  Pill,  blind  or  bleeding   50 

"  18cures  Opthalmia, undSorvor  Weak  Eyes,  50 

"  19  cures  Catarrh, acute  orchronic,  Influenza  50 

"  20  cures  WhoopingCough,  violent  coughs.  50 

"    21  cures  Asthma,  oppressed  Breathing   50 

"  22  cureB  Ear  Discharges,  impaired  Hearing  50 
"  23  cures  Scrofula,  Enlarged  Glands,  Swell- 
ings   50 

"  24  cures  General  Debility,  Physical  Weak- 

ness   50 

"    25  cures  Dropsy,  and  scanty  Secretions   50 

"  26cures  Sea  Sickness, suknessfrom  Hiding,  50 

"    27  cures  Kidney  Disease,  Gravel   50 

"    29  cures  Sore  Mouth,  Canker   50 

"  31  cures  Painful  Periods. even  with  Spasms  50 

"    32  cures  Sujcrings  at  change  pf  life  $1.00 

•'  33  cures  Epilepsy,  Spasms, St  Vitus'  Dance.  1.00 

"  34  cures  Diphtlieria,  Ulcerated  Sore  Throat,  50 

FAMILY  CASES. 

35  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book  $10  00 

28  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book   8  00 

20  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book   6  00 

These  Remedies,  by  the  case  or  single  box,  are 
sent  to  any  part  of  the  country,  by  Mail  or  Express, 
on  receipt  of  the  price. 

HOSTETTER,  SMITH  &  DEAN, 
401  and  403  Battery  street,  corner  of  Clay, 
ap27-3m  San  Francisco. 


BEAUTIFUL  COMPLEXION  ! 


Secret  of  Beauty ! 

USE  GEO.  W.  LAIRD  S 

BLOOM  OF  YOUTH, 

See  that  the  name, 


GEO.   W.  LAIRD, 
is  stamped 

ON    THE  BOTTLE. 

No  other  is  Genuine. 


LIQUID  PEARL! 
The  best  article  in  the 
world  for  Preserving 

and  Beautifying 
the  Complexion  and 
Skin. 

This  magnificent  Toilet  Article  is  prepared  only 
by  GEO.  W.  LAIRD,  74  Fulton  street,  New  York, 
formerly  483  Broadway. 
Sold  by  Druggists  everywhere. 

HOST  mi*    i  Ml  H  J  P  N, 
401  and  403  Battery  street,  corner  of  Clav 
ap27-3m  bau  Franciifo 


IN  THE    DISTRICT     COURT  OF  THE 
Fifteenth  Judicial  District  uf  thcStatcof  California,  in 
and  for  the  City  and  County  of  Sau  Francisco. 
MARY  SMITH,  P  aintiff,  rs.  WILLIAM  SMITH,  Defendant. 

Action  brought  iu  the  District  Court  of  tlie  Fifteenth  Judi- 
cial District  of  the  Slate  of  California,  in  aud  for  the  City 
and  County  of  S;m  Francisco,  and  the  complaiut  filed  in 
said  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  iu  the  otlice  of 
the  Clerk  of  said  District  Court. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  send  greeting 
to  WILLIAM  SMITH,  Defendant  :  You  are  hereby  re- 
quired lo  appear  in  on  action  brought  against  you  by  the 
above-named  Plaintiff  in  the  District  Court  of  the  Fifteenth 
Judicial  District  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  aud  to  answer  the  com- 
plaint  filed  therein,  within  Ten  Days,  (exclusive  of  the  day 
of  service,)  after  the  Service  ou  you  of  this  Summons 
— if  served  within  this  County  ;  or,  if  served  out  of  this 
Couuty,  but  in  this  District,  withiu  Twenty  Days  ;  other* 
wise,  within  Forty  Days — or  judgment  by  default  will  be 
taken  agaiust  you,  according  to  the  prayer  of  said  Com- 
plaint. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  decree  of  this 
Court,  dissolving  the  Bonds  of  Matrimony  existing  be- 
tween Plaiulilf  aud  Defendant,  ami  that  one  half  of  the 
Defendant's  properly,  if  he  have  any,  be  awarded  lo 
Plaiulilf,  and  for  general  relief. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  If  you  fail  lo  appear 
and  answer  the  said  romplaiul,  as  above  required,  the  said 
plaintiff  will  apply  lu  the  Court  for  the  relief  therein  de- 
manded. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  Seal  of  the  District  Court  of  the 
Fifteenth  Judicial  District  ol  the  Slate  of  California .  in 
and  for  the  City  and  County  of  Sau  Francisco,  this  27ih 
day  of  June  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eighi 
hundred  and  sixty-six. 

Seal.   Int.  Rev.  Stamp,  1  WM.  LOEWY, 

60  cts.,  cancelled.      /  Clerk, 

By  G.  C.  I.Blcnsu,  Deputy  Clerk. 
A.  Williams,  Plaintiff's  Attorney,  t 

535'Cloy  street.  J*  Je30  3m 


NOTICE  IS  HEREBY  GIVEN,  that  in  pursuance  of 
the  order  of  the  Probate  Court  of  the  city  aud  county 
of  San  Francisco,  in  the  Stale  of  California,  made  on  tlie 
26lll  dny  of  July,  1866.  iu  the  matter  of  the  estate  of 
Andrew  Robesou,  deceased,  the  undersigned,  adminis- 
trator with  tlie  will  annexed  of  said  deceased,  will  sell  at 
private  sale  lo  the  highest  bidder  for  cash  in  United 
States  gold  coin,  in  two  parcels,  subject  to  confirmation 
by  said  Prub.ilc  Court,  on  or  alter  Tuesday,  Hie  lllh  day 
of  September,  1866,  at  twelve  o'clock  noun  of  that  day, 
at  the  counting  room  of  Aldrtch  Merrill.  Not,  204  aud 
2C6  California  street,  in  said  city  aud  county,  all  the 
right,  title  and  Interest  of  said  Andrew  Robeson, deceased, 
at  the  time  of  his  death,  and  ail  the  right,  lille  and  in- 
terest that  the  said  estate  has,  by  operation  of  law  or 
otherwise  acquired,  ottier  than  or  in  addition  i"  that  of 
said  deceased  at  the  lime  of  his  death,  in  and  to  all  those 
certain  two  lots  of  land  situate  !  in  said  rtly  and  county 
aud  described  as  follows,  viz  :  1st.  Commencing  at  a 
poiut  on  the  west  side  of  Mason  street,  77 1  2  tcet  northerly 
from  the  northwest  corner  of  Mason  and  Ellis  streets  ; 
thence  running  northerly  along  said  side  of  Mason  street 
60  feet  ;  Ihence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  77  1  2  feet ;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  southerly  60  feet  ;  and  thence  at  a  right 
angle  easterly  77  12  feel  to  the  point  of  beginning.  2  1. 
Jommenciog  al  a  point  on  the  north  hue  of  Eilis  street, 
117  1  2  feet  westerly  from  the  northwest  corner  or  Mason 
and  Ellis  streets  ;  ruuniug  Iheuce  westerly  along  Ellis 
street  20  feet  ;  thence  at  a  right  angle  uorlherly  60  feel  ; 
thenee  at  a  right  angle  easterly  20  leet  ;  and  Iheuce  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  60  feet  to  iho  place  of  beginning. 
And  said  administrator  will  receive  nfiers  or  bids  for  said 
properly  from  this  dale  till  said  lltli  day  uf  September, 
1866.  at  12  o'clock  noon,  at  said  counting  room  of  Aldrich 
k  Merrill,  Nos.  204  and  206  California  street,  in  said  City 
and  county.  EDWARD  F.  SIONE, 

Administrator  with  the  will  annexed  of  Andrew  Robeson, 
deceased. 

San  Francisco,  August  11th.  1866.  null  Id 


NOTICE  IS  HEREBY  GIVEN,  that,  iu  pursuance  of 
au  order  of  the  Probate  Court  ol  the  City  and  )  oun- 
ty  of  San  Francisco  made  on  the  2d  day  of  April,  1866.  in 
the  matter  of  the  Estates  of  Herman  R  Haste  aiol  Julia 
Haste,  minors,  the  undersigned,  Guardian  of  said  miuors, 
will  sell  at  private  sale  to  the  highest  bidder,  lor  cash, 
payable  in  United  Slates  gold  com,  aud  subject  to  confir- 
mation by  said  Probate  Court,  on  or  after  Saturday,  the 
18th  day  ol  August, 1866.  at  twelve  o'clock,  noon,  of  that 
day,  at  the  oflice  of  D.  P.  Birstow,  Esq  .  No  6  Montgom- 
ery Block,  in  the  City  aud  County  ol  S  in  I  lancisco.  all  I  he 
right,  title  and  interest  of  said  minors,  Herman  It  Haste 
and  Ju  la  Haslc,  of,  in  and  to  all  the  one  undivided  one- 
half  part  of  all  that  certain  lot  ef  laud  situated  iu  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco ,  and  described  as  follows, 
viz  :  Commencing  al  a  point  en  the  northerly  hue  of  Mer- 
chant street,  23  feel  easterly  frr-ni  the  north  east  corner 
of  Merchant  street  and  Dunbar's  Alley  ;  llien'-o  running 
eastirly  along  said  line  of  Merchant  street  '.'0  tcet  2  1  2 
inches  ;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  68  feel  ami  9 
inches;  Ihence  at  a  right  angle  wcst-ily  20  feel  2  12 
inches,  and  (hence  at  a  i  iglil  angle  southerly  68  reel  and 
9  incnes  to  the  point  of  beginning. 

Olfers  or  bids  for  said  property  will  be  received  ai  the 
office  of  D.  P  Barslow,  Esq. ,  No.  6  Montgomery  Block , 
from  this  date  till  Saturday,  Ibe  18th  day  of  August,  at 
twelve  o'clock,  noon,  by  iho  undersigi.ed , 

CHRISTIAN  KIRK, 
Guardian  of  Herman  R.  Hast"  ami  Ju.ia  Haste,  in'nors. 
<J>28  Id) 


IN  THE  PROBATE  COURT  of  the  city  and  county  of 
S.in  Francisco,  Slate  of  California. 
In  the  mailer  of  ihc  estate  or  GEORGE  D.  HANSEN, 
deceased. 

Order  to  show  cause  why  order  of  distribution  should 
not  he  made. 

Ou  reading  and  tiling  the  petition  of  CHRISTIAN  KIRK, 
the  Executor  of  iho  estate  of  GEORGE  I).  HANSEN, 
deceased,  setting  forth  that  he  has  Wed  his  final  account 
of  bis  administration  of  the  estate  u|  -aid  deceased,  in 
this  Court,  and  that  Ihe  same  has  been  duly  settled  and 
allowed  ;  that  all  the  debts  and  expei is  s  of  adnnniHra- 
tiou  have  been  duly  paid  ;  and  that  a  i  ortton  of  said  es- 
tate remains  to  bo  distributed  lo  the  heir  and  devisee  of 
said  deceased,  and  praying  among  other  things  tor  an  or- 
der of  distribution  of  the  residue  of  said  estate  among  the 
persons  entitled  : 

It  is  orpf.rkp,  That  all  persons  interested  in  the  estate  of 
the  said  George  D.  Hansen,  deceased,  be  and  uppear  bo- 
fore  the  Probato  Court  of  the  city  and  i**juy  or  San  Fran- 
cisco, at  the  court-room  of  said  Corn,  iu  ihe  City  Hall  in 
said  city  and  county,  on  Wednesday,  the  (Uili  day  of  Sep- 
tembcr,  A.  D.  1866,  at  eleven  o'clic;  A  M.,  then  and 
Ihere  to  show  cause  why  an  order  of  distribution  should 
not  bo  made  of  the  residue  of  said  estate  lo  the  heir  ana 
devisee  of  the  said  Geoigo  D.  Hansen,  deceased,  ac- 
cording to  law: 

/(  is  further  ordered.  That  a  copy  of  this  order  be  pub- 
lished lor  four  successive  weeks,  before  the  said  6th 
day  of  September,  A  D  1866,  in  Tire  Caufobmax,  a  news 
paper  printed  and  published  in  ihe  said  city  and  county. 

M.  C.  BLAKE.  Probato  Judge. 

Dated,  San  Francisco,  August  3d,  1866.  4w 


PROBATE  COURT  of  the  city  and  county  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, State  of  California. 
In  the  matter  of  the  Estates  of  David  Whipple  and  Wil- 
liam Whipple,  minors  . 

It  appearing  to  this  court  from  the  petition  this  day 
presented  and  filed  by  Robert  L  Harris,  the  guardian  of 
the  estates  of  David  Whipple  and  William  Whipple,  minors, 
praying  for  an  order  of  sale  of  the  real  estate  belonging 
to  his  said  wards,  that  it  would  be  beneficial  to  the  said 
wards  that  such  real  estate  should  be  sold  al  private  sale. 

It  is  hereby  ordered  that  the  next  of  kinol  said  wards, 
and  all  persons  interested  in  said  estutc,  appear  beforo 
this  court  at  the  court  room  thereof,  at  Ihe  court  house,  in 
the  city  and  county  of  San  Francisco, on  Monday  IhelOih 
day  of  September,  1866,  al  eleven  o'clock  a.  u.  .  then  ami 
there  to  show  cause  why  au  order  should  not  be  granled 
forthesaloof  such  estate. 

And  it  is  further  ordered  that  a  copy  ot  this  order  bo 
pnblishcd  al  least  three  successive  weeks  before  said  hear- 
ing of  said  petition  iuTui:CALiFoBMAX,a  newspaper  printed 
an<l  published  in  said  cily  and  county. 
Dated  August  10th,  A.  D  ,  1866.        M.  C.  BLAKE, 
aull  4i  Probate  Judge. 


AMERICAN  HOTEL, 
Main  street.      .       -  •  Petaluma, 

marS4  6m   EMERSON  li  LAMBERTON,  Proprietors. 


pACIFIC   MAIL   STEAMSHIP  CO.'S 

Through  Line  to  New  York. 

CARRYING  THE  U.  S.  MAIL  I 

Leave  Fulsom  slrcot  Wharf  at  11  o'clock  a.  a  of  the 
following  dates,  for  PANAMA,  connecting  ria  Panama 
Railroad,  with  one  of  the  Company's  splCDdid  steamers 
from  ASPIN WALL  for  NEW  YORK. 

On  the  16ih,  18tb,  rnd  30lh  oftach  month  that  has  80 
days. 

On  the  10th,  19th,  and  30th  of  each  month  that  has  31 

days. 

When  the  10th,  19th  and  30th  fall  on  Sunday,  Ihey  will 
leave  on  Saturday  preceding  ;  when  Ihe  18lh  falls  on  Sun- 
day, they  w  ill  leave  on  MoDday  followiug. 

Steamer  leaving  San  Francisco  on  the  10th  tenches  at 
Maiizanilln.    All  touch  al  Acapulco. 

Departure  of  19th  connects  with  French  Transatlantic 
company's  steamer  for  St.  Nazaire,  and  English  steamer 
for  Soulh  America. 

Departure  of  loth  connects  with  English  steamer  for 
Southampton,  aud  P.  R-  R,  Co.'s  steamer  for  Central 
America. 

Departure  of  30th  connects  with  English  steamer  for 

Tumaco,  the  port  of  the  new  mines. 

• 

STEAMERS  FOR  AUGUST  : 
The  following  steamships  will  b«  despatched  from  San 

Francisco  ou  the  date  given  : 

AUGUST  18tu,  ....  SACRAMENTO, 

Captain  J.  M.  Cavarly, 
(Connecting  with  the  HE.\RY  ClIAlWCEr,  Capt.  Gray. 
AUGUST  30th,  ....     GOLDEN  AGE, 

Cai.tain  E.S.  Farnsworlb, 
(Connecting  with  the  NEW  YORK,  Captain  Bradbury.) 

An  experienced  Surgeon  on  board.  Medicine  and  attend- 
ance free.  , 

Cabin  Passengers  will  be  berthed  through.  Baggage 
checked  through — ino  pounds  allowed  each  adult. 

For  Merchandise  Freight  apply  to  Messrs.  Wells,  Fargo 
*  Co. 

The  steamer  will  positively  leave  at  11  o'clock.  Pas- 
sengers are  requested  to  have  their  baggage  ou  board  be- 
fore 10  o'clock 

*j3_Tho  splcndVl  steamship  COLORADO  will  be  de- 
spatched for  CHINA  in  TI  E-DAY,  JANUARY  1,  1867. 

For  Passage  and  nil  other  infonnaliou.  app'y  ul  ntcluo 
Mail  Steamship  company's  office,  uurBCr  of  Sacramento  and 
Leideadorff  streets. 

OLIVER  ELDRIDGM.  Agent. 


QAAND  OPENING 

OF  THB 

Circassian  Saloon, 

Corner  of  Dupont  snd  Pacific  streets, 

(Formerly  "Diana Saloon/') 
ON  SATURDAY,  AUGUST  11,  1866. 

NOVEL  ENTERTAINMENT^ —  Magic  and  Gymnastic 
Feats,  free  of  charge. 

*3_Thc  best  of  W1NEE,  LIQUORS,  LUNCH,  and 
CIGARS  always  on  hand. 

N  B    Fine  Vocal  Music,  Polite  Waiters,  etc. 

aull  lm 


QREAT  TRIUMPH !  I 

STEINWAY  &  SONS 


Were  awarded  the  FIRST  PRIZE  MEDAL  at  the  lati 

INTERNATIONAL  EXHIBITION  AT  LONDON,  oyer  the 

two  hundred  and  sixty -nine  Pianos  entered  for  compeitlioi 

from  all  parts  of  the  world. 
The  Special  Correspondent  of  the  New  York  JVm«  rays 
o  Messrs.  Sleinway     Sous'  indorsement  by  the  Juror 

Is  emphatic,  and  stronger  and  more  to  the  point  than  tl 

of  any  European  maker." 
A  constant  supply  of  the  above  superior  Instruments  ct 

be  found  at  the  Agent's, 

M.  GRAY,  618  Clay  street. 

PIANO  TUNING  done  by  a  first-class  Workman,  froi 
Stein w  ay  &  Son's  Factory ,  New  York.  my2» 


CALIFORNIA 

Steam  Navigation  Company 


STEAMER  CAPITAL  CAPT.  E.  A.  POOLE 

CHRYSOPOLIS.CAPT.  A.  FOSTER. 

"       YOSEMITE   I 

"       COIiXELlA  CA1T  W.  BROMLEY. 

"      JULIA  CAPT  E  CON CKLIH. 

One  of  the  above  steamers  leave  BROADWAY  WHARF, 
at  4  o'elock  P.M.,  EVERY  DA  Y,  (Sundays  excepted,)  M  I 
Sacramento  and  one  for  Stockton,  the  Sacramento  ptenmer 
connecting  with  light  draft  steamers  for  Marysvillc,  0t>  I 
lusa,  Cbiro  and  Red  Bluff. 

Si.  ati.slups  fAi'lFir.  ORIZABA.  CM  IFORXIA  .  AC- 
7VK£,and  SENAIOR,  leave  as  advertised,  for  Ponlane, 
Oregon,  New  Westminster,  British  Columbia.  Valeria,  . 
(V.  I.,)  Santa  Barbara,  San  Pedro,  and  San  D lege. 

Offtco  of  the  ^mpauy,  northeast  corner  ot  Front  aaa 
Jackson  streets, 

roar23  B  M .  HARTSHORNE,  President. 


August  18th] 


THE  CALIFORNIA.^. 


QUINCY  HALL, 

545,  517,  549  WASHINGTON  STREET. 


'IS 

11 

I 

iniiiTiMii 


MONTGOMERY  BLOOK 


liilllilll 


QTgNCYHAEI  CIOTmNG  jSMgORIUMj 


THE  LARGEST  CLOTHING  E.MPOKIUM  in  California. 
The  dally  mics  from  the  establishment  is  a  sufficient 
guarantee  that  the  prices  are.  less  than  these  of  any  other 
house  on  ihe  Pacific  coast.  Hero  you  also  And  clothing  of 
the  best  of  California  Clolh,  both  for  Wholesale  and  Retail 
tra-lo.  Also,  particular  attention  paid  to  making  up  fine 
cloth  ing  to  order.  jy21 


VEGETABLE  AMBROSIA 

I      IS  THE  MIRACLE  OF  THE  AGE! 


F 


Gray-headed  People  have  their 
locks  restored  by  it  to  the  dark,  lustrous, 
silken  tresses  of  youth,  and  are  happy! 

Young  People,  with  light,  faded  or  red  Hair, 
have  these  unfashionable  colors  changed  to 
a  beautiful  auburn,  and  rejoice  1 

People  whose  heads  are  covered  with 
Dandruff  and  Humors,  use  it,  and  have  clean 
coats  and  clear  and  healthy  scalps  1 

Bald-Headed  Veterans  have 
their  remaining  locks  tightened,  and  the 
bare  spots  covered  with  a  luxuriant  growth 
of  Hair,  and  dance  for  joy! 

Toung  Gentlemen  use  it  because  it  is 
richly  perfumed ! 

Young  Ladies  use  it  because  it  keeps 
their  Hair  in  place ! 

Everybody  must  and  will  use  it,  because 
it  is  the  cleanest  and  best  article  in  the 
market !  j 

^  For  Sale  by  Druggists  generally. 

For  sale,  wholesale  and  retail,  by 

JOHN1  F.  SNOW, 

Sole  Agent  for  the  Pacific  Coast,  21  Post  stroot, 
jc23  San  Francisco. 


JJREWSTER  &  CO.'S 

Carriage  Manufactory, 

372  Broome  sleet,  New  York. 

We  desire  to  announce  to  our  California  friends  that 
we  have  made  extensive  arrangements  by  increasing 
our  works  for  the  coming  scasoii,  and  with  a  view  to 

SUPPLYING  THE 

WANTS  OP  CALIFORNIA, 
will  manufacture  a  stylo  of  work  particularly  adapted  to 
city  awl  country  use,  and  in  view  of  the  destructive  ef- 
fect* of  city  railroads  on  nil  light  work,  will  givo 

CARRIAGES,  BUGGIES,  PHAETONS,  COUPES, 
and  Vehicles  of  every  description,  of  our  own  manufac- 
ture, od  haud  and  made  to  order. 
Orders  or  communications  should  be  addressed  to 
BREWSTER  &  CO., 

Of  Broome  street, 
The  Arm  of  Brewster  &  Baldwin  not  being  in  any  way 
connected  with 

BREWSTER  &  CO., 
Of  No.  372,  Broome  street, 


URNITURE 

AND 


B  ED  DING.' 


LARGEST  STOCK! 

LATEST  STYLES  I 

The    Best  Workmanship, 

AND 

LOWEST  PRICES! 

AT 

Goodwin    Sf  Co.'s 

FURNITURE  WARE-ROOMS, 
Nos.  508,  510,  518  and  528  Washington-it. 

jal6  SAN  FRANCISCO. 


HEUSTON, 
HASTINGS 
&  CO. 

The    Fashionable  Clothiers 

or 

SAN  FRANCISCO, 

Are  now  engaged  in  enlarging  their  already  ex- 
tensive European  connections,  and  are  offering  the 
LARGEST,  FIIfcST,  AND  MOST  COMPLETE 

STOCK  OF 

CUSTOM-MADE  CLOTHING, 

GENTS'  FURNISHING  GOODS, 

TRUNKS,  BAGS,  VALISES,  ETC., 
ON    THE    PACIFIC  COAST, 

AT 

REDUCED  PRICES. 

je!7-3in 


BOWMAN  &  CO., 
Dealers  in  Stoves  and  Tin  W  are. 
marM  C-n  Mai  street,  Petaluma. 


jyjEAGHER,  TAAFE  &  CO., 

IMPORTERS  ANI>  WHOLESALE  DEALEBS  OF 

DRY  GOODS,  LINENS, 

FURNISHING  GOODS, 

YANKEE  NOTIONS, 

FANCY  GOODS,  ETC. 

AGENTS  FOB  THK 

MOUNT  YERON   DUCK  COMPANY 

NO.  107  BATTERY  STREET,  NEAR  PIWE. 
RETAIL  HOUSE,  -  -  -  NO.  0  MONTGOMERY  STREET, 
jy21  3m  Lick  House. 


jy£R.  AND  MRS.  COGILL 
AND  SONS, 


Teachers  of  Dancing, 


CONGRESS  BALL, 
On  Bushel. ,  adjoinin  Rues  Honse. 


THE  BEST 

i 


FOR  FAMILY  USE. 


To  decipher,  lower  the  top  of  the  paper  to  an  angle 
of  forty-five  degrees ;  theu  close  one  eye,  and 
read  at  your  ease. 


rp  H  E 

Accidental  Insurance  Co , 

OF  NEW  YORK, 
ISSUES  POLICIES  INSURING  AGAINST  INJURIES  OF 
all  kinds,  and  death  resulting  from  accident 

Ih  case  deatn  does  not  result  from  the  injury,  the  in- 
sured receives  a  weekly  compensation  as  long  as  he  is  dis- 
abled (not  to  exoeed  twenty-six  weeks.) 

Pfiliaf.  Fremivm.      IFVe/.-fy  Compmsatinn . 

$1,000  $  5  00  $  5  00 

$•2,0110  $10  00  $10  00 

$5.000  $-25  00  $'25  00 

$10,000  ,$50  00  $50  00 

SEA  VOYAGE  POLICIES, 
Covering  risk  lo  New  York,  cost  $2  per  $1,000. 

t)gu  No  Medical  Examiuation  required. 

Life  Insurance. 

CONNECTICUT  MUTUAL 

LIFE  INSURANCE  CO., 

HARTFORD,  CONN. 
For  Policies,  or  further  information,  apply  to 

A.  D.  SMITH  &  CO.,  Agents, 

Northwest  corner  Montgomery  and  Secrameuto  streets 
au4  3m 


() 


PPOSITION  STEAMER-DAY, 


PEIRCE, 

'furniture  AND 


SCHOOL — MONDAYS  AND  WEDNESDAYS.  Ladies  at 
4  p.  M.  Goutlcioon  and  Ladies  at  7  1-2.  r.  a  Sorices 
every  Friday  Evening .  Ball  to  rest.  aui-3uj 


WEDNESDAY,  AUGUST  15,  1866. 

GREAT  REDUCTION  IN  RATES, 
VIA  NICARAGUA  t 

'THE  CENTRAL  AMERICAN  TRANSIT  COMPANY  will 
despatch  the  favorite  Steamship 

MOSES  TAYLOR, 
On  Wednesday,      -        -         -      August  15, 
From  Mission  street  Wharf,  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M.,  precisely 
Connecting  at  GREYTOWN  with  the  splendid  Steamship 
SANTIAGO  , 
2.500  Tons,  fob  New  Yobk. 
For  Passage  and  Freight,  and  Insurance  on  Treas- 
ure, at  greatly  REDUCED  RATES,  apply  to 

I.  W.  RAYMOND,  Agent, 
Northwest  corner  Battery  and  Pine  streeli. 

Up  stairs.  San  Franciseo. 


D 


YOU 


WANT  ANY 

Printing  ? 

IF  YOU  DO,  GO  TO 

411    CLAY  STREET, 

BETWEEN  SANSOME  AND  BATTERY. 


Bedding  Warerooms. 


Nos.  415,  417,  and  419  California  Street, 

NEAR  MONTGOMERY. 

THIS  STOCK  OF  FURNITURE,  etc.,  was  selected  with 
great  care,  and  special  attention  given  to  the  wants  of 
this  market,  ENTIRELY  AT  THE  EAST.  It  is  NOT 
COMPOSED  OF  REFUSE  GOODS,  ODDS  AND  ENDS  OF 
OTHER  HOUSES  that  have  lately  closed  out  here,  but 
CONSISTS  ENTIRELY  OF  NEW  GOODS,  made  after  the 
latest  patterns  and  in  the  most  durable  manner. 

The  present  Stock  is  fully  TWICE  as  large  as  that,  of  any 
other  house  here.  Parties  having  any  doubts  of  this,  or 
that  the  assortment  is  not  superior  to  any  in  the  city,  can 
easily  satisfy  themselves  by  calling. 

The  stock  of  Case  Goods  is  larger  than  ever  before. 

J.  PEIRCE, 
Ware-rooms  415,  417  and  419  California  street, 

jel6-3m  SAN  FRANCISCO. 


B.  F.  Sterett,  533 
Clay  St.,  a  few  doors 
below  Montgomery, 
continues  to  print  all 
kinds  of  Books,  Bills, 
Circulars,  Cards,  etc. 
in  superior  style,  and 
at  reasonable  prices. 


Printing  of  every  description  done  on 

6hort  notico  and  in  the  best  style,  by 

M.  D.  CARR  &  CO. 

jeSO  3m 


RODGERS  JOHNSON, 


ODD  FELLOWS'  HALL,  329  Montgomery  str»et, 
je30  3m  San  Francisco. 


J^ATHANIEL  GRAY,. 

UNDERTAKER, 
CITY  AND  COUNTY  SEXTON, 
641  Sacramento  street,  Corner  ot  Webb 

lole  agents  for   BARSTOWS   PATENT  METALLIC 
BURIAL  CASES  and  CASKETS. 


jel7  3m 


Edward  Bosqui  &  Co., 

Printers, 

And  Blank  Book  Manufacturers, 
517  CLAY  STREET, 

Between  Montgomery  and  Sansome  Sts., 
San  Francisco. 


YANKEE  NOTIONS 


FANCY  GOODS/ 

MERCHANTS  wanting  Goods  in  this  line  shou'd  not  fall 
to  examine  our  stock,  which  is  new  and  attractive,  before 
buying  elsewhere. 

MEAGHER,  TAAFFE  &  CO., 
jy21-3m  Battery  street,  nea  rPi  ne. 


12 


THE  CALIFORNIA!*. 


(August  18th 


STRANGE  HALLUCINATIONS. 

TULPINS  mentions  a  painter  who  verily  believed  that  all 
the  bones  of  his  body  were  so  soft  and  flexible  that 
they  might  easily  be  crushed  together,  or  folded  one  within 
another,  like  pieces  of  pliable  wax.  A  Lusitanian  doctor  had 
a  patient  who  insisted  that  he  was  perpetually  frozen,  and 
would  sit  before  a  great  fire  even  in  dog-days.  The  doctor 
made  him  a  dress  of  rough  sheepskins,  saturated  with  aqua 
vitae,  and  set  him  on  fire.  He  then  said  he  was  quite  warm, 
rather  too  much  bo,  and  so  was  cured. 

Galen  and  Avicenra  make  mention  of  people  who  have  fan- 
cied themselves  earthen  pots,  and  therefore  have  carefully 
avoided, being  touched  for  fear  they  should  be  broken.  Then 
there  is  the  case  of  the  insane  watchmaker  mentioned  by  Pi- 
nel,  who  insisted  that  he  had  been  guillotined,  and  that  another 
head  had  afterward,  by  mistake,  been  put  on  his  shoulders, 
instead  of  hit  own.  "  Look  at  these  teeth,"  be  would  eay  ; 
"  mine  were  extremely  handsome — these  are  decayed.  My 
mouth  was  sound  and  healthy— this  is  foul.  How  different 
is  the  hair  from  that  of  my  own  head." 

Mr.  Haslam,  in  his  work  on  insanity,  mentions  a  case  of 
one  who  insisted  that  he  had  no  mouth,  and  when  compelled 
by  force  to  swallow,  declared  that  a  wound  had  been  made  in 
his  throat,  through  which  the  food  had  been  introduced. 
Benvenuto  Cellini,  the  celebrated  Florentine  artist,  in  his  life, 
says  that  the  governor  of  the  castle  in  which  the  former  was 
confined  had  a  periodical  disorder  of  this  sort  ;  every  year  he 
had  some  different  whim.  One  time  he  conceived  himself 
chanced  into  a  pitcher  of  oil ;  another  time  he  thought  him- 
self a  frog,  and  began  to  leap  as  such  ;  another  time,  again, 
he  imagined  he  was  dead,  and  it  was  found  necessary  to  humor 
his  conceit  by  making  a  show  of  burying  him. 

At  length  he  thought  himself  a  bat,  and  when  he  went  to 
take  a  walk  he  sometimes  made  just  such  a  noise  as  bats  do  ; 
be  likewise  used  gestures  with  his  hands  and  body,  as  if  he 
were  going  to  fly. 

Noses  have  been  known  to  be  particularly  troublesome  to 
hypochondriacs.  One  man  fancied  that  his  nose  was  of  a  lu- 
dicrous length,  and  consequently  kept  backing  off  as  his  friends 
approached  to  hold  a  parley  with  him,  fearing  that  he  should 
put  their  eyes  out.  It  is  said  that  frequently  this  same  de- 
luded possessor  of  a  long  nose  might  have  been  seen  going 
along  the  street,  guiding  his  nose  with  his  hand  to  keep  it 
from  breaking  the  shop  windows. 

A  young  man  had  a  strong  imagination  that  he  was  dead, 
and  earnestly  begged  his  friends  to  bury  him.  They  consented 
by  the  advice  of  the  physician.  He  was  laid  upon  a  bier  and 
carried  upon  the  shoulders  of  men  to  church,  when  some 
pleasant  fellow,  up  to  the  business,  met  the  procession  and  in- 
quired who  it  was  ;  they  answered.  "  And  a  very  good  job 
it  is,"  said  one  of  them,  "  for  the  world  is  well  rid  of  a  very 
bad  character,  which  the  gallows  must  have  had  in  due  course." 
The  young  man  now  lying  dead  hearing  this,  popped  his  head 
up,  and  said  th*>y  ought  to  be  ashamed  of  themselves  in  thus 
traducing  his  fair  fame,  and  if  he  were  .alive  he  would  thrash 
them  for  their  insolence.  But  they  continued  to  utter  the 
most  disgraceful  language.  His  excited  temper  could  no 
longer  bear  it ;  up  he  jumps,  they  run,  he  after  them,  until  he 
fell  down  quite  exhausted.  He  was  put  to  bed  ;  the  violent 
exertion  he  had  gone  through  promoted  perspiration,  and  he 
got  well.   ■_! 

A  Singular  Discovery. — News  of  the  discovery  of  a  mam- 
moth in  the  frozen  soil  of  arctic  Siberia  has  just  been  received 
from  the  Imperial  Academy  of  Sciences  at  St.  Petersburg,  to 
the  satisfaction  of  palaeontologists,  who  are  hopeful  that  it 
will  afford  an  opportunity  for  a  complete  and  trustworthy  de- 
scription of  the  ancient  creature.  It  was  discovered  in  1864 
by  a  Samoyed,  near  the 'bay  of  Tas,  the  eastern  arm  of  the 
Gulf  of  Obi,  imbedded  in  the  earth,  covered  with  hair,  and 
the  skin  apparently  entire.  This  state  of  preservation  is  due 
to  the  almost  perennial  frost  which  prevails  on  the  northern- 
most coast  pf  Asia,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  partial  expo- 
sure to  the  air  will  not,  as  in  a  former  instance,  have  occasioned 
sudden  decomposition.  In  Februarj  of  the  present  year,  the 
Academy  above  referred  to  commissioned  a  well-known  pake- 
ontologist,  one  of  their  body,  to  visit  the  spot,  and  note  its 
geology,  together  with  every  possible  particular  concerning 
the  mammoth.  We  may  therefore  hope  to  have,  in  due  time, 
a  detailed  report  of  the  discovery,  as  well  as  the  appearance 
of  the  animal,  and  should  circumstances  prove  favorable,  of 
the  contents  of  its  stomach.  The  subject  is  the  more  inter- 
•  esting,  inasmuch  as  it  involves  the  question  of  a  change  of 
climate  since  the  age  when  the  mammoth  roamed  along  the 
shores  of  what  is  now  a  frozen  sea. 

North  American  Indians  at  Rome. — A  large  collection  of 
objects  of  fictile  art,  of  great  interest,  although  singularly  at 
variance  with  the  remainder  of'the  contents  of  the  Christian 
Museum  at  St.  John  Lateran,  at  Rome,  has  recently  been 
placed  in  one  of  the  great  rooms  on  the  principal  floor  of  that 
palac<j,  consisting  of  terra-CDtta  busts  of  life  size,  statuettes 
and  tableaux  in  alto  rilievo,  illustrating  the  various  tribes  of 
North  American  Indians,  with  events  iu  their  history,  man- 
ners and  customs,  dresses,  etc. 


Newspaper  Correspondents. — Newspaper  correspondents 

appear  pretty  well  to  understand  their  relationship  one  to 
another — their  common  duties — which  seem  to  be  to  get  as 
much  space  as  they  possibly  can  in  the  prints  they  address, 
without  paying  for  it  ;  to  treat  public  journals,  in  fact,  as 
though  they  were  public  property,  which  they  are  not.  Of 
their  duties  to  newspaper  proprietors,  however,  they  are  very 
oblivious,  or  choose  to  be  very  oblivious.  They  seem  to  have 
got  a  notion  into  their  heads  that  they  have  as  good  a  right 
to  use  your  pages  as  to  use  a  public  road.  But,  as  they  pay 
their  shares  towards  making  and  keeping  in  repair  the  latter, 
either  in  the  form  of  turnpike  toll  or  highway  rate,  and  never 
make  their  appearance  on  Saturday  night  with  their  quota 
towards  the  week's  wages  of  our  compositors,  reporters,  and 
machine-men,  etc.,  we  refuse  to  see  any  parallel  between  our- 
selves and  a  public  thoroughfare.  We  deny  their  right  to 
stalk  through  us,  or  talk  through  us  ;  nay.  more,  we  insist 
upon  it  that  people  generally  have  no  more  reason  to  expect 
that  they  should  use  our  columns,  unless  we  in  courtesy  choose 
to  permit  them,  or  they,  as  advertisers,  choose  to  pay  for 
them,  than  they  have  to  wear  our  Sunday  coat,  or  insist  upon 
sitting  down  with  us  to  our  Sunday  joint.  We  should  not 
mind  the  latter,  with  an  old  and  pleasant  friend — ono  willing 
to  dispense  with  ceremony,  to  dine  between  services,  and  not 
expect  more  than  one  plain  pudding.  But  correspondents  are 
not  always  pleasant,  and  far  from  being  profitable.  Courage, 
too— moral  courage  we  mean — is  not  a  quality  they  abound 
in  ;  they  sometimes  like  to  say  sharp  and  saucy  things  to 
another,  keep  their  incognito,  and  withhold  their  card  if  you 
will  let  them  do  so.  Like  Teucer,  they  like  to  use  a  broad- 
sheet as  he  did  the  broad  shield  of  Ajax— as  a  shelter  under 
which  to  fly  the  arrows.  But  if  anything  unpleasant  happens 
to  arise  out  of  their  effusions,  they  have  at  times  a  great  re- 
luctance to  stand  forth  and  face  the  consequences.  Not  only 
is  the  editor  expected  to  find  paper,  types,  and  ink  for  their 
amusement,  but  to  bear  the  blunt  and  the  blame  of  whatever 
they  put  forth.  One  would  have  thought  that  by  this  time 
people  understood  this.  Nevertheless,  if  at  this  moment  you 
refuse  a  long-winded  or  unmannerly  scribbler  the  use  of  your 
columns,  he  talks  largely  about  the  right  of  public  discussion, 
and  vapors  iudignantly  against  your  denial,  as  though  you 
were  the  post-office,  and  would  not  carry  his  letters,  or  the 
dispensary  doctor,  and  declined  to  visit  a  patient  upon  the 
recommendation  of  a  subscriber.—  Bristol  Paper. 

ROMAN  LAWYERS  AND  THKIR  FEES. 

a~MJE  bar  with  us  is  one  of  the  great  forces  of  society,  and 
opens  a  road  to  affluence  and  to  political  success.  But 
the  old  Roman  lawyers  seem  to  have  had  some  advantages 
over  their  modern  brethren,  to  judge  by  on  article  in  the 
British  Quarterly : 

At  first  the  Roman  pleaders  received  no  remuneration  be^ 
yond  the  services  which  every  client  owed  to  his  patron. 
Subsequently,  when  law  had  become  a  difficult  science,  it 
became  the  practice  for  clients  to  reward  their  advocates  by 
making  them  presents,  which  (to  evade  the  Cinctan  law 
passed  to  prevent  this)  were  often  disguised  as  secret  loans. 
Before  the  full  of  the  republic  these  fees  equalled  in  magnitude 
the  largest  fees  known  in  modern  limes.  Even  Cicero,  who 
was  regarded  as  a  model  of  disinterestedness,  is  said  to  have 
received  from  Publius  Kylla  about  8-10,000  as  a  lee  for  his 
forensic  services.  Jn  modern  times  many  large  fortunes  have 
been  made,  at  the  bar,  but,  we  imagine,  none  to  be  compared 
with  that  of  M  Lucinius  Crassus,  whose  fortune  is  said  to 
have  exceeded  815,000,000.  One  mode  of  rewardinrr  advo 
cates,  by  legacies  left  to  tliem  by  their  clients,  appears  to  have 
been  a  source  of  considerable  profit,  and  was  esteemed  highly 
honorable  to  the  legatee.  Cirero  boasted  that  in  this  way  he 
had  received  twenty  millions  of  sesterces,  more  than  8800,000. 
We  fear  that  clients  in  our  days  are  not  so  liberal  in  their  last 
wills  and  testaments. 

In-  fact,  during  the  best  days  of  Rome,  success  at  the  bar 
was  the  surest  introduction  to  popularity,  distinction  and 
political  power.  No  wonder,  then,  that  the  art  of  forensic 
speaking  was  greatly  cultivated,  and  with  so  much  success. 
Probably  no  age  has  produced  a  band  of  more  eloquent  men 
than  Cicero  and  his  contemporaries  of  the  Roman  bar.  Nor 
were  the  barristers  of  Rome  distinguished  only  for  oratory. 
Many  of  them  were  men  of  enlarged  erudition,  of  literary 
taste,  and  of  varied  acquirements.  Varo,  •'  the  most  learned 
of'the  Romans,-'  Quintiliap,  Suetonious,  Pliny  and  Tacitus 
were  all  advocates  ;  and  I  he  volumes  of  Cicero  still  bear  tes- 
timony to  his  veisatility  and  power  in  almost  every  depart- 
ment of  literature.  Under  the  Emperor  the  eloquence  of  the 
Roman  bar  had  greatly  declined,  as  all  that  is  manly  and  great 
must  decline  and  wither  with  the  loss  of  freedom.  Moreover, 
the  treatment  of  the  bar  was  not  always  such  as  to  encourage 
much  mental  vigor.  Lord  Makenzie  relates  that  one  day  Gal- 
licus  was  pleading  before  the  Emperor  Claudius,  near  the 
banks  of  the  river  Tiber,  when  the  advocate,  having  irritated 
the  Emperor,  was  by  his  orders  thrown  into  the  river.  Some 
days  after  a  client  of  Gallicus  brought  his  case  to  Afer,  the 
most  celebrated  advocate  of  the  age,  and  requested  him  to 
plead  it  before  the-  Emperor.  "  Who  told  you,  said  Afer, 
"  that  I  was  a  better  swimmer  than  Gallicus  ?" 


What  Workmen  Mat  Become. —  It  is  not  [riven  to  all  to  be 

masters  of  song,  like  Burns  ;  of  art,  like  Palissy  or  Gibson  ; 
of  engineering  skill,  like  Stephenson  ;  of  critical  acumen,  like 
Gifford  ;  or  of  abstract  science,  like  Furguson  or  the  elder 
Herschel  ;  yet  these,  at  first,  were  all  poor  working  men, 
who  gained  their  education  by  their  own  efforts — who  did 
battle  with  pinching  poverty,  lack  of  educational  means,  pre- 
judice of  class,  and  all  those  lions  which  stand  in  the  way  of 
men  of  weaker  mould,  who  "  let  I  dare  not  wait  upon  I  would." 
All  cannot  be  field-marshals  in  the  army  of  life  ;  but  some- 
what lower,  yet  very  honorable  grades,  have  been  attained  by 
men  once  in  the  ranks,  who,  while  never  for  a  moment  de- 
spising the  labor  by  which  they  gained  honest  bread,  were  not 
disposed  to  consider  working,  eating,  and  sleeping,  all  that  is 
worth  living  for.  Their  daily  labor  honestly  and  intelligently 
performed,  they  felt  themselves  to  be  free  citizens  of  the 
empire  of  thought,  in  which  true  men  take  rank  according  to 
what  they  essentially  are,  quite  independently  of  the  condi- 
tions of  their  life.  When  the  sun  shines,  it  shines  for  all, 
lord  or  laborer ;  and  the  precious  instincts  which  make  men 
believe  in  good  and  beautiful  things,  treasure  up  and  nourish 
the  suggestions  of  universal  nature,  and  cultivate  the  talents 
entrusted  to  their  care,  are  bestowed  as  impartially  as  the 
sunsbiue.  Look  into  any  biographical  dictionary,  and  you  will 
see  how  little  the  circumstances  of  early  life  have  been  able  to 
impede  the  careers  of  really  great  men.  Real  mental  energy 
soon  masters  them,  and  makes  them  even  subservient  to  its 
will. —  Hie  Working  Man. 

Mis3  Harriet  Parr  has  lately  published  the  Life  and  Death 
of  Jeanne  d'Arc,  called  '  The  Maid,"  which  shows  that  the 
heroine  was  not  so  much  a  warrior  as  a  tender  hearted  woman  : 
"Jeanne  was  asked  which  she  liked  best  to  carry — her 
standard  or  her  sword.  '  I  liked  to  carry  my  standard  forty 
times  better  tbau  my  sword.  And  I  always  cirried  my  stand- 
ard myself  when  1  attacked  the  enemy,  to  avoid  killiog  any 
one  ;  and,  indeed,  I  never  did  kill  any  one.'" 


Extract  from  the  Report  for  1866,  or  Hon.  Wm.  Barkis, 
Superintendent  of  the  Insurance  Department  or  the  State 
of  New  York.— The  Superintendent  bas  noticed  with  regret  that 
the  North  America  Life  Insurance  Compant  has  engaged  in 
the  business  of  insuring  Against  Travelling  Accidents;  thus 
periling  its  Life  policy-holders  by  experiments  in  a  new  and  compara- 
tively untried  field  of  Insurance  not  within  the  scope  of  their  con 
tracts.  It  is  the  duty  of  this  Department  to  warn  the  pnMicthat  any 
Life  Insurance  Company  which  engages  in  Fire',  Murine,  Casualty, 
Accident,  or  any  other  branch  of  Insurance,  adds  new  elements  of 
hazard  to  its  engagements,  the  extent  or  danger  of  which  it  is  impos 
sihlc  to  calculate  with  certainty,  and  which  are  entirely  foreign  and 
repugnant  to  a  legitimate  and  safe  system  of  Life  miderwriting.  The 
main  ohject  of  Life  Iusurance  is  thus  practically  nullified  hy  exposing 
the  policy  holders  to  those  perils  of  business  and  speculation  the  nvuid- 
ance  of  which  furnishes  the  main  incentive  for  procuring  a  policy. 

It  is  questionable  whether  the  rapid  multiplication  of  Casualty  In- 
surance Companies  has  not  already  exceeded  the  puhlic  demand,  un- 
less new  branches  of  misccl'uneous  business  are  superadded,  for 
which  ample  provision  has  teen  made  in  the  New  York  Statute. 
(See  N.  Y.  Insurance  Laws,  p.  75.)  A  disposition  has  beenshownby 
the  Travellers  of  Hartford  and  the  United  States  Accident  of  Syra 
cuse.to  encroach  npon  the  field  ot  Life  Insurance,  which  is  expressly 
forbidden  by  the  general  Act  and  the  general  Legislative  policy  of 
this  State  since  18-19.  The  preservation  intact  and  unimpaired  of  the 
vast  interests  now  connected  with  Ltfe  Insurance  iu  this  country,  de- 
mand that  this  mixture  of  Life  with  other  branches  of  Insurance 
should  be  sternly  resisted  ,  and  if  the  Casualty  Company  are  unable 
to  maintain  themselves  in  their  chosen  field,  and  persist  in  invading 
the  franchises  of  the  Lite  Companies, our  statute  should  he  soamended 
us  to  restrain  the  Casualty  companies  from  issuing  any  policies  insur- 
ing against  fatal  accidents  and  casualties,  thus  confining  their  opera- 
tions to  non  fatal  accidents  ouly  aud  other  subdivisions  of  miscella- 
neous insurance.    * 

Dr.  Beck,  Professor  of  Anatomy  and  Medicine,  and  formerly  con- 
nected with  the  Anatomical  Museums  of  New  York  and  San  Fran- 
cisco, has  recently  resumed  the  practice  of  medicine.  To  those  seek- 
ing medical  relief  it  is  only  necessary  to  state  that  Dr.  Beck  is  a 
member  of  several  European  and  American  Medical  Universities,  and, 
unlike  many  practitioners  and  heads  of  "  Medical  Institutes"  in  this 
city,  who  are  not  graduates  hut  medical  imposters,  he,  as  a  physician 
and  surgeon,  is  thoroughly  conversant  with  the  requirements  of  his 
profession.  We  can  confidently  recommend  Dr.  Beck  to  the  public. 
His  rooms  are  311  Kearny  street,  between  Pine  and  Busb. 

We  saw,  in  Wheeler  &  Wilson's  Sewihg  Machine  Office,  the  other 
day,  a  sewing  machine  numbered  Two  Hundred  aud  Thirty-three 
Thousand.  If  the  demand  for  their  Sewing  Machines  can  he  taken 
as  evidence— and  we  know  no  belter — the  Wheeler  &  Wilson  Ma- 
chine must  certainly  rank  as  the  best. 

Job  Printers.— William  M.  Cobery,  formerly  editor  of  the  Wil- 
mington Journal,  has  retired  from  that  paper,  and  associated  himself 
with  B.  F.  Steritt,  of  this  city,  in  the  job-printing  business.  The 
firm  of  Sterctt  &.  Cuhery  are  at  553  Clay  street.— Morning  Call. 


Ladies'  Note  Paper.— Ladies'  Note  Paper  of  all  sorts  and  sizes, 
of  the  latest  Parisian  and  New  York  styles,  can  be  hud  »•  Chilean 
Beach's  Bookstore,  opposite  Henston,  Hastings  4c  Co.,  Lick  Honse  ; 
also,  works  fresh  from  the  English  and  American  publishers,  with  the 
best  selection  of  Alhnms.    Ladies,  call  and  supply  yourselves.  " 

Ladies  i  Deserving  of  your  confidence,  there  is  no  nrticle  at  all 
equal  for  fragrance,  innocency,  and  perfect  imitation  of  nature  to 
Davidson's  Circassian  Bloom, for  the  skin  and  complexion.  It  excels 
every  other  article  in  use.   Sold  by  all  druggist*. 


August  I8thj 


THE  CALIFORNIA!* 


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AGUA  DE  MAGNOLIA. 
A  toilet  delight.  Superior  to  any  cologne, 
used  to  bathe  the  face  and  person,  to  render  the  skin 
soft  and  fresh,  to  allay  iollatnmation,  to  perfume 
clothing)  for  headache,  etc.  It  is  manufactured  from 
the  rich  Southern  Magnolia,  and  is  obtaining  a  pat- 
ronage quite  unprecedented.  It  is  a  fas-orite  with 
actresses  and  opera  Biugers.  It  is  sold  by  all  dealers, 
at  $1.00  in  large  bottles,  and  by  Demas  Barnes  & 
Co.,  New  York,  Wholesale  Agents. 


Lyon's  Magnetic  Insect  Powder  will  exter- 
minate Fleas,  Ticks,  Roaches  and  all  insects  almost 
instantly.  Its  reputation  is  well  known,  and  hence 
has  been  counterfeited.  Inquire  for  and  take  none 
but  Lyon's,  bearing  the  stamp  of  Demas  Barnes 
&  Co.,  and  the  signature  of  E.  Lyon. 


"  Out  op  Sorts  "  expresses  the  feelings  of 

many  that  cannot  be  otherwise  described.  Languor, 
weakness,  euervation,  listlessness,  sleepiness,  mel- 
ancholy, want  of  appetite,  etc.,  compose  a  class  of 
ailments  greater  than  all  others  combined.  It  is  ex- 
actly for  these  indescribable  complaints  that  Plan- 
tation Bitters  are  prepared.  It  is  for  the  relief 
of  these  same  complaints  they  have  become  so  fa- 
mous. Hence  it  is  that  tliey  are  so  extensively  used 
by  clergymen,  merchants,  ladies,  and  persons  of  se- 
dentary habits.  They  are  as  pleasant  to  the  taste  as 
they  are  beneficiaj  to  the  Stomach.  The  extent  of 
their  sale  is  almost  incredible. 


Intrinsic  virtue  alone  could  ever  insure  the 
success  met  by  the  Mexican  Mustang  Liniment. 
For  Rheumatism,  Neuralgia,  Cuts,  Bruises,  Burns, 
Swellings,  etc.,  upon  man,  or  Spavin,  Ringbone, 
Poll  Evil,  Scratches,  Strains,  etc.,  upon  beasts,  its 
effects  are  instantaneous,  soothing  and  wonderful. 
Itsaves  time,  suffering  and  expense  to  have  it  always 
in  the  house.  None  genuine  unless  in  a  steel  plate 
label,  with  signature  of  G.  \V.  Westbrook,  and  bav^ 
ing  stamp  of  Dehas  Barnes  &,  Co.,  over  top.  Sold 
by  all  dealers. 


Ljon's  Katbairon  is  a  most  delightful 
article  as. a  Hair  Dressing— to  eradicate  scurf  and 
dandruff,  to  ke«p  it  clean,  soft  and  silky,  and  the 
head  cool.  It  also  prevents  the  hair  from  falling  off 
nd  turning  gray,  and  promotes  its  growth  upon  pre 
maturely  bald  heads.    It  is  sold  by  all  dealers. 

E.  THOMAS  LYON,  N.  Y. 


No  Forfeiting. — Heretofore,  if  a  personjholdiug 
a  Life  Policy  became  unfortunate,  and  could  not 
raise  the  sum  of  money  required  to  pay  his  next  pre- 
mium, his  policy  was  declared  forfeited.  The 
Brooklyn  Like  Insurance  Company  of  New 
York  has  decided  to  make  every  policy  it  issues 
NONFORFEITABLE,  giving  a  PAID-UP 
POLICY  to  the  party  if  unable  to  continue  his 
payments  of  premiums.  The  dividends  of  the 
Brooklyn  Life  Insurance  Company  are  settled  annu- 
ally in  cash.  This  plan  is  far  more  acceptable  to 
insurers  than  at  the  end  of  three  or  five  years,  as  in 
other  companies.  The  Brooklyn  Liff  Insurance 
Company  allows  thirty  days  grace  in  the  payment 
of  premiums.  Its  policies  are  incontestable,  and  its 
losses  are  promptly  paid.  The  Brooklyn  Life  Insu- 
rance Company  offers  every  known  plan  of  Life 
ac-1  Eudowment  Insurance.  Get  a  pamphlet  at  the 
office,  240  Montgomery  street,  southeast  corner  of 
Pine,  from  Stephen  T.  King,  General  Manager,  or 
David  B.  Arrowsmith,  Local  Agent. 

MEDICAL  ADVICE. 
Dr.  Wm.  K.  Doherty's  Medical  and  Surgical 
Institute  is  becoming  a  sine  qua  non  to  the  welfare 
of  our  State  and  health  of  our  citizens ;  and  his 
rapidly  spreading  reputation,  although  it  may  excite 
surprise,  is  but  the  signal  of  skill,  and  follows  as  the 
natural  effect  of  such  a  cause.  We  are  personally 
acquainted  with  gentlemen  who  had  suffered  for 
years  under  chronic  disease,  and  who  had  taken  ad- 
vantage of  every  available  means  that  promised 
relief,  but  without  success,  until  they  called  upon 
Dr.  Doherty,  who,  iu  an  incredibly  short  space  of 
time,  has  given  them  entire  relief.  It  is  gratifying 
to  announce  this  fact,  because  the  Doctor  is  a  gentle- 
man who  seeks,  not  by  defamation  of  others,  to  es- 
tablish his  reputation,  or  to  rear  the  superstructure  of 
his  own  upon  the  ruin  of  another's  fame.  The  Doc- 
tor conducts  his  Institute  iu  a  manner  that  mu6t  be 
gratifying  to  all  his  patients.  He  examines,  hears, 
advises,  and  recommends,  without  charge,  and  the 
patient,  after  hearing  his  terms  for  treatment,  can 
accept  or  reject  at  pleasure.  In  no  case  docs  the 
Doctor  make  a  charge  unless  he  effects  a  cure.  This 
he  is  able  to  do,  because  he  feels  the  confidence 
which  long  experience  has  given,  and  no  doubt  the 
consolation  which  appertains  to  that  confidence. 
Persons  afflicted  with  either  acute  or  chronic  disease, 
would  do  well  to  consult  the  Doctor  ;  at  all  events, 
it  can  do  no  harm,  as  for  consultation  he  asks  no  fee  ; 
nor  does  he  insist  on  obedience  to  his  advice  unlets 
the  patient  places  himself  uuder  his  care.  His  offices 
are  on  Sacramento  6treet,  opposite  the  Pacific  Mail 
Steamship  office. — Sun  Francisco  News. 


A  SUMMER  AND  WINTER  MEDICINE. 

"  Great  oaks  from  little  acorns  grow." 

The  worst  diseases  known  to  the  hnman  race 
spring  from  causes  so  small  as  to  almost  defy  detec- 
tion. The  volumes  of  scientific  lore  that  fill  the 
tables  and  shelves  of  the  medical  fraternity  only  go 
to  prove  and  elaborate  these  facts. 

Then  gnard  yourselves  while  you  may.  The 
smallest  pimple  on  the  skin  is  a  tell-tale  and  indica- 
tor of  disease.  It  may  fade  and  die  away  from  the 
surface  of  the  body,  but  it  will  reach  the  vit  ils,  per- 
haps, at  last,  and  death  be  the  result  and  final  close. 
Maggiel's  Bilious,  Dyspeptic  and  Diarrhaa  Pills 
cure  where  all  others  fail.  While  for  Burns,  Scalds, 
Chilblains,  Cuts,  and  all  abrasions  of  the  skin,  Mag- 
giel's Salve  is  infallible.  Sold  by  J.  Maggiel,  43 
Fulton  street,  New  York,  and  all  Druggists,  at  25 
cents  per  box. 


Lyon's  Extract  of  Pork  Jamaica  Ginger — 
for  Indigestion,  Nausea,  Heartburn,  Sick  Headache, 
Cholera  Morbus,  Flatulency,  etc.,  where  a  warming 
stimulant  is  requited.  Its  careful  preparation  and 
entire  purity  make  it  a  cheap  and  reliable  article  for 
culinary  purposes.  Sold  everywhere,  at  50  cents 
par  bottle.  Ask  for  "  Lyon's"  Pure  Extract.  Take 
en  other.  «7ia 


RHEUMATISM. 

Throughout  this  coast  a  great  deal  of  suirfring  ie 
experienced  from  Rheumatism.  Weeks  and  even 
mouths  of  protracted  and  aggravated  misery  is  en- 
dured by  the  victims  of  medical  inefficiency  and 
ignorance,  which  could  be  cured  just  as  speedily  as 
was  Mr.  Sparrow,  whose  testimony  is  given  below, 
and  is  only  the  echo  of  hundreds  of  other  cases. 
Dr.  Bourne  cures  without  medicines,  which  accounts 
for  his  extraordinary  success.  No.  10  Masonic 
Temple,  Post  street  eutrance: 

San  Francisco,  September  6,  1861. 

Dr.  Bourne :  Last  Whiter  I  was  nearly  dead,  by 
an  attack  of  inflammatory  rheumatism.  I  snfl'ered 
the  most  excruciating  pains  for  about  five  weeks, 
without  any  hope  of  relief,  when  a  friend,  heating 
of  my  illness,  called  to  see  me,  and  assured  me  t!'at 
if  I  would  stop  "drugging  and  dosing,"  and  go  to 
you,  that  you  would  have  me  walking  about  the 
streets  iu  three  days.  Sure  enough,  although  1  was 
utterly  helpless,  and  conveyed  to  your  house  in  a 
carriage,  and  carried  into  it  by  three  stout  men,  and 
was  by  them  lifted  into  the  bath,  yet,  on  coming 
out  of  the  bath  I  was  able* to  largely  aseist  myself, 
doing  much  toward  dressing,  aud  without  assistance 
walked  from  the  bath  to  the  carriage.  On  the 
fourth  day,  I  discharged  my  carriage  and  walked 
with  a  friend's  aid  the  entire  distance  to  your  bouse 
(nearly  a  mile)  and  home  again,  and  so  on  until 
cured  ;  and  I  had  not  taken  more  than  twelve  baths 
when,  all  paiu  ani  swelling  having  ceased,  I  fell 
myself  a  well  man.  And  now  I  am  happy  to  do  this 
little  service  of  publicly  certifying  to  the  simple 
truth,  leaving  it  to  do  its  own  work  among  such  of. 
my  friends  and  acquaintances  as  may  chance  to  see 
this.  5Tour  frieud.  JoSErn  Sparrow. 


Photography. — The  pictures  taken  in  this  city 
are  tar  superior  to  those  taken  in  the  East  and  Eu- 
rope. We  account  for  this  simply  from  our  atmos- 
phere, which  is  lighter  and  clearer  than  any  other 
And  this  is  why  so  mauy  arriving  here  have  noticed 
how  much  better  pictures  look  here  than  at  home. 
The  best  gallery  to  seek  out  is  one  which  has  the 
most  light,  and  with  few  high  buildings  surrounding 
it.  The  New  York,  on  the  east  side  side  of  Third 
street,  a  few  doors  below  Market,  has  more  light 
than  any  other  in  the  city,  and  their  ^pictures  give 
more  satisfaction,  and  are  far  cheaper  than  those 
I  from  Montgamery  street  galleries. 


Wanted — Agents  to  sell,  by  subscription  only  the 
most  popular  work  ever  written  :  "  GRANT  AND 
SHERMAN;  their  Campaigns  and  Generals."  By 
the  world  renowned  historian,  Hon.  J.  T.  Headley, 
author  of  Washington  and  his  Generals,  Saered 
Mountains,  etc.  Agents  are  taking  as  high  as  thirty 
subscribers  per  day,  aud  all  agree  in  pronouncing  it 
the  most  saleable  work  they  ever  took  hold  of.  The 
people  want  Headley's  illustrated  "  GRANT  AND 
■SHERMAN,"  etc.  For  terms  and  territory ',  address 
E.  E.  Shear,  No.  8  Montgomery  Street,  and  Box 
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Jacob  Shew  &.  Co.,  No.  315  Montgomery  street, 
near  Pine,  take  First-Class  Photographs,  of  all 
kinds,  at  the  lowest  scale  of  prices  adopted  by  the 
Associated  Photographers.  Photographs  retouched 
n  the  highest  style  of  the  art. 


Read  the  Testimony  of  a  few  of  the  many  Eminent 
Clergymen  and  their  Families  of  New  York  city,  who, 
having  used  the  Sozodont  for  a  long  time  past,  are  con 
vinceu  ot  its  excellent  and  invaluable  qualities,  and  give 
it  their  cordial  commendation  : 

Rev.   THOMAS  DE  WITT,  Pastor  Collegiate 

Ref.  Dutch  Church,  Lafayette  Place. 
Rev.  J.  W.  ALEXANDER,  D.  D.,  Presbyterian 

Church,  Fifth  Avenue. 
Rev.  J.  B.  WAKE  LEY,  M.  E.  City  Missionary. 
Rev.  W.  F.  MORGAN,  D.D.,  Rector  St.  Thomas 

Church,  Broadway. 
Rev.  E.  H.  CHAP1N.  D.  D.,  Pastor  Fourth  Uni- 

versaiisl  Church,  Broadway. 
Rev.  SAMUEL  COOKE,  D.D.,  Rector  St.  Bar- 

tlwlomcw's  Chutch,  Lafayette  Place. 
Rev.  SAMUEL  OSGOOD,  D.D.,  Pastor  Church 

of  Messiah,  Broadway. 
Rev.  B.  M.  ADAMS,  M.  E.  Church,  Duane  street. 
Rev.  HE  MAN  BANGS,  late  Pastor  Centenary 

M.  E.  Church,  Brooklyn. 
Rev.  W.  S.  M1KELS,  Pastor  Baptist  Church, 

Sixteenth  street. 
Rev.  GEO.  POTTS,  D.D.,  Pastor  Presbyterian 

Church,  University  Place. 
Rev.  E.  E.  RANKIN, Pastor  Presbyterian  Church 

Forty  second  street. 
Rev.  T.  E.  VERMILYE,  D.  D.,  Pastor  of  Co 

Dutch  Reformed,  Lafayette  Place. , 

FROM  G.  F.  J.  COI.BURN,  DOCTOR  DENTAL  SUR- 
GERY, NEWARK,  N.  J. 
The  Popular  DentriQce  known  as  Van  Buskirk's  "  SO- 
ZODONT," besides  bciug  a  very  pleasaut  addition  to  the 
toilet,  contains  ingredients  that,  if  used  according  to  the 
directions,  will  prove  of  the  greatest  utility  to  the  health 
of  the  inoulh  aud  teeth. 

BEWARE  OF  IMITATIONS  I 
Sold  by  all  Druggists  and  Perfumers. 

HALL  &  RUCKEL, 

je24ra  NEW  YORK. 


ALL'S  SARSAPARILLA, 
YELLOW  DOCK  AND  IODIDE  POTASS, 

THE 

Best  Blood  Purifier  Known. 

Persons  that  are  troubled  with  Rheumatism, 
Scrofula,  Neuralgia,  Morbid  Liver,  Salt 
Rheum,  Pimples,  Boils,  or  any  of  the  many 
diseases  that  originate  from  Impure  Blood, 
would  find  it  much  to  their  advantage  to  give 
this  justly  celebrated  article  a  trial.  One  or 
two  bottles  are  quite  sufficient  to  convince  the 
most  skeptical  of  its  merits.  It  contains 
neither  Spirit,  ARSENIC  nor  MERCURY 
which  cannot  be  truly  said  of  auy  other  prepa- 
tion  called  "  Sarsaparilla." 

SHEPARDSON  &  GATES,  Proprietors, 

ap7-3m      N.  W. cor.  Sansomeaud  Commercial  streets. 


r£UE  CALIFORNIAN'S 
SAN  FRANCISCO  BUSINESS  DIRECTORY. 

AUCTIONEERS. 
Olney  &  Co. ,  removed  to  418  Montgomery  street. 

BUSINESS  AND  PROPERTY  AGENCY. 
S.  P.  Whitman,  313  Montgomery  st- 

BATHS. 

Dr.  Bourne's,  (Medical,)  10  Post,near  Montgomery 

BOWLING  ALLEYS. 
Wholers  &  Steil,Pine  and  Montgomery,  (Russ  House.) 

BOOKS. 
A.  Gensoul,  511  Montgomery. 

A.  Roman  k  Co.,  417  and  419  Montgomery  street. 

BOOTS  AND  SHOES. 
Finch  k  Co.  j  133  Montgomery  street. 
Wentworth,  Hobart  &  Co.  (wholesale  manufac.)  210  Pine 

COLLECTOR. 

B.  Pulverman,  614  Montgomery — Office  hours,  1  to  3  p.m. 

CLOTHING. 
H  M.  Lockwood  &  Co.,  624  Clay  street. 
J.  R.  Mead  &  Co.,  corner  Montgomery  and  Bush  streets 
William  Sherman,  412  Sansome.  corner  Commercial. 
Quincy  Hall,  545,  547,  and  549  Washington  street. 

COAL  OIL,  LAMPS,  ETC. 

Dell,  Cranna  k  Co.  (wholesale)  513  Front  street. 
A.  C.  Dietz  at  Co.,  (wholesale,)  521  Front  street. 

COPPER  CRUSHER  AND  SAMPLER. 
S.  W.  Howland ,  24  Cahl  ornia  street,  (at  Thomas'  Mil  ) 

DRESS  TRIMMINGS,  WORSTEDS,  ETC. 
Mrs.  Norcross,  5  Montgomery  street  (Masonic  Temple. ) 

DENTISTS. 
Dr.  Blake,  removed  to  Third,  corner  Mission. 
Dr.  A.  N.  Clark  (late  Knowles  &  Clark)  removed  to  410 
Kearnv. 

Dr.  VVm.  B.  McAllister,  221  Third  street. 
Whitcomb  k  Dyer,  205  Thin',  near  Howard. 

DANCING  ACADEMY. 
Coghill's.  CoDgress  Hall,  Bush,  above  Montgomery 
Fuller  &  McCarthy,  727  Market,  near  Third. 

DRY  GOODS. 
Meagher,  TaafTe  &  Co..  9  Montgomery  street. 
Mosgrove  &  Blakcly ,  222  Third,  near  Howard. 
Buyce  t  Reich,  S  W  corner  Jackson  aud  Stockton. 

DRUGGISTS. 

R.  H.  McDonalds: Co.,  (Wholesale)  Sansome,  cor.  Pine- 
Shcpardson  k  Gales,  (successors  to  R.  Hall  k  Co.,)  cor- 
ner Sansome  and  Commercial. 

EDUCATIONAL  INSTITUTIONS. 
Cal.  Collegiate  Institute,  MTss  M.  Lammond,  68  Silver. 
Micl  Institute,  Miss  Florence  James,  55  South  Park. 
Pacific  Business  College,  751  Market  street, above  Third. 
Prof.  Williams'  Commercial  Academy ,  869  Mission  St. 

FURNITURE. 
Goodwin  k  Co.,  510  and  528  Washington  streets. 
J.  Peirce,  415,  417  and  419  California  street. 

GROCERS. 
N.  Boschen,  corner  Fifth  and  Mini. a. 
Slosson  k  Ladd,  southwest  corner  Folsom  and  First. 
J  J.  Miller,  corner  Sutter  and  Leavenworth. 
Haskell  &  Co. ,  Market  and  Sutler  sts,  below  Ihe  Market 
W.  M.  Noble  &  Co.,  cor  Howard  and  Twellth  streets 

HATTER. 

Lamott  (wholesale  and  retail)  227  Montgomery  street, 
HOTELS. 

Brooklyn.  John  Kelly,  Jr., Sansome,  corner  Pine. 
Chicago,  E.  W.  Heiuiburg  &  Co. ,  220  Pacific  street. 

INSURANCE. 
Mutual  Life  Ins.  Co.,  H.  S.  Homans,  Agent.  609  Clay. 
Manhattan,  R.  B.  Swain  &  Co. .  Ag'U,206  Front,  cor  Cal: 
National  Ids.  Co.,  N.E.  cor.  Montgomery  aud  California'. 
Occidental  lus.  Co. ,  S.  W.  cor.  Moutgom'y  and  California: 
•  Pacific  Ins.  Co. ,  436  California  street. 
Brooklyn  Life,  S  T  King,  agent,  S  E  cor  Montg'y  &  Pin 

LADIES'   BIJOUTERIE,  CLOAKS,  ETC. 
Rosenblatt's,  123  and  125  Montgomery  street. 

livert  and  sale  stable. 
Philip  Morshead,  removed  to  Howard,  near  Fifth. 


Pacific  Map  Depot,  A.  Gensoul,  511  Montgomery. 

MERCHANT  TAILORS. 
J.  H.  Hammond  removed  to  328  Montgomery. 

PHOTOGRAPHIC  GALLERIES. 
New  York,  B.  F.  Howland  proprietor,  K5  Third  street, 
below  Market. 

PIANOS,  MUSIC,  ETC. 
M.  Gray,  613  Clay  street. 

W.  S.  Pierce,  removed  fo  534  Market,  opposite  Second 

PHOTOGRAPHS,  CUTLERY,   SPECTACLES,  ETC. 
Lawrence  k  Houseworth,  317  and  319  Montgomery  St. 

RESTAURANTS. 
Bivalve,  Nolting  k  irp-een,  640  Market,  near  Kearny. 
Eureka,  C.  H.  Brickwedell  k  Co. ,( lay,  near  Moutgom'y 
Ladies'  Refreshment  Saloon,  Swain  k  Brown,  636 Market 

Magnolia,  143  Third  street. 

Market,  by  Felix  and  Gustavc  Besson,  520  Merchant. 
Philadelphia,  Jacob  Weiss,  308  Montgomery  street. 
Helvetia,  Johujury  k  Bros. ,  524  Merchant  street. 
Saulmann's,  506  Montgomery  street. 

SALOONS. 

Russell  k  Holding's  Exchange,  622  Market  street 
Charter  Oak,  Frank  Kelly,  N  E.  cor  Third  and  Howard 
Razzctti  &  Co.'s.  527  Washington,  above  the  Market. 
Jones'  Sample  Rooms,  S.E.  cor.  Montgomery  and  Cal 
S  Myers,  332  Montgomery  street. 
V.  Squarza.  44  Leiuesdorif  street. 

Sun  Burst,  Caroliu  k  McArdle,  cor.  Second  and  Market. 
Coates  k  Henderson,  37  Sutter  street. 

SCALES. 

Fairbanks  &  Hutchinson,  Depot  for  Fairbanks'  Scales 

334  Montgomery  street. 


SEWING  MACHINES. 
Grover  k  Baker,  R. '".  Browu,  116  Montgomery. 
The  Florence,  office  111  Montgomery  street. 
Wheeler  k  Wilson,  corner  Montgomery  and  Sacramento 

TOYS,  ETC. 
Feldbush  k  Co.,  207  Montgomery  street. 
A.  Kohler,  620  Washington  street. 

UPHOLSTERER. 
T.  McAllister,  corner  Suiter  and  Leavenworth. 

WATER-CURE  INSTITUTE. 
Dr  Bourne's  Pioneer,  10  Post,  near  Montgomery 


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IFORNI  AN. 


[August  18th 


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double-tbre&d  Machines  were  exhibited  in  competition  in 

1865. 

If  there  is  a  FLORENCE  SEWING  MA- 
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that  is  not  working  well,  it  will  be  attended 
to  if  I  am  informed  of  it,  without  expense  to 
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General  Agent, 
111  Montgjmery  street,  San  Francisco. 

THE 


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GENERAL   PURCHASING  AGENCY, 
No.  40  BROADWAY",  NEtf  YORK. 

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Groceries,  Furniture  ;  in  short,  any 
Article,  large  or  small,  singly  or 
in  quantity,  for  Ladies*  or 
Gentlemen's  us*  or  wear, 
or  for  Dealers'  Supplies,  from  a  seal-ring  to  a  steam  engine 
— a  Cameo  or  a  Cashmere  ;  lace  or  leather, 
6E.SD  OH  \J0h  ORDERS. 
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COMMISSION  CHARGE,      -      •     '-     Five  feb  Ce.it. 
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£JANTY  &  WAGNER, 

(SUCCESSORS  TO  J.  REGAN,) 
WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL 

Confectioners, 

111  Montgomery  street,  bet.  Bush  and  Sutler. 

N.  B. — All  candies  sold  by  us  are  warranted  to  be  man- 
ufactured from  Stewart's  double-refined  Sugai ,  and  to  be 
equal  to  any  manufactured  iu  the  State.  Country  mer- 
chants solicited  to  examine  our  stock  and  prices.  Goods 
delivered  to  any  part  of  the  city  fr«e  of  charge,  my24-3m 


Y  E  R  '  S 

PILLS 


ARE  TOU  PICK,  FEEBLE 
and  complaining  V  Are  you 
out  of  onier,  with  your  sys- 
tem deranged  and  your  feel- 
ings uncomfortable  ?  Thc=e 
symptoms  are  ol ten  ttic  pre 
lude  to  serious  illness.  Sotm 
fit  of  sickness  is  creeping 
upon  you,  and  should  bo 
averted  by  a  timely  use  of 
the  riEht  remedy.  At  once 
TAKE  AYEK'S  PILLS, 
and  cleause  out  the  disor- 
dered humor?,  purify  the  blonrl,  and  let  the  ,»  t.  »e 
on  unobstructed  iu  health  again.  They  stimulate  the 
functions  of  tbe  body  into  vigorous  activity,  purify  the 
system  from  the  obstructions  which  make  disease:  A 
cold  settles  somewhere  iu  (fee  body,  and  derange?  its  nat- 
ural functions.  These,  it  not  relieved,  react  upon  them- 
selves and  the  surrounding  organs,  producing  gener\) 
aggravation,  suffering  aud  derangement.  While  in  this 
condition, 

TAKE  AVER'S  PILLS, 

and  sec  bow  directly  they  restore  the  natural  action  of  the 
system,  aud  with  it  the  buoyant  feeling  Of  health  agaio. 
What  is  true  and  so  apparent  in  tb^  trivial  and  common 
complaint  is  also  true  in  mauy  of  the  deep-seated  and 
daugerous  distemper*.  The  same  purgative  effect  expeis 
them.  Caused  by  similar  obstructions  and  derangements 
of  tbe  natural  functions  of  the  body  they  are  rapi  liy 
and  many  of  tnem  surely  cured  by  the  same  means. 
None  who  know  the  virtue  of  these  Fills  will  neglect  to 
employ  them  when  suffering  from  the  disorders  they  cure, 
such  as  H'-adache,  Foul  Stomach,  Dysentery,  Bilious  Com- 
plaints, Indigestion,  Derangement  of  the  Liver,  Costive- 
ness,  Constipation,  Heartburn,  Rheumatism ,  Dropsy, 
Worms  and  Suppression,  when  taken  iu  large  doses. 

They  arc  Sugar-Coated,  so  that  the  most  sensitive  can 
take  them  easily,  and  they  are  surely  the  best  purgative 
medicine  vet  discovered. 

Prepared  by  J.  C.  AYER  &  CO.,  Lowell,  Mass.,  and  sold 

CRANE  &  BRIGHAM,  San  Francisco, 
JjSfl  2m  and  all  Dealers. 


gT.  MARY'S  COLLEGE, 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 

THE  FOURTH  ANNUAL  SESSION  of  the  above  Insti- 
tution commeuced  July  30th,  1866. 

Tnc  age  for  admission  is  from  seven  to  fifteen  years. 
For  those  more  than  fifteen  years  of  age,  it  will  be  neces- 
sary to  have  testimonials  of  good  character  from  respect- 
able parties. 

TERMS. 

Board  and  Tuition  per  session,  (of  10  to  11  months)  $175 
Washing,  Mendiug  of  Linen,  etc.,  fur  same  period,  25 

No  extra  charges,  save  for  Music  and  Drawing,  which 
are  three  nollars  a  month  each. 

In  case  of  withdrawal,  (except  for  sickness  or  parents 
leaving  the  country.)  tbe  parly  will  forfeit  a  quarter  ses- 
sion, or  the  remainiug  portion  of  tbe  half  term. 

Tbe  Pension  to  be  paid  at  least  half  yearly  in  advance; 
also,  such  sum  to  be  dcposiied  as  will  be  sufficient  to  pay 
the  traveling  expenses  of  tbe  student  to  bis  place  of  resi- 
dence, nnd  other  contingent  expenses,  such  as  books, 
clothes,  etc. 

A'o  Student  will  be  received  without  sueh  deposit, 

Tbe  terms  are  so  reduced  (less  than  one  half  the  usual 
charges  in  this  State)  that  the  lustitution  can  be  con- 
ducted only  on  a  rigid  cash  principle  ;  hence  Any  failure 
in  remitting  the  Pension  will  oblige  the  authorities  of  the 
College  to  charge  ten  per  cent,  additional,  or  forward  the 
Student  to  his  parents  or  guardian. 

Though  it  be  a  Catholic  Institution,  yet  pupils  of  all 
denominations  will  be  admitted,  and  their  religious  con- 
victions respected  ;  but,  for  the  sake  of  uniformity  ,  alt 
will  be  required  to  be  present  at  the  public  religious  exer- 
cises . 

Bedding,  towels,  etc.,  will  bo  furnished  by  the  Institu- 
tion, to  defray  the  cost  of  which  ten  dol  ars  will  be  paid, 
oocc  only,  by  each  pupil,  as  an  entrance  fee. 

Each  pupil  is  required  to  be  provided  with  a  neat  black 
suit  lor  Sundays,  and  two  other  pUin  suits,  three  pairs  of 
boots,  with  sufficient  linen,  Blockings,  etc. 

Five  dollars  will  also  be  charged  annually  for  medicines 
and  medical  attendance. 

au4-lm  REV  P.  J.  GREY,  President. 


CARD. 

Great  Sale  of  Fine  Clothing. 

OUR  WHOLE  STOCK  OF  FINE  CLOTHING  and  Gents' 
Furnishing  Goods,  for  the  next 

THIRTY  DATS, 
At  Prices  thai  Challenge  Competition. 

IT  MCST  BE  SOLD,  TO  MAKE  ROOM  FOR  OUR  FALL 
AND  WINTER  STOCK. 

J.  R.  MEAD  &  CO., 

Corner  Bush  and  Montgomery  streets,  and  corner  Sansome 
:.[-.'J  Washington  streets,  San  Francisco. 

au4 


E  CALIFORNIA]*. 


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BY  TUB 

ANJESTHE11C  SPRAY  PRODUCER, 

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,  liost  Cement.  $1  ;  with  Gold,  from  $1  to 
$3.    All  work  warruiued. 
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rpHK  LIGHT  OF  THE  "WORLD. 

DR.  MAGGIEL'S 

Pills  and  Sal\  e. 


These  Life-giving  remedies  are  now,  for  the  first 

time,  given  publicly  to  tbe  world  For  over  a  quar- 
ter of  a  century  of  private  practice  the  ingredienu  in 
these 

LIFE-GIVING  PILLS! 

Have  been  used  with  the  greatest  success.  Their 
mission  is  not  onlv  to  prevent  disease,  but  to  cure. 
They  search  out  the  various  maladies  by  which  the 
patient  in  Buffering,  and  re-invigorate  the  failing  sys- 
tem. To  the  aged  and  iulirin  a  few  doses  of  these 
valuable  PILLS  will  prove  to  be 

A  VERY  FOUNTAIN  OF  YOUTH, 
For  in  every  case  they  add  new  life  and  vitality, 
and  restore  the  waning  energies  to  their  pristine 
state.  To  the  young  and  middle  aged,  they  will 
prove  most  invaluable,  as  a  ready,  specific,  and 
sterling  medicine.  Here  is  a  dream  realized,  that 
Ponce-de-Leon  sought  for  three  hundred  years  ago, 
and  never  found.  He  looked  for  a  fountain  that 
would  restore  the  old  to  vigor  and  make  youth  ever 

AN    ETERNAL    SPRING  I 

It  was  left  for  this  day  and  hour  to  realize  the 
dream,  and  show  iu  oue  glorious  luct,  the  magic  that 

made  it  fair. 

THESE  FAMOUS  REMEDIES 

Cannot  stay  the  flight  of  years,  but  they  can  force 
back,  and  hold  aloof,  diseases  that  might  triumph 
over  tbe  aged  and  the  young.  Let  none  hesitate 
then,  but  seize  the  favorable  epportunity  that  offers. 
When  taken  as  prescribed — 

FOR  BILLIOUS  DISORDERS 
Nothing  can  be  more  productive  of  cure  than  these 
Pills.  Their  almost  magic  iutluence  is  felt  at  once  ; 
and  the  usual  coucomitams  of  this  most  distressing 
disease  are  removed.  These  remedies  are  made 
from  the  purest 

VEGETABLE  COMPOUND. 
They  will  not  barm  tbe  most  delicate  futuale,  and 
can  be  given  with  good  effect  in  prescribed  dotes  to 
the  youngest  babe. 

FOR   CUTANEOUS  DISORDERS 
And  all  eruptions  of  tbe  skin,  the  SALVE  is  most 
invaluable.    It  does  not  heal  externally  alone,  but 
penetrates  witn  the  most  searching  effects  to  the  very 
root  of  the  evil ! 

Dr.  Maggiel's  Pills 

Invariably  cure  the  fMusring  diseases: 
Asthma, 

Bowel  Complaints, 
Coughs, 
Colds, 

Chest  Diseases, 
Costivenesa, 
Dyipepaim, 

Diin-rlioea,  • 
Dropsy, 
Debility, 

Female  ComplainU,  Fever  and  Agu» 

Headache. 
Indigestion, 
Influenza, 

Iuflammntion, 

Inward  Weakness, 
Liver  Complaint, 
Lowuess  of  SpiriU, 
Ringworm, 

Rheiiumtism, 
Salt  Rheum, 
Scalds, 

Skin  Diseases. 

Notice.  —  None  genuine  without  the  engraved 
trade-mark  around  each  pot  or  box,  signed  by  Dr.  J. 
Muggiel,  43  Fulton  »t.,  New  York,  to  counterfeit 
which  is  felony. 

ty  Sold  by  all  respectable  Dealers  in  Medicines 
throughout  the  United  States— nt  23  cenU  per  box  or 

pot.  r.  H.  Mcdonald  t  co., 

Corner  Sansouie  and  Pine, 
apl4-ly  Agents  for  Puci lie  Coast. 


NATURE  UNVEILED, 
AT  mi 

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Eureka  Theatre,  Montgomery  street, 
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THE  CALIFORNIA* 


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UNITED  STATES  STAMP  DUTIES. 
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AEEFULLT  REVISED  AND   COHBECTED    FOB   TUB  CALIFOBXIAN 


PENALTIES. 

Penalty  for  making,  signing,  or  issuing  any  instru- 
ment, document,  or  paper  of  any  kind  whatsoever, 
without  the  same  being  duly  stamped,  for  denoting 
the  duty  hereby  imposed  thereon,  $51) ;  and  the 
instrument  shall  be  deemed  invalid  and  of  no  effect; 
or  for  counterfeiting  stamps  or  dies,  $1,000,  and  im- 
prisonment to  hard  labor  not  exceeding  five  years. 
For  making,  signing,  issuing,  accepting,  or  paying 
any  bill  of  exchange,  draft,  order,  or  note  without 
stamp,  $200.  For  selling  proprietary  cosmetics, 
matches,  photographs,  etc. ,  without  proper  stamps, 
$10.    For  removing  stamps  on  these  articles,  $50. 


STAMP  DUTIES. 
Agreement  Contract  or  Appraisement,  not  other- 
wise specified,  each  sheet  or  piece  of  paper  .$0  05 
Assignment  of  Mortgage,  Lease,  or  Policy  of  In- 
surance, same  as  original  instrument.  Assign- 
ment of  Patent  Right   05 

Bank  Checks,  Drafts  or  orders,  exceeding  $10, 

at  sight  or  on  demand  ,   02 

Bills  of  Exchange,  (inland,)  or  draft  otherwise 
(nan  at  sight  or  on  demand,  or  promissory  note 
except  bank  notes  for  circulation,)  or  any 
memorandum,  check  or  receipt,  or  any  evi- 
dence of  an  amount  of  money  payable-on  de- 
mand or  at  a  designated  time,  for  a  sum  not 

exceeding  $100   05 

Every  additional  $100,  or  fractional  part. ..  05 
Bill  of  Exchange,  (foreign,)  or  letter  of  credit, 
drawn  in,  but  payable  out  of  the  U.  S. ,  if 
drawn  singly,  the  same  rates  as  inland  bills  of 
exchange,  or  promissory  notes. 

If  drawn  in  Bets  of  three  or  more,  for  each 
bill  of  the  set,  where  the  sum  shall  not  ex- 
ceed $100  or  its  equivalent  in  any  foreign  cur- 
rency in  which  such  bill  may  be  expressed, 
according  to  the  Btandard  value  fixed  by  U.  S.  02 
Every  additional  $100,  or  fractional  part...  02 
Bill  of  Lading,  or  receipt  for  any  merchandise 
or  effects,  to  be  exported  to  a  foreign  port  or 

place.,   10 

Bill  of  Sale,  conveying  any  ship  or  vessel,  or 
any  part  thereof,  where  the  considerationdoes 

not  exceed  $500   ...  50 

For  every  additional  $500,  or  fractional  part 

thereof   50 

Bill  of  Sale  of  personal  property  other  than 

ships  or  vessels   05 

Bond,  indemnifying  any  person  for  the  payment 
of  money,  where  the  amount  recoverable  is 

$1,000  or  less   50 

For  every  additional  $1,000,  or  fractional 

part  thereof  .   50 

Bond  for  the  due  performance  of  the  duties  of 

any  office   1  00 

Bond  of  any  other  description,  except  such  as 
may  be  required  in  legal  proceedings,  or  used 
in  connection  with  mortgage  deeds,  and  not 

otherwise  charged  in  this  schedule   25 

Charter-Party,  snip,  vessel  or  steamer,  not  over 
150  tons,  $1 ;  150  to  300  tons,  $3  ;  300  to  U00 

tons,  $5;  over  600  tons  10  00 

Certificate  of  Profits,  or  any  memorandum  show- 
ing an  interest  in  property,  or  accumulations 
of  any  incorporated  company,  for  a  sum  not 

less  than  $10  nor  exceeding  $50   10 

Exceeding  $50  and  not  $1 ,000   25 

For  every  additional  $1,000  or  fract'al  part  25 
Certificate  of  Damage,  and  all  other  certificates 
or  documents  issued  by  Port  Wardens  or  Ma- 
rine Surveyors,  or  other  persons  acting  as  such  25 
Certificate  of  Deposit,  not  exceeding  the  sum  of 

$100,  2  cents;  exceeding  $100   05 

Certificate  of  stock  in  any  incorporated  comp'y,  25 

Certificates,  other  than  specified   05 

Contract,  broker's  note  or  memorandum  of  sale 
of  goods,  stocks,  bonds,  exchange  notes  of 
hand,  real  estate,  or  other  description  of  prop- 
erty, issued  by  any  person  acting  as  a  broker, 

for  each  note  or  memorandum  of  sale   10 

Deed  or  Conveyance  of  Real  Estate,  value  not 
over  $500,  5"0c.  ;   every  additional  $500,  or 

fractional  part  thereof   50 

Entry  of  Goods  at  any  custom  house,  value  not 
over  $100,  'Joe  ;  over  $100  and  not  over  $500, 

50c;  over  $500  '..1  00 

For  the  withdrawal  of  goods  from  bonded 

warehouse   50 

Ganger's  Returns,  quarterly,  for  quantity  not 

over  500  galls,  gross,  10c;  over  500  galls',  gr.  25 
Insurance  (Marine,  Inland  and  Fire)  policy  or 
renewal,  premium  not  over  $10,  10c;  $10  to 
$50,  25c. ;  over  $50,  50c.  ;  Life  policy,  under* 
$1,000, 25c;  $1,000  to  $5,000,  50c;  over  $5,000.1  00 
Lease  of  lands  or  tenements,  rent  not  over  $300 

per  annum,  50c  ;  each  add'l  $200  or  fraction.  50 
Manifest,  cargo  to  foreign  port,  registered  ton 
uage  not  over  300  tons,  $1  ;  over  300  and  not 

over  600,  $3;  over  600  tons  5  00 

Measurer's  Returns,  for  quantity  not  over  1,000 

bushels,  10c;  over  1,000  bushels   25 

Mortgage,  Trust  deed,  or  personal  bond  for  pay- 
ment of  money,  $100  to  $500,  50c. ;  each  addi- 
tional $500.   50 

Each  assignment  of  mortgage,  lease  or  pol- 
icy of  insurance,  or  renewal  of  the  Bame, 
is  subject  to  same  duties  as  the  original. 
Mediciucs  or  Preparations,  Perfumery  and  Cos- 
metics— Every  package,  box,  bottle,  etc.,  re- 
tailing for  25c.  or  less   01 

Each  additional  25c.  »  r  fractional  part  there- 
of,  up  to  $1,  lc;  each  additional  50c.  or 

fractional  part  thereof,  over  $1    02 

Playing  Cards — Each  pack,  price  not  over  18c, 
2c;  from  18  to  25c,  4c  ;  25  to  50c,  10c.;  50c. 
to  $1,  15c;  each  additional  50c.  or  fractional 

part  thereof   05 

Photographs,  Ambrotypes,  Daguerreotypes  or 
Sun  Pictures,  upon  each,  retailing  for  25c.  or 
less,  2c;  over  25  and  not  over  50c,  5c;  over 
50c  and  not  over$l,  3c;  each  additional  $1 

or  fractional  part  thereof   05 

Passage  Ticket  to  foreign  port, cost  not  over  $35, 
50c:  over  $35  and  not  over  $50,  $1 ;  every  ad- 
ditional $50  or  fractional  part  thereof  1  00 

Power  of  Attorney  to  Bell  or  transfer  stock,  scrip, 

bonds,  or  collect  divideads  or  int.  thereon  25 
To  vote  for  officers  of  incorporated  comp'y  or 
society  not  religious,  charitable  or  literary, 

or  public  cemeteries   10 

To  receive  or  collect  rents   25 

To  sell,  convey,  reutor  lease  real  estate  1  00 

For  any  other  purpose   50 


Probate  of  Will,  or  letters  of  administration,  es- 
tate  not   over  $2,000,  $1 ;    each  additional 

$1,000  or  fractional  part  thereof   50 

Protest  of  note,  bill,  acceptance,  check  or  draft,  25 
Promissory  Note — See  Bill  of  Exchange,  inland. 
Receipt  for  payment  of  money  or  debt  over  $20, 
not   being   for  satisfaction  of  mortgage, 
judgment  or  decree  of  Court,  and  receipt 

for  the  delivery  of  property   02 

Warehouse,  for  property  stored,  not  over  $500 
in  value,  10c.  ;  $500  to  $1,000,  20c.  ;  every 

additional  $1,000   10 

For  any  goods  held  in  storage,  and  not  other- 
wise provided  for   25 

Weigher's  Returns,  up  to  5,000  lbs. ,  10c;  over 

5,000  lbs  ...   25 

Writs,  or  original  process,  for  commencing  suit 
in  Court  of  record,  aud  in  Court  not  of  rec- 
ord, when  amount  claimed  is  $100  or  over, 
except  before  Justices  of  the  Peace,  or  in 
court  of  no  greater  jurisdiction  as  to  dam- 
ages, or  in  suit  commenced  by  the  United 

States  or  any  State   50 

Upon  every  confession  of  judgment,  or  cogno- 
vit, for  $100  or  over,  except  where  tax  for 

a  writ  has  been  paid   50 

Writs  or  process  on  appeal  from  Justice's 
courts  aud  other  courts  of  inferior  jurisdic- 
tion to  courts  of  record   50 

Warrant  of  distress — rent  claimed  under  $100, 

25c;  over  $100   50 


yiNCENT'S  COLD  PREVENTIVE. 

A  Sure  Cure 

FOR  COUGHS,  COLDS,  BRONCHITIS 
DYSPEPSIA, 
CONSUMPTION, 
NIGHT  SWEATS.  AND  PULMONARY 
DISEASES. 

Read  the  following : 

REMARKABLE  CURE. 
San  Francisco,  September  5th,  1865. 
I  desire  to  make  known  the  fact  that  I  was  afflic- 
ted with  a  very  bad  cough  for  fifteen  years,  and, 
during  this  time,  used  everything  which  1  could  hear 
of  without  getting  the  better  of  my  disease,  until  I 
tried  Dr.  D.  B.  Vincent's  Cold  Preventative  or  Cough 
Mixture,  which  cured  me  sound  and  well. 

NEWTON  MOORE, 

This  is  to  certify  that  my  wife  has  been  troubled 
with  indigestion  for  nearly  eighteen  months,  and,  by 
using  one  bottle  of  Dr.  Vincent's  medicine,  has  been 
completely  cured. 

San  Francisco,  April  6th,  1866. 

JOHNSON  J.  THOMAS. 

San  Francisco,  July  17th,  1865. 

I  hereby  certify  that,  having  had  a  Cough  some 
five  months  since,  which  had  troubled  me  for  two 
years,  and  I  was  so  bad  that  I  was  able  to  do  but 
little  labor  of  any  kind,  and  could  not  walk  fast 
without  putting  myself  out  of  breath.  I  was  so  far 
gone  that  I  had  chills  over  me  and  night  sweats,  and 
had  what  other  physicians  called  diseaseof  the  lungs. 
I  had  been  doctoring  a  part  of  the  time  for  the  last 
year,  when  I  saw  Dr.  D.  B.  Vincent,  and  be  gave 
me  a  small  vial  of  medicine,  which  relieved  me  of 
the  chills  and  night  sweats  aud  the  cough  entirely 
went  away,  and  I  do  not  take  cold  so  easy,  and  my 
health  is  much  better  in  every  respect.  My  appetite 
is  much  better;  and  I  heartily  recommend  all  others 
who  are  afflicted  with  similar  complaints  to  him. 

JOHN  O'NEILL,  National  Hotel. 

The  above  named  diseases  nearly  all  originate  from 
the  same  or  similar  causes,  and 

THE    COLD  PREVENTIVE 

will  cure  all  of  them.  It  is  a  sure  cure  for  Dyspep- 
sia.   Price,  50  cents  per  bottle. 


ACCIDENTAL 

HOMESTEAD 


Association, 


OFFICE, 


305  MONTGOMERY  STREET. 


Capital  Stock,  $33,060. 


D.  B.  VINCENT,  31.  D., 

PHYSICIAN  and  OCULIST* 
Treats  all  diseases  successfully  on  the  Electric  sys 
tern.  Particular  attention  paid  to  treating  all  Dis- 
eases of  the  Eyes,  Rheumatism,  Paralysis,  etc. 
Cures  guaranteed,  or  all  moneys  refunded — in  most 
cases  even  where  others  fail. 

S5P  Ofkick — No.  103  Kearny  street,  first  floor, 
where  he  cau  be  consulted  at  all  hours,  unless  pro- 
fessionally engaged.  All  orders  from  the  country 
promptly  attended  to.  ap7  ■ 


rpYLER  BROTHERS, 

NO.  632  WASHINGTON  STREET, 
AND  691  MARKET  STREET,  -  -  -  .  CORNER  THIRP, 

SAN  FRANCISCO, 
IMPORTERS,  WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL  DEALERS  IN 

SCHOOL  BOOKS, 

STATIONERY, 

PHOTOGRAPH  ALBUMS, 
BLANK  BOOKS, 

PORTFOLIOS, 

JUVENILE  BOOKS, 
FANCY  ARTICLES, 

CHILD REN S'  PICTURE  BOOKS,  Etc. 
Especial  attention  given  to 

LADIES'  STATIONERY, 

Which  we  stamp  with 

I  N  I   T  I  A   L  S  , 

In  COLORS  or  PLAIN. 


WEDDING    AND  VISITING  CARDS 

ENGRAVED,  WRITTfiN,  OR  PRINTED. 

1*M 


102  SHARES  $330  EACH. 

This  Association  was  formed  to  enable  its  mem- 
bers to  obtain  desirable  homestead  lots  iu  this  city  at  a 
cheap  and  easy  rate,  paying  for  the  same  by  regular 
monthly  instalments. 

For  this  purpose  they  have  purchased  Blocks  409,  500, 
and  501,  in  the  Western  Addition  to  this  ci*y,  bounded  by 
Devisadero,  Pine,  Broderick  and  Clay  streets. 

Subscribers  will  pay  an  initiation  fee  of  $5  on  each 
share  taken,  to  form  a  fund  for  defraying  current  ex- 
penses, and  $11  per  month  for  thirty  months,  common- 
cing  in  April,  1S66. 

The  property  is  within  three  blocks  of  the 
TURK  STREET  RAILROAD, 

IS  NEARLY  ALL  ON  THE  GRADE, 
and  is  most  desirably  located  for  Homestead  purposes. 

It  is  directly  cast  from  the  lands  of  the  California 
Association. 

The  property  has  been  purchased  on  very  reasonable 
terms,  and  offers  a  rare  opportunity  for  investment. 

A  number  of  fine  houses  are  in  process  of  erection,  and 
streets  are  being  graded  near  this  property,  which  will 
greatly  increase  its  value. 

When  twelve  monthly  payments  have  been  made,  the 
property  will  be  divided  among  the  members  in  the  usual 
manner,  aud  each  shareholder  will  receive  a  contract  for 
a  deed  to  tho  lot  or  lots  to  which  he  may  be  entitled,  aud 
have  the  privilege  of  taking  immediate  possession  of  the 
same. 

The  lots  average  27  feet  in  front  by  120  feet  in  depth 
The  whole  amount  due  upon  any  lot  may  be  paid  at  any 
time,  and  discount  at  the  rate  of  one  and  one-half  per 
cent,  per  month  will  be  deducted  thsrefrom. 

Persons  wishing  to  visit  the  lands  of  this  Association 
will  take  tho  Turt  street  cars  to  Devisadero  street,  and 
thence  go  northerly  along  Devisadero  to  Pine  street. 

Twenty  thousand  dollars  of  the  capital  stocn  is  taken, 
and  the  books  are  opeD  for  subscription  to  the  balance  at 
theofBceof  the  Secretary,  where  the  Official  Map  of  tho 
Association  can  be  seen,  and  lull  particulars  obtained. 
The  Title  to  this  Property  is  Perfect. 

J.  S.  LUTY,  Secretary, 
ODfce,  305  Montgomery  street,  corner  of  Pine, 

my  19  3m  Rooms  2  and  6. 


IJOYS1    BOYS!  BOYS! 

NOW  IS  THE  TIME 


H.  M.  LOCKWOOD  &.  CO., 
New  No.  624)  CLAY  STREET,  (Old  No  17 

Eave  received  a  Large  Stock  of 

GENTS'  AND  BOYS'  CLOTHING 

— AND — 

FURNISHING  GOODS, 

Which  they  are  selling 
AT   VERY   LOW  PRICES. 
Every  Garment  warranted.    All  are  invited  to  call  and 
examine  our  goods. 

H.  M.  LOCKWOOD  &  CO. 
ja!  624  Clay  street,  San  Francisco. 


PACIFIC  OCEAN  HOUSE, 
SANTA  CRUZ,  CAL. 

THIS  NEW  AND  COMMODIOUS  HOTEL,  built  and  fur. 
nished  in  accordance  with  the  most  modern  and  improved 
plans,  and  with  a  view  to  the  comfort  and  convenience  of 
its  patrons,  is  now  open  for  the  reception  of  guests. 

To  those  who  have  visited  Santa  Cruz,  it  is  unnecessary 
to  speak  of  its  beauties  aud  its  natural  advantages  over 
all  other  places  of 

Summer  Resort. 

To  those  who  have  not,  the  Proprietor  can  only  say 
COME  AND  JUDGE  FUR  YOURSELVES—  giving  all 
who  may  come  the  assurance  tnat  his  earnest  endeavors 
shall  be  to  make  the  Hotel,  in  all  its  appointments,  equal 
to  the  surroundings  of  this  delightful  Sea  side  Resort. 

GEO.  T.  BROMLEY, 

Santa  Crur,  April  4, 186ti.  Proprietor. 


jyjARKET  STREET  RAILROAD 


CHANGE   OF   TIME  TABLE. 


ON  AND  AFTER  AUGUST  1,  1865,  Trains  will  start 

rom  the  City  and  the  Mission  every  hour*  instead  of  every 
forty  minutes,  as  heretofore. 

Trains  from  tho  City  will  start  at  the  odd  hour,  com- 
mencing at  6:30  A.  M.  and  every  hour  thereafter  until 
11.30  P.  M, 

iuh2S  F.  McOO/FIM,  Superintendent 


gTOP  THAT  COUGHING. 


SOME  OF  YOU  CAN'T,  AND  WE  PITY  YOU.  You 
have  tried  every  remedy  but  the  ONE  destined,  by  its 
intrinsic  merit,  to  supersede  all  similar  preparations  It 
is  not  surprising  you  should  be  reluctant  to  try  something 
else  after  the  many  experiments  you  have  made  of  trashy 
componnds  foisted  on  the  public  as  a  certain  cure  .  but 

N  E  W  E  L  L  '  S 

PULMONARY  SYRUP 

is  really  the  VERY  BEST  remedy  ever  compounded  for 
the  cure  of  Coughs.  Colds,  Sore  Throat,  Asthma,  Whoop, 
ing.  Cough,  Bronchitis  and  Consumption.  Thousands  of 
people  iu  California  and  Oregon  have  been  already  bene- 
fited by  the  surprising  curative  powers  of 

NEWELL'S  PULMONARY  SYRUP, 

and  with  one  accord  give  it  their  unqualified  approbation. 
We  now  address  ourselves  to  all  who  arc  unacquainted 
with  this,  tho  greatest  Panacea  of  the  age,  for  the  healing 
of  all  diseases  of  the  Throat  and  Lungs,  assuring  you  that 

NewelVs  Pulmonary  Syrup 

has  cured  thousands,  and  it  will  cure  you  if  you  try  it. 
This  invaluable  medicine  is  pleasant  to  the  taste,  sooth- 
ing, healing  und  strengthening  iu  its  efl'ects  ;  entirely  free 
from  all  poisonous  or  deleterious  drugs,  and  perfectly 
harmless  under  all  circumstances. 

Certificates  from  many  prominent  citizens  of  San  Fran- 
cisco accompany  every  bottle  of 

JNeweU's   Pulmonary  Syrup. 

REDINGTON  &  CO., Agents. 

San  Francisco. 


DEDIKQT'ON'S 

Flavoring  Extracts 

ARE  MADE  FROM  FRESH  FRUITS.  Each  bottle  holds 
twice  as  much  as  any  other  brand  in  the  market,  conse- 
quently they  are  the  cheapest  and  the  best.  USE  NO 
OTHER. 

REDINGTON  &.  CO., 
Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast. 


ItyJARTHA  WASHINGTON 

KAIR  RESTORER. 


THIS  IS  A  WONDERFUL  DISCOVERY,  and  standa 
above  comparison  with  auy  other  article  lor  the  Hair  over 
brought  before  the  public. 

A  PERFECT 

Hair  Restorer  ™>  Hair  Dresser 

BOTH  COMBINED  IN  ONE, 

First — It  is  not  a  Dye. 

Second — WiH  not  Color  the  Skin. 

Third— Will  restore  Gray  Hair  to  a  beautiful  Black. 
Brown,  Auburn,  or  whatever  might  have  been  its  origiual 
color,  aDd  cause  it  to  assume  its  former  beauty. 

Fourth — Wi.l  cure  all  Humors  and  Diseases  of  the  Scalp. 

Fifth — Will  remove  Dandruff  and  Scurf  from  Ihc  bead, 
and  keep  the  hair  moist  and  silk  like  in  its  uppearanco  as 
in  youthful  days. 

Sixth— Will  promote  a  healthy  growth. 

Seventh — Will  prevent  it  from  falling  off,  and  cause  it 
to  grow  on  bald  heads  where  there  is  life  aud  vitality  at 
the  roots,  but  where  these  are  gone  there  is  no  hope  of 
success. 

Eighth — The  best  testimony  that  can  be  given  will  be 
found  inside  of  each  bottle. 

Warranted  to  do  all  we  claim  for  it,  or  the  money 
ref undid  after  using  two  bottles.    Try  it  and  be 

convinced. 

SOLD  EVERYWHERE. 

Price  One  Dollar. 

SIMONDS  &  CO.,  Proprietors, 
Fitzwilliam,  N.  H. 

REDINGTON  &  CO.,  Agents, 

San  Francisco. 


REDINGTON  &  CO.'S 

Essence  of  Jamaica  Ginger, 

THIS  VALUABLE  PREPARATION,  containing  In  a 
highly  concentrated  form  all  the  properties  of  the  Jamaica 
G  inger ,  has  become  one  of  tbo  most  popular  domestic  rem- 
cdies  for  all  diseases  of  the  stomach  and  digestive  organs. 

As  a  ionic  it  will  be  found  invaluable  to  all  persons  re- 
covering from  debility,  whether  produced  by  fever  or 
otherwise,  for  whilst  it  imparts  to  the  system  all  the  glow 
and  vigor  that  can  be  produced  by  wine  or  brandy,  it  is 
entirely  free  from  the  reactionary  effects  that  follow  the 
use  of  spirits  of  at  y  kind. 

It  is  also  an  excellent  remedy  for  females  who  suffer  from 
difficult  menstruation,  giving  almost  immediate  relief  to 
the  spasms  that  so  frequently  accompany  that  period. 

It  gives  immediate  relief  to  Nausea,  caesed  by  riding 
in  a  railroad  car,  or  by  sea  sickness,  or  other  causes. 

It  is  also  valuable  as  an  external  application  lor  Gout, 
Rheumatism,  Neuralgia, etc. 

REDINGTON  &  CO., 

au4  On  Sole  AgcnU  for  the  Pacific  Coast. 


16 


THE    CALIFORNIA  X. 


f  August  18th 


jyjAGUIRE'S  OPERA  HOUSE. 


T.  MAGUIRE  - 
C.  L.  GRAVES  - 
W.  STEVENSON 


-  PB^PBnrrOB. 
Stage  Manages- 
Tbeasibeb. 


THIS  AFTERNOON  AUGUST  13, 

LADY  DON, 


SJfPORTED  BY 


Miss  Kate  Denin, 


AND  A  POWERFUL  COMPANY 


Will  appear  in 


Orpheus  and  Eurydice, 

which  will  be  produced  with  gorgeous  scenic  effects. 


THIS  EVENING  AUGUST  18, 


Lady  Don 


Will  appear  for  the  First  Time  ia  California,  as 
WILLIAM,  in  (he  Nautical  Drama  of 

BLACK-EYED  SUSAX. 


PRICES  OF  ADMISSION  : 

O  •<•■«  Circle  and  Orchestra,  $1  00 

Reserved  seals,  50c.  extern 

Parquet,    50 

tipper  Circle,  25 


gUMMER  MEDICINE. 


PURIFY  THE  BLOOD 

A5D 

Constitution, 

WITH 

LE  DOYEN'S 

SARSAPARILLA, 

YELLOW  DOCK, 

IODINE  ALTERATIVE. 


CRANE  At.  BRIGHAM,  Agent*, 
yl9  1m  SAN  FRANCISCO. 


u 


N10N  CANDIDATE 


City  and   County  Attorney, 
H.  M.  HASTINGS. 


E 


LECTION  PROCLAMATION*. 


FOR  THE  MUNICIPAL  ELECTION. 


PUDLIC  NOTICE  IS  HEREBY  GIVEN,  that  the  Muni- 
cipal Election  In  and  lor  the  City  and  Couuty  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, » ill  be  held  on  WEDNESDAY,  September  5th,  1S6«, 
and  the  qualified  voters  of  said  cily  and  county  are  here- 
by  called  upon  to  meet  in  their  respective  districts  for  the 
purpose  of  electing  the  follow ing-named  olhcers  at  Baid 
election,  to  wit : 

Attorney  and  Counsellor 

Auditor. 

Tax  Collector. 

Public  Administrator. 

Supcnuuudeul  of   Pub       Streets,  Highways,  and 

S  |  !!!■•-. 

Chief  of  Police. 

One  Supervisor  and  oue  School  Director  in  each  of  the 
following  Districts  :  First.  Tnlrd,  Filth,  Seventh,  Ninth, 
and  Eleventh,  for  the  full  terra. 

Also,  oue  Sjpervisor  in  tho  Eighth  District  for  an  unex- 
pired term . 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  city  and  county  of 
.„„  ■  San  Francisco,  this  fourteenth  dav  of  August, 
iskalj  1M6  H  y  COON,  Mayor 

Attest  :  Cuas.  L.  Wicoix,  Clerk.  aul8 

NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS.— Estate  of  WILLIAM  MAC 
MICHASI .,  deceased. 
Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  administra- 
tor  with  the  will  annexed,  of  the  above  named  estate,  to 
the  creditors  of,  and  all  persons  haviug  claims  agaiost 
William  MacMicnael,  deceased,  to  exhibit  the  same,  with 
the  necessary  vouchers,  within  ten  months  from  the  IJrsl 
publication  of  Ibis  notice,  to  the  undrrsigned  at  his  place 
of  .j.j.--  N'  .  12  Post  street,  Masonic  Temple,  in  the 
city  aud  county  of  Son  Francisco. 
Sau  Francisco,  August  18,  1868. 

THEODORE  L  SCHELL, 
Administrator  with  the  will  auuexed  of  the  estate  of 
William  M  Michael,  deceased. 
W  liana  &  Bslexat,  Attorneys  for  Administrator.  6t 


ATETROPOLITAN  THEATRE, 

*  Montgomery  street. 

Bianchi's  Grand  Italian 

Opera  Troupe. 

General  Director  J.  P.  Crowlv 

Treasurer  A.  Birrell 

NON-SUBSCRIPTION  NIGHT 

SATURDAY  EVENING  AUGUST  18, 

Will  be  presented  Verdi's  Opera  or 

ERNAN I  ! 

Ulrica  Signora  Giovanni  Biancbi 

Oscar  Louisa  Tourney 

Svlvauo  Mons.  Ilenuecart 

Samuel  MonB.  Charles 

Elvira  Signonna  Elvira  Hmmbilla 

Ernani  Signer  Eugenio  Hiuncbi 

Carlo  Quiato  Signor  Muncnsi 

Silva  Signer  L.  Milleri 

Don  Riccardo  Herr  Schraubstadter 

Iago  ~..Mous  Roncoiivieri 

Giovanna  Madame  Bernard 

In  active  preparation,  and  will  shortly  be  produced, 
Ricci's  famous  Comic  Opera  entitled 
CRISPINO  E  LA  COMARE, 

(THE  COBBLER  AND  THE  FAIRY.) 

MOM  DA  r—  First  Night  of  the  New  Season. 

CONDUCTOR  MR.  RUDOLPH  IIEROLD 

Sceuery  by  Sir.  Rogers.    Costumes  by  Mrs  Taylor. 

Regular  Subscription  Nights,  Mondays,  Wednes- 
days, and  Fridays. 


PRICES  OF  AliMISSIOV. 

Dre68  Circle,  Orchestra  and  Parquette  $1  00 

Reserved  seats,  50  cents  extra. 
Gallery  50 

•08»  The  Box  Office  is  open  from  8a.m.  for  the  securing 
of  reserved  scats  for  season  tickets. 


E  MO  C  RATIO 


CANDIDATE  FOR 


Chief  of  Police, 
P.  J.  WHITE, 

OF  THE  FIRM  OF^P.  J.  WHITE  k  CO., 
aull  No.  412  Front  street. 


J^EMOCRATIC  CANDIDATE 
ram 

TAX  COLLECTOR, 

HENRY  A.  COBB, 

OF  THE  FIRM  OF  COBB  &.  SINTON, 


jy21 


NO.  407  CALIFORNIA  STREET. 


N 


OTICE  TO  TAX-PAYERS. 


CLERK'S  OFFICE,  BOARD  OF  SCPERVl=ORS,  1 
Sau  JYancisco,  August  13. 1866.  / 
Public  notice  is  hereby  given  that  the  Books  of  the  Real 
Estate  and  Military  Assessment  Rolls  of  the  city  aud 
county  of  Sau  Francisco  for  the  fiscal  year  1866-*67,  will 
be  open  for  examination  in  this  office  from  9  a.  m.  to  4 
o'clock  F.  x.,  duriug  the  sittiug  of  the  Board  of  4£qualiza- 
tion. 

A  Committee  of  the  Board  oi  Equalization  will  be  in 
session  iti  the  chambers  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  daily 
(Sundays  excepted)  from  1  Lo  3  o'clock  r.  «  ,  until  further 
notice,  for  the  purpose  of  receiving  and  considering  appli- 
cations for  the  alterations  or  reduction  of  assessment  upon 
Real  Estate. 

All  application*  for  reduction  of  assessments  nre  re- 
quired" to  be  verified  by  eacn.  (See  Statutes  of  1863-'64, 
page  189.)  JA8    W.  BINGHAM, 

uulS  Clerk  of  Buard  of  Supervisors. 


gTERETT  &  CUBERY, 

PRINTERS, 

533  Clay  sti'eet,  Sail  Francisco. 

B.  F.  STERETT  WU.  M.  CUBERY. 


We  arc  prepared  to  execute  Id  a  prompt  and  satisfac- 
tory manner,  all  kinds  of  Book,  Job  aua  Card  Fnmiug  ; 
also,  Blaaik  Books  manufactured  and  Paper  Rated  lo 
order.  aul5 


ROMAN  &  CO.'S 

LOT  OF 

Late  Publications. 


Armadale — a  Novel— by  Wilkie  Colling 

The  Dove  in  the  Eagle  s  Nest,  by  the  nutbor  of  The 

Heir  of  Redclvfle. 
Sbakepearc  s  Delineations  of  Insanity.  Imbecility 

and  Suicide,  by  A.  O.  Kelloiii?,  SI.  j>. 
505  Pulpit  Pungencies  with  a  Table  of  Contents. 
Footlight  Flashes,  by  William  Davidge,  Comedian. 
Hiddeu  De|itli8 — 12nio. 

Lectures  on  the  Studv  of  History  ;  delivered  in  Ox- 
ford, 1859-61— by  Ooldwin  Smith,  M.  A. 

Kate  Marstoue  .  or,  Happy  Hearts  .Make  Happy 
Homes. 

The  Mnle  Singer— a  Novel— by  Anna  Cora  Ritchie 
iMowult.) 

Poetical  Works  of  Thomas  Buchanan  Read— New 
Edition — 3  vole. 

Devotions  of  the  Ages  ;  or,  Collects,  Texts,  and  Ly- 
rics, illustrative  of  the  Christian  Year,  by  Rev. 
N.  G.  Allen. 

The  Adventures  of  Captain  Castagnette  (illustrated, 

by  Gustave  Dure. 
The  Mormon  Prophet  and  His  Harem,  by  Mrs.  C.  V. 

Waite. 

History  of  the  Gipsies,  by  Walter  Simson. 
Josh  Hillings — His  Book. 

Beyminstre— a  Novel— by  the  author  of  The  Silent 
Woman,  King's  Cope,  Mr.  Warenne,  etc. 

Garden  Vegetables,  and  How  to  Cultivate  Tliem, 
by  Fearing  Burr,  Jr     New  Edition. 

Brief  Biographical  Dictionary,  compiled  and  ar- 
ranged by  Rev  Gluts  Hole  and  \\.  A.  Wheeler. 

Poems  of  Thomas  Hood — New  Edition,  12mo. 

The  Maiden  and  .Married  Life  of  .Mary  Powell. 

The  Dean's  English,  by  G.  Washington  Moon. 

President  Lincoln  Self  portrayed,  by  John  M.  Lud- 
low. 

Temperance  Recollections — an  Autobiography — by 

John  Marsh.  D.  D. 
The  Masquerade  and  other  Poems,  by  John  G.  Saxe. 
Life  of  Benjamin  Silliuian,  by  Geo.  P.  Fisher,  2  vols 
Betsv  Julie  Ward — Belter  ;  to  Artemns. 
The.Person  of  Christ,  bv  Philip  Schaff,  D.  D. 
Asiatic  Cholera,  by  R.  Nelson.  M.  D. 
The  Laws  of  Short  Whist,  by  J.  L.  Baldwin. 
Speeches  of  Lord  Macaulay— a  New  Edition,  2  vols. 
Treasury  of  Bible  Knowledge,  by  John  Avre. 
Martineau's  Essays — Philosophical  and  Theological. 
Memoirs  of  the  Right  Hon.  Richard  B.  Sheridau,  by 

Thomas  Moore- 
Gilbert  Rugge — a  Novel — by  the  author  of  A  First 

Friendship. 

Short  Sermons  to  Newsbovs,  bv  Cbas.  Loring  Brace. 
Stanley's  History  of  the  Jewish  Church,  2d  series. 
Garden  Flowers":  How  to  Cultivate  Them,  by  E.  S 

Rand,  Jr. 
Adrift  in  Dixie,  bv  Edmund  Kirke. 
The  Philosophy  of  Art.  by  H.  Taine. 
Life  of  Emanuel  ISwedenborg,  bv  William  White- 
Baked  Meats  of  the  Funeral,   bv  Private  Miles 

O'Reilly. 

Recommended  to  Mercy — a  Novel — by  the  authorof 
Taken  Upon  Trust,  Zee's  Band,  etc. 

PUBLIC    AND     PRIVATE      LIBRARIES  SCPPLIED, 
ON   FAVOIIABLE  TERMS. 


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417  and  419  Moutgomcry  street. 

San  Francisco 


0PPOSITION  STEAMER-DAY, 

TUESDAY,  SEPTEMBER  25,  186«. 

GREAT  REDUCTION  IN  RATES, 
VIA  NICARAGUA  ! 

THE  CENTRAL  AMERICAN  TRANSIT  COMPANY  will 
despatch  the  favorite  Steamship 

MOSES  TAYLOR, 

On  Tcesdat,  -        -     Sift.  25, 

From  Mission  street  Wharf,  at  10  o'clock,  A.  V.,  precisely 
Connecting  at  GREYTOWN  with  the  splendid  Steamship 
SANTIAGO, 
2.600  To.vs,  fob  Nkw  Yobk. 
t.  o-  For  Passage  and  Freight,  nod  Insurance  on  Treas- 
ure, at  greatly  REDUCED  RATES,  apply  to 

I.  W.  RAYMOND,  Agent, 
Northwest  comer  Battery  and  Pioc  streets. 

Up  stairs.  San  Franciseo. 


piRKMANS  FUND 

Insurance  Company. 


PRINCIPAL  OFFICE, 

Montgomery  strut.  San  Francisco. 

Capital  fully  paid  in  Gold  Coin  $500,000  00 

Surplus,  April  30,  1866   154,824  57 

Total  Assets  $654,824  57 

Insure  against  Loss  or  Damage  by  Fire,  on  Stores, 
Dwellings,  Merchandise,  Vessels  and  Cargoes  in  Port, 
and  other  insurable  properly. 

(50,000  is  the  largest  amount  taken  on  any  one  risk. 
This  Coin|>anr  reins-ires  whenever  the  risks  are  deemed 
too  large  fnrAhe  locality. 

INDIVIDUAL  LIABILITY  of  STOCKHOLDERS 
Under  the  Constitution  and  Statutes  of  California. 
ALL  LOSSES  PAID  PROMPTLY  IN  UNITED  STATES 
GOLD  COIN. 

W.  B.  BOURN.  President. 
D.  J.  STAPLES,  Vice  President. 
Cbas.  R.  Bond,  Secretary.  au!7  3m 


rONDERS  OP  "WONDERS ! 

TO  BE  SEEN  ONLY  AT  TUK 

Pacific  Museum  of  Analomy  and  Science, 

Eureka  Theatre,  Montgomery  street, 
Ja27  If  between  California  and  Pins. 


DEMOCRATIC 

City  and  County  Ticket. 

For  Chief  of  Police, 
P.  J.  WHITE. 

For  Tax  Collector, 
GENERAL  H.  A.  COBB. 

For  Auditor, 
WASHINGTON  BARTLETT. 

For  Superintendent  of  Streets, 
LEANDER  WINTRINGElt. 

.For  Ctty  and  County  Attorney, 
SELDEN  S.  WRIGHT. 

For  Public  Administrator , 
COL  M.  C.  SMIiH. 

For  Fire  Commissioners, 
JOHN  BARR,  SIMON  T,  WALSH. 

For  Supervisors, 
Wabd 

.P.  H  Daly  1  Seventh.  ..Peter  Wheelan 
Third... W.  B.  Fairman    Eighth. Dr.  J.  W.  Winter 
M.  O'Neil  |  Niutb  Jas.  B.  Carson 


Ward 
First. , 


Fifth. 


Eleventh.  F.  McCoppin  | 


FirBt  Michael  Dalv 

Third  Peter  DempsV 

Filth  J.  C.  Shoib 


For  School  Directors, 
Wa&d 


Seventh.. T.  G.  McGuire 
Ninth  

Eleventh. .  Peter  Johnson 


For  Constables, 

First  Township  Samuel  Bridgewood 

Secoud  Township..-  Cornelius  lloouey 

Third  Township  

Fourth  Township  M  chad  Hawkins 

Fifth  Township....  Thomas  Agnew 

Sixth  Township... '.  

ADDRESS 
To  the  Voters  of  San  Francisco. 

We,  the  Members  of  the  Democratic  County  Con- 
vention, respectfully  addressing  ourselves  to  the 
Voters  of  San  Francisco,  claim  for  the  ticket  we 
have  nominated,  your  approval  and  support. 

We  have  succeeded  in  securing  gentlemen  of 
rreproachable  character  and  acknowledged  fitneet 
to  serve  as  candidates.  In  nuking  the  selection,  we 
have  been  careful  that  schemes  for  personal  aggran- 
dizement and  mere  political  success  should  not  shut 
out  from  view  the  future  welfare  of  the  community. 
The  peuce  of  the  city,  protection  to  property,  and 
fidelity  on  the  part  of  the  custodians  aud  dispensers 
of  the  public  moneys,  are  the  considerations  which 
have  controlled  their  deliberations. 

We  are  persuaded  that  a  change  for  the  better  can 
be  made  in  the  manner  of  administering  the  several 
Departments  ot  the  City  Government ;  and  this  we 
believe  to  be  the  general  conclusion  in  the  public 
mind. 

Whilst  it  is  conceded  that  much  credit  was  due, 
for  a  time,  to  those  who  managed  our  municipal 
alTuirs  in  an  independent  spirit,  it  is  also  contended 
that  more  recently  they  have  ignored  the  former 
proper  tests  for  official  position,  and  have  become 
mere  partisans,  intolerant  iu  their  views  and  preju- 
diced in  their  action.  With  this  change  iu  the  spirit 
of  their  government,  there  has  also  come  extrava- 
gance in  public  expenditures,  oppression  in  their 
license  svs'em,  and  corruption  iu  the  poiice  regula- 
tions. Reform  is  therefore  needed  in  the  City  Gov- 
ernment. This  reform  can  be  effected  only  tbruugh 
the  agency  of  the  ballot-box.  To  that  end  we  heart- 
ily invite  the  co  operatiou  of  the  voters  of  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

Nor  should  it  be  forgotten  that  the  resnlt  of  the 
approach  wig  local  election  will,  to  some  exieut.attect 
all  the  social  aud  monetary  interests  of  our  city. 
Moreover,  it  will  exeit  au  imjMirtaut  influence  ou 
polities  throughout  the  Slate;  and,  in  order  that  the 
people  may  fully  appreciate  the  political  significance 
of  the  victory  we  fervently  hope  to  achieve,  we 
shall  briefly  declare  the  principles  which  our  nomi- 
nees adhere  to,  touching  their  duties  and  the  great 
issues  of  the  day. 

We  pledge  them  to  a  faithful  discharge  of  the  ob- 
ligation their  elcctiou  will  cast  opon  them. 

We  pledge  them  to  an  unwavertngj»uppurt  of  those 
principles  of.  our  Government  which  assert  the  su- 
premacy and  vindicate  the  dignity  of  the  white  race. 

We  pledge  them  to  the  doctrines  ot  the  equality 
of  all  the  Stales  of  the  American  Union,  and  the 
right  of  each  individual  one  lo  determine,  under  the 
Constitution  of  the  United  SialeB,  the  qualification 
of  its  electors,  and  to  provide  for  its  local  prosperity 
and  domeslic  happiness  in  its  own  way  ;  and 

We  pledge  them  to  a  firm  adheraucc  to  the  policy 
of  the  National  Administration,  looking  to  the  de- 
fence of  these  great  principles  as  the  only  means 
calculated  to  heal  our  iliflerences,  to  secure  for  the 
Government  the  undivided  affection  of  the  people, 
and  lo  the  Union  of  the  States,  that  freedom,  pres- 
tige aud  power  rightfully  belonging  to  a  great.  Re- 
public ;  and,  in  conclusion,  we  declare  that  t'ey  ap 

firove  of  the  cull  for  a  National  Convention,  and 
lope  that  beueficiai  results  may  come  of  its  patriotic 
purpose. 

Finallv,  we  beg  leave  to  say  that  the  evasion 

practice"!  by  the  Couuty  Convention  of  the  op|Misite 
party  on  these  vital  questions,  is.  in  our  opinion,  de- 
signed to  accomplish  a  great  political  fraud,  and 
trittiug  with  the  intelligence  of  the  people  and  the 
interests  of  the  Stale.  We  condemn  as  dangerous, 
ill-tinted,  and  characteristic  of  Radicalism,  the  letter 
and  spirit  of  the  address  put  forth  by  that  body.  It 
is  but  an  appeal  to  the  passions  of  partv  at  a  time 
when  those  powerful  in  war  and  successful  in  battle 
should  be  just  and  muguanimous  in  peace. 
By  order  of  the 

Democratic  Codktt  Convention. 

aula 


VOLUME  V.,  No  14. 
Office,  No.  a'ii  Merchant  street. 


SAN  FRANCISCO.  AUGUST  25,  1866. 


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CONTENTS: 


ORIGINAL  : 

Applications  for  the  Position  of  Edi 
tor. 

Podgcrings  by  the  Way. 

A  "  Disgusted  '*  Literary  Journal. 

'■  Tho  Intellectual  Degeneracy  of 

the  Clergy." 

Italian  Opera  in  London. 

The  Free  Church  Movement. 

1 

"  The  Lion's  Mouth." 
A  Model  Verdict. 

Sea-calls. — A    Poem. — By  Erailie 

Lawson. 
Minor  E  litorials. 
Amusements. 


SELECTED  : 

y  Mark  Twain  "  on  his  Travels. 
The  Story  of  the  Burning  Ship. 
Boggs'  Story  of  Western  Life. 
An  Ancient  American  Pyramid. 
Ej'es  and  Noses. 
Italian  Women. 
Sorrows  of  a  Lecturer, 
Bummers. 

California  Productions  in  Washing- 
ton. 

Public  Marriages, 
'■  Jubilante." 

Stories,  Sketches,  Humor,  Miscella- 
neous Paragraphs,  etc. 


(For  the  Californlan.) 

PODGERINGS    BY    THE  WAT. 

Nn.  5. 

STRAWBERRY  Valley,  so  Darned  because  there  never 
was  a  strawberry  seen  there — but  the  first  way-side  inn 
was  kept  by  one  Berry,  whose  beds  were  stuffed  with  straw, 
hence  the  name.  Who  that  has  travelled  over  the  mountains 
in  early  days  does  not  remember  with  what  a  sense  of  satis- 
faction he  dismounted,  tired  and  hungrj ,  from  his  weary  mule, 
and  entered  the  low  ceiling,  large  public  room,  to  find  a  cheer- 
ful log-fire  blazing  in  that  splendid,  old  fashioned,  huge  fire- 
place— vast  in  its  dimensions,  hospitable  in  its  bright  blaze  of 
pitch  pine  logs,  that  threw  a  ruddy  light  upon  the  bronzed 
faces  of  the  seekers  for  gold  who  gathered  around  it.  It  was 
a  snug  harbor  in  those  days,  and  is  so  still  ;  and  many  a  good 
story  has  been  told  as  the  travellers  assembled  around  its 
ample  hearth,  after  a  solid  supper,  and  smoked  their  pipes. 
A  good  old  fashioned  fire  place  is  a  rare  thing  in  these  days 
of  stoves  and  modern  contrivances  for  warming.  Many  a 
Dight  the  floor  of  the  old  room  at  Strawberry  has  been  cov- 
ered with  lodgers,  who  were  glad  to  enjoy  its  hospitable  shel- 
ter, and  wrap  themselves  up  in  their  blankets  for  a  night's 
rest  after  a  long,  weary  ride  over  the  mountains.  Judges, 
lawyers,  and  divines  have  availed  themselves  of  its  rough 
floor  to  rest  their  aching  bones — it  is  not  necessary  now,  for 
beds  and  good  rooms  have  been  added,  and  all  the  comfoits 
of  a  good  hotel  can  be  found,  and  Charley  Watson,  celebrated 
for  his  skill  in  handling  the  "  ribbons,"  and  who  formerly 
"  tooled"  a  coach  and  six  over  the  mountains,  the  crack  driver 
of  the  Pioneer  Stage  Company,  is  now  the  landlord.  Every- 
body knows  Charley  Watson,  who  has  now  settled  down  in 
this  snug  harbor,  and  proves  that  he  is  just  the  man  that  can 
keep  a  hotel. 

As  I  descended  from  the  coach  the  cheerful  blaze  of  the 
pine  logs  was  a  comfortable  welcome  after  a  ride  over  the 
summit,  in  the  chilly  evening  air,  and  Charley  stood  in  the 
door,  smoking  a  long  nine,  and  greeted  me  cordially.  It 
would  have  been  a  high  bid  that  could  have  induced  me  to 
leave  such  comfortable  quarters.  I  was  bound  to  ca3t  my  fly 
on  the  ripples  of  the  American  River  on  the  morrow,  and  try 
my  skill  upon  the  speckled  denizens  of  its  foaming  eddies. 
After  supper  we  gathered  around  the  social  hearth,  and  as 
we  smoked  and  listened  to  the  yarns  of  the  Judge,  the  hours 
whiled  pleasantly  away  until  bed  time.  The  Judge  is  a  char- 
acter in  his  way,  and  a  long  residence  in  the  mountains  has 
made  him  familiar  with  every  creek,  and  favorite  haunts  of 
the  grouse  and  mountain  quail — an  ardent  lover  of  the  gun 
and  rod,  he  is  always  ready  to  pilot  a  friend  and  take  a  hand 
in  the  sport ;  aud,  as  for  stories,  "  wise  saws  and  modern  in- 
Btances,"  he  is  unequalled.  Tho  Judge  sapports  the  diguity 
of  the  law,  as  well  as  a  character  as  a  keen  sportsman,  and 
although  a  little  heavy  on  tha  scales,  continues  to  bag  ns 
many  birds,  and  bring  in  as  many  trout  as  "  any  other  man." 

Early  next  morning  the  Judge  and  myself,  rod  in  hand,  set 
out  for  the  river,  a  hundred  yards  distant,  and  although  not  a 
favorable  looming  for  the  sport,  the  sun  being  out  bright,  we 
came  in  at  noon  with  a  hundred  fine  trout.   Towards  evening 


Charley  and  I  tried  another  creek  in  the  vicinity  which 
turned  out  a  first  rate  place  for  black  flies  and  mosquitoes, 
but  was  no  great  shakes  for  trout ;  however,  we  made  a  fair 
average  of  it  and  supped  sumptuously  on  our  game. 

The  stage  that  came  in  at  dark  brought  a  party  of  enthusi- 
astic gentlemen  from  Sacramento,  who  had  come  up  to  put 
themselves  under  the  guidance  of  Charley  Watson  for  a  trip 
to  Hope  Valley  for  a  day's  fishing.  They  were  evidently 
skeptical  on  the  question  of  creature  comforts  in  that  region, 
for  I  noticed  that  several  suspicious  looking  cases  were  ex- 
humed from  the  boot  of  the  stage,  about  which  the  elder 
gentleman  of  the  party  seemed  quite  solicitous. 

The  Sacramento  Union  was  numerously  represented  in  the 
party,  and  that  ably  represented  journal  must  have  "  run 
itself"  during  their  absence. 

Having  been  invited  to  join  the  party,  I  mentally  calculated 
upon  the  chances  of  being  worsted}  b  the  piscatorial  encoun- 
ter to  come  off  at  Hope  Valley,  for  I  saw  that  they  meant 
business  ;  there  was  a  bustling  air  and  earnestness  of  manner, 
and  the  way  they  looked  after  the  "  tools,"  argued  that  they 
were  fully  determined  on  the  question  and  had  come  there  for 
no  light  purpose,  and  something  had  got  to  suffer,  whether 
those  cases  or  the  fish,  I  was  not  then  fully  able  to^letermine. 
It  was  evidently  a  great  relief  to  get  out  of  Sacramento  ;  it 
generally  is  to  most  people  about  these  days — not  that  I 
would  insinuate  that  it  is  hot  there,  not  at  all. 

Before  separating  for  the  night  it  was  duly  arranged  that 
the  morrow's  sun  skould  rise  upon  us  on  the  mountain  top, 
which  proposition,  I  noticed,  was  not  received  with  any  great 
enthusiasm  by  one  or  two  members  of  the  party,  but  Charley 
Watson  being  the  leading  spirit,  and  installed  as  chief,  no 
voice  was  raised  in  expostulation  ;  it  was  carried  that  we  were 
to  be  up  early,  get  our  coffee  and  be  off  at  5  o'clock  ;  and 
strange  as  it  may  appear,  we  did  get  away  at  6.  The  morn- 
ing was  rather  misty,  and  the  mountain  air  bracing,  as  we  rat- 
tled over  the  bridge  across  the  river  and  wound  our  way  up 
the  grade  towards  the  summit.  It  was  a  jolly  party,  for  all 
felt  a  sense  of  relief  and  freedom  from  the  confinement  and 
restraints  of  city  life.  The  Judge,  from  natural  exuberance 
of  spirits,  was  lively,  and  before  we  reached  the  summit  he 
had  told  more  good  stories  thau  the  note  book  of  the  gentle- 
man who  took  the  notes  for  the  Union  could  contain.  Some 
of  them  were  rather  too  large  sized  for  the  book,  but  the 
pencil  was  busy.  About  8  o'clock  we  reached  the  summit 
and  halted  in  front  of  a  modest  looking  way-side  inn  ;  before 
reaching  which,  I  observed  Charley  to  run  his  fingers  through 
his  hair  and  settle  his  cravat  with  one  hand,  while  the  Judge 
buttoned  his  vest  and  shook  himself  generally.  The  mystery 
of  this  "  slicking  up  "  was  soon  solved,  and  resolved  itself 
into  the  comely  appearance  of  a  young  woman  at  the  front 
door,  broom  in  hand,  who  greeted  Charley  and  the  Judge 
cordially,  with  a  bright  face  and  smile  of  welcome.  Charley 
was  a  very  long  time  watering  his  horses,  and  the  Judge  had 
to  get  out  and  stretch  his  legs  while  the  Union  Corps,  almost 
to  a  man,  were  seized  with  a  desire  to  smoke  and  got  out  to  get 
a  light,  ignoring  the  fact  that  everyone  had  a  pocket  full  of 
matches.  There  was  a  good  deal  of  "  chaffing  "  between  the 
Judge  and  the  young  lady,  and  some  allusious  were  made  to 
certain  young  gentlemen  which  brought  the  color  to  her 
cheeks.  After  a  while  we  got  off,  and  I  proceeded  to  cross- 
question  the  Judge  as  to  who  she  was.  He  said  her  name 
was  Ida,  and  she  was  widely  known  as  the  Mountain  Belle. 
She  was  the  sole  support  of  her  old  parents  and  younger 
brothers  and  sisters  ;  was  an  universal  favorite  with  travellers 
on  the  route,  and  that  there  was  not  a  teamster  on  the  road 
who  would  not  doff  his  coat  and  fight  in  her  cause.  No  man 
would  dare  utter  a  word  to  her  discredit ;  in  fact,  he  couhl 
not,  (or  her  conduct  and  life  are  so  perfectly  exemplary,  as  her 
face  would  imply.  At  the  dance  she  is  the  center  of  attrac- 
tion, and  as  the  Judge  remarked,  "  mighty  hard  to  tucker 
out."  Charley,  with  apparent  reluctanoe,  having  resumed  his 
reins,  cracked  his  whip  and  we  rattled  away.  As  we  did,  so  I 
caught  the  Judge  kissing  bis  hand  to  the  lady,  which  saluta- 
tion, she  acknowledged  by  a  significant  wave  of  her  broom, 


which,  fortunately,  was  too  short  in  the  handle  to  reach  the 
Judge's  head.  I  noticed,  however,  that  he  "  ducked  "  at  the 
motion,  just  as  if  he  was  familiar  with  the  uses  of  that  fem- 
eminihe  weapon. 

Turning  sharply  to  the  right,  we  struck  off  through  the 
shady  woods,  winding  about  the  bases  of  huge  mountain 
pines,  and  under  leafy  bowers  of  branching  oaks,  screening 
us  from  the  sun,  which  by  this  time  was  warming  up  consid- 
erably. 

We  soon  arrived  at  the  edge  of  the  mountain,  from  which, 
we  had  a  splendid  view  of  Lake  Valley,  and  commenced  the 
descent  of  the  old  original  grade,  over  which  Hank  Monk 
rattled  Mr.  Greeley  so  merrily,  and  by  the  same  token  scared 
that  respectable  gentleman  out  of  several  years'  growth,  or 
would,  had  he  not  already  attained  his  altitude  before  coming 
to  California.  The  road  is  very  narrow,  barely  wide  enough 
for  one  wagon.  On  the  upper  side,  huge  rocks  seem,  as  it 
were,  poised  above  your  head,  £eady  to  drop  on  to  the  wagon  ; 
the  other,  steep  down,  down,  beyond  any  possibility  of  calcu- 
lation, as  any  gentleman  rolling  down  it  would  cease  any 
arithmetical  ones  before  he  had  gone  a  fraction  of  tho  dis- 
tance. Charley  rather  luxuriated,  I  thought,  in  this  break- 
neck drive  ;  and  the  way  we  rattled  down  that  steep,  rough, 
and  narrow  grade  was  a  caution  to  the  party.  The  Judge 
had  hinted  at  walking  down,  but  did  not  like  to  propose  it; 
and  Charley  winked  at  me  as  he  put  his  head  around  and 
looked  inside,  and  observed  the  Judge,  with  his  hat  smashed 
down  on  his  bead,  holding  on  with  both  hands  to  the  bows 
either  side,  feet  braced,  and  face  wearing  a  troubled  and 
pained  expression — the  troubled  countenance  indicating  slight 
suspicions  on  his  part  that  he  had  rather  "go  slow,"  and  the 
bumps,  jumps,  and  "jounces"  of  the  wagon  accounted  for 
the  balance.  The  Union  was  very  quiet,  scarcely  a  word 
being  said,  except  an  occasional  Oh  !  when  a  severer  bump 
than  usual  brought  out  this  evidence  of  Jordan's  being  a 
hard  road  to  travel.  We  were  not  long  in  going  down,  aud 
soon  our  smoking  horses  brought  up  at  a  bridge  across  a 
creek  of  sparkling  cold  water,  just  from  the  snow-clad  sum- 
mits. Here  the  Union  all  got  down,  and  recourse  was  had 
to  the  suspicious-looking  case  in  froDt,  and  some  mysteriou3 
rites  were  performed,  indicative,  I  presume,  of  gratitude  for 
safe  deliverance  from  Charley  Watson's  driving  and  the  Gree- 
ley grade. 

The  Judge  must  have  been  badly  frightened,  judging  from 
the  fervor  with  which  he  rendered  his  thanks.  His  attitude 
was  decidedly  devotional,  head  thrown  back,  eyes  turned  to- 
wards heaven,  and  the  largest  end  of  a  black  bottle  pointing 
the  same  way.  There  was  a  perceptible  vibration  in  his 
throat  at- the  same  time,  and  a  short  clicking  sound  like  the 
working  valves  of  the  hydraulic  ram.  It  looked  aud  sounded 
very  much  like  drinking,  but  I  won't  say  so. 

On  again,  and  a  long  mountain  road  to  climb,  which,  out  of 
compassion  to  the  horses,  we  walked.  Once  on  the  summit 
of  the  second  range  we  mounted  again,  and  thenceforth  it 
was  all  down  hill,  and  the  Judge  had  to  hold  on  again  hard, 
as  Charley's  blood  was  up  and  he  fancied  himself  on  the  coach 
with  six  in  hand  again.  We  went  down  at  a  break-neck  pace — 
I  may  tay,  a  very  lively  gait,  and  as  we  descended  the  last  slope 
Hope  Valley  lay  spread  out  before  us,  and  the  headwaters  of 
the  Carson  wound  its  tortuous  way  through  it  like  a  silver 
thread.  Whooray  for  Hope  Valley  trout !  Aud  while  the  en- 
thusiasm was  at  its  height  we  dashed  up  to  the  door  of  a 
house,  and  as  Charley  threw  down  the  reins,  sung  out,  "Hello 
there,  Jim  Green  !"  The  individual  so  addressed  rose  from  the 
door-step,  threw  down  the  ,stick  ho  was  whittling,  and  an- 
swered.  "Hello  yourself!"  Fodders. 


There  seems  to  be  a  very  general  impression  that  Mark 
Twain's  Sandwich  Island  letters  to  the  Sacramento  Union 
possess  sufficient  intrinsic  interest  and  value  to  justify  their 
publication  in  book  form.  If  the  writer  could  be  persuaded 
to  collect  and  revise  them,  he  would  have  no  difficulty  "in 
finding  a  publisher  ;  and  we  are  satisfied  that  the  book  would 
prove  both  a  literary  and  a  pecuniary  success. 


2 


THE  CALIFORNIA!*. 


j  August  25th 


THE  STORY  OF  THE  BURNING  SHIF. 

WELL,  't  isn't  a  very  pleasant  life,  in  the  steerage  of  an 
emigrant  ship  bound  lor  New  Zealaud,  'specially  if 
the  weather's  a  bit  rough  ;  and  so  we  found  it.  For  the  next 
morning,  when  I  went  on  deck,  there  was  a  stiff  breeze  blow- 
ing, the  ship  heeling  over  ;  and  as  I  thought,  the  night  before, 
bo  it  was — there  was  nothing  in  sight  but  waves  all  round. 
One  sailor  did  point  to  something  which  he  said  was  home, 
but  it  might  have  been  a  cloud. 

The  fourth  night  bad  come,  and  as  I  lay  in  my  berth  listen- 
ing to  the  "  wash  wash  "  of  the  water  past  the  side  of  the 
ship,  the  creaking  and  groaning  of  the  timbers,  and  every  now 
and  then  the  heavy  bump  of  a  wave  against  the  side,  I  couldn't 
help  thinking  what  a  little  there  was  between  us  and  death  ; 
and  somehow  or  other  the  serious  thoughts  that  came  kept 
me  wide  awake. 

It  was  two  bells,  I  think  they  call  it,  for  they  don't  count 
time  as  we  do  ashore,  when  all  at  once  I  could  hear  as  there 
was  a  great  bustle  up  on  deck,  where  all  through  the  watches 
of  the  night  everything's  mostly  very  quiet.  Then  there  came 
a  good  deal  of  tramping  about  and  running  to  and  fro  ;  so  I 
gets  out  of  my  berth,  slips  on  one  or  two  things,  and  goes 
cautiously  up  the  ladder  and  gets  my  head  above  the  hatch- 
way, and  then  in  a  moment  I  saw  what  was  up,  and  it  gave 
me  such  a  shock  that  I  nearly  let  go  my  hold  and  fell  back 
into  the  steerage.  There  was  a  thick  cloud  of  smoke  issuing 
out  from  between  the  hatches,  right  in  the  centre  of  the  ship  ; 
and  almost  before  I  could  thoroughly  realize  it  all,  or  make 
myself  believe  as  it  was  true,  a  woman  ran  shrieking  along 
the  deck  in  her  night-dress,  and  calling  out  those  fearful  words 
on  board  ship — 

"  Fire  I  fire .'  fire  I" 

Hundreds  of  miles  from  land,  standing  on  a  few  nailed- 
together  pieces  of  wood,  and  them  burning  beneath  your  feet. 

I  couldn't  help  it :  all  my  bitter  feelings  of  being  ill  used 
came  back,  and  I  says  to  myself — 

"Your  usual  luck,  mate  ;  wouldn't  be  you  if  you  weren't 
unfortunate.  But  never  mind  ;  you  have  your  choice,  fire  or 
water."  And  then  I  thought  of  the  danger,  and  I  ketches 
myself  such  a  thump  in  the  chest,  and  rolls  up  my  sleeves, 
and  goes  up  to  the  captain  as  was  busy  giving  his  orders. 

"  What  shall  I  do  ?"  I  says. 

"  Pump  IV  he  shouts  ;  "  and  fetch  a  dozen  more  np." 

Lord  bless  you  !  I  had  'em  up  in  no  time  from  amongst  the 
crying  women  ;  and  I  found  time,  too,  to  get  the  women  and 
children  up  on  deck  in  the  poop,  which  was  farthest  from  the 
hatches,  where  the  smoke  kept  pouring  out,  besides  which  the 
wind  took  it  away  from  them. 

There  was  plenty  of  shrieking  and  screaming  at  first ;  but 
they  had  got  the  right  man  in  the  right  place  when  they  chose 
that  captain,  for  he  runs  to  the  poop,  where  all  the  shivering 
things  was  a-standing,  and  with  a  few  words  he  quiets  them. 
Then  he  runs  to  the  men  as  was  scuffling  about,  here,  there, 
and  everywhere,  and  gets  them  all  together ;  and  then  at  last 
he  gets  a  line  of  fellows  with  buckets,  a  lot  more  at  the  pumps, 
and  some  more  at  the  little  engine  as  was  there  ;  and  then 
when  all  was  ready,  and  every  man  standing  still  at  his  post, 
he  goes  with  some  more  to  the  hatches  and  drags  up  a  couple, 
when  up  rose  a  regular  pillar  of  fire  and  smoke,  with  a  snaky, 
quiet  movement,  and  in  a  moment  every  face  was  lit  up,  and 
there  was  quite  a  glare  spreading  far  out  to  sea.  Sails,  cord- 
age, masts,  everything  seemed  turned  into  gold.  For  a  mo- 
ment I  couldn't  help  forgetting  the  danger,  and  thinking  what 
a  beautiful  sight  it  was  ;  when  directly  after  there  was  a  regu- 
lar ringing  cheer,  the  engine  and  pumps  went  "  clang-clang," 
and  the  water  was  teemed  into  the  burning  hold  from  bucket 
and  engine-nozzle. 

How  the  water  hissed  and  sputtered  !  while  volumes  of 
Bmoke  and  steam  rushed  up  where  it  had  been  all  flame  but  a 
moment  before,  and  as  we  saw  this  we  cheered  ;  but  we'd 
nothing  to  cheer  for  ;  it  was  only  the  fire  gathering  strength  ; 
and  then,  as  though  laughing  at  the  water  we  poured  in,  it 
came  dashing,  and  crawling,  and  running  up,  licking  the  edges 
of  the  hatchway,  and  settiog  on  fire  the  tarpaulins  at  the 
sides,  and  then  it  began  to  shoot  and  leap  up  as  if  to  catch 
at  the  cordage  and  sails. 

"  Four  it  in,  my  lads,"  shouted  the  captain.  "  Don't  be 
afraid  ;  we  shan't  run  short  of  water,  like  they  do  at  your 
Loudon  fires." 

"  No,"  says  a  chap  on  my  side  ;  "  and  there  ain't  no  running 
away  into  the  next  street." 

Then  I  saw  the  captain  run  to  the  man  at  the  wheel,  and  ho 
changed  the  course  of  the  ship,  so  that  all  the  smoke  and 
flame  went  over  the  side  ;  and  then  at  it  we  went,  sending  in 
the  water  at  a  tremendous  rate,  but  io  all  appearance  it  did 
no  good — not  a  bit. 

'•  Now,  my  lads,"  says  the  captain,  "  with  a  will  ;"  and  then 
we  cheered  again  ;  and  that  noble  fellow  stood  with  the  en- 
gine-nozzle in  his  hand,  leaning  right  over  the  fiery  hole, 
where  the  flames  darted  out,  scorching  him,  and  there  he 
stood  battling  with  them,  and  aiming  the  water  where  he 
thought  best. 

You  se'j  I  stood  close  aside  him,  so  that  I  could  see  all  that 
he  did — a  brave  fellow — and  it  was  hot,  too.  '  You  know  I 


was  taking  the  buckets  as  they  were  passed  to  me.  and  send- 
ing  the  water  in  with  a  regular  splash  as  far  as  I  could  every 
time  ;  and  the  captain  nodded  at  me  every  now  and  then,  and, 
"  "Well  done  !"  he  says,  when  it  was  him  as  ought  to  have  had 
the  praise. 

It  was  like  looking  down  into  the  mouth  of  a  furnace ;  and, 
a?  far  as  I  could  see.  we  might  just  as  well  have  been  playing 
with  a  couple  of  bey's  squirts  ;  but  I  knew  enough  of  duty 
to  feel  what  I  ought  to  do  ;  and  though  I'd  have  liked  to  have 
been  aside  the  wife  to  comfort  her,  my  duty  was  to  stand  there 
a  pouring  in  »hat  there  water  till  I  couldn't  do  it  no  longer  ; 
and  the  more  it  didn't  seem  no  good,  the  more  I  warmed  up 
— obstinate  like — and  meant  to  try,  for  I  didn't  see  any  fun 
in  being  beaten  off  by  a'few  flames  and  sparks,  while  the  look 
as  I  got  now  and  then  from  the  captain  went  right  through 
me,  and  in  went  the  water. 

All  at  once  a  lot  of  the  sailors  6tops  pumping,  and  one 
shouts  out — 

"  'Tain't  no  good,  mates.    Boats  out  1" 

But  he  hadu't  hardly  said  it,  before  I  saw  the  captain  dart 
back  ;  and  then  there  was  a  bright  light  as  the  copper  branch 
of  the  hose-pipe  flashed  through  the  air,  and  then  down  came 
the  sailor  on  the  deck. 

"  Back  to  your  work,  men,"  sang  out  the  captain  ;  "  and  let 
a  man  go  to  the  boats  if  he  dares  !"  And  then  they  stood 
hanging  about,  muttering,  and  one  Dutch  chap  pulls  out  a 
knife.  Just  at  the  same  miuute,  too,  a  couple  of  the  sailors 
as  had  been  handing  me  the  buckets  strikes  work  too,  a-say- 
ing  they'd  be  hanged  if  they'd  stop  there  and  be  frizzled. 

I  felt  that  if  the  men  did  as  they  liked,  it  would  be  all  over 
with  us  :  and  that  meant  a  regular  rush  to  the  boats,  while 
the  poor  women  and  children  were  left  to  burn  ;  so  what  did 
I  do  but  I  ups  with  the  leather  bucket  I  had  in  my  hand — I've 
often  laughed  since — and  brings  it  down  like  a  'stinguisher 
right  on  the  top  of  number  one's  head  ;  as  to  t'other— he  was 
a  little  chap,  and  I'm  six  foot  i.nd  pretty  strong — 1  gets  hold 
of  him  by  the  scruff  of  the  neck  and  strap  of  his  trousers, 
aud  afore  he  knew  where  he  was,  I  had  him  up  in  the  air,  and 
over  the  hole  where  the  flames  were  pouring  up,  and  so  close, 
too,  that  he  could  feel  the  scorching  ;  and  then —  I  ain't 
much  given  to  swearing,  but  I  rapped  out  something  fierce, 
that  if  he  didn't  work  I'd  hurl  him  in. 

Lord,  you  should  have  heard  what  a  shriek  there  was  as 
the  fellow  twisted  about  like  an  eel  to  get  away,  and  then  1 
put  him  a  little  nearer  ;  when  he  begged  and  prayed  to  be  put 
down,  and  he'd  work  till  he  dropped  ;  and  then  up  comes  the 
captain,  for  he'd  bolted  off  into  the  cabin,  but  now  rushed  out 
again  with  a  revolver  in  each  hand. 

"  Well  done,  my  man,"  he  shouts  to  me,  for  he  saw  what 
I  did  ;  and  then  he  gives  me  one  of  the  pistols,  and  swore  he'd 
shoot  the  first  man  as  disobeyed,  and  I'm  blessed  it  I  didn't 
believe  he  would,  if  they'd  have  tried  it  on  ;  but  they  didn't, 
but  began  pumping  away  like  mad  again,  and  we  two  went  to 
work  pouring  in  the  water,  while  (,'m  sure  I  beard  a  regular 
groan  from  the  captain,  though  his  face  was  like  a  bit  o'  wood. 

This  didn't  take  above  five  minutes  ;  but  I  believe  it  lost 
us  the  ship,  though  we  had  seemed  to  make  such  a  little  im- 
pression when  we  turned  on  the  water.  But  five  i.iinutes  at 
such  a  time  was  ruin  ;  the  flame  rose  higher  and  higher,  aud 
the  heat  was  awful  ;  so  that,  do  what  we  would,  we  were  beat 
back,  aud  instead  of  a  quiet  crawling  flame  now,  there  was  a 
regular  roar,  and  the  wind  set  towards  the  great  fiery  tongues 
in  a  fierce  draught. 

"  Slick  to  it,  my  man,"  says  the  captain,  in  a  low  voice. 
"  It's  our  only  chance." 

"  And  I  wouldn't  give  much  for  it,  sir,"  I  says,  in  the  same 
tone. 

"  Hush  !"  he  says  ;  and  then  to  the  men,  "  Pump  away,  my 

lads  1" 

They  pumped  away  hearty  enough,  and  kept  trying  on  a 
cheer  ;  but  it  soon  could  be  seen  with  half  au  eye  that  the 
ship  must  go,  for  the  flames  darted  up,  and,  almost  before  you 
knew  it,  the  rigging  was  on  fire,  and  the  tongues  like  leaping 
Iron)  rope  to  rope,  till  the  tarry  things  blazed  furiously,  right 
up  to  the  mainmast  head,  and  little  fiery  drops  of  burning  tar 
kept  falling  on  to  the  deck,  or  cissing  into  the  sea  ;  while  for 
far  enough  off,  out  into  the  dark  night,  the  great  flaky  sparks 
went  flyiug  along  for  all  the  world  like  a  beautiful  goldeo 
snow-storm. 

"  There,"  says  the  captain,  throwingdown  the  copper  branch 
with  which  he  had  played  on  the  fire,  and  shaking  his  fist  right 
in  the  flames,  so  that  they  must  have  burnt  it — "  there,"  he 
says,  savagely,  "  I've  fought  it  out  with  you,  aod  you've  beat! 
Now  for  life  saving  I" 

And  then,  quietly  and  coolly,  he  had  one  boat  lowered 
down,  with  the  first  mate  in  and  a  crew  of  sailors,  and  the 
shrieking  womeu  and  children  lowered  in,  while  the  quiet  ones 
he  kept  back.  Then  there  was  a  water-cask  and  a  lot  of  bis- 
cuit-bags thrown  iu,  and  that  boat,  well  loaded,  pushed  off  on 
the  calm  sea,  and  lay  to,  watching  U3.  Then  the  second  mate 
was  ordered  into  the  second  boat,  with  a  crew  of  sailors  ; 
water  and  bags  of  biscuit  were  thrust  in  ;  and  then,  well 
loaded  with  women  and  children,  and  one  or  two  of  the  men 


passengers,  that  was  carefully  lowered  down,  unbooked  and 
pushed  off. 

The  other  two  boats  were  not  swung  over  the  sides,  but 
lay  between  the  masts  of  the  ship,  right  in  the  middle  of  the 
deck,  and  were  full  of  stores  and  odd  things  pat  there  to  be 
out  of  the  way  ;  but  the  captain  and  men  left  soon  bad  tack- 
ling  fastened  to  the  boat  that  was  right  in  front  of  the  fire, 
aud  it  was  hauled  up,  swung  clear,  and  lowered  down,  with  a 
couple  of  men  in,  and  they  rowed  it  back  to  the  hinder  part 
of  the  ship,  while  we  who  had  been  launching  it  bad  to  make 
a  regular  dash  through  the  flames,  which  now  extended  Dearly 
across  the  deck.  One  man,  however,  did  not  dare  come 
through,  but  pluoged  overboard  aod  swam  after  the  boat  till 
he  was  took  in. 

"  Now,  then,"  said  ths  captain  ;  and  the  rest  of  the  women 
were  slung  down. 

I  did  not  mean  to  go  as  long  as  I  could  help  the  captain  ; 
and  then  half  a  dozen  of  the  men  passengers  were  lowered 
down,  and  they  were  just  goiug  to  shove  off,  when  I  shouts 
out — 

"  Stop  !"  and  the  captain  tarns  round  angrily  to  me  ;  and 
I  says,  "  No  water  !" 

Sure  enough  they  had  noue.  and  a  little  cask  that  stood  on 
the  deck  was  slung  down,  aud  they  were  going  to  shove  off 
a<iain,  when  I  heard  a  shriek  as  went  through  and  through  me, 
and  saw  a  bright  glare  ;  the  man  at  the  rudder  leaned  over, 
while  at  the  same  moment  there  was  a  roar  and  a  rush  of  fear- 
ful light,  and  the  great  mainmast  blazing  from  top  to  bottom, 
and  covered  with  burnjng  rope  and  canvas,  toppled  over  to- 
wards where  the  boat  lay,  for  the  fire  had  been  eating  into  it 
below  deck  for  long  enough.  It  was  all  in  a  moment,  and  like 
the  flashing  of  some  great  sheet  of  lightning,  as  in  the  midst 
of  a  wild  and  fearful  cry  it  fell  right  towards  the  boat. 

That  was  a  fearful  moment,  that  was,  and  we  held  oar 
breath  with  ten-or  ;  and  I — I  could  not  help  it — I  covered  my 
face  with  my  hands  and  dared  not  look,  till  I  heard  a  loud 
cheer,  and  saw  the  boat  safely  floating  within  a  very  few  yards 
of  the  half-extinct  mast,  which  had  narrowly  missed  falling 
upon  the  little  haven  of  safety. 

And  now  tbey  were  going  to  get  the  last  boat  oat,  and  the 
three  others  lay  off  at  a  little  distance,  while  above  the 
hoarse  orders  of  the  captain  there  was  the  crackling  and 
roar  of  the  flames,  now  leaping  up  at  a  fearful  rate.  And  yet 
it  was  a  splendid  sight,  in  spite  of  the  horror  ;  for  every  now 
and  then  pieces  of  the  copper  wire  rope  used  in  the  rigging 
regularly  caught  fire,  and  burned  with  a  most  beautiful  blue 
light,  brighter  than  in  any  firework  I  ever  saw;  while  now 
the  foremast  had  taken  fire,  and  the  flames  were  tearing  along 
the  rigging  till  the  ropes  seemed  illuminated  with  little  beads 
and  tongues  of  fire.  The  heat  grew  awful,  and  every  now  and 
then  pieces  of  blazing  ropes,  spars  and  blocks,  fell,  red-hot 
and  glowing,  into  the  sea,  to  send  up  little  columns  of  hissing 
steam.  The  whole  of  the  centre  of  the  ship  was  now  on  fire, 
and  the  flames  rose  prodigiously,  floating  off.  and  flashing 
amidst  the  clouds  of  smoke  ;  while  far  away,  atill  lightly  flit- 
ted and  spun  about  the  golden  flaky  snow,  eddying  amongst 
the  smoke,  and  darting  far  on  high,  in  the  most  beautiful  way 
imaginable. 

1  think  I  said  before  how  the  tremendous  beat  caused  a  reg- 
ular draught  to  set  towards  the  fire,  so  that  as  you  were  al- 
most scorched  before,  the  wind  came  with  quite  a  cold  rush 
behind  ;  but  then,  how  it  made  the  flames  roar  again,  and 
burn  more  fiercely  than  ever!  It  was  a  sickening  sight;  for 
every  now  and  then  the  cruel  forky  tongues  seemed  to  keep 
lapping  at  and  threatening  us  ;  theu  dancing  aud  licking  every- 
thing up,  as  if  in  devilish  joy  at  the  prospect  of  soon  devour- 
ing us  poor  sinners. 

It  was  a  horrible  sight,  and  though  I  didn't  sbow  it,  yet  I 
could  feel  my  heart  sink  every  time  I  wis  idle  for  a  few  mo- 
ments, when  I  went  at  it  again  like  a  savage.  I  d'dn't  go 
down  on  my  knees  to  pray  ;  but — I  don't  know — I  think  I 
prayed  earnestly  in  my  heart  then,  and  though  I  would  gladly 
have  been  with  the  wife  safe  in  the  other  boat,  yet  I  couldn't 
feel  as  it  was  suited  with  a  fellow's  duty  to  leave  such  a  man 
as  that  captain  had  showed  himself  all  in  the  lurch  ;  so  I  says 
to  myself,  "  Be  a  man,  too,  Phil  ;"  and  I  did  try  to,  anyhow. 

All  at  once  the  flames  seemed  to  veer  round,  and  began 
blowing  towards  us,  while  the  position  of  the  boats  wa9 
chauged  ;  and  I  couldn't  understand  it,  till  I  saw  the  captain 
run  from  helping  to  get  the  last  boat — the  one  as  was  on  the 
deck  close  to  the  mizzen-mast — over  the  side  ;  and  then  I 
found  it  was  the  man  had  left  the  steering  wheel,  and  had  run 
up  towards  the  boat. 

"  Back  !"  I  heard  the  captain  say  ;  "  back,  or  I'll  fire  !" 

"  Fire  away,  cap,"  say3  the  man,  sulkily;  "  one  may  jast 
as  well  die  by  fire  one  way  as  another,  and  I  won't  stand  there 
and  be  burnt."  And  then  the  captain's  hand— the  one  as 
held  the  pistol— fell  down  by  bis  side,  and  he  looked  regularly 
done. 

"What's  np?"  I  says.  "  Can  I  do?"  and  I  followed  the 
captain  to  the  wheel,  which  he  tamed  so  as  to  pat  the  head  of 
the  ship  right  once  more;  and  as  he  did  it,  she  just  changed 
round  again  ;  but  while  all  this  had  been  going  on,  the  mis- 
zen  or  third  mast  took  fire,  and  now  was  blazing  away  fiercely. 


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"Hold  on  here,  my  man,"  says  the  captaiti,  "and  keep  the 
wheel  just  as  it  is.  '/'hut's  right  :  hold  the  spokes  firm  ;  and 
if  her  head  swings  round,  call  to  me  to  come  and  help  you." 

"  AH  right,"  I  says  ;  "  but  mind,  I  don't  understand  it  a 
bit."  And  now  my  troubles  seemed  to  begin  ;  for  though  it 
was  bad  enough  to  be  bustling  about  fancying  that  the  ship 
would  either  go  down  or  you'd  be  burnt  every  moment,  yet  to 
stand  stock  still  holding  on  to  the  spokes  of  that  wheel  was 
awful,  and  do  what  I  would  to  stop  it,  a  regular  tremble  came 
all  over  me,  and  my  knees  kept  on  shake,  shake,  shake. 

They  got  the  boat  over  the  side,  and  then  the  men  rushed 
over  one  another  to  get  in,  and  it  was  only  by  stamping  about 
and  hitting  at  them  that  the  captain  got  the  poor  chaps  to 
take  in  the  things  they  wanted  ;  such  as  food,  which  he 
fetched  out  of  the  cabin  himself;  and  water,  which  they  did 
sling  in,  but  dropped  one  little  cask  overboard.  But,  one 
way  or  another,  he  got  them  at  last  to  take  in  a  good  many 
things  such  as  they'd  want,  and  a  compass;  and  then,  with 
three  more  men,  he  rushed  down  to  the  cabin  again  for  more 
food — biscuit-bags — saying  as  the  other  boats  would  want 
more,  and  that  we  must  supply  'em.  And  then  np  they  came 
staggering  and  shaking,  one  man  with  a  little  water-keg,  and 
the  captain  with  a  side  o'  bacon,  and  two  men  with  bags  o' 
biscuit ;  and  they  goes  to  the  side,  and  I  wished  my  job  was 
done  as  I  saw  'em  go. 

All  at  once  one  of  the  men  gives  a  yell,  throws  down  his 
bag,  and  leaps  bang  overboard,  and  the  others,  running  after 
him,  did  so  too  ;  and  then  I  could  see  that  the  cowardly  beg- 
gars had  pushed  off — for  they  lay  close  under  the  side,  were 
I  couldn't  see  'em  before,  and  now  they  were  rowing  hard  to 
get  away,  and  I  could  see  that  the  boat  was  so  full  that  the 
least  thing  must  make  her  fill  and  sink. 

It  was  pitiful  to  hear  the  shrieks  of  those  poor  fellows  as 
we  left  behind,  as  they  swam  with  all  their  might  to  get  up  to 
the  boat,  and  it  was  pitiful  to  see,  for  it  was  as  light  as  day, 
and  the  waves  that  gently  rose  and  fell  seemed  waves  of  blood 
— glowing  blood — with  golden  crests  as  they  softly  broke. 
But  though  one  man  swam  so  fast  that  he  got  up  the  boat, 
they  pushed  him  off  with  the  oars  ;  and  then  I  saw  him  cling 
to  them,  and  one  man  pulled  out  a  knife  to  stab  at  him  if  he 
came  nearer  ;  while  just  then  I  saw  the  boat-hook  rise  up  and 
fall  with  a  heavy  thud  on  the  poor  chap's  head,  and  be  went 
under,  and  I  said,  "  God  help  him  !"  for  he  came  up  no  more. 

There  were  two  more  swimming  after  them,  and  when  the 
next  saw  all  this,  he  just  turned  round,  and  looked  back  at  the 
ship,  and  paddled  with  his  hands  a  bit,  and  then  stretching 
thera  straight  up  towards  the  sky,  he  gave  one  wild,  bitter 
shriek,  and  he  went  under  ;  and  this  time  I  tried  to  say,  "God 
help  him!"  but  it  was  only  my  lips  that  moved. 

There  was  the  other,  though,  a  fine  lusty  young  fellow,  and 
as  soon  as  he  saw  what  took  place  he  turned  off  to  the  left 
and  tried  to  reach  the  nearest  boat  of  the  other  Chree  ;  and 
manfully  he  swam  for  it,  raising  himself  well  up  in  the  water 
at  every  stroke,  and  gradually  lessening  the  distance  till  he 
got  close  up  to  the  stern,  where  I  could  see  quite  plain  some 
one  holding  out  his  hands  to  him,  and  he  was  took  aboard 
the  boat. 

Now,  all  this  took  place  in  a  very  few  minutes  ;  and,  in 
spite  of  the  danger,  we,  the  two  last  on  board,  could  rot  help 
stopping  to  gaze  at  the  terrible  incident;  but  now  the  cap- 
tain comes  up  and  takes  my  hand,  and  says — 

"  Brother,  it  was  a  cowardly,  cruel,  selfish  action  ;  and  I 
dor.'t  know  but  what  I'd  rather  die  ,with  a  brave  man  than 
live  with  curs." 

I  know  my  hand  shook,  but  I  don't  think  my  voice  did, 
though  I  thought  of  life  being  sweet,  as  I  said  to  him — 

"  Is  it  very  hard  to  die,  captain  ?" 

"  Yes,"  he  says,  "  I  believe  it  is,  to  a  strong  man  ;  and  as 
God  gave  us  life,  and  we've  done  our  duty  so  far,  why  we  must 
finish  it  by  trying  to  save  two  more." 

•'  But  how  ?"  I  says,  getting  hold  of  him. 

"Don't  leave  the  wheel,"  he  says;  and  then,  again,  "But 
it  don't  matter — she  makes  do  way.    Lend  a  hand  here." 

And  I  helped  him,  and  together,  roasting  almost,  we  drag- 
ged three  great  fowl-coops  and  a  grating  to  the  side,  and  he 
tied  them  together — lashed  them,  he  called  it — in  no  time ; 
then  we  shoved  them  overboard  ;  and  as  the  vessel  slowly 
swung  round,  we  were  out  o'  sight  o'  the  boats,  which  were 
about  a  quarter  of  a  mile  off.  He  had  a  rope  to  the  coops  so 
that  they  could  not  float  off,  and  as  he  told  me,  I  slid  down 
on  to  them  and  squatted  there  trembling,  while  he  lowered 
down  to  me  the  little  water  keg,  some  rope,  the  bacon,  and 
two  of  the  biscuit-bags.  Then  ho  pitched  some  loose  pieces 
of  wood  work  and  the  cover  of  the  cabin  stairs  and  a  batch 
thing  and  tarpaulin  into  the  water  by  me  ;  slid  down  the  rope, 
and  was  by  my  side  in  a  few  minutes  ;  with  the  coops  sinking 
about,  so  that  I  was  glad  to  lower  myself  into  the  water  and 
hold  on. 

"  That's  right,"  he  says,  opening  his  knife  with  his  teeth 
and  cutting  the  rope,  and  then  getting  the  tarpaulin  and  bits 
of  wood  and  things  in  the  centre  in  the  handiest  way  possible 
— same  as  only  a  sailor  could  do.  He  tells  me  to  hold  on 
tight,  and  then  lowering  himself  into  the  water  he  pushes  off 
from  the  burning  ship  and  begins  swimmiDg  and  guidiDg  our 


bit  of  raft  away  very  slowly,  but  still  farther  and  farther  off. 

"  I'll  lash  the  coops  and  the  grating  together,"  he  says,  "as 
soon  as  we're  out  of  danger." 

"  Out  of  danger  !"  I  says  ;  "  and  when  will  that  be?" 

"  Well,"  he  says,  "  I  mean  when  we  are  out  of  reach  of  be- 
ing sucked  down  when  she  sinks." 

"  Will  she  sink  ?"  I  says. 

"  Yes,"  he  says,  "  and  before  long  now;"  and  then  he  went 
on  swimming  hard,  while  I  could  do  notbiug  but  watch  first 
the  boats  and  then  the  burning  ship. 

It  was  grand,  though  awful,  to  see  the  noble  vessel  standing 
there  like  a  pyramid  of  fire  whose  heat  we  could  yet  feel  on 
our  scorched  faces.  From  every  part  now  the  flames  were 
rushing,  even  from  the  cabin  windows  beneath  where  I  had  so 
lately  been  standing,  and  I  could  hardly  keep  from  shuddering 
as  I  thought  of  the  awful  danger. 

It  was  hard  work  forcing  the  raft  through  the  water  on  ac- 
count of  the  breeze  which  set  toward  the  ship  ;  but  we  got 
farther  and  farther  away,  and  were  some  distance  off  when 
the  niizzen-mast  went  blazing  over  the  side  ;  but  still  the  cap- 
taiu  said  we  were  not  safe,  and  swam  on  till  we  could  not 
feel  the  breeze  ;  aud  at  length,  panting  and  exhausted,  he 
hung  on  motionless,  and  said  we  must  risk  it  now. 

Then  we  were  both  silent,  and  watched  the  boats  now  far- 
ther away  from  us,  and  the  blazing  ship  seemed  to  be  the  cen- 
tre of  a  glorious  ring  of  light,  on  the  outside  of  which,  like 
sparks,  we  all  lay  waiting  for  the  end  we  knew  was  soon  to 
come.  Everywhere  else  was  dark  as  pitch,  not  even  a  star  to 
be  seen,  while  the  waves  just  rose  and  curled  a  little  over  as 
they  washed  against  our  our  raft ;  excepting  the  dull  roar  and 
crackle  of  the  flames,  everything  was  as  still  as  death. 

All  at  once  I  started,  for  the  captain  spoke  sadly  as  he 
looked  at  his  vessel ;  and  out  of  the  silence  his  voice  sounded 
wild  and  strancre — 

"  If  I'd  had  a  crew  like  you,  my  man,  I  think  we  could  have 
saved  her  ;"  and  then  he  spoke  no  more,  for  just  then,  from 
being  quite  still,  the  good  ship  seemed  to  roll  a  little  towards 
us,  and  then  to  the  other  side,  slowly,  and  as  if  just  bending 
to  the  breeze  ;  and  then  we  could  almost  see  the  water  creep- 
ing up  her  burning  side3  as  clouds  of  steam  arose  ;  and  with 
one  calm,  steady  dip  forward  she  seemed  to  plunge  right  down 
beneath  the  golden  waters.  Then  there  was  a  rising  and  a 
falling  of  the  sea,  aud  a  deep,  dense  darkness,  out  of  which 
close  by  me  came  one  of  the  bitterest,  heart-tearing  sobs  I 
ever  heard  from  the  breast  of  man  ;  and  I  did  not  speak,  for 
I  felt  that  it  was  the  captain  sorrowing  for  the  loss  of  his 
good  ship. 

For  a  good  piece  the  silence  wa3  as  deep  as  the  darkness, 
and  then  the  captain  was  the  first  to  break  it  in  quite  a  cheer- 
ful voice — 

"  Can  you  lay  your  hand  on  the  rope  ?"  he  says  ;  and  I 
passed  it  to  him,  aud  then  1  could  hear  him  in  the  dark  busily 
at  work  tying  and  fastening  ;  and  at  last  he  says,  "  Now  crawl 
on  again  ;  it  will  bear  you  better  ;''  and  faint  and  wearily  I 
managed  to  crawl  on,  and  lay  with  my  legs  iu  the  water  aud 
my  head  on  the  bag  of  biscuit  ;  and  directly  after  I  felt  him 
crawl  on  too,  and  we  took  hold  of  hands  and  lay  there  in  the 
deep  darkness  while  he  said  that  prayer  out  loud  in  such  a  soft 
deep  voice — that  prayer  as  we  first  learnt  kneeling  dowu  years 
ago  by  our  mother's  kuee.  When  he  came  to  "  Delivor  us 
from  evil,"  he  stopped  short;  and  soon,  worn  out  there  in  the 
great  ocean,  floating  on  a  few  pieces  of  wood,  we  both  felt  in 
Whose  hands  we  wore,  and  slept  till  the  warm,  bright  sun 
shoue  upon  us  and  told  us  that  another  day  was  here. 

The  first  thing  the  captain  did  was  to  stand  up  and  look 
round,  and  then  he  said  he  could  see  only  one  boat  ;  but  he 
hoisted  up  one  of  the  pieces  of  wood,  and  wedged  it  in  the 
coop,  with  a  handkerchief  flying  at  the  top,  after  which  we 
made  a  hearty  meal  of  the  biscuit,  raw  bacon,  and  water. 
After  this  the  captain  got  one  of  the  coops  on  the  other,  and 
by  binding  and  lashing  he  made  a  much  higher  and  better 
raft,  so  that  we  could  keep  our  biscuit  and  bacon  out  of  the 
water,  and  sit  dry  ourselves. 

And  so  we  lay  all  that  day  till  towards  evening,  when  we 
found  that  the  boat  was  comiBg  towards  us,  and  just  at  dusk 
it  was  within  hail;  and  if  ever  I'd  felt  hopeful  or  joyful  be- 
fore in  my  life,  it  was  then.  They  had  no  room  for  us,  but 
they  took  us  in  tow,  and  the  weather  keeping  calm,  we  all 
rowed  and  worked  in  turns,  steering  according  to  the  captain's 
direction  for  the  nearest  land  ;  for  when  our  turn  came  we 
two  went  into  the  boat,  and  two  others  came  out  on  to  the 
raft,  and  so  we  toiled  on  for  days,  when  one  morning  there 
was  a  joyful  cry — 

"  A  sail  I  a  sail !" 

And  it  was,  too,  within  a  milo  of  us,  plainer  aud  plainer  as 
that  glorious  sun  rose ;  and  then  some  laughed,  some  cried, 
and  one  or  two  seemed  half  mad  with  joy,  as  after  a  while 
she  ran  down  towards  us,  picked  us  up,  and  proved  to  be  a 
British-man-of-war,  homeward  bound. 

In  another  week  I  was  back  in  the  port  I  left,  without 
clothes,  without  money,  but  with  as  good  and  true  a  friend  in 
Captain  Ellis  as  ever  walked.  I  bad  life,  and  with  it  came 
hope;  and  somehow,  since  then,  things  have  prospered  with 
me  in  the  old  country — the  old  home  that  I  once  left  to  go 
far  at  sea. 


AN  ANCIENT  AMERICAN  PYRAMID. 

IN  the  great  American  desert,  which  lies  principally  on  the 
west  bank  of  the  Colorado,  and  between  that  river  and 
the  California  range  of  mountains,  ancient  ruins  exist  in  dif- 
ferent localities.  Baron  Von  Humboldt,  during  his  researches 
on  the  American  continent,  discovered  abundant  evidence  of 
the  existence,  at  some  greatly  remote  period,  of  a  race  of  peo- 
ple entirely  unlike,  and  apparently  superior  to,  those  inhabit- 
ing the  continent  at  the  time  of  its  discovery  by  Europeans. 

These  evidences  are  becoming  every  day  more  and  more 
conclusive,  as  the  energy  and  love  of  travel  of  the  American 
people  lead  them  over  its  most  forbidden,  sterile  and  inhos- 
pitable wastes. 

Recently  a  party  of  five  young  men,  from  one  of  the  West- 
ern States,  ascended  the  Colorado  for  nearly  two  hundred 
miles  above  the  mouth  of  the  Gila,  their  object  being  to  dis- 
cover if  possible,  some  large  tributary  from  the  west,  by  which 
they  might  make  the  passage  of  the  desert,  and  enter  Califor- 
nia by  a  new,  more  direct,  and  easier  route,  as  numerous  small 
streams  were  known  to  exist  on  the  eastern  slope  of  the 
mountains,  that  were  either  lost  in  the  sands  of  the  desert  or 
united  with  the  Colorado  through  tributaries,  that  were  un- 
known. 

They  found  the  country  on  both  sides  of  the  Colorado  bar- 
ren of  every  vegetable  product,  and  very  level  and  monoto- 
nous, but  after  passing  on  a  considerable  distance  without  any 
change,  an  object  appeared  on  the  plain  to  the  west,  which  has 
so  much  the  appearance  of  a  work  of  art,  from  the  regularity 
of  its  outline  aud  its  isolated  position,  that  they  determined 
to  visit  it. 

They  passed  the  distance  of  five  mile3  over  a  barren,  sandy 
plain,  when  they  reached  the  base  of  one  of  the  most  wonder- 
ful objects,  considering  its  location,  which  was  the  very  home 
of  desolation,  that  the  mind  can  possibly  conceive  of  ;  noth- 
ing less  than  an  immense  stone  pyramid,  composed  of  layers 
or  courses  of  from  eighteen  inches  to  nearly  three  feet  in 
thickness,  and  from  five  to  eight  feet  in  length.  It  had  a  level 
top  of  more  than  fifty  feet  square,  though  it  was  evident  that 
it  had  been  completed,  and  that  some  great  convulsion  of  na- 
ture had  displaced  its  entire  top,  as  it  was  evidently  lying  on 
one  of  its  sides,  a  huge  and  broken  mass  nearly  covered  by 
the  sands. 

This  pyramid  differs  in  some  respects  from  the  Egyptian, 
pyramid.  It  is,  or  .was,  more  slender  or  pointed  ;  and  while 
those  of  Egypt  are  composed  of  steps  or  layers,  receding  as 
they  rise,  this  .American  pyramid  was,  undoubtedly,  a  more 
finished  structure.  The  outer  surface  of  the  blocks  was  evi- 
dently cut  to  an  angle,  that  gave  the  structure,  when  new  and 
complete,  a  smoothe  or  regular  surface  from  top  to  bottom. 

From  the  present  level  of  the  sands  that  surround  it  there 
are  fifty-two  distinct  layers  of  stone,  that  will  average  at  least 
two  feet  each  ;  this  gives  its  present  height  one  hundred  and 
four  feet,  so  that  before  its  top  was  displaced  it  must  have 
been  at  least  twenty  feet  higher  than  at  present.  How  far 
it  extends  beneath  the  sands  could  not  be  easily  determined. 

Such  is  the  age  of  this  immense  structure,  that  the  perpen- 
dicular joints  between  the  blocks  are  worn  away  from  five  to 
ten  inches  at  the  bottom  of  each  joint,  and  the  entire  pyra- 
mid is  so  much  worn  by  the  storms,  the  vicissitudes,  and  the 
corrodings  of  centuries,  as  to  make  it  easy  of  ascent. 

By  whom,  at  what  age  of  the  world,  or  for  what  purpose 
this  pyramid  was  erected,  will  probably  forever  remain  a  hid- 
den mystery. 

Other  evidences  were  discovered  of  a  nature  that  would 
seem  to  make  it  certain  that  this  portion  of  country,  now  the 
most  barren,  was  once  the  garden  and  granary  of  the  conti- 
nent, and  the  abode  of  millions  of  our  race.  Though  the 
party  were  unsuccessful  in  being  able  to  cross  the  desert  at 
this  point,  yet  they  came  to  the  conclusion  that,  at  some 
greatly  remote  period,  this  desert  was  occupied  by  a  people 
of  whom  all  existing  history  is  silent. 

Flowers  in  Prison. — In  one  of  the  prison  yards  of  Mill- 
bank,  England,  there  grow  very  common  daisies;  occasion- 
ally one  of  the  convicts,  eluding  for  au  instant  the  eye  of  the 
matron,  will  snatch  one  of  these  and  hide  it  as  if  it  were  a 
priceless  gem  ;  sometimes  she  will  lend  it,  and  instances  have 
been  known  of  its  passing  from  hand  to  hand  on  many  short 
visits  ;  oftener  its  possession  is  made  the  subject  of  quarrel, 
which  results  only  in  betraying  the  presence  of  the  contraband 
article.  Some  years  ago,  a  matron,  making  her  round  of  in- 
spection, saw  one  of  the  rudest  and  most  repulsive  of  her 
charges  sitting  with  her  elbows  on  the  table,  staring  at  one  of 
these  common  flowers.  The  woman  was  not  conscious  that 
any  one  saw  her,  and  was  for  a  time  herself— her  old  self  of 
years  ago,  when  she  played  among  the  daisies  and  laughed 
with  the  sunshine.  She  looked  long  at  the  flower  with  a  wist- 
ful gaze,  then  dropped  her  head  on  the  table  before  her,  and 
wept  till  the  tears  forced  themselves  through  her  interlocked 
fingers.  The  daisy  had  spoken  to  the  woman's  heart.  Six 
months  afterward  the  same  matron  found  it  carefully  pressed 
between  two  leaves  of  her  prison  Bible,  and  when  the  doors 
opened  for  the  poor  creature's  release,  her  daisy  went  with  her, 
her  choicest,  almost  her  only  treasure. 


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THE    C  ALIFORNIAN 


[August  25th 


"  MARK  TWAIN  "  ON  HIS  TRAVELS. 

AT  SEA  AGAIN. 

T3OTTND  for  Hawaii,  to  visit  the  great  volcano  and  be- 
JD  hold  the  other  notable  things  which  distinguish  this 
island  above  the  remainder  of  the  group,  we  sailed  from  Hon- 
olulu on  a  certain  Saturday  afternoon,  in  the  good  schooner 

Boomerang. 

The  Boomerang  was  about  as  long  as  two  street  cars,  and 
about  as  wide  as  one.  She  was  so  small  (though  she  was 
larger  than  the  majority  of  the  inter-island  coasters)  that 
when  I  stood  on  her  deck  I  felt  but  little  smaller  than  the 
Colossus  of  Rhodes  must  have  felt  when  he  had  a  man-of-war 
under  him. 

The  little  low-ceiled  cabin  below  was  rather  larger  than  a 
hearse,  and  as  dark  as  a  vault.  It  had  two  coffins  on  each 
side — I  mean  two  bunks — though  Mr.  Brown,  with  that  spirit 
of  irreverence  which  is  so  sad  a  feature  of  his  nature,  prefer- 
red to  call  the  bunk  he  was  allotted  his  shelf.  A  small  table, 
capable  of  accommodating  three  persons  at  dinner,  stood 
against  the  forward  bulkhead,  and  over  it  hung  the  dingiest 
whale-oil  lantern  that  ever  peopled  the  obscurity  ot  a  dungeon 
with  grim  and  ghostly  shapes.  The  floor  room  unoccupied 
was  not  extensive.  One  might  swing  a  cat  in  it,  perhaps" 
but  then  it  would  be  fatal  to  the  cat  to  do  it.  The  hold 
forward  of  the  bulkhead  had  but  little  freight  in  it,  and  from 
morning  till  night  a  villainous  old  rooster,  with  a  voice  like 
Baalam's  ass,  and  the  same  disposition  to  use  it,  strutted  up 
and  down  in  that  part  of  the  vessel  and  crowed.  He  usually 
took  dinner  at  6  o'clock,  and  then,  after  an  hour  devoted  to 
meditation,  he  mounted  a  barrel  and  crowed  a  good  part  of 
the  night.  He  got  hoarser  and  hoarser  all  the  time,  but  he 
scorned  to  allow  any  personal  consideration  to  interfere  with 
his  duly,  and  kept  up  his  labors  in  defiance  of  threatened 
diphtheria. 

Sleeping  wa3  out  of  the  question  when  he  was  on  watch. 
He  was  a  source  of  genuine  aggravation  and  annoyance  to 
me.  It  was  worse  than  useless  to  shout  at  him  or  apply  of- 
fensive epithets  to  him — he  only  took  these  things  for  ap- 
plause, and  strained  himself  to  make  more  noise.  Occasion- 
ally, during  the  day,  I  threw  potatoes  at  him  through  an  aper- 
ture in  the  bulkhead,  but  he  simply  dodged  them  aud  went 
on  crowing. 

The  first  night,  as  I  lay  in  my  coffin,  idly  watching  the  dim 
lamp  swinging  to  the  rolling  of  the  ship,  and  snuffiug  the 
nauseous  odors  of  bilge  water,  I  felt  something  gallop  over 
me.  Lazarus  did  not  come  out  of  his  sepulchre  with  a  more 
cheerful  alacrity  than  I  did  out  of  mine.  However,  I  turned 
in  again  when  I  found  it  was  only  a  rat.  Presently  some- 
thing galloped  over  me  once  more.  I  knew  it  was  not  a  rat 
this  time,  and  I  thought  it  might  be  a  centipede,  because  the 
Captain  had  killed  one  on  deck  in  the  afternoon.  I  turned 
out.  The  first  glance  at  the  pillow  showed  me  a  repulsive 
sentinel  perched  upon  each  end  of  it — cockroaches  as  large 
as  peach  leaves — lellows  with  long,  quivering  antennas  and 
fiery,  malignant  eyes.    I  made  a  bed  on  the  floor  and  lay  down. 

In  a  few  moments  the  rooster  was  crowing  with  uncommon 
spirit,  a  procession  of  cockroaches  had  arrived  and  camped  in 
my  hair,  and  a  party  of  fleas  were  throwing  double  summersets 
about  my  person  in  the  wildest  disorder,  and  taking  a  bite 
every  time  they  struck.  I  was  beginning  to  teel  really  au- 
noyed.    I  got  up  and  put  my  clothes  on  and  went  on  deck. 

"  ROLL  ON,  SILVER  MOON." 

It  was  compensation  for  all  my  sufferings  to  come  unex- 
pectedly upon  so  beautiful  a  scene  as  met  my  eye — to  step 
suddenly  out  of  the  sepulchral  gloom  of  the  cabin  aud  stand 
under  the  strong  light  of  the  moon—in  the  center,  as  it  were, 
of  a  glittering  sea  of  liquid  silver — to  see  the  broad  sails 
straining  in  the  gale,  the  vessel  keeled  over  on  her  side,  the  an- 
gry foam  hissing  past  her  lee  bulwarks,  and  sparkling  sheets 
of  spray  dashing  high  over  her  bows  and  raining  upon  her 
decks  ;  to  brace  myself  and  hang  fast  to  the  first  object  that 
presented  itself,  with  hat  jammed  down  and  coat  tails  whip 
ping  in  the  breeze,  and  feel  that  exhileratiou  that  thrills  in 
one's  hair  and  quivers  down  his  back-bone  when  he  knows 
that  every  inch  of  canvas  is  drawing  and  the  vessel  cleaving 
through  the  billows  at  her  utmost  speed.  There  was  no  dark- 
ness, no  dimness,  no  obscurity  there.  All  was  brightness, 
every  object  was  vividly  defined.  Every  prostrate  Kanaka  ; 
every  coil  of  rope ;  every  calabash  of  poi ;  every  puppy  ; 
every  seam  in  the  flooring ;  every  bolthead  ;  every  object, 
however  minute,  showed  sharp  and  distinct  in  its  every  out- 
line ;  and  the  shadow  of  the  broad  mainsail  lay  black  as  a 
pall  upon  the  deck,  leaving  Brown's  white  upturned  lace  glo- 
rified and  his  body  in  a  total  eclipse. 

I  ENDEAVOR  TO  ENTERTAIN  THE  SEASICK  MAN. 

I  turned  to  look  down  upon  the  sparkling  animalcules  of 
the  South  Seas  and  watch  the  train  of  jeweled  fire  tbey  made 
in  the  wake  of  the  vessel.  I  

"  Oh,  me !" 

"  What  is  the  matter,  Brown  1" 
"Oh,  me  I" 

"  You  said  that  before,  Brown.    Such  tautology  " 


"  Tautology  be  hanged  !  This  is  no  time  to  talk  to  a  man 
about  tautology  when  he  is  sick — so  sick — oh,  my !  and  has 
vomited  up  his  heart  and — ah,  me — oh  hand  me  that  soup 
dish,  and  don't  stand  there  hanging  to  that  bulkhead  looking 
like  a  fool  I" 

I  sat  down  by  him  to  talk  to  him  and  so  cause  the  te- 
dious hours  to  pass  less  wearily  and  monotonous,  if  possible. 
I  talked  to  him  for  some  time,  but  strangely  enough,  pa- 
th?tic  narratives  did  not  move  his  emotious,  eloqueut  decla- 
mation did  not  inspirit  him,  and  the  most  humcrous  anecdotes 
tailed  to  make  him  even  smile.  He  seemed  as  distressed  and 
restless,  at  intervals — albeit  the  rule  of  his  present  case  was 
to  seem  to  look  like  an  allegory  of  unconditional  surrender — 
hopeless,  helpless  and  indifferent — he  seemed  as  distressed 
and  restless  as  if  my  conversation  and  my  anecdotes  were  irk- 
some to  him.  It  was  because  of  this  that  at  last  I  dropped 
into  poetry.  I  said  I  had  been  writting  a  poem — or  rather, 
been  paraphrasing  a  passage  in  Shakspeare — a  passage  full  of 
wisdom,  which  I  thought  1  might  remember  easier  if  1  reduced 
it  to  rhyme — hoped  it  would  be  pleasant  to  him— said  1  had 
taken  but  few  liberties  with  i  he  original;  had  preserved  its 
brevity  and  terseness,  its  language  as  nearly  as  possible,  and 
its  ideas  in  their  regular  sequence — aud  proceeded  to  read  il 
to  him,  as  follows  : 

POLONIUS'  ADVICE    TO  HIS    SON — PARAPHRASED  FROM  HAMLET. 
lltH  ARK  of  the  spoken  word !    Be  wise  ; 

Bury  thy  thoughts  in  thy  breast; 
Nor  lei  thoughts  that  are  unmatured 
Be  ever  m  acta  expressed. 

Be  thou  courteous  and  kindly  toward  all — 

Be  familiar  aud  vulgar  with  none; 
But  the  friends  thou  hast  proved  in  thy  need, 

Hold  thou  fast  till  life's  mission  is  done  ! 

Shake  not  thy  faith  by  confiding 

In  every  new  begot  friend. 
Beware  thou  of  quarrels— but,  in  tbem, 

Fight  them  out  to  the  bitter  end. 

Give  thine  ear  unto  all  that  would  seek  it, 

But  to  few  thy  voice  impart ; 
Receive  and  consider  all  censure, 

But  thy  judgment  seal  iu  thy  heart. 

Let  thy  habit  be  ever  as  costly 

As  thy  purse  is  able  to  span  ; 
Never  gaudy,  but  rich— for  the  raiment 

Full  often  proclaimeth  the  man. 

Neither  borrow  nor  lend— oft  a  loan 

Both  lose  h  itself  and  a  friend, 
And  to  borrow  relaxeth  the  thrift 

Whereby  husbandry  gaiueth  its  end 

But  lo!  above  all  set  this  law: 

Unto  thyself  bk  thob  true! 
Then  never  toward  any  canst  thou 

The  deed  of  a  false  heart  do. 

As  I  finished,  Brown's  stomach  cast  up  its  contents,  and  in 
a  minute  or  two  he  felt  entirely  relieved  and  comfortable.  He 
then  said  that  the  anecdotes  and  the  eloquence  were  "  no 
good,"  but  if  he  got  seasick  again  he  would  like  some  more 
poetry. 

THE  ZONES  OF  THE  EARTH  CONCENTRATED. 

Monday  morning  we  were  close  to  the  island  of  Hawaii. 
Two  of  its  high  mountains  were  in  view — Mauna  Loa  and 
Hualalai.  The  latter  is  an  imposing  peak,  but  being  only  ten 
thousand  feet  high  is  seldom  mentioned  or  heard  of.  Mauna 
Loa  is  fourteen  thousand  feet  high.  The  rays  of  glittering 
snow  and  ice,  that  clasped  its  summit  like  a  claw,  looked  re- 
freshing when  viewed  from  the  blistering  climate  we  were  in. 
Oue  could  stand  on  that  mountain  (wrapped  up  in  blankets 
and  furs  to  keep  warm),  and  while  he  nibbled  a  snow-ball  or 
an  icicle  to  quench  his  thirst  he  could  look  down  the  long 
sweep  of  its  sides  and  see  spots  where  plants  are  growing  that 
grow  only  where  the  bitter  cold  of  Winter  prevails  ;  lower 
down  he  could  see  sectious devoted  to  productions  that  thrive 
in  the  temperate  zone  alone  ;  and  at  the  bottom  of  the  moun- 
tain he  could  see  the  home  of  the  tufted  cocoa  palms  and 
other  species  of  vegetation  that  grow  only  in  the  sultry  at. 
mosphere  of  eternal  Summer.  He  could  see  all  the  climes 
of  the  world  at  a  single  glance  of  the  eye,  and  that  glance 
would  only  pass  over  a  distance  of  eight  or  ten  miles  as  the 
bird  flies. 

THE  REFUGE  FOR  THE  WEARY. 

We  landed  at  Kailua  (pronounced  Ki-loo-ah.)  a  little  col- 
lection of  native  grass  houses  reposing  under  tall  cocoanut  trees 
— the  sleepiest,  quietest,  Sundayest  looking  place  you  can 
imagine.  Ye  weary  ones  that  are  sick  of  the  labor  and  care, 
and  the  bewildering  turmoil  of  the  great  world,  and  sigh  tor  a 
land  where  ye  may  fold  your  tired  hands  and  slumber  your 
lives  peacefully  away,  pack  up  your  carpet-sacks  and  go  to 
Kailua!    A  week  there  ought  to  cure  the  saddest  of  you  all. 

THE  FAMOUS  ORANGE  AND  COFFEE  REGION. 

It  was  only  about  fifteen  miles  from  Kailua  to  Kealakekua 
Bay,  either  by  sea  or  laud,  but  by  the  former  route  there  was 
a  point  to  be  weathered  where  the  vessel  would  be  the  sport 
of  contrary  winds'  for  hours,  and  she  would  probably  occupy  j 


the  entire  day  in  making  the  trip,  whereas  we  could  do  it  on 
horseback  in  a  little  while  and  have  the  cheeriDg  benefit  of  a 
respite  from  the  discomforts  we  had  been  experiencing  on  the 
vessel.  We  hired  horses  from  the  Kanakas,  and  miserable 
affairs  they  were,  too.  They  had  lived  on  meditation  all  their 
lives,  uo  doubt,  for  Kailua  is  fruitful  in  nothing  else.  I  will 
mention,  in  this  place,  that  horses  are  plenty  everywhere  in 
the  Sandwich  Islanis — no  Kanaka  is  without  one  or  more — 
but  w  hen  you  travel  from  one  island  to  another,  it  is  necessary 
to  take  your  own  saddle  and  bridle,  fur  these  articles  are 
scarce.  It  is  sii.gular  baggage  for  a  sea  voyage,  but  it  will  not 
do  to  go  without  it. 

The  ride  through  the  district  of  Kona  to  Kealakekua  Bay 
took  us  through  the  famous  coffee  and  orange  section.  I 
think  the  Kona  coffee  has  a  richer  flavor  than  any  other,  be 
it  grown  where  it  may  and  call  it  by  what  name  you  please 

There  are  do  finer  oranges  in  the  world  than  those  produced 
in  the  district  of  Kona  ;  when  new  and  fresh  they  are  delic- 
ious. The  principal  market  for  them  is  California,  but  of 
course  they  lose  much  of  their  excellence  by  so  long  a  voyage. 
About  500,000  oranges  were  exported  last  year  against  15.000 
in  1852.  The  orange  culture  is  safe  and  sure,  and  is  being 
more  and  more  extensively  engaged  in  every  year.  We  passed 
one  orchard  that  contained  ten  thousand  orange  trees. 

There  are  many  species  of  beautiful  trees  in  Kona — noble 
forests  of  them — and  we  had  numberless  opportunities  of  con- 
trasting the  orange  with  them.  The  verdict  rested  with  the 
orang°.  Among  the  varied  and  handsome  foliage  of  the  Ko, 
Koa.  Kukui.  bread-fruit,  mango,  guava,  peacb,  citron,  ohia,  ai  d 
other  fine  trees,  its  dark,  rich  green  cone  was  sure  to  arrest 
the  eye  and  compel  constant  exclamations  of  admiration.  So 
durk  a  green  is  its  foliage,  that  at  a  distance  of  a  quarter  of  a 
mile  the  orange  tree  looks  almost  black. 

WOODLAND  SCENERY. 

The  ride  from  Kailua  to  Kealakekua  Bay  is  worth  taking. 
It  passes  along  on  high  ground — say  a  thousand  feet  above 
sea  level — and  usually  about  a  mile  distant  from  the  ocean, 
which  is  always  in  sight,  save  that  occasionally  you  find  your- 
self buried  in  the  forest  in  the  midst  of  a  rank,  tropical  vege- 
tation and  a  dense  growth  of  trees,  whose  great  boughs  over- 
arch the  road  and  chut  out  sun  and  sea  and  everything,  and 
leave  you  iu  a  dim,  shady  tunnel,  haunted  with  invisible  sing- 
ing birds  and  fragrant  with  the  odor  of  flowers.  It  was  pleas- 
ant to  ride  occasionally  in  the  warm  son,  and  feast  the  eye 
upon  the  ever-changing  pauorama  of  the  forest  (beyond  and 
below  us.)  with  its  many  tints,  its  softened  lights  and  shadows, 
its  billowy  undulations  sweeping  gently  down  from  the  moun- 
tain to  the  sea.  It  was  pleasant  also,  at  intervals,  to  leave 
the  sultry  sun  and  pass  into  the  cool,  green  depths  of  this 
forest  aud  indulge  iu  sentimental  reflections  under  the  inspi- 
ration of  its  brooding  twilight  and  its  whispering  foliage.  The 
jaunt  through  Kona  will  always  be  to  me  a  happy  memory. — 
"  Mark  Twain."  in  the  Sacramento  Union. 


•'  Ever  of  Thee." — A  sad  story  is  connected  with  the 
name  of  the  beautiful  song,  "  Ever  of  Thee,"  which  has  been 
sung  and  admired  by  so  many  in  this  country  and  in  Europe. 
Foley  Hull  was  a  gentleman  by  birth  and  education.  Wealthy 
in  his  own  right,  with  large  expectations,  he  led  a  heedless 
life,  not  choosing  his  associates,  but  allowing  himself  to  be 
drawn  into  the  society  of  the  vicious.  His  properly  soon 
disappeared,  and  he  was  left  without  resources  sufficient  to 
buy  his  daily  bread.  His  musical  talents  had  been  highly  cul- 
tivated, but,  as  he  never  heeded  them,  he  scarcely  knew  to 
what  degree  they  could  be  made  availuble.  In  his  distress, 
however,  he  wrote  the  charming  song.  "  Ever  of  Thee."  A 
London  publisher  gave  him  one  hundred  dollars  for  it,  but  that 
amount  with  such  a  spendthrift  would  not  last  long.  He  wrote 
other  songs,  but  the  money  not  coining  in  as  fast  as  he  wished, 
in  a  weak  moment  he  forged  the  name  of  his  publisher,  and 
although  every  effort  was  made  (even  by  the  publisher)  tosave 
him,  it  was  all  to  no  use,  and  poor  Foley  Hall  went  to  New- 
gate, and  died  broken  hearted  before  his  trial  came  on. 

A  Strange  Custom.— A  correspondent  writing  from  Vienna, 
the  capital  of  Austria,  rel  ites  the  following  concerning  the 
burial  customs  of  the  Imperial  family  : 

We  had  stepped  into  one  of  the  churches  to  see  the  splendid 
tomb  erected  by  Cunova  over  the  remains  of  Queen  Christina, 
of  Sweden,  when  we  were  told  that  in  an  adjoining  chapel 
was  to  be  seen  the  hearts  of  all  the  deceased  members  of  the 
royal  family.  So  following  our  guide  through  a  dask  passage, 
down  a  pair  of  stairs,  into  what  was  called  the  Lorette  cha- 
pel, we  were  permitted  to  look  through  an  iron  grating  into  • 
circular  cell,  where,  on  two  shelves,  were  ranged  fifty-four 
hearts,  each  contained  in  a  silver  vase  or  urn,  and  arranged  in 
the  order  of  decease.  The  urns  were  of  different  Bizes,  the 
one  containing  the  heart  of  Maria  Therese  being  nearly  twice 
as  large  as  any  of  the  others.  We  were  told  that  when  any 
one  of  the  reigning  sovereigns  dies,  the  heart  rs  put  with  this 
curious  collection  in  the  cell  under  the  church,  and  the  bodies 
committed  to  another  church  in  the  city,  aud  the  intestines 
to  another. 


August  25th  | 


THE  CALIFORNIA!*. 


5 


| For  the  Californlan.] 

ITALIAN  OPEEA  IN  LONDON. 
*  TT  J~E  give  below  an  extract,  from  a  private  letter  received 
VV  from  a  gentleman  of  this  city  now  travelling  in 
Europe  and  enjoying  the  opportunity  of  hearing  large  orches- 
tras and  celebrated  singers  for  the  first  time.  It  will  be  re- 
membered that  prices  of  admission  to  the  opera  in  London 
are  enormously  high  compared  with  those  here,  and  that  the 
ordinary  expenses  of  management  (leaving  out  the  salaries  of 
artists)  are  comparatively  low  : 

London,  June  28, 1866. 
«       *      *       *  ******* 

"It  is  now  forty-two  days  since  my  arrival  in  London, 
during  which  time  I  have  seen  a  great  deal  of  the  town  and 
adjacent  country,  and  been  very  much  pleased  with  both. 
The  only  difficulty,  is  to  majje  a  choice  of  amusements  and 
not  remain  in  the  position  of  the  starving  donkey  between 
several  stacks  of  hay. 

"To  begin  with  tho  highest  on  the  list  of  enjoyments,  I 
must  speak  of  tho  Opera,  which  is  now  given  in  grand  style 
at  two  houses — Patti  being  the  chief  attraction  at  Covent 
Garden,  and  Titiens  at  "  Her  Majesty's."  The  first  opera 
I  heard  was  Don  Giovanni  at  Covent  Garden,  with  Patti  as 
"  Zerlina,"  Tricci  as  "  Dona  Anna,"  Sherrington  as  "  Elvira," 
and  Monsieur  P'aure  as  the  "  Don."  The  hitter's  singing  was 
fine,  but  his  acting,  to  my  mind,  was  too  quiet — not  so  good, 

I  thought,  as  Morelli's.  The  "  Ottavio  "  was  Brignoli,  a  stick 
in  acting,  and  not  well  up  in  his  part.  The  other  characters 
were  taken  in  perfection  ;  and  the  orchestra,  of  about  a  hun- 
dred, the  scenery  and  the  mounting  of  the  opera,  were  mag- 
nificent. The  ball-room  scene  was  given  as  Mozart  intended 
it  should  be;  the  stage  crowded  with  peasants,  ladies  and 
gentlemen  ;  the  dresses  beautiful,  rich  and  characteristic  ;  the 
furniture  superb,  the  gardens  seen  through  the  windows  at 
the  back  ;  the  balconies  on  each  side  filled  with  real  musi- 
cians playing  on  real  instruments,  and  striking  up  as  the  suc- 
cessive dances  commenced  in  different  parts  of  the  hall,  and 
finally  the  three  bands  playing  all  together — yet  each  in  dif- 
ferent measure.  All  this  made  the  scene  most  wonderful  and 
effective.  Patti  was  of  course  charming  in  her  role,  but  had 
a  much  better  opportunity  for  the  display  of  her  vocal  powers 
in  "  Lucia,"  which  I  heard  a  few  nights  afterwards.  I  never 
enjoyed  singing  so  much  before.  The  flexibility,  sweetness 
and  compass  of  her  voice,  are  simply  amazing  ;  and,  joined 
with  her  exquisite  acting,  fully  justify  her  popularity  all  over 
Europe.  Her  intonation,  too,  is  faultless,  and  she  skips  the 
longest  intervals  with  the  precision  of  any  instrument  you 
can  name  ;  I  believe  she  could  sing  all  your  flute  fantasias 
without  giving  herself  much  trouble.    I  heard  her  next  in 

II  Bnrbiere  with  Runcorn,  Ciampi,  Tagliafico  and  Mario,  and 
for  the  first  time  saw  what  1  considered  an  absolute/!/  per/eel 
operatic  performance.  Mario  is  getting  a  little  old  now,  but 
sang  and  acted  his  part  of  the  "  Count  Almaviva"  like  an 
artist  and  a  thorough  gentleman.  In  the  music  lesson  scene 
Patti  sang  "  Home,  Sweet  Home,"  and  the  Bolero  from 
"  I  Vespri  Sicilienne,"  and  at  the  end  of  the  Opera  the  whole 
troupe  united  in  "God  Save  the  Queen,"  it  being  her  birth- 
day. Every  one  in  the  house  rose,  including  the  orchestra, 
who  played  standing.  The  effect  was  very  fine  ;  and,  indeed, 
the  sight  of  the  house  itself  and  the  brilliant  audience, 
wouldn't  have  been  a  bad  evening's  entertainment. 

"  The  only  other  opera  I  have  yet  seen  here,  is  L'A/ricaine, 
in  which  Lueca  takes  the  most  prominent  female  part.  I 
wasn't  much  pleased  with  the  music — the  best  things  in  it  be- 
ing a  bass  chorus  of  inquisitors,  and  a  soprano  song  with  ac- 
companiment of  six  harps.  As  a  spectacle,  however,  it  is 
goigeous.  The  ballet  in  the  last  act  is  the  finest  thing  of  the 
kind  I  ever  saw  or  heard  of.  Before  a  temple  with  magnifi- 
cent surroundings  of  gardens  and  natural  scenery  fwhicb  you 
can  look  at  through  a  glass  without  destroying  the  illusion) 
there  come  forward,  in  succession,  about  a  dozen  different 
troops  of  warriors,  priests,  attendants,  bayaderes,  flower  girls, 
etc.,  each  performing  a  march,  or  barbaric  dance  ;  that  is,  the 
warriors,  etc.,  dance  in  that  way,  but  the  womeu  dance  like 
houris,  and  are  mostly  very  pretty  ;  and  the  eye  is  perfectly 
bewildered  with  the  beauty  and  magnificence  of  the  scene, 
which  you  think  of  afterwards  as  a  reality. 

"  Little  trips  to  the  country  and  engagements  of  various 
kinds  have  prevented  my  going  more  frequently  to  Covent 
Garden,  or  to  the  other  opera  houses  at  all,  but  I  intend  now 
to  make  up  for  lost  time,  and  expect  to  hear  Robert  to- 
morrow. 

"  I  send  you  programmes  of  several  of  the  concerts  I  have 
attended,  and  specimens  of  the  explanatory  and  critical  pam- 
phlets they  sell  at  some  of  them,  which  will  give  a  better  idea 
of  their  character  than  my  descriptions  could. 

"  Among  them  1  have  heard  almost  all  the  musical  celebri- 
ties now  in  London  :  Titiens,  Vilda,  Sinico,  lima  di,  Murska, 
Trebelli,  Bettini,  and  a  host  of  others  from  the  two  opera 
hoi-ses.  Parepa  (who  sings  like  a  bird)  and  many  other  fine 
Bingers  who  appear  only  in  concerts,  besides  a  number  of  dis- 
tinguished solo  players,  such  as  Wienawski,  the  violinist, 
Chas.  Halle,  the  pianist,  etc.,  about  all  of  whom  I  hope  to 
talk  to  you  some  day,  but  can't  write  much  at  present  that 


would  be  interesting.  A  few  dozen  notes  of  admiration 
sprinkled  through  the  list  of  names  would  very  fairly  express 
my  sentiments.  I  have  marked  on  the  programmes  the  per- 
formances which  pleased  me  most ;  but  in  the  first-class  con- 
certs here,  (notwithstanding  their  prodigious  length  when 
matinees),  the  excellence  is  almost  uniform.  You  will  notice 
Grisi's  name  in  one  or  two  of  them  ;  people  still  go  to  hear 
her  as  a  matter  of  curiosity,  and  some  applaud  for  the  sake  of 
what  she  once  was,  but  her  voice  is  gone.  She  re-appeared  in 
opera  this  spring,  failed,  and  is  now  trying,  with  a  strange  in- 
fatuation, to  re-establish  a  reputation.  "  Superfluous  lags 
the  veteran  on  the  stage,"  etc        *        *        *  * 

BUMMERS. 

SOME  say  that  bummers  are  born,  not  made.  I  contend 
that,  generally  speaking,  they  are  made.  Hope  disap- 
pointed, with  regard  to  political  elevation  or  wealth,  turns  out 
a  great  many. 

Ambitious  schoolmarms,  reminding  their  pupils  that  some 
day  they  may  become  the  President  of  these  United  States, 
also  lay  many  a  bummerial  foundation. 

So  do  fond  parents  when  they  advise  their  only  son  to  emu- 
late the  example  of  a  Girard  or  an  Astor. 

Coutent.ment  with  a  moderate  share  of  the  good  things  of 
this  world  is  a  principle  but  little  recognized  in  American 
education.  Emulation,  elevation,  and  a  universal  scramble 
over  each  other's  heads  for  the  highest  point,  is  the  main  thing 
instilled  in  the  youthful  American  mind. 

"  Sam  Brown,  how  came  you  to  be  a  bummer  ?"  I  asked  of 
that  individual  one  day,  as  he  stood  at  his  usual  11  o'clock 
post  on  the  corner.  He  had  upon  him  the  bummerial  regular 
uniform,  a  shiny,  greasy,  black  coat,  bosom  modestly  covered 
with  a  black  cravat,  a  browu  collar,  well  worn  pants,  badly 
frayed  at  the  heels,  and  easy  shoes  with  heels  which  had  once 
been  heels.  '■  A  quarter,"  he  remarked,  "judiciously  expended 
for  whiskey  with  an  accompanying  lunch,  would  much  more 
incline  me  to  conversation.  I  have  had  no  breakfast  yet  this 
morning." 

Sam  Brown's  request  was  gratified,  and,  after  swallowing 
food  and  drink,  he  commenced  : 

"  I  acknowledge  myself,"  said  Sam  Brown,  "  to  be  a  bum- 
mer. I  shall  probably  always  be  a  bummer,  unless  something 
turns  up,  and  the  chances  of  something  turning  up  seem  to 
lessen  as  year  after  year  of  my  life  is  turned  down.  '  Aim 
high  and  you  will  succeed,'  was  ever  the  admonition  of  my 
fund  parents.  I  did  aim  high,  and  did  not  succeed.  When 
young,  I  was  termed  '  very  smart.'  While  others  were  spanked 
through  the  alphabet,  au  ambitious  schoolmarm  who,  through 
the  agency  of  my  retentive  memory,  was  desirous  of  shining 
as  an  educatress  of  youth,  crammed  my  infantile  brain  with 
'  isms  '  aud  '  ologies.' 

"  I  parrotted  through  geography,  philosophy,  chemistry, 
grammar,  with  all  their  divisions  aud  subdivisions,  before  my 
ninth  year.  I  ascended  into  Latin,  Greek,  and  metaphysics 
ere  my  twelfth. 

"  The  biggest  numskull  in  the  school  was  daily  told  that  he 
might  be  a  Governor,  a  member  of  Congress,  or  even  Presi- 
dent of  these  United  S'ates,  providing  he  learned  his  (spelling 
lesson  in  words  of  two  syllables. 

"  Of  course,  with  my  greater  degree  of  advancement,  I  felt 
quite  sure  of  obtaining  one  of  these  high  positions. 

"  My  teachers  and  parents  were  to  me  the  highest  authority 
in  the  world.  Is  it  any  wonder,  then,  that  I  received  implic- 
itly their  prophecies  of  my  future  elevation  to  the  Presidency  ? 
Of  course  not.  At  nineteen  I  had  graduated  at  college.  My 
valedictory,  on  '  Greatness  the  Privilege  of  American  Youth, 
was  pronounced  a  masterpiece. 

"I  heard  on  all  sides  the  remarks:  'Fine  young  mau  ! 
charming  young  man  !  rising  young  man  !  self  rising  young 
man  !    We  shall  hear  of  him  yet  in  the  halls  of  Congress  !' 

"  1  left  college  and  went  out  in  the  world  with  the  impres- 
sion that  my  elevation  to  the  Presidency  would  be  as  sure, 
regular,  and  certain  as  the  upward  course  of  a  balloon  on  a 
calm  day. 

"  That  is  an  apt  simile,  sir,  between  me  and  the  balloon. 

"  I  went  forth  into  the  world  filled  with  a  mental  gas  com- 
posed of  equal  parts  of  ignorance,  self-conceit,  and  high  hopes, 
I  instilled  by  pedagogues  and  fond  parents. 

"  After  several  years'  snubbing  and  experience,  I  discovered 
that  there  were  several  hundred  thousand  other  people  in  the 
United  States,  many  of  them  more  talented,  learned,  and  far 
beyond  me  in  worldly  knowledge.  I  discovered  that  they,  too, 
were  all  competitors  for  the  Presidency,  and  that  I  was  about 
the  last  in  the  line.  . 

"  Then,  sir,  the  sharp  point  of  truth  pricked  the  balloon  in- 
flated for  so  many  years  ;  the  gas  escaping,  it  collapsed,  and 
here  I  am,  a  bummer. 

The  Union  State  Committee  of  California  have  passed  a 
resolution  requesting  Senator  Conness,  together  with  repre- 
sentatives McRuer,  Cole,  Bidwell  and  Higby,  to  attend  the 
"  Southern  Union  Convention  "  at  Philadelphia,  and  assure 
the  members  that  they  have  the  sympathies  of  the  loyal  men 
of  this  State. 


SORROWS    OP   A  LECTURER. 

FOR  the  benefit  of  a  numerous  class  of  ambitious  men 
who  aspire  to  become  popular  lecturers,  I  send  you  a  few 
items  of  my  experience.  I  went  to  Southern  Illinois  to  get 
started  as  a  popular  lecturer.  I  was  advertised  under  the 
nam  de  plume  of  the  "  Fat  Contributor."  My  audience  was 
small,  owing  to  the  public  being  suddenly  and  severely  indis- 
posed— they  were  indisposed  to  corns  to  the  lecture.  My  au- 
dience, in  fact,  consisted  but  of  one  people.  He  was  a  gen- 
tleman. I  began  my  discourse,  "  Gentlemen  and  ladies,"  but 
changed  it  quickly  to  "  Respected  Sir!"  Before  I  could  pro- 
ceed any  further,  my  audience  arose  indignantly  to  its  feet,  as 
one  man.    I  inquired  the  cause  of  the  interruption. 

"  Sir,"  said  he,  "  the  audience  is  disappointed  in  the  size  of 
the  lecturer." 

"  Well,  my  dear  sir,"  said  I,  "  the  lecturer  is  disappointed 
in  the  size  of  the  audience,  and  if  you  will  not  say  anything 
about  size,  I  won't. 

He  allowed  me  to  proceed,  and  at  the  conclusion  was  so 
well  pleased  that  he  urged  me  to  stay  another  night,  when  he 
promised  a  much  larger  audience.  He  would  not  come  him- 
self, but  would  send  his  wife,  who  weighed  two  hundred  and 
sixty-five  pounds.    I  didn't  stay. 

I  have  had  a  good  deal  of  money  in  the  house  at  one  time 
and  another,  generally  in  the  pockets  of  some  wealthy  mania 
the  audience.  I  always  come  home  with  money,  however  ;  I 
borrow  a  little  to  come  home  with. 

I  have  had  some  large  houses.  The  largest  house  I  had 
was  at  Louisville,  Kentucky.  That  house  must  have  been 
two  hundred  feet  long,  and  ninety  feet  wide,  while  in  height  it 
came  pretty  high — took  all  the  proceeds  to  pay  the  rent.  A 
Louisville  editor  said  a  good  thing  about  me  : — he  said,  "The 
•  Fat  Contributor'  lectured  last  night  to  a  small  house.  His 
style  resembles  Artmus  Ward's,  but  he  has  not  the  ease  and 
grace  of  Artemus  before  an  audience."  As  though  a  lec- 
turer could  be  at  ease  before  an  audience,  when  the  audience 
wouldn't  pay  expeuces.  As  grace  accompanies  meat,  and 
there  wasn't  profit  enough  in  the  house  to  buy  meat,  where's 
my  grace  ? 

The  fullest  house  I  have  had  was  at  Pithole  City,  in  the 
Oil  Regions.  Every  man  was  full  of  beer.  The  lecture  went 
off  very  well,  notwithstanding.  It  didn't  go  off  as  well  as  my 
doorkeeper  did — he  went  off  with  the  receipts. 

I  gave  two  consecutive  lectures  at  Oil  City.  At  the  con- 
clusion of  the  second  lecture,  one  of  the  first  citizens  (the 
second  edition  had  not  yet  arrived)  arose  and  assured  me  that 
I  had  delighted  them  greatly.  He  said,  they  hadn't  enjoyed 
themselves  so  much  since  the  Thayer's  were  hung.  He  ad- 
ded, that  it  was  the  request  of  the  audience,  en  masse — there 
were  five  en  masses  altogether — that  I  should  stay  another 
night.  The  landlord  of  the  inn  where  I  was  stopping  arose 
somewhat  hastily,  and  stated  that  I  couldn't  stay  another 
night  with  him  unless  my  bill  was  guaranteed.  Such  is  often- 
times the  encouragement  that  genius  receives  at  the  hands  of 
the  mercenary. 

A  little  town  on  the  Allegheny  turned  out  well.  The  prin- 
cipal occupation  of  the  inhabitants  was  to  haul  oil.  That  be- 
ing the  only  hall  they  had,  I  lectured  in  a  grocery  shop.  The 
people  turned  out  in  a  most  unexpected  manner  ;  they  turned 
out  the  lights — then  they  turned  out  the  lecturer — because 
he  wasn't  tat  enough.  They  gave  me  twenty  minutes  to  leave 
the  town.  I  told  them  if  they'd  make  it  twenty  dollars, 
I'd  go  1 

At  the  termination  of  the  twenty  minutes  I  felt  something 
come  against  me  very  rapidly  from  behind.  My  first  impres- 
sion was,  that  it  was  an  old-fashioned  leather  valise.  Subse- 
quent reflection  has  convinced  me  that  it  was  a  boot.  I  shook 
hands  with  them  all  with  much  feeling.  I  told  them  they 
must  excuse  me,  for  I  felt  that  I  had  got  to  go  I  Leaving 
somewhat  hastily,  I  caught  the  sound  of  cherub  voices  in  that 
grocery  shop,  singing,  in  tones  of  the  most  pathetic  inquiry — 
"  Shall  I  never  more  behold  thee, 
Never  liear  that  winning  voice  again  ?" 

I  yelled  back  that  they  wouldn't — not  if  I  could  help  it. 
That  "  winning  voice  "  didn't  seem  to  win  in  the  neighbor- 
hood. 

I  have  tried  many  agents.  They  proved  unsatisfactory, 
with  one  exception.  He  never  asked  for  money.  He  never 
alluded  to  money  but  once.  Said  he  to  me  one  day  :  "  You 
don't  care  for  money,  do  you  ?"  "  No,  indeed,"  said  I.  "I 
thought  not,"  said  he.  "  I  never  saw  you  have  a  penny."  I 
humor  him  in  those  harmless  flights  of  wit. 

The  "  Cape  Horn  "  of  California. — A  correspondent  in 
describing  this  end  of  the  Pacific  railroad,  says  : 

Two  miles  above  Colfax  you  pass  around  a  precipitous 
mountain  in  a  notch  blasted  in  the  rock.  The  view  is  terrific. 
You  look  down  almost  perpendicularly  thousands  of  feet. 
The  north  fork  of  the  American  is  lar  below,  looking  like  a 
yellow  thread.  The  road  from  Illinoistown  i?  seen  winding 
down  to  the  river,  and  on  up  the  other  side  to  Iowa  Hill.  It 
is  a  fearful  view.  Should  a  train  of  cars  ever  run  off  in  pass- 
ing round  "  Cape  Horn,"  death  to  every  living  thing  on  board, 
and  complete  destruction  mu4  inevitably  result. 


6 


THE    C  ALIFORNIAN 


[August  25th 


"JUBILATE." 

"/^IRAY  distance  hid  each  shining  sail, 
By  ruthless  breezes  borne  from  me  .- 
And  lessening,  fading,  faint  and  pale, 
My  ships  went  forth  to  Bea. 

1  Where  misty  breakers  rose  and  fell 
I  stood  and  sorrowed  helplessly  ; 
For  every  wave  had  taleB  to  tell 
Of  wrecks  far  out  at  sea. 

"  To-day,  a  song  is  on  my  lips ; 
Earth  seems  a  Paradise  to  me  ; 
For  God  is  good,  and  lo !  my  ships 
Are  coining  home  from  sea.'' 


BOGUS'  STORY  OF  WESTERN  STYLE. 
"  /'"^vNCE,"  said  Boggs,  "  I  lived  on  the  prairie  in  Illinois. 

I  tell  yon,  that  was  the  country  for  sparking.  When 
you  went  to  see  a  girl  there  you  were  expected,  as  a  matter 
of  course,  to  sit  up  with  her  till  near  morning. 

When  I  had  been  with  my  cousin,  who  was  a  farmer,  a  few 
weeks,  there  was  a  Fourth  of  July  celebration  at  Paw  Paw, 
a  few  miles  distant.    The  people  gathered  in  from  every  di- 
rection for  twenty  miles  around.    There  was  a  Hoosier  ora- 
tion, and  a  Hoosier  dinner,  and  a  Hoosier  ball.    The  Hoosier 
ball  commenced  at  five  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  and  they  just 
'  hoed  it  down  '  until  five  o'clock  next  morning.    Well,  I  was 
introduced,  at  an  early  stage  of  the  performance,  to  my 
cousin's  wife's  cousin,  and  she  was  a  stunner,  too,  I  tell 
you.    That  girl  could  talk.    She  had  just  come  from  board- 
ing-school somewhere  East.    She  knew  Eastern  ways  and 
Western  ways,  and  somehow  she  seemed  to  know  just  how  to 
strike  the  right  balance  between  them.    I  was  afraid  of  her 
at  first.    She  was  what  your  novelists  call  '  regal,  self-pos- 
sessed, queen-like.'    But  soon  she  put  me  at  my  ease.  She 
liked  fun,  too.    She  had  a  beau  with  her,  but  she  threw  him 
off  as  naturally  as  possible  to  flirt  with  me.    Then  he  went 
off  and  got  drunk,  and  about  an  hour  afterward  there  was  a 
drunken  horse  and  buggy  with  Popper  inside  of  it,  tearing 
through  the  single  main  street  of  Paw  Paw.  Well,  the  buggy 
hit  a  post  and  turned  over,  and  out  went  Popper,  and  when 
he  was  picked  up  his  sense  was  all  knocked  out  of  him.  Then 
they  carried  him  into  the  hotel  and  laid  him  on  the  bed,  and 
all  the  girls  and  fellows  came  in  and  stood  around  bim,  ar.d 
my  regal  beauty  bathed  his  head  with  cologne  and  cried  over 
bim.    Popper  was  not  long  in  comiug  to,  but  he  didn't  let  on 
when  he  did  come  to.  He  just  laid  there  and  let  that  girl  bend 
over  him  and  cry  and  slop  his  head  with  spirits  of  camphor. 
I  saw  it  all.    He  had  a  good  thing  juat  then.    I'd  a  taken  all 
his  runaway  chances  for  a  similar  consideration.  However, 
it  was  soon  found  out  that  nothing  very  bad  was  the  matter 
with  Popper,  and  then  the  crying  corn-fed  beauties  quickly 
dried  their  tears  and  put  for  the  ball-room.    I  had  a  slight 
hand  in  that  matter,  you  see,  for  I  just  gave  my  cousin  a  hint 
of  the  real  state  of  things,  and  he  hinted  to  his  wife,  and  his 
wife  to  Car— (that  was  her  name,)  and  she  came  back  to  her 
normal  condition,  and  things  went  on  straight  again.    I  felt 
sorry  for  Popper,  too.    He  had  to  lay  abed,  you  see,  just  to 
keep  up  the  delusion  that  he  was  hurt.    I  had,  for  the  time, 
the  inside  track  of  him.    It's  very  nice  to  have  the  inside 
track  in  these  matters,  especially  when  you've  been  standing 
a  long  time  on  the  outside.    Well,  we  danced  and  sung  and 
made  love  till  near  morning.    They  do  all  these  things  at 
Hoosier  balls  on  the  prairie.    And  about  three  o'clock  I 
parted  from  my  regal,  corn-fed  beauty,  got  on  the  wagon  with 
my  cousin  and  his  wife,  and  as  we  took  our  way  home  I  was  a 
thousand  miles  in  love.    I  never  expected  to  see  her  again.  1 
went  to  bed,  little  thinking  that  I  should  see  her  before  1 
arose  from  my  necessarily  virtuous  couch.    There  were  just 
two  rooms  in  my  cousin's  log-house — the  front  room  and  back 
room.    The  front  room  was  about  the  whole  house,  in  fact, 
and  was  kitchen,  parlor,  bed-room  and  everything.    As  the 
guest  of  the  family,  I  slept  in  the  front  room.  All  of  us  slept 
late  that  morning.    The  sun  was  high  in  the  heavens  when  I 
awoke.    I  thought  a  moment  of  the  Paradise  1  bad  been  in 
the  night  before,  when  I  heard  a  buggy  drive  up  to  the  front 
gate,  and  then  voices,  then  a  voice.    Good  gracious !    It  was 
that  of  the  regal  Caroline.    I  saw  it  all.    Words  indicative 
of  a  forthcoming  visit  had  fallen  on  my  ear  the  day  before. 
But  I  had  no  idea  it  was  to  be  so  soon.    And  there  I  was  in 
bed,  and  the  front  door  of  the  house  was  the  front  door  of  the 
room,  and  when  it  opened  it  would  disclose  me,  a  bashful, 
shrinking  youth  of  eighteen  in  bed.    She  was  coming  up  the 
walk.    Now,  the  fact  is,  Western  style  just  iu  that  neighbor- 
hood was  not  a  bit  shocked  at  seeing  a  male  person  in  bed. 
But  I  was  just  from  the  East,  where  such  a  spectacle  was 
supposed  to  knock  a  single  woman  down,  or  worse.    I  made 
a  lightning-calculation  as  to  the  time  it  would  take  for  me  to 
get  out  and  get  on  my  pants.  Could  I  but  get  on  those  pants 
things  would  not  bear  so  bad  an  aspect.    'Twouldn't  be  quit* 
so  embarrassing.    Yes,  I'd  make  the  venture.  I  acted  on  the 
resolve.    I  thrust  out  one  bashful  limb.    Her  baud  was  on 
the  latch.   Just  time  enough  had  I  to  snake  that  leg  back 
again  when  in  she  came,  looking  as  blooming  and  smiling  as 
one  of  the  dew-covered  prairie  flowers  over  which  she  had 


just  passed.  And  do  you  think  she  made  any  fuss,  or  called 
up  any  extra  blushes,  or  tried  to  caterpillar,  or  anything  of 
that  sort  ?  Not  a  bit  of  it.  When  she  saw  me  she  just  took 
things  as  easily  and  quietly  as  if  she  had  been  iu  the  habit 
every  morniug  of  poppiug  in  on  single  gentlemen  abed.  As 
for  me,  I  was  subjugated.  I  had  nothing  to  do  but  to  lay  still 
and  take  things  as  they  came.  I  did  try  to  make  a  sort  of  a 
bow  as  she  entered,  but  you  can't  make  a  graceful  bow  when 
you're  almost  all  horizontal.  And  then  don't  you  think  she 
walked  up  to  that  bed  as  coolly  as  if  her  own  sister  lay  there, 
and  set  down  on  the  side  of  it,  and  commenced  talking  about 
the  ball  the  night  before.  She  seemed  to  be  entirely  at 
ease — but  I  wasn't.  I  concluded  it  must  be  Western  fashion, 
but  it  required  some  little  time  to  get  broken  in.  It  wa3  my 
first  experience  in  that  line.  I  rather  liked  it,  but  it  was 
rather  too  much  to  come  at  once.  I  wanted  her  to  stay,  and 
I  wanted  her  to  go  away.  Well,  she  stopped  there  on  that 
beside  and  talked  for  half  an  hour.  And  then  she  went  into 
the  apartment  where  the  married  couple  reposed,  and  there 
wasn't  much  time  lost  on  niy  part  in  getting  on  one  pair  of 
pants.  1  soon  got  broken  in  to  Western  style  after  that.  It's 
a  great  country  for  sparking.  I  shall  never  see  another  like  it. 

A  Character. — Company  —  had  enrolled  on  its  muster- 
rolls  a  young  man  who  was  nicknamed  by  his  comrades,  for 
some  peculiarity,  "  Puss."  Now  '•  Puss  "  was  a  tough  one. 
In  camp  he  was  a  great  shirker,  and  many  were  the  reprimands 
and  punishments  he  received  for  neglect  of  duty  ;  but  on  the 
march,  the  bivouac,  or  the  battle-field  "  Puss  "  was  a  gay  and 
gallant  soldier,  and  many  weary  miles  of  marching  were  made 
shorter  by  his  lively  songs  and  happy  hits  at  persons  and  their 
peculiarities.  And  better  still,  "  Puss  "  never  shirked  a  fight. 
At  South  Mountain  the  Second,  with  the  other  gallant  regi- 
ments composing  the  "  Iron  Brigade,"  was  assigned  the  duty 
of  carrying  the  pass  at  the  point  where  the  main  road  that 
passes  through  Frederick  City  and  Middletown  crosses  the 
mountain.  Company  —  was  one  oi  the  companies  selected 
for  the  skirmish-line.  At  first  no  trouble  was  experienced  in 
driving  back  the  rebel  skirmishers,  but  finally  they  came  to  a 
halt.  Thus  matters  stood  for  some  five  minutes,  our  boys 
giving  the  rebs  leaden  invitations  to  vamose,  and  the  rebs  giv- 
ing, in  the  same  style,  their  objections  to  any  further  retro- 
grade movement  "  Puss  "  had  been  doing  his  best  with  his 
"  Springfield,"  but  all  at  once  he  stopped  firing,  slammed  the 
butt  of  his  musket  to  the  ground,  and  with  all  the  vim  his 
lungs  would  allow,  yelled  out  to  the  rebs  :  "  Well,  you  ras- 
cally rebel  cut  throats  !  if  you  are  going  to  run,  why  don'tyou 
git  up  and  skedaddle  '!  Now  git  1"  Whether  the  invitation 
to  "  git  "  bad  any  effect  or  not  we  can't  say  ;  but  this  is  cer- 
tain, a  short  time  afterward  rebs  were  scarce  iu  that  neigh- 
borhood.  

The  Dullness  of  Great  Men. — Descartes,  the  famous 
mathematician  and  philosopher  ;  Le  Fontaine,  celebrated  for 
his  fables  ;  Buffon,  the  great  naturalist,  were  all  singularly 
deficient  iu  the  powers  of  conversation.  Murmontel,  the  nov- 
elist, was  so  dull  iu  society  that  his  friend  said  of  him,  after 
an  interview,  "  I  must  go  and  read  his  tales  to  recompense 
myself  for  the  weariness  of  hearing  him."  As  to  Corneille, 
the  grandest  dramatist  of  France,  he  was  completely  lost  in 
society — so  absent  and  embarrassed  that  he  wrote  of  himself 
a  witty  couplet,  importing  that  he  was  never  intelligible  but 
through  the  mouth  of  another.  Wit,  on  paper,  seems  to  be 
something  widely  different  from  that  play  of  words  in  conver- 
sation, which,  while  it  sparkles,  dies  ;  for  Charles  II.,  the 
wittiest  monarch  that  ever  sat  on  the  English  throne,  was  so 
charmed  with  the  humor  of  "  Iludibras,"  that  he  caused  him- 
self to  be  introduced  in  the  character  of  a  private  gentleman, 
to  Butler,  its  author.  The  witty  king  found  the  author  a  very 
dull  companion,  and  was  of  opinion,  with  many  others,  that 
so  stupid  a  fellow  could  never  have  written  so  clever  a  book. 
Addison,  whose  classic  elegance  has  long  been  considered  the 
model  of  style,  was  shy  and  absent  in  society,  preserving, 
even  before  a  single  stranger,  stiff  and  dignified  silence.  In 
conversation,  Dante  was  taciturn  and  satirical.  Rousseau  was 
remarkably  trite  in  conversation — not  a  word  of  fancy  or  elo- 
quence warmed  bim.  Milton  was  unsocial,  and  even  irritable 
when  much  pressed  by  talk  of  others. 

Punch  that  Man  !— One  evening  at  the  theatre,  John 
Phoenix  observed  a  man  sitting  three  seats  in  front,  whom  he 
thought  he  knew  ;  he  requested  the  person  sitting  next  tohim 
to  punch  the  other  individual  with  his  cane.  The  polite 
stranger  did  so,  and  the  disturbed  person  taming  his  head  a 
little,  he  discovered  his  mistake— that  he  was  not  the  person 
he  took  him  for.  Fixing  his  attention  steadfastly  on  the  play, 
and  affecting  his  unconsciousness  of  the  whole  affair,  he  left 
the  man  with  the  cane  to  settle  with  the  other  for  the  disturb- 
ance, who,  being  wholly  without  an  excuse,  there  was  of  course 
a  ludicrous  and  embarrassing  scene,  during  all  of  which  Phoe- 
nix was  profoundly  interested  in  the  play.  At  last  the  man 
with  the  cane,  asked,  rather  indignantly,  "  Didn't  you  tell  me 
to  punch  the  man  with  my  stick  ?"  "  Yes."  "  And  what 
did  you  want  ?"  '*  I  wanted  to  Bee  whether  you  would  puuch 
him  or  nok." 


Capacity  of  the  Human  Body  to  Endur*.  Intenpt  Heat. 

About  the  year  1809,  one  Lionetto,  a  Spaniard,  astonished 
not  only  the  ignorant,  but  chemists  and  other  men  of  science 
in  France,  Germany,  Italy,  and  England,  by  his  insensibility 
to  the  power  of  fire.  He  handled  with  impunity  red  hot  iron 
and  molten  lead,  drank  boiling  oil,  and  performsd  other  feats 
equally  miraculous.  While  he  was  at  Naples,  he  attracted 
the  notice  of  Prof.  Sementini,  who  narrowly  watched  all  bis 
operations,  and  endeavored  to  discover  bis  secret.  He  ob- 
served, in  the  first  place,  that  when  Lionetto  applied  a  piece 
of  red  hot  iron  to  his  hair,  dense  fumes  immediately  rose  from 
it ;  that  when  he  touched  his  foot  with  the  iron,  similar 
vapois  ascended,  which  affected  both  the  organs  of  sight  and 
smell.  He  also  saw  him  place  a  red  hot  iron,  nearly  red  hot, 
between  his  teeth,  without  hurning  himself;  drink  the  third 
of  a  tublespoonful  of  burning  oil ;  and  taking  up  molten  lead 
with  his  Augers,  place  it  on  his  tongue  without  apparent  in- 
con  vtfuience. 

Anxious  to  discover  the  means  used  by  Lionetto  to  render 
himself  capable  of  thus  enduring  the  application  of  heat. , 
Seinenlim  performed  several  experiments  upon  himself,  and 
made  several  important  discoveries.  He  found  that  by  fric- 
tion with  sulphuric  acid,  diluted  with  water,  the  skin  might 
be  made  insensible  to  the  action  of  the  heat  of  red  hot  iron  ; 
a  solution  of  alum  evaporated  until  it  become  spongy,  ap. 
peared  to  be  more  effectual  in  these  frictions.  After  having 
rubbed  the  parts,  which  were  thus  rendered  in  some  degree 
incombustible,  with  hard  soap,  he  discovered,  on  the  applica- 
tion of  hot  iron,  that  their  insensibility  was  increased.  He 
then  determined  on  again  rubbing  the  parts  with  soap,  and 
after  this,  found  that  the  hot  iron  not  only  occasioned  no 
pain,  but  that  it  actually  did  uot  burn  the  hair,  being  thus 
far  satisfied,  the  Professor  applied  hard  soap  to  his  tongue, 
antil  it  became  insensible  to  the  heat  of  the  iron  ;  and  after 
having  placed  an  ointment  composed  of  soap  mixed  with  a 
solution  of  alum  upon  it,  boiling  oil  did  not  burn  it  ;  while 
the  oil  remaiued  on  the  tongue  a  slight  hissing  was  heard, 
similar  to  that  of  hot  iron, 'When  throst  into  water;  the  oil 
soon  cooled,  and  might  then  be  swallowed  without  danger. 

A  Frog  Story. — About  a  year  and  a  half  ago  an  army  offi- 
cer arrived  at  Louisville,  and  put  up  at  one  of  the  leading  ho- 
tels. Alter  a  few  days'  stay,  he  disappeared,  leaving  his  trunk 
behind  him  and  an  unpaid  bill.  The  trunk  was  stored  away 
among  the  collections  of  uncalled  for  baggage,  and  reuiaiued 
there  undisturbed  until  a  few  days  siuce,  when  the  pile  was 
examined. 

In  this  trunk  was  found  a  quantity  of  ammunition,  some 
caps,  bullets,  a  few  books  and  other  articles.  A  singular  tin 
box  was  also  discovered,  which  was  punched  full  of  sinull 
hole3.  This  was  opened,  and  revealed  to  the  astonished  ob- 
servers a  horned  Mexican  toad,  as  lively  and  cheerful,  appar- 
ently, as  when  he  was  first  put  into  the  box. 

There  he  had  been  in  that  box,  confined  in  that  trunk  for  a 
year  and  a  half  to  the  certain  knowledge  of  the  proprietors 
of  the  house,  and  how  much  longer  they  did  not  know.  His 
toadship  refused  all  food,  and  does  not  seem  anxious  to  feed 
after  his  long  fast.  He  has  been  an  economical  boarder,  for 
one  that  has  resided  a  year  and  a  half  in  one  of  the  best 

hotels.  .  

The  Fitness  ok  all  Tuisos. — Nature  is  still  gracious  to  all 
her  children  who  cheerfully  obey  her  laws.  We  must  obey 
all  the  changes  silently  going  on  within  us,  that,  by  acquies- 
cence with  them  all,  we  may  continue,  throughout  life,  to  be 
dutiful  to  our  great  parent,  and,  in  duty,  find  that  enjoyment 
is  provided  in  all  tbe  metamorphoses  which  our  physical, 
moral,  and  intellectual  being  is  perpetually  undergoing— as- 
sured tHat,  if  not  unwisely  and  vainly  withstood,  they  are  all 
for  good.  The  child,  the  boy,  tbe  youth,  the  man,  the  old 
man,  may  each,  during  his  own  season,  be  happy,  if,  according 
to  Nature's  mandate,  each  be  "  like  the  season  :"  the  one 
thing  needful  being  contentment.  Old  Age  !  a  brother  grey- 
beard counsels  thee— never  repine.  Thus,  though  dull  thy 
bearing,  shall  music,  nevertheless,  find  its  way  into  thy  spirit  ; 
though  dim  thy  sight,  its  inner  regions  shall  be  lustrous  ;  and 
thy  present,  which  to  those  who  know  thee  not  may  appear 
almost  pitiful,  solaced  by  the  past,  and  strengthened  by  thy 
future,  may  be  piously  felt  by  thee  to  be  the  best,  because  the 
holiest,  of  all  the  seasons  of  thy  life. 

Discipline. — During  tbe  drill  of  tbe  Highland  Cadets  on 
the  Boston  Common,  recently,  at  a  moment  of  rest  one  of  the 
lads  received  a  ten-dollar  bill  from  a  friend,  which  he  held  in 
bis  band  when  "  Attention  "  was  called.  To  put  tbe  bill  in 
his  pocket  would  disturb  the  line,  to  hold  it  and  execute  the 
required  movement  were  impossible,  and  so  he  dropped  it  and 
saved  his  reputation  as  a  soldier— a  ten  spot  out. 

Parks.— The  New  York  Central  Park  is  more  than  twice 
as  large  as  Hyde  Park  or  Regent's  Park  in  London,  ten  tiaea 
as  large  as  St.  James's  Park,  less  than  a  quarter  as  big  as  the 
great  park  at  Windsor,  one-third  ot  the  size  of  the  Kicbmoud 
Park,  rather  more  than  a  quarter  as  big  as  the  Gardens  of 
Versailles,  and  half  the  size  of  the  Phoenix  Park  in  Dublin- 


August  25th  | 


THE  CALIFORNIA!*. 


EYES   AND  NOSES. 

WHEN  I  had  pondered  Lavater,  and  surveyed  antiqui- 
ties in  stone  and  bronze,  frescoes  and  vases,  I  looked 
into  the  collections  of  portraits  of  distinguished  men,  looking 
especially,  as  we  always  do<»and  must  look,  at  the  most  promi- 
nent feature.  What  wonderful  noses  they  have  !  There  was 
not  such  a  nose  in  all  Europe,  in  his  time,  as  that  worn  upon 
the  face  of  the  Emperor  Charles  V.  ;  and  those  of  Henry  IV., 
Pope  Alexander  TIL,  Charles  XII.,  of  Sweden,  and  Freder- 
ick II.,  of  Prussia,  were  scarcely  less  remarkable.  The  fierce 
nose  of  the  youthful  Napoleon,  compacted  into  the  massive 
one  of  the  Emperor  ;  and  then,  for  a  soldierly  and  heroic  nose, 
where  would  you  look  for  a  finer  one  than  that  which  marked, 
among  a  million,  the  striking  face  of  Wellington?  All  that 
was  great  in  firmness,  patience,  and  heroism  in  the  character 
of  Washington  is  stamped  on  his  prominent  and  handsome 
nose. 

Look  now  at  the  beautiful  noses  of  the  poets.  Tasso,  Dante, 
Petrarch,  have  noses  like  the  gods  of  immortal  verse.  Our 
own  bards  are  in  no  way  deficient.  Study  the  portraits  of 
Chaucer,  Shakspeare,  Milton,  Dryden,  Pope,  and  so  down  to 
the  present  laureate,  Tennysou.  See  also  Molliere,  Voltaire, 
Erasmus,  Pascal,  and  Schiller — all  men  of  genius,  but  how  va- 
ried !  But  there  is  not  a  greater  variety  in  character  than  in 
that  feature  which  the  ancients  called  "honestamentum faciei ';" 
and  which  is  all  that  and  something  more.  Could  Schiller's 
bust  change  noses  with  Voltaire's  ?  «Try  the  experiment,  and 
if  it  proves  satisfactory,  I  will  abandon  the  whole  theory,  and 
call  science  a  cheat,  and  nature  an  imposter,  and  Lavater  a 
dupe  and  a  donkey.  Show  me  a  thief  w'th  the  nose  of  Al- 
gernon Sydney  ;  show  me  an  empty  fop,  if  there  be  any  yet 
extant,  with  the  nose  of  Lord  Bacon  ;  or  some  soft  poltroon 
with  the  profile  of  Philip  the  Bold,  or  Elliot, the  hero  of  Gib- 
raltar ;  find  me,  in  a  group  of  costermongers  and  potboys  the 
noses  of  Cato  aud  Cicero,  Locke  and  Johnson,  Loyola,  Titian, 
Michael  Angelo,  or  Lord  Brougham,  and  you  may  have  my 
head  for  a  foot-ball,  and  do  what  you  like  with  its  special 
honestamentum. 

Large  eyes  have  always  been  admired,  especially  in  women, 
and  may  be  considered  essential  to  the  highest  order  of  beauty, 
in  almost  every  description  of  which,  from  Helen  of  Troy  to 
Lola  Montes,  they  hold  a  prominent  place.  We  read  of 
"  large  spiritual  eyes,"  and 

Eyes  loving  large, 
and  of  "  little,  sparkling,  beady  eyes,"  to  which  the  epithets 
"  spiritual  "  and  ''  loving  "  are  never  applied. 

An  Arab  expresses  his  idea  of  the  beauty  of  a  woman  by 
saying  that  she  has  the  eye  of  a  gazelle.  This  is  the  burden 
of  his  song.  The  timidity,  gentleness,  and  innocent  fear  in 
the  eye  of  the  "  deer  "  tribe  are  compared  with  the  modesty 
of  the  young  girl :  "  Let  her  be  as  the  loving  hind  and  the 
pleasant  roe." 

Persons  with  large  eyes  give  u3  the  impression  of  being 
"  wide-awake,"  and  ready  for  action,  while  small  eyed  people 
have  more  generally  "  a  sleepy  look,"  and  a  sluggish  tempera- 
ment or  habit  of  body.  Dr.  Redfield  observes,  that  "  persons 
with  large  eyes  have  very  lively  emotions,  think  very  rapidly 
and  speak  fast,  unless  there  be  a  predominance  of  the  phleg- 
matic temperament.  Of  persons  with  small  eyes  the  reverse 
is  true.  The  former  are  quick  and  spontaneous  in  their  feel- 
ings and  in  the  expression  of  them,  and  are,  therefore,  simple, 
like  the  Scotch.  Swiss,  and  all  who  inhabit  mountainous  re- 
gions. The  latter  are  slow  and  calculating,  and,  therefore, 
artful,  like  the  gypsies,  a  people  who  generally  inhabit  level 
countries.  There  is  a  connection  between  activity  and  the 
ascending  and  descending  acclivities,  a  fact  which  we  evince 
in  running  up  and  down  stairs,  and  which  an  active  horse  ex- 
hibits when  he  comes  to  a  hill  ;  and  hence  the  Scotch  High- 
landers, as  well  as  the  sheep,  goat,  chamois,  etc.,  have  large 
eyes  and  very  great  activity." 

Early  Days  op  Jenny  Lind. — In  1837  Miss  Agatha  Bre- 
mer came  to  Stockholm  in  the  autumn,  and  was  present  at  a 
performance  by  the  pupils  of  the  theatre.  On  her  return  she 
related  how  much  she  was  struck  and  bewitched  by  the  act- 
ing of  a  little  girl  as  a  beggar  child.  The  were  wit  and  genius 
in  every  movement.  She  threw  herself  heart  and  soul  into 
the  character,  and  put  in  droll  inventions  of  her  own  which 
were  inimitable.  There  never  was  such  an  ingenious,  saucy, 
fascinating  little  beggar!  Miss  Agatha,  who  had  a  quick, 
native  perception  of  what  was  truly  good,  prophesied  a  great 
success  for  her.  The  following  year  her  prophecy  was  ful- 
filled. The  same  young  girl,  Jenny  Lind,  appeared  in  the 
character  of  Agatha,  in  the  "  Hunter's  Bride,"  and  won  such 
immense  admiration  that  the  very  orchestra,  forgetting  them- 
selves, paused  to  listen  to  her  heavenly  soprano.  It  is  not, 
however,  her  enchanting  vocal  powers,  but  her  thorough 
Womanliness,  her  Christian  lovo,  her  faithful  and  kindly  re- 
membrance of  her  native  land,  which  make  Mme.  Goldschmidt 
so  beloved  here. — Margaret  Howitt's  Twelve  Months  with 
Fredrika  Bremer  in  Sweden. 

Mr.  P.  T.  Palgrave  is  writing  a  new  Life  of  Sir  Walter 
Scott,  which  is  soon  to  appear. 


PUBLIC  MARRIAGE. 

POURIivG  through  the  gilded  gates  of  the  Bois  are  voi- 
lures  de  remise,  gay  chariots,  fashionable  landaus,  and 
cavaliers,  mounted  on  splendid  horses,  which,  while  not  being 
in  speed  equal  to  English  thoroughbreds,  are  yet  superior  in 
gait  and  action.  If  you  glance  at  either  side  of  the  broad 
and  level  drives  and  see  tffe  forest,  you  will  hardly  credit  that 
in  1815  those  trees  were  felled  to  make  barricades  against  the 
approach  of  the  allied  armies,  and  that  soon  after  this  was  a 
camping  ground  for  the  English  hosts,  led  by  the  "  Iron  Duke." 

But  what  right  have  we  now  to  think  of  war  when  the 
'  Empire  is  Peace,"  and  the  grim  realities  of  the  Bois  in  fight- 
ing costume,  with  deep  moats  and  naked  walls  have  merged 
into  shining  lakes  and  pleasant  waterfalls,  where  cofes  and 
kiosks  stand  in  place  of  tents,  and  the  only  belligerent-seem- 
ing is  the  guards  of  the  wood,  who  dash  up  and  down  the 
level  paths,  picturesque  but  harmless.  You  can  either  pro- 
ceed by  the  grand  drives,  or,  if  you  follow  my  fancy,  lose 
yourself  in  one  of  the  tortuous  paths  which  a  sign  board  in- 
forms you  is  "  Interdicted  for  Voitures.''  And  what  can  be 
more  charming  ?  As  far  as  the  eye  can  reach  there  is  a  lovely 
arcade  of  trees,  whose  interlacing  branches  overhead  hardly 
permit  a  glance  at  the  cloudless  sky.  In  the  distance  men 
and  women  on  horseback  dash  across  the  paths  for  an  instant, 
and  then  are  lost  to  view.  All  at  once  a  black-gowned  priest, 
rapt  in  meditation,  saunters  toward  St.  Cloud,  and,  close  be- 
hind him,  follow  a  procession  of  school-boys,  who  chatter  like 
magpies,  their  fresh  young  voices  making  you  somehow  lose 
yourself  in  the  dreams  of  your  own  boyhood.  But  ere  you 
can  indulge  in  the  dangerous  task  of  retrospection  your  horse 
carries  you  forward  to  a  point  where  broad  paths  intersect  the 
bridle-ways,  and  the  murmur  of  cascades  remind  you  that  you 
are  near  the  Lac. 

Like  a  picture  is  the  fair  sheet  of  water,  from  which  the 
mists  and  smoke  of  the  mimic  torrent  arise  like  incense  up  to 
Heaven  ;  like  a  picture  are  the  prettily  painted  kiosks  aud 
gilded  boats  ;  and,  more  than  beautiful,  the  graceful  swans 
who  6hake  the  diamond  spray  from  their  arched  necks  ;  but, 
to  complete  the  charm,  fair  women  promenade  in  the  half- 
shaded  allies  in  the  dresses  of  brides  ;  their  robes  are  of  white 
and  the  ever-beautiful  orange  blossoms  droop  over  their  long 
veils.  I  count  one,  two,  three  of  these  young  girls,  who  are 
leaning  upon  the  arms  of  their  husbands,  aud  am  lost  in  sur- 
prise when  I  am  told  it  is  the  custom  among  the  middle  and 
lower  classes  to  be  married  in  the  morning  at  the  Madelaine, 
St.  Rock,  or  St.  Eustache,  and  to  spend  the  afternoon  in  the 
Bois  with  friends,  returning  in  the  evening,  for  dinner,  to 
Paris.  I  would  Ijiin  criticize  this  public  display  of  marriage; 
it  seems  to  me  not  fitting  that  the  maiden  should  be  looked 
upon  by  the  world  during  these  few  sacred  and  solemn  moments 
between  the  blessings  of  the  priests  and  the  first  prayers  from 
the  woman's  heart  for  strength,  and  love,  and  duty.  Hereara 
should  be  shielded  from  the  rude  jests  of  the  heedless  crowd ; 
blushing  ever,  because  of  love  and  joy,  and  never  from  em- 
barrassment or  shame. 

Napoleon  III.  when  in  London. — During  Louis  Napoleons' 
residence  in  London,  he  was  an  occasional  of  Lord  Comber- 
mere.  While  quiet  and  reserved,  he  was  quietly  studying 
mankind  in  general,  and  the  British  nation  in  particular. 
London  fine  ladies  and  gentlemen  termed  him  dull  and  unin- 
teresting, little  recognizing  the  tact  and  strength  of  will  which 
was  one  day  to  conduct  him  to- that  imperial  throne.  Yet, 
notwitstanding  his  apparent  indifference,  he  wa3  always 
ready  to  discuss  in  an  agreeable  manner  those  social  questions 
which  interested  him.  The  Emperor  of  the  French  would 
smile  now,  if  he  recalled  how  once,  when  the  princely  refugee 
was  invited  to  dine  with  Lord  Combermere,  his  non-appear- 
ance at  the  appointed  time  did  not  delay  the  dinner,  for  no 
one  lady  or  gentleman  was  ever  waited  for  at  the  old  veter- 
an's table.  Therefore,  soup  aud  fish  had  been  removed  before 
the  future  sovereign  arrived,  apologising  very  courteously  for 
an  uupunctuality  which  was  not  his  own  fault.  Louis  Napo- 
leon's love  of  art  was  an  early  passion,  perhaps  one  of  the 
many  qualities  that  recommend  him  to  his  countrymen.  At 
his  residence  in  King  street,  St.  James  square,  he  had  col- 
lected many  artistic  geuis  and  family  relics,  which  he  highly 
priaed,  and  a  few  days  before  his  last  departure  for  Paris,  he 
had  invited  Lord  and  Lady  Combermere  to  inspect  them. 
For  the  latter,  as  well  as  for  the  Marchinoness  of  London- 
derry, he  made  sketches  of  decorations  to  ornament  their 
stalls  at  the  great  military  bazaar,  for  the  benefit  of  the  Irish, 
which  was  held  at  the  Life  Guards'  barracks,  in  the  Regent's 
Park.  It  was  at  one  of  these  stalls  that  the  late  Duke  of 
Devonshire,  besides  purchasing  from  the  other  ladies  at  fabu- 
lous prices,  generously  handed  Lady  Londonderry  one  hun- 
dred pounds  in  return  for  her  glove,  which,  with  chivalrous 
grace,  he  placed  near  his  heart.  The  Empress,  as  Mile 
Montijo,  was,  equally  with  her  future  husband,  an  occasional 
guest  at  Lord  Combermere's  house.  She  was  known  in  Lon- 
don society  as  the  Spanish  beauty,  but  handsome  as  she  then 
was,  her  loveliness  had  not  then  expanded  into  that  full  splen- 
dor which  it  afterwards  attained. 

_  Eight  battle  fields  can  bo  seen  from  the  top  of  Lookout  Mountain. 


Italian  Women. — A  Florence  correspondent  speaks  as  fol- 
lows of  Italian  women  : 

"  I  have  at  last,  after  several  years'  residence,  seen  one  who 
may  be  called  beautiful  in  the  Italian  sense  of  the  word. 
Passing  by  a  cofe  a  while  ago,  I  saw  a  lady  of  twenty  or  so 
sitting  in  front  chatting  with  some  officers,  and  as  she  waa 
quite  striking  in  appearance  and  manners,  I  lingered,  for  it  i3 
unusual  to  see  a  handsome  woman  in  Italy,  and  this  one  pos- 
sessed only  the  mere  symmetry  of  features.  They  were,  how- 
ever, really  feminine,  quite  rare  to  see  here,  and  her  complex- 
ion was  very  clear,  another  unusual  sight — almost  transparent 
— but  there  was  too  much  of  marble  ;  the  eyes  were  bright, 
but  wauted  the  fire  of  intellect.  Intelligence  was  wanting. 
Italiaus,  however,  don't  expect  to  see  this  in  woman,  as  she 
is  generally  looked  upon  as  an  inferior,  as  with  the  Turks. 
This  one  reminded  me  of  a  beautiful  face  in  alabaster — more 
fascinating,  of  course,  than  the  lifeless  matter — aud  yet  her 
silly  laugh  almost  dissipated  the  idea  of  fascination  or  attrac- 
tiveness. Willis  says  beautiful  women  are  scarce  in  Italy,  but 
when  you  see  one,  she  is  splendid.  Of  course  that  is  so,  and 
simply  because  a  beautiful  woman  is  splendid  anywhere.  Per- 
haps he  means  merely  comparatively,  when  compared  with  the 
sex  generally  in  Italy.  A  very  prominent  and  revolting  fea- 
ture of  the  fair  sex  is  their  nose,  which  Hilliard  or  some 
other  author  speaks  of  as  vulgar.  I  have  often  observed  this, 
especially  in  the  middle  and  better  classes.  It  does  seem  as 
though  all  their  ugliness  aud  vulgarity  were  concentrated  in 
their  nasal  organ  ;  it  is  often  so  large  and  unsightly  and  un- 
shapely, often  discolored  and  blotched,  reminding  me  of  an 
old  toper's  sign-board.  This  may  be  pointed  language,  but 
facts  are  stubborn,  find  them  where  you  will.  In  the  mass  all 
their  features  lack  beauty  and  expression  ;  their  lips  thick, 
their  cheeks  puffed,  their  countenances  dark  and  heavy,  with- 
out any  intellectual  character,  and  then  many  look  so  sad,  aa 
though  hope  had  forever  fled  from  their  breasts  ;  they  seem, 
real  terra  cotta,  without  the  spirit  often  imparted  to  the  mere 
clayey  form. 

"I  attended,  in  1863,  an  entertainment  at  the  Royal  Pal- 
ace in  Naples,  where  were  present  fifteen  hundred  to  two 
thousand  persons  of  the  upper  classes,  and  among  all  the 
hundreds  of  splendidly  dressed  ladies  I  did  not  see  one  who 
would  be  called  even  handsome  in  New  York  or  Baltimore. 
I  can,  perhaps,  account  for  all  this  :  the  want  of  education. 
Centuries  of  degradation  and  ignorance  have  done  their  work. 
I  have  heard  of  rich  fathers  neglecting  to  educate  their 
daughters  through  the  influence  of  priests,  who  say  to  them, 
"Why  educate  your  daughters?  What  use  is  it?  Keep 
your  money  for  other  purposes."  A  new  light  has  begun  to 
shine  in  this  kingdom  and  every  commune  has  its  schools. 
There  are  hopes  of  the  rising  generation,  at  all  evenls.  On 
the  other  hand,  the  male  sex,  as  a  body,  are  a  fine  looking 
race." 

Woman  Ruling  Through  Tact. — Men  are  very  fond  of 
conceding  tact  to  women,  and  almost  all  women  claim  it  for 
themselves,  till  between  the  consensus  and  the  assumption  of 
a  very  doubtful  assertion  has  become  almost  an  established 
fact.  Half  womanhood  are  doubtful  of  their  ability  to  gov- 
ern, but  no  woman  at  heart  disbelieves  her  ability  to  "man- 
age," to  rule  husbands  and  children,  and  servants,  without 
recourse  to  authority,  or  lapse  into  fretful  bickering.  Some- 
times the  belief  is  well  founded.  In  the  cases  where  an  able* 
woman  marries  an  able  husband  it  is  almost  always  so,  for 
they  choose  separate  domains,  and  little  frictions  can  be 
avoided  by  that  self-restraint  that  is  not  strictly  tact,  but  has 
all  its  value.  In  cases  where  the  husband  knows  his  inferi- 
ority, or  thinks  he  knows  it — a  wonderfully  common  alterna- 
tive, though  repudiated  by  both  sexes — the  conviction  is  also 
well  founded.  There  is  but  one  authority  in  the  end,  and  the 
consciousness  that  there  is  but  one  gives  the  claim  which  ia 
the  very  essence  of  tact.  But  apart  from  these  two  cases,  in 
each  of  which  the  woman  is  assumed  to  be  able,  we  question 
whether  the  palm  of  tact  belongs  to  the  weaker  sex.  Aver- 
age women  are  quicker  to  perceive  than  men,  but  the  quick- 
ness i3  compensated  by  many  disadvantages  fatal  to  the  de- 
velopment of  tact.  Few  women  are  quite  as  good  tempered 
as  men.  They  are  constitutionally  more  irritable,  lead  un- 
healthier  lives,  and  from  a  paucity  of  interests,  exaggerate 
more  the  importance  of  domestic  topics.  The  little  meanness 
of  women  which  men  so  dislike — though  without  them  every 
house  would  be  an  annexe  to  the  Bankruptcy  Court — all 
spring  from  a  want  of  perspective  very  injurious  to  tact. 
Women  are  not  really  mean,  but  the  household  allowance  is 
to  them  the  income,  and  they  think  on  a  false  scale.  The 
little  thing  is  treated  in  such  a  large  way,  so  often,  and  at 
such  length,  that  the  man  is  irritated  at  the  visible  dispropor- 
tion. He  will  stand  being  told  that  he  has  acted  "so  like  a 
man"  in  losing  his  umbrella,  or  playing  whist  a  little  too  high, 
or  taking  a  second  tumbler,  and  will  think  the  implied  rebuke 
has  its  justification,  but  a  whole  lecture  irritates. 

MoTnERLY  Attachment. — A  German  newspaper  states  that 
a  young  man  recently  married  a  widow  twice  his  age,  and  be 
ascertained  (subsequently  that  his  wife  had  once  been  Ms  wet 
nurse. 


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A  "  DISGUSTED  "  LITERARY  JOURNAL. 

THE  New  York  Round  Table  seems  inclined  to  set  up  an 
alarmingly  lofty  standard  of  literary  excellence  ;  and 
with  reference  more  especially  to  "  American  literature,"  to 
be  animated  by  what  Carlyle  calls  "  a  sublime  spirit  of  dis- 
content." "  As  publishers  of  the  Round  Table" — we  quote 
from  a  recent  leader  in  that  journal,  entitled  "  Wanted 
"Writers  " — "  As  publishers  of  the  Round  Table,  disgusted 
with  the  recent  puerile  efforts  of  American  writers,  and  anx- 
ious for  a  literature  which  shall  have  more  nerve  and  muscle, 
we  put  forth  our  plea  for  writers."  Cooper,  Prescott,  Ban- 
croft, Motley,  Longfellow,  Irving,  and  Hawthorne,  it  seems, 
do  not  at  all  come  up  to  the  mark.  Something  absolutely 
stunning  must  be  done  at  once,  or  the  Round  Tuble  will  be 
inconsolable.  It  is  not  mere  "  writers  "  who  are  wanted,  so 
much  as  literary  meteors.  "  The  demand  of  the  hour,"  we 
are  assured,  "  is  for  vigorous,  original,  powerful  writing  ;  the 
day  is  past  for  weakness,  finical  nicety,  and  long  drawn  plati- 
tudes. The  style  of  ten  years  ago,  is  not  the  style  for  to-day. 
The  thought  and  imagination  of  Americans  have,  grown 
stronger  and  more  active.  On  this  account  we  look  to  see 
young  men  coming  forward  who  shall  inaugurate  a  better  lit- 
erature, and  more  characteristic  of  the  nation  than  that  which 
has  been  already  honored  by  the  names  of  Irving  and 
Everett." 

Now  there  may  be  something  very  admirable  in  this  horta- 
tory strain,  but  to  us  it  has  tbe  ring  of  brass  rather  than  of 
pure  metal.  If  the  complaint  is  well  founded,  can  the  want 
be  remedied  by  old  womanish  scolding  and  lamentation  ? 
Will  even  the  most  vehement  bawling  fur  "  more  nerve  and 
muscle  "  produce  those  qualities  ?  Will  it  not  rather,  if  it 
has  any  effect  whatever,  produce  somethiug  forced,  false,  and 
spasmodic?  As  to  the  discrimination  or  good  sense  evinced 
in  this  odd  coupling  of  the  names  of  Irving  aud  Everett,  we 
acknowledge  that  we  are  quite  at  a  loss  to  perceive  it.  Ever- 
ett was  an  accomplished  orator,  of  the  courtly  and  classic 
school,  aud  his  reputation  rests  entirely  upon  his  orations.  If 
he  has  produced  any  works  upon  which  a  ciaim  to  citizenship 
in  the  republic  of  letters  can  be  based,  (unless  the  reference 
is  to  his  contributions  to  Bonner's  Ledger) — any  works  be- 
tween which  and  the  Sketch  Book,  or  Bracebridge  Hall,  or 
the  Life  of  Columbus,  or  of  Washington,  a  comparison  can 
be  instituted — -we  have  yet  to  make  acquaintance  with  them. 
The  fact  is,  as  it  seems  to  us,  that  the  talent  which  the  Round 
Table  evinces  for  disparaging  the  genius  of  American  standard 
writers,  is  enormously  disproportionate  to  the  talent  which  it 
evinces  for  itself  producing  anything  especially  worthy  of  ad- 
miration. If  the  literary  ability  which  it  displayed  bore  auy 
reasonable  proportion  to  the  hardihood  of  its  offensive  yet 
ludicrous  self  assertion,  oue  might  experience  less  impatience 
at  its  enormous  pretensions,  and  the  shrewish  objurgatory  tone 
which  is  its  most  distinctive  characteristic. 

Meantime,  it  is  highly  probable  that  this  urgent  and  passiou- 
ate  "  plea  for  writers  "  will  be  enthusiastically  responded  to 
by  that  large  class  of  youthful  aspirants  for  literary  distinc- 
tion who,  sharing  the  lofty  contempt  of  the  "  publishers  of 
the  Round  Table  "  for  all  that  has  heretofore  been  done  by 
American  authors,  experience  the  delightful  consciousness  of 
an  ability  to  achieve  somethiug  infiuitely  more  worthy. 


Democratic  ideas  seem  to  be  making  rapid  progress  in 
England.  John  Bright,  the  distinguished  Parliamentary  orator, 
says,  in  the  course  of  a  recent  speech,  that  he  has  seen  a  let- 
ter from  one  of  the  largest  cotton  spinners  and  manufacturers 
in  Lancashire,  expressing  the  regret  of  the  writer  to  find  that 
among  his  workmen  there  was  growing  up  a  much  greater  in- 
terest in  American  politics,  than  in  the  politics  of  their  own 
country.  The  Lancashire  manufacturer  afterwards  informed 
Mr.  Blight,  in  corroboration  of  the  above  statement,  that 
in  his  mill  there  were  nearly  as  many  American  as  Biitish 
newspapers  to  be  found. 


"THE  INTELLECTUAL  DEGENERACY 
OF  THE  CLERGY." 

JT  seem3  to  us  that  those  of  our  contemporaries  who  have 
of  late  been  bewailing  so  pathetically  the  lack  of  intel- 
lectual prowess  in  the  clergy,  have  permitted  themselves  to 
lose  sight  of  the  fact  that  the  most  important  function  of  the 
ministry,  is  not  to  prepare  d»courses  which  shall  satisfy  the 
tastes  of  critical  or  dilLetunte  hearers.  Clergymen  have  a  va- 
riety of  serious  work  to  do,  quite  apart  from  the  preparation 
of  sermons,  work  in  regard  to  the  nature  aud  amount  of 
which  we  suspect  that  tbe  journalists  making  the  complaints 
referred  to,  have  none  but  the  dimmest  notions.  They  have 
to  make  parochial  visits,  advise  with  those  of  their  congre- 
gations who  are  in  trouble,  console  those  who  are  in  afflic- 
tion, to  officiate  at  christenings,  marriages,  and  funerals  ;  and 
also  to  give  a  share  of  their  attention  to  keeping  up  social  rela- 
tions with  a  large  portion  of  their  congregations,  the  neglect 
to  do  which,  would  cause  grave  dissatisfaction,  aud  materially 
interfere  with  their  usefulness. 

Yet  thoughtless  aud  captious  persons  speak  of  them  as  if 
their  whole  work  consisted  of  preaching  two  sermons  a  week, 
and  keeping  abreast  of  the  learning  and  scholarship  of  the 
day  in  all  that  relates  to  theology  and  religion.  Aud  these 
exacting  critics  are  hugely  disappointed  if  the  sermons  pro- 
duced under  such  circumstances,  are  not  characterized  by 
striking  originality,  and  philosophical  depth  of  thought,  for- 
getting, or  perhaps  never  having  reflected,  that  a  clergyman 
who  should  frame  his  discourses  with  reference  to  an  audieuce 
of  philosophers  aud  critics,  would  be  guilty  of  ueglectiug  the 
needs  of  those  win  ought  to  be  his  special  care,  in  the  U 
tempt  to  gratify  a  personal  ambition  to  be  thought  eloquent 
or  intellectually  brilliant.  The  first  duty  of  a  faithful  pastor, 
is  to  minister  to  the  wants  of  his  flock,  even  the  humblest  of 
them,  rather  than  to  wiu  the  admiration  of  critics  by  splendid 
rhetoric  or  profound  reasoning.  It  has  been  said  that  if 
every  literary  critic  were  compelled  to  write  a  book  himself, 
In  would  be  more  likely  to  discharge  his  duties  justly  and 
considerately  ;  we  have  no  doubt  whatever  that  a  similar  pre- 
paratory discipline,  would  tend  greatly  to  soften  the  asperity 
of  those  persons  who  are  disposed  to  exact  so  much  from  the 
clergy.  After  having  taken  charge  of  a  parish  for  a  month, 
they  would  have  made  the  discovery  that  a  pastor  has  but 
little  scholarly  leisure,  aud  that  he  has  many  graver  and  more 
important  duties  than  to  write  fine  discourses,  aud  read  all 
the  new  books  of  polemics  aud  theology. 


THE   FREE   CHURCH  MOVEMENT. 

A WRITER  in  the  California  Lender,  alluding  to  the  at- 
tempt to  establish  a  Iree  church  in  this  city,  speaks  of 
the  "  pew-selling  system  "  as  being  a  modern  innovation,  op- 
posed to  primitive  Christiau  usage,  aud  seems  to  think  that 
it  ought  to  be  done  away  with  altogether.  Undoubtedly  there 
is  some  force  in  the  suggestion  that  strangers  and  others  who 
do  not  hold  pews  and  cannot  afford  to  pay  lor  them  are  ofteu 
prevented  from  atteLditig  church  by  the  feeling  that  they  are 
in  a  certain  sense  intruders.  So  lar  as  theory  is  concerned, 
it  would  be  better  that  the  free  church  system  should  prevail, 
aud  that  there  should  be  uo  individual  and  exclusive  right  to 
particular  pews.  But  the  practical  question  arises,  how  under 
this  system  church  expenses  are  to  be  paid  '!  Without  a  na- 
tional church  establishment  there  seems  to  be  uo  method  of 
maintaining  religious  worship,  or  at  least  uoue  that  has  beeu 
found  to  work  satisfactorily,  except  the  oue  now  generally 
adopted  by  all  denominations  throughout  the  United  States. 
We  understand  that  the  free  Church  ol  St.  James  is  tryiug 
the  experiment  of  raising  the  means  necessary  for  thesupport  of 
the  pastor,  and  for  delrayiug  the  other  expenses  of  the  society, 
by  voluntary  contributions  in  the  shape  of  regular  monthly 
subscriptions.  Yet,  even  by  adopting  this  method,  the  objec- 
tions which  obtain  against  the  pew-selling  system  are  not  en- 
tirely obviated  siuce  the  same  feeling  which  would  prevent  a 
person  from  attending  a  church  where  he  did  not  hire  a  pew, 
would  also  prevent  him  from  attending  a  so  culled  "  free 
church,"  toward  the  expeuses  of  which  he  was  unable  to  con- 
tribute whit  he  might  consider  his  due  proportion.  In  order 
to  maintain  a  church  organization  there  are  certain  necessary 
expenses  that  have  to  be  met,  and  the  practical  question  is, 
can  the  "  free  pew  "  system  be  carried  out  successfully  where 
there  is  no  national  church  establishment,  and  no  ecclesias- 
tical endowments. 


The  Cholera  appears  to  be  still  spreading,  thongh  the 
mortality  attending  it  thus  far,  is  small  as  compared  with  its 
ravages  during  former  visitations.  In  the  Atlantic  cities,  it 
has  almost  disappeared,  but  it  seems  to  be  steadily  marching 
westward.  A  Chicago  dispatch  announces  that  a  number  of 
cases  had  occurred  in  that  city  at  the  date  of  the  16th  inst. 
At  St.  Louis  over  one  hundred  cases  are  reported,  including 
forty-eight  that  have  proved  fatal.  Scattering  cases  are  re- 
ported throughout  the  West.  The  disappearance  of  the  dis- 
ease in  the  Atlantic  cities,  and  its  comparatively  limited  fa- 
tality do  not,  however,  warrant  any  neglect  of  precautionary 
measures  on  this  coast. 


EXHIBITION  OF  CALIFORNIA  PRODUCTION'S 
IN  WASHINGTON. 
"A  f~R.  Horace  D.  Dunn,  of  this  city,  who  last  year  for- 
-L'J.  warded  to  the  Agricultural  Department  ut  Washing- 
ton a  number  of  samples  of  the  products  of  California,  states, 
in  a  letter  to  the  Bulletin,  that  they  attracted  great  attention 
from  visitors,  and  that  a  strong  desire  has  been  expressed  by 
the  Commissioner  aud  other  parties  that  a  fuller  and  more 
perfect  representation  of  the  agricultural  productions  of  Cal- 
ifornia be  made  during  the  coming  season.  By  so  doing  it  is 
believed  that  great  benefits  will  inure  to  the  Statj  by  in- 
creased emigration  during  the  coming  year.  The  samples  of 
grain,  fruit,  etc.,  when  exhibited  are  proofs  that  admit  of  do 
contradiction,  and  earnest,  practical  men  can  compare  them 
with  the  productions  of  the  Eastern  States  and  judire  lor 
themselves  in  regard  to  the  soil  aud  climate  of  California. 

With  a  view  to  l>ring  about  this  desired  result,  he  proposed 
to  receive  samples  of  grain  of  all  kinds,  dried  fruits,  raiseDS, 
nuts,  olives,  chicory,  fiaxseed,  canary,  hemp,  mustard  and 
other  seeds  of  commercial  or  domestic  value  ;  tobacco  in  tbe 
leaf,  hops,  cotton,  flax,  hemp,  or  any  other  textile  fibre,  rice, 
wines,  brandies,  and  other  articles  that  are  not  too  perishable 
to  bear  transportation.  The  samples  of  grain,  nuts,  chicory 
should  be  in  cotton  tiags  holding  not  over  two  pounds  each  ; 
the  dried  fruits  and  ruisens  in  boxes  of  about  same  weight ; 
the  olives  in  say  quart  glass  jars,  wines  and  brandies  in  about 
pint  bottles,  two  samples  of  each,  so  that  one  can  be  u*ed 
for  testing  and  the  other  for  exhibition  in  the  museum  of  the 
Department,  and  the  tobacco  leaf,  hops,  cottsn,  flax,  hemp  or 
other  textile  fibre,  in  well  put  up  bundles  of  say  two  pounds 
weight  each.  The  choicest  samples  only  should  be  forwarded 
with  memoranda  of  name  of  grower,  location,  time  of  seeding 
and  harvest,  production  per  acre,  number  of  acres  grown, 
character  of  soil  and  course  of  cultivation.  By  so  doing  the 
whole  particulars  attending  the  production  of  the  above 
named  articles  can  be  made  known  to  the  people  of  the  At- 
lantic States  by  publication  iD  the  reports  of  the  departments 
and  the  public  press  who  have  correspondents  at  Washington. 
The  name  of  grape,  character  of  soil,  yield  per  acre,  quantity 
of  wine  or  brandy  made,  and  the  process  of  making  should 
also  be  given.  Parties  desiring  to  send  should  forward  their 
samples,  expenses  prepaid,  to  care  of  Messrs  Cummings  & 
Maxwell  in  this  city,  and  when  a  sufficiency  of  them  is  re- 
received  he  will  see  the  same  properly  packed  and  forwarded 
to  Washington,  and  such  mention  made  of  them  in  the  pub- 
lished reports  of  the  Department  will  be  sent  to  each  con- 
tributor. Samples  can  be  seut  at  any  time  up  to  the  15th  of 
November,  but  it  would  be  better  to  send  in  advance  of  that 
date,  so  that  shipments  can  be  divided  among  the  steamers. 


The  "  Ethno-Historical  Society,"  is  the  title  of  a  new 
scientific  association,  whose  ceitificate  of  incorporation  was 
filed  iu  the  Couuty  Clerk's  office  on  Thursday  last.  The 
grouud  which  it  proposes  to  cover  seems  to  be  somewhat  ex- 
tensive, embracing,  according  to  the  record,  "Ethnolcgy.  His- 
tory, aud  Geography."  The  Bulletin,  not  unnaturally  im- 
pressed by  the  magnificent  comprehensiveness  of  this  field  of 
investigation,  naively  and  admiringly,  says  :  "  It  covers  the 
ground  usually  occupied  by  three  societies,"  and  adds,  prob- 
ably viewing  tbe  matter  from  a  commercial  and  economical 
point  of  view,  "This  is  an  advantage,  as  it  increases  tbe 
field,  aud  diminishes  expenses."  The  trustees  of  the  Society 
are  U.  II.  Uaight,  John  T.  Doyle,  John  W.  DwiDelle,  J.  W. 
Winaus  and  Louis  R.  Lull. 


The  Liberal  Party  in  Mexico  seems  to  be  gaining  the  as- 
cendant in  the  States  bordering  on  the  Rio  Grande,  and  ac- 
cording to  the  latest  advices,  it  is  making  subs'-antial  progress 
in  other  quarters.  The  French  forces  are  reported  to  have 
abandoned  Monterey  and  Saltillo,  and  the  army  of  General 
Escubido  is  said  to  be  rapidly  increasing  in  numbers.  Tampico, 
the  garrison  of  which  consists  of  three  thousand  French  and 
Mexican  Imperialists,  was  attacked  on  the  4th  instant  with 
partial  success. 


The  New  York  Leader,  alluding  to  the  Round  Table's 
extraordinary  call  for  "  more  writers,"  significantly  says  :  "  It 
is  curious  that  this  paper  should  request  contributions,  when 
all  other  papers  that  we  know  of  have  more  than  they  can 
use.  At  some  early  date  we  hope  to  have  leisure  to  explain 
this  contrast,  and  to  tell  the  Round  Table  how  its  demand 
may  be  promptly  suppl  ied."  We  suspect  that  tbe  Leader's 
innuendo  is  that  tbe  Round  Table  does  not  find  it  convenient 
to  pay  remunerative  prices  for  the  talent  it  so  noisily  invokes. 


The  Atlantic  Carle,  notwithstanding  its  immense  cost,  ig 
clearly  an  unequivocal  pecuniary  success.  The  London  Daily 
News  announces  that  its  patronage  is  already  so  great,  that 
the  Directors  contemplate  the  establishment  of  a  new  scale 
of  prices,  arranged  in  three  classes,  according  to  priority — 
the  third  class  to  command  the  same  rates  now  charged. 
The  present  charge  is  five  dollars  per  rcord.  We  wonder 
what  the  charge  for  despatches,  ranked  as  "  first  class,"  will 
be,  according  to  the  new  scale. 


August  25th) 


THE  CALIFORNIA**. 


9 


[For  .he  Californian] 

S  E  A  -  C  A  L  L  S  . 

A  LL  the  winds  blew  southerly, 

When  the  sea's  heart  throbbed  to  me; 
Eyes,  all  glorious  in  their  shine 
Dropped  their  dusks  and  stars  in  mine ; 
But  my  heart  in  bitter  throbs, 
Echoed  the  sea's  ceaseless  sobs, 
As  it  moaned  upon  the  beach, 

Out  of  reach  !  out  of  reach  ! 

Stars  and  stars  shone  radiantly 
When  the  sea's  voice  spoke  to  me, 
*  Lips  beside  me  said  in  song, 

"  Friend,  my  dreams  have  known  so  long, 
I  will  hold  thee  evermore  I" 
Then  the  sea  cried  to  the  shore, 
And  it  echoed  in  my  breast, 

No  more  rest!  no  more  rest ! 

Half  the  moon  looked  westerly 
When  the  sea's  soul  came  to  me  : 
I  have  two  souls  ;  one  said  "  mine," 
And  the  other  answered,  "thine!" 
But  the  pitiful,  poor  clay, 
Each  from  either  turned  away, 
And  the  South  winds  held  their  breath, 
As  the  caves  moaned  underneath, 

Not  till  death!  not  till  death! 

Emilie  Lawson. 

THE   LION'S  MOUTH. 

"  Thb  gravest  heist  is  an  ass,  the  gravest  bird  is  an  owl,  the  gravest  flsh 
is  an  oyster,  ami  the  gravest  man  is  a  fool."  Syd>ey  Smito. 

"  I  will  roar,  that  1  will  do  any  man's  heart  good  to  hear  me." 

A  Midsummeb  Niour's  Dream. 

"  I  will  aggravate  my  Voice  so,  that  I  will  roar  you  as  geuily  as  any  suck- 
ing dove  ;  I  will  roar  you  au  't  were  any  nightingale."  Imn. 

"  NilJaUi  audeal,  nil  vcri  non  audeal.  dicere,"  Cicebo. 
Applications  for  the  Position  of  Editor. 

IT  is  said  that  there  is  at  present  considerable  excitement 
in  this  city  in  consequence  of  certain  official  positions — 
Chief  of  Police,  Superintendent  of  Streets,  a  lot  of  Supervisors,  a 
hatch  of  School  Directors,  and  a  number  of  Constables — being  thrown 
open  for  public  competition.  This  may  be  so.  This  is  perchance  a 
public  grief.  Ours  is  a  private  sorrow  which  we  seek  to  alleviate  by 
casling  it  on  the  public,  and  begging  them  to  share  it  with  us. 

This  is  our  trouble  :  The  press  of  this  city  have,  with  the  most  kindly 
motives,  mentioned  that,  a  change  has  occurred  in  the  proprietorship  of 
The  Califoiinian,  aud  that  one  individual  has  become  almost  sole 
owner  of  this  vein  for  the  silver  and  place  for  the  gold  when  he  linds 
it.  The  consequences  of  these — well  meant  no  doubt, — notices  have 
been  direful  in  their  effects.  All  the  literati  of  the  State  have  applied 
fur  the  most  honorable  of  all  offices — that  of  editor  of  The  Califoii- 
nian. What  are  we  to  do  /  How  do  they  know  we  are  in  need  of 
an  editor  '!  How  can  we  decide  ?  The  public  must  help  us.  To  them 
we  appeal,  and  lay  before  them  the  claims  of  the  various  candidates 
as  set  forth  by  themselves. 

Tlie  Proprietor  of  the  Californian  : 

Sib  : — A  concatenation  of  circumstances  having,  as  I  am  lead  to  be- 
lieve, caused,  or  brought  about  a  change  in  the  vestment  of  the  pro- 
prietory interests  of  The  Cai.ifornian,  a  paper  of  which  none  can 
express  any  opinion,  save  laudatory,  it  occurs  to  me  that  you  may  re- 
quire an  editor.  It  also  occurs  to  me  that.  1  may  be  the  editorof  whom 
you  stand  in  need-- an  editor  who  can  soar,  piercing  through  the  nebu- 
losity of  material  subjects  up,  far  up  iu  the  clear  empyrean. 

Yours,  W.  A.  K-nd-l. 

To  tltc  Proprietor  of  lite  Californian : 

Gent: — The  difficulty  about  your  journal  is,  that  it's  a  devilish 
sight  too  "literary"  aud  high-toned  for  this  community.  I  flatter 
myself  that  I  am  eminently  the  individual  to  remedy  that  defect.  If 
there's  auy  other  man  better  qualitied  than  myself  to  bring  the  paper 
down  to  a  level  suitable  to  this  latitude,  just  "  fetch  on  your  bear  " 
and  I'll  band  in  my  checks.  Though  I  don't  go  a  bogus  dime  on  lit- 
erary frills,  "  classical  allusions,"  und  all  that  60rt  of  trumpery,  yet 
I'm  reading  up  Keighlley's  Mythology  and  Wilson's  Outlines  of  An- 
cient History,  besides  cramming  with  a  Dictionary  of  Quotations, 
so  as  to  be  able  on  occasion  to  "  overcome  "  the  vulgar  mind  "  like  a 
suuinier  cloud,"  by  lugging  in  Helicon  or  Olympus,  or  one  of  the 
heathen  gods  or  goddesses  to  rouud  oil'  a  sentence  neatly .  »  »  »  * 
As  to  your  "  Bret,"  he's  about  as  lit  to  make  a  paper  popular  iu  Cali- 
fornia's a  "  dear  gazelle"  is  to  tow  a  canal-boat.  You  might  as 
well  try  to  quarry  fc'olsoin  granite  w.th  a  gold  tooth-pick,  or  repair 
a  breach  in  au  honest  miner's  iuexpressibles  with  floss  silk.  "  Kuz- 
zilbash  "  is  a  "  line  writer"  too,  I  admit,  and  that's  what's  the  mat- 
ter. His  writing  is  like  Tom  Freelou's  "orating  " — all  varuish  and 
japanning ;  there's  no  more  vtmor  virility  iu  either  than  in  a  moribund 
Sbauhie  hen.  Neither  of  them  could  produce  half  a  column  that 
■would  be  accepted  by  the  News  Letter — and  that's  the  best  test  of  a 
writer's  metal  that  I  know  of.  *  *  *  "  In  short,  I'm  your  nun. 
If  we  come  to  terms,  I'll  send  your  stock  up  above  par  iu  less  than  a 
month,  if  I  have  to  pile  what's  bis  name  upon  thingummy,  (classical 
allusion  to  the  row  between  Jupiter  and  the  old  Tight' uns,)  aud  burst 
an  intellectual  blood  vessel  or  two  in  the  attempt. 

Yours  truly,         P.  M.  P  -x-r. 

P.  S.  It's  understood  that  you're  to  support  me  for  next  governor, 
against  all  the  "  Acciden  cies  "  that  may  turn  up.    Don't  forget  that. 

V.  M.  P. 

The  Proprietor  of  the  Californian  : 

Sir  : — I  have  no  hesitation  in  applying  to  you  for  t\  situation  which 
I  know  I  can  fill  in  a  manner  which  will  benefit  you.  As  a  satirist  I 
am  unequalled.  As  a  poet  I  am  free  to  confess  my  merit  has  as  yet 
been  but  partially  acknowledged.  What  of  that?  It  will  be.  It 
Kill  be.  Perhaps  when  I  am  dead.  What  is  Bowman  7  Can  be  write 
a  pome?  Can  Kendall  write  such  pomes  as  I  have  written  ?  Is  there 
aline  of  poetry  in  onlcrspping  ?  I  don't  care.  Let  the  cusses  do 
what  they  like.   I  don't  care. 


To  the  Publishers  of  the  Californian  : 

Gentlf.men  :— I  learn  you  are  in  want  of  an  editor  for  your 
esteemed  journal.  If  you  would  give  less  space  to  the  frivolities  of 
Bohemianism,  and  more  to  matters  of  national  concernment,  your  pa- 
per might  be  made  as  popular  as  the  Flag,  which  owes  its  present 
position  mainly  to  the  efforts  of  my  individual  genius.  At  a  time 
when  the  sables  of  bereavement  shadow  thousands  of  homes  from 
the  Des  Moines  to  Piscataqua,  aud  the  grass  is  still  iucarnidined  with 
patriots'  blood,  oyer  a  corpse-strewn  continent  fragrant  with  the  votive 
lilies  that  consecrate  the  graves  of  a  nation's  dead,  and  moistened 
with  the  inexorable  baptism  of  patriots'  tears — at  such  a  time  when 
the  awful  scroll  of  Apocalyptic  vision  is  unrolled  before  the  gaze  of 
the  blinded  nations  ;  when  the  seventh  vial  is  opened  and  the  seventh 
trumpet  is  sounded,  and  the  great  Dragon  is  loosed  and  Satan  is  revealed 
upon  earth  sitting  in  the  White  House,  in  the  shape  of  Andy  Johnson 
— at  Ruch  a  time  it  is  of  concernment  to  community  that  the  truth 
should  be  proclaimed  from  the  housetops  as  with  the  tripple  thunders 
that  made  Sinai  quake  when  the  Law  was  delivered  to  Moses.  *  *  * 
If  the,e  terms  meet  your  views,  let  me  hear  from  you  witli  all  con- 
venient speed.  Yours,  etc.,  C.  B.  McD — ld. 

P.  S.  It  is  possible  that  the  low  revilements  of  a  viperous  little 
slanderer  who  exudes  the  excremental  venom  of  his  malignant  nature 
in  sundry  disreputable,  scurril  mongering  papers,  may  have  created  a 
prejudice  against  me  iu  some  quarters.  I  incurred  the  enmity  of  this 
purchasable  Bohemian  whose  Digger  locks  sweep  a  greasy  semi-eir 
cle  upon  the  back  of  his  coat,  by  refusing  to  loan  him  a  clean  shirt 
aud  my  tooth  brush  when  he  was  upon  the  Flag,  since  which  time 
he  has  pursued  me  with  the  untiring  worriment  of  a  warlike  gad-fly 
buzzing  about  a  bull  in  the  dog  days.  C.  B.  McD. 

Proprietor  Californian  : 

Perhaps  you  want  an  editor  now.  Since  my  "  Mouse-Trap  "  has 
been  out  of  the  paper,  1  have  seen  precious  little  in  it  that  I  consider 
worth  reading  I  can  tell  you.  I  am  willing  to  edit  your,  paper  pro- 
vided that  you  will  allow  me  to  devote  one  column  every  week  to  cor- 
recting Fitz  Smythe's  grammatical  errors — Good  gracious  !  it's  little 
enough  for  the  work  I  should  have  to  do— and  half  a  column  to  pitch 
ing  into  the  awful  bosh  the  papers  generally  publish.  As  I  am  really 
the  only  thoroughly  educated  man  in  California,  it  is  hardly  worth 
your  while  to  look  farther  for  an  editor.  I  know  Webb  is  jealous  of 
me,  but  that  is  no  consequence  as  you  have  a  Controlling  interest.  Of 
course  you  know  I  don't  want  you  to  say  anything  about  this  if  you 
don't  want  me  to  be  editor,  but  you're  a  fool  if  you  don't. 

Yours  truly,  Trem. 

To  the  Proprietor  of  the  Californian.  : 

Gf.nt  : — You  want  an  editor,  and  I  am  satisfied  that  I  am  the 
person  you  want.  You  want  your  paper  popularized,  and  I 
can  do  it.  I  think  I  may  say  without  vanity,  that  taking  all  things 
into  consideration,  I  am  the  best  writer  on  this  coast.  If  you  dou't 
believe  it,  ask  Squarzaxjr  M — rr — t.  After  all,  the  real  test  of  writ- 
ing, is  its  market  value,  and  where's  the  man  on  this  coast  who  can 
command  as  much  per  column  as  I  ?  If  my  merits  are  not  universally 
recognized,  it  is  mainly  owing  to  my  own  excessive  and  morbid  mod- 
esty. Iam  probably  the  only  thorough  scholar  (in  the  true  seiiBe  of 
the  term)  now  connected  with  the  California  Press.  Look  at  my 
"Leaden  Papers!" — for  /  am  "the  Mufti,"  though  the  fact  is  not 
generally  kuown,  as  I  never  mention  it.  But  in  this  country  they 
have  a  fashion  of  calling  every  man  "a  scholar"  who  has  been 
through  a  Yankee  College.  You  are  probably  aware  of  my  reputa- 
tion as  the  best  critic  in  California,  as  well  as  the  most  extensively 
read.  Should  I  take  charge  of  the  Califoiinian,  I  shall  occasionally 
give  it  variety  by  writing  a  theological  article  for  the  benefit  of  our 
clergy  (who  are  shockingly  behind  in  professional  reading)  or  an  essay 
on  Kaut's  philosophy.  »  *  *  *  j  am  sure  i  caI1  build  up  your  pa- 
per, and  make  a  property  of  it.  Of  course  I  can  t  all  at  once  elevate 
it  to  the  standard  of  the  Dramatic  Chronicle  or  the  News  Letter,  but 
give  me  time,  and  1  11  show  you  what  a  live  man  can  do.  I  have 
studied  the  taste  of  this  community,  aud  I  tell  you,  you  rami  pitch  in 
to  persons  aud  things  with  a  free  broad-axe  if  you  want  to  win.  In 
that  vein  I  dou't  give  in  to  P — xl — y  himself,  and  when  it's  necessary 
to  do  anything  iu  the  tomahawking  and  scalping  line,  I  can  operate 
as  neatly  as  the  Tripple  Thunderer. 

Yours,  -fee.,  J.  F.  B-wm-n. 

P.  S. — You  needn't  fear  any  irregularity  about  supplying  copy.  I 
haven't  joined  the  Dashaways  to  be  snre  ;  but  then  my  friend  Squarza 
has  sold  out,  and  so  I've  dried  up  on  Kum  Punch.  J.  V.  B. 

Fauallones.  August  20,  1866. 

Publishers  Californian  : 

Gentlemen  : — You  had  better  hire  me  to  fill  the  vacant  editorship 
of  The  Califoknian.  What  you  want  is  a  good  Moral  tone  to  the 
paper.  If  I  have  got  a  strong  suit,  that  is  it.  If  I  am  a  wild  enthu- 
siast on  any  subject,  that  is  the  one.  1  am  peculiarly  fitted  for  such  a 
position.  I  have  been  a  missionary  to  the  Sandwich  Islands,  and  I 
have  got  the  hang  of  all  that  sort  of  thing  to  a  fraction.  I  gave  such 
excellent  satisfaction  in  Hawaii  nei  that  they  let  me  off  when  my  time 
was  up.  1  was  justly  considered  to  be  the  high  chief  of  that  Serious 
Family  down  there.  I  mention  here — and  I  mention  it  modestly — I 
mention  it  with  that  fatal  modesty  which  has  always  kept  me  down 
— that  the  missionaiies  always  spoke  of  mo  as  the  Moral  Phenomenon 
when  I  was  down  there.  They  were  amazed  to  behold  to  what  a 
dizzy  altitude  human  morality  may  be  hoisted  up,  as  exemplified  in 
me.  I  am  honestly  proud  of  the  title  they  have  conferred  upon  me, 
and  shall  always  wear  it  in  remembrance  of  my  brief  but  gratifying 
missionary  labors  in  the  Islands. 

What  you  want  is  Morality.  You  have  run  too  much  poetry ;  you 
have  slathered — so  to  speak — (missionary  term,) — you  have  slathered 
too  m  my  frivolous  sentimental  tales  into  your  paper  ;  too  much  wicked 
wit  and  too  much  demoralizing  humor  ;  too  much  harmful  elevating 
literature.  What  the  people  are  suffering  for,  is  Morality.  Turn  them 
over  to  me.  Give  me  room  according  to  my  strength.  I  can  fetch 
tbem ! 

Let  me  hear  from  you.  You  could  not  do  better  than  hire  me.  I 
can  tring  your  paper  right  up.  You  ought  to  know,  yourself,  that 
when  I  play  my  hand  in  the  high  moral  line,  I  take  a  trick  every  time. 

Yours,  "Mark  Twain." 

Surnamed  The  Moral  Phenomenon. 

Proprietor  of  thi  Californian  : 

Sir  : — I  am  pining.  The  slurs  which  have  been  cast  in  my  teeth 
on  the  subject  of  sage  brush  have  rankled  and  festered  my  soul.  My 


soul  has  suppurated  ;  and  if  perchance  this  communication  may  show 

any  signs  of  gangrenous  putridity  (I  speak  metaphorically)  think 
that  it  is  the  outpouring  of  a  wronged,  a  blighted,  blackened  soul.  I 
pine.  Like  the  deadly  shade  of  the  Upas  tree,  Joe  blights  my  fairest 
efforts — or  worse,  claims  them  as  his  own.  'Twas  I  wrote  that  criti- 
cism on  "  Outcroppings,"  Joe  had  no  hand  in  it.  Enough.  You 
want,  an  editor.  I,  I  made  the  Golden  Era.  What's  the  Era  now  ? 
What  has  it  been  since  I  left?  What  ?  Ah !  Do  you  remember  those 
contributions  over  the  signature  of  "  Blunderbus  V  I  guess  you  do. 
Am  I  engaged  1 

R.  N.  D-GG-TT. 

A  number  of  similar  applications  from  others  of  our  literati,  are 
reserved  for  our  next  issue. 

A  Model  Verdict. 

On  Monday,  August  20th,  the  Coroner  convened  a  jury  of  six  men 
for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  whether  the  death  of  the  eight  persons, 
crushed  by  the  fall  of  the  building  on  Summer  street,  was  caused  by 
neglect  on  the  part  of  any  person  ;  if  so,  to  decide  who  that  person 
was,  and  whether  such  neglect  on  his  part  aud  the  consequent  death 
of  eight  persons,  would  justify  the  bringing  in  of  a  verdictof  '•  man- 
slaughter "  against  him-  This  was  the  evident  duty  of  J.  M.  Verde- 
nal,  O.  P.  Sutton,  A.  M.  Comstoek.Wm.  A.  Plunkett,  Robert  Merrily 
aud  W.  P.  C.  Stebbins,  who  formed  that  jury.  They  were  at  liberty 
to  call  for  any  number  of  witnesses  for  the  purpose  of  satisfying  them- 
selves on  every  point  connected  with  the  fall  of  the  building.  This 
conscientious  jury  after  listening  to  the  testimony  of  numerous  wit- 
nesses, appear  to  have  come  to  the  conclusions  :  that  is  a  bad  piece  of 
business  ;  the  men  are  dead  ;  the  least  6aid  the  soonest  mended  ;  it 
won't  do  them  any  good  to  annoy  the  living,  etc.  But  they  must 
bring  in  a  verdict  which,  while  it  will  not  an  noy  any  respectable  gen- 
tleman by  casting  blame  on  him,  shall  satisfy  the  public.  To  do  this 
requires  art.  He  who  best  understands  how,  by  ambiguouB  phrases, 
to  conceal  thought,  must,  write  a  verdict  for  these  tender  hearted  gen- 
tlemen to  sign.  We  publish  the  following  extract  from  this  model 
verdict,  calling  attention  to  its  beauties  by  italicizing  a  word  here  and 
there : 

"And  from  the  above  facts  the  jury  arrive  at  the  conclusion  that 
the  fall  of  said  building  was  caused  by  au  excavation  having  been 
made  parallel  with,  aud  2  feet  10  inches  distant  from  its  eastern  wall ; 
that  said  wall,  under  these  circumstances,  reposed  upon  a  clay  bank, 
inadequate  to  sustain  the  pressure  of  so  great  a  weight ;  that  in  the 
eyes  of  casual  observers,  as  well  as  practical  mechanics,  it  was  evi- 
dent, before  the  building  fell,  that  while  there  was  no  moral  certainty . 
of  it,  there  was  at  least  a  probability  that  the  wall  might  give  way  ; 
that,  while  such  a  probability  existed,  however  faint  it  might  be,  it  be- 
came the  duty  of  the  owner  of  said  building,  and  likewise  of  those 
having  made  the  excavation  adjoining  it,  to  take  the  necessary  pre- 
cautious to  guard  others  against  the  smallest  possibility  of  accident, 
as  it,  apparently,  on  one  side  involved  the  lives  of  tenants  and  on  the 
other  ol  laboring  men. 

They  further  conclude,  and  are  of  opinion,  that  while  no  one  should 
perhaps  be  charged  with  criminal  neglect,  there  was,  at  least,  a  want 
of  due  care  exhibited  on  the  part  of  those  whose  duty  it  was  to  see 
that  proper  measures  be  taken  to  prevent  the  happening  of  this  terri- 
ble calamity.' 

If  they  had  concluded  by  eaying  "  But,  after  all,  the  thing's  done 
and  can't  be  undone,  and  if  any  one  is  to  blame  he  did  not  let  the 
house  fall  down  on  purpose,  and  we  are  not  going  to  annoy  him,"  S 
key  would  have  been  afforded  by  which  the  meaning  of  this  curious 
non-committal  verdict  might  have  been  understood  by  the  careless 
reader.  The  Grand  Jury  will  probably  have  sufficient  bravery  to  ex- 
press in  plain  words  the  truth  which  this  Coroner's  Jury  so  shame- 
fully shirked. 

Kindly  Warnings* 

John  J.  Knowlton  having  filed  his  petition  in  insolvency,  and  stated 
as  the  cause  of  his  becoming  insolvent — losses  incurred  in  publishing 
a  newspaper  called  the  San  Francisco  Evening  Journal,  the  Bulletin 
aud  Examiner  d.aw  a  moral  from  the  misfortune  of  John  J.  Knowl- 
ton. The  former  heads  the  paragraph  in  which  it  recounts  the  facts, 
"  The  Uesult  of  Starling  a  Newspaper  ;"  the  latter  commences:  "  A 
Warning,"  and  closes  in  the  following  lugubrious  style  : 

"  The  fate  of  this  newspaper  publisher  should  act  as  a  salutary 
warning  to  all  who  have  the  desire  to  rush  rashly  into  the  perilous 
field  of  journalism." 

It  is  particularly  kind  of  these  newspapers  to  warn  people  from 
rushing  into  the  perilous  field  of  journuliBtn,  and  of  course  they  are 
entirely  disinterested.  Isn't  this  a  pretty  dodge  ?  Poor  J.  J.  Knowl- 
ton is  to  be  stuck  up  as  a  scarecrow  in  the  field  of  journalism  to  frighten 
away  the  rather  timid  birds  of  the  some  day  to-be-published  'limes, 
who  have  not-yet  quite  made  up  their  minds  to  alight  in  the  aforesaid 
field.  All  the  proprietors  of  daily  papers  iu  this  city  would  be  per- 
fectly heart-broken  if  the  Times  should  cause  it's  prospective  pub- 
lishers to  become  insolvent— hence  these  kindly  warnings. 

Old  Acquaintances. 

The  daily  papers  are  making  a  great  fuss  and  abusing  Judge  Rix 
shamefully,  because  be  admitted  two  thieves  who  had  frequently  been 
had  up  before  to  bail  in  the  sum  of  $40  each,  and  on  their  forfeiting 
their  bail  refused  to  issue  a  bench  warrant,  and  the  next  morning  sen- 
tenced a  man  to  two  months'  imprisonment  for  stealing  a  pair  of  socks 
and  a  handkerchief,  this  being  his  first  offense.  The  reason  of  Judge 
Kix's  pursuing  this  course  must  be  plain  to  everyone.  The  last-named 
person  was  entirely  unknown  to  the  Judge,  and  was  therefore  entitled 
to  no  leniency,  while  the  two  former  were  old  acquaintances. 

A  Bad  Beginning. 

No  one  has  ever  yet  heard  of  a  telegraph  line  that  did  not  bring  false 
stories,  but  still  the  Atlantic  cable  need  not,  have  commenced  business 
with  such  a  yarn  as  that  gunpowder  plot  to  blow  up  the  Houses  of 
Parliameut-  It  is  terrible  to  tbink  that  when  such  an  enterprise  as 
the  laying  of  the  Atlantic  cable  has  been  completed — in  these  days  of 
nitro  glycerine — we  are  told  that  a  policeman  picked  up  nine  pounds 
of  powder  and  a  match  near  the  Hou-es  of  Parliament,  and  this  led 
to  the  Atlantic  cable  being  used  to  inform  us,  on  the  other  side  of  the 
ocean,  that  it  was  suspected  there  was  a  plot  afoot  to  blow  np  the 
Houses  of  Parliament— with  nine  pounds  of  powder  and  a  match  ! 

A  Slight  Difference. 

The  Call  publishes  a  table,  compiled  from  the  Great  Register,  which 
it  says  showb  "  the  nativity  of  the  residents  of  San  Francisco."  Of 
course  this  table  instead  of  showing  the  nativity  of  the  residents  of 
San  Francisco,  can  only  give  the  place  of  birth  of  those  who  were 
aitber  born  in  the  United  States  or  who  have  become  citizens  by  natu- 
ralization. This  table  shows  8,oI7  American  born  voters  against  6,301 
foreign  bom. 


10 


THE  CALIFORNIA**. 


|  August  25th 


DISTANCES  FROM  SAN  FRANCISCO 

To  various  points  : 

To  Fort  Point,  4  miles,  by  omnibnB,  four  trips  a  day. 
Lone  Mountain,  3,  street  railway. 
Seal  Rock,  6,  cars  and  omnibus,  two  trips  a  day. 
Mission  Dolores,  street  railways  ;  Ocean  House  8. 
San  Mateo,  20,  railroad. 
Crystal  Springs,  23,  railroad  and  stage 
Half  Moon  Bay,  29,    do.  do. 
Redwood  city ,"30,  do. 
Mountain  View,  38,  do. 
Santa  Clara,  47,  do. 

San  Jose ,  50,  do. ,  or  st  eamer  and  stage ,  54. 

Alviso,  46,  steamer,  daily. 

Almaden  mines,  67,  steamer  and  stage  ;  or  by  rail- 
road and  stage,  64. 
Santa  Cruz,  78,  railroad  and  stage. 
Oakland,  S,  steamer  and  railroad,  six  trips  a  day. 
Alameda,  11 ,  steamer,  three  trips  a  day. 
San  Leandro,  15,  steamer  and  railroad. 
Mission  San  Jose,  34,  steamer,  railroad  and  stage. 
Warm  Springs,  37,  do.  do. 

Benicia,  30,  steamer  leaves  at  4  P.  M.  daily. 
Sacramento,  117,  do.  do. 
Stockton,  117,      do.  do. 
Martinez,  33,  do. 
Pacheco,  38,  steamer  and  stage. 
Diablo  Coal  Mines,  44,  steamer  and  stage. 
Suisun,  50,  steamer,  or  54  by  steamer  and  stage 
Vallejo,  28;  Mare  Island,  37;  Napa  city,  50 
White  Sulphur  Springs,  67,  stage  from  Napa. 
Geyser  Springs,  118,  do.  do. 

Sonoma,  52,  steamer,  tri-weekly. 
Petaluma,  48,  steamer,  daily. 
Healdsburg,  80,  stage  daily  from  Petaluma 
San  Quentin,  12,  steamer  .  Faralloue  Islands,  20. 


gROOKLYN  HOTEL, 

1852.    SAN    FRANCISCO.  1866. 


The  Proprietor  of  the  above-named  Hotel  -wishes 
to  inform  his  patrons  and  the  Travelling  Public  that  he 
has  opened  that  elegant  Brick  Fireproof  Hotel,  situated 
on  the 

S.  E.  Corner  of  Pine  and  Sansome  streets, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

It  was  built  expressly  for  a  Hotel,  with  all  the  modcrP 
conveniences  attached  to  it. 

Gas  and  water  are  supplied  throughout  the  Home. 
Rooms  are  well  ventilated,  and  the  Public  will  findi 
Hotel  all  the  comforts  of  a  home.   The  Hotel  is  spacious, 
aud  well  adapted  for  the  use  of  Families.   Suits  of  Rooms 
cau  be  had  on  reasonable  terms. 

LARGE  READING  ROOM 

Attached  to  the  Hotel, 

Containing  500  Volumes  of  Standard  Works, 

Which  is  entirely  for  the  use  of  patrons. 

THE  CITY  COACH,  with  the  name  of  the  Hotel  on  it, 
will  be  in  readiness  at  the  Wharf,  on  the  arrival  of  each 
steamer,  to  convey  passengers  and  baggage  to  the  Hotel, 
free  of  charge.  JO' 'N  KELLY,  Jr., 

mya  Sm  Proprietor. 


r£BE  ONLY  LIVING  ASTROLOGER, 
PROF.  COHEN, 
530  California  street,  San  Francisco, 

THROUGH  HIS  NATURAL  GUT,  can  give  correct  iulor- 
malion  on  the  Past,  Present  and  Future,  on  any  subject 
that  may  be  required  so  as  to  avoid  trouble.  As  evidence 
of  his  reputation,  he  has  received  over  18.000  consultations 
during  his  residence  of  six  years  in  San  Francisco  I  Con- 
sultation fee,  $2.  By  letter,  J3.  Letter  box,  104.  It  is 
not  necessary  to  give  the  age.  Office,  530  California 
street.    Hours  from  8  *  m.  to  11  r.  >.  jelo  3m 


US  CO  I 

G.  &  F.  MARTELL'S  COGNAC  ; 

JAMES  HENNESSY'S  Cognac  ; 
STEAMBOAT  GIN  ; 
OLD  TOM  GIN  ; 


Fcr  sale  by 

my28 


IRISH  WHISKY, 

from  Bond  direct. 
V.  SQARZA, 
Lied  street ,  «»n  Francisco. 


CALIFORNIA  BRASS  FOUNDRY, 

Ne.  125  First  street,  opposite  Minna, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

All  kinds  of  Brass, 
Composition,  Zinc, 
and  Babbitt  Meta 
Castings,  furnished 
at  the  shortest  notice. 
Brass  Ship-Work o 
all  kinds.  Spikes, 

Sheathing  Nails,  Rudder  Braces.  Hinges,  etc. ,  constantly 
on  hand  and  made  to  order.  Also,  manufacture  Ship  and 
Steamboat  Bells  and  Gongs  o'  su|x»rior  lone. 

All  kinds  of  Steam,  Liquor,  Water,  Oil,  and  Flange 
Cocks  and  Valves  made  and  repaired. 

Hydraulic  Pipes  and  Nozzles,  and  Hose  Couplings  and 
Connections  of  all  sizes  aud  patterns,  furnished  with  dis- 
patch.   PRICES  MODERATE. 

JOHN  P.  GALLAGHER, 
JOSEPH  H.  WEED. 

jelO  3m 


jyjONEY  TO  LOAN ! 

MONEY  TO  LOAN 


On  City  Real  Estate,  Dwellings,  Factories.  Shipping  and 
Merchandise,  for  such  time  as  may  he  agreed  for.  De- 
posits received  in  small  or  large  sums,  at  interect,  by  the 
CALIFORNIA  BUILDING,  LOAN  AND  SAV 
INGS  BANK, 

63  California  street,  (cue  door  from  Sansome'street.) 

my  THOMAS  MOONEY,  Pr  sident 


TOCKDaLE  house, 

Corner  Main  and  Oak  streets,  Petaluma. 
buu-24  om  B.  8TOCK£AL£  proprietor 


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COUGH, 

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And  all  Diseases  of  the 

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This  celebrated  Cotigh  Remedy  effect*  a  speedy 
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heals  abscesses  of  the  Inngs,  prevents  unhealthy  se- 
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them  those  accumulations  of  morbid  matter  which 
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401  Battery  corner  of  Clay, 

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J)R.  HUMPHREYS' 

Homoeopathic  Specifics 

Have  proved,  from  the  most  ample  experience,  an 
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They  are  the  only  Medicines  perfectly  adapted  to 
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ger, and  so  efficient  as  to  be  always  reliable.  They 
have  received  the  highest  commendation  from  all, 
and  will  always  render  satisfaction. 

No.    1  cures  Fevers,  Congestion,  Inflammations. 0  25 

"  2  cures  Ivorms, Worm  Fever,  Worm  Colic,  25 

"  3  cares  Crying  Colic,  or  Teething  of  in- 

"  4  cures  Diarrhoea  of  children  or  adults...  525 

fants   25 

"  5  cures  Dysentery,  Griping,  Bilious  Colic,  25 

"  6  cures  Cholera  Morbus,  Nausea, Vomiting,  25 

"     7  cures  Coughs,  Colds,  Bronchitis   25 

"  8  cures  Neuralgia,  Toothache,  Faceache.  25 

"  9  cures  Headaclics, sick-Headache, Vertigo,  25 

"    10  cures  Dyspepsia,  Billions  Stomach   25 

"  11  cures  Suppressed,  or  Painful  Periods..  25 

"  13  cures  Croup,  Cough,  difficult  Breathing,  25 

"  14  cures  Salt  Rheum,  Erysipelas  Eruptions,  25 

u    15  cures  Rheumatism,  Rheumatic  Pains   25 

•'  \& cures  Fever  and  Ague,  Chill  Fever,  Agues  50 

"    17  cures  Piles,  blind  or  bleeding   50 

u  18 cures  Opthalmia, Andiioreor Weak  Eyes,  50 

"  19  cures  Catarrh, acute  orchronic, Influenza  50 

"  20  cures  WhoopingCongh,  violent  coughs.  50 

"   21  cures  Asthma,  oppressed  Breathing   50 

"  22  cures  Far  Discharges,  impaired  Hearing  50 
"  23  cures  Scrofula,  Enlarged  Glands,  Swell- 
ings   50 

"  24  cures  General  Debility,  Physical  Weak- 
ness  50 

"    25  cures  Dropsy,  and  scanty  Secretions  .  50 

"  26cnres  Se«-*'tciHc«s,sicknes8fi'om Riding,  50 

"    27  cures  Kidney  Disease,  Gravel   50 

"    29  cares  Sore  Month,  Canker   50 

"  31  cures  Painful  Periods,  even  with  Spasms  50 

"    32  cures  Sufferings  at  change  of  life  $1.00 

•'  33  cures  Epilepsy,  Spasms,  St.  Vitus'  Dance.  1.00 

"  34  cures  Diphtheria,  Ulcerated  Sore  Throat,  50 

FAMILY  CASES. 

35  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book  $10  00 

28  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book   8  00 

20  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book   6  00 

These  Remedies,  by  the  case  or  single  box,  are 
sent  to  any  part  of  the  country,  by  Mail  or  Express, 
on  receipt  of  the  price. 

HOSTETTER,  SMITH  &i  DEAN, 
401  and  403  Battery  street,  corner  of  Clay, 
ap27-3m  LSan  Francisco. 


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IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT  OF  THE 
Fifteenth  Judicial  District  of  thcStateof  California,  in 

aud  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco. 

MARY  SMITH,  Plaintiff,  rj.  WILLIAM  SMITH,  Defendant 

Action  brought  iu  the  District  Court  of  the  Filleentu  Judi- 
cial District  of  the  State  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in 
said  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  in  the  office  of 
the  Clerk  of  said  District  Court. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  send  greeting 
to  WILLIAM  SMITH,  Defendant:  You  are  hereby  re- 
quired to  appear  in  an  actiou  brought  against  you  by  the 
above-named  Plaintiff  in  the  District  Court  of  the  Fifteenth 
Judicial  District  of  the  State  of  California,  in  aud  for  the 
City  and  Couuty  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  com- 
plaint filed  therein,  within  Tcu  Days,  (exclusive  of  the  day 
of  service,)  after  the  Service  ou  you  of  this  Summons 
— if  served  within  this  County  ;  or,  if  served  out  of  this 
County,  but  in  this  District,  within  Twenty  Days  ;  other- 
wise, within  Forty  Days — or  judgment  by  default  will  be 
taken  against  you,  according  to  the  prayer  of  said  Com- 
plaint. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  decree  of  this 
Court,  dissolving  the  Bonds  of  Matrimony  existing  be- 
tween Plafhliff  and  Defendant,  and  that  one  half  of  the 
Defendant's  property,  if  ho  havo  any,  bo  awarded  to 
Plaintiff,  aud  for  general  relief. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  if  you  fail  to  appear 
and  answer  the  said  complaint,  as  above  required,  the  said 
plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  the  relief  tbereiu  de- 
manded. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  Seal  of  the  District  Court  of  the 
Fifteenth  Judicial  District  of  the  State  of  California,  in 
and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  this  27lh 
day  of  June  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thouaaud  eight 
hundred  aud  sixty-six 

Seal.  Int.  Rev.  Stamp,  1  WM.  LOEWY, 

60  cts  ,  cancelled.      /  Clerk, 

By  G.  C.  Lctoiek,  Deputy  Clerk 
A.  Whjj.ims,  Plaintiff's  Attorney,  I 

435  Clay  street.  J  jc30  3m 


NOTICE  lis  HEREBY  GIYEN,  that  In  pursuance  of 
the  order  of  the  Probate  Court  of  the  city  and  county 
of  San  Francisco,  in  the  State  of  California,  made  on  the 
26th  day  of  July,  1866,  >u  the  matter  of  the  estate  of 
Andrew  Robeson,  deceased,  the  undersigned,  adminis- 
trator with  the  will  annexed  of  said  deceased,  will  sell  at 
private  sale  to  the  highest  bidder  lor  cash  in  United 
States  gold  coin,  in  two  parcels,  subject  to  confirmation 
by  said  Probate  Court,  on  or  after  Tuesday,  the  11th  day 
of  September,  1866,  at  twelve  o'clock  noon  of  that  day, 
at  the  couuting  room  of  Aldrich  k  Merrill,  Nos.  204  aud 
206  California  street,  in  said  city  and  county,  all  the 
right,  title  aud  interest  of  said  Andrew  Robeson,  deceased, 
at  the  time  of  his  death,  and  all  the  right,  title  and  In- 
terest tbat  the  said  estate  has,  by  operation  of  law  or 
otherwise  acquired,  other  than  or  in  addition  to  that  of 
said  deceased  at  the  time  of  his  death,  in  aud  to  all  those 
certain  two  lots  of  land  situated  in  said  city  and  county 
and  described  as:  follows,  viz  :  1st.  Commencing  at  a 
point  on  the  west  side  of  Mason  street,  7"  1  2  teet  northerly 
from  the  northwest  corner  of  Mason  and  Ellis  streets  ; 
thence  running  northerly  along  said  side  of  Mason  street 
60  feet  ;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  77  1  2  feet ;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  southerly  60  feet;  and  thence  at  a  right 
angle  easterly  77  1-2  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning.  2d. 
Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  north  line  of  Ellis  street, 
117  1  2  feet  westerly  from  the  northwest  corner  of  Mason 
and  Ellis  streets  ;  running  thence  westerly  along  Ellis 
street  20  feet  ;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  60  feel  ; 
thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  20  feet  ;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  60  feet  to  the  place  of  begiuning. 
And  said  administrator  will  receive  offers  or  bids  for  said 
property  from  this  date  till  said  lltb  day  of  September, 
1866,  at  12  o'clock  noon,  at  saiil  counting  room  of  Aldrich 
&  Merrill,  Nos.  204  and  206  California  street,  in  said  city 
and  county.  EDWARD  F.  STONE, 

Admioisfator  with  the  will  annexed  of  ADdrcw  Robeson, 
deceased. 

San  Fraucisco,  August  11th.  1866.  aull  td 


IN  THE  PROBATE  COURT  of  the  city  and  county  of 
San  Francisco,  State  of  California. 
In  the  matter  of  the  estate  of  GEORGE  D.  HANSEN, 

deceased. 

Order  to  show  cause  why  order  of  distribution  should 
not  be  made. 

Ou  reading  and  filing  the  petition  of  CHRISTIAN  KIRK, 
the  Executor  of  the  estate  of  GEORGE  D.  HANSEN, 
deceased,  setting  forth  that  he  has  filed  his  final  account 
of  his  administration  of  the  estate  of  said  deceased,  in 
this  Court,  and  that  the  same  has  been  duly  settled  and 
allowed  ;  that  all  the  debts  and  expenses  of  administra- 
tion have  been  duly  paid  ;  and  that  a  portion  of  said  es- 
tate remains  to  be  distributed  to  the  heir  and  devisee  of 
said  deceased,  aud  praying  among  other  things  lor  an  or- 
der of  distribution  of  the  residue  of  said  estate  among  the 
persons  entitled  : 

It  is  oroerkp,  That  all  persons  interested  in  the  estate  of 
the  said  George  D.  Hansen,  deceased,  be  and  tppcar  be- 
fore the  Probate  Court  of  the  city  and  county  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, at  the  court-room  of  said  Court,  in  the  City  Hall  in 
said  city  and  county,  on  Wednesday,  the  fifth  day  of  Sep. 
temher,  A.  D.  18G6,  at  eleven  o'clock  A  M.,  then  and 
there  to  show  cause  why  an  order  of  distribution  should 
not  be  made  of  the  residue  of  said  estate  to  the  heir  ano 
devisee  of  the  said  Geoige  D.  Hansen,  deceased,  ac- 
cording to  law: 

U  is  further  ordered,  That  a  copy  of  this  order  be  pub- 
lished tor  four  successive  weeks,  before  the  said  6th 
day  of  September,  A.  D.  1866,  in  Thk  Caufobniax,  a  news- 
paper  printed  and  published  in  the  said  city  and  county. 

M.  C.  BLAKE.  Probate  Judge. 

Dated,  San  Francisco,  August  3d,  1866.  4m 


PROBATE  COURT  of  the  city  and  county  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, State  of  California. 
In  the  matter  of  the  Estates  of  David  Whipple  and  Wil- 
liam Whipple,  minors. 

It  appearing  to  tbi6  court  from  the  petition  this  day 
presented  and  filed  by  Robert  L.  Harris,  the  guardian  of 
thcestaiesof  David  Whipple  and  William  Whipple,  minors, 
praying  for  an  order  of  sale  of  the  real  estate  bclunging 
to  his  said  wards,  that  it  would  be  beneficial  to  the  said 
wards  that  such  real  estate  should  be  sold  at  private  sale. 

It  is  hereby  ordered  that  the  next  of  kin  of  said  wards, 
aud  all  persons  interested  iu  said  estate,  appear  before 
this  court  at  the  court  room  thereof,  at  the  court  house,  in 
the  city  and  county  of  San  Francisco, on  Mouday  the  10th 
day  of  September,  1866,  at  eleven  o'clock  a.  ».,  then  and 
there  to  show  cause  why  an  order  should  not  be  granted 
for  the  sale  of  such  estate. 

And  it  is  further  ordered  that  a  copy  ol  this  order  be 
published  at  least  three  successive  weeks  before  said  hear- 
ing of  said  petition  in  Tnu  CaUNWfWr*  newspaper  priuted 
and  published  iu  said  city  and  county. 
Dated  August  10th,  A.  D  ,  1866.       M.  C.  BLAKE, 
aull  4t  Probate  Judge. 


XTOTICE  TO  CREDITORS. — Estate  of  WILLIAM  MAC- 
J.1     MICHASI.,  deceased. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  administra- 
tor with  the  will  aunexew,  ol  the  above  named  estate,  to 
the  creditors  of,  and  all  persons  having  claims  against 
William  MacMichael,  deceased,  to  exhibit  the  same,  with 
the  necessary  vouchers,  within  ten  months  from  the  first 
publication  of  this  notice,  to  the  undersigned  at  his  place 
of  business,  No  12  Post  street,  Masunic  Temple,  In  the 
city  and  county  of  San  Francisco. 

San  Francisco,  August  18, 1866. 

THEODORE  L.  SCHELL, 
Administrator  with  the  willanuexed  of  the  estate  of 
William  McMichael,  deceavod. 

Wimahs  &  Bsuuiap,  Attorneys  for  Administrator,  6t 


QPPOSITION  STEAMER-DAY, 

TUESDAY,  SEPTEMBER  25,  I860. 

GREAT  REDUCTION  IN  RATES, 
VIA  NICARAGUA  I 

THE  CENTRAL  AMERICAN  TRANSIT  COMPANY  will 
despatch  the  favorite  Steamship 

MOSES  TAYLOR, 
On  Tuesday,  -        -        -     Sept.  25, 

From  Mission  street  Wharf,  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M.,  precisely 
Connecting  at  GREYTOWN  with  the  Bplendid  Steamship 
SANTIAGO, 
2,600  Tons,  kob  New  Y'obk. 
95S~  For  Passage  and  Freight,  and  Insurance  on  Treas 
ure,  at  greatly  REDUCED  RATES,  apply  to 

I.  W.  RAYMOND,  Agent, 
Northwest  corner  Battery  and  Pine  streets, 
Up  Mil-,  San  Franciseo. 


PACIFIC  MAIL   STEAMSHIP  CO.'S 

Through  Line  to  New  York. 

CARRYING  THE  U.  S.  MAIL! 

Leave  Folsom -streot  Wharf  at  11  o'clock  a.  M.  of  the 
following  dates,  for  PANAMA,  connecting  via  Panama 
Railroad,  with  one  of  the  Company's  splendid  Blcatners 
from  ASPINWALL  for  NEW  YORK. 

On  the  16lh,  18th,  and  30th  of  each  month  tbat  has  30 
days. 

On  the  10th,  19th,  and  30th  of  each  month  that  has  31 

davs. 

When  the  10th,  19th  uod  30th  Tall  on  Sunday,  they  will 
leave  ou  Saturday  precediug  ;  when  the  18tb  falls  on  Sun- 
day, they  will  leave  on  Monday  following. 

Steamer  leaviug  San  Francisco  on  the  10th  touches  at 
Manzanillo.   All  touch  at  Acapulco. 

Departure  of  19th  connects  with  French  Transatlantic 
company's  steamer  for  St.  Nazaire,  and  English  steamer 
for  South  America. 

Departure  of  loth  connects  with  English  steamer  for 
Southampton,  and  P.  R.  R.  Co.'s  steamer  for  Central 
America. 

Departure  of  30th  connects  with  English  steamer  for 
Tumaco,  the  port  of  the  new  mines. 

STEAMERS  FOR  AUGUST  : 
The  following  steamships  will  be  despatched  from  San 

Francisco  ou  the  date  given  : 

AUGUST  30th,  -  GOLDEN  AGE, 

Captain  E.  S.  Farnsworth, 
(Connecting  with  the  NEW  YORK,  Captain  Bradbury.) 

An  experienced  Surgeon  on  board.  Medicine  and  attend- 
ance free. 

Cabin  Passengers  will  be  berthed  through.  Baggage 
checked  through — 100  pounds  allowed  each  adult. 

For  Merchandise  Freight  apply  to  Messrs.  Wells,  Fargo 
&Co. 

The  steamer  will  positively  leave  at  11  o'clock.  Pas- 
sengers arc  requested  to  have  their  baggage  ou  board  be- 
fore 10  o'clock 

0,The  splendid  steamship  COLORADO  will  be  de- 
spatched for  CHINA  on  TUE>DAY,  JANUARY  1,  1867. 

For  Passage  and  all  other  iufurmation,  apply  at  Pacific 
Mail  Steamship  company's  office, corner  of  Sacramento  and 
Lcidesdorff  streets. 

OLIVER  ELDRIDGB,  Agent. 


QRAND  OPENING 

or  THE 

Circassian  Saloon, 

Corner  of  Dupont  and  Pacific  streets, 

(Formerly  "Diana  Saloon,") 
ON  SATURDAY,  AUGUST  11,  1866. 


NOVEL  ENTERTAINMENT .| —  Magic  and  Gymnastic 
Feats,  free  of  chargo. 

19,  The  best  of  WINEE,  LIQBORS,  LUNCH,  and 
CIGARS  always  on  baud. 

N.  B.    Fine  Vocal  Music,  Polite  Waiters,  etc 

aull  lm 


QREAT  TRIUMPH!! 

STEINWAY  &l  SONS 


Wereawarded  the  FIRST  PRIZE  MEDAL  at  thelatt  ea. 

INTERNATIONAL  EXHIBITION  AT  LONDON,  over  the 

two  hundred  and  sixty-nine  Pianos  entered  for  competition 

from  all  parts  of  the  world. 
The  Special  Correspondent  of  the  New  York  Time*  say*  : 
14  Messrs.  Steuiway  \  Sons'  indorsement  by  the  Jurors 

is  emphatic,  and  stronger  and  more  to  the  poiul  than  that 

of  any  European  maker." 
A  constant  supply  of  the  above  superior  Instruments  can 

be  found  at  the  Agent's, 

M.  GRAY,  613  Clay  street. 
PIANO  TUNING  done  by  a  first-class  Workman,  from 

Steinway  k  Son's  Factory,  New  York.  tny26 


(JAUFORXIA 

Steam  Navigation  Company. 

STEAMER  CAPITAL  CAPT.  E.A.POOLE. 

CHRYSOPOLIS.CAPT.  A.  FOSTER. 

YOSEMITE   - 

CORNELIA. ...CAPT.  W.  BROMLEY. 
JULIA  CAPT.  E.  CONCKL1N. 

One  or  the  above  steamers  leave  BROADWAY  WHARF, 

al4o'clnrk  P.M.,  EVERT  DAT,  (Sundays  excepted,)  for 
Sacramento  and  one  for  Stockton,  ine  Sacramento  steamer 
counecting  with  light-draft  steamers  lor  MaiysTille,  Co- 
lusa, Chico  and  Red  Bluff. 

Steamships  PACIFIC.  ORIZABA.  CA I IPORNIA  ,  AC- 
Ti  YE,  and  SENATOR,  leave  as  advertised,  for  Portland, 
Oregon,  New  Westminster,  British  Columbia,  Victor)*, 
tV   I.,)  Santa  Barbara,  Sau  fed ro,  and  San  Diego. 

Office  of  the  company,  northeast  corner  of  Front  and 
Jackson  streets. 

maris  B  M.  HARTSHORNE,  President. 


August  25th 


THE  CALIFORNIA^. 


11 


QUINCT  HALL, 

545,  547,  549  WASHINGTON  STREET. 


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[qUINCY HALL  CLOTHING  EMPORIUM, 


ITS 


THE  LAHGE6T  CLOTHING  EMPORIUM  in  California. 
The  daily  saies  from  the  establishment  is  a  sufficient 
guarantee  that  the  prices  are  less  than  those  of  any  other 
bouse  on  Lhe  Pacific  coast.  Here  you  also  find  clothing  of 
the  best  of  California  Cloth,  both  for  Wholesale  and  Retail 
vtra'lo.  Also,  particular  attention  paid  to  making  up  fine 
clothing  to  order.  jy21 


VEGETABLE  AMBROSIA 

IS  THE  MIRACLE  OF  THE  AGE! 

Gray-headed  People  have  their 
locks  restored  by  it  to  the  dark,  lustrous, 
silkm  tresses  of  youth,  and  are  happy  1 

Young  People,  with  light,  faded  or  red  Hair, 
have  these  unfashionable  colors  changed  to 
a  beautiful  auburn,  and  rejoice ! 

People  whose  heads  are  covered  with 
Dandruff  and  Humors,  use  it,  and  have  clean 
coats  and  clear  and  healthy  scalps  1 

Bald-Headed  "Veterans  havo 
their  remaining  locks  tightened,  and  the 
bare  spots  covered  with  a  luxuriant  growth 
of  Hair,  and  dance  for  joy! 

Young  Gentlemen  use  it  because  it  is 
richly  perfumed  1 

Young  Ladies  use  it  because  it  keeps 
their  Hair  in  place  1 

Everybody  must  and  will  use  it,  because 
it  is  the  cleanest  and  best  article  in  the 
market !  -. 

&  For  Sale  by  Druggists  generally. 

For  sale,  wholesale  aud  retail,  by 

JOHN  F.  SNOW, 

Solo  Agent  for  the  Pacific  Coast,  24  Post  street, 
je23  San  Francisco. 


J^JEAUFIER,  TAAFE  &  CO., 

IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALEBS  OF 

DRY  GOODS,  LINENS, 

FURNISHING  GOODS, 

YANKEE  NOTIONS, 

FANCY  GOODS,  ETC. 

AGENTS  FOB  TOE 

MOUNT  YERON   DUCK  COMPANY 

NO.  107  BATTERY  STREET,  NEAR  PINE. 
RETAIL  HOUSE,  -  -  •  NO.  9  MONTGOMERY  STREET, 
jy21  3ni  Lick  House. 


jyjR.  AND  MRS.  COGILL 
AND  SONS, 


Teachers  of  Dancing, 


CONGRESS  HALL, 
On  Bash.8t.,adjoinin  Rues  House. 


R  N  I  T  U  R  E 


BEDDING! 


SCHOOI.— MONDAYS  AND  WEDNESDAYS.  Ladies  at 
9  r.  u.  Gentlemen  and  Ladies  at  7  1-2  t.  K,  Sorleef 
every  Friday  Evening.  HaU  to  rent.  au6-3m 


LAR  GEST  STOCK! 

LATEST  STYLES! 

The    Best  Workmanship, 

AND 

LOWEST  PRICES! 

AT 

Goodwin         Co.  's 

FURNITURE  WARE-ROOMS, 
Nos.  508,  510,  518  and  528  Washington- st. 

jal6  SAN  FRANCISCO. 


HEUSTON, 
HASTINGS 


&  GO. 


The   Fashionable  Clothiers 


SAN  FRANCISCO, 

Are  now  engaged  in  enlarging  tbeir  already  ex- 
tensive European  connections,  and  are  offering  the 
LARGEST,  FINEST,  AND  MOST  COMPLETE 


CUSTOM-MADE  CLOTHING, 

GENTS'  FURNISHING  GOODS, 

TRUNKS,  BAGS,  VALISES,  ETC., 
ON   THE   PACIFIC  COAST, 

AT 

REDUCED  PRICES. 

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J^LECTION  PROCLAMATION. 


FOR  THE  MUNICIPAL  ELECTION. 


PUBLIC  NOTICE  IS  HEREBY  GIVEN,  that  the  Muni- 
ctpal  Election  In  and  tor  tbe  Cilv  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, will  be  held  on  WEDNESDAY,  September  5th,  1866; 
and  the  qualified  voters  of  said  city  and  couuty  are  here- 
by called  upon  to  meet  in  their  respective  districts  for  tbe 
purpose  of  electing  the  following-named  officers  at  said 
election,  to  wit : 

Attorney  aud  Counsellor 

Auditor. 

Tax  Collector. 

Public  Administrator. 

Superintendent  of   Pub       Streets,  Highways,'  and 
Squres. 
Chief  of  Police. 

One  Supervisor  and  one  School  Director  in  each  of  the 
following  Districts  :  First,  Third,  Fifth,  Seventh,  Niuth, 
and  Eleventh,  for  the  full  term. 

Also,  one  Supervisor  in  tho  Eighth  District  for  an  unex- 
pired term. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  city  and  county  of 
,  San  Francisco,  this  fourteenth  day  of  August, 

[SKAL.j  18ga  H.  p.  COON,  Mayor. 

Attest :  Cuas.  L.  Wigcin,  Clerk.  uul» 


AMERICAN  HOTEL, 
Main  street.       .  -  Pdtaluma, 

iuar24-6m  EMERSON  k  LAMBERTON,  Proprietor!. 


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In  case  death  does  not  result  from  the  injury,  the  in- 
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Nos.  415,  417,  and  419  California  Street, 

NEAR  MONTGOMERY. 

THIS  STOCK  OF  FURNITURE,  etc.,  was  selected  with 
great  care,  and  special  attention  given  to  the  wants  of 
this  market,  ENTIRELY  AT  THE  EAST.  It  is  NOT 
COMPOSED  OF  REFUSE  GOODS,  ODDS  AND  ENDS  OF 
OTHER  HOUSES  that  have  lately  closed  out  here,  but 
CONSISTS  ENTIRELY  OF  NEW  GOODS,  made  after  tbe 
latest  patterns  and  in  the  most  durable  manner. 

The  present  Stock  is  fully  TWICE  as  large  ns  that  of  any 
other  house  here.  Parties  having  any  doubts  of  this,  or 
that  the  assortment  is  not  superior  to  any  in  the  city,  can 
easily  satisfy  themselves  by  calling. 

The  stock  of  Case  Goods  is  larger  than  ever  before. 

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|  August  25th 


Graphic. — During  the  campaign  in  East  Tennessee,  in  the 
winter  of  1863-64,  quite  a  spirited  engagement  occurred  near 
Bean  Station,  in  the  beautiful  valley  of  the  Holston.  Iu  this 
engagement  Colonel  Wolford,  of  Kentucky,  commanded  a 
division  ot  Federal  cavalry,  and  was  hotly  engaged  with  the 
enemy,  and  at  nightfall  was  compelled  to  retreat.  Some  time 
after  we  visited  Bsan  StatioQ,  and  passing  over  the  ground 
held  by  Wolford's  division  we  came  to  a  log  hut,  in  the  door 
of  which  stood  a  "  lone  woman  "  with  seven  small  children 
and  "  ODe  at  the  breast " — one  of  that  class  of  poor  "  white 
trash"  who  so  frequently  complained  during  the  war  that 
"  we  all  will  perish  to  death  if  you-uns  don't  go  to  your  hums, 
and  let  we-uns  alone."  Approaching  the ."  lone  woman,"  we 
informed  her  that  we  were  looking  over  the  ground  of  the 
late  engagement,  and  asked  her  if  she  would  please  itEr-'n.  us 
of  the  position  held  by  the  Federal  troops.  Her  rr/p.y  was 
thus  laconic  :  "  Wa'al,  yer  see,  Captin  Woolfords  kxim  along 
wita  two  long  strings  of  fighters,  ali  mounted  ^on  critter 
backs,  and  he  had  two  wagon  guns,  and  he  tstretched  his 
strings  of  fighters  right  back  o'  my  house  thar,  and  they  fit 
and  they  fought  till  clean  dark,  aud  theti  tore  down  my  ash- 
house,  and  Captin  Woolfords  lit  out  and  never  has  yet  paid 
me  a  cent  for  it.  Do  you-uns  know  whar  Captin  Woolfords 
is  now  ?  " 

Fully  satisfied  with  her  graphic  description  of  the  engage- 
ment, and  informing  her  that  we  did  know  of  "  Captin  Wool- 
ford's  "  whereabouts,  we  passed  on. 


Parisian  Cafe.— In  a  Parisian  cafe  you  will  find  as  many 
women  as  men — respectable  women,  too,  who  come  with  their 
husbands,  and  bring  their  children  with  them.  There  they 
sit  in  a  family  group,  round  a  marble  table,  sipping  their  coffee 
or  their  wine,  thinking  it  no  shame  to  be  seen  by  any  of  their 
neighbors,  because  there  is  nothing  to  be  ashamed  of.  The 
cafe  is  not  simply  a  drinking  shop.  There  is  no  necessity  to 
drink  anything  stronger  than  coffee  or  eau  sucre ;  aud  you 
may  sit  at  the  table  as  long  as  you  please,  read  the  paper, 
play  at  dominoes,  or  chat  with  your  friends.  All  the  ameni- 
ties of  private  life  are  strictly  observed.  The  men  are  gallant 
and  polite  ;  you  never  hear  a  word  that  could  offend  the  most 
sensitive,  and  you  never — or  very  rarely  indeed— see  any  one 
tipsy.  There  is  nothing  about  the  place  to  suggest  the  drink- 
ing shop,  or  to  impress  you  with  the  obligation  to  drink.  You 
feel  that  you  are  at  liberty  to  take  your  ease  and  pleasure,  and 
do  as  you  like.  So  accustomed  is  the  landlord  to  look  upon 
his  house  as  a  place  for  the  convenience  and  general  enter- 
tainment of  the  public,  that  he  will  sometimes  take  more  in- 
terest in  a  game  of  dominoes  or  piquet  than  in  the  vending 
of  his  goods.  Madame  will  have  to  shriek  to  him  to  come 
and  attend  to  his  business.  In  Paris  even  the  lowest  classes 
take  their  wine  like  gentlemen  ;  in  London  they  swill  their 
liquor  like  pigs.    A  London  public  house  is  a  trough. 


A  Face  Maker. — Europe,  which  usually  sends  its  artists 
into  all  parts  of  the  world,  has  just  received  one  from  Amer- 
ica, who  is  destined  to  a  large  amount  of  success  in  Paris  ; 
the  artist  in  question  is  what  is  called,  in  theatrical  language. 
a,  grime,  or  face  maker.  The  talent  of  thi3  singular  grimacier 
consists  in  imitating  the  heads  of  celebrated  historical  per- 
sonages. He  places  himself  behind  a  frame  hidden  with  a 
white  cloth,  and  beside  a  table  covered  with  wiss,  false  beards 
and  paint  brushes.  As  soon  as  his  toilet  is  made,  he  suddenly 
draws  aside  the  curtain,  and  exhibits  to  the  spectators  the 
head  of  Washington,  Napoleon.  Charles  L,  Wellington.  Louis 
XI.,  or  that  of  a  madman,  an  idiot,  a  fury,  a  criminal,  &c. 
The  principal  merit  of  this  curious  spectacle,  is  the  rapidity 
with  which  the  artist  changes  his  head,  for  each  transforma- 
tion is  perfect  iu  its  truthful  resemblance  !  This  genius,  who 
has  only  as  yet  appeared  in  the  salons,  is  about  to  "  make 
faces  "  in  public,  and  his  appearance  is  looked  forward  to 
with  impatience. 

President  Johnson's  proposed  "  recreating  tour  "  as  far 
West  as  Chicago,  furnishes  the  text  for  a  leader  in  the  Sacra- 
mento Union,  in  which  said  tour  is  characterised  as  an  elec- 
tioneering raid  through  the  North  by  "  two  experienced 
stump-speakers,  whose  political  existence  is  staked  upon  the 
issue  of  the  contest,"  Secretary  Seward  being,  we  presume, 
the  oilier  "experienced  stump-speaker.'" 

The  Board  of  Health  has  induced  the  Board  of  Supervisors 
to  pass  an  ordinance  enjoining  the  sweeping  of  streets  weekly 
by  all  parties  in  front  of  their  premises,  in  the  populous  por- 
tions of  the  city,  and  the  removal  of  the  dirt  by  the  street 
contractor. 

Commendable. — Messrs.  Bradley  &  Rulofson  donated  the 
proceeds  of  their  gallery  on  Wednesday  last— over  8200 — 
to  the  Ladies'  Protection  and  Relief  Society  of  thi  city. 

Insured— The  late  landlord  of  the  Summer  Street  House, 
John  Brewster,  Jr-,  was  insured  in  the  Broolyn  Life  Insurance 
Company  for  $5,000,  which  sum  has  been  paid  to  bis  widow. 

The  largest  vat  in  Barclay  and  Perkiu's  Brewery  is  said  to 
contain  108,000  gallons. 


AMUSEMENTS. 

LADY  DOiN  still  proves  as  attractive  as  ever  at  the  Op- 
era House,  and  "  full  houses  "  is  the  rule — without  an 
exception,  notwithstanding  the  adage  to  the  contrary.  In 
addition  to  the  regular  dramatic  entertainments,  many  fine 
ballads  are  introduced  in  the  pieces,  or  presented  in  a  musical 
interlude  between  them,  to  give  the  audience  an  opportunity 
to  hear  Lady  Don  in  some  sterling  old  English,  Scotch,  or 
American  songs  and  ballads.  The  ability  and  simplicity  with 
which  she  sings  many  of  them,  has  not  been  equaled  in  San 
Francisco  since  Kate  Hayes  sung  to  her  thousands  here  in 
the  earlier  days  of  the  city's  history.  "  Home,  Sweet  Home  j" 
'•  Meet  me  by  Moonlight ;"  "  Should  auld  Acquaintance  ;" 
and  "  John  Anderson,  my  Jo,"  are  sung  by  Lady  Don  with 
shell  sweetness  and  feeling  as  to  charm  and  delight  her  audi- 
ences, and  to  be  worthy  of  thecritic's  particular  note.  Then, 
how  martially  and  with  what  vigor  she  sings  that  fiery  Scotch 
ballad,  "The  MacGregor's  Gathering." 

The  burlesque  of  Orpheus  and  Eurydice  has  been  the 
principal  dramatic  attraction  throughout  the  week,  accompa- 
nied by  some  little  comedietta  as  an  introductory  performance, 
with  thp  exception  of  Thursday  evening,  when  Kenilworlh 
was  revived.  Last  night  the  organization  known  as  the  Vet- 
eran Corps  was  the  recipient  of  a  good  benefit.  Mr.  MeCul-  ] 
lough  reciting  Sheridan's  Ride  for  the  occasion. 

The  spectacular  burlesque  of  Aladdin,  or  the  Wonderful 
Scamp,  will  be  produced  for  the  first  time  in  California  this 
afternoon.  This  burlesque  was  originally  brought  out  in 
London  in  1861,  pnd  made  a  splendid  hit.  Great  preparation 
and  extra  care  in  regard  to  scenic  display  and  costumes,  have 
been  bestowed  by  the  management  in  its  production.  Lady 
Don,  Kate  Denin,  Mrs.  Jackson,  Harry  Courtaine,  H.  L>. 
Thompson  and  others  are  in  the  cast.  Aladdin  will  be  played 
this  evening, and  every  evening  next  week. 

Metropolitan  Theatre. — The  favorite  opera,  Ernani,  was 
given  as  an  extra  performance  last  Saturday  evening,  ard  im- 
pressed us  as  the  most  brilliant  success  ot  the  season  ;  we 
certainly  have  not  observed  a  more  enthusiastic  and  delighted 
audience,  even  at  the  first  representation  of  Lucia,  already 
chronicled  by  us  as  being  the  best  performance  up  to  that 
time.  Signor  Mancusi,  in  the  third  act,  excited  an  absolute 
furore  by  his  rendering  of  the  beautiful  cavatina,  "  Oh,  de 
verd'  anni  miei,"  and  in  the  splendid  solo  and  chorus,  "  Oh 
sommo  Carlo,"  (given  with  such  effect  as  to  receive  a  tumultu- 
ous encore.)  he  introduced  a  high  A  flat,  which  he  sustained 
with  marvellous  purity  and  vigor.  Signor  Milleri's  "Silva"  was 
an  improvement  on  his  previous  effort,  although  his  "  Infelice  " 
and  "  Io  l'amo,  al  vecchio  misero  "  were  taken  agood  deal  loo 
slow,  a  fault  made  more  conspicuous  in  the  latter  by  Mancu3i's 
rather  too  hurried  rendering  of  "  Yieni  meco,"  which  imme- 
diately followed.  Signorina  Brambilla.  Signor  Bianchi,  and 
the  rest,  were  excellent  in  their  respective  characters,  as  usual. 

The  second  season  commenced  on  Monday  with  Un  Ballo 
in  Maschera,  which  was  given  in  a  manner  by  no  means  credit- 
able to  the  troupe,  especially  as  it  had  been  twice  produced 
before.  Under  ordinary  circumstances  we  should  feel  bound 
to  make  this  slovenly  performance  the  text  for  some  pretty 
savage  criticism  ;  but  as  the  manager  is  really  a  victim  to  the 
insatiate  craving  for  uew  operas,  and  has  done  (as  we  remarked 
last  week)  more  on  his  part  than  the  public  have  on  theirs,  we 
shall  merely  say  that  the  principal  singers  were  in  poor  voice, 
the  choru3  unusually  dull,  the  prompter  (necessarily  though 
unsuccessfully)  vociferous,  the  leader  apparently  indifferent, 
and  the  orchestra  worse  than  all  the  other  performers  together. 

La  Sonnamhula,  full  of  delightful  and  popular  melodies, 
was  given  for  the  first  time,  on  Wednesday  evening,  to  an  au- 
dience well  pleased.  Signorina  Brambilla  sang  the  music  of 
"  Amina  "  with  exquisite  delicacy,  and  was  ably  supported  by 
Signor  Morhy  as  "  Elvino,"  their  voices  blending  most  per- 
fectly id  the  duets,  *Prendi  :  l  a  nel  "  and  "  D'  un  pensiero." 
M  ile  Tourny  was  very  good  as  "  Lisa,"  although  she  com- 
mitted an  error  in  varying  at  all  the  second  verse  of  her 
opening  air,  ■'  Tutto  e  gioja  ;"  her  voice  has  not  yet  the  light- 
ness that  is  necessary  to  make  any  variations  tolerable  in 
music  so  well  known.  The  great  triumph  of  the  evening  was 
Signor  Milleri's  "  CouDt  Kodolpho,"  an  impersonation  full  of 
life  and  spirit,  and  worthy  to  be  placed  by  the  side  of  his 
"  Zaccaria  "  (in  Kahuco)  for  artistic  excellence,  though  so 
different  in  style  as  to  establish  his  remarkable  and  heretofore 
unsuspected  versatility;  be  was  frequently  and  warmly  ap- 
plauded. We  must  not  omit  to  notice  the  lively  acting  of 
Roncovieri  as  "  Alessio,"  and  the  careful  and  satisfactory  sing- 
ing of  Mrs.  Cameron  as  "  Teresa."  The  chorus  was  mod- 
erately good,  but  the  orchestra  grows  worse  and  worse. 

11  Trovalore  was  performed  last  night.  This  evening  Fatisl 
will  be  giveD.  On  Monday  Criepinn  e  La  Comare  will  be 
brought  out,  after  long  and  careful  preparation,  and  bids  fair 
to  prove  a  decided  success. 


War  Map. — A.  Gensoul,  of  the  Pacific  Map  Depot,  511 
Montgomery  street,  has  just  published  a  very  useful  map  of 
re  erence,  embracing  the  territory  of  the  seat  of  war  in  Kurope. 
with  the  boundaries  of  Prussia,  Austria,  Italy,  etc.,  and  the 
locality  of  all  their  principal  cities  and  towns  clearly  defined. 
It  appears  to  be  very  carefully  and  correctly  compiled. 

Epidemic  Cholera  :  A  treatise  on  the  modes  of  treatment 
of  this  disease,  their  respective  results,  and  directions  for  pre- 
vention ;  and  what  to  do  in  cases  of  sudden  emergency,  by 
John  F.  Geary,  M.  D.,  has  been  laid  on  our  table.  H.  H. 
Bancroft  &  Co.  are  the  publishers. 


A  New  and  Grand  Epoch  in  Medicine.— Dr.  Maggiel  is  the 
fonnder  of  a  new  medical  system.  The  qnantitarians,  whose  vast 
internal  doses  enfeeble  the  stomach  and  paralyze  the  bowels,  must 
give  precedence  to  the  man  who  restores  health  and  appetile  wilh 
from  one  or  two  of  his  extraordinary  pills,  and  enres  the  most  viru- 
lent sores  with  a  box  or  so  of  his  wonderful  and  all-liealing  salve. 
These  two  great  specifics  of  the  Doctor  are  fast  snpersedhiK  all  the 
etercotyped  nostrums  of  the  day.  Extraordinary  cures  by  Maggiel's 
Pills  and  salve  have  opened  the  eves  of  the  public  to  the  inefficiency 
of  the  so  called  remedies  of  others,  and  upon  which  people  have  so 
long  blindly  depended.  Maggiel's  Pills  are  not  of  the  class  that  are 
swallowed  by  the  dozen,  and  of  which  every  boxfnll  taken  creates 
an  absolute  necessity  for  another.  One  or  two  of  Maggiel  s  Pills 
suffice  to  place  the  bowels  in  perfect  order,  tone  the  stomach,  create 
an  appetite,  and  lender  the  spirits  light  and  buoyant.  There  is  no 
griping,  and  no  reaction  in  the  form  of  constipation  If  the  liver  is 
affected,  its  functions  are  restored,  and  if  the  nervous  system  is  feeble 
it  is  invigorated.  This  last  quality  makes  the  medicines  very  de- 
sirable for  the  wants  of  delicate  females.  Ulcerous  and  eruptive  dis- 
eases are  literally  extinguished  by  the  disinfectant  power  of  Mag- 
giel's salve.  In  fact,  it  is  here  announced  that  Map/rid'*  Biliout, 
Dyspeptic  and  Diarrhea  Pith  cure  where  all  others  fail.  Wbile,  for 
Burns,  Scalds,  Chilblains,  Cuts  and  all  abrasions  of  the  skin,  Mag- 
giel't  Salve  is  infallible.  Sold  by  J.  Maggiel,  No.  II  Pine  street, 
New  York,  and  all  Druggists,  at  25  cents  per  box.  R.  H.  McDon- 
ald &.  Co.,  Agents  for  Pacific  coast,  corner  Sansome  and  Pine  streets, 
San  Francisco,  el  4 


Dr.  Jordan's  Anotomical  Museum. — The  ceroplastic  pre- 
parations, in  anatomy  and  pathology,  which  Dr.  Jordan  has  at 
great  expense  brought  to  this  couutry,  are  on  exhibition  at 
Eureka  Hall  to  day,  from  morning  till  10  o'clock,  r.  x.  On 
Sundays  the  Hall  will  be  open  from  five  to  ten  p.  m.  only. 


"The  Science  of  Life,  or  How  to  Live,  asd  What  to  Lite 
For." — This  i»  the  title  of  an  interesting  and  highly  useful  little  book, 
published  by  Dr.  Beck,  of  this  city.  It  is  especially  adapted  for  the 
perusal  of  young  men,  nevertheless  its  truthful  pages  should  be  read 
by  all,  as  they  contain  good,  sound,  healthy  matter  which  can  be 
easily  understood  and  appreciated  by  every  reader.  This  work  is 
issued  gratuitously  on  application  to  the  Doctor,  or  will  be  sent  free 
to  any  address  on  receipt  of  postage  stamp  or  envelope  addressed  to 
Dr.  Beck  s  office,  314  Kearny  street,  or  post  office  Box  1599. 

Dr.  Beck  is  a  member  of  several  American  and  European  Universi- 
ties, and  has  published  Duiuerous  works  on  Anntomi/.  Mediciu*,  and 
Surgery  His  former  connection  with  the  principal  "Anatoniii.il 
Museums"  of  New  York,  Paris,  London  etc.,  combined  with  his  ex- 
perience in  his  profession  render  him  a  highly  desirable  person  to  con 
suit,  and  we  can  confidently  recommend  loin  to  the  public.  * 


We  cail  the  nttention  of  the  public  to  an  advertisement,  in  our  to- 
day's issue,  of  Messrs.  C.  Weiderhold  Si  Co.'s  new  Piano  Warerooms, 
No.  685  Market  street.  The  above  firm  have  lately  been  in  receipt  of 
a  large  assortment  of  fine  square  and  upright  pianos,  amongst  which 
we  notice  John  IJ  Dunham's,  of  New  York,  one  of  the  oldest  and 
most  favorably  known  manufacturers  of  the  Eastern  States.  Weider- 
hold Si  Co.  are  now  introducing,  for  the  first  time,  his  pianos  in  the 
California  market,  and  we  are  sure,  judging  from  the  quality  on  hand, 
thev  will  succeed  in  establishing  amongst  the  musical  public  of  the 
Pacific,  the  reputation  of  J.  B.  Dunham's  pianos.  These  fine  piano 
warerooms  are,  from  this  on,  kept  open  evenings  till  eight  o  clock, 
when  all  interested  in  mnsic  and  fine  pianos  can  call  aud  examine  for 
themsehes. — Alta  California. 


The  New  York  Tribune,  in  speaking  of  the  Pianos  of  the  manu- 
factory of  Wm.  Knabe  Si  Co.,  of  Baltimore,  says :  "  Theac  instru- 
ments are  approved  by  Strakosch,  Auschutz,  Gustave  Satter,  Vieux 
temps,  Muzio,  Robert  Heller,  G.  W.  Morgan,  and  many  other  first 
class  artists''  Fradel,  alluding  to  a  recent  occasion,  wrote:  "Your 
Orand  Pianos  in  Irving  Hall  told  out  with  brilliant  effect.  Their  tone, 
richness,  power  and  carrying  quality  were  more  than  sufficient  to  fill 
that  large  Concert  Hall,  and  I  look  upon  them  as  instruments  ot  ster- 
ling excellence,  and  as  successful  rivals  to  thoBe  instruments  which 
have,  heretofore,  monopolized  the  concert  halls  and  the  markets  of  the 
country. "  Messrs.  Frisbee  Si  Scott,  No.  8  Montgomery  street,  are 
sole  agents  for  these  snperior  Pianos.  • 


There  is  one  thing  about  Dr.  Bourne  s  style  of  dealing  with  sick 
people  which  distinguishes  it  from  that  of  many  others — he  never  de- 
ceives or  makes  them  promises  which  he  knows  he  cannot  fulfil. 
That  course  has  obtaiued  for  him  the  uulimited  confidence  of  all  who 
know  him.    * 

Meagher,  Taaffe  Si  Co.  announce  in  our  advertising  columns  the 
opening  of  their  new  style  of  Fall  Dress  Goods,  consisting  of  Silks, 
Popline,  Empress  Cloth,  Plaids,  Cashmeres,  Merinos,  De  Lainee,  etc,, 

to  which  we  call  the  attention  of  our  lady  readers. 


Rheumatism,  inflammatory  or  chronic,  however  slight  or  severe, 
is  cured  quicker  by  Dr.  Bourne's  method  than  by  any  other  means 
whatever,  while  the  process  is  a  pleasant  one.  Cures  guaranteed  in 
all  eases  if  required.    No.  10  Masonic  Temple  Post  street. 


The  great  charm  of  Davidson's  Circassian  Bloom,  for  the  complex- 
ion and  skin,  ie  its  perfect  assimilation  to  nature.  No  one  can  detect 
its  use,  while  it  beautifies  and  enhances  the  purity  of  the  skin.  * 


Colds  are  very  quickly  as  well  as  pleasantly  cured  by  Dr,  Bourne'* 

baths,  10  Masonic  Temple,  Post  itreet- 


N  echalgia,  it  matters  not  how  severe,  is  quickly  cured  by  Dr. 
Bourne,  No.  10  Masonic  Temple,  Post  street. 


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August  25th] 


THE  CALIFORNIA^. 


13 


AGUA  DE  MAGNOLIA. 
A  toilet  delight.  Superior  to  any  cologne, 
used  to  bathe  the  face  and  person,  to  render  the  skin 
eoft  and  fresh,  to  allay  inflammation,  to  perfume 
clothing,  for  headache,  etc.  It  is  manufactured  from 
the  rich  Southern  Magnolia,  and  is  obtaining  a  pat- 
ronage quite  unprecedented.  It  is  a  favorite  with 
actresses  and  opera  singers.  It  is  sold  by  all  dealers, 
at  $1.00  in  large  bottles,  and  by  Dejijs  Barnes  &. 
Co.,  New  York,  Wholesale  Agents. 


Lyon's  Magnetic  Insect  Powder  will  exter- 
minate Fleas,  Ticks,  Roaches  and  all  insects  almost 
instantly.  Its  reputation  is  well  known,  and  hence 
has  been  counterfeited.  Inquire  for  and  take  none 
but  Lyon's,  bearing  the  stamp  of  Demas  Barnes 
&  Co.,  and  the  signature  of  E.  Lyon. 


"  Out  of  Sorts  "  expresses  the  feelings  of 
many  that  cannot  be  otherwise  described.  Languor, 
■weakness,  enervation,  listlessness,  sleepiness,  mel" 
ancholy,  want  of  appetite,  etc.,  compose  a  class  of 
ailments  greater  than  all  others  combined.  It  is  ex- 
actly for  these  indescribable  complaint!  that  Plan- 
tation Bitters  are  prepared.  It  is  for  the  relief 
of  these  same  complaints  they  have  become  so  fa- 
mous. Hence  it  is  that  they  are  so  extensively  used 
by  clergymen,  merchants,  ladies,  and  persons  of  se- 
dentary habits.  They  are  as  pleasant  to  the  taste  as 
they  are  beneficial  to  the  Stomach.  The  extent  of 
their  sale  is  almost  incredible. 


Intrinsic  virtue  alone  could  ever  insure  the 
■uccess  met  by  the  Mexican  Mustang  Liniment. 
For  Rheumatism,  Neuralgia,  Cuts,  Bruises,  Burns, 
Swellings,  etc.,  upon  man,  or  Spavin,  Ringbone, 
Poll  Evil,  Scratches,  Strains,  etc. ,  upon  beasts,  its 
effects  are  instantaneous,  soothing  and  wonderful, 
ltsaves  time,  siideriug  and  expense  tohaveit  always 
in  the  house.  None  genuine  unless  in  a  steel  plate 
label,  with  signature  of  G.  VV.  Westbrook,  and  hav* 
ing  stamp  ot  Demas  Barnes  &  Co.,  over  top.  Sold 
by  all  dealers.  • 


Lyon's  Kathairon  is  a  most  delightful 
article  as  a  Hair  Dressing — to  eradicate  scurf  and 
dandruff,  to  keep  it  clean,  soft  and  silky,  and  the 
head  cool.  It  also  prevents  the  hair  from  falling  off 
nd  turning  gray,  and  promotes  its  growth  upon  pre 
maturely  bald  heads.    It  is  sold  by  all  dealers. 

E.  THOMAS  LYON,  N.  Y. 


Lyon's  Extract  of  Pore  Jamaica  Ginger — 

for  Indigestion,  Nausea,  Heartburn,  Sick  Headache, 
Cholera  Morbus,  Flatulency,  etc.,  where  a  warming 
stimulant  is  required.  Its  careful  preparation  and 
entire  purity  make  it  a  cheap  and  reliable  article  for 
culinary  purposes.  Sold  everywhere,  at  50  cents 
per  bottle.  Ask  for  "  Lyon's"  Pure  Extract  Take 
no  otu#  *7ia 


No  Forfeiting. — Heretofore,  if  a  personiholding 
a  Lite  Policy  became  unfortunate,  and  could  not 
raise  the  sum  of  money  required  to  pay  his  next  pre- 
mium, his  policy  was  declared  forfeited.  The 
Brooklyn  Like  Insurance  Company  of  New 
York  has  decided  to  make  every  policy  it  issues 
NONFORFEITABLE,  giving  a  PAID-UP 
POLICY  to  the  party  if  unable  to  continue  his 
payments  of  premiums.  The  dividends  of  the 
Brooklyn  Life  Insurance  Company  are  settled  annu- 
ally in  cash.  This  plan  is  far  more  acceptable  to 
insurers  than  at  the  end  of  three  or  live  years,  as  in 
other  companies.  The  Brooklyn  Life  Insurance 
Company  allows  thirty  days  grace  in  the  payment 
of  premiums.  Its  policies  are  incontestable,  and  its 
losses  are  promptly  paid.  The  Brooklyn  Life  Insu- 
rance Company  offers  every  known  plan  of  Life 
and  Endowment  Insurance.  Get  a  pamphlet  at  the 
office,  240  Montgomery  street,  southeast  corner  ot 
Pine,  from  Stephen  T.  King,  General  Manager,  or 
David  B.  Arrowsmith,  Local  Agent. 

MEDICAL  ADVICE. 
Dr.  Wm.  K.  Doherty's  Medical  and  Surgical 
Institute  ia  becoming  a  sine  qua  non  to  the  welfare 
of  our  State  and  health  of  our  citizens  ;  and  his 
rapidly  spreading  reputation,  although  it  may  excite 
surprise,  is  but  the  signal  of  skill,  and  follows  as  the 
natural  effect  of  such  a  cause.  We  are  personally 
acquainted  with  gentlemen  who  had  Buffered  for 
years  under  chronic  disease,  and  who  had  taken  ad- 
vantage of  every  available  means  that  promised 
relief,  hut  without  success,  until  they  called  upon 
Dr.  Doherty,  who,  in  an  incredibly  short  space  of 
time,  has  given  them  entire  relief.  It  is  gratifying 
to  announce  this  fact,  because  the  Doctor  is  a  gentle- 
man who  seeks,  not  by  defamation  of  others,  to  es- 
tablish his  leputation,  or  to  rear  the  superstructure  of 
his  own  upon  the  ruin  of  another's  fame.  The  Doc- 
tor conducts  his  Institute  in  a  manner  that  must  be 
gratifying  to  all  his  patients.  He  examines,  hears, 
advises,  and  recommends,  without  charge,  and  the 
patient,  after  hearing  his  terms  for  treatment,  can 
accept  or  reject  at  pleasure.  In  no  case  does  the 
Doctor  make  a  charge  unless  he  effects  a  cure.  This 
he  is  able  to  do,  because  he  feels  the  confidence 
which  long  experience  has  given,  and  uo  doubt  the 
consolation  which  appertains  to  that  confidence. 
Persons  afflicted  with  either  acute  or  chronic  disease, 
would  do  well  to  consult  the  Doctor  ;  at  all  events, 
it  can  do  no  harm,  as  for  consultation  he  asks  no  fee  ; 
nor  does  he  insist  on  obedience  to  his  advice  uulees 
the  patient  places  himself  uuder  his  care.  His  offices 
are  on  Sacramento  street,  opposite  the  Pacific  Mail 
Steamship  office.  —  San  Francisco  News. 

Photography. — The  pictures  taken  in  this  city 
are  far  superior  to  those  taken  in  the  East  and  Eu- 
rope. We  account  for  this  simply  from  our  atmos 
phere,  which  is  lighter  and  clearer  than  any  other 
And  this  is  why  so  many  arriving  here  have  noticed 
how  much  better  pictures  look  here  than  at  home 
The  best  gallery  to  seek  out  is  one  which  has  the 
most  light,  and  with  few  high  buildings  surrounding 
it.  The  New  York,  on  the  east  side  side  of  Third 
street,  a  few  doors  below  Market,  has  more  lighj 
than  any  other  in  the  city,  and  their  , pictures  give 
more  satisfaction,  and  are  far  cheaper  than  those 
from  Montgamery  street  galleries. 

All  Good  Judges  of  Pianos  agree  that 
Frisbee  &.  Scott  have  the  finest  and  largest  stock  of 
Pianos  in  this  city.  They  are  agents  of  the  celebrat- 
ed firms  of  Caleuberg  &.  Vaupel,  of  New  York,  and 
Kuabe  &  Co.,  Baltimore.  There  is  certainly  not  an 
instrument  equal  to  those  imported  by  them.  Mr. 
Gusvav  A.  Scott  pays,  also,  particular  attention  to 
having  their  stock  of  foreign  and  American  sheet 
music  equal  to  any  New  York  store.  They  keep  at 
No.  «!  Montgomery  Btreet,  Masonic  Temple. 


Jacob  Shew  &,  Co.,  No.  315  Montgomery  street, 
near  Pine,  take  First-Class  Photographs,  of  all 
kinds,  at  the.  lowest  scale  of  prices  adopted  by  the 
Associated  Photographers.  Photographs  retouched 
in  the  highest  style  of  the  art. 


J)EMOCRATIC  CANDIDATE 

FOB 

TAX  COLLECTOR, 

HENRY  A.  COBB, 

OF  THE  FIRM  OF  COBB  &  SINTON, 
jy21  NO.  407  CALIFORNIA  STREET. 


venders  of  wonders  i 

TO  BE  SEEN  ONLY  AT  TUE 

Pacific  Museum  of  Anatomy  and  Science, 

Eureka  Theatre,  Montgomery  street, 
J&27-tf  between  California  and  Pine. 


A  SUMMER  AND  WINTER  MEDICINE. 

"  Great  oaks  from  little  acorns  grow." 

The  worst  diseases  known  to  the  human  race 
spring  from  causes  so  small  as  to  almost  defy  detec- 
tion. The  volumes  of  scientific  lore  that  fill  the 
tables  and  shelves  of  the  medical  fraternity  only  go 
to  prove  and  elaborate  these  facts. 

Then  guard  yourselves  while  you  may.  The 
smallest  pimple  on  the  skin  is  a  tell  tale  and  indica- 
tor of  disease.  It  may  fade  and  die  away  from  the 
surface  of  the  body,  hut  it  will  reach  the  vitils,  per- 
haps, at  last,  and  death  be  the  result  and  final  close. 
Maggiel's  Bilious,  Dyspeptic  and  Diarrhoea  Pills 
cure  where  all  others  fail.  While  for  Burns,  Scalds, 
Chilblains,  Cuts,  and  all  abrasions  of  the  skin,  Mag- 
giel's Salve  is  infallible.  Sold  by  J.  Maggiel,  43 
Fulton  street,  New  York,  and  all  Druggists,  at  25 
cents  per  box. 


Read  the  Testimony  of  a  few  of  the  many  Eminent 
Clergymen  and  their  Families  of  New  York  city,  who, 
having  used  the  Sozodont  for  a  long  time  past,  are  con- 
vinced ot  its  excellent  and  invaluable  qualities,  and  give 
it  their  cordial  commendation  : 

Rev.   THOMAS  DEWITT,  Pastor  Collegiate 

Ref.  Dutch  Church,  Lafayette  Place. 
Rev.  J.  W.  ALEXANDER,  D.  D. ,  Presbyterian 

Church,  Fifth  Avenue. 
Rev.  J.  B.  WAKELE  Y,  M.  E.  City  Missionary. 
Rev.  W.  F.  MORGAN,  D.D.,  Rector  St.  Thomas 

Church,  Broadway. 
Rev.  E.  H.  CHAP1N.  D.  D.,  Pastor  Fourth  Uni- 

versaiist  Church,  Broadway. 
Rev.  SAMUEL  COOKE,  D.D.,  Rector  St.  Bar- 
tholomew's Chuich,  Lafayette  Place. 
Rev.  SAMUEL  OSGOOD,  D.D.,  Pastor  Church 

of  Messiah,  Broadway. 
Rev.  B.  M.  ADAMS,  M.  E.  Church,  Duane  street. 
Rev.  HEMAN  BANGS,  late  Pastor  Centenary 

M.  E.  Church,  Brooklyn. 
Rev.  W.  S.  MIKELS,  Pastor  Baptist  Church, 

Sixteenth  street. 
Rev.  GEO.  POTTS,  D.D.,  Pastor  Presbyterian 

Church,  University  Place. 
Rev.  E.  E.  RANKIN, Pastor  Presbyterian  Church 

Forty  second  street. 
Rev.  T.  E.  VERM1LYE,  D.  D.,  Pastor  of  Co 

Dutch  Reformed,  Lafayette  Place. t 

FROM  G.  F.  J.  COLBURN,  DOCTOR  DENTAL  SUR- 
GERY, NEWARK,  N.  J. 
The  Popular  Deutritice  known  as  Van  Buskirk's  11  SO 
ZODONT,"  besides  being  a  very  pleasant  addition  to  the 
toilet,  contains  ingredients  that,  if  used  according  to  the 
directions,  will  prove  of  the  greatest  utility  to  the  health 
of  the  mouth  and  teeth. 

BEWARE  OF  IMITATIONS  I 
Sold  by  all  Druggists  and  Perfumers. 

HALL  &  RTJCKEL, 

jc2  4m  NEW  YORK. 


ALL'S  SARSAPARILLA, 
YELLOW  DOCK  AND  IODIDE  POTASS, 

TUB 

Best  Blood  Purifier  Known. 

Persons  that  are  troubled  with  Rheumatism, 
Scrofula,  Neuralgia,  Morbid  Liver,  Salt 
Rheum,  Pimples,  Boils,  or  any  of  the  many 
diseases  that  originate  from  Impure  Blood, 
would  find  it  much  to  their  advantage  to  give 
this  justly  celebrated  article  a  trial.  One  or 
two  bottles  are  quite  sufficient  to  convince  the 
most  skeptical  of  its  merits.  It  contains 
neither  Spirit,  ARSENIC  nor  MERCURY 
which  cannot  be  truly  said  of  any  other  prepa- 
tion  called  "  Sarsaparilla." 

&HEPARDSON  &.  GATES,  Proprietors, 

ap7-3m      N.  W.  cor.  Sausome  and  Commercial-streets. 


jJEMOCRATIO 

CANDIDATE  FOR 


Chief  of  Police, 
P.  J.  WHITE, 

OF  THE  FIRM  OF  P.  J.  WHITE  Js  CO., 
aull  No.  112  Front  street. 


rJIHE  CALIFORNIAN'S 
SAN  FRANCISCO  BUSINESS  DIRECTORY. 

BOWLING  ALLEYS. 
Wholers  it  Steil,Piue  and  Montgomery,  (Russ  House.) 

BOOKS. 

A.  Geusoul,  511  Montgomery. 

A.  Roman  &  Co.,  417  and  419  Montgomery  street. 

BOOTS  AND  SHOES. 
Finch  &  Co. ,  133  Montgomery  street. 
Weutwortu,  Hobart  k  Co.  (wholesale  manufac.)  210  Fine 

CLOTHING. 
H  M.  Lockwood  &  Co.,  624  Clay  street. 
J.  R.  Mead  &  Co.,  corner  Montgumery  and  Bush  streets 
William  Sherman,  412  Sausome.  corner  Commercial. 
Quiney  Hall,  545,  547,  and  549  Washington  street. 

COAL  OIL,  LAMPS,  ETC. 
Dell,  Cranna  &  Co.  (whoicsale)  513  Front  street. 
A.  C.  Dietz  k  Co.,  (wholesale,)  621  Front  street. 

DENTISTS. 
Dr.  Blake,  removed  to  Third,  corner  Mission. 
Dr.  A.  N.  Clark  (late  Kuowles  4i  Clark)  removed  to  410 
Kearny. 

Dr.  Wm.  B.  McAllister, 221  Third  street. 
Whitcomb  k  Dyer,  205  Third,  near  Howard. 

DANCING  ACADEMY. 
Coghill's,  Congress  Hall.  Bush,  above  Montgomery 
Fuller  4t  McCarthy,  727  Market,  near  Third. 

DRY  GOODS. 

Meagher,  TaafTe  &  Co..  9  Montgomery  street. 
Mosgrove  &  Blakely,  222  Third,  near  Howard. 
Buyce  k  Reich,  S  W  corner  Jackson  and  Stockton. 

• 

DRUGGISTS. 

R.  H.  McDonald  &  Co.,  (Wholesale)  Sansome,  cor.  Pine* 
Shepardsun  k  Gates,  (successors  to  R.  Hall  &  Co.,)  cor- 
uer  Sansome  and  Commercial. 

EDUCATIONAL  INSTITUTIONS. 
Cal.  Collegiate  Iustitute,  Miss  M.  Lammoud,  68  Silver. 
Miel  Institute,  Miss  Florence  James,  55  South  Park. 
Pacific  Business  College,  751  Market  street,  above  Third. 
Prof.  Williams'  Commercial  Academy,  869  Mission  St. 

FURNITURE. 
Goodwin  4:  Co.,  510  and  528  Washington  streets. 
J.  Peirce,  415,  417  and  419  California  street, 

GROCERS. 
N.  Boschen,  corner  Fifth  and  Mini. a. 
Slosson  &  Ladd,  southwest  corner  Folsom  and  First. 
J  J.  Miller,  corner  Sutter  and  Leavenworth. 
Haskell  &  Co. ,  Market  and  Sutter  sts,  below  the  Market 
W.  M.  Noble  &  Co.,  cor  Howard  and  Twelfth  streets 

HATTER. 

Lamott  (wholesale  and  retail)  227  Montgomery  street, 
HOTELS. 

Brooklyn.  John  Kelly,  Jr., Sausome,  corner  Pino. 
Chicago,  E.  W.  Henuburg  k  Co. ,  220  Pacific  street. 

INSURANCE. 
Mutual  Life  Ins.  Co. ,  H.  S.  Homans,  Agent,  609  Clay. 
Manhattan,  R.  B.  Swaiu  4iCo. .  Ag'ts,206  Front,  cor  Call 
National  Ins.  Co.,  N.E.  cor.  Montgomery  and  California. 
Occidental  Ins.  Co. ,  S.  W.  cor.  Moutgom'y  and  California'. 
Pacitic  Ins.  Co. ,  436  California  street. 
Brooklyn  Lite,  S  T  King,  agent,  S  E  cor  Montg'y  k  Pin 

LADIES'   BIJOUTERIE,  CLOAKS,  ETC. 
Rosenblatt's,  123  and  125  Montgomery  street. 

LIVERY  AND  SALE  STABLE. 

Philip  Morshcad,  removed  to  Howard,  near  Fifth. 
MAPS. 

Pacific  Map  Depot,  A.  Gcnsoul,  511  Montgomery. 

MERCHANT  TAILORS. 
J.  H.  Hammond  removed  to  328  Montgomery. 

PHOTOGRAPHIC  GALLERIES. 
New  York,  B.  F.  Howland  proprietor,  25  Third  street, 

below  Market. 

PIANOS,  MUSIC,  ETC. 
M.  Gray,  613  Clay  street. 

W.  S.  Pierce,  i emoved  to  534  Market,  opposite  Second 

PHOTOGRAPHS,  CUTLERY,    SPECTACLES,  ETC. 
Lawrence  k  Houscworth,  317  and  319  Montgomery  st. 

RESTAURANTS. 
Bivalve,  Nolticg  is  Sp-een,  640  Market,  near  Kearny. 
Eureka,  C.  H.  Brickwedell  k  Co. ,  (  lay,  near  Mootgoro'y 
Ladies'  Refreshment  Saloon,  Swain  4:  Brown,  636  Market 

Magnolia,  143  Third  street. 

Market,  by  Felix  and  Gustnve  Besson,  520  Merchaut. 
Philadelphia,  Jacob  Weiss,  308  Montgomery  street. 
Helvetia,  Johujury  k  Bros.  ,524  Merchant  street. 
Saulmann's,  506  Montgomery  street. 

SALOONS. 

Russell  &  Holding's  Exchange,  622  Market  street 
Charter  Oak,  Frank  Kelly,  N.E.  cor  Third  and  Howard 
Razzetti  Is  Co.'s.  527  Washington,  above  the  Market. 
Jones'  Sample  Rooms,  S.E.  cor.  Montgomery  and  Cal. 
S  Myers,  332  Montgomery  street. 
V.  Squarza.  44  Lciuesdorff  street. 
'      Sun  Burst,  Carolin  k  McArdle,  cor.  Second  and  Market. 
Coutcs  4:  Henderson,  37  Sutter  street. 

SCALES. 

Fairbanks  k  Hutchinson,  Depot  for  Fairbanks'  Scale* 
I   334  Montgomery  street. 

SEWING  MACHINES. 
Grover  k  Baker,  R.  1  .  Brown,  116  Montgomery. 
The  Florence,  office  111  Montgomery  street. 
Wheeler  &  Wilson,  corner  Montgomery  and  Sacramento 

TOYS,  ETC. 
Feldbush  k  Co.,  207  Montgomery  street. 
A.  Kohler,  620  Washington  street. 

UPHOLSTERER. 
T.  McAllister,  corner  Sutter  and  Leavenworth. 

WATER-CURE  INSTITUTE. 
Dr  Bourne's  Pioneer,  10  Post,  near  Montgomery 


IJNION  CANDIDATE 


FOK 


City  and   County  Attorney, 


H.  M.  HASTINGS. 


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p  A  C  I  F  I  C 

BUSINESS  COLLEGE, 

751  MARKET  STREET, 

(BETWEEN  THIRD  AND  FOURTH,) 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 


AN  INSTITUTION  designed  to  prepare  boys,  young  and 
middle-aged  men  for  the  active  duties  of  business  iu  the 
shortest  time  possible  and  at  the  least  expense.  For 
"COLLEGE  REVIEW,"  giving  information,  call  at  the 
College,  or  address  E.  P.  HEALD,  President. 

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AWARDED  the  HIGHEST  PREMIUM 

AT  THE 

State  Fair  of  California, 

The  only  Fair  on  the  PaciQc  coast  at  wtich  any  two 
double-thread  Machines  were  exhibited  in  competition  in 

1865. 

If  there  is  a  FLORENCE  SEWING  MA- 
chine  within  one  thousand  miles  of  this  office 
that  is  not  working  well,  it  will  be  attended 
to  if  I  am  informed  of  it,  without  expense  to 
the  owner.  SAMUEL  HILL, 

General  Agent, 
111  Montgomery  Btreet,  San  FranciBCO. 

THE 


FLORENCE 


SEWING  MACHINE 

RECEIVED  THE  FIRST  PREMIUM,  A  GOLD  MEDAL, 
at  the  Great  Exhibition  of  the 

AMERICAN  INSTUTE,  -  -  -  New  York, 
1  8  6  5. 

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OTICE  TO  TAX-PAYERS. 


CLERK'S  OFFICE,  BOARD  OF  SUPERVISORS,  \ 
San  fmncisco,  August  13.  1866.  J 
Public  notice  is  hereby  giveu  that  the  Bnoks  of  the  Real 
Estate  anil  Military  Assessment  Rolls  of  the  city  and 
county  of  San  Francisco  for  the  fiscal  year  1866-'67,  will 
be  open  for  examination  in  this  office  from  9  a.  h.  to  4 
o'clock  P.  M.,  during  the  sitting  of  the  Board  of  Equaliza- 
tion. 

A  Committee  of  the  Board  oi  Equalization  will  be  in 
eession  in  the  chambers  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  daily 
(Sundays  excepted)  from  1  to  3  o'clock  p.  m.  ,  until  further 
notice,  for  the  purpose  of  receiving  and  considering  appli- 
cations for  the  alterations  or  reduction  of  assessment  upon 
Beat  Estate. 

All  applications  for  reduction  of  assessments  are  re- 
qnired  to  be  verified  by  each.  (See  Statutes  of  1863-*64, 
page  189.)  JAS  W.  BINGHAM, 

aul8  Clerk  of  Board  of  Supervisors. 


£JANTY  &  WAGNER, 

(SUCCESSORS  TO  J.  REGAN,) 
WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL 

Confectioners, 

111  Montgomery  street,  bet.  Bush  and  Sutter. 

N.  B. — All  candies  sold  by  us  arc  warranted  to  be  man- 
ufactured from  Stewart's  double-refined  Sugar ,  and  to  be 
equal  to  any  manufactured  iu  the  State.  Country  mer- 
chants solicited  to  examine  our  stock  and  prices.  Goods 
delivered,  to  any  part  of  the  city  free  of  charge,  my2l-3m 


Y  E  R  '  S 

PILLS 


ARE  TOTJ  SICK,  FEEBLE 
and  complaining?  Are  you 
out  of  order,  with  your  sys 
tem  deranged  and  your  feel- 
ings uncomfortable  ?  These 
symptoms  are  often  the  pre 
lude  to  serious  illuess.  Some 
lit  of  sickness  is  creeping 
upon  you,  and  should  be 
averted  by  a  timely  use  of 
the  right  remedy.  At  once 
TAKE  AYER'S  PILLS, 
and  cleanse  out  the  disor- 
dered humors,  purify  the  blood,  and  let  tile  i.uiug  iw>re 
on  unobstructed  in  health  again.  They  stimulate  the 
functions  of  the  body  into  vigorous  activity,  purify  the 
system  from  the  obstructions  which  make  disease.  A 
cold  settles  somewhere  in  the  body,  and  deranges  its  nat- 
ural functions.  These,  il  not  relieved,  react  upon  them- 
selves and  the  surrounding  organs,  producing  gener\l 
aggravation,  suffering  and  derangement.  While  in  thii 
condition, 

TAKE  AYER'S  PILLS, 

and  see  how  directly  tpey  restore  the  natural  action  of  the 
system,  and  with  it  the  buoyant  feeling  of  health  ngain . 
What  is  true  and  so  apparent  iu  this  trivial  and  common 
complaint  is  also  true  in  many  of  the  deep-seated  and 
dangerous  distempers.  The  same  purgative  effect  expeis 
them.  Caused  by  similar  obstructions  and  derangements 
of  the  natural  Junctions  of  the  body  they  are  rapidly 
and  many  of  them  surely  cured  by  the  same  means. 
None  who  know  tne  virtue  of  these  Pills  will  neglect  to 
employ  them  when  suffering  from  the  disorders  they  cure, 
such  as  Headache,  Foul  Stomach,  Dysentery,  Bilious  Com- 
plaints. Indigestion,  Derangement  of  the  Liver,  Costivc- 
ness,  Constipation,  Heartburn,  Rheumatism,  Dropsy, 
Worms  and  Suppression,  when  taken  in  large  doses. 

They  are  Sugar-Coated,  so  that  the  most  sensitive  can 
take  them  easily,  aud  they  are  surely  the  best  purgative 
medicine  yet  discovered. 

Prepared  by  J.  C.  AYER  &  CO.,  Lowell,  Mass. ,  and  sold 

•>y 

CRANE  &  BRIGHAM,  San  Francisco, 
jy26  2m  and  all  Dealers. 


CT.  MARY'S  COLLEGE, 

San  Francisco,  Cat. 

THE  FOURTH  ANNUAL  SESSION  of  the  above  Insti- 
tution commenced  July  30th,  1866. 

Toe  age  for  admission  is  from  seven  to  fifteen  years. 
For  those  more  than  fifteen  years  of  ape,  it  will  be  neces- 
sary to  have  testimonials  of  good  character  from  respect- 
able parties, 

TERMS. 

Board  and  Tuition  per  session,  (of  10  to  11  months^  $175 
Washinp,  Mendinp  of  Linen,  etc.,  for  same  period,  25 

No  extra  charges,  save  for  Music  and  Drawing,  which 
are  three  oollars  a  month  each. 

In  case  of  withdrawal,  (except  for  sickness  or  parents 
leaving  the  country,)  the  party  will  forfeit  a  quarter  ses- 
sion, or  the  remaining  portion  of  the  half  term. 

The  Pension  to  be  paid  at  least  half-yearly  in  advance; 
also,  such  sum  to  be  deposiieil  as  will  be  sufficient  to  pay 
the  traveling  expenses  of  the  student  to  his  place  of  resi- 
dence, and  other  contingent  expenses,  such  as  books, 
clothes,  etc. 

No  Student  will  be  received  without  such  deposit. 

The  terms  are  so  reduced  (less  than  one-half  the  usual 
charges  in  this  State)  that  the  Institution  can  be  con- 
ducted only  on  a  rigid  cash  principle  ;  hence  any  failure 
iu  remittinp  the  Pension  will  oblipe  tb«  aulhoritirs  of  the 
College  to  charge  ten  per  cent,  additional,  or  forward  the 
student  to  his  parents  or  guardian. 

Though  it  be  a  Catholic  Institution,  yet  pupils  of  all 
denominations  will  be  admitted,  and  their  religions  con- 
victions respected  ;  but,  for  the  sake  of  uniformity,  all 
will  be  required  to  be  present  at  the  public  religious  exer- 
cises. 

Bedding,  towels,  etc.,  will  be  furnished  by  the  Institu- 
tion, to  defray  the  cost  of  which  ten  dol  ars  will  be  paid, 
once  only,  by  each  pupil,  as  an  entrance  fee. 

Each  pupil  is  required  to  be  provided  with  a  neat  black 
suit  for  Sundays,  and  two  other  plain  suits,  three  pairs  of 
boots,  will)  sufficient  linen,  stockines,  etc. 

Five  dollars  will  also  be  charged  annually  for  medicines 
and  medical  attendance. 

au4  lm  REV  P.  J.  GRET,  President. 


CARD 


Great  Sale  of  Fine  Clothing. 

OUR  WHOLE  STOCK  OF  FINE  CLOTHING  and  Gents' 
Furnishing  Goods,  for  the  next 

THIRTY  DAYS, 
At  Prices  that  Challenge  Competition. 

IT  MUST  BE  SOLI),  TO  MAKE  ROOM  FOR  OUR  FALL 
AND  WINTER  STOCK. 

J.  R.  MEAD  &  CO., 

Corner  Bush  and  Montgomery  streets,  and  corner  Sansome 
und  Washington  streets,  San  Francisco. 

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OOD  NEWS  FOR  THE  PEOPLE. 


Teeth  Extracted  Without  Pain 

BY  THE 

ANESTHETIC  SPRAY  PRODUCER, 

WITHOUT  EXTRA  CHARGE. 


Tartial  to  a  full  Upper  Pet  of  Teeth,  for 
from  $10  to  $26,  as  usual.    Filling  with 
best  Cement,  $1  ;  with  Gold,  from  $1  to 
$3.    All  work  warranted. 
Office,  139  Fourth  stroet,  near  Howard. 
au4-3Bi  J.  P.  CROWELL,  Dentist. 


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INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

&  W«  Cor.  MONTGOMERY  and  CALIFORNIA  STREETS 
INDIVIDUAL  LIABILITY. 

CAPITAL  STOCK,  $300,000 

LOSSES  PAW  IN  UNITED  S1ATES  GOLD  COIN. 

THIS  COMPANY  will  insure  against  loss  by  Fire  on  any 
DwelliDg  House,  Buildings,  Merchandise  or  other  property, 
situated  in  the  State  of  California.  The  largest  sum  they 
will  lake  on  any  one  risk  is  thirty  thousand  dollars. 

CHRISTOPHER  CHRISTIANSEN,  President. 
J.  GREENEBAUM,  Vice  President 
B.  Rothschild,  Seerotary.  mh2S-tf 


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rpHE  LIGHT  OF  THE  WORLD. 

DR.  MAGGIEL'S 

Pills  and  Salr  e. 


These  Life-giving  remedies  are  now,  for  the  first 
time,  given  publicly  to  the  world.  For  over  a  quar- 
ter of  a  century  of  private  practice  the  ingredients  in 
these 

LIFE-GIVING  PILLS! 

Have  been  used  with  the  greatest  success.  Their 
mission  is  not  onlv  to  prevent  disease,  but  to  enre. 
They  search  out  the  various  maladies  by  which  the 
patient  is  suffering,  and  re-invigorate  the  failing  sys- 
tem. To  the  aged  and  infirm  a  few  doses  of  these 
valuable  PILLS  will  prove  to  be 

A  VERY  FOUNTAIN  OF  YOUTH, 
For  in  every  case  they  add  new  life  and  vitality, 
and  restore  the  waning  energies  to  their  pristine 
state.  To  the  young  and  middle  aged,  they  will 
prove  most  invaluable,  as  a  ready,  specific,  and 
sterling  medicine.  Here  is  a  dream  realized,  that 
Ponce-dc-Leon  sought  for  three  hundred  years  ago, 
and  never  found.  He  looked  for  a  fountain  that 
would  restore  the  old  to  vigor  and  make  youth  ever 

AN   ETERNAL  SPRING! 

It  was  left  for  this  day  and  hour  to  realize  the 
dream,  and  show  iu  one  glorious  fuct,  the  magic  that 
made  it  fair. 

THESE  FAMOUS  REMEDIES 

Cannot  stay  the  flight  of  years,  but  they  can  force 
back,  and  hold  aloof,  diseases  that  might  triumph 
over  the  aged  and  the  young.  Let  none  hesitate 
then,  but  seize  the  favorable  epportuuity  that  oners. 
When  taken  as  prescribed — 

FOR  BILLIOUS  DISORDERS 
Nothing  can  be  more  productive  of  cure  than  these 
Pills.  Their  almost  magic  influence  is  felt  at  once  ; 
and  the  usual  concomitants  of  this  most  distressing 
disease  are  removed.  These  remedies  are  made 
from  the  purest 

VEGETABLE  COMPOUSD. 
They  will  not  harm  the  most  delicate  female,  and 
can  be  given  with  good  etfect  iu  prescribed  doses  to 
the  youngest  bahc. 

FOR  CUTANEOUS  DISORDERS 
And  all  eruptions  of  the  skin,  the  SALVE  is  most 
invaluable.    It  docs  not  heal  externally  alone,  but 
penetrates  witu  the  most  searching  effects  to  the  very 
root  of  the  evil  I 

Dr.  Maggiel's  Pills 

Invariably  cure  the  following  diteatet : 
Asthma, 

Bowel  Complaints, 
Coughs, 
Colds, 

Chest  Diseases, 
Coetiveness, 
Dyspepsia, 
Diarrhoea, 
Dropsy, 
Debility, 

Female  Complaints,  Fever  and  Ague 

Headache, 
Indigestion, 

Illtlllrll/;i. 

Inflammation, 

Inward  Weakness, 
Liver  Complaint, 
Low  net*  of  Spirits, 
Ringworm, 

Rheumatism, 
Salt  Rheum, 
Scalds, 

Skin  Diseases- 

Notice.  —  None  genuine  without  the  engraved 
trade-mark  around  each  pot  or  box,  signed  by  Dr.  J. 
Macgiel,  43  Fulton  st.,  New  York,  to  counterfeit 
which  is  felony. 

|y  Sold  by  all  respectable  Dealers  in  Medicines 
throughout  the  United  States— at  Ub  cents  per  box  or 

pou  R.  H.  Mcdonald  &  co., 

Corner  Sansome  and  Pine, 
apl4-ly  Agents  for  Pacific  Coast. 


NATURE  UNVEILED, 
AT  THE 

PACIFIC  MUSEUM  OF  ANATOMY  AND  SCIENCE 

Eureka  Theatre,  Montgomery  street, 
ja27-t{  between  California  and  Pin*. 


August  25th] 


THE  CALIFORNIAN. 


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UNITED  STATES  STAMP  DUTIES. 
As  Amended  March  3,  1865. 

ABKFCLLT  REVISED  AND   CORRECTED    FOB  IDE  CAUFOBXIAN. 
PENALTIES. 

Penalty  for  making,  signing,  or  issuing  any  instru- 
ment, document,  or  paper  of  any  kind  whatsoever, 
■without  the  same  being  duly  stamped,  for  denoting 
tbe  duty  hereby  imposed  thereon,  $50 ;  and  the 
instrument  shall  be  deemed  invalid  and  of  no  effect ; 
or  for  counterfeiting  stamps  or  dies,  $1,000,  and  im- 
prisonment to  hard  labor  not  exceeding  five  years. 
For  making,  signing,  issuing,  accepting,  or  paying 
any  bill  of  exchange,  draft,  order,  or  note  without 
etamp,  $300.  For  selling  proprietary  cosmetics, 
matches,  photographs,  etc.,  without  proper  stamps, 
$10.    For  removing  stamps  on  these  articles,  $50. 

STAMP  DUTIES. 
Agreement  Contract  or  Appraisement,  not  other- 
wise speci lied,  each  sheet  or  piece  of  paper.  -$0  05 
Assignment  of  Mortgage,  Lease,  or  Policy  of  In- 
surance, same  as  original  instrument.  Assign- 
ment of  Patent  Right   05 

Bank  Checks,  Drafts  or  orders,  exceeding  $10, 

at  sight  or  on  demand  ,   02 

Bills  of  Exchange,  (inland,)  or  draft  otherwise 
tlun  at  sight  or  on  demand,  or  promissory  note 
except  bank  notes  for  circulation,)  or  any 
memorandum,  check  or  receipt,  or  any  evi- 
dence of  an  amount  of  money  payable  on  de- 
mand or  at  a  designated  time,  for  a  sum  not 

exceeding  $100   05 

Every  additional  $100,  or  fractional  part. ..  05 
Bill  of  Exchange,  (foreign,)  or  letter  of  credit, 
drawn  in,  but  payable  out  of  the  U.  S.,if 
drawn  singly,  the  same  rates  as  inland  bills  of 
exchange,  or  promissory  notes. 

If  drawn  in  sets  of  three  or  more,  for  each 
bill  of  the  set,  where  the  sum  shall  not  ex- 
ceed $100  or  its  equivalent  in  any  foreign  cur- 
rency in  which  such  bill  may  be  expressed, 
according  to  the  standard  value  lixed  by  U.  S.  02 
Every  additional  $100,  or  fractional  part...  02 
Bill  of  Lading,  or  receipt  for  any  merchandise 
or  effects,  to  be  exported  to  a  foreign  port  or 

place   10 

Bill  of  Sale,  conveying  any  ship  or  vessel,  or 
any  part  thereof,  where  the  considerationuoes 

not  exceed  $500   50 

For  every  additional  $500,  or  fractional  part 

thereof   50 

Bill  of  Sale  of  personal  property  other  than 

ships  or  vessels  ;   05 

Bond,  indemnifying  any  person  for  the  payment 
of  money,  where  the  amount  recoverable  is 

$1,000  or  less   50 

For  every  additional  $1,000,  or  fractional 

part  thereof  .   50 

Bond  for  the  due  performance  of  the  duties  of 

any  office   1  00 

Bond  of  any  other  description,  except  such  as 
may  be  required  in  legal  proceedings,  or  used 
in  "connection  with  mortgage  deeds,  and  not 

otherwise  charged  in  this  schedule   25 

Charter-Party,  ship,  vessel  or  steamer,  not  over 
150  tons,  $1 ;  150  to  300  tons,  $3  ;  300  to  600 

tons,  $5;  over  600  tons  10  00 

Certificate  of  Profits,  or  any  memorandum  show- 
ing an  interest  in  property,  or  accumulations 
of  any  incorporated  company,  for  a  sum  not 

less  tnan  $10  nor  exceeding  $50   10 

Exceeding  $50  and  not  $f,000   25 

For  every  additional  $1,000  or  fraet'al  part  25 
Certificate  ot  Damage,  and  all  other  certificates 
or  documents  issacd  by  Port  Wardens  or  Ma- 
rine Surveyors,  or  other  persons  acting  as  such  25 
Certificate  ot  Deposit,  not  exceeding  the  sum  of 

$100,  2  cents  ;  exceeding  $100   05 

Certificate  of  stock  in  any  incorporated  coinp'y,  25 

Certificates,  other  than  specified   05 

Contract,  broker's  note  or  memorandum  of  sale 
of  goods,  stocks,  bonds,  exchange  notes  of 
baud,  real  estate,  or  other  description  of  prop- 
erty, issued  by  any  person  acting  as  a  broker, 

for  each  note  or  memorandum  of  sale   10 

Deed  or  Conveyance  of  Real  Estate,  value  not 
over  $500,  50c.  ;   every  additional  $500,  or 

fractional  part  thereof   50 

Entry  of  Goods  at  any  custom-house,  value  not 
over  $100,  25c;  over  $100  and  not  over  $500, 

50c;  over  $500  1  00 

For  the  withdrawal  of  goods  from  bonded 

warehouse   50 

Sanger's  Returns,  quarterly,  for  quantity  not 

over  500  galls,  gross,  10c;  over  500  galls,  gr.  25 
Insurance  (Marine,  Inland  and  Fire)  policy  or 
renewal,  premium  not  over  $10,  10c. ;  $10  to 
$50,  25c  ;  over  $50,  50c.  ;  Life  policy,  under 
$1 ,000, 25c;  $1 ,000  to  $5,000,  50c;  over  $5,000. 1  00 
Lease  of  lands  or  tenements,  rent  not  over  $300 
per  annum,  50c. ;  each  add' I  $200  or  fraction.  50 
unit'eat,  cargo  to  foreign  port,  registered  ton 
nage  not  over  300  tons,  $1  ;  over  300  and  not 

over  600,  $3:  over  600  tons  5  00 

'easnrer's  Returns,  for  quantity  not  over  1,000 

bushels,  10c ;  over  1,000  bushels   25 

lortgage.  Trust  deed,  or  personal  bond  for  pay- 
ment of  money,  $100  to  $500,  50c;  each  addi- 
tional $500   50 

Each  assignment  of  mortgage,  lease  or  pol- 
icy of  insurance,  or  renewal  of  the  same, 
is  subject  to  same  duties  as  tbe  original, 
(edicines  or  Preparations,  Perfumery  and  Cos- 
metics— Every  package,  box,  bottle,  etc.,  re- 
tailing for  25c.  or  less   01 

Each  additional  25c.  ct  fractional  part  there- 
of, up  to  $1,  lc;  each  additional  50c.  or 

fractional  part  thereof,  over  $1   02 

'laying  Cards — Each  pack,  price  not  over  18c. 
2c;  from  18  to  25c,  4c  ;  25  to  50c,  10c;  50c. 
to  $1,  15c;  each  additional  50c  or  fractional 

part  thereof   05 

holographs,  Ambrotypes,  Daguerreotypes  or 
Sun  Pictures,  upon  each,  retailing  for  25c.  or 
less,  2c;  over  25  and  not  over  50c,  5c. ;  over 
50c.  and  not  over$l,  3c;  each  additional  $1 

or  fractional  part  thereof   05 

'assage  Ticket  to  foreign  port,  cost  not  over  $35, 
50c;  over  $35  and  not  o\er  $50,  $1 ;  every  ad- 
ditional $50  or  fractional  part  thereof  1  00 

owerof  Attorney  to  sell  or  transfer  stock,  scrip, 

bonds,  or  collect  dividends  or  int.  thereon  25 
To  vote  for  officers  of  incorporated  comp'y  or 
society  not  religious,  Charitable  or  literary, 

or  public  cemeteries......   10 

To  receive  or  collect  rents   25 

To  sell,  convey,  rent  or  lease  real  estate  1  00 

For  any  other  purpose   50 


Probate  of  Will,  or  letters  of  administration,  es- 
tate  not   over  $2,000,  $1 ;    each  additional 

$1 ,000  or  fractional  part  thereof.   50 

Protest  of  note,  bill,  acceptance,  check  or  draft,  25 
Promissory  Note — See  Hill  of  Exchange,  inland. 
Receipt  for  payment  of  money  or  debt  over  $20, 
not   being   for  satisfaction  of  mortgage, 
judgment  or  decree  of  Court,  and  receipt 

for  the  delivery  of  property   02 

Warehouse,  for  property  stored,  not  over  $500 
in  value,  10c.  ;  $500  to  $1,000,  20c.  ;  every 

additional  $1,000   10 

For  any  goods  held  in  storage,  and  not  other- 
wise provided  for   25 

Weigher's  Returns,  up  to  5,000  lbs.,  10c;  over 

5,000  lbs   25 

Writs,  or  original  process,  for  commencing  suit 
in  Court  of  record,  and  in  Court  not  of  rec- 
ord, when  amount  claimed  is  $100  or  over, 
except  before  Justices  of  the  Peace,  or  in 
court  of  no  greater  jurisdiction  as  to  dam- 
ages, or  in  suit  commenced  by  the  United 

States  or  any  State    50 

Upon  every  confession  of  judgment,  or  cogno- 
vit, for  $100  or  over,  except  where  tax  for 

a  writ  has  been  paid   50 

Writs  or  process  on  appeal  from  Justice's 
courts  and  other  courts  of  inferior  jurisdic- 
tion to  (o  rrts  of  record   50 

Warrant  of  distress — rent  claimed  under  $100, 

25c;  over  $100   50 


rjlYLER  BROTHERS, 

NO.  632  WASHINGTON  STREET, 
AND  691  MARKET  STREET,  -  -  -  -  CORNER  THIRD, 

SAN  FRANCISCO, 
IMPORTERS,  WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL  DEALERS  IN 

SCHOOL  BOOKS, 

S  T  A  T 1  ONER  Y , 

PHOTOGRAPH  ALBUMS, 
BLANK  BOOKS, 

PORTFOLIOS, 

JUVENILE  BOOKS, 
FANCY  ARTICLES, 

CH1LDRENS'  PICTURE  BOOKS,  Etc. 
Especial  attention  given  to 

LADIES'  STATIONERY, 

Which  wo  stamp  with 

INITIALS, 

In  COLORS  or  PLAIN. 


WEDDING    AND  VISITING  CARDS 

ENGRAVED,  WRITTEN,  OR  PRINTED. 

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piREMAN'S  FUND 

Insurance  Company. 

PRINCIPAL  OFFICE, 

Montgomery  street.  San  Francisco. 

Capital  fullv  paid  in  Gold  Coin  $500,000  00 

Surplus,  April  30,1866   151,824  57 

Total  Assets  $654,824  57 

Insure  against  Loss  or  Damage  by  Fire,  on  Stores, 
Dwellings,  Merchandise,  Vessels  and  Cargoes  in  Port, 
and  other  msurable  property. 

150,000  is  the  largest  amount  taken  on  any  one  risk. 
This  Companr  reinsures  whenever  tho  risks  are  deemed 
too  large  for  the  locality. 

INDIVIDUAL  LIABILITY  of  STOCKHOLDERS 

Under  the  Constitution  and  Statutes  of  California. 
ALL  LOSSES  PAID  PROMPTLY  IN  UNITED  STATES 
GOLD  COIN.  • 

W.  B.  BOURN,  President. 
D.  J.  STAPLES,  Vice  Bfesident, 
Chas.  R.  Bond,  Secretary.  aul7  3m 


gTERETT  &  CUBERY, 

PRINTERS, 

533  Clay  street,  San  Francisco. 


B.  F.  STERETT 


-   WM.  M.  CUBERV. 


We  are  prepared  to  executo  in  a  prompt  and  satisfac- 
tory manner,  all  kiuds  of  Book,  Job  and  Card  Printing  ; 
also,  Blank  Books  manufactured  and  Paper  Ruled  to 
order.  aul5 


Edward  Bosqui  &  Co., 

Printers, 

And  Blank  Book  Manufacturers, 
517  CLAY  STREET, 

Between  Montgomery  and  Sansome  Sts., 
San  Francisco. 


BOWMAN  &  CO., 
Dealers  in  Stoves  and  Tin  W  are, 
mar24-6m  Mai  street,  Petaluma. 


Q CCIDENTAL 

HOMESTEAD 

Association, 


OFFICE, 


305  MONTGOMERY  STREET. 


Capital  Stock,  $33,660. 


102  SHARES. 


EACH. 


This  Association  wae  formed  to  enable  its mem- 
bers to  obtain  desirable  homestead  lots  in  this  city  at  a 
cheap  and  easy  rate,  paying  for  the  same  by  regular 
monthly  instalments. 

For  this  purpose  they  have  purchased  Blocks  409,  600, 
and  501,  in  tbe  Western  Addition  to  this  city,  bounded  by 
Devisadero,  Pine,  Broderick  and  Clay  streets. 

Subscribers  will  pay  an  initiation  fee  of  $5  on  each 
share  taken,  to  form  a  fund  for  defraying  current  ex- 
penses, and  $11  per  month  for  thirty  months,  commen- 
cing in  April,  1S66. 

The  property  is  within  three  blocks  of  the 
TURK  STREET  RAILROAD, 

IS  NEARLY  ALL  ON  THE  GRADE, 
and  is  most  desirably  located  for  Homestead  purposes. 

It  is  diroctly  east  from  the  lands  of  the  California 
Association. 

The  property  has  been  purchased  on  very  reasonable 
terms,  and  offers  a  rare  opportunity  for  investment. 

A  number  of  fine  houses  are  in  process  of  erection,  and 
streets  are  being  graded  near  this  property,  which  will 
greatly  increase  its  value. 

When  twelve  monthly  payments  have  been  made,  the 
properly  will  be  divided  among  tho  members  in  the  usual 
manner,  and  each  shareholder  will  receive  a  contract  for 
a  deed  to  the  lot  or  lots  to  which  he  may  be  entitled,  and 
have  the  privilege  of  taking  immediate  possession  of  the 
same. 

The  lots  average  27  feet  in  front  by  120  feet  in  depth. 
The  whole  amount  due  upon  any  lot  may  be  paid  at  any 
time,  and  discount  at  tho  rate  of  one  and  one-half  per 
cent,  per  mouth  will  be  deducted  therefrom. 

Persons  wishiug  to  visit  the  lands  of  this  Association 
will  take  the  Tunc  street  cars  to  Devisadero  street,  and 
thence  go  northerly  along  Devisadero  to  Pine  street. 

Tweniy  thousand  dollars  of  the  capital  stocK  is  taken, 
and  the  books  are  open  for  subscription  to  tho  balance  at 
Ihe  office  of  the  Secretary,  where  the  Official  Map  of  the 
Association  can  be  seen,  and  lull  particulars  obtained. 

TJie  Title  to  this  Property  is  Perfect. 

J.  S.  LUTY,  Secretary, 
Office,  305  Montgomery  street,  corner  of  Pine, 
myl9-3m  Rooms  2  and  6. 


£JOYSl    BOYS1  BOYS! 

NOW  IS  THE  TIME 


H.  M.  LOCKWOOD  &  CO., 
New  No.  624)  CLAY  STREET,  (Old  No  17 

Have  received  a  Large  Stock  of 

GENTS'  AND  BOYS'  CLOTHING 

— AXD — 

FURNISHING  GOODS, 

Which  they  are  selling 
AT  VERY  LOW  PRICES. 
Every  Garment  warranted.    All  are  invited  to  call  and 
examine  our  goods. 


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H.  M.  LOCKWOOD  &  CO. 

624  Clay  street,  San  Francisco. 


Pacific  ocean  house, 

SANTA  CRUZ,  CAL. 

THIS  NEW  AND  COMMODIOUS  HOTEL,  built  and  fur- 
nished iu  accordauce  with  the  most  modern  and  improved 
plans,  and  with  a  view  to  the  comfort  and  convenience  of 
its  patrons,  is  now  open  for  the  receptiou  of  guests. 

To  those  who  have  visited  Santa  Cruz,  it  is  unnecessary 
to  speak  of  its  beauties  and  its  natural  advantages  over 
all  other  places  of 

Summer  Resort. 

To  those  who  have  not,  the  Proprietor  can  only  say 
COME  AND  JUDGE  FOR  YOUliSEL  VES—Jviug  all 
who  may  come  the  assurance  tnat  his  earnest  endeavors 
shall  be  to  make  the  Hotel,  in  all  its  appointments,  equal 
to  the  surroundings  of  this  delightful  Sea  side  Kesort. 

GEO.  T.  BROMLEY, 

Santa  Cruz,  April  4, 186tt.  Proprietor. 


M 


ARKET  STREET  RAILROAD 


CHANGE   OP   TIME  TABLE. 


ON  AND  AFTER  AUGUST  1,  1865,  Trains  will  start 
rom  the  City  and  tho  Mission  every  hour:  instead  of  every 
forty  minutes,  as  heretofore. 

Trains  from  the  City  will  start  at  the  odd  hour,  com- 
mencing at  6:30  A.  M.  and  every  hour  thereafter  until 
11:30  P.  M; 

mn2S  F.  MoCO/PIN,  Superintendent 


gTOP  THAT  COUGHING. 


SOME  OF  T>)U  CAN'T,  AND  WE  PITY  TOU.  Tou 
have  tried  every  remedy  but  the  ONE  destined,  by  its 
intrinsic  merit,  to  supersede  all  similar  preparations  It 
is  not  surprising  you  should  be  reluctant  to  try  someihing 
else  after  the  many  experiments  you  have  made  of  tr  ashy 
compounds  foisted  on  the  public  as  a  certain  cure  .  but 

N  E  W  E  L  L  '  S 

PULMONARY  SYRUP 

is  really  the  VERY  BEST  remedy  ever  compounded  for 
the  cure  of  Coughs.  Colds,  Sore  Throat,  Asthma,  Whoop- 
ing Cough,  Bronchitis  and  Consumption.  Thousands  of 
people  in  California  and  Oregon  have  been  already  bene- 
fited by  the  surprising  curative  powers  of 

NEWELL'S  PULMONARY  SYRUP, 

and  with  one  accord  give  it  their  unqualified  approbation. 
We  now  address  ourselves  to  all  who  are  unacquainted 
with  this,  the  greatest  Panacea  of  the  age,  for  tn«  healing 
of  all  diseases  of  the  Throat  and  Lungs,  assuring  you  that 

Newell's  Pulmonary  Syrup 

has  cured  thousands,  and  it  will  cure  you  if  you  try  it. 
This  invaluable  medicine  is  pluasant  to  the  taste,  sooth- 
ing, healing  and  strengthening  in  its  effects  ;  entirely  free 
from  all  poisonous  or  deleterious  drugs,  and  perfectly 
harmless  under  all  circumstances. 

Certificates  from  many  prominent  citizens  of  San  Fran- 
cisco accompany  every  bottle  of 

Newell's   Pulmonary  Syrup. 

REDINGTON  &  CO., Agents, 

San  Francisco. 


J^EDINGTON'S 

Flavoring  Extracts 

ARE  MADE  FROM  FRESH  FRUITS.  Each  bottle  holds 
twice  as  much  as  any  other  brand  in  the  market,  conse- 
quently they  are  the  cheapest  and  the  best.  USE  NO 
OTHER. 

REDINGTON  &  CO., 
Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast. 


lyjARTHA  WASHINGTON 

KAIR  RESTORER. 


THIS  IS  A  WONDERFUL  DISCOVERY,  and  stands 
above  comparison  with  auy  other  article  for  the  Hair  ever 
brought  before  the  public. 

A  PERFECT 

Hair  Restorer     Hair  Dresser 

BOTH  COMBINED  IN  ONE. 

First — It  is  Dot  a  Dye. 
Second— WiH  not  Color  the  Skin. 

Third— Will  restore  Gray  Hair  to  a  beautiful  Black, 
Brown,  Auburn,  or  whatever  might  have  been  its  original 
color,  aDd  cause  it  to  assume  its  former  beauty. 

Fourth— Will  cure  all  Humors  and  Diseases  of  the  Scalp. 

Fifth — Will  remove  Dandruff  and  Scurf  from  the  head, 
and  keep  the  hair  moist  and  silk  like  in  its  appearance  as 
in  youthful  days. 

Sixth— Will  promote  a  healthy  growth. 

Seventh— Will  prevent  it  from  falling  ofT,  and  cause  It 
to  grow  on  bald  heads  where  there  is  life  and  vitality  at 
the  roots,  but  where  these  are  gone  there  is  no  hope  of 
success. 

Eighth— The  best  testimony  that  can  be  given  will  be 
lound  Inside  of  each  bottle. 

Warranted  to  do  all  wc  claim  for  it,  or  the  money 
refunded  after  using  two  bottles.  Try  it  and  bi 
convinced. 

SOLD  EVERYWHERE. 

Price  One  Dollar. 

SIMONDS  &  CO.,  Proprietors, 
Fitzwilliam,  N.  H. 

REDINGTON  &  CO.,  AgeDts, 

San  Francisco. 


J^EDINGTON  &  CO.'S 

Essence  of  Jamaica  Ginger. 


THIS  VALUABLE  PREPARATION,  containing  In  • 
highly  concentrated  form  all  the  properties  of  the  Jamaica 
Ginger,  has  become  one  of  the  most  popular  domestio  rem. 
odies  for  all  diseases  of  the  stomach  and  digestive  organs. 

As  a  tonic  it  will  be  found  invaluable  to  all  persons  re- 
covering from  debility,  whether  produced  by  fever  or 
otherwise,  for  whilst  it  imparts  to  the  system  all  the  glow 
and  vigor  that  can  be  produced  by  wine  or  brandy,  it  II 
entirely  free  from  tbe  reactionary  effects  that  follow  the 
ubc  of  spirits  of  at  y  kind. 

It  is  also  an  excellent  remedy  for  females  who  sutrer  from 
difficult  menstruation,  giving  almost  immediate  relief  to 
the  spasms  that  so  frequently  accompany  that  period. 

It  gives  immediate  relief  to  Nausea,  caesed  by  riding 
in  a  railroad  car,  or  by  sea  sickness,  or  other  causes. 

It  is  also  valuable  as  an  external  applicationlor  Gout, 
Rheumatism,  Neuralgia,  etc. 

REDINGTON  <fe  CO., 


au4-6m 


Sole  Agente.for  the  Pacific  Coast, 


16 


THE  CALIFORNIA**. 


(August  25th 


M 


AGUIRE'S  OPERA  HOUSE. 


T  MAGUTRE  Propbibtob. 

C.  L.  GRAVES  Stage  lawt 

W.  STEVENSON    ......  TBKisrnEB. 

THIS  AFTERNOON  AND  EVENING.. AUG.  25, 

LADY  DON, 

SJPPOBTED  BY 

Miss  Kate  Denin, 

AND  A  POWERFUL  COMPANY 
Will  appear  in  H.  J.  Byron's  Original  Bu  lesque  Extrav- 
aganza, never  before  acted  here,  entitled 

ALADDIN!  , 

OR,  THE  WONDERFUL  SCAMP! 

Aladdin,  with  Songs  Lady  Don 

Princess  Badroulboudour  Miss  Kate  Denin 

Pekoe  Mrs  Jackson 

Abanazar,  a  Magician  Harry  Courtaine 

Widow Twankev,  Aladdin's  Mother,  H  D  Thompson 
The  Sultan. -John  Wilson.  |  The  Vizier.. H.  Sinclair 

PR1CES  OF  ADMISSION  : 

D  'iss  Circle  and  Orchestra,  $100 

Reserved  seats,  50c.  extra 

iMrquet,  -  50 
tjpper  Circle,  --    '  25 

"jVTETROPOLITAN  THEATRE, 

*  Montgomery  street. 

Bianchi's  Grand  Italian 

Opera  Troupe. 

General  Director  J.  P.  Crowly 

Treasurer  v  A.  Birreil 

NON-SUBSCRIPTION  NIGHT. 

SATURDAY  EVENING  AUGUST  25, 

Will  be  presented  Gouno's  Opera  of 

FAUST! 

Marguerita  Signorina  Elvira  Brambilla 

Faust  Signor  Morley 

Valentine  Signor  Manrnai 

Mepbistopheles  Signor  Stanislaus  Milled 

Siebel  Mile  Jennie  Landesmnnn 

Maria  Schwerlein  Mile  Louisa  Tourny 

Wagner  Mons  Roncovieri 

Students,  Soldiers,  Villagers,  etc. 
The  splendid  Band  of  the  2d  U.  S.  Artillery,  un- 
der the  leadership  of  Joseph  Schmidt,  will  lend  its 
valuable  assistance. 

HONDA  T—  First  Night  of  Ricci's  famous  Comic  Opera, 
CRISPINO  E  LA  COMARE, 

(THE  COBBLER  AND  THE  FAIRY  ) 

CONDUCTOR  MR.  RUDOLPH  HEROLD 

Scenery  by  Mr.  Rogers.    Costumes  by  Mrs.  Taylor. 

Regular  Subscription  Nights,  Mondays,  Wednes- 
days, and  Fridays. 

PRICES  OF  ADMISSION. 

Dress  Circle,  Orchestra  and  Parquette  $1  00 

Reserved  seats,  50  cents  extra. 
Gallery.  50 

£ft_The  Box  Office  is  open  from  9  a.  ».  for  the  seenring 
of  reserved  seats  for  season  tickets. 


WEIDERHOLD  &  CO.'S 

Piano   Ware  rooms, 

685  Market  street,  corner  of  Third, 

WILL  BE  OPEN  ON  AND 
after  SATURDAY,  Aug.  25th, 
EVENINGS,  till  8  o'clock. 

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR 
J.  B.  DUNHAM'S, 

F.  C.  LIGHTE  &  CO.'S, 

GEO.  STECK  &  CO.'S,  and 
ERNEST  G ABLER' S 
CELEBRATED  PIANOS. 


We  will  be  in  constant  receipt  of  the  above  fine 
Pianos,  which  we  warrant  equal  to  any  imported, 
and  ask  our  friends  and  the  public  to  call  and  exam- 
ine for  themselves.  au25-3m  • 

Practical  Card  and  Seal  Engraver, 
AND  PLATE  PRINTER, 
No.  505  Montgomery  street,  over  Tucker's. 
au25-3m. 

£1HILION  BEACH, 

Bookseller  and  Stationer, 

NO.  34  MONTGOMERY  STREET, 

Opposite  the  Lick  House, 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIFORNIA. 

Paper  Stamped  with  Initials,  plain  and  colored,  to  bor- 
der. All  the  New  Books  roceivod  by  every  steamer  from 
New  York.  uu25  3m 


N 


ETST   DRY  GOODS! 


FALL  IMP  OR  T A  T 1  ON,  1866, 


Meagher,  Taaffe  <$*  Co. 


WILL  EXHIBIT  AT 


THEIR  RETAIL  STORE, 


Monday,  -  -  -  August  20th, 

A  FULL  AND  COMPLETE  STOCK  OF 

Splendid  Dress  Goods! 

CONSISTING  OF 
SILKS  — 

Rich  Moire  Antique,  Watered,  Chine,  Bro- 
cade, Plaid,  Striped  and  Plain — all  in  new 
and  elegant  designs  and  colors. 

Black  Silks  from  the  celebrated  manufactories 
of  "  Bonnet's,"  "  Biscboff  s,"  and  "  Pon- 
son's,"  of  Lyons,  France. 

Poplin  of  superior  make  in  Irish  and  French 
— in  all  colors. 

Empress  Cloth — in  all  colors. 

Plaid,  Striped  and  Plain  Poplineta  and  Cash- 
meres. 

Merinos,  De  Laines,  Prints,  Giaghams. 

Laces  and  Embroideries  of  every  description. 

Hosiery  for  Ladies,  Gentlemen  and  Children. 

Shawls — in  India  and  French  Cashmere,  Pais- 
ley, Broche  and  Woolen. 

Cloaks,  Basques,  Saques  and  Talmas — made 
to  order  in  the  most  fashionable  styles. 

KID  GLOVES  — 

1500  dozen  in  all  colors  and  sizes,  from  the 
manufactories  of  Alexandre  and  Preville, 
of  Paris. 

ALSO  AT 

GREA  TL T  RED TJCED  PRICES  ! 

THE  FOLLOWING  DESCRIBED  GOODS,  ALL  OF 
WHICH  HAVE  JUST  BEEN  LANDED,  AND  ARE 

Warrented  of  Superior  Quality. 

COTTONS— 

1000  pieces  Brown  Cottons,  from  4-4  to  10  4. 
1000  pes  8-4.  9-4  and  10-4  Cotton  Sheetings. 

200  pieces  New  York  Mills  Shirtings. 

300  pieces  Wamsutta  Shirtings. 

500  pieces  White  Rock  Shirtings. 

400  pieces  Lonsdale  Shirtinsrs. 

700  ps  Masonville  and  Williamsv'le  Shirt'gs. 

600  pair3  of  Lace  Curtains. 

LINENS  — 

500  pieces  Super  Shirting  Linens. 

200  pieces  Superior  Sheeting  Linens,  in  8-4, 

9-4, 10-4,  11-4.  and  12-4. 
200  pieces  Barnsley  and  Scotch  Table  Dam- 
ask, of  superior  quality. 
1000  Table  Cloth,  from  8  4  to  10-4. 
800  dozen  Table  Napkins— all  sizes. 
1500  doz  Towels,  suitable  for  the  Bath,  Cham- 
ber and  Kitchen. 

WOOLENS  — 

1000  pairs  Blankets,  in  6-4,  8-4, 10-4  &  12-4. 
500  pieces  Flannels  of  every  description. 

CLOTHS  FOR  MEN  AND  BOYS'  WEAR. 
1000  Marseilles  and  American  Quilts. 


9  Montgomery  Street, 

LICK  HOUSE. 
WHOLESALE  HOUSE, 

NO.  107  BATTERY  STREET,  NEAR  PINE. 


ROMAN  &  CO.S 

LIST  OF 

Late  Publications. 


Ecce  nemo  :  a  Survey  of  the  Life  and  Work  of 

Jesus  Christ. 

Campaigns  of  the  Army  of « lie  Potomac,  by  Swinton. 
A  Treatise  on  Ship  Draughting,  by  Win  Laister. 
Trodden  Down,  a  Novel,  by  .its.  C.  J.  Newby. 
Land  at  Last,  a  Novel,  by  Edmund  Yates. 
The  Apostles,  by  Ernest  Kenan. 
Christina  Kossetli  s  Poems. 

The  Albeit  Nvanzu,  Great  Basin  of  the  Nile,  by  S. 
W.  Baker. 

Old  Merchants  of  New  York,  by  W.  Barrett,  Clerk 
Lite  of  Junius  Brutus  Booth,  (the  Elder)  by  his 
daughter. 

Medical  Recollections  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac, 

by  J.  Lett«rman,M.  D. 
Constitutional  and  Party  Questions, — S.  A.  Douglas. 
Conversion  of  the  Northern  Nations,  by  C.  .Men  vale. 
Crums  from  the  Round  Table,  by  Joseph  Barber. 
Running  the  Gauntlet,  a  Novel,  by  Edmund  Yates. 
Who  Goes  There  ;  or  Meu  and  Events,  by  •.Sentinel.' 
The  Language  of  Flowers,  edited  by  Miss  lldrewe. 
The  Miniature  Fruit  Garden,  by  Thos.  Rivers. 
Goulburn  s  Sermons. 
Mip  of  the  Seat  of  War  in  Europe. 
Napoleon's  History  of  Cwsur,  vot  2. 
Fruit  Culture,  bv  Charles  K.  Baker. 
The  Grown  of  Wild  Olive,  by  John  Rnskin,  M.  A. 
Four  Years  in  the  Saddle,  by  Gol.  Harry  Gilmor. 
Andersonville  Prison,  by  Ambrose  Spencer. 
Resources  and  Prospecu  of  America,  by  Sir  Morton 

Peto,  Bart. 

Dictionary  of  the  Chinese  Language,  by  Rev.  R. 

Morrison,  D.  D.,  2  vols. 
Mexico,  Ancient  and  Modern,  by  M.  M.  Chevalier, 

2  vols. 

Vegetables  and  Flowers;  How  to  Grow  Them,  by 
Elizabeth  Watts. 

Army  Life  on  the  Border,  by  Col.  Marcy,  with  illus- 
trations. 

The  Prison  Life  of  Jefferson  Davis,  by  Brevet  Lieo- 
tenanl  Col.  J.  J.  Graven,  M.  D. 

Life  and  Times  of  Andrew  Johnson,  written  from  a 
Nat  onal  Stand  Point,  by  a  National  Man. 

Storm  Glilf,  a  Tale  of  the  Highlands,  by  M.  S.  Wal- 
worth. 

My  Vineyard  at  Lakeview,  by  a  Western  Grape 

Grower. 

Life  of  James  Stephens  and  Fenianism. 

The  Americau  Annual  Cyclopedia  for  the  year  1863 

Summer  Rest,  by  Gail  Hamilton. 

Pictures  of  Country  Life,  by  Alice  Cary. 

Miss  Mulock's  Forms — New  Edition,  Blue  and  gold. 

Our  Eternal  Homes,  by  a  Bible  Student. 

The  Little  Things  of  Nature,  by  Leo  H.  Griudon. 

PUBLIC    AND     PRIVATE      LIBRARIES  SUPPLIED, 
ON   FAVORABLE  TERMS. 

A.  ROMAN  &  CO., 

417  ana  419  Montgomery  street. 
au25  S&u  Francisco 


E 


IGHT  HUNDRED  THOUSAND 
IN  USE! 


THE  ORIGINAL  P.  P.  STEWART'S  FUEL  SAYING 

Jlir-  Tight    Cooking  Stoves, 

FOR  WOOD  OR  COAL. 


IMPROVED  IN  1861  j 

WITH   NEW   AND  EXTRA   LARGE  FLUES,  AND  BY 
THE  ADDITION  OF  THE  CELEBRATED  PATENT 
DOUBLE  SHEET  BOTTOM  FLUE. 


Attention  is  Invited  to  the  following  Pointj  of 
Superiority  : 

1.  DURABILITY.— Lasting,  with  proper  care,  at 
least  twenty  years.  Stoves  are  now  in  use  that 
were  set  up  ill  1838. 

2.  MANUFACTURE.*- Every  portion  of  the 
Stove  is  thoroughly  constructed.  Each  Stove  is  sub 
mitted  to  a  critical  test,  and  none  leave  our  works 
unless  completely  and  perfectly  finished. 

3.  CAPACITY. — Baking,  Boiling.  Roasting,  and 
all  other  culinary  operations  performed  at  the  same 
time. 

4.  ECONOMY  — Saving  the  cost  of  the  Stove  in 
one  vear  in  the  cost  of  fuel. 

5.  VENTILATION  OF  OVEN. — In  the  Stew- 
art Stove  alone,  the  front  doors  open  directly  into 
the  oven,  (protected  by  letters  patent)  securing  a  di- 
rect draft  through  the  top  of  the  oven  by  means  of 
perforated  holes  in  the  doors  and  back  flues.  It  will 
oe  borne  in  mind  that,  as  the  heated  airai  ways  rises, 
this  method  of  ventilation  is  the  only  one  of  any 
value  whatever. 

6.  ENTIRE  CONTROL  OF  HEAT. — The  heat 
generated  by  the  Stove  may  be  held  therein  and 
used  or  thrown  into  the  room  at  pleasure. 

7.  THE  DOUBLE  SHEET  BO'lTOM  FLUE 
— By  which  a  compressing  and  inverting  action  of 
heat  is  obtained,  and  the  oven  more  evenly  and  ef- 
ficiently heated  than  bv  auv  other  known  invention. 

9.  HOT  WATER  RESERVOIR  AND  WARM 
ING  CLOSET. — Both  useful  and  convenient,  sup- 
plied bv  the  waste  heat  and  without  extra  fuel. 

10.  WATER  BACK.— An  arrangement  for  sup- 
plying hot  water  for  the  bath-room  equal  to  any 
range. 

"„*  Beware  of  numerous  imitations  in  the  market, 
many  of  which  resemble  the  "  Stewart"  only  in  ap- 
pearance, and  none  of  them  possess  any  of  its  pe- 
culiar qualities. 

See  that  the  name  of  P.  P.  STEWART  is  on  each 
Stove.    None  other  geuuine. 
For  sale  by  CALEB  M.  SICKLER, 

422  Kearny  street, 
Between  California  and  Pine,  Sau  Francisco. 
Repairs  for  Stewart's  Stoves  constantly  on  band. 
au25-4m 


jy  E  MO  CRATI  C 

City  and  County  Ticket. 

For  Chief  of  Police, 
P  J.  WHITE. 

For  Tax  Collector, 
GENERAL  H.  A.  COBB. 

For  Auditor, 
WASHINGTON  BARTLETT. 

For  Superintendent  of  Streets, 
LEA. MM.  U  WINTRINGER. 

For  City  and  County  Attorney, 
SELDEN  S.  WRIGHT. 

For  Public  Administrator, 
COL.  M.  C.  SMIi  H. 

For  Fire  Commissioners, 
JOHN  BARR,  SIMON  T,  WALSH. 

For  Supertrisors, 
Ward  W'.ibd 

First  P.  H.  Daly  i  Seventh.  ..Peter  Wheelan 

Third...  W.  B.  Fair  man   Eighth.  Dr.  J.  W.  Winter 

Fifth  M.  ONeil  |  Niutb  Jaa.  B.  Canon 

Eleveuth.F.  McCoppin  | 

For  School  Directors, 
WiUI> 


First  Michael  Daly 

Third  Peter  Dempsv 

Fifth  J.  G.  Sboib 


Seventh.. T.  G.  McGuire 
Ninth  

Eleventh.  -  Peter  Johnson 


For  Constables, 

First  Township  Samuel  Rridgewood 

Second  Township-.'  Cornelius  Moouey 

Third  Township  

fourth  Township  M.cbael  Hawkins 

Fifth  Township  Thomas  Aguew 

Sixth  Township  

ADDRESS 
To  the  Voters  of  San  Francisco. 

We,  the  Members  of  the  Democratic  County  Con- 
vention, respectfully  addressing  ourselves  to  the 
Voters  of  San  Francisco,  claim  for  the  ticket  we 
have  nominated,  your  approval  and  support. 

We  have  succeeded  in  securing  gentlemen  of 
rreproachable  character  and  acknowledged  fitness 
to  serve  as  candidates.  In  making  the  selection,  we 
have  been  careful  that  schemes  for  personal  aggran- 
dizement and  mere  political  success  should  not  shu 
out  from  view  the  future  welfare  of  the  community. 
The  peace  of  the  city,  protection  to  property,  and 
fidelity  on  the  part  of  the  custodians  and  dispensers 
of  the  public  moneys,  are  the  considerations  which 
have  controlled  their  deliberations. 

We  arc  persuaded  that  a  change  for  the  better  can 
lie  made  in  the  manner  of  administering  the  several 
Departments  ot  the  City  Government ;  and  this  we 
believe  to  be  the  general  conclusion  in  tbe  public 
mind. 

Whilst  it  is  conceded  that  mnrb  credit  was  dne, 
for  a  time,  to  those  who  managed  onr  municipal 
affairs  in  an  independent  spirit,  it  is  also  contended 
that  more  recently  they  have  ignored  tbe  former 
proper  tests  for  official  position,  and  have  become 
mere  partisans,  intolerant  in  their  views  and  preju- 
diced m  their  action.  With  this  change  in  tbe  spirit 
of  their  government,  there  has  also  come  extrava- 
gance in  public  expenditures,  oppression  in  their 
license  system,  and  corruption  in  the  police  regula- 
tions. Reform  is  therefore  needed  in  the  City  Gov- 
ernment. This  reform  can  be  effected  only  through 
the  agency  of  the  ballot-box.  To  that  end  we  heart- 
ily invite  the  co-operation  of  the  voters  of  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

Nor  should  it  he  forgotten  that  the  result  of  the 
approaching  local  election  will,  to  some  extent, aflcct 
alt  the  social  and  monetary  interests  of  our  city. 
Moreover,  it  will  exert  an  important  influence  ou 
politics  throughout  the  State;  and,  in  order  that  tbe 
people  may  fully  appreciate  the  political  significance 
of  the  victory  we  fervently  hope  to  achieve,  we 
shall  briefly  declare  the  principles  which  our  nomi- 
nees adhere  to,  touching  their  duties  and  tbe  great 
issties  of  the  day. 

We  pledge  them  to  a  faithful  discharge  of  the  ob- 
ligation their  election  will  cast  upon  them. 

We  pledge  them  toan  unwavering  support  of  those 
principles  of  our  Government  which  assert  the  su- 
premacy and  vindicate  the  dignity  of  tbe  white  race. 

We  pledge  them  to  the  doctrines  ot  tbe  equality 
of  all  the  States  of  the  American  Union,  and  the 
right  of  each  individual  one  to  determiue,  nnder  the 
Constitution  of  the  United  Slates,  the  qualification 
of  its  electors,  and  to  provide  for  its  local  prosperity 
and  domestic  happiuess  in  its  own  way  .  and 

We  pledge  them  to  a  firm  adherancc  to  the  policy 
of  the  National  Administnition,  looking  to  the  de- 
fence of  these  great  principles  as  the  only  means 
calculated  to  heal  our  differences,  to  secure  for  tbe 
Government  the  undivided  affection  of  the  people, 
and  to  the  Union  of  the  States,  that  freedom,  pres- 
tige and  power  rightfully  belonging  to  a  great  Re- 
public i  and,  in  conclusion,  we  declare  that  tbey  ap- 

Erove  of  tbe  call  for  a  National  Convention,  and 
ope  that  beneficial  results  may  come  of  its  patriotic 
pnrpose. 

Finally,  we  beg  leave  to  say  that  tbe  evasion 

practiced  by  tbe  County  Convention  of  the  opposite 
party  on  these  vital  questions,  is,  in  our  opinion,  de- 
signed to  accomplish  a  great  political  fraud,  and 
trifling  with  the  intelligence  of  tbe  people  and  tbe 
interests  of  the  State.  We  condemu  as  dangerous, 
ill-timed,  and  characteristic  of  Radicalism,  the  letter 
and  spirit  of  the  address  put  forth  by  that  body.  It 
is  hut  an  appeal  to  the  passions  of  partv  at  a  time 
when  those  powerful  in  war  and  successful  in  battle 
should  be  just  and  magnuuimuus  in  peace. 
By  order  of  tbe 

Democratic  Cooktt  Convention. 

aul8 


VOLUME  V.,  No  15. 
Office,  No.  532  Merchant  street. 


SAN  FRANCISCO.  SEPTEMBER  1,  1866. 


TERMS, 


i  $5  A  Year,  by  Mail, in  Advano: 
'  50  Cents  a  Month,  by  Carrier 


CONTENTS: 


ORIGINAL  : 

Applications  for  the  Position  of  Edi 
tor. 

Podgerings  by  the  Way. 
"Liou's  Mouth." 
Cynicism  in  Literature. 
Thoughtful  Reading. 
Not  Afraid  of  Cholera. 
Cleopatra. — By  Henry  Proverb. 
Swill  Milk. 

Editorial  Paragraphs. 
Amusements. 


SELECTED  : 
Song. — By  Ben  Jonson. 
Glimpses  at  California  Scenery. 
Singapore  and  Hong  Kong. 
Does  Lager  Beer  Intoxicate  ? 
A  Burlesque  Bull  fight. 
The  Archangel's  Trump. 
"  Mark  Twain  "  on  his  Travels. 
Sketch  of  Ernest  Rcnan. 
English  Gossip  about  American  Ac- 
tors. 

Literary  and  Musical  Notes. 


iFor  the  Californlan.] 

CLEOPATRA. 

A  N  old  ranchero  entered  a  book-store  once 

To  make  a  purchase,  and  surprised  the  vender 
That  any  good  thing  could  come  from  a  dunce, 

In  preface,  page,  appendix,  or  addenda. 
Thus  said  he  :  "  Have  you  Webster's  '  Cleopatra?'  " 

The  clerks  surprised,  rcfered  to  catalogues, 
And  words  grew  spicier  than  "Old  Sumatra;" 

More  potent  far  than  phvsic  thrown  to  dogs  ! 
By  closest  questioning  as  to  time  and  fact, 
One  clerk,  at  last,  revealed  his  native  tact, 

And  all  of  "  Webster's  Works  "  in  haBte  repeats  ; 
Then  by  this  process  it  was  found  the  speedier, 
That  "  Cleopatra  "  was  a  Cyclopedia 

Of  just  seven  thousand  "  Family  Receipts  !" 
San  Francisco,  August  25, 1866.  Henry  Proverb. 


(For  the  California!].) 

PODGERINGS    BY  THE 

No.  6. 


WAY. 


THE  individual  answering  to  the  name  of  .Tim  Green, 
who  ceased  whittling  on  our  arrival,  came  forward  and 
remarked,  "  What's  out?"  He  might  have  observed  that 
nine  fishermen  were  gelling  out,  as  fast  as  possible. 

To  his  second  inquiry,  "  where  are  you  bound  ?"  Charley 
Watson  replied,  "  we  are  bound  to  stop  right  here.''  Jim 
scratched  his  head,  hitched  up  his  trousers,  and  says,  "  Mighty 
sorry  gentlemen  that  I  can't  accommodate  you." 
"  Why  not  ?"  said  Charley. 

"  Waal,  you  see,  Charley,  the  old  woman  is  off  her  feet, 
and  there  ain't  a  soul  iu  the  house  to  cook  a  meal  of  vittles, 
and  their  ain't  any  vittles  to  cook,  neither." 

"  What's  the  trouble  with  the  old  woman  ?" 

Jim  scratched  his  head  again  and  looked  sheepish,  but 
finally  replied,  "  Waal,  you  see  the  old  woman  thought  the 
population  a  little  skerce  hereabouts,  and  she's  been  helping 
the  matter  out,  and  there's  a  little  Jim  on  hand,  and  he  ain't 
quite  ready  for  business,  bein'  he's  only  a  couple  of  days  old." 
To  this  objection  we  all  protested  we  could  do  our  own  cook- 
ing, and  take  care  of  ourselves— but  Jim  shook  his  head  and 
brought  out  his  knife  again,  picked  up  a  chip  and  began  to 
whittle  away,  protesting  that  there  was  not  a  morsel  in  the 
house  to  eat,  aud  he  had  not  had  a  square  meal  himself  for  a 
week." 

"  Nonsense,"  Charley  replied,  "  we  are  going  to  stay,  Jim 
Green,  and  there's  no  use  talking." 

Jim  still  objected  and  protested,  but  at  this  stage  of  pro- 
ceedings the  chief  of  the  Union  staff  displayed  a  little  strat- 
egy most  commendible.  He  went  to  the  wagon  and  drew 
forth  a  small  box,  and  knocking  off  the  cover,  displayed  half 
a  dozen  bottles  of  prime  old  whisky,  and  informed  Jim  that 
his  partner,  who  had  partaken  of  Jim's  hospitality  the  week 
previous,  had  sent  him  the  whisky  with  his  compliments. 
Jim  shut  up  his  knife,  and  appeared  suddenly  to  take  a  more 
liberal  view  of  the  situation,  he  looked  at  the  whisky,  a  cork 
was  drawn,  and  a  proposition  to  ''  irrigate"  met  with  no  dis- 
senting voice— Jim  took  about  "  four  fingers,"  smacked  his 
lips,  drew  his  hand  across  his  mouth,  and  remarked,  "  Waal 
now,  that's  good  stuff!  Young  Jim  would  take  that  natarly." 
That  whisky  did-  the  business,  we  could  stay,  "  if  we  would 
put  up  with  what  he  had — there  was  the  house,  and  there  was 
the  kitchen,  and  we  must  do  the'best  we  could."    The  result 


was,  a  table  was  soon  spread,  and  from  various  closets  there 
appeared  a  most  substantial  lunch  of  cold  meat,  fresh  bread, 
fresh  butter,  and  fresh  milk  enough  for  a  regiment.  We 
lunched  heartily,  and  then  every  man  prepared  his  rod  and 
tackle.  The  chief  representative  of  the  Sacramento  Union, 
having  finished  his  preparations,  proceeded  to  put  a  bottle  of 
"  green  seal"  in  his  capacious  pocket,  which  he  announced 
was  to  be  opened  on  the  capture  of  the  first  fish.  The  creek 
was  but  a  dozen  yards  distant,  and  we  adjourned  to  the  bank, 
aud  in  a  moment  one  of  the  party  landed  a  fine  trout.  The 
fishermen  were  at  once  called  to  order,  the  cork  popped,  and 
the  first  bottle  was  sacrificed  to  the  achievement. 

I  started  off  up  the  creek,  and  had  not  proceeded  far  be- 
fore I  heard  a  shout,  and  looking  back  saw  that  the  Judge 
had  caught  a  fish,  and  another  bottle  was  sent  for.  I  don't 
know  how  many  fish  were  caught  in  that  place,  but  I  could 
see  that  a  "  fast  freight  line  "  was  being  run  between  the 
creek  and  the  wagon,  and  when  I  returned  to  the  scene,  about 
dusk,  the  number  of  useless  bottles,  dead  marines,  laying 
about,  argued  that  fishing  must  have  been  thirsty  work. 

On  assembling  on  the  porch  at  dusk  350  fine  trout  were  laid 
out  as  the  result  of  our  few  hours  fishing.  Jim  Green's  larder 
appeared  inexliautstible,  for  the  table  was  spread  splendidly, 
and  we  did  justice  to  as  fine  a  supper  as  auy  one  would  wish  ; 
after  which  we  gathered  around  a  cheerful  fire  iu  the  huge  fire, 
place,  and  the  Judge  opened  his  prolific  budget  of  stories 
again,  and  we  made-agay  evening  of  it.  As  the  clock  struck 
ten  another  bottle  of  "green  seal"  did  duty  as  a  night  cap, 
and  we  retired  each  raau  to  a  cle^u  nice  bed,  which,  after  the 
fatigues  of  the  day,  was  particularly  acceptable.  After  a  re- 
freshing sleep,  and  a  cup  of  coffee  at  sunrisa,  we  rallied  forth 
again,  scattering  ourselves  along  the  creek,  and  had  glorious 
sport  until  the  hour  set  for  reassembling  came,  when  300  more 
fine  trout  were  added  to  our  previous  evening's  work.  The 
fish  were  dressed  and  packed  in  grass.  After  a  fine  dinner 
the  horses  were  put  to  the  waggon,  three  cheers  were  given 
for  Green,  Senior,  and  the  same  for  Jim  Greeu,  Juuior,  Char- 
ley cracked  bis  whip,  shouted  to  his  horses,  and  away  we 
rattled  on  a  keen  jump  down  the  slope,  plunged  into  the 
creek,  up  the  opposite  bank  aud  across  the  table  land  towards 
the  mountains.  The  last  I  saw  of  Jim  Greet)  he  was  waving 
his  hat  from  a  stump  and  whooraying  us  all  sorts  of  good 
luck,  and  I  really  believe,  was  sorry  to  see  us  go. 

Jim  Green  may  be  set  down  as  a  character  in  his  way— first 
impression  of  his  character  tor  hospitality  may  not  be  favora- 
ble, but  you  have  only  to  know  him  to  discover  a  rough  dia- 
mond, in  early  days  he  roughed  it  all  over  California  with 
his  dog,  rifle  and  blankets  ;  lived  in  the  mountains— seldom 
sleeping  under  a  roof — hunting  grizzles  and  deer, 'and  leading 
a  wild  and  roving  life  ;  he  finally  pitched  upon  Hope  Yalley 
as  his  resting  place,  built  a  log  cabin,  and  as  he  prospered, 
added  to  his  domicil  until  he  has  a  fine  house  of  hewn  timber, 
a  wife  and  a  young  Jim.  as  aforesaid.  Occasionally  he  starts 
out  for  "  a  day's  shooting,"  and  extends  his  excursions  into 
the  coast  range,  some  two  hundred  miles  distant,  up  the  coast 
to  the  Oregon  line— often  making  a  trip  of  four  or  five  hun- 
dred miles— returns  and  subsides  until  the  old  spirit  breaks 
out  again.  Jim  invited  me  to  come  up  and  have  a  little 
"  shoot "  with  him,  but  as  I  am  not  partial  to  grizzles  and  a 
four  hundred  mile  excursion  on  a  mule,  I  don't  anticipate  ac- 
companying him  on  his  next  raid. 

As  the  grade  was  rather  heavy  on  the  horses,  we  all  got  out 
and  walked  up  the  mountain,  a  distance  of  three  miles.  On 
reaching  the  summit  we  halted  in  a  cool,  shady  spot  where  a 
sparkling  stream  of  snow  water  crossed  the  road,  and  indulged 
iu  a  loll  upon  the  grass  and  rested  half  an  hour  ;  then  set  out 
again.  A  drive  of  three  quarters  of  an  hour  brought  us  to 
the  foot  of  the  other  slope,  and  we  were  at  the  beud  of  Lake 
Valley,  and  travelling  along  over  a  fine,  smooth,  natural  road. 
The  Judge's  budget  of  stories  still  holding  out,  as  we  passed 
down  the  valley  he  told  us  of  the  exploits  of  a  famous  Nor- 
wegian who,  in  early  days,  travelled  on  snow  shoes  over  the 
mountains,  and  carried  letters  into  Carson  Valley  in  the  dead 
of  Winter,  sleeping  upon  the  snow  wherever  night  overtook 


him.  The  Judge  told  us  of  a  famous  race  on  snow  shoes  up 
at  the  Norwegian  settlement,  at  Silver  Mountain,  where  this 
man  came  down  the  mountain  a  half  mile  on  his  snow  shoes 
in  eleven  seconds.  The  Union  appeared  skeptical,  but  the 
Judge  pledged  his  character  for  truth  and  veracity,  for  the 
truth  of  the  performance,  and  recounted  in  support  of  the 
skill  of  these  people  ;  that  at  a  ball  given  at  Silver  Mountain, 
some  of  the  girls  came  on  snow  shoes  forty  miles  to  attend 
the  ball ;  danced  all  night  and  went  back  in  the  morning. 
This  performance,  on  the  part  of  the  delicate  Norwegian  la- 
dies, required  that  their  health  should  be  drank  with  honors 
— not  standing,  for  the  road  had  now  become  a  little  rough, 
and  the  Judge  lost  his  first  drink  by  a  jolt  that  sent  it  into 
his  neck  the  wrong  side  of  his  shirt  collar  ;  but  being  of  a 
perseveriug  Dature,  he  succeeded  on  the  second  attempt,  and 
if  the  Norwegian  ladies  are  not  iu  good  health  it  is  not  from 
any  fault  on  the  part  of  the  Judge.  About  3  o'clock  we 
reached  the  main  road  aud  drew  up  at  Yank's  Station,  where 
I  left  the  party,  who  were  bound  to  Lake  Tahoe  to  "  do  " 
that  beautiful  sheet  of  water.  (A  full  account  of  which  is 
given  with  great  fidelity,  and  in  a  masterly  manner,  by  one  of 
the  gentlemen  of  the  Union,  and  which  appeared  in  that  ex- 
cellent paper  under  the  head  of"  Cruise  on  a  Mountain  Sea," 
extracts  from  which  can  be  found  in  this  number  of  The 
Californian.)  Bidding  good  bye  to  the  party,  I  dismounted 
to  wait  for  the  stage  to  proceed  homeward,  while  they  contin- 
ued on  their  way  to  the  Lake,  where  they  appear  to  have  met 
with  adventures  that  should  be  read  to  be  appreciated. 

At  9  o'clock  the  stage  came  along.  Mounting  the  box 
with  the  driver,  I  find  myself  in  Placerville  next  morning  ; 
and  at  Sacramento  at  noon  of  the  hottest  day  I  ever  experi- 
enced anywhere.  On  going  on  board  the  Capital  I  found  her 
a  fiery  furnace  ;  not  a  breath  of  air,  and  the  atmosphere  like 
a  kitchen  in  dog-days.  I  mentally  resolved  that  I  never  again 
would  complain  of  San  Francisco  fogs  and  breezes— I  have 
hardly  cooled  off  yet ;  and  if  any  man  proposes  a  trip  to  Sac- 
ramento at  this  season,  I  shall  exclaim,  in  the  words  of  a  well 
known  capitalist  here,  "  No  more  Hums !    No  more  Hums  !" 

I  have  settled  down  to  the  hum-drum  duties  and  pursuits 
of  every-day  life  again,  but  I  find  my  thoughts  too  often  re- 
verting to  my  trip  to  Hope  Valley,  and  long  for  a  repetition. 
The  Judge  promises  me  a  few  days'  splendid  grouse-shooting 
at  Strawberry,  if  I  will  "  come  up,"  and  has  a  story  or  two 
left  to  tell ;  and  Charley  Watson  says  he  knows  of  a  splen- 
did trout  stream  near  by. 

A  boy's  idea  of  happiness  is  a  stick  of  candy  and  a  smooth, 
cellar  door  to  slide  on — mine  is  a  life  on  the  mountain  and  a 
home  at  Jim  Green's.  Podgers. 


Be  Sparing  of  Drugs. — Doctor  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes, 
whose  reputation  as  a  physician  runs  neck  and  neck  with  his 
literary  popularity,  in  his  valedictory  address  to  the  medical 
students  of  Harvard  University,  delivered  recently,  gives  the 
following,  we  doubt  not,  judicious  advice  to  the  medical  stu- 
dents who  were  ubout  to  graduate  : —  "With  regard  to  the 
exhibition  of  drugs  as  a  part  of  your  medical  treatment,  be 
sparing.  Many  remedies  you  give  would  make  a  well  person 
so  ill  that  he  would  send  for  you  at  once  if  he  had  taken  one 
of  your  doses  accidentally.  It  is  not  quite  fair  to  give  such, 
things  to  a  sick  man,  unless  it  is  clear  that  they  will  do  more 
good  than  the  very  considerable  harm  you  know  they  will 
cause.  Be  very  gracious  with  the  children,  especially.  I  have 
seen  old  men  shiver  at  the  recollection  of  the  rhubarb  and 
jalap  of  infancy.  You  may  depeud  upon  it  that  half  the  suc- 
cess of  homoeopathy  is  due  to  the  sweet  peace  it  has  brought 
into  the  nursery.  Between  the  gurgling  down  of  loathsome 
mixtures  and  the  saccharine  deliquescence  of  a  minute  globule, 
what  tender  mother  could  for  a  moment  hesitate  ?" 

Destroyed. — The  town  of  Mariposa  was  almost  entirely 
destroyed  by  fire  on  Saturday  night  last.  Two  hundred  thou- 
sand dollars  damage  was  sustained. 

The  new  city  directory  of  New  York,  just  issued,  contains 
176,511  cames,  an  increase  over  last  year  of  10,367. 


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THE  CALIFORNIA?*. 


[September  1st 


SINGAPORE   AND  HONG-KONG. 

IN  the  Indian  cold  season — that  is,  from  the  1st  of  Decem- 
ber to  the  first  of  March— the  voyage  from  Calcntta  to 
Hong-Kong  is  delightful  as  far  as  Singapore.  Looking  down 
one  calm  cool  morning  over  the  ship's  side  into  the  streaks 
and  eddies  of  the  transparent  sea,  I  was  startled  during  the 
voyage  thither  by  the  sudden  appearance  of  a  dead  China- 
man's face,  as  the  body  floated  with  the  ebb  tide  slowly  turn- 
ing along  the  vessel's  coanter.  It  was  the  face  of  a  man  in 
the  prime  of  life  and  the  best  of  health.  An  old  salt  who 
had  had  much  experience  amongst  Chinamen,  and  who  was 
standing  by  my  side,  observed  thoughtfully  :  "  He's  been  a 
winning  at  the  dice,  ye  see,  and  when  they  got  him  to  the 
water-side,  they  fetched  him  handsome  over  the  afterpart  of 
his  skull  with  a  thick  stick,  and  took  his  money,  and  hove 
him  in,  and  that  makes  no  marks,  ye  see."  And  in  this  way 
many  a  gambler  meets  with  his  end,  without  detection  of  the 
murderers,  against  whom  their  countrymen  will  not,  when 
they  can,  give  evidence.  The  policj  force  at  Pinang  would 
be  no  match  for  the  Chinese  in  any  very  serious  affray,  but 
the  magistrate  can  easily  and  promptly  procure  the  aid  of  any 
number  of  Malays  from  Wellesley  province,  and  these  people 
would  eagerly  obey  an  order  to  kill  every  Celestial  in  the 
country. 

It  is  scarcele  possibly  to  conceive  anything  more  beautiful 
than  this  entrance  to  Singapore  harbor.  The  ship  glides  in 
between  islets  and  little  hills  clothed  in  verdant  forest,  fringed 
by  a  pebbly  or  white  sandy  beach.  The  water  is  perfectly 
calm,  or  moved  gently  by  long  lazy  undulations,  and  so  trans- 
parent, that  the  fishes,  sorue  of  gorgeous  hues  and  fantastic 
shapes,  which  infest  such  localities,  are  plainly  to  be  seen  glid 
ing  about  far  below  in  the  shadow  of  the  hull.  Cheerful-look- 
ing' villas  and  prettily  painted  houses  are  scattered  along  the 
summits  of  these  islands,  and  increase  in  number  as  the  ship 
advances  into  a  basin  connected  with  the  outer  harbor,  in 
which  are  the  mooring  wharves  and  coal-sheds  of  the  opium 
China  steamers  aud  of  the  Peninsular  and  Oriental  Company's 
vessels.  Hardly  is  the  ship  fast  when  she  is  assailed  by  a 
fleet  of  canoes,  manned  by  Malay  men  and  boys.  The  boys 
come  to  dive  for  sixpences  or  eight-ana  pieces  which  the  pas- 
sengers throw  over  for  them,  and  the  men  bring  pine-apples, 
shells,  paroquets  and  other  birds,  and  animals,  such  as  tiger- 
cats,  civet-cats,  monkeys,  &c,  for  6ale.  The  shell  boats  are 
really  beautiful,  being  filled  to  the  uttermost  nook  and  corner 
with  the  most  lively  specimens,  arranged  in  perfect  order,  so 
that  the  boat  looks  as  if  it  were  a  floating  cabinet.  The  div- 
ing-boys are  of  all  ages,  from  seven  to  seventeen.  Some  pad- 
dle themselves  singly  in  tiny  canoes  little  larger  than  a 
butcher's  tray  ;  others  go  three  or  four  together  in  larger 
skiffs  ;  but  all  are  equally  eager,  crowding  under  the  gangways 
aud  keeping  up  an  incessant  gabble  in  broken  Euglish  to  at- 
tract attention.  "  Massa,  massa,  massa  !  now,  massa  !  I  dive 
very  good,  massa  !  You  throw  sixpence,  I  dive  very  quick, 
good  dive,  massa  I"  When  a  sixpence  is  pitched  overboard, 
the  whole  mob  of  them  throw  themselves  out  of  their  canoes 
headlong  in,  and  their  sprawling  liuibs  may  be  discerned  far 
down  as  they  strike  towards  the  bottom,  till  a  lucky  fellow 
clutches  the  prize,  when  they  all  return  to  the  surface  puffing 
and  blowing,  and  scramble  into  their  respective  canoes,  where 
they  are  soon  ready  for  another  dire.  This  feat  of  catching 
the  sixpence  is  by  no  means  so  difficult  as  a  stranger  might 
imagine.  In  the  first  place,  the  sixpence,  or  any  similar  flat 
thin  object,  when  thrown  into  the  water,  descends  by  gyra- 
tions, and  therefore  settles  so  slowly  that  a  moderately  expert 
swimmer  can  meet  and  grasp  it. 

In  the  mean  time,  the  wharf  begins  to  fill  with  a  hetero- 
geneous crowd  of  Malays,  Coringamen,  Chinese,  Suruttie^, 
Eurasians,  and  Europeans,  and  little  palanquin  carriages  drive 
up  for  hire.  These  are  most  useful  vehicles,  exceedingly 
light,  but  strong,  holding  two,  and,  at  a  pinch,  four  people, 
and  drawn  by  one  of  the  indomitable  little  Burma!)  ponies  up 
the  heaviest  and  toughest  road.  They  are  driven  by  half- 
naked  Madras  men,  who  perch  on  a  small  seat  placed  on  the 
front  of  the  carriage,  and,  never  understanding  a  syllable  that 
is  said  to  them,  goad,  poke,  and  worry  the  pony  on  till  brought 
up  by  the  shouts  of  the  passengers.  The  carriages  are  all 
numbered,  and  their  owners  and  drivers  subject  to  strict  rules. 

After  landing  from  the  ship,  aud  elbowing  his  way  among 
vendors  of  paradise  birds'  skins,  China  aud  Indian  fans,  Bom- 
bay work-boxes,  &c,  the  traveleris  taken  by  the  indefatigable 
diving-boys,  who  strive  to  earn  a  sixpence  on  land  as  well  as 
in  the  water,  to  one  of  the  palanquin  carriages  or  "  garees  " 
aforesaid,  and  driven  off  to  the  town,  which  is  nearly  two 
miles  from  the  wharf.  The  road,  which  is  good,  leads  at  first 
through  a  mangrove  swamp,  above  which,  however,  it  is  well 
raised.  A  little  farther  on  it  rises,  where  pretty  cottages  and 
suburban  villas,  with  neat  hedges  and  gardens,  and  a  large 
Chinese  burial-ground,  indicate  close  approach  to  the  town. 
Singapore  is  substantially  built,  laid  out  in  regular  streets, 
and  consists  almost  wholly  of  Chinamen's  shops.  There  Is  a 
good  iron  suspension-bridge  over  an  inlet  or  creek  in  the  town, 
a  pretty  though  small  square,  planted  with  flowering  shrubs 
Siud  shady  frees,  and  some  handsome  brick  and  stuccoed 


houses  bordering  the  strand,  or  drive,  along  the  beach  of  the 
onter  harbor,  which,  with  its  dark  blue  waves,  is  seen  outside 
the  towu,  crowded  with  vessels  of  every  size,  class,  and  nation. 

This  strand  road  is  bordered  inland  by  a  strip  of  lawn, 
planted  with  flowering  shrubs,  forming  a  pleasant  promenade 
and  playground  for  children.  The  lawn  is  again  skirted  by  a 
road  bounding  a  series  of  gardens  and  enclosures,  in  which 
are  contained  n  line  of  detached  and  handsome  houses,  in- 
cluding a  good  church.  .These  buildings,  embowered  in  trees, 
sweep  round  along  the  curve  of  the  harbor,  and  are  ended  by 
Government  House,  au  imposing  edifice  in  beautiful  grounds, 
crowniug  the  end  of  the  high  laud,  which  in  gentle  undula 
tions  encircles  the  landward  side  of  the  town.  The  homes  ol 
the  merchants,  government  officers,  and  private  individuals, 
are  scattered  all  arouud  the  suburbs,  in  fine  airy  situations. 
The  grounds  and  gardens  are  exceedingly  tasteful,  and  kept 
in  admirable  order  ;  and  the  roads,  shaded  by  neat  hedges  ot 
the  China  or  dwarf  bamboo,  and  trees  of  elegant  and  varied 
foliage,  are  kept  carefully  in  the  best  repair.  A  large  body 
of  life  convicts,  some  three  thousand  in  number,  enables  the 
municipality  to  preserve  the  communications  throughout  the 
station  in  thorough  order.  About  a  mile  and  a  half's  drive 
along  this  pleasant  suburb  brings  the  visitor  to  tile  public 
gardens,  which,  though  new,  are  already  beautiful,  and  only 
need  the  ripening  of  time  to  make  them  still  more  so.  The 
exquisite  neatness  of  the  lawns  and  paths  is  a  welcome  sight, 
and,  although  there  are  very  few  flowers,  they  are  large  and 
brilliant.  Amongst  the  houses  facing  the  outer  harbor,  which 
command  a  full  view  of  it,  and  all  day  enjoy  the  refreshing 
breeze  of  the  sea,  is  a  very  comfortable  family  hotel,  kept 
by  an  enterprising  Frenchman.  The  "  compound  "  of  the 
hotel  contains  a  detached  building  for  bachelors  on  one  side, 
and  another  for  the  table  d'hote  in  the  opposite  quarter.  This 
hotel  appears  to  fill  well.  The  passenger-traffic  between 
Europe  and  the  southeastern  archipelago  is  rapidly  increasing, 
and  English,  French,  Dutch,  and  Portuguese  from  and  to  Ba- 
tavia,  Borneo,  Manila,  and  Sumatra,  have  to  wait  at  Singa- 
pore for  the  smaller  steamers  to  convey  them  to  their  destina- 
tions, or  for  the  large  Peninsular  and  Oriental  and  Imperial 
Messagerie  ships  from  Hong-Kong,  as  the  case  may  be.  Be- 
sides these,  numerous  young  clerks  and  assistants  in  counting- 
houses  take  up  their  permanent  abode  in  the  hotel,  and  help 
to  increase  the  crowd  at  the  table  d'hote,  which  is  capable  of 
accommodating  about  sixty.  The  fare  is  good,  and  served  in 
a  style  half  Frencli  and  half  English.  About  twenty  Chinese 
lads,  clean  and  well-dressed,  fly  about,  serving  the  dinner  with 
great  briskness,  w  hile  the  master  of  the  hot?l  stands  at  a  side 
table  with  a  couple  of  assistants,  carving  for  his  customers. 
Fish  (in  great  variety  and  excellence),  poultry,  and  pork,  are 
the  chief  meats  ;  beef  being  scarce  and  poor,  and  mutton,  as 
in  Penang,  aud  throughout  Burmab,  procured  Irom  Calcutta 
at  an  extravagant  price.  European  vegetables  do  uot  thrive, 
nor  are  there  auy  Que  fruits,  with  the  exception  of  pineapple 
and  the  delieiously  refreshing  mangosteen.  But  the  steamers 
— whether  the  opium  vessels  from  Cal<  utta,  or  the  Peninsular 
and  Oriental  ships  from  Galle — afford  but  scanty  leisure  tor  a 
survey  of  Singapore.  In  twenty-four  or  thirty  hours  the 
traveller  has  to  proceed  on  his  voyage  to 

HONG  KONG. 

The  first  indication  of  the  coast  of  China  is  usually  the 
sight  of  numerous  fishing  junks,  in  pairs,  towing  between 
them  large  trawl-nets,  and  beating  steadily  up  to  windward. 
The  ease  and  safety  with  which  these  odd-looking  vessels 
ride  over  the  tumultuous  seas  is  beautiful  to  see,  and  the 
intrepid  fellows  who  manage  them  come  fearlessly  out  two 
hundred  miles  fiom  land.  They  are  pirates,  and,  whenever 
they  have  opportunity,  attack  and  plunder  the  small  junks 
and  lorchas  of  the  coasting  trade.  The  first  land  seen,  as 
we  near  Hong  Kong,  is  the  southernmost  ol  a  series  of  barren 
rocky  islets,  on  which  the  heavy  rollers  break  with  a  loud 
roar.  The  sea-bird  breeds  upon  these  rocks,  and  amongst 
them  may  be  seen,  but  rarely,  the  only  species  of  albatross 
which  ventures  north  of  the  equator — Dinmedea  brachyura 
of  Teinmiuck.  Increasing  in  size  northwards,  the  rocks 
attain  the  size  of  rugged,  lofty  islands,  and  encircling  Hong- 
Kong— itself  an  island — on  the  south  and  west,  inclose  a 
tolerably  smooth  and  land-locked  harbor. 

Hong-Kong  is,  in  its  way,  as  beaiitiful  a  port  as  Singapore. 
The  town  is  built  of  white  granite,  laid  out  in  regular  streets, 
which  rise  in  terraces  one  above  another.  It  spreads  over 
a  considerable  portion  of  the  southern  face  of  the  island, 
aud,  standing  in  bold  relief  agaiust  a  background  of  rugged 
mountain,  is  carried  down  to  the  water's  edge,  the  strand 
being  faced  by  a  stone  wall  or  quay  for  its  whole  length. 
The  harbor  is  generally  full  of  shipping — merchant  vessels 
of  all  nations,  and  French,  English.  American,  and  Russian 
men-of-war.  Between  these  glide  all  day  loug  boats  of  all 
patterns,  junks,  and  sampans.  Those  belonging  to  the  count- 
ing-houses and  offices  in  the  strand  are  secured  at  night  by 
being  hoisted  up  to  regular  davits  built  into  the  quay  wall — 
an  admirable  plan,  which  I  have  not  seen  followed  in  any 
other  port.  Chinese  boatmen,  and  boatwomen  with  their  fat 
ruddy  babies  slung  to  their  backs,  hayo  been  so  often  de- 


scribed, that  I  will  say  no  more  about  them  here,  except  to 
express  an  opinion  that  the  Chinese  mode  of  handling  their 
boats  does  not  appear  to  have  been  duly  appreciated.  There 
is  do  craft  in  the  world  safer  and  handier  than  a  Chinese 
sampan,  which  has  no  more  grace  in  its  outlines-  than  a 
butcher's  tray.  The  boatman,  who  stands  and  rows  facing 
forwards,  can  twist  and  turn  it  in  ways  not  to  be  attempted 
by  our  boats,  thus  worming  his  way  safely  through  crowds  of 
other  boats,  all,  like  itself,  too  broad  to  be  upset,  too  pliant 
and  tough  to  be  injured  in  a  squeeze.  The  Chinaman  also 
makes  more  use  than  we  do  of  sculling.  Lighters,  and  oth?r 
heavy  barges,  reaching  up  to  seventy  or  eighty  tons  burden, 
are  invariably  furnished  with  a  huge  steering  or  sculling  oar, 
which  is  worked  by  six  or  seven  men,  and  drives  the  vessel 
much  more  powerfully  than  an  equal  number  of  men  working 
with  sweeps.  We  have  also  some  lessons  to  learn  from  this 
people  in  sailing,  and,  until  we  condescend  to  stiffen  our 
canvas  with  battens,  cannot  expect  our  vessels  to  lie  in  the 
wind's  eye  as  does  a  Chinese  junk. 

A  pull  of  five  or  ten  minutes_  brings  the  traveller  to  the 
stone  quay,  and,  as  he  mounts  one  of  the  numerous  flagged 
stairs  along  its  face,  he  finds  himself  surrounded  by  eager 
coolies  or  porters,  and  chair-men,  with  their  light,  pretty  se- 
dans, ready  to  take  lijm  np  the  hill  If  the  new  arriver  have 
friends  in  Hong-Kong,  or  has  been  provided  with  an  introduc- 
tory letter  to  some  one  of  its  hospitable  residents,  he  is  landed 
in  a  handsome  private  boat,  sent  for  his  accommodation,  and 
under  the  care  of  a  comprador  or  steward  of  the  household 
placed  in  a  chair  or  sedan,  and  carried  off  to  his  host's  bouse. 
These  sedans  are  most  useful  things.  They  are  nearly  as 
commodious  as  an  Indian  palanquin,  and  far  more  comfortable, 
as  the  rider  sits  in  a  large  easy-chair,  instead  of  being  borne 
along  like  a  bedridden  patient.  To  enter  the  sedan  the  pas- 
senger lias  simply  to  pass  in  throuch  the  front  shafts,  which 
are  uplifted  for  t he  purpose,  the  sedan  remaining  on  theground. 
When  lie  is  fairly  seated,  the  bearers  (a  man  at  each  end) 
squat  down  under  the  cross-bar  near  the  ends  of  the  shafts, 
and  rising  up,  chair  and  all,  stride  along  at  a  rapid  pace  up 
hill  and  down  dale,  their  sandaled  feet  making  a  loud  slapping 
noise  on  the  road.  They  do  not  go  at  the  half  running  pace 
of  the  palkee  hearers  in  India,  but  with  a  sturdy  step  aud  a 
stiff  knee.  Two  men  are  enough  for  a  sedan  ;  but  if  there  be 
a  long  journey  to  make,  or  the  fare  be  of  such  proportions  as 
led  Mr.  Banting  to  his  useful  researches,  two  additional  men 
are  added  to  temporary  yokes  lashed  across  the  shafts.  Thus 
reinforced,  they  will  run  all  day.  These  chairs  are  sometimes 
prettily  painted  and  glazed,  with  awning  roofs.  They  are  to 
be  had  in  numbers  for  hire  in  all  the  principal  streets  and 
thoroughfares,  and  the  stranger  is  greeted  in  such  places,  as 
lie  passes  on,  by  a  chorus  of  '•  Cha  !'"  (chair)  •'  cha  !"  from  the 
bearers  seated  about  their  unemployed  vehicles. 

The  main  street  in  Hong  Kong,  running  parallel  to  the 
strand,  is  handsome  and  regular,  with  excellent  shops,  Eng- 
lish and  Chinese.  The  banks,  counting  houses,  a  handsome 
club-house,  and  a  church ,  are  in  this  street.  The  consular  and 
steam  agencies,  warehouses,  ship-chandlers'  stores,  and  such 
like  offices  aud  buildings,  some  of  considerable  size,  occupy 
the  strand.  A  little  way  up  the  hillside,  and  parallel  to  the 
main  street,  are  smaller  streets,  containing  hotels,  lodging- 
housas,  and  some  private  residences,  with  their  court-yards 
and  enclosures,  chiefly  European,  but  with  some  Parsee,  Co- 
ringa,  and  Chinese  dwellings.  These  streets  are  connected  at 
right  angles  by  smaller  ones,  steeply  ascending  the  hillside, 
and  thickly  crowded  with  shops,  chiefly  Chinese.  Still  higher 
up  are  the  stately  villas  and  semi-detached  houses  of  the  Eng- 
lish residents,  the  governor's  house,  a  handsome  building,  with 
the  public  gardens,  the  residence  of  the  general,  the  barracks, 
and  the  cathedral.  These  all  communicate  by  excellent  roads, 
bounded  by  neatly-finished  stone  walls,  and  interspersed  with 
gardens,  flowering  shrubs,  and  shady  trees.  From  the  level  of 
this  quarter  extends  a  magnificent  view  of  the  harbor  and  the 
opposite  island  of  Kowloon,  and  the  traveller  can,  if  he 
pleases,  ascend  the  rugged  barren  hights  above  him  to  the 
flagstaff  peak,  nearly  two  thousand  feet  above  the  sea  ;  but 
the  mountain  is  cheerless  and  lonely. 

The  suburbs  of  "  Victoria,"  as  Hong-Kong  is  called  (or 
should  be  called,  although  nobody  in  my  hearing  ever  called 
it  so),  are  not  extensive,  but  are  thickly  crowded  with  Chi- 
nese houses,  inhabited  by  fishermen,  boat-builders,  umbrella 
and  sedan-chair  makers,  masons,  and  coolies,  a  lawless  set, 
and  whom  the  police  of  Hong-Kong  find  plenty  to  do.  In- 
deed, to  this  day  it  is  reckoned  unsafe  to  go  aloug  the  skirts 
of  the  town  after  sunset,  unless  well  armed  or  with  a  party. 
Chinamen  are  both  adroit  and  audacious  highwaymen,  but 
they  have  great  dread  of  firearms,  especially  of  a  revolver, 
and  the  sight  of  a  pistol  insures  safety  to  the  traveller.  The 
quarrymeu,  who  are  employed  in  great  numbers  on  the  hill- 
side skirting  the  roads,  and  many  of  whom  pass  the  night  in 
temporary  hovels  where  they  work,  are  all  thieves.  And  as 
the  police  force  is  composed  of  Hindoos,  for  whom  physically 
Chinamen  have  great  contempt,  and  as  the  punishments 
sanctioned  by  the  laws  are  altogether  insufficient  to  check 
crime  amongst  this  people,  it  is  not  matter  of  surprise  that 


September  1st] 


THE  CALIFORNIA**. 


Hong-Kong  should  be  a  nest  of  thieves,  while  the  neighbor- 
ing city  of  CantoD  is  a  pattern  of  good  order  and  security. 
Indeed,  it  is  a  known  fact  that  all  the  worst  characters  in  the 
latter  place,  finding  their  own  government  too  hot  for  them, 
repair  to  Hong-Kong,  as  a  genial  region  for  misdeed.  It  was 
only  a  short  time  since  that  they  robbed  a  bank  in  the  town 
with  singular  skill  and  audacity,  entering  the  treasure  room 
through  a  drain  and  subterraneous  passage  dug  by  themselves 
at  right  angles  to  it,  under  the  foundation-wall  of  the  building. 

At  the  west  end  of  the  town  the  level  land  of  the  beach 
penetrates  the  hill,  forming  an  oval-shaped  flat  space  of 
meadow-land,  which  has  been  turned  into  a  very  excellent 
race-course,  and  on  the  eastern  side  of  this,  at  the  foot  of  the 
hill,  is  the  Christian  cemetery.  The  roots  of  the  hills  are 
here  covered  with  forest  trees,  and  a  pretty  little  stream  or 
"  burn  "  runs  along  the  bottom  of  this  "  Happy  Valley,"  as 
this  west-end  suburb  is  termed  by  the  English  residents. 
The  races  take  place  here  once  a  year,  and  are  exceedingly 
good ;  for  there  are  two  great  millionaires  who  spare  no 
expense  in  importing  first-rate  horses. 

Hong-Kong  is  a  good  deal  colder  than  Calcutta,  but  the 
seasons  are  as  to  time  much  the  same  as  in  India.  The  rains 
are  short  in  duration,  but  very  violent,  drenching  the  streets 
with  mountain  torrents  which  the  numerous  and  deep  drains 
cannot  always  contain.  The  summer  is  unpleasantly  hot  only 
in  June  and  July,  and  the  cold  weather,  during  which  fires 
are  absolutely  necessary,  lingers  on  till  near  the  middle  of 
April,  with  gloomy,  misty  skies,  and  chill  driving  rain  coming 
in  gusts  from  the  hills  above. — All  the  Year  Round. 

THE   ARCHANGEL'S  TRUMP. 

A GOOD  story  is  told  in  this  city  (says  a  Parisian  corres- 
pondent,) at  the  expense  of  a  very  handsome  and  rich 
widow  of  most  exemplary  character,  who  has  a  small  and  ele- 
gant retreat  at  Versailles,  in  addition  to  her  town  residence. 
At  this  pretty  rurality  she  was  passing  a  week  at  the  close  of 
the  autumn,  having  for  her  guest  a  lad  in  his  teens,  who  was 
a  distant  relative,  and  who  was  thus  passing  his  vacation  from 
school.  Madam's  housekeeper  and  cook  was  a  respectable 
female,  who,  however,  had  an  admirer,  a  trumpeter,  stationed 
in  the  barracks  near  by,  and  the  stolen  pleasure  of  whom  was 
to  come  in  and  dine  stealthily  on  the  remaining  dishes  of  the 
mistress'  luxuriant  table. 

Madame  and  her  boy  relative  having  started  after  dinner 
for  a  walk,  the  trumpeter  took  advantage  of  the  absence  :  but 
unluckily  prolonged  his  meal  a  few  minutes  too  long.  In  his 
hurry  to  conceal  himself  when  taken  by  surprise,  he  became 
ensconced  under  the  bed  of  the  lady  of  the  hovise,  thinking  to 
escape  while  she  passed  the  evening  in  her  drawing-room  as 
usual.  Madam  was  tired  with  her  wa'k,  however,  and  pro- 
ceeded to  her  room  for  an  hour's  repose  immediately  on  her 
return. 

The  trumpeter,  in  full  uniform,  with  his  brazen  instruments 
beside  him,  was  of  course  in  a  position  of  considerable  dis- 
may. As  he  lay  racking  his  brain,  the  door  saddenly  opened, 
and  in  walked  the  schoolboy,  who,  to  the  astonishment  of  the 
lady,  fell  on  his  knees,  and  made  a  tumultuous  declaration  of 
love  1 

"  In  the  name  of  Heaven,"  cried  the  astonished  object  of 
his  passion,  "  rise,  and  leave  the  room  immediately  !  What 
would  be  thought  of  me  if  yon  were  seen  in  this  indiscreet 
situation  and  posture  !    Rise  this  moment  and  retire  1" 

"  No  !"  firmly  persisted  the  academical.  "  I  live  but  to  love 
you  I  No  power  on  earth  shall  tear  me  from  this  spot — no — 
no — not  even  if  the  trump  of  the  last  day — " 

At  this  moment  the  trumpeter,  whose  lips  were  at  the  edge 
of  his  instrument,  blew  a  blast,  into  which  was  poured  the 
overwhelming  torrent  of  his  previous  impatience,  "  Trrrrr — 
ta,  ta,  ta,  la,  la'' — a  thunder-blast,  to  which  the  .walls  of  the 
little  cottage  trembled  to  their  foundation. 

The  room  was  vacated  by  dame  and  lover  in  a  trice,  and  the 
trumpeter  made  his  escape  ;  but  the  story  got  wind,  and,  with- 
out name  or  place,  was  all  over  Paris. 

It  was  being  narrated  one  evening  by  a  gay  man,  in  a  small 
circle,  when  the  narrator  remarked  : 

"  I  would  have  given  anything  in  the  world  to  have  seen 
the  face  of  the  lady  at  the  moment  of  the  trumpet's  sound- 
ing." 

"The  face  of  the  boy  on  his  knees  was  much  better  worth 
seeing,  I  assure  you,"  exclaimed  in  a  tone  of  pique,  a  lady 
among  the  listeners — unguardedly  revealing,  by  this  hasty  com- 
ment, that  she  was,  herself,  the  heroine  of  the  story. 

"  Home,  Sweet  Home." — This  song,  written  by  John  How- 
ard Payne,  whilst  residing  in  England,  was  first  produced  on 
the  stage  in  the  opera  of  "  Clari,  the  Maid  of  Milan."  The 
music  was  furnished  by  Sir  Henry  Bishop,  who  derived  the 
air  of  "  Home,  Sweet  Home  "  from  an  old  Sicilian  melody. 

Telegraph  poles  in  South  Australia  are  made  of  mahogany 
at  a  cost  of  about  four  dollars  and  a  half  apiece,  because  other 
wood  will  not  stand  the  climate  and  burial  in  the  ground. 

A  turtle  has  been  caught  in  Australia  seven  feet  in  length 
anJ  weighing  700  pounds. 


DOES  LAGER  BEER  INTOXICATE  ?— DIARY  OF 

A  MAN  WHO  TESTS  IT. 
"  "1  \OES  lager  beer  intoxicate?"  That  is  a  question 
I  J  which  has  agitated  this  country  for  years — courts 
and  communities  being  divided  upon  it.  As  a  scientific  ex- 
periment, and  for  the  purpose  of  satisfying  my  mind  upon  the 
subject,  I  went  among  the  beer  gardens  and  beer  saloons,  yes- 
terday, keeping  a  journal  of  my  progress,  which  I  herewith 
append  : 

9  A.  M. — Took  a  glass  of  lager  at  a  Third  street  saloon. 
Exceedingly  cooling  to  the  system.  It  diffuses  a  gentle  and 
agreeable  exhilaration  throughout  the  brain. 

9:05  A.M. — Took  another  glass,  with  brown  bread,  salt, 
and  cardamon  seeds.  Thoughts  run  in  agreeable  channels. 
Disposed  to  look  leniently  upon  the  frailties  of  humanity. 
Wouldn't  refuse  to  receive  cash  in  full  from  a  debtor,  or  force 
money  upon  a  man  I  owed.  Pat  the  head  of  a  little  Dutch 
baby  that  toddles  by  me. 

Am  carried  back  in  imagination  to  the  days  of  my  youth 
(which  the  nights  of  my  mature  years  had  put  out  of  my 
head,  somewhat.)  I  remember  my  early  love,  and  muse  in  a 
kindly  vein  upon  the  morning  of  my  existence.  Had  had 
some  annoyances  in  the  morning,  which  vanished  with  the 
froth  of  the  beer. 

9:10  A.M. — Took  another  glass,  joined  by  a  friend.  A 
kindly  feeling  toward  the  friend.  I  allow  him  to  pay  for  the- 
beer,  however,  retaining  my  presence  of  mind.  We  indulge 
in  cheerful  conversation.  I  become  eloquent  on  German  liter- 
ature. Quote  from  Goethe,  Schiller,  and  glow  at  the  mention 
of  Rembrandt. 

Other  friends  enter.    I  allow  them  to  pay  for  beer,  also. 

10  A.  M. — I  call  for  more  beer,  and  tell  the  bar-keeper  that 
he  is  "  in."  Ask  a  stranger  to  "join  us."  Another  member 
of  the  party  calls  vociferously  for  "  hard-boiled  eggs."  I 
check  him,  and  feel  a  sympathy  for  a  man  who  "  shows  his 
beer." 

10:30  A.  M. — We  have  indulged  in  more  beer.  Disposition 
on  the  part  of  some  to  tell  old  anecdotes,  at  which  the  party 
laugh  inordinately.  The  bar-keeper  "  smiles  "  at  our  expense. 
Some  one  proposes  that  we  go  up  Tenth  street.  Another 
glass  of  beer,  and  we  go. 

11  o'clock,  A.M. — Shook  hands  with  every  acquaintance 
we  met  on  the  street  coming  here.  Remember  patting  one 
or  two  very  particular  friends  on  the  back,  and  urging  them  to 
"  go  'long."  Gave  a  newsboy  twenty  five  cents  for  a  morning 
paper  that  I  had  read,  and  declined  to  take  any  change.  Had 
a  glass  of  beer. 

12  M. — The  party  gets  larger  and  fuller.  All  talk  together, 
as  a  general  thing. 

Think  we  stopped  twice  on  the  way  and  drank  beer.  One 
man  has  left  the  party.  He  said  he  had  "  business  "  to  attend 
to.  Remember  feeling  a  sort  of  admiration  for  the  man  who 
had  the  nerve  to  leave  a  party  and  go  about  his  business. 
Wished  I  had  some  business,  and  had  the  nerve  to  go  about  it. 
Concluded  to  have  some  more  beer. 

1  P.  M. — More  beer.  Some  of  us  leave  half  a  glass  un- 
drank,  while  others  crder  "kleiue"  glasses.  One  man  "  switches 
off"  on  whisky,  and  another  "  takes  a  cigar  in  his'n." 

2  P.  M. — Another  round.  I  tell  my  stories  over  once,  and 
just  as  I  reach  the  point  in  the  story  a  friend  breaks  in  with — 
"  that  reminds  me  of  a  little  incident,"  etc. 

Called  for  more  beer.  Boisterous  man  grows  suddenly  si- 
lent, his  head  drops  over  on  his  shoulder,  and  he  goes  to  sleep. 
Another  man  sings  a  song.  We  all  join  in  the  chorus  with- 
out any  particular  regard  to  key.    More  beer. 

3  P.  M. — "Sixty-six"  is  introduced.  We  play  for  the 
beer.  Two  or  three  suspicious-looking  strangers  worm  them- 
selves into  the  party.  They  laugh  extravagantly  at  all  my 
stories,  and  call  for  beer,  which  is  applied  to  my  account. 

4  P.  M. — A  man  who  had  been  silently  drinking  his  beer 
for  some  time,  suddenly  breaks  out  in  violent  denunciation  of 
some  individual  who  is  absent,  and  whom  none  of  us  know. 
We  immediately  sympathize  with  him,  and  proceed  todenounce 
the  absent  individual  witfi  great  warmth,  all  talking  together. 
More  beer. 

5  P.  M. — I  sing  a  song,  forgetting  the  third  line  in  the  sec- 
ond verse,  and  nearly  go  to  sleep  in  trying  to  recall  it. 

I  insist  upon  paying  for  all  we've  had.  A  total  stranger 
borrows  five  dollars  of  me  until  he  can  "  see  Stofe."  The 
glasses  are  filled  up  again  by  order  of  a  party  at  the  other  end 
of  the  room. 

6  P.  M. — Men  with  their  coats  off,  vociferating  violently. 
Everybody  in  intense  perspiratfon  ;  disposition  to  spill  beer 
on  our  shirt  bosoms  and  our  clothes.  Beer  mugs  knocked  off 
the  table.  Bar-keeper  gets  excited  and  wastes  his  German 
on  the  desert  air,  the  air  not  understanding  it.  I  imagine 
that  he  is  asking  us  all  to  drink,  and  accept  the  invitation. 
It  is  charged  to  me. 

7  P.  M. — More  beer  spilled  on  our  shirt  bosoms.  Fellows 
grow  pale  and  go  out  in  the  back  yard,  and  more  men  sud^ 
denly  recollect  that  they  have  business  to  attend  to,  going 
about  their  business  as  though  it  was  the  "  rail  fence  "  busi- 
ness. 

Lager  beer  won't  intoxicate ! 


Man  asleep  across  the  table.  Another  man  offers  to"  ras- 
sle  "  any  one  in  the  party  for  the  beer  (having  "  rassled  "  a 
large  quantity  of  beer.)  A  stranger  takes  it  up,  the  "  rassle  " 
proceeds,  and — and  I  go  under.    More  beer. 

10  P.  M  — More  men  sleep.  I  embrace  two  or  threeDutch- 
men  at  the  next  table — telling  them  "  you're  my  friend." 
Look  around  and  discover  all  of  a  sudden  that  my  party  has 
changed.  All  gone  "  wot  I  knowd,"  and  a  lot  of  strangers 
there.  Think  it  is  time  to  go  home.  Drink  a  glass  of  beer 
and  go  it. 

11  P.  M. — Am  rndely  awakened  by  some  one.  Open  my 
eyes,  and  see  a  couple  of  watchmen.  I  am  on  a  door-step  on 
Tenth  street.    The  watchman  says  : 

"  You  don't  want  to  sleep  here." 

"  The  devil  I  don't.  Do  you  suppose  I  would  be  (hie)  fool- 
ish enough  to  lay  down  and  go  to  sleep  here  i£  I  didn't  want 

to?" 

"  But  you  can't  sleep  here." 

"  That's  a  different  thing  altogether.  Vou  said  I  didn't 
wan't  to,  and  (hie)  I  never  wanted  to  so  bad  in  my  life  be- 
fore." 

11:30  P.M. — I  reach  home.  Experience  a  good  deal  of 
difficulty  in  unlocking  the  hall-door  with  a  lead  pencil.  Try 
a  pocket-knife,  and  then  blunder  upon  the  night-key.  Sud- 
denly remember  that  I  have  got  the  hiccups,  and  getting  under 
the  hall  gas-light  I  try  to  cure  them  by  seeing  how  near  lean 
put  my  two  little  fingers  together  without  touching  them.  I 
"  job  "  them  by  each  other,  clear  up  to  the  elbow.  Then  ex- 
perience a  glow  of  triumph  as  I  hold  them  very  near  together, 
two  feet  apart. 

11:55  P.  M. — The  hiccups  cured.  Congratulating  myself 
on  the  cure  as  I  go  up  stairs.  Think  of  taking  out  a  license 
to  practice  in  that  line.  I  open  the  door — give  a  hiccup  that 
starts  the  roof,  and  nearly  throws  my  head  off.  Wife  starts 
up  in  bed,  and*  says  : 

"  Drunk  again  /" 

I  protest  that  I  am  (hie)  not.  I  wax  dignified  and  learned, 
and  ask  her  if  she  (hie)  understands  the  diag  (hie)  nosis  of 
hiccups.  She  says  she  had  ought  to  ;  Bhe  had  seen  me  have 
them  often  enough. 

Said  I,  in  an  injured  voice  : 

"  Do  you  know,  madam,  that  (hie)  hiccups  come  from  (hie 
— comes  from  a  cold  (hie)  stomach  ?" 

She  said  she  thought  it  came  from  a  beer  garden. 

I  insisted  that  a  cold  fit  of  (hie)  hiccups  often  comes  from 
a  severe  stomach,  and  remember  wandering  off  into  a  disser- 
tation upon  the  intoxicating  properties  of  quails,  while  she 
was  pulling  off  my  boots. 

Lager  beer  won't  intoxicate  !   O,  no  1 

"  Hun-ki-do-ri." 

Posting  Him. — Sir  Walter  Scott  told  the  story  of  a  placid 
minister  near  Dundee,  who,  in  preaching  on  Jonah,  said : 

"Ken  ye,  brethren,  what  fish  it  was  that  swallowed  him? 
Aiblins  ye  may  think  it  was  a  shark;  nae,  nae,  my  brethren, 
it  was  nae  shark.  Or  aiblins  ye  may  think  it  was  a  saumon  ; 
nae,  nae,  my  brethren,  it  was  nae  saumon.  Or  aiblins  ye 
may  think  it  was  a  dolphin  ;  nae,  nae,  my  brethren,  it  was 
nae  dolphin." 

Here  an  old  woman,  thinking  to  help  her  pastor  out  of  a 
dead  lift,  cried  out : 

"  Aiblins,  sir,  it  wls  a  dunter,"  (the  vulgar  name  of  a 
species  of  whale  common  on  the  Scotch  coast.) 

"Aiblins,  madam,  ye're  an  auld  witch  for  taking  the  word 
of  God  out  of  my  mouth,"  was  the  reply  of  the  disappointed 
rhetorician. 

German  Books. — It  is  a  singular  fact  that  in  spite  of  the 
great  number  of  books — more  than  ten  thousand  separate 
works  in  a  year — published  in  Germany,  the  Germans  as  a  na- 
tion are  not  a  book-reading  people.  The  editions  of  works 
printed  there  are  very  small,  varying  from  three  to  seven  hun- 
dred. Novels  have  a  larger  sale  than  any  other  books,  being 
taken  in  great  numbers  by  the  circulating  libraries,  from  which 
every  one  who  reads  at  all  hires  all  his  light  literature.  The 
price  in.  many  of  these  libraries  is  not  more  than  a  cent  or  a 
cent  and  a  half  per  week.  In  all  the  principal  towns  you  can 
see  antiquarian  bookstore  on  almost  any  of  the  principal 
streets,  and  many  of  the  scholars  patronize  no  other  booksel- 
lers. They  have  choice  assortments,  for,  whenever  a  great 
man  in  the  world  of  letters  dies,  his  library  is  purchased  by 
some  of  these  stores.  New  books  are  advertised  but  very 
little  ;  but  the  notices  of  them  by  editors  are  more  elabo- 
rately and  conscientiously  written  than  elsewhere,  and  carry 
more  weight. 

Punch  has  written  to  Mr.  Darwin  to  inquire  if  it  is  possi- 
ble, under  his  theory  of  development,  for  a  bay-pony  ever  to 
become  a  sea-horse. 

Invincible  fidelity,  good  humor  and  complacency  of  temper 
outlive  all  the  charms  of  a  fine  face,  aud  make  the  decay  of 
it  invisible.  

A  Connecticut  railroad  company  advertise  that  until  they 
can  get  money  to  buy  cars,  they  will  run  coaches  over  the 
route,  and  have  bought  one  coach  to  accommodate  the  travel. 


4 


THE  CALIFORNIA!*. 


[September  1st 


"  MARK  TWAIN  "  ON  HIS  TRAVELS. 

AFTER  journeying  through  the  sugar  and  coffee  regions 
of  Kona,  and  having  a  missionary  conference  with 
"  Brown,"  "  Mark  "  comes  to  the  place  where  exists 
nature's  printed  record  in  the  lava. 
At  four  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  we  were  winding  down  a 
mountain  of  dreary  and  desolate  lava  to  the  sea,  and  closing 
our  pleasant  land  journey.  This  lava  is  the  accumulation  of 
ages  ;  one  torrent  of  fire  after  another  has  rolled  down  here 
iu  old  times,  and  built  up  the  island  structure  higher  and 
higher.  Underneath,  it  is  honey-combed  with  caves  ;  it  would 
be  of  no  use  to  dig  wells  in  such  a  place  ;  they  would  not  hold 
water — you  would  not  find  any  for  them  to  hold,  for  that  mat- 
ter.   Consequently,  the  planters  depend  upon  cisterns. 

The  last  lava  flow  occurred  here  so  long  ago  that  there  are 
none  now  living  who  witnessed  it.  In  one  place  it  inclosed 
and  burned  down  a  grove  of  cocoanut  trees,  and  the  holes  in 
the  lava  where  the  trunks  stood  are  still  visible  ;  their  sides 
retain  the  impression  of  the  bark  ;  the  trees  fell  upon  the 
burning  river,  and  becoming  partly  submerged,  left  in  it  the 
perfect  counterfeit  of  every  knot  and  branch  and  leaf,  and 
even  nut,  for  curiosity  seekers  of  a  long  distant  day  to  gaze 
upon  and  wonder  at. 

There  were  doubtless  plenty  of  Kanaka  sentinels  on  guard 
hereabouts  at  that  time,  but  they  did  not  leave  casts  of  their 
figures  in  the  lava  as  the  Roman  sentinels  at  Herculaneum 
and  Pompeii  did.  It  is  a  pity  it  is  so,  because  such  things  are 
so  interesting,  but  so  it  is.  They  probably  went  away.  They 
went  away  early,  perhaps.  It  was  very  bad.  However,  they 
had  their  merits  ;  the  Roman  exhibited  the  higher  pluck,  but 
the  Kanakas  showed  the  sounder  judgment. 

As  usual,  Brown  loaded  his  unhappy  horse  with  fifteen  or 
twenty  pounds  of  "  specimens,"  to  be  cursed  and  worried  over 
for  a  time,  and  then  discarded  for  new  tojs  of  a  similar  nature. 
He  is  like  most  people  who  visit  these  Islands  ;  they  are 
always  collecting  specimens,  with  a  wild  enthusiasm,  but  they 
never  get  home  with  any  of  them. 

CAPTAIN  COOK'S  DEATH-PLACE. 

Shortly  we  came  in  sight  of  that  spot  whose  history  is  so 
familiar  to  every  school-boy  in  the  wide  world — Kealakekua 
Bay — the  place  where  Captain  Cook,  the  great  circumnaviga- 
tor, was  killed  by  the  natives  nearly  a  hundred  years  ago. 

Kealakekua  Bay  is  a  little  curve  like  the  last  kink  of  a 
snail  shell,  winding  deep  into  the  land,  seemingly  not  more 
than  a  mile  wide  from  shore  to  shore.  It  is  bounded  on  one 
side— where  the  murder  was  done — by  a  little  flat  plain,  on 
which  stands  a  cocoanut  grove  and  some  ruined  houses  ;  a 
steep  wall  of  lava,  a  thousand  feet  high  at  the  upper  end,  and 
three  or  four  hundred  at  the  lower,  comes  down  from  the 
mountain  and  bounds  the  inner  extremity  of  it.  From  this 
wall  the  place  takes  its  name,  Kealakekua,  which  in  the  na- 
tive tongue  signifies  "  The  Pathway  of  the  Gods.''  They  say 
(and  still  believe,  in  spite  of  their  liberal  education  in  Chris- 
tianity,) that  the  great  god  Lono,  who  used  to  live  upon  the 
hillside,  always  travelled  that  causeway  when  urgent  business 
connected  with  heavenly  affairs  called  bim  down  to  the  sea- 
shore in  a  hurry. 

THE  STORY  OF  CAPTAIN  COOK. 

Plain  unvarnished  history  takes  the  romance  out  of  Cap- 
tain Cook's  assassination,  and  renders  a  deliberate  verdict  of 
justifiable  homicide. 

When  he  landed  at  Kealakekua  Bay,  a  multitude  of  natives, 
variously  estimated  at  from  ten  to  fifteen  thousand,  flocked 
about  him  and  couducted  hiin  to  the  principal  temple  with 
more  than  royal  honors — with  honors  suited  to  their  chiefest 
god,  for  such  they  took  him  to  be.  They  called  him  Louo — 
a  deity  who  had  resided  at  that  place  in  a  former  age,  but  who 
had  gone  away  and  had  ever  since  been  anxiously  expected 
back  by  the  people.  When  Cook  approached  the  awe-stricken 
people,  they  prostrated  themselves  and  hid  their  faces.  His 
coming  was  announced  in  a  loud  voice  by  heralds,  and  those 
who  had  not  time  to  get  out  of  the  way  after  prostrating 
themselves,  were  trampled  under  foot  by  the  following  throngs. 
Arrived  at  the  temple,  be  was  taken  into  the  most  sacred  part 
and  placed  before  the  principal  idol,  and  tendered  distinguished 
civilities  never  offered  by  the  islanders  to  mere  human  beicgs. 
The  belief  that  he  was  a  god  saved  him  a  good  while  from  be- 
ing killed— protected  him  thoroughly  and  completely,  until,  in 
an  unlucky  moment,  it  was  discovered  that  he  was  only  a  man. 
His  death  followed  instantly.  Jarves,  from  whose  history, 
principally,  I  am  condensing  this  narrative,  thinks  his  destruc- 
tion was  a  direct  consequence  of  his  dishonest  personation  of 
the  god,  but  unhappily  for  the  argument,  the  historian  proves, 
over  and  over  again,  that  the  false  Lono  was  spared  time  aud 
again  when  simple  Captain  Cook  of  the  Royal  Navy  would 
have  been  destroyed  with  small  ceremony. 

The  idolatrous  worship  of  Captain  Cook  was  repeated  at 
every  heathen  temple  he  visited.  "  For  a  brief  period  he 
moved  «nJong  them  an  earthly  god— observed,  feared,  and 
worshipped."  During  all  this  time  the  whole  island  was 
heavily  taxed  to  supply  the  wants  of  the  ships  or  contribute 
to  the  gratification  of'  their  officers  and  crews,  and,  as  was 
customary  in  such  cases,  no  return  expected. 


At  one  time  the  King  of  the  island  laid  a  tabu  upon  his 

people,  confining  them  to  their  bouses  for  several  days.  This 
interrupted  the  daily  supply  of  vegetables  to  the  ships  ;  sev- 
eral natives  tried  to  violate  the  tabu,  under  threats  made  by 
Cook's  sailors,  but  were  prevented  by  a  chief,  who,  for  thus 
enforcing  the  laws  of  his  country,  had  a  musket  fired  over  his 
head  from  one  of  the  ships.  This  is  related  in  Cook's  Voy- 
ages. The  tabu  was  soon  removed,  and  the  Englishmen  weie 
favored  with  the  boundless  hospitality  of  the  natives  as 
before,  except  that  the  Kanaka  women  were  interdicted  from 
visiting  the  ships.  The  officers  and  sailors  went  freely  about 
the  island,  and  were  everywhere  laden  with  presents.  The 
King  visited  Cook  in  royal  state,  and  gave  him  a  large  num- 
ber of  exceeding  costly  and  valuable  presents  ;  iu  return  for 
which  the  resurrected  Lono  presented  His  Majesty  a  white 
linen  shirt  and  a  dagger — an  instance  of  illiberality  in  every 
way  discreditable  to  a  god. 

"  On  the  2d  of  February,  at  the  desire  of  his  commander, 
Captain  King  proposed  to  the  priests  to  purchase  for  fuel 
the  railing  which  surrounded  the  top  of  the  temple  of  Lono  J 
In  this  Cook  manifested  as  little  respect  for  the  religion  in 
the  mythology  of  which  he  figured  so  conspicuously,  as  scru- 
ples in  violating  the  divine  precepts  of  his  own.  Indeed, 
throughout  his  voyages,  a  spirit  regardless  of  the  rights  aud 
feelings  of  others,  when  his  own  were  interest^!,  is  mani 
tested,  especially  iu  his  last  cruise,  which  is  a  blot  upon  his 
memory." 

Cook  desecrated  the  holy  places  of  the  temple  by  storing 
supplies  for  his  ships  in  them,  and  by  using  the  level  grounds 
within  the  inclosure  as  a  general  workshop  for  repairing  his 
sails,  etc., — ground  which  was  so  sacred  that  no  common 
native  dared  to  set  his  foot  upon  it.  l.edyard,  a  Yankee 
sailor,  who  was  with  Cook,  and  whose  journal  is  considered 
the  most  just  and  reliable  account  of  this  eventful  period  Of 
the  voyage,  says  two  iron  hatchets  were  offered  for  the  temple 
railing,  and  when  the  sacrilegious  proposition  was  refused  by 
the  priests  with  horror  and  indignation,  it  was  torn  down  by 
order  of  Captain  Cook  and  taken  to  the  boats  by  the  sailors, 
and  the  images  which  surmounted  it  removed  and  destroyed 
in  the  presence  of  the  priests  and  chiefs. 

The  abused  and  insulted  natives  finally  grew  desperate 
under  the  indignities  that  were  constantly  being  heaped  upon 
them  by  men  whose  wants  they  had  unselfishly  relieved  at 
the  expense  of  their  own  impoverishment,  and,  angered  by 
some  fresh  baseness,  they  stoned  a  party  of  sailors  and  drove 
them  to  their  boats.  From  this  time  onward,  Cook  and  the 
natives  were  alternately  friendly  and  hostile  until  Sunday,  the 
14th,  whose  setting  bun  saw  the  circumnavigator  a  corpse. 

Ledyard's  account  and  that  of  tbe  natives  vary  in  no  im- 
portant particulars.  A  Kanaka,  in  revenge  for  a  blow  he 
had  received  at  tbe  hands  of  a  sailor  (the  natives  say  he  was 
flogged),  stole  a  boat  from  one  of  the  ships  and  broke  it  up 
to  get  the  nails  out  of  it.  Cook  determined  to  seize  the 
King  and  remove  him  to  his  ship,  and  keep  him  a  prisoner 
until  the  boat  was  restored.  By  deception  be  got.  the  aged 
monarch  to  the  shore,  when  a  multitude  of  natives  flocked  to 
the  place;  great  excitement  ensued,  and  Cook's  situation 
became  perilous  in  the  extreme.  He  had  only  a  handful  ol 
marines  and  sailors  with  him,  and  the  crowd  of  natives  grew 
constantly  larger  and  more  clamorous  every  moment.  Cook 
opened  hostilities  himseif,  by  firing  on  and  wounding  a  threat" 
ing  native.  A  speedy  retreat  of  the  English  party  to  the 
boats  was  now  absolutely  necessary ;  as  soon  as  it  was  begun, 
Cook  was  hit  with  a  stone,  and,  discovering  who  threw  it,  he 
shot  the  man  dead.  The  officer  in  the  boats  now  ordered  his 
men  to  fire ;  this  occasioned  Cook's  guard  to  face  about  and 
fire  also,  and  then  the  attack  became  general.  Cook  and 
Lieutenant  Phillips  were  together  a  few  paces  in  the  rear  of 
the  guard,  and,  perceiving  a  general  fire  without  orders,  quit- 
ted the  King  and  rau  to  the  shore  to  stop  it;  but,  not  being 
able  to  make  themselves  heard,  and  being  close  pressed  upon 
by  the  chiefs,  they  joined  the  guard,  who  fired  as  they  re- 
treated. (Jook,  having  at  length  reached  the  margin  of  the 
water,  between  the  fire  and  the  bpats,  waved  with  his  hat  for 
them  to  cease  firing  and  come  in  ;  and  while  he  was  doing 
this,  a"  chief  stabbed  him  from  behind  with  an  iron  dagger 
(procured  in  traffic  with  the  sailors),  just  under  the  shoulder- 
blade,  and  it  passed  quite  through  his  body.  Cook  fell  with 
his  face  in  the  water  and  immediately  expired. 

Tbe  native  account  says,  that  after  Cook  had  shot  two 
men,  he  struck  a  stalwart  chief  with  the  flat  of  his  sword, 
for  some  reason  or  other ;  the  chief  seized  and  pinioned 
Cook's  arms  in  his  powerful  gripe,  and  bent  him  backward 
over  his  knee  (not  meaning  to  hurt  him,  for  it  was  not  deemed 
possible  to  hurt  the  god  Lono,  but  to  keep  him  from  doing 
further  mischief),  and  this  treatment  giving  him  pain,  he 
betrayed  his  mortal  nature  with  a  groan  !  It  was  his  death- 
warrant.  The  fraud  which  had  served  him  so  well  was  dis- 
covered at  last.  The  natives  shouted,  "He  groans! — he  is 
not  a  god !"  and  instantly  they  fell  upon  him  and  killed  him. 

His  flesh  was  stripped  from  the  bones  and  burned  (except 
nine  pounds  of  it.  which  were  seDt  on  board  the  ships).  The 
heart  was  hung  up  io  a  oatiye  but,  where  it  was  found  and 
eaten  by  three  children,  who  mistook  it  for  the  heart  of  a 


dog.    One  of  these  children  grew  to  be  a  very  old  man,  and 

died  in  Honolulu  a  few  years  ago.  A  portion  of  Cook  s 
bones  were  recovered  and  consigned  to  the  deep  by  the 
officers  of  tbe  ships. 

Small  blame  should  attach  to  the  natives  for  the  killing  of 
Cook.  They  treated  him  well.  In  return,  he  abused  them. 
He  and  his  men  iuflicted  bodily  injury  upou  many  of  them  at 
different  times,  and  killed  at  least  three  of  them  before  they 
offered  any  proportionate  retaliation. — "Mark  Twain,"  in  the 
Sacramento  Union. 


Sll  A.RK-KILL1NG. 

ON  the  coasts  of  Sumatra,  sharks  are  sought  for  and 
killed  as  a  sporting  exercise.    A  traveller  thus  speaks 
of  this  dangerouB  pastime  : 

"  1  was  walking  on  the  bank  of  the  river  at  the  time  when 
some  up-country  boats  were  delivering  their  cargoes.  A  con- 
siderable Dumber  of  coolies  were  employed  on  shore  in  the 
work,  all  of  whom  I  observed  running  away  in  apparent  trepi- 
dation from  the  edge  of  the  water — returning  again,  as  if 
eager,  yet  afraid,  to  approach  some  object,  and  agsin  return- 
ing as  before. 

"  I  found  on  inquiry  that  the  cause  of  all  this  perturbation 
was  the  appearance  of  a  large  and  strange  lookii  g  fish,  swim- 
ming close  to  the  bank,  aud  almost  in  the  midst  of  the  boats. 
I  hastened  to  the  spot  to  ascertain  the  matter,  when  I  per- 
ceived a  huge  monster  of  a  shark  sailing  along — now  Dear  the 
surface  of  the  water,  and  now  sinking  down,  apparently  in 
pursuit  of  his  prey. 

"  At  this  moment,  a  native  on  the  choppah  roofs  of  one  of 
the  boats,  with  a  rope  in  his  band,  which  he  was  slowly  roil- 
ing up,  surveyed  the  shark's  motions  with  a  look  that  evidently 
indicated  be  bad  a  serious  intention  of  encountering  bim  in 
his  own  element.  Holding  the  rope,  on  which  be  bad  made  a 
sort  of  running  knot,  in  one  band,  and  stretching  out  the  other 
arm,  as  if  already  in  the  act  of  swimming,  be  stood  in  an  atti- 
tude truly  picturesque,  waiting  the  reappearance  of  tbe  shark. 
At  about,  6ix  or  eight  yards  from  tbe  boat,  the  animal  rose 
near  the  surface,  when  tbe  native  instantly  plunged  into  the 
water,  a  short  distance  from  tbe  very  jaws  of  the  inoDster. 
The  shark  immediately  turned  round,  and  swam  slowly  towards 
tbe  man,  who  in  his  turn,  nothing  daunted,  struck  out  the  arm 
that  was  at  liberty,  and  approached  his  foe.  When  within  a 
foot  or  two  of  the  shark,  the  native  dived  beneath  him,  the 
animal  going  down  almost  at  the  same  iustaDt.  The  bold  as- 
sailant in  this  most  frightful  contest  soon  reappeared  ou  the 
opposite  side  of  the  shark,  swimming  fearlessly  with  the  baud 
be  bad  at  liberty,  and  holding  the  rope  behind  his  back  with 
the  other. 

"  The  shark,  which  bad  also  by  this  time  made  his  appear- 
ance, again  immediattly  swam  towards  him  ;  aud  while  the 
animal  was  apparently  in  the  act  of  lifting  himself  over  the 
lower  part  of  the  native's  body,  that  he  might  seize  upon  bis 
prey,  the  man,  making  a  strong  effort,  threw  himself  up  per- 
pendicularly, and  went  down  with  his  feet  foremost,  the  shark 
following  bim  so  simultaneously  that  I  was  fully  impressed 
with  tbe  idea  that  they  had  goue  down  grappling  together. 
As  far  as  1  could  judge,  they  remaiued  nearly  twenty  seconds 
out  of  sight,  while  1  stood  in  breathless  auxiety,  and,  1  may 
add.  horror,  waiting  the  result  of  this  fearful  encounter.  Sud- 
denly tbe  native  made  his  appearance,  holding  up  both  his 
hands  over  bis  head,  and  calling  out  with  a  voice  that  pro- 
claimed the  victory  he  bad  won  while  underneath  the  wave, 
Tan,  tan  I  The  people  in  the  boat  were  all  prepared  ;  the 
rope  was  instantly  drawu  tight  ;  and  the  struggling  victim, 
lashing  the  water  in  his  wrath,  was  dragged  to  the  shore  and 
dispatched.  Wheu  measured,  his  length  was  found  to  be  six 
feet  nine  inches,  his  girth,  at  the  greatest,  three  feet  seven  in- 
ches. The  native  who  achieved  this  intrepid  and  dexterous 
exploit  bore  no  other  marks  of  his  finny  enemy  than  a  cut  on 
his  left  arm,  evidently  received  from  coming  io  contact  with 
the  tail,  or  some  one  of  tbe  fins  of  the  animal." 


Steel  Calves. — Domestic  animals  generally  seem  to  be 
doing  well  this  summer.  The  last  few  windy  days  have  been 
particularly  favorable  for  tbe  development  of"  calvea."  There 
have,  perhaps,  been  no  periods  in  the  history  of  this  city 
where  so  many  of  them  have  been  seen  on  the  streets.  They 
mostly  go  in  pairs.  While  many  of  them  are  quite  slim  and 
gaunt  tiii.-  summer,  others  appear  remarkably  large  a  ml  thrifty, 
and  we  are  inlormed  that  in  many  cases  some  have  nearly 
doubled  their  eize  in  a  single  night.  To  a  city  bred  young 
gentleman,  no  branch  of  stock-growing  is  so  peculiarly  inter- 
esting as  this  variety  of  live-stock.  Somewhere  in  tbe  Old 
Testament  it  is  stated  that  Jewish  women  were  once  punished 
for  adoring  a  false  calf.    The  lesson  has  its  warning. 

Proctor's  Cave,  recently  discovered  about  three  miles 
from  the  celebrated  Mammoth  Cave,  is  said  to  surpass  the 
latter  in  extent,  grandeur  and  the  beauty  of  the  mineral  form- 
ations. Prof.  Wright,  of  Louisville,  is  makiug  a  thorough 
exploration  of  this  subterranean  wonder. 

How  to  catch  fleas— go  where  they  are. 


September  1st  J 


THE  CALIFORNIA!*. 


5 


AMUSEMENTS. 

AT  Maguire's  Opera  House  Byron's  burlesque  of  Aladdin 
proved  a  light  and  agreeable  entertainment,  well  pro- 
duced, with  fine  scenery  and  costumes,  and  pleuty  of  good 
music.  Lady  Don  made  a  very  taking  "Aladdin,"  and  Kate 
Deoin  a  particularly  graceful  "Princess."  Courtaine,  as  the 
"Magician,"  introduced  some  good  local  bits,  and  the  '-Chinese 
Widow,"  as  played  by  Thompson,  was  exuberantly  amusing. 

The  live  petty  comedy  of  Simpson  &  Co.  was  played  dur- 
ing the  fore  part  of  the  week  with  Aladdin,  and  from  its 
brilliant  points  and  finish,  as  well  as  from  the  excellent  fitting 
of  its  parts  in  the  cast,  was  a  particularly  noteworthy  pro- 
duction. The  piece  is  full  of  life,  sparkle  and  character,  and 
was  very  effectively  personated.  Lady  Don  as  the  jealous 
"  Mrs.  Simpson,"  gave  us  a  characterization  that  forcibly  re- 
minded us  of  Mrs.  Charles  Kean's  "  Mrs.  Oakley,"  in  the 
Jealous  Wife.  In  action,  in  the  modulation  of  the  voice,  in 
the  apparently  natural  impetuosity  of  jealousy,  the  persona- 
tion was  excellent.  Mrs.  Jackson,  too,  as  the  dialectical  and 
impressive  "Mrs.  Bromley,"  confidant  in  her  intriguing  hus- 
band's innocence,  and  believing  poor  innocent  "  Simpson  "  a 
perfect  Don  Juan,  was  admirable.  Of  course,  Courtaine  was 
in  his  element  as  the  double-dealing,  and  often  sadly  perplexed 
"  Bromley."  Mrs.  Judah  and  Miss  Sallie  Goodrich  ably  sup- 
ported the  lighter  parts.  In  adding  that  Anderson  was  an 
excellent  personifier  of  "  Simpson,"  we  have  finished  the 
commendation  of  one  of  the  best  and  the  best  played  little 
comedies  we  have  seen  for  a  long  time. 

The  Colleen  Bawn,  with  Lady  Don  as  "  Eily  O'Conor," 
was  brought  out  on  Thursday  evening,  and  was  played  again 
last-night.  This  aftarnoon  and  evening  the  burlesque  entitled 
Mazourka,  or,  The  Pole  and  the  Tartar  will  be  produced. 
We  suspect  the  plot  is  founded  on  some  poor  "  Pole"  who 
gets  treated,  as  usual  with  his  countrymen,  to  Tartar  Sauce. 
Tommy  and  Sally  will  be  the  introductory  piece.  On  Mon- 
day and  Tuesday  Rob  Roy,  with  all  the  original  mnsic,  will 
constitute  the  bill,  Lady  Don  as  ['  Francis  Osbaldistoo." 

Metropolitan  Theater. — The  second  representation  of 
II  Trovatore,  after  an  interval  of  several  weeks,  (and  we  be- 
lieve without  rehearsal),  was  given  on  Friday  of  last  week, 
to  a  full  house,  and  with  a  degree  of  spirit  and  completeness 
quite  remarkable.  Signora  Biaocbi  was  more  than  usually 
impressive  as  the  fierce  Gipsey^  and  her  rendering  of  the 
duet  with  "  Manrico,"  (ably  sustained  by  Signor  Bianchi), 
elicited  a  hearty  recall.  Signorina  Brambilla  and  Signor  Man- 
cusi,  were  in  fine  voice,  and  Signor  Milleri,  as  before,  grace- 
fully assumed  the  secondary  part  of  "  Ferrando,"  to  the  great 
advantage  of  the  cast.  The  chorus  and  orchestra  were  un- 
usually prompt  and  harmonious,  and  the  general  effect  of  the 
performance  deserves  all  praise. 

Faust,  which  drew  the  largest  audience  of  the  season  on 
its  first  representation,  and  a  good  one  on  its  second,  was 
given  for  the  third  time  last  Saturday  evening  to  a  thin  house. 
It  has  never  won  its  way  into  the  public  heart,  and  a  San 
Francisco  audience  is  probably  the  last  one  that  would  be  im- 
pressed with  its  subdued  beauties. 

The  long  expected  novelty,  Crispino  e  la  Comare,  was  pro- 
duced on  Monday  evening,  and  repeated  on  Wednesday  and 
Friday,  to  the  great  satisfaction  of  crowded  and  fashionable 
audiences.  The  light  and  graceful  character  of  the  music, 
not  strikingly  original,  but  fresh  and  sparkling,  is  admirably 
adapted  to  the  public  taste  here,  and  will  not  easily  grow 
tiresome;  while  the  broad  comedy  of  the  plot,  alter  weeks  on 
weeks  of  tragic  opera,  seems  doubly  grateful.  The  leading 
feature,  of  course,  and  we  are  glad  to  say  also,  the  great 
triumph,  of  the  performance,  is  Signor  Maucusi  s  capital  im- 
personation of  the  title  character,  Crispino,  in  which  he 
developes  such  an  astonishing  amount  of  comic  talent  as 
almost  to  make  us  doubt  his  identity.  While  every  one  bas 
from  the  first  acknowledged  the  fine  quality,  unusual  compass, 
and  very  artistic  management  of  his  voice,  we  cannot  say 
that  his  style  of  acting  in  serious  parts  has  found  much  favor  ; 
but  the  only  difficulty  in-  Crispino  is  to  imagine  that  it  can 
have  a  better  representative,  or  to  remember  that  we  have 
ever  seen  him  in  anything  else.  His  capital  make-up,  and 
the  complete  removal  of  his  heavy  black  beard,  increase  the 
illusion,  and  we  are -now  only  afraid  that  we  shall  never  be 
able  to  look  upon  him  seriously  again.  Among  the  gems  of 
his  part  were  the  "  Cobbler's  Lament,"  sung  with  real  pathos  ; 
the  duet  and  dance  wit^  "Annetta";  the  tumultuous  trio 
'  with  "  Mirabolano  "  and  "  Fabrizio  "  ;  and  the  little  address  to 
"  La  Comare,"  begging  leave  to  see  his  wife  and  children 
before  death.  Where  there  is  so  much  to  applaud,  we  regret 
to  find  even  one  fault,  but  must  unite  with  several  of  our 
daily  CDntemporaries  in  a  protest  against  "  gags,"  especially 
in  English ;  they  excite  a  little  laughter  from  a  few,  but  are 
nevertheless  in  bad  taste  anywhere,  and  in  opera  should  be 
looked  upon  as  an  insult  to  the  audience,  and  met  with  instant 
Bigns  of  disapprobation.  Signorina  Brambilla  was  very  charm- 
ing as  "  Annetta,"  though  a  part  quite  out  of  her  usual  line. 
Her  singing  of  the  three  principal  airs,  "  Ho  qui  di  cal  di  pal- 
piti,"  in  the  first  act,  "  Io  non  sono,"  in  the  second,  and 
"  Non  ha  gioja,"  in  the  last— all  bearing,  by  the  way,  a  strong 


family  likeness — and  also  of  the  piquant  little  canzonet, 
"  Piero  mio,  go  qua  una  fritola,"  was  heartily  enjoyed;  and 
her  quarrel,  reconciliation,  and  dance  with  "  Crispino,"  after 
the  gift  of  money  from  the  fairy,  quite  brought  down  the 
house.  Signor  Bianchi  filled  acceptably  the  small  part — 
reduced  by  cutting  out  whole  scenes  relating  to  his  love  for 
'■  Lisetta" — of  the  "  Contino  del  Fiore,"  and  sang  his  single 
roraanza,  "  Bella  siccome  un  angelo,"  with  taste  and  ex- 
pression. MM.  Charles  and  Roncovieri,  as  the  Doctors, 
"Fabrizio"  and  "  Mirabolano,"  were  excellent,  as  was  also 
M.  Hennecart  as  "Don  Asdrubale,"  while  M.  Guinde,  as 
"  Bartolo,"  looked  more  really  like  a  ghastly  sufferer  than 
was  altogether  pleasant.  The  part  of  "La  Comare"  was 
assumed  by  Mile.  Tourny,  who  evidently  needs  more  time  to 
make  herself  acquainted  with  it ;  we  believe  she  has  only 
had  it  for  four  or  five  weeks,  and  therefore  merits  the  indul- 
gence of  the  public.  The  chorus  and  orchestra  display  new 
life  and  precision  under  Ihe  temporary  but  very  competent 
direction  of  Mr.  Evans,  and  the  whole  performance,  even  on 
the  first  night,  was  remarkably  smooth  and  successful.  The 
careful  attention  paid  to  costumes,  scenery,  and  other  details, 
was  shown  by' several  changes— all  for  the  better — made  ou 
the  second  night.  Crispino  is  likely  to  draw  many  a  crowded 
house  before  the  public  will  consent  to  its  retirement  for  the 
season. 

This  evening,  for  the  benefit  of  the  Hebrew  Ladies'  Be- 
nevolent Society,  Lucia  di  Lammermoor  will  be  performed. 
Belisario  is  announced  for  Monday,  on  which  occasion  Miss 
Brannan,  heretofore  favorably  known  in  private  musical  cir- 
cles as  a  refined  lady  and  cultivated  singer,  will  make  her 
first  appearance  in  opera,  doubtless  to  a  crowded  house. 

The  Howson  Opera  Troupe  performed  last  week  at  Nevada, 
and  are  at  Grass  Valley  for  the  present  week.  They  are  to 
open  the  Marysville  Theatre  with  a  sacred  concert  to-morrow 
evening ;  and  will  give  the  Marysvillians  an  opera  season 
during  the  coming  week,  which  will  be  the  "  Fair  week  "  at 
that  place. 

Dr.  Jordan's  Anator.iical  Museum  is  on  exhibition  at  the 
Eureka.  An  inspection  of  the  wonders  of  this  establishment 
cannot  fail  but  prove  instructive. 


LITERARY  AND  MUSICAL  NOTES. 

XT  is  more  than  probable,"  says  the  Saturday  Review, 
"that  during  the  next  twelve  months  at  least  half  a  dozen 
new  books  about  the  Mormon  settlement,  the  Rocky  Moun- 
tains, Colorado  Territory,  and  all  that  wonderful  land  lying  to 
the  north  of  Mexico,  and  midway  betwixt  the  Mississippi 
and  California,  will  appear  in  London  and  at  New  York. 
Two  English  authors  have  signified  their  intention  oi  visiting 
these  parts  very  shortly  ;  a  French  celebrity,  whose  work  on 
China  has  recently  attracted  wide  attention,  is  going;  and  an 
American  artist,  Mr.  W.  Beard,  in  company  with  Bayard 
Taylor,  has  already  started  for  this  district,  with  the  inten- 
tion of  producing  an  illustrated  work." 

The  completion  of  the  50th  volume  of  Punch  was  cele- 
brated early  in  this  month,  by  a  banquet  at  Maidenhead. 
The  entire  literary  and  artistic  staff  and  the  proprietors 
dined  together;  and,  in  recognition  of  the  services  of  Mr 
Mark  Lemon,  who  has  for  a  quarter  of  a  ceutury  been  sole 
editor  of  Punch,  a  silver  "  loving  cup  "  was  presented  to  hi 
by  the  proprietors,  and  a  testimonial  of  a  very  gratifying 
character  was  also  handed  to  him  by  his  fellow-workers. 

Among  recent  notable  London  publications  are :  a  pam- 
phlet on  "  Steam  as  the  Motive  Power  in  Earthquakes  and 
Volcanoes;"  "  Thecla,"  a  drama;  a  "Collection  of  Two 
Hundred  Chess  Problems  ;"  Lamartine's  "  Biographies  and 
Portraits  of  Some  Celebrated  People ;"  and  "  The  Faire 
Gospeller,"  by  the  author  of  "Mary  Powell." 

The  profits  of  Lord  Derby's  version  of  the  "  Iliad  "  amount 
to  £1,350,  and  have  been  invested  as  a  prize  for  the  pupils  of 
the  Wellington  College. 

Mr.  James  Russell  Lowell  is  said  to  have  been,  for  some 
years,  engaged  on  a  novel  which  is  to  be  a  kind  of  Americau 
"  Wilhelm  Meister."    So  says  an  English  literary  gossiper. 

The  author  of  "Felix  Holt"  was  paid  £4,000  for  her 
novel,  which  is  about  a  fifth  of  the  sum  demanded  for  a 
sensational  drama.  She  has  gone  to  Germany  to  escape  the 
temptation  of  reading,  and  the  annoyance  of  listening  to, 
criticisms  on  her  new  work. 

It  is  understood  that  Mr.  Shirley  Brooks,  whose  novel- 
inditing  pen  has  too  long  lain  idle,  has  commenced  a  story» 
which  will  shortly  be  published  in  the  monthly  serial  form, 
with  illustrations  by  Mr.  Du  Maurier. 

The  lively  Paris  correspondent  of  The  American  Literary 
Gazette  and  Publishers'  Circular  is  Mr.  Osborne,  who  writes 
the  "  Spiridion  "  letters  in  the  Boston  Gazette,  and  the 
"Gamma"  letters  in  the  New  Orleans  Times. 

The  tenth  thousand  of  "  Ecce  Homo  "  has  been  published, 
with  a  new  preface. 

Col.  Marcy's  "Thirty  Years  of  Army  Life"  has  been 
republished  in  England,  from  the  original  Harper  edition. 


Dwight's  Journal  of  Music,  in  quoting  the  preamble  and 
list  of  officers  of  the  «  San  Francisco  Italian  Opera  Associa- 
tion," premises  it  as  follows  :  "  Music-lovers  and  fashionables 
in  the  Golden  Gate  city,  taking  it  for  granted  that  Italian 
Opera  is  the  height  and  sum  of  all  musical  felicity,  are  anxious 
to  make  it  a  permanent  institution  among  them,  and  to  this 
end  have  lately  organized  an  Association  on  the  following 
basis  :"  and  naively  adds  :  "  Judging  by  the  following  list  pre- 
sented to  the  Directors  by  Signor  Bianchi,  the  season  will  be 
stunningly  Verdi-isb."    Our  seasons  always  are. 

No  less  than  nine  new  operas  are  in  preparation  for  the 
next  season  in  Milan  :  Verdi's  "  Don  Carlos,"  Pacini's 
"  Streghe  di  Hofbau  "  (Witches  of  Hofbau),  Georgio  Micelli 
the  Neopolitan's  "  Convito  di  Baldossare"  (Belshazzar's 
Guest),  Bazzini's  "  Turando,"  the  "  Eloisa  di  Cleve,"  by 
Quaterez  of  Naples,  "  I  Promessi  Spossi,"  by  Pincherle  of 
Trieste,  "  II  Romito  di  Legnaro  "  (Hermit  of  Legnaro),  by 
Borivi  of  Bergamo,  and  "  Rosamonda,"  by  a  very  young 
maestro,  Parlo  la  Villa,  of  Palermo. 

The  great  Organ  just  erected  in  Rev.  H.  W.  Beecher's 
Church  at  Brooklyn,  by  the  Messrs.  Hook  of  Boston,  has 
been  exhibited  to  a  select  musical  company.  A  public  exhi- 
bition of  this  instrument  will  soon  be  given.  The  Organ  cost 
$25,000,  and  is  the  largest  ever  built  in  this  country.  It  is 
next,  in  size,  to  the  great  Boston  Organ,  which  was  built  in 
Europe. 

Paris. — At  the  Grand  Opera,  during  the  last  week  or  two 
of  June,  Meyerbeer  reigned  almost  exclusively.  M.  Dumestre 
was  successful  in  the  "  Africaine  "  as  Nelusko.  Next  came 
the  "  Prophete  "  before  Gueymard's  vacation  ;  then  "Robert 
le  Diablo,"  "  L' Africaine"  again,  and  so  on. 

The  facade  of  the  new  Grand  Opera,  now  building  in  Paris, 
will  be  decorated  with  the  busts  of  the  most  celebrated  com- 
posers. The  sculptor,  Denechaux,  is  commissioned  to  provide 
those  of  Cherubini,  Mehul,  Nicolai,  Weber,  Rossini  and 
Adam  ;  and  M.  Bruyer  is  to  provide  those  of  Lesueur,  Ber- 
ton,  Boieldieu,  Herold,  Donizetti,  and  Verdi. 

Milan,  during  the  last  two  months,  the  only  novelty  has 
been  the  pertormance  of  Cagnoni's  opera  "  Claudia  "  at  the 
Cannobiana.  The  libretto  has  been  adapted  from  the  work 
of  George  Sand  and  was  commenced  by  the  late  Signor  Mar- 
cello,  a  man  of  great  talent,  especially  with  regard  to  adapta- 
tions. There  are  too  many  recitatives,  and  altogether  it 
hangs  heavily,  and  is  wearying  to  the  listener. 

Vienna. — Both  German  and  Italian  operas  are  closed,  and 
of  course,  by  the  latest  war  news  from  Bohemia,  the  old  Aus- 
trian empire  must  be  singing  from  the  other  side  of  its  mouth. 
The  last  operatic  event  of  interest  was  the  performance  of 
Weber's  "  Preciosa,"  with  Walter  for  tenor,  Boch  for  bari- 
tone, and  Mmes.  Prauze,  Dustmann  and  Tollheim. 

Berlin. — The  journals  complain  of  the  falling  off  of  re- 
ceipts at  the  theaters, consequent  upon  political  troubles.  The 
same  cause  renders  musical  and  theatrical  news  from  all  parti 
of  Germany  of  the  scantiest  description. 

The  musical  world  is  anxiously  expecting  the  appearance 
of  Mr.  Thayer's  "  Biography  of  Beethoven."  Part  of  the 
MS.  is  translated  into  German,  and  it  will  appear  in  both 
countries  simultaneously.  Mr.  Thayer  is  American  Consul 
at  Trieste. 

The  mobilization  of  the  Prussian  army  has  ruined  the  thea- 
ter at  Carlsruhe.  The  tenor  Stolzenberg  has  been  drafted 
into  the  Rhenish  Contingent,  and  another  singer — Roberstin 
— bas  also  been  compelled  to  take  military  service. 

"  Emanuel  d'Astorga,"  which  has  awakened  such  interest 
at  Stuttgart,  is  Herr  Albert's  third  work.  He  is  already  fa- 
vorably known  in  Germany  for  a  symphony  called  "  Colum- 
bus," and  for  his  opera  "  Enzio." 


The  Adriatic  Sea. — The  events  now  transpiring  in  Europe 
are  drawing  the  attention  of  all  the  world  to  the  famous  sea 
that  once  floated  the  lords  of  the  world's  commerce.  The 
Adriatic  is  from  the  Strait  of  Otranto,  which  connects  it  with 
the  Ionian  Sea,  to  the  mouth  of  the  Tagliamento,  four  hun- 
dred and  eighty  miles  long,  and  its  average  width  is  a  hun- 
dred and  thirty  miles  below  the  mouth  of  the  Po,  above 
which  the  Peninsula  of  Istria  reduces  it  to  sixty  miles.  The 
Adriatic  receives  few  rivers  of  importance  save  the  Adige  and 
the  Po.  The  western  coast  is  flat  and  swampy.  It  is  unfit 
for  habitations,  and  its  harbors  are  few  and  poor.  The  eastern 
shores  are  steep  and  rocky,  and  contain  several  excellent  har- 
bors. The  northwestern  part  of  the  Adriatic  is  known  as  the 
Gulf  of  Venice,  and  the  northeastern  as  the  Gulf  of  Trieste. 
During  the  summer,  the  navigation  is  safe  :  but,  in  winter, 
the  northeast  winds  produce  many  dangerous  shipwrecks.  Its 
depth,  between  Dalmatia  and  the  mouth  of  the  Po,  is  twenty- 
two  fathoms  ;  opposite  Venice  it  is  twelve  fathoms  ;  and 
southward  it  deepens  rapidly.  Its  waters  are  Salter  than 
those  of  the  Atlantic,  and  its  tides  are  Umost  imperceptible. 


Victor  Hugo's  "  Toilers  of  the  Sea"  has  reached  its  third 
edition. 

A  diamond  was  recently  sold  in  Paris  for  $12,000. 


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THE  CALIFORNIAN. 


(September  1st 


SONG. 
OTILL  to  be  neat,  still  to  be  dreet 
As  you  were  going  to  a  feast ; 
Still  to  be  powder'd,  still  perfumed  : 
Lady,  it  is  to  be  nresumed, 
Tbough  art's  bid  causes  are  pot  found, 
All  is  not  sweet,  all  is  not  sound. 

Give  me  a  look,  give  me  a  face 

That  makes  simplicity  a  grace  ; 

Kobes  loosely  Mowing,  hair  as  free ; 

Such  sweet  neglect  more  taketh  me 

Than  all  the  adulteries  of  art ; 

They  strike  mine  eyes,  but  not  my  heart. 

Ben  Jonson. 


GLIMPSES  AT  CALIFORNIA  SCENERY. 

LAKE  TAHOE. 

THE  Hand-book  of  some  California  Murray  will  tell  you 
that  Tahoe  is  twenty-two  miles  long,  ten  miles  wide, 
six  thousand  one  hundred  and  sixty-seven  feet  above  the  sea, 
over  fifteen  hundred  feet  deep  in  the  center,  and  surrounded 
by  mountains,  the  summits  of  which  vary  from  fifteen  hun- 
dred to  thirty-five  hundred  feet  in  hight  above  the  level  of 
the  lake.  And  when  you  have  got  through  with  that  arith- 
metical description,  you  will  have  as  clear  a  conception  of 
this  Sierra  sea  as  you  would  gain  of  the  Big  Trees  by  reading 
of  their  dimensions.  Stand  upon  the  pebbled  shore  at  the 
southeastern  end,  soon  alter  sunrise,  and  the  lake  and  all  its 
conspicuous  landmarks  are  within  the  eye's  unaided  grasp. 
A  lake  in  a  lower  atmosphere,  five  miles  long  and  two  miles 
wide,  circled  by  hills  covered  with  grass,  instead  of  trees, 
deep  blue  in  the  center  and  a  brilliant  green  near  the  shore, 
would  make  the  same  first  impression,  for  the  vastness  of  the 
expanse  of  water  and  the  hight  of  the  surrounding  mountains 
do  not  appear  until  after  closer  inspection  and  comparison. 
Tonder  point,  one  of  the  capes  of  Emerald  bay,  looks  like 
a  small  grassy  knoll,  to  which  you  could  easily  pull  a  White- 
hall boat  in  fifteen  minutes.  That  little  knoll  is  a  hill  three 
hundred  feet  high,  covered  with  pine  trees  and  chapparal, 
and  there  are  just  nine  miles  of  water  between  your  eye  and 
the  point  where  a  boat  would  land  its  passengers.  Upon  a 
very  clear  day,  a  guide  will  direct  your  attention  to  two  white 
Bpecks  on  the  edge  of  the  water  near  the  northwestern  corner 
of  the  lake,  and  it  will  seem  as  though  you  might  row  a  boat 
over  to  the  foot  of  that  hill  within  an  hour.  The  faint  white 
Bpecks  are  Tahoe  City,  located  on  a  bluff  sixty  feet  high,  and 
a  fast-sailing  schooner  of  twenty  tons  burden  may,  if  the 
winds  be  favorable,  carry  you  there  in  about  six  hours.  The 
vessel  may  be  on  its  way  toward  your  stand-point  now,  and 
yet  be  invisible.  The  smooth,  green  hill,  above  the  white 
specks,  is  a  mountain  two  thousand  feet  high,  and  covered 
with  stately  sugar-pines.  Enter  a  boat,  and  row  out  for  a 
distance  of  a  half  mile.  The  water  will  be  a  clear,  traus- 
lucent  green,  every  pebble  on  the  bottom  being  visible,  and 
you  may  be  tempted  to  strip  and  wade.  First  cast  a  line> 
with  a  broad  sinker,  and,  before  you  pull  it  in,  you  will  decide 
not  to  wade  ;  for  this  green  "  shoal  "  water,  a  half  mile  from 
the  beach,  will  be  probably  one  hundred  and  twenty  or  thirty 
feet  deep,  though  you  can  see  the  glimmer  of  the  sinker  at 
the  end  of  the  line.  Push  out  a  little  further  into  the  blue 
water,  as  blue  and  sparkling  as  any  sapphire  that  decks  the 
hand  of  beauty,  and  you  may  piece  out  several  of  your  long- 
est lines  without  touching  the  quiet  ooze.  The  highest  sum- 
mit in  sight  at  the  southeastern  end  of  the  lake  is  Pyramid 
Peak,  which  is  still  covered  with  snow  in  July,  and  looks  like 
a  nice  point  to  reach  in  a  morning's  climb.  It  would  be  a 
good  day's  work  to  cross  the  lake  and  journey  to  the  edge 
of  that  snow  by  the  shortest  practicable  route,  and  then  the 
traveler  would  need  a  long  day's  rest.  When  such  facts  as 
these  are  learned,  the  mind  begins  to  grasp  the  grandeur  of 
Tahoe.  There  is  much  more  which  can  only  be  learned  by 
embarking,  under  the  care  of  a  skillful  navigator  and  an  in- 
telligent guide,  upon  the  sparkling  water  of  this  mountain 
sea.  Smiling  and  lovely  as  she  looks,  Tahoe  has  fits  of  anger, 
when  an  old  salt  would  prefer  to  encounter  the  wildest  winds 
and  the  most  threatening  waves  of  the  Atlantic  to  braving 
her  perilous,  freakish  wrath. 

LAKE  AND  HOPE  VALLEYS — A  BEAfTIFUL  LANDSCAPE. 

Lake  Valley  was  clothed  in  the  beauty  of  May,  while  the 
far  plains  were  withering  under  the  scorching  sun  of  July. 
The  meadows  were  fresh  and  gaily  decked  with  flowers.  The 
pine  and  the  tamarack  towered  in  symmetrical  elegance,  form- 
ing groves  free  from  underwood,  and  making  the  valley  look 
like  a  well  kept  park.  The  southern  wall  was  crowned  by 
Bnow-clad  peaks.  The  eastern  wall  arose  at  first  with  an  easy 
swell,  and  then  shot  up  into  straight,  sheer,  brown  rock,  with 
lofty  cliffs  of  perilous  edge. 

A  very  pleasant,  exhilarating  drive  brought  Oldbuck  and 
his  friends,  through  a  forest  of  pines,  oak  and  aspen,  having 
a  rich  carpet  of  grass  and  flowers,  to  a  point  whence  they 
gained  their  first  view  of  Hope  Valley.  Here  Church  should 
study  to  paint-  the  "  Heart  of  the  Sierra,"  as  a  companion 
picture  for  his  "  Heart  of  the  Andes."  Here  is  May  in  the 
lap  of  January.    Here  are  gathered  within  a  space  that  may 


be  grasped  at  a  glance  the  beauty  and  sublimity  of  the  moun- 
tain land.  Below,  fresh  green  meadows,  through  which  the 
clear  and  rapid  Carson  flows,  its  circuitous  route  marked  by 
willows  and  bowlders  of  granite.  A  complete  frame  of  moun- 
tains, from  fifteen  hundred  to  two  thousand  feet  above  the 
stream.  The  segment  on  the  extreme  right  shows  masses  of 
snow  and  dark-gray  rock,  from  which  descend  forests  of  pine 
and  tamarack,  with  straight  trunks  and  spires  of  evergreen 
foliage,  through  which  the  sunlight  falls  upon  the  gently  slop- 
ing sward.  .  Elsewhere,  the  mountains  are  green  to  the  sum- 
mit, but  spotted  with  bowlders  that  look  like  flocks  of  nibbling 
sheep.  The  meadows  far  below  are  fenced,  and  two  or  three 
houses  and  barns  may  be  discerned,  for  men  have  fixed  their 
homes  here,  "  shut  out  from  the  rude  world  by  Alpine  hills." 
From  this  valley  of  emerald  splendor,  freshness,  and  bloom, 
where  the  yellow-bird  and  the  blue-bird  are  warbling  in  the 
meadows  and  by  the  stream,  and  wild  flowers,  blue,  purple, 
and  golden — larkspur,  gentian,  and  flowers  unnamed — are 
swaying  in  the  sunlight,  the  Creat  Artist  of  Nature  had  not 
long  withdrawn  the  screen  of  snow.  The  emigrant  who,  after 
weeks  of  slow  toiling  across  the  hot,  sterile,  dusty  plains  of 
the  Utah  basin,  emerged  from  the  rocks  of  Carson  Canyon, 
to  meet  such  a  vision  as  this,  might  well  fix  it  forever  in  his 
heart  as  the  Vale  of  Hope— the  beautiful  gateway  of  the 
Promised  Land.  ***»■» 

The  sun  was  high  in  the  heavens  when  these  delightsd  tour- 
ists caught  a  first  glimpse  of  Hope  Valley  from  the  summit 
of  Luther's  Pass.  The  air  was  cool  and  delicious.  How 
light  it  was  Oldbuck  and  his  friends  did  not  know  until  tbey 
undertook  to  walk  -jp  the  road  on  the  eastern  side  of  the  val- 
ley, where  Wohaugh  said  the  grade  was  too  steep  for  a  heav- 
ily laden  &tage.  An  up-hill  walk  of  a  quarter  of  a  mile  was 
sufficient  to  give  most  of  the  party  a  bellows  to  mend.  The 
unaccustomed  citizens  were  not  the  only  sufferers.  Buoy, 
otherwise  strong  and  capable  of  enduring  severe  toil  and  ex- 
posure, puffed  like  a  porpoise,  lagged  behind  and  finally  man- 
aged to  deposit  his  two  hundred  and  eighty  pounds  in  the 
stage,  to  the  snorting  indignation  of  the  horses.  The  others 
jogged  on,  heloirg  themselves  with  improvised  alpenstocks, 
and  occasionally  complaining  of  feeling  oppression  at  the 
upper  portion  of  the  lungs.  Tenderloin,  resting  on  a  wayside 
rock,  quoted,  with  parenthetical  puffs,  the  opening  lines  of 
Beattie's  "  Minstrel,"  thus  : 

"  Ah !  who  cau  tell  (puff)  how  hard  it  is  to  (puff)  climb 
The  steep  where  Fame's  proud  (puff)  temple  shines  afar." 
*  *  *  *  *  *  * 

And  now,  as  they  were  about  to  take  a  farewell  look  at  this 
lovely  vale,  the  dazzling  light  of  noon  was  kindling  all  its 
wealth  of  graceful  line  and  varied  hue.  Here  and  there  the 
Carson  could  be  seen  glimmering  through  the  meadow  grass 
or  covering  the  rocks  with  snowy  foam.  The  straight  pines 
and  their  shadows  were  distinctly  defined  upon  the  lower  slope 
of  the  mountain,  and  the  snow  glistened  on  the  crowning 
peaks.  Below  was  the  lush  verdure  of  May.  Above,  the 
bald  and  white-haired  Winter  kept  eternal  guard. 

NAVIGATION  ON  THE  "  MOUNTAIN  SEA." 

Next  morning,  as  soon  as  the  matin  meal  had  been  dis- 
patched, the  party  gathered  on  the  little  wharf  which  had 
been  built  for  a  landing,  and  also  as  a  protection  for  small 
boats  against  the  breaker  j  when  the  lake  was  in  a  tempestu- 
ous mood.  The  water  was  perfectly  calm  uow,  and  near  the 
shore  shone  like  an  emerald  in  the  sunshine.  On  the  adja- 
cent beach  the  sand  was  thickly  sown  witli  jasper  and  corne- 
lian, beautiful  specimens  of  which  were  transferred  to  the 
pockets  of  Jenkins  and  Tenderloin.  No  schooner  was  io 
sight.  She  would  not  come  into  view  until  she  should  rouud 
Sugar  Pine  Point,  a  long,  low  peninsula  on  the  western  shore, 
covered  with  valuable  timber.  Hours  passed  before  the 
white  sail  was  detected — a  mere  speck  against  the  green — by 
the  keen  eye  of  Buoy,  who  knew  exactly  where  to  fix  his 
gaze." 

"  Thar  ain't  enough  wind  here  to  snuff  a  candle,"  observed 
the  big  man,  "  but  thar's  a  stiff  breeze  blowing  over  yonder 
They've  got  Meeks'  wind  by  this  time." 

"  Whose  wind  ?"  inquired  Hardtack. 

"  Meeks'.  The  wind  blowing  out  of  the  gorge  at  Meeks' 
creek.  The  winds  to  reckon  on  here  blow  out  of  Blackwood's, 
Emerald  bay  and  Fallen  Leaf  Lake.  If  they  don't  blow,  a 
sailing  vessel  might  as  well  be  anchored,  for  she  can't  make 
any  headway.  The  schooner  is  heading  for  this  point  now, 
but  if  we  don't  see  the  white  caps  running  out  of  Emerald 
bay  she  won't  get  here  till  near  two  o'clock." 

Jenkins  looked  at  the  waters  of  the  lake,  bo  quiet  and  un- 
ruffled as  far  as  he  could  see,  and  couldn't  help  expressing  a 
wonder  whether  it  was  possible  for  white-capped  waves  to 
show  themselves  on  that  calm  surface. 

"  White  caps  I"  responded  Buoy  ;  "  why  I've  seen  'em  run- 
ning across  here  like  a  flock  of  sheep  in  a  sweet  potato 
patch." 

Jenkins  booked  the  smile,  but  thought  it  would  hardly  be 
of  service  to  a  poet  smitten  with  the  charms  of  Tahoe.  He 
would  take  Tenderloin's  opinion  on  that  point. 

"Yonder,'1  said  Buoy,  pointiog  to  a  streak  of  smoke  near 


the  eastern  shore,  but  far  to  the  northward,  "  is  the  steam- 
boat coming  out  of  Zephyr  Cove.  She  is  an  old  schooner, 
with  a  steam  engine  aboard,  and  drives  a  fair  business,  carry- 
ing lumber  across  the  lake  for  the  sawmills.  There's  not 
many  people  around  here  now,  and  all  kinds  of  trade  are  dull. 
But  thar's  the  making  of  a  great  country  here.  Just  look  at 
it.  Here  we  have  plenty  of  the  finest  timber  in  the  world, 
enough  to  keep  fifty  sawmills  busy.  And  right  over  that 
ridge,"  pointing  to  the  eastern  range,  "  is  a  God-forsaken  re- 
gion that  won't  grow  anything.  Barren  ?  Why,  if  a  man 
owned  seventy-five  thousand  million  acres  of  it  he  couldn't 
pasture  a  whip-poor-will.  But  silver  draws  people  thai,  and 
they  must  have  timber.  Then  thar's  miues  near  this  lake 
that  will  be  worth  something  one  of  these  days,  and  at  this 
end,  where  the  Lake  House  stood,  will  be  the  Saratoga  of  the 
Pacific  coast. 

"Saratoga!"  exclaimed  Jenkins  with  a  nauseating  recol- 
lection of  Congress  Spring.  "  If  they  had  such  a  lake  as  this 
anywhere  in  the  Atlantic  States,  Saratoga,  Newport  and  the 
White  Hills  would  be  deserted." 

No  white  caps  were  running  out  of  Emerald  bay.  The 
schooner  seemed  to  creep  slowly  along  the  western  shore  of 
the  Lake,  though  far  on  her  way  across,  and  scaicely  a  ripple 
floated  over  the  smooth,  bright  expanse  of  water  between  her 
and  her  destination.  And  when  the  vessel  at  last  showed  her 
hull  and  appeared  to  be  witbiu  a  mile  of  the  landing,  the 
parly  of  tourists  ascertained  that  they  would  have  ample  time 
to  get  dinner  before  she  would  be  near  enough  to  receive 
them  and  their  traps.  And  they  began  to  realize  the  magni- 
tude of  this  Lake,  where  all  apparent  distance  was  a  decep- 
tion. 

The  schooner  had  a  graceful  model,  and,  with  every  inch  of 
canvas  spread  to  catch  the  faintest  breeze,  moved  over  the 
calm  waters  with  swan-like  ease.  She  was  dedicated  to 
pleasure  and  unstained  by  trade.  Her  captain,  a  veteran  of 
lower  but  wider  seas,  had  studied  the  lake,  for  he  had  soon 
discovered  that  the  longest  experience  on  the  ocean  would 
not  suffice  to  qualify  a  man  for  navigating  this  innocent- 
looking  water.  He  was  a  cautious,  considerate  captain,  look- 
ing far  ahead,  confident  of  his  perfect  mastery  of  his  vessel 
under  perilous  circumstances,  bat  taking  no  risks  while  the 
lives  of  others  were  intrusted  to  his  care.  His  whole  crew 
consisted  of  one  man,  equally  familiar  with  the  squalls  and 
cross  seas  peculiar  to  Tahoe. 

When  the  sun  sank  behind  the  western  range,  "  in  one 
unclouded  blaze  of  living  light,"  when  the  purple  shadows 
of  evening  crept  up  the  mountain  sides,  while  the  rosy  light 
still  played  upon  the  higher  peaks  on  the  eastern  side  of  the 
lake,  the  schooner  was  not  more  than  two  miles  from  her 
anchorage.  It  was  the  captain's  opinion  that  she  conld  not 
reach  Emerald  bay  that  night,  although  the  entrance  appear- 
ed to  be  within  rifle-shot,  and  therefore  the  tourists  prepared 
to  enjoy  a  sleep  on  the  lake. 

With  night  and  the  moon  and  stars  came  a  gentle  breeze, 
enough  to  ripple  the  water  or  rustle  a  leaf,  but  the  schooner 
seemed  to  sleep  upon  the  quiet  bosom  of  the  lake,  with 
heaven  below  and  heaven  above.  The  evening  star,  just  over 
a  western  peak,  made  a  pathway  of  light  across  the  glassy 
surface,  and  all  the  bright  hosts  of  the  sky  were  mirrored  in 
the  lake.  The  mountains  loomed  up  darkly,  their  summits 
being  sharply  defiued  against  a  sky  o'erspread  with  silver 
radiance. 

The  night  was  delicious — the  scene  enchanting.  But  the 
temperature  was  unmistakably  frosty.  Tenderloin  and  Jen- 
kins, with  buttoned  overcoats,  seated  upon  the  bow  of  the 
schooner,  recalled  the  poetry  applicable  to  the  hoar  and 
scene,  had  intervals  of  silent  communion  with  all  this  afflu- 
ence of  loveliness,  during  which  it  is  to  be  supposed  their 
thoughts  were  too  deep  to  cast  a  spray  of  words,  shivered, 
yawned,  and  finally  sank  upon  the  deck  to  rest  for  the  night, 
with  a  soft  bundle  of  rope  for  a  pillow,  a  spring-plank  for  a 
mattrass,  and  two  thick  blankets  for  a  mutual  quilt.  The 
rest  of  the  party,  except  the  sleepless  captain,  stowed  them- 
selves away  in  varioas  eligible  spots  ;  and  before  midnight 
all  were  wandering  in  dreams,  though  sleeping  under  the 
moon,  "  rocked  in  the  cradle  of  the  deep." 

EMERALD  BAY — A  HOME  IN  THE  WOOD8. 

Emerald  bay  opened  before  the  pirty — a  sheet  of  quiet, 
green  water,  a  half  mile  wide,  and  perhaps  two  miles  long, 
but  looking  much  smaller,  on  account  of  the  hight  of  the 
steep  mountains  by  which  it  *s  surrounded.  Shoal  at  the 
entrance,  with  a  bottom  of  boulders,  the  favorite  haunt  of 
silver  trout,  the  bay  deepens  suddenly,  and  woold  easily  ac- 
commodate the  Great  Eastern,  if  she  could  cross  the  stony 
bar.  At  the  extreme  western  end,  the  mouutaios  culminate 
in  two  remarkable  round  peaks,  which  have  a  name  only 
mentionable  to  stag  parties.  Beyond  them  are  higher  som- 
mits,  spotted  with  snow.  On  the  right  of  this  beautiful  back- 
ground, a  snowy  cascade  foams  down  from  the  summit  of  the 
green  range,  but  is  broken  by  rocky  steps  into  three  falls  ere 
it  reaches  the  level  sward  at  the  base.  Between  this  cascade 
and  the  waters  of  the  bay,  a  new  and  elegant  cottage,  a 
summer-house,  a  landing,  a  sail-boat,  and  several  skiffs  were 


September  1st] 


THE  CALIFORNIA!*. 


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seen,  indicating  that  somebody  with  a  fine  appreciation  of 
beauty  bad  made  a  home  here.  In  the  center  of  the  bay,  but 
near  the  western  end,  arose  an  island,  thirty  or  forty  feet 
high,  a  mass  of  rugged  granite,  made  picturesque  by  the  con- 
trast of  the  evergreens  with  the  rocks.  A  party  of  Sacra- 
mento ladies  visited  this  place  some  time  ago,  and  one  of  the 
ladies  named  the  island  the  Coquette,  because,  "being  the 
center  of  a  brilliant  circle  of  admirers,  attracted  by  her 
beauty,  she  still  has  a  stony  heart." 

The  adventurous  cruisers  lauded  where  the  sail-boat  was 
moored.  They  saw  children  playing  on  the  fresh  grass  be- 
□eath  the  shade  of  towering  pines.  They  saw  a  home,  en- 
chantingly  located,  aud  marked  by  evidences  of  genuine  taste. 
They  cultivated  the  acquaintance  of  the  "  lady  of  Emerald 
bay,"  as  a  Washoe  minstrel  ventured  to  sing,  and  her  lord — 
once  a  busy  man  in  Sacramento  and  San  Francisco,  now 
"monarch  of  all  he  surveys"  about  this  mountain  home. 
Among  the  pets  were  a  bald  eagle  caught  on  Eagle  Point, 
a  pointer  capable  of  intelligent  tricks,  a  tame  specimen  of  the 
wild  goose,  tame  trout  in  a  tank,  and  a  model  of  a  quartz- 
mill  in  full  operation.  The  accomplishments  of  the  queen  of 
this  beautiful  realm  included  rowing,  shooting  with  a  heavy 
rifle,  trout-fishing,  managing  a  sail-boat  in  a  squall,  designing 
and  building  a  summer-house  without  the  aid  of  architect  or 
carpenter,  and  administering  the  affairs  of  an  isolated  house- 
hold ;  and,  strange  as  it  may  seem  to  the  delicate  manipula- 
tors of  pianos  in  town,  this  life  of  vigor  and  daring  implied 
no  loss  of  gentleness  or  neglect  of  the  usual  attractions  of 
the  sex. 

Jenkins  thought  of  Diana,  the  huntress.  Hardtack  was 
tossiDg  and  talking  nonsense  to  a  lively  baby.  That  would 
never  do.  Diana  with  a  baby  !  Tenderloin  was  climbing  the 
mouutain  to  get  a  good  view  of  the  cascade.  Mr.  Oldbuck, 
Buoy,  Shorty  and  Wohaugh  were  examining  everything  in 
general,  the  citizeus  seeming  to  be  fascinated  b/  the  beauty 
of  this  secluded  home  and  the  novelties  assembled  around  it 
by  the  taste  and  energy  of  its  fortunate  possessors. 

Ice,  purer  thau  the  best  Sitka,  and  trout  a  foot  long  were 
taken  aboard  here,  and  the  Captain  insisted  on  a  short  leave- 
taking,  because  a  wind  had  sprung  up  which  would  carry  the 
schooner  out  of  the  bay  and  further  on  her  voyage.  Every 
inch  of  sail  was  set.  The  party  were  cheered  by  the  prospect 
of  a  genuine  ride  on  the  lake,  under  the  impetus  of  a  spauk- 
iug  breeze  ;  yet,  as  the  schooner  slowly  sailed  out  of  the  bay, 
away  from  the  pretty  home  in  the  shadow  of  the  hills,  the 
foamy  cascade,  the  picturesque  island  and  the  various  charms 
of  this  delightful  piece  of  lake  scenery,  there  was  a  general 
expression  of  regret. 

As  they  sailed  over  the  stony  bar  at  the  mouth  of  the  Bay, 
Buoy,  as  they  say  in  the  French  reports  of  Parliament,  "  took 
the  word."    He  had  the  deck  : 

"Nearly  all  the  points  of  attraction  about  this  Lake  are  at 
the  southern  end.  When  you  get  to  Tahoe  City  you  will 
have  one  of  the  finest  views  of  the  lake,  as  a  whole,  that  can 
be  obtained  anywhere,  but  around  here  you  might  spend  a 
week  and  see  somethiug  new  every  day.  This  Hay  has  been 
painted  several  times.  One  of  the  Washoe  aristoracy  has  a 
picture  which  he  says  is  '  pooty,  only  it  haint  got  distance 
enough  into  it.'  Right  over  that  low  range,"  pointing  north, 
"  is  Fallen  Leaf  Lake,  about  two  miles  long  and  a  half  mile 
wide,  walled  in  by  steep  mountains — one  of  the  most  beauti- 
ful sheets  of  water  the  sun  ever  shone  on.  Over  here,"  polut- 
ing  over  Eagle  Point,  "is  Cascade  Lake,  with  a  higher  cas- 
cade than  this  one  at  the  Bay.  Away  up  above  that  is  Echo 
Lake,  where  there  is  a  wonderful  chorus  of  echoes.  It's  like 
advertising  for  a  wife.  Pop  the  question  once  and  you  get 
more  answers  than  you  can  attend  to  in  a  month.  Then  thar's 
Pyramid  Peak,  which  you've  seen  at  a  distance.  That  used 
to  be  called  the  highest  mountain  this  side  of  Lassen's  Butte. 
But  Job's  Peak — that  yellow  summit  over  thar,  with  a  small 
patch  of  snow  on  the  tip,  goes  about  a  thousaud  feet  higher 
— say  eleven  thousand  feet  above  the  sea.  .  It's  just  fourteeu 
miles  from  the  upper  end  of  this  lake  to  the  top  of  Job's 
Peak,  though  it  looks  so  close.  Them  barren  yellow  summits 
represent  Washoe.  These  green  mountains  are  California, 
you  bet.  That  pile  of  rocks  just  north  of  Emerald  bay  is 
called  Rubicon  Rocks.  Thar  the  blue  water  comes  close  to 
the  shore,  and  if  you  cross  that  Rubicon  you  go  down  about 
nine  hundred  feet,  unless  the  big  trout  make  a  meal  of  you." 
— "  Winkle,"  in  the  Sacramento  Union. 


In  the  diary  of  the  Japanese  mission  who  visited  England 
in  1862,  it  is  noted  that  at  Dover  they  were  received  with 
cries,  of  "  Peyapipehare,"  evidently  intended  for  "  hip,  hip, 
hurrah  ;"  and  the  writer  adds,  "  The  meaning  is  not  clear,  but 
it  appears  to  be  a  congratulatory  expression." 

Ivory. — A  scarcity  of  ivory  is  predicted  ;  the  demand  for 
Sheffield  alone  kills  twenty  thousand  elephants  a  year.  In 
process  of  time  no  more  elephants  will  remain  to  be  killed,  all 
the  tusks  will  be  used  up,  and  then  what  shall  we  do  for  ivory 
handles  to  our  knives  ? 

TnE  Prince  Imperial  of  France  is  to  be  taught  printing,  a 
press  having  been  put  up  lor  his  use  in  the  Tuileries. 


A  BURLESQUE  BULL-FIGHT. 

A RECENT  traveller  in  Spain  describes  a  burlesque  bull- 
fight which  he  witnessed  while  in  Seville  : 
The  great  attraction  of  the  day  was  the  first  appearance  of 
an  "intrepid  senorita" — "  tauromaniac,"  we  should  be  dis- 
posed to  call  her — who  was  to  face  the  bull  single-handed 
This  drew  crowds  of  spectators  ;  and  when  the  ring  was 
cleared,  and  the  young  lady  entered,  in  a  kind  of  "  bloomer" 
costume,  with  a  cap  and  red  spangled  tunic,  the  audisncerose 
to  welcome  her.  She  bowed  to  the  president,  and  was  con- 
ducted at  once  into  the  center  of  the  arena,  when,  lo  !  a  great 
tub,  with  one  end  open,  was  brought  and  placed  upright,  and 
the  "  intrepid  "  lifted  into  it !  It  reached  to  her  armpits,  and 
there  she  stood,  waving  her  "  banderillas  "  or  darts,  when  at 
a  given  signal  the  bull  was  let  in.  It  was  a  young  bull,  with 
horns  cut  short  and  padded  at  the  ends  ;  and  as  the  animal 
could  only  toss  or  do  any  mischief  by  lowering  its  head  to  the 
ground,  the  risk  did  not  seem  great  or  the  peformance  prom- 
ising. For  some  time  the  bull  would  not  have  anything  to  do 
with  the  tub,  evidently  not  considering  it  fair  game  ;  but,  af- 
ter walking  two  or  three  times  round  the  arena,  he  turned 
round  suddenly,  and,  without  the  slightest  warning,  rushed 
headlong  at  it.  Away  went  the  tub,  rolling  half  across  the 
arena,  with  our  fair  senorita,  who  had  evidently  rehearsed  her 
part,  coiled  up  inside.  This  was  all  very  well,  and  the  lady 
might  enjjy  a  sport  usually  confined  to  the  hedgehog  and 
other  lower  animals  ;  but  when  the  bull,  who  soon  began  to 
get  angry,  at  last  caught  up  the  barrel  on  his  horns,  and 
rushed  bellowing  round  the  ring,  it  looked  serious  for  the  ten- 
ant. There  was  a  general  rush  of  "  banderillas "  and 
"  chulos  "  to  the  rescue  ;  but  some  minutes  elapsed  before 
they  could  surround  the  bull  and  rescue  the  performer  from 
her  perilous  position.  When  extricated,  she  was  smuggled 
ignominiously  out  of  the  arena,  and  we  saw  the  brave  senorita 
no  more  ;  the  bull  was  not  killed,  but  "  bundled  "  out  of  the 
ring.  The  next  act  was  "  Skittles."  Nine  negroes  ("Bedou- 
ins of  the  Desert,"  we  should  call  them),  dressed  grotesquely, 
stood  up  like  "  ninepins,"  within  a  few  feet  of  each  other, 
and  a  frisky  "  novillado,"  or  young  bull,  was  let  in  to  knock 
them  over.  They  understood  their  duty,  and  went  down  "flat 
at  the  first  charge.  The  bull  struck  out  right  and  left,  and 
soon  overturned  them  all.  They  then  sat  in  rows  in  chairs, 
and  were  again  bowled  over,  to  the  delight  of  the  assembly. 

This  was  great  fun,  and  was  repeated  several  times — the 
bull  liked  it,  the  "  ninepins  "  seemed  to  like  it,  and  the  peo- 
ple gloried  in  it.  The  third  act  was  the  burlesque  of  the 
"  picadores;"  a  grotesque  but  a  sadder  sight.  Five  poor  men 
in  rags,  who,  for  the  sake  of  two  or  three  reales  allowed 
themselves  to  be  mounted  on  donkeys  and  receive  the  charge 
of  the  bull.  We  could  not  help  thinking  that  it  was  not  alone 
Cervantes  who  had  "laughed  Spain's  chivalry  away,-'  if  the 
stately  Sevillians  could  enjoy  such  sights  as  these.  But  we 
must  not  stay  to  moralize  :  the  sight  is  too  ridiculous.  Here 
they  come  in  close  phalanx,  cheered  by  at  least  5,000  people; 
the  five  donkeys  with  their  ears  well  forward  and  their  tails 
set  closely  between  their  legs  ;  the  rageed  "  picadores,"  with- 
out saddle  or  briddle,  riding  with  a  jaunty  air,  and  a  grim 
smile  on  their  dirty  faces,  that  was  comical  in  the  extreme 
Would  that  Gustave  Dore  could  have  seen  the  group  !  The 
gates  are  opened  again,  and  the  bull  goes  to  work.  He 
charges  them  at  once,  but  they  are  so  closely  packed  that 
they  resist  the  shock,  and  the  bull  retires.  He  has  broken 
one  of  the  poor  animal's  legs,  but  they  tie  it  up  with  a  hand- 
kerchief, and  continue  inarching  slowly  round,  keeping  well 
together  as  their  only  chance.  A  few  more  charges,  and  down 
they  all  go.  The  men  ran  for  their  lives  and  leap  the  barri- 
ers, and  the  donkeys  are  thrown  up  in  the  air!  Such  is  the 
general  outline  of  the  performance,  which  had  many  varia- 
tions and  interludes,  and  lasted  more  than  three  hours.  As 
evening  approached,  the  whole  scene  made  one  of  those  pic- 
tures that,  delight  an  artist.  The  "  Plaza  de  Toros,"  at 
Seville,  is  half  in  ruins,  one  side  of  the  wall  being  destroyed  ; 
and  through  this  gap  we  saw  the  city.  The  foreground  was 
an  irregular  moss  of  people,  scarce  distinguishable  in  the  twi- 
light, but  twinkling  with  the  light  of  thousands  of  ''  ciffa- 
ritos,"  and  covered  with  a  complete  canopy  of  smoke  float- 
ing in  the  still  air.  Beyoud.  the  city  towers  just  tinged  with 
the  sun's  departing  rays,  and  "  La  Giralda,"  high  above  them 
all,  glowing  as  if  it  were  yet  broad  day.  The  finale  was  a 
wonderful  sight.  Two  or  three  young  bulls  were  let  into  the 
ring,  and  then  all  the  people.  We  left  them  there  rolling  and 
tumbling  over  one  another  in  the  darkness,  shouting  and 
screaming,  fighting  and  cursing — sending  up  sounds  that 
might,  indeed,  make  angels  weep. 


Precocious. — The  other  evening,  as  I  was  sauntering  slowly 
down  the  main  street  in  our  village,  I  drew  near  one  of  our 
groceries,  and  perceived  a  dirty-faced  boy  and  girl,  about  nine 
years  of  age,  standing  by  the  store  window.  Just  as  I  was 
passing,  the  boy  broke  out  with,  "  Mag,  do  you  love  Sam  Ga- 
ley  better  nor  me?"  When  out  came  the  young  lady's  reply  : 
"  Sam  Galey  to  blazes  I  I  don't  like  you  nor  Sam  Galey 
either."   Just  phaucy  that  boy's  phelinks. 


OUR  EYES. 

AN  eminent  Boston  physician  says  indigestion  is  the 
principal  source  of  weak  eyes.  Reading  in  the  cars 
often  seriously  disturbs  the  vision.  A  delicate  and  wonderful 
apparatus  within  the  eyes  is  constantly  busy  adapting  it  to 
the  varying  focal  distances.  The  jerking  motion  of  the  cars 
compels  an  exhaustive  effort  to  maintain  the  required  adap- 
tation. Thousands  of  eyes  are  spoiled  by  reading  in  cars  and 
other  vehicles.  Recently  I  was  consulted  by  a  railroad  ex- 
pressman who  had  become  blind  by  reading  the  newspapers 
in  the  cars.  Thousands,  who  have  never  consciously  suffered 
any  inconvenience  from  the  habit,  are  obliged  to  wear  glasses 
prematurely,  to  correct  an  unsteadiness  of  vision  produced  in 
this  way.  Reading  with  the  gas-light  before  you  is  another 
cause  of  weak  eyes. 

The  light  should  always  hang  quite  high  and  behind  you, 
and  allowed  to  shine  over  the  shoulder.  If  convenient  it 
should  be  over  the  left  shoulder.  If  using  kerosene,  it  is  best 
to  employ  the  lamps  which  hang  on  the  wall.  Neither  should 
you  read  with  your  face  toward  the  window. 

Reading  by  twilight  is  dangerous.  Gradually  accommodat- 
ing itself  to  the  receding  light  the  eye  is  unconsciously 
strained.  I  have  seen  more  than  one  case  of  grave  disease  of 
the  eye  produced  by  an  undue  effort  to  use  the  vision  too  long 
at  twilight. 

White  paint  is  another  mischief  to  the  eyes.  White  paint 
inside,  white  paint  outside,  white  paint  everywhere.  During 
the  season  of  the  brightest  sunshine  the  glare  hurts  the  eye. 
I  wonder  if  it  is  not  in  bad  taste  also  ?  I  notice  that  artists 
have  none  of  it  about  them. 

In  our  constant  reading,  the  eyesight  is  much  tried  by  the 
white  paper.  I  hope  that  the  tinted  paper,  with  still  deeper 
color,  may  become  fashionable. 

Avoid  reading  by  artificial  light  when  you  can.  We  read 
too  much.  We  read  as  we  eat — pell-mell,  hotchity-potchity  ; 
no  mastication,  no  digestion.  If,  as  a  people,  we  read  less, 
we  might  know  more.  Few  indications  are  more  unpromising 
in  a  child  than  a  remarkable  passion  for  books.  I  doubt  if  a 
good  lady,  who  called  on  me  the  other  day  with  her  son,  will 
ever  forgive  me  for  what  I  said  to  her.  Her  boy  was  of  the 
regular  Boston  type — great  head  and  eyes,  with  small  and 
narrow  chest.  She  said  with  a  mournful  voice,  but  with  evi- 
dent pride  :  "  Ah,  doctor,  he  has  such  a  passion  for  books. 
As  soon  as  he  is  out  of  bed,  he  is  down  at  some  great  book, 
and  scarcely  leaves  it  but  lor  his  meals.  He  never  plays  like 
other  children." 

I  told  her,  among  other  things,  that  unless  she  could  break 
up  that  habit,  her  son  would  very  likely  turn  out  a  dolt.  She 
left  very  soon  with  the  belief  that  I  did  not  understand  her 
son's  case.  I  should  have  about  as  much  hope  of  a  man  who 
gave  himself  up  to  childish  sports  as  I  should  of  a  child  who 
gave  himself  up  to  the  habits  and  life  of  a  man. 

The  newspapers  have  much  to  answer  for  in  the  way  of 
small  type  and  imperfect  printing.  I  would  cheerfully  give 
two  hundred  dollars  a  year  to  support  a  newspaper  which 
would  give  us,  morning  and  evening,  a  half  column  of  the 
really  reliable  news,  instead  of  fifteen  columns  of  diluted 
speculations  and  tricky  canard,  the  reading  of  which  bursts 
our  eyes  and  wastes  our  precious  time. 

The  Schoolmaster's  in  that  Bed. — One  evening,  after 
school,  one  of  my  scholars  stepped  up  to  me  and  said  : 

"  Mr.  Jones,  father  said  you  would  come  home  with  me." 

"  Very  well,"  said  I,  and  forthwith  set  out  for  my  patron's 
house,  which  was  some  two  miles. 

Now,  be  it  known,  James  McHenry — for  such  was  his  name 
— had  two  daughters,  the  pride  and  envy  of  the  whole  com- 
munity. I  had  heard  so  much  about  them  that  I  was  anxious 
to  see  them.    It  seemed,  however,  I  was  to  be  disappointed. 

When  we  arrived,  I  heard  that  the  girls  had  gone  to  a  party 
on  the  other  side  of  the  creek  ;  so  1  went  to  bed,  execrating 
the  luck  which  deprived  me  of  seeing  them  that  night.  The 
night  had  well  advanced,  when  I  heard  one  of  the  girls  come; 
and  passing  into  an  adjoining  room,  she  warmed  herself  before 
some  coals  which  were  alive  on  the  hearth.  It  seems  that  the 
old  gentleman  and  lady  slept  in  the  same  room,  which  I  was 
not  aware  of  then.  Having  warmed  herself,  she  turned  to 
leave  the  room,  when  the  old  man  spoke. 

"  Girl,"  said  he,  "  the  schoolmaster  is  in  your  bed." 

"  Very  well,"  said  Sarah,  and  passed  through  the  room  I 
slept  in,  and  went  up  stairs. 

An  hour  elapsed,  wheu  I  heard  Judy,  the  other  one,  come. 
She  stood  at  the  door  a  long  time,  talking  with  her  sweetheart, 
then  entered  softly. 

Disrobing  her  feet,  she  entered  the  room  where  I  lay  in  her 
stocking  feet,  carefully  undressed  herself,  and  coming  to  the 
side  of  "the  bed,  prepared  to  get  in.  Now  it  happened  I  lay 
in  the  middle,  and  turning  back  the  clothes,  she  gave  me  a 
shake,  and  said,  in  a  suppressed  whisper-: 

"  Lay  over,  Sarah." 

I  rolled  over,  and  whipped  the  corner  of  the  pillow  in  my 
mouth  to  keep  from  laughing.  In  she  bounced,  but  the  bed 
would  squeak.    The  old  man  heard  it,  and  called  out : 

"  Judy  !" 

"  Sir  I"  was  responded  in  a  faint  voice  from  the  bed  beside 
me. 

"  The  schoolmaster  is  in  that  bed  !" 

With  one  loud  yell,  and  "  0,  Heaven  !"  she  landed  on  the 
floor,  and  fled  with  the  rapidity  of  a  deer  up  stairs. 


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THOUGHTFUL  READING. 

RUSKIN  says,  in  one  of  his  recent  publications,  that  Eng- 
lishmen have  no  taste  for  "  thoughtful  reading."  This  is, 
perhaps,  true  enough  ;  but  is  it  exclusively  or  especially  true 
of  Englishmen  ?  Are  Frenchmen  at  all  more  remarkable 
than  Englishmen  for  "  a  taBte  for  thoughtful  reading"  ?  Does 
the  prevailing  str.iin  of  the  more  popular  French  literature  of 
the  day  indicate  such  a  taste  in  those  who  have  created  a 
demand  for  it?  And  how  is  it,  even  in  this  preeminently 
"enlightened"  nation?  Is  there  any  particularly  vocilerou? 
demand  among  us  for  "  thoughtful  reading"?  Are  not  halt- 
ing wit,  bastard  humor,  vulgar  gossip,  the  "  gusliings "  of 
sickly  sentimentality,  the  snarls  of  a  mean  and  malignant 
cynicism,  the  inanities  of  triflei'3  who  juggle  with  words,  and 
never  approach  a  subject  except  to  play  with  it, — are  not  all 
these  far  more  popular  with  us  than  sound,  manly,  healthy 
literature  ?  What  is  the  character  and  quality  of  tbe  poems 
that  are  most  popular,  of  the  novels  that  are  most  extensive- 
ly read?  Tupper  has  more  readers  than  Tennyson,  Pierce 
Egan  than  Anthony  Trollope,  Miss  Braddon  than  the  author 
of  "  Romola,"  the  "  Country  Parson  "  than  Euskin,  and 
Bonner's  Ledger  is  said  to  be  the  most  widely  circulated 
unillustrated  weekly  in  America. 

Such  is  the  cynical  view  of  the  case  ;  but  there  i3  another 
and  wiser,  as  well  as  brighter  view.  If  there  is  little  taste 
for  "  thoughtful  reading,"  the  taste  for  reading  of  some  sort 
is  almost  universal ;  and  this  is  in  itself  a  great  gain  for  civil- 
ization and  humanity.  A  thirst  for  literature  of  the  out- 
rageously stimulating  sort,  is  better  than  no  thirst  at  all,  and 
as  Wordsworth  philosophically  observes,  there  are  certain 
"  inherent  and  indestructible  qualities  of  the  human  mind," 
and  certain  "  powers  in  the  objects  that  act  upon  it,"  which 
have  a  continual  tendency  to  bring  men  back  to  a  true  and 
healthy  standard  of  taste. 

The  youth  who  kindles  into  enthusiasm  over  the  "  Proverb- 
ial Philosophy  "  and  finds  delight  in  frantic  novels,  havijg 
once  formed  the  habit  of  reading,  may,  and  under  favorable 
circumstances  probably  will,  acquire  by  degrees  a  relish  for  a 
very  different  kind  of  intellectual  pabulum.  Indeed,  which 
of  us  is  there  who  has  not  had  frequent  occasion  in  his  riper 
years  to  smile  and  wonder  as  he  glanced  over  the  pages  of 
some  early  favorite,  at  finding  how  utterly  the  charm  and 
glory  that  once  seemed  eo  magical,  had  vanished. 

The  Hon.  Horace  Hawes  has  given  by  deed  of  trust  a 
newly  erected  building,  with  four  surroundingacres  of  ground, 
in  the  heart  of  Redwood  City,  for  the  purpose  of  establishing 
a  Select  School.  The  trustees,  to  whom  is  committed  the 
control  of  the  school,  are  Bishop  Kip.  Thomas  H.  Selby,  B. 

G.  Lathrop,  George   Kellogg  and  ;         Livingston.  Mr. 

Hawes  has  always  been  one  of  the  most  public  spirited  of  our 
citizens,  and  we  are  glad  to  see  that  his  attention  ha3  been 
called  to  the  great  need  in  our  State  of  educational  endow- 
ment. It  is  to  be  hoped  that,  in  taking  the  initiative  in  this 
matter,  he  will  lead  others  of  our  wealthy  and  philanthropic 
citizens  to  a  consideration  of  the  subject. 

The  description  of  Lake  Tahoe  and  the  surrounding 
scenery,  which  will  be  found  in  to  day's  issue  of  The  Califor- 
nian, is  taken  from  four  letters  which  recently  appeared  in  the 
Sacramento  Union,  over  the  signature  of  "  Winkle."  We 
regret  that  we  were  unable  to  afford  space  for  these  letters 
entire,  as  they  are  no  less  interesting  in  their  narrative  than 
they  are  admirable  in  their  descriptive  parts.  These  descrip- 
tions will  furnish  many  of  our  readers  in  the  Atlantic  States 
with  new  ideas  of  the  beauties  and  wonders  of  some  of  our 
California  scenery.  "  Winkle  "  is  generally  supposed  to  be 
the  nom  deplume  of  Mr.  Watson,  the  principal  editor  of  the 
Union. 

Why  is  the  tolling  of  a  bell  like  the  prayer  of  a  hypocrite  ? 
Because  it  is  a  solemn  sound  by  a  thoughtless  tongue. 


CYNICISM    IN  LITERATURE. 

ONE  of  the  most  marked  characteristics  of  our  more  re- 
cent periodical  literature,  seems  to  be  a  certaiu  hard- 
ness and  lack  of  enthusiasm  in  its  tone.  A  cold  austerity  in 
its  critical  judgments,  an  exaggerated  dread  of  anything  that 
might  be  characterized  as  sentimentality,  fastidious  solicitude 
in  regard  to  form  and  expression  more  than  in  regard  to  pith 
and  substance — these  are  a  few  of  the  worst  features  of  our 
most  fashionable,  modern  literary  style.  A  large  portion  of 
the  recent  popular  literature  of  France  is  characterized  by 
coarse  and  low  notions  of  leminine  character ;  abounds  in  sneers 
at  the  foibles  of  women,  and  in  insinuations  against  their 
purity.  As  is  almost  invariably  tbe  case,  this  want,  of  respect 
for  woman  is  accompanied  by  a  repulsive  spirit  of  cynicism 
and  scepticism  in  reference  to  society  and  religion.  It  is  well, 
however,  that  this  species  of  literature,  however  popular  for 
the  moment,  js  not  destined  to  endure.  Like  the  foam  upon 
the  wave,  it  sparkles  and  perishes.  The  order  of  nature,  the 
law  of  God  working  in  the  constitution  of  the  human  mind 
and  of  society,  are  against  it.  Those  of  our  American  feuil- 
letonists who  have  attempted  to  imitate  the  vivacity  and 
sprightliness  of  Parisian  originals,  have  only  succeeded  in  re- 
producing the  hateful  animus  without  catching  the  grace  and 
sparkle  that  serve  to  make  it  attractive.  Spite,  and  cynicism, 
and  jaundiced  misanthropy,  always  repulsive  in  themselves, 
can  only  be  rendered  palatable  by  the  most  artistic  manipula- 
tion. When  associated  with  dullness  or  stolidity,  or  owlish 
assumption,  they  cannot  even  amuse. 

The  Bulletin  of  the  29th  ult.  says  :  "  Telegraphic  cor- 
respondence of  over  seven  hundred  words  Irom  the  Empress 
Carlotta  in  Europe  to  Maximilian  passed  over  the  Cable  on 
Sunday,  and  was  forwarded  to  Galveston,  whence  a  di-patch 
boat  would  be  sent  to  Vera  Cruz."  Maximilian  is 'said  to 
have  been  one  of  the  largest  patrons  of  the  Cable  so  far.  It 
must  be  important  business  that  warrants  the  expenditure  of 
so  large  a  sum  in  telegrams  in  the  depleted  condition  of  the 
Imperial  treasury.  We  fear  that  if  "  the  Cable  "  depeuds  at 
all  for  its  success  as  a  pecuniary  enterprise  upon  the  con- 
tinued patronage  of  Maximiliau,  it  will  prove  a  disastrous 
failure. 

Sensational. — The  New  York  Leader,  quoting  from  "  an 
exchange,"  says  that  within  a  month  after  the  opening  of  the 
New  York  Inebriate  Asylum,  over  fifteen  hundred  applica- 
tions were  made  by  •'  wealthy  parents  "  for  the  admission  of 
their  daughters,  "  who  had  contracted  habits  of  intemperance 
from  the  use  of  wines  and  liquors  at  fashionable  parties." 
This  paragraph  has  the  genuine  ring  of  a  Bowery  melodrama, 
and  we  regard  it  as  a  purely  sensational  exaggeration. 

The  telegraph  announces  that,  there  is  some  talk  in  Bos- 
ton of  sending  Wendell  Phillips  to  Congress  from  the  Third 
District.  We  hope  that  if  such  a  thing  is  contemplated  it 
will  not  be  carried  out.  Such  extremists  are  needed  for  cer- 
tain work  ;  but  we  are  inclined  to  think  that  Wendell  Phil- 
lips' work,  so  far  as  our  national  affairs  are  concerned,  is  com- 
pleted. 

We  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  a  Photograph  copy  of  the 
"  Cone  picture"  of  the  late  President  Lincoln,  from  W.  E. 
Loomis,  stationer  and  news  dealer,  corner  Sansome  and  Wash- 
ington streets.  The  picture  derives  its  title  from  its  beauti- 
ful and  unique  frame  made  from  the  cones  of  the  piue  and 
cypress  trees. 

It  is  stated  by  the  New  York  Evening  Post  that  within 
the  past  two  years  more  than  a  million  of  dollars  has  been 
paid  in  .New  York  city  alone  for  the  works  of  foreign  and  na- 
tive artists.  It  should  be  remembered  that  all  this  has  beeD 
done  under  the  burden  and  infliction  of  a  great  war. 

State  Agricultural  Society.— J.  W.  Winans,  Esq.,  a 
prominent  member  of  the  Bar  of  this  city,  and  President  of 
the  Board  of  Education,  has  been  selected  to  deliver  the 
aunual  address  before  the  State  Agricultural  Society  at  the 
ensuing  State  Fair  at  Sacramento. 

New  Music. — M.  Gray,  No.  613  Clay  street,  has  favored 
us  with  a  copy  of  his  second  edition  of  "  Good-by,  Sweet- 
heart, Good  by,"  as  sung  by  Lady  Don.  Also,  "  0,  ye  Tears," 
and  "  Call  Me  Thine  Own,"  from  his  series  entitled  the  "  Vo- 
cal Beauties  of  Germany  and  France." 

The  Chinese  Population  of  California. — Figures  from 
Chinese  sources  give  a  total  Chinese  population  in  California 
of  58,300  persons,  one  fourth  of  whom  are  employed  upon 
the  Pacific  Railroad. 

The  New  York  Leader  says  :  "  We  believe  that  there  is 
a  great  deal  of  truth  in  the  World's  theory  that  Greeley  is 
trying  to  have  capital  punishment  abolished  in  anticipation  of 
the  trial  of  the  Radicals  for  treason." 


The  rag  business  in  New  York  amounts  to  $30,000,000  per 
annum. 


NOT   AFRAID    OF  CHOLERA. 

IT  is  evident  that  the  great  Asiatic  Missionary  of  cleanli- 
ness, the  progress  of  whose  steady  westward  march  over 
mountain  and  prairie  toward  the  Pacific  is  regularly  chroni- 
cled in  the  morning  papers— it  is  evident  that  this  mighty 
preacher,  "  whose  evangelism  we  fear  and  flee  from,"  is  re- 
garded as  a  myth  by  ou^  municipal  authorities.  The  Board 
of  Supervisors  does  not  believe  in  the  cholera  ;  at  least  such 
is  the  only  conclusion  upon  which  its  course  can  be  reasonably 
explained.  To  the  city  of  New  York,  the  dread  of  the  com- 
ing of  the  pestilence  has  proved  an  almost  priceless  blessing, 
the  effects  of  which  will  be  felt  for  ages.  Never,  in  the  his- 
tory of  any  municipal  body,  baa  there  been  an  instance  of  re- 
form undertaken  so  promptly,  on  so  large  a  scale,  and  so  thor. 
oughly  carried  out,  as  is  furnished  in  the  sudden  and  complete 
purification  of  that  city  in  anticipation  of  the  coming  of 
the  cholera.  Persons  recently  arrived  from  there  speak 
of  the  present  condition  of  New  York,  with  reference 
to  cleanliness,  as  something  "  beautiful  and  wonderful."  It 
is  doubtful  if  there  is  in  the  world  to  day  so  thoroughly 
'•  clean  "  a  city. 

If,  when  the  scourge  comes  to  us,  it  touches  us  as  lightly  as 
it  has  New  York,  we  certainly  shall  not  owe  it  to  the  same 
cause.  San  Francisco,  is,  so  far  as  proper  sanitary  precautions 
are  concerned,  in  an  alarming  condition.  Many  of  the  smaller 
streets  and  alleys  are  reeking  with  filth  or  garbage  ;  and  even 
in  some  of  the  most  respectable  portions  of  the  town,  the 
municipal  regulations,  in  regard  to  minor  sanitary  matters,  are 
daily  violated. 

ENGLISH  GOSSIP  ABOUT  AMERICAN  ACTORS. 

MR.  HENRY  MORLEY,  Professor  of  English  Litera- 
ture in  the  University  College,  London,  has  recently 
published  an  interesting  contribution  to  the  history  of  the 
English  Stage,  under  the  title  of  "  The  Journal  of  a  London 
Playgoer."  This  journal  extends  over  a  period  of  nearly  fif- 
teen years,  beginning  on  the  30th  of  August,  1801,  and  end- 
ing on  the  7th  of  April  of  the  present  year,  and  consists  of 
extracts  from  articles  contributed  by  Mr.  Morley,  of  the  Lon- 
don Examiner,  of  which  he  was  the  theatrical  critic. 

All  the  good  actors  who  have  appeared  in  England  during 
the  last  fifteen  years— English,  French  and  German— figure 
in  Mr.  Morley's  pages,  as  well  as  the  bad  ones,  whose  name  is 
legion,  not  forgetting  the  singers  in  opera  and  the  players  in 
pantomime.  Nor  are  American  actors  neglected,  with  the 
sole  exception,  we  believe,  of  Mr.  Edwin  Booth  Mr.  Mur- 
doch, who  was  playing  at  the  Ilnymarket  in  the  fall  of  1856, 
is  pronounced  "  vigorous  without  excess,  lively  and  manly,  his 
acting  abounding  in  shrewd  and  well-considered  by-play.' 
Of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Barney  Williams  Mr.  Morley  says  :  "In 
farces  suited  to  their  humor  these  artistes  excel,  and  they 
have  the  rare  merit  of  a  compleie  absence  from  vulgarity. 
They  know  bow  to  act  broad  farce  with  refinement.  Of  the 
two  actors,  the  lady,  as  is  fit,  appears  to  be  tbe  better  artist, 
and  her  whimsical  songs,  which  are  of  a  kind  that  any  lady 
might  sing  who  had  enough  power  of  ludicrous  expression, 
have  already  foutd  their  way  into  the  London  streets." 

Mr.  Jefferson  is  praised  for  his  excellent  playing  in  "  Rip 
Van  Winkle,"  although  the  play  itself  is  severely  censored. 
Speoking  of  the  third  act,  Mr.  Morley  says  :  "  The  drama  in 
this  act  is  at  its  poorest,  but  Mr.  Jefferson  is  at  his  best.  Re- 
taining his  old  Dutch  English  with  a  somewhat  shriller  pipe 
of  age  in  its  tone,  he  quii  tly  makes  the  most  of  every  oppor- 
tunity of  representing  the  old  man's  bewilderment.  His  timid 
approaches  to  an  understanding  of  the  change  he  finds,  hia 
faint  touch  of  the  sorrow  of  old  love  in  believing  his  wife 
dead,  and  reaction  into  humorous  sense  of  relief,  his  trembling 
desire  and  dread  of  news  about  his  daughter,  and  in  a  later 
scene,  the  pathos  of  his  appeal  to  her  for  recognition,  are  all 
delicately  true." 

Miss  Bateman  is  evidently  no  favorite  with  Mr.  Morley, 
who  thus  mentions  ber  : 

"  At  the  New  Adelphi,  Miss  Bateman's  '  Leah  '  is  an 
American  version  of  the  German  'Deborah,'  in  which  Mad- 
ame Ristori  acted  one  night  in  London  not  very  long  ago.  Of 
Miss  Bateman  let  me  say  first,  that  she  can  hardly  be  said  to 
act  the  part  at  all,  but  only  recites  it,  until  she  comes  to  the 
fourth  act,  in  which  she  displays  some  dramatic  energy.  But 
hi  the  fifth  act  she  gives  tbe  greatest  hope  of  what  she  may 
hereafter  do.  She  is  still  young,  unassuming,  although  it  was 
ber  misfortune  to  be  on  the  boards  as  an  infant  phenomenon, 
as  one  of  the  two  '  Bateman  children,'  some  ten  years  ago. 
She  has  no  set  faults,  and  in  tbe  fifth  act  of  '  Leah  '  she  plays 
with  a  genuine  tenderness.  Her  Leah  is  cot,  of  course,  to 
be  named  with  Madame  Riatori's  Deborah,  but  the  difference 
is  not  altogether  of  her  own  making.  The  charm  of  the  pas- 
toral play  has  all  been  trampled  out  by  the  hoof  of  the  Ameri- 
can adapter.  '  Deborah  1  is  to  '  Leah  '  as  the  cottage  flower 
garden,  neat  and  trim  overnight,  is  to  the  same  garden,  in 
the  morning  after  a  jackass  has  run  loose  in  it." 

Sir  E.  B.  Lytton  is  to  be  Baron  Lytton  of  Knebworth— 
and  the  last  of  the  Barons. 


September  1st) 


THE  CALIFORNIA]*. 


9 


THE   LION'S  MOUTH. 

"  The  gravest  beast  is  an  ass,  the  gravest  bird  is  an  owl,  the  gravest  flsh 
is  tin  oyster,  and  the  gravest  man  is  a  fool."  Sydney  Smitu. 

"  I  win.  roar,  that  I  will  do  any  man's  heart  good  to  hear  me  " 

A  MmsrMMEE  Night's  Dream. 
"  I  will  aggravate  my  voice  so,  that  I  will  roar  yon  as  gently  as  aDy  suck- 
ing dove  ;  I  will  roar  you  au 't  were  any  nightingale."  IniD. 
"  Nil  falsi  autkat,  nil  veri  rum  avdeat  dicere."  Cicibo 
More  Who  Want  to  be  Editors. 

WE  were  unable  last  week  to  afford  space  for  all  the 
epistles  received  by  the  publishers  of  The  Califor- 
nia!* inconsequence  of  the  rumored  vacancy  of  the  editorial  chair. 
Within  forty-eight  hours  after  the  rumor  got  abroad,  thirty-seven  of 
these  epistles  came  to  band.    Below  are  a  few  more  specimens : 

Publishers  Calif ornian: 

Gentlemen  : — I  should  like  to  take  the  editorship  of  Thk  Califor- 
nian, but  at  present  it  is,  1  fear,  quite  out  of  the  question.  You  are 
probably  aware— for  iu  some  mysterious  manner  quite  incomprehen- 
sible to  me,  the  report  of  it  has  leaked  out— that  I  am  concentrating 
my  entire  intellectual  energies  upon  the  production  of  a  great  Califor- 
nia novel,  or  more  properly  Me  great  California  novel;  and  for  the 
propriety  of  my  substitution  of  the  definite  for  the  indefinite  article  I 
appeal  with  confidence  to  the  verdict  of  posterity,  who  will  have  a 
more  favorable  opportunity  of  passing  upon  the  merits  of  my  work 
that)  this  generation,  very  few  of  whom,  indeed,  are  likely  to  be  alive 
when  it  is  completed.  For  it  is  designed  to  be  no  ephemeral  sensa- 
tional production  such  as  are  reeled  off  by  the  yard  for  Sunday  papers 
by  those  mechanical  hacks  who  may  be  not  inaptly  designated  the 
tapeworms  of  literature.  I  am  "going  slow,"  but  when  my  task  is 
achieved,  I  flatter  myself  that1  it  will  be  "  finished  '"  in  more  senses 
than  one.  I  have  produced  three  chapters  during  the  last  two  years, 
which  I  have  "tested  "  somewhat  as  Webb  used  to  test  his  puns  be- 
fore putting  them  in  print— that  is,  by  seeing  bow  they  take.  I  have 
read  those  chapters  to  men,  women,  and  children,  of  every  grade  of 
culture  ;  and  from  all,  they  have  elicited  the  highest  praise,  as  invaria- 
bly as  a  corkscrew  elicits  a  tight  cork,  or  a  patent  forceps  a  double 
pronged  molar.  Among  those  upon  whom  I  have  thus  experimented, 
are  two  clergymen,  a  lawyer,  five  editors,  seventeen  lady  teachers, 
thirty-nine  school-girls,  and  innumerable  literary  persons.  As  my 
plan  is  to  "  test  "  each  successive  chapter  in  the  same  manner  as  fast 
as  it  receives  the  finishing  touches,  you  will  perceive  that  my  time  is 
likely  to  be  pretty  well  occupied  for  some  years  to  come.  I  write  you 
therefore,  solely  in  consequence  of  a  rumor  prevalent  among  my 
friends  that  the  editorship  was  to  be  tendered  me,  and  to  prevent  any 
delay  in  consummating  your  arrangements  which  might  arise  from  the 
expectation  of  securing  my  services. 

Yours  appreciatively,  Ralph  K — L — B. 

P.  S.  I  would  esteem  it  a  favor  if,  iu  your  "  literary  gossip,"  you 
would  occasionally  make  an  allusion  to  "  Allaquiz's  "  forthcoming 
novel.  You  mi«ht  mention  in  your  next  issue  that  I  expect  to  furnish 
another  chapter  sometime  this  Fall.  It.  K. 

To  the  Proprietor  of  the  Californian  : 

Gent  : — I  have,  after  much  deliberation,  concluded  to  accept  the 
editorship  of  your  paper  should  it  be  tendered  me,  as  I  suppose  it 
probably  will  be — or  would  lie  if  you  had  any  idea  of  my  readiness 
to  assume  the  position.  Since  the  disturbance  in  my  establishment  on 
Sacramento  street,  caused  by  the  preparations  to  start  the  Times,  my 
berth  has  been  a  rather  disagreeable  one.  McC  is  quite  demoral- 
ised ;  W—  d — d  has  taken  to — smoking,  more  recklessly  than  ever, 
and  the  entire  labor  and  responsibility  of  running  the  machine  has 
come  upon  my  shoulders  My  regular  work  of  fixing  up  U-t-n's 
"leaders,"  infusing  a  little  wit  into  Fitz  Smytbe's  "items,"  correct- 
ing L-v-ngst-n's  and  H-tt-ls  grammar,  and  manufacturing  "  des- 
patches "  when  the  wires  are  down,  was  enough,  God  knows,  for 
one  man — but  under  existing  circumstances  it  would  kill  ten.  *  *  » 
If  I  take  the  position,  I  can  supply  you  with  all  the  novels  and  stories 
you  want.  Although  it  is  not  generally  known,  I  have  a  natural  ge- 
nius for  fiction,  and  even  my  ordinary  conversation  is  a  romance.  *  *  * 
The  fact  is,  I'm  tired  of  the  drudgery  of  daily  journalism,  otherwise 
I  would  have  accepted  the  position  of  clirf  on  the  Times,  which  was 
offered  me  at  a  salary  of  $750  00  per  month  before  they  sent  for 
Dana,  who  is  to  get  only  a  beggarly  $200. 

Yours  truly,  M.  M.  N — h. 

P.  S.  Whatever  hesitation  1  may  have  felt  about  it  is  ended,  t 
have  bad  a  d — 1  of  a  row  in  the  office,  and  have  been  obliged  to  dis 
charge  H-tt-ll  and  L-v-ngst-n,  and  to  order  McC-ll-sh  (who  undertook 
to  interfere)  out  of  the  sanctum.  D— d  if  I'll  stick  by  the  concern  any 
longer.  W — d — d  has  just  gone  down  on  his  knees  begging  me  to 
overlook  it,  but  I  told  him  it  was  no  use  and  I  had  sailed  the  craft  for 
him  long  enough,  and  that  now  I  should  just  let  'em  all  go  to  the  d — 1 
their  own  way.  M.  M.  N. 

Proprietor  of  the  Californian: 

Sir  .—I  will,  for  an  adequate  consideration,  edit  your  paper.  I  am 
not  urged  to  make  this  offer  so  much  by  hope  of  pecuniary  gain — or 
as  a  jokist  I  know  would  say  the  "  mopusses  " — as  by  the  concious- 
ne6S  that  the  field  I  now  occupy  as  local  editor  of  the  A-ta,  is  too  con- 
fined for  me.  1  do  my  best  to  enliven  its  columns  with  jew  rlespries, 
but  a  commercial  paper  is  not  the  sort  of  paper  which  is  suited  to  me, 
or,  I  may  say,  ne  suitor  ultera  crepidnm.  I  can,  when  I  am  editorof 
The  Californian,  bring  out  the  talent  for  literature  which  I  possess. 
I  can  write  articles  on  natural  history,  and  give  reminiscences  of  the 
Audubon  Club.  I  can  cultivate  my  vein  of  humor  which  is  now,  per- 
haps, unappreciated  when  it  crops  out  in  a  murder  item.  I  can  do 
many  things.  I  can  be  a  general  utility  editor.  During  the  opera 
season  I  can  write  criticisms  of  the  beautiful  works  oT  the  great  mas- 
ters. In  the  A-ta  how  weak  are  the  so-called  criticisms  !  I  wished 
to  write  a  notice  of  Beethoven's  beautiful  opera  of  Lucrezia  Borgia  ; 
I  was  refused  permission.  With  my  soul  throbbing  ecstatically,  my 
whole  being  thrilling  with  music,  I  returned  from  hearing  Salvator 
Rosa's  great  creation  of  La  Traviata,  in  which  the  splendid  anvil 
chorus  must  find  an  echo  in  every  heart.  N — h  was  "  how  came  you 
no?"  I  volunteered  to  write  a  criticism.  Again  I  was  refused  per- 
mission. I  want  a  larger  field.  I  was  not  born  to  remain  a  local  edi- 
tor of  a  commercial  paper,  to  chronicle  drnnks  and  misdemeanors.  1 
will  edit  The  Californian.  I  will  make  jokes,  write  sentiment, 
quote  foreign  languages,  write  pathetic  in  memorinms  when  respected 
citizens  die,  and  in  addition  to  all  this  will  gain  for  your  paper  an  ex- 
tended circulation  among  the  Chinese  population. 

Yours  respectfully,  Fitz  Smythe. 


The  Proprietor  of  the  Californian  : 

Sir: — I  will  accept  the  editorship  of  your  paper.  You  need  deter- 
mination, and  I  have  it.  I  have  increased  the  size  of  my  arm  seven 
inches  in  seven  days,  in  the  gymnasium,  by  determination.  By  deter- 
mination I  have  been  enabled  to  walk  from  the  "  Nightingale  "  to  the 
Plaza  in  3$  minutes.  I  have  offered  to  bet  that  upon  an?  given  sub- 
ject, or  upon  no  subject  at  all,  I  can  talk  for  twenty-four  ltpurs  con- 
secutively upon  my  legs.  In  other  words  I  am  a  John  Bull-Dog.  I 
do  not  admit  it  to  everybody,  because  it  might  excite  envy.  My  pro- 
fessional business  is  most  weighty  and  important.  I  only  give  it  up 
.  out  of  consideration  for  the  other  members  of  the  Bar.  I  can  make  a 
great  deal  better  speech  than  Harry  Byrne,  Tom  Freelon,  or  Aleck 
Campbell,  and  can  talk  longer.  As  to  literature,  I  may  say  that  I  have 
measured  myself  with  all  the  so-called  celebrities  in  that  line  on  the 
Pacific  slope,  and,  in  the  language  of  our  Yankee  friends,  they  are 
"no  whar."  Judge  H-ff— n  talks  too  much.  He  is  an  egotist  and  a 
bore.  As  to  the  pestilent  tribe  of  Bohemians,  with  little  Bowman  at 
their  head,  I  can  only  say  odi  profadum  valgus.  I  delivered  a  lec- 
ture at  Sacramento  before  the  State  Agricultural  Fair,  the  best  ever 
delivered  in  California.  I  6tood  upon  my  feet  seventeen  hours  with- 
out one  moment's  rest  for  food  or  drink,  to  write  that  address.  I  have 
also  been  the  principal  writer  of  the  principal  articles  of  the  principal 
magazines  of  Great  Britain.  Col.  H — rsth-y  has  so  stated  in  a  pub 
lie  restaurant  in  this  Metropolitan  city,  and  has  stated  that  be  has  seen 
the  manuscript  of  the  leading  articles  of  the  magazines  aforesaid  in 
my  hand  writing.  One  advantage  of  employing  a  man  like  me  is, 
there  will  be  no  necessity  of  dictionaries  or  encyclopedias — since  I 
am  a  library  in  myself.  Sometimes  I  have  stood  in  doubt  and  wonder 
as  to  whether  I  was  greater  with  the  pen  or  the  tongue.  I  have  con- 
cluded, however,  that  perfection  cannot  be  compared — it  is  itself — I 
am  myself.    1  sign  myself 

Yours  confidently,  H.  H.  High-tone. 

Proprietor  Californian  : 

Dear  Sir: — I  am  in  receipt  of  your  letter  inquiring  whether  my 
engagements  are  such  as  to  render  it  possible  for  me  to  take  charge  of 
your  paper,  and  whether  I  am  willing  to  do  so.  In  reply,  I  beg  leave 
to  assure  you  that  if  I  were  obliged  to  choose  between  the  two,  I 
should  prefer  engineering  a  hand-cart. 

Besides,  I  haven't  the  knack  of  "  fine  writing  "  of  the  mincing  sort 
that  has  come  into  fashion  with  the  "literary"  journals.  The  most 
admired  style  now  seems  to  be  one  that  is  destitute  of  all  force  and 
directness,  its  chief  characteristic  consisting  in  saying  pretty  nothings 
prettily  ;  or,  rather,  of  seeming  to  say  something  without  saying  any- 
thing at  all.  For  my  part,  1  belong  to  the  old-fashioned  school,  and 
don't  believe  in  "  literature  "  that  consists  of  a  mere  patchwork  of 
dainty  phrases.  Another  disqualification  is,  that  I  never  could  learn 
to  blow  my  own  horn,  and  as  I  do  not  belong  to  the  little  literary  co- 
terie of  mutual  admirers,  who  for  some  years  past  have  been  so  indus- 
triously engaged  in  puffing  one  another  into  local  notoriety,  I  find  my- 
self in  a  measure  crowded  out  of  a  recognized  position,  as  a  general 
writer,  by  new  men  having  greater  disposition  to  keep  themselves 
before  the  public,  and  push  their  claims  than  I  possess. 

Republics  are  said  to  be  ungrateful,  and  I  once  thought  Republicans 
and  the  world  in  general  to  be  in  the  same  category.  But  Bince  get- 
ting into  Federal  office,  I  am  inclined  to  revise  my  opinion  on  that 
subject,  and  if  I  can  only  stir  up  the  Department  at  Washington  to 
square  up  accounts  and  send  along  the  arrears  due  me  for  money  ad- 
vanced to  keep  the  revenue  office  running,  I  shall  be  content. 

Yours  etc.,  Frank  S — le. 

[We  reserve  until  next  week  the  remainder  of  these  epistles,  includ- 
ing one  from-Kuzzilbash,  revealing  throughout  the  idiosyncrasies  of 
his  genius,  and  replete  with  the  felicities  of  his  exquisite  style.  We 
have  been  holding  these  letters  back,  on  the  same  principle  upon 
which  a  thoughtful  and  self-deny iug  urchin  r  eserves  his  biggest  sugar- 
plum to  swallow  last.] 

Fully  Appreciated. 

In  the  last  issue  of  The  Californian  two  articles  were  published, 
headed  respectively  "  Boggs'  Story  of  Western  Style  "  and  "  Bum- 
mers." Everyone  who  read  these  articles  said  they  were  capital. 
Eveyone  wanted  to  know  who  wrote  them.  There  is  no  secret  about 
the  matter.  "  Dogberry  "  is  the  author;  he  wrote  them  originally, 
we  believe,  for  the  Golden  Era,  a  very  creditable  weekly  paper  pub- 
lished in  this  city.  Since  then  they  have  been  going  the  rounds  of  the 
press.  We  intend  to  hunt  up  some  more  of  "Dogberry's"  sketches, 
and  if  we  again  omit  to  give  due  credit  to  author  and  paper,  because 
we  do  not  find  either  attached,  we  shall  always  be  happy  to  make 
the  amende  honorable  if  "  Dogberry  "  will  write  us  a  good-natured 
letter,  such  as  he  published  iu  last  Sunday's  Golden  Era. 

Very  Probable. 

The  Flag,  after  mentioning  the  fact  that  a  slight  shock  of  an  earth- 
quake was  felt  in  this  city  at  about  ten  minutes  past  2o'clock  on  Wed- 
nesday morning,  says  it  was  "  accompanied  with  rather  more  Tarta 
rian  effluvia  than  is  agreeable  to  the  inhabitants  of  this  sphere  how- 
ever it  may  be  in  another.  A  strong  sulphurous  smell  pervaded  the 
air  for  about  a  minute  prior  to  the  shock."  This  statement  is  probably 
true  as  far  asthe  Flag  office  is  concerned,  but  we  don't  believe  any 
one  outside  the  Flag  oflice  smelled  brimstone. 

The  Grand  Jury. 

As  we  anticipated  would  be  the  case,  the  Grand  Jury  have  spoken 
boldly  and  decisively  on  the  subject  of  the  fall  of  the  building  on  Sura 
mer  street.  The  Coroner's  Jury  said  "no  one  should  perhaps  be 
charged  with  criminal  neglect  ;"  tlie  Grand  Jury  in  that  portion  of 
their  report  in  which  they  refer  to  the  killing  of  eight  or  more  persous 
by  the  undermining  of  this  building  say : 

"We  hold  this  to  be  the  natural  fruits  of  carelessness  on  the  partof 
those  who  should  be  and  are,  intelligent,  practical,  and  responsible; 
and  that  the  parties  thereto  should  be  held  amenable  to  the  law  that 
provides  against  criminal  neglect." 

The  Grand  Jury  have  spoken  well.  Tbey  have  decided  that  eight 
persous  have  been  deprived  of  life  by  the  criminal  neglect  of  certain 
parties.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  matter  will  not  be  allowed  to  rest 
here,  but  that  these  parties,  whoever  they  may  be,  will  be  punished 
for  their  crime. 

The  Mexican  Situation. 

The  Call  thus  disposes  of  the  present  situation  of  affairs  in  the 
Mexican  Empire : 


"  Carlotta  has  fled  to  Europe  in  her  night-clothes,  so  to  speak,  and 
Max.  and  Bazaine  are  now  gatheriug  up  the  pots,  kettles,  pan  j,  and 
spoons  of  the  Imperial  kitchen  " 

Now  this  is  a  terribly  disrespectful  manner  in  which  to  speak  of  an 
Empress.  Carlotta  has  not  "fled  to  Europe  in  her  night-clothes." 
She  has  gone  for  the  purpose  of  trying  to  prevail  upon  Louis  Napo- 
leon to  lend  a  little  more  money  on  her  husband's  crown,  which  is 
already  in  pawn  for  a  considerable  sum.  Louis  does  not  like  the  se- 
curity, but  as  he  has  already  advanced  more  on  the  article  than  it  will 
ever  prove  to  be  worth,  is  willing  to  afford  Max.  an  opportunity  of 
paying  his  debt.  The  evacuation  of  Mexico  and  the  restoration  of 
the  Republic  is  only  a  matter  of  time.  Probably  two  more  leading 
articles  on  this  subject  in  the  Morning  Call  will  bring  about  this  much- 
to-be  desired  event. 

Swill-Milk. 

Frank  Leslie's  Illustrated  Newspaper  increased  its  circulation  by 
many  thousands  of  copies  by  agitating  the  subject  of  "swill-milk." 
The  Bulletin  of  this  city  publishes  an  article  every  other  day, inform- 
ing the  public  that  there  is  not  a  drop  of  wholesome  milk  to  be  ob- 
tained in  this  city.  We  hope  that  the  Bulletin's  statements  are  exag 
gerations  of  the  facts.  If  it  be  really  true  that  the  majority  of  the 
cows  which  supply  Sau  Francisc  ins  with  milk  are  fed  on  the  refuse 
from  distilleries  ;  if  it  be  true  that  much  of  the  mortality  among  in- 
fants is  caused  by  unwholesome  milk,  then,  indeed,  this  subject  can- 
not be  too  much  agitated.  The  Bulletin  does  not,  however,  appear  to 
perfectly  understand  the  proper  method  to  manufacture  a  6trong  sen- 
timent of  disgust  in  the  community  against  milk  produced  from  cows 
fed  on  the  refuse  of  distilleries.  It  has  not  adopted  a  sufficiently  sen- 
sational style.    This  is  the  sort  of  thing  : 

"Another  Drunken  Cow. — Another  of  the  unhappy  quadrupeds 
which  are  fed  by  degraded  dairymen  on  distillery  refuse,  was  seen  in 
a  state  of  disgusting  intoxication  yesterday." 
Then  again  : 

'•  Intoxicating  Milk. — There  is  no  doubt  but  that  the  milk  pro- 
duced by  cows  which  have  been  fed  on  distillery  refuse  is  intoxicat- 
ing. Three  babies,  which  were  being  brought  up  on  the  bottle,  died 
last  week  from  a  disease  which  presented  all  the  symptoms  of  delir- 
ium tremens." 

This  sort  of  thing,  published  daily,  would  very  soon  create  a  panic, 
and  the  Temperance  League  would  lend  their  powerful  influente  to 
suppress  all  cows  fed  upon  such  intoxicating  food  as  distillery  refuse. 

A  Model  Advertisement. 

In  the  fourth  column,  second  page  of  Wednesday  evening's  Bulletin 
appeared  the  following  "  new  ''  advertisement: 

FURNISHED  HOUSE  WANTED— By  a  famiiy  who  has  no  children  with 
gas  ;  water  and  bath  in  house,  and  not  more  than  fifteen  minutes  walk 
trom  the  Plaza  by  a  responsiole  party.   Address"  William,"  Bulletin  office. 

Will  "  William  "  please  inform  us  how  many  children  without  gat 
said  family  is  blessed  withal,  and  what  distance,  accordingto  ordinary 
measurement,  is  indicated  by  the  phrase  "  fifteen  minutes  walk  from 
the  Plaza  by  a  responsible  party  ;"  furthermore,  what  the  precise  dif- 
ference may  be  by  statute  measurement  between  "  fifteen  minutes 
walk  from  the  Plaza  by  a  responsible  party,"  and  the  same  amount  of 
"  walk  "  by  an  irresponsible  party.  Upon  receiving  satisfactory  in- 
formation upon  these  important  points,  we  shall  be  able  to  inform 
"  William  "  whether  he  can  have  our  cottage. 

Poetry. 

Some  persons  firmly  believe  that  a  number  of  lines  which  begin 
with  a  capital  letter  at  one  end  and  rhyme  at  the  other,  constitute 
poetry.  Such  people  cannot  imagine  it  possible  that,  while  they  are 
reading  what  appears  to  their  eyes  simple  prose,  some  beautiful  poetic 
image  is  being  impressed  on  their  minds.  Poetry  is  allegory  By  it 
a  picture  having  a  deep  and  subtle  meaning  is  often  photographed  on 
the  mind,  which,  if  presented  in  prosaic  and  material  manner,  could 
not  reach  the  inner  consciousness.  In  this,  which  might  perhaps  be 
termed  "  prose  poetry,"  the  American  Flag  excells.  What  can  be 
more  beautiful  than  the  following  picture  of  the  President  of  the 
United  States,  the  chosen  leader  of  this  great  people  ? 

"  President  Johnson  might  be  pictured  in  the  similitude  of  an 
immense  equatorial  gorilla,  sitting  cross-legged,  ripping  out  the  deli- 
cate and  compact  stitching  of  a  skillful  seamstress,  which  he  attempts 
to  reconstruct  with  a  sail-needle  and  a  fishing-line." 

Sharp  Practise. 

That  extremely  liberal  association,  entitled  the  "  Omnibus  Railroad 
Company,"  have  announced  that  on  and  after  Thursday,  September 
6th,  19G6,  the  price  of  their  car  tickets  will  be  at  the  rate  of  fjur  for  a 
quarter.  Thus  we  see  the  liberal  Omnibus  Railroad  Company  is  ahead 
of  all  the  other  companies  in  lowering  its  fare,  after  learning  that  the 
other  companies  intended  doing  so.  More  than  this:  to  express  its  ab- 
horrence of  the  illiberal  policy  pursued  by  the  other  railroad  compan- 
ies, it  has  nosltively  decided  that  it  will  not  receive  their  tickets  for 
fares;  thus  totally  ignoring  all  thoughts  of  public  convenience,  and 
forcing  every  chance  patron  of  the  Omnibus  line  to  buy  a  quarter's 
worth  of  tickets,  good  for  that  line  only. 

The  three  other  companies  reduced  their  fare  yesterday,  a  little 
earlier  than  intended,  in  consequence  of  the  smart  action  of  the  Omni- 
bus Company  in  forstalling  tbem  ;  and  will  continue  to  oblige  the  pub- 
lic by  accepting  each  others  tickets  on  any  of  their  routes.  But  in  self- 
defence  they  will  have  to  refuse  the  Omnibus  Railroad  tickets,  as 
that  liberal  company  has  tcbooed  them  outside  of  the  boundaries  of 
their  own  cars. 

The  Chief  (of  Police)  Consideration. 

P.  J.  White,  one  of  the  candidates  for  the  office  of  Chief  of  Police, 
is  likely  to  be  supported  extensively  on  humanitarian  principles.  Mr. 
White  has,  as  everyone  knows,  a  large  provision  store  on  Front  street. 
The  police  have  been  forbidden  of  late  to  give  poor,  houseless  wan- 
derers bed  and  breakfast  in  the  Station  House-  Mr.  White,  it  is  con- 
fidently expected,  will  go  in  for  square  meals  for  the  lodgers  in  the 
city  mansions,  and  his  friends  have  adopted  the  war  cry  of  "P.  J. 
White  and  good  provisions  I" 


Education. — The  aim  of  education  should  be  to  teach  us 
rather  how  to  think  than  what  to  think— rather  to  improve 
our  minds  so  as  to  make  us  think  for  ourselves,  than  to  load 
the  memory  with,  the  thoughts  of  other  men. 


10 


THE    C  ALIFORN  IAN. 


|  September  1st 


DISTANCES  FROM  SAN  FRANCISCO 
To  various  points : 

To  Fort  Point,  4  miles,  by  omnibus,  four  trips  a  day. 
*    Lone  Monntain,  3,  street  railwav. 

Seal  Rock,  6,  cars  and  omnibus,  two  trips  a  day. 

Mission  Dolores,  street  railways ;  Ocean  House  8. 

San  Mateo,  ^0,  railroad. 

Crystal  Spring,  23,  railroad  and  stage 

Half  Moon  Bay,  29,     do.  do. 

Redwood  city,  30,  do. 

Mountain  View,  38,  do. 

Santa  Clara,  47,  do. 

San  Jose,  50,  do.,  or  steamer  and  stage,  54. 

Alviso,  46,  steamer,  daily. 

Almaden  mines,  67,  steamer  and  stage  ;  or  by  rail- 
road and  stage,  64. 
Santa  Cruz,  78,  railroad  and  stape. 
Oakland,  8,  steamer  and  railroad,  six  trips  a. day. 
Alameda,  11 ,  steamer,  three  trips  a  day. 
San  Leandro,  15,  steamer  and  railroad. 
Mission  San  Jose,  34,  steamer,  railroad  and  stage. 
Warm  Springs,  37,  do.  do. 

Benicia,  30,  steamer  leaves  at  4  P.  M.  daily. 
Sacramento,  117,  do.  do. 
Stockton,  117,      do.  do. 
Martinez,  33,  do. 
Paclieco.  38,  steamer  and  stage. 
Diablo  Coal  Mines,  44,  steamer  and  stage. 
Suisnn,  50,  steamer,  or  54  by  steamer  and  stage 
Vallejo,  28  ;  Mare  Island,  37  ;  Napa  city,  50 
White  Sulphur  Springs,  67,  stage  from  Napa. 
Geyser  Springs,  118,  do.  do. 

Sonoma,  02,  steamer,  triweekly. 
Petaluma,  48,  steamer,  daily. 
Healdsburg,  80,  Btage  daily  from  Petaluma 
San  Quentiu,  12,  steamer  ;  Farallone  Islands,  20. 


J)R.  HUMPHREYS' 

Homoeopathic  Specifics 

Have  proved,  from  the  most  ample  experience,  an 
entire  success — simple,  prompt,  efficient  and  reliable- 
They  are  the  only  Medicines  perfectly  adapted  to 
popular  use — bc  simple  that  mistakes  cannot  be  made 
in  using  them  ;  so  harmless  as  to  be  free  from  dan- 
ger, and  80  efficieut  as  to  be  always  reliable.  They 
have  received  the  highest  commendation  from  all, 
and  will  always  render  satisfaction. 

No.    1  cures/'Vrers,  Congestion,  Inflammations. 0  25 

"  2  cures  Worms, Worm  Fever,  Worm  Colic,  25 
"      3  cures  Crying  Colic,  or  Teething  of  in- 

"     4  cures  Diarrhasa  of  children  or  adults...  25 

fants   25 

"     5  cures  Dysentery,  Griping,  Bilious  Colic,  25 

"     6  cures  Cholera  Morbus,  Nausea, Vomiting,  25 

"     7  cures  Coughs,  Colds,  Bronchitis   25 

"     8  cures  Neuralgia,  Toothache,  Faceache.  25 

"     9  cures //carfrrctas, sick-Headache, Vertigo,  25 

"  10  cures  Dyspepsia,  BillionB  Stomach   25 

"  11  cures  Suppressed*,  or  Painful  Periods..  25 

"  13  cures  Croup,  Cough,  difficult  Breathing,  25 

"  14  cures  Salt  Rheum,  Erysipelas  Eruptions,  25 

"  15  cures  Rheumatism,  Rheumatic  Pains...  25 

•'  16  cures  Fecer  and  Ague,*  hill  Fever,  Agues  50 

"  17  cures  Piles,  blind  or  bleeding   50 

"  18cures  Oplhalmia,  and  Sore  or  Weak  Eyes,  50 

"  l'J  cnres  Catarrh,  acute  orchronic,  Influenza  50 

"  20  cures  WhoopingCongh,  violent  coughs.  50 

"  21  cures  Asthma,  oppressed  Breathing   50 

"  22  cures  Ear  Discharges,  impaired  Hearing  50 
"  23  cures  Scrofula,  Enlarged  Glands,  Swell- 
ings   50 

"  24  cures  General  Debility,  Physical  Weak- 
ness   50 

"  25  cures  Dropsy,  and  scanty  Secretions   50 

"  26cnres  Sprtr-6'irine««,sickne5sfromRiding,  50 

"  27  cures  Kidney  Disease,  Gravel   50 

"  29  cures  Sore  Month,  Canker   50 

"  31  cures  Painful  Periods. even  with  Spasms  50 

"  32  cures  Sufferings  at  change  of  life  $1.00 

■'  33  cures .£/H/*7>5y,  Spasms, St.  Vitus'  Dance. 1.00 

"  34  cures  Diphtheria,  Ulcerated  Sore  Throat,  50 

FAMILY  CASES. 

35  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book  $10  00 

28  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book   8  00 

20  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book   6  00 

These  Remedies,  by  the  ease  or  single  box,  are 
sent  to  any  part  of  the  country,  by  Mail  or  Express, 
on  receipt  of  the  price. 

HOSTETTER,  SMITH  &  DEAN, 
401  and  403  Battery  street,  corner  of  Clay, 
ap27-3m  LSan  Francisco. 


££KOOKLYN  HOTEL, 

1852.   SAN    FRANCISCO.  1866. 


The  Proprietor  of  the  above-named  Hotel  wishes 
to  inform  bis  patrons  and  the  Travelling  Public  that  he 
has  opened  that  elegant  Brick  Fireproof  Hotel,  situated 
on  the 

S.  E.  Corner  of  Pine  and  Sansome  streets, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

It  was  builtexpressly  for  a  Hotel,  with  all  the  moders 
conveniences  attached  to  it. 

Gas  and  water  are  supplied  throughout  the  House. 
Rooms  arc  well  ventilated,  and  the  Public  will  findi 
Hotel  all  the  comforts  of  a  home.   The  Hotel  Is  spacious, 
and  well  adapted  for  the  use  of  Families.   Suits  of  Rooms 
can  be  had  on  reasonable  terms. 

LARGE  READING  ROOM 

Attached  to  the  Hotel, 

Containing  500  Volumes  of  Standard  Works, 

Which  is  entirely  for  the  use  of  patroDS. 

THE  CITY  COACH,  with  the  name  of  the  Hotel  on  it, 
will  be  in  readiness  at  the  Wharf,  on  the  arrival  of  each 
steamer,  to  convey  passengers  and  baggage  to  the  Hotel, 
free  of  charge.  JO   N  KELLY,  Jr., 

my6  3m  Proprietor. 


STOCKDaLE  HOUSE, 
Corner  Main  and  Oak  streets,  Petaluma. 
muM  6a  B.  STOCKDALE  proprietor 


^LLEN'S 

LUNG 


BALSAM  ! 


A  CERTAIN  CURE  FOR 
COUGHS,  COLDS,  INFLUENZA,  NIGHT 
SWEATS,  BRONCHITIS,  SPITTING 
OF  BLOOD,  ASTHMA,  WHOOPING 
COUGH, 

C ONS UMP T 1 0 N , 
And  all  Diseases  of  the 

CHEST   AND  LUNGS 


This  celebrated  Cough  Remedv  effects  a  speedy 
cure  by  producing  a  free  ana  easy  expectoration, 
heals  abscesses  of  the  lungs,  prevents  unhealthy  se- 
cretiou  of  the  bronchial  tubes,  and  removes  from 
them  those  accumulations  of  morbid  matter  which 
cause  oppression  of  the  breast,  difficulty  of  breath- 
ing, etc  ,  soothes  irritation  of  the  respiratory  organs 
which  produces  congo 

PKICE  ONE  DOLLAR  PER  BOTTLE. 

Sold  by  all  Drnggista. 

HOSTETTER,  SMITH  Ac  DEAN,  Agents, 
401  Battery  corner  of  Clay, 

ap27-3m  San  Francisco. 


SUMMER  MEDICINE. 


PURIFY  THE  BLOOD 

ARD 

Constitution, 

WITH 

LE  DOYEN'S 

SARSAPARILLA, 

YELLOW  DOCK, 

IODINE  ALTERATIVE. 


CRANE  it  BRIGHAM,  Agente, 
y!9  1m  SAN  FRANCISCO. 


QPPOSITION  STEAMER-DAY, 

TUESDAY,  SEPTEMBER  25,  186S. 

GREAT  REDUCTION  IN  RATES, 
VIA  NICARAGUA  I 

THE  CENTRAL  AMERICAN  TRANSIT  COMPANY  will 
despatch  the  favorite  Steamship 

MOSES  TAYLOR, 
On  Tuesday,  -         •        -     Sept.  25, 

From  Mission  street  Wharf,  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M.,  precisely 
Connecting  at  GREYTOWN  with  the  splendid  Steamship 
SANTIAGO, 
2.500  Toxs,  fob  New  Yobk. 
For  Passage  and  Freight,  and  Insurance  on  Treas 
ure,  at  greatly  REDUCED  RATES,  apply  to 

I.  W.  RAYMOND,  Agent, 
Northwest  corner  Battery  and  PiDe  streets, 

Up  stairs.  San  Francisco. 


CALIFORNIA 

Steam  Navigation  Company. 

STEAMER  CAPITAL  CAPT.  E.  A.  POOLE. 

CHRYSOPOLIS.CAPT.  A.  FOSTER. 

"  YOSEMITE   

"  CORNELIA. .. .CAPT  W.  BROMLEY. 
"      JULIA  CAPT  E.  CONCKLIN. 

One  of  the  above  steamers  leave  BROADWAY  WHARF, 
at  4  o'clock  P.  M.,  EVERY  DA  Y,  (Sundays  excepted,)  for 
SacrameDto  and  one  for  Stockton,  the  Sacramento  steamer 
connecting  with  light-draft  steamers  for  Marysville,  Co- 
lusa, Cbico  and  Red  Bluff. 

Steamships  PA  CIFJC,  ORIZABA ,  CA I IFORNIA ,  A  C- 
TiVE,naA  SE.VA10R,  leave  as  advertised,  for  Portland, 
Oregon,  New  Westminster,  British  Columbia,  Victoria. 
CV.  I.,)  Santa  Barbara,  San  Pedro,  and  San  Diego. 

Office  of  the  tgmpaoy,  northeast  corner  of  Front  and 
Jackson  streets. 

mar23  B  M.  HARTSHORNE.  President. 


yy,  E-  GOLDSMITH, 
Practical  Card  and  Seal  Engraver, 
AND  PLATE  PRINTER, 
No.  505  Montgomery  street,  over  Tucker's, 
au25-3m. 


N 


EW    DRY  GOODS! 


FALL  IMP  ORTAT10N,  1866, 


Meagher,  Taaffe  Co. 

WILL  EXHIBIT  AT 

THEIR  RETAIL  STORE, 

ON 

Monday,  -  -  -  August  20th, 

A  FULL  AND  COMPLETE  STOCK  OF 

Splendid  Dress  Goods! 

CONSISTING  OF 
SILKS  — 

Rich  Moire  Antique,  Watered,  Chine,  Bro- 
cade, Plaid,  Striped  and  Plain — all  in  new 
and  elegant  designs  and  colors. 

Black  Silks  from  the  celebrated  manufactories 
of  "  Bonnet's,"  "  Bischoff  s,"  and  "  Pon- 
son's,"  of  Lyons,  France. 

Poplin  of  snperior  make  in  Irish  and  French 
— in  all  colors. 

Empress  Cloth— in  all  colore. 

Plaid,  Striped  and  Plain  Poplinets  and  Cash- 
meres. 

Merinos,  De  Laines,  Prints,  Ginghams. 

Laces  and  Embroideries  of  every  description. 

Hosiery  for  Ladies,  Gentlemen  and  Children. 

Shawls — in  India  and  French  Cashmere,  Pais- 
ley, Broche  and  Woolen. 

Cloaks,  Basques,  Saques  and  Talmas — made 
to  order  in  the  most  fashionable  styles. 

KID   GLOVES  — 

1500  dozen  in  all  colors  and  sizes,  from  the 
manufactories  of  Alexandre  and  Preville, 
of  Paris. 

ALSO  AT 

GREATLY  REDUCED  PRICES! 

THE    FOLLOWING    DESCRIBED    GOODS,    ALL  OF 
WHICH  HAVE  JUST  BEEN  LANDED,  AND  ARE 

Warrenled  of  Superior  Quality. 
COTTONS— 

1000  pieces  B'own  Cottons,  from  4-4  to  10-4. 
1000  pes  8-4.  9-4  and  10-4  Cotton  Sheetings. 

200  pieces  New  York  Mills  Shirtings. 

300  pieces  Wamsutta  Shirtings. 

500  pieces  White  Rock  Shirtings. 

400  pieces  Lonsdale  Shirtings. 

700  ps  Masonville  and  Williainsv'le  Shirt'gs. 

600  pairs  of  Lace  Curtain?. 

LINENS  — 

500  pieces  Super  Shirting  Linens. 

200  pieces  Superior  Sheeting  Linens,  in  8  4, 

9-4, 10-4,  11-4.  and  12-4. 
200  pieces  Barnsley  and  Scotch  Table  Dam- 
ask, of  superior  quality. 
1000  Table  Cloth,  from  8-4  to  10-4. 
800  dozen  Table  Napkins — all  sizes. 
1500  doz  Towels,  suitable  for  the  Bath,  Cham- 
ber and  Kitchen. 

WOOLENS  — 

1000  pairs  Blankets,  in  6-4,  8-4, 10  4  &  12-4. 
500  pieces  Flannels  of  every  description. 

CLOTHS  FOR  MEN  AND  BOYS'  WEAR. 

1000  Marseilles  and  American  Quilts. 

9  Montgomery  Street, 

LICK  HOUSE. 


WHOLESALE  HOUSE, 

NO.  107  BATTERY  STREET,  NEAR  PINE. 
au25 


£JHILION  BEACH, 

Bookseller  and  Stationer, 

NO.  34  MONTGOMERY  STREET, 
Opposite  the  Lick  House, 
PapervStamped  with  Initials,  plain  and  colored,  to  bor- 
der.  Ail  the  New  Books  received  by  every  steamer  from 
New  York.  »n25  3m 


IN  THE   DISTRICT     COURT  OF  THE 
Fifteenth  Judicial Dfctrkl  of  thcSlaleof  California,  in 
aud  for  the  City  ami  County  of  San  Francisco. 
MARY  .-.MITH,  Plaintiff,  us,  WILLIAM  -  M  I ;  It  Defendant. 

Action  brought  iD  the  DislriciCoun  of  the  Fifteenth  Judi- 
cial District  of  the  Slate  of  CahlurDia,  in  and  for  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in 
said  City  and  County  of  San  Erancisco,  in  the  office  of 
the  Clerk  or  said  District  Court. 

The  People  of  the  Slate  of  California  send  greeting 
to  WILLIAM  SMITH.  Defendant  You  are  hereby  re- 
quired to  appear  m  an  action  brought  agaiusl  you  by  the 
above-named  Plaintiff  in  the  District  Court  or  the  Fifteenth 
Judicial  District  of  the  Slate  of  California,  in  and  for  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  com- 
plaint tiled  therein,  within  Ten  Days,  (exclusive  of  the  day 
of  service,)  after  the  Service  on  you  of  tbis  Summons 
—if  served  witbin  this  County  ;  or,  if  served  out  of  this 
County,  but  in  this  District,  witbin  Twenty  Days  ;  other- 
wise, within  Forty  Days — or  judgment  by  default  will  be 
taken  against  you,  according  to  the  prayer  of  said  Com- 
plaint. 

The  said  action  Is  brought  to  obtain  a  decree  of  this 
Court,  dissolving  the  Bunds  of  Matrimony  existing  be- 
tween Plaintiff  and  Defendant,  and  that  one  half  of  the 
Defendant's  properly,  if  he  bavc  any,  be  awarded  to 
Plaintiff,  and  for  general  relief. 

And  you  are- hereby  notified  that  it  you  fall  to  appear 
and  answer  the  said  complaint,  as  above  required,  the  said 
plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  the  relief  therein  de- 
manded. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  Seal  of  the  District  Court  of  the 
Fifteenth  Judicial  District  oi  the  State  of  California,  in 
and  for  the  City  and  Couuty  of  San  Francisco,  this  27ih 
day  of  June  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  tbouaaud  eight 
hundred  and  sixly  six 

Seal.  Int.  Rev.  Stamp, )  WM.  LOEWY, 

50  cts.,  cancelled.      J  Cleric, 

By  C.  C.  Letcher,  Deputy  Clerk. 
A.  Wiixujis,  Plaintiff's  Attorney, ) 

535  Clay  street.  )  j.  30  3m 


NOTICE  Is  HEREBY  GIVEN,  that  in  pursuance  of 
the  order  of  the  ProbateCourtof  the  city  and  county 
of  San  Francisco,  in  the  Stale  of  California,  in, eh-  on  loo 
26th  day  of  July,  1866,  lu  the  matter  of  the  estate  of 
Andrew ,  Robeson,  deceased,  the  uudersigued,  adminis- 
trator with  the  will  annexed  of  said  deceased,  will  sell  at 
private  sale  to  the  highest  bidder  for  cash  in  Uoited 
States  gold  coin,  in  two  parcels,  subject  to  confirmation 
by  said  Probate  Court,  on  or  after  Tuesday,  the  lllh  day 
of  September,  1866,  at  twelve  o'clock  noon  of  that  day, 
at  the  couuling  room  of  Atdrich  A  Merrill.  Nos.  204  and 
2C6  California  street,  in  said  city  and  couuty,  all  the 
right,  title  and  interest  of  said  Andrew  Robeson,  deceased, 
at  the  lime  of  his  death,  and  ail  the  right,  title  and  in- 
terest that  the  said  estate  bas,  by  operation  of  law  or 
otherwise  acquired,  other  than  or  in  addition  to  thai  of 
said  deceased  at  the  time  of  bis  death,  in  and  to  all  those 
certain  two  lots  of  land  situated  in  Raid  ciiy  and  county 
and  described  as  follows,  viz  :  1st.  Commencing  at  & 
point  on  the  west  side  of  Mason  street,  77  1  2  leet  northerly 
from  the  northwest  corner  of  Mason  and  Ellis  streets  ; 
thence  running  northerly  along  said  side  of  Mason  street 
60  feet  ;  thence  at  a  righlannle  westerly  77  1  2  feel ;  thence 
at  a  right  angle  soulherly  60  leet  ;  and  thence  at  a  right 
angle  easterly  77  l  'J  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning.  2d 
Jommenciog  at  a  point  on  the  north  line  of  Ellis  street, 
117  1  2  feet  westerly  from  the  northwest  corner  ol  Mason 
and  Ellis  streets  :  running  thence  westerly  along  Ellis 
street  20  feet  ;  thence  at  a  right  angle  uortherly  60  feet , 
thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  20  feel  ;  and  thence  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  60  feet  t  the  place  of  beginning. 
And  said  administrator  will  receive  offers  or  bids  for  said 
properly  from  this  date  till  said  lllh  day  et  September, 
1866.  at  12  o'clock  noou,  al  said  counting  room  of  Aldiich 
&  Merrill,  Nos.  204 and  206  California  street,  in  said  city 
and  county.  EDWARD  F  STONE, 

Admioist'alnr  with  the  will  annexed  o(  Andrew  Kobeson, 
deceased. 

San  Francisco,  August  lllh.  1S66.  aull  Id 


IN  THE  PROBATE  COCRT  of  the  city  and  county  pf 
San  Fiancisco,  State  of  California. 
In  the  mailer  of  Hie  estate  of  GEORGE  D.  HANSEN, 

deceased. 

Order  to  show  cause  why  order  of  distribution  should 

not  be  made. 

On  reading  and  filing  the  petition  or  CHRISTIAN  KIRK, 
the  Executor  of  the  estate  of  GEORGE  D.  HANSEN, 
deceased,  selling  forth  that  he  has  tiled  Ins  final  account 
of  bis  administration  of  the  estate  of  said  deceased,  in 
this  Court,  and  thai  the  same  has  been  duly  settled  and 
allowed  ;  mat  all  the  debus  and  cxpeuscs  of  adtninn-lra- 
tioD  have  been  duly  p;ud  ;  and  that  a  portion  of  said  es- 
tate remains  to  bc  distributed  lo  the  heir  and  devisee  of 
said  deceased,  and  praying  among  olher  things  lor  an  or- 
der of  distribution  of  the  residue  uf  said  estate  among  the 
persons  entitled  : 

It  is  OROBUB>,  That  all  persons  interesti»d  in  the  estate  of 
the  s.iH  George  D.  H  insen,  deceased,  be  and  sppear  be- 
fore the  Probate  Court  of  the  city  and  county  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, al  the  court  room  of  said  Oovrt.  in  the  City  Hall  in 
sanl  city  and  counly,  on  Wednesday,  the  fifth  day  of  Sep- 
tember, A-  D.  1866.  at  eleven  o'clock  AM.,  then  and 
there  to  show  cause  why  an  order  Jif  distribution  should 
not  be  made  of  the  residue  of  s^id  estate  to  the  heir  ana 
devisee  of  the  said  Geoige  D.  Hansen,  deceased,  ac- 
cording to  law: 

Jt  is  furthrr  ordered.  That  a  copy  or  this  order  be  pub- 
lished lor  four  successive  weeks,  before  the  said  6th 
day  of  September,  A.  D.  1866,  in  The  CjdlH)MU>,  a  news- 
paper printed  and  published  in  the  said  city  and  county. 

M.  C.  BLAKE.  Probate  Judge. 

Dated,  San  Francisco,  August  3d,  1866.  4w 


PROBATE  COURT  of  the  cily  and  county  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, State  or  California. 
In  the  matter  of  the  Estates  of  David  Whipple  and  Wil- 
liam Whipple,  minors 

It  appearing  to  this  court  from  the  petition  this  day 
presented  and  filed  by  Robert  L  Harris,  the  guardian  of 
the  estates  or  David  Whipple  and  William  Whipple,  minors, 
prhying  Tor  an  order  or  sale  or  the  real  eslaie  belonging 
lo  his  said  wards,  that  it  would  be  beneficial  lo  tbe  said 
wards  that  such  real  estate  should  be  sold  al  private  sale. 

It  is  hereby  ordered  lhat  the  next  of  kin  ot  said  wards, 
and  all  jiersoos  interested  in  said  estate,  appear  berore 
tbis  court  at  the  court  room  thereor,  al  Use  court  house,  in 
Ibe  city  and  couuty  ol  San  Francisco, on  Monday  Ibe  10th 
day  of  September,  1866,  at  eleven  o'ejock  a.  «.,  then  and 
there  to  show  cause  why  an  order  should  not  be  granted 
for  the  sale  of  such  estate. 

And  it  is  runner  ordered  that  a  copy  ol  this  order  be 
published  at  least  three  successive  weeks  berore  said  hear- 
ing or  said  petition  inTii(CaiJroBMa.i,a  newspaper  printed 
and  published  in  said  city  and  county. 
Dated  August  10th,  A  D  ,  1866.       M.  C.  BLAKE, 
aull  41  Probate  Judge. 


"VTOTICE  TO  CREDITORS.— Estate  or  WILLIAM  MAC- 

MICHAV;!  ,  deceased. 
Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  administra- 
tor with  the  will  auncxed,  ol  the  above  uomed  estate,  to 
the  creditors  of,  and  all  persons  having  claims  against 
William  MacMichael,  deceased,  to  exWblt  the  same,  with 
the  necossarv  vouchers,  within  ten  months  from  the  first 
publication  of  this  notice,  to  the  undersigned  at  his  place 
of  business.  No  12  Post  street,  Masouic  Temple,  in  the 
city  aud  county  of  San  Frauclseo. 
Sau  Francisco  August  18, 1*66. 

THEODORE  L.  SCHELL, 
Administrator  with  the  will  annexed  of  the  estate  of 
William  MeMiehael,  deceased. 
Wucasb  k  Bti0AT,  Attorneys  for  Administrator,  it 


September  1st  | 


THE  CALIFORNIA^. 


11 


AUINCY  HALL, 

-        545,  517,  549  WASHINGTON  STKEET. 


pHu, ...  MONTGOMERY  BLOOK 

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jiii 


QUINCYHALL  CLOTHING  EMPORIUM, 


THE  LARGEST  CLOTHING  EMPORIUM  in  California. 
The  daily  sales  from  tlie  establishment  is  a  sufficient 
guarantee  that  the  prices  are  less  than  those  of  any  other 
house  on  the  Pacific  coast.  Here  you  also  find  clotbiug  of 
the  best  of  California  Cloth,  both  for  Wholesale  and  Retail 
trade.  Also,  particular  attention  paid  to  making  up  fine 
Clothiug  to  order.  jy21 


VEGETABLE  AMBROSIA 

1      IS  THE  MIRACLE  OF  THE  AGE! 

Gray-headed  People  have  their 
locks  restored  by  it  to  the  dark,  lustrous, 
tilken  tresses  of  youth,  and  are  happy ! 

Young  People,  with  light,  faded  or  red  Hair, 
have  these  unfashionable  colors  changed  to 
a  beautiful  auburn,  and  rejoice  1 

People  whose  heads  are  covered  with 
Dandruff  and  Humors,  use  it,  and  have  clean 
coats  and  clear  and  healthy  scalps  ! 

Bald-Headed  "Veterans  have 
their  remaining  locks  tightened,  and  the 
bare  spots  covered  with  a  luxuriant  growth 
of  Hair,  and  dance  for  joy ! 

Young  Gentlemen  use  it  because  it  is 
richly  perfumed  I 

Young  Ladies  use  it  because  it  keeps 
their  Hair  in  place ! 

Everybody  must  and  will  use  it,  because 
it  is  the  cleanest  and  best  article  in  the 
market  I  -  >j 

k  For  Sale  by  Druggists  generally. 

For  sale,  wholesale  and  retail,  by 

JOHN  F.  SNOW, 

Sole  Agent  for  the  PaciQc  Coast,  24  Post  street, 
Jo23  San  Francisco. 


P  URN ITURE 


jyjEAGHER,  TAAFE  &  CO., 

IMPORTERS  AND  WBOLK8ALK  DEALERS  OF 

DRY  GOODS,  LINENS, 

FURNISHING  GOODS, 

YANKEE  NOTIONS, 

FANCY  GOODS,  ETC. 

AGENTS  FOB  THE 

MOUNT  YERON   DUCK  COMPANY 

NO.  107  BATTERY  STREET,  NEAR  PINE. 
RETAIL  HOUSE,  -  -  -  NO.  0  MONTGOMERY  STREET, 
jy21  3m  Lick  House. 


H£R.  AND  MRS.  COGILL 
AND  SONS, 

Teachers  of  Dancing, 

CONGRESS  HALL, 

On  Bnsh-st.,ndjoiuin  Russ  Honse. 

SCHOOL— MONDAYS  AND  WEDNESDAYS.  Ladies  at 
3  r.  M.  'Gentlemen  and  Ladies  >it  7  1-2  P.  M.  Soriees 
ev«ry  Friday  Evening.  Hall  to  rent.  auS-Sin 


BEDDING! 


LAR  G  EST  STOCK! 

LATEST  STYLES! 

The    Best  Workmanship, 

.y  AND  .   .,  . 

LOWEST  PRICES! 

AT 

Goodwin    #  Cot's 

FURNITURE  WARE-ROOMS, 
Nos.  508,  510,  518  and  528  Washington-st. 

ja!6  SAN  FRANCISCO. 


HEUSTON, 


HASTINGS 


&  CO. 


The   Fashionable  Clothiers 


SAN  FRANCISCO, 

Are  now  engaged  in  enlarging  tbeir  already  ex- 
tensive European  connections,  and  are  offering  the 
LARGEST,  FINEST,  AND  MOST  COMPLETE 


CUSTOM-MADE  CLOTHING, 

GENTS'  FURNISHING  GOODS, 

TRUNKS,  BAGS,  VALISES,  ETC., 
ON   THE    PACIFIC  COAST, 

AT 

REDUCED  PRICES. 

—  je!7-3in 


E 


LECTION  PROCLAMATION. 


FOR  THE  MUNICIPAL  ELECTION. 


PUBLIC  NOTICE  IS  HEREBY  GIVEN,  that  the  Muni- 
cipal Election  In  and  tor  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, will  be  held  on  WEDNESDAY,  September  5lh,  1866; 
and  the  qualified  voters  of  said  city  and  county  are  here- 
by called  upon  to  meet  in  their  respective  districts  for  the 
purpose  of  electing  the  following-named  officers  at  said 
election,  to  wit : 

Attorney  and  Counsellor 

Auditor. 

Tax  Collector. 

Public  Administrator. 

Superintendent  of  Pub       Streets,  Highways,  and 
Squres. 
Chief  of  Police. 

One  Supervisor  and  one  School  Director  in  each  of  the 
following  Districts  :  First,  Third,  Fifth,  Seventh, Ninth, 
and  Eleventh,  for  the  full  term. 

Also,  one  Supervisor  in  the  Eighth  District  for  an  unex- 
pired term. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  city  and  county  of 
S*an  Francisco,  this  fourteenth  day  of  August, 
Isral  j  lg66  H.  p.  COON,  Mayor 

Attest :  Cuas.  L.  Wiggin,  Clerk.  aulS 


AMERICAN  HOTEL, 
Main  street.      .        -  -  Petaluma, 

mar24-6m   EMERSON  k  LAMBERTON,  Proprietors. 


QREAT  TRIUMPH!! 

STEINWAY  &  SONS 


■Were  awarded  the  FIRST  PRIZE  MEDAL  at  the  lat«  ea. 
INTERNATIONAL  EXHIBITION  AT  LONDON,  over  the 
two  hundred  and  sixty-nine  Pianos  entered  for  competition 
from  all  parts  of  the  world. 

The  Special  Correspondent  of  the  New  York  Times  saye  : 

"  Messrs.  Steinway  &  Sons'  indorsement  by  the  Jurors 
is  emphatic,  and  stronger  and  more  to  the  point  than  that 
of  any  European  maker." 

A  constant  supply  of  the  above  superior  instruments  can 
be  found  at  the  Agent's, 

M.  GRAY,  613  Clay  street. 
PIANO  TUNING  done  by  a  first-class  Workman,  from 
Steinway  &  Son's  Factory,  New  York.  my25 


(J^  WIEDERHOLD  &  CO.'S 

Piano  Warerooms, 

685  Market  street,  corner  of  Third, 

WILL  BE  OPEN  ON  AND 
after  SATURDAY,  Aug.  25th, 
EVENINGS,  till  8  o'clock. 

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR 
J.  B.  DUNHAM'S, 

F.  C.  LIGHTE  &  CO.'S, 

GEO.  STECK  &  CO.'S,  and 
ERNEST  GABLER'S 
CELEBRATED  PIANOS. 


We  will  be  in  constant  receipt  of  the  above  fine 
Pianos,  which  we  warrant  equal  to  any  imported, 
and  ask  our  friends  and  the  public  to  call  and  exam- 
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ISSUES  POLICIES  INSURING  AGAINST  INJURIES  OF 
all  kinds,  and  death  resulting  from  accident- 
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sured receives  a  weekly  compensation  as  long  as  he  is  dis- 
abled (not  to  exoeed  twenty-six  weeks.) 


Policy.  Premium. 

$1,000  $  5  00.. 

$2,000  $10  00.. 

$5,000  $25  00.. 

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 $10  00 

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Covering  risk  lo  New  York,  cost  $2  per  $1,000. 

■O-  No  Medical  Examination  required. 

Life  Insurance. 

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For  Policies,  or  further  information,  apply  to 

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(Formerly  "Diana  SaloOD ,") 
ON  SATURDAY,  AUGUST  11,  1866. 


NOVEL  ENTERTAINMENT.)— Magic  and  Gymnastic 
Feats,  free  of  chargo. 

«®,The  best  of  WINEE,  LIQUORS,  LUNCH,  and 
CIGARS  always  on  hand. 

N.  B.    Fine  Vocal  Music,  Polite  Waiters,  etc. 

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Printing  ? 

IF  YOU  DO,  GO  TO 

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Printing  of  every  description  done  on 

short  notice  and  in  the  best  style,  by 

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J^  PEIRCE, 

FURNITURE  AND 

Bedding  Warerooms. 


Nos.  415,  417,  and  419  California  Street, 

NEAR  MONTGOMERY. 

THIS  STOCK  OF  FURNITURE,  etc.,  was  selected  with 
great  care,  and  special  attention  given  to  the  wants  of 
this  market,  ENTIRELY  AT  THE  EAST.  It  is  NOT 
COMPOSED  OF  REFUSE  GOODS,  ODDS  AND  ENDS  OF 
OTHER  HOUSES  that  have  lately  closed  out  here,  but 
CONSISTS  ENTIRELY  OF  NEW  GOODS,  made  after  the 
latest  patterns  and  in  the  most  durable  manner. 

The  present  Stock  is  fully  TWICE  as  large  as  that  of  any 
other  house  here.  Parties  having  any  doubts  of  this,  or 
that  the  assortment  is  not  superior  to  any  in  tne  city,  can 
easily  satisfy  themselves  by  calling. 

The  stock  of  Case  Goods  is  larger  than  ever  before. 

J.  PEIRCE, 
Ware-rooms  415,  417  and  419  California  street, 

jel6-3m  SAN  FRANCISCO. 


rp    RODGERS  JOHNSON, 


ODD  FELLOWS'  HALL,  329  Montgomery  str»et, 
je30  3m  San  Francisco. 


CALIFORNIA  BRASS  FOUNDRY, 

No.  125  First  street,  opposite  Minna, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

All  kinds  of  Brass, 
Composition,  Zinc, 
and  Babbitt  Mela 
Castings,  furnished 
at  the  shortest  notice. 
Brass  Ship-  Work  o 
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{September  *st 


SKETCH   OF    ERNEST  RENAN. 

~\/T  BEN  AN,  author  of  the  "  Life  of  Jesns  and  the  Apos- 
_LVJL»  ties,"  was  bora  in  1823.  Tbe  Jesuits  took  him  un- 
der their  protection,  and  gave  him  a  place  in  their  school,  tie 
showed  himself  a  slow  but  brilliant  scholar.  He  was  long  in 
acquiring  anything,  but  when  it  was  acquired  it  was  thor- 
oughly mastered  and  assimilated.  He  not  only  knew  what 
he  had  learned,  but  he  polished  it  with  his  own  intellect  and 
made  it  shine.  The  reports  periodically  addressed  to  Paris 
upon  the  young  men  in  the  training  school,  directed  attention 
to  young  Renan  as  a  Levite  destined  to  reflect  the  greatest 
honor  on  the  church.  Abbe  Dupanloup  (now  the  eminent 
Bishop  of  Orleans)  was  always  on  the  watch  to  discover 
young  men  who  promised  to  bring  talents  to  the  service  of 
religion,  and  he  read  these  reports  with  most  careful  atten- 
tion. Struck  by  the  constant  commendations  bestowed  on 
young  Benan  he  made  bim  come  up  to  Paris,  where  he  could 
have  him  under  his  own  eye.  The  abbe  soon  loved  the  young 
Levite  with  the  tenderest  friendship,  and  reckoned  upon  his 
attaining  the  highest  honors  of  the  church.  When  young 
Benan  had  stayed  the  proper  time  at  the  training  school  of 
St.  Nicholas  du  Chardonnet,  the  abbe  transferred  him  to  St. 
Sulpice's  School.  It  was  while  he  was  at  St.  Sulpice's  School 
that  Mons.  Benan,  after  profound  studies,  came  to  the  con- 
clusion that  the  religion  which  he  was  to  teach,  and  whose 
offices  he  was  to  celebrate,  was  radically  false.  He  struggled 
long  against  this  conclusion.  Abbe  Dupanloup  and  all  the 
professors  tried  to  argue  with  him.  hoping  to  convince  him  of 
error.  Ernest  Benan  turned  his  back  on  the  sanctuary,  and 
sallied  forth  from  the  quiet  haven  of  St.  Sulpice's  Seminary 
into  the  great  desert  of  Paris,  alone,  unfriended. 

The  moment  he  quitted  St.  Sulpice's  Seminary  he  went  to 
a  teacher's  office  and  got  an  usher's  place  in  a  small  boarding 
school.  Here  his  salary  was  table  and  lodgings — no  mouey  ; 
but  all  his  time  was  not  taken  up  by  the  duties  of  usher.  He 
could  attend  to  lectures  at  the  Sorbonne,  and  visit  the  great 
public  libraries.  He  worked  hard.  When  the  Academy  of 
Inscriptions  and  Belles  Lettres  offered  a  prize  for  a  dictionary 
of  the  Semitic  languages,  he  won  it ;  and  when  it  offered  a 
prize  for  an  essay  on  the  study  of  Greek  during  the  Middle 
Ages,  he  secured  it  too. 

These  academical  successes  introduced  him  to  learned  so- 
ciety in  Paris,  and  four  years  after  he  quitted  the  seminary  he 
resigned  his  place  of  usher  to  go  to  Italy,  to  make  researches 
for  the  Academy  of  Inscriptions  and  Belles  Lettres.  On  his 
return  he  was  appointed  as  aid  to  the  maker  of  catalogues  of 
manuscripts  in  the  Imperial  Library,  on  the  meagre  salary  of 
8300  a  year.  He  soon  received  a  permanent  appointment  at 
the  library  with  a  salary  of  8500  a  year,  which  petty  income 
was  increased  by  the  money  received  for  his  contributions  to 
the  Revue  des  Deux  de  Mondes  and  Journal  des  Debate,  and 
for  the  sale  of  his  work  entitled  "  Philosophical  Essays."  As 
soon  as  his  revenues  increased,  he  married  the  daughter  of 
Henri  Sheffer — the  nice  of  Ary  Sheffer — and  he  was  a  happy 
man.  He  had  now  begun  to  turn  hi3  attention  to  his  "  JJis- 
tory  of  the  Origin  of  Christianity."  The  French  Govern- 
ment gave  him,  in  1860,  a  mission  of  exploration  in  ancient 
Phoenicia,  which  was  then  unusually  open  to  French  travel- 
lers, for  the  French  army  then  occupied  the  country.  Upon 
his  return  to  Paris  be  was  appointed  Professor  of  Hebrew  at 
the  College  of  France.  The  attacks  he  made  on  religion, 
even  in  his  first  lecture,  raised  so  ranch  indignation  through- 
out France,  that  the  Government  was  obliged  by  the  pressure 
of  public  opinion  to  suspend  his  lectures.  He  coutinued  in 
possession  of  the  chair  for  two  and  a  half  years.  The  Gov- 
ernment hoped  he  would  resign,  and  tried  to  persuade  him  to 
do  so.  He  refused,  and  was  dismissed  after  the  publication 
of  the  first  volume  of  his  "  History  of  the  Origin  of  Chris- 
tianity." The  Government,  at  one  time,  thought  seriously  of 
seizing  this  work,  but  was  prevailed  upon  to  keep  aloof.  You 
know  how  it  sold.  It  is  said  Mons.  Benan  received 
$30,000  copyright  from  the  sale  of  this  one  volume,  and  the 
demand  it  created  for  his  other  works  put  another  810,000 
into  his  pocket.  The  Government  offered  him  his  old  place 
at  the  Imperial  Library,  (where,  I  had  forgotten  to  mention, 
a  series  of  promotions  had  raised  him  to  a  place  with  a  salary 
of  81,000  a  year),  but  he  declined  to  accept  it.  He  devoted 
himself  sedulously  to  the  second  volume  of  his'  "  History  of 
the  Origin  of  Christianity,"  and  before  sending  it  to  the  press 
he  visited  the  scenes  where  apostles  (to  whose  career  it  is 
dedicated)  lived  and  labored.  He  was  absent  twelve  or  eight- 
een months.  His'wife  went  everywhere  with  him.  He  set 
to  work  on  the  second  volume  on  his  return,  and  it  was  seven 
months  going  through  the  press,  so  numerous  were  the  cor- 
rections he  made  ;  it  is  said  he  required  eight  proof  sheets  of 
every  page  before  the  work  reached  what  he  thought  the  ut- 
most pitch  of  perfection  which  he  could  give  it.  He  has  a 
most  tenacious  memory,  especially  for  words.  He  knows — 
beside  Hebrew,  Sanscrit,  Greek,  Latin  and  French— English 
and  German  thoroughly.  You  may  easily  imagine,  from  what 
I  have  said,  he  is  a  man  of  even  temper,  and  quite  agreeable. 
A  friend,  who  met  him  several  times  at  dinner,  told  me  he 
was  one  of  the  most  agreeable  men  be  had  ever  met.  He 


described  the  tcnes  of  M.  Benan's  voice  and  his  perfect  ar- 
ticulation as  fascinating.  I  should  have  thought  the  monoto- 
nous tone  of  If.  Renan's  voice  in  conversation  would  have 
fatigued  one  in  the  course  of  several  hours.  My  friend  told 
me  my  supposition  was  erroneous.  M.  Benan  is  not  a  bril- 
liant talker  ;  at  least  he  is  not  a  brilliant  talker  after  the  fash- 
ion of  M.  Yillemain  or  M.  Yictor  Cousin  and  other  brilliant 
talkers  of  the  day.  They  shine  in  their  happy  bon  mots,  by 
their  skill  in  juggling  with  words  and  phrases.  M.  Benan 
never  made— he  never  so  much  as  stumbled  into  a  mot  in  all 
his  life.  He  is  intelligent,  intellectual,  often  ironical— never 
witty.  I  add,  to  complete  his  portrait,  he  is  awkward  at  all 
physical  exercises.  On  horseback  he  is  at  the  complete  mercy 
of  the  horse ;  in  the  water,  he  has  a  millstone's  alacrity  of 
sinking  ;  he  never  had  a  gun  his  hand.  You  see  this  the  mo- 
ment you  lay  eyes  on  him.  He  is  short,  thick-set,  heavy, 
slow,  awkward.  He  was  never  touched  bodily  by  the  graces, 
or  mentally  by  grace.  He  plods,  even  in  our  streets,  as  if  he 
were  among  furrows  ;  walk  he  cannot.  Whenever  I  have  seen 
him  I  have  thought  he  looked  much  more  like  a  college  tutor 
or  head  accoantant  than  like  an  eminent  literary  man.  He 
has  a  turn  for  no  amusements.  Chess,  backgammon,  domi- 
noes, cards,  he  holds  in  equal  aversion.  His  pastime  is  a  good 
book,  a  comfortable  chair  by  a  warm  fire,  after  a  hearty  meal. 
He  has  love  for  and  knowledge  of  art,  as  he  showed  by  his 
work  on  the  14th.  His  library  is  both  handsome  and  com- 
fortable. He  has  several  children.  They  have  all  been  bap- 
tized, and  with  their  mother  go  regularly  to  church.  He 
spends  his  summer  chiefly  at  Sevres.  The  success  of  his  new 
work  will  be  great.  The  whole  of  the  first  edition  (20,000 
copies)  were  exhausted  to  supply  booksellers'  orders  before  it 
was  published.  The  second  edition  of  20,000  copies  is  sold 
fast.  The  demand  for  the  first  volume  ("  The  Life  of  Jesus") 
still  continues.  It  is  confidently  predicted  H.  Benan  will  re- 
ceive 8200,000  at  least  from  his  history. 


"  The  Olf.  Man's  Dead,  Stranger." — The  author  tells  of 
a  Virginian  traveling  in  the  same  locality,  who,  on  testing  the 
whisky  of  his  Arkansas  host,  found  it  rather  raw  and  unpal- 
atable, and  mixed  it  in  the  shape  of  a  "  mint-julep,"  which 
was  a  novel  idea  to  the  Arkansan.  Tbe  latter,  however,  was 
delighted  with  the  new  style  of  drink,  indulged  in  it  quite  lib- 
erally, and  learned  the  method  of  concocting  it.  The  mourn- 
ful result  is  told  thus  :  "  The  ole  man's  dead,  stranger."  The 
Virginian  continued  on  his  journey  toward  Texas,  and  in  due 
course  of  time  set  out  to  return.  On  arriving  at  the  house 
before  mentioned,  he  concluded  he  would  call  and  renew  his 
acquaintance  with  the  friendly  old  host.  Accordingly,  he 
rode  up  to  the  gate,  and  seeing  one  of  the  boys  of  the  family 

The  boy,  with  an  air  of  tbe  most  perfect  indifference,  re- 
standing  near,  asked  him  :  "  How  is  the  old  gentleman,  your 
father,  my  son  ?" 

plied  :  "Why,  the  ole  man's  dead,  stranger." 
"  Is  it  possible  ?    How  long  since  ?" 
"  About  two  weeks,  stranger." 

"  Ah  !  indeed  !  Pray,  what  was  the  matter  with  the  poor 
old  gentleman,  my  son  ?" 

"  Waal,  now,  stranger,  I'll  tell  ye  what  it  war.  Thar  war 
an  old  feller  from  Virginny,  he  "com'd  along  this  way  last 
summer,  and  he  jist  ups  and  lams  the  ole  man  to  drink  greens 
in  his  licker,  and  you  can  bet  your  life  on't  it  knocked  him 
higher  nor  a  kite." 

Upon  tho  Virginian's  suggesting  to  the  boy  that  it  might 
have  been  possible  that  the  bad  quality  of  the  whisky  exer- 
cised a  more  deleterious  influence  upon  bis  father's  health 
than  the  mint,  he  replied  : 

"  No,  stranger,  it  war  not  the  whisky,  for  we've  allers  used 
licker  in  our  family,  and  though  it  made  old  mam  powerful 
weak,  yet  it  never  phazed  ole  pop  arry  time — no,  it  war  the 
greens,  as  sure  as  yer  born." — Col.  Afaury's  Army  Life. 


The  Able-bodied  Minister.— God  provided  a  body  for  the 
soul  of  Adam,  before  he  sent  that  soul  into  tbe  world  ;  and 
I  have  learned,  if  we  want  a  soul  to  stay  in  its  human  body, 
we  must  keep  the  body  in  good  repair.  I  know  some  people 
think  that  a  minister  of  the  Gospel  should  be  as  nearly  spirit- 
ual, in  all  respects,  as  possible;  and  they  find  their  ideals  in 
those  unfortunate  clergymen,  destitute  of  physical  vir^or;  lean, 
pale,  and  ghostly,  whose  symptoms  of  dysdepsia  they  have 
mistaken  for  godliness.  And  I  have  known  a  few  clergymen, 
who,  falling  into  the  same  error,  have  tried  to  crucify  the 
flesh  by  living  on  short  rations  ;  giving  the  lie  to  their  appe- 
tites, when  they  had  eaten  exactly  four  ounces,  by  calling  that 
a  meal. — Rev.  L.  J.  Fletcher. 


LadiCs  can  always  depeDd,  that  for  delicacy  of  touch,  and  adapta- 
bility to  bat  iirc,  Davidson's  Circassian  Bloom  excels  all  other  toilet 
dressings.  And  what  is  more,  it  renders  the  skin  smooth,  soft  and 
delicate.    Sold  by  all  Druggists. 


Meussdorffer,  importer  and  dealer  in  HaU,  No.  635  Commercial 
street,  will  open  his  styles  to  day.  Mr.  M.  has  just  returned  from 
Europe  with  the  latest  style  of  hats,  such  as  Chapeaux  Mechaniqne, 
Sadowa,  Foatainebleau,  Palmeraton,  etc. 


THE  EDIBLE  BIBD'S  NESTS  OF  CHINA. 

NOT  only  in  their  ordinary  form,  or  acted  upon  by  the 
culinary  art,  are  the  mosses  employed  as  food  ;  but 
one  of  the  most  admired  luxuries  of  the  table  in  China  is  the 
edible  bird's  nest  formed  from  them.  A  small  swallow,  called, 
from  his  peculiar  instinct  in  building  this  sort  of  habitation, 
hirendo  esculenta,  makes  his  nest  from  several  of  these  spe- 
cies, and  amongst  others,  it  is  said,  from  the  Ceylon  moss,  in 
the  highest  and  most  inaccessible  rocks,  in  deep  damp  caves. 
Craufurd  tells  us  that  none  but  those  accustomed  from  child- 
hood to  the  dangers  it  offers,  can  pursue  the  occupation  of 
collecting  the  nests  ;  for  they  are  only  approachable  by  a 
perpendicalar  descent  of  many  hundred  feet,  by  ladders  of 
bamboo  and  ratan,  over  a  sea  rolling  violently  against  the 
rocks.  When  the  mouth  of  the  cave  is  attained,  the  perilous 
task  of  taking  the  nests  must  be  performed  by  torchlight,  by 
penetrating  into  the  recesses  of  the  rock,  where  the  slightest 
slip  would  instantly  be  fatal  to  the  adventurers,  who  can  see 
nothing  below  them  but  the  turbulent  surf  making  its  way 
into  the  chasms  of  tbe  rocks.  The  high  price  given  for  these 
delicacies,  is,  however,  a  sufficient  inducement  for  the  gather- 
ers to  follow  "  this  dreadful  trade."  The  nests  are  formed  of 
a  mucilaginous  substance  ;  they  resemble  ill-concocted  fibrous 
isinglass,  and  are  described  as  of  a  white  color,  inclining  to 
red;  their  thickness  liitle  more  than  that  of  a  silver  spoon, 
and  the  weight  from  a  quarter  to  half  an  ounce.  When  dry, 
they  are  brittle  and  wrinkled,  the  size  nearly  that  of  a  goose's 
egg.  The  qualities  of  the  nest  vary,  according  to  the  situa- 
tion and  extent  of  the  caves  in  which  they  are  found,  and  tbe 
time  at  which  they  are  taken  ;  if  procured  before  the  eggs 
have  been  laid,  the  nests  are  of  the  best  kind  ;  if  they  con- 
tain eggs  only,  they  are  still  valuable  ;  but  if  the  yonng  are 
in  the  nest,  or  have  just  left  it,  they  are  nearly  worthless,  be- 
ing dark-colored,  streaked  with  blood,  and  intermixed  with 
feathers  and  dirt.  After  they  are  procured,  they  are  sepa- 
rated from  feathers  and  dirt,  are  carefully  dried  and  packed, 
and  are  then  fit  for  market.  The  best  sort  are  sent  to  Pekin, 
for  tbe  use  of  the  emperor.  The  labor  bestowed  to  render 
them  fit  for  the  table  is  enormous  ;  every  feather,  every 
stick,  or  impurity  of  any  kind,  is  carefully  removed,  and  then, 
after  undergoing  many  washings  and  preparations,  they  are 
made  into  a  soft  delicious  jelly  ;  they  are  likewise  served  up 
in  broths  and  soups  ;  they  have  the  reputation  of  being  nu- 
tritious, and  gently  stimulating.  Tbe  extravagant  prices  given 
for  these  nests  by  the  Chinese  render  them  a  most  expensive 
article  of  diet.  The  sale  has  become  a  monopoly  of  the  gov- 
ernment in  whose  dominions  they  are  found.  Meyen,  in  his 
Voyage  Bound  the  World,  states  that  the  Japanese  bad  long 
ago  discovered  that  these  bird's  nests  are  nothing  more  than 
softened  sea-weed  and  that  they  now  prepare  the  substance 
itself  in  an  artist-like  manner.— Dr.  Sigmond,  on  the  Ceylon 
Moss. 

Speaking  or  Baths,  it  is  in  order  to  quote  from  a  letter  received 
per  lust  steamer  from  a  lady,  now  at  the  East,  in  which  she  savs :  "I 
went  to  Laight  street  (New  York)  to  try  a  Turkish  Bath ;  it  did  not 
come  np  to  my  expectation,  by  any  means.  I  find  no  baths  like  thos 
of  Dr.  Bourne.  Tbese  people  are  behind  our  [meaning  California] 
age."  A  New  York  gontleman  who  became  acquainted  wilh  Dr. 
Bourne's  buths  while  on  a  visit  to  San  Francisco,  on  returning  to  New 
York  writes  thus  i  "  In  Laight  street  they  have  steam  l.aths,  and 
hoping  to  find  the  style  similar  to  Dr.  Bourne's  baths,  of  your  citv 
I  gave  them  a  tnal ;  but  such  a  woful  disappointment !  for  although 
the  place  is  a  Water  Cure,  I  found  their  baths  totally  different,  being 
what  they  term  the  Turkish  bath,  and  may  the  Turks  live  forever  to 
take  all  of  them.  Give  me  those  of  Dr.  Bourne."  Such,  too,  is  the 
feeling  of  all  Californians  at  the  East,  who  have  ever  enjoyed  Dr. 
Bourne  s  baths,  and  their  testimony  is  uniform  and  unanimous,  that 
no  baths  are  to  be  found  either  at  the  East,  or  in  Europe  or  Asia, 
which  compare  with  them;  yet  there  are  many  contemptible  persons 
in  San  Francisco  doing  all  that  malignity  and  falsehood  can  prompt 
tbem  to  do,  to  injure,  and  if  possible,  destroy  them.  Base  persons, 
you  have  both  the  pity  and  contempt  of  Dr.  Bonrne,  No.  10  Masonic 
Temple,  Post  street.  * 

"The  Science  of  Life,  or  How  to  Live,  a n n  What  to  Live 
For." — This  h  the  title  of  an  interesting  and  highly  useful  little  book, 
published  by  Dr.  Beck,  of  thiB  city.  It  is  especially  adapted  for  the 
perusal  of  young  men,  nevertheless  it.-  truthful  pages  should  be  read 
by  all,  as  they  contain  good,  sound,  healthr  matter  which  can  be 
easily  understood  and  appreciated  by  every  reader.  This  work  is 
issued  gratuitously  on  application  to  the  Doctor,  or  will  be  sent  free 
to  any  address  on  receipt  of  postage  stamp  or  envelope  addressed  to 
Dr.  Beck's  office,  314  Kearny  street,  or  post  office  Box  1599. 

Dr.  Beck  is  a  member  of  several  American  and  European  Universi- 
ties, and  has  published  numerous  works  on  Anatomy,  Medicine,  and 
Surgery  His  former  connection  with  the  principal  "Anatomical 
Museums"  of  New  York,  Paris,  London  etc.,  combined  with  bis  ex- 
perience in  his  profession  render  him  a  highly  desirable  person  to  con- 
sult, and  we  can  confidently  recommend  him  to  the  public.  * 

Pianos. — The  house  of  Kuabe  Ac  Co  cannot  now  snpply  itsorderi 
while  making  near  fifty  pianos  per  week.  Their  small  factory  haa 
changed  to  an  establishment  which  is  certainly  one  of  the  largest  in 
the  United  States.  Their  main  building  is  five  stories  bigb,  95  feet 
front  by  45  feet  deep  ;  the  other  is  four  itories,  110  feet  by  30.  Be- 
sides tbese  tbere  are  two  wings  each  30  by  50  feet,  and  a  large  engine, 
lumber,  and  storage-houses.  The*" whole  manufactory  is  supplied  by  a 
vast  collection  of  labor-saving  machinery,  some  of  which  belongs  ex- 
clusively, by  right  of  invention,  to  the  firm  of  Knabe  At  Co.  Messrs. 
Frisbee  &  Scott,  No.  3  Montgomery  street,  are  sole  agents  for  these 
pianoe.—  Nets  York  Tribune. 


September  1st] 


THE  CALIFORNIAN. 


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AGUA  DE  MAGNOLIA. 
A  toilet  delight.  Superior  to  any  cologne, 
used  to  bathe  the  face  and  person,  to  render  the  ekin 
soft  and  fresh,  to  allay  inflammation,  to  perfume 
clothing,  for  headache,  etc.  It  is  manufactured  from 
the  rich  Southern  Magnolia,  and  is  obtaining  a  pat- 
ronage quite  unprecedented.  It  is  a  favorite  with 
actresses  and  opera  singers.  It  is  sold  by  all  dealers, 
at  $1.00  in  large  bottles,  and  by  Demas  Barnes  & 
Co.,  New  York,  Wholesale  Agents. 


Lyon's  Magnetic  Insect  Powder  will  exter- 
minate Fleas,  Ticks,  Roaches  and  all  insects  almost 
instantly.  Its  reputation  is  well  known,  and  hence 
has  been  counterfeited.  Inquire  for  and  take  none 
but  Lvon's,  bearing  the  stamp  of  Demas  Barnes 
4c.  Co.,  and  the  signature  of  E.  Lyon. 


"  Oct  of  Sorts  "  expresses  the  feelings  of 
many  that  cannot  be  otherwise  described.  Languor 
weakness,  enervation,  lisllessness,  sleepiness,  mel- 
ancholy, want  of  appetite,  etc.,  compose  a  class  of 
ailments  greater  than  all  others  combined,  it  is  ex- 
actly for  these  indescribable  complaints  that  Plan- 
tation Bitters  are  prepared.  It  is  for  the  relief 
of  these  same  complaints  they  have  become  so  fa- 
mous. Hence  it  is  that  they  are  so  extensively  used 
by  clergymen,  merchants,  ladies,  and  persons  of  se- 
dentary habits.  They  are  as  pleasant  to  the  taste  as 
tbey  are  beneficial  to  the  Stomach.  The  extent  of 
their  sale  is  almost  incredible. 


Intrinsic  virtue  alone  could  ever  insure  the 
iucce8s  met  by  the  Mexican  Mustang  Liniment. 
For  Rheumatism,  Neuralgia,  Cuts,  Bruises,  Burns, 
Swellings,  etc.,  upon  man,  or  Spavin,  Ringbone, 
Poll  Evil,  Scratches,  Strains,  etc. ,  upon  beasts,  its 
effects  are  instantaneous,  soothing  and  wonderful. 
Itsaves  time,  suffering  and  expense  to  have  it  always 
in  the  house.  None  genuine  unless  in  a  steel  plate 
label,  with  signature  of  G.  W.  Westbrook,  and  bav^ 
ing  stamp  of  Demas  Barnes  4c.  Co.,  over  top.  Sold 
by  all  dealers. 


Leon's  Eathairon  is  a  most  delightful 
article  as  a  Hair  Dressing — to  eradicate  scurf  and 
dandruff,  to  ke«p  it  clean,  soft  and  silky,  and  the 
head  cool.  It  also  prevents  the  hair  from  falling  off 
nd  turning  gray,  and  promotes  its  growth  upon  pre 
maturely  bald  heads.    It  is  sold  by  all  dealers. 

E.  THOMAS  LYON,  N.  Y. 


Lyon's  Extract  of  Pure  Jamaica  Ginger — 
for  Indigestion,  Nausea,  Heartburn,  Sick  Headache, 
Cholera  Morbus,  Flatulency,  etc.,  where  a  warming 
stimulant  is  required.  Its  careful  preparation  and 
entire  purity  make  it  a  cheap  and  reliable  article  for 
culinary  purposes.  Sold  everywhere,  at  50  ceut8 
per  bottle.  Ask  for  "  Lton's"  Pure  Extract.  Take 
no  othe  c7ra 


No  Forfeiting. — Heretofore,  if  a  personjholding 

a  Life  Policy  became  unfortunate,  and  could  not 
raise  the  sum  of  money  required  to  pay  his  next  pre- 
mium, his  policy  was  declared  forfeited.  The 
Brooklyn  Like  Insurance  Company  of  New 
York  has  decided  to  make  every  policy  it  issues 
NONFORFEITABLE,  giving  a  PAID-UP 
POLICY  to  the  party  if  unable  to  continue  his 
payments  of  premiums.  The  dividends  of  the 
Brooklyn  Life  Insurance  Company  are  settled  annu- 
ally in  cash.  This  plan  is  far  more  acceptable  to 
insurers  than  at  the  end  of  three  or  five  years,  as  in 
other  companies.  The  Brooklyn  Life  Insurance 
Company  allows  thirty  days  grace  iu  the  payment 
of  premiums.  Its  policies  are  incontestable,  and  its 
losses  are  promptly  paid.  The  Brooklyn  Life  Insu- 
rance Company  offers  every  known  plan  of  Life 
and  Endowment  Insurance.  Get  a  pamphlet  at  the 
office,  240  Montgomery  street,  southeast  corner  of 
Pine,  from  Stephen  T.  King,  General  Manager,  or 
David  B.  Arrowsmith,  Local  Agent. 

MEDICAL  ADVICE. 
Dr.  Wm.  K.  Doherty's  Medical  and  Surgical 
Institute  is  becoming  a  sine  qua  non  to  the  welfare 
of  our  State  and  health  of  our  citizens  ;  and  his 
rapidly  spreading  reputation,  although  it  may  excite 
surprise,  is  but  the  signal  of  skill,  and  follows  as  the 
natural  effect  of  such  a  cause.  We  are  personally 
acquainted  with  gentlemen  who  had  suffered  for 
years  under  chronic  disease,  and  who  had  taken  ad- 
vantage of  every  available  means  that  promised 
relief,  but  without  success,  until  they  called  upon 
Dr.  Doherty,  who,  iu  an  incredibly  short  space  of 
time,  has  given  them  entire  relief.  It  is  gratifying 
to  announce  tbis  fact,  because  the  Doctor  is  a  gentle- 
man who  seeks,  not  by  defamation  of  others,  to  es- 
tablish his  leputation,  or  to  rear  the  superstructure  of 
his  own  upon  the  ruin  of  another's  fame.  The  Doc 
tor  conducts  his  Institute  in  a  manner  that  must  be 
gratifying  to  all  his  patients.  He  examines,  hears, 
advises,  and  recommends,  without  charge,  and  the 
patient,  after  hearing  his  terms  for  treatment,  can 
accept  or  reject  at  pleasure.  In  no  case  does  the 
Doctor  make  a  charge  unless  he  effects  a  cure.  This 
be  is  able  to  do,  because  be  feels  the  confidence 
which  long  experience  has  given,  and  no  doubt  the 
consolation  which  appertains  to  that  confidence. 
Persons  afflicted  with  either  acute  or  chronic  disease, 
would  do  well  to  consult  the  Doctor  ;  at  all  events, 
it  can  do  no  harm,  as  for  consultation  he  asks  no  fee  ; 
nor  does  he  insist  on  obedience  to  his  advice  uulees 
the  patient  places  himself  under  his  care.  His  offices 
are  on  Sacramento  street,  opposite  the  Pacific  Mail 
Steamship  office. — San  Francisco  News. 


Photography. — The  pictures  taken  in  this  city 
are  tar  superior  to  those  taken  in  the  East  and  Eu- 
rope. We  account  for  this  simply  from  our  atmos 
phere,  which  is  lighter  and  clearer  than  any  other" 
And  this  is  why  so  many  arriving  here  have  noticed 
how  much  better  pictures  look  here  than  at  home. 
The  best  gallery  to  seek  out  is  one  which  has  the 
most  light,  and  with  few  high  buildings  surrounding 
it.  The  New  York,  on  the  east  side  side  of  Third 
street,  a  few  doors  below  Market,  has  more  light, 
than  any  other  in  the  city,  and  their  pictures  give 
more  satisfaction,  and  are  far  cheaper  than  those 
from  Montgamery  street  galleries. 


All  Good  Judges  of  Pianos  agree  that 
Frisbee  &.  Scott  have  the  finest  and  largest  stock  of 
Pianos  in  this  city.  They  are  agents  of  the  celebrat- 
ed firms  of  Calenberg  &  Vaupel,  of  New  York,  and 
Knabe  &  Co. ,  Baltimore.  There  is  certainly  not  an 
instrument  equal  to  those  imported  by  them.  Mr. 
Gusvav  A.  Scott  pays,  also,  particular  attention  to 
having  their  stock  of  foreign  and  American  sheet 
music  equal  to  any  New  York  store.  They  keep  at 
No.  3  Montgomery  street,  Masonic  Temple. 


Ladies,  Attention  ! — Direct  Importation  from 
Paris. — Please  recollect  that  there  is  only  one  Shawl 
House  in  California,  J.  D.  Robert.  119  and  121 
Montgomery  street,  which  receives  direct,  Genuine 
Square  and  Long  Broche  Cashmere  Shawls  of  every 
description  and  price,  from  Robert,  Gosselin  &.  Son, 
manufacturers  in  Paris.    Don't  make  a  mistake. 

N.  B. — Cloaks,  Basques,  Zouaves  and  Dresses  of 
every  description  made  to  order  in  the  latest  style. 
Prices  as  cheap  as  possible. 


Jacob  Shew  &.  Co.,  No.  315  Montgomery  street, 
near  Pine,  take  First  Class  Photographs,  of  all 
kinds,  at  the  lowest  scale  of  prices  adopted  by  the 
Associated  Photographers.  Photographs  retouched 
in  the  highest  style  of  the  art. 


£JANTY  &  WAGNER, 

(SUCCESSORS  TO  J.  REGAN,) 
WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL 

Confectioners, 

111  Montgomery  street,  bet.  Bush  and  Sutler. 

N.  B. — All  candies  sold  by  us  arc  warranted  to  bo  man- 
ufactured  from  Stewart's  double  refined  Sugai ,  and  to  be 
•qual  to  any  manufactured  iu  tbe  State.  Country  mer« 
chants  solicited  to  examine  our  stock  and  prices.  Goods 
delivered  to  any  part  of  the  city  free  of  charge.  my24-3m 


A  SUMMER  AND  WINTER  MEDICINE. 

*'  Great  oaks  from  little  acorns  grow." 

The  worst  diseases  known  to  tbe  human  race 
spring  from  causes  so  small  as  to  almost  defy  detec- 
tion. The  volumes  of  scientific  lore  that  fill  the 
tables  and  shelves  of  the  medical  fraternity  only  go 
to  prove  and  elaborate  these  facts. 

Then  guard  yourselves  while  yon  may.  The 
smallest  pimple  on  the  skin  is  a  tell-tale  and  indica- 
tor of  disease.  It  may  fade  and  die  away  from  the 
surface  of  the  body,  hut  it  will  reach  the  vitils,  per- 
haps, at  last,  and  death  be  the  result  and  final  close. 
Maggiel's  Bilious,  Dyspeptic  and  Diarrhoea  Pills 
cure  where  all  others  fail.  While  for  Bums,  Scalds, 
Chilblains,  Cuts,  and  all  abrasions  of  the  skin,  Mag- 
giel's Salve  is  infallible.  Sold  by  J.  Maggiel,  43 
Fulton  street,  New  York,  and  all  Druggists,  at  25 
cents  per  box. 


Read  the  Testimony  of  a  few  of  the  many  Eminent 
Clergymen  and  their  Families  of  New  York  city,  who, 
having  used  the  Sozodont  for  a  long  time  past,  are  con 
vincca  ot  its  excellent  and  invaluable  qualities,  and  give 
it  their  cordial  commendation  : 

Rev.   THOMAS  DEWITT,  Pastor  Collegiate 

Ref.  Dutch  Church,  Lafayette  Place. 
Rev.  J.  W.  ALEXANDER,  D.  D.,  Presbyterian 

Church,  Fifth  Avenue. 
Rev.  J.  B.  WAKELE  Y,  M.  E.  City  Missionary. 
Rev.  W.  F.  MORGAN,  D.D.,  Rector  St.  Thomas 

Church,  Broadway. 
Rev.  E.  H.  CHAP1N.  D.  D.,  Pastor  Fourth  Uni- 

versaiist  Church,  Broadway. 
Rev.  SAMUEL  COOKE,  D.D.,  Rector  St.  Bar- 
tholomew's Chuich,  Lafayette  Place. 
Rev.  SAMUEL  OSGOOD,  D.D.,  Pastor  Church 

of  Messiah,  B  roadway. 
Rev.  B.  M.  ADAMS,  M.  E.  Church,  Duane  street. 
Rev.  NEMAN  BANGS,  late  Pastor  Centenary 

M.  E.  Church,  Brooklyn. 
Rev.  W.  S.  MIKELS,  Pastor  Baptist  Church, 

Sixteenth  street. 
Rev.  GEO.  POTTS,  D.D.,  Pastor  Presbyterian 

Church,  University  Place. 
Rev.  E.  E.  RANK  IN, Pastor  Presbyterian  Church 

Forty  second  street. 
Rev.  T.  E.  VERM1LYE,  D.  D.,  Pastor  of  Co 

Dutch  Reformed,  Lafayette  Place.  t 

FROM  G.  F.  J.  COLBURN,  DOCTOR  DENTAL  SUR- 
•GERY,  NEWARK,  N.  J. 
The  Popular  Dentrifice  known  as  Van  Buskirk's  "SO- 
ZODONT,"  besides  being  a  very  pleasant  addition  to  tbe 
toilet,  contains  ingredients  that,  if  used  according  to  the 
directions,  will  prove  of  the  greatest  utility  to  the  health 
of  the  mouth  and  teeth. 

BEWARE  OF  IMITATIONS ! 
Sold  by  all  Druggists  and  Perfumers. 

HALL  &  RUCKEL, 


je2  4m 


NEW  YORK. 


AT  E  K  '  S 

Cathartic  Pills, 


ARE  THE  MOST  PERFECT 
purgative  which  we  are  ab  e 
to  produce,  or  which  we 
think  has  ever  yet  been 
mide  by  anybony.  Their 
effects  have  abundant  y 
shown  to  the  community 
how  mv.ch  they  excel  the 
ordinary  metiir.ines  iu  use. 
They  are  safe  an  1  plea-aut 
to  take,  but  powerful  to 
cure.  Their  penetruiing 
properties    stimulate  the 

vital  activities  >  ^      .y,  remove  the  obstru  tious  of 

its  organs,  purify  the  blood,  and  e.\pel  disease.  They 
purge  out  the  foul  humors  which  breed  and  grow  distem- 
per, stimulate  sluggish  or  disordered  organs  into  their 
natural  actiou,and  impart  a  heMthy  tone  with  strength 
to  the  wh  >le  system.  Not  only  do  they  cure  tbe  every- 
day-complaints of  everybody,  but  also  formidable  and 
dangerous  diseases.  While  they  produce  powerful  effects, 
they  are  at  the  same  time,  in  diminished  doses,  tbe  safest 
and  best  physic  that  can  be  employed  for  children.  Being 
sugar-coated,  they  are  pleasant  to  take  ;  and,  being  puro 
ly  vegetable,  are  free  from  any  risk  of  harm.  Cures  have 
been  made  which  surpass  belief,  were  they  not  substan- 
tiated by  men  of  such  exalted  position  and  character,  as 
to  forbid  the  suspicion  of  uutruth.  Many  eminent  cler- 
gymen aud  physicians  have  lent  their  Lames  to  certify  to 
the  public  the  reliability  of  our  remedies,  wfrUe  others 
have  sent  us  the  assurance  of  their  conviction  that  our 
Preparations  comtribute  immensely  to  the  relief  of  our 
afflicted,  suffering  fellow  men. 

The  Agent  below  named  is  pleased  to  furnish  gratis  our 
American  Almanac,  containing  directions  for  the  use  and 
certificates  of  their  cures,  of  the  following  complaints. 

Costivoness,  Billious  Complaints,  Rheumatism,  Dropsy, 
Heartburn,  Headache  arising  from  foul  stf,mach,  Nausea, 
Indigestion,  Morbid  Inaction  of  the  Bowels  and  pain  aris- 
ing therefrom,  Flatulency,  Loss  of  Appetite,  all  Diseases 
which  require  an  evacuant  medicine.  They  also,  by  puri- 
fying the  blood  and  stimulating  the  system,  cure  many 
complaints  which  it  would  not  be  supposed  they  could 
reach,  such  as  Deafness,  Partial  Blindness,  Neuralgia  and 
Nervous  Irritability,  Derangements  of  the  Liver  and 
Kidneys,  Gout,  and  other  kindred  complaints  arising  from 
a  low  state  of  the  body,  or  obstruction  of  its  functious. 

Do  not  be  put  oil"  by  unpriucipled  dealers  with  other 
preparations  which  they  make  more  profit  on.  Demand 
AYER'S  aud  take  no  others.    The  sick  want  the  best  aid 
there  is  for  them,  and  th«v  should  have  it. 
Prepared  by  J.  C.  AYER  &  CO.,  Lowell,  Mass.,  and  sold 

fry 

CRANE  &  BRIGHAM,  San  Francisco, 
el  2m  and  all  Dealers. 


rpHE  CALIFORNIAN'S 
SAN  FRANCISCO  BUSINESS  DIRECTORY. 

BOWLING  ALLEYS. 
Wbolers  &  Steil.Pine  and  Montgomery,  (Kuss  House. 

BOOKS. 
A.  Gensoul,  611  Montgomery. 
A.  Roman  &  Co.,  417  and  419  Montgomery  street. 

BOOTS  AND  SHOES. 
Finch  &  Co. ,  133  Montgomery  street. 
Wentworth,  Hobart  &  Co.  (wholesale  manufac.)  210  Pine 

CLOTHING. 
H  M.  Lockwood  &  Co.,  624  Clay  street. 
J.  R.  Mead  &  Co.,  corner  Montgomery  and  Bush  streets 
William  Sherman,  412  Sausome.  corner  Commercial, 
Quincy  Hall,  545,  547,  and  649  Washington  street. 

COAL  OIL,  LAMPS,  ETC. 
Dell,  Cranna  4:  Co.  (wholesale)  613  Front  street. 
A.  C.  Dietz  &  Co.,  (wholesale,)  521  Front  street. 

DENTISTS. 
Dr.  Blake,  removed  to  Third,  corner  Mission. 
Dr.  A.  N.  Clark  (late  Knowles  &  Clark)  removed  to  410 
Kearny. 

Dr.  Wm.  B.  McAllister,  221  Third  street. 
N.T.  Whitcomb,  205  Third,  near  Howard. 

DANCING  ACADEMY. 
Coghill's,  Congress  Hall,  Bush,  above  Montgomery 
Fuller  &  McCarthy,  727  Market,  near  Third. 

DRY  GOODS. 
Meagher,  Taafle  &  Co..  9  Montgomery  street. 
Mosgrove  &  Blakcly,  222  Third,  near  Howard. 
Buyce  &  Reich,  S  W  corner  Jackson  and  Stockton. 

DRUGGISTS. 

R.  H.  McDonald  &Co.,  (Wholesale)  Sansome,  cor.  Pine' 
Shepardsou  &  Gates,  (successors  to  R.  Hafl  St  Co.,)  cor- 
ner Sansome  and  Commercial. 

EDUCATIONAL  INSTITUTIONS. 
Cal.  Collegiate  Institute,  Miss  M.  Lammond,  68  Silver. 
Miel  Institute,  Miss  Florence  James,  55  South  Park. 
Pacific  Business  College,  761  Market  street, above  Third. 
Prof.  Williams'  Commercial  Academy,  869  Mission  St. 

FURNITURE. 
Goodwin  4:  Co.,  510  aud  528  Washington  streets. 
J.  Peirce,  415,  417  and  419  California  street. 

GROCERS. 
N.  Boschen,  corner  Fifth  and  Mini.a. 
Slosson  &  Ladd,  southwest  corner  Folsom  and  First. 
J  J.  Miller,  corner  Sutter  and  Leavenworth. 
Haskell  &  Co. ,  Market  and  Sutter  sts,  below  the  Market 
W.  M.  Noble  &  Co.,  cor  Howard  and  Twelfth  streets 

HATTER. 

Lamott  (wholesale  and  retail)  227  Montgomery  street, 
HOTELS. 

Brooklyn.  John  Kelly,  Jr., Sausome,  corner  Pine. 
Chicago,  E.  W.  Heimburg  Si  Co.,  220  Pacific  street. 

INSURANCE. 
Mutual  Life  Ins.  Co. ,  H.  S.  Homans,  Agent,  609  Clay. 
Manhattan,  R.  B.  Swain  &  Co. ,  Ag'U,  206  Front,  cor  Call 
National  lus.  Co.,  N.E.  cor.  Montgomery  and  California. 
Occidental  Ins.  Co. ,  S.  W.  cor.  Moutgom'y  and  California: 
Pacific  Ins.  Co. ,  436  California  street. 
Brooklyn  Life,  S  T  King,  agent,  S  E  cor  Montg'y  ii  Pin 

LADIES'   BIJOUTERIE,  CLOAKS,  ETC. 
Rosenblatt's,  123  and  125  Montgomery  street.  ' 

LIVERT  AND  SALE  STABLE. 

Philip  Morshead,  removed  to  Howard,  near  Fifth. 


Pacific  MapDepot,  A.  Gensoul,  511  Montgomery. 

MERCHANT  TAILORS. 
J.  H.  Hammond  removed  to  328  Montgomery. 

PHOTOGRAPHIC  GALLERIES. 
New  York,  B.  F.  Howlaud  proprietor,  25  Third  street, 
below  Market. 

PIANOS,  MUSIC,  ETC. 
M.  Gray,  613  Clay  street. 

W.  S.  Pierce,  removed  (o  534  Market,  opposite  Second 

PHOTOGRAPHS,  CUTLERY,   SPECTACLES,  ETC. 
Lawrence  &  Houseworth,  317  and  319  Montgomery  St. 

RESTAURANTS. 
Bivalve,  Nolting  &  Sp-een,  640  Market,  near  Kearny. 
Eureka,  C.  H.  Brickwcdell  &  Co. ,  Hay,  near  Montgom'y 
Ladies'  Refreshment  Saloon,  Swain  4:  Brown,  636  Market 
Magnolia,  143  Third  street. 

Market,  by  Felix  and  Gustavo  Besson,  520  Merchant. 
Philadelphia,  Jacob  Weiss,  308  Montgomery  street. 
Helvetia.  Johujury  &  Bros. ,  524  Merchant  street. 
Saulmann's,  506  Montgomery  street. 

SALOONS. 

Russell  &  Holding's  Exchange,  622  Market  street 
Charter  Oak,  Frank  Kelly,  N.E.  cor  Third  and  Howard 
Razzetti  &  Co.'s.  527  Washington,  above  the  Market. 
Jones'  Sample  Rooms,  S.E.  cor.  Montgomery  and  Cal. 
S  Myers,  332  Montgomery  street. 
V.  Squarza.  44  Leidesdorff  street. 

Sun  Burst,  Carolin  &  McArdle,  cor.  Second  and  Market. 
Coales  &  Henderson,  37  Sutter  street. 


ALL'S  SARSAPARILLA, 
YELLOW  DOCK  AND  IODIDE  POTASS, 

THE 

Best  Blood  Purifier  Known. 

Persons  that  are  troubled  with  Rheumatism, 
Scrofula,  Neuralgia,  Morbid  Liver,  Salt 
Rheum,  Pimples,  Boils,  or  any  of  the  many 
diseases  that  originate  from  Impure  Blood, 
would  find  it  much  to  their  advantage  to  give 
this  justly  celebrated  article  a  trial.  One  or 
two  bottles  are  quite  sufficient  to  convince  the 
most  skeptical  of  its  merits.  It  contains 
neither  Spirit,  ARSENIC  nor  MERCURY 
which  cannot  be  truly  said  of  any  other  prepa- 
tion  called  "  Sarsaparilla." 

bHEPARDSON  &  GATES,  Proprietors, 

ap7-3tn      N.  W.  cor.  Sansonio  and  Commercial-streets, 


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THE    CALIF  ORN  IAN- 


j  September  rst 


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£>  A  C  I  F  I  C 

BUSINESS  COLLEGE, 

751  MARKET  STREET, 

(BETWEEN  THIRD  AND  FOURTH,) 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 


AN  INSTITUTION  designed  to  prepare  boys,  young  and 
middle-aged  men  tor  the  active  duties  of  business  in  the 
shortest  time  possible  and  at  the  least  expense.  For 
"COLLEGE  REVIEW,"  giving  information,  call  at  tbc 
College,  or  address  E.  P.  HEALD,  President. 

aull  3in 


fJIHE  NORTH  BRITISH  AND 

MERCANTILE  INSURANCE  CO 

OF     LONDON     AND  EDINBURGH. 

ESTABLISHED,  1809. 

Capital,  '  -       -         -         -         -  $10,000,000 

Accumulated  Funds,  March  6, 1865,  -  -  11.52'2,500 

Annual  Income,         -  2,827,290 

Deposit  in  California  under  State  law,  •  $75,000 

GENERAL  AGENCY  FOR  THE  PACIFIC  STATES  AND 

TERRITORIES, 
Cor.  Sansomc  and  California  streets,  San  Francisco 

Insurances  effected  at  the  lowest  rates  on  buildings  ol 
both  Brick  and  Wood,  throughout  the  State,  whetner 
occupied  as  Stores,  Dwellings,  or  Warehouses,  together 
with  their  contents. 
Also,  VESSELS  in  port,  with  or  without  their  Cargoes. 
Also,  QUARTZ  MILIS  and  MACHINERY, 
mediately  on  adjustment. 

WM.  H.  TILL1NGHAST,  Agent. 
myl9 


T 


H  E 


AWARDED  the  HIGHEST  PREMIUM 

AT  THE 

State  Fair  of  California, 

The  only  Fair  od  the  Pacific  coast  at  wnich  any  two 
double-thread  Machines  wore  exhibited  in  competition  in 

1865. 

If  there  is  a  FLORENCE  SEWING  M  A- 
chine  within  one  thousand  miles  of  this  office 
that  is  not  working  well,  it  will  be  attended 
to  if  I  am  informed  of  it,  without  expense  to 
the  owner.  SAMUEL  HILL, 

General  Agent, 
111  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco. 

THE 


SEWING  MACHINE 

RECEIVED  THE  FIRST  PREMIUM,  A  GOLD  MEDAL, 
at  the  Great  Exhibition  of  the 

AMERICAN  INSTUTE,  -  -  -  New  York, 
1  8  C  5  . 

mylO  3m 


rpHE  ONLY  LIVING  ASTROLOGER, 
.  PROF.  COHEN, 
530  California  street,  San  Francisco, 

THROUGH  HIS  NATURAL  GUT,  can  give  correct  infor- 
mation on  the  Past,  Present  and  Future,  on  any  subject 
that  may  be  required  so  as  to  avoid  trouble.  As  evidence 
of  his  reputation,  he  has  received  over  18 ,000  consul  tat  ions 
during  his  residence  of  six  years  in  S  in  Francisco  I  Con- 
sultation fee,  $2.  By  letter,  $3.  Letter  box,  104.  It  is 
not  necessary  to  give  the  age.  Office,  530  California 
street.   Hours  from  8  a.  X.  to  11  r.  v.  Jel5  3m 


JglGHT  HUNDRED  THOUSAND 
IN  USE! 


THE  ORIGINAL  P.  P.  STEWART'S  FUEL  SAVING 

Air  -  Tight    Cooking  Stoves, 

FOR  WOOD  OR  COAL. 


IMPROVED  IN  1861  ; 

WITH  NEW   AND  EXTRA  LARGE  FLUES,  AND  BY 
THE  ADDITION  OF  THE  CELEBRATED  PATENT 
DOUBLE  SHEET  BOTTOM  FLUE. 


Attention  is  Invited  to  the  following  Points  of 
Superiority  : 

1.  DURABILITY. — Lasting,  with  proper  care,  at 
least  twenty  years.  Stoves  are  now  la  use  that 
were  set  up  in  1838.  , 

2.  MANUFACTURE. —Every  portion  of  the 
Stove  is  thoroughly  constructed.  Each  Stove  is  sub 
mitted  to  a  critical  test,  and  none  leave  our  works 
unless  completely  and  perfectly  linished. 

3.  CAPACITY. — Baking,  Boiling,  Roasting,  and 
all  other  culinary  operations  performed  at  the  same 
time. 

4.  ECONOMY. — Saving  the  cost  of  the  Stove  in 
one  year  in  the  cost  of  fuel. 

5.  VENTILATION  OF  OVEN. — In  the  Stew- 
art Stove  alone,  the  front  doors  open  directly  into 
the  oven,  (protected  by  letters  patent)  securing  a  di- 
rect draft  through  the  top  of  the  oven  by  means  of 
perforated  holes  in  the  doors»and  back  flues.  It  will 
be  borne  in  mind  that,  as  the  heated  airalways  rises, 
tliis  method  of  ventilation  is  the  only  one  of  any 
value  whatever. 

6.  ENTIRE  CONTROL  OF  HEAT. — The  heat 
generated  by  the  Stove  may  be  held  therein  and 
used  or  thrown  into  the  room  at  pleasure. 

7.  THE  DOUBLE  SHEET  BOlTOM  FLUE. 
— By  which  a  compressing  and  inverting  action  of 
heat  is  obtained,  aud  the  oven  more  evenly  and  ef- 
ficiently heated  than  bv  any  other  known  invention. 

9.  H'9T  WATER  RESERVOIR  AND  WARM- 
ING CLOSET. — Both  useful  and  convenient,  sup- 
plied bv  the  waste  heat  and  without  extra  fuel. 

10.  WATER  BACK.— An  arrangement  for  sup- 
plying hot  water  for  the  bath  room  equal  to  any 
range. 

*„*  Beware  of  numerous  imitations  in  the  market, 
many  of  which  resemble  the  "  Stewart"  only  in  ap- 
pearance, and  none  of  them  possess  any  of  its  pe- 
culiar qualities. 

See  that  the  name  of  P.  P.  STEWART  is  on  each 
Stove.    None  other  genuine. 
For  sale  by  CALEB  M.  SICKLER, 

422  Kearny  street, 
Between  California  and  Pide,  San  Francisco. 
Repairs  for  Stewart's  Stoves  constantly  on  hand. 
au25-4m 


CARD. 

Great  Sale  of  Fine  Clothing. 

OUR  WHOLE  STOCK  OF  FINE  CLOTHING  and  Gents" 
Furnishing  Goods,  for  the  next 

THIRTY  DAYS, 
At  Prices  that  Challenge  Competition. 

IT  MUST  BE  SOLD,  TO  MAKE  ROOM  FOR  OUR  FALL 
AND  WINTER  STOCK. 

J.  R.  MEAD  &  CO., 

Corner  Bush  and  Montgomery  streets,  and  corner  Sansome 
i.nd  Washington  streets,  San  Francisco. 

au4 


gT.  MARY'S  COLLEGE, 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 

THE  FOURTH  ANNUAL  SESSION  of  the  above  Insti- 
tution commenced  July  30tb,  1866. 

Tne  age  for  admission  is  from  seven  to  fifteen  years. 
For  those  more  than  Qfteco  years  of  age,  it  will  be  neces- 
sary to  have  testimonials  of  good  character  from  respect- 
able parlies. 

TERMS. 

Board  and  Tuition  per  session,  (of  10  to  11  months)  $175 
Washing,  Mending  of  Linen,  etc.,  for  same  period,  25 

No  extra  charges,  save  for  Music  and  Drawing,  which 
are  three  aollars  a  month  each. 

In  case  of  withdrawal,  (except  for  sickness  or  parents 
leaving  the  country,)  the  ;>arty  will  forfeit  a  quarter  ses- 
sion, or  the  remaining  portion  of  the  half  term. 

The  Pension  to  be  paid  at  least  half-yearly  in  advance; 
also,  such  sum  to  be  deposited  as  will  be  sufficient  to  pay 
the  traveling  expenses  of  the  student  to  his  place  of  resi. 
dence,  and  other  contingent  expenses,  such  as  books, 
clothes,  etc. 

No  Student  will  be  received  without  iuch  deposit. 

The  terms  are  so  reduced  (less  than  one-half  the  usual 
charges  in  this  State)  that  the  Institution  can  be  con- 
ducted only  on  a  rigid  cash  principle  ;  hence  any  failure 
in  remitting  the  Pension  will  oblige  tbe  authorities  of  the 
College  to  charge  ten  per  cent,  additional,  or  forward  the 
student  to  his  parents  or  guardian. 

Though  it  be  a  Catholic  Institution,  yet  pupils  of  all 
denominations  will  be  admitted,  and  their  religious  con- 
victions respected  ;  but,  for  the  sake  of  uniformity  all 
will  be  required  to  be  present  at  the  public  religious  exer- 
cises. 

Bedding,  towels,  etc.,  will  be  furnished  by  the  Institu- 
tion, to  defray  the  cost  of  which  ten  dol  ars  will  be  paid, 
once  only,  by  each  pupi I ,  as  an  entrance  fee. 

Each  pupil  is  required  to  be  provided  with  a  neat  black 
suit  for  Sundays,  and  two  other  plain  suits,  three  pairs  of 
boots,  with  sufficient  linen,  stockings,  etc. 

Five  dollars  will  also  be  charged  annually  for  medicines 
and  medical  attendance. 

au4-lm  REV  P.  J.  GREY,  President. 


rjIHE   CALIFORNIA  N 


TERMS— FIVE  DOLLARS  PER  ANNUM,  IN  ADVANCE 


A  PAPER  FOR  THE  TIMES 


DEVOTED  TO  LITE  TOPICS, 


THE  DISSEMINATION  OF  A  PURE  LITERA 


TURK,  DEVELOPMENT  OF  HOME  TALENT, 


BEST  INTERESTS   OF  CALIFORNIA 


EVERY   SATURDAY  MORNING 


532  MERCHANT  STREET, 


J.  P.  BOGARDUS  AND  C.  H.  WEBB. 


No  effort  will  be  spared  to  enable  Tax  Cslifob.vias 

to  appeal  to  the  Public  for  support,  not  only  as  the 

BEST  JOURNAL  ON  THE  PACIFIC  COAST, 
But  also  as  being 
The  Equal  or  any  on  this  Continent 

THE  BEST  TALENT  OF  THE  STATE 
[a  employed  upon  Tbx  California*. 

The  voluntary  notices  bestowed  by  the  press  of  the 
Eastern  cities  have  been  no  less  warm  and  con 
gratulatory  than  thoiie  which  we  have  received  at 
the  ban  Is  of  oar  cotemporaries  of  the  Pac  ifi 
Their  verdict  Is  unanimously  in  favor  of 

THE  CALIFORNIA*? 
and  all  join  in  pronouncing  their  unqualified  appro 
val  of  its  unequalled  merits. 

Its  reputation  is  now  fully  established.  It  is  not 
EXCELLED  BY  ANY  LITERARY  JOURNAL 

on  the  Continent. 
Tax  Thbms  of  the  Caufobman  are  $5  per  year,  mailed 
to  subscribers,  invariably  in  advance  ;  60  cents  per  month 
served  by  carriers. 

All  communications  and  correspondence  must  be  ad- 
lressed  to  the  Publishers  of  Thx  Cautobsux, 

No  632  Merchan  street, 

8AN  FRANCISCO. 

FULL  SETS 
FROM  THE  COMMENCEMENT  OF  THE  CALIFORNIAN 

TO  THE  CLOSE  OF  VOL  IV. 
Can  be  procured  at  the  Office.  Price,  bound  in  muslin,  per 
volume, $4.    Two  volumes  bound  together,  $7.  Unbound, 
per  volume,  $3. 


QCCIDENTAL 

INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

a  W>  Cor.  MONTGOMERY  and  CALIFORNIA  STREETS 

INDIVIDUAL  LIABILITY. 

CAPITAL  STOCK,  $300,000 

LOSSES  PAID  IN  UNITED  STATES  GOLD  COIN. 

THIS  COMPANY  will  insure  against  loss  by  Fire  on  any 
DwelliDg  House,  Buildings,  Merchandise  or  other  property, 
situated  in  the  State  of  California.  The  largest  sum  they 
will  take  on  any  one  risk  is  thirty  thousand  dollars. 

CHRISTOPHER  CHRISTIANSEN,  President. 
J.  GREENEBAUM,  Vice  President. 
B.  RoinscaiLB,  Secretary.  tnbU  tt 


rjIRY  LE  COUNT'S  INK. 


CORNER  OF 

Sacramento    and  Montgomery  streets, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

Post  Office  Address  :  Lock  Box  No  1477.        j<-30  3m 


rpHE  LIGHT  OF  TOE  WORLD. 

DR.  MAGGIEL'S 

Pills  and  Salv  e. 


These  Lifejriving  remedies  are  now,  for  the  first 
time,  given  publicly  to  the  world  For  over  a  quar- 
ter of  a  century  of  private  practice  the  ingredients  in 

686  LIFE-GIVING  PILLS! 

Have  been  used  with  the  greatest  success.  Their 
mission  is  not  oulv  to  prevent  disease,  but  to  enre. 
They  search  out  the  various  maladies  by  which  the 
patient  is  suffering,  and  re-invigorate  the  failing  sys- 
tem. To  the  aged  and  infirm  a  few  doses  of  these 
valuable  PILLS  will  prove  to  be 

A  VERY  FOUNTAIN  OF  YOUTH, 
For  in  every  case  they  add  new  life  and  vitality, 
and  restore  the  waning  energies  to  their  pristine 
sttte.  To  the  young  and  middle  aged,  they  will  \ 
prove  most  invaluable,  as  a  ready,  specific,  and 
sterling  medicine.  Here  is  a  dream  realized,  that 
Ponce  de-Leon  sought  for  three  hundred  years  ago, 
and  never  found.  He  looked  fur  a  fountain  that 
would  restore  the  old  to  vigor  and  make  youth  ever 

AN    ETERNAL  SPRING! 

It  was  left  for  this  day  and  hour  to  realize  the 
dream,  and  show  in  one  glorious  fact,  the  magic  that 
made  it  fair. 

THESE  FAMOUS  REMEDIES 

Cannot  stay  the  flight  of  years,  but  they  can  force 
hack,  and  bold  aloof,  diseases  that  might  triumph 
over  the  aged  and  the  young.  Let  none  hesitate 
then,  but  seize  the  favorable  epportunity  that  offers. 
When  taken  as  prescribed — 

FOR  BILLIOUS  DISORDERS 
Nothing  can  be  more  productive  of  cure  than' these 
Pills.  Their  almost  magic  influence  is  felt  at  once ; 
and  the  usual  concomitants  of  this  most  distressing 
disease  are  removed.  These  remedies  are  made 
from  the  purest 

VEGETABLE  COMPOUND. 
Thev  will  not  harm  the  most  delicate  female,  and 
can  he  given  with  good  ell'ect  in  prescribed  doses  to 
the  youngest  bahe. 

FOR   CUTANEOUS  DISORDERS 
And  all  eruptions  of  the  skin,  the  SALVE  is  most 
invaluable.    It  does  not  heal  externally  alone,  but 
penetrates  witn  the  most  searching  effects  to  the  very 
root  of  the  evil ! 

Dr.  Maggiel's  Pills 

Invariably  cure  the  following  disease*: 
Asthma, 

Bowel  Complaints, 
Coughs, 
Colds, 

Chest  Diseases, 
Costiveness, 
Dyspepsia, 
Diarrhcca, 
Dropsy, 
Debility, 

Female  Complaints,  Fever  and  Agne 

Headache. 
Indigestion, 
Influenza, 

Inflammation, 

Inward  Weakness, 
Liver  Complaint, 
Lowness  of  Spirits, 
Ringworm, 

Rheumatism, 
Salt  Rheum, 
Scalds, 

Skin  Dise: 

NoTifE.  —  None  gennine  without  the  engrave 
trade  mark  around  each  pot  or  box.  signed  by  Dr.  J 
Maggiel,  43  Kulton  et.,  New  York,  to  couuterf* 
Which  is  felony. 

Sold  by  all  respectable  Dealers  in  Medicil 
throughout  the  United  States — at  25  cents  per  bor 

rot.  r.  h.  Mcdonald  t  co.,  ■ 

Corner  Sansome  and  Pine, 
apll-ly  Agents  for  Pucific  Coami 


jtTONEY  TO  LOAN  ! 

MONEY  TO  LOAN 


On  City  Real  Estitc,  Dwellings,  Factories.  Shipploj  «■* 
Merchandise,  for  such  lime  as  may  be  agreed  ic.r  D» 
r>»sitR  received  In  flmul!  or  litrcc  sums,  at  intere-t,  bv  lbs 
CALIFORNIA  BUILDING.  LOAN  AND  SAV 
INtiS  r,  \NK 
63  California  itroet,  (one  door  from  Sansome'slrest) 
my  THOMAS  MOONKY,  Pr  sldent 


September  1st] 


THE  CALIFORNIA**. 


15 


UNITED  STATES  STAMP  DUTIES. 

As  Amended  March  3,  1865. 

ABEFCLLY  REVI3E0  AND   COBBECTED    FOB   THE  CAUFOBSIAN. 
PENALTIES. 

Penalty  for  making,  signing,  or  issuing  any  instru- 
ment, document,  or  paper  of  any  kind  whatsoever, 
without  tbe  same  being  duly  stamped,  for  denoting 
the  duty  hereby  imposed  thereon,  $50 ;  and  the 
instrument  shall  be  deemed  invalid  and  of  no  effect ; 
or  for  counterfeiting  stamps  or  dies,  $1,000,  and  im- 
prisonment to  hard  labor  not  exceeding  live  years. 
For  making,  signing,  issuing,  accepting,  or  paying 
any  bill  of  exolnvjge,  draft,  order,  or  note  without 
stamp,  $300.  6'or  selling  proprietary  cosmetics, 
matches,  photographs,  etc. ,  without  proper  stamps, 
$10.    for  removing  stamps  on  these  articles,  $50. 

STAMP  DUTIES. 
Agreement  Contract  or  Appraisement,  not  other- 
wise specilied,  each  sheet  orpiece  of  paper  .$0  05 
Assignment  of  Mortgage,  Lease,  or  Policy  of  In- 
surance, same  as  original  instrument.  Assign- 
ment of  Patent  Right   05 

Bank  Checks.  Drafts  or  orders,  exceeding  $10, 

at  sight  or  on  demand  ,   02 

Bills  of  Exchange,  (inland,)  or  draft  otherwise 
tnan  at  sight  or  on  demand,  or  promissory  note 
except  bank  notes  for  circulation,)  or  any 
memorandum,  check  or  receipt,  or  any  evi- 
dence of  an  amount  of  money  payable  on  de- 
mand or  at,  a  designated  time,  for  a  sum  not 

exceeding  $100   05 

Every  additional  $100,  or  fractional  part.  .-  05 
Bill  of  Exchange,  (foreign,)  or  letter  of  credit, 
drawn  in,  but  payable  out  of  the  U.  S.,if 
drawn  singly,  the  same  rates  as  inland  bills  of 
exchange,  or  promissory  notes. 

If  drawn  in  sets  of  three  or  more,  for  each 
bill  of  the  set,  where  the  sum  shall  not  ex- 
ceed $100  or  its  equivalent  in  any  foreign  cur- 
rency in  which  such  bill  may  be  expressed, 
according  to  the  standard  value  fixed  by  U.  S.  02 
Every  additional  $100,  or  fractional  part...  02 
Bill  of  Lading,  or  receipt  for  any  merchandise 
or  effects,  to  be  exported  to  a  foreign  port  or 


pla 


10 


Bill  of  Sale,  conveying  any  ship  or  vessel,  or 
any  part  thereof,  where  tbe  cousideratiouuoes 

not  exceed  $500..   50 

For  every  additional  $500,  or  fractional  part 

thereof   50 

Bill  of  Sale  of  personal  property  other  than 

ships  or  vessels   05 

Bond,  indemnifying  any  person  for  the  payment 
of  monev,  where  the  amount  recoverable  is 

$1,000  or  less   50 

For  every  additional  $1,000,  or  fractioual 

part  thereof   50 

Bond  for  the  due  performance  of  the  duties  of 

any  office   1  00 

Bond  of  any  other  description,  except  such  as 
may  be  required  in  legal  proceedings,  or  used 
in  connection  with  mortgage  deeds,  and  not 

otherwise  charged  in  this  schedule   25 

Charter-Party,  snip,  vessel  or  steamer,  not  over 
150  tons,  $1  ;  150  to  300  tons,  $3  :  300  to  bOO 

tons,  $5;  over  fiOO  tons  10  00 

Certificate  of  Profits,  or  any  memorandum  show-  " 
ing  an  interest  in  property  \  or  accumulations 
of  any  incorporated  company,  far  a  sum  not 

less  than  $10  nor  exceeding* $50   10 

Exceeding  $50  and  not  $1 ,000   25 

For  every  additional  $1 ,000  or  fract'al  part  25 
Certificate  of  Damage,  and  all  other  certificates 
or  documents  issued  by  Por  t  Wardens  or  Ma- 
rine Surveyors,  or  other  persons  acting  as  such  25 
Certificate  of  Deposit,  not  exceeding  the  sum  of 

$100,  3  cents  ;   exceeding  $100   05 

Certificate  of  stock  in  any  incorporated  eomp'y,  25 

Certificates,  other  than  specilied   05 

Contract,  broker's  note  or  memorandum  of  sale 
of  goods,  stocks,  bonds,  exchange  notes  of 
hand,  real  estate,  or  other  description  of  prop- 
erty, issued  by  any  person  acting  as  a  broker, 

for  each  note  or  memorandum  of  sale   10 

Deed  or  Conveyance  of  Heal  Estate,  value  not 
over  $500,  50c.  ;   every  additional  $500,  or 

fractioual  part  thereof   50 

Entry  of  Goods  at  any  custom-house,  value  not 
over  $100,  25c  ;  over  $100  and  not  over  $500, 

50c;  over  $500  1  00 

For  tbe  withdrawal  of  goods  from  bonded 

warehouse   50 

Ganger's  Returns,  quarterly,  for  quantity  not 

over  500  galls,  gross,  10c;  over  500  galls,  gr.  25 
Insurance  (Marine,  Inland  and  Fire)  policy  or 
renewal,  premium  not  over  $10,  10c. ;  $10  to 
$50,  25c. ;  over  $50,  50c.  ;  Life  policy,  under 
$1,000,  25c;  $l,0U0  to  $5,000,  50c;  over  $5,000.1  00 
Lease  of  lands  or  tenements,  rent  not  over  $  100 

per  annum,  50c. ;  each  add'I  $200  or  fraction.  50 
Manifest,  cargo  to  foreign  port,  registered  ton  " 
nage  not  over  300  tons,  $1  ;  over  300  and  not 

over  600,  $3;  over  600  tons..  5  00 

Measurer's  Returns,  for  quantity  not  over  1,000 

bushels,  I0o.j  over  1,000  bushels   25 

Mortgage,  Trust  deed,  or  personal  bond  for  pay- 
ment of  money,  $100  to  $500,  50c;  each  addi- 
tional $500.   50 

Each  assignment  of  mortgage,  lease  or  pol- 
icy of  insurance,  or  renewal  of  the  same, 
is  subject  to  same  duties  as  the  original. 
Medicines  or  Preparations,  Perfumery  and  Cos- 
metics— Every  package,  box,  bottle,  etc.,  re- 
tailing for  25c.  or  less   01 

Each  additional  25c.  rr  fractional  part  there- 
of, up  to  $1,  lcj  each  additional  50c.  or 

fractional  part  thereof,  over  $1   02 

Playing  Cards — Each  pack,  price  not  over  18c, 
2c;  from  18  to  25c,  4c.  ;  25  to  50c,  10c. ;  50c. 
to  $1,  15c;  each  additional  50c.  or  fractional 

part  thereof   05 

Photographs,  Ambrotypes,  Daguerreotypes  or 
Sun  Pictures,  upon  each,  retailing  for*  25c.  or 
less,  2c;  over  25  and  not  over  50c,  5c. j  over 
50c.  and  not  overfl,  3c;  each  additional  $1 

or  fractional  part  thereof   05 

Passage  Ticket  to  foreign  port,  cost  not  over  $35, 
50c:  over  $35  and  not  ox  er  $50,  $1 ;  every  ad- 
ditional $50  or  fractional  part  thereof  1  00 

Power  of  Attorney  t0  6ell  or  transfer  stock,  scrip, 

bonds,  or  collect  dividends  or  int.  thereon  25 
To  vote  for  officers  of  incorporated  eomp'y  or 
society  not  religious,  charitable  or  literary, 

or  public  cemeteries   10 

To  receive  or  collect  renta  :   35 

To  sell,  convey,  rent  or  lease  real  estate  1  00 

For  any  other  purpoie   50 1 


Probate  of  Will,  or  letters  of  administration,  es- 
tate  not  over  $2,000,  $1 ;    each  additional 

$1,000  or  fractional  part  thereof   50 

Protest,  of  note,  bill,  acceptance  check  or  draft,  25 
Promissory  Note — See  Bill  of  Exchange,  inland. 
Receipt  for  payment  of  money  or  debt  over  $20, 
not   being   for  satisfaction  of  mortgage, 
judgment  or  decree  of  Court,  and  receipt 

for  the  delivery  of  property   02 

Warehouse,  for  property  stored,  not  over  $500 
in  value,  10c.  ;  $500  to  $1,000,  20c.  ;  every 

additional  $1 ,000   10 

For  any  goods  held  in  storage,  and  not  other- 
wise provided  for   '25 

Weigher's  Returns,  up  to  5,000  lbs.,  10c;  over 

5,000  IbB   25 

Writs,  or  original  process,  for  commencing  suit 
in  Court  of  record,  and  in  Court  not  of  rec- 
ord, when  amount  claimed  is  $100  or  over, 
except  before  Justices  of  the  Peace,  or  in 
court  of  no  greater  jurisdiction  as  to  dam- 
ages, or  in  suit  commenced  by  the  United 

States  or  any  State   50 

Upon  every  confession  of  judgment,  or  cogno- 
vit, for  $100  or  over,  except  where  tax  for 

a  writ  has  been  paid   50 

Writs  or  process  on  appeal  from  Justice's 
courts  . and  other  courts  of  inferior  jurisdic- 
tion to  courts  of  record   50 

Warrant  of  distress — rent  claimed  under  $100, 
25c;  over  $100   50 


rpYLER  BROTHERS, 

NO.  632  WASHINGTON  STttEET, 
AND  691  MARKET  STREET,  -  -  -  -  CORNER  THIRD, 

SAN  FRANCISCO, 
IMPORTERS,  WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL  DEALERS  IN 

SCHOOL  BOOKS, 

S  T  A  T 1  ONER  Y, 

PHOTOGRAPH  ALBUMS, 
BLANK  BOOKS, 

PORTFOLIOS, 

JUVENILE  BOOKS, 
FANCY  ARTICLES, 

CH1LDRENS'  PICTURE  BOOKS,  Etc. 
Especial  attention  given  to 

LADIES'   STATIONER  Y  , 

Which  we  stamp  with 

I  N  I   T  I  A    L   S  , 

In  COLORS  or  PLAIN. 


WEDDING    AND  VISITING  CARDS 

ENGRAVE  l),  WRITTEN,  OR  PRINTED. 

je23 


jpiRKMAN'S  FUND 

Insurance  Company. 


PRINCIPAL  OFFICE, 

Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco. 

Capital  fullv  paid  in  Gold  Coin  $500,000  00 

Surplus,  April  30,  1866   154,824  57 

Total  Assets  $654,824  57 

Insure  against  Loss  or  D.imago  by  Fire,  on  Stores, 
Dwellings,  Merchandise,  Vessels  and  Cargoes  iD  Port, 
and  other  insurable  property. 

J50,000  is  the  largest  amount  taken  on  any  one  risk. 
This  Companr  reinsures  whenever  the  risks  are  deemed 
too  large  for  the  locality. 

INDIVIDUAL  LIABILITY  of  STOCKHOLDERS 

Under  the  Constitution  and  Statutes  of  California. 
ALL  LOSSES  PAID  PROMPTLY  IN  UNITED  STATES 
GOLD  COIN. 

W.  B.  BOURN,  President. 
D.  J.  STAPLES,  Vice  President. 
Chas.  R.  Bond,  Secretary.  aul7  3m 


gTERETT  &  CUBERY, 

PRINTERS, 

533  Clay  street,  San  Francisco. 


B.  F.  STERETT  - 


WM.  M.  CUBERY. 


We  are  prepared  to  execute  in  a  prompt  and  satisfac- 
tory manner,  all  kinds  of  Book,  Job  and  Card  Printiug  ; 
also,  Blank  Books  manufactured  and  Paper  Ruled  to 
order.  aul5 


Edward  Bosqui  &  Co., 

Printers, 

And  Blank  Book  Manufacturers, 
517  CLAY  STREET, 

Between  Montgomery  and  Sansome  So., 
San  Francisco. 


BOWMAN  &  CO., 
Dealers  in  Stoves  and  Tin  W  are, 
mar24  fim  Mui  street,  totaluma. 


Q  CCIDENTAL 

H  O  M  E  S  T  E 

Association, 


A  D 


OFFICE, 


305  MONTGOMERY  STREET. 


Capital  Stock,  $33,660. 


102  SHARES  $330  EACH. 

This  Association  was  formed  to  enable  ite  mem- 
bers to  obtain  desirable  homestead  lots  in  this  city  at  a 
cheap  and  easy  rate,  paying  for  the  same  by  regular 
monthly  instalments. 

For  this  purpose  they  have  purchased  Blocks  409,  500, 
and  501,  in  the  Western  Addition  to  this  ci'y,  bounded  by 
Devisadero,  Pine,  Broderick  and  Clay  streets. 

Subscribers  will  pay  an  initiation  fee  of  $5  on  each 
share  taken,  to  form  a  fund  for  defraying  current  ex- 
penses, and  $11  per  month  for  thirty  months,  commen- 
cing in  April,  1S66. 

The  property  is  within  three  blocks  of  the  "s- 
TURK  STREET  RAILROAD, 

IS  NEARLY  ALL  ON  THE  GRADE, 
and  is  most  desirably  located  for  Homestead  purposes. 

It  is  directly  east  from  the  lands  of  the  California 
Association. 

The  property  has  been  purchased  on  very  reasonable 
terms,  and  offers  a  rare  opportunity  for  investment. 

A  number  of  fine  houses  are  in  process  of  erection,  and 
streets  are  beiug  graded  near  this  property,  which  will 
greatly  increase  its  value. 

When  twelve  monthly  payments  have  been  made,  the 
property  will  be  divided  among  the  members  in  the  usual 
manner,  and  each  shareholder  will  receive  a  contract  for 
a  deed  to  the  lot  or  lots  to  which  he  may  be  entitled,  and 
have  the  privilege  of  taking  immediate  possession  of  the 
same. 

The  lots  average  27  feet  in  front  by  120  feet  in  depth 
The  whole  amount  due  upon  any  lot  may  be  paid  at  any 
time,  and  discount  at  the  rate  of  one  and  one-half  per 
cent,  per  month  will  be  deducted  therefrom. 

Persons  wishiug  to  visit  the  lands  of  this  Association 
will  take  the  TurK  street  cars  to  Devisadero  street,  and 
thence  go  northerly  along  Devisadero  to  Pine  street. 

Twenty  thousand  dollars  of  the  capital  stocK  is  taken, 
and  the  books  are  opeD  for  subscription  to  the  balance  at 
the  office  of  the  Secretary,  where  the  Official  Map  of  the 
Association  can  be  seen,  and  lull  particulars  obtaiued. 

The  Title  to  this  Property  is  Perfect. 

J.  S.  LUTY,  Secretary, 
Office,  305  Montgomery  street,  corner  of  Pine, 
my  19  3m  Rooms  2  and  6. 


B 


OYS!    BOYS!   BOYS  I 


NOW  IS  THE  TIME 


H.  M.  LOCKWOOD  &  CO., 
New  No.  624)  CLAY  STREET,  (Old  No  17 

Have  received  a  Large  Stock  of 

GENTS'  AND  BOYS'  CLOTHING 

— AND — 

FURNISHING  GOODS, 

Which  they  are  selling 
AT  VERY  LOW  PRICES. 
Every  Garment  warranted.   All  are  invited  to  call  and 
examine  our  goods. 

H.  M.  LOCKWOOD  &  CO. 
jal  624  Clay  street,  San  Francisco. 


J3ACIFIC  OCEAN  HOUSE, 
SANTA  CRUZ,  CAL. 

THIS  NEW  AND  COMMODIOUS  HOTEL,  built  and  fur- 
nished in  accordance  with  the  most  modern  and  improved 
plans,  and  with  a  view  to  the  comfort  and  convenience  of 
its  patrons,  is  now  open  for  the  reception  of  guests. 

To  those  who  have  visited  Santa  Cruz,  it  is  unnecessary 
to  speak  of  its  beauties  and  its  natural  advantages  over 
all  other  places  of 

Summer  Resort. 

To  those  who  have  not,  the  Proprietor  can  only  say 
COME  AN-D  JUDGE  FOR  YOURSELVES— giving  all 
who  may  come  the  assurance  tnat  his  earnest  endeavors 
shall  be  to  make  the  Hotel,  in  all  its  appointments,  equal 
to  the  surroUndings  of  this  delightful  Sea  side  Resort. 


gTOP  THAT  COUGHING. 


SOME  OF  YOU  CAN'T,  AND  WE  PITY  YOU.  You 

have  tried  every  remedy  but  the  ONE  destined,  by  its 
intrinsic  merit,  to  supersede  all  similar  preparations  It 
is  not  surprising  you  should  be  reluctant  to  try  something 
else  after  the  mauy  experiments  you  have  made  of  trashy 
componnds  foisted  on  the  public  as  a  certain  cure  .  but 

N  E  W  E  L  L  '  S 

PULMONARY  SYRUP 

is  really  the  VERY  BEST  remedy  ever  compounded  for 
the  cure  of  Coughs,  Colds,  Sore  Throat,  Asthma,  Whoop- 
ing Cough,  Bronchitis  and  Consumption.  Thousands  of 
people  in  California  and  Oregon  have  been  already  bene- 
fited by  the  surprising  curative  powers  of 

NEWELL'S  PULMONAKY  SYRUP, 

and  with  one  accord  give  it  their  unqualified  approbation. 
We  now  address  ourselves  to  all  who  are  unacquainted 
with  this,  the  greatest  Panacea  of  the  age,  for  the  healing 
of  all  diseases  of  the  Throat  and  Lungs,  assuring  you  that 

NeweWs  Pulmonary  Syrup 

has  cured  thousands,  and  it  will  cure  you  if  you  try  it. 
This  invaluable  medicine  is  pleasant  to  the  taste,  sooth- 
ing, hcahng  and  strengthening  in  its  effects  ;  entirely  freo 
from  all  poisonous  or  deleterious  drugs,  and  perfectly 
harmless  under  all  circumstances. 

Certificates  from  many  prominent  citizens  of  San  Fran- 
cisco accompany  every  bottle  of 

Ne well's   Pulmonary  Syrup. 

-  .  REDINGTON  &.  CO.,  Agents, 

San  Francisco. 


R 


EDINGTON'S 

Flavoring  Extract 


ARE  MADE  FROM  FRESH  FRUITS.  Each  bottle  hold* 
twice  as  much  as  any  other  brand  iu  the  market,  conse 
quently  they  are  the  cheapest  and  the  best.  USE  NO 
OTHER. 

REDINGTON  &  CO., 
Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast. 


GEO.  T.  BROMLEY, 


Santa  Cruz,  April  4, 1866. 


Proprietor. 


M 


ARKET  STREET  RAILROAD 


CHANGE   OP   TIME  TABLE. 


ON  AND  AFTER  AUGUST  1,  1865,  Trains  will  start 
rom  the  City  and  the  Mission  every  hour-  instead  of  every 
forty  minutes,  as  heretofore. 

Trains  from  the  City  will  start  at  the  odd  hour,  com- 
mencing at  6:30  A.  M.  and  every  hour  tncreafte  until 
11:30  P.  M; 

mh2»  F.  McCO/PIH,  Superlt  M  lent 


J^JARTHA  WASHINGTON 

KAIR  RESTORER. 


THIS  IS  A  WOKi^Ei\/UL  DISCOVERY,  and  standi 
above  comparison  with  auy  othci-  article  lor  the  Hair  ever 
brought  before  the  public. 

A  PERFECT 

Hair  Restorer  «">  Hair  Dresser 

BOTH  COMBINED  IN  ONE. 

First — It  is  not  a  Dye. 
Second— WiU  not  Color  the  Skin. 

Third— Will  restore  Gray  Hair  to  a  beautiful  Black, 
Brown,  Auburn,  or  whatever  might  have  been  its  original 
color,  and  cause  it  to  assume  its  former  beauty. 

Fourth — Will  cure  all  Humors  and  Diseases  of  the  Scalp. 

Fifth — Will  remove  Dandruff  and  Scurf  from  the  head, 
and  keep  the  hair  moist  and  silk  like  in  its  appearance  as 
in  youthful  days. 

Sixth— Will  promote  a  healthy  growth. 

Seventh— Will  prevent  it  from  falling  off,  and  cause  It 
to  grow  on  bald  heads  where  there  is  life  and  vitality  at 
the  roots,  but  where  these  are  gone  there  is  no  hope  of 
success. 

Eighth — The  best  testimony  that  can  be  given  will  be 
found  inside  of  each  bottle. 

Warranted  to  do  all  we  claim  for  it,  or  the  money 
refunded  after  using  two  bottles.  Try  it  and  be 
convinced. 

SOLD  EVERYWHERE. 

Price  One  Dollar. 

SIMONDS  &  CO.,  Proprietors, 
Fitzwilliam,  N.  H. 

REDINGTON  &  CO.,  Agents, 

San  Francisco. 


J^EDINGTON  &  CO.'S 

Essence  of  Jamaica  Ginger. 


THIS  VALUABLE  PREPARATION,  containing  in  a 
highly  concentrated  form  all  the  properties  of  the  Jamaica 
Ginger,  has  become  one  of  the  most  popular  domestic  rem- 
edies for  all  diseases  of  the  stomach  and  digestive  organs. 

As  a  tonic  it  will  be  found  invaluable  to  all  persons  re- 
covering from  debility,  whether  produced  by  fever  or 
otherwise,  for  whilst  it  imparts  to  the  system  all  the  glow 
and  vigor  that  can  be  produced  by  wine  or  brandy,  it  is 
entirely  free  from  the  reactionary  effects  that  follow  the 
use  of  spirits-or  ai  y  kind. 

It  is  also  an  excellent  remedy  for  females  who  suffer  from 
difficult  menstruation,  giving  almost  immediate  lelief  to 
the  sp  isms  that  to  frequently  accompany  that  period. 

It  gives  immediate  relief  to  Nausea,  caesed  by  riding 
in  a  railroad  car,  or  by  sea  sickness,  or  other  causes. 

It  is -also  valuable  as  an  external  application  for  Gout, 
Rheumatism,  Neuralgia,  etc. 

REDINGTON  &  CO., 


au4  Oca 


Sol*  Agentsfor  the  Pacific  Coast. 


10 


THE    CALIFOR1S  IAN. 


|  September  1st 


j^jAGUIRE'S  OPERA  HOUSE. 


T.  MAGUIRE  - 
C.  L.  GRAVES  - 
W.  STEVENSON 


-  Pbopbietor. 
Stage  Mi, ....hi 
Tbeasobeb. 


SATCJEDAY   AFTERNOON  AND  EVENING, 
The  Farce  of 
TOMMY  AND  SALLY. 

Lady  Don,  as  Bally 

Harry  Courtaiue.  as  Tommy 

With  Son^s,  Duets,  etc. 
To  conclude  with  another  new  Burlesque,  never  be- 
fore acted  here,  entitled 

MAZOURKA; 

OR, 

THE  STICK,  THE  POLE,  AND  THE  TARTAR 


R.  H.  McDONaLD. 


J.  C.  SPENCER 


ON  EONDAY  AND  TUESDAY,  SEPT.  3d  &  4th, 
ROB  ROY, 

With  all  the  Original  Music. 

Lady  Don,  us  Francis  Osbaldiston 

To  conclude  with 
MAZOURKA. 


PRICES  OF  ADMISSION  : 

D.-iss  Circle  and  Orchestra,  $1  00 

Reserved  seats,      .....      50c.  extra 

i*arquot,  .......  50 

ijpper  Circle,   -  25 


]V|"ETROPOLITAN  THEATRE, 

Montgomery  street. 

Bianchi's  Grand  Italian 

Opera  Troupe. 

General  Director  J.  P.  Crowlv 

Treasurer  A.  Birrell 

BENEFIT  OF  THE 

HEBREW  LADIES'  BENEVOLENT  SOCIETY  I 
SATURDAY  EVENING  SEPT.  1, 

Will  be  presented  Dunizetlis  Opera  of 

Lucrecia  di  Lammermoor. 

Lucia  Signonna  Elvira  Bramliilla 

Edgardo  Siguor  Morley 

Enrico  Signor  Mancnsi 

Raimondo  Signor  Stanislaus  Milleri 

MONDA Y—  First  Night  of  Donizetti's  Graud  Tragic  Op- 
era of 

BELISARIO, 

In  which  Miss  E.  C.  BRANNAN  will  make  her  debut. 

CONDUCTOR  MR.  RUDOLPH  HEROLD 

Scenery  by  Mr.  Rogers.    Costumes  by  Mrs  Taylor. 

Regular  Subscription.  N;?hts,  Mondays,  Wednes- 
days, and  Fridays .         ;jf  .„ 


PRICES  OF  AUMISSIOM. 

Dress  Circle,  OrcbeBtra  and  Parquette  $1  00 

Reserved  seats,  50  cents  extra. 
Gallery  50 

^.Tbe  Box  Olflce  is  open  fro'n  9  a.  m.  for  the  seeuriog 
of  reserved  seats  lor  season  tickets. 


rjlHE  EQUITABLE  LIFE  ASSURANCE 

SOCIETY  OF  NEW  YORK, 

AS   GOOD  A    COMPANY  AS  ANY  IN  THE 

UNITED  STATES! 

INSURANCE  on  Lives  on  all  plans  and  on  as  fa- 
vorable terms  as  any  other  safe  company.  No  Ex- 
tra Premiums  for  Traveling  to  and  from  the  East. 

ACCUMULATED  FUND  $2,500,000 

R.  L.  &  F.  OGDEN, 

General  Agents  for  Pacific  Coast  and  Territories, 
S.  E.  corner  California  and  Montgomery  sts.  " 

Accidantal  Insurance  ! 
UNIT£D~S  T  ATES 

CASUALTY  INSURANCE  CO. 


Insurance  against  all  kinds  of  ACCIDENTS 
The  Only  Mutual  Company  in  America. 

Fifty  Dollars  per  annum  insures  your  life  against 
death  by  accident  for  $10,000  for  one  year,  and  gives 
you  $50  if  disabled. 

Five  Dollars  per  annum  insures  you  for  $1,000  and 
$5  per  week  compensation. 

Insurance  for  any  period,  or  for  a  trip  or  voyage. 

Rates  as  low  as  any  good  Company  can  afford. 

R.  L.  &.  F.  OGDEN, 
S.  E.  corner  of  California  and  Montgomery  streets, 

si  3m  General  Agents  for  Pacific  Coast. 


"^"ATURE  UNVEILED, 

AT  THE 

PACIFIC  MUSEUM  OF  ANATOMY  AND  SCIENCE 

Eureka  Theatre,  Montgomery  street, 
Ja27-tf  between  California  and  Pine. 


h.  Mcdonald  &  co.,  importing 
Wholesale  Druggists, 

J  STREET,  SACRAMENTO, 

AND 

CORNER  SANSOME  AND  PINE  STREETS, 

>8A.M  FIUXCISCO. 

Wo  respectfully  beg  leave  lo  inform  our  customers  and 
the  public  generally,  that  we  have  opened  a  House  iu  the 
city  of  San  Francisco,  wlieru  we  will  be  pleased  to  see  as 
many  of  our  old  friends  and  customers  as  can  make  it 
convenient  to  call  upon  us.  We  shall  keep  at  both  place-; 
a  large  and  well  selected  Slock  of 

DRUG*  AND  MEDICINES,  SURGICAL  INSTRU- 
MENTS, DENTAL  GOODS,  FANCY  ARTICLES, 
BRUSHES  AND  COMBS,  SHOULDER  AND  BODY 
BRACES.  LADIES'  BANDAGES  AND  SUPPORT 
ERS,  GUM  ELASTIC  STOCKINGS,  TRUSSES, 
PAINTS  AND  OILS,  PATENT  MEDICINES, 
HERBS  AND  ESTRACTS,  BREWERS'  AND  SO 
DA  STOCK,  CORKS,  (large  variety,)  ASSAYERS' 
MATERIAL,  BURNING  OILS  AND  FLUIDS, 
PLASTER  PARIS,  MARBLE  DUST, 
Together  with  a  large  and  complete  assortment  of  all 
Goods  kept  in  a  well  supplied  Wholesale  Drug  Store. 

We  respectfully  solicit  thoje  dealing  in  oui  lino  to  ex- 
amine and  price  our  Stock  before  purchasing  elsewhere. 

r  h  Mcdonald  Jc  co., 

Sacramento  and  San  Francisco. 


r.  h.  Mcdonald  &  co., 

IMPORTING  WHOLESALE  DRUGGISTS, 

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ADDRESS 
To  the  Voters  of  San  Francisco. 

We,  the  Members  of  the  Democratic  C'unty  Con- 
vention, respectfully  addressing  ourselves  to  the 
Voters  of  San  Francisco,  claim  for  the  ticket  we 
have  nominated,  your  upproval  and  support. 

We  have  succeeded  in  securing  gentlemen  of 
rreproachable  character  and  acknowledged  fitness 
to  serve  as  candidates.  In  making  the  selection,  we 
have  been  careful  that  schemes  for  personal  aggran- 
dizement and  mere  political  success  should  not  sha 
out  from  view  the  future  welfare  of  the  community. 
The  peace  of  the  city,  protection  to  property,  and 
fidelity  on  the  part  of  the  custodians  and  dispensers 
of  the  public  moneys  are  the  considerations  which 
.'  nve  controlled  their  deliberations. 

We  are  persuaded  that  a  change  for  the  better  can 
be  made  in  the  manner  of  administering  the  several 
Departments  ot  the  City  Government ;  and  this  we 
believe  to  be  the  general  conclusion  in  the  public 
mind. 

Whilst  it  is  conceded  that  mnch  credit  was  due, 
for  a  time,  to  those  who  managed  our  municipal 
affairs  in  an  independent  spirit,  it  is  also  contended 
that  more  recently  they  have  ignored  the  former 
proper  tests  for  official  position,  and  have  become 
mere  partisans,  intolerant  in  their  views  and  preju- 
diced in  their  action.  With  this  chanire  in  the  spirit 
of  their  government,  there  has  also  come  extrava- 
gance in  public  expenditures,  oppression  in  their 
license  svs'em,  and  corruption  in  the  poiice  regula- 
tions. Reform  is  therefore  needed  in  the  City  Gov- 
ernment. This  reform  can  be  effected  only  through 
the  agency  of  the  ballot-box.  To  that  end'we  heart- 
ily invite  the  co  operation  of  the  voters  of  San  Frau- 
cisco. 

Nor  should  it  be  forgotten  that  the  result  of  the 
approaching  local  election  will,  lo  some  extent, affect 
all  the  social  and  monetary  interests  of  our  city. 
Moreover,  it  will  exeit  an  important  influence  on, 
politics  throughout  the  State;  and,  in  order  that  the 
people  may  fully  appreciate  the  political  significance 
of  the  victory  we  fervently  hope  to  achieve,  we 
shall  briefly  declare  the  principles  which  our  nomi- 
nees adhere  to.  touching  their  duties  and  the  jreai 
issues  of  the  day. 

We  pledge  them  to  a  faithful  discharge  of  the  ob- 
ligation their  election  will  cast  upou  them. 

We  pledge  them  to  an  unwavering  support  of  those 
principles  of  our  Government  which  assert  the  su- 
premacy and  vindicate  the  dignity  of  the  white  race. 

We  pledge  them  to  the  doctrines  ot  the  equality 
of  all  the  StateB  of  the  American  Union,  and  the 
right  of  each  individual  one  to  determine,  under  the 
Constitution  of  the  United  Slates,  the  qualification 
of  its  electors,  and  to  provide  for  its  local  prosperity 
and  domestic  happiness  in  its  own  way  ,  aud 

We  pledge  them  to  a  firm  adherancc  to  the  policy 
of  the  National  Administration,  looking  to  the  de- 
fence of  these  great  principles  as  the  only  means 
calculated  to  heal  our  differences,  to  secure  for  the 
Government  the  undivided  affection  of  the  people, 
and  to  the  Union  of  the  States,  that  freedom,  pres- 
tige and  power  rightfully  belonging  to  a  great  Re. 
public  ;  and,  in  conclusion,  we  declare  tbat  tbey  ap- 
prove of  the  call  for  a  National  Convention,  and 
hope  that  beneficial  results  may  come  of  its  patriolio 
purpose.  I 

Finally,  we  beg  leave  to  say  that  the  evasion, 
practiced  by  the  County  Convention  of  the  opposi 
party  on  these  vital  questions,  is,  in  our  opinion,  d 
signed  to  accomplish  a  great  political  fraud,  an 
trifling  with  the  intelligence  ot  the  people  and  !"" 
interests  of  the  State.  We  condemn  as  dangero 
ill-timed,  and  characteristic  of  Radicalism,  the  letter 
and  spirit  of  the  address  put  forth  by  that  body.  It 
is  but  an  appeal  to  the  passions  of  pnrtv  at  a  time 
when  those  powerful  in  w  ar  and  successful  in  battle 
should  he  just  and  magnanimous  in  peace. 

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The  Approaching  Crisis  in  England. 
A  Recent  French.  Religious  Writer. 
Obituary  Notices. 
Literary  Gleanings  and  Gossip. 
"Lion's  If  oath." 

Implications  for  the  Position  of  Editor, 
dpt.  Jigger's  Opinion  on  Opera. 
The  President's  Bounty. 
Poor  Stricken  Ojos. 
Amusements,  Etc. 


SELECTED  : 
Hazeley  Mill,  a  Story. 
Decided  People. 
Alricau  Elephmts. 
■A  Ride  on  a  Cow-Catcher. 
The  R-icky  Mountains  and  Denver. 
The  List  Freneb  Notion. 
An  Important  Subject. 
Paris  Fashions, 

POETRY. 
Steeping , 


THE    LAS  T    FRENCH  NOTION. 

A GRAND  banquet  has  been  given  at  Lemardelay's,  in 
honor  of  the  official  introduction  of  horse-flesh  into 
the  Paris  market.  Several  horse-flesh  shops  have  been  opened 
in  this  city  within  a  few  days,  and,  accordingly,  one  hundred 
and  eighty  hippophagists  assembled  to  celebrate  the  auspicious 
innovation.  M.  Quatrefages,  of  the  French  Institute,  was  in 
the  chair.  The  dinner  was  composed  mainly  of  the  new  arti- 
cle of  food,  and  was  prouounced  to  be  fit  for  the  gods.  The 
horse-flesh  soup,  the  horse-flesh  sausage,  horse  flesh  o  In  mode, 
horse-flesh  pie,  and  lastly,  fillet  of  horse-flesh,  were  devoured 
amidst  general  acclamations.  Other  dishes  wore  served  dur- 
ing the  repast,  but  the  guests  declared  the  horse  flesh  so  "  su- 
perior "  that  they  ate  little  else.  At  the  dessert  various 
speakers  proposed  toasts,  and  grew  excited  on  the  topic  of 
the  hour.  The  chairman  toasted  the  "  Hippophagie  Com- 
mittee." which  has  been  fighting  the  battle  of  horse-flesh  for 
the  last  six  years  ;  M.  Dumeril,  representing  the  Acclimative 
Society,  toasted  the  new  food  ;  M.  Sibere  thanked  the  com- 
mittee in  the  name  of  the  Society  for  Prevention  of  Cruelty 
to  Animals  ;  Dr.  Blatin,  President  of  the  Hippophagic  So- 
ciety, gave  a  general  glorification  of  the  same,  as  did  the  Mar- 
quis de  Bethizy  and  other  gentlemen.  An  enthusiastic  work- 
ing-man thanked  the  gentlemen  interested  in  the  "  movement " 
f  r  having  introduced  a  "  new  and  delicious  slement  into  the 
humble  larder  of  the.  poor  ;"  a  rather  hard  saying,  seeing  that 
even  a  fine,  fat  young  horse's  flesh  is  admitted  to  be  "  firm  " 
even  by  those  who  will  by  no  means  allow  it  to  be  •'  hard," 
that  the  flesh  of  old,  worn-out  horses  is  confessedly  rather 
"  firmer  "  than  ordinary  shoe-leather,  and  that,  therefore,  as 
the  cost  of  a  prime  horse  ranges  from  eight  to  a  hundred 
times  higher  than  that  of  an  ox,  we  have  no  choice  between 
the  aforesaid  shoe-leather  and  an  outlay  absolutely  out  of  the 
reach  of  the  laboring  population.  But  this  somewhat  obvious 
reflection  not  appearing  to  suggest  itself  to  the  excited  minds 
of  the  hippie  revellers,  the  working-tnan's  outburst  had  an 
immense  success.  M.  de  la  Bedolliere,  the  veteran  editor  of 
he  Steele,  next  sang  two  new  songs,  composed  expressly  for 
the  occasion,  and  which,  being  regarded  as  extremely  witty 
and  appropriate,  were  applauded  to  the — chandeliers.  The 
company  then  became  generally  jolly,  and  enjoyed  the  gather- 
ing so  much  that  they  remained  together  until  near  midnight. 
In  spile  of  which  brilliant  demonstration,  and  the  opening  of 
the  fine  shops  for  the  legal  sale  of  horse-flesh  (each  joint 
"  stamped  "  by  the  market  inspectors,  and  thereby  warranted 
to  be  "  all  right,'')  the  unappreciating  public  is  still  asking  it- 
self, with  a  hot  very  flattering  expression  of  its  nasal  organ, 
"  How  near  to  starvation  must  I  find  myself  reduced  before  1 
could  contrive  to  swallow  a  first  mouthful  of  this  new  species 
of  butcher's  meat'/" — Paris  Correspondent  of  the  New  York 
Nation. 


Capt.  Mayne  Rkid's  style  is  thus  successfully  approached  : 
Alonzo  seized  the  maiden,  leapt  on  his  bare  boned  steed,  and 
with  a  yell;  disappeared  from  the  wondering  Apaches  !  Away, 
like  lightning,  swept  the  steed  at  about  four  miles  an  hour,  till 
just  when  they  had  reached  the  forty-two  mile-post  on  the 
confined  praire,  they  saw  an  object  crouching  behind  it.  The 
•Jaguar  of  the  wilds  of  Africay  !'  whispered  Alonzo  iu  stento- 
rian accents.  But,  wait  a  bit — here  goes  !  To  hound  from  his 
steed,  draw  his  knife,  stab  the  jaguar  to  the  heart,  skin  and 
dress  it,  catcli  up  with  his  horse — now  about  sixteen  miles 
distant — throw  the  skin  around  tiie  lily  shoulders  of  his  dusky 
bride,  was  the  work  of  about  half  a  second. 


THE  ROCKY"  MOUNTAINS  AND  DENVER. 

THE  view  of  the  Rocky  Mountains  from  the  divide  near 
Kiowa  creek  is  considered  one  of  the  finest  in  Colorado- 
From  the  breezy  ridge,  between  scattered  groups  of  pine,  you 
look  upon  150  miles  of  the  SDOwy  range,  from  the  Sangro  de 
Cristo  to  the  spurs  away  toward  Laramie.  In  variety  and 
harmony  of  form,  in  effect  against  the  dark  blue  sky,  in 
breadth  and  grandeur,  I  know  no  external  picture  of  the  Alps 
which  can  be  placed  beside  it.  If  you  could  take  away  the 
valley  of  the  Rhone  and  unite  the  Alps  ot  Savoy  with  the 
Bernese  Overland,  you  might  obtain  a  tolerable  idea  of  this 
view  of  the  Rocky  Mountains.  Pike's  Peak  would  then  rep- 
resent the  Jungirau,  a  nameless  snowy  giant  in  front  of  you 
Monte  Rosa,  and  Long's  Peak  Mont  Blanc.  The  altitudes 
very  nearly  correspond,  and  there  is  a  certain  similarity  in  the 
forms.  The  average  hight  of  the  Rocky  Mountains,  how- 
ever, surpasses  that  of  the  Alps. 

The  situation  of  Deuver  is  well  selected.  Were  it  nearer 
to  the  mountains,  it  would  furnish  a  more  convenient  depot 
of  supplies  for  the  Clear  Creek  mining  region,  but  it  would 
not  concentrate,  as  now,  so  many  ridiatiug  lines  of  travel.  It 
lies,  apparently,  in  the  center  of  the  chord  of  a  shallow  arc 
of  the  mountains,  governing  the  entrances  of  some  half-a- 
dozen  different  canyons  and  overlooking  a  belt  of  farming  land 
fifty  miles  by  ten  in  dimensions. 

Its  prosperity,  of  course,  depends  on  the  activity  of  mining 
operations  in  the  mountains.  There  is  at  present  a  stagna- 
tion, occasioned  principally  by  the  enormous  price  of  labor. 
Although  the  new  methods  of  reduction  promise  a  much 
greater  production  of  the  precious  metals,  and  fresh  discover- 
ies of  gold,  silver,  copper  and  lead  are  beitig  made  every  day, 
wages  are  so  high  that  many  companies  have  been  forced  to 
suspend  business  until  the  agricultural  supplies  at  home  and 
the  gradual  approach  of  the  Pacific  Railroad  shall  have 
brought  prices  down. 

I  should  estimate  the  population  of  Deuver  at  about  5,000. 
Probably  no  town  in  the  country  ever  grew  up  under  such 
discouraging  circumstances,  or  has  made  more  solid  progress 
iu  the  same  length  of  time.  It  was  once  swept  away  by  the 
inundation  of  Cherry  Creek  ;  once  or  twice  burued  ;  threat- 
ened with  secession  ;  cut  off  from  intercourse  with  the  East 
by  Indian  outbreaks  ;  deprived  of  a  great  portion  of  its  an- 
ticipated trade  by  our  war  ;  made  to  pay  outrageously  for  its 
materials  and  supplies — and  all  this  within  seven  years  ! 

I  was  interested  in  noticing  how  attached  the  inhabitants 
are  to  the  place.  Nearly  every  one  who  had  recently  been 
East  seemed  rejoiced  to  return.  Even  ladies  forget  the  greater 
luxuries  and  refinements  of  the  Atlantic  coast,  when  they  see 
the  Rocky  Mountains  once  more.  The  people  look  upon  this 
glorious  Alpine  view  as  one  of  the  properties  of  the  town. 
Every  street  opens  (in  one  direction,  at  least)  upon  it,  and  the 
evening  drives  along  the  Platte  or  over  the  flowering  ridges 
become  as  beautiful  as  any  in  the  world,  when  the  long  line 
of  snowy  peaks  flash  down  a  brighter  gold  than  ever  was  un- 
packed from  their  veins. 

There  are  no  manufactories  as  yet,  except  a  brickyard  and 
two  flour  mills — the  latter  driven  by  water-power.  A  good 
gray  building  stone  is  found  about  four  miles  off.  The  timber 
is  all  brought  from  the  mountains,  which,  I  fear,  are  in  a  fair 
way  to  become  disforested.  Coal,  however,  is  coming  into 
general  use  as  fuel,  several  mine3  having  already  been  opened 
in  the  neighborhood.  It  resembles  the  brown  nnn\  of  Ger- 
many, burns  freely,  and  is  said  to  produce  a  great  amount  of 
gas.  General  Pierce,  the  Surveyor  General,  cousiders  the 
coal-bed  of  the  Rocky  Mountains  one  of  the  largest  in  the 
world.  Alone:  the  Smoky  Hill  there  are  indications  of  an 
uninterrupted  supply  all  the  way  to  Kansas. 

I  find  myself  constantly  returning  to  the  point  which  my 
eyes  seek,  with  unwearied  interest,  whenever  I  lift  them  from 
the  paper.  Ever  since  my  arrival  I  have  been  studying  the 
mountains.  Their  beauty  and  grandeur  grew  upon  me  with 
every  hour  of  my  stay.  None  of  the  illustrations  accompa- 
nying the  reports  of  exploration,  and  other  Governmeut  doc- 


uments, give  any  distinct  idea  of  their  variety  and  harmony 
of  forms.  Nowhere  distorted  or  grotesque  in  outline,  never 
monotonous,  lovely  in  color  and  atmospheric  effect,  I  may  re- 
call some  mountain  chains-which  equal,  but  none  which  sur- 
pass them.  From  this  point  there  appears  to  be  three  toler- 
ably distinct  ranges.  The  first  rises  front  2,000  to  3,000  feet 
above  the  level  of  the  Plaius  ;  it  is  cloven  asunder  by  the 
canyons  of  the  streams,  streaked  with  dark  lines  of  pine,  which 
feather  its  summits,  and  suuny  with  steep  slopes  of  pasture. 
Some  distance  behind  it  appears  a  second  range  of  nearly 
double  the  hight,  more  irregular  in  its  masses  and  of  a  dark, 
velvety,  violet  hue.  Beyond,  leaning  against  the  sky,  are  the 
snowy  peaks,  nearly  all  of  which  are  from  13,000  to  15,000 
feet  above  the  sea.  These  three  chains,  with  their  varying 
but  never  discordant  undulations,  are  as  inspiring  to  the  im- 
agination as  they  are  enchanting  to  the  eye.  They  hint  of 
concealed  grandeurs  in  all  the  glens  and  parks  among  them, 
and  yet  hold  you  back  with  a  doubt  whether  they  can  be 
more  beautiful  near  at  hand  than  when  beheld  at  this  dis- 
tance.— Bayard  Tni/lor,  in  the  New  York  Tribune. 


Black  Rain  is  Scotland  and  England. — The  "  black 
rain  "  showers,  which  are  now  so  well  known  in  Scotland,  and 
about  which  the  inhabitants  of  a  part  of  Aberdeenshire  are 
in  the  way  of  speaking  with  no  greater  astonishment,  whea 
one  of  "them  falls  from  a  peculiarly-colored  dark  cloud,  black- 
ening materials  exposed  to  it,  than  they  speak  of  a  white 
shower  from  a  snowy  cloud,  have  been  at  last  recognized  ia 
England.  Between  the  beginning  of  January,  18C2,  and  the 
middle  of  January,  1806,  there  have  been  no  fewer  than  eight 
authenticated  black  showers  in  Scotland.  Seven  of  these  fell 
in  Slains  and  the  extensive  surrounding  district '  Two  of  them 
were  accompanied  with  pumice  stones,  some  of  the  balls  of 
which  measured  eight  to  ten  inches  in  diameter,  and  weighed 
upwards  of  a  pound  avoirdupois.  The  first  four,  including  the 
Carluke  shower,  and  the  eighth,  were  contemporaneous  with 
outbursts  of  Vesuvius,  and  the  intermediate  three  with  those 
of  Etna.  It  has  been  discovered  that  England  gets  her  share 
likewise  of  black  showers,  although  she  did  not  think  that 
she  was  so  distinguished.  On  the  3d  of  May  of  the  present 
year  (1866),  at  11  A.  M.,  and  again  at  4  P.  M.,  the  town  of 
Birmingham  and  surrounding  country  were  for  three-quartera 
of  an  hour  each  time  enveloped  with  black  clouds  producing 
darkness  and  rain.  Accidents  took  place  iu  the  streets,  ve- 
hicles were  upset,  and  gas  had  to  be  lighted  at  some  of  the 
crossings,  and  nearly  in  all  the  places  of  business.  A  large 
quantity  of  black  rain,  similar  to  the  Scottish,  fell,  and  black- 
ened rain  water  in  tanks  and  clothes  on  greens,  not.  only  in 
Birmingham  itself,  but  at  rural  places  many  miles  distant,  un- 
affected by  soot  and  smoke,  and  even  windward  of  that  town. 
So  far  as  known,  however,  no  word  has  yet  arrived  of  any  vol- 
canic outburst,  although,  judging  from  what  has  taken  placo 
in  Scotland,  a  probability  exists  that  seme  volcano  has  been 
in  a  state  of  activity,  emitting  its  contents,  whether  it  be 
heard  of  or  not. — Aberdeen  Journal. 


Demolition  of  the  Walls  of  Florence. — The  work  of  de- 
molishing the  ancient  walla  of  Florence  has  commenced. 
These  walls,  of  different  ages  and  styles,  are  in  plan  and  cir- 
cuit the  same,  the  building  of  which  was  ordered  by  a  decree 
of  the  Republic  in  1283,  and  resumed,  after  many  interrup- 
tions, in  1324,  when  they  were  fortified  by  barbicans  and  by 
square  towers,  80  feet  high,  at  intervals  of  400  feet:  also 
provided  with  a  moat,  of  which  no  traco  is  left,  and  pierced 
by  sixteen  gates  and  posterns,  eight  of  which  were  built  up 
in  the  earlier  years  of  Medicean  government.  Their  actual 
circuit  is  five  and  three-fourth  miles  ;  they  are  still  guarded  by 
those  high  old  towers,  and  for  the  extent  on  the  southern  side 
have  an  antique  and  picturesque  aspect,  elsewhere  being  quite 
insignificant  and  uninteresting,  save  iu  the  mediaeval  gate- 
ways, four  of  which  t.re  in  the  fourteenth  century  ;  and  one 
rebuilt  in  1340,  from  the  design  of  Andrea  Pisano  ;  but  only 
one  other  retains  its  original  height,  with  stories  of  deep-re- 
cessed archways,  gaping,  gloomy,  and  cavern-like,  in  dusky 
stonework  on  the  inuer  side. — Athemeum. 


■z 


THE  CALIFORNIA**. 


[September  8tli 


HAZELEY  MILL. 

A  STORY  Of  TWO  CHAPTERS. — BY  LOUISA  CROW. 
CHAPTER  I. 

A BUST  place  is  the  old  wooden  mill  at  Hazeley  from  the 
rising  to  the  setting  of  the  sun,  as  the  clacking  wheels 
whirr  steadily  round  to  the  music  of  the  falling  waters,  and 
the  miller's  men  bustle  in  and  out,  and  up  and  down  at  their 
dusty  labors. 

And  a  cheerful  place  is  the  mill  when  the  light  of  day  is 
gleaming  and  glistening  on  the  rapid  stream  beside  ;  and  wag- 
ons from  the  neighboring  villages,  or  broadfaced  farmers,  in 
their  chaise-carts,  come  to  and  fro  to  traffic  with  the  wealthy 
miller  :  or  tarry — for  old  acquaintance  sake— on  their  way 
home  from  the  town  to  discuss  the  rise  in  prices,  or  the  latest 
news  gathered  there  ;  or  to  have  a  social  chat  and  cup  of  tea, 
with  the  miller's  pleasant,  hospitable  wife. 

But  when  night  falls  and  work  is  over,  the  spot  wears,  to 
unaccustomed  eyes,  a  dull  and  solitary  aspect.  On  two  sides 
the  little  river  environs  it  closely  ;  on  the  third  the  miller's 
garden  and  fields  extend  for  a  considerable  distance  ;  and  on 
the  other,  the  narrow  highway  alone  separates  the  miller's  do- 
main t'rom  a  few  acres  of  woodland,  the  poor  remnant  of  what 
had  once  been  an  extensive  forest. 

Not  a  house  is  nearer  than  a  cluster  of  laborers'  cottages, 
half-a-mile  away  ;  and  the  village  of  Hazeley,  in  itself  but  one 
straggling  street,  lies  still  further  from  the  solitary  mill.  But 
those  who  once  dwelt  within  it  knew  no  fears.  For  years  they 
had  found  shelter  and  safety  under  its  roof,  even  when  floods 
from  the  adjacent  hills  roared  around  the  very  doorstep,  and 
isolated  them  for  days  from  the  dry  ground  beyond. 

Their  most  troublesome  visitors  were  but  a  footstore  tramp, 
whose  thanks  and  blessings  were  easily  won  by  a  seat  in  the 
porch,  and  a  hearty  meal  ;  or — and  this  was  but  rarely — a 
gang  of  gipsies,  whom  the  prudent  dame,  with  a  view  to  the 
safety  of  her  hen-roost,  while  they  encamped  in  the  vicinity, 
was  careful  to  conciliate. 

Besides,  Abel  Weston,  the  miller,  was  large  limbed  and 
strong-armed  ;  and  in  the  peaceful  valley  where  he  lived  and 
prospered,  greater  crimes  than  the  petty  pilfering  of  saucy 
boys  in  the  orchards  or  farm-yards  were  almost  unknown 

Katie  Morris,  from  the  time  she  was  a  merry  active  child, 
delighted  to  help  Mrs.  Weston  in  her  garden,  or  peep  with 
awe-delighted  eyes  into  the  mysteries  of  grinding  and  bolting, 
hud  been  a  member  of  the  inillei'a  household. 

At  first  she  was  welcomed  as  an  amusing  visitor  ;  then 
prized  for  her  tender  assiduities,  when  the  dame's  eyes  began 
to  fail,  and  her  once  active  limbs  to  stiffen  ;  and.  eventually, 
as  Katie  was  one  of  a  large  family,  whose  parents  could 
scarcely  contrive  to  maintain  them  all,  it  was  arranged  that 
she  should  receive  regular  wages  for  her  willing  services. 

From  thenceforth  she  resided  entirely  with  the  aged  couple; 
and  as  she  blossomed  into  fair  womanhood,  her  Tight  footfall 
and  merry  songs  filling  the  house  with  pleasant  sounds,  the 
miller  and  his  wife  grew  to  love  their  protege  as  dearly  as  if 
she  were  their  own  child. 

But  her  friends  were  not  without  that  frequent  blemish — 
family  pride.  In  Abel  Weston's  great  Bible  there  were  reg- 
istered generations  of  staunch  yeomen,  who  had  intermarried 
with  the  most  reputable  and  ancient  families  in  the  country  ; 
and  Katie,  who  had  never  heard  a  reproachful  word  from  ber 
indulgent  employers,  saw  their  brows  bent  upon  her  sternly 
and  disapprovingly,  when  their  nephew  and  heir,  handsome 
Hugh,  so  far  forgot  himself  as  to  linger  by  her  side  in  the 
porch  at  twilight,  and  to  steal  a  kiss  from  her  cheek  as  they 
parted. 

Abel  Weston  could  easily  separate  the  young  people,  and 
he  did  so,  by  sending  Hugh  to  London  to  see  a  little  of  the 
•world,  under  the  guardianship  of  a  bustling  trader,  who 
claimed  kinship  with  him.  But  would  this  root  out  the  love 
with  which  Katie  had  inspired  the  lad  ?  And  if  not,  what 
was  to  be  done  ? 

Hugh  was  ardent  and  impetuous,  and  if  aroused  by  aught 
he  deemed  unjust,  or  even  ungenerous,  obstinate  to  a  degree. 
Against  his  choice  what  had  they  to  urge  but  her  poverty 
and  her  birth  ?  They  had  well  liked  Katie,  and  she  deserved 
that  they  should  ;  but  they  never  forgot  that  her  mother  was 
the  daughter  of  a  carter  who  had  grown  gray  in  their  own 
service,  or  that  her  father— ay,  here  lay  the  greatest  diffi- 
culty of  all  

Abel  Weston  had  his  hobbies,  as  other  men  have  ;  his  vio- 
lin, which  he  treasured  and  caressed,  and  played  with  the  en- 
thusiasm of  a  fanatic  ;  and  his  politics. 

A  Conservative,  as  his  sires  had  been  before  him,  he 
staunchly  upheld  Church  and  State,  and  refused  to  believe 
that  the  party  for  whom  he  voted— whether  in  power  or  out 
of  power — could  ever  do  wrong.  And  his  opinions  and  preju- 
dices, strenuously  adhered  to,  and  always  vehemently  ex- 
pressed, were  sometimes  rehearsed  at  the  White  Horse  at 
Hazeley,  where  the  wealthy  miller  was  generally  listened  to 
with  respect.  But  Harvey  Morris,  the  father  uf  Katie,  a 
iourneyman  carpenter,  in  a  paper  cap  and  patched  jacket,  not 
only  chose  to  consider  himself  superior  to  the  farming  men 


who  sat  in  the  tap,  and  so  quaffed  his  occasional  pint  at  the 
door  of  the  bar,  but  joined  in  the  conversation  carried  on  by 
the  favored  few  admitted  to  a  seat  within  it.  And  not  con- 
tent with  this  intrusion,  he  had  on  more  than  one  occasion 
ventured  to  contravene  some  of  the  miller's  assertions  ;  and 
to  argue  the  rights  and  wrongs  of  the  working-classes  with 
all  the  rhetoric  of  au  intelligent,  but  uneducated  aud  dissat- 
isfied man. 

This  Morris,  with  his  radical  notions  and  errors,  must&e  be 
permitted  to  link  himself  with  their  family,  and,  perhaps,  in- 
fuse his  wild  fancies  into  the  mind  01  the  young  and  enthu- 
siastic Hugh?  Abel  Weston  had  begun  by  fostering  a  dis- 
taste for  the  saucy  workman,  whose  noisy  denunciations  of 
the  Government  measures  had  shocked  and  disgusted  him  ; 
but  little  by  little  the  rancorous  feeliug  spread  until  it  deepened 
into  hate  ;  and  in  his  wrath  he  declared  to  his  grieving  dame 
that  he  would  sooner  disinherit  the  boy  than  see  him  the  hus- 
band of  Katie  Morris  I 

Katie  was  accounted  by  those  who  knew  her  best  a  high- 
spirited,  quick-tempered  girl  j  but  now  she  bore  changed  looks 
and  coid  words  uncomplainingly.  To  leave  the  mill  was  to  quit 
Hazeley,  and  very  pussibly  to  see  Hugh  no  more. 

Besides,  were  not  they  who  rebuked  her  his  nearest  and 
dearest  relatives  I  and  for  bis  sake  what  could  she  not  endure  ? 
By  and  by— so  she  hopefully  argued — they  would  see  thatthe 
love  which  had  sprung  up  in  their  bosoms  was  no  light  pas- 
sion which  would  wither  beneath  the  first  cloud  in  the  sky  ; 
and,  subdued  by  her  patience  and  Hugh's  entreaties,  his  uncle 
would  withdraw  his  tacit  opposition,  and  they  should  be  happy 
once  more. 

And  thus  it  might  have  been,  but  for  the  interference  of 
her  father.  Some  gossip-loving  neighbor  seized  the  first  op- 
portunity of  condoling  with  him  on  the  sorrowful  looks  of  his 
daughter,  Hugh  Weston's  departure,  and  the  miller's  harsh- 
ness. 

His  pride  in  arms  that  a  slight  should  be  cast  upon  his 
child,  Morris  threw  down  his  plane,  and  without  vouchsafing 
a  comment  to  his  officious  and  now  half-alarmed  informant, 
put  on  his  jacket,  and  went  to  the  mill. 

At  the  gate  he  encountered  Katie,  on  her  way  to  the  village 
shop  ;  and  drawing  her  across  the  road  to  the  shelter  of  the 
wood,  angrily  questioned  her. 

"  You  have  been  in  tears  1  Nay,  no  denials  !  These  purse- 
proud  Westons  have  cast  your  poverty  in  your  teeth,  and  told 
you  that  you  are  no  fit  match  for  their  nephew  ;  is  it  not 
so?" 

She  attempted  a  faint  disclaimer,  but  he  would  not  listen 
to  it. 

"  I  have  heard  the  whole  truth  of  the  matter,  so  why  try  to 
deceive  me  ?  Come  home,  child  !  Nay,  you  shall  slay  there 
no  longer.  Why,  who  and  what  are  they  to  despise  you  ? 
There  is  more  sense  in  your  little  finger,  Katie,  than  in  all 
their  shallow  pates  together  !  Tb9y  shall  pay  dearly  for  their 
insolent  treatment  of  you  !"  and  he  shook  his  fist  menacingly 
in  the  direction  of  the  mill. 

"  Who  has  been  telling  you  this,  father?  I  have  made  no 
complaints.    Is  it  known  in  the  village?" 

"  Ay,  child,  for  it  was  there  I  learned  it.  Leave  this  house 
at  once.    There  is  food  and  shelter  for  you  at  home." 

"  No,"  Katie  replied,  spiritedly,  "  I  will  never  be  a  burden 
to  you,  nor  stay  in  Hazeley  to  be  pointed  at.  I  will  go  right 
away." 

"  That's  my  brave  girl !  Never  fret  for  Hugh  Westou  ! 
The  lad's  well  enough,  but  there  are  better  husbands  to  be  had 
than  he." 

But,  with  the  sound  of  that  name,  Katie's  resolves  melted 
away,  and  sitting  down  on  a  felled  tree,  she  wept  piteously. 

Not  knowing  how  to  console  her,  Morris  paced  about,  his 
ire  increasing  with  every  sob  that  burst  from  the  lip3  of  his 
daughter  as  she  wept. 

At  last  he  broke  out  furiously  :  "  I  must  be  a  blind  fool,  or 
I  should  have  seen  this  long  ago,  and  taken  you  away.  But 
they  shall  repent  every  tear  they  have  made  you  shed,  as  sure 
as  my  name's  Harvey  Morns  !  I'll  have  a  day  of  reckoniug 
with  Abel  AVeston  for  this.    Come  home,  I  say,  at  once  !" 

"  O,  no,  no,  father  !"  she  pleaded  ;  "  the  dame  is  not  well  ; 
I  could  not  leave  with  no  one  at  hand  to  help  her.  I  will 
quietly  say  that  you  have  bid  me  come  away,  and  I  promise 
you  that,  some  time  in  the  evening  I  will  let  you  know  when 
I  can  be  spared." 

At  first,  Morris  would  not  hear  of  this  concession.  The 
yearning  tenderness  Katie  felt  for  those  at  whose  board  she 
had  sat  so  long  he  could  not  comprehend,  and  was  half  dis 
posed  to  rate  her  soundly  for  her  want  of  spirit.  But  ehe 
was  resolute  ;  and,  still  muttering  threats  against  those  who 
contemned  her,  he  plunged  more  deeply  into  the  wood,  too 
much  discomposed  to  return  to  his  daily  labors. 

Katie  went  on  her  errand  ;  heard  her  delay  crossly  com- 
mented on  without  reply;  aud  then  faltered  out  her  intention 
of  quitting  the  mill. 

Dame  AVeston  clasped  her  feeble  fingers  and  sighed  pit- 
eously. The  miller,  although  more  moved  than  he  would  have 
confessed  even  to  himself,  heard  her  with  apparent  composure 
and  satisfaction. 


"  It  will  be  for  the  better,  my  wench,"  he  said  ;  "  better  for 
you,  and  for  all  of  us.  And  you're  going  quite  away  ?  Right ; 
quite  right.  Get  into  the  town,  and  see  a  little  more  of  life ; 
and  if  you  marry  a  decent  steady  lad,  let's  know,  Katie,  and 
the  missus  shall  send  ye  a  wedding-dinDer,  and  I'll  find  some- 
'thing  towtrds  the  house  furniture." 

"  God  bless  ye,  Katie,  wherever  ye  go,"  said  the  old  lady, 
tremulously.    "  I  shall  miss  ye,  sadly.    I  wish  " 

She  caught  the  warning  look  of  her  husband  and  paused  ; 
and,  by  common  consent,  Katie's  future  was  not  discussed 
again. 

With  an  aching  heart,  the  poor  girl  all  through  that  day 
went  slowly  about  the  house,  bidding  a  mute  farewell  to  the 
cosy  chambers  her  willing  hands  would  arrange  no  more.  On 
the  morrow,  when  the  wagon  went  to  the  town  with  a  load  of 
flour,  the  carter  was  commissioned  to  bring  back  with  him  an 
elderly  cousin  of  Mrs.  Weston's,  who  could  take  Katie's  place 
for  the  present. 

Ah  !  they  would  soon  replace  her.  Perhaps  when  Hugh 
returned,  another  would  be  filling  her  duties  so  deftly  that  they 
would  almost  cease  to  remember  her. 

But  where  would  ehe  learn  equal  forgetfulness  ? 

The  mill  had  been  her  home  so  long,  that  even  now,  with 
her  trunk  packed  for  removal,  and  her  sad  and  silent  farewells 
said  to  those  nooks  in  the  garden  and  by  the  river,  where 
Hugh  had  first  whispered  his  love,  it  was  difficult  to  realize 
that  she  was  going  away,  and  forever. 

The  evening  closed  in  ;  the  cloth  was  spread  for  supper, 
and  Abel  Weston,  who  had  lingered  in  the  counting-house 
until  the  last  moment,  came  in  to  partake  of  it. 

And  now  Katie  remembered  her  promise  to  her  father,  and 
reached  down  her  bonnet  aud  shawl. 

"  Thee  needn't  hurry  back,  child,"  said  the  miller,  with  some- 
thing of  remorseful  kindness  in  the  tones  of  his  voice.  "  If 
thee  art  a  bit  late,  dame  shall  go  to  bed,  and  I'll  smoke  a  pipe 
in  the  garden  and  wait  for  thee." 

Katie's  soul  was  too  full  of  heaviness  to  make  more  than  a 
brief  reply  to  this  unexpected  offer  ;  but  she  stooped  over 
Mrs.  Weston  ere  she  departed,  and  kissing  the  old  lady's 
wrinkled  cheek,  whispered  an  assurance  that  she  would  return 
in  time  to  assist  her  up-stairs  ;  au  office  that  would  never  be 
hers  again. 

It  was  a  relief  to  Katie  to  find  the  children  a-bed,  and  her 
father  oat.    From  her  mother  she  could  prot  ure  the  address 

of  an  old  friend  who  resided  at  1)  ,  a  market-town  twenty 

miles  from  Hazeley.  Thither  she  would  go,  and  seek  a  ser- 
vice in  some  secluded  farm-house,  where  the  name  of  Hugh 
Weston  could  never  reach  ber. 

Unceasing  struggles  with  poverty,  and  wearying  endeavors 
to  support  a  large  family  honestly  and  decently,  chafed  and 
fretted  Harvey  Morris  into  murmurs  at  his  hard  fortune.  But 
they  had  a  different  effect  upon  his  wife  ;  perhaps  for  the  rea- 
son that  he  met  them  in  his  own  strength,  while  she,  with 
truer  wisdom,  sought  the  sustaining  aid  of  a  Divine  arm,  and 
learned  in  the  only  book  she  ever  read,  to  be  patient  and 
hopeful. 

From  her  sympathizing  tenderness  Katie  won  consolation  ; 
and  when  she  rose  up  to  depart  it  was  with  changed  feelings, 
and  a  determination  to  emulate  that  dear  mother's  resignation 
aud  unfailing  trust  in  Providence. 

As  she  crossed  the  threshold  a  sudden  thought  made  her 
pause  and  return  into  the  kitchen.  "  Mother,  Ml  not  go  back 
along  the  road.  Betty  Jones  is  standing  at  her  open  door, 
and  I  don't  care  for  her  to  see  my  swollen  eyes.  I'll  run 
down  the  garden  and  cross  the  fields,  and  so  home  by  the 
wood." 

"  It's  a  long  round,  and  an  unked  (lonely)  one,"  her  mother 
dubiously  remarked  ;  but  Katie  was  resolute, and  with  another 
hasty  "  God  bless  you  !"  she  sped  away. 

The  night  was  closing  in  sombrely,  but  Katie  was  familiar 
with  the  narrow  track  she  had  chosen,  and  trod  it  unerringly, 
even  where  the  trees  clustered  thickly  together,  aud  threw 
their  shadows  darkly  across  it  ;  and  her  thoughts  were  wan- 
dering iu  that  blissful  future,  which  her  laith  in  Hugh's  fidelity 
whispered  was  not  impossible,  when  the  tramp  of  heavy  feet 
aroused  her  from  her  reverie. 

Katie  was  no  coward,  and  it  was  from  no  foolish  timidity 
that  she  instantly  stepped  aside  and  crouched  behiud  a  con- 
venient thicket.  'I  he  same  disinclination  to  betray  her  tears 
to  the  curious  eyes  of  Mistress  Betty  Jones,  now  actuated  her 
desire  to  avoid  the  rude  stare  of  others,  aud  she  saw  no  barm 
in  thus  avoiding  a  threatened  rencontre. 

The  next  moment,  three  men,  in  the  rough  garb  of  the  work- 
ing-class, came  hurrying  by,  huddling  together,  breathing 
loudly  and  quickly,  and  glancing  fearfully  to  the  right  and  to 
the  left,  as  if  some  terrible  shadow,  which  they  vainly  sought 
to  avoid,  was  dogging  their  uucertuin  steps.  Scarcely  had 
they  passed  the  hidden  listener,  when  she  started  up,  with  the 
word,  "  Father!"  upon  her  lips,  for,  on  the  one  nearest  to  her, 
she  certainly  recognized  in  the  dim  twilight  the  old,  but  neatly- 
patched,  j;icket  he  commonly  wore. 

But  without  perceiving  her  they  had  gone  on  ;  and  wonder- 
ing a  little  at  their  haste,  and  the  direction  they  were  pursu- 
ing— for  they  were  already  far-down  a  by-path  leading  to  a 


September  8th] 


THE  CALIFORNIA**. 


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bleak  common  beyond — she  went  cm  her  own  way  to  the  mill. 

A  coupls  of  huudred  yards  more,  and  the  stile  was  reached  ; 
but  here  Katie  stopped  with  an  exclamation  of  surprise,  for, 
fluttering  on  a  bramble  beside  it,  was  the  treasured  India  silk 
handkerchief  which  Mrs.  Weston  was  in  the  habit  of  folding 
over  her  head  as  she  dozed  in  her  arm-chair  in  the  evening. 

Carrying  it  in  her  hand,  and  speculating  as  to  how  it  came 
there,  she  ran  across  to  the  gate  of  the  miller's  garden,  where 
she  expected  to  find  him  awaitiug  her  coming. 

But  Abel  Weston  was  not  there,  and  the  honse-door  was 
closed  and  fastened.  This  was  unusual,  for  the  miller,  accus- 
tomed to  be  much  in  the  open  air,  seldom  sought  the  fire-side 
in  hours  so  mild  as  this  fair  spring  gloaming. 

Katie  rapped  for  admittance,  and  the  summons  remaining 
unanswered,  she  stepped  back  to  reconnoitre  the  chamber- 
windows.  Was  it  later  than  she  had  imagined,  and  had  they 
— now  so  indifferent  about  her — retired  to  rest? 

If  sc,  surely  the  key  was  hung  in  the  porch,  as  it  had  some- 
times been  for  Hugh  ;  and,  standing  on  tip-toe,  she  groped  for 
the  nail.  It  was  empty  ;  and  now  disposed  to  resent  their 
seeming  unkindness,  she  rattled  the  latch  loudly  and  repeat- 
edly, and  then  put  her  ear  to  the  key-hole,  and  listened  for  the 
coming  of  the  miller. 

The  ceaseless  rushing  of  the  water  over  the  weir,  and  the 
steady  ticking  of  the  Dutch  clock  hanging  in  the  nook  by  the 
dresser,  alone  broke  the  solemn  stillness  of  the  hour  ;  for  so 
calm  was  the  night  that  even  the  leaves  on  the  beech-trees 
opposite  seemed  to  be  at  rest.  But  suddenly  a  low,  lengthened 
groan,  followed  by  a  choking  sigh,  echoed  through  the  quiet 
house  ;  and  Katie,  with  a  shriek  of  terror,  fied  from  the  door, 
and  down  the  lane  to  Hazeley. 

CHAPTER  IT. 

Pale  as  a  corpse,  breathless  with  running,  and  unconscious- 
ly retaining  in  her  hand  the  silken  kerchief,  she  reached  the 
cluster  of  cottages  already  alluded  to. 

On  a  bench  outside  one  of  these,  where  a  widow  eked  out 
the  parish  allowance  by  selling  a  variety  of  odds  and  ends, 
including  table  ale,  two  or  three  laborers  were  lounging  to 
have  a  gossip  and  a  neighborly  pipe,  when  Katie  appeared. 

"To  the  mill!  to  the  mill!"  she  franticly  cried.  "The 
door  is  fastened — I  cannot  open  it — and  some  one  is  dying 
within  ! 

A  few  words  put  the  astonished  men  in  possession  of  what 
little  she  knew,  and  they  began  to  don  their  hats  and  rouse 
up  a  sleeping  blacksmith,  whose  services  might  be  required  to 
gain  them  admittance. 

The  widow  had  now  heard  the  unusual  stir,  and  she  joined 
the  group  gathering  around  the  terror-stricken  Katie. 

"  Lotdsakes,  child  I"  she  cried  ;  "  but  you've  hurt  yourself, 
ain't  ye?  No?  Why  what's  this  on  your  pretty  handker- 
chief ?  " 

Aye,  what  indeed!  The  prudent  and  pitiful  woman  forci- 
bly detained  the  frenzied  girl,  while  the  men — their  faces 
blanched  by  this  dark  evidence  of  some  fearful  occurrence — 
hurried  off  to  ascertain  what  had  really  happened. 

It  was  well  for  Katie  that,  despite  her  struggles  and  angry 
remonstrances,  those  kind  hands  detained  her;  for  fearful  in- 
deed was  the  sight  that  met  the  beholders,  when  they  had 
burst  open  the  door  and  entered  the  miller's  living-room. 

There  had  been  spoilers  in  the  home  of  the  aged  couple — 
spoilers  and  murderers.  On  his  own  floor,  killed  in  defence  of 
his  hard  earnings,  lay  Abel  Weston  ;  and  his  wife,  in  ftebly 
endeavoring  to  protect  him,  had  perished  too. 

Like  one  stunned  by  the  vastness  of  the  misfortune,  stood 
Katie,  insensible  to  the  condoling  and  pitying  speeches  of 
those  who  crowded  around  her,  chafing  her  cold  hands  and 
bathing  her  temples;  until  a  simple,  kiudly-natured  lad,  who 
worked  at  the  mill,  in  a  burst  of  sorrow  for  the  good  old  mais 
ter  and  missus,  mentioned  the  name  of  their  absent  nephew. 

Then  Katie  awoke  from  her  lethargy.  "  Hugh  !  Oh,  Hugh  I" 
she  moaned,  and  bursting  through  the  throng,  ran  wildly  down 
the  road  towards  Hazeley. 

''She's  gone  to  her  mother's,"  said  one  to  another.  "  It's 
best  so,  for  she'll  feel  it  sorely.    Poor  thing  1" 

Mrs.  Morris  divined  something  something  amiss  from  her 
first  glimpse  of  Katie's  haggard  looks,  and  throwing  aside 
her  work,  she  folded  her  arms  about  the  trembling  youug 
creature. 

"  My  child,  my  dear  child,  what  is  it  ?  " 

"  Father  ! "  gasped  Katie  ;  "  where  is  he  ?  " 

Ere  the  mother  could  reply  he  entered,  as  ghastly  as  the 
girl  whose  eyes  were  fearfully  surveying  him. 

With  a  shudder  he  raised  his  hands  to  the  light,  and  with- 
out speaking,  plunged  them  into  a  bowl  of  water, 

'■  Katie  !  Harvey  !  "  cried  Mrs.  Morris,  her  voice  unsteady 
with  apprehension.  "  What  has  happened  ?  Harvey,  why  do 
you  not  answer  ?    Where  is  your  jacket  ?  " 

"  I  have  lost  it,"  he  said  sullenly. 

"  Lost  it !   But  how  ?  " 

"  No  matter  how.  It  is  lost.  Was  it  worth  so  much  that 
you  make  so  many  words  about  it?  " 

"  But  there  is  something  wrong.  Oh,  I  am  sure  that  there 
is!   What  is  it?" 


Ere  a  reply  could  be  given,  the  tidings  of  the  double  mur- 
der were  loudly  told  outside  the  window  by  one  passer-by  to 
another  ;  and  Katie  and  her  mother  clung  together  in  a  closer 
embrace,  while  Morris,  sinking  on  a  bench,  hid  his  face  in  his 
hands. 

When  he  looked  up  it  was  to  exclaim  in  low  tones,  "  For 
God's  sake,  Katie,  never  repeat  to  anyone  the  words  I  said 
this  morning.    Why  do  you  look  at  me  so  dreadfully,  child  ?" 

He  came  towards  her  as  he  spoke,  but  with  extended  arms 
she  repulsed  him. 

"  Father,  they  came  through  the  wood — the  murderers ! 
and  I  crouched  down  and  hid  until  they  had  passed." 

Her  mother  uttered  a  devout  exclamation  for  her  safety  ; 
but  Morris  eagerly  questioned,  "  Did  you  know  them?  " 

Katie  flung  herself  on  her  knees. 

"  Oh,  tell  me  it  was  not  you  I  It  was  your  dress,  and  I 
spoke  your  name  as  you  went  by.  But  no,  you  could  not  mean 
this  when  you  said  those  fearful  words  I  Father,  father,  say 
that  you  are  innocent,  or  I  shall  die  of  shame  and  horror!" 

The  over-wrought  girl  now  lay  on  the  floor  in  an  hysterical 
attack,  and  neighbors,  who  heard  her  cries  and  moans,  hasten- 
ed to  proffer  their  assistance.  But  Morrig,  recovering  his 
usual  acuteness,  civilly  dismissed  them,  and  aided  his  wife  in 
conv  'i'ing  their  miserable  child  to  bed. 

There  for  many  weeks  she  lay  in  the  delirium  of  a  low  fever, 
unable  to  reply  coherently  when  questioned  respecting  her 
partial  discovery  of  the  murder  ;  unconscious  that  when  the 
doctor  pronounced  her  recovery  hopeless,  Hugh  Weston  had 
stolen  to  her  side  to  kiss  her  burning  cheek,  and  that  her  own 
ravings,  added  to  other  circumstances  unfavorably  construed, 
had  made  Harvey  a  marked  and  suspected  man. 

No  traces  of  the  guilty  parties,  who  had  possessed  them- 
selves of  a  large  sum  of  ready  money,  had  been  discovered. 

It  was  surmised  that,  after  securing  the  door  and  flinging 
the  key  into  the  mill-pool,  they  had  made  their  way  across 
the  wood  to  some  convenient  retreat  ;  but  the  absence  of  any 
evidence — no  one  but  Katie  having  encountered  them — in- 
volved the  affair  in  mystery. 

In  vain  did  Hugh  offer  large  rewards  ;  no  one  came  for- 
ward to  claim  them.  And  as  time  went  on,  the  belief  which 
had  arisen,  none  knew  how,  that  Harvey  Morris  was  concern- 
ed in  the  murder,  gained  ground  in  Hazeley. 

There  were  more  than  one  ready  to  prove  that  he  had  gore 
in  the  direction  of  the  mill  that  morning  deeply  angered  with 
the  miller  :  and  an  old  woman  picking  up  sticks  for  her  fire, 
had  partly  overheard  his  conference  with  his  daughter. 

From  that  moment  he  had  not  been  seen  near  Hazeley  un- 
til nightfall  ;  when,  as  the  door  of  the  miller's  house  was 
wrenched  open,  he  had  made  his  appearance  without  his  jack- 
et. A.nd,  in  strange,  and  as  it  seemed,  remorseful  silence,  he 
had  assisted  in  raisiug  the  miller,  who  still  breathed,  and  car- 
rying him  up  stairs. 

Where  had  he  been  all  this  time,  and  with  whom  ? 

So  strong  were  the  doubts  of  his  innocence,  that  he  was 
examined  by  the  county  magistrates  ;  but  his  explanation, 
though  improbable,  was  possible. 

He  frankly  acknowledged  the  angry  feelings  he  had  cher- 
ished, and  the  idle  menaces  to  which  they  had  given  birth  ; 
and  alleged  that,  too  much  annoyed  to  resume  his  work,  he 
had  gone  to  a  small,  out-of-the-way  public  house  on  the  road- 
side, where  he  drank  deeply,  spending  all  the  money  he  pos- 
sessed ;  and  on  awaking  from  the  stupor  which  followed  this 
unusual  excess,  had  found  the  jacket  on  which  he  had  pil- 
lowed his  head,  stolen.  That,  ashamed  to  return  home  by  day- 
light or  confess  his  folly  to  his  wife,  he  had  skulked  about  the 
wood  until  the  eveuing,  arriving  at  the  mill  on  his  way  home, 
just  in  time  to  be  amoug  the  first  who  entered. 

Although  many  shook  their  heads  over  this  tale,  yet  the 
man's  previous  good  character  obtained  his  release.  But  he 
grew  moody  and  sullen  as  people  began  to  avoid  and  point  at 
him,  and  the  men  with  whom  he  worked  to  utter  covert  insin- 
uations, to  which  his  readiness  to  resent  them  with  his  fists, 
only  gave  a  deeper  coloring. 

"  Mary,"  he  said  to  his  wife  one  night,  "  we  must  go  away 
from  here  as  soon  as  that  poor  child  cau  be  moved,  or  I  shall 
be  goaded  into  worse  deeds  than  they  accuse  me  of.  Even 
you,"  he  said,  fiercely,  "  when  Katie  hid  her  face  from  me, 
shrink  away  too,  as  if  you  believed  me  guilty.  God  help  a 
man  when  his  own  wife  and  children  turn  against  him." 

The  faithful  wife  put  her  arm  round  his  neck.  "  Don't 
speak  so  bitterly,  Harvey  I  If  now  and  then  a  dreadful  fear 
has  come  over  me,  that  you  went  to  the  mill  that  night  to  ask 
for  Katie,  and  a  quarrel  arose,  only  tell  me  that  H  wasn't  bo, 
and  I'll  believe  you." 

"  I  didn't  think  that  I  should  ever  have  to  say  to  you,  Mary, 
I'm  an  innocent  man.  You  ought  to  know  me  better,  if  no 
one  else  does." 

"  Forgive  me,  Harvey,"  she  pleaded  ;  and  putting  his  arms 
about  her  as  she  kuelt  beside  him,  the  harrassed  and  depressed 
Morris  forgot  his  manhood,  and  wept. 

"  We'll  go  away,  Mary.  Perhaps  in  some  new  home,  where 
there's  no  one  to  throw  this  in  my  teeth,  I  shall  get  back  my 
old  spirit  and  work  with  a  will.  But  I  can't  here  1  I'm  like 
Ishmael^  every  one  seems  set  agaiust  me.  And  though  I  try 


to  keep  a  bold  front  to  'em,  my  heart  gets  heavy,  and  I'm  sick 
of  this  struggle." 

So  it  was  resolved  that  Harvey  should  start  on  the  trainp 
for  work  the  following  morning,  and  iu  the  course  of  another 
week  his  family  left  Hazeley  also.  Katie,  though  fearfully 
weak,  was  recovering  ;  and  was  equally  anxious  to  bid  fare- 
well to  the  scene  of  so  much  sorrow. 

Hugh  Weston,  who  only  heard  of  their  projected  departure 
an  hour  before  it  occurred,  hastened  to  the  cottage,  and  bent 
over  the  fragile  form  of  her  he  loved. 

"  Katie,  how  can  I  let  you  go  away  from  me  ?  But  it  ia 
only  for  a  little  while,  is  it  ?  By-aud-by  I  shall  come  and  fetch 
you  back." 

"  No,  Hugh,  no  ;  I  must  never  see  you  again.  Even  if  we 
could  resolve  to  forget  your  poor  uncle's  disapproval,  you 

could  not  marry  the  daughter  of  the  man  whom  people  " 

her  voice  died  away  in  a  sob. 

"  But  J  do  not  believe  him  guilty,  Katie.  He  came  to  see 
me  before  he  left  Hazeley,  and  we  did  not  part  like  men  who 
mistrust  each  other.    You  will  come  to  me  by-and-by,  dear  ?" 

But  she  repeated  her  "  No"  with  equal  firmness.  "For 
your  sake,  Hugh,  it  must  not  be.  If  ever  my  father  is  cleared, 
then — but  iu  a  little  while  you  will  marry  some  one  more 
suited  to  you  in  station,  and  I  mustn't  wish  it  otherwise." 
However,  Kaiie  wept  hitterly  as  she  sobbed  this. 

Hugh  said  but  little  more,  for  she  was  evidently  unable  to 
bear  the  agitation  it  occasioned,  but  his  la3t  words  were, 
"Trust  me,  Katie  I    We're  not  parting  for  ever,  remember  I" 

And,  in  spite  of  her  better  judgment,  she  did  trust  him,  and 
cherished  a  secret  hope  that  they  should  meet  again,  even 
when  a  report  reached  her  that  Hugh  had  sold  the  mill  and 
flitted  to  a  distant  country.  Even  when  months  elapsed,  and 
uo  sign  caine  from  him.  But  these  were  not  the  days  of  the 
penny  postage,  and  Katie  felt  herself  amply  rewarded  for  her 
faith  and  patience,  when  on  her  birthday,  a  parcel  arrived  by 
the  carrier,  containing  a  handsomely  bound  Church  Service, 
and  within  its  cover  a  tiny  »imple  locket,  which  held  a  wave 
of  Hugh's  black  hair. 

Long  before  this,  Harvey  Morris  had  secured  constant 
work  at  excellent  wages  ;  and  Katie,  restored  to  health,  was 
the  active  and  intelligent  manager  of  a  large  dairy  farm,  be- 
longing to  a  gentleman  who  owned  a  splendid  estate  in  the 
vicinity  of  the  town  where  her  parents  now  resided. 

And  out  of  evil  came  good,  in  so  many  ways,  that  if  she 
sometimes  remembered  the  old  home  at  Hazeley  with  <i.  a;HU 
of  regret,  it  was  always  followed  By  self-reproach.  Her  father, 
no  longer  the  idling  dissatisfied  mau,  but  sobered  and  steadied 
by  what  had  occurred,  now  labored  assiduously  for  his  family. 
Her  mother  had  lost  the  haggard  look  of  over- work  and  scant 
food  ;  the  boys,  under  better  teaching  and  greater  home  care 
were  developing  into  bright  lads  ;  and  one  of  her  sisters  was 
iu  training  under  her  own  kind  and  steady  supervision. 

Perhaps  such  thoughts  as  these,  mingled  with  some  secret 
yearnings  to  know  if  Hugh  still  remembered  her,  were  ia 
Katie's  mind,  as  a  few  weeks  before  her  birthday  again  came 
round,  she  stood  one  soft  summer  eve  watching  the  setting  of 
the  sun  from  the  little  flower-garden  she  called  hers. 

But  she  was  not  permitted  to  iudulge  them  long.  Mr.  , 

the  gentleman  who  employed  her,  was  about  to  leave  England 
for  a  lengthened  period,  aud  she  was  to  see  him  that  night, 
and  receive  some  final  directions,  etc. 

So,  gathering  the  wild  roses  and  honeysuckles  from  the 
hedge-row  as  she  went  aloDg,  Katie,  with  a  lad  for  a  protect- 
or, went  up  the  pretty  lane  which  separated  her  domain  from 
the  garden,  and  tiered  the  "  great  house  "  by  the  offices. 

It  was  an  hospitable  mansion,  and  it  was  nothing  uncom- 
mon to  find  vagrants  seated  on  a  bench  outside,  devouring  the 
food  unsparingly  bestowed  on  all  who  craved  it ;  and  a  ragged 
footsore  man  limped  from  it  as  she  approached,  aud  entering 
the  lobby  with  a  profusion  of  thanks  and  apologies,  begged 
permission  to  light  his  pipe. 

The  good-natured  cook  brought  him  some  matches,  and  he 
was  about  to  turn  away,  when  Katie,  white  and  trembling  with 
eagerness,  clutched  his  arm.  "  Where  did  you  get  that 
jacket  ?" 

The  confused  vagrant  tried  to  slip  away,  but  closing  the 
outer  door  and  bolting  it,  she  repeated  the  questiou. 

Seeing  that  the  servants — both  male  and  female — were  be- 
ginning to  gather  around  him,  he  told  a  rambling  story  of  hav- 
ing bought  it  of  a  mate  some  long  time  ago. 

There  was  falsehood  in  his  shifting  eye  and  stammering 
tongue,  aud  she  followed  up  the  inquiry  with  another. 

,"  Where  are  the  men  who  went  with  you  to  Hazeley  Mill 
the  night  Abel  W eston  was  murdered  ?" 

For  a  moment  he  was  startled  into  silence  ;  then,  declaring 
with  a  blasphemous  asseveration  that  he  kuew  not  what  she 
meant,  he  thrust  his  pipe  and  tobacco-pouch  back  into  his 
pocket,  a^d,  roughly  pushing  her  aside,  sought  to  escape. 

But  Katie  seized  and  held  him  firmly.  "  Help  1"  she 
shrieked,  "  help  me  !  This  man  is  a  murderer.  I  can  swear 
to  the  pouch  now  in  his  possession  I  It  was  Abel  Weston's  ; 
aud  he  had  it  in  his  hand  when  I  last  saw  him  alive." 

Mr.  — — ,  who  was  magistrate,  was  quickly  summoned,  and 


4 


THE    C  AL  IFORNI  AN, 


[September  8th 


Katie's  prisoner  spent  that  night  in   the  county  goal. 

The  excited  girl  flew  rather  than  ran  to  the  neat  little 
dwelling  in  the  outskirts  of  the  town,  where  her  family  re- 
sided, and  rushing  into  the  room  fell  upon  her  father's  neck. 

"  You  have  forgiven  me  long  ago,  have  you  not,  lor  my  cruel 
suspicions?  and  now,  my  own  dear  persecuted  father,  the 
whole  world  will  know  your  innocence.  One  of  the  men,  he 
who  wore  your  jacket,  is  taken !  How  shall  we  find  Hugh 
"Weston  ? — he  must  be  sent  for." 

"  Hugh  Weston  is  already  here,"  said  a  well-known  voice, 
aDd  Katie  started  up  to  meet  his  loving  embrace.  "  I  should 
have  been  with  you  before  this,"  the  young  man  continued  ; 
"  but  at  first  the  success  of  my  new  undertaking  was  doubt- 
ful. Now,  there  is  a  home  waiting  for  my  true-hearted 
Katie." 

"  But  what  is  this  about  a  man  being  in  custody  ?"  asked 
the  impatient  Morris,  and  his  daughter  told  the  full  particu- 
lars of  her  providential  meeting  with  one  of  those  for  whose 
crime  he  had  so  nearly  suffered. 

The  prisoner,  seeing  his  danger,  turned  Queen's  evidence  ; 
and  his  accomplices  were  seized  and  punished  for  the  brutal 
deed  they  had  committed  ;  the  good  folks  for  many  miles 
around  Hazeley  flocking  into  the  county  town  to  witness  the 
execution  of  these  stolid,  sullen  murderers  of  the  inoffensive 
and  respected  miller  and*his  kindly  wife. 

When  the  trial  was  over,  Hugh  Weston  talked  of  return- 
ing to  his  business,  and  it  was  an  understood  thing  that  he 
did  not  intend  to  travel  alone.  But  Katie  shook  her  head 
sadly  when  he  urged  her  to  fix  the  day  fur  their  nuptials. 

"I  would  fain  say  yes,"  she  faltered  ;  "but  the  memory  of 
those  who  loved  us  both  is  stdl  very  dear  to  me,  and  how  can 
I  do  what  I  know  would  have  angered  them  in  their  life?" 

"Dear  Katie,"  was  the  earnest  reply  ;  "  in  all  that  is  right 
and  just,  I,  too,  will  try  to  do  what  would  have  been  pleasant 
in  their  eye3.  But  thiuk  you,  that  if  they  see  us  now,  the 
same  worldly  motives  that  governed  their  objections  to  our 
uuion  can  influence  them  ?  Rather  believe  that  their  bless- 
ing hallows  the  love  which  time  and  trial  has  strengthened." 

The  argument  was  convincing;  and  after  a  brief  visit  to 
Hazeley,  where  the  tears  of  the  young  couple  fell  fast  as  they 
wandered  around  the  old  house,  and  stood  by  the  grave  of 
Abel  and  Martha  Weston,  they  were  quietly  united  ;  from 
thence  departing  to  found  a  new  family  of  Westons  in  a  val- 
ley as  green,  and  beside  a  river  as  brisk  and  clear,  as  the 
never-forgotten  stream  that  still  turns  the  weather-stained 
WUeels  01  Hazeley  Mill. —  O^ue  a  Weak. 


Degrading  Superstition'  in  Sweden. — At  a  late  execution 
in  Scania  a  vast  crowd  was  assembled,  some  of  whom  en- 
deavored to  become  possessed  of  some  drops  of  the  blood  of 
the  victim,  thinking  they  would  so  obtain  a  specific  against 
epilepsy,  cramp  and  other  diseases.  It  was  even  observed  that 
a  family  in  the  higher  ranks  of  society,  in  a  large  town,  had 
gone  from  some  distance  to  the  place  of  execution  for  the 
express  purpose  of  obtaiuing  this  talisman,  which  they  were 
most  eager  to  procure  as  a  remedy  for  one  of  the  children 
who  has  been  grievously  afflicted.  Immediately  after  the  exe- 
cution the  crowd  pressed  around  the  scaffold,  and  the  military 
guard  had  great  difficulty  in  keeping  them  off ;  but  no  sooner 
had  the  troops  and  the  police  been  withdrawn  than  men  and 
women  rushed  forward  and  scraped  the  ground  with  their 
hands  that  they  might  collect  some  of  the  bloody  earth,  which 
they  subsequenty  crammed  into  their  mouths,  in  the  hope  that 
they  might  thus  get  rid  of  their  diseases. 

Sunstroke  and  Shade. — Sunstroke  is  Hb  be  found  in  the 
bottom  of  a  glass  of  whisky  oftener  than  in  the  open  sun.  The 
shade  is  far  more  harmful,  all  told,  than  the  bright  light  of  the 
sun.  None  of  us  get  as  much  of  its  heat  and  light  as  we  re 
qnire.  It  drives  away  paralysis  and  rheumatism  ;  newly  mag- 
netizes the  animal  being  ;  pours  a  new  reservoir  of  electric 
power  into  the  veins  ;  and  revives  what  ha3  become  slow  and 
sluggish  in  the  shade.  We  live  in  the  shade  more  than  we 
ought.  The  sun  should  not  be  shut  out  of  houses  as  it  is.  It 
being  the  source  of  all  life  and  strength,  we  are  criminally  at 
fault  by  declaring  our  purpose  to  have  none  of  it,  to  have  as 
little  to  do  with  it  as  if  it  were  an  enemy.  Jt  is  generally 
something  btsides  the  sun  that  produces  sun  strok^. 

An  Affectino  Incident  in  Court. — About  the  middle  of 
last  moDth,  a  woman  thirty  years  of  age  appeared  before  a 
Paris  court  of  justice,  mixed  up  somehow  or  another  with  a 
cause  on  trial.  She  was  very  beautiful,  and  her  beauty  seemed 
more  fascinating  from  the  simplicity  of  her  costume.  The 
judge  examined  her.  "  It  appears,  madame,  from  the  informa- 
tion before  the  court,  your  youth  was  extremely  dissipated." 
"  The  information  is,  unfortunately,  but  too  true,  your  honor." 
"Nevertheless,  it  appears  your  conduct  has  been  irreproachable 
since  I860."  "Aye,  aye  !  and  the  reason  is  plain — my  daughter 
was  born  that  year."  The  tone  and  manner  of  the  woman 
in  giving  this  answer  thrilled  the  court  and  audience  and  won 
her  cause.   

The  son  of  Madame  Ristori,  the  actress,  has  been  named 
captain  for  his  gallaut  conduct  at  the  battle  of  Custozza. 


A  RIDE  ON  A  COW-CATCHER. 

IT  was  past  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening  when  we  left  To- 
ledo for  Detroit,  a  distauce  of  sixty-five  miles.  E.  H. 
Field  was  conductor,  and  Charles  Luce  stood  engineer.  The 
night  was  blacker  than  a  black  cat's  back,  but  the  road  was 
smooth,  and  the  train  a  mighty  fast  one.  The  first  station 
out  from  Toledo  we  coaxed  Hob  Langan,  of  the  Detroit  Daily 
Free  Press,  to  try  a  night-ride  on  the  cow  catcher  in  front  of 
the  engine  to  get  up  a  new  sensation  !  Bob  said  he  had  as 
soon  ride  inside,  but,  not  wishing  to  see  our  neck  broken 
alone,  he  said  yes,  and  us  two  clambered  on,  braced  our  feet, 
leaned  back,  tied  a  handkerchief  about  the  throat,  buttoned 
our  coats  and  were  ready.  No  one  knew  that  we  were  on 
ahead.  The  bell  rings — Chuff— chuff— chuff— chuff— chuff— 
chutl'-chuff-yuf-yuf-yufi'-ff  ff-ff  ff  ff-f.f  f-f  f-f !  And  away  we  go 
like  a  caption  shot  from  a  mortar.  How  the  steam  talked  to 
the  engine,  and  the  engine  growled  as  if  it  wanted  to  sleep 
but  could  not !  The  valves  sucked  and  pounded  in  the  huge 
one  eyed  devil  behind  us!  The  iron  steed  of  pandemonium 
seemed  .like  a  ghost  of  some  furnace  let  loose  for  noon,  as  we 
struck  out  for  Detroit.  Gracious !  How  dark  the  night  was  ! 
Black  clouds  hung  low  ahead  of  us,  and  the  gloom  was  like 
that  which  envelopes  the  damned.  Like  the  head  of  a  nerve- 
less man  the  engine  shook  from  side  to  side  as  we  roared,  rum- 
bled and  rushed  on.  The  great  goggle  eye — the  bright  head- 
light— threw  a  circle  of  illumination  a  few  rods  ahead,  showing 
the  narrow  track  and  the  spider-web  like  rails,  looking  in  the 
darkness  no  bigger  than  telegraph  wires.  And  how  the  engine 
went !  The  half  circle  of  light  on  ahead  of  us  spread  away 
but  could  not  escape.  The  huge  engine  was  behind  its  con- 
fines— and  such  a  roar.  How  like  an  angel  the  reflection  of 
the  great  lamp  sped  ahead  of  ue — how  like  a  black  devil  came 
the  train  thundering  behiud  a3  if  determined  to  capture  the 
gloom  piercing  fugitive! 

Ou  and  away !  How  the  patch  of  light  fled  ahead  !  How 
like  a  spirit  of  light  it  pierced  the  darkness  as  truth  pierces 
error  !  Over  the  ground  ;  ever  on  the  track  ;  now  over  some 
bridge  ;  now  close  in  a  cut ;  now  over  a  culvert,  jumping  like 
a  fawn  ;  now  brushing  past  a  hill  ;  now  revealing  a  house  or 
barn,  a  wood  pile  or  a  station,  on  went  the  fugitive,  and  be 
hind  it  thundered  and  rumbled  the  iron  monster! 

Bu'.  'twas  glorious  !  Not  a  word  could  be  spoken.  It  was 
hold  on  or  death.  No  time  for  jokes  or  foolishness.  This 
playing  "  knuckle  down"  with  death  is  no  buy  s  pastime.  A 
broken  rail,  an  obstruction,  a  misplaced  switch,  a  creature  on 
the  track,  a  coming  engine  on  the  wrong  lime,  and  into  the 
earth,  stones,  or  timber  would  have  gone  the  cow-catcher  at 
the  rate  of  twenty  six  miles  uu  hour,  and  into  eternity  would 
have  passed  two  Democratic  editors,  without  as  much  as  "  by 
your  leave,  gentlemen!" 

The  sky  and  the  earth  were  lost  in  the  black  horizon  !  The 
groves,  fields  and  houses  seemed  to  shoot  past  us  as  if  bent 
on  being  somewhere  on  time  to  a  second.  The  darkness  hung 
like  a  pall  ahead  of  us,  only  pierced  at  the  edge  by  the  reflec- 
tion of  our  lamp.  The  track  all  the  time  seem?d  to  be  point- 
ed down  hill  at  an  appareut  angle  of  twenty  degrees.  It 
seemed  as  if  the  end  of  the  road  w  s  but  five  rods  ahead,  and 
we  were  just  ready  to  make  a  frightful  leap  into  some  dark, 
yawning,  horrible  gulf.  A  lump  of  brimstone  to  have  smelled 
of  would  have  completed  the  picture  !  As  it  was,  the  objects 
we  passed  seemed  like  ghosts,  devils,  damned  spirits,  goblins 
and  hobgoblins  ! 

Every  second  it  seemed  as  if  the  end  of  the  road  was  but 
just  ahead  of  us.  Lights  flashed  for  a  momeut,  and  were 
gone  ;  houses  were  th  >l  by  in  a  twinkling.  Lights  in  win- 
dows seemed  like  lightning-bugs,  and  vanished  into  dark  air 
as  if  fearing  annihilation  by  the  monster  on  whose  chin  we 
were  riding;  while  his  single  eye  gleamed  in  hate,  and  his 
open  mouth  on  the  top  of  his  head  laughed  its  hellish  ha-ha- 
ha-ha!  in  fiendisii  delight ! 

How  we  rode,  still  seemingly  down  an  inclined  plane  ;  still 
rushing  after  the  gulden  glimmer  ahead  ;  still  rubbing  our  face 
on  the  cheek  of  death,  yet  no  more  fearing  it  than  the  infant 
fears  death  while  asleep  on  its  mother's  breast.  We  had  faith  ! 
The  form  and  features  of  a  loved  one  seemed  to  be  ahead  of 
us  smiling  and  saying  by  her  smile  that  he  who  had  pluck 
would  surely  win  the  race  !  We  never  thought  it  possible  to 
be  killed,  but  we  did  decide  how  we  should  jump  in  case  of 
an  accident.  Station  after  station— over  the  culverts,  the 
bridges,  past  the  fields,  through  the  cuts,  around  curves, 
through  swamps,  over  stretches  of  level  country,  past  mile 
posts — ever  in  the  same  cloud  of  darkness  we  rushed.  The 
night  wind  whistled  by  us,  cold  and  keen.  The  stations 
came  and  went  as  down  into  the  blackness  of  night  we  rush- 
ed at  the  rate  of  a  mile  in  a  fraction  over  two  minutes  !  But 
it  was  glorious!  The  hair  fairly  stood  erect  when  tho  hat 
would  be  removed  from  our  brow,  and  in  a  kind  of  delirious 
fancy  it  seemed  as  if  it  would  be  fun  to  die  and  surprise  folks 
up  yonder  by  rushing  in  upon  them  at  their  devotions,  and 
telling  them  we  had  an  item  in  advance  of  the  train  !  and  that 
a  whole  lot  of  slow  people  were  close  behind  us,  but  not  in 
time  to  secure  front  seats  I 
"J)etroil.'"    And  here  we  were  without  an  accident,  safe 


and  sound,  in  advance  of  the  train,  having  gained  on  it  since 
we  left  Toledo.  The  engineer  wanted  to  know  who  we  were 
as  we  leaped  or  rather  eased  ourself  down  from  the  cow-catch- 
er to  run  almost  in  his  arms,  while  Bob  disappeared  on  the 
other  side  of  the  train.  We  gave  the  man  some  name,  and 
walked  off  while  he  stood  lecturing  us,  and  while  some  old 
fogy,  nervous  passengers,  said  that  no  money  would  tempt 
them  to  such  a  bit  of  fun  as  riding  about  sixty  miles  in  a  dark 
night  on  a  cow  catcher.  Let  those  who  have  no  fear  of  death, 
who  have  clear  consciences,  and  perfect  faith,  try  it  some  time 
and  see  if  it  does  not  make  them  thiuk  of  a  trip  through  the 
inferno  during  recess  for  noon.  Brick  Pomeroy. 

AMUSEMENTS. 

LADY  DOS'  has  drawn  another  good  week's  business  at 
the  Opera  House  during  the  present  week,  tho  attrac- 
tions having  been  Rub  Roy  on  Monday  and  Tuesday  evenings  ; 
Rural  Felicity — Buckstone's  lively  and  entertaining  little 
comedy,  exceedingly  well-dressed  and  acted  by  all  who  took 
part  in  it — and  the  burlesque  of  Mazourfot  on  Wednesday 
and  Thursday  evenings.  Tommy  and  Sally  and  the  above 
named  burlesque  was  the  bill  last  evening  fur  the  benefit  of 
the  Independent  Hiberuia  Green's,  who  were  greeted  with  a 
lull  house  and  treasury. 

This  afternoon  Brough's  new  burlesque  entitled  Prince 
Florizel,  or,  The  Winter's  Tile,  will  be  brought  out.  Cray's 
famous  Bet///ar's  Opera,  one  of  the  first  operas  ever  produced 
on  the  English  stage  ;  and  the  refrains  of  which  were  popu  ar 
with  our  grandmothers  iu  their  girlhood,  and  yet  live  in  the 
nursery  rhyme  books  of  the  present  day,  will  be  produced  to- 
night, with  the  original  music.  On  Monday  and  Tuesday 
evening  the  bill  will  consist  of  the  musical  comedy  of  The 
Black  Domino,  by  Charles  Mathews,  in  which  all  the  princi- 
pal gems  of  Auber's  opera  of  Le  Domino  A'oir  willjbe  sung 
by  Lady  Don,  and  the  new  burlesque  of  Prince  Florizel. 

Metropolitan  Theatre. — On  Saturday  eveuing  of  last 
week  Lucia  di  Lammermoor  was  performed  to  an  overflow- 
ing house  for  the  benefit  of  the  Hebrew  Ladies'  Benevolent 
Society,  which  ui'jst  have  realized  a  very  handsome  addition 
to  its  resources.  The  cast  of  the  opera,  and  its  admirable 
interpretation  were  the  same  as  ou  two  occasions  airtady  no- 
ticed. 

Belisario  was  produced  on  Monday  evening,  furnishing  an 
opportunity  for  the  deb.it  of  Miss  E.  C.  Brannan  in  the  char- 
acter of  "  Antouiua,''  a  part  not  so  well  suited  for  the  pur- 
pose, we  should  think,  a>  some  others  in  which  we  hope  lo 
hear  her  during  the  season,  the  music  being  rather  too  heavy 
for  her  voice  and  style.  In  a  musical  point  of  view,  however, 
her  success  was  quite  encouraging,  and  proved  that  she  not 
only  knew  her  part  thoroughly,  but  was  entirely  capable  of 
executing  it  with  delicacy  and  precision  ;  while  her  acting, 
though  too  intense  and  nervous,  (as  is  very  natural  with  a 
debutante  of  keen  artistic  temperament,)  promised  abundant 
material  for  culture  and  experience  to  work  upon.  Neither 
too  lifeless  on  the  one  hand,  nor  too  brazenly  confideut  on 
the  other,  she  is  a  singer  who  will  surely,  in  our  opinion,  win 
success  by  dilligent  application.  We  hope  to  have  an  early 
opportunity  of  hearing  her  again.  The  other  characters  in 
Belisario  were  ably  sustained  by  Sijjnora  Bianchi,  Signori 
Bianchi,  Mancusi,  and  other  members  of  the  troupe. 

Norma  was  given  on  Wednesday  evening,  with  the  same 
cast  as  on  two  previous  occasions.  Some  of  the  concerted 
pieces  were  rendered  with  great  spirit,  and  the  leading  artists 
were  twice  called  before  the  curtain  ;  but  there  were  several 
mistakes  arising  from  carelessness,  which  somewhat  marred 
the  performance  :  and  the  chorus  aud  orchestra  were  several 
times  quite  out  of  tune. 

Last  night  the  first  representation  of  Rossini's  immortal 
11  Barbiei-e  di  Sivigli.a  was  given  to  a  crowded  house,  and 
will  be  noticed  more  fully  in  our  next  issue.  This  evening 
Crispino  a  la  Comare  will  be  repeated. 

Female  Taste  in  Dress. — Taste  iu  dress  can  scarcely  lead 
its  possessor  astray,  and  is  indeed,  a  moral  guide.  It  is  full 
of  reminders  and  admonitions;  nor  can  a  woman  dress  herself 
'in  perfect  taste  without  a  distinct  knowledge  of  ber  personal 
defects.  A  hundred  fashions  are  pretty  and  charming  in 
themselves  ;  but  she  knows  they  are  not  for  h^r,  and  resists 
them.  They  are  forbidden  by  something  in  figure,  complex- 
ion, station,  age  or  character,  which,  though  not  flattering  to 
her  vanity,  she  does  not  permit  lisrself  to  forget.  Passion  for 
dress  is  profuse  and  extravagant ;  taste  in  dress  is  full  of 
wise,  philosophical  economies,  knowing  that  the  merit  of  dec- 
oration is  not  in  its  elaborate  richness  or  expense,  but  in  its 
adaptation.  Taste  in  dress  is  essentially  moderate  aud  self- 
collected  ;  never  forgetting  that  the  object  of  dress  is  not  lo 
exhibit  itself,  but  its  wearer;  that  all  that  the  most  splendid 
toilet  has  to  do  is  to  set  off  a  noble,  graceful,  and  winning 
presence,  and  itself  to  be  lost  in  a  pleasing  or  effective,  or,  it 
may  be,  dazzling  geueral  impression.  Passion  lor  dress  is  al- 
ways intent  on  what  others  will  think— or  taking  some  new 
eye  by  storm  ;  taste  has  sell-respect,  and,  before  all  things, 
must  satisfy  its  own  Dotions  of  propriety  and  grace. 


September  8th  J 


THE  CALIFORNIAN 


5 


LITERARY  GLEANINGS  AND  GOSSIP. 

[This  department  is  not  designed  to  he  strictly  "  critical,"  and  will 
not  supersede  our  usual  book  reviews  ;  nor  will  it  be  limited  to  notices 
ol  new  publications  :| 

' '  <T^RIED  AND  TRUE,  or  Love  and  Loyalty,"  is  the 
JL  title  of  a  new  novel  founded  upon  the  war,  by  Mrs. 
Bella  Z.  Spencer,  a  lady  w>ll  known  in  literary  circles  at  the 
East,  who  has  very  recently  become  a  resideut  of  San  Fran- 
cisco. It  is  stated  in  the  N.  Y.  Tribune  of  August  8th,  that 
the  first  edition  was  exhausted  in  two  weeks  after  its  issue,  a 
fact  which  would  seem  to  afford  evidence  that  the  book  con- 
tains elements  of  popularity.  The  scene  of  the  story  is  laid 
in  the  South,  which  was  the  residence  of  the  author  from  her 
early  childhood  up  to  her  sixteenth  year.  During  the  progress 
of  the  war  she  also  made  frequent  visits  to  the  army  of  the 
South  West,  spent  several  weeks  at  Paducah  during  18G2, 
and  afterwards  spent  two  summers  at  Corinth  ;  during  the 
second  of  which  her  husband  served  as  chief  of  staff  under 
Gen.  Dodge,  then  in  command.  During  this  time  she  says  : 
"  Many  visits  were  made  to  the  sick  and  wounded,  and  the 
miserable  Refugees  who  swarmed  through  our  lines.  Many 
were  the  long  horseback  rides  into  the  country,  passing  fear- 
lessly beyond  our  pickets  to  any  place  which  our  fancy  might 
select ;  and  it  is  to  such  a  life  1  owe  what  knowledge  I  possess 
of  the  suffering,  wrong,  and  oppression  of  a  people  whose  po- 
sition was  worse  than  that  of  the  slave." 

The  following  extracts  will  furnish  an  idea  of  the  author's 
style,  and  the  general  character  of  the  book  : 

AMONG  THE  WOUNDED.  A  HOSPITAL  SCENE. 

She  knelt  beside  a  heavy,  giant  like  fellow  who  lay  with 
his  bright  eyes  wide  open  and  twinkling  restlessly.  A  ball 
had  passed  t  hrough  his  right  hand  ;  that  must  be  dressed  first ; 
then  a  deep  flesh  wound  in  the  arm  just  above  the  elbow. 
These  done  he  moved  with  some  difficulty  and  displayed  an- 
other flesh  wound  upon  the  right  shoulder,  beginning  to  canker 
for  want  of  proper  attention.  "  You  see  I  couldn't  git  to 
that  myself,"  he  said  grimly,  "  I  fixed  the  others  up  in  some 
sort  o'  shape  ;  but  this  one  was  too  high  up." 

"  Do  you  tell  me  that  you  have  had  no  one  to  care  for  you 
since  receiving  those  wounds?" 

"  Nary !  What's  the  use  ?  I  lost  a  power  o'  blood  among 
'em,  but  then  I  was  a  sight  stronger  than  any  of  the  other 
fellers  round,  an'  1  told  the  medicine  chaps  tc  let  me  alone  an' 
tend  to  'em." 

"  You  are  a  brave,  unselfish  man,  and  deserve  to  be  re- 
warded !    What  regiment  do  you  belong  to  1" 

"  Beige's  sharpshooters.  But  you  never  mind.  I  don't 
want  no  promotion  ;  I'm  fightin'  fur  my  ole  woman  an'  the 
chillen,  an'  don't  need  to  be  paid  fur  it.  Guess  if  we  was  all 
officers,  thar  wouldn't  be  any  men  to  fight." 

"  Hurrah  !  you're  a  trump  !"  shouted  a  wild  young  fellow, 
lifting  hi;.iself  upon  his  sound  arm  to  look  at  his  comrade.  "  I 
say,  Stevens,  you'll  wear  a  Corporal's  bars  before  you  know 
it,  old  fellow." 

Those  around  laughed  ;  Stevens  grunted. 

"  Don't  want  'em." 

"  A  Lieutenant's  then  ;  they'll  be  better." 
"  Don't  want  'em." 
"  A  Captain's." 
"  Don't  want  'em." 

"  Suppose,  then,  you  take  a  Colonel's." 
"  Don't  want  'em." 

"  What  do  you  want,  I'd  like  to  know?" 

"  Want  you  to  shet  up  yer  jaw  an'  let  a  feller  alone.  II 
ye  need  'em,  1  give  ye  all  my  chances  to  put  a  leather  iu  yer 
cap." 

"  Now  I  think  I  have  finished,"  said  Astrea  taking  up  her 
sponge  and  basin.    "  I  hope  you  feel  comfortable." 

"  Not  quite,"  and  he  drew  one  loot  up  slowly.  "1  guess 
the  rebs  found  my  heels  in  spite  of  me,  as  they  shut  one  purty 
nigh  off."  Astrea  removed  the  bandages  and  revealed  a  ter- 
rible wound.  A  piece  of  shell  still  remaiued  in  it,  which  must 
have  caused  untold  agony. 

"  I  cannot,  dress  it  until  this  is  out.  Can  you  bear  to  have 
a  slight  operation  ?  It  is  a  wonder  it  is  not  past  alt  help.  I 
am  not  sure,  indeed,  that  we  can  save  your  foot  now." 

"'Hope  there  aint  any  more,"  spoke  a  quiet  voice  a  little 
beyond  them.  "  I  should  think  a  few  mere  shots  would  have 
left  nothing  of  you." 

"  You  see  the  advantage  of  being  big,"  answered  Stevens, 
stoutly.  "  It  gives  more  space  to  work  on,  an'  still  leaves 
Something  fur  the  doctors."  , 

"  What  is  this  you  are  saying,  my  man  ?"  and  Doctor  Clarke 
stopped  beside  hint. 

'•  Nothing  o'  consequence  ;  but  I  think  this  lady  wants  you 
to  do  something  or  other." 
'   Astrea  lojked  up. 

"  Here  is  a  piece  of  shell  in  this  wound  which  must  come 
out."  and  she  displayed  it.  He  looked  at  the  foot  and  then 
at  the  man. 

"  1  think  I  heard  somebody  call  you  a  '  trump  '  a  moment 
ago.  That  is  no  name  for  you,  if  you  have  borne  all  this 
without  complaint.  I  suppose  you  would  not  mind  having  it 
out,  now  ?" 

"  As  ye  please." 

The  next  extract  shows  that  (Jen.  McFherson,  so  long  a 
resident  of  San  Francisco,  is  introduced  into  the  story  ;  in 
which,  however,  he  makes  one  or  two  much  longer  speeches 
than  most  of  his  acquaintances  will  think  quite  characteristic 
of  him  : 

A  FREIGHT-TRAIN  OF  REFUGEES. 

General  McPherson  rose  and  excused  himself.  He  was 
superintendent  of  the  military  railroads  at  that  time,  and  it 
was  necessary  for  him  to  be  present  at  the  arrival  and  depart- 
ure of  every  train. 

Standing  at  the  frout  windows,  our  party  watched  the  train 


as  it  came  in  from  Iuka,  loaded  heavily  with  freight  and 
swarming  with  human  beings  black  and  white.  Major  Thorn- 
ton laughed  aloud  as  he  saw  the  comical  figures  the  poor 
wretches  made  as  they  "began  to  clamber  from  their  perches 
to  the  platform.  They  were  but  half-clothed,  stiff,  and  cramped 
by  their  long  ride  in  such  an  uncomfortable  position.  Huge 
bundles  of  clothing  and  bedding  had  been  piled  upon  the  top 
of  cotton  bales,  and  the  smaller  children,  both  white  and  black, 
were  literally  packed  between  them,  as  the  only  mode  of  travel- 
ling safely,  never  daring  to  move  lest  they  should  fall  from  the 
train.  The  little  creatures  had  become  perfectly  helpless,  and 
when  set  upon  their  feet,  were  unable  to  stand.  Some  cried 
piteously,  while  others  sank  mutely  upon  the  floor,  putting  on 
most  ludicrously  long,  ^rave  faces. 

"  Look  at  McPheison,"  exclaimed  Thornton  suddenly.  "  I 
told  him  he  would  have  a  chance  to  exercise  his  benevolence." 

They  saw  the  General  reaching  up  to  lid  an  old  negro  who 
had  been  vainly  striving  to  descend  from  his  high  seat.  Catch- 
ing the  old  man's  arm  he  steadied  him  carefully  until  he  was 
safely  landed  upon  the  platform.  Then  came  the  old  woman, 
creeping  over  her  bundles  and  in  danger  of  falling  with  each 
new  essay,  until  the  General  weary  of  delay,  caught  her  in 
both  llands  and  lifted  her  bodily  from  the  train.  A  shout  of 
laughter  from  Major  Thornton  caused  him  to  look  up  reproach- 
fully, his  grave  lace  expressive  of  genuine  pity  for  the  miser- 
able beings  thrown  thus  upon  his  mercy.  That  look  showed 
him  two  other  figures,  and  one  face  bright  with  approving 
smiles,  while  the  other  grave  and  sweet,  was  wet  with  tears 
which  rolled  slowly  down  her  cheeks.  It  was  tuough.  Had 
he  needed  any  other  reward  than  the  approval  of  his  own 
conscience,  he  found  it  in  that  brief  glance,  and  the  picture  it 
left  in  his  memory. 

Ten  Years  of  a  Lifetime  is  the  somewhat  unsuggestive 
title  of  a  new  work  of  fiction  by  Mrs.  Margaret  Hosmer,  of 
this  city.  Those  who  have  read  The  Morrisons — much  the 
best  novel  yet  achieved  by  any  California  writer — will  be 
pretty  sure  to  extend  a  cordial  welcome  to  a  new  book  from 
the  same  author,  and  they  will  find  in  the  present  volume  all 
the  characteristics  that  made  its  predecessor  so  attractive- 
The  style  is  very  much  above  the  average  standard  for  popu- 
lar fiction,  and  the  characters  are  well  conceived,  and  vigor- 
ously drawn.  The  following  graceful  bit  of  character-sketch- 
ing and  dialogue  will  furnish  a  good  idea  of  the  "  quality  "  of 
Mrs.  Hosmer's  new  book  : 

ADDIE's  ID1CAS  OF  ART. 

The  dust  was  no  sooner  gathered  up,  and  the  little  threshold 
mat  laid  in  place  again,  than  a  slow  and  cautious  step  was 
heard  upon  the  stairs,  and  an  old  man,  witli  a  bent  head,  ap- 
parently lost,  in  thought,  came  quietly  up  and  turned  at  the 
landing  coming  towards  the  open  door.  He  had  a  mild,  ab- 
sent-looking face,  with  large,  gentle,  brown  eyes,  and  a  small, 
child-like  mouth,  that  was  fresh  and  rosy  enough  for  a  girl. 
His  hair  was  very  gray,  but  he  was  neither  shrivelled  nor 
wrinkled,  and  had  a  pleasant,  cleanly  look  about  his  plain 
dress  that  was  in  unison  with  his  fresh  complexion  and  sweet 
and  cheery  voice.  Addie  recognized  him  with  some  displeas- 
ure and  annoyance.  "  There  now, "  she  said,  pettishly,"  you're 
come  back,  so  you  are,  just  as  I  was  beginning  to  get  you 
dusted,  and  Kitty  will  blame  me,  and  say  1  wasn't  hurrying  ; 
and  I  don't  want  her  to  do  so,  for  fear  she  won't  take  me  out 
to-night." 

The  old  gentleman  glanced  at  the  girl  in  mild  surprise,  then 
he  laughed  pleasantly.  "  Oh,  you  art)  afraid  I'll  be  in  your 
way,"  he  said,  ".  but  I  promise  you  I  won't.  1  would  go  out 
again,  but  1  had  forgotlet  a  bit  of  sky  I  promised  for  to  day, 
and  so  I  came  back  to  get  the  colors  ready,  or  I  shall  not 
have  it  in  time." 

"  Ha,  ha.  ha!"  laughed  Addie,  merrily,  "  1  like  to  hear  you 
talk,  Mr.  Siebert :  it  seems  so  funny  to  say  you  promised  a 
bit  of  sky,  as  if  any  one  could  give  a  piece  of  heaven  to  any 
one  else.  But  yours  don't  seem  the  least  like  the  real  thing, 
so  I  suppose  it,  don't  matter  what  or  how  you  call  it.  Why 
don't  you  give  it  the  deep-water  look  it  has  when  you  try  to 
pierce  it  with  your  eye,  so  soft  and  clear  and  endlessly  deep, 
while  yours  is  a  thick  coat  of  blue,  that  would  crack  or  scale 
away,  but  never  melt  under  your  look  as  the  real  sky  does. 
Can't  they  do  it  at  all  ?" 

The  painter  stroked  his  chin  while  he  followed  the  child's 
glance  out  of  the  op"n  window. 

'•  No,"  he  said,  softly  and  thoughtfully.  "  I  have  never  seen 
it.    God  made  the  sky,  my  cricket,  and  man  mixes  paints.'' 

"  That  isn't  it,"  said  Addie,  decidedly,  "  and  I'll  tell  you 
why.  God  made  women  and  children,  but  you  paint  prettier 
ones,  I  think.  They  don't  look  like  tha  real,  but  they're  far, 
tar  prettier." 

'•  Some  day,"  said  the  artist,  laughing,  "  I  shall  paint  you, 
and  then  you  II  do  me  justice,  and  not  be  so  hard  a  critic." 

"  Could  I  be  painted  ?"  cried  Addie  ;  "  would  I  make  a  pic- 
ture ?  Oh,  it  would  be  such  a  funny  one.  I  never  saw  such 
thin,  brown 'hands  in  a  painting  and  I  wouldn't  have  them, 
either.  I  should  make  you  do  a  beautiful,  white,  slender  pair, 
with  plenty  of  rich  lace  round  the  wrists." 

"  They  wouldn't  be  true  hands,  then,  cricket,"  said  the 
painter,  who  had  thrown  off  his  coat  in  favor  of  a  short 
jacket,  in  which  he  was  now  busy  compounding  colors,  "and 
you  know  that  is  why  you  object  to  my  skies." 

"  No,  that  is  not  it."  said  Addie,  in  strong  dissent;  "it 
wasn't  because  the  sky  you  paint  isn't  like  the  real,  because  it 
you  had  made  it  prettier  than  the  real  one  I  shouldn't  have 
minded  it  a  bit.  What  I  think  is,  that  if  you  touch  anything 
you  ought  to  improve  it  ;  so  I  don't  mean  to  be  painted  to 
look  as  I  am,  you  know,  but  prettier— just  as  I  would  be  if  I 
could." 

The  great  event,  however,  in  the  literary  world,  so  far  as 
works  of  fiction  are  concerned,  is  the  appearance  of  a  new 
novel  by  the  author  of  Adam  Bedeand  Rornola.  Felix  Holt, 
the  Radical,  will  in  no  wise  detract  from  "  George  Elliot's" 
reputation.  It  is  a  production  of  amazing  originality  and 
power,  and  contains  elements  of  a  much  wider  popularity  than 


most  of  the  author's  previous  efforts.  We  believe  there  is  no 
difference  of  opinion  at  all  amoDg  judicious  critics  as  to 
"  George  Elliot's  "  title  to  the  very  first  place  in  the  highest 
rank  of  contemporary  female  novelists.  At  any  rate,  it  would, 
we  think,  seriously  perplex  the  most  ingenious  literary  advo- 
cate to  frame  an  argument  designed  to  dispute  her  absolute 
right  of  precedence.  For  subtlety  and  vigor  of  thought,  for 
genuine  healthy  strength,  both  in  the  main  idea  and  in  all  its 
collateral  outgrowths,  this  novel  is,  to  say  the  least,  fully  equal 
to  the  best  of  the  day,  whether  -produced  by  man  or  woman. 
But  proof  by  example  is  better  than  mere  critical  disquisition, 
and  our  readers  will  judge  for  themselves  as  to  the  kind  of 
stuff  "  George  Elliot's"  latest  effort  is  made  of  by  the  fol- 
lowing excerpts,  though  they  can  of  course  furnish  no  idea  of 
the  larger  merits  of  the  book,  in  the  way  of  plot,  and  the  de- 
lineation and  gradual  development  of  character  : 

THE  MOTHER'S  LOVE. 

"  Day  after  day,  year  after  year,  had  yielded  blanks  ;  new 
cares  had  come,  bringing  other  desires  for  results  quite  beyond 
her  grasp,  which  must  also  be  watched  for  in  the  lottery  ;  and 
all  the  while  the  round  limbed  pet  had  been  growing  into  a 
strong  youth,  who  liked  many  things  better  than  his  mother's 
caresses,  and  who  had  a  much  keener  consciousness  of  his  re- 
lation to  her :  the  Lizard's  egg,  that  white,  rounded,  passive 
prettiness,  had  become  a  brown,  darting,  determined  lizard. 
The  mother's  love  is  at  first  an  absorbing  delight,  blunting  all 
other  sensibilities  ;  it  is  an  expansion  of  the  animal  existence  ; 
it  enlarges  the  imagined  range  for  self  to  move  in  :  but  in 
after  years  it  can  only  continue  to  be  joy,  on  the  same  terms 
as  other  long-lived  love— that  is  by  much  suppression  of  self, 
and  power  of  living  in  the  experience  of  another." 

The  following  sentences,  selected  almost  at  random,  have 
the  weight  of  apothegms,  and  are  of  a  quality  rarely  found  in 
novels  :  "  A  woman's  hopes  are  woven  of  sunbeams  ;  a  shadow 
annihilates  them." 

"  Under  protracted  ill,  every  living  creature  will  find  some- 
thing that  makes  a  comparative  ease  ;  and  even  when  life  seems 
woven  of  pain  will  convert  the  fainter  pang  into  a  desire." 

"  Truth-vendors,  like  medicine-vendors,  usually  recommend 
swallowing.  When  a  man  sees  his  livelihood  in  a  pill  or  a 
proposition  he  likes  to  have  orders  for  the  dose,  and  not  cu- 
rious enquiries." 

Felix  Holt's  brief  and  brusque  criticism  of  Byron  is  judic- 
iously put  into  the  mouth  of  a  yonng  Radical  : 

"  A  misanthropic  debauchee,  whose  notion  of  a  hero  was 
that  heshould  disorder  his  stomach  and  despise  mankind.  .  .  . 
be  a  gentleman  of  unspeakable  woes,  who  employs  a  hair- 
dresser, and  looks  seriously  at  himself  in  a  glass  .  .  .his 
Corsairs  and  Renegades,  his  Alps  and  Manfreds,  are  the  most 
paltry  puppets  that  were  ever  pulled  by  the  strings  of  lust 

and  pride." 

We  should  like — did  space  permit — to  give  our  readers  a 
specimen  of  the  amazingly  nervous  dialogue  that  abounds  in 
this  book,  and  that  exhibits  a  closer  approximation  to  the 
dialogue  of  Scott  than  is  to  be  found  in  any  of  our  contempo- 
rary novelists  ;  but  we  must  close  with  a  single  additional 
quotation  : 

WHAT  IS  STRENGTH? 

"  The  stronger  will  always  rule,  say  some,  with  an  air  of  con- 
fident which  is  like  a  lawyer's  flourish,  forbidding  exceptions 
or  additions.  But  what  is  strength  ?  Is  it  blind  willfulness 
that  sees  no  terrors,  no  many-linked  consequences,  no  bruises 
and  wounds  of  those  whose  cords  it  tightens?  Is  it  the  nar- 
rowness of  a  brain  that  conceives  no  needs  differing  from  its 
own,  and  looks  to  no  results  beyond  the  bargains  of  to-day  ; 
that  tugs  with  emphasis  for  every  small  purpose,  and  thinks  it 
weakness  to  exercise  the  sublime  power  of  self-renunciation  ? 
There  is  a  sort  of  subjection  whieh  is  the  peculiar  heritage  of 
largeness  and  of  love ;  and  strength  is  often  only  another 
name  for  willing  bondage  to  irremediable  weakness." 

Among  the  more  noteworthy  publications  revived  here  by 
the  last  two  steamers,  and  to  be  found  at  the  great  bookstores 
on  Montgomery  9treet,  are  the  following  : 

"  History  of  the  Atlantic  Telegraph,"  by  Henry  M.  Field, 
D.  D.;  "  Six  Months  at  the  White  House  with  Abraham  Lin- 
coln," by  F.  B.  Carpenter ;  "  Venetia  Life,"  by  William  D. 
Howells;  "Inside,  a  Chronicle  of  Secession,"  by  Geo.  F. 
Harrington;  "Culture  of  the  Grape,"  by  W.  C.  Strong; 
Bister's  Folly,"  by  Mrs.  Henry  Wood  ;  "  Spare  Hours,"  by 
John  Brown,  M.  D.,  second  series,  Boston,  Tickner  Ac-Fields, 
containing  fifteen  articles,  essays,  and  criticisms  on  various 
subjects  ;  "  New  Physiognomy,  or  Signs  of  Character,"  by 
Samuel  R.  Wells,  with  more  than  one  thousand  illustrations, 
New  York,  Fowler  &  Wells,  an  interesting  collection  of  very 
good  portraits  whether  one  accepts  the  theories  of  the  author 
or  not ;  "  The  House  by  the  Churchyard,"  a  novel,  by  J. 
Sheridan  Le  Fame,  author  of  "  Wylder's  Hand,"  "  Uncle  Si- 
las," etc.,  New  York,  Carleton  ;  "  Royal  Truths,"  by  Henry 
Ward  Beecher,  Boston,  Tickuor  <fe  Fields,  reported  from  au 
English  collection  ot  extracts  from  Mr.  Beecher's  Sermons, 
which  went  through  six  editions  before  Mr.  B,  ever  heard  of 
the  book  ;  "  The  Montanas,  or  Under  the  Stars,"  a  romance, 
by  Sallie  J.  Hancock  of  Kentucky,  New  York,  Carleton  ; 
'•  Our  Neighbors  in  the  Corner  House,"  a  novel,  by  T.  S.  Ar- 
thur, New  York,  Carleton  ;  "  English  Travellers  and  Italian 
Brigands,"  a  Narrative  of  Capture  and  Captivity,  by  W.J.  C. 
Moens,  map  and  illustrations,  New  York,  Harper  it  Brothers; 
"  Our  Refugee  Household,"  by  Mrs.  Louise  Clack  of  Louis- 
iana, New  York,  Blelock  &  Co.,  a  war  romance  :  "The  South," 
Its  Battle-Fields  and  Ruined  Cities,  a  Journey  through  the 
Desolated  States  and  Talks  with  the  People,  by  J.  T.  Trow- 
bridge, author  of  "  Neighbor  Jackwood,"  "  Cudjo's  Cave," 
etc.,  full  page  illustrations  and  maps,  Hartford,  L.  Stebbins. 

The  income  returns  in  Chicago  foot  up  less  than  two-third's 
as  much  as  they  did  one  year  ago. 


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|  September  8th 


SLEEPING. 

r  BlIIE  violet  eyes  lie  shaded  deep, 

Beneath  the  white  lids  closing; 
The  cheeks  flushed  faint  with  rosy  sleep, 

The  dimpled  hands  reposing — 
Tho  sweet  red  lips  held  half  apart — 

Smiles  coming  and  retreating; 
God  bless  and  keep  the  little  heart, 
Witbiu  the  white  breast  beating, 

As  baby  sleeps. 

The  tiny,  restless,  busy  feet 

Lie  still  in  cradle  nestling — 
The  clinging  arm  full  white  and  sweet 

Upon  the  pillow  resting  ; 
Close  out  the  burst  of  noise  and  glare — 

Harsh  sound,  and  harsher  seeming — 
And  let  the  soft,  sweet  Summer  air 

Float  gently  through  his  dreaming, 

As  baby  sleeps. 

And  life  and  time  go  hurrying  on, 

Their  varied  meshes  weaving  ; 
And  Heaven  in  lost,  and  Heaven  is  won, 

And  joy  gives  place  to  grieving. 
The  Summer  comes,  the  Summer  Hies, 

And  brings  the  Autumn's  glory — 
While  still  my  darling's  violet  eyes 

Uepeat  the  same  old  story — 

That  baby  sleeps. 

I  sit  and  mnse,  while  yet  apace 

The  future  years  are  winging, 
And  think  what  gifts  ot  love  and  grace 

Their  hidden  hands  are  bringing; 
What  paths  the  little  feet  m  ly  tread — 

What  work  the  hands  be  moulding — 
What  crown  awaits  ray  darlings  head, 

When  heart  and  soul  unfolding, 

No  longer  sleep. 

Ah !  hope  has  many  a  fairy  theme, "  \ 

From  her  sweet  lips  unfolding — 
And  life  has  many  a  golden  dream, 

That  some  fond  heart  is  holding : 
But  none  so  glad  as  those  that  rise, 

In  light  and  beauty  blending, 
To  shine  before  a  mother's  eyes, 

Above  the  cradle  blending, 

While  baby  sleeps. 

Boston  Pilot. 


DECIDED  PEOPLE. 

AT  first  sight  it  may  perhaps  appear  somewhat  odd  that 
self-satisfaction  ohould  bo  impartially  distributed 
throughout  all  classes  and  orders  of  mind,  that,  as  Hume  puts 
it,  it  should  be  alike  within  the  reach  of  the  wise  man  aud  of 
the  fool.  It  would  seem  only  in  accordance  with  the  eternal 
fitness  of  things  that  there  ought  to  be  some  sort  of  propoi- 
tion  between  the  consciousness  of  merit  and  the  success  which 
has  called  it  forth  ;  that,  for  instance,  a  statesman  who  lias 
served  his  country  should  enjoy  a  stronger  sense  of  self- 
esteem  than  a  tradesman  who  has  invented  a  patent  for  de- 
stroying fleas.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  experience  points  rather 
the  other  way.  The  more  self-satisfied  a  man  is,  the  more 
difficult  it  is,  as  a  rule,  for  others  to  see  what  he  has  to  satis- 
fy him  ;  and  we  may  perhaps  go  further  than  Hume's  state- 
ment that  self-satisfaction  belongs  both  to  the  wise  man  and 
the  fool,  and  add  that  the  fool  generally  gets  the  lion's  share. 
A  little  reflection,  however,  shows  that  the  too  frequent  dis- 
proportion between  self-satisfaction  aud  desert,  however  par- 
adoxical in  theory,  in  practice  works  well.  In  life  there  is  so 
much  more  of  what  is  commonplace  than  of  what  is  heroic, 
there  are  so  many  more  fleas  to  be  destroyed  than  States  to 
be  saved,  that  the  world  would  never  get  through  its  every- 
day work  if  each  workman  put  no  more  than  its  just  value 
upon  his  own  share.  The  poor  Frenchman  who  killed  him- 
self rather  than  live  a  grocer  might  have  been  a  highly  useful 
member  of  the  body  politic  if  he  had  believed  that  the  wel- 
fare of  society  depends  chiefly  upon  the  delicate  adjustment 
of  its  Sugar  to  its  sand,  and  that  there  is  no  nobler  calling 
than  that  of  parcelling  out  tea  and  figs;  just  as  Moliere's 
dancing-master  believed  that  "  la  danse"  is  the  mistress  of  all 
arts,  bacause  it  teaches  to  avoid  "  false  steps" — dangerous 
alike  to  kingdoms  and  quadrilles.  The  more  twopenny  and 
trivial  a  man's  duties,  the  greater  perhaps  the  need  for  his 
belief  in  his  own  importance  to  the  State,  if  he  is  to  dis- 
charge them  con  amove.  A  cock  will  crow  all  the  more  lus- 
tily if  he  believes,  despite  the  satirical  Mrs.  Poyser,  that  the 
sun  has  risen  for  the  express  purpose  of  hearing  him.  Some 
such  theory  of  self  satisfaction  is  certainly  wanted  for  various 
cases  in  which  there  is  a  lussiness  of  self  glorification  bearing 
no  sort  of  proportion  to  the  achievement  which  has  called  it 
forth.  And  the  mistake  of  this  fussiness  is  that,  by  claiming 
more  merit  than  it  deserves,  it  provokes,  by  a  natural  reac- 
tion, the  desire  to  concede  to  it  less  merit  than  is  really  its 
due. 

It  is  a  great  thing  to  be  able  to  decide  off  hand  what  you 
will  have  for  dinner,  without  risking  a  twinge  ot  remorse  at 
discovering  too  late  that,  haviqg  ordered  roast,  you  are  after 
all  more*  likely  to  enjoy  boiled  ;  a  great  thing  to  bo  able  to 
decide  that  on  Wednesday  fortnight  you  will  take  the  5.40 
train,  conscious  that,  through  fair  woather  and  foul,  you  will  j 


adhere  to  your  decision  ;  a  great  thing  to  be  able  to  deter- 
mine, after  five  minutes'  conversation  with  a  stranger,  whether 
you  mean  to  hate  him  or  like  him  for  life.  There  is  no  end  to 
the  small  uncertainties  and  doubts  which  people  are  spareil 
who  are  never  at  a  loss  what  course  to  take.  No  one  would 
dare  to  question  the  merit3  and  advantages  of  decision  if  de- 
cided people  were  only  content  to  take  something  like  a  fair 
estimate  of  their  own  superiority,  and  to  leave  weaker  breth- 
ren alone.  But  their  unconscionable  aggressiveness  forces 
even  the  mildest  nature  into  rebellion,  and  obtrudes  irreverent 
doubts  as  to  whether  their  superiority  is  really  so  great  as 
they  would  wish  us  to  believe.  They  cannot  find  language  to 
express  their  contemptuous  pity  for  the  unhappy  man  who,  as 
they  phrase  it,  "  does  not  know  his  own  mind  ;"  who  can 
leave  it  an  open  question  where  he  is  going  to  dine,  and  who, 
if  he  were  told  that  his  single  vote  would  determine  the  late 
of  the  Ministry,  would  anxiously  iuquire  the  latest  moment 
at  which  it  would  be  necessary  for  him  to  decide  whether  he 
OOght  or  ought  not  to  bring  the  Opposition  in.  Such  a  man 
is,  in  their  eyes,  a  poor,  weak  creature,  with  no  settled  views, 
a  sort  of  asipus  Buridani,  perpetually  starving  between  two 
bundles  of  hay,  because  he  cannot  make  up  his  mind  which 
bundle  to  choose.  It  is  this  wholesale  and  one  sided  con- 
tempt that  provokes  the  question  whether  after  all,  there  is 
not  someting  to  be  said  for  the  much-abused  weakness  of  in- 
decision. In  the  first  place,  we  are  inclined  to  suspect  that 
indecision  comes  in  for  a  good  deal  of  undeserved  contempt 
merely  because  few  people  are  at  the  pains  to  discriminate  be- 
tween the  two  very  different  sources  from  which  it  springs. 
There  is  an  indecision  of  the  moral  and  of  the  intellectual  na- 
ture, and  though  the  two  are  in  themselves  as  distinct  as 
they  well  can  be,  they  are  in  their  results  so  similar  that  they 
are  too  commonly  confounded,  and  each  has  to  bear  the  praise 
or  dispraise  really  due  to  the  other.  Perhaps  the  commonest 
kind  of  indecision  is  that  which  is  due  to  a  defect  of  the 
moral  nature.  It  is  certaicly  the  commonest  among  young 
people,  although  by  no  means  confined  to  youth.  There  are 
persons  whose  whole  happiness  in  life  seems  to  hang  upon 
the  approbation  of  others,  who  cannot  speak  or  move  without 
considering  whether  this  or  that  neighbor  will  like  their  looks 
and  gestures,  and  who  are  cut  to  the  quick  if  they  hear  that 
Mr.  A.  pooh-poohs  their  conversational  powers,  or  Mrs.  A. 
sneers  at  their  clothes.  The  agonies  which  undergraduates 
and  school-girls  endure  from  causes  of  this  kind  will  perhaps 
never  be  fully  revealed  until  the  Judgment  Day  has  laid  all 
human  weaknesses  bare  ;  for  the  sufferings  are  not  of  a  kind 
to  command  respect,  or  even  to  conciliate  sympathy,  and  the 
more  therelore  the  victims  suffer,  the  less  likely  are  they  to 
make  their  sorrows  known.  Mr.  Dickens  illustrates  this  tem- 
perament, with  his  usual  powers  of  broad  and  humorous  cari- 
cature, by  the  overwhelming  difficulty  Mr.  Toots  experienced 
in  deciding  whether  he  ought  or  ought  not  to  button  the  last 
batton  of  his  dress  waistcoat.  Having  formed  no  fixed  prin- 
ciples of  art,  or  having  at  least  no  confidence  in  his  own  abil- 
ity to  apply  them  to  dress  clothes,  Mr.  Toots  weakly  took  his 
tone  from  his  fellow-guests,  and,  as  each  arrival  displayed  a 
fresh  arrangement  of  buttons,  was  kept  playing  wildly  upon 
his  waistcoat,  as  if  it  had  been  a  musical  instrument.  Inde 
cisiou  ot  this  sort  is  no  doubt  a  poor  sort  of  quality  enough, 
and  may  deserve  all  the  contemptuous  pity  which  decided 
people  heap  upon  it.  It  has  its  root  in  fear — the  undue  fear 
of  what  our  neighbors  may  think  or  say  of  us  ;  and  it  would 
be  well  for  the  world  if  it  were  never  found  in  persons  older  or 
more  experienced  than  Mr.  Toots.  Unluckily  the  old  gentle 
man  in  the  fable,  who  was  so  anxious  to  please  everybody  that 
he  pleased  nobody,  has  too  commonly  his  counterpart  in  real 
life.  Macauhiy  gives  a  vigorous  sketch  of  such  a  character" 
in  General  Conway,  who,  "  afraid  of  disobliging  the  King, 
afraid  of  being  abused  in  the  newspapers,  afraid  of  being 
thought  factious  if  he  went  out,  afraid  of  being  thought  in- 
terested if  he  stayed  in,  afraid  of  everything,  and  afraid  of 
being  known  to  be  afraid  of  anything,"  presented  a  laughable 
mixture  of  great  physical  courage  with  the  weakest  morul 
timidity.  An  undecided  character  of  this  kind  is  no  doubt  a 
fair  object  for  compassion  or  mirth. 

Hut  there  is  another  sort  of  indecision  which  is  purely  in- 
tellectual, not  moral,  or  which,  where  it  is  related  to  the  mo- 
ral nature,  is  so  as  the  result  of  excessive  conscientiousness, 
not  of  undue  fear  about  the  opinions  of  others.  A  man  may 
be  utterly  and  helplessly  at  a  loss  what  course  he  ought  to 
take  in  a  given  case,  without  even  bestowing  a  thought  upon 
the  verdict  likely  to  be  passed  upon  his  conduct  by  his  tel- 
lows,  or  at  any  rate  without  allowing  the  verdict  to  have 
more  weight  than  a  rational  man  will  always  assign  to  it. 
Rapid  decision  may  bn  a  proof  rather  of  weakness  than  of 
strength.  The  mere  faculty  of  keeping  the  mind  fairly  bal- 
anced between  two  or  more  courses  implies  a  certain  degree 
of  intellectual  power  which  some  are  wholly  without. 
Whately  complains  that  there  are  "  persons  who  can  no  more 
relrain  from  deciding  immediately,  and  with  full  conviction,  on 
one  side  of  a  question,  than  they  could  continue  to  stand, 
after  having  lost  their  equilibrium,  in  a  slanting  position,  like 
the  famous  tower  of  Pisa."  They  cannot  keep  the  mind 
erect  in  statiouary  suspense.    The  case  resembles  that  of  a 


man  walking  along  a  very  narrow  plank,  who  must  fall  if  he 
attempts  to  stand  still,  unless  he  is  a  bit  of  a  Blondiu,  and 
knows  how  to  balance  himself.  The  quick  jump  of  such 
people  to  a  conclusion  does  not  imply  that  their  conclusion 
is  a  good  one,  but  that  they  cannot  rest  without  some  conclu- 
sion or  other.  It  is  a  significant  fact  that  women,  whose  edu- 
cation is  far  less  fitted  than  that  of  men  to  develop  this  power 
of  preserving  mental  equipoise,  are  usually  loudest  in  their 
praises  of  decision.  In  some  the  admiration  amounts  to  a 
frantic  idolatry,  which  will  not  tolerate  a  hero  unless  be  be 
decided,  even  though  he  be  only  a  decided  donkey.  We  re- 
member in  a  lady's  novel  coming  upon  a  hero  whose  very  rail- 
way-rug bore  testimony,  by  its  strong  straight  lines  of  black 
and  gray,  to  his  character  for  decision,  and  of  course  the  rich 
and  beautiful  heroine  fell  down  straightway  at  his  feet  and 
worshipped — probably  feeling,  like  the  opossum  in  the  Ameri- 
can story,  that  a  man  whose  resolution  determined  even  the 
pattern  of  his  railway  rug  must  sooner  or  later  bring  her  down, 
and  that  she  may  as  well  save  him  trouble  by  at  once  capitu- 
lating. If  this  be  true  of  railway-rugs,  it  is  awful  to  reflect  how 
much  more  applicable  it  must  be  to  clothes  ;  and  that  a  man's 
chance  of  securing  a  rich  and  beautiful  heroine  may  be  lost, 
and  his  happiness  wrecked,  merely  because — thanks  to  a  feeble- 
minded tailor — an  irresolute  pattern  is  permitted  to  wander 
vacillatingly  down  his  legs.  It  must  have  been  a  woman  that 
invented  the  story  of  the  recluse  who,  suddenly  resolving  upon 
matrimony,  rang  the  bell,  aud  proposed  to  the  cook.  The 
cook,  cursed  with  the  fatal  weakness  of  indecision,  hesitated  ; 
so  he  rang  the  bell  a  second  time,  and  proposed  to  the  house- 
maid, who  accepted  him  on  the  spot,  and.  as  the  just  reward 
of  her  decision — herein  lies  the  moral  of  the  tale — lived  hap- 
pily ever  afterwards.  It  is  no  doubt  a  very  lucky  arrangement 
that  women  should  set  so  much  store  upon  decision,  inasmuch 
as  it  is  usually  their  province  to  deal  with  minor  matters  of 
life,  about  which  it  really  signifies  very  little  how  they  are  de- 
cided, so  long  as  they  are  decided  somehow.  A  habit  of  mind 
once  formed  cannot  always  be  used  or  laid  aside  just  as  the 
occasion  requires,  and  a  man  constitutionally  prone  to  ponder 
over  all  the  bearings  of  an  important  question  is  apt,  from 
mere  force  of  habit,  to  spend  an  absurdly  disproportionate 
time  over  questions  which  ought  to  be  settled  offhand. 
Hence  the  readiness  with  which  a  man  ol  sense  resigns  hiai- 
self  to  the  guidance  of  a  woman  in  the  lesser  concerns  of  life. 
The  intrepidity  with  which  she  at  once  takes  upjn  her  own 
shoulders  the  responsibility  of  ordering  the  household,  arrang- 
ing six  months  beforehaud  the  autumn  tour,  or  conducting  a 
delicate  dispute  on  the  question  of  precedence  with  the  doc- 
tor's wife,  makes  her  invaluable  to  him.  Unhappily,  the 
same  fatal  law  of  habit  which  afflicts  him  with  ridiculous  hesi- 
tation in  matters  trivial  gives  her  perilous  promptitude  in 
matters  grave.  If  he  takes  an  absurdly  long  time  in  choos- 
ing his  dinner,  she  often  takes  as  dangerously  short  a  time  in 
making  a  choice  which  may  affect  her  happiness  lor  lile. 

Self-satisfied  people  decide  easily,  for  the  simple  reason  UBt, 
be  their  decision  what  it  may,  it  is  sure  to  please  theui.  If 
the  results  turn  out  badly,  so  much  the  worse  for  the  results; 
the  decision  itself  was  their  own,  and  therefore  must  be  sound. 
There  are  people  who  seem  gifted  with  the  power  of  gelling 
satisfaction  out  of  any  thin;;  or  action  whatsoever,  provided 
it  belongs  to  themselves.  They  will  tell  you  that  they  never 
give  a  penny  to  a  beggar,  or  that  for  twenty  years  they  have 
eateu  roast  beef  on  Sunday,  with  the  air  of  men  who  by  so 
doing  have  laid  their  fellow-creatures,  not  to  say  their  Creator, 
under  a  special  obligation.  Their  simple  creed  is  a  personal 
optimism  ;  whatever  they  do  is  best.  Their  attitude  towards 
indecision  differs  from  that  of  the  man  who  cannot  remain  in 
suspense  between  two  conclusions,  lor  they  never  even  wish 
for  more  than  one. —  l^ondon  Saturday  Review. 

The  Needle  gun. — It  is  certain  that  the  fire  of  the  needle- 
gun  is  terrible  in  its  swiftness.  In  the  assault  against  Klum 
all  the  leading  officers  and  men  fell  as  they  pushed  up  the  hill. 
I  have  been  told  tjiat  a  cavalry  regiment  breaking  into  acharge 
at  the  distance  of  000  yards  had  been  so  pelted  with  the  hail 
of  these  bullets  that  more  than  one-third  of  every  squadron 
in  front,  horses  and  men,  were  down  before  they  could  deliver 
a  sabre  cut  ;  that  the  second  line,  tumbling  about  over  the 
men  and  horses  of  the  first  squadron,  were  similarly  smitten 
with  annihilating  fire  :  and  that  when  the  regiment  withdrew 
on  the  Hanks  in  disorder,  the  plain  over  which  they  had  ad- 
vanced was  piled  with  their  corpses." — Dr.  Russel,  in  the  Lon- 
don Tunes. 

Think. — Thought  engenders  thought.  Place  one  idea 
upon  paper— another  will  fojlow  it,  and  still  auother,  until 
you  have  writteu  a  page.  You  cannot  fathom  your  mind. 
There  is  a  well  of  thought  there  which  has  no  bottom.  The 
more  you  draw  from  it,  the  more  clear  and  fruitful  it  will  be. 
If  you  neglect  to  think  for  yourself,  and  use  other  people's 
thoughts — giving  them  utterance  only,  you  will  never  know 
what  you  are  capable  of.  At  first  your  ideas  may  come  out 
in  lumps — homely  and  shapeless  ;  but  no  matter — time  and 
perseverance  will  arrange  and  refine-  them.  Learn  to  think, 
and  you  will  learn  to  write  ;  the  more  you  think,  the  better 
you  express  your  ideas. 


September  8th  | 


THE  CALIFORNIA!*. 


7 


PAEIS  FASHIONS. 

A LETTER  from  Paris  reports  the  following  changes  in 
the  world  of  fashion  : 
A  few  weeks  ago,  ladies  who  could  afford  to  wear  large 
nine  or  ten  flounced  muslin  petticoats  discontinued  their  crin- 
olines. Of  course  this  made  but  very  slight  difference  in  the 
circumference  either  at  the  bottom  or  top  of  the  skirt,  as  all 
the  petticoats  were  so  gored  as  to  be.  quite  plain  on  the  hips. 
The  weather  is  uow  so  warm  that  so  great  a  weight  of  skirts 
would  be  unbearable  ;  therefore,  at  the  present  moment,  un- 
der thin  dresses,  one  thick  petticoat  and  two  thin  ones  are 
worn  over  a  small  crinoline,  under  thick  skirts  two  petticoats) 
the  one  next  the  cage  being  always  white.  There  are  two 
forms  of  criuoline  worn, — one  round  and  rather  short  for  out- 
of-door  dresses  when  looped  up  ;  the  other  rather  larger,  and 
with  a  train,  for  indoor  dress  or  when  the  skirt  is  allowed  to 
rest  on  the  ground.  The  petticoats  are  now  so  much  shown 
that  they  are  generally  more  ornamented  than  the  dresses. 
For  morning-toilets,  they  are  generally  made  either  of  the 
same  material  as  the  dress  and  paletot,  or  of  cachemire,  the 
color  of  the  ornaments  on  the  dress.  For  more  dressy  occa- 
sions the  petticoats  are  made  of  white  or  colored  silk.  The 
petticoats  worn  under  thin  dresses  are  most  elegant, — little 
gauffeced  flounces  edged  with  lace  ;  perpendicular  tucks,  alter- 
nating with  embroidered  insertion  of  Cluny  ;  medallions  ol 
embroidery  or  guipure,  over  colored  ribbons  ;  in  short  every 
day  introduces  some  new  and  elegant  manner  of  trimming 
them.  .When  the  dress  is  looped  over  a  petticoat  for  out-of- 
door  wear,  the  petticoat  should  not  touch  the  ground,  but  be 
merely  a  short  distance  from  it.  In  some  cases  the  under- 
skirt is  made  lull  length,  with  a  train,  but  then  it  is  intended 
for  a  double  skirt,  and  not  merely  a  petticoat. 

For  morning  wear  the  p<rkJ,ots  are  almost  always  of  the 
same  material  as  the  dress.  They  are  sometimes  made  loose 
and  short,  with  or  without  a  hood,  bat  always  with  sleeves. 
With  this  form,  a  white  body  is  worn  with  the  skirt.  When 
there  is  a  body  the  skirt,  to  obvivate  the  necessity  of  wear- 
ing an  extra  covering  out  of  doors,  a  pepulum  basque  is  made 
separate  Ironi  the  body,  and.  being  sewn  on  to  a  narrow  rib- 
bon, is  fastened  round  the  body  under  the  waistband.  The 
small  black  cachemire  loose  paletots,  spotted  with  beads,  are 
not  now  so  elegant  or  so  fashionable  as  the  small  circulars  of 
the  same  material,  ornamented  with  beads,  or  edged  either 
with  a  bead  fringe  or  a  lace  flounce. 

Muslin  and  other  thin  dresses  are  generally  accompanied 
by  mantles  of  the  same.  These  can  be  made  either  circular 
cloaks,  only  reaching  just  below  the  waist,  or  small  paletots 
quite  loose  or  demi  ajusle,  according  to  the  taste  of  the 
wearer.  When  made  in  these  materials,  the  waistband  should 
never  be  worn  outside. 


The  Maelstrom.— Much  has  been  written  concerning  this 
famous  whirlpool,  which  lies  off  the  coast  of  Norway.  A  re- 
cent examination  by  an  official  commission  appointed  by  the 
Government  of  Norway,  report  the  following  (acts  concern- 
ing its  true  nature  :  "  When  the  wind  is  steady,  and  not  too 
violent,  boats  may  venture  upon  it  at  ebb-tide  in  summer, 
when  it  is  still  for  about  half  an  hour.  At  the  point  half 
way  between  flood  and  ebb,  it  i«  most  violent,  and  boats  would 
then  be  in  danger.  At  certain  times,  it  may  be  passed  at  any 
state  of  the  tide  by  steamers  and  by  large  ships  with  a  steady 
wind.  But  in  winter  and  in  storms  it  would  be  highly  dan- 
gerous for  any  vessel  to  attempt  to  pass  the  Maelstrom.  Its 
direction  and  violence  are  in  a  high  degree  dependent  on  wind 
and  weather.  When  there  blows  on  the  sea  a  storm  from  the 
west,  the  stream  in  winter  runs  continually  to  the  east  at  the 
rate  of  six  kuots  an  hour,  without  changing  its  direction  with 
the  rising  or  falling  tide  ;  and,  if  at  such  a  time  the  tide  is 
rising,  the  stream  becomes  excessively  violent,  and  entirely 
unuavigable  for  steamers  or  any  other  craft.  At  certain  states 
of  the  wind  and  tide  in  winter,  the  whole  stream  boils  in 
mighty  whirls,  against  which  the  largest  steamer  could  not 
successfully  contend.  Those  whirls,  however,  would  not  draw 
vessels  to  the  bottom,  as  was  formerly  believed,  but  would 
destroy  them  by  dashing  them  against  the  rocks,  or,  in  case 
of  small  vessels,  by  filling  them,  and  thus  causing  them  to 
founder." 

The  old  stories  of  the  terrors  and  dangers  of  the  great 
whirlpool  are  thus  proved  incorrect.  Indeed  it  has  very  little 
of  terror  to  the  inhabitants  of  the  coast,  who  laugh  at  the 
tales  of  travellers  concerning  it. 


Italian  Cities. — The  population  of  the  eight  principal  cities 
in  the  kingdom  of  Italy  at  the  beginning  of  this  year  is  thus 
stated  in  a  recent  official  document : — Naples,  447,065  :  Tu- 
rin, 204,715  ;  Milan, 196,109  ;  Palermo,  194,463  ;  Genoa,137,- 
986  ;  Florence,  114,363;  Bologna,  109,305;  Messina,  103,324. 

A  New  Haven  company  has  begun  the  manufacture  of  a 
compressed  stone  for  building  purposes.  It  is  made  of  sand, 
pulverized  quartz,  and  silicate  of  soda,  and  hardens  withiu 
twenty-four  hours  from  the  consistency  of  paste  to  the  solid- 
ity of  stone. 


AN    IMPORTANT  SUBJECT. 

ONE  of  the  most  important  as  well  as  one  of  the  most  in- 
teresting things  to  every  landholder  is  the  proper  arrange- 
ment of  his  residence.  Especially  is  this  so  to  persons  living 
in  the  suburbs  of  our  cities,  or  on  farms.  They  are  very  care- 
ful to  have  their  dwellings  as  neat  and  handsome  as  their 
means  will  admit,  and  spare  no  expense  to  make  them  com- 
fortable and  pleasant.  But  there  is  one  thing  about  which 
they  are  not  careful,  and  which  is  always  a  fruitful  source  of 
disease,  and  that  is  the  location  of  their  dwellings.  They 
generally  select  the  most  beautiful  and  attractive  spot,  not 
reflecting  that  this  is  not  always  the  most  healthy  location. 

For  the  benefit  of  those  of  our  readers  who  may  be  inter- 
ested in  this  subject,  we  purpose  laying  before  them  a  few 
practical  hints  concerning  the  matter. 

The  great  cause  of  unhealthy  houses  is  the  prevalence  of  a 
noxious  gas  known  as  miasm,  which  is  generated  from  de- 
composed vegetation,  through  the  action  of  heat  and  damp- 
ness. From  what  is  kuown  concerning  this  gas  we  can  as- 
sert that -miasm  prevails  in  hot  weather;  that  miasm  cannot 
exist  as  a  cause  of  disease  in  cold  weather  ;  and  that  miasm 
exists  only  as  a  cause  of  disease  at  a  heat  of  over  eighty  de- 
grees Fareuheit,  which  is  required  to  reduce  the  vegetation  to 
a  state  sufficient  to  produce  the  gas.  In  dry  localities  it  can- 
not exist,  because  all  three  of  the  conditions  of  dampness, 
vegetation,  and  heat,  are  necessary  to  its  presence.  There- 
fore, if  one  builds  in  a  dry,  well  drained  locality,  his  house 
will  be  healthy.  If  he  builds  over  a  "  filling,"  on  "  bottom- 
land," "  made  lands,"  where  streams  of  water  have  been  in 
the  habit  of  depositing  mud  and  vegetable  matter,  he  will 
certainly  have  sickness  in  his  family,  unless  a  system  of  per- 
fect draining  is  resorted  to. 

Ponds,  sluggish  streams,  marshes,  ordain  meadows  near  a 
dwelling,  will  produce  disease  if  the  prevailing  winds  blow 
from  them  to  the  house,  thus  carrying  the  miasm  to  the  dwell- 
ing. Miasm  is  not  supposed  to  pass  a  swift-running  stream, 
and  hence,  if  you  build  near  a  watercourse,  take  the  high, 
rolling  side  in  prolereuce  to  the  low  one,  no  matter  how  fer- 
tile the  latter  may  be. 

Again,  if  building  on  an  elevation,  let  it  be  on  an  abrupt 
steep  hill,  rather  than  on  an  eminence  which  slopes  gradually 
to  the  water.  The  latter  is  more  beautiful,  it  is  true,  but  it  is 
also  more  dangerous.  Miasm  is  generally  checked  in  its  course 
by  a  bold  bluff",  but  it  rolls  up  a  sloping  hill  like  a  cloud  up  a 
mountain.  A.  thick  hedge  or  row  of  trees,  at  least  a  hundred 
yards  from  the  dwelling,  sometimes  forms  a  guard  against  ma- 
laria ;  and  the  thicker  and  higher  it  is,  the  better. 

If  you  cannot  drain  a  pond  situated  in  dangerous  proximity 
to  your  hoase,  it  is  best  to  keep  it  covered  with  two  or  three 
feet  of  water,  as  miasm  cannot  rise  through  such  a  depth  of 
water. 

Thus,  to  sum  up  what  we  have  said,  it  will  be  seen  that 
miasm  cannot  cross  a  wide,  rapid  stream  ;  that  it  is  absorbed 
by  thick,  living,  luxuriant  foliage ;  that  it  cannot  travel 
against  the  wind  ;  and  that  it  cannot  ascend  a  steep,  high  hill. 

Every  one  should  try  to  make  the  ground  upon  which  their 
houses  are  built  perfectly  dry,  and  should  exercise  a  similar 
care  for  the  country  Buprounding  their  homes. 

Miasm  being  a  gas  is  of  course  influuenced  by  heat  and 
cold.  The  latter  condenses  it,  and  causes  it  to  sink  to  the 
ground;  the  former  rarefies  it.  and  causes  it  to  rise.  In  the 
early  and  late  portions  of  the  day,  therefore,  it  is  most,  dan- 
gerous, being  at  an  elevation  at  which  it  can  be  breathed  by 
man.  In  the  warmer  parts  of  the  day  it  is  too  high  to  be  in- 
jurious. 

In  the  South  the  people  living  in  the  sickly  regions  are  ex- 
empt from  the  effects  of  malaria  provided  they  are  careful  to 
use  a  very  simple  means  of  protection.  Each  one  there  has 
a  cup  of  hot  strong  coffee,  with  milk,  brought  to  his  bedside 
before  he  rises  in  the  morning.  This  strengthens  and  forti 
fies  the  system,  and  enables  it  to  resist  the  effects  of  the  ma- 
laria. 

The  habit  of  sitting  in  the  open  air  very  early  in  the  morn- 
ing, and  late  in  the  afternoon,  is  dangerous,  because  at  those 
times  the  miasmatic  vapors  are  so  near  the  grouud  that  they 
may  be  breathed. 

By  a  proper  care,  and  a  little  thoughtfulness,  the  dangers 
arising  from  this  terrible  enemy,  which  is  present  in  almost 
every  portion  of  our  country,  may  be  avoided,  and  we  may 
escape  the  many  fevers  and  other  similar  diseases  to  which 
we  are  now  subject. 

"  Early  rising  contributes  as  surely  to  personal  beauty  as 
the  dawn  does  to  the  beauty  of  the  world."  We  have  some 
doubts  about  this,  but  if  you  persist  in  taking  the  advice  of 
the  poets  and  literary  men,  most  of  whom  never  see  the  sun 
rise  themselves,  be  sure  and  eat  a  cracker  and  drink  a  cup  of 
hot  coffee  before  you  venture  out,  particularly  if  you  live  in  a 
fever-and-ague  country. 

In  consequence  of  the  singular  success  of  his  paper,  Emile 
de  Girardin  has  given  a  dinner  to  the  newspaper  men  of 
Paris.    We  hope  to  be  able  to  observe  a  similar  occasion  in 
|  regard  to  The  Californian  some  time. 


Love  of  Beauty  in  the  French.— It  is  quite  certain  that 
unless  you  go  into  the  very  hauhts  of  vice,  where  misery  is 
born  and  bred,  you  will  never  see  any  in  Paris.  The  boot- 
black, from  the  peculiar  nature  of  his  occupation,  appears  to 
be  on  less  familiar  terms  with  soap  and  water-  than  any  other 
of  the  human  family,  and  in  England  and  America  hold3  his 
rags  and  dirt  as  prerogatives.  But  the  Paris  boot-black  is 
always  a  man  ;  he  is  always  clad  in  a  uniform  generally  of 
blue  plush,  and  any  lady  might  shake  hands  with  him  without 
glove  and  without  fear.  His  box  is  very  large,  and  he  car- 
ries a  camp  stool,  which  supersedes  the  necessity  of  balancing 
on  one  leg  during  the  process  of  polishing.  When  asked  what 
is  due  them  they  invariably  reply  : 

"  What  you  please." 

The  fee  is  about  five  cents,  but  I  tried  one  once  with  a  one 
cent  piece,  to  see  how  much  sincerity  there  was  in  his  "  what 
you  please."  Off  came  his  hat — down  went  his  bow — and 
you  might  have  supposed,  by  his  actions,  that  I  had  given 
him  a  franc. 

The  workmen  have  also  a  uniform,  or  they  all  dress  alike 
with  white  pants  and  blue  blouses.  Instead  of  poor  stuff,  in 
fluttering  rags  of  every  hue,  vests  wrong  side  out,  and  grand- 
lathers'  coats  on  small  boys,  one  sees  in  the  French  laborers, 
a  respectable  and  really  picturesque  company.  I  think  there 
must  be  some  law  against  rags,  for  the  very  beggars  wear  the 
same  white  pants  and  blue  frocks,  cheap  and  coarse,  but  de- 
cent looking  until  entirely  worn  out.  The  women  who  sell 
grioicracks  at  street  corners,  and  even  the  fat  fishmongers  in 
their  greasy  stalls,  looking  fresh  and  blooming  as  possible  in 
their  white  caps  and  clean  calico.  The  very  herrings  seemed 
graceful  under  their  touch,  though  they  had  arms  like  Ama- 
zons. It  was  wonderful  to  see  into  what  a  garden  the  vege- 
table market  could  be  transformed,  merely  by  the  arrangement 
of  carrots  and  cabbages.  Workmen,  fishmongers,  beggars 
and  all  had  flowers.  It  does  not  seem  like  real  life.  You  are 
constantly  saying,  "  this  is  theatrical,"  "  this  is  like  ideal 
state  life,  where  everybody  is  romantic.  Is  it  possible  that 
these  are  real  men  and  women,  or  is  all  a  dream  that  so  be- 
wilders me." 

Then  you  walk  through  the  gardens  of  the  Tuileries  again, 
where  hundreds  of  women  have  brought  their  families  to  pass 
the  day  under  the  shades  of  the  trees.  There  the  children  of 
the  rich  and  the  poor  play  together,  but  there  is  no  squab- 
bling or  rolling  in  the  dirt,  no  screams  of  delight  or  of  fear. 
— Boston  Traveller. 

Progress  in  the  Printing  Art. — While  in  Philadelphia, 
the  other  day,  we  saw  realized  the  dream  of  invontors  for  the 
last  bundled  years — a  printing  press  that  is  self-feeding  and 
capable  of  working  both  sides  of  a  sheet  at  the  same  time. 

It  is  well  known  to  all  conversant  with  printing  in  the 
slightest  degree,  that  hitherto  it  has  been  necessary,  upon 
the  most  improved  presses,  to  have  manual  assistance  in  lay- 
ing on  the  sheets  to  be  printed,  while  a  double  impression  has 
been  thought  hardly  possible.  Sometimes  as  many  as  six  or 
ei"ht  persons  are  employed  in  the  former  service,  especially 
on  the  cylinder  or  fast  presses  now  so  common  for  daily  papers 
of  large  circulation,  like  the  Express.  But  for  the  press  of 
wlych  we  speak,  which  is  in  the  Inquirer  office,  and  which  is 
the  invention  of  William  Bullock,  of  Philadelphia,  the  paper 
is  fed  by  machinery  in  continuous  sheets,  each  about  one 
mile  long,  is  printed  on  both  sides  at  the  same  time,  and  is 
cut  off  and  piled  in  regular  heaps,  without  any  manual  aid. 
The  Bullock  press  prints  fifteen  thousand  copies  of  the  paper 
on  both  sides,  equivalent  to  thirty  thousand  single  impressions 
per  hour.  To  superintend  this  press  requires  one  pressman 
and  two  assistants. 

In  this  connection  it  may  be  mentioned  that  there  is  in 
Philadelphia  an  establishment  for  the  conversion  of  poplar 
wood  into  paper,  which  is  also  a  great  success.  The  patentee 
of  the  process  is  Johu  Dinou.  The  pulp  works  are  very  ex- 
tensive. The  great  feature  is  the  economy  in  the  chemicals, 
which  disintegrate  the  wood  and  bleach  the  pulp. 

Excellent  printing  paper  is  made  with  thirty  per  cent,  of 
wood  pulp  and  twenty  per  cent,  of  straw  pulp.  From  twelve 
to  fifteen  tons  of  wood  pulp  are  turned  out  daily.  The  works 
have  but  recently  gone  into  operation.  A  poplar  tree  has 
been  converted  into  paper  in  the  space  of  five  hours. — Com- 
monwealth.   

The  Dutch  village  of  Brock  sets  an  example  to  the  world . 
It  is  said  to  be  kept  so  clean  that  boys  are  hired  to  scare 
away  the  flies  from  the  principal  streets.  The  inhabitants 
hate  dirt  ;  and  one  woman,  we  are  told,  died  of  pure  chagrin 
because  she  could  not  scour  a  black  man  white.  Washington 
Irving  gave  a  quaint  description  of  the  universal  spotlessness 
of  the  place.  He  said  no  vehicle  of  any  kind  was  permitted 
to  approach  nearer  than  the  outside  edge  of  the  village,  lest 
it  should  defile  the  well-scoured  pavements.  The  cows,  when 
driven  borne  from  the  rich  pastures  for  the  winter,  were  pro- 
vided with  well-built  houses,  painted  and  maintained  in  per- 
fect order,  the  floor  being  scrubbed  and  polishod  every  day. 
What  a  refuge  Brock  would  be  in  cholera  times,  with  none 
of  the  long  accumulated  dirt  of  Now  York,  and  none  of  the 
Church  StreJt  odors  of  Boston — a  retreat  as  romantic  as  the 
Happy  Valley  of  Rasselas. 


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THE  CALIFORNIA??. 


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NO  TIC  E. 

The  publication  of  "The  Californian  "  takes  place  on  Saturday 
mornings,  and  copies  may  be  obtained  in  the  City  at  all  Sews 
stands,  and  of  our  News-agents  through  the  country.  It  will  also 
be  served  by  carriers  on  the  morning  of  publication. 

White  &  Bauer,  Sews  Dealers,  No.  413  Washington  street,  arc 
General  Agents  for  The  Californian  in  tlie  interior  counties  oj  \ 
this  State  ,  also,  for  tltc  adjacent  States  and  'Territories. 

All  hinds  of  JOB  PRINTING  done  with  neatness  and  despatch, 
at  reasonable  rates. 

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THE  CALIFORNIAN. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  SATURDAY.  SEPTEMBER  8.  1866. 

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Agent  to  receive  subscriptions,  and  appoint  agencies  for  The  Cali- 
fornian. 

THE  APPROACHING  CRISIS  IN"  ENGLAND. 

IT  must  for  some  time  have  become  clear  to  the  perception 
of  all  thoughtful  persons  who  take  pains  to  keep  them 
selves  intormed  iu  regard  to  public  matters,  that  England  is 
rapidly  approaching  the  verge  of  a  great  political  crisis.  For 
several  years  symptoms  have  not  been  wanting  that  have  un- 
mistakably indicated  the  necessity  of  speedy  reform  as  the 
only  means  of  averting  Moody  revolution.  English  character 
differs  from  French  character,  yet  both  partake  of  the  pas- 
sions and  the  infirmities  common  to  our  nature.  Causes  sim 
ilar  to  those  that  led  to  the  French  Revolution  may  produce 
the  violent  subversion  of  the  existing  order  of  things  in  Eng- 
land, and  some  at  least  of  those  causes  are  already  at  work. 

Unless  we  mistake  greatly,  the  formidable  riot  in  London 
of  July  23d,  is  destined  to  become  as  important  a  historical 
event  as  the  collisions  between  the  townspeople  and  the  sol- 
diers in  Boston,  that  preceeded  the  battle  of  Lexington. 

Perhaps  the  most  ominous  feature  of  the  whole  affair,  was 
the  method  and  deliberation  with  which  the  people  set  them- 
selves to  oppose  the  government.  The  rwiglish  masses  have 
always  been  characterized  by  a  reverence  for  law  that  verged 
upon  superstition.  No  matter  how  grievous  the  oppression  to 
which  they  were  subjected,  no  matter  how  insufferable  the 
provocation  ;  like  Sampson  in  Romeo  and  Juliet,  they  have 
been  fain  to  say  to  the  powers  that  be,  "  We  do  not  bite  our 
thumbs  at  you,"  unless  they  could  enjoy  the  clear  assurance 
that  "the  law  is  on  our  side." 

But  this  blind  respect  for  authority  seems  to  have  been 
strangely  weakened  of  late.  There  is  an  inquiring,  question 
ing,  self-respecting  and  self-asserting  spirit  abroad  among  the 
lower  orders  of  the  English  people  that  is  well  calculated  to 
create  uneasiness  among  the  "  privileged  classes."  It  is  evi- 
dent from  the  details  of  this  great  London  riot  that  a  sinister 
Jacobinical  feeling  has  been  aroused,  which  has  less  respect 
for  the  constable  and  the  magistrate  than  for  abstract  id  as 
of  right  and  justice.  This  state  of  things  is  very  un-English, 
and  it  bodes  no  good  to  a  system  whose  only  safeguard  has 
long  been  the  hereditory  veneration  of  an  oppressed  and  suf- 
fering majority  for  certain  traditional  ideas.  Evidently  the 
English  masses  have,  to  a  certain  extent,  become  American- 
ized. When  the  leaders  of  a  London  "  mob  "  have  come  to 
making  argumentative  speeches,  in  which  they  talk  about 
"  trying  the  question  whether  the  parks  are  the  property  of 
the  Crown  or  of  the  people,  it  is  time  to  prepare  for  changes 
compared  with  which  all  previous  reforms  are  of  slight  conse- 
quence. But  perhaps  the  most  significant  circumstance  con- 
nected with  the  riot,  is  to  be  found  in  the  tone  of  John  Stu- 
art Mill's  speech  on  the  occasion  in  the  House  of  Commons. 
Mr.  Mill  thought  that  "  the  noble  Lords  and  honorable  gen- 
tlemen on  the  ministerial  side  of  the  House  did  not  fully  es- 
timate the  seriousness  of  the  occasion,  and  the  direct  conse- 
quences that  might  result  from  the  step  which  they  had 
taken.  $  *  *  Already  the  newspaper  scribes,  who  were 
supporting  the  Government,  were  declaring  that  no  open  air 
meetings  ought  to  be  tolerated  in  the  metropolis.  He  ad- 
Tised  the  Government  to  adopt  that  declaration,  and  he  prom- 
ised them  that  in  such  an  event  they  would  have  to  encounter 
resistance  of  a  very  different  kind  fom  that  they  had  as  yet 
encountered." 

This  language  admits  of  no  other  interpretation  than  as  a 
distinct  threat  of  revolution  in  case  the  Government  shall 
dare  to  attempt  to  enforce  its  own  view  of  the  question  at 
issue  ;  and  it  is  such  language  as  has  not  been  used  in  the 
House  of  Commons  by  any  Englishman  during  this  genera- 
tion. Coining  from  such  a  man  as  Mr.  Mill,  it  must  be  con- 
sidered as  possessing  uo  ordinary  significance. 


A  RECENT  FRENCH  RELIGIOUS  AVRITER* 

AMORAL  and  religious  Frenchman  would  be  an  anomaly 
in  modern  civilization.  Morals  and  religion  appertain 
particularly  to  the  conduct  and  business  of  life.  Their  growth 
is  the  result  of  inward  culture  and  experience,  but  it  is  the 
culture  and  experience  of  the  heart,  for  they  depend  for  their 
development  comparatively  little  upon  the  presence  or  strength 
of  the  intellect.  The  French  are  eminently  an  intellectual 
people.  The  domain  of  their  research  is  without  any  limit, 
and  whatever  is  the  impression  of  their  live3,  their  active  in- 
tellect does  not  find  any  subject  without  the  reach  of  their 
contemplation.  They  are  a  people  of  ideas  and  theories,  and 
they  are  great  in  whatever  department  they  indicate  as  a 
proper  field  for  abstract  thought.  They  are  especially  great 
in  those  departments  which  are  the  fields  of  pure  thought  00- 
sul.lied  by  the  interference  of  any  passion  or  sentiment  of  the 
heart.  In  the  mathematical  sciences  no  other  people  claim 
an  equality  with  them.  In  the  natural  sciences  they  have 
furnished  some  of  the  most  eminent  names  in  history.  In 
philosophy  they  have  produced  the  most  eminent  thinkers  ; 
and  amogg  the  most  prominent  schools  of  philosophy  to-day 
are  found  those  which  acknowledge  French  scholars  as  their 
heads.  And  it  will  not  be  generally  denied,  that  in  the  de- 
partments of  the  sciences  and  philosophy,  our  libraries  would 
not  be  complete  or  supplied  with  its  most  valuable  contribu- 
tions without  a  selection  from  eminent  writers  of  France. 

The  French,  however,  do  not  confine  their  intellectual  re- 
searches to  these  studies.  They  confess  with  infinite  courtesy 
the  existence  of  the  heart,  but  it  is  rather  one  of  the  orna- 
ments than  a  part  of  the  substance  of  true  life,  a  subject  fit 
only  for  the  most  delicate  and  polite  allusion,  but  concerning 
which  no  urbanity  of  expression  is  to  be  taken  as  pure  and 
genuine  feeling.  They  have  really  no  comprehension  of  the 
sentiment  of  love  or  the  domestic  affections,  and,  reasonably 
enough,  no  word  for  "  home,"  which  is  based  upon  the  active 
existence  of  those  sentiments.  We-  do  not  look  into  their 
literature  for  the  highest  poetry,  for  although  the  French  mind 
has  been  sufficiently  exercised  in  that  direction,  yet  into  the 
best  poetry  there  are  elements  whose  source  is  the  human 
heart,  and  therefore  they  have  failed  to  produce  any  great 
poem  which  can  be  favorably  compared  with  any  of  the  grand 
epics  which  are  found  in  the  other  languages  of  Europe.  The 
French  people  have  never,  as  we  might  expect,  given  their 
best  thought  to  the  study  of  religion  or  theology  ;  and  for  the 
best  works  upon  either  of  those  subjects  we  should  select 
Irom  the  writers  of  other  people's.  Not  that  that  people  have 
not  had  their  ideas  of  religion,  their  theologic  dogmas,  their 
national  church  establishment,  their  religious  revolutions,  their 
"persecutions  for  righteousness' sake,"  but  these  have  not 
arisen  out  of  the  longing  desires  of  the  individual  hearts  of 
the  people,  but  were  rather  the  natural  products  of  the  restless 
intellectual  action  of  the  people — the  concordance  of  the  ac- 
tive mind  of  France  upon  the  great  subjects  of  religion  and 
theo'ogy,  with  its  activity  upon  those  topics  of  inquiry,  which 
it  has  most  readily  and  congenially  pursued.  If  occasionally 
a  work  of  a  strictly  religions  character  has  appeared  in 
French  literature,  it  will  be  found  to  be  less  the  manifestation 
of  great  religious  ideas  than  the  restless  aspiration  for  the 
complete  development  of  a  scholastic  thought — the  anxious 
inquiry  into  the  true  solution  of  an  intellectual  problem. 

The  volume  upon  "  The  Aposlks  "  is  the  second  which  M. 
Renan  has  put  forth  in  the  pursuit  of  his  studies  into  the 
History  of  the  Origin  of  Christianity.  The  first  volume 
upon  "  The  Life  of  Jesus  "  left  the  minds  of  men  sufficiently 
prepared  for  the  reception  of  any  work  however  startling  in 
its  tone  and  development.  As  a  religious  work,  "  The  Life 
of  Jesus  "  was  generally  confessed  to  be  entirely  without  the 
sympathies  of  people  educated  to  believe  the  long  settled 
dogmas  of  the  church.  By  religious  veterans  it  was  consid- 
ered false  in  its  theories  of  Christ,  unsustaioed  by  the  facts 
of  history,  dangerous  in  its  conclusions,  and  in  its  teachings 
prejudicial  to  the  success  and  interests  of  the  Christian  Re- 
ligion. As  an  intellectual  product,  it  was  the  work  of  one 
of  the  most  learned  scholars  of  France,  singularly  fascinating 
in  its  style,  startling  in  its  bold  interpretations  of  history, 
unique  in  its  conclusions  concerning  the  force  and  circum- 
stance of  Jesus'  life.  It  was  the  feat  of  a  mental  harlequin, 
whose  every  successive  movement  was  startlingly  queer 
though  dangerous, and  left  many  with  the  impres3iou  of  a  wjn 
derful  exhibition  of  intellectual  gymnastics. 

Those  who  found  any  intellectual  want  met  by  the  first  vol- 
ume of  M.  Renan  will  read  the  present  volume  with  avidity, 
and  will  be  but  a  little  less  pleased  than  before.  That  the 
volume  will  have  numerous  leaders  there  is  uo  doubt,  for  be- 
sides those  whose  religious  wants  are  met  by  intellectual  so- 
lutions of  old  problems,  and  who  are  in  accord  with  the 
thought  of  Renan.  and  those  who  would  keep  pace  with  the 
progress  of  religious  thought,  others  will  grasp  it  as  a  piece  of 
the  forbidden  fruit,  the  sweeter  for  being  so.  To.  say  the  vol- 
ume is  equally  dangerous  with  the  first  would  be  the  surest 

"The  Aposti.es.— By  Ernest  Renan — membre  ITsiitnte  —  author 
of  "Tlie  Life  of  Jesus,"  etc,  etc.,  translated  from  the  original  r  rem  h. 
New  York  :  Carleton,  Publisher,  113  Broadway.  Paris:  Michel  Levy 
Frercs.  San  Francisco  :  A  Roman  do  Co.— 1866. 


endorsement  to  those  who  have  never  known  any  intellectual 
freedom,  and  who  will  run  the  risk  of  danger  in  the  taste  of 
the  bewildering  cup. 

From  the  study  of  M.  Renan's  "  Life  of  Jesus,"  the  reader 
goes  away  impressed  with  the  stature  of  a  man — not  a  God 
— with  such  a  stature  of  Jesus  as  few,  who  had  not  given  the 
years  ot  intense  thought  of  the  author  to  the  su!  ject,  would 
ever  by  their  own  logical  deductions  have  obtained.  The 
study  of  "  The  Apostles  "  leaves  on  the  mind  somewhat  new 
impressions,  but  less  vivid  and  less  startling  than  that  which 
necessarily  follows  a  careful  pursuit  of  the  author's  studies  in 
the  former  volume.  M.  Renau  promises  and  has  already  in 
press  the  third  volume  of  his  "  History  of  the  Origiu  of 
Christianity,"  which  is  the  "  Life  of  Saint  Paul."  The  pres- 
ent volume  intimates  Renan's  opinion  of  that  person  who  has 
figured  so  largely  in  Christian  history.  It  is  a  safe  deduction 
from  our  knowledge  of  his  works  already  published,  that  the 
Paul  of  Renan  will  not  be  the  Paul  of  the  catechism,  and  will 
not  resemble  in  an  eminent  degree  any  of  the  individuals  who 
have  been  cauonized  and  indicated  upon  the  calendar  of  the 
Saints. 

OBITUARY  NOTICES. 

rT^nE  phrase,  u  lie  occupies  a  namelers  grave,"  has  a  sad 
_L  sound.  The  feeling  which  prompts  people  to  erect  a 
stone  "in  memory  of"  a  relation  or  friend  who  has  passed 
from  earth,  is  a  very  natural  one.  They  are  unwilling  that 
the  memory  of  one  who  was  dear  to  them  while  on  earth 
should  perish.  The  same  feeling  often  prompts  editors  of 
newspapers  to  write  obituary  notices.  Sometimes  it  were 
better  that  the  editor  should  not  call  in  the  public  to  share 
his  grief  over  the  death  of  a  friend.  An  obituary  notice, 
which  was  in  very  bad  taste,  appeared  in  the  local  column  of 
the  AUa  on  Thursday.  The  telegraph  brought  the  news  that 
a  gambler  was  shot  by  his  mistress  in  a  drinking  saloou  in 
Chicago.  There  \\as  nothing  in  this  intelligence  to  excite 
the  sorrow  of  the  public  of  San  Francisco.  We  find  au  at- 
tempt to  stimulate  their  grief  in  a  paragraph  in  the  local  col- 
umn in  which  the  virtues  and  good  deeds  of  George  Trussel, 
the  gambler,  are  set  forth  :  "  He  was  a  young  man  of  fine 
natural  abilities,  fine  appearance,  and  pleasing  address,  and 
had  he  put  his  talents  to  a  proper  use,  he  was  capable  of  do- 
ing credit  to  any  profession  and  adorning  any  position  in  re- 
spectable society.  Some  lime  since  he  shot  one  of  the  editors 
of  the  Chicago  Times,  on  account  of  an  attack  upon  liitn, 
made  by  that  paper,  but  did  not  inflict  a  fatal  wound.  Like 
William  Chapman,  who  was  killed  in  this  city,  he  had  at  least 
two  traits  of  character  worthy  of  admiration  — devotion  to 
his  couutry  and  liberality." 

The  fact  of  the  subject  of  this  obituary  notice  having  at- 
tempted to  murder  one  of  the  editors  of  the  Chicago  Times 
does  not,  in  our  estimation,  nor  in  the  estimation  of  the  pub- 
lic, we  imagine,  add  lustre  to  his  character.  He  did  not,  we 
are  told,  indict  a  fatal  wound.  The  worst  effec  t  of  an  obitu- 
ary notice  of  this  description,  is  that  many  an  honest  man  on 
reading  it  will  think  to  himself  "  I  wonder  whether  1  shall  get 
an  obituary  notice  in  the  newspapers  when  I  die,"  and  on  re- 
flecting that  in  cousequence  ot  living  a  moral  and  respectable 
life,  and  not  by  his  bad  deeds,  bringing  himself  prominently 
before  the  public,  he  will  not  receive  this  honor,  as  hp  consid- 
ers it,  he  will  probably  feel  discontented.  Besides  this,  it  is 
wrong  for  the  sake  of  letting  the  public  know  that  George 
Trussel  possessed  private  virtues  to  draw  their  attention  from 
his  public  misdeeds.  It  is  really  of  very  little  consequence  to 
the  public  whether  this  gambler  was — as  most  gamblers  are — 
liberal,  or  penurious,  and  of  as  little  importance  whether  be 
loved  his  country  or  no.  Far  better  would  it  have  been  to 
let  the  public  draw  a  moral  from  the  facts  that  George  Trus- 
sel was  a  gambler,  kept  a  mistress  and  was  shot  by  her  in  a 
drinking  saloon,  than  to  attempt  to  weaken  it  by  publishing 
an  apologetic  obituary  notice  of  him  in  the  Alia  California. 


The  Olympic  Club  Election  on  Monday  last  was  a  very 
spirited  affair.  The  members'  Regular  Ticket,  a  model  of 
taste  and  typographical  neatness,  bore  on  its  reverse  a  cut  of 
a  number  of  Olyinpiaifi  propelling  a  huge  ball  inscribed  with 
"The  Opposition,  how  it  goes  out!"  which  pioved  to  be  pro- 
phetic, as  the  Regular  Ticket  was  elected  throughout.  The 
following  officers  were  chosen  to  serve  for  the  ensuing  year  : 
President,  David  Wilder;  Vice-President,  Arthur  K. 
Hawkins;  Treasurer,  Henry  B.  Russ  ;  Secretary,  Frank  E. 
Brown;  Leader,  Joseph  Mansur ;  Directors,  Sidney  Smith, 
E.  M.  Furbush,  T.  R.  Butler,  aud  F.  A.  Sacket. 


The  municipal  election  that  took  place  on  Wednesday  was 
characterized  by  a  degree  of  quiet  and  good  order,  rare  even 
in  San  Francisco.  The  total  vote  polled  was  13,193.  being 
about  1G00  less  than  the  number  of  voters  duly  registered  on 
the  poll  lists. 

New  Books. — We  have  received  from  A.  Roman  &  Co.,  a 
number  of.  new  publications  which  will  be  duly  reviewed  in 
our  next  issue. 


September  8th  | 


THE  CALIFORNIA^. 


9 


THE    LION'S  MOUTH. 

"  The  prravest  boast  ts  an  ass,  the  gravest  bird  is  an  owl,  the  gravest  flsh 
is  an  oyster, and  the  gravest  man  is  a  fool."  Sydney  Smith. 

"  I  ffiu.  roar,  that  I  will  do  any  man's  he.irt  good  to  hear  me  *' 

A  MrnsUMiTEB  Night's  Dream. 

"  I  will  aggravate  my  voice  so,  that  I  will  roar  yon  as  gently  as  any  suck- 
ing dove  ;  I  will  roar  yon  an 't  were  any  nightingale.'*  IniD. 

"  Ail  falsi  autleat,  nil  Deri  turn  audeal  duxre,"  Ciclbo 

More  Who  Want  to  be  Editors. 

The  Proprietor  of  the  Californian  : 

Dear  Sin  :— I  once  had  literary  tastes  and  aspirations,  which  if  in- 
dulged and  cherished,  would  have  made  me  the  great  Poet,  or  the 
great  Historian  of  my  country.  But  literary  fame  is  not  contempora- 
neous power  ;  and  it  is  for  Power — for  predominance  and  mastership 
in  practical  affairs  in  my  own  day  and  generation — that  my  soul  thirsts. 
Not  to  write  hooks  over  which  posterity  shall  pore,  hut  to  be  the 
leader  of  a  great  party,  the  idol  of  a  nation,  and,  to  some  extent,  the 
simper  of  its  destinies,  is  the  object  of  my  ambition.  As  a  boy,  I 
thrilled  with  the  exhilarating  consciousness  of  powers  such  as  are  be- 
stowed on  none  but  the  most  richly  gifted  of  our  race. 

Meditating  alone  one  Autumn  afternoon,  like  Ilervey  "among  the 
tombs,"  in  the  picturesque  cemetery  of  my  native  Springfield,  when 
but.  a  boy  of  twelve,  I  surveyed  the  whole  field  of  human  activity, 
weighed  the  relative  value  of  all  the  objects  of  mortal  ambition,  and 
deliberately  chose  my  career.  In  that  moment  of  spiritual  exaltation 
every  path  seemed  open  and  every  goal  accessible.  The  dazzling 
round  of  power,  in  every  shape  in  which  it  has  held  forth  its  seductive 
lure  to  the  mightiest  minds  seemed  fairly  within  my  grasp.  I  bad  but 
to  choose  between  the  conqueror's  laurel -wreath,  the  poet's  bays,  and 
the  civic  crown  of  the  orator  and  the  ruler;  I  had  but  to  choose;  and 
the  role  of  an  Alcibiades  or  a  Pericles  seemed  more  glorious  to  me 
than  that  of  a  Homer  or  an  Alexander.  I  would  rather  be  a  Glad- 
stone than  a  Wellington  or  a  Tennyson,  a  Clay  than  a  Longfellow  or 
a  Grant.  And  so  my  destiny  was  determined.  1  resolved  to  become 
President  of  these  United  States,  and  I  shall  be.  But  as  a  stepping- 
stone  to  the  White  House,  my  more  immediate  object  is  to  become 
Senator  from  California.  Still  I  am  no  dreaming  enthusiast.  I  be- 
lieve in  the  use  if  menus — and  I  am  using  them.  I  cultivate  all  men 
who  ran  he  useful  to  me  ;  I  sedulously  practice  that  facility  of  approach 
that  opens  every  avenue  to  popularity.  I  am  a  Mason  and  Odd  Fel- 
low, a  Sunday  School  teacher,  a  church  member,  a  man  of  society, 
and  also  Grand  Commander  of  the  Temperance  Legion,  and  a  Direct  or 
of  the  Liquor  Dealers  Association.  I  am  President  of  the  Mercantile 
Library,  of  the  Ladies'  Protection  and  Relief  Society,  of  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association,  of  the  Protestant  Orphan  Asylum,  (in 
accepting  which  bust  position,  I  am  not  sure  that  I  did  not  make  a  mis- 
take, as  it  might  have  a  tendency  to  alienate  the  Irish  vote)  besides 
being  Vice  President  or  Director  in  seventeen  other  corporate  bodies, 
includingjhe  Spring  Valley  Water  Association,  the  Metropolitan  Gas 
Company,  the  Building  and  Loan  Society,  the  Nicholson  Pavement 
Association,  the  New  Idria  Mining  Company,  together  with  five  Life 
and  seven  Fire  Insurance  companies.  I  was  also  contemplating  run- 
ning for  the  position  of  Foreman  of  Engine  Company  No.  —  at  the 
time  of  the  passage  of  the  ordinance  ubolisniug  the  Volunteer  Depart- 
ment. 

And  I  have  not  sought  these  honors — at  least  not  directly.  They 
have  been  thrust  upon  inc.  I  have  been  invited,  pressed,  importuued, 
besieged  to  accept  prominent  positions  in  every  club,  order,  company, 
incorporation,  or  body,  social,  religions,  literary,  military ,  benevolent, 
or  monetary  on  this  coast ;  and  I  am  quite  unable  to  understand  why 
I  have  not  been  solicited  to  occupy  the  vacant  editorial  chair  of  The 
C'amfoknian.  Not  that  1  could  dream  for  a  moment  of  accepting  it 
— but  then  I  should  have  like  to  have  bad  the  pleasure  of  modestly 
declining  it,  and  telling  people  that  I  bad  done  so.  For  I  would 
Strengthen  my  connection  in  the  literary  field,  and  am  not  unwilling 
to  have  it  understood  that  I  could  shine  in  the  sphere  of  polite  letters, 
were  it  worth  my  while  to  make  the  attempt.  Pericles  did  not  de- 
spise literature  or  the  arts,  and  Pericles  is  my  great  exemplar.  I  re- 
main, Respectfully  yours,  W.  H.  L.  B-rn-s. 

P.  S.  You  will  perceive  from  the  above,  that  you  cau  safely  tender 
me  the  position.  I  shouldn't  accept  it,  but.  would  appreciate  the  com- 
pliment and  might  send  you  some  legal  advertising. 

W.  H.  L.  B. 

Proprietor  ColiJ "ortiian  .• 

Ere  I  resolved  to  cross  the  literary  Rubicon — unlike  the  all-domi- 
nating Roman,  between  whom  and  "  Kiu/.ilbash"  I  flatter  myself 
there  is  Bcarce  the  dimmest  suggestion  of  a  parallel — I  meditated 
deeply,  for — par  parenlhese — a  meditative  tendency  is  with  me  a  con- 
genital idiosvneracy,  and  indeed,  my  earliest  infant  wailings,  are  6aid 
to  have  dilfered  from  the  shrill  clamors  of  average  babyhood,  and  to 
have  indicated  a  mildly  aesthetic  and  contemplative  nature.  But 
n'importc  ;  I  wander,  revenons.  The  question  is  concerning  the  Cali- 
'fornian,  and  a  literary  career.  Oft  of  late,  has  this  been  the  theme 
of  my  more  pensive  musings,  as  I  glide  "  to  and  fro,"  in  the  Sau  Jose 
train,  now  eyeing  dreamily  the  flitting  landscape,  and  now  inhaling 
with  lungs  dumbly  protesting  and  recalcilruu  the  irrespirable  gases 
exhaled  from  a  just-butchered  vitality  ;  I  allude,  of  course,  to  the 
pestilence-engendering  cattle  pens  and  shambles  on  Brannan  street, 
that  our  Board  of  Supervisors,  devoid  alike  of  consc  ences  and  noses, 
will  not  abate  as  nuisances,  until  the  awful  advent  of  that  dread  mis- 
sionary from  Asia,  whose  evangelism  we  fear  and  flee  from.  But 
again  I  wander.  I  admire  your  journal,  and,  were  there  adequate  as- 
surance against  editorial  duties  disturbing  one's  dolecfar  uiente,  or, 
remotely  and  by  subtre  indirect — I  might  indeed,  perhaps,  at  least  in 
certain  sense,  say  by  subtle  impalpable  influences,  interfering  with 
the  menage,  of  my  establishment — I  say  were  there  assurance  against 
this,  I  should  not  experience  the  waverings  of  a  balanced  mind.  Of 
my  special  fitness  for  literary  pursuits  why  speak  ?  Who  that  knows 
me  would  question  it?  The  Attraction  of  such  a  career  for  me  con- 
sists in  the  avenue  it  opens  for  one  who  would  fain  be  testhetiea  Ho- 
useful and  ornamentally  happy.  In  consequence  of  an  organization 
naturally  delicate,  a  perhaps  over-sensitive  temperament,  together 
with  tbe  "high  art''  cnltns  which  I  have  enjoyed  (including  the  refin- 
ing influence  of  fereign  travel  and  the  exhaustive  study  of  French 
literature)  in  consequence  of  these  things,  I  often  experience  a  cer- 
tain repulsion  for  the  dull  drudgery, or  the  angry  collisions  iucident  to 
legal  practice,  and  *  *  *  *  Of  my  style  I  need  not  speak.  You 
ric  familiar  with  my  writings,  and  not  improbably  know  portions  of 
them  by  heart — they  are  often  qmted  by  the  paragraph  by  cultivated 
persons,  particularly  by  you  Dg  ladi;s  in  the  higher  conversational  in- 


tercourse of  our  better  society.  Possibly,  however,  you  have  not  dis- 
conered  by  analysis  that  my  style  is  modelled  upon  that  of  Charles 
Lambe,  Irving,  Curtis,  Ik.  Marvell,  and  Frank  Bret  Harte,  wiib  a 
slight  dash  of  Dickens,  and  the  faintest  possible  reminiscence  of  Law- 
rence Sterne,  combining,  as  it  does,  tbe  chief  graces  of  each,  it  is  as 
might  be  expected,  superior  to  either-  In  short,  I  am  assured  by  im- 
partial ami  judicious  friends  that  I  need  not  shrink  from  a  comparison 
with  any  living  writer  of  our  tongue  in  that  fine  vein  of  composition 
I  which  combines  the  pensive  charm  of  sentiment  with  dim  suggestions 
of  graver  thought,  and  in  which  the  beauty  of  the  idea  gains  by  the 
exquisite  felicity  of  the  phrase,  as  a  rare  gem  by  a  beautiful  setting. 
"  Kuzzlebasb"  awaits  your  reply.    An  revoir. 

Yours  musingly,  R.  C.  R-g-s. 

To  the  Proprietor  of  the  Calif ornian  : 

My  Very  Dear  Sir: — Amidst  these  scenes  of  Nature's  exuberance 
and  tbe  dazzling  beauty  of  concatenataueous  and  proportionate  form 
of  national  development ;  away  here,  iu  tbe  heart  of  our  California 
Snnny  South,  under  my  owu  vine  and  fig-tree,  with  none  to  molest  or 
make  afraid,  my  amicular  and  visual  organs  have  been  struck  by  an 
announcement,  apparently  authoritative,  that  the  glowing  and  now 
locally  historic  and  majestic  hebdomadal  which  illuminates  with  irides- 
cent but  fortunately  not  crepusculine  rays  our  literary  horizon,  stands 
vacilating  upon  the  borders  of  hesitation  as  to  a  choice  of  some  noble 
intelligence,  some  appointed  instrument,  who  shall  fill  its  editor's 
chair. 

Far  from  me  be  the  thought  that  because  a  Webb  once  filled  that 
chair  it  is  web-footed,  and  that  hence  as  a  sequent  corollary  no  person 
but  a  sailor  should  be  its  future  occupant,  or  that  the  editor  sb  be 
a  "  duck  of  a  man,"  or  even  that  he  should  be  H'eA's-terian.  Such 
fancies  and  conceits  little  befit  a  serious  application  for  a  responsible 
position,  and  would  illy  correspond  with  that  reputation  which  I  have 
gained,  more  in  the  austere  realms  of  the  severe  and  exacting  Themis, 
than  within  the  idealistic  boundaries  of  Momus,  or  the  enchanting  and 
Circe  like  walks  where  Apollo's  votaries  lead  the  fated  life  of  volup- 
tuous delight,  in  the  magic  circle  of  a  necessitated  poesy,  breathing  a 
purer  than  Thessalinn  air  beneath  a  brighter  empyrean  than  domes  the 
dwelling  of  the  Gods 

''  Where  high  Olympus  shrouds 
His  hundred  heads  in  Heaven  and  props  the  clouds." 

Suffice  it  to  say — I  mean  business.  Without,  any  of  the  complacent 
and  voluble  palaver  of  self  congratulating  sufficiency — I  offer  my  ser- 
vices. Yours  Truly, 

A.  B.  C.  D.  E.  J.  C.  K-w— n. 

Captain  Jaggcrs'  Opinion  of  "Belisario"  and  of  Opera 
in  General. 

Mn.  Editor  : — On  Monday  night  I  went  to  the  opera  for  the  first 
and  last  time  in  my  life.  I've  settled  my  impressions  of  opera.  I  like 
good  acting  and  I  like  good  singing  ;  but  I'd  rather  take  'em  separate, 
as  I  do  my  brandy  and  water,  and  not  so  confoundedly  mixed  up  that 
each  spoils  the  other.  This  is  how  I  came  to  go  :  A  young  lady  who 
boards  at  our  boarding-house  was  to  make  her  "  daybew,"  (as  a  young 
coxcomb  who  sits  next  me  at  table  calls  it)  at  the  Metropolitan.  The 
same  genius  asked  nie  a  year  or  so  since,  soon  after  the  appearance  of 
Victor  Hugo's  great  novel,  whether  I  had  read  Less  Miserables.  Of 
course  all  our  boarders  turned  out  strong  on  the  occasion.  There  were 
at  least  fjrtv  of  us  in  the  dress  circle.  The  opera  announced  was 
Belisario,  or  "Bully  Sawyers"  as  Dickens'  "literary  man  with  a 
wooden  leg  "  read  the  name  of  the  unfortunate  old  Roman.  Well, 
our  "  daybootont" — that's  my  accomplished  little  neighbor's  pronun- 
ciation— came  out  strong  they  say,  but  I'd  a  deuced  sight  rather  hear 
her  in  the  parlor.  Where  s  the  sense,  I  should  like  to  know,  of  that 
fringe  of  fellows  in  red  shirts  and  white  stockings  without  anything 
to  speak  of  in  the  way  of  trousers,  ranged  along  one  side  of  the  stage 
all  in  a  row,  with  another  row  of  women  in  fancy -colored  petticoats 
ranged  opposite  them,  the  whole  lot  bawling  and  squalling  like  sixty, 
standing  there  bolt  upright  and  looking  on,  while  all  manner  of  things, 
from  murder  to  love-making,  are  being  perpetrated  right  under  their 
noses  ?  Can  anything  under  heaven  be  so  ridiculously  preposterous  as 
to  see  a  couple  of  burly  fellows  rigged  up  like  harlequins,  gesticulat- 
ing like  Lunatics,  and  jawing  away  at  one  another  "  most  musically," 
in  minims,  crotchets,  and  demi-semi-quavers,  each  seeming  all  the  while 
to  be  trying  to  beat  the  other  in  making  faces,  turning  out  his  toes, 
and  showing  his  calves  to  the  best  advantage  1 

And  who's  green  enough  to  believe  tha'  the  people  go  to  see  and 
hear  this  sort  of  thing  beeansc  they  likt  it .'  Not  I  for  one.  I  saw  at 
least  fifty  down  town  fellows  of  my  acquaintance — merchants,  law- 
yers, and  others,  wtio  grinned  and  bore  it  like  an  Indian  at  the  stake 
— but  don't  talk  to  vie  about  their  liking  it  However  it's  the  fashion, 
and  there  are  plenty  of  people  who  would  go  about  with  a  convict's 
ball-and-chain  to  their  legs  if  it  should  become  fashionable,  especially 
if  the  chain  was  of  a  taking  pattern,  and  the  ball  gilded. 

Yours  Truly,  Captain  Jaggers. 

A  Q,uery  for  The  "  Times." 

O,  "Daily  Times;"  O,  "Daily  Times;" 

When  are  you  to  be  born  ? 
Or  are  you  really  coming  out 

The  small  end  of  the  bora? 
D-ws  has  distilled  quite  long  enough 

Thy  spirits  pure  to  "  catchee  ;  " 
And  B-rt-n  long  has  packed  in  salt 

The  impatient  Jim  McCl-tch-y.  -  ■ 

The  President's  Bounty. 

The  Examiner,  on  Thursday,  promulgated  what  appears  to  us  to  be 
a  novel  idea.  It  says  that  "  the  Radical  Convention,"  iu  this  city,  for- 
bore to  take  sides  in  their  address  on  the  question  of  reconstruction 
and  : 

This  enabled  the  army  of  unprincipled  officials  who,  while  feed- 
upon  the  bounty  of  the  President,  with  black-hearted  ingratitude, 
are  consulting  with  his  enemies  and  stabbing  him  in  the  dark,  to  vote 
the  instincts  of  their  natures.  They  thus  not  only  worked  against,  the 
National  Union  Democratic  ticket,  but  gave  all  of  their  influence  to 
that  of  the  Radicals.  When  we  consider  the  army  of  the-c  unprinci- 
pled ingrates  t  hat  swarm  in  the  Custom  House,  Mint,  Postoffice,  Reve- 
nue Department,  etc.,  we  can  well  estimate  the  amount  of  that  influ- 
ence." 

We  really  were  not  aware,  until  we  saw  it  60  stated  in  the  Exam- 
iner, that  the  Government  officials  were  "  feeding  upon  tbe  bounty  of 
the  President."    We  did  not  know  that  tbe  pay  which  they  drew  .for 


their  services  from  the  United  States  Government  was  in  reality  "  the  " 
bounty  of  the  President  "  Under  any  circumstances,  the  present  of- 
fice-holders can  scarcely  be  said  to  be  feeding  on  President  Johuson's 
bounty,  as  he  did  not  appoint  them.  As  to  the  Custom  House,  Mint, 
Postoffice,  and  Revenue  Department  officials  being  "  unprincipled  in- 
grates," we  must  join  issne  with  the  Examiner.  As  the  bountiful 
President  has  already  given  most  of  these  "  ingrates  "  notice  to  quit, 
and  will  assuredly  oust  all  the  others,  we  cannot  see  that  they  have 
very  much  to  be  grateful  for.  "  The  instincts  of  their  natures"  led 
them,  of  course,  to  vote  against  President  Johnson's  policy,  after  they 
knew  that  he  considered  it  part  of  his  policy  to  discharge  them,  aud 
intended  that  they  should  no  longer  "  feed  on  his  bounty." 

Poor  Stricken  Ones. 

The  Post  office  is  a  bouse  of  mourning.  The  telegraph  having 
brought  the  news  of  the  removal  of  Perkins,  every  clerk  iu  tbe  office 
is  an  embodiment  of  grief  and  rage.  We  claim  the  consideration  of 
the  public  for  these  unfortunates.  .Bear  with  them  for  a  little  while. 
Do  not  inquire  for  your  letters  ofteuer  than  is  absolutely  necessary. 
It  irritates  them.  They  are  in  a  dreadful  condition.  When  you  in- 
quire for  a  letter  now  the  clerk  looks  at  you  with  an  expression  which 
seems  to  say,  "  who  ar.e  you  talking  to?  I've  never  been  introduced 
to  you."  Then,  remembering  that  he  is  still,  for  a  short  time  longer, 
a  public  servant,  he  makes  a  savage  thrust  at  the  pigeou-hole  in  which 
your  letters  are  placed,  and  if  he  finds  there  is  no  letter  for  you,  turns 
sharply  round,  Bays  "  no !  "  and  gives  you  a  look  of  deadly  hatred 
which  means  "  and  you  knew  there  was  no  letter  for  you,  d — n  you  !" 
You  shudder  and  walk  away,  thankful  that  the  window  through 
which  the  letters  are  delivered  is  too  Bmall  for  any  but  a  very  thin 
man  to  get  through.  Bear  with  them;  poor  fellows!  WThat  will 
they  do  when  they  are  turned  out  of  the  Post  office  ?  They  have  for- 
gotten bow  to  dig,  and  their  brief  term  of  office,  while  it  has  taught 
them  absolutely  nothing,  has  rendered  them  useless  for  industrial  pur- 
suits. Don't  worry  them.  If  you  could  hear  the  groan  which  surges 
up  from  the  heart  of  one  of  those  stricken  clerks,  and  bursts  iu  a  dis- 
located imprecation  in  his  throat  when  tie  sees  a  man  come  to  break 
in  upon  his  sorrow  by  asking  for  a  letter,  you  would  wait  until  two 
or  three  had  arrived  aud  then  ask  for  them  all  at  once.  There  will  be 
a  new  set  of  clerks  in  there-soon  :  nice,  civil,  stupid,  boobyish  fellows 
who  will  smile  vacantly  iu  your  face  when  you  call  for  a  letter,  and 
then  proceed  to  examine  the  letters  in  every  pigeon-bole,  seriatim,  re- 
serving the  one  which  contains  yours  for  the  last.  When  the  new 
clerks  are  appointed  those  who  have  not  lock-boxes  will  do  well  to 
appoint  one  afternoon  in  each  week  which  they  can  devote  to  getting 
their  letters,  Then  they  can  invest  in  four  bits'  worth  of  peanuts  and 
have  quite  a  "  nice  time"  while  their  letters  are  being  searched  for. 

Acrobatics  Extraordinary. 

The  Omnibus  Railroad  Company,  a  week  ago  yesterday,  announced 
that  their  fares  would  be  reduced,  and  that  the  tickets  of  other  com- 
panies would  not  be  received.  The  "  other  companies  "  immediately 
published  a  card  stating  that  their  fares  would  also  be  reduced,  and 
tickets  exchanged  between  themselves,  but  not  with  the  Omnibus 
Company.  The  latter,  thus  left  out  in  the  cold,  required  but  three 
days  to  discover  that,  their  Japanese  policy  of  non-intercourse — the 
pet  hobby  of  some  of  their  direction  from  the  start — was  a  total  fail- 
ure ;  mid  announced  on  Thursday  morning  that  "tickets  of  ail  llio 
city  railroads  would  be  received."  So  complete  a  summersault,  taken 
in  connection  with  the  fact  that  a  certain  name  was  dropped  from  the 
Board  of  Directors  at  a  recent  election,  shows  that  the  Omnibus  Kail- 
road  Company  is  at  last  freed  from  the  dictation  of  a  narrow-minded 
but  heretofore  powerful  clique,  and  will  probably  be  managed  here- 
after, like  other  street  railroads,  with  due  regard  to  the  interest  aud 
convenience  of  the  public. 

Prison  Pens. 

Many  suffered  severely  from  t.ie  horrors  of  "  Prison  Pens  "  during 
the  war.  Alas  I  the  whole  country  suffers  now  from  prison  pens. 
Hundreds  of  volumes  containing  the  diaries  of  Union  prisoners  are 
forthcoming,  and  the  misery  which  will  be  inflicted  on  hapless  readers 
by  these  prison  pens  is  terrible  to  think  of. 


The  Bulletin,  in  an  editorial  devoted  to  the  New  York 
Round  Table  and  its  recent  sensational  article  on  "  Female 
Drunkenness,"  says  some  very  just  and  by  no  means  flatter- 
ing things  of  that  pretentious  journal.  The  fact  is,  the  Round 
Table  is  evidently  aiming  at  the  position  of  a  sort  of  literary 
Police  Gazette,  and  sticks  at  nothing  which  promises  to  give 
it  notoriety  ;  compared  with  its  enormous  pretensions,  its  ac- 
tual performance  is  like  Gratiano's  grain  of  wheat  in  the  bushel 
of  chaff';  or  as  the  Bulletin  felicitously  puts  it,  from  the  first 
number  "  there  has  been  a  great  deal  of  trumpeting  outside 
the  booth,"  while  "  the  show  withiu  was  not  remarkably  orig- 
inal or  striking."  It  a  publication  of  this  unmistakable  char- 
latan character  is  in  truth  accepted  at  the  East  as  a  high  lit- 
erary authority,  the  fact  speaks  ill  for  the  taste  and  discrimin- 
ation of  the  public  on  the  Atlantic  side. 


Dr.  Rush,  a  celebrated  American  physician,  writing  in 
relation  to  the  practice  of  medicine,  says;  "We  have  done 
but  little  more  than  multiply  diseases  and  increase  their 
fatality."  Dr.  Bourne,  the  Water  Cure  Physician,  says  that 
of  his  own  personal  knowledge,  the  result  of  more  than  a 
quarter  century  of  close  observation  that  Dr.  Rush  was 
justified  in  making  so  grave  a  charge. 


Wishing  Bad  Luck. — Knight's  Landing  is  a  very  nice 
place.  They  had  a  foot-race  there,  the  other  day,  for  a  cool 
huudred.  The  Independent  says  a  beautifully  dressed  young 
lady,  sitting  in  front  of  a  teu-pouud  waterfall,  saw  one  of  the 
wind-splitters  come  on  the  course,  clad  in  tights.  They  fitted 
him  so  well  that  the  fair  damsel  conceived  he  was  out  doing 
Menken  and  the  Georgia  major.  She  put  her  hands  up  to  her 
face  and,  peering  through  her  fingers,  screeched  out,  "  Why, 
you  ua-a-a  sty  man  !   I  hope  you  won't  win." 


10 


THE  CALIFORNIAN 


[  September  8th 


DISTANCES  FKOM  SAN  FRANCISCO 

To  various  points : 

To  Fort  Point,  4  miles,  by  omnibus,  four  trips  a  day. 
Lone  Mountain,  'A,  street  railwav. 
Seal  Rock,  G,  cars  and  oinuibus,  two  trips  a  day. 
Mission  Dolores,  street  railways  ;  Ocean  House  8. 
San  Mateo,  '20,  railroad. 
Crystal  Springs,  23,  railroad  and  stage 
Half-Moon  Bay,  29,     do.  do. 
Redwood  city ,  30,  do. 
Mountain  View,  38,  do. 
Santa  Clara,  47,  do. 

San  Jose,  50,  do.,orsteamerand6tage,54. 
Alviso,  46,  steamer,  daily. 

Almaden  mines,  G7,  steamer  and  stage  ;  or  by  rail- 
road and  stage,  64. 
Santa  Cruz,  78,  railroad  and  Btage. 
Oakland,  8,  steamer  and  railroad,  six  trips  a  day. 
Alameda,  1J ,  steamer,  three  trips  a  day. 
San  Leandro,  15,  steamer  and  railroad. 
Mission  San  Jose,  34,  steamer,  railroad  and  stage. 
Warm  Springs,  37,  do.  do. 

Benicia,  30,  steamer  leaves  at  4  P.  M.  daily. 
Sacramento,  117,  do.  do. 
Stockton,  117,      do.  do. 
Martinez,  33,  '  do. 
Pacbeco,  38,  steamer  and  stage. 
Diablo  Coal  Mines,  44,  steamer  and  Btage. 
Biuzoil,  50,  steamer,  or  54  by  steamer  and  Btage 
Vallejo,  28  ;  Mare  Islaud,  37  ;  Napa  city,  50 
White  Sulphur  Springs,  67,  stage  from  Napa. 
Geyser  Springs,  118,  do.  do. 

Sonoma.  52,  steamer,  tri -weekly. 
Petaluina,  48,  steamer,  daily. 
Healdsburg,  80,  stage  daily  from  Petalnma 
San  Quentin,  12,  steamer  ;  Faralloue  Islands,  20. 


JJR  HUMPHREYS' 

Homoeopathic  Specifics 

Have  proved,  from  the  most  ample  experience,  an 
entire  success — simple,  prompt,  efficient  and  reliable. 
They  are  the  only  Medicines  perfectly  adapted  to 
popular  use — sc  Bimple  that  mistakes  cannot  be  made 
in  using  them  ;  so  harmless  as  to  be  free  from  dan- 
ger, and  so  efficient  as  to  be  always  reliable.  They 
have  received  the  highest  commendation  from  all, 
and  will  always  render  satisfaction. 

No.    1  cures  Fevers,  Congestion,  Inflammations. 0  25 

"  2  cures  Warms, Worm  Fever,  Worm  Colic,  25 

"  3  cures  Crying  Cahe,  or  Teething  of  iu- 

"  4  cures  Diarrhma  of  children  or  adults...  25 

fants   25 

"  5  cures  Dysentery,  Griping,  Bilious  Colic,  25 

"  6  cures  Cholera  Morbus,  Nausea, Vomiting,  25 

**     7  cures  Coughs,  Colds,  Bronchitis   25 

"  8  cures  Neuralgia,  Toothache,  Faceache.  25 

"  9  cures  Headaches, sick-Headache, Vertigo,  25 

"    10  cures  Dyspiepsia,  Billions  Stomach   25 

"  11  cures  Suppressed ,  or  Painful  Periods..  25 

"  13  cures  Croup.  Cough,  difficult  Breathing,  25 

"  14  cures  Halt  Rheum,  Erysipelas  Eruptions,  25 

14  15  enrea  RJt£uma£um,  Ruenmatic  Pains...  25 

•'  16  cures  Fe remndAgue, '  hill  Kever,  Agnes  50 

"    17  cures  Piles,  bliud  or  bleeding   50 

"  18  cures  Opthalmia, nnd&ireor  Weak  Eyes,  50 

"  19  cures  Catarrh,  acute  orcbronic,  InHuenza  50 

"  20  cures  Whooping1  Cough,  violent  coughs.  50 

"    21  cures  Asthma.,  oppressed  Breathing   50 

M  22  cures  Ear  Discharges,  impaired  Hearing  50 
"  23  cures  Scrofula,  Enlarged  Glands,  Swell- 
ings   50 

"  24  cures  General  Debility,  Physical  Weak- 
ness  50 

"    25  cures  Dropsy,  and  scanty  Secretions   50 

"  26cures  Sea-Sickness, sicknessfmm  Riding,  50 

"    27  cures  Kidney  Disease,  Gravel    50 

"    29  cures  Sore  Mouth,  Canker   50 

"  31  cures  Painful  Periods,  even  with  Spasms  50 

"    32  cures  Sujjerings  at  change  of  life  $1 .00 

•'  33  cares  Epilepsy,  Spasms,  St.  Vitus'  Dance.  1.00 

"  34  cures  Diphllteria,  Ulcerated  Sore  Throat,  50 

FAMILY  CASES. 

35  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book  $10  00 

28  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book   8  00 

20  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book   •  6  00 

These  Remedies,  by  the  case  or  single  box,  are 
sent  to  any  part  of  the  country,  by  Mail  or  Express, 
on  receipt  of  the  price. 

HOSTETTER,  SMITH  &  DEAN, 
401  and  403  Battery  street,  corner  of  Clay, 
ap27-3m  LSan  Francisco. 


JgROOKLTN  HOTEL, 

1852.    SAN    FRANCISCO.  1866. 


The  Proprietor  of  the  above-named  Hotel  wishes 
to  Inform  his  patrons  and  the  Travelling  Public  ttiat  he 
has  opened  that  elegant  Brick  Fireproof  Hotel,  situated 
on  the 

S.  E.  Corner  of  Pine  and  Sansome  streets, 

8AN  FRANCISCO. 

It  was  built  expressly  for  a  Hotel,  with  all  the  moderi> 
conveniences  attached  to  it. 

Giis  and  water  are  supplied  throughout  the  House. 
Rooms  are  well  ventilated,  and  the  Public  will  flndi 
Hotel  all  the  comforts  of  a  home.   The  Hotel  is  spacious, 
and  well  adapted  for  the  use  of  Families.   Suits  of  Ruoms 
can  be  had  on  reasonable  terms. 

LA.RGE  READING  ROOM 

Attached  to  the  Hotel, 
Containing  500  Volumes  of  Standard  Works, 
Which  is  entirely  for  the  use  of  patrons. 

THE  CITY  COACH,  with  the  name  of  the  Hotel  on  it, 
will  he  in  readiness  at  the  Wharf,  on  the  arrival  of  each 
Bteamer,  to  convey  passengers  and  baggage  to  the  Ho'el, 
free  of  charge.  JO   N  KELLY,  Jr., 

my6  3m  Proprietor. 


s 


TOCKDaLE  house, 

Corner  Main  and  Oak  streets,  Petaluma. 
mar-24  6m  H  STOCKPA.'.*;  P-onrictor 


^LLEN'S 

LUNG  BALSAM! 


A  CERTAIN  CURE  FOR 
COUGHS,  COLDS,  INFLUENZA,  NIGHT 
SWEATS,  BRONCHITIS,  SPITTING 
OF  BLOOD,  ASTHMA,  WHOOPING 
COUGH, 

C  0  ITS  UMP  T IO  N , 

And  all  Diseases  of  the 

CHEST   AND  LUNGS 

This  celebrated  Congh  Remedy  effects  a  speedy 
enre  by  producing  a  free  ana  easy  expectoration, 
heals  abscesses  of  the  lungs,  prevents  unhealthy  Be- 
cretion  of  the  bronchial  tubes,  and  removes  from 
them  those  accumulations  of  morbid  matter  which 
cause  oppression  of  the  breast,  difficulty  of  breath- 
ing, etc  ,  soothes  irritation  of  the  respiratory  organs 
which  produces  cough 

PRICE  ONE  DOLLAR  PER  BOTTLE. 

Sold  by  all  Druggists. 

HOSTETTER,  SMITH  &  DEAN,  Agents, 
401  Battery  corner  of  Clay, 

ap27-3m  San  Francisco. 


pACIFIC  MAIL   STEAMSHIP  CO.'S 

Through  Line  to  New  York. 

CARRYING  THE  U.  S.  MAIL ! 

Leave  Folsom  streot  Wharf  at  11  o'clock  a.  m.  of  the 
following  dales,  for  PANAMA,  connecting  ma  Panama 
Railroad,  wilh  oue  of  the  Company's  splendid  steamers 
from  ASPINWAI.L  for  NEW  YORK. 

On  the  10th,  18lh,  rnd  30th  of  each  month  that  has  30 
days. 

On  the  10th,  19th,  and  30lh  of  each  month  that  has  31 
days. 

When  the  10th,  19th  and  301h  fall  on  Sunday,  they  will 
leave  OB  Saturday  preceding  ;  when  the  18th  falls  on  Sun- 
day, they  will  leavf  on  Monday  following. 

Steamer  leaving  San  Francisco  on  the  10th  touches  at 
Maiizanillo.    All  touch  at  Acapulco. 

Departure  of  19lh  connects  with  French  Transatlantic 
"ompany's  steamer  for  St.  Nazaire,  and  English  steamer 
for  South  America. 

Departure  of  loth  connects  with  English  steamer  for 
Southampton,  and  P.  R.  R.  Co.'s  steamer  for  Central 
America. 

Departure  of  30th  connects  with  English  steamer  for 
Tumaco,  the  port  of  the  new  mines. 

The  following  steamships  will  be  despatched  on  daws 
as  given  below  : 

SEPTEMBER  10m, 
CONSTITUTION,  Capi-  E.  S.  Farnsworlh,  connecting  with 
ARIZONA,  Captain  Maury. 
SEPTEMBER  lSm. 
COLORADO,  Capt.  J  T.  Walking,  connecting  with  BEyRT 
CUA  UNCEY.  Capt  Gray.  , 
SEPTEMBER  29m, 
SACRAMENTO.  Capl  J.  M.  Cavarly,  connecting  with  the 
OCEAN  QUEEN,  Capt.  Weir. 
Cabin  Passengers  will  be  berthed  through.  Baggage 
checked  through— 100  pound?  allowed  each  adult. 

An  experienced  Surgeon  on  board.  Medicine  and  attend- 
ance free. 

The  steamer  will  positively  leave  at  11  o'clock.  Pas- 
sougers  are  requested  to  have  their  baggage  on  board  be- 
fore 10  o'clock 

*JL,The  splendid  steamship  COLORADO  will  be  rte- 
apalehcd  for  CHINA  nn  TUE-DAY,  JANUARY  1,  1867, 
tor  HONGKONG  via  HONOLULU  and  KANAGAWA,  car- 
rying Passengers,  Hails  and  Freight. 

Passengers  and  Freight  will  also  be  taken  for  SHANG- 
AAE — to  be  lorwarded  from  Kanapawa  by  steamer  leav- 
ing within  a  few  days. 

For  Merchandise  Freight  apply  to  Messrs.  Wells,  Fargo 

Fur  Passage  and  all  other  information,  apply  at  Pacific 
Mail  steamship  company's  office,  corner  of  faaerameuto  and 
Leidesdurd  streets. 

OLIVER  ELDRIDGE,  Agent. 


QPPOSITION  STEAMER-DAY", 

TUESDAY,  SEPTEMBER  25,  1868. 

GREAT  REDUCTION  IN  RATES, 
VIA  NICARAGUA  I 

THE  CENTRAL  AMERICAN  TRANSIT  COMPANY  will 
despatch  the  favorite  Steamship 

MOSES  TAYLOR, 
On  Tcesdat,  -        -        -     Sept.  25, 

From  Mission  street  Wharf,  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M.,  precisely 
Connecting  at  GREYTOWN  with  the  splendid  Steamship 
SANTIAGO, 
2.500  Tons,  fob.  Nkw  Y"BK. 
t(f  For  Passage  and  Freight,  and  Iusurance  on  Treas 
ure,  at  greatly  REDUCED  RATES,  apply  to 

I.  W.  RAYMOND,  Agent, 
Northwest  corner  Battery  and  Pine  streets, 
Up  stairs,  San  Franciseo. 


(JALIFORNIA 

Steam  Navigation  Company. 

STEAMER  CAPITAL  CAPT.  E.  A.  POOLE. 

"       CHKYSOPOLIS.CAPT.  A.  FOSTER. 

YOSEMITE   

"  CORNELIA. ...CAPT  W.BROMLEY. 
"       JULIA  CAPT  E.  CONCKLIX 

One  or  the  above  steamers  leave  BROADWAY  WHARF, 
at  4  o'clock  P.  M.,  EVEKY  DAY,  (Sundays  excepted.)  for 
Sacramento  and  one  for  Stockton,  the  S  icramento  steamer 
connecting  with  light-draft  steamers  for  Marysville,  Co- 
lusa, Chiro  and  Red  Blulf. 

Steamships  PACIFIC,  ORIZABA,  CALIFORNIA,  AC 
TiYE.  and  SENATOR,  leave  as  advertised,  for  Portland, 
Oregon,  New  Westminster,  British  Columbia,  Victoria, 
(V.  I.,)  Santa  Barbara,  San  Pedro,  and  San  Diego. 

Office  of  the  ympauy,  northeast  corner  of  Front  and 
Jackson  streets," 

mar23  B  M.  HARTSHORNE,  President. 


R.  H  McDONaLD.  J  C.  SPENCER. 

j£  h.  McDonald  &  co.,  importing 
Wholesale  Druggists, 

J  STREET,  SACRAMENTO, 

JtSD 

CORNER  SANSOME  AND  PINE  STREETS, 

SAN  FBANCISOO. 

We  respectfully  beg  leave  to  inform  our  customers  and 
the  public  generally,  that  we  have  opened  a  House  in  the 
city  of  San  Francisco,  where  we  will  be  pleased  to  see  as 
many  of  our  old  friends  and  customers  as  can  make  it 
convenient  to  call  upon  us.  We  shall  keep  at  both  places 
a  large  and  well  selected  Stock  of 

DRUG?  AND  MEDICINES,  SURGICAL  INSTRU- 
MENTS, DENTAL  GOODS,  FANCY  ARTICLES, 
BkUSHES  AND  COMBS,  SHOULDER  AND  BODY 
BRACES.  LADIES3  BANDAGES  AND  SUPPORT 
ERS,  GUM  ELASTIC  STOCKINGS,  TRUSSES, 
PAINTS  AND  OILS,  PATENT  MEDICINES, 
HERBS  AND  EXTRACTS,  BREWERS?  AND  SO- 
DA STOCK,  CORKS,  (large  variety,)  AS^AYERS' 
MATERIAL,  BURNING  OILS  AND  FLUIDS, 
PLASTER  PARIS,  MARBLE  DUST, 
Together  with  a  large  and  complete  assortment  of  all 
Goods  kept  in  a  well  supplied  Wholesale  Drug  Store. 

We  respectfully  solicit  ihoie  dealing  in  oui  line  to  ex- 
amine aud  price  our  Slock  before  purchasing  elsewhere. 

R.  H.  M( DONALD  &  CO., 
Sacramento  and  San  Francisco. 


r.  h.  Mcdonald  &  co., 

IMPORTING  WHOLESALE  DRUGGISTS, 

J  street,  Sacramento,  aud  corner  Pine  and  Sansome  sts., 

San  Francisco, 
Importers  or  DENT  \L  AND  SURGICAL  INSTRUMENTS, 
T"g=^fe»  TEETH.  GOLD  FOIL.  FORCEPS  ..f  all 
lilinTiil  kinds,  DENTAL  CHAIRS,  Hand  and  Foot 
LATHE*.  Brush,  Cotton,  and  Corundum 
WHEELS,  Pluggers,  scalers,  Files,  Rose 
wood  DENTAL  CASKS,  brass  bound,  best  quality,  with 
full  sets  Iustruinents.  M'rrnrs,  etc.,  price  from  175  to 
J175  each.  VULCANITE  MATERIAL.  Vulcanizers,  Vul- 
canite Base,  and  Impression  Gntta  Peicha.  A  large  vari- 
ety of  VULCANITE  TEETH,  Scrapers  and  Packers;  to- 
gether with  a  large  and  complete  assortment  ol  all  arti- 
cles of  the  latest  and  mnsl  approved  styles  of  Vulcanite 
Work.  DENTAL  BOOKS— We  keep  constantly  ou  hand 
a  supply  of  all  the  most  approved  Standard  Works  on 
Dentistry.  Our  efforts  will  be  to  keep  a  large  an  I  well 
selected  stock  of  all  D -utal  Material,  where  the  Dental 
Profession  may  confidently  rely  upon  having  their  orders 
filled  in  the  best  possible  manner. 

r.  h  Mcdonald  &  co. 

Sacramento  t  J  street ;  San  Fraucisco  :  corner  Pine  and 
Sansome  streets.  si 


Y  E  R  1  S 

Cathartic  Pills, 


ARE  THE  MO>T  PERFECT 
pur* at  ive  w  hich  we  are  ab.e 
to  produce,  or  which  we 
Hunt  baa  ever  yet  been 
mule  by  any  bo  y.  Tneir 
effects  have  abundant  y 
shown  to  foe  community 
how  01080  they  excel  ihe 
ordinary  mc>iicjnes  in  tise. 
They  are  safe  and  plea-ant 
to  uk-',  but  powerful  to 
cure.  Their  penetrating 
properties  stimulate  the 
vital  activities  J  ,  ,  remove  the  obstru  tions  of 

Us  o(gaus,  purify  the  blood,  ami  expel  dJ  ease.  They 
purge  out  the  foul  bumors  which  breed  and  grow  distem- 
per, stimulate  sluggish  or  disordered  organs  iuto  their 
natural  action,  and  impart  a  heullhy  tone  with  BtfpDgtu 
to  the  whole  system.  Not  only  do  they  cure  the  every- 
day -complaints  of  everybody,  but  also  formidable  and 
dangerous  diseases.  While  they  produce  powerful  effects, 
th*'y  are  at  the  same  time,  in  diminished  dns*-s,  the  s  >le>t 
aud  best  physic  that  can  be  employed  for  children.  Being 
sugar-coated,  they  are  pleasmt  to  take  ;  and,  being  pore 
ly  vegetable,  are  lreo  from  any  risk  of  harm.  Cur*-s  have 
been  made  whi<  h  surpass  belief,  were  they  not  substan- 
tiated by  men  of  such  exalted  position  and  character,  as 
to  forbid  the  suspicion  of  untruth  Many  eminent  cler- 
gymen and  physician*  have  lent  th-ir  Lames  to  certify  to 
the.  public  the  reliability  of  our  remedies,  wtrle  others 
have  sent  us  the  assurance  of  their  conviction  that  our 
Preparations  comtribute  immensely  to  the  relief  of  our 
afflicted,  suffering  fellow  men. 

The  Agent  below  named  is  pleased  to  furnish  cratis  our 
American  Almanac,  containing  directions  for  the  use  aud 
certificates  of  their  cures,  of  the  following  mm  plaints  . 

Costivcness,  Billions  Complaints,  Rheumatism,  Dropsy, 
Heartburn,  Headache  arising  from  f.ml  st-  mach,  Nausea, 
Indigestion,  Morbid  Inaction  of  the  Iltuvt  Is  and  pain  aris 
ing  therefrom.  Flatulency,  Loss  of  Appetite,  all  Diseases 
Which  require  an  evacuant  medicine.  They  also,  by  puri- 
fying the  blood  and  stimulating  the  system,  cure  many 
complaints  which  it  would  not  be  supposed  they  could 
reach,  such  as  Deafness,  Partial  B  Indr.ess,  Neuralgia  aud 
Nervous  Irritability,  Derangements  of  the  Liver  and 
Kidneys,  Gout, and  other  kindred  complaints  arising  from 
a  low  state  of  the  body,  or  obstruction  of  its  funelious. 

Do  not  be  put  off  by  unprincipled  dealers  with  other 
preparations  which  they  make  more  profit  on  Demand 
AYER'S  and  take  no  others.    The  sick  want  the  best  aid 
there  is  for  them,  and  th-*v  should  have  it. 
Prepared  by  J.C.  AYER  &  CO.,  Lowell,  Mass^nnd  sold 

CRANE  &  BRIGH-iM.  San  Francisco, 
c1  2m  and  all  Dealers. 


PROBATE  COURT  of  the  city  and  county  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, State  of  California. 
In  the  matter  of  the  Estates  of  David  Whipple  and  Wil- 
liam Whipple,  minors 

It  appearing  to  this  court  from  the  petition  this  day 
presented  aud  filed  by  Robert  L  Harris,  the  guardian  of 
the  estates  of  David  Whipple  and  William  Whipple,  minors, 
praying  for  an  order  of  sale  of  the  real  estate  belonging 
to  his  said  wards,  that  it  would  be  beneficial  to  (be  said 
wards  that  such  real  estate  should  be  sold  at  private  sale. 

It  is  hereby  ordered  that  the  next  of  km  ol  said  wards, 
and  all  persons  interested  in  said  estate,  appear  before 
this  court  at  the  court  room  (hereof,  at  the  court  house,  in 
tho  city  and  county  of  San  Francisco,  on  Monday  the  10th 
day  of  September,  1866,  at  eleven  o'clock  a.  m.,  theu  and 
there  to  show  cause  why  an  order  should  not  be  granted 
for  the  sale  of  such  estate. 

Aud  it  is  further  ordered  that  a  copy  of  this  order  be 
published  at  least  three  successive  weeks  before  said  hear- 
ing of  said  petition  in  Tin:  Caijforman,  a  newspaper  printed 
and  published  in  sa»d  city  and  county. 
Dated  August  10th,  A.  D  ,1866.        M.  C  BLAKE, 
aull  4t  Probate  Judge. 


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ACCUMULATED  FCND  $2,500,000 

R.  L.  k  F.  OGDEX, 
General  Agents  for  Pacific  Coast  and  Territoriee, 
S.  E.  corner  California  and  Montgomery  ata. 

Accidantal  Insurance ! 
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Insurance  against  all  kinds  of  ACCIDENTS. 
The  Only  .Mutual  Company  in  America. 

Fifty  Dollars  per  annum  insures  your  life  against 
death  oj  accident  for  $10,000  for  oue  year,  and  givee 
you  $o0  if  disabled. 

h  ive  Dollars  per  annum  insures  you  for  $1 ,000  and 
$5  per  week  compensation. 

Insurance  for  any  period,  or  for  a  trip  or  voyage. 

Katks  as  low  aa  any  good  Company  can  aftord. 

R.  L.  &.  F.  OGDEN, 
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IN  THE    DISTRICT     COURT    OF  THE 
Fifteenth  Judicial  District  of  the  stale  oi  California,  in 
and  for  the  City  ami  County  of  San  Fraucisco. 
MARY  .-MITH*  P  aJnliff,  «  WILLIAM  SJUTfl,  Defendant. 

Action  brought  in  the  District  Court  of  the  Fitieenlh  Judi- 
cial District  of  the  State  of  Caliloruia,  in  and  for  the  City 
and  County  of  Sin  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  filed  in 
Bald  City  aud  County  id'  Sun  Francisco,  iu  the  ofllec  of 
the  Clerk  of  said  District  Court. 

The  People  of  the  Slate  of  California  send  greeting 
to  WILLIAM  SMITH,  Defendant  •  You  are  hereby  re- 
quired to  appear  Id  an  action  brought  against  you  by  the 
Above-named  Plain l ill'  in  the  District  Court  of  the  Fifteenth 
Judicial  District  of  the  Slate  of  Caliloruia,  in  aud  lor  the 
City  and  County  Of  San  Francisco,  and  to  answer  the  com- 
plaiul  tiled  therein,  within  Ten  Days,  (exclusive  of  the  day 
of  service,)  after  the  Service  on  you  of  ibis  Suniniona 
—if  served  within  this  County  ;  or,  if  served  out  of  tlna 
County,  but  in  this  District,  within  Twenty  Days  ;  other- 
wise, wilhiu  Forty  D.iys — or  judgment  by  default  will  be 
taken  against  you,  according  to  the  prayer  of  said  Com- 
plaint. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  decree  of  this 
Court,  dissolving  the  Bonds  of  Matrimony  existing  be- 
tween Plaintiff  and  Defendant,  and  that  one  hnlf  of  the 
Defendant's  property,  if  lie  have  any,  be  awarded  to 
Pljiniilf,  and  for  general  relief. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  if  you  fail  to  appear 
and  answer  the  said  complaint,  as  above  required,  the  said 
plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  for  the  relief  therein  'le- 
nt aud  ed  . 

Given  under  my  band  and  Seal  of  the  District  Court  of  the 
Fifteenth  Judicial  District  of  the  State  of  California,  m 
and  for  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  this  27>.U 
day  of  June  in  "the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  aigUI 
hundred  aud  sixty-six 

Seal.  Int.  Rev.  Stamp,  )  WM.  LOKWY, 

50  cts.,  cancelled.      }  Cleik, 

By  G.  C.  Lrtchkr,  Deputy  Clerk. 
A.  WiLU.vMs,  Plaintiffs  Attorney,  \ 

533  Clay  street.  )  ji  30  3m 


NOTICE  lb  HEREBY  GIVEN,  that  in  pursuance  of 
the  order  of  the  PiobatcCourlof  the  city  and  county 
»•(  San  Francisco,  in  ibe  State  of  California,  made  on  the 
26lh  day  of  July,  1SC6,  iu  the  matter  of  the  estate  of 
Andrew  Robeson,  deceased,  the  uudersigned,  adminis- 
trator with  the  will  annexed  of  said  deceased,  will  tell  at 
private  sale  to  the  highest  bidder  fur  cash  in  United 
Stales  gold  coin,  iu  two  parcels,  subject  to  confirmation 
by  said  Probate  Court,  ou  or  after  Tuesday,  the  lllh  day 
of  September ,  1866,  at  twelve  o'clock  noou  of  that  day, 
at  the  counting  room  of  Ablrich  A  Merrill.  Nos.  '.04  and 
206  California  street,  iu  said  city  and  county,  all  the 
right,  title  and  interest  of  said  Audrew  R«  besou,  deceased, 
at  the  time  of  his  death,  and  ail  the  right,  title  and  in- 
terest that  the  said  estate  has,  by  operation  of  law  or 
otherwise  acquired,  other  thau  or  in  addition  "to  that  of 
said  deceased  at  the  lime  of  his  death,  iu  and  to  all  those 
certain  two  lots  of  land  situated  in  said  city  and  county 
and  described  as  follows,  viz  :  1st.  Commencing  at  a 
point  on  the  west  side  of  Mason  street,  77  1  2  leet  northerly 
from  the  northwest  corner  of  Mason  and  Ellis  stieels  ; 
thence  running  northerly  along  said  side  of  Mason  street 
60  feet  ;  thence  at  a  right  angle  westerly  77  1  2  feet ;  Ibeuce 
at  a  right  angle  southerly  60  reel  ;  and  thence  al  a  right 
angle  easterly  77  1  '2.  feet  to  the  poiui  or  beginning.  2d 
■.'commencing  at  a  Mint  on  the  north  line  of  Ellis  street, 
117  1  2  feet  westerly  from  the  northwest  corner  of  Mason 
and  Ellis  streets  ;  running  thence  westerly  nlong  Kills 
street  *:o  feet  ;  thence  al  a  right  angle  northerly  60  fee;  , 
thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  20  leet  ;  and  theuce  at  a 
right  angle  southerly  60  feet  to  the  place  or  beginning. 
And  sail i  administrator  will  receive  offers  or  bids  for  said 
property  from  this  date  till  said  llth  day  of  September, 
1866.  at  12  o'clock  uoou,  al  said  counting  ro<nn  of  Aldricb 
k  Merrill,  Nos.  204aud  206  California  street,  in  said  city 
and  county.  EDWARD  F  STONE, 

Administrator  with  the  will  annexed  of  Audrew  Robeson, 
deceased, 

Sau  Francisco,  August  llth.  1866.  aull  Id 


NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS. — Estate  of  WILLIAM  MAC- 
MICHAS1 1  deceased. 
Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  administra 
tor  with  the  will  auuexed.of  the  above  named  estate,  to 
the  creditors  of,  and  all  persons  having  claims  agaiust 
William  MacMichnel,  deceased,  to  exhibit  the  SAine.  Willi 
thr  necessary  vouchers,  within  ten  months  from  tbo  flrst 
publication  of  this  notice,  to  the  undersigned  at  his  place 
of  business.  No  12  Post  street,  Masonic  Temple,  In  the 
city  and  county  of  S  in  Francisco. 
San  Fraucisco,  August  18.  1SB6. 

THEODORE  L.  SCHELL, 
Administrator  with  the  will  annexed  of  the  estate  of 
William  McMiclmel,  deceased. 
Wixans  &  Bflksai',  Attorneys  for  Administrator.  5t 


piANOS  RENTED 

FROM  $5  TO  $10  PER  MONTH, 
at  A.  KOHLER'8) 

t  ?sl  3m  No.  424  Sansome  street. 


September  8th 


THE  CALIFORNIA^. 


11 


QUINCY  HALL, 

515,  517,  549  WASHINGTON  STREET. 


QUINCYHAIL  CLOTHING  EMPORIUM. 


F 


THE  LARGEST  CLO THING  EMPORIUM  in  California. 
The  daily  sales  from  tbe  establislimeat  is  n  sufficient 
guarantee  Ih  it  the  pri-esaro  less  than  those  of  any  other 
house  on  the  Pacific  co  ist.  Here  you  also  find  clnibing  of 
the  best  of  California  Cloth,  both  for  Wholesale  and  Retail 
trade.  Also,  particul  ir  attention  paid  to  malting  up  fine 
clothing  to  order.  j>'21 


_      ,  PREVENT 


^^^^ 

VEGETABLE  AMBROSIA 

f;      IS  THE  MIRACLE  OF  THE  AGE! 

Gray-headed  People  have  their 
locks  restored  by  it  to  the  dark,  lustrous, 
silken  tresses  of  youth,  and  are  happy! 

Young  People,  with  light,  faded  or  red  Hair, 
have  these  unfashionable  colors  changed  to 
a  beautiful  auburn,  and  rejoice ! 

People  whose  heads  are  covered  with 
Dandruff  and  Humors,  use  it,  and  have  clean 
coats  and  clear  and  healthy  scalps  ! 

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j  September  8th 


AFRICAN  ELEPHANTS. 

THE  African  elephant,  the  Elephas  ofricanus  of  Cuvier, 
may  be  described  as  follows  :  The  height  of  the  males 
when  full  grown  is  about  twelve  feet  at  the  shoulder,  and  that 
of  the  females  about  three  feet  less  ;  in  length  they  average 
from  eighteen  to  twenty  feet.  The  skin  is  rough  and  desti- 
tute of  hair,  and  of  a  black  or  dark  ash  grey  color.  The  head 
is  rounder  and  the  forehead  more  cor. vex  thau  in  the  Asiatic 
species,  the  ears  long  (often  exceeding  six  feet  in  length) 
reaching  down  to  the  legs  and  overlapping  at  the  back  of  the 
neck,  thus  covering  the  place  usually  occupied  iu  India  by  the 
mahouts  or  drivers.  Both  sexes  carry  tusks  of  from  eight  to 
ten  feet  in  length  and  curved  upwards  (in  some  Indian  speci- 
mens the  tusks  are  curved  dowuards.)  The  teeth  have  cer- 
tain lozengeshaped  prominence  on  them  which  distinguish  the 
species  from  the  Asiatic  variety,  as  well  as  from  the  six  fossil 
varieties  recogniz  >d  by  osteologists.  The  toes  are  invariably 
five  on  each  foot,  not  three  as  stated  in  some  works  ou  natu- 
ral history. 

After  many  careful  inquiries  among  hunters,  both  European 
and  native,  at  the  Cape,  the  writer  has  been  unable  to  learn 
that  any  peculiarities  have  been  there  noticed  beyond  those 
dependent  on  age  and  sex.  The  absence  of  distinctive  pecu- 
liarities in  different  individual  elephants,  at  least  in  South  Af- 
rica, would  appear  to  be  confirmed  by  the  fact  that  in  the  dia- 
lects of  tin  Kaffir  tribes  there  is  but  one  word  for  the  ele 
phant,  viz  :  "  Inhlovu,"  (signifying  primitively  a  huge  or 
mighty  one)  although  they  (the  Kaffirs)  have  distinct  names 
for  many  species  of  animals  which  have  only  recently  been 
recognized  by  naturalists,  and  some  of  which  have  not  yet 
found  their  way  into  works  of  reference  ;  we  may  instance  the 
black,  blue,  anil  white  varieties  of  rhinoceros,  two  varieties  of 
eland,  several  of  gnus,  and  otln  rs. 

As  we  approach  the  equator  the  size  of  the  elephant  ap- 
pears to  diminish.  Captains  Grant  and  Speke,  and  the  mis- 
sionary Krapff  on  the  east  coast,  and  Mr.  Winwood  Reade 
and  Sli  du  Chaillu  on  the  west,  speak  of  the  elephant  as  from 
eight  to  nine  feet  in  height  only,  and  as  carrying  tusks  weigh- 
ing from  forty  to  sixty  pounds.  The  latter  gentleman  remarks 
that  the  finest  ivory  on  "  the  coast"  is  furnished  by  the  ele- 
phants found  in  a  small  tract  of  cduntry  directly  under  the 
equator.  No  cause  can  be  assigned  for  the  peculiarity. 
These  tusks  are  externally  of  a  shining  coffee  color,  some 
almost  black,  but  when  sawn  open  they  are  of  that  peculiar 
hue  known  as  "green"  ivory,  which  is  supposed  to  preserve 
its  whiteness,  when  once  bleached,  longer  than  any  other. 
The  tusks  of  the  elephants  further  south,  we  may  remark, 
are  occasionally  found  of  110  to  120  pouuds  wen-lit,  70  to  80 
pounds  being  an  ordinary  weight  per  tusk  for  full-sized  bulls. 

General  de  Lima,  the  former  Portuguese  Governor  of  Mo- 
zambique, told  Sir  E.  Tennent  that  having  been  commissioned 
to  procure  a  pair  of  tusks  of  the  largest  size  for  the  cathe 
dral  at  Goa,  he,  after  immense  difficulty,  procured  two,  one 
weighing  180  and  the  other  170  pounds  English.  These  tusks 
we  believe,  now  form  across  (they  were  nearly  straight  through- 
out their  length)  over  the  high  altar  in  the  cathedral  at  Goa. 
They  are  the  largest  of  which  we  have  aDy  record,  one  spoken 
of  by  the  late  Mr.  Gordon  Gumming  as  having  been  in  his 
collection,  weighing  173  pounds,  ranking  next. 

Having  thus  glanced  at  the  external  characteristics  of  these 
animals,  we  must  now  say  a  few  words  on  their  habits,  as  far 
as  they  have  been  observed. 

No  altitude  seems  too  lofiy  or  too  chill  for  them,  if  it  af- 
ford the  luxury  of  an  abundant  supply  of  water.  In  many 
parts  of  the  Cape  Colony,  where  these  animals  are  still  to  be 
found,  and  where  once  they  roamed  in  vast  herds,  not  only 
are  the  night  frosts  severe,  but  in  winter  we  have  seen  the 
snow  lie  for  days  on  the  ground  several  inehes  deep — a  cir- 
cumstance certainly  not  in  accordance  with  the  popular  idea 
of  "  Afric's  burning  shore."  The  best,  indeed  the  only  ac 
count  we  have  seen  in  print,  is  given  by  Mr.  Gordon  Gum- 
ming, in  his  "  Five  Years  of  a  Hunter's  Life,"  from  which  we 
have  in  part  extracted  the  following  details  : 

The  elephants  are  found  in  small  herds  under  the  leader- 
ship of  one  or  more  bulls.  In  some  cases  the  old  bulls  are 
found  singly  or  in  pairs,  while  the  younger  ones  remain  long 
in  the  company  of  their  mothers.  The  elephant's  food  con- 
sists of  branches,  leaves,  and  the  roots  of  trees  ;  the  destruc- 
tion of  the  latter,  even  when  of  great  size,  by  these  animals, 
being  enormous.  They  also  consume  a  variety  of  bulbs,  of 
the  situation  of  which  they  are  advised  by  their  exquisite 
sense  of  smell.  To  obtain  the  latter,  they  tear  up  the  ground 
with  their  tusks,  (the  use  of  the  elephant's  tusks  was  long 
a  moot  point  with  zoologists),  and  Mr.  Gumming  remarks 
whole  acres  may  be  often  seen  thus  ploughed  up  to  a  consid- 
erable depth.  This  fact  appears  to  have  been  known  to  Pliny, 
who  mentions  it  when  speaking  of  the  Indian  variety. 

They  are  particular  in  frequenting  the  freshest  and  most 
verdant  parts  of  the  forest,  while  their  peculiar  habits  and  the 
noiselessness  of  their  step  aud  motions,  even  in  the  thickest 
cover,  causes  them  to  be  less  often  observed  than  almost  any 
other  game  animal.  Their  favorite  haunts  are  often  in  the 
most  secluded  spots  in  the  forest,  at  a  long  distance  from  wa- 


ter. About  sun  down  they  leave  their  mid-day  haunts,  and 
commence  their  march  towards  the  water,  perhaps  twelve  or 
twenty  miles  distant.  Arriving  here  an  hour  or  two  before 
midnight,  they  quench  their  thirst,  and  cool  their  bodies  by 
spouting  over  them  large  volumes  of  water  ;  they  ihen  re- 
sume the  path  to  their  forest  solitudes.  About  midnight  the 
bulls  frequently  lie  down  and  sleep  for  a  few  hours,  usually 
selectiug  for  that  purpose  the  side  of  one  of  those  huge  ant- 
heaps  which  are  here  often  forty  feet  in  diameter.  The  deep 
impression  of  the  under  tusk  on  the  ground  usually  found  in 
these  cases,  proves  that  they  lie  upon  their  sides.  Mr.  Gum- 
ming, however,  states  that  females,  and  even  the  males  in  po- 
sitions of  danger  generally  sleep  in  a  standing  position,  rest- 
ing against  a  tree  or  bank. 

Although  the  young  remain  long  with  their  mothers,  the 
oft-repeated  tale  of  the  devotion  of  the  latter  to  their  young 
must  be  ranked,  it  would  seem,  with  the  numerous  other  fa- 
bles of  which  the  elephant  has  been  the  theme.  In  an  inter- 
esting paper  on  the  Asiatic  variety,  in  the  Philosophical 
Transactions  for  1793,  Mr.  Corse  pointed  out  the  incorrect 
oess  of  this  belief.  "  If  a  female  elephant  (he  wrote)  were 
separated  from  her  young  for  two  days  only  she  never  seemed 
to  acknowledge  it  after,  although  t',:e  young  one  would  evi- 
dently recognize  its  mother."  Sir  Cornwallis  Harris,  to 
whose  work  we  have  already  referred,  describing  the  attack 
on  a  large  herd  of  elephants  in  the  Matabile  country  (many 
hundred  miles  N.  E.  of  the  Cape  Frontier)  says,  "  Much  has 
been  said  of  the  attachment  of  elephants  to  their  young,  but 
neither  on  this  occasion  nor  on  any  other,  did  we  perceive 
even  the  smallest  concern  for  their  safety  ;  on  the  contrary, 
they  left  them  to  shift  for  themselves."  He,  however,  relates 
a  touching  instance  of  the  attachment  of  a  young  one  to  its 
dam,  and  of  its  apparent  docility  and  friendliness  towards 
man.  "  On  the  following  day,"  he  continues,  "  on  visiting 
the  glen  which  had  been  the  scene  of  our  exploits  during  the 
early  part  of  the  action,  a  calf  about  three  and  a  half  feet 
high  walked  forth  from  tbe  bush  and  saluted  us  with  mourn- 
ful cries.  Entwining  his  little  proboscis  round  our  legs,  and 
demonstating  his  joy  at  our  arrival  by  a  thousand  ungainly 
antics,  he  accompanied  our  party  to  the  caraase  of  his  dam. 
The  conduct  of  the  quaint  little  calf  was  now  quite  affecting, 
and  elicited  sympathy  from  every  one  He  ran  round  his 
mother's  carcase  with  every  demonstration  of  grief,  piping 
sorrowfully,  and  essaying  to  raise  her  with  h is  tiny  trunk." 
Sir  C.  Harris  adds,  he  was  almost  persuaded  never  to  kill 
another  elephant. 

The  domestication  of  the  elephant,  and  particularly  of  the 
African  variety,  is  a  point  on  which  we  possess  but  little  re- 
liable information.  The  elephant  is  mentioned  once  only  in 
holy  writ,  (in  the  book  of  Maccabees),  and  according  to  Sir 
Gardner  Wilkinson,  like  the  camel,  never  appears  on  Egyptian 
remains,  although  the  catnelopard,  (the  very  existence  of 
which  was  so  stoutly  denied  by  some  "  savans  "  within  the 
memory  of  persons  still  living)  and  other  of  the  larger  game 
animals  are  occasionally  portrayed  in  connection  with  subjects 
relating  to  Ethiopia. 

Elephants,  supposed  to  be  of  the  African  species,  we  know 
were  used  in  the  first  Punic  war.  According  to  Polybius, 
Hannibal  had  eighty  at  Zama.  Sallust  mentions  that  Sextius. 
the  (Juocstor  of  the  Proconsul  Calpurnius,  seized  thirty  war- 
elephants  at  Vacca  from  Jugurtha.  It  has,  however,  been 
questioned  with  some  show  of  probability  whether  these  ele- 
phants and  their  conductors  wore  not  from  the  east,  and  not 
of  the  native  breed.  Medals  representing  the  performances 
of  elephants  in  the  Roman  amphitheatres  have  also  come 
down  to  us  ;  anil  on  these  the  peculiarities  of  the  African  type 
are  so  well  marked,  as  to  leave  no  doubt  that  the  art  of  tam- 
ing the  African  species  was  practised  in  the  days  of  the 
CiC3ars,  although  now  long  since  lost. 

Sir  C.  Harris  writes.  V  The  barbarous  tribes  tbft  people 
South  Africa  have  never  dreamt  of  the  possibility  of  render- 
ing this  lordly  quadruped  servicable  in  a  domestic  capacity, 
and  even  among  the  Cape  Colonists  there  exists  an  unac- 
countable superstition  that  his  subjugation  is  not  accomplish- 
able. His  capture  might  however  be  readily  effected,  and  as 
he  appears  to  possess  all  the  intelligence  of  his  Asiatic  con 
gener,  the  only  difficulty  which  would  present  itself  within  our 
territory  would  be  the  want  of  sufficient  food  for  his  support; 
an  opinion  in  which  Dr.  Liviugstone  appears  to  concur.  Kol- 
ben.a  Prussian  writer  who  resided  long  at  the  Cape,  to  which 
he  proceeded  in  1705,  states  that  an  elephant  was  used  in 
moving  a  stranded  vessel  on  shore  iu  Table  Bay  during  his 
stay  in  Cape  Town,  but  we  think  it  probable  that  this  animal 
had  been  brought  from  the  Dutch  possessions  further  east, 
and  was  not  of  the  African  breed.  Elephants  from  Coromau 
del  were  introduced  about  thirty  years  afterward  iu  the  French 
colony  on  the  Isle  of  France  (Mauritius)  but  the  expense  of 
their  keeping  made  the  experiment  a  failure.  It  were  much  to 
be  desired  that  s?me  efforts  should  be  made  to  utilise  these 
noble  animals  before  the  reckless  war  of  extermination  now 
carried  on  against  them  has  caused  the  race  to  become  ex- 
tinct. Great  as  has  been  the  destruction  of  these  animals  in 
Ceylon,  the  circumstance  of  the  females  being  there  devoid  of 
tusks  and  consequently  worthless,  has  n at  been  without  an 


important  effect  in  preserving  the  breed.    In  Africa,  on  the 

contrary,  where  both  sexes  carry  tusks  alike,  the  animals  are 
destroyed  with  the  most  reckless  disregard  to  size,  age,  and 
sex. 

The  amount  of  ivory  imported  annually  into  Great  Britain 
is  very  large  ;  the  proportion  from  Africa  is,  however,  difficult 
to  ascertain.  Mr.  Frank  Bnckland,  in  his  "  Curiosities  of 
Natural  History,"  first  series,  has  given  some  interesting  in- 
formation on  the  subject  of  ivory,  with  a  few  extracts  from 
which  we  will  conclude. 

Ivory,  he  says,  from  India,  Siam,  Ceylon,  North  Africa,  and 
the  Cape,  has  in  each  case  its  characteristic  peculiarities. 
The  rats  gnaw  the  African  ivory,  more  especially  that  which, 
from  its  hue  when  cut,  is  called  the  "greeu"  ivory,  while  they 
will  not  touch  the  latter,  not  containing  enough  gelatine  to 
make  it  worth  their  while. 

Rats  are  thus  useful  to  the  ivory  turner  in  two  ways,  in 
assisting  his  judgment  in  choosing  the  ivory,  and  also  in  lay- 
ing bare  the  under  substance  of  the  tusk,  which  is  overlaid 
by  the  "  bark"  or  outer  covering. 

Tusks  brought  from  North  Africa  are  covered  with  small 
cracks.  This  ivory  is  said  to  be  brought  on  camels'  backs 
across  the  desert  ;  the  camels  are  unladen  at  night  and  the 
tusks  placed  on  the  ground.  The  next  morning  while  elill 
moist  with  the  heavy  dew,  they  are  placed  unwiped  on  the 
camels'  backs  again,  and  are  again  exposed  to  the  hot  sun  of 
the  desert.  This  alternate  heat  aud  moisture  causes  the  nu- 
merous cracks,  which,  however,  strange  to  say,  are  more  nu- 
merous inside  than  they  are  on  the  outer  covering  or  bark. 

According  to  Mr.  McCuIloch,  ivory  is  divided  into  five 
classes — from  seventy  pounds  weight  and  upward,  to^ll  under 
eighteen  pounds  weight— known  as  "  scrivellos."  The  price 
in  the  English  market  varies  according  to  quality  from  15/.  to 
32/.  per  112  pounds.  C. 

How  a  Noble  Dog  Got  Out  of  the  Pound. — The  New 
York  Evening  Post  says  : 

On  Monday  an  interesting  incident  occurred  at  the  Pound. 
A  boy  fell  from  the  dock  outside  the  inclosure  into  the  East 
river,  and  a  man  who  had  brought  a  large  dog,  but  had  not 
entered  the  Pound,  happened  to  be  standing  near.  He  drop- 
ped the  rope  by  which  he  held  the  dog,  for  a  moment,  in  order 
to  take  his  coat  off,  so  that  he  might  rescue  the  boy.  The 
dog,  released,  plunged  into  the  river  before  the  man  had  fairly 
begun  to  remove  his  clothing,  and  seizing  the  boy  by  the  arm, 
dragged  him  to  the  dock,  from  which  he  was  easily  taken  from 
the  water.  The  prints  of  the  animal's  teeth  could  scarcely 
be  seen  in  the  boy's  flesh.  The  dog  made  no  effort  to  escape, 
but  was  led  into  the  Pound.  When  the  daily  drowning  was 
performed,  this  dog  was  not  killed;  and  he  was  kept  for  three 
days  in  consideration  of  his  services.  His  owner  not  then 
appearing,  he  was  awarded  to  one  of  the  friends  he  had  made 
by  the  fortunate  leap  by  which  he  rescued  the  child  aud  saved 
his  own  life. 

It  is  not  great  wealth,  nor  high  station,  which  makes  a  man 
happy.  Many  of  the  most  wretched  beings  on  earth  huve 
both.  But  it  is  a  radiant,  sunny  spirit,  which  knows  how  to 
bear  little  trials  and  to  enjoy  little  comforts,  and  which  thus 
extracts  happiness  from  every  incident  of  life. 


The  New  York  Tribune,  in  an  article  on  Pianos  pays:  "Knabe 
Sl  Co.,  like  all  lirst-eluss  makers,  manufacture  all  clauses  of  I'ianos, 
grand,  square,  and  upright.  They  lav  no  claim  to  remarkable  iuven 
tions,  they  amply  make  line  fianus  upon  established  principles,  wliicb 
they  huvejjworked  upon  and  elaborated  up  to  a  point  of  peculiar  and 
special  excellence,  liy  this  mesne  they  have  secured  a  pure,  full  and 
equal  tone,  in[quality  melodious,  rich  and  sonorous.  Their  square 
Pianos  possess  all  these  qualities,  and  are  much  sought  after.  The 
experiment  of  introducing  them  in  competition  with  tlie  New  York 
and  Eastern  Pianos,  by  establishing  a  branch  salesroom  in  New  York, 
has  proved  successful  beyond  all  expectation.  To  supply  tbe  demand 
they  are  now  adding  a  new  five  story  building  to  their  manufactory 
at  Baltimore,  making  their  entire  frontage  of  4;ifi  feet  of  live  story 
buildings— one  of  the  three  largest  and  most  perfect  Piano  forte  man- 
ufactories iu  the  world."  Messrs.  Frisbee  /c  Scott,  No.  3  Montgome- 
ry street,  are  the  sole  agents  in  California  for  these  superior  instru- 
ments.  " 

To  PuniFV  the  Blood. — Many  medicines  arc  compounded  for 
this  purpose.  They  are  all  a  sham  and  a  swindle,  so  far  as.  the  accom- 
plishment of  that  end  is  concerned.  Common  sense  should  tearb  that 
pure  blood  is  created  by  pure  food,  pure  water,  pure  air,  a  healthy 
stomach  anil  lungs,  and  a  clean,  active  skin.  This  is  tbe  way  that  Dr 
Bonnie  creates  pure  blood,  and  be  seems  to  be  the  only  physician,  out 
of  hundreds  in  this  city,  who  has  either  bruins  or  honesty  to  do  it  or 
acknowledge  it— No.  10  Masonic  Temple  Post  St. ,  San  Francisco.  * 

The  sick  are  cured  with  rapidity,  and  in  a  most  pleasant  manner, 
by  Dr.  Bourne,  10  Masonic  Temple,  Post  ttreet,  San  Francisco.  * 

Ladies,  Respect,  Preserve  and  Develop  your  charms  by  using  that 
perfect.ou  of  a  toilet  wash,  Davidson's  Circassian  Itloom.  Sold  by 
all  DruggiBts-  

Without  medicine,  bleeding,  blistering  or  plastering,  Dr.  Bourne 
effects  most  extri<ordiuary  cures— No.  10  Musouic  Temple,  Post  street; 
San  Francisco.  

Cukes  guaranteed  in  rheumatism,  neuralgia,  tic  doloreux,  fever 
and  ague,  etc.,  under  a  very  pleisunt  system  of  treatment,  by  Dr. 
Bourne,  No.  10  Masonic  Temple,  Post  street,  San  Francisco. 


September  8th] 


THE  C  ALIFORNIAN. 


13 


AGUA  DE  MAGNOLIA. 
A  toilet  delight.  Superior  to  any  cologne, 
used  to  bathe  the  face  and  person,  to  render  the  ekin 
soft  and  fresh,  to  allay  inflammation,  to  perfume 
clothing,  for  headache,  etc.  It  is  manufactured  from 
the  rich  Southern  Magnolia,  and  is  obtaining  a  pat- 
ronage quite  unprecedented.  It  is  a  favorite  with 
actresses  and  opera  singers.  It  is  sold  by  all  dealers, 
at  $1.00  in  large  bottles,  and  by  Demas  Barnes  & 
Co.,  New  York,  Wholesale  Agents. 


Lyon's  Magnetic  Insect  Powder  will  exter- 
minate Fleas,  Ticks.  Roaches  and  all  insects  almost 
instantly.  Its  reputation  is  well  known,  and  hence 
has  been  counterfeited.  Inquire  for  and  fake  none 
but  Lyon's,  bearing  the  stamp  of  Demas  Barnes 
&  Co.,  and  the  signature  of  E.  Lyon. 


"Out  of  Sorts"  expresses  the  feelings  of 
many  that  cannot  be  otherwise  described.  Languor 
weakness,  enervation,  listlessness,  sleepiness,  mel- 
ancholy, want  of  appetite,  etc.,  compose  a  class  of 
ailments  greater  than  all  others  combined.  It  is  ex- 
actly for  these  indescribable  complaints  that  Plan- 
tation Bitteus  are  prepared.  It  is  for  the  relief 
of  these  same  complaints  they  have  become  so  fa 
mous.  Hence  it  is  that  they  are  so  extensively  used 
by  clergymen,  merchants,  ladies,  and  persons  of  se- 
dentary habits.  They  are  as  pleasant  to  the  taste  as 
they  are  beneficial  to  the  Stomach.  The  extent  of 
their  sale  is  almost  incredible. 


Intrinsic  virtue  alone  could  ever  insure  the 
success  met  by  the  Mexican  Mustang  Liniment. 
For  Rheumatism,  Neuralgia,  Cuts,  Bruises,  Burns, 
Swellings,  etc.,  upon  man,  or  Spavin,  Ringbone, 
Poll  Evil,  Scratches,  Strains,  etc.,  upon  beasts,  its 
effects  are  instantaneous,  soothing  and.  wonderful. 
Itsaves  time,  suffering  and  expense  to  have  it  always 
in  the  house.  None  genuine  unless  in  a  steel  plate 
label,  with  signature  of  G.  W.  Westbrook,  and  hav^ 
ing  stamp  ot  Demas  Barnes  &.  Co.,  over  top.  Sold 
by  all  dealers. 


Lj-on's  Kathairon  is  a  most  delightful 
article  as  a  Hair  Dressing— to  eradicate  scurf  and 
dandruff,  to  ke«p  it  cleau,  soft  and  si(ky.  and  the 
head  cool.  It  also  prevents  the  hair  from  falling  off 
nd  turning  gray,  and  promotes  its  growth  upon  pre 
maturely  bald  heads.    It  is  sold  by  all  dealers. 

E.  THOMAS  LYON,  N.  Y. 


Lyon's  Extract  of  Pdre  Jamaica  Ginger — 
for  Indigestion,  Nausea,  Heartburn,  Sick  Headache, 
Cholera  Morbus,  Flatulency,  etc.,  where  a  wa'-ming 
stimulant  is  required.  Its  careful  preparat'rn  and 
entire  purity  make  it  a  cheap  and  reliable  article  for 
culinary  purposes.  Sold  everywhere,  at  50  c.nts 
per  bottle.  Ask  for  "  Lyon's"  Pure  Extract.  Take 
no  othe  c7iu 


No  Forfeiting. — Heretofore,  if  a  person.holding 
a  Life  Policy  became  unfortunate,  and  could  not 
raise  the  sum  of  money  required  to  pay  his  next  pre- 
mium, his  policy  was  declared  forfeited.  The 
Brooklyn  Like  Insurance  Company  of  New 
York  has  decided  to  make  every  policy  it  issues 
NON  FORFEITABLE,  giving  a  PAID-VP 
POLICY  to  the  party  if  unable  to  continue  his 
payments  of  premiums.  The  dividends  of  the 
Brooklyn  Life  Insurance  Company  are  settled  annu- 
ally in  cash.  This  plan  is  far  more  acceptable  to 
insurers  than  at  the  end  of  three  or  five  years,  as  in 
other  compauies.  The  Brooklyn  Life  Insurance 
Company  allows  thirty  days  grace  in  the  payment 
of  premiums.  Its  policies  are  incontestable,  aud  its 
losses  are  promptly  paid.  The  Brooklyn  Life  Insu- 
rance Company  offers  every  kuown  plan  of  Life 
au  l  Endowment  Insurance.  Get  a  pamphlet  at  the 
office.  240  Montgomery  street,  southeast  corner  ot 
Pine,  from  Stephen  T.  Kiug,  General  Manager,  or 
David  B.  Arrowsmith,  Local  Agent. 

MEDICAL  ADVICE. 
Dr.  Wit.  K.  Doherty's  Medical  and  Surgical 
Institute  is  becoming  a  sine  qua  non  to  the  welfare 
of  our  State  and  health  of  our  citizens  ;  and  his 
rapidly  spreading  reputation,  although  it  may  excite 
surprise,  is  but  the  signal  of  skill,  aud  follows  as  the 
natural  effect  of  such  a  cause.  We  are  persouallv 
acquainted  with  gentlemen  who  had  suffered  for 
years  under  chronic  disease,  and  who  had  taken  ad- 
vantage of  every  available  means  that  promised 
relief,  but  without  success,  until  they  called  upon 
Dr.  Doherty,  who,  in  an  incredibly  short  space  of 
time,  has  given  them  entire  relief.  It  is  gratifying 
to  aunounce  this  fact,  because  the  Doctor  is  a  gentle- 
man who  seeks,  not  by  defamation  of  others,  to  es- 
tablish his  i  eputation,  or  to  rear  the  superstructure  of 
his  own  upon  the  ruin  of  another's  fame.  The  Doc 
tor  conducts  his  Institute  iu  a  manner  that  must  be 
gratifying  to  all  his  patients.  He  examiues,  hears, 
advises,  and  recommends,  without  charge,  and  the 
patient,  after  hearing  his  terms  for  treatment,  can 
accept  or  reject  at  pleasure.  Iu  no  case  does  the 
Doctor  make  a  charge  unless  he  effects  a  cure.  This 
he  is  able  to  do,  because  he  feels  the  confidence 
which  long  experience  has  given,  and  no  doubt  the 
consolation  which  appertains  to  that  confidence. 
Persons  afflicted  with  either  acute  or  chronic  disease, 
would  do  well  to  consult  the  Doctor  ;  at  all  events, 
it  can  do  no  harm,  as  for  consultation  he  asks  no  fee  ; 
nor  does  he  insist  on  obedience  to  his  advice  unlets 
the  patient  places  himself  under  his  care.  His  offices 
are  on  Sacramento  street,  opposite  the  Pacific  Mail 
Steamship  office. — San  Francisco  News. 


Emperor  Max  has  received  important  news  from 
his  vrow,  Carlotta ;  though  his  having  no  children, 
accounts  for  his  not  having  heard  that  at  C.  A. 
FLETCHER'S,  No.  1  Montgomery  street,  can  be 
found  the  largest  and  most  elegaut  assortment  of 
BOY'S  CLOTHING  there  is  in  the  city.  Boys' 
Suits  as  usual  made  to  order  from  a  superior  line  of 
Cloths  and  Cassimeres,  always  on  hand,  after  the 
regular  Eastern  Fashion  Plates,  received  monthly  ; 
this  being  the  only  Boys'  Clothing  House  iu  receipt 
of  them.  A  large  assortment  of  Gentlemen's  Fine 
Clothing  and  Furnishing  Goods,  Traveling  Trunks, 
Valises,  etc.,  at  all  times,  and  at  the  most  reasonable 
rates. 

Photography. — The  pictures  taken  in  this  city 
are  tar  superior  to  those  taken  iu  the  East  and  Eu- 
rope. We  account  for  this  simply  from  our  atmos- 
phere, which  is  lighter  and  clearer  than  any  other. 
And  this  is  why  so  many  arriving  here  have  noticed 
how  much  better  pictures  look  here  than  at  home. 
The  best  gallery  to  seek  out  is  one  which  has  the 
most  light,  and  with  few  high  buildings  surrounding 
it.  The  New  York,  on  the  east  side  side  of  Third 
street,  a  few  doors  below  Market,  has  more  light 
than  any  other  iu  the  city,  aud  their  pictures  give 
more  satisfaction,  and  are  far  cheaper  than  those 
from  Montgamery  street  galleries. 


Ladies,  Attention! — Direct  Importation  from 
Paris. — Please  recollect  that  there  is  only  one  Shawl 
House  in  California,  J.  D.  Robert.  119  and  121 
Montgomery  street,  which  receives  direct,  Genuine 
Square  and  Long  Broche  Cashmere  Shawls  of  every 
description  and  price,  from  Robert,  Gosselin  &.  Son, 
manufacturers  in  Paris.    Don't  make  a  mistake. 

N.  B. — (Hoaks,  Basques,  Zouaves  and  Dresses  of 
every  description  made  to  order  in  the  latest  style. 
Prices  as  cheap  as  possible. 


-All  Good  Judges  of  Pianos  agree  that 
Frisbce  &.  Scott  have  the  finest  and  largest  stock  of 
Pianos  in  this  city.  They  are  agents  of  the  eelebrat 
ed  firms  of  Calenberg  &.  Vaupel,  of  New  York,  and 
Knabe  &  Co.,  Baltimore.  There  is  certainly  not  an 
instrument  equal  to  those  imported  by  them.  Mr. 
Gusvav  A.  Scott  pays,  also,  particular  attention  to 
having  their  stock  of  foreign  and  American  sheet 
music  equal  to  any  New  York  store.  They  keep  at 
No.  J  Montgomery  street,  Masonic  Temple. 


Jacob  Shew  At  Co.,  No.  315  Montgomery  street, 
near  Pine,  take  First  Class  Photographs,  of  all 
kinds,  at  the  lowest  scale  of  prices  adopted  by  the 
Associated  Photographers.  Photographs  retouched 
iu  the  highest  style  of  the  art. 


A  SUMMER  AND  WINTER  MEDICINE. 

"  Great  oaks  from  little  acorns  grow." 

The  worst  diseases  known  to  the  humau  race 
spring  from  causes  so  small  as  to  almost  defy  detec- 
tion. The  volumes  of  scientific  lore  that  fill  the 
tables  aud  shelves  of  the  medical  fraternity  ouly  go 
to  prove  and  elaborate  these  facts. 

Then  guard  yourselves  while  you  may.  The 
smallest  pimple  on  the  skin  is  a  tell-tale  and  indica- 
tor of  disease.  It  may  fade  and  die  away  from  the 
surface  of  the  body,  but  it  will  reach  the  vit  lis,  per- 
haps, at  last,  and  death  be  the  result  and  final  close. 
Maggiel's  Bilious,  Dyspeptic  and  Diarrhcea  Pills 
cure  where  all  others  fail.  While  for  Burns,  Scalds, 
Chilblains,  Cuts,  and  all  abrasions  of  the  skin,  Mag- 
giel's  Salve  is  infallible.  Sold  by  J.  Maggiel,  43 
Fulton  street,  New  York,  and  all  Druggists,  at  25 
cents  per  box. 

"The  Science  of  Life,  or  How  to  Live,  anfi 
What  to  Live  For." — This  is  the  title  of  an  inter- 
esting and  highly  useful  little  book,  published  by  Dr. 
Beck,  of  this  city.  It  is  especially  adapted  for  the 
perusal  of  young  men,  nevertheless  its  truthful  pages 
should  be  read  by  all,  as  they  contain  good,  sound, 
healthy  matter  which  can  be  easily  understood  and 
appreciated  by  every  reader.  This  work  is  issued 
gratuitously  on  application  to  the  Doctor,  or  will  he 
sent  free  to  any  address  on  receipt  of  postage  stamp 
or  envelope  addressed  to  Dr.  Beck's  office,  314  Kear- 
ny street,  or  post  office  Box  159'J. 

Dr.  Beck  is  a  member  of  several  American  and  Eu- 
ropean Universities,  and  has  published  numerous 
works  on  Anatomy,  Medicine,  and  Surgery  His 
former  connection  with  the  principal  "  Anatomical 
Museums"  of  New  York,  Paris,  London,  etc.,  comb- 
ined with  his  experience  in  his  profession  render  him 
a  highly  desirable  person  to  consult,  and  we  can  con- 
fidently recommend  him  to  the  public. 


RKiD  the  Testimony  of  a  few  of  the  mauy  Eminent 
Clergymen  and  their  Families  of  New  York  city,  who, 
having  used  the  Sozodout  for  a  long  time  past,  are  con 
viuceu  ot  its  excellent  and  invaluable  qualities,  and  give 
it  their  cordial  commendation  : 

Rev.   THOMAS  DEWITT,  Pastor  Collegiate 

Ref.  Dutch  Church,  Lafayette  Place. 
Rev.  J.  W.  ALEXANDER,  D.  D. ,  Presbyterian 

Church,  Fifth  Avenue. 
Rev.  J.  B.  WAKE  LEY,  M.  E.  City  Missionary. 
Rev.  W.  F.  MORGAN,  D.D.,  Rector  St.  Thomas 

Church,  Broadway. 
Rev.  E.  H.  CHAP  IN.  D.  b.,  Pastor  Fourth  Uni- 

versaiisl  Church,  Broadway. 
Rev.  SAMUEL  COOKE,  D.D.,  Rector  St.  Bar- 
tholomew's Chuich,  Lafayette  Place. 
Rev.  SAMUEL  OSGOOD,  D.D.,  Pastor  Church 

of  Messiah,  Broadway. 
Rev.  B.  M.  ADAMS,  M.  E.  Church,  Duanc  street. 
Rev.  HEMAN  BANGS,  late  Pastor  Centenary 

M.  E.  Church,  Brooklyn. 
Rev.  W.  S.  MIKELS,  Pastor  Baptist  Church, 

Sixteenth  street. 
Rev.  GEO.  POTTS,  D.D.,  Pastor  Presbyterian 

Church,  University  Place. 
Rev.  E.  E.  RAN  KIN,  Pastor  Presbyterian  Church 

Forty  second,  street. 
Rev.  T.  E.  VERMILYE,  D.  D.,  Pastor  of  Co 

Dutch  Reformed,  Lafayette  Place., 

FROM  G.  F.  J.  COLBUR.M,  DOCTOR  DENTAL  SUR- 
GERY, NEWARK,  N.  J. 
The  Popular  Dentrifice  known  as  Van  Buskirk's  11  SO- 
ZODONT,"  besides  being  a  very  ple;isant  addition  to  the 
toilet,  contains  ingredients  tint,  if  used  according  to  the 
directions,  will  prove  of  the  greatest  utility  to  the  health 
of  the  mouth  and  teeth. 

BEWARE  OF  IMITATIONS  I 
Sold  by  all  Druggists  aud  Perfumers. 


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HALL  &  RTJCKEL, 

NEW  YORK. 


ALL'S  SARSAPARILLA, 
YELLOW  DOCK  AND  IODIDE  POTASS, 

THE 

Best  Blood  Purifier  Known. 

Persons  that  are  troubled  with  Rheumatism, 
Scrofula,  Neuralgia,  Morbid  Liver,  Salt 
Rheum,  Pimples,  Boils,  or  any  of  the  many 
diseases  that  originate  from  Impure  Blood, 
would  find  it  much  to  their  advantage  to  give 
this  justly  celebrated  article  a  trial.  One  or 
two  bottles  are  quite  sufficient  to  convince  the 
most  skeptical  of  its  merits,  i  It  contains 
neither  Spirit,  ARSENIC  nor  MERCURY 
which  cannot  be  truly  said  of  aDy  other  prep'a- 
tion  called  "  Sarsaparilla." 

SHEPARDSON  &  GATES,  Proprietors, 
ap7-»ui      N.  W.cor.Sausonieand  Commercial-streets. 


rj^HE  CALIFORNIAN  S 
SAN  FRANCISCO  BUSINESS  DIRECTORY. 

BOWLING  ALLEYS. 
Wholers  &  Steil,Piue  and  Montgomery,  (Russ  House. 

BOOKS. 
A.  Gensoul,  511  Montgomery. 
A.  Romau  4:  Co.,  417  aud  419  Montgomery  street. 

BOOTS  AND  SHOES. 
Finch  &  Co. ,  133  Montgomery  street. 
Weutworth;  Hobart  k  Co.  (wholesale  manufac.)  210  Pine 

CLOTHING. 
H  M.  Lookwood  k  Co.,  624  Clay  street. 
J.  R.  Mead  &  Co.,  corner  Montgomery  aud  Bush  streets 
William  Sherman,  412  Sansome,  corner  Commercial. 
Quinoy  Hall,  545,  547,  and  649  Washington  street. 

COAL  OIL,  LAMPS,  ETC. 
Dell,  Cranna  k  Co.  (wholesale)  513  Flout  street. 
A.  C.  Dietz  k  Co.,  (wholesale,)  521  Front  street. 

DENTISTS. 
Dr.  Blake,  removed  to  Third,  corner  Mission. 
Dr.  A.  N.  Clark  (late  Kuowles.ii  Clark)  removed  to  410 
Kearny. 

Dr.  Win.  B.  McAllister,  221  Third  street. 
N.T.  Whilcomh,  205  Thin.',  uear  Howard. 

DANCING  ACADEMY. 
Coghill's.  Congress  Hall,  Bush,  above  Montgomery 
Fuller  k  McCarthy,  727  Market,  near  .Third. 

DRY  GOODS. 
Meagher,  Taafle  &  Co. .  9  Montgomery  street. 
Mosgrove  &  Blakely,  222  Third,  uear  Howard. 
Buyce  4:  Reich,  S  W  corner  Jackson  aud  Stockton, 

DRUGGISTS. 

K.  H.  McDonald  &Co.,  (Wholesale)  Sansome,  cor.  Fine- 
Suepurdsou  4:  Gates,  (successors  to  R.  Hall  &  Co.,)  cor- 
uer  Sansome  aud  Commercial, 

EDUCATIONAL  INSTITUTIONS. 
Cal.  Collegiate  Institute,  Miss  M.  Lammond,  68  Silver. 
Miel  Institute,  Miss  Florence  James,  65  South  Park. 
PaciQc  Busiuess  College,  751  Market  street, above  Third, 
Prof.  Williams'  Commercial  Academy,  869  Mission  st 

FURNITURE. 
Goodwin  k  Co.,  510  and  528  Wadiington  streets. 
J.  Peirce,  415,  417  aud  419  California  street, 

GROCERS. 
N.  Boschen,  corner  Filth  and  Mini.a. 
Slosson  &  Ladd,  southwest  corner  Folsom  and  First. 
J  J.  Miller,  corner  Sutter  aud  Leavenworth. 
Haskell  Jkl  Co. ,  Market  and  Sutter  sts,  below  the  Market 
W.  M.  Noble  &  Co.,  cor  Howard  aud  Twellth  streets 

HATTER. 

Lamott  (wholesale  and  retail)  227  Montgomery  street 
HOTELS. 

Brooklyn.  John  Kelly,  Jr., Sansome,  corner  Pino. 
Chicago,  E.  W.  Hemiburg  k  Co..  220  Pacific  street. 

INSURANCE. 
Mutual  Life  Ins.  Co.,  H.  S.  Homans,  Agent,  609  Clay. 
Manhattan,  R.  B.  Swam  &  Co. .  Ag'U,206  Front,  cor  Call 
National  Ins.  Co.,  N.E  cor.  Montgomery  aud  California. 
Occidental  Ins.  Co. ,  S.  W.  cor.  Montgom'y  and  California'. 
Paeitic  Ins.  Co. ,  436  California  street. 
Brooklyn  Life,  S  T  King,  agent,  S  E  cor  Montg'y  k  Pin 

LADIES'   BIJOUTERIE,  CLOAKS,  ETC. 
Rosenblatt's,  123  and  125  Montgomery  street. 

LIVERY  AND  SALE  STABLE. 

Philip  Morshead,  removed  to  Howard,  near  Fifth. 

MILITARY  GOODS  AND  REGALIA. 
T.  Rodgers  Johnson,  Odd  Fellow's  Hall,  325  Montg'ry  st. 

MAPS. 

Pacific  Map  Depot,  A.  Gensoul,  511  Montgomery. 

MERCHANT  TAILORS. 
J.  H.  Hammond  removed  to  328  Montgomery. 

PHOTOGRAPniO  GALLERIES. 
New  York,  B.  F.  How  land  proprietor,  15  Third  6treet, 
below  Market. 

PIANOS,  MUSIC,  ETC. 
M.  Gray,  613  Clay  street. 

W.  S.  Pieice,  lemovcd  to  534  Market,  opposite  Second 

PHOTOGRAPHS,  CUTLERY,    SPECTACLES,  ETC. 
Lawrence  k  Housewortb,  317  and  319  Montgomery  st. 

RESTAURANTS. 
Bivalve,  Nolting  &  Sp-een,  640  Market,  near  Kearny. 
Eureka,  C.  H.  Briekwedell  k  Co. ,( lay.  near  Montgom'y 
Ladies'  Refreshment  Saloon,  Swain  k  Blown,  636  Market 
Magnolia,  143  Thud  street. 

Market,  by  Felix  and  Gustavo  Besson,  520  Merchant. 
Pniladeiplna,  Jacob  Weiss,  308  Montgomery  street. 
Helvetia,  Johnjury  k  Bros. ,  524  Merchant  street. 
Saulmauu's,  506  Montgomery  street. 

SALOONS. 

Russell  &  Holding's  Exchange,  622  Market  street 
Charter  Oak,  Frank  Kelly,  N  E-  cor  Third  and  Howard 
Razzetli  &  Co.'s.  527  Washington,  above  the  Market. 
Jones'  Sample  Rooms,  S.E.  cor.  Montgomery  aud  Cal. 
S  Myers,  332  Montgomery  street. 
V.  Squarza.  44  Leidesdortf  street. 

Sun  Burst,  Carol  in  k  McArdle,  tor.  Second  and  Market. 
Coates  &  Henderson,  37  Sutter  street. 

SCALES. 

Fairbanks  &  Hutchinson,  Depot  for  Fairbanks'  Scales 
334  Montgomery  street. 

SEWING  MACHINES. 
Grover  &  Baker,  R.  '  .  Brown,  116  Montgomery. 
The  Florence,  cilice  111  Montgomery  street. 
Wheeler  k  Wilson,  corner  Montgomery  and  Sacramento 

TOYS,  ETC. 
Fcldbush  &  Co.,  207  Montgomery  street. 
A.  Kohler,  620  Washington  street. 

UPHOLSTERER. 
T.  McAllister,  corner  Sutter  aud  Leavenworth. 

WATER-CURE  INSTITUTE. 
Dr  Bourne's  Pioneer,  10  Post,  near  Montgomery 


RHEUMATISM. 
Throughout  this  coast  a  great  deal  of  suffering  is 
experienced  from  Rheumatism.  Weeks  and  even 
months  of  protracted  and  aggravated  misery  is  en- 
dured by  the  victims  of  medical  inefficiency  and 
ignorance,  which  could  be  cured  just  as  speedily  as 
was  Mr.  Sparrow,  whose  testimony  is  given  below, 
and  is  only  the  echo  of  hundreds  of  other  cases. 
Dr.  Bourne  cures  without  medicines,  which  accouuta 
for  his  extraordinary  success.  No.  10  Musonio 
Temple,  Post  street  entrance : 


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[September  81I1 


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jp  A  C  I  F  I  C 

BUSINESS  COLLEGE, 

751  MARKET  STREET, 

(BETWEEN  THIRD  AND  FOURTH,) 

'  SAN  FRANCISCO. 


AN  INSTITUTION  designed  to  prepare  boys,  young  and 
middle-aged  men  for  the  active  duties  of  business  in  the 
shortest  time  possible  and  at  the  least  expense.  For 
"COLLEGE  REVIEW,"  giving  information ,  call  at  the 
College,  or  address  E.  P.  HEALD,  President. 

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HE  NORTH  BRITISH  AND 

MERCANTILE  INSURANCE  CO 

OF      LONDON      AND  EDINBURGH. 

ESTABLISHED,  1809. 

Capital,   $10,000,000 

Accumulated  Funds,  March  6, 1865,  -  ■  11.522,500 
Annual  Income,  ....  2,827,290 
Deposit  in  California  under  State  law,      -  $75,000 

GENERAL  AGENCY  FOR  THE  PACIFIC  STATES  AND 

TERRITORIES, 
Cor.  Sansome  and  California  streets,  San  Francisco 

Insurances  elfected  at  the  lowest  rates  on  buildings  of 
both  Brick  and  Wood,  throughout  the  State,  whetner 
occupied  as  Stores,  Dwellings,  or  "Warehouses,  together 
with  their  contents. 
Also,  VESSELS  in  port,  with  or  without  their  Cargoes. 
Also,  QUARTZ  1IILI.S  and  MACHINERY, 
mediately  on  adjustment. 

WM.  H.  TILLINGHAST,  Agent. 
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H  E 


AWARDED  the  HIGHEST  PREMIUM 

AT  THE 

State  Fair  of  California, 

The  only  Fair  on  the  Pacific  coast  at  wr.ich  any  two 
double-thread  Machines  were  exhibited  in  competition  in 

1865. 

If  there  is  a  FLORENCE  SEWING-MA- 
chine  within  one  thousand  miles  of  this  office 
that  is  not  working  well,  it  will  be  attended 
to  if  I  am  informed  of  it,  without  expense  to 
the  owner.  SAMUEL  HILL, 

General  Agent, 
111  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco. 

THE 


SEWING  MACHINE 

RECEIVED  THE  FIRST  PREMIUM,  A  GOLD  MEDAL, 
at  the  Great  Exhibition  of  the 

AMERICAN  INSTUTE,  -  -  -  New  York, 
1  8  G  5  . 

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rpHE  ONLY  LIVING  ASTROLOGER, 
PROF.  COHEN, 
530  California  street,  San  Francisco, 

THROUGH  HIS  NATURAL  GUT,  can  give  correct  infor- 
mation on  the  Past,  Present  and  Future,  on  any  subject 
that  may  be  required  so  as  t"  avoid  trouble.  As  evideuee 
of  his  reputation,  lie  has  received  over  18,000  consultations 
during  his  resilience  of  six  years  in  San  Francisco  1  Con- 
sultation fee,  $2.  By  letter,  $3.  Letter  box,  104.  It  is 
not  necessary  to  give  the  age.  "Office,  630  California 
street.    Hours  from  8  A.  u.  to  II  r.  m.  jel5  3m 


J^IGHT  HUNDRED  THOUSAND 
IN  USE! 

THE  ORIGINAL  P.  P.  STEWART'S  FUEL  SAVING 

Air-  Tight    Cooking  Stoves, 

FOR  WOOD  OR  COAL. 
IMPROVED  IN  1861  ; 

WITH  NEW   AND  EXTRA   LARGE  FLUES,  AND  BY 
THE  ADDITION  OF  THE  CELEBRATED  PATENT 
DOUBLE  SHEET  BOTTOM  FLUE. 


Attention  is  Invited  to  the  following  Points  of 
Superiority  : 

1.  DURABILITY.— Lasting,  with  proper  care, nt 
least  twenty  years.  Stoves  are  now  in  use  thut 
were  set  up  in  1838. 

2.  MANUFACTURE. —  Every  portion  of  the 
Stove  is  thoroughly  constructed.  Each  Stove  is  sub 
milted  to  a  critical  test,  and  none  leave  our- works 
unless  completely  and  perfectly  finished. 

3.  CAPACITY.— linking,  Boiling,  Roasting,  and 
all  other  culinary  operations  performed  at  the  same 
time. 

4.  ECONOMY. — Saving  the  cost  of  the  Stove  in 
one  vear  in  the  cost  of  fuel. 

5.  VENTILATION  OK  OVEN.— In  the  Stew- 
art Stove  alone,  Ihe  front  doors  open  directly  into 
the  oven,  (protected  by  letters  patent)  securing  a  di 
rect  draft  through  the  top  of  the  oven  by  means  of 
perforated  holes  in  the  doors  and  back  tines.  It  will 
he  borne  in  mind  that,  as  the  heated  air  always  rises, 
this  method  of  ventilation  is  the  only  one  of  any 
value  whatever. 

6.  ENTIRE  CONTROL  OF  HEAT— The  beat 
generated  by  the  Stove  may  be  held  therein  and 
used  or  thrown  into  the  room  at  pleasure. 

7.  THE  DOUBLE  SHEET  BO'lTOM  FLUE. 
— By  which  a  compressing  and  inverting  action  of 
heat  is  obtained,  and  the  oven  more  evenly  and  ef- 
ficiently heated  than  bv  anv  other  known  invention 

9.  HOT  WATER  RESERVOIR  AND  WARM- 
ING CLOSET. — Both  useful  and  convenient,  sup- 
plied bv  the  waste  heat  and  without  extra  fuel. 

10.  WATER  BACK  —An  arrangement  for  sup- 
plying hot  water  for  the  bath-room  equal  to  any 
range. 

%*  Beware  of  numerous  imitations  in  the  market, 
mauy  of  which  resemble  the  "  Steivart"  only  in  ap- 
pearance, and  noue  of  them  possess  any  ol  its  pe- 
culiar finalities. 

See  that  the  name  of  P  P.  STEWART  is  on  eiich 
Stove.    None  other  genuine. 
For  sale  by  CALEB  M.  SICKLER, 

422  Kearny  street, 
Between  California  and  Pine,  San  Francisco. 
Repairs  for  Stewart's  Stoves  constantly  on  hand. 
au'25-4m 


CARD 


Great  Sale  of  Fine  Clothing. 

OUR  "WHOLE  STOCK  OF  FINE  CLOTHING  and  Gents- 
Furnishing  Goods,  for  the  next 

THIRTY  DAYS, 
At  Prices  that  Challenge  Competition. 

IT  MUST  BE  SOLD,  TO  MAKE  ROOM  FOR  OUR  FALL 
AND  WINTER  STOCK. 

J.  R.  MEAD  &  CO., 

Corner  Bushaml  Montgomery  streets, and  corner  Sausome 
Utd  Washington  streets,  San  Francisco, 

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gT.  MARY'S  COLLEGE, 

San  Francisco,  Cal 

THE  FOURTH  ANNUAL  SESSION  of  the  above  Insti- 
tution ctjinineueud  July  30lh,  1806. 

Tuc  age  for  admission  is  from  seven  to  fifteen  years. 
For  those  more  thau  fifteen  yfars  of  age,  it  will  he  neces- 
sary to  have  testimonials  of  good  character  from  respect- 
able parties.  • 
TERMS. 

Board  and  Tuition  per  session,  (of  10  to  11  months)  $175 
Washing,  Mending  of  Linen,  etc.,  for  same  period,  25 

No  extra  charges,  save  for  Music  and  Drawing,  which 
are  three  nollars  a  month  each. 

In  case  of  withdrawal,  (except  for  sickness  or  parents 
leaving  the  country,)  the  parly  will  forfeit  a  quarter  ses- 
sion, or  the  remaining  portion  of  the  half  term. 

The  Pension  to  be  paid  at  least  half-yearly  in  advance; 
also,  such  sum  to  be  deposiied  as  will  be  sutllcient  to  pay 
the  traveling  expenses  of  the  student  to  his  place  of  resi- 
dence, and  other  contingent  expenses,  such  as  books, 
clothes,  etc. 

No  Student  will  be  received  without  such  deposit. 

The  terms  are  so  reduced  (less  than  one-half  the  usual 
charges  in  this  State)  that  the  Institution  can  bo  con- 
ducted only  on  a  rigid  cash  principle  ;  hence  any  failure 
in  remittiug  lheP<-nsion  will  oblige  the  authorities  of  the 
College  to  charge  ten  per  cent,  additional,  or  forward  the 
student  to  his  parents  or  guardian. 

Though  it  be  a  Catholic  Institution,  yet  pupils  of  all 
rienominations  will  be  admitted,  and  their  religious  con- 
victions respected  ;  but,  for  the  sake  of  uniformity  all 
will  be  required  to  be  present  at  the  public  religious  exer 
cises. 

Bedding,  towels,  etc.,  will  be  furnished  by  the  Institu- 
tion, to  defray  the  cost  of  which  ten  dol  ars  will  be  paid, 
once  only,  by  each  pupil,  as  an  entrance  fee. 

Each  pupil  is  required  to  be  provided  with  a  neat  black 
suit  for  Sundays,  and  two  other  pUiu  suits,  three  pairs  of 
boots,  with  sufficient  linen,  stockincs,  etc. 

Five  dollars  will  also  be  charged  annually  for  medicines 
and  medical  attendance. 

au4  lm  REV  P.  J.  GREY,  President. 


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TERMS — FIVE  DOLLARS  PER  ANNUM,  IN  ADVANCE 

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DEVOTED  TO  LIVE  TOPICS, 
THE  DISSEMINATION  OF  A  PURE  LITERA 
TURE,  DEVELOPMENT  OF  HOME  TALENT, 
AND  THE 

BEST  INTERESTS    OF  CALIFORNIA 

Published 

EVERY   SATURDAY  MORNING 

AT 

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The  voluntary  notices  bestowed  by  the  press  of  the 
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QCCIDENTAL 

INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

a  W-  Cor.  MONTGOMERY  and  CALIFORNIA  STREETS 

INDIVIDUAL  LIABILITY. 

CAPITAL  STOCK,      -       -       -      -       -      -  $300,000 

LOSSES  PAW  IN  UNITED  STATES  COLD  COIN. 

THIS  COMPANY  will  insure  against  loss  by  Fire  on  any 
Dwelling  House,  Buildings,  Merchandise  or  other  property, 
situated  in  the  State  of  California.  The  largest  sum  tbey 
will  take  on  any  one  risk  is  thirty  thousand  dollars. 

CHRISTOPHER  CHRISTIANSEN,  President. 
J.  GREENEBAUM,  Vice  President. 
R   Rothschild,  Secretary.  rnhM-tf 


Sacramerito    and  Montgomery  streets, 

SAN  FRAN*  ISCO. 

Post  Office  Address  :  Lock  Box  No  14J7.        jc30  3in 


rpHE  LIGHT  OF  THE  WORLD. 

DR.  MAGGIEL'S 

Pills  and  Salx  e. 


These  ajifb-givuig  remedies  are  now,  for  the  first 
time.  given  publicly  to  the  world.  For  over  a  quar- 
ter of  u  century  of  private  practice  the  ingredients  in 
these 

LIFE-GIVING  PILLS! 

Have  been  used  with  the  greatest  success.  Their 
mission  iB  not  onlv  to  prevent  disease,  but  to  cure. 
They  search  out  the  various  malad:eB  by  which  the 
patient  is  suffering,  and  re-invigorate  the  failing  sys- 
tem. To  the  aged  and  infirm  a  few  doses  of  these 
valuable  1'IIXS  will  prove  to  be 

A  VERY  FOUNTAIN  OF  YOUTH, 
For  in  every  case  they  add  new  life  and  vitality, 
and  restore  the  waning  energies  to  tlitir  pristine 
stnte.  To  the  young  aud  rniddle  aged,  they  will 
prove  most  invaluable,  as  a  ready,  specific,  and 
sterling  medicine.  Here  is  a  dream  realized,  that 
Ponce  dc-Lcon  sought  for  three  bund  ed  years  ago, 
and  never  found.  He  looked  for  a  fountain  that 
would  restore  the  old  to  vigor  aud  make  youth  ever 

AN    ETERNAL   SPRING  ! 

It  was  left  for  this  day  and  hour  to  realize  the 
dream,  and  show  in  one  glorious  fact,  the  magic  thut 
made  it  fair. 

'THESE   FAMOUS  REMEDIES 

Cannot  stay  the  flight  of  years,  but  they  can  force 
back,  and  hold  aloof,  diseases  that  might  triumph 
over  the  aged  aud  the  young.  Let  none  hesitate 
theu,  but  seize  tb<*  favorable  epportunity  that  offers. 
Wheu  taken  us  prescribed — 

FOR  BILLIOUS  DISORDERS 
Nothing  can  he  more  productive  of  cure  than  these 
Pills.  Their  almost  magic  influence  is  felt  at  once  ; 
and  the  usual  concomitants  of  this  most  distressing 
disease  are  removed.  These  remedies  are  made 
from  the  purest 

VEGETABLE  COMPOUND. 
They  will  not  harm  the  most  delicate  female,  and 
can  be  given  with  good  effect  iu  prescribed  doses  to 
the  youngest  babe. 

FOR   CUTANEOUS  DISORDERS 
And  all  eruptions  of  the  skin,  the  SALVE  is  most 
invaluable.    It  does  not  heal  externally  alone,  but 
penetrates  witn  the  most  searching  effects  to  the  very 
root  of  the  evil ! 

Dr.  Maggiei's  Pills 

Invariably  cure  the  following  diseases: 
Asthma, 

Bowel  Complaints, 
Coughs, 

Colds, 
•  Chest  Diseases, 

Costiveness, 
Dyspepsia, 
Diarrbcea, 
Dropsy, 
Debility, 

Female  Complaints,  Fever  aud  Ague 

Headache. 
Indigestion, 
Influenza, 

Inflammation, 

inward  Weakness, 
Liver  Complaint, 
Lowness  of  Spirits, 
Ringworm, 

Rhcnumtism, 
Suit  Rheum, 
Scalds, 

Skin  Diseases. 

Notice.  —  None  genuine  without  the  engraved 
trade  mark  around  each  pot  or  box.  signed  by  Dr.  J. 
Maggie),  43  Fulton  »t.,  New  York,  to  counterfeit 
wh;cn  is  felony. 

Sold  by  al ^respectable  Dealers  in  Medicinea 
throughout  the  United  Stall  s— at  25  c  ents  per  box  or 
pot.  R.  H.  McI)()>ALD  i  CO., 

Corner  Sausome  and  Pine, 
apl4-ly  Agents  for  Pacific  Coast. 

ATONEY  TO  LOAN1 

MONEY  TO  LOAN 

On  City  Real  Estitc,  Dwellings,  Factories,  Shipping  and 
Merchandise,  for  such  lime  as  may  be  agreed  lor.  De- 
posit roci-ivo'l  in  stna!!  or  larg--  Minis,  n(  inlere-t,  bv  ine 
CALIFORNIA  BUILDING,  LOAN  AND  SAV 
INGS  HANK. 

63  California  street,  (one  door  from  Snnsnme  street.) 


my 


THOMAS  MOONEY,  l'r  auUml 


September  8th] 


THE  CAL1F0RNIAN. 


15 


UNITED  STATES  STAMP  DUTIES. 

As  Amended  March  3,  1865. 

ABEFULLT  RKV1SKD  A-ND   COKBECTED    FOB  THE  CALITOBNIAN . 
PENALTIES. 

Penalty  for  making,  signing,  or  issuing  any  instru- 
ment, document,  or  paper  of  any  kind  whatsoever, 
without  the  same  being  duly  stamped,  for  denoting 
the  duty  hereby  imposed  thereon,  $50 ;  and  the 
instrument  shall  be  deemed  invalid  and  of  no  effect ; 
or  for  counterfeiting  stamps  or  dies,  $1,000,  and  im- 
prisonment to  hard  labor  not  exceeding  live  years. 
For  making,  signing,  issuing,  accepting,  or  paying 
any  bill  of  exchange,  draft,  order,  or  note  without 
stamp,  $^00.  6'or  selling  proprietary  cosmetics, 
matches,  photographs,  etc. ,  without  proper  stamps, 
$10.    For  removing  stamps  on  these  articles,  $50. 


STAMP  DUTIES. 
Agreement  Contract  or  Appraisement,  not  other- 
wise specified,  each  sheet  or  piece  of  paper  .$0  05 
Assignment  of  Mortgage,  Lease,  or  Policy  of  In- 
surance, same  as  original  instrument.  Assign- 
ment of  Patent  Right  :   05 

Bank  Checks,  Drafts  or  orders,  exceeding  $10, 

at  sight  or  on  demand  ,   02 

Bills  of  Exchange,  (inland,)  or  draft  otherwise 
tlan  at  sight  or  on  demand,  or  promissory  note 
except  bank  notes  for  circulation,)  or  any 
memorandum,  check  or  receipt,  or  any  evi- 
dence of  an  amount  of  money  payable  on  de- 
mand or  at  a  designated  time,  for  a  sum  not 

exceeding$100   05 

Every  additional  $100,  or  fractional  part.  ..  05 
Bill  of  Exchange,  (foreign,)  or  letter  of  credit, 
drawn  in,  but  payable  out  of  the  U.  S.,  if 
drawn  singly,  the  same  rates  as  inland  bills  of 
exchange,  or  promissory  notes. 

If  drawn  in  sets  of  three  or  more,  for  each 
bill  of  the  set,  where  the  sum  shall  not  ex- 
ceed $100  or  its  equivalent  in  any  foreign  cur- 
rency in  which  such  bill  may  be  expressed, 
according  to  the  standard  value  fixed  by  U.'  S.  02 
Every  additional  $100,  or  fractional  part...  02 
Bill  of  Lading,  or  receipt  for  any  merchandise 
or  effects,  to  be  exported  to  a  foreign  port  or 

place   10 

Bill  of  Sale,  conveying  any  ship  or  vessel,  or 
any  part  thereof,  where  the  eonsideratioudoes 

not  exceed  $500   50 

For  every  additional  $500,  or  fractional  part 

thereof   50 

Bill  of  Sale  of  personal  property  other  than 

ships  or  vessels   05 

Bond,  indemnifying  any  person  for  the  payment 
of  money,  where  the  amount  recoverable  is 

$1,000  or  less   50 

For  every  additional  $1,000,  or  fractional 

part  thereof   50 

Bond  for  the  due  performance  of  the  duties  of 

any  oflice   1  00 

Bond  of  any  other  description,  except  such  as 
may  be  required  in  legal  proceedings,  or  used 
in  connection  with  mortgage  deeds,  and  not 

otherwise  charged  in  this  schedule   25 

Chatter-Party,  ship,  vessel  or  steamer,  not  over 
150  tons,  $1 ;  150  to  300  tons,  $3  ;  300  to  BOO 

tons,  $5;  over  600  tons  10  00 

Certificate  of  Profits,  or  any  memorandum  show- 
ing an  interest  in  property,  or  accumulations 
of  any  incorporated  company,  for  a  sum  not 

less  than  $10  nor  exceeding  $50   10 

Exceeding  $50  and  not  $1 ,000   25 

For  every  additional  $1 ,000  or  f'ract'al  part  25 
Certificate  of  Damage,  and  all  other  certificates 
or  documents  issaed  by  Port  Wardens  or  Ma- 
rine Surveyors,  or  other  persons  acting  as  such  25 
Certificate  of  Deposit,  not  exceeding  the  sum  of 

$100,  2  cents  ;  exceeding  $100   05 

Certificate  of  stock  in  any  incorporated  comp'y,  25 

Certificates,  other  than  specified   05 

Contract,  broker's  note  or  memorandum  of  sale 
of  goods,  stocks,  bonds,  exchange  notes  of 
hand,  real  estate,  or  other  description  of  prop- 
erty, issued  by  any  person  acting  as  a  broker, 

for  each  note  or  memorandum  of  sale   10 

Deed  or  Conveyance  of  Real  Estate,  value  not 
over  $500,  50c.  ;   every  additional  $500,  or 

fractional  part  thereof   50 

Entry  of  Goods  at  any  custom-house,  value  not 
over  $100,  25c;  over  $100  and  not  over  $500, 

50c;  over  $500  1  00 

For  the  withdrawal  of  goods  from  bonded 

warehouse    50 

Ganger's  Returns,  quarterly,  for  quantity  not 

over  500  galls,  gross,  10c. ;  over  500  galls,  gr.  25 
Insurance  (Marine,  Inland  and  Fire)  policy  or 
renewal,  premium  not  over  $10,  10c;  $10  to 
$50,  25c. ;  over  $50,  50c.  ;  Life  policy,  under 
$1,000,  25c;  $1,000  to  $5,000,  50c;  over  $5,000.1  00 
Lease  of  lands  or  tenements,  rent  not  over  $  J00 

per  annum,  50c.  ;  each  add' 1  $200  or  fraction.  50 
Manifest,  cargo  to  foreign  port,  registered  ton 
nage  not  over  300  tons,  $1  ;  over  300  and  not 

over  600,  $3  ■  over  600  tons  5  00 

Measurer's  Returns,  for  quantity  not  over  1,000 

bushels,  10c;  over  1,000  bushels   25 

Mortgage,  Trust  deed,  or  personal  bond  for  pay- 
ment of  money,  $100  to  $500,  50c;  each  addi- 
tional $500   50 

Each  assignment  of  mortgage,  lease  or  pol- 
.   icy  of  insurance,  or  renewal  of  the  same, 
is  subject  to  same  duties  as  the  original. 
Medicines  or  Preparations,  Perfumery  and  Cos- 
metics— Every  package,  box,  bottle,  etc.,  re- 
tailing for  25c.  or  less   01 

Each  additional  25c.  i  r  fractional  part  there- 
of, up  to  $1,  lc;  each  additional  60c.  or 

fractional  part  thereof,  over  $1   02 

Playing  Cards — Each  pack,  price  not  over  18c, 
2c;  from  18  to  25c,  4c.  ;  25  to  50c,  10c;  50c. 
to  $1,  15c;  each  additional  50c.  or  fractional 

part  thereof   05 

Photographs,  Ambrotypes,  Daguerreotypes  or 
Sun  Pictures,  upon  each,  retailing  for  25c.  or 
less,  2c;  over  25  and  not  over  50c,  Sc.;  over 
50c.  and  not  over$l,  3c.;  each  additional  $1 

or  fractional  part  thereof   05 

Passage  Ticket  to  foreign  port,  cost  not  over  $35, 
50c:  over  $35  and  not  o\ er  $50,  $1 ;  every  ad- 
ditional $50  or  fractional  part  thereof  1  00 

Power  of  Attorney  to  sell  or  transfer  stock,  scrip, 

bonds,  or  collect  dividends  or  int.  thereon  25 
To  vote  for  officers  of.  incorporated  comp'y  or 
society  not  religious,  charitable  or  literary, 

or  public  cemeteries......   10 

To  receive  or  collect  rents  -   25 

To  sell,  convey,  rent  or  lease  real  estate  1  00 

For  any  other  purpose   50 


Probate  of  Will,  or  letters  of  administration,  es- 
tate  not   over  $2,000,  $1 ;    each  additional 

$1,000  or  fractional  part  thereof.   50 

Protest  of  note,  bill,  acceptance,  etieck  or  draft,  25 
Promissory  Note — See  Bill  of  Exchange,  inland. 
Receipt  for  payment  of  money  or  debt  over  $20, 
not   being   for  satisfaction  of  mortgage, 
judgment  or  decree  of  Court,  and  receipt 

for  the  delivery  of  property   02 

Warehouse,  for  property  stored,  not  over  $500 
in  value,  10c.  ;  $500  to  $1,000,  20c.  ;  every 

additional  $1,000   10 

For  any  goods  held  in  storage,  and  not  other- 
wise provided  for   25 

Weigher's  Returns,  up  to  5,000  lbs. ,  10c;  over 

5,000  lbs   25 

Writs,  or  original  process,  for  commencing  Buit 
in  Court  of  record,  and  in  Court  not  of  rec- 
ord, when  amount  claimed  is  $100  or  over, 
except  before  Justices  of  the  Peace,  or  in 
court  of  no  greater  jurisdiction  as  to  dam- 
ages, or  in  suit  commenced  by  the  United 

States  or  any  State   50 

Upon  every  confession  of  judgment,  or  cogno- 
vit, for  $100  or  over,  except  where  tax  for 

a  writ  has  been  paid   50 

Writs  or  process  on  appeal  from  Justice's 
courts  and  other  courts  of  inferior  jurisdic- 
tion to  courts  of  record   50 

Warrant  of  distress — rent  claimed  under  $100, 
25c;  over  $100   50 


Hp  YLEE  BROTHERS, 

NO.  632  WASHINGTON  STREET, 
AND  691  MARKET  hTREET,  -  -  -  -  CORNER  THIRD, 

SAN  FRANCISCO, 
IMPORTERS,  WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL  DEALERS  IN 

SCHOOL  BOOKS, 

STATIONERY, 

PHOTOGRAPH  ALBUMS, 
BLANK  BOOKS, 

PORTFOLIOS, 

JUVENILE  BOOKS, 
FANCY  ARTICLES, 

CH1LDRENS'  PICTURE  BOOKS,  Etc. 
Especial  attention  given  to 

LADIES'   STATIONER  Y  , 

Which  we  stamp  with 

INITIALS, 

In  COLORS  or  PLAIN. 


WEDDING    AND  VISITING  CARDS 

ENGRAVED,  WRITTEN,  OR  PRINTED. 

je23 


■y^T^  E.  GOLDSMITH, 

Practical  Card  and  Seal  Engraver, 
AND  PLATE  PRINTER, 
No.  505  Montgomery  street,  over  Tucker's. 
an25-3m. 


gTERETT  &  CUBERY, 

PRINTERS, 

533  Clay  street,  San  Francisco. 

B.  F.  ST E RETT  WM.  M.  CUBERY. 


We  are  prepared  to  execute  id  a  prompt  and  satisfac- 
tory manner,  all  kinds  of  Bnok,Job  and  Card  Printing; 
also,  Blank  Books  manufactured  and  Paper  Ruled  to 
order.  aul5  < 


Edward  Bosom  &  Co., 

Printers, 

And  Blank  Book  Manufacturers, 
517  CLAY  STREET, 

Between  Montgomery  and  Sansome  Sts., 
San  Francisco. 

£1HILION  BEACH, 

Bookseller  and  Stationer, 

NO.  34  MONTGOMERY  STREET, 

Opposite  the  Lick  House, 
Paper  Stamped  with  Initials,  plain  and  colored,  to  bor- 
der.   All  the  New  Books  received  by  every  steamer  from 
New  York.  au25  3m 

CELEBRATED  BRADBURY  PIANOS. 

SIX  OP  THE  BEST, 
Just  received  and  for  sale  by  the  agent, 
I  i'  A. 


si  3in 


KOHLER, 
No.  424  Sansome  street. 


B 


OWMAN  &.  CO., 

Dealers  in  fctoves  and  Tin  W  are, 
uat24  8m  Mai  street  Petaluma. 


QCCIDENTAL 

HOMESTEAD 


Association, 


OFFICE, 


305  MONTGOMERY  STREET. 


Capital  Stock,  $33,GG0. 


102  SHARES  $330  EACH. 

This  Association  was  formed  to  enable  itB  mem- 
bers to  obtain  desirable  homestead  lots  in  this  city  at  a 
cheap  and  easy  rate,  paying  for  the  same  by  regular 
monthly  instalments. 

For  this  purpose  they  have  purchased  Blocks  409,  500, 
and  501,  in  the  Western  Addition  to  this  city,  bounded  by 
Devisadero,  Piue,  BroJenck  and  Clay  streets. 

Subscribers  will  pay  an  initiation  fee  of  $5  on  each 
share  taken,  to  form  a  fund  for  defrayiog  current  ex- 
penses, and  $11  per  month  for  thirty  months,  commen- 
cing in  April,  1S66. 

The  property  is  within  three  blocks  of  the 
TURK  STREET  RAILROAD, 

IS  NEARLY  ALL  ON  THE  GRADE, 
and  is  most  desirably  located  for  Homestead  purposes. 

It  is  directly  east  from  the  lauds  of  the  California 
Association, 

The  property  has  been  purchased  on  very  reasonable 
terms,  aud  oilers  a  rare  opportunity  for  investment. 

A  number  of  fine  houses  are  iu  process  of  erection,  and 
streets  are  beiug  graded  near  this  property,  which  will 
greatly  increase  its  value. 

When  twelve  monthly  payments  have  been  made,  the 
property  will  be  divided  among  the  members  in  the  usual 
manner,  ami  each  shareholder  will  receive  a  contract  for 
a  deed  to  the  lot  or  lots  to  which  ho  may  be  entitled,  and 
have  the  privilege  or  taking  immediate  possession  of  the 
same. 

The  lots  average  27  feet  in  front  by  120  feet  in  depth 
The  whole  amount  due  upon  any  lot  may  be  paid  at  any 
time,  and  discount  at  the  rate  of  one  and  one-half  per 
cent,  per  month  will  be  deducted  therefrom. 

Persons  wishiug  to  visit  the  lands  of  this  Association 
will  take  the  Tunc  street  cars  to  Devisadero  street,  and 
thence  go  northerly  along  Devisadero  to  Pine  street. 

Twenty  thousand  dollars  of  the  capital  stoctv  is  taken, 
and  the  books  are  open  for  subscription  to  the  balauce  at 
I  he  office  of  the  Secretary,  where  tho  Official  Map  of  ">e 
Association  can  be  seen,  and  lull  particulars  obtaiued. 
The  TUle  to  this  Property  is  Perfect. 

J.  S.  LUTY,  Secretary, 
Office,  305  Moutgomery  street,  corner  of  Piue, 

myl9-3in  Rooms  2  and  6. 


gTEREOSCOPIC  VIEWS  OF 

California  Scenery  ! 

A  Series  of  over 
ONE    THOUSAND  VIEWS! 

Illustrating  the  different  Processes  of  MINING, 
the  MAMMOTH  TREES  OP  CALAVERAS 
COUNTY,  the  Grandeur  of  the  Yosemite  Valley. 
Views  of  the  Principal  Cities,  and  many  other  points 
of  interest  on  the  Pacific  Coast— PHOTOGRAPH- 
ED FROM  NATURE,  and  published  by 

LAWRENCE  &  HOUSEWORTH, 
Opticians, 

317  and  319  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco. 

N.  H  — Catalogues  containing  a  complete  list  of 
Views  sent  to  any  part  of  the  world,  free  of  post- 
age, slim 


OOYS!    BOYS!  BOYS! 

NOW  IS  THE  TIME 


H.  M.  LOCKWOOD  &  CO., 
New  No.  624)  CLAY  STREET,  (Old  No  17 

Have  received  a  large  Stock  of 

GENTS'  AND  BOYS'  CLOTHING 

•  — AND — 

FURNISHING  GOODS, 

Which  they  are  selling 
AT   VERY   LOW  PRICES. 
Every  Garment  warranted.    All  are  invited  to  call  and 
examine  our  goods. 


jal 


H.  M.  LOCKWOOD  k  CO. 

624  Clay  street,  San  Francisco. 


gTOP  THAT  COUGHING. 


SOME  OF  Y.IU  CAN'T,  AND  WE  PITY  YOTJ.  You 

have  tried  every  remedy  but  the  ONE  destined,  by  its 
intrinsic  merit,  to  supersede  all  similar  preparations  It 
is  not  surprising  you  should  be  reluctant  to  try  something 
else  al  ter  the  many  experiments  you  have  made  of  trashy 
compounds  foisted  on  the  public  as  a  certain  cure  .  but 

NEW  EL  L  '  S 

PULMONARY  SYRUP 

is  really  the  VERY  BEST  remedy  ever  compounded  f  or 
the  cure  of  Coughs,  Colds,  Sore  Throat,  Asthma,  Whoop- 
iug  Cuugta,  Bronchitis  aud  Consumption.  Thousands  of 
people  in  California  aud  Oregon  have  been  already  bene- 
liled  by  the  surprising  curative  powers  of 

NEWELL'S  PULMONARY  SYRUP, 

and  with  one  accord  give  it  their  unqualified  approbation. 
We  now  address  ourselves  to  all  who  are  unacquainted 
with  this,  the  greatest  Panacea  of  the  age,  for  the  healiug 
of  all  diseases  of  the  Throat  and  Luugs,  assuring  you  that  . 

Newell's  Pulmonary  Syrup 

has  cured  thousands,  and  it  will  cure  you  if  you  try  it. 
This  invaluable  medicine  is  pleasant  to  the  taste,  sooth- 
iug,  healing  and  strengthening  m  its  eiTects  ;  entirely  free 
from  all  poisonous  or  deleterious  drugs,  and  perfectly 
harmless  under  all  circumstances. 

Certificates  from  many  promiuent  citizens  of  San  Fran- 
cisco accompany  every  bottle  of 

Newell's   Pulmonary  Syrup. 

REDINGTON  &.  CO., Agents. 

San  Francisco. 


J^EDINGTON'S 

Flavoring  Extract 

ARE  MADE  FROM  FRESH  FRUITS.  Each  bottle  holds 
twjee  as  much  as  any  other  brand  in  the  market, conse 
quently  they  are  the  cheapest  and  the  best.  USE  NO 
OTHER. 

REDINGTON  &  CO., 
Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast. 


ItyJARTHA  WASHINGTON 

KAIR  RESTORER. 


THIS  IS  A  WONDERFUL  DISCOVERY,  and  stands 
above  comparison  with  any  other  article  lor  the  Hair  ever 
brought  before  the  public. 

A  PERFECT 

Hair  Restorer  *™  Hair  Dresser 

BOTH  COMBINED  IN  ONE. 

First — It  is  not  a  Dye. 

Second — WiM  not  Color  the  Skin. 

Third— Will  restore  Gray  Hair  to  a  beautiful  Black, 
Brown,  Auburn,  or  whatever  might  have  been  its  original 
color,  and  cause  it  to  assume  its  former  beauty. 

Fourth — Will  cure  all  Humors  and  Diseases  of  the  Scalp. 

Fifth — Wilt  remove  Danuruff  and  Scurf  from  the  head, 
and  keep  the  hair  moist  and  silk  like  in  its  appearance  as 
in  youthful  days. 

Sixth — Will  promote  a  healthy  growth. 

Seventh — Will  prevent  it  from  fulliDg  off,  and  cause  it 
to  grow  on  bald  heads  where  there  is  life  aud  vitality  at 
the  roots,  but  where  these  are  gone  there  is  no  hope  of 
success. 

Eighth— The  best  testimony  that  can  be  given  will  be 
found  inside  of  each  bottle. 

Warranted  to  do  all  u-e  claim  for  it,  or  the  money 
refunded  after  using  two  bottles.  Try  it  and  be 
convinced. 

SOLD  EVERYWHERE. 

Price  One  Dollar. 

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CONTENTS: 


ORIGINAL  : 
California  Chil.lren. 
Electroplated  Gentility. 
Literary  Gleanings  anil  dssip,  with 

Copious  Extract]  I'rom  New  Books. 
"Linn's  Mouth." 

Applications  for  trie  Position  of  Editor. 
Private  Theatricals  and  Tlie  Church. 
A  Snort  A^aiust  Pork  and  Beans. 
Amusements,  Etc. 
Drotms.— By  L.  S.  D.  L. 


SELECTED  : 
Conversion  by  Opera. — A  Story. 
Tlio  Four  Henrys. 
Tb.3  Svllant "  Fourteenth." 
An  Englishman  in  America. 
Fredericksburg  ami  its  Battle-Field. 
A  FeeliDi;  E  litnrial. 
Mount  Houil  and  Mount  Biker. 
B  inking  in  China. 
Cast  Away  on  a  Desolate  Island. 
Poetry  :  0,  Summer  Sea. 


iFor  toe  Californian.] 

DREAMS. 

T'M  dreaming,  let  my  spirits  wander  freely  as  tliey  will, 

I'm  dreaming  words  that  ever,  evermore  will  haunt  me  still. 
And  I  hear  a  low  voice  pleading,  wbiep'ring  words  of  quiet  love, 
'Till  my  own  heart-throbs  are  murmuring  like  the  cooing  of  a  dove. 
Gentle  eyes  and  gentle  measures  greet  me  with  a  thrilling  power, 
As  adown  the  lane  I  wander,  'neath  the  trees  arch-woven  bower. 
Ab  !  I  read  the  mighty  workings  through  the  windows  of  thy  soul, 
And  I  sway  with  soft  emotion,  like  the  magnet  to  the  pole. 
Brighter  than  the  starry  beaming,  shining  on  us  from  above, 
Come  those  streams  of  silver  gladness,  fraught  with  beauty  and 
with  love. 

Tenderly  thine  arms  entwining,  press  me  gladly  to  thv  breast ; 
'Twas  for  this  my  heart  was  yearning,  seeking  there  its  happy  rest. 
Ever,  ever  thus  I'm  dreaming,  would  the  |ov  I  could  detain, 
But  the  daylight's  garish  splendor,  brings  the  saddened  truth  again. 
New  York,  August,  1S66.  L.  S.  D.  L. 


MOUNT    HOOD,     A  VOLCANO, 

AND  THE  HIGHEST  MOUNTAIN  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES. 

THK  following  account  of  the  ascent  of  Mount  Hood 
was  given  before  the  California  Academy  of  Sciences, 
at  their  last  meeting,  by  Professor  A.  Wood,  who  lias  re- 
cently returned  from  a  botanical  exploration  of  Oregon  ;  it 
is  copied  from  the  Society's  reports  published  in  the  Scien- 
tific Press  : 

"On  the  10th  of  August  last,  in  company  with  Dr.  Atkin 
son  of  Portland,  and  the  Rev.  J.  Deardorff  of  Walla  Walla, 
and  three  others,  I  stood  upon  the  summit  of  Mount  Hood  in 
Oregon.  From  our  last  camp  on  the  summit  of  the  Cascade 
Range  to  th;s  point,  the  summit  of  Mount  Hood  is  eleven 
milea  of  constant  and  wearying  ascent,  at  angles  about  as 
follows  :  Five  miles  in  the  first,  12  to  15  degrees  ;  two  miles 
to  eternal  snow,  25  to  30  degress  ;  one  and  a  half  miles  to 
the  gap  in  the  rim  of  the  crater,  about  45  degrees  ;  the  re- 
maining ascent  traversing  the  ancient  crater,  nearly  or .quite 
CO  degrees.  The  day  was  cloudless  ;  a  strong,  warm  wind 
from  the  southeast  softened  the  surface  of  the  snow  and  fa- 
vored our  ascent,  although  it  gave  ua  much  anxiety  lest  it 
should  loosen  some  cf  the  tremendous  acclivities  of  snow  and 
overhanging  drifts  from  above  us. 

Starting  from  camp  at  daylight,  on  horseback  four  miles, 
we  arrived  at  the  top  at  2  1-4  p.  m.,  in  9  1-2  hours.  The  as- 
cent was  exceedingly  difficult,  and  not  without  danger.  The 
long  Summer  heat  had  undermined  the  snows,  causing  their 
surface  to  conform  more  to  the  ruggedness  of  the  mountains, 
and  the  slides  had  opened  chasms  of  invisible  depths  across 
our  path.  We  looked  down  into  several  of  these  chasms  and 
saw  that  the  massive  walls  below  consisted  of  solid,  blue  ice, 
and  terminated  at  length  in  the  blackness  of  darkness.  We 
could  hear  the  noise  of  running  water,  apparently  in  torrents. 
One  of  these  chasms  was  unavoidable,  and  must  be  crossed. 
Its  transverse  length  was  nearly  a  mile,  and  its  width  from 
ten  to  one  hundred  feet.  By  the  aid  of  a  rope,  forty-five 
yards  in  length,  and  five  pike  poles,  each  eight  feet,  we  crossed 
(of  course  at  the  narrowest  place),  and  afterward  by  rope  and 
poles,  tugging,  panting,  dizzy,  we  dragged  ourselves  up  to  the 
terrific  crest  of  this  mountain  monarch. 

"  The  summit  area  is  of  very  limited  dimensions — a  crescent 
in  shape,  half  a  mile  in  leugth,  and  from  three  to  fifty  feet  in 
width.  It  is  a  fearlul  place,  as  it  is  the  imminent  brow  of  a 
precipice  on  the  north,  sheer  down  not  less  than  a  vertical 
mile  of  bare  columnar  rock  !  This  bight  is  lifted  so  far  above 
all  other  bights  (except  the  four  distant  snow-clad  peaks  to 
the  north  and  Mount  Jeffersou  on  the  south)  that  the  country 
beneath  seemed  depressed  to  a  uniform  level,  aud  the  horizon 


retreated  to  the  distance  tf  more  than  200  miles,  including 
nearly  all  Oregon  and  Washington  Territory.  The  sublimity 
and  grandeur  of  that  view  I  must  leave  to  the  imagination  of 
the  reader.  A  canyon  of  enormous  depth  plunged  down 
along  the  southeast  flank,  and  is  filled  in  part  by  a  glacier  evi 
dently  in  motion,  and  having  below  a  very  abrupt  termination. 
Terminal  and  lateral  moraines  mark  its  course,  and  a  torrent 
of  water  issues  from  beneath.  While  we  delayed  here  an  ava- 
lanche of  rocks,  an  immense  mass,  started  by  the  wind,  thun- 
dered down  the  left  wall  of  this  canyon  several  thousand  feet, 
aud  its  track  was  marked  by  a  trail  of  white  smoke.  On  the 
west  side  of  the  ancient  crater,  at  the  base  of  a  vast  craggy 
pinnacle  of  rocks  (a  portion  of  the  ancient  rim  of  the  crater), 
is  still  an  open  abyss,  whence  issue  constantly  volumes  of  a 
strong  sulphurous  smoke.  That  thsre  is  also  heat  there  is 
evident  from  the  immense  depression  of  the  snow  about  this 
place — depressed  not  less  than  1,000  feet  below  the  snows 
which  fill  to  the  brim  other  portions  of  the  ancient  crater. 

We  found  our  barometers  useless  in  these  vast  bights,  and 
were  reduced  to  the  use  of  the  theruioineteralone.  By  this  we 
learned  the  boiling  point  of  water  at  four  seveial  stations,  as 
follows  :  At  the  camp,  the  summit  of  the  Cascade  Range,  it 
stood  at  204  degrees  Fahrenheit.  At  the  upper  verge  of  the 
forest  it  indicated  195  1-2  degrees  ;  at  the  highest  reach  of 
all  apparent  vegetation,  192  degrees  ;  and  finally  at  the  sum- 
mit, where,  after  the  most  persevering  and  determined  efforts 
(on  account  of  the  violence  of  the  wind),  we  at  leugth,  by 
means  of  a  spirit  lamp,  changed  a  portion  of  snow  to  a  cup  of 
boiling  water,  the  mercury  standing  firm  in  the  cup  at  180  de- 
grees!  These  several  results  being  charged  to  feet  of  eleva- 
tion, according  to  the  rule  universally  approved  in  such  cases, 
indicate  bights  as  follows,  viz  :  At  the  summit  of  the  Cascade 
Range,  and  foot  of  Mount  Hood  proper,  4,400  ;  at  the  limit 
of  forest  trees,  about  9,000  feet ;  at  the  highest  limit  of  vege- 
tation, 11,000  ;  at  the  summit  of  the  mountain,  17,000  feel. 

We  earnestly  hope  that  these  results  may  be  hereafter  test- 
ed by  the  barometer,  and  by  triangulation.  Until  then,  we 
must  adopt  the  estimate  here  made,  as  the  hight  of  that  sub- 
lime peak,  and  accord  to  Mount  Hood  the  distinction  of  be- 
ing the  highest  land  in  the  United  States,  if  not  the  highest 
upon  the  North  American  continent." 

ASCENT  OF  MOUNT  BAKER— ANOTHER  VOLCANO. 

The  last  number  of  the  Pacific  Tribune,  of  Olyir.pia,  Wash- 
ington Territory,  publishes  the  subjoined  notice  of  a  recent 
ascent  of  Mount  Baker,  another  of  those  remarkable  volcanic 
mountains  of  the  north  : 

Seuomk,  August  24th. 

The  party  consisting  of  Messrs.  Coleman,  Tetmant,  and 
Bennet,  have  just  returned  from  the  exploration  of  Mount 
Baker,  havine:  been  absent  sixteen  days.  They  report  having 
had  fine  weather  and  a  very  pleasant  trip.  They  reached  the 
base  of  the  mountain  on  the  evening  of  the  lGth,  and  made 
the  ascent  the  next  day,  spending  two  day3  and  one  night  on 
the  mountain.  The  first  day  they  reached  a  point  about  half 
way  up  the  mountain  and  spent  the  night,  and  next  morning 
made  an  early  start  aud  reached  a  point  within  some  fifty  feet 
of  the  summit,  where  they  were  stopped  by  a  perpendicular 
wall  of  ice,  and  overhanging  cornices  of  ice  and  snow  which 
threatened  to  fall  at  any  instant  and  dash  them  to  atoms,  and 
effectually  prevented  their  further  progress  in  that  direction. 
They  are  fully  satisfied  that  had  tliey  diverged  a  little  to  their 
left  hand  a  short  distance  below  the  point  reached,  they  would 
have  made  the  ascent. 

The  ascent  of  the  mountain  is  difficult,  but  by  no  moans 
impossible,  and  they  have  established  the  fact  that  the  ascent 
can  be  made  by  the  route  they  pursued.  The  crater  of  the 
mountain  was  passed  by  the  party  at  the  distance  of  some 
four  hundred  yards,  and  was  discharging  smoke  plentifully, 
with  a  strong  sulphurous  smell.  The  mountains  around  the 
base  are  open,  and  covered  with  the  most  luxuriant  growth 
of  grass  and  flowers,  all  blooming  fresh  as  in  spring. 

The  party  collected  quite  a  number  of  new  and  raro  plants. 
The  ptarmigan,  or  white  partridge,  was  also  seen.  Elk,  deer, 
bear,  aud  wolves  are  plentiful. 


The  Stars  and  Stripe3  were  left  floating  over  the  highest 
point  reached,  and  the  party  are  determined  another  season 
to  put  them  on  the  summit.  They  are  unable  to  determine 
the  altitude,  on  account  of  the  defective  apparatus.,  which 
proved  to  be  entirely  worthless.  Water  boiled  at  the  base  of 
the  mountain  at  192°  Farenheit.  The  want  of  time  and  the 
distance  from  their  cache  prevented  them  from  making  another 
ascent,  and  in  view  of  the  difficulties  which  the  party  had  to 
contend  with,  they  have  done  all  that  could  be  expected,  and 
more — going  by  the  course  of  the  river  over  one  hundred 
miles,  and  then  taking  packs  and  pushing  fifteen  or  twenty 
miles  through  the  most  dense  growth,  over  hills  and  rapid 
torrents,  without  shelter  nearer  than  fifty  miles. 


A    FEELING  EDITORIAL. 

COUNTRY  editors  are  not  always  brilliant,  but  they  are 
generally  terribly  in  earnest;  and  whether  it  be  in  dun- 
ning their  patrons  for  overdue  bills,  or  abusing  their  village 
rivals,  they  go  into  it  with  a  vim  that  is  decidedly  refreshing. 
The  "  City  Council  "  of  Mount  Carmel,  Illinois,  has  lately 
taken  the  City  printing  from  the  Wabash  Democrat,  who  re- 
ceived $150  per  year  for  the  service,  and  given  it  to  the  Reg- 
ister, who  offered  to  do  the  work  for  $50.  Now  listen  to  the 
Democrat  in  its  virtuous  indignation. 

"  We  do  not  intend  to  notice  fully  the  articles  which  ap- 
peared in  last  week's  issue  of  the  Register,  as  it  would  occupy 
space  which  we  can  better  devote  to  more  interesting  matter, 
and  not  insult  our  respectable  readerf.  But  the  mean,  low- 
lived cur  who  penned  the  article  headed  "  Liars,"  calls  us  a 
liar,  and  if  he  will  call  up  at  our  office,  or  appoint  some  par- 
ticular place  of  meeting,  ire  will  make  him  swallow  that  lie,  or 
take  a  Rousseau  lecture  as  a  consequence  !  We  dare  him  to 
come  out  from  his  anonymous,  sneaking  position.  We  say 
that  we  have  been  outrageously  treated  in  regard  to  the  City 
Printing,  and  we  will  repeat  it  again  and  again.  Well  may 
Beck  and  his  coadjutors  exult  over  our  mortification,  when  a 
Democratic  City  Council  would  so  belittle  themselves  as  to 
send  a  Committee  to  him  to  negotiate  for  doing  Democratic 
printing  !  This  miserable,  Radical  "  cuss  "  that  a  Democratic 
City  Council  carried  the  City  Printing  to  1  Well  may  we  and 
all  honest  Democrats,  and  even  decent  Republicans,  cry  down 
the  act,  as  it  is  a  palpable,  scandalous  outrage  upon  the  com- 
munity !  IFecan  live  without  the  printing,  we  have  done  so 
before  we  seen  Mt.  C  :rmel,  but  it  is  the  act  which  worries  us. 
If  to  foster  Radical!  baboons;  drunken,  ignoraut,  indecent 
Abolitionists,  is  Democratic  policy,  then  we  have  been  all 
along  mistaken.  Had  there  been  another  Democratic  paper 
published  here,  and  had  the  City  Printing  been  awarded  to  it 
in  place  of  to  us,  under  any  paying  consideration,  we  would 
not  have  said  a  word.  But  to  award  it  to  our  enemies — the 
enemies  of  Democracy  and  all  that  is  right  and  just,  is  mon- 
strous !  The  present  City  Council  have  rendered  themselves 
notorious  for  all  time  to  come.  We  regret  it,  partially,  as 
some  of  the  City  Fathers  are  our  personal  friends,  and  acted 
in  justice  toward  us;  but  the  'die  is  cast ' — 'the  Rubicon 
has  been  crossed !' 

"  We  hope  our  intelligent  readers  will  pardon  us  for  notic- 
ing so  mean  a  fellow  as  Beck,  and  his  negro-smelling  sheet, 
but,  in  justice  to  oursolf,  we  were  obliged  to  refer  to  some  of 
the  billingsgate,  and  we  could  write  volumes  on  the  ungrate- 
ful and  outrageous  manner  in  which  we  have  been  treated  by 
the  City  Council,  in  this  printing  matter.  We  do  not  want 
"  to  suck  the  City  pap  "  for  nothing  ;  but  we  want  Jus/ice, 
tho'  the  heavens  fall.  Wo,  in  all  justice,  should  be  entitled 
to  the  City  Printing  this  year,  by  virtue  of  our  former  con- 
tract. The  City  Printing  this  year  will  be  very  light  in  com- 
parison with  what  it  was  last  year,  aud  for  this  reason,  it  is 
given  over  to  the  Register  calf.  *  *  *  *  But  we  have 
done  for  the  present.  We  have  stated  the  whole  matter 
plainly,  truthfully,  and  honestly,  and  we  now  submit  it  to  tho 
consideration  of  an  impartial  public,  feeling  nssured  that  their 
verdict  will  sanctiou  our  expose  and  condemn  the  City  Coun- 
cil !"  .  .. 

There  is  certainly  no  mistaking  the  man's  feelings  in  this 
matter.  The  members  of  that  "  City  Council  have  rendered 
themselves  notorious  for  all  tiino  to  come."  There  can  be  no 
doubt  about  it. 


2 


THE  CALIFORNIA**. 


[September  "5th 


CONVERSION    BY  OPERA, 
i. 

BORN  and  reared  in  the  very  strictest  principles  of  Scotch 
morality,  I  bad  been  a  model  boy  and  a  more  model 
youth.  I  was  brought  up  by  a  dominie — virtuously,  I  hope— 
and  was  fortified  every  day  with  warnings  agaiust  the  corrup- 
tions of  this  wicked  world,  and  the  awful  shoals  and  pitfalls 
of  Babylon.    Babylon  was  London. 

Not  to  assume  too  much  merit  on  this  score,  it  should  not 
be  concealed  that  a  great  part  of  this  sound  inculcation  was 
owing  to  the  wishes — expressed  or  implied,  or  more  probably 
assumed — of  my  Uncle  Curriehill,  in  London.  (We  were 
Curriehills  also  ;  I  was  Samuel  Curriehill,  named  after  the 
greater  avuncular  Samuel  in  London.)  His  principles  were 
of  the  strictest  sort,  and  it  was  said  that  when  he  should  be 
called  away  to  reap  the  reward  of  a  life  spent  very  virtuously' 
some  eighty  or  a  hundred  thousand  pounds  of  that  earthy 
dross,  which  even  the  good  know  how  to  accumulate,  would 
be  left  behind.  What  was  to  become  of  this  fund,  was  often 
anxiously  speculated  over  by  my  parents. 

Thus  strictly  brought  up,  and  cut  off  from  all  secular  enjoy- 
ments, there  was  one  pleasure  left  to  me  which  became  a  pas- 
sion— which  was  music  :  more,  it  was  operatic  music.  At  one 
season,  a  strolling— is  that  too  disrespectful? — company  of 
Italian  singers,  who  were  the  property  of  a  speculating  impres- 
sario,  was  coming  round  the  provinces,  being  fed,  kept, 
clothed,  and  paid  by  the  speculator  ;  being  his,  in  short,  body 
and  soul,  for  a  term  of  years.  They  came  to  our  local  thea- 
tre and  gave  all  their  operas — "  Norma,"  the  innocent  biga- 
mists, yet  noble  priestess  ;  "  Lucrezia,"  savage,  injured,  and 
yet  excusable  ;  "  Trovatore,"  to  which  the  local  organs — the 
street  ones,  1  mean — imparted  a  delightful  familiarity  :  and, 
above  all — alas !  that  it  should  have  been  below  all — the  se- 
ductive but  erring  "  Traviata." 

Now  during  these  days  I  had  been  secretly  studying  the 
violin  outside  the  house,  and  had  obtained  a  tolerable  com- 
mand over  that  king  of  instruments  ;  that  is  to  say,  I  could 
play  tunes  from  tune-books,  not  very  much  out  of  tune.  I  ap- 
plied myself  to  it  with  desperate  energy,  and  at  last,  about 
the  date  of  the  arrival  of  the  farmed-out  singers,  had  ceased 
to  play  "  like  fifty  stomach-aches."  My  progress,  too,  iu  the 
principles  of  a  rigid  and  aescetic  virtue  had  kept  pace  with  my 
fiddle-playing.  But  now  I  was  to  be  tried  by  a  sore  tempta- 
tion. 

No  sooner  was  the  musical  bill-of-fare  set  forth  in  gaudy 
and  gorgeous  letters  on  every  blank  wall,  than  I  was  assailed 
by  strange  and  furious  promptings.  Who  that  had  music  in 
his  soul  could  read  of  the  "  unrivalled  cantatrice,"  Mdlle. 
Homini,  assisted  by  Signora  Bacco,  with  the  tenor,  Signor 
Pasquali,  and  the  bassi,  Signori  Roriori  e  Gritti,  with  the 
other  officers  of  the  company,  in  green  and  criaisou  letters, 
the  "  suggeritore,"  whatever  that  was,  and  the  "  regisseur," 
the  conductor,  Signor  Battoni,  and  the  leader,  Mr.  Brittles, 
our  own  deservedly  esteemed  townsman  (my  violin  master)  — 
I  say  who  could  read  through  this  gorgeous  promise  without 
his  musical  mouth  "watering"  prodigiously?  Add  to  this 
being  worked  on  in  secret  by  Brittles,  who  was  himself  intoxi- 
cated by  a  distant  communion  with  these  immortals,  and  who 
literally  raved  during  the  lesson  of  the  exquisite  strains  con- 
tained in  their  operas.  What  was  the  result?  No  doubt, 
had  I  consulted  some  of  our  elders,  they  would  have  warned 
me  against  the  pitfall,  and  told  me  that  this  was  but  one  of 
the  pleasant  shapes  the  arch  enemy  assumes  for  our  destruc- 
tion. But  I  did  not  heed.  By  a  system  of  organized  decep- 
tion, appalling  for  its  depravity  in  one  so  young — in  which, 
too,  I  was  abetted  by  Brittles,  an  accomplice  before  the  fact 
— the  thing  was  arranged.  I  went  for  a  practice — a  good  long 
one,  d'ye  mark — at  Brittle's  ;  and,  instead,  with  a  beating, 
guilty  heart,  hurried  off  to  hear  Mdlle  Homini  iu  her  grand 
part  of  "  La  Traviata." 

I  declare  solemnly  I  no  more  knew  nor  dreamed  what  was 
the  theme  of  that  unlucky  opera,  nor  the  peculiar  character 
of  the  young  lady  with  the  dreary  cough,  or  what  she  was 
about,  or  why  the  doctor  came,  or  why  the  gentlemen  friends 
■were  let  in  to  witness  her  last  agonies  (unless  it  would  hive 
been  difficult  to  make  up  a  quartette  without  them,)  than  did 
that  inlant  not  yet  come  into  life,  and  who  is  so  often  unrea- 
sonably appealed  to.  1  was  simply  entranced.  It  was  a  new 
sense — a  patch  of  Elysium  thrown  open.  I  came  home  in  a 
delirium,  almost  careless  of  concealment,  defiant,  ready  for 
martyrdom  iu  the  cause  of  this  new  faith.  Luckily,  my  se- 
vere parents  took  my  rhapsodies  as  applying  to  the  "  tunes  " 
used  in  the  lesson.  Tunes  indeed  !  I  should  never  play  mere 
tunes  again.  From  that  hour,  music  took  possession  of  me, 
and,  above  all,  I  was  possessed  with  the  witching,  though  in- 
correct (I  mean  in  a  moral  point  of  view)  melodies  of  the 
Travel'arter,  as  one  of  the  men  about  our  town  pronouueed  it. 

ii. 

A  little  later,  a  great  event  took  place.  Our  Uncle  Cur- 
riehill wrote  to  say  he  was  solitary.  He  was  curious  to  see 
what  his  nephew  was  like  ;  so  they  might  send  him.    If  that 


nephew,  Uncle  Curriehill  added,  had  any  of  the  levity  com- 
mon to  youth,  or  fancied  he  was  coming  to  a  profane  house, 
where  amusement,  or  relaxation,  or  anything  but  making  of 
souls,  was  going  forward,  he  was  sadly  mistaken.  He  added 
something  about  speaking  his  mind  always  as  long  as  he  lived, 
and  "  holding  on  by  the  Rock,"  which  was  a  favorite  expres- 
sion of  his. 

When  I  arrived,  I  found  him  to  be  lonely,  austere,  ajscetical 
old  bachelor.  His  house  had  an  eremitical  air,  and  my  spir- 
its sank  as  1  entered  it.  I  came  at  an  unfortunate  moment ; 
for  it  wanted  but  ten  minutes  to  the  time  for  "  exercises" — 
the  spiritual  ones — though  I  was  hungry  with  a  long  and 
weary  journey.  The  servants,  a  severe  and  unassisted  com- 
pany, were  called  up  to  punishment ;  and  for  nearly  an  hour 
we  listened  to  Uncle  Curriehill,  officiating — on  that  night 
with  extra  unction  and  extra  length  to  make  a  favorable  im- 
pression on  the  newly  joined  member  of  the  congregation. 

Yet  I  soon  found  him  out  to  be  a  good-natured  and  indul- 
gent relation,  and  with  a  way  to  his  heart.  Before  that  night 
was  over,  I  had  discovered  a  coffin-shaped  case  in  a  corner, 
containing  various  rusty-looking  quarto  volumes. 

"  What !  do  you  play,  Uncle  Curriehill  ?"  I  cried,  in  a  trans- 
port.   "  Yes,  you  do.    I  know  you  do." 

A  little  embarrassed,  he  said,  "  Well,  a  little.  There  is 
nothing  profane  in  it,  except  one  plays  on  the  Sabbath.  Da- 
vid, we  know  " 

"  I  am  .so  glad,"  I  repeated  ;  "  and  what  do  you  play?  We 
came  to  have  duets." 

He  started  now.  "What,  you  play?  Capital!  we  can 
have  duets.    And  what  do  you  play  ?  " 

"Fiddle,  Uncle  Curriehill,"  I  said,  "  I'll  fetch  it."  Sol 
did.  In  a  few  moments  the  coffin  was  sacrilegiously  opened, 
and  in  a  few  moments  the  room  echoed  with  a  delicious  or- 
chestral tuning,  and  we  were  scraping  one  of  Archangelo  Co- 
relli's  "  Concertos,"  an  old  copy,  I  recollect,  with  a  frontis- 
piece of  Archangelo  himself,  grim  and  bilious-looking,  in  a 
full-bottomed  wig,  and  a  list  of  his  old  dances,"  Sarabandas," 
"  Gigas,"  "  Corantos,"  and  "  Ye  Follia,"  whatever  that  was. 
When  he  had  done  with  Archangelo,  he  asked  me  to  play  a 
solo.  I  tried  a  national  air.  But  I  saw  he  was  languid.  I 
played  another.  He  was  equally  unexcited.  Suddenly  I 
thought — rather  was  it  some  spiteful  familiar  who  suggested 
it? — what  if  I  played  that  mournful  and  most  musical  bit 
out  of  the  Sinner's  Opera — The  Traviata?  I  began  the  well 
known  "  Addio  del  passato,"  "  turn  turn,  turn  tit  umti,  turn 
turn,"  plaintively,  with  an  expression  of  agony,  as  the  music 
directed  me.  In  a  second  he  was  caught.  His  eyes  lighted 
op.  His  head  began  to  move  from  right  to  left.  He  was 
charmed.  When  I  had  played  it  through  twice,  he  asked, 
eagerly,  "  What  is  it?    The  name  ?" 

This  was  ail  embarrarsment  I  had  not  thought  of.  To  name 
the  Sinner's  Opera  in  thai  house,  nay,  any  opera,  was  fatal. 
With  wonderful  presence  of  mind,  I  answered, 

"  An  Italian  air,  '  Addio  del  passato,'  Uncle  Curriehill." 

"  I'll  order  it  to-morrow,  and  learn  it  myself.  Spofforth  & 
Rid  Jul  will  get  me  any  music  I  want.  Give  the  name  exact- 
ly."   And  he  took  out  his  pencil. 

Embarrassing  again.    "The  Addio  "  I  said,  shortly. 

"  Addio  what?"  he  went  on  ;  "you  said  something  else." 

I  stammered,  "  Addio  psrche  folingo,"  summing  up  some 
stray  Italian. 

"  Very  good,"  he  said,  making  a  note  of  it.  "  I'll  get  it  to- 
morrow, and  we  can  play  it  in  unison." 

I  had  to  play  it  several  times  over  that  night,  and  each  time 
he  was  more  and  more  enraptured.  It  came  to  eleven  o'clock. 
He  looked  at  his  watch  with  a  sUrt.  It  was  an  hour  past 
the  time  for  canonical  exercises.  He  gave  a  cry.  He  little 
thought  that  this  had  been  the  Traviata's  work. 

iii. 

Nrxt  day,  after  breakfast,  he  called  to  me,  "Now  you  must 
play  me  that — that" — and  he  took  out  his  note — "  that  de- 
lightful '  Addio  perche  folingo.'  " 

Suddenly  it  occurred  to  me  to  glide  into  the  well-known 
Brindisi  Libiamo,  or  Drioking  Song,  from  the  same  nefarious 
opera.  The  chique — is  that  the  word  ? — or  swing  of  that 
sparkling  marcel  quite  enraptured  him.  Again  he  had  out  his 
note  to  take  down  the  name.  See  the  consequence  of  eveu 
one  drifting  deflexion  from  the  paths  of  truth  !  Having  fallen 
once,  I  had  no  alternative  but  to  go  on  and  coin  another  Ital- 
ian name.  This  was  the  "  Largo  feroce,"  by  the  same  author. 
His  name  ?  Ah,  that  I  could  not  remember.  I  was  not  go- 
ing to  steep  myself  in  deception. 

He  came  back  in  the  evening.  "  Very  odd,"  he  said.  "I 
have  been  to  Spofford's,  and  asked  them  for  the  '  L  irgo  fe- 
roce' and  the  '  Addio  perche  folingo,'  and  they  can't  git  it — 
never  heard  of  it.  In  fact,  a  young  shopman  fellow  said  it 
didn't  sound  like  Italian,  and  that  there  must  be  a  mistake. 
However,  they  are  to  look  out  for  it." 

This  was  a  relief.  But  how  curious  if  air3  with  such  titles 
were  to  turn  up  ?  It  would  be  one  of  the  most  curious  phe- 
nomena ever  known. 

His  passion  for  the  Sinner's  Opera  had  grown  by  what  it 
fed  on,  and  insensibly  I  had,  one  by  one,  taught  him  nearly  all 


the  airs  in  that  masterpiece — an  incautious  thing  on  my  part ; 
yet  the  grotesque  humor  of  the  situation  had  a  sort  of  charm 
for  me.    But  I  was  on  a  precipice. 

One  day  he  had  gone  out  to  his  musicseller's,  to  get  some 
"real  old  music,"  and  was  absent  very  long.  When  he  came 
back  I  read  in  his  face  that  something  had  happened.  In  a 
faltering  voice,  I  asked,  "  Anything  occurred,  Uncle  Currie- 
hill ?" 

"  This  has  occurred,  sir,"  he  answered  in  a  voice  of  deep 
anger — "just  step  with  me  into  the  study.  This  has  occur- 
red, sir.  I  was  in  my  music-shop  to-day,  and  they  showed  me 
a  new  instrument,  sir,  and  asked  me  to  try  it,  and  I  did  try 
it,  and  played  that — thai  thing — that  licentious  drinking-thing 
that  you  brought  into  this  virtuous  house.  And  a  gentleman 
at  the  end  of  the  shop  called  out,  '  Why,  that's  the  air  in  the 

 '  What  d'ye  mean,  sir?    I  thought  I'd  have  dropped  on 

the  ground.  How  dare  you  introduce  that  corrupt,  filthy  stuff 
into  his  house — that  noisome,  unholy  '  Traviata?'" 

He  used  the  figure  of  personification  here  with  such  force 
and  graphic  power  that  1  actually  looked  round  to  see  if  there 
was  any  person  answering  the  description  present.  He  went 
on  :  "  You  are  not  fit  for  this  place.  You  have  poisoned  the 
air.  You  are  morally  corrupt,  sir.  You  had  better  go  home 
at  once."  I  answered  with  some  penitence  and  pride  mixed, 
that  I  was  very  sorry,  but  would  not  trespass  on  his  hospital- 
ity longer. 

That  night  he  had  no  music,  but  sat  moody  and  solitary. 
The  hours  dragged  on,  and  we  went  to  the  "  exercises."  which 
it  seemed  to  me  he  delivered  with  peculiar  and  special  ascer- 
bity.  So  went  by  several  days,  and  not  a  single  scrape  was 
heard  in  the  house.  He  scarcely  spoke  to  me.  At.  last  one 
morning  in  a  sort  of  defiant  way,  as  who  should  say,  "  I  am 
not  bound  to  debar  myself  from  amusement  iu  my  own  hoiire 
to  satisfy  your  sulks,"  he  took  his  violin  and  began  to  play 
Corelli — the  "  Gigas,"  then  the  "  Corantos,"  then  the  ''  Sara- 
bandas," and  finally  weli  through  to  "  Ye  Follia."  (Even  at 
that  moment  of  dejection,  when  my  prospects  seemed  dashed 
forever,  I  found  myself  speculating  as  to  what  the  admirable 
Archangelo  meant  by  his  "  Ye  Follia.")  Uncle  Curriehill 
warmed  to  his  work,  played  other  tunes,  and  in  a  few  min- 
utes— could  I  believe  my  ears? — had  glided  into  the  wicked 

drinking-song  out  of  the  Trav   No  matter,  he  stopped  a 

moment,  catching  himself  in  the  act,  blushed  like  a  girl,  gave 
an  impatient  "  fish  I"  threw  down  his  violin,  theu  laughed. 
He  came  over  to  me  with  his  hand  out.  "  My  dear  boy,"  ho 
said,  "there  is  no  use  carrying  it  on.  I  am  miserable  without 
my  tunes.  What  can  1  do  ?  There  is  uo  harm  in  it  after  nil, 
though  the  Rev.  Mr.  McCorkup  turns  up  his  eyes,  and  says  it 
will  light  up  in  us  all  the — no  matter  I  dou't  believe  him, 
though  ;  I  mean,  I  don't  think  he  can  know." 

"  My  dear  uncle,"  I  said  with  enthusiasm,  "  Verdi's  music 
is  now  established  all  over  the  world.  Kings,  courts,  palaces, 
lawyers,  priests,  and  parsons  delight  in  it.  It  is  the  music  of 
the  day.    It  is  driving  out  every  other  music.  And  as  for  the 

Trav  ,  I  mean  this  particular  production  —  I  could  show 

you  something  that  would  astound  you.  It  is  being  played 
now." 

He  started.    ",Now  !  " 

"  Yes,"  I  said,  "  every  night  to  houses  crammed  to  the 
roof.  The  Voltarelli,  the  lovely  little  creature,  plays  the  part 
of  Ihe  Trav — — .  I  mean,  of  the  what  d'ye  call  'em.  The 
Queen  and  all  the  royal  family,  the  ministers  of  state,  the  two 
Houses  of  Parliament,  together  with  their  wives  and  daugh- 
ters, go  indiscriminately." 

He  burst  out  warmly,  "For  shame,  sir.  I  don't  believe 
you.  This  is  an  atrocious  libel.  You  are  an  abandoned  fel- 
low.   Go  away ! " 

"  As  I  live,"  1  said,  "  Uncle  Curriehill,  I  am  serious.  Look 
here.  The  Morning  Plush  of  yesterday — list  of  the  company 
— at  the  Royal  Italian  Opera — fashionables.  The  most  noble' 
the  Marchioness  ol  Killleathers  and  the  Honorable  Miss  Dow- 
uies  (2),  Lord  Tyburn,  Viscount  and  Viscouutess  Ketchup — 
and  listen  to  this,  uncle,"  I  said,  "  what  do  you  say  to  this  ? 
— Lady  Catharine  Macgregor  and  the  Miss  Macgregors  !  " 

It  came  on  him  like  a  shot.  For  Lady  Catharine  was  a 
shining  light  at  our  synagogue  ;  had  exercises  herself;  main- 
tained a  cold  blue  ajscetical  rule  iu  Scotland  ;  only  lately  had 
been  seduced  to  London  by  the  noble  family  of  Tilbury's,  who 
were  to  show  them  good  society.  What  was  the  result?  They 
were  "  fallen  women,"  so  the  Rev.  Mr.  McCorkup  called  them. 

My  uncle  groaned,  yet  the  effect  on  him  was  not  what  it 
was  to  be  on  Mr.  McCorkup.  It  was  pure  wonder  and  aston- 
ishment, and  not  at  all  to  the  prejudice  of  the  "  fallen  women." 
He  had  such  a  high  opinion  of  the  sanctity  of  I,ady  Cathe- 
rine, that  it  seemed  to  him  not  so  much  that  she  had  sunk  by 
going,  as  that  there  must  have  been  a  mistake  about  the  na- 
ture of  the  thing  itself.  I  saw  his  indecision'  and  struck  it 
with  a  fresh  blow. 

"  0,  I  have  seen  her  name  very  often.  She  goes  to  every- 
thing. Never  misses  anything.  I  see  the — the— the — "  I 
stopped. 

"  La  Traviata,"  said  my  uncle,  absently. 

"  Yes,"  I  went  ou,  "  is  fixed  for  to-night.   She  will  bo  there 


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THE  CALIFORNIA**. 


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again  with  the  Queen  and  royal  family — the  Prince  of  Wales." 

"  Of  course,"  he  said,  testily,  "  he  is  included  in  the  royal 
family.    Very  odd,  very,  very  odd." 

He  went  away  ruminating.  It  was  now  about  four.  He 
went  up  to  his  room  and  shut  himself  in,  perhaps  for  the 
private  exercise.    Towards  six  he  suddenly  came  down. 

"  I  have  to  go  out,"  he  said,  "  my  dear  boy,  to  meet  a 
friend.  I  shall  have  buisness  in  the  evening,  aud  shall  very 
likely  dine  at  a  chop  house." 

"  Dine  at  a  chop  house!"  I  repeated,  astounded. 

"  Yes.  So  make  yourself  as  comfortable  as  you  can  without 
me." 

WheD  he  has  gone,  I  repeated  to  myeelf,  "  Dine  at  a  chop 
house!"  I  could  not  make  it  out!  Suddenly  a  little  bill  on  the 
chimneypieco  met  ray  eye.  It  was  to  the  effect  that  on  that 
evening  the  "  Rev.  Wilkins  Hubbard,"  who  had  spent  seven 
or  eight  years  in  the  Sandwich  Islands,  would  relate  how  he 
had  been,  so,  to  speak,  snatched  out  of  the  lion's  jaws. 
This  explained  it,  for  Wilkins  Hubbard  did  not  belong  to 
our  severe  Scotch  denomination,  but  to  a  sort  who  were  sup- 
posed to  have"  no  saving  grace,"  whom  our  elders  had  settled 
were  to  be  "  cast  out  finally."  Yet  notwithstanding,  Wilkins 
Hubbard  was  a  remarkable  man,  and  I  suspected  Uncle  Cur- 
riehill  hankered  after  that  particular  spiritual  fleshpot.  That 
explained  the  whole  quite  clearly. 

Left  alone,  a  horrid,  secret,  overpowering  temptation  entered 
into  me.  Here  was  an  opportunity  for  a  vision  that  had 
haunted  me  day  and  night.  Here  it  was  in  my  grasp.  Wilkins 
Hubbard,  "  if  he  was  worth  his  salt,"  I  said  contemptuously, 
"  as  a  Sandwich  Island  missionary,"  could  not  take  less  than 
two  or  three  hours  for  his  discourse.  If  he  be  not  good  for 
that,  let  him  retire  from  his  vain  and  profitless  task  and  give 
place  to  better  men.  While  my  Uncle  Curriehill  was  drivel- 
ling iu  his  lights,  what  if  I  ?— the  opera  house  was  not  a  mile 
away,  the  curtain  would  rise  at  eight  punctually  (no  matter 
when  it  came  down).    Yes,  I  would  do  it. 

A  hansom  was  passing.  A  wild  cry  arrested  his  progress, 
and  brought  up  the  serious  man-servant.  He  thought  I  was 
off  to  Wilkins  Hubbard  and  the  Sandwich  Islanders,  but  also 
thought  it  unspiritual  in  me  to  choose  such  a  "carnal  vessel" 
as  a  hansom.  We  drove  away,  I  almost  delirious,  and  got  to 
the  opera  house  safely.  Never  did  I  feel  so  guilty — so  full  of 
crime. 

Gorgeou3  sight !  Dazzling,  bewildering  blaze  of  beauty  ! 
Aladdin's  Wonderful  Lamp  was  not  to  be  named  with  it — no, 
nor  the  Arabian  Nights.  As  for  the  squalid  performance  in 
our  little  country  town,  a  "  band  "  of  fifteen,  called  by  cour- 
tesy and  with  reasonable  pride — for  it  was  an  enormous  effort 
— the  orchestra,  I  looked  buck  to  it  with  disgust.  Here  every 
thing  was  vast,  noble,  superb.  It  took  away  my  breath.  It 
dazzled  my  eyes.  It  deprived  me  of  my  senses.  But  the 
music — what  shall  I  say  of  that  ?  How  wild  !  how  despairing  ! 
how  it  fell  and  how  it  rose — rose  to  those  dark  gallery  lati- 
tudes where  I  was  so  happily  confined. 

Everybody  about  me,  too,  in  these  dark  latitudes,  and 
whose  faces  I  could  not  see,  were  so  delighted  too,  that  they 
might  have  heard — not  a  pin,  whose  sound  is  sure  to  strike 
on  an  attentive  ear— but  even  a  feather  fall.  I  could  hear 
deep  groans  of  enjoyment  from  a  musical  amateur  close  by 
me,  who,  with  his  hand  to  his  ear,  seemed  determined  not  to 
miss  a  note.  He  had  none  of  that  absurd  assistance  for  "fol- 
lowing the  story  "  in  what  is  called  "  a  libretto  ;"  and  from 
that  I  saw  that  he  was  a  true  amateur.  It  should  be  men- 
tioned that  the  place  was  so  utterly  dark,  it  would  have  been 
impossible  to  see  the  page. 

What  a.  ravishing  night!  That  bewitching  lady,  and  her 
sad  song,  succeeded  by  the  jocund  "  Senipre  Libera,"  which 
made  every  head  wag,  and  every  foot  patter  (the  groaning 
amateur  beside  me  was  jumping  up  and  down  off  his  seat  in 
ecstasy)  ;  and  when  it  came  to  the  Drinking  Song  (of  the  or- 
gans), then  the  sickly-looking  lover,  who  even  at  that  stage 
looked  as  if  he  was  meditating  something  shabby  and  sneak- 
ing, came  to  the  front  with  a  gorgeous  silver  claret  jug  in  one 
hand,  an  enormous  racing-cup,  as  jt  seemed  to  me,  in  the  other, 
and  struck  up  the  famous  "  Liba  a  mo-Iibi  o-mo-tum  tumti- 
tumti-a-a-ino  !"  the  groaning  amateur  could  not  restrain  him- 
self, but  jumped  up,  and  in  extravagant  delight  clapped  his 
hands  in  a  way  that  disgusted  everybody  near  him. 

Why  dwell  on  the  mere  details  of  this  enchanting  night? 
When  it  came  to  the  end — the  sick  room,  and  the  consutnp 
tion,  and  the  gorgeously  elaborate  Italian  Opera  bedstead, 
catafalque-shaped,  with  which  the  bedsteads  in  the  royal  pal- 
ace would  but  poorly  compare  ;  when  the  maid  and  the  doctor 
came  in,  and  when  I  marked  her  altered  countenance,  in  which 
disease  and  the  heartless  absence  of  that  poor  creature,  the 
tenor,  had  left  their  mark,  I  was  deeply  affected.  The  amateur 
near  me  was  fiddling  nervously  with  his  white  handkerchief. 
Hut  when  the  poor  creature  (I  mean  the  tenor)  did  turn  up  at 
last  (not,  I  firmly  believe,  from  any  natural  good  impulse  of 
his  own),  and  he,  and  the  doctor,  and  the  maid,  and  the  dying 
lady  struck  up  a  pathetic  sick-room  quartette,  I  could  hardly 
stand  it  any  longer,  and  the  groaning  amateur  near  me  was 
mopping  his  eyes  hard  and  fast.  Blissful  night  indeed  !  Down 
I  catno  back  to  prosy  life  again. 


Sadly  and  slowly  [  rose  to  so,  stumbling  in  the  dark  over 
the  steps  and  benches.  Sadly  and  slowly  I  saw  the  groaning 
amateur  rise  to  go  also.  He  stumbled  and  groped  over 
benches,  and  I  felt  drawn  to  him  by  a  sort  of  sympathy.  We 
had  be«n  both  affected  :  we  had  been  both  touched  by  the 
same  chords.  lie  seemed  au  old  man,  and  I  was  glad  to  ob- 
serve that  one  so  old  was  not  dead  to  generous  impulses.  An 
irresistible  iustinct  prompted  me,  on  a  fresh  and  more  helpless 
stumble  on  his  part,  to  rush  forward  and  offer  my  arm — a 
civility  which  he  hastily  declined.  But  I  was  determined  not 
to  be  rebuffed,  and  could  be  useful,  at  least,  with  a  cab  or 
something  of  the  sort,  so  I  followed  him  down  the  stair  into 
the  full  blaze.  The  full  blaze  revealed  his  back,  in  which  I 
seemed  to  recognize  a  familiar  outline. 

I  hurried  down  the  steps  to  get  a  good  look  at  his  face ;  but 
as  I  looked,  he  turned  his  head  sharply  away.  I  waited  till 
he  passed  ;  we  were  both  well  under  the  glare  of  a  lamp,  and 
then  I  saw  who  it  was— Uncle  Curriehill.  Alas!  was //its  the 
way  of  going  to  hear  the  divine  utterances  of  the  Rev. 
Wilkins  Hubbard  ? 

Need  I  say  what  that  night  resulted  in — a  complete  and 
entire  reconciliation — not  only  in  a  reconciliation,  but  in  a  re- 
form. Invidiously  I  may  mention  that  the  Rev.  Mr.  Mc- 
Corkup  was  routed,  and  there  were  two  particular  stalls  in  the 
Royal  Italian  Opera  from  which  myself  and  my  convert  were 
rarely  absent  during  the  season. — All  the  Year  Round. 

SUMMER   AN  D  AUTUMN, 
i. 

ri^IIE  hot,  mid-summer,  the  bright  mid  summer 

Reigns  in  its  glory  now  : 
The  earth  is  scorched  with  a  golden  (ire, 
There  arc  berries,  dead-ripe,  on  every  hrier, 
And  iViiiis  on  every  bough. 

II. 

But  the  Autumn  days,  so  sober  and  calm, 

Steeped  in  a  dreamy  haze  ; 
When  the  uplands  all  with  harvests  flliine, 
And  we  drink  the  wind  like  a  tine,  cool  wine — 

Ah,  those  are  the  best  of  days ! 

Richa.id  Henry  Stoddard. 


FREDERICKSBURG  AND  ITS  BATTLE-FIELD. 

A  TURN  in  the  hills  brought  us  into  the  valley  of  the 
ZjL  Rappahannock.  At  Fredericksburg  1  left  my  fellow 
passengers.    And  here  I  tarried  a  fortnight. 

A  quaint  old  city  is  this  historic  place,  reminding  me  more 
of  an  aucient  settlement  in  South  Jersey,  than  any  town  I 
had  yet  seen.  The  delapidation  still  reigning!  is  more  dreary 
than  I  had  anticipated.  Two  'years  have  passed  since  Burn- 
side's  guns  played  their  sad  havoc,  and  yet,  ruin  is  every- 
where. Great  ragged  holes  high  up  in  church  steeples  stare 
down  upon  you.  Tall,  gaunt  chimneys  with  old  hearth  stones 
still  dining  to  them,  stand  sad  monuments  of  once  happy 
homes.  Piles  of  red  bricks  and  crumbling  mortar  overrun 
with  vines,  marking  the  spot  "  where  once  the  garden  smiled." 
Low  laid  fences,  shattered  tree  trunks,  the  glare  of  new  wood 
work,  meet  the  eye  everywhere— mute  testimony  of  the  tear- 
ing shot  which  raiued  so  unmercifully  from  the  steep  heights 
of  Falmouth — yonder. 

The  streets  of  Fredericksburg  were  crowded  with  sights 
novel  to  the  northern  eye.  Shoals  of  vagrant  negroes  shullled 
by  in  rags  and  tatters  of  the  once  army  blue.  Here  are  young 
men,  in  confederate  grey  jackets,  smoking  "  powhatten  pipes" 
with  long  reeds,  congregated  on  the  steps  of  the  warehouse, 
brooding  over  the- melancholy  times  that  had  befallen  them. 
Virginia  farmers,  on  herring  bone  nags,  clutching  short  sticks, 
getting  the  best  speed  out  of  their  lean  nags,  lent  a  little  en- 
livemcnt  to  the  scene.  "  Sorry  white  men  "  weather  stained, 
sunburnt,  tawny  hair,  in  rags  and  shoeless,  curled  on  the  cor- 
ners of  small  carts — kaarts  they  call  them — drove  their  mules 
to  the  market  place.  These  mules  looked  very  sleek  but  their 
harness  was  mostly  homemade  and  their  drivers  guided  them 
with  lines  made  of  rope.  These  carts  held  generally  a  bag  of 
corn,  a  few  chickens,  a  young  negro  and  some  corn-stalks  for 
the  mule.  Mule  team3  with  bells  making  music  in  the  sleepy 
old  streets  occasionally  came  in  from  the  country — their  long 
covered  wagons  loaded  with  corn.  The  well-to-do  citizens  of 
the  place  took  quite  a  pride  in  sporting  rimless  wide  awakes 
and  old  claw-hainmer  coats.  But  they  still  have  a  weakness 
for  kid  gloves,  aud  one  ftequently  saw  an  individual  in  a  red 
flannel  shirt  and  yellow  "  Jouvins."  The  first  (  haracteristic 
that  strikes  one  is  the  ease  and  grace  with  which  the  whole 
population  ride  their  horses  Buggies,  and  one  horse  pleasure 
vehicles,  are  almost  unknown  in  Virginia  towns.  Their  chil- 
dren often  before  they  can  walk,  are  perched  on  the  saddle  by 
their  negro  servants.  A  Virginia  fast  man  under  the  influ- 
ence of  whiskey  would  rather  ride  his  wild  mare  than  trust  to 
his  own  legs.  I  saw  some  very  spirited  riding  in  this  line  oc- 
casionally. 

The  Btreets  of  the  town  inclino  to  the  river;  at  the  head 
of  these  streets  is  a  wide  level  stretch  of  meadow,  beyond 
these  a  low  range  of  hills.  At  the  foot  of  these  hills  the 
deadliest  fight  of  the  whole  war  took  place.    The  displaced 


stones  of  Marye's  wall  still  show  where  the  confederate  rested 
his  rifle  and  took  his  deadly  aim.  The  breast  works  of  Lee's 
line,  grass-grown  now,  can  be  readily  traced.  Trees  splintered, 
fences  torn,  houses  studded  with  balls — hundreds  of  graves 
rolling  in  a  billowy  sea  of  verdure  crimsoned  with  falling  rose 
leaves — all  mark  the  place.  They  will  show  you  where  1500 
dead  jay  in  their  blood,  and  it  is  a  very  limited  bit  of  green 
sward  indeed.  The  panorama  from  these  hills,  Lee's  old  lines, 
is  one  of  rare  beauty.  A  broad  belt  of  smooth  meadow  lies 
at  our  feet.  Across  this  mid  groves  of  linden  and  elm  trees, 
rise  the  chimneys  ind  spires  of  the  old  town — beyond,  like  a 
silver  thread,  the  sheen  of  the  gentle  Rappahannock.  Against 
the  sky  line,  the  heights  of  Falmouth,  bare  of  the  noble  wood3 
which  were  once  its  crowning  glory.  On  a  direct  line  is  the 
famous  Lucy  House,  with  its  terraces  to  the  river  ;  a  little  to 
the  South,  a  stack  of  red  chimney's  all  that  remains  of  the 
Philip's  House — Buruside's  quarters.  Even  to  the  eye  of  the 
most  ignorant  in  the  scenes  of  war  the  fearful  strength  of 
Lee's  position  is  too  apparent. 

An  area  in  a  semi-circle  of  hills  is  the  battle-field,  aud  well 
may  our  troops  have  thought  they  were  in  the  jaws  of  hell 
when  they  passed  out  of  the  town,  and,  crawling  up  to  this 
famous  stone  wall,  met  the  deadly,  enfilading  fire  of  Lee's 
guns.  These  people  tell  you,  men  never  fought  better  than 
our  troops  on  that  day. 

The  U.  S.  authorities  were  taking  up  the  dead  when  I  was 
there,  gathering  them  in  one  extensive  cemetery  on  the  ridge 
beyond  the  wall.  Ten  thousand  head-stones  will  be  required. 
A  party  of  negroes  were  engaged  in  this  work.  They  found 
the  poor  relics  of  their  search  by  the  roadsides,  on  the  mead- 
ows, and  beneath  vines  and  rose-trees,  in  private  gardens. 
Where  they  fell,  they  were  buried,  no  one  caring  where,  so 
that  they  could  be  hastily  shovelled  beneath  the  sod  after  that 
day  of  carnage.  Of  course,  these  are  all  unknown  ;  the  in- 
formation upon  which  the  authorities  work  is  that  derived 
from  citizens  and  negroes. 

"There's  a  Yankee  in  our  garden,  sir,"  I  heard  a  woman 
say  ;  and  her  children  had  been  roi/iping  gleefully  over  the 
poor  lad's  head  these  two  summers  past. 

Iu  many  cases,  a  few  feet  below  the  earth's  surface,  the 
dead  hero,  in  his  unfaded  army  blue,  knapsack  strapped  over 
chest,  canteen  beside  him,  lay  in  perfect  form,  but  on  the 
touch  of  the  spade,  bones  and  clothing  crumbled  to  fragments. 
Then,  gently  as  if  they  had  a  kindred  feeling  for  the  poor  sol- 
dier, the  negroes  took  up  the  mouldering  remains  and  dropped 
them  softly  into'the  pine  coffins,  after  which,  a  sinister-look- 
ing, one-eyed  white  man  scribbled  with  a  bit  of  chalk,  "  Un- 
known "  on  the  red  box.  Into  a  big  army  wagon  they  put 
these  coffins,  and  they  were  driven  over  the  fields  to  the 
cemetry— a  final  resting  place,  I  pray. 

These  negro  resurrections  were  careful  observers. 

"  Dat  yer  head  got  shot  dar,  inassa."  "  Mighty  powerful 
fellow,  dis  yer." 

But  what  affected  me  most  was,  "  Lor',  massa  !  dis  yer  is  a 
poor  little  drummer  boy's  bones." 

Women  and  children  crowded  the  edges  of  these  pits,  emo- 
tionless— indifferent.  The  sad  sights  of  'G4,  when  their  homes 
were  in  flames,  their  streets  running  gore,  the  dying  groaning 
around  them,  had  caused  a  fearful  hardening  of  gentle  senti- 
ment, 

There  was  one  spot  near  the  battle  field,  in  the  ruins  of  an 
old  ice-house,  where  they  found  three  hundred  skeletons. 


A  Siberian  Woman. — A  gentleman  who  is  engaged  in  the 
telegraph  expedition  in  Siberia,  relates  the  following  incident 
in  a  letter  to  a  friend  in  Cincinnati  :  "  I  met  with  a  Korak 
woman,  of  about  twenty-two  years  of  age,  on  the  great  Thun- 
der (marked  Kerau  on  the  map),  who  drove  a  team  of  rein- 
deers with  a  loaded  sledge  fifty  versts  in  one  day,  and  at 
night  slept  out  in  the  snow,  with  no  covering  whatever  except 
the  clothes  she  had  worn  during  the  day,  and  in  a  temperature 
of  forty-three  degrees  below  zero,  or  seventy-five  degrees  be- 
low the  freezing  point !  Think  of  that,  ye  effeminate  ladies 
of  America.  That  I  saw  myself,  although  even  to  me  it  seems 
incredible  now.  I  thought  it  an  extraordinary  thing  to  sleep 
in  a  reindeer-skin  tent  out  of  doors  in  such  weather,  and  I 
should  have  frozen  to  death  in  two  hours  had  I  attempted  to 
sleep  without  it.  She  traveled  with  us,  driving  her  own  rein- 
deer, and  sleeping  on  the  snow  every  night." 

Paul  Hayne,  a  young  Southern  poet,  says  :  "  Six  years 
ago  I  received  from  Leigh  Hunt— in  acknowledgment,  I  pre- 
sume, of  certain  complimentary  reviews  and  verses — a  most 
curious  and  valuable  present ;  some  strands,  namely,  of  the 
hair  of  Keats,  Shelley,  Byron,  and  his  own  likewise.  These 
I  had  neatly  framed,  and,  though  the  war  has  left  me  a  beg- 
gar, I  have  religiously  preserved  relics  ro  precious.  Shelley's 
hair  and  John  Keat  s  have  a  golden  tinge  which  is  exquisite. 
Byron's  is  coarse  and  dark,  like  some  phases  of  his  character. 
As  for  Hunt's,  the  locks  are  white  as  snow." 

Brioos  has  a  faculty  for  getting  things  cheap.  The  other 
day  he  had  a  beautiful  set  of  teeth  inserted  for  nothing.  Ho 
kicked  a  dog. 


4 


THE  CALIFORNIA]*. 


[September  15th 


LITERARY  GLEANINGS  A SD  GOSSIP. 

[Tins  department  is  not  dcsicnied  to  he  strictly  "  critical,"  and  will 
not  supersede  our  usual  book  reviews  ;  nor  will  it  be  limited  to  notices 
oi  new  publications  :  | 

~W  TELLS'  New  Physiognomy,  though  scarcely  an  attrac- 
V  V  tive  book  for  consecutive  reading,  will  be  found  by  a 
large  class  of  persons  to  possess  a  uuique  charm  of  its  own, 
as  a  book  to  be  "  dipped  into  "  at  odd  moments.  We  mean 
no  disparagement  of  its  scientific  pretensions,  but  the  real  at- 
tractiveness of  the  volume  for  the  majority  will  consist  in  the 
personal  element,  the  individual  characterizations,  which  have 
something  of  the  piquancy  of  "  gossip." 

The  chapters  on  "  National  Types  with  Portraits,"  "  The 
Physiognomy  of  Classes  Illustrated,"  "  Love-Signs  in  the 
Lips,  Chin, and  Eyes,"-'  TheGreat  Secret  of  Human  Beauty,'' 
"  Character-Reading,  with  Illustrated  Examples,"  "  All  About 
Noses,  with  Illustrations,"  will  have  a  great  many  more  read- 
ers than  those  on  the  "  Structure  of  the  Human  Body,"  "  The 
Anatomy  of  the  Human  Face,"  etc. 

But  our  readers  will  best  obtain  a  notion  of  the  general 
scope  and  character  of  the  book  from  a  few  extracts  : 

OF  HEADS  IN  GENERAL. 

A  person  whom  nature  has  set  apart,  as  it  were,  for  a  cer- 
tain calling,  by  giving  him  the  organization  best  fitted  lor  it. 
will  have  the  impress  of  that  calling  stamped  upon  him  from 
the  beginning  ;  though  if  he  disregard  the  indications  of  na 
ture  and  devote  himself,  or  be  devoted,  to  some  other  pur 
suit,  he  may  partially  obliterate  the  original  signs  and  acquire 
those  of  his  actual  calling. 

Thus  the  born  clergyman — the  pre-ordained  minister  of  re- 
ligion— who  understands  the  natural  bias  of  his  organization, 
and  accepts  humbly  and  prayerfully  the  sacred  calling,  grows 
day  by  day  more  truly  a  priest  of  God.  both  in  character  and 
in  looks.  In  the  same  way  the  lawyer,  the  physician,  the 
artist,  etc.,  assimilate  mentally  and  bodily  to  their  peculiar 

European  society  furnishes  even  more  striking  illustrations 
of  this  truth  than  can  be  found  among  us.  Classes  there  are 
permanent,  and  trades  and  professions  comparatively  so,  the 
son  generally  adopting  the  business  of  his  father,  and  thus 
perpetuating  and  strengthening  the  peculiar  organization  and 
physiognomical  traits  which  it  is  calculated  to  promote.  The 
workmen  at  the  quiet  and  noiseless  trades  are  readily  disting- 
uished from  those  who  pursue  noisy,  boisterous,  and  moreac 
tive  occupations.  The  tador  gets  one  form  of  head  and  ex 
pression  of  face,  and  the  blacksmith  quite  another.  The 
weaver  and  the  stone-cutter  do  not  look  alike,  nor  the  miner 
like  either.  Each  trade  has  its  peculiar  condition  of  mind, 
and  each  condition  of  mind  its  cast  of  head  and  face.  A 
Vulcan  looks  like  Vulcan — an  acrobat,  like  an  acrobat  .... 
As  a  class,  the  clergy  have  the  best  heads  in  the  world.  It  is 
a  fact  in  Physiology,  that  those  parts  most  exercised  get 
most  blood,  and  become  largest  and  strongest.  A  true  clergy 
man  attends  much  to  his  devotions,  lives  constantly  in  its  at- 
mosphere, and  he  thereby  cultivates  the  .organs  in  the  top- 
head — Veneration,  Spirituality,  Hope,  Benevolence,  and  Con- 
scientiousness. In  consequence,  the  clergy,  as  a  body,  have 
high  heads,  full  in  the  coronal  region,  but  comparatively  nar- 
row at  the  base  Their  pursuits  at  the  same  time  developing 
the  intellect  as  well  as  the  sentiments  and  emotions,  tend  to 
give  them  those  fine  foreheads  and  side-heads,  and  that  expres- 
sion of  intelligence  and  culture  which  our  portraits  BO  well 
illustrate.  From  Swedenborgh  to  Beecher,  and  from  Wesley 
to  Channiny,  they  all,  though  differing  widely  in  other  par- 
ticulars, agree  in  indicating  a  predominance  of  the  higher  in- 
tellectual faculties  and  the  moral  sentiments  over  the  animal 
propensities  which  lie  in  the  base  of  the  brain. 

MRS.  BROWNING,  SHAKSPEARE,  AND  MILTON  CONTRASTED. 

The  head  of  Mrs.  Browning  is  a  model  of  its  kind,  espe- 
cially in  the  centre  at  Veneration  and  forward  in  Benevolence, 
and  she  was  full  in  Spirituality  and  Hope,  also  fully  developed 
in  the  affections.  She  was  most  loving  and  lovable.  Com- 
bined in  her  were  a  fine  intellectual  lobe,  with  broad  and  full 
Ideality,  Sublimity,  and  Imitation,  and  she  was  no  less  worthy 
of  admiration  as  a  wife,  as  a  friend,  and  a  Christian,  than  as 
a  scholar  and  a  poetess. 

In  Shakspeare  we  have  one  of  the  finest  modelled  heads 
and  faces  which  the  human  imagination  can  conceive  of  for 
finessof  texture,  fullness  of  expression,  and  exquisiteness  of 
temperament.  There  is  but  one  element  wanting  to  place  him 
head  and  shoulders  above  all  the  poets,  viz.  :  Christian  Spirit- 
uality. With  less  of  the  worldly  and  the  wayward,  and  with 
more  of  the  meek  and  the  humble,  he  would  have  been  well- 
nigh  faultless.  Intellectually,  he  may  he  said  to  have  no 
equal,  and  in  imagination,  intuition,  and  appreciation  of  hu- 
man character,  no  superior. 

Milton  was  cast  in  a  different  mold,  and  he  lived  under  dif- 
ferent influences.  His  was  a  religious  mind,  and  this  principle 
predominated  even  over  his  intellect  ;  and  though  he  had  high 
Ideality,  and  could  soar  to  unknown  heights  of  fancy,  still  it 
was  more  in  the  devotional  than  intellectual  or  passional  do- 
mains that  he  dwelt.  He  had  a  splendid  development  of  lan- 
guage, and  was  copious  in  delivery.  In  all  his  afflictions  he 
always  found  refuge  in  religious  principles,  in  his  unbounded 
faith  and  hope  ;  and  though  sorely  afflicted,  it  increased  rather 
than  dimiuished  his  faith  in  the  goodness  of  God. 

THE  POETICAL  TEMPERAMENT. 

One  of  the  essential  physical  qualities  of  a  poet ,  is  a  sus- 
ceptible mental  temperament.  This  must  be  of  a  clear  and 
fine — even  of  an  exquisite — tone  to  insure  perfection  in  the 
art  ....  to  excel,  and  to  inscribe  one's  name  on  the 
roll  of  great  bards,  one  must  be  not  only  every  inch  a  man, 
but  must  have  "f/enius"  as  well.  It  has  been  said  by  an 
ancient  author,  poetri  mtscilur  non  Jil" — the  poet  id  born, 
not  made  ;  yet  we  maintain  that  every  well  organized  human 
beiug  should  bo  able  to  write  poetry  just  as  he  should  be  able 
to  make  music,  or  invent  and  use  tools  :  for  has  not  nature 
given  to  each  a  like  number  of  faculties,  the  same  in  function, 
and  differing  only  in  degree  and  combination.  ?  And  it  is  this  ( 


variety  of  organs  and  different  degrees  of  development  which 
make  the  difference  in  the  kind  of  poetry  produced.  One  is 
simply  a  rhymer,  giving  a  sort  of  mechanical  jingle  to  words  ; 
another  may  be  a  rhymer  through  the  affections ;  another 
through  wit :  another  through  ideality  and  sublimity  ;  another 
through  the  devotional  feelings  ;  and  as  it  is  in  music,  so  in 
poetry — the  highest  order  is  the  most  sacred.  The  poetry  of 
the  passions  may  be  energetic,  the  poetry  of  the  intellect  may 
be  scholarly,  but  the  poetry  of  the  spiritual  sentiments  is 
something  above  the  reason— it  is  inspired. 

LONGFELLOW. 

Americans  feel  a  just  pride  in  Professor  Longfellow,  both 
as  a  scholar  and  as  a  poet.  Mis  fame  is  world-wide.  His 
name  is  never  spoken  except  with  the  kindest  respect.  What 
is  it  that  gives  him  such  an  enviable  reputation  ?  He  is  at. 
once  a  scholar,  a  genius,  a  gentleman,  and  a  Christian.  There 
is  a  happy  blending  of  all  the  higher  human  qualities  in  his 
composition,  with  a  predominance  of  the  moral  and  spiritual. 
In  the  intellect,  he  is  clear,  comprehensive,  definite,  und  prac- 
tical;  in  imagination,  he  has  a  clearness  and  re^ch  seldom 
surpassed  ;  while,  socially,  he  is  one  of  the  warmest  and  most 
loving  of  men.  He  is  also  spirited,  terse,  and  emphatic,  but 
never  rash,  severe,  or  cruel.  Kindness,  justice,  devotion,  and 
affection  runder  his  mind  warm  and  genial.  The  brain  is 
rather  large  and  quite  symmetrical  in  form.  The  body  is  well 
moulded  and  without  excess  or  deficiency,  and  the  features 
are  at  once  bold  and  open.  The  forehead  is  even  handsome. 
That  is  a  well-formed  nose,  slightly  inclined  to  the  Roman. 
The  eyes  are  full,  set  well  apart,  and  the  mouth  has  loving 
lips.    The  chin  seems  altogether  faultless. 

whittier.  ■ 

Whittier,  the  Quaker  poet,  has  a  marked  head  and  face. 
The  brain  seems  almost  unnaturally  high,  and  full  across  the 
top.  Conscientiousness  and  Benevolence  are  evidently  among 
the  larger  organs  of  his  top-head,  Hope,  Veneration  and 
Faith  are  prominently  indicated.  His  love  of  liberty,  mani- 
festing itself  through  Self-esteem  and  Firmness,  forms  a  lead- 
ing trait  in  his  character.  He  has  the  modesty  and  reserve 
of  a  woman,  with  the  resolution  and  executiveness  of  a  sol- 
dier; but  his  religion  will  not  permit  him  to  manifest  his 
pluck  so  much  in  deeds  as  iu  words.  AVhere  moral  principle 
might  be  involved,  we  would  choose  him  for  a  leading  repre- 
sentative, and  should  feel  sure  that  he  would  hold  steadily  to 
his  convictions.  He  would  not  waver  or  yield,  but  hold  each 
and  every  one  to  a  most  rigid  accountability.  The  face  is 
somewhat  angular,  and,  if  not  inviting,  is  certainly  not  repel- 
lant.  The  lips  incline  up  at  the  corners,  indicating  Mirthful- 
ness,  but  there  is  a  depression  indicating  decision.  The  chin 
is  large,  the  nose  prominent,  the  eyes  expressive,  and  the 
whole  shows  originality,  honesty,  earnestness  and  will. 

BENEDICT  ARNOLD. 

The  well-outlined  profile  of  Benedict  Arnold  conveys  to 
the  reader  a  fair  conception  of  the  character  of  this  unlortu- 
nate  man.  The  perceptives  are  predominant,  showing  him  a 
practical,  working  man.  His  arched  nose  shows  force  and 
pro«ressiveness.  while  in  the  curve  of  the  upper  lip  is  seen 
ambition  and  will.  The  massive  chin  und  cheek,  so  full  at  the 
lower  portion,  show  a  strong  disposition  for  animal  enjoyment 
and  a  tendency  to  dissipation,  unless  due  moral  restraint  were 
exercised.  The  head  is  high  in  the  crown,  but  very  short  on 
top,  and  the  moral  organs  are  only  moderately  developed  — 
Benevolence  and  Conscientiousness  especially,  lie  had  more 
Approbativeness  than  Self-esteem,  and  more  Combativeness 
than  Cautiousness.  His  social  organs  were  large  and  active, 
and  not  sufficiently  restrained  by  the  higher  sentiments.  De- 
structiveness  being  influential,  yave  him  a  character  for  posi- 
tiveness  aud  thoroughness  in  whatever  he  took  an  interest. 

LORENZO  DOW. 

In  Lorenzo  Dow  we  find  a  brain  of  large  size,  the  chief  pe- 
culiarity ol  which  is  the  pr  miuence  of  the  coronal  or  moral 
region.  He  had  force  and  couraire,  which,  allied  to  his  moral 
and  religious  nature,  stimulated  the  latter  and  rendered  him 
efficient  as  a  preacher.  His  social  nature  was  strong  and  ac- 
tive, but  rendered  subservient  to  the  higher  feelings.  Vener- 
ation, Benevolence,  Human  Nature,  Firmness,  Conscientious- 
ness, and  Self  esteem  were  all  large.  There  was  an  unusually 
even  balance  between  the  perceptive  and  reflective  organs. 
Imitation  was  not  largo  iu  How,  while  in  Benedict  Arnold  it 
was  well  marked.  The  superiority  of  Dow.'s  head  is  quite 
apparent.  See  how  high  and  long  on  top  I  In  force  of  char- 
acter he  was  fully  equal  to  Arnold  ;  in  intellect  and  moral  or- 
ganization he  was  much  superior. 

Inside :  A  Chronicle  of  Secession,  is  the  title  of  a  new 
novel  of  more  than  ordinary  interest  and  power.  "  George 
F.  Harrington,"  the  name  appearing  as  that  of  the  author 
upon  the  title  page,  is,  we  presume,  a  nom  de  plume.  Though 
dealing  with  incidents  of  the  most  sensational  character,  the 
tone  und  style  of  the  book  are  at  the  farthest  remove  from 
the  sensational.  The  story  is  quietly  but  most  effectively 
told  without  passion  or  rhetorical  display,  and  is  clearly  the 
work  of  a  practiced  writer  and  a  literary  artist,  "  The  form  of 
a  novel  was  adopted,"  says  the  author  in  his  preface,  "  chiefly 
to  make  it  impossible  for  any  one  to  identify  the  place  iu 
which  the  scene  is  laid,  and  the  characters  acting  therein." 
"The  very  manuscript,"  he  adds,  "from  which  these  lines  are 
printed,  could  tell  a  tale  of  its  own,  apart  from  that  which  it 
narrates,  in  confirmation  of  this.  While  writing  it,  the  author 
was  perfectly  aware  that  his  life  would  have  paid  the  forfeit 
had  a  written  page  been  discovered."  In  illustration  of  some 
of  the  new  and  strange  duties  not  prov-ided  for  iu  the  mar- 
riage ceremony  that  devolved  upon  the  wives  of  Union  hus- 
bands during  the  war,  the  writer  states  that  on  more  than  one 
Sunday  his  own  wife  "  has  borne  the  manuscript  to  church, 
concealed  about  her  person,  in  terror  of  leaving  it,  like  powder 
exposed  to  chance  sparks,  at  home."  On  two  occasions  he 
was  obliged  "  to  bury  the  manuscript  in  the  ground,  thereby 
damaging  it  seriously ;"  a  fact  to  which  he  has  no  doubt  that 


"  the  printer  whose  misfortune  it  is  to  set  up  these  pages  will 
tearfully  depone." 

The  characters  are  sketched  with  rare  graphic  power,  and 
impress  the  reader  with  the  strongest  conviction  of  their  gen- 
uineness. No  American  writer  of  fiction  has  done  anything 
in  the  same  line  superior  to  Ferguson,  the  old  Scotsman, 
Brother  Barker,  the  termagent  Mrs.  Warner,  and  the  aristo- 
cratic, high-spirited  Mrs.  Bowles.  Evidently  the  writer  has 
been  "  Inside." 

We  can  ouly  afford  space  for  a  single  extract,  which  will, 
however,  afford  some  idea  of  the  author  s  powers  : 

MR.  WRIGHT  WANT8  TO  SHOOT  A  YANKEE. 

Alonzo  Wright.  As  refined  and  agreeable  a  gentleman  as 
you  could  meet  with  anywhere  when  sober.  When  drunk,  a 
devil  incarnate.  Long  ago  had  he  killed  his  first  man.  It 
was  when  he  was  intoxicated,  and  because  he  fancied  at  the 
time  the  individual  in  question,  a  merry  youth  of  sixteen, — 
Jim  Hartley — was  looking  impertinently  at  him.  Very  rarely 
had  he  got  drunk  since  then.  But  when  he  did  become  in- 
toxicated, the  passion  for  killing  some  one  again  came  upon 
him  as  a  mania,  as  part  and  parcel  of  his  drunkenness.  It  all 
took  place  before  Mr.  Wright  removed  to  'nis  present  home  ; 
in  fact  he  had  come  hither  on  that  account  ;  but,  unless  rumor 
lied  more  even  than  it  usually  does,  if  Jim  Hartley  was  the 
first  he  was  by  no  means  the  last  man  Mr.  Wright  had  killed. 
Everybody  knew  Alonzo  Wrisrht  ;  and  when  drunk,  Nero  on 

his  throne  had  not  courtiers  more  abject  Mr. 

Wright  was  drunk,  very  drunk.  How  could  it  have  been 
otherwise  in  Somerville  last  night  after  the  arrival  of  such 
news  ?  There  had  been  a  military  prohibition  on  the  sale  of 
liquor  in  the  place  for  several  weeks  now  ;  but  the  authorities 
themselves  "  raised,"  as  they  styled  it,  "  the  blockade  on 
whisky  "  to  celebrate  the  glorious  victory  over  MeClellaii 
Meu  who  never  drank  before,  got  drunk  in  Somerville  last 
night.  Men  whose  whisky  had  beeu  cut  off  for  the  months 
past,  drank  last  night  in  Somerville  with  the  frenzy  of  long 
abstinence.  Even  Lamum  was  shocked  at  the  state  of  Somer- 
ville last  night,  Tim  Lamum,  his  nephew,  wallowing  and  vomit- 
ing on  his  office  floor  in  the  experience  of  his  first  "  regular 
spree."  And  Mr.  Wright,  having  an  entire  grocery  abandoned 
to  him  during  all  last  night,  had  so  fur  killed  no  one.  He  was 
riding  home  with  an  unsatisfied  craving  in  his  heart,  his 
loaded  revolver  ready  for  any  emergency  that  mis ht  arise.  .  .  . 
It  all  takes  place  as  in  a  second  of  lime.  "  And  who  are 
you  ?"  Mr.  Wright  says,  with  a  sudden  half  closing  of  his  eyes 
and  an  oath. 

Edward  Arthur  knows  perfectly  well  who  and  what  Alonzo 
Wright  is.  More  than  once  has  he  been  received  with  the 
most  geutlemanly  courtesy  by  Mr.  Wright  iu  visiting  there. 
But  that  was  months  ago.  Besides,  it  was  under  Mr.  Wright's 
own  roof ;  and,  drunk  as  he  is,  were  it  under  that  roof  he  was 
now  meeting  Mr.  Arthur,  ho  would  have  treated  him  as  a 
gentleman  and  a  guest.  But  they  are  not  in  Mr.  Wright's 
house  ;  Mr.  Wright  is  d'unk,  and  this  Mr.  Arthur  is  strongly 
susp»cted  of  being  a  Union  man.  Nothing  more  abhorred  by 
Mr.  Wright  even  when  sober  than  that.  *  *  *  *  "  IaioIc 
here,  now,"  he  says,  slowly  drawing  his  revolver  from  his  gir- 
dle as  he  speaks.  "  I've  got  one  boy  away  iu  the  army  fighting 
the  Yankees.  Ten  to  one  he  was  killed  in  that  last  light  at 
Richmond.  If  there  is  anything  iu  tin;  world  I  would  liko 
to  do  this  morning,  it  is  to  kill  an  Abolitionist.  Now  you 
say  hurrah  for  Jeff.  Davis,  or  you  are  a  dead  man. 

Knowing  his  man.  hearing  that  indescribable  tone  of  his 
voice,  Edward  Arthur  had  no  doubt  that  he  meant  what  ho 

said  Unarmed,  no  chance  of  springing  upon  him 

before  he  can  shoot,  there  is  no  alternative.  "  Fire  when  you 
please,  I  will  die  first  I"  he  replies,  as  pale,  as  cold,  as  rigid  as 
a  statue. 

There  is  the  sharp  crack  of  a  revolver,  with  Alice's  shriek 
on  the  air.  It  may  have  been  that  Mr.  Wright  has  been  drunk 
too  long,  or  that  there  was  an  extra  quantity  of  strychnine  in 
the  whisky  of  last  night ;  for  the  genuine  liquor  is  running 
very  low  in  these  days  of  the  blockade — but  the  bullet  sings 
by  Mr  Arthur  s  lelt  ear,  and  he  stands  erect  and  unhurt. 
And  next,  what  '  He  thinks  of  springing  upon  the  desperado, 
but  he  knows  there  are  five  more  charges  iu  his  weapon  1  Mr. 
Wright  curses  his  nerves  and  again  presents  his  weapon. 
"  One  more  chance,  Abolitionist,"  he  says,  "  Hurrah  for  Jeff. 
Davis  and  the  Confederacy — out  with  it  1" 

Mrs.  Wood's  new  book,  EUter's  Folly,  though  not  belong- 
ing to  the  higher  order  of  fiction,  will  prove  far  more  interest- 
ing to  the  novel-reading  world  at  large,  than  works  of  the 
grand  type  of  Romola  or  Felix  Holt.  Whatever  else  may  be 
said  of  her,  Mrs.  Wood  undeniably  understands  the  art  of 
construction,  and  even  when  her  characters  are  of  the  com- 
monest, her  story  is  sure  to  be  framed  so  as  to  fusten  upon 
the  reader's  interest.  There  is  some  truth  and  also  consider- 
able exaggeration  in  the  following  "ramming  up"  ol  Mrs. 
Wood  in  a  recent  number  of  the  London  tinlurduy  Review  : 

"Mrs.  Wood  has  been  cursed  with  a  trade  success.  By 
one  lucky  hit.  she  reached  a  point  of  literary  prosperity  which, 
with  her  superficial  powers,  has  proved  absolutely  fatal  to  her 
progress.  *  *  *  *  Her  style  is  bad,  her  English  is  self- 
shod  and  full  of  faults,  her  characters  are  seldom  natural,  her 
dialogue  is  vulgar  when  she  would  have  it  easy,  and  stilted 
when  she  would  have  it  refined.  *  *  *  *  This  new  book 
of  hers  is  about  the  worst  of  the  series  ;  undeniably  the  most 
valgar  in  detail,  the  most  uninteresting  in  character,  aud  the 
most  ridiculous  as  a  picture  of  lile  aud  manners." 

Notwithstanding  all  which,  the  story  as  a  mere  story  will 
be  geuerally  pronounced  oue  of  the  most  interesting  of  the 
season.  .__ 

A  few  days  since  the  teacher  iu  the  primary  department  of 
the  Graded  School  in  Vergennes,  Vermont,  interrogated  the 
pupils  as  to  the  reason  of  the  saltness  of  the  ocean.  One 
little  lad  was  confident  he  could  tell,  and  the  question  was 
put :  "  Well,  what  is  it  that  causes  saltness  of  the  water  of 
the  occau?"    "  Tho  codfish  1"  replied  tho  little  original. 


September  15th| 


THK  CALIFORNIAN. 


5 


AMUSEMENTS. 

THERE  ia  nothing  new  or  noteworthy  to  record  in  the 
week's  theatrical  matters.  The  continued  success  of 
Lady  Don  is  more  than  a  thrice-told  tale  even  in  our  columns. 
The  Beggar's  Opera;  The  Black  Domino,  in  which  Lady 
Don  sang  all  the  principal  gems  of  the  Opera  of  Le  Domino 
Noir ;  the  burlesque  of  Prince  Florizel ;  Sweethearts  and 
Wives,  and  Aladdin,  were  played  during  the  week  to  fine  au- 
diences. Last  night  the  Plasterers'  Protective  Union  had  a 
bumper  of  a  benefit. 

Today  Lady  Don  will  give  one  of  her  popular  matinees. 
This  evening's  bill  consists  of  Rory  O'More  and  a  new  bur- 
lesque called  Perseus  and  Andromeda. 

On  Monday  evening  manager  Maguire  will  be  the  recipient 
of  a  complimentary  benefit  tendered  by  Lady  Don.  and  all  the 
members  of  the  company,  in  return  "  for  the  many  kindnesses 
received  at  his  hands.''  It  is  perfectly  safe  to  prophesy  a 
full  house  for  the  occasion,  even  if  the  Opera  House  could  be 
transformed  "  for  that  night  only,"  into  an  India  rubber  one 
with  twice  its  present  capacity. 

The  coming  week  will  be  the  last  of  Lady  Don's  season, 
other  engagements,  not  a  dimunition  of  patronage,  preventing 
a  longer  one.  On  Monday  week  the  world-renowned  Celeste 
will  make  her  debut  before  a  San  Francisco  audience  in  one 
of  her  specialities.  Forrest  is  to  follow  with  his  farewell 
season. 

Metropolitan  Theatre. — Rossini's  masterpiece,  the  great- 
est of  comic  operas,  II  Barbiere  di  Siviglia,  was  produced  to 
crowded  and  delighted  audiences  on  Friday  of  last  week,  and 
on  the  Wednesday  following,  and  may  be  recorded  as  a  signal 
musical  triumph,  although  some  scenes  were  rendered  in 
broader  buffo  style,  and  with  less  elegance  aud  refinement 
than  we  have- usually  noticed  heretofore,  or  than  we  think 
should  characterize  the  whole  performance.  Signorina  Bram- 
billa,  on  the  first  evening,  seemed  haunted  by  reminiscences 
of  her  admirable  impersonation  of  "  Annetta,"  and  failed  to 
identify  herself  with  the  aristocratic,  though  mischief-loving, 
"  Rosina."  On  Wednesday  she  did  much  better,  and  was 
more  becomingly  dressed,  but  still  fell  far  short  of  the  dra- 
matic requirements  of  the  character,  which  is,  indeed,  so  far 
out  of  her  line  that  she  deserves  great  credit  for  attempting 
it  at  all.  Her  execution  of  the  music,  albeit  written  for  a 
contralto  voice,  was  certainly  delicious,  and  was  rapturously 
applauded  at  every  opportunity  throughout  the  opera.  In  the 
music  lesson  scene  she  selected  "  II  Dado,"  and  Rode's  cele- 
brated Air,  with  a  brilliant  Variation — the  one,  wo  believe, 
made  famous  by  Sontag — which,  in  Dram  bi  I  la's  hands,  i3  a  bit 
ef  faultless  vocalization,  alway3  enthusiastically  encored.  Her 
rendering  of  "  Una  voce"  was  excellent,  and  that  of  "  Io 
sono  docile,"  only  too  florid  and  too  little  like  Rossini's  music 
— generally  "brilliant  enough  in  itself — we  cannot  feel  that 
Bignotina  Brambilla's  variations  on  well  known  airs  are  al- 
ways in  good  taste,  however  astonishing  as  vocal  gymnastics  ; 
and  we  belisve  that  experience  will  teach  her  to  think  more 
of  the  dramatic  and  musical  truth  of  a  situation — which  we 
never  saw  a  young  artist  more  capable  of  appreciating — and 
less  of  temporary  and  extraneous  display.  Signer  Mancusi 
achieved  another  triumph  in  "Figaro,"  which  we  feel  safe  in 
saying — with  a  vivid  recollection  of  Grossi,  Fellini,  Orlandini, 
and  Morelli — was  never  so  ably  represented  on  this  coast. 
His  ringing  quality  of  voice,  perfect  intonation,  wonderful 
distinctness  and  rapidity  or  utterance,  capital  make-up,  and 
thorough  identification  with  the  character,  were  all  displayed 
in  the  famous  "  Largo  al  factotum  "  to  the  highest  advantage, 
and  elicited  a  storm  of  applause  ;  while  in  the  remainder  of 
the  opera,  though  lacking  any  single  opportunity  so  brilliant, 
he  was  the  life  of  every  scene,  and  rendered  the  music  of  his 
part  with  that  artistic  truth  which  we  have  long  since  learned 
to  expect  from  him  with  absolute  certainty.  The  character 
of  '•  Don  Basilio  "  was  sustained  by  Signor  Milleri  in  mas- 
terly style,  and  with  a  sanctimonious  humor  quite  irresistible  ; 
while  M.  Roncovieri  deserves  especial  credit  lor  his  admirable 
make-up  and  acting  as  "  Doctor  Bartolo."  Signor  Bianchi, 
after  the  opening  serenade,  was  in  fine  voice,  and  made  an  ex- 
cellent "  Almaviva,"  ably  seconded  by  M.  Charles  as  "  Fio- 
rello."  M  ile  Tourney  tilled  the  role  of  "  Berta  "  very  ac- 
ceptably, and  sang  her  single  air,  "  II  vecchietto,"  with  con- 
siderable effect.  The  chorus  was  in  good  training,  aud  the 
orchestra  rendered  the  exquisite  music  of  the  opera  with  un- 
usual spirit  and  precision.  We  hope  to  hear  "  II  Barbiere  " 
repeated  once  or  twice  at  least  during  the  coming  season. 

Crispino  e  la  Comare  was  repeated,  to  a  full  house,  on  Sat- 
urday evening,  and  proved,  as  usual,  a  delightfully  snccessful 
performance. 

Lucrezia  Borgia,  was  given,  for  the  second  time  by  this 
troupe,  on  Monday  evening,  with  the  same  cast  as  before,  ex- 
cept that  M'lle  Tourney  was  substituted  for  Miss  Landes- 
mann  in  the  role  of  "  Orsini,"  and  was  tolerably  successful, 
though  by  no  means  brilliant. 

Ernani  was  given  last  night  as  a  non-subscription  perform- 
ance, Don  Giovanni  having  been  postponed  (and  with  it  the 
seats  engaged  for  the  twelfth  night  of  the  second  season)  un- 


til Monday  evening  next  on  account  of  the  severe  illness  of 
Signor  Morley.  The  third  season  will  commence  on  Monday, 
September  24th,  and  will  doubtless  be  as  fully  attended  as  its 
predecessors,  while  in  a  musical  point  of  view,  owing  to  the 
familiarity  gained  by  the  troupe  with  the  public  and  with  each 
other,  this  season  should  prove  the  most  satisfactory  ever 
given  in  San  Francisco. 

This  evening  Crispino  e  la  Comare  and  one  act  of  Colomello, 
will  be  presented  for  the  benefit  of  Signor  Giuseppe  Mancusi, 
who,  coming  here  quite  unkuown  oven  by  reputation,  has  es- 
tablished himself  immediately  and  firmly  in  public  favor,  and 
whose  claims  as  an  artist,  and  as  a  thorough  gentleman,  will 
doubtless  be  acknowledged  to-night,  by  an  overflowing  house. 


Composition  and  Rhetoric— There  is  no  doubt  that  the  prac- 
tice of  writing  out  passages  from  good  authors  is  very  beneficial 
as  a  means  of  improvement  in  composition.  The  frequent 
reading  of  such  works  as  are  distinguished  for  purity  of  style 
as  well  as  brevity  and  force  of  expression  is  recommended. 
Macaulay's  "  Essay,"  for  instance,  if  constantly  read,  must 
tend  to  improve  the  style  of  composition.  In  both  speaking 
and  writing  it  is  certain  that,  to  express  one's  idea3  clearly 
and  well  in  as  few  words  as  possible,  is  a  great  perfection. 
A  literary  man,  whose  valuable  works  are  well  known  to  the 
world,  says  that  after  writing  an  article  ho  carefully  revises  it, 
striking  out  every  unnecessary  word,  and  even  substituting  a 
word  of  two  syllables  for  oue  of  three,  or  of  one  for  two, 
wherever  it  can  be  done  without  interfering  with  the  sense 
and  full  force  of  the  sentence. 


Banting's  work  on  corpulence,  telling  how  Banting  worked 
off  his  corpulence,  has  been  done  into  French,  and  all  the  fat 
woman  in  Paris  are  trying  on  his  regimen  to  try  out  their 
superfluous  flesh.  The  Paris  correspondent  of  the  Boston 
Post  tells  of  this  dialogue  which  he  says  he  overheard  at  a 
ball:  "  Have  you  seen  Madame  O — -?  Since  she  ha3  em- 
braced M.  Banting's  religion  she  has  diminished  at  least 
one  half."  "Then  she  must  be  charming, "  said  Mile.  — , 
with  naivete.  "  Not  at  all.  She  looks  like  a  cathedral  that 
ha3  lost  all  its  saints  and  preserved  all  the  niches  from  which 
they  were  taken." 


"Tims  with  our  hellish  drills,  Death's  ceaseless  fountains, 
' Mid  these  green  vales,  o'er  these  bright  mountains, 
Worse  iIihu  the  very  plague  we've  raged. 
I  have  myself,  to  thousands  poisons  given, 
And  heard  their  murderer  praised,  'is  blessed  by  Heaven, 
Because  with  Nature,  slrite  he  waged." — Gesthe't  "Faust." 
The  "  Doctor"  seems  to  have  had  a  California  before  him,  for  if 
ever  a  country  of  "  green  vales"  and  "  bright  mountains"  was  cursed 
by  "worse  than  the  very  plague,"  it  ib  this  same  California  of  ours, 
which  the  medicine  men  have  desolated,  not  to  say  decimated,  by 
their  "  hellish  drags." 


Rheumatism  cured  and  cures  guaranteed,  without  the  use  of  med- 
icines, blisters,  plasters  or  any  species  of  medical  humbuggery  ;  with- 
out the  pretence  of  electricity,  and  none  of  t  e  delmioiis  ami  jugglery 
of  mesmerism.  Scientific  action  (sound  sense)  for  common-sense  suf- 
ferers ;  all  others  take  the  good  old  stupid  way,  and  Buffer  to  their 
"hearts'  content."  Dr.  Bourne  effects  perfect  cares,  and  improves 
the  health  generally  at  the  same  time,  No.  10  Masonic  Temple,  Post 
street.  * 

To  thk  Sick. — During  nearly  fourteen  years  in  San  Francisco,  Dr. 
Bourne  has  been  steadily  aud  pcrseveringly  engaged  in  curing  the 
sick,  without  the  use  of  medicines,  or  any  species  of  delusive  hum- 
buggery.  At  the  same  time,  he  has  been  engaged  in  imparting  such 
useful  information  as  enables  thein  to  so  regulate  their  lives  and  con- 
duct as  to  make  the  road  to  health  a  pleasant  one  to  travel. 

Thk  New  York  Tribune  says:  "We  have  carefully  examined 
the  workmanship  of  the  Knabe  Pianos,  and  we  find  it  thorough  in 
every  particular.  The  cases  "are  rich  and  elegant  in  design,  and  are 
finished  in  the  best  possible  manner;  the  entire  mechanism  is  cleanly 
and  faithfully  made,  and  long  and  thoroughly  seasoned  material  is 
oulv  used  in  building  up  these  fine  instruments.  Ar,  the  various  State 
Fairs  throughout  the  country  the  Knabe  Pianos  have  constancy  re 
ceived  gold  medals  or  the  highest  premiums.  At  the  recent  Ohio 
State  Fair  they  came  in  competition  with  some  twenty  Pianos  from 
the  best  makers  of  New  York  and  Boston, when  the  highest  premium 
was  awarded  them."  The  best  specimens  of  these  fine  instruments 
will  be  found  at  the  music  store  of  Frishee  cfe  Scott,  No.  :i  Montgom- 
ery street,  who  are  sole  agents  for  California,  for  these,  best  of  all, 
Pianos.    Before  purchasing  call  and  inspect  the  Knabe  Pianos.  * 

It  is  WELL  for  those  who  are  totally  ignorant  of  the  proper  uses  of 
Electricity,  Magnetism  and  Psychology,  for  curing  disease,  to  adver- 
tise that  they  do  not  use  them.  It  may  bIiow  honesty  of  principle  ; 
and  all  Pioneers  should  act  as  Guardians  and  Fathers  of  a  young  city 
like  this,  supposing  all  of  the  people  to  be  equally  ignorant  aud  easily 
made  to  believe  that  all  the  healing  qualities  and  qualifications  are  to 
give  steam  bpths,  indiscriminately,  to  fat  and  lean,  weak  and  strong, 
every  day ;  to  get  up  a  crisis,  as  it  is  called — depleting,  extracting  and 
depriving  them  of  the  vitality  and  warmth  of  the  system,  which  iB  so 
much  needed  in  this  climate.  No  doubt  but  that  some  temperaments 
require  baths  and  are  much  benefitted,  while  others  are  injured  by 
r  them  :  but  to  say  that  it  is  the  "  cure  till,"  and  warrant  it,  is  nonsense. 
Bat,  it  is  probably  susceptible  of  proof,  that  Electricity,  Magnetism 
and  Psychology,  by  all  or  cither,  as  the  cases  require,  and  as  practiced 
by  Dr.  H.  A.  BENTON,  109  Montgomery  street,  is  curing  ten  to  one 
of  any  other  practice,  and  particularly  those  who  have  been  washed 
and  bleached  almost  out  of  existence  by  steam  baths  before  they  come 
for  the  healing,  life  giving  influences  of  the  Electro-Magnetic  currents. 
References  and  Certificates,  in  any  quantity,  will  show  that  all  classes 
of  disease  have  been  cured,  and  none  injured,  during  my  short  stay 
here  of  only  sixteen  months.  All  that  investigate  are  sure  to  be  in- 
terested, and  many  are  every  day  recommending  the  practice.  * 


THE  CALIFORNIA  BUILDING  AND  LOAN  AND  SAVINGS 
SOCIETY. 

The  Members  of  this  Association  met  last  evening  to  receive  the 
Fifth  Annual  Report  of  the  Directors.    The  following  is  the  report: 

The  shareholders,  before  proceeding  to  the  election  of  nine  Direct- 
ors for  the  ensuing  year,  naturally  desire  and  are  entitled  to  an  ac- 
count of  the  management  and  affairs  of  the  Society  for  the  year  that 
is  passed. 

The  present.  Board  of  Directors  undertook  their  duties  a  year  ago 
under  influences  of  great  peril. 

The  assets  of  the  Society  on  our  taking  office  were  $250,225  25 

The  assets  in  our  hands  to-duy  are   500,000  00 

Thus  doubling  our  means  of  public  accommodation  in  one  year. 

The  profits  realized  for  the  six  months  ending  30th  April  last  were 
as  follows  : 

Dr. 

Interest  received  on  mortgages  $19,802  79 

Premiums  received  on  mortgages   6,1)23  91 

Intel  est  received  on  loans  oh  stock   364  86 

Profit  on  casual  interests   632  00 


Total  $27,423  56 

Cr. 

Interest  due  to  depositors  $8,280  44 

Interest,  paid  to  depositors   4,616  43 

Dividend  on  stock  at  1J  percent   4,025  38 

Expenses  of  management   5,200  00 

 $22,122  25 


$5,301  31 

Showing  a  clear  surplus  of  full  five  thousand  dollars,  after  paying  one 
per  cent,  per  month  to  all  depositors,  one  and  one-half  per  cent,  per 
month  to  all  stockholders,  besides  paying  expenses  of  management, 
and  all  other  incidental  charges. 

Thiu  surplus  added  to  the  Reserve  Fund  previously  accumulated, 
and  the  paid  up  capital,  makes  a  total  of  full  Fifty-six  Thousand 
Dollars  of  reserve  to  protect  us  against  unforeseen  losses  or  casualties 
in  the  prosecution  of  our  business. 

As  yet,  the  Society  has  incurred  no  loss  from  its  loans.  The  number 
accommodated  with  loans  for  the  past  year  was  319. 

The  loans  now  average  forty  to  fifty  thousand  dollars  a  month.  Last 
month  they  reached  forty-seven  thousand  dollars,  which  is  double  the 
average  amount  made  by  the  Society  a  year  ago. 

THE  NEW  I1ANKING-HOUSE. 

The  Board  have  the  pleasure  to  report  (under  instruction  from  the 
last  named  meeting)  the  purchase  and  outfit  of  the  new  bank  premises, 
which  stands  the  Society  in  $48,000.  The  location  selected  and  the 
fittings  of  our  new  banking-house  have  won  the  approbation  and  con- 
fidence of  the  community.  The  income  in  rent  from  the  upper  part 
amounts  to  about  $140  a  month.  The  income  from  the  vault  and  cel- 
lar, for  Btoring  valuables,  amounts  to  about  $50  a  month  ;  leaving  a 
liability  on  the  business  of  the  Society  of  about  $300  a  month,  in  lieu 
of  rent.  It  has  been  remarked,  and  is  remarkable,  that  since  our  Di- 
rectors have  bought  and  opened  our  bank,  many  other  wealthy  influ- 
ential money  institutions  have  purchased  on  either  side  of  us  at  con- 
siderably advanced  rates,  aud  are  now  causing  to  be  erected  large  and 
elegant  buildings,  which  undoubtedly  adds  to  the  value  ol  ours  ;  in 
fact,  the  block  on  California  street,  in  which  we  located  our  bank,  is 
evidently  destined  to  become  the  "  Money  Market"  of  San  Francisco. 

In  connection  with  this  topic,  our  Society,  by  the  liberality  of  its 
aid  in  assisting  parties  to  build,  has  stirred  the  industryand  enterprise 
of  the  city,  there  being  now  scarcely  a  mechanic  connected  with  the 
building  trade  idle. 

THE  DIRECTORS. 

The  Directors  meet  regularly  in  the  bank  as  often  as  they  are  noti- 
fied. All  applications  for  loans  are  considered  by  them — some  are 
made  which  are  not  unanimously  voted.  There  are  duplicate  cash- 
books  kept  in  the  office.  Every  item  of  receipts  or  payments  are 
twice  entered — once  by  the  Cashier,  iu  his  books,  and  once  by  the 
Book-keeper,  in  his.  The  two  books  are  brought  together  at  the  close 
of  the  day's  business,  when  each  item  is  called  over  in  presence  of 
the  President.  If  any  mistake  has  occurred  during  the  day  it  is  at 
once  discovered  by  the  footings  of  the  books  and  the  counting  of  the 
cash  on  hand.  The  books  must  therefore  balance  and  agree  every  day 
at  the  close  of  business.  The  cash  is  then  locked  up  in  the  vault  by 
the  President,  and  every  morning  is  handed  out  again  to  the  Cashier, 
who  counts  it  before  opening  the  bank. 

The  reserve  funds  of  the  Society  are  invested  in  City  of  San  Fran- 
cisco Bonds,  which,  to  the  amount  of  fifty  thousand  dollars,  are  placed 
within  the  inner  safe.  The  inner  safe  has  three  separate  locks,  a  key 
to  each  is  held— one  by  the  President,  one  by  Mr.  Crim,  the  Secretary, 
aud  one  by  Mr.  McCormick,  member  of  the  Finance  Committee.  The 
Director.-  have  made  every  proper  effort  to  increase  and  facilitate  bus- 
iness. The  recent  extension  of  loans  on  manufactures  and  merchan- 
dise has  been  attended  with  the  best  results. 

president's  salary. 

In  view  of  the  increased  trust,  duties  and  responsibility  of  the  Pres- 
ident in  the  opening  of  the  new  bank,  and  the  great  expansion  of 
business  which  arose,  the  Board  of  Directors  on  the  3d  of  May  voted 
an  increase  of  his  salary  from  $150  to  $250  a  month— subject  to  the  ap- 
proving vote  of  the  present  meeting.  No  other  Director  receives  any 
salary. 

INSURANCE. 

The  President  reports  that  our  Society,  since  it  came  into  operation, 
paid  out  to  various  Insurance  Companies,  eleven  thousand  dollars  as 
premiums  on  insurance  of  our  various  bouses,  which  are  scattered 
through  the  city  aud  suburbs,  aud  that  only  6ixteeu  huudred  dollars 
were  lost  by  fires  on  those  houses  during  all  that  time  ;  thus  leaving 
a  profit  of  $9,400,  which  have  gone  for  ever  to  fructify  for  the  bene- 
fit of  parties  outside  of  the  Society,  and  he  recommends  that  the  mem- 
bers of  our  Society  form  within  themselves  an  Insurance  Company, 
under  the  laws  of  the  State,  aud  in  our  own  budding,  which,  under 
prudent  management,  must  at  no  distant  day  become  a  powerful  ap- 
pendage of  support  and  profit  to  our  Society. 

Beautiful  as  Peach  Blossoms,  and  clear  as  alabaster,  white  as 
the  lily,  are  those  ladies  who  dress  with  that  fragrant  and  innocent 
enamel  wash,  Davidson's  Circassian  Bloom.  Take  no  other.  Sold  by 
all  lirBt  class  Druggists. 

The  Greatest  Cures  of  Disciuso  ever  recorded  are  made  by  intelli- 
gent practical  water-cure  physicians.  Among  them,  none  is  more  dm- 
tinguished  for  devotion  to  his  art  and  thorough  experimental  know- 
ledge, than  Dr.  Bourne,  San  Francisco. 


6 


THE  CALiFORNIAN. 


(September  15th 


O,    SUMMER  SEA. 

/~"V  SUMMER  Sea!  tby  murmuring  waves  are  singing 
^-^    A  song  of  sweetness  in  my  listening  ear; 
Yontli,  love,  and  hope,  tliat  lulling  strain  is  bringing 

liack  to  my  heart,  in  forms  distinct  and  clear; 
Again  I  see  the  glorious  visions  of  Life's  morning 

Kise  on  my  sight  and  make  (lie  darkness  flee, 
Again  upon  thy  shores  at  daylight's  dawning, 

I  walked  with  one  beloved,  O  Summer  Sea  ! 

The  soft  waves  kiss  her  feet  and  love  to  linger 

Upon  the  beach  where  her  light  steps  have  strayed; 
Now  in  thy  tide  she  dips  her  snowy  linger, 

And  now  I  feel  it  on  my  forehead  laid. 
"  I  sign  with  thee  a  sign,"  she  fondly  murmurs, 

And  turns  her  blushing  face  away  from  me ; 
"  Thou  shalt  lie  happy,  love,  through  many  Summers, 

And  I  will  love  thee — hear  me,  Summer  Sea !" 

Thou  heard'st  the  vow,  O  gentle  sea  of  Summer  ! 

Thou  heard'st  it,  laughing  in  the  morning  ray; 
Thou  knewest  well  that  Love,  the  earliest  comer, 

Is  very  prone  to  make  the  shortest  stay. 
The  sign  dried  up  beneath  the  rays  of  morning, 

The  vow  found  wings  as  fast  and  far  to  tlee ; 
Now  I  prefer  my  sleep  at  daylight's  dawning, 

To  wandering  on  thy  shores,  O  Summer  Sea! 

Wji.  B.  Glazier. 


THE   GALLANT  FOURTEENTH. 

[We  cheerfully  copy  from  the  Alia  the  subjoined  record  of  the  ac- 
tive services,  during  the  war,  of  the  much-abused  "  Fourteenth  "  regi- 
ment—and no  other  can  present  a  nobler  one — in  puliation  of  local 
reputation  some  of  the  new  recruits  gave  it  here,  during  the  "  Four- 
teenth's "  stay  at  the  Presidio,  about  a  year  since.] 

I HATE  observed  from  time  to  time  in  the  newspapers  a 
disposition  to  indulge  in  paragraphs  and  remarks  deroga- 
tory to  the  character  of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  U.  S.  In- 
fantry, which  regiment  came  to  our  shores  about  a  year  since. 
It  may  be  true  that  the  material  of  the  regiment,  on  its  ar- 
rival here,  was  not  in  as  high  a  state  of  discipline  as  usual  lor 
troops  of  the  Regular  Army.  It  had  been  hastily  recruited 
in  the  East,  and  ordered  to  California  before  the  turbulent 
spirits  so  hastily  added  to  its  thinned  ranks  had  been  weeded 
out ;  but  the  bad  conduct  of  a  few  of  its  number  should  not 
Lave  led  the  newspapers  to  condemn  the  entire  regiment,  and 
hold  up  to  derision  the  rank  and  file  of  what  was  left  of  this 
most  gallant  regiment  of  the  war.  Few  who  read  these  para- 
graphs ever  stopped  to  consider,  probably  because  they  were 
ignorant  of  the  fact,  that  to  this  regiment  was  awarded  the 
post  of  honor  on  the  entree  into  Richmond.  Its  thinned  ranks 
ot  scarred  and  bronzed  heroes  marched  with  a  proud  step,  for 
they  felt  that  they  had  spent  their  best  blood  in  defence  of  a 
country  dear  to  them,  and  which  could  appreciate  their  fidelity 
and  devotion. 

The  following  record  of  the  services  of  this  regiment  should 
forever  silence  the  voice  of  calumny,  and  place  it  in  the  front 
rank  of  public  admiration  : 

The  regiment  was  organized  in  1801,  with  the  following 
Field  Officers  :  Colonel,  Charles  P.  Stone  ;  Lieutenant  Colo- 
nel, John  F.  Reynolds ;  Majors,  Geo.  Sykes,  G.  R.  Giddinga, 
"Win.  Williams.  The  First  Battalion  was  commanded  by 
Captain  .T.  D.  O'Connell  ;  Adjutant,  First  Lieutenant  W.  R. 
Smedberg  ;  Quartermaster,  R.  F.  Bierne.  Frym  .July,  18G1, 
to  March,  18G2,  it  was  stationed  at  Fort  Trumbull,  Connecti- 
cut, and  Ferryville,  Indiana.  In  March  it  took  the  field  with 
the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  having  nine  companies,  050  en- 
listed men  and  24  officers,  and  joined  the  Regular  Brigade 
commanded  by  Major-General  Sykes.  This  was  soon  after 
organized  as  a  Division  of  three  brigades,  the  Fourteenth  be- 
ing attached  to  the  brigade  commanded  by  Lieutenant-Colo- 
nel R.  C.  Buchanan,  Fourth  Infantry. 

The  Division  was  assigned  to  the  Fifth  Army  Corps,  Maj. 
General  Porter  commanding  ;  was  present  at  the  siege  of 
Yorktown  ;  in  reserve  at  Williamsburg.  Fair  Oaks  and  Seven 
Pines  ;  took  part  in  the  battle  of  Hanover  Court  House  ;  in 
reserve  at  Mechanicsville,  and  was  engaged  heavily  for  the 
first  time  at  Gaines'  Mills,  June  27th  :  engagud  at  White  Oak 
Swamp,  June  30th,  and  Malvern  Hill,  July  12th  ;  losing  in 
this  fight  22")  men  and  the  following  officers  :  Lieut.  G.  W. 
Hoover,  killed;  wounded,  Capt.  J.  Mcintosh,  Lieuts.  J.  F. 
McEhone,  J.  B.  S.  Sinclair,  W.  W.  L;on,  H.  C.  Peck  and 
H.  H.  Moroney. 

The  Battalion  commanded  by  Captain  D.  B.  McKibben 
joined  the  army  at  Harrison's  Landing,  having  about  400  men 
and  20  officers.  August  12th,  left  Harrison's  Landing  and 
marched  to  Newport  News  ;  thence  to  Aquia  Creek,  by  wa- 
ter; marched  up  tluj Rappahannock  via  the  Orange  and  Alex- 
andria Railroad.  They  were  engaged  at  the  battle  of  Bull. 
Run,  August  30th,  1862,  and  suffered  seTerely.  The  First 
Battalion  went  into  action  with  about  300  men,  and  lost  125; 
Captain  O'Connell  wounded  in  several  places.  The  Second 
Battalion,  with  an  equal  number  of  men,  lost  75  ;  Lieutenant 
Chamberlain  was  killed,  and  Capts.  McKibben,  Coppinger 
and  Lieut.  Wharton  wounded. 

At  South  Mountain,  September  14th,  the  Regiment  was  in 
reserve.  At  Antietem  September  17th,  lost  20  men.  While 
lying  on  the  Potomac,  after  Antietem,  the  Regiment  partici- 


pated in  several  reconnoissances,  losing  a  few  men.  At  Snick- 
er's Gap,  November  3d,  while  the  army  was  in  motion  to- 
wards the  Rappahannock,  lost  3G  killed  and  wounded  by  ar- 
tillery fire  ;  Lieut.  Perry  severely  wounded  in  the  arm.  At 
Fredericksburg,  December  13lh,  the  loss  was  not  heavy,  al- 
though the  Regiment  was  exposed  to  a  very  uncomfortable 
fite.  After  thj  battle  of  Fredericksburg,  lay  encamped  on 
Potomac  Creek. 

At  Chancellorsville,  May  2d,  18G3,  loss  slight  ;  Captain  S. 
Ross  wounded  in  the  foot.  At  Gettysburg,  July  3d,  139  men 
lost ;  Capt.  J.  M.  Locke  and  Lieutenant  Win.  O.  Douglass 
severely  wounded.  Moved  down  the  Rappahaunock  and  took 
part  in  the  skirmish  at  Beverly  Fork. 

In  August  the  Regiment  was  ordered  to  New  York  city  to 
aid  in  suppressing  the  draft  riots.  Again  joined  the  Army  of 
the  Potomac  in  September.  November  30th, moved  to  Mine 
Run,  loss  slight.  Eucainped  on  the  Orange  and  Alexandria 
Railroad  during  the  winter,  losing  several  men  by  guerrillas. 
May  30th,  1804,  moved  with  the  Army  of  tire  Potomac,  Ma 
jor-General  Warren  commanding  Fifth  Corps,  Brigadier-Gen- 
eral Charles  (iriffin  commanding  First  Division,  Brigadier- 
General  R.  B.  Ayers  commanding  Frst  Brigade.  May  5th, 
at  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness,  suffered  heavily  ;  at  North 
Anna  River  were  again  engaged  ;  also  at  Cold  Harbor,  Peters- 
burg, Hatch's  Run,  and  Weldon  Railroad,  at  which  latter 
place  the  Regiineut  was  almost  exterminated,  only  thirty  five 
men  reporting  for  duty  after  the  fight,  and  no  officers.  The 
Color-bearer  tore  the  colors  from  the  staff  and  brought  them 
off  the  field,  riddled  with  balls  and  almost  torn  in  pieces. 
During  this  campaign  the  Regiment  lost  700  men  and  the  fol- 
lowing officers,  killed  aud  wounded:  Capt.  E.  McKibben, 
wounded  in  the  thigh  ;  Capt.  H.  W.  Keyes,  mortally  wound- 
ed ;  Capt.  D.  B  McKibben,  captured  ;  Capt.  W.  R.  Smed- 
berg, foot  shot  off;  Capt.  R  F.  Bierne,  wounded  in  the  arm  : 
Capt.  A.  Foot,  wounded  in  the  arm,  losing  its  use  ;  Capt.  R. 
U.  Porter,  shot  in  the  eye,  losing  it ;  Capt.  J.  W.  Burbank, 
mortally  wounded  aud  captured,  dying  in  the  hands  of  the 
rebels  ;  Captains  D.  B.  Clay  and  G.  llges,  Lieuts.  J.  R.  Clay 
and  T.  E.  Collins,  killed  ;  Lieut.  J .  W.  Gerry,  wounded  ;  Capt. 
G.  K.  Brady,  captured  ;  Lieut.  A.  McKibben  wounded  ; 
Lieut.  D.  M.  Brodhead,  mortally  wounded  ;  Lieut.  Drake  De 
Ray,  wounded  ;  Lieut.  J.  B.  Sinclair,  wounded  in  the  leg ; 
Lieut.  Chtyles  G.  Smedberg,  died  from  exposure.  The  Regi- 
ment being  reduced  to  a  small  number  of  men,  was  ordered 
to  New  York  in  December,  1864,  to  recruit.  In  March,  1865, 
it  took  the  field  again,  and  was  with  the  Army  of  the  Poto- 
mac when  the  Rebel  Army  surrendered.  It  was  then  ordered 
to  Hart  Island,  Now  York  Harbor,  to  prepare  for  California, 
numbering  about  200  ineu.  Its  ranks  were  then  filled  by  re- 
cruits gathered  from  all  parU,  many  of  whom  were  men  de- 
void of  character  or  principle,  who  entered  the  Regiment  for 
the  sole  purpose  of  getting  to  California,  intending  to  desert 
on  arrival,  as  fortunately  many  of  them  have.  No  new  of- 
ficers were  appointed  to  the  Regiment,  and  there  were  so  few 
left  for  duty  that  there  was  but  one  officer  to  a  Company  of 
ninety  men. 

The  following  general  officers  belonged  to  the  Fourteenth  : 
Mujur-Ucneral  J.  F.  Reynolds,  killed  at  Gettysburg,  for  some 
years  stationed  in  Oregon,  and  a  gallant  officer,  universally 
respected  and  admired  ;  Brigadier  General  G.  R.  Paul,  Brig- 
adier-General L.  0.  Hunt,  and  Brigadier-General  Charles  P. 
Stone.  About  three  thousand  men  have  been  recruited  in 
this  Regiment  since  its  formation. 

Who  says  this  is  not  a  glorious  record  for  the  gallant  Four- 
teenth, and  who  shall  sneer  at  it  and  strive  to  sully  its  fair 
lame  by  holding  tip  to  ridicule  the  propensities  of  a  few  bad 
men  who  had  joined  it  on  the  eve  of  its  embarkation  for  Cal- 
ifornia ?  Should  not  we,  as  a  people  who  have  been  too  iso- 
lated from  the  war  to  appreciate  its  horrors,  look  upon  these 
heroes  with  admiration  and  respect,  and  see  in  them  men  who 
have  toiled  and  fought  four  long  years,  suffering  every  hard- 
ship, gallantly  upholding  the  nation's  honor^  We  should  re- 
member that  these  gallant  officers  and  men  who  walk  our 
streets,  nearly  every  cue  of  them  bearing  upon  his  person  the 
scars  of  wounds  from  whence  his  best  blood  lias  flowed,  have 
faced  the  leaden  hail  and  stood  front  to  front  with  death  in 
every  shape  under  that  flag  that  they  swore  to  protect  ;  and 
they  have  done  that  duty  nobly.  Such  services  should  not  be 
lorgotten  nor  pass  unheeded  and  unhonored. 

The  writer,  although  borne  upon  the  records  of  this  gallant 
Regiment,  cannot,  unfortunately,  as  a  participator,  bear  per- 
sonal testimony  to  its  bright  career,  having  been  prevented 
from  sharing  in  its  glory  by  fate  and  the  War  Department, 
which  decreed  that  the  sphere  of  his  duties  should  be  else- 
where, and  he  can,  therefore,  without  egotism,  speak  of  its 
deeds  and  its  services  as  an  act  of  simple  justice  to  brave 
men  whom  we  should  honor,  and  not  malign.  It  is  the  proud- 
est claim  of  his  life  that  his  name  has  been  borne  upon  the 
rolls  of  this  gallant  Regiment,  which  won  for  itself  the  post  of 
honor  where  all  were  brave.  R.  L.  O., 

Late  of  the  Fourteenth. 

Why  were  the  Egyptians  good  sous?  Because  they  paid 
great  respect  to  their  mummies. 


BANKING   IN  CHINA. 

BANKS  were  organized  iu  China  many  hundred  years 
ago,  and  there  have  been  times  when  the  currency  of 
that  antique  and  horrible  land  was  much  inflated  by  the  paper 
issues  of  the  pigtailed,  blind-writing  cashiers. 

The  "  cash  "  is  the  only  native  China  money  now  current 
and  1,000  of  these  pieces  equal  $1  40.  The  native  bullion  is 
called  '•  sycee,"  and  the  ingots  weigh  from  five  to  fifty  taels. 
The  "  tael  "  is  equal  to  1,000  cash.  On  the  coast,  silver  dol- 
lars are  in  use«mong  the  traders.  The  bills  of  the  Chinese 
banks  are  of  a  variety  of  denominations,  ranging  from  a  very 
small  amount  to  the  value  of  thousands  of  dollars,  and,  curi. 
ous  enough,  when  we  consider  the  imitative  character  of  the 
Chinamen,  are  seldom  counterfeited.  The  holders  of  the  gen- 
uine notes  are,  however,  often  troubled  by  the  most  sudden 
bankruptcy  of  their  makers.  * 

In  case  of  the  refusal  of  a  bank  to  cash  its  paper  promises 
on  demand,  the  enraged  holders  of  the  suspended  paper  make 
a  sudden  raid  upou  the  dishonorable  institution,  "gutting" 
the  establishment  at  once  and  carrying  off  everything,  even 
to  the  timbers.  The  penniless  vagabonds  of  the  street  are 
generally  upon  the  alert  for  this  sport,  and  "go  in  "  with  the 
bill  holders  for  a  share  of  the  plunder.  What  would  the  spe- 
cieless  banks  of  State  aud  Wall  street  think  of  such  a  run 
for  cash  as  this  ? 

Ten  years  ago  there  was  a  first  class  panic  among  the  paper 
money  owners  of  the  Celestial  land,  and  the  "  cleaning  out  " 
of  banks,  as  described  above,  grew  to  be  an  every  day  occur- 
rence. The  Viceroy  came  to  the  rescue  of  the  corporations. 
He  arrested  and  decapitated  in  the  street,  opposite  a  bank, 
without  the  use  of  the  clumsy  machinery  which  we  call  a  law 
court,  a  coolie  and  a  trader  who  had,  without  any  bills  in  their 
possession,  joined  in  a  riotous  ruu  upon  the  currency-making 
institutions. 

Money  at  once  grew  easier  in  that  vicinity,  and  in  a  very 
short  time  the  banks  were,  as  we  say,  in  a  condition  to  ac- 
commodate their  customers  at  current  rales.  These,  in  China, 
are  high  enough  to  satisly  one  of  our  down  town  pawn- 
brokers, ranging,  as  they  legally  do,  from  10  to  36  per  cent, 
per  annum. 

A  new  bank  in  China  is  not  opened  without  a  feast.  To 
this  all  the  neighboring  well-established  banks  and  prominent 
"  prompters  "  are  invited,  and  their  acceptance  of  the  invita- 
tion places  the  seal  of  respectability  upon  the  new  coiner,  and 
its  circulating  notes  are  thenceforth  received  all  arouud  aud 
at  the  "  clearing  house." — N.  Y  Paper. 

Beavers.— A  writer  in  Good  Words  demolishes  the  old 
idea  that  the  tail  of  the  beaver  is  his  trowel.  He  observed 
the  beavers  building  their  dams  and  houses  in  the  Zoological 
Gardens  at  London  :  The  Commencement  of  the  first  lodge, 
or  hut-building  operation,  was  inaugurated  by  Mr.  Bart!ett,  the 
superintendent  of  the  garden,  who  placed  in  the  paddock  an 
old  box,  mouth  downward,  with  one  end  knocked  out.  The 
beavers  at  once  took  to  this  shelter,  and  commenced  piling 
upon  and  around  it  the  puddled  clay  with  which  they  had  been 
supplied  in  one  corner  of  the  enclosure.  Of  course  the  reader 
expects  to  be  told  about  the  wondrous  dexterity  with  which 
they  plastered  the  work  with  their  tails  ;  in  truth  they  did 
nothing  of  the  kind,  and  all  the  stories  about  the  animal  using 
his  tail  as  a  trowel  are  pure  myths,  caused,  doubtless,  by  the 
apparent  applicability  of  that  appendage  to  such  a  purpose. 
It  is  a  rudder  and  nothing  else,  to  assist  the  animal  in  direct- 
ing its  course  in  the  water,  and  is  perfectly  useless  at  plas- 
terer's work.  The  clay  moistoned  with  the  little  rnuning 
stream  close  at  hand,  was  carried  by  his  fore  paws,  and 
dabbled  on  the  roof  he  was  making  over  the  box;  this  process 
of  daubing  and  puddling  was  alternated  by  carefully  placing 
branches  across  and  athwart  the  mud  work,  interlacing  the 
former,  and  then  filling  up  the  interstices  with  the  puddled 
clay. 

The  Norsemen  and  the  Sea. —  Early  in  time  and  deep  in 
sentiment  was  the  feeling  of  the  Norsemen  for  the  salt  water. 
There  is  a  ship  in  their  old  mythology.  They  buried  their  he- 
roes under  tumuli  which  presented  "  an  uninterrupted  view  of 
the  sea,"  as  if,  even  in  death,  the  consciousness  of  its  neigh- 
borhood, the  cheeriness  of  its  breezes,  would  reach  the  Viking 
in  his  last  lair.  Tho  Sagas  speak,  too,  of  the  dirge  of  the 
ocean  for  their  falleu  captains,  as  if  the  ocean  itself  shared  in 
that  feeling  for  them  which  they  felt  for  it.  And  this  tinge 
of  mysticism  which  the  sea  so  naturally  inspires,  is  still  re- 
marked by  Northerns  to  belong  to  the  Scandinavian  blood. 

A  Case  of  Misplaced  Confidence. — A  German  named 
Flatch,  at  Valparaiso,  constructed  a  sub-marine  boat,  intend- 
ed for  a  torpedo,  and  on  the  trial  trip  took  down  with  him  a 
party  of  ten  friends.  The  confidant  inventor  would  not  allow 
a  rope  or  buoy  to  be  attached  to  his  machine,  and  the  result 
of  the  experiment  was  that  the  boat  was  discovered  iu  thir- 
teen fathoms  of  water,  by  a  diver,  ten  days  afterward,  and  at 
last  accounts  had  not  been  raised  to  the  surface.  (?) 

Be  temperate  in  diet.  Our  first  parents  ale  themselves  out 
of  house  and  home. 


September  15th) 


THE     C  ALi  FORNI  AN 


7 


CAST  AWAY  ON  A  DESOLATE  ISLAND. 

UNINHABITED  islands  are  rapidly  attaining  a. degree 
of  rarity  which  will  soon  class  them  among  the  pos- 
itive luxuries.  When  we  say  unhabited  islands,  we  must  be 
understood  to  refer  to  such  insular  positions  as  a  gentleman 
and  an  admirer  of  Robinson  Crusoe  would  care  to  visit — places 
having  a  fairly  genial  climate,  tolerably  supplied  with  game, 
abounding  in  "  roots"  and  fruits,  and  in  fact  more  or  less  ap- 
proaching the  great  and  illustrious  type  of  Juan  Fernandez; 
and  islands  of  this  sort  are  really  becoming  distressingly 
scarce.  Uninhabited  continents  will  in  nowise  suffice  to  re- 
place them,  and  therefore  the  millions  of  acres  which  still  re- 
main to  us  in  Central  Africa  will  never  do  as  a  substitute. 
Continents  are  vague,  vast,  flat,  and  unprofitable.  They  cause 
the  shipwrecked  mariner  to  fail  in  one  of  the  requisites  of  the 
classic  drama — unity  of  place.  Once  on  them,  he  wanders 
"  up  the  country,"  and  forsakes  the  friendly  "  cove"  in  which) 
on  an  island,  he  would,  as  a  matter  of  course,  have  found  shel" 
ter  in  the  first  instance. 

Hopes  of  escape  again,  may  arise  on  continents  from  sources 
quite  illegitimate  for  the  occasion — hopes  whish  should  never 
come  except  from  a  ship  distressed  for  water,  opportunely 
putting  in  at  the  right  moment.  No  man  who  has  ever  been 
a  boy,  and  read  "  Robinson  Crusoe,"  would  hesitate  for  a  mo- 
ment which  to  prefer.  Further,  the  island  must  not  be  too 
large,  which  is  auother  difficulty,  and  tends  to  limit  the  sup- 
ply. The  castaway  should  have  time  to  explore  the  greater 
part  of  it,  or  at  least  sail  round  in  his  cutter,  or  "  pinnace," 
which  has  been  saved  from  the  wreck  ;  otherwise  we  do  not 
feel  he  has  done  his  duty.  And  all  this  he  can  do  only  with 
an  island  of  moderate  dimensions.  Time  was  when  she  last 
thing  vve  might  have  expected  to  run  short  of  was  uninhabit- 
ed islands.  Poets  and  romancers  formerly  could  always  with 
verisimilitude  throw  their  hero  and  heroine  into  each  other's 
arms  on  their  hospitable  desert  shores.  Now  they  are  as  rare 
as  commons  in  the  neighborhood  of  London,  and  may  possi- 
bly in  a  few  years  require  strict  preservation  and  careful  su- 
pervision to  prevent  them  from  disappearing  altogether. 

It  is  with  feelings,  therefore,  not  untinged  with  gratitude, 
that  we  welcome  Captain  Musgrave  and  his  story  of  his  ad- 
ventures, in  a  volume  lately  published  under  the  title  of  "  Cast 
Away  on  the  Auckland  Isles."  His  plain  sailor-like  narra- 
tive, written  with  simplicity,  and,  under  the  circumstauces, 
with  a  perseverance  which  was  quite  heroic,  is  attractive  and 
instinctive  in  no  ordinary  degree.  It  fully  gratifies  the  suave 
mari  magno  sentiment  which  is  no  doubt  at  the  bottom  of 
much  of  ihe  interest  taken  in  such  accounts.  Captain  Mus- 
grave, with  four  others,  who  constituted  the  crew  of  a  small 
schooner  called  the  Grafton,  passed  twenty  months  on  the 
bleak  uninhabited  Auckland,  entirely  dependent  during  the 
whole  time  on  their  own  energy  and  skill  for  their  existence 
in  the  first  instance,  and  their  escape  in  the  sequel.  They 
started  on  a  sealing  expedition  from  Sydney  in  the  autumn  of 
1803, and  Captain  Musgrpve  does  not  disguise  the  fact,  that  the 
hope  of  finding  gold,  and  of  thus  securing  to  himself  the  first 
rich  remunerating  attack  ou  some  new  •'  diggings,"  was  not 
entirely  absent  from  his  mind. 

They  had  hardly  made  the  Aucklands  before  they  were 
hopelessly  and  irretrievably  wrecked.  Carnley  Harbor,  or 
Sarah's  Bosom,  as  Captain  Musgrave  calls  it,  judging  from 
the  sketch  map  which  is  prefixed  to  the  volume,  ought  not 
only  to  be  spacious  but  a  secure  harbor.  In  its  upper  portion 
it  is  completely  landlocked,  and  the  Grafton  was  brought  to 
an  anchor  twelve  miles  from  the  entrance.  However,  she 
parted  one  cable,  and  dragged  the  other  anchor  home,  on  the 
second  night  after  her  arrival,  and  went  ou  the  rocks  in  a 
moment.  "  In  a  quarter  of  an  hour  she  was  full  up  to  the 
top  of  the  cabin  tabled  aud  the  sea  was  breaking  heavily  over 
her." 

In  the  morning  Captain  Musgrave  and  his  men  saved  them- 
selves, and  th"n  prepared  in  serious  earnest  to  make  the  best 
of  their  forlorn  position.  Within  a  week  they  had  begun  and 
partly  finished  the  frame  of  the  house  which  they  at  once  re- 
solved to  build.  It  was  twenty-four  feet  long  by  sixteen  wide. 
But  the  wooden  framework  was  a  short  and  simple  business 
compared  with  the  thatching,  which  yet  was  indispensable  on 
account  of  the  incredibly  boisterous  and  rainy  climate.  This 
part  of  the  undertaking  occupied  them  fully  two  months,  and 
was  accomplished  by  means  of  long  wild  grass,  5,000  bundles 
of  which,  each  weighing  a  pound,  were  put  upou  the  sides 
and  ends  of  the  house.  In  the  mean  time  they  had  fed  abund- 
antly and  even  daintily  on  young  seals'  flesh,  which  is  exactly 
like  lamb.  Wild  fowl  must  also  have  been  plentiful,  seeing 
that  Captain  Musgrave  in  two  hours  and  a  half  on  one  occa- 
sion shot  about  "  150  pounds  weight  of  widgeons."  Neither 
was  a  skillful  cook  wanting  to  make  the  best  of  these  agree- 
able viands. 

Mr.  Rynal,  the  mate,  was  a  Frenchman,  and  appears  to 
have  been  a  regular  Masterman  Ready.  It  need  hardly  be 
added  that  he  was  a  clean  and  savory  cook.  "  lie  frequently 
gave  us  four  courses  at  a  meal.  There  would  be  stewed  or 
roasted  seal,  fried  liver,  fish  and  mussels."  On  the  other  hand, 
these  luxurious  repasts  were  the  more  relished  for  the  excite- 


ment and  variety  of  the  sport  which  preceded  them,  and  which 
indeed  supplied  them  with  their  chief  piece  de  resistance — 
namely,  seals'  flesh.  Seals  were  found  in  almost  incredible 
numbers  ;  "  both  the  shores  and  the  water  were  literally 
swarming  with  them.  They  go  roaring  about  the  woods  like 
wild  cattle  ;  indeed  we' expect  they  will  come  and  storm  the 
tent  some  night."  And  this  contingency  appeared  to  be  so 
imminent  that  Captain  Musgrave  had  "to  put  a  bullet  in  one 
of  their  tails,"  which  effectually  frightened  them.  The  seals, 
however,  soon  grew  less  familiar,  and  then  the  sport  of  hunt- 
ing them  began.  They  generally  were  to  be  found  basking  in 
the  sun,  in  "  mobs"  of  thirty  and  forty  each,  for  the  most  part 
fast  asleep.  Captain  Musgrave  shall  describe  what  generally 
followed  : 

"  I  had  only  two  men  with  me,  so  we  took  our  clubs,  and 
each  of  us  took  a  mob,  and  I  suppose  that  in  ten  seconds  we 
had  knocked  down  ten  calves  from  two  to  three  months  old, 
and  one  two-year-old  seal.  We  had  to  go  right  in  amongst 
them,  and  although  they  woke  up.  we  were  so  quick  about  the 
joh  that  they  stared  at  us  in  confusion  for  a  moment,  and  then 
by  a  simultaneous  movement  rushed  toward  the  water.  We 
could  have  got  more,  but  one  of  the  men  was  at  this  moment 
attacked  by  the  only  remaining  one,  which  was  a  tremendous 
large  bull — the  largest  tiger  seal  I  have  seen,  and  he  fought 
like  a  tiger.  We  immediately  rushed  to  the  rescue  ;  the  poor 
fellow  was  obliged  to  take  to  a  tree  till  we  came  up,  when  all 
three  set  on  the  seal,  and  he  showed  fight  bravely.  It  was  as 
long  as  ten  minutes  before  we  proved  ourselves  conquerors 
We  should  have  been  quite  willing  to  get  out  of  his  way,  but 
he  would  not  give  us  a  chance." 

The  whole  account  of  the  seals  is  indeed  exceedingly  curi- 
ous and  remarkably  interesting.  Aquatic  and  amphibious  as 
seals  are  in  'mature  years,  it  appears  that,  when  young,  they 
have  a  positive  horror  of  cold  water.  The  mother,  or  cow 
seal,  has  to  undertake  a  long  and  elaborate  process  of  initia- 
tion to  coax  and  teach  her  young  calf  how  to  swim  before  the 
dormant  hereditary  powers  are  developed  : 

"  When  they  first  go  into  the  water  the  old  cow  carries 
them  on  her  back,  or  rather  carries  it,  for  I  have  never  seen 
any  one  of  them  with  more  than  one  calf,  and  they  have  a 
nreat  job  to  get  them  down  to  the  water  at  first.  I  have 
known  a  cow  to  be  three  days  in  getting  a  calf  half  a  mile,  to 
get  it  into  the  water." 

Their  activity  and  speed  ou  land  are  very  remarkable,  con- 
sidering their  formation.  In  a  bushy  country  they  are  quite 
a  match  for  a  man  as  regards  pace.  Their  pugnacity  is  ex- 
treme ;  "they  fight  as  ferociously  as  dogs,  and  do  not  make 
the  least  noise,  and  with  their  large  tusks  they  tear  each  other 
almost  to  pieces."  And  further  on,  Captain  Musgrave  gives 
'.'  a  striking  instauco  of  the  savage  manner  in  which  these  an- 
imals fight."  A  seal  was  found  in  a  place  where  it  had  no 
doubt  gone  to  die  : 

"  One  of  its  fore  flappers  was  entirely  torn  away  from  its 
body  ;  the  other  one  was  cut  or  broken  off  by  the  lower  joint. 
The  lower  jaw  was  broken,  and  the  flesh  torn  away  from  un- 
derneath, and  with  a  strip  of  skin  two  inches  wide  torn  off  all 
the  way  down  the  belly,  and  another  strip  was  torn  off  its 
back  from  the  top  of  the  head  to  his  tail,  which  was  left  quite 
bare  to  the  bone." 

But  before  long  the  voyagers  found  that  the  seals  could  be 
put  to  other  U3es  besides  those  of  sport  and  food.  Of  their 
skins  they  made  clothes  and  shoes  aud  bed-coverings,  the  oil 
they  used  in  cooking  and  for  light,  and  the  blood  served  for 
ink,  and  with  this  substitute  a  goodly  portiou  of  Captain  Mus- 
grave's  log  was  written.  So  far  so  well.  They  had  saved 
themselves  from  perilous  shipwreck,  and  had  succeeded  in  se- 
curing a  fairly  comfortable  existence  afterwards.  The  strong 
hope  that  their  friends  in  Sydney  would  at  an  early  period 
send  to  look  for  them,  when  the  time  for  their  return  had 
passed,  buoyed  them  up  bravely  for  the  first  eight  months. 
They  caught  and  tamed  parrots  ;  they,  or  rather  Captain  Mus- 
grave, established  a  Bible-class,  and  found  both  moral  and 
literary  benefit  from  these  lectures. 

At  one  time  hopes  were  entertained  that  something  might 
be  done  with  the  stranded  schooner,  and  a  "  precious  misera- 
ble job"  they  had  of  it,  working  up  to  their  middle  in  water, 
and  with  the  thermometer  from  two  to  five  degrees  below 
freezing  point.  However,  she  proved  past  remedy,  and  they 
had  to  fall  back  on  their  expectation  of  extraneous  succor. 
In  the  meanwhile  they  saw  with  utter  dismay  their  main 
source  of  food  gradually  forsaking  them. 

As  the  weather  got  colder  the  seals  kept  more  and  more  in 
the  water,  which  was  warmer  than  the  air,  and  rarely  landed 
except  after  dark  to  sleep.  But  a  seal  killed  in  the  water 
sinks  almost  at  once,  aud  can  rarely  be  secured.  Captain 
Musgrave  says  they  sink  like  a  stone.  This  is  not  true  of  the 
seals  which  are  to  be  met  with  ou  the  coast  of  Holland  at  any 
rate,  which,  however,  may  differ  from  those  which  he  had  to 
deal  with.  Their  hunting  became,  therefore,  less  aud  less  pro- 
fitable, and  more  and  more  laborious.  The  wild-fowl  also  grew 
scarcer,  and  Captain  Musgrave  and  his  comrades  grew  to  be 
glad  at  getting  a  meal  of  mussels,  and  often  went  to  bed  hun- 
gry. Still  hopes  of  rescue,  which  they  argued  could  not  be 
I  delayed  much  beyond  October,  kept  them  in  tolerable  spirits. 


An  elevated  position  was  chosen  for  a  look-out  station,  and 

many  anxious  hours  and  days  were  spent  in  fruitless  watching 
lor  a  friendly  sail.  In  vuin.  They  had  to  face  the  dreary 
prospect  of  a  second  season  in  the  Aucklands.  It  was  in  this 
extremity  that  their  mettle  and  resource  were  fully  put  to  the 
test. 

First  of  all  they  set  to  work  to  build  a  craft  to  carry  them 
to  New  Zealand  if  possible.  "  A  cutter  of  about  ten  tons," 
it  was  thought,  would  answer  the  purpose,  and  so  it  very  like- 
ly would  if  they  had  but  the  tools  to  coustruct  her  with.  As 
it  was,  their  stock  of  shipbuilding  implements  consisted  of  an 
"  American  axe,  an  adze,  a  hammer,  and  a  gimblet."  Still 
they  undertook  and  fairly  advanced  with  their  task  up  to  the 
point  at  which  an  augur  for  boring  holes  was  required. 

Mr.  Rynal,  who  was  smith  when  he  was  not  cooking  or 
making  shoes,  thought  he  could  make  one.  He  had  made  a 
saw  and  several  hundred  nails,  and  for  three  days  he  wrought 
at  the  indispensable  auger.  "  It  was  truly  deplorable  to  view 
the  faces  of  all  as  we  stood  around  him,  when  he  decidedly 
pronounced  it  impossible  for  him  to  make  one.  They  all  ap- 
peared, aud  I  have  no  doubt  felt,  as  if  all  hope  was  gone. 
Then  with  a  wild  resolve,  they  determined  to  patch  up  the 
crazy  old  boat,  which  had  been  battered  and  broken  with 
daily  work  since  their  shipwreck.  They  heightened  her  by 
several  planks,  and  added  a  deck.  Then  the  question  was 
who  should  go  in  her.  She  was  too  small  to  carry  all  five, 
yet  it  was  not  easy  to  decide  who  was  to  be  left  behind. 

Captain  Musgrave  preferred  risking  a  simultaneous  drown- 
ing of  the  whole  party  to  what  might  appear  a  selfish  and 
arbitrary  selection.  However,  when  it  came  to  the  final  crisis, 
two  of  the  crew  showed  the  white  feather,  and  the  captain,  the 
mate,  and  another  nut  forth  on  a  voyage  of  400  miles  in  their 
frail  craft,  resolved  on  death  or  freedom.  They  had  been 
twenty  months  in  captivity.  A  voyage  of  five  days  and 
nights  brought  them  to  Port  Adventure.  The  boat  was  very 
leaky,  and  was  only  kept  afloat  by  constant  pumping.  With 
most  praiseworthy  self-sacrifice  Captain  Musgrave  instantly 
took  measures  to  return,  himself,  to  the  Aucklands  in  order 
to  rescue  the  two  men  left  on  the  island. 

A  small  vessel  was  chartered,  and  after  a  stormy  passage  he 
regained  the  old  scene  of  his  adventures.  He  found  the  two 
men  he  had  left  behind  on  the  point  of  parting  company  and 
setting  up  an  establishment  each  on  his  own  account,  owing 
to  their  incapacity  of  agreeing.  And  yet  these  two  had 
remained  on  the  island  chiefly  in  consequence  of  the  previous 
friendship  which  had  existed  between  them.  Captain 
Musgrave  has  added  another  name  to  the  muster-roll  of  those 
who  prosper  by  self-help.  The  literary  qualities  of  his  narrative 
are  not  very  great,  and  it  was  not  to  be  expected  that  they 
would  be.  The  plain,  unvarnished  tale  attracts  by  its  mani- 
fest truthfulness  and  sincerity. 


Wine  ovrr  Two  Hundred  Years  Old. — During  the  're- 
cent occupation  of  Bremen  a  good  many  bottles  of  the  fabu- 
lously costly  "  Rosenwein,"  kept  in  twelve  great  casks  with 
silver  hoops,  in  what  is  thence  styled  "The  Apostles'  Cellar," 
and  only  drunk  on  rare  occasions  by  the  municipal  fathers,  by 
the  sovereigns  to  whom  they  sometimes  present  a  bottle,  and 
by  the  sick  citizens  of  the  town,  who  have  a  prescriptive  right 
to  receive  a  bottle  gratis  in  case  of  need,  were  disposed  of  by 
the  Prussians.  Under  no  circumstances  is  this  precious  liquor 
ever  sold,  for  no  fortune  short  of  Aladdin's  lamp  would  suffice 
to  enable  its  possessor  to  adopt  so  costly  a  style  of  beverage, 
for  the  value  of  wine  increases,  like  that  of  diamonds,  in  the 
ratio  of  the  growth  of  the  compound  interest  of  the  capital 
expended  on  its  first  purchase  ;  so  that,  as  a  "  piece  "  of  Ger- 
man wine,  containing  204  bottles,  cost,  in  1G24,  at  which  pe- 
riod this  famous  wine  was  placed  in  the  Apostle^'  Cellar,  300 
rix  dollars,  or  1,200  francs,  the  cost  of  keeping  up  the  cellar, 
the  amouut  of  taxes  paid  upon  it,  and  the  compound  interest 
upon  all  this  outlay  through  nearly  two  centuries  and  a  half, 
the  same  "  piece  "  of  wine  now  represents  a  sum  of  600,- 
000,000  of  rix-dollars,  and  each  bottle  would  be  worth) 
on  the  spot,  2,750,000  rix-dollars,  that  is  to  say,  over  ten  mil- 
lions of  francs.  And  as  a  bottle  of  wine  is  supposed  to  con- 
tain eight  glasses,  each  glass  of  this  unparalleled  wine  costs 
1,400,000  francs,  and  each  drop  1,400  francs.  The  Prussians 
could  not  resist  the  temptation  of  tasting  this  wine,  but  they 
appear  to  have  contented  themselves  with  very  little.  Possi- 
bly they  found  it  less  delicious  than  they  expected,  for  outs 
who  haa  been  favored  with  a  taste  of  it  declares  that  it  was 
by  no  means  agreeable,  the  vinous  flavor  having  changed  to  a 
weak  acid,  and  the  wine  itself  being  of  a  dark  brown  hue,  ap- 
proaching to  blackness.  During  the  occupation  of  Bremen 
by  the  French  some  of  their  generals  made  heavy  demands 
on  this  wonderful  wine  ;  and  the  burgesses  of  Bremen  there- 
fore assert  that  that  town  paid  to  France  a  ransom  heavier 
than  that  of  all  the  other  towns  of  Germany  put  together. 

An  auctiou  of  hair  of  young  girls  who  have  taken  the  veil 
was  recently  held  at  a  convent  in  Paris,  when  800  pounds  of 
hair  was  sold  for  £1200. 

How  to  Make  Coon  Jam. — Crowd  twenty  fashionably 
I  dressed  ladies  into  one  street  car. 


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(September  15th 


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FORS1AN.  f 

ELECTROPLATED  GENTILITY. 

GENERAL  education,  though  indispensable  to  the  suc- 
-  cessful  working  of  popular  institutions,  is  undoubtedly 
attended  by  certain  serious  evils  in  any  community  where  a 
false  social  standard  obtains,  making  respectability  depend 
upon  occupation  ;  and  there  have  been  those  who  have  ven- 
tured to  argue  that  the  education  ot  the  masses  in  the  United 
States  is  calculated  to  produce,  and  is  now  actually  producing 
some  of  these  evils. 

It  is  urged,  fur  instance,  that  young  men  who  have  become 
possessed  of  an  education,  feel  themselves  above  pjrsuils  in- 
volving any  kiud  of  manual  labor,  and  almost  invariably  as- 
pire to  one  ot  the  learned  professions,  or  to  commercial  busi- 
ness ;  that  hence,  these  occupations  become  overcrowded,  so 
that  we  have  more  lawyers,  doctors,  writers,  book-keepers, 
clerks,  etc.,  than  are  required,  or  than  there  is  room  for.  To 
the  operation  of  this  cause,  is  attributed  the  large  numbers  of 
young  meu  seeking  for  employment,  and  seeking  it  in  vain,  in 
all  our  large  cities. 

The  evil  undoubtedly  exists,  but  is  it  fairly  to  be  attributed 
to  the  fact  that  education  is  so  general  ?  May  not  the  case 
be  stated,  with  at  least  equal  plausibility  in  quite  a  different 
way  ?  May  we  not  insist  lhat  the  evil  does  not  arise  from  the 
education  of  too  many,  but  of  too  few?  If  those  who  are 
educated  shrink  from  the  pursuits  of  the  uneducated,  would 
not  universal  educatiou — or  the  nearest  practical  approxima- 
tion to  it— remove  the  difficulty  by  removing  the  distinction 
upon  which  it  is  founded  ?  Viewed  in  this  light,  general  edu- 
cation is  an  evil  only  because  it  is  not  geueral  enough.  No 
one  in  our  day  feels  himself  above  manual  labor,  because  he 
can  read  the  newspaper  and  write  a  receipt ;  and  if  a  thor- 
oughly good  practical  education  were  as  much  the  rule,  and 
the  waut  ot  it,  as  much  the  exception  as  in  the  case  of  the 
ability  to  read  and  write,  no  one  would  feel  any  more  disposed 
to  assume  aiis  of  superiority  on  the  strength  of  6uch  au  edu- 
cation, than  he  would  ou  the  strength  of  being  able  to  see 
without  spectacle  or  to  walk  without  crutches. 

But  after  all,  is  not  the  real  source  of  the  evil  complained 
of,  to  b3  found  in  the  too  prevalent  disposition — especially  in 
our  large  cities— to  base  social  distinctions  upon  occupation 
— a  disposition  not  in  accordance  with  the  fundamental  idea 
of  our  institutions,  and  traceable  in  a  large  measure  to  the 
undue  iufiuence  among  us  of  English  habits  of  thought  and 
feeliug  on  these  subjects  ?  We  are  not  of  course  so  Quixotic 
as  to  imagine  that  distinctions  of  this  kind  can  be  utterly 
ignored,  but  we  are  at  the  same  time  strongly  inclined  to  the 
opinion  that  too  much  importance  is  attached  to  them,  and 
that  the  prevalent  feeling  in  regard  to  the  intrinsic  respecta- 
bility of  certain  callings,  as  compared  with  others,  has  far 
more  influence  in  overcrowding  the  ranks  of  those  professions 
and  occupations  which  have  the  factitious  stamp  of  "  gentili. 
ty,"  than  the  general  diffusion  of  education. 

A  feature  not  included  in  the  programme  was  presented 
on  Sunday  last  during  the  rope-walking  feat  of  "  Rosa  Ce 
leste,"  at  Hayes'  Park.  She  was  announced  to  wheel  a  bar- 
row "  with  a  young  man  in  it"  over  a  rope  about  four  hun- 
dred feet  in  length,  extending  from  the  Summer-House  to  ti  e 
top  window  of  the  Pavilion.  When  within  fifteen  or  twenty 
feet  of  the  end  of  her  journey,  thnr  steapness  of  the  incline 
proved  too  much  for  her  strength,  and  she  was  obliged  to  re- 
quest her  passenger  to  get  out,  which  he  did,  holding  on  to  the 
rope  by  his  hands  while  Celeste  passed  over  him  and  finished 
her  journey. 

TrtE  Youth's  Companion,  a  weekly  for  the  young  people, 
and  the  ouly  publication  of  its  kind  on  this  co^st,  is  about  to 
appear  in  an  enlarged  form,  as  a  small  quarto  of  sixteen  pages. 
It  is  a  fprightly  and  entertaining  paper,  and  occupies  a  field 
of  usefulness  vacant  uutil  its  advent. 


CALIFORNIA  CHILDREN. 

rT~MIE  children  born  in  California  are  said  to  be  far  superior 
J.,  to  the  average  type  of  childhood  in  beauty,  health  and 
physical  development.  But  there  seems  also  to  exist  a  very 
general  impression  that  the  fatal  germ  of  original  sin,  famil- 
iarly known  as  "  the  old  Adam,"  crops  out  in  them  at  a  more 
precocious  age,  and  with  more  irrepressible  force,  than  in  the 
children  of  Eastern  or  transatlantic  communities. 

If  the  indwelling  presence  of  the  old  Adam,  in  abnormal 
force,  is  to  be  predicated  from  greater  restlessness,  activity, 
and  impatience  of  restaint,  and  a  stronger  predilection  for 
boisterous  amusements  than  accords  with  our  traditional  and 
conventional  notions  of  what  is  becoming  in  model  children, 
we  fear  that  it  will  be  impossible  to  repel  the  impeachment  in 
its  application  to  the  rising  generation  in  California.  At  the 
same  time  it  might  be  urged,  in  extenuation,  that  these  objec- 
tionable traits  are  precisely  such  as  naturally  result  from  the 
splendid  physical  development  and  the  exhuberant  vitality 
which  are  claimed  to  be  the  peculiar  characteristics  of  Califor- 
nia children.  And  yet  these  characteristics,  under  wise  and 
thoughtful  parental  control,  need  not  necessarily  develop  them- 
selves in  disagreeable  forms  ;  whenever  they  do  so  develop 
themselves  we  fear  the  fact  must-be  attributed  to  lack  of  tact, 
judgment,  and  care  on  the  part  of  the  parents.  Strong  vi- 
tality, robust  health  and  high  animal  spirits  in  children  have 
no  necessary  natural  connection  with  boisterousness  or  rude- 
ness. On  the  contrary,  wherever  a  truly  wise  family  discip- 
line is  maintained,  they  manifest  themselves  in  a  pleasing  vi- 
vacity and  a  charming  sprightliness  peculiar  to  the  period  of 
opening  life. 

If  California  children  are  in  reality  worse  and  more  disa- 
greeable than  other  children,  is  it  not  because  California  pa- 
rents are  more  careless,  injudicious,  and  even  reckless  in  re- 
gard to  family  government  than  other  parents  ?  The  fact  is, 
we  fear,  that  in  our  day,  and  especially  in  this  community, 
the  repugnance  to  excessive  harshness  and  stringency  in  the 
discipline  of  children,  has  led  to  the  opposite  extreme  of  ex- 
cessive laxity.  The  American  aversion  to  tyrannizing  over 
children  has  developed  into  such  a  loosening  of  family  govern- 
ment as  leaves  them  to  grow  up  destitute  of  that  wholesome 
and  uecessary  restraint  without  which  children  are  insufferable 
nuisances  to  all  who  come  in  contact  with  them.  The  old- 
fashioned  iron  rule,  uuder  wbbh  the  most  trival  offences  were 
visited  with  cruel  puuishmeut,  was  deplorable  indeed.  It 
broke  many  a  joyous  and  sensitive  spirit,  and  impressed  indeli- 
bly upon  many  a  delicate  nature  the  most  melancholy  idiosyn- 
crasies. And  yet  it  may  well  be  doubted  whether  the  mis- 
chiefs resulting  from  it  have  been  greater  than  those  which  are 
born  of  that  careless  lai. ssezaller  system  that  imposes  no  check 
upon  children,  but  leaves  them  to  grow  up  selfish,  headstromr. 
disobedieut  and  irreverent,  unrestrained  by  discipline,  and  un- 
awed  by  respect  for  any  authority  whatever. 

TiiF.  Hon.  Mr.  Skinner,  a  member  of  the  New  Brunswick 
Parliament,  has  distinguished  himself  by  a  not  entirely  un- 
successful effort  to  show  that  the  impression  so  prevalent  in 
the  United  States,  that  our  Provincial  neighbors  "  cannot 
take  a  joke,"  is  not  absolutely  correct  without  exception.  As 
might  naturally  have  been  anticipated,  the  recent  newspaper 
discussions  at  the  East,  in  regard  to  the  expediency  of  admit- 
ting Canada,  Nova  Scotia,  and  New  Brunswick  into  the 
Union,  together  with  the  reports  of  iuteuded  Congressional 
action  on  the  subject,  proved  not  a  little  irritating  to  the 
rather  irascible  and  over-sensitive  Provincial  temperament; 
and  the  Canadian  journals  have  scolded  us  vigorously  for  our 
Yankee  presumption.  The  Hon.  Mr.  Skinuer,  however,  could 
not  make  up  his  mind  to  let  us  off  so  easily,  and  he  has  aveng- 
ed the  outraged  dignity  of  Her  Majesty's  loyal  North  Amer- 
ican subjects  by  introducing  into  the  New  Brunswick  Legisla- 
ture a  bill  entitled,  "  A  bill  to  establish  conditions  for  the 
admission  of  the  States  of  Massachusetts,  New  York,  Penn- 
sylvania, Maryland,  and  the  District  of  Columbia,  into  the 
British  North  American  Confederation  ;  and  for  the  organ- 
ization of  territorial  governments  for  the  other  States  of  the 
American  nation,"  including  California  and  Oregon,  of  course. 
Mr.  Skinner  has  fairly  earned  a  title  to  a  high  place  among 
Provincial  humorists — if  indeed  there  are  enough  of  them  to 
constitute  a  class.  At  any  rate,  Mr.  Skinner  aud  "  Sam 
Slick"  make  a  pair,  which  will  do  for  a  beginning. 

Atlantic  Papers. — Choyuski,  of  the  Antiquarian  Book- 
Store,  Second  street,  near  Howard,  has  placed  us  under  obli- 
gations for  a  bundle  of  late  Eastern  papers  and  magazines  ; 
consisting  of  news,  political,  pictorial,  literary  and  spiritual 
publications.    Choynski  keeps  all  the  papers  imported. 

A  Yankee  and  an  English  captain,  each  in  a  schooner, 
tried  their  speed  in  Gibraltar  Bay,  when  our  countryman  beat 
John  Bull  all  hollow.  They  met  on  the  shore  the  next  day, 
and  the  Englishman  swore  that  he  had  never  been  outsailed 
before.  "Just  like  me,"  said  Jouathan,  "for  my  Jemima 
never  beat  nothing  afore." 

Fairs. — The  State  Fair  at  Sacramento  closes  this  week. 
The  Fair  at  Stockton  opens  ou  the  ISth  instant. 


OUR  BOOK-TABLE. 

Campaigns  of  a  Non- Combatant  .and  his  Romannt  abroad  during 
the  War.  —  By  George  Alfred  Townsend.  New  York  :  Blelock 
Sc  Co.;  San  Francisco,  A  Roman  Sc  Co. 

HERE  is  an  extraordinary  book  by  an  extraordinary 
young  man.  George  Alfred  Townsend  has  attained 
the  mature  age  of  twenty-five  years.  He  wrote  three  plays 
before  bis  majority.  Since  then  he  has  made  the  tour  of 
Europe  on  nothing  ;  returning  to  the  United  States,  has  lec- 
tured successfully  on  his  lecturing  failure  in  England  ;  has 
written  for  all  sorts  of  foreign  and  domestic  magazines  aud 
periodicals  ;  has  edited  two  large  newspapers  at  a  time  ;  and 
has  finally  written  a  book — a  book  abounding  in  merits  and 
faults.  The  faults,  however,  are  the  pareuts  of  his  greatest 
beauties.  He  could  not  be  so  vividly  daring  without  occa- 
sionally knocking  a  "  two  inch  rule  "  all  to  pieces. 

The  field  of  war — that  one  which  is  characterized  by 
"  meadows  of  margin  and  rivulets  of  type" — is  just  a  little 
crowded  now.  It  is  a  pity,  therefore,  that  Mr.  Townsend 
did  not  carry  out  his  idea  when  he  first  used  to  talk  of  it  over 
in  Paris.  He  would  then  have  more  reason  to  rejoice  that 
he  ha3  written,  next  to  Richardson's,  the  best  book  of  all  the 
war  cot  respondents. 

Lord  Macanlay  says  that  the  particular  is  better  than  the 
general  in  rhetoric.  In  the  sense  in  which  this  dictum  is 
manifestly  to  be  taken,  we  may  also  ray  that  the  "  Campaigns 
ot  a  Non-Combatant  "  is  better  than  au  elaborate  history. 
The  staid  historian  sees  battle-fields,  as  it  were,  from  a  high 
balloon,  like  oar  friend  Professor  Lowe.  In  the  exalted  re- 
move of  a  century,  the  heat  of  the  conflict  is  no  longer  f.-lt 
and  some  of  the  dust  is  settled.  On  that  very  account,  per- 
haps, for  the  purposes  of  impartial  history,  one  sees  best  at 
the  distance  of  a  hundred  years.  Now  Mr.  Townsend  gives 
us  the  battle-field  just  as  any  of  us  might  have  seen  it  if  we 
had  been  there.  We  are  treated  to  a  sight  of  it  through  our 
own  eyes  rather  than  through  the  blank  dispatches  of  gener- 
als. With  him  wo  feel  our  little  rood  of  enthusiasm  in  a  con- 
flict of  miles  ;  we  see  the  passing  ambulances  ;  we  are  borno 
along  in  the  flow  of  the  charge,  or  in  the  more  terrible  ebb  of 
the  retreat ;  with  him  we  hear  above  and  around  us  C  the 
music  of  modern  ordnance  and  projectile,  the  whistle  of  the 
minie-ball,  the  howl  of  the  shell  that  makes  unearthly  havoc 
with  the  air,  the  whiz-z-z  of  solid  shot,  the  chirp  of  bullets, 
the  scream  of  grape  aud  canister,  and  the  yell  of  immense 
conical  cylinders  that  fall  like  red-hot  stoves  aud  spout  burn- 
ing coals."  We  know  of  few  books  that  tell  "  the  history  of 
yesterday,"  so  vividly  and  so  stirringly,  as  Mr.  Townscnd's 
"Campaigns  of  a  Non-Combatant." 

How  I  Managed  My  House  on  Txro  Hundred  Pounds  a  Y^ar. — By 
Mrs.  Warren.  First  American  Edition,  Irom  (he  Thirty-sixth 
Thousand   London.    Loring,   Boston;  A.   Roman  &.  Co.,  Sua 

Francisco. 

This  book  consists  of  a  series  of  lessons  in  household  econ- 
omy for  the  beuefit  of  inexperienced  housekeepers  who  have 
need  to  practice  it.  The  lessons  are  none  the  less  likely  to 
prove  useful  from  the  circumstance  that  they  are  conveyed 
through  the  medium  of  a  pleasantly  written  story.  The  pre- 
face states  that  30,000  copies  of  the  book  have  been  sold  in 
Great  Britain. 

The  Magic  Mirror — A  Round  of  Tales  fur  Youn?  and  Old.—\\y 
William  Gilbert,  uulhor  of  "  De  Profuudis."  With  eighty-four 
illustrations,  by  W.  S.  Gilbert.  Alexander  Strahan,  London  and 
New  York  ;  A'  Roman  Sc  Co.,  San  Francisco. 

Sherbrookc. — By  the  author  of  "Madge."  New  York:  D.  Apple- 
Ion  ;  San  Francisco :  A.  Roman  &  Co. 

Lund  at  Lost — A  Morel  in  Three  Books  — By  Edward  Yates,  author 
of  "  Banning  the  Gauntlet,"  etc.  New  York  :  Harper  Si.  Broth- 
ers ;  Sau  Francisco :  A.  Komau  Sc  Co. 

Notices  of  other,  new  works,  with  copious  extracts,  will  be 

found  in  our"  Literay  Gleanings"  on  another  page. 

We  Need  Yariety. — Monotony  is  destructive.  The  sea 
has  nothing  but  itself — the  desert  the  same.  But  the  country 
has  variety,  aud  here  is  the  charm  of  life.  So  in  all  our 
enjoyments  there  must  be  variety.  For  instance,  how  keeu 
are  the  first  enjoyments — the  first  glimpse  of  spring^the  first 
airs  of  autumn — any  pleasant  event  long  delayed — music,  after 
a  long  interval.  If  a  man  has  not  heard  music  for  a  long 
time,  the  sound  even  of  a  Jew's  harp  is  welcome.  Now  the 
wisdom  of  life  is  to  take  advantage  of  these  things  ;  enjoy 
one,  and  then  the  other;  thus  each  one  will  be  fresh,  if  time 
be  given  the  chords  of  the  mind,  so  to  speak,  to  gather  keen- 
ness. Hence  there  is  a  constant  round  of  more  or  less  enjoy- 
ment. This  is  the  best  that  can  be  done  with  life  according 
to  the  best  minds.  And  then  the  prosaic  moments  must 
intervene,  to  still  further  make  up  the  variety. 

The  following  on  uewspaper  writing  is  exceedingly  forcible 
— fully  equal  to  Hamlet's  advice  to  the  players.  We  com- 
mend it  to  our  correspondents  :  "  Usually  one  point  is  enough 
for  an  article.  Some  single  nail  should  be  struck  fair  upon 
the  head,  and  then  left  at  once.  Introductions  are  a  nuisance. 
Inferences  are  always  skipped.  The  sentences  should  be  short. 
Every  word  should  lean  with  life.  Condensation  should  be 
extreme.  All  that  is  not  necessary  to  the  effect  should  be 
discarded.  He  who  has  the  nerve  to  do  this  with  a  soul  that 
fires  with  great  thought,  aud  the  maoliuesa  t J  cut  it  tree,  may 
wield  a  power  with  the  pen  which  no  sceptre  cau  rival." 


September  1 5th) 


THE    CALIF  ORNlAN 


9 


THE   LION'S  MOUTH. 

"  Tiie  Rravest  benst  is  an  ass,  the  gravest  bird  is  an  owl,  the  gravest  fish 
Is  an  oyster,  and  the  gravest  man  is  a  fool."  Sydxey  Smith. 

•"  I  will  roar,  that  I  will  do  any  man's  heart  good  to  hear  me." 

A  Minsu.MMKB  Night's  Dbeam. 
"  I  will  asrgravate  my  voice  so,  that  I  wdl  roar  you  as  gently  as  any  suck- 
ing dove  ;  I  will  roar  you  an  't  were  any  nightingale."  Ibid. 
"  JVil  falsi  audtal,  nil  veri  rum  audeat  dicere."  Cictao 

Still  Another  Installment  of  Correspondence. 

WE  bad  supposed  that  the  public  had  by  this  time  be- 
come satiated,  if  not  nauseated,  with  "  correspon- 
dence concerning  the  editorship,"  and  we  intended  that  the  letters 
published  hist  week  should  he  the  final  installment ;  but  as  we  have 
leceived  from  various  quarters  assurances  of  the  continued  popularity 
among  the  reading  public  of  these  specimens  of  the  epistolary  style  of 
distinguished  individuals,  we  make  room  to  day  for  a  few  more  letters. 

The  Proprietor  of  the  Calif ornian  : 

Sir  : — At  the  Academy  at  West  Point,  where  I  commenced  and  ter 
minuted  a  distinguished  military  enreer,  I  remember  having  read  in 
one  of  the  classics  which  constituted  a  part  of  our  Academic  course . 
the  following  sentiment,  or  more  properly,  perhaps,  the  following 
maxim  or  apothegm  :  "  non  omncs  omnia  possumns  " — that  is,  we 
cannot  nil  of  us  do  everything* 

I  am  not  indisposed  to  admit  the  general  correctness  of  this  vener- 
able declaration,  implying,  as  it  doc^,  the  existence  of  illustrious  ex- 
ceptions to  the  rule  in  the  persons  of  those  rare  individuals  whose  vast 
powers  are  adequate  to  any  undertaking,  and  whose  just  self  reliance 
engenders  the  serencst  equanimity  in  the  presence  of  every  emer 
gency. 

It  might  be  supposed  by  those  who  have  never  sounded  the  ultimate 
depths  of  a  capacious  intellect,  that  the  various  spheres  of  life  in 
which  my  powers  have  illustrated  themselves  :  first,  in  the  military 
service;  then  in  the  legal  profession,  and  finally  in  a  high  judicial  of- 
fice— not,  to  speak  of  numerous  commercial  and  financial  speculations, 
which  t  have  conducted,  as  I  flatter  myself,  not  altogether  without 
the  tact  and  shrewdness  popularly  supposed  to  be  the  exclusive  pos- 
session of  men  destitute  of  scholastic  acquirements  and  educated  with 
sole  reference  to  practical  ends — it  might,  I  say,  be  supposed  that 
these  various  vocations  and  avocations  would  have  left  me  little  op 
portunity  to  cultivate  (.be  tastes  and  acquirements  requisite  for  the 
successful  editorship  of  a  journal  of  the  highly  literary  character  of 
The  Califorman. 

This  however,  is  far  from  being  the  case.  You  must  have  observed, 
sir,  if  it  has  ever  been  your  privilege  to  attend  the  sessions  of  the 
court  in  which  I  preside,  my  wonderful  familiarity  with  every  branch 
of  knowledge,  human  and  divine,  which  is  brought  incidentally  under 
my  judicial  notice.  As  an  example  of  my  polished  and  perspicuous 
style,  I  ask  your  attention  to  my  letter  to  Mr.  O'Doherty,  published 
during  the  war,  calling  upon  him,  as  an  officer  ot  the  court,  to  repel 
certain  imputations  on  his  loyalty  and  devotion  to  the  Union.  For 
the  high  esteem  accorded  to  my  personal  character,  I  refer  to  all  who 
have  ever  known  me,  and  especially  to  tlie  members  of  the  San  Fran- 
cisco bar.  who,  before  my  elevation  to  the  bench,  and  for  a  very  brief 
period  after  that  occurrence,  used  to  practice  principally  in  the  Twelfth 
District  Court. 

I  have,  sir,  in  my  day  and  generation,  made  many  sacrifices,  but 
too  little  appreciated,  for  the  public  good.  In  the  possession,  as  I 
lately  took  occasion  publicly  to  announce  of  a  handsome  competency , 
the  fruit  of  successful  pecuniary  adventures,  I  could  expect  no  in- 
crease of  fortune,  nor  any  accession  of  worldly  advantage  from  the 
acceptance  of  my  present  judicial  position.  At  the  earnest  solicita- 
tion of  the  Republican  party,  I  consented  to  allow  my  name  to  be 
used  as  a  candidate  for  the  vacant  judgeship.  I  abandoned  my  own 
case  and  quiet  in  compliance  with  the  importunities  of  mv  friends 
and  it  is  also  well  known  that,  in  order  to  ensure  my  election,  I  sacri- 
ficed two  fifty  vara  lots  which,  being  held  by  me  adversely  to  the 
city,  threatened  to  prove  a  formidable  obstacle  to  my  success.  For 
further  details  I  refer  to  I  he  newspapers  of  that  period. 

I  understand  that  the  salary  attached  to  the  editjrsliipis$10,000per 
annum.  It  seems  almost  superfluous  to  say  that  to  an  individual  pos- 
sessed, like  myself,  of  abundant  means,  laboring  at  present  solely  for 
the  public  good,  and  enjoying  a  handsome  income,  which,  with  my 
official  salary  of  $6,1)00,  actually  amounted  for  the  last  year  to  the 
almost  incredible  sum  of  $5,7-10,  the  compensation  proposed  presents 
not  the  slightest  temptation.  The  high  respect  which  I  feel  for  any- 
thing connected  however  remotely  with  the  judicial  office,  prevents 
me  from  indicating  more  distinctly  the  niotiou  which  led  me  to  make 
this  communication,  as  it  is  quite  conceivable  that  you,  sir,  may  be  so 
blind  to  your  own  interest  as  to  reject  the  golden  opportunity  now  of- 
fered for  your  acceptance.  All  that  I  can  adi  consistently  with  my 
own  sense  of  propriety,  personal  and  official,  is,  that  if  at  the  salary 
specified,  I  am  specially  requested  by  the  entire  establishment  to  till 
the  vacant  post,  I  shall  not  hesitate  to  comply,  but  shall  resolutely 
abandon  my  present  houorable  position  for  a  still  more  enlarged  sphere 
of  extended  usefulness.      I  am,  ect., 

Orpheus  Cickro  P — tt. 

To  the  Proprietor  of  Die  Californian  : 

The  Citv  of  the  Plains,  Sept.  12,  1866. 

You  are  undoubtedly  cognizant  that,  since  the  blissful  epoch  when 
I  germinated  in  the  full  fruition  of  my  early  manhood,  I  have  eschewed 
with  inconsiderable  solicitude  the  jejune  gewgaws  which  impart  a 
purely  meretricious  splendor  to  an  cxnberent  and  preternatural ly  pro- 
lific imagination.  « 

The  recondite  and  beneficent  principles  of  jurisprudence,  involving 
in  their  elucidation  the  patient  assiduity  of  a  concentrated  attention, 
and  likewise  the  paramount  influence  of  the  raciocinative  faculties, 
have  happily  relieved  my  style  from  that  insufferable  thralldora  to 
which  It  was  almost  incessantly  subjected  in  the  halcyon  days  of  my 
young  existence,  when  my  imagination  was  as  prolific  as  the  mias- 
matic regions  which  distill  their  impure  essences  on  the  broad  belt  of 
the  globe,  with  perennial  plcntitude  amidst  sighing  breezesand  circum- 
ambient pernicious  perfumes. 

A  portentous  exigency  necessitates  a  comprehensive  survey  on  your 
part  of  the  almost  inexhaustible  category  of  individuals  who  aspire 
to  crown  their  brows  with  the  amaranthine  wreath  of  literary  laurels. 
Heneath  the  magic  of  most  glowing  themes  which  my  fancy  oppor- 
tunely curtuilcd,  brings  even  now  to  my  vision,  and  entranced  with 
far  back  glimpses  of  glory,  what  a  flood  of  mingled  emotions,  of  tri- 


umph, of  reverence,  and  of  grateful  pride  would  rush  upon  my  soul 
could  I  but  hope  to  attain  the  lofty  literary  6ummit  to  which  you  are 
pleused  to  call  the  most  meritorious  of  the  lovers  of  literature.  As  I 
have  tempered  my  poetical  predilections  by  the  untoward  casualties 
that  have  chequered  my  political  aspirations,  I  may  predicate  upon  the 
operation  of  so  gigantic  a  cause,  to  say  nothing  of  my  legal  discipline, 
the  possession  of  capacities  in  happy  unison  with  the  multifarious  du- 
ties of  the  editorial  sanctum. 

If  this  application  should  happily  be  crowned  with  success,  it  will 
have  the  effect  of  adding  another  to  the  many  links  which  biud  me 
to  "  mine  ancient''  of  more  joysome  days,  my  counseller  and  Fidus 
Aehates— the  Honest  John  of  the  last  century,  who  is  my  friend, 
whose  friend  I  am,  whether  on  the  inviting  stump,  in  the  intriguing 
caucus,  the  boisterous  convention,  or  the  sweet  retiracy  of  social  and 
spiritual  intercourse. 

In  conclusion,  this  bucolic  region,  teeming  with  a  pastoral  people 
keenly  alive  to  the  most  delicate  beauties  oJT  chaste  and  artistic  crea- 
tions, would  bail  with  unalloyed  manifestations  of  appreciative  grati- 
fication the  knowledge  that  the  march  of  your  brilliant  literary  con- 
stellation was  regulated  and  controlled  by  one  on  whom  their  smiles 
have  never  ceased  to  flow  amidst  the  storms  of  adversity  or  the  sun- 
shine of  success.       Yours  with  Sentiments  of  Profound  Veneration, 

J.  W.  Cauffruth. 

Private  Theatricals  and  "The  Chnrch." 

Mr.  Editor: — Our  parish  is  going  to  destruction;  the  Sabbath 
school,  as  my  boy  Paul  say-",  is  getting  demoralized,  and  the  parson's 
wife  is  drove  raving  frantic,  and  all  about,  these  private  theatricals. 
I'm  sure  I  don't  know  why  they  call  'em  private.  Mrs.  Deacon  Pin- 
gree,  who  is  one  of  our  mothers  in  Israel  and  comes  of  real  old  Puri- 
tan stock,  she  and  I  can't  keep  quiet  any  longer  She  says  she  has 
been  told  the  young  men  and  women  are  as  bad  as  real  play-actors, 
and  though  I  don't  think  them  quite  so  wicked  as  that,  I  fear  they  are 
fast  coming  to  it.  • 

I  said  to  my  husband  the  other  night  when  we  come  home  from 
prayer  meeting,  after  the  minister  had  given  notice  of  a  concert  to 
raise  funds  to  build  him  a  barn,  and  I  might  as  well  tell  yon  that  you 
can  get  tickets  at  the  church  from  ten  in  the  morning  till  four  in  the 
afternoon  for  one  dollar.  Refreshments  in  the  vestry  aftsr  the  per 
forinauce,  and  children  half  price — to  the  concert,  not  to  the  refresh- 
ments. I  said  to  my  husband,  says  I,  and  I'm  real  sorry  to  say  that 
these  theatricals  has  completely  carried  him  away  ;  and  since  he  came 
to  this  country  he  has  grown  what  he  calls  liberal  minded,  but  1  call 
it  backsliding.  I  says  to  him,  "  now  Calvin,  you're  one  of  the  pillars 
of  the  church,  and  you'd  ought  to  set  your  face  against  this  acting 
that's  drawing  off  our  young  men  and  girls  from  their  interest  in  the 
church  and  leading  them  astray  from  the  fold,  but,  instead  of  that,  you 
only  encourages  of  'em  on."  "Why,  dear,"  says  he,  "if  they  like 
it  what's  the  harm  in  their  amusing  themselves.  It's  no  worse  than 
your  reading  Shakspeare  at  your  reading  club." 

Now,  its  true  our  club  does  read  Shakspeare  beautiful,  but  the 
young  folks  don't  paint  their  faces,  nor  dress  up  ;  nor  they  don't  act  a 
bit  more  than  if  they  were  reading  advertisements  out  of  a  newspa- 
per—and so  I  told  him.  "Well,  Betsy,"  says  he,  "you  know  you 
had  tableaux  at  your  last  church  fair,  and  the  young  ladies  dressed  in 
costumes  they  got  from  the  theatre,  and  yon  can't  deny  that  you  had 
raffles  for  everything  you  couldn't  sell  outright;  and  then  there's  that 
concert  you  gave  in  the  church."  Well,  I  can't  begin  to  tell  you  how- 
he  went  on,  but  he  made  me  feel  so  downright  bad  that  I  had  a  real 
good  cry,  and  I  do  believe  its  nothing  but  these  sinful  plays  that  has 
turned  his  mind  from  the  right  ways. 

Now,  Mr.  Editor,  when  such  things  can  delude  a  man  like  my  Cal- 
v;n,  who  has  been  brought  up  in  the  church,  and  lead  our  children 
into  taking  part  in  Bitch  shameful  performances,  and  when  so  many  of 
our  congregation  go  night  after  night  to  see  their  acting — some  of  'em, 
too,  who  wouldn't  even  be  seen  in  a  theatre — I  think  its  high  time  we 
women,  who  are  interested  in  the  Christian  welfare,  of  our  city, 
should  make  an  effort.  Me  and  Mr.  Deacon  Pingree  have  decided 
that  something  must  be  done  to  stop  it,  for  what  in  the  world  will  ever 
become  of  us  if  such  sinful  things  go  on— and  I  am  sure  you  will 
help  us  all  you  can — so  do,  Mr.  Editor,  write  something  at  once,  and 
give  notice  that  a  meeting  of  all  right-minded  persons  will  be  held  at 
once  to  have  a  real  right  down  sober  talk  and  see  if  we  can't  put  a 
stop  to  them  private  theatricals. 

Yours,        -        Betsy  Pettingill. 

A  Snort  Against  Pork  and  Means. 

Mr.  Editor: — My  determination — my  fixed  and  unalterable  deter- 
mination not  to  be  forced  to  put  pork  and  beans  into  my  own  mouth, 
every  Sunday  for  breakfast,  is  the  immediate  cause  of  my  wish  toput 
this  communication  into  your  "  Lion's  Mouth  "  The  dish  is  intrinsi- 
cally an  offensive  one— a  diabolical  Yankee  invention — but  it  isn't 
that  that  makes  me  feei  so  strongly  on  the  subject-  Every  intelligent 
person  knows  that  it's  a  scrofula  and  nieasle-breeding  abomination,  a 
pachydermal  enormity,  and  only  fit  for  pachyderms  ;  but  it  isn't  that. 
I'm  not  any  more  afraid  of  trichina  and  tapeworm  than  the  next  man  ; 
hut  I'm  not  going  to  be  subjugated  and  compelled  to  swallow  any  par- 
ticular dish  on  a  particular  day,  in  conformity  to  a  puritanical  fashion. 
I  wouldn't  if  it  was  oysters  or  green  turtle.  If  San  Francisco  is  to 
be  Bostonized  Pm  not ;  1 11  try  to  find  a  spot  somewhere  ou  theplunet 
where  the  tyranny  of  Boston  notions  hasn't  reached. 

A  our  boarding-house  the  regular  Sunday  breakfast  is  pork  and 
beans  and  "  Boston  brown  bread,"  fresh  from  Swain's,  the  loaf  being 
Strongly  suggestive  of  a  very  dirty  flower-pot  which  itclosely  resem- 
bles in  shape,  color,  and  texture.  I  mean  no  reflection  on  Swain ;  its 
the  entire  institution  I'm  talking  about.  Of  course  our  boarding-house 
is  run  by  a  "  Boston  lady  ;"  and  it's  a  part  of  her  religion  to  eat  pork 
and  beans  on  Sunday  mornings.  And  there's  the  point  I  make  ;  I 
won't  yield  an  inch  to  Puritanism.  I'll  eat  pork  and  beans  any  otlicr 
day,  if  its  necessary,  and  take  my  chances  ;  but  if  I  do  on  Sunday 
damme.  If  I  thought  she  did  it  because  they're  cheap  I'd  stand  it, 
for  Gpd  knows  I  sympathize  with  any  one  "  lone  woman  ''  that  has  to 
keep  boarders.  But  it  isn't  because  they're  cheap  and  go  a  good 
ways,  at  least  not  altogether.  No,  she  does  it  in  a  spirit  of  piety — 
and  cat's  'em  herself  with  the  air  of  a  devotee  performing  a  religious 
ceremony.  As  for  me,  I  know  well  she  sets  me  down  as  a  godless 
reprobate  because  I  won't  touch  'cm  ;  for  she  looks  at  me  across  the 
table  with  precisely  the  expression  with  which  my  Methodist  aunt 
used  to  in  revival  time  when  all  the  family  "  had  convictions  "  except 
myself.   But  if  it  came  to  the  worst  and  I  had  to  be  religious,  I'd 


rather  a  devilish  sight  be  converted  to  Methodism  than  to  Boston-brown 
bread  and  porkandleanism. 

Yours  solemnly,  Jefferson  Snort. 

False  History. 

I  wish  the  "  Lion's  Mouth  "  to  utter  a  loud  roar  against  a  restate- 
ment concerning  the  origin  of  an  ancestor  of  mine.  In  an  article  en- 
titled, "Origin  of  Illustrious  Men,"  which  has  been  published  in  al- 
most every  newspaper  in  the  United  States,  I  find  the  following: 

'  Sir  Cloudesley  Shovel,  Rear  Admiral  of  England,  was  an  appren- 
tice to  a  shoemaker,  and  afterwards  a  cabin  hoy." 

Now  had  Sir  Cloudesley  Shovel  been  a  shoemaker's  apprentice  and 
afterwards  a  cabin  boy,  his  attaining  the  high  position  of  Rear  Ad- 
miral of  England  would  of  course  been  so  much  the  more  creditable, 
but  such  is  not  the  fact.  Sir  Cloudesley  Shovel  was  born  of  an  an- 
cient family  who  lost  their  estates  in  consequence  of  their  faithful  ad- 
herence to  Charles  I.  Young  Cloudesley  entered  the  navy  not  as  a 
cabin  boy,  but  as  a  "gentleman  volunteer,"  under  Admiral  Sir  Cris- 
topher  Mengs,  who,  himself,  entered  the  navy  as  a  cabin  boy.  Sir 
Cristopher  took  a  great  interest  in  young  Cloudesley,  and  the  history 
of  the  early  life  of  the  patron  has,  in  course  of  time,  become  con 
founded  with  that  of  his  protege.  I  derive  this  information  from  the 
private  papers  of  the  family,  and  the  printed  statement  of  Sir  Cloudes 
lev  Shovel's  chaplain.  Hoping  a  roar  against  an  error  which  is  to  be 
found  in  several  editions  of  the  History  of  England  may  not  be 
thought  unworthy  of  the  "  Lion's  Month,'" 

I  am  yours  very  truly, 

A  Great,  Great,  Great,  Great,  Grandson  of 

Sir  Cloudesley  Shovel. 
A  Chance  for  the  "Round  Tabic." 

Having  created  a  sensation  and  sold  many  numbers  of  their  paper 
by  exposing  the  fact  that  the  ladies  of  America  are  given  to  habitual 
intoxication,  the  editors  of  the  Round  Table  are  of  course  racking 
their  brains  for  an  idea  for  another  sensational  article  of  a  similar 
Character.  As  the  Round.  Table  succeeded  so  admirably  when  it  had 
no  facts  to  work  on,  it  cannot  fail  to  do  equally  well  or  even  better 
when  it  has  even  a  slight  foundation  to  work  on.  It  has  "  proved  " 
that  the  ladies  of  America  are  habitual  drunkards.  Now  let  it  prove 
they  are  terribly  addicted  to  gaming.  A  first  rate  sensation  article 
could  be  founded  on  the  following  which  we  find  in  an  exchange  : 

"  At  the  recent  races  at  Saratoga  Springe,  New  York,  the  ladies  got 
up  a  little  amusement  for  themselves.  A  '  pool  '  was  started  in  one 
of  the  hotel  parlors,  and  the  prizes  consisted  of  a  set  of  diamonds,  an 
India  Bhawl,  a  sewing  machine,  a  complete  suit  for  a  baby,  a  duplex 
elliptic  hoop,  a  set  of  chemise  buttons,  and  a  paper  of  pins.  'On- 
ward,' the  winner  of  the  race,  was  their  favorite  from  the  start." 

If  ladies  will  bet  chemise  buttons,  hoops,  pins,  baby  suits  and  such 
trifles,  won't  they  go  farther  and  bet  money?  Of  course  they  will. 
Here  is  a  basis.  Now  let  the  Round  Table  assert  that  every  lady 
in  America  carries  a  pack  of  cards  in  her  pocket ;  that  she  loses  her 
pin  money  in  playing  poker — nay,  more  ;  let  it  lament  that  they  cheat 
terribly;  that  the  mysteries  of  "long"  and  "short"  cards,  "top  " 
ami  "  bottom  stocks,"  strippers,"  "  breaks,"  etc,  are  well  known  to 
every  fashionable  lady  in  America,  and  that  not  one  of  them  will  hes- 
itate to  salt  an  ace,  or  turn  a  jack,  as  the  occasion  may  require. 

We  hope  the  Round  Table  will  be  grateful  to  us  for  this  suggest  ion. 
If  it,  adopts  it  we  will  provide  it  with  a  few  more  ideas  of  the  same 
kind. 

Things  Perhaps  not  Generally  Known. 

It  is  possible  it  may  not  be  generally  known  that  the  chignons, 
which  the  ladies  now  wear  at  the  back  of  their  heads,  are  in  many 
instances  made  of  paper,  and  in  others  of  gutta  percha.  Perhaps  peo- 
ple generally  do  not  know  that  many  ladies  wear  false  lips  made  of 
pink  India  rubber,  which  are  attached  to  thin  lips  in  a  manner  which 
defies  detection  and  which  give  a  pretty  pouting  appearance  to  the 
mouth.  All  persons  may  not  know  that  false  ears  of  flesh-colored  In- 
dia rubber  have  been  invented  for  the  use  of  ladies  with  large  ears, 
and  are  worn  a  little  in  front  of  the  real  ears,  which  are  drawn  back 
and  concealed  under  the  hair.  It  will  he  as  well  for  those  who  do 
not  know  these  things  to  test  as  far  as  possible  the  reality  of  the  lips 
of  every  lady  who  will  allow  them.  There  is,  wTe  fancy,  one  method 
by  which  India  rubber  lips  can  be  detected.  If  any  one  knows  that 
chignons  are  made  of  paper  and  gutta  percha,  that  ladies  wear  India 
rubber  lips  and  ears,  we  should  feel  obliged  by  th  eir  telling  us  so,  as 
we  are  among  those  who  do  not  know. 

Good  Gracious  I 

The  Bulletin's  swill-milk  articles  were  pretty  well  got  up.  They 
caused  a  sensation  by  presenting  to  the  minds  of  doting  mothers  the 
awful  vision  of  children  dying  by  hundreds  from  drinking  swill-milk. 
The  redoubtable  Filz  Smythe  of  the  Alia  has,  however,  got  up  a 
sensation  item  which  leaves  the  Bulletin  quite  in  the  shade.  The 
City  Hall,  it  appears  from  Fitz  Smythe's  statement,  has  never  been 
properly  repaired  since  its  walls  were  cracked  by  an  earthquake,  and 
all  who  have  entered  it  during  the  last  six  months  were  liable  to  le 
crushed  to  death  if  they  sneezed,  as  the  slightest  vibration  would 
bring  the  building  down  about  their  ears.  Terrible,  isu't  it  ?  Super- 
visor Torrey  is  attending  to  the  matter  now,  and  we  are  quite  sure 
that  he  will  this  time  prevent  any  lives  being  Jdst,  in  consequence  of 
a  neglect  to  take  proper  precautious.  Pitz  Symthe  is  painfully  pa- 
thetic in  his  description  of  what  might  have  happened.  He  says  : 
"  The  fall  of  the  building  and  the  destruction  of  many  precious  lives 
— possibly  hundreds,  certainly  dozens — was  only  a  question  of  time  ; 
with  the  least  violence  it  would  have  been  the  work  of  a  moment, 
and  we  should  have  been  called  upon  to  record — if  we  had  not  been 
among  the  victims — a  catastrophe  beside  which  that  which  occurred 
on  Summer  street  a  few  nights  since  would  have  been  unworthy  of 
mention."  f 

"If  we  had  not  been  among  the  victims  I"  Then  he  says :  "  Day 
after  day  we  have  been  sitting  for  hours  in  that  building,  with  hun- 
dreds of  our  fellow-citizens,  hour  after  hour,  exposed  to  an  instant 
and  horrible  death,  and  as  we  look  back  upon  the  danger  we  have  es- 
caped, our  heart  grows  Bick  at  the  thought  of  what  might  have  been, 
but  which,  thank  God,  did  not  occur." 

Fitz  Smythe  is  evidently  very  solicitous  about  the  safety  of  Fitz 
Smythe,  and  considers  the  fact  that  Iw  has  been  exposed  day  after  day 
for  hours  to  an  instaut  and  horrible  death  ;  something  which  should 
make  the  hearts  of  all  who  read  his  brilliant  effusions  grow  sick.  Let 
him  possess  his  soul  in  peace ;  every  one  who  commenced  rending 
that  pathetic  account  of  what  might  have  happened,  if  the  City  Hall 
had  fallen  down,  felt  his  heart  grow  sick  before  he  had  finished. 


10 


THE    C  ALIFORN  I  AN. 


|  September  15ih 


AN  ENGLISHMAN  IN  AMERICA. 

AN  Englishman,  who  has  recently  visited  America,  gives 
the  following  impressions  : 
In  a  city  of  three  or  four  hundred  thousand  inhabitants, 
you  see  nothing  but  mere  flat  surfaces,  straight  lines,  right 
angles,  parallel  rows  of  boards,  and  perpendicular  palinsrs. 
The  very  trees  lining  the  streets  are  as  straight  as  walking 
sticks.  Straight  rows  of  rails  cut  up  the  roadway  of  the 
straight  streets.  The  hotels  are  marble  packing-cases,  uni- 
formly square,  and  pierced  with  many  windows  ;  the  railway 
cars  and  street  omnibuses  are  exact  parallelopipeds  ;  and,  to 
crown  all,  the  national  flag  is  ruled  in  parallel  crimson  stripes, 
with  a  blue  quadrangle  in  one  corner,  sown  with  stars  in  par- 
allel rows. 

Philadelphia,  from  its  rectangularity,  has  been  called  the 
"  chess-board  city  ;"  Washington  has  been  laid  out  on  a  plan 
quite  as  distressingly  geometrical  ;  and  nine-tenths  of  the 
towns  and  villages  are  built  on  gridiron  lines.  There  are 
some  crooked  streets  in  Boston,  and  that  is  why  Europeans 
usually  show  a  preference  for  Boston  over  other  American 
cities  ;  while  in  the  lower  part  of  New  York,  a  few  of  the 
thoroughfares  are  narrow,  and  deviate  a  little  from  the  inexor- 
able straight  line.  In  most  cases  there  is  no  relaxation  of  the 
cord  of  tension.  There  are  no  corners,  nooks,  archways, 
alleys  ;  no  refuges,  in  fact,  for  light  and  shade.  In  the  State 
of  Virginia,  there  is  one  of  the  largest  natural  arches  in  the 
world  ;  but  in  American  architecture  a  curved  vault  is  one  of 
the  rarest  structures.  The  very  bridges  are  on  piers  without 
arches.  Signboards  and  trade  pffiines,  it  is  true,  project  from 
the  houses,  but  always  at  right  angles.  This  rigidity  of  out- 
line makes  its  mark  on  the  nomenclature  and  manners  of  the 
people. 

The  names  of  the  streets  are  takpn  from  the  letters  of  the 
alphabet  and  the  numerals  in  the  Ready  Reckoner.  I  have 
lived  in  G  street.  I  have  lived  in  West  Fourteenth,  between 
Fifth  and  Sixth  avenues. 

Mathematical  calculation  is  the  basis  of  daily  life.  You 
are  fed  at  the  hotels  at  stated  hours  ;  and  the  doors  of  the 
dining-room  are  kept  locked  until  within  a  moment  of  the 
gong's  sounding.  At  some  tables  dhole  fifty  negro  waiters 
stand  mute  and  immobile  behind  the  chairs  of  two  hundred 
and  fifty  guests,  and,  at  a  given  signal,  uncover,  with  the  pre- 
cision of  clock  work,  a  hundred  dishes.  These  are  not  mat- 
ters of  opinion  ;  they  are  matters  of  fact.  Routine  pursues 
you  everywhere— from  the  theatre  to  the  church,  from  the 
fancy  fair  to  the  public  meeting.  In  the  meanest  village  inn, 
as  in  the  most  palatial  hotel,  there  is  a  traveller's  book,  in 
which  you  are  bound  to  enter  yonr  name.  Yon  may  assume 
an  alias ;  but  you  must  be  Mr.  Somebody.  You  cannot  be, 
as  in  England,  the  "  stout  party  in  Number  Six,"  or  the  "  tall 
gent  in  the  Sun."  You  must  shake  hands  with  every  one  to 
whom  you  are  introduced  ;  you  must  drink  when  you  are  asked' 
and  then  ask  the  asker  to  drink — though  I  am  bound  to  say 
that  this  strictly  mathematical  custom  has,  owinir  to  the  pit- 
eous protests  of  Europeans,  somewhat  declined  of  late.  If 
you  enter  a  barber's  shop  to  be  shaved,  a  negro  hands  yon  a 
check  bearing  a  number,  and  you  must  await  your  turn. 
When  your  turn  arrives,  you  must  sit  in  a  certain  position  in 
a  velvet  covered  fauleuil  with  high  legs,  and  must  put  your 
feet  up  on  a  high  stool  on  a  level  therewith.  The  barber 
Bhaves  you,  not  as  you  like,  but  as  he  likes,  powdprs  you, 
strains  a  napkin  over  your  face,  sponges  you,  shampoos  you, 
pours  bay  rum  and  eau  de-cologne  on  your  head,  greases,  combs 
you  out,  and  "  fixes  "  you  generally.  The  first  time  I  was 
ever  under  the  hands  of  an  American  barber,  I  rose  as  soon 
as  he  had  laid  down  his  razor,  and  made  a  move  in  the  direc- 
tion of  the  wash-hand-basin.  He  stared  at  me  as  though  I 
had  gone  mad. 

"  Hold  on  !"  he  cried  in  an  authoritative  accent.  "  Hold 
on  !    Guess  I'll  have  to  wash  you  up." 

That  I  should  be  washed  up  or  "  fixed,"  was  in  accordance 
with  the  mathematical  code. 

This  all  but  utter  absence  of  variety  of  form,  of  divergence 
of  detail,  of  play  of  light  and  shade,  are  productive  in  the 
end  of  that  petulant  discontented  frame  of  mind,  of  that  sore- 
ness of  spirit,  with  which  almost  every  tourist  who  has  visited 
the  Great  Republic  has  come  at  last  to  regard  its  civilization. 
As  a  rule,  the  coarser  the  traveller's  organization,  the  less  he 
cares  about  art  or  literature,  the  better  he  will  get  on  in 
America. 

I  met  a  fellow-countryman  once,  the  sen  of  an  English  earl, 
at  one  of  the  biggest,  most  mathematical,  and  most  comfort- 
less of  the  New  York  hotels,  who  told  me  that  he  should  be 
very  well  content  to  live  there  for  ten  years.  "  Why,"  he  said, 
"  you  can  have  five  meals  a  day,  if  you  like."  This  is  the 
kind  of  traveller,  the  robust,  hardy,  strong-stomached  youth, 
fresh  from  a  public  school,  who  goes  to  America,  and  does  not 
grnmble.  But  do  you  take,  not  a  travelled  Englishman,  but 
a  travelled  American,  one  who  has  been  long  in  Europe,  and 
has  appreciated  the  artistic  glories  of  the  Continent,  and  you 
will  discover  that  he  finds  it  almost  impossible  to  live  in  his 
own  country,  or  "  board  "  at  an  American  hotel.  Every  con- 
tinental city  has  its  colony  of  cultivated  Americans,  good  pa- 


triots and  staunch  republicans,  but  who  are  absolutely  afraid 

to  go  back  to  their  native  land.  They  dread  the  mathemati- 
cal system.  Those  who,  for  their  families'  or  their  interests' 
sake,  are  compelled  to  return,  live  at  hotels  conducted,  not  on 
the  American,  but  on  the  European  system — that  is  to  say, 
where  they  can  dine,  breakfast,  or  sup,  not  as  the  landlord 
likes,  but  as  they  themselves  like.  Those  who  are  wealthy 
shut  themselves  up  in  country-houses,  or  splendid  town  man- 
sions, surrounded  by  books  and  pictures,  and  statues,  and  ta- 
pestry, until  their  existence  is  almost  ignored  by  their  coun- 
trymen. In  no  country  in  the  worhl  are  so  many  men  of  shin- 
ing talents,  of  noble  mind,  of  refined  tastes,  buried  alive,  as  in 
the  United  States. 


THE    FOUR  HENRY|S. 

A  PREDICTION  FULFILLED. 

ONE  stormy  evening,  as  the  rain  fell  in  torrents,  an  old 
woman,  who  lived  in  a  miserable  hut  in  tbfe  forest  of 
St.  Germain,  and  who  passed  in  the  surrounding  country  for 
a  kind  of  witch,  heard  a  loud  knocking  at  her  door.  She 
opened  it,  agd  a  young  man  on  horseback  presented  himself 
and  craved  hospitality.  • 

By  the  dull  light  of  a  lamp  which  she  held  in  her  hand,  she 
perceived  him  to  be  a  young  nobleman.  He  appeared  to  be 
quite  young,  and  his  dress  denoted  rank.  The  old  woman 
lighted  a  fire,  and  inquired  of  the  stranger  whether  he  was 
hungry,  and  desired  food.  The  appetite  of  a  youth  of  six- 
■teen  is  like  his  heart  at  the  same  age,  craving,  and  not  difTicnlt 
to  please,  and  he  immediately  accepted  her  offer.  A  morsel 
of  cheese,  and  a  loaf  of  .black  bread  from  the  cupboard  was  all 
the  old  dame  could  produce. 

"  I  have  nothing  more,"  said  she  to  the  young  nobleman. 
"  This  is  all  that  your  grinding  tithes  and  taxes  leave  a  poor 
creature  to  offer  a  traveller.  The  peasants,  too,  in  this  couu- 
try,  call  me  a  witch  tnd  sorceress,  and  make  that  excuse  to 
their  conscience  for  stealing  from  me  the  little  that  my  poor 
old  field  produces." 

«'  Ma  foi !"  said  the  young  man  ;  "  If  ever  I  become  king  of 
France,  I  will  suppress  the  taxes  and  teach  people  better." 
"  God  graut  it  I"  replied  the  old  woman. 
At  these  words  the  gentleman  drew  to  the  table  to  com- 
mence his  repast  :  but  at  the  same  moment  a  fresh  knock  at 
the  door  arrested  him. 

The  old  woman  opened  it  and  perceived  another  horseman 
drenched  with  rain,  who  also  begged  for  shelter.    The  same 
hospitality  was  instantly  granted  him,  and  on  the  stranger's 
entrance,  she  perceived  that  the  man  was  young,  and  judging 
from  his  appearance,  of  noble  descent. 
"  What !  is  it  you,  Henry  ?"  cried  one. 
"  Yes,  Henry,"  replied  the  other.    Both  were  named  Henry. 
The  old  woman  discovered  from  their  conversation  that  they 
were  of  a  number  of  a  large  hunting  party,  conducted  by  the 
king,  Charles  IX.,  which  had  been  dispersed  by  the  storm. 

"  Mother,"  said  the  second  coiner,  "  have  you  nothing  bet- 
ter to  offer  us. 
"  Nothing,"  replied  she. 
"  Then,"  said  he,"  we  will  go  shares." 
The  first  Henry  demurred,  but  glancing  at  the  resolute  eye 
and  strong  frame  of  the  secoud  Henry,  said,  in  a  somewhat 
chagrined  tone  : 

"  Agreed  ;  we  shall  share  equally." 

He  d  red  not  express  his  secret  motive,  bnt  he  feared,  if 
not  sharing  equally,  his  companion  would  appropriate  the 
whole.  They  accordingly  sat  down  either  side  of  the  table, 
and  one  had  already  begun  to  eat  the  bread  with  his  dagger, 
when  a  third  knock  was  heard  at  the  door.  The  meeting  was 
indeed  singular.  It  was  again  a  youth,  a  nobleman,  and  a 
Henry.    The  old  woman  looked  at  them  with  astonishment. 

The  first  comer  wished  to  hide  the  bread  and  cheese.  The 
second  replaced  them  on  the  table,  and  laid  his  sword  by  the 
side.    The  third  Henry  smiled. 

"  Yon  do  not  wish,  then,  that  I  should  share  your  supper?" 
said  he.    "  Well,  I  can  wait ;  I  have  a  strong  stomach." 

"  The  supper,"  said  the  first  Henry,  "  belongs  by  right  to 
the  first  comer." 

"  The  supper,"  said  the  second,  "  belongs  to  him  who  knows 
best  how  to  defend  it." 
The  third  Henry  became  red  with  anger, and  said,  haughtily, 
"  Perhaps  it  belongs  to  him  who  knows  best  how  to  fight 
for  it." 

These  words  were  scarcely  uttered  when  the  first  Henry 
drew  his  poignard  ;  the  two  others  their  swords.  As  they 
were  first  beginning  the  affray  they  were  startled  by  a  fourth 
knock  at  the  cabin  door  ;  a  fourth  young  man,  a  fourth  noble- 
man, a  fourth  Henry  was  introduced.  At  the  sight  of  drawn 
swords  he  produced  his  own,  and,  attaching  himself  to  the 
weakest  party,  he  joined  in  the  combat. 

The  old  woman,  terrifiud,  hid  herself,  and  the  weapons 
struck  everything  in  their  reach.  The  lamp  fell  down  and 
was  extinguished,  but  they  continued  to  fight  in  the  darkness. 
The  noise  of  the  swords  lasted  sometime,  then  gradually  be 
came  less,  and  at  length  ceased  altogether.  The  old  woman 
ventured  to  issue  from  her  hiding-place,  and,  rekindling  the 


lamp,  she  perceived  the  four  young  men  stretched  on  the 

ground,  each  having  a  slight  wound.  She  examined  them 
carefully,  and  found  that  fatigue,  rather  than  loss  ol  blood, 
had  overcome  them. 

They  arose  from  the  ground,  one  after  the  other,  and 
ashamed  of  what  had  transpired  in  the  heat  of  their  passion, 
they  began  laughing,  and  exclaimed  : 

"  Come,  let  us  sup  together,  without  any  more  fighting." 
But  when  they  came  to  look  for  their  supper,  they  found  it 
on  the  ground,  all  trodden  under  foot  and  stairfed  with  blood. 
Meagre  as  it  was,  they  regretted  it.  In  addition  to  this,  the 
cabin  was  destroyed,  and  the  old  witch,  seated  in  a  cornen 
fixed  her  pale,  red  eyes  on  the  four  young  men. 

-"  Why  dost  thou  stare  on  us  thus?"  said  the  first  Henry, 
who  was  troubled  at  her  gaze. 

"  I  am  reading  the  fates  written  on  your  foreheads,"  re- 
plied she. 

The  second  Henry  commanded  her  sternly  to  disclose  them, 
and  the  two  others  laughingly  acquiesced.  The  old  woman 
replied  : 

"  As  yon  have  all  four  met  in  this  cabin  so  shall  you  all 
meet  in  a  like  destiny.  As  you  have  trampled  under  foot  and 
stained  with  blood  the  power  you  might  mutually  share — as 
you  have  devastated  and  impoverished  this  cottage,  so  will 
you  devastate  and  lay  waste  France — as  you  have  all  four 
been  wounded  in  the  darkness,  so  you  will  all  four  perish  by 
treason  and  a  violent  death. 

The  four  young  noblemen  could  not  refrain  from  laughing 
at  the  woman's  prediction. 

These  four  young  noblemen  were  the  four  heroes  of  the 
League — two  as  its  leaders  and  two  as  its  enemies. 

Henry  of  Conde  :  poisoned  by  his  wife  at  Saint  Sean 
d'Angcly. 

Henry  of  Guise  :  assassinated  at  Blois  by  the  Forty-five. 
Henry  of  Valois  :  assassinated  by  Jacques  Clement  at 
Saint  Cloud. 

Henry  of  Bourbon  :  assassinated  at  Paris  by  Ravillac. 

An  Incident  at  Chattanooga. — There  was  a  lull  in  the 
battle.  At  least,  it  had  gone  scattering  and  thundering  down 
the  line,  and  the  boys  were  as  much  "  at  ease  "  as  boys  can 
be  on  whom  at  any  moment  the  storm  may  roll  back  again.  To 
be  sure,  occasional  shots,  and  now  and  then  a  cometary  shell, 
kept  them  alive  ;  but  one  of  the  boys  ran  down  to  a  little 
spring  and  to  the  woods  where  the  enemy  lay,  for  water.  He 
hail  just  stopped  and  swung  down  his  canteen.  Tick,  and  a 
minie  ball  struck  at  an  angle  and  bounded  away.  He  looked 
around  an  instant,  discovered  nobody,  thought  it  was  a  chance 
shot — a  piece  of  lead,  you  know,  that  goes  at  a  killing  rate 
without  malice  prepense:  and  so,  nowise  infirm  of  purpose, 
he  bent  to  get  the  water.  Ping '.  a  second  bullet  cut  the  cord 
of  his  canteen,  and  the  boy  "got  the  idea  "  a  sharpshooter 
was  after  him,  and  he  went  on  the  right  about,  on  the  double 
quick  to  the  ranks.  A  soldier  from  another  part  of  the  line 
made  a  pilgrimage  to  the  spring,  was  struck,  and  fell  by  its 
brink.  But  where  was  the  marksman  ?  Two  or  three  boys 
ran  out  to  draw  his  fire,  while  others  watched.  Crack'wcnt 
an  unseen  piece  again,  and  some  keen-eyed  fellow  saw  the 
smoke  roll  out  from  a  little  cedar.  The  rab.  had  made  him  a 
hawk's  nest — in  choice  Indiau,  a  Chattanooga  in  a  tree — and 
drawing  a  green  covert  around  him,  was  taking  a  quiet  hand 
at  "  bteeple  shooting  "  at  long  range.  A  big  blue-eyed  Ger- 
man, tall  enough  to  look  into  the  third  generation,  and  a 
sharpshooter  withal,  volunteered  to  dislodge  him.  Dropping 
into  a  little  runway  that  neared  the  tree  diagonally,  he  turned 
upou  his  back  and  worked  himself  cautiously  along  ;  reaching 
a  point  perilously  close,  he  whipped  over,  took  aim  as  he  lay, 
and  God  and  his  true  right  hand  gave  him  deliverance.  Away 
Hew  the  bullet,  a  minute  ehipsed,  the  volume  of  tedar  parted, 
"  and  like  a  big  frog,"  as  the  boys  describe!  it,  out  leaped  a 
gravback — the  hawk's  nest  was  empty,  and  a  dead  rebel  under 
the  tree.  It  was  neatly  done  by  the  German.  May  be  live 
to  tell  the  story  a  thousand  times  to  his  moon-faced  grand 
children.— Frank  Moore's  "  Anecdotes  of  the  War." 


A  Marine  Grotto  in  Paris.— The  famous  grotto  being 
built  in  the  cellars  of  the  Hotel  Frascati,  on  the  Boulevard 
Montmartre,  promises  to  be  as  successful  as  the  other  culinary 
speculations  of  the  wealthy  syndic  of  the  whilome  corpora- 
tion of  Paris  butchers.  This  curious  enterprise  has  already 
been  pushed  downwards  to  a  considerable  depth,  and  the 
walls,  ceiling,  and  ground  are  said  to  present  a  faithful  imi- 
tation of  the  scenery  of  a  submarine  cave.  The  place  is  to 
be  a  vast  aquarium,  where  a  numerous  collection  of  finny  ce- 
lebrities will  swim  about  in  real  sea  water,  brought  fresh, 
daily,  from  the  sea  by  railway.  We  arc  promised  seal*,  por- 
poises, a  siren,  Chinese  gold-fish,  and  various  other  interest- 
ing strangers,  including  a  pretty  little  whale,  twelv-  feet  long, 
just  brought  from  Baffin's  Bay,  via  Boston,  in  the  Mormon, 
on  board  which  vessel  it  was  lodged  in  an  iron  tank,  in  and 
out  of  which  the  sea  swept  freely,  no  doubt  to  the  great  sat- 
isfaction of  its  interesting  tenant.  The  whale  is  now  at  Brest 
awaiting  the  completion  of  its  Parisian  domicile,  and  will  be 
conveyed  to  this  city  in  its  tank  by  railway. 


September  15tli 


THE    C  AL1F0RN  l  AS. 


11 


Agua  de  Magnolia. — The  prettiest  thing, 
the  "  sweetest  thing,"  and  the  most  of  it  for  the  least 
money.  It  overcomes  the  odor  of  perspiration ; 
softeus  and  adds  delicacy  to  the  skin ;  is  a  delightful 
perfume;  allays  headache  and  inflammation,  and  is 
a  necessary  companion  in  the  sick  room,  in  the  nur- 
sery aud  upon  the  toilet  sideboard.  It  can  be  ob- 
tained everywhere  at  one  dollar  per  bottle. 


Lyon's  Magnetic  Insect  Powder  is  jn- 
stant  death  to  Fleas,  Ticks,  Roaches,  and  everything 
of  the  iusect  species.  It  is  one  of  the  few  articles 
that  can  be  relied  upon,  and  for  a  mere  wo  bits  we 
can  save  the  biles  and  bills  of  these  little  pests. 
None  is  genuine  unless  signed  by  E.  Lyon,  and 
hearing  the  private  stamp  of  Deuias  Darues  &  Co., 
New  York. 


S— T— 18fi0  — X.    DRAKE'S  PLANTATION 

13  I  T  T  E  R  S  . 
They  purify,  strengthen  and  invigorate. 
They  create  a  healthy  appetite. 
They  are  an  antidote  to  change  of  water  and  diet. 
They  strengthen  the  system  and  enliven  the  mind. 
They  prevent  miasmatic  aud  intermittent  fevers. 
They  purify  the  breath  and  acidity  of  the  stomach. 
They  cure  Dyspepsia  aud  Constipation. 
They  cure  Liver  Comnlaint  uud  Nervous  Head- 
ache. 

They  are  the  best  Bitters  in  the  world.  They 
make  the  weak  strong,  and  are  exhausted  nature's 
great  restorer.  They  are  made  of  pure  St.  Croix 
Rum,  the  celebrated Oalisay a  Bark,  roots  aud  herbs, 
and  are  taken  with  the  pleasure  of  a  beverage,  with- 
out regard  to  age  or  time  of  day.  Particularly  rec- 
ommended to  delicate  persons  requiring  a  gentle 
stimulant.  Sold  by  all  Grocers,  Druggists,  Hotels 
aud  Saloons.  Only  genuine  when  Cork  is  covered 
by  our  private  U.  S.  Stamp.  Beware  of  counter- 
feits and  relilled  bottles. 

v.  H.  DRAKE  &  CO.,  New  York. 

"  In  lifting  the  kettle  from  the  lire  I  scalded  my 
self  very  severely— one  hand  almost  to  a  crisp.  The 
torture  was  unbearable.  »  »  *  »  The  .Mexican 
Mustang  Liniment  ielieved  the  pain  amidst  immedi- 
ately. It  healed  rapidly,  aud  left  very  little  scar. 
"  Chas.  Fosteu,  420  Broad  street,  Philada." 


No  Forfeiting.— Heretofore,  if  a  person  .holding 
a  Life  Policy  became  unfortunate,  aud  could  not 
raise  the  sum  of  money  required  to  pay  his  next  pre- 
mium, his  policy  was  declared  forfeited.  The 
Brooklyn  Like  Insurance  Company  of  New 
York  has  decided  to  make  every  policy  it  issues 
NONFORFEITABLE,  giving  a  PAID-UP 
POLICY  to  the  party  if  unable  to  continue  his 
payments  of  premiums.  The  dividends  of  the 
Brooklyn  Life  Insurance  Company  are  settled  annu- 
ally in  cash.  This  plan  is  far  more  acceptable  to 
insurers  than  at  the  end  of  three  or  five  years,  as  in 
other  companies.  The  Brooklyn  Life  Insurance 
Company  allows  thirty  days  grace  in  the  payment 
of  premiums.  Its  policies  are  incontestable,  and  its 
losses  are  promptly  paid.  The  Brooklyn  Lfe  Insu- 
rance Company  offers  every  known  plan  of  Life 
and  Endowment  Insurance.  Get  a  pamphlet  at  the 
office,  240  Montgomery  street,  southeast  corner  ot 
Pine,  from  Stephen  T.  King,  General  Manager,  or 
David  B.  Arrowsinith,  Local  Agent. 


This  is  merely  a  sample  of  what  the  Mus- 
tang Liniment  will  do.  It  is  invaluable  in  all  case, 
of  wounds,  swellings,  sprains,  cute,  bruises,  spavin, 
etc.,  either  upon  man  or  beast. 

Beware  of  counterfeits.  None  is  genuine  uuless 
wrapped  in  line  steel-plate  eugravings,  bearing  the 
signature  of  G.  W.  Westbrook,  Chemist,  and  the 
private  stamp  of  Demas  Barnes  &  Co.,  New  York. 


MEDICAL  ADVICE. 
Dr.  Wm.  K.  Doherty's  Medical  and  Surgical 
Institute  is  becoming  a  sine  qua  non  to  the  welfare 
of  our  State  aud  health  of  our  citizens  ;  and  his 
rapidly  spreading  reputation,  although  it  may  excite 
surprise,  is  but  the  signal  of  skill,  and  follows  as  the 
natural  effect  of  such  a  cause.  We  are  personally 
acquainted  with  gentlemen  who  had  suffered  for 
years  under  chronic  disease,  and  who  had  taken  ad- 
vantage of  every  available  means  that  promised 
relief,  but  without  success,  until  they  called  upon 
Dr.  Doberty,  who,  in  an  incredibly  short  space  oi 
time,  has  given  them  entire  relief.  It  is  gratifying 
to  announce  t  his  fact,  because  the  Doctor  is  a  gentle- 
man who  seeks,  not  by  defamation  of  others,  to  es- 
tablish his  reputation,  or  to  rear  the  superstructure  of 
his  own  upon  the  ruin  of  another's  fame.  The  Doc- 
tor conducts  bis  Institute  in  a  manner  that  must  be 
gratifying  to  all  his  patients.  He  examines,  hears, 
advises,  and  recommends,  without  charge,  and  the 
patient,  after  hearing  his  terms  for  treatment,  can 
accept  or  reject  at  pleasure.  In  no  case  does  the 
Doctor  make  a  charge  unless  he  effects  a  cure.  This 
he  is  able  to  do,  because  he  feels  the  confidence 
which  long  experience  has  given,  and  no  doubt  the 
consolation  which  appertains  to  that  confidence. 
Persons  afflicted  with  either  acute  or  chronic  disease, 
would  do_\vell  to  consult  the  Doctor  ;  at  all  events, 
it  can  do  no  harm,  as  for  consultation  he  asks  no  fee  ; 
nor  does  he  insist  on  obedience  to  his  advice  unlets 
the  patient  places  himself  under  his  care.  His  office, 
are  on  Sacramento  street,  opposite  the  Pacific  Mail 
Steamship  office. — San  Francisco  News. 


All  who  Value,  a  Beautiful  Head  of 
Hair,  and  its  preservation  from  premature  baldness 
and  turning  gray,  will  not  fail  to  use  Lyon's  Cele- 
brated Kathairon.  It  makes  the  hair  rich,  soft, 
and  glossy,  eradicates  dandruff,  and  causes  the  hair 
to  grow  with  luxuriant  beauty.  It  is  sold  every- 
where.      E.  THOMAS  LYON,  Chemist,  N.  Y. 


Lyon's  Extract  of  Turf,  Jamaica  Ginger, 

for  Indigestion.  Nausea,  Heartburn,  Sick  Headache, 
Cholera  Morbus,  &c,  where  it  warming,  genial 
•timulant  is  required  Its  careful  preparation  and 
entire  purity  make  it  a  cheap  and  reliable  article  for 
culinary  purposes.  Sold  every  where,  at  Ot)  cents  per 
bottle.  ap7-ly 


Emperor  Max  has  received  important  news  from 
his  vrow,  Carlot.ta  ;  though  his  having  no  children, 
accounts  for  his  not  having  heard  that  at  C.  A. 
FLETCHER'S,  No.  1  Montgomery  street,  can  he 
found  the  largest  and  most  elegant  assortment  of 
BO  IT'S  CLOTHING  there  is  in  the  city.  Boys 
Suits  as  usual  made  to  order  from  a  superior  line  of 
Cloths  and  Cassimeres,  always  on  hand,  after  the 
regular  Eastern  Fashion  Plates,  received  month]}' 
this  being  the  only  Boys'  Clothing  House  in  receipt 
of  them.  A  large  assortment  of  Gentlemen's  Fine 
Clothing  and  Furnishing  Goods,  Traveling  Truuks, 
Valises, etc.,  at  all  times,  and  at  the  most  reasonable 
rates. 

Photography. — The  pictures  taken  in  this  city 
are  far  superior  to  those  taken  in  the  East  and  Eu- 
rope. We  account  for  this  simply  from  our  atmos- 
phere, which  is  lighter  and  clearer  than  any  other. 
And  this  is  why  so  many  arriving  here  have  noticed 
how  much  better  pictures  look  here  than  at  home 
The  best  gallery  to  seek  out  is  one  which  has  the 
most  light,  and  with  few  high  buildings  surrounding 
it.  The  New  York,  on  the  east  side  side  of  Third 
street,  a  few  doors  below  Market,  has  more  light 
than  any  other  in  the  city,  and  their  pictures  give 
more  satisfaction,  and  are  far  cheaper  than  those 
from  Moutgamery  street  galleries. 


Ladies,  Attention! — Direct  Importation  from 
Paris. — Please  recollect  that  there  is  only  one  Shawl 
House  in  California,  J.  D.  Robert.  119  and  121 
Montgomery  street,  which  receives  direct,  Genuine 
Square  and  Long  Broche  Cashmere  Shawls  of  every 
description  and  price,  from  Robert,  Gosselin  &  Son, 
manufacturers  in  Paris.    Don't  make  a  mistake. 

N.  B. — Cloaks,  Basques,  Zouaves  and  Dresses  of 
every  description  made  to  order  in  the  latest  sty  le. 
Prices  as  cheap  as  possible. 


A  SUMMER  AND  WINTER  MEDICINE. 

"  Great  oaks  from  little  acorns  grow." 

The  -worst  diseases  known  to  the  human  race 
spring  from  causes  so  small  as  to  almost  defy  detec- 
tion. The  volumes  of  scientific  lore  that  fill  the 
tables  aud  shelves  of  the  medical  fraternity  only  go 
to  prove  aud  elaborate  these  facts. 

Then  guard  yourselves  while  you  may.  The 
smallest  pimple  on  the  skin  is  a  tell-tale  and  indica- 
tor of  disease.  It  may  fade  and  die  away  from  the 
surface  of  the  body,  but  it  will  reach  the  vit  lis,  per- 
haps, at  last,  and  death  be  the  result  and  final  close. 
Maggiel's  Bilious,  Dyspeptic  and  Diarrhaa  Pills 
cure  where  all  others  fail.  While  for  Burns,  Scalds, 
Chilblains,  Cuts,  and  all  abrasions  of  the  skin,  Mag- 
giel's Salve  is  infallible.  Sold  by  J.  Maggiel,  43 
Fulton  street,  New  York,  aud  all  Druggists,  at  25 
cents  per  box. 


"The  Science  of  Life,  or  How  to  Live,  and 
What  to  Live  For."— This  is  the  title  of  an  inter- 
esting and  highly  useful  little  book,  published  by  Dr. 
Beck,  of  this  city.  It  is  especially  adapted  for  the 
perusal  of  young  men,  nevertheless  its  truthful  pages 
should  be  read  by  all,  as  they  contain  good,  sound, 
healthy  matter  which  can  be  easily  understood  and 
appreciated  by  every  reader.  This  work  is  issued 
gratuitously  on  application  to  the  Doctor,  or  will  be 
sent  free  to  any  address  on  receipt  of  postage  stamp 
or  envelope  addressed  to  Dr.  Beck's  office,  314  Kear- 
ny street,  or  post  office  Box  1599, 
'  Dr.  Beck  is  a  member  of  several  American  and  Eu- 
ropean Universities,  and  has  published  numerous 
works  on  Anatomy,  Medicine,  and  Surgery  His 
former  connection  with  the  principal  "  Anatomical 
Museums"  of  New  York,  Paris,  London,  etc.,  comb- 
ined with  his  experience  in  his  profession  render  him 
a  highly  desirable  person  to  consult,  and  we  can  con- 
fidently recommend  him  to  the  public.  * 


.All  Good  Judges  of  Pianos  agree  that 
Frisbce  &  Scott  have  the  finest  and  largest  stock  of 
Pianos  in  this  city.  They  are  agents  of  the  celebrat 
ed  firms  of  Calenhcrg  cc  Vaupel,  of  New  York,  and 
Knabe  &  Co.,  Baltimore.  There  is  certainly  not  an 
instrument  equal  to  those  imported  by  them.  Mr. 
Gusvav  A.  Scott  pays,  also,  particular  attention  to 
having  their  stock  of  foreign  and  American  sheet 
music  equal  to  any  New  York  store.  They  keep  at 
No.  «?  Montgomery  street,  Masonic  Temple. 


Read  the  Testimony  of  a  few  of  the  many  Emineut 
Clergymen  and  their  Families  of  New  York  city,  who, 
having  used  tUe  Sozodont  for  a  long  time  past,  are  con 
vinceu  ot  its  excellent  and  invaluable  qualities,  and  give 
it  their  cordial  commendation  : 

Rev.  THOMAS  DE  WITT,  Pastor  Collegiate 
Rcf.  Dutch  Church,  Lafayette  Place. 

Rev.  J.  W.  ALEXANDER,  D.  D.,  Presbyterian 
Church,  Fifth  Avenue. 

Rev.  J.  B.  WAKELE  Y,  M.  E.  City  Missionary. 
Rev.  W.  F.  MORGAN,  D.D.,  Rector  St.  Thomas 
Church,  Broadway. 

Rev.  E.  H.  CHAP1N.  D.  D.,  Pastor  Fourth  Uni- 
versaiist  Church,  Broadway. 

Rev.  SAMUEL  COOKE,  D.D.,  Rector  St.  Bar- 
tholomew's Chuich,  Lafayette  Place. 

Rev.  SAMUEL  OSGOOD,  D.D.,  Pastor  Church, 
of  Messiah,  Broadway. 

Rev.  B.  M.  ADAMS,  M.  E.  Church,  Duane  street. 

Rev.  HE  MAN  BANGS,  late  Pastor  Centenary 

M.  E.  Church,  Brooklyn. 
Rev.  W.  S.  M1KELS,  Pastor  Baptist  Church, 

Sixteenth  street. 

Rev.  GEO.  POTTS,  D.D.,  Pastor  Presbyterian 
Church,  University  Place. 

Rev.  £.  E.  RANK  IN, Pastor  Presbyterian  Church 
Forty  second  street. 

Rev.  T.  E.  VERMLLYE,  D.  D.,  Pastor  of  Co 
Dutch  Reformed,  Lafayette  Place. 

FROM  G.  F.  J.  COLBCRN,  DOCTOR  DENTAL,  SUR- 
GERY, NEWARK,  N.  J. 
The  Popular  DentriBce  known  as  Van  Buskirk's  "  SO 
ZODONT,"  besides  beiDg  a  very  pleasant  addition  to  the 
toilet,  contains  ingredients  that,  if  used  according  to  the 
directions,  will  prove  of  the  greatest  utility  to  the  health 
of  the  mouth  and  teeth. 

BEWARE   OF  IMITATIONS  I 
Sold  by  all  Druggists  aud  Perfumers. 


je2  4ra 


HALL  &  RUCKEL, 

NEW  YOKK. 


Jacob  Shew  &  Co.,  No.  315  Montgomery  street, 
near  Pine,  take  First-Class  Photographs,  of  all 
kinds,  at  the  lowest.  *cale  of  prices  adopted  by  the 
Associated  Photographers.  Photographs  retouched 
in  the  highest  style  of  the  art. 


J-J ALL'S  SARSAPAPJLLA, 
YELLOW  DOCK  AND  IODIDE  POTASS, 

THE 

Best  Blood  Purifier  Known. 

Persons  that  are  troubled  with  Rheumatism, 

Scrofula,    Neuralgia,    Morbid    Liver,  Salt 

Rheum,  Pimples,  Boils,  or  any  of  the  many 

diseases  that  originate  from  Impure  Blood, 

would  find  it  much  to  their  advantage  to  give 

this  justly  celebrated  article  a  trial.   One  or 

two  bottles  are  quite  sufficient  to  couvince  the 

most  skeptical  of  its  merits.    It  contains 

neither  Spirit,  ARSENIC  nor  MERCURY 

which  cannot  be  truly  said  of  any  other  prepa- 

tion  called  "  Rarsnparilla-." 

&HEPARDSON  &  GATES,  Proprietors, 
ap7  3m      N.  W.  cor.  Sansome  and  Commercial  streets. 


rpHE  CALIFORNIAN'S 
SAN  FRANCISCO  BUSINESS  DIRECTORY. 

BOWLING  alleys. 
Wbolers  &  Steil.Pine  and  Montgomery,  (Russ  House. 

BOOKS. 
A.  Gensoul,  511  Montgomery. 
A.  Roman  k  Co.,  417  aud  419  Montgomery  street. 

BOOTS  AND  SHOES. 
Finch  &  Co. ,  133  Montgomery  street. 
Weutworth,  Hobart  &  Co.  (wholesale  manufac.)  210  Pine 

CLOTHING. 
H  M.  Lockwood  &  Co.,  624  Clay  street. 
J.  R.  Mead  &  Co.,  corner  Montgomery  and  Bush  streets 
William  Sherman,  412  Sansome,  corner  Commercial. 
Quiucy  Hall,  545,  547,  aud  549  Washington  street. 

COAL  OIL,  LAMPS,  ETC. 
Dell,  Cranna  &  Co.  (wholesale)  513  Front  street. 
A.  C.  Dietz  &  Co.,  (wholesale,)  521  Front  street. 

DENTISTS. 
Dr.  Blake,  removed  to  Third,  corner  Mission. 
Dr.  A.  N.  Clark  (late  Kuowles  &  Clark)  removed  to  410 
Kearny. 

Dr.  Wm.  B.  McAllister,  221  Third  strcot. 
N.T.  Whitcomb,  205  Thin',  near  Howard. 

DANCING  ACADEMY. 
Coghill's.  Congress  Hall,  Bush,  above  Montgomery 
Fuller  &  McCarthy,  727  Market,  near  Third. 

DRY  GOODS. 
Meagher,  TaafTe  &  Co..  9  Montgomery  street. 
Mosgrove  &  Blakcly,  £22  Third,  near  Howard. 
Buyce  &  Reich,  S  W  corner  Jackson  aud  Stockton. 

DRUGGISTS. 

R.  H.  McDonald  &Co.,  (Wholesale)  Sansome,  cor.  Pine 
Shcpardsou  &  Gales,  (successors  to  R.  Hall  &  Co.,)  cor- 
uer  Sansome  and  Commercial. 

EDUCATIONAL  INSTITUTIONS. 
Cal.  Collegiate  Institute,  Miss  M.  Lammond,  68  Silver. 
Miel  Institute,  Miss  Florence  James,  65  South  Park. 
Pacitie  Business  College,  751  Market  street,  above  Third. 
Prof.  Williams'  Commercial  Academy,  869  Mission  tt 

FURNITURE. 
Goodwin  &  Co.,  510  and  628  Washington  streets. 
J.  Peirce,  415,  417  and  419  California  street. 

GROCERS. 
N.  Boschen,  corner  Filth  and  Mini. a. 
Slosson  &  Ladd,  southwest  corner  Folsom  and  First. 
J  J.  Miller,  corner  Sutter  aud  Leavenwurth.s 
Haskell  &  Co. ,  Market  and  Sutter  sts,  below  the  Market 
W.  M.  Noble  &  Co.,  cor  Howard  and  Twelfth  streets 

HATTER. 

Lamott  (wholesale  and  retail)  227  Montgomery  street 
HOTELS. 

Brooklyn.  John  Kelly,  Jr., Sansome,  corner  Pine. 
Chicago,  E.  W.  Heimburg  &  Co.,  220  Pacific  street. 

INSURANCE. 

Accidental  and  Casualty,  R.  L.  &  F.  Ogdcn,  Montgom- 
ery street,  corner  California. 
Equitable  Life,  R.  h.  &  F.  Ogden,  Montgomery,  corner 

Califoruia, 

Mutual  Life  Ins.  Co.,  H.  S.  Homans,  Agent.  609  Clay. 
Manhattan,  R.  B.  Swain  &  Co. .  Ag'ts, 206  Front,  cor  Cal: 
National  Ins.  Co  ,  N.E  cor.  Montgomery  and  California. 
Occidental  Ins.  Co. ,  S.  W.  cor.  Moutgom'y  and  California: 
Pacilic  Ins.  Co. ,  436  California  street. 
Brooklyn  Life,  S  T  King,  agent,  S  E  cor  Montg'y  k  Pin 

LADIES'   BIJOUTERIE,  CLOAKS,  ETC. 
Rosenblatt's,  123  and  125  Montgomery  street. 

LIVERY  AND  SALE  STABLE. 

Philip  MorsheaJ,  removed  to  Howard,  near  Fifth. 
MILITARY  GOODS  AND  REGALIA. 
T.  Rodgcrs  Johnson,  Odd  Fellow's  Hall,  325  Moatg'ry  st. 
MAPS. 

Pacilic  Map  Depot,  A.  Gensoul,  511  Montgomery. 

MERCHANT  TAILORS. 
J.  H.  Hammond  removed  to  328  Montgomery. 

PHOTOGRAPHIC  GALLERIES. 
.  New  York,  B.  F.  Howland  proprietor,  15  Third  street, 
below  Market. 

PIANOS,  MUSIC,  ETC. 
M.  Gray,  613  Clay  street. 

W.  S.  Pierce,  lemoved  to  534  Market,  opposite  Second 

PHOTOGRAPHS,  CUTLERY,    SPECTACLES,  ETC. 
Lawrence  &  Houscworth,  317  and  319  Montgomery  st. 

RESTAURANTS. 
Bivalve,  Nolting  &  Sp-een,  640  Market,  near  Kearny. 
Eureka,  C.  H.  Brickwedell  &  Co.  ,('lay ,  near  'Monlguni'y 
Ladies'  Refreshment  Saloon,  Swain  &  Brown,  636  Market 
Magnolia,  143  Third  street. 

Market,  by  Felix  and  Gustave  Besson,  520  Merchant. 
Philadelphia,  Jacob  Weiss,  308  Montgomery  street. 
Helvetia,  Johnjury  &  Bros.,  524  Merchant  street. 
Saulmann's,  506  Montgomery  street. 

SALOONS. 

Russell  &  Holding's  ExcbaDge,  622  Market  street 
Charter  Oak,  Frank  Kelly,  N  E.  cor  Third  and  Howard 
Rizzelti  &  Co.'s.  527  Washington,  above  the  Market. 
Jones'  Sam  pie  Rooms,  S.  E.  cor.  Montgomery  and  CaL 
S  Myers,  332  .Montgomery  street. 
V.  Squarza.  44  Leidesdot  if  street. 

Sun  Burst,  Carulin  &  McArdle,  cor.  Second  and  Market. 
Coates  &  Henderson,  37  Sutter  street. 

SCALES. 

Fairbanks  &  Hutchinson,  Depot  for  Fairbanks'  Scales 

334  Montgomery  street. 

SEWING  MACHINES. 
Grover  &  Baker,  R.  '  .  Brown,  116  Montgomery. 
The  Florence,  office  111  Montgomery  street. 
Wheeler  &  Wilson,  corner  Montgomery  aud  Sacramento 

TOYS,  ETC. 
Fclrtliush  &  Co.,  207  Montgomery  street. 
A.  Kohler,  620  Washington  street. 

UPHOLSTERER. 
T.  McAllister,  corner  Sutter  aud  Leavenworth. 

WATER-CURE  INSTITUTE. 
Dr  Bourne's  Pioneer,  10  Post,  near  Montgomery 


RHEUMATISM. 

Throughout  this  coast  a  great  deal  of  suffering  is 
experienced  from  Rheumatism.  Weeks  and  even 
mouths  of  protracted  and  aggravated  misery  is  en- 
dured by  the  victims  of  medical  inefficiency  aud 
ignorance,  which  could  be  cured  speedily. 

Dr.  Bourne  cures  without  medicines,  which  ac- 
counts for  his  extraordinary  success.  No.  10  Masonic 
Temple,  Post  Btrcet,  San  Francisco. 


12 


THE  CALIFORNIA!*. 


j  September  l5tli 


DISTANCES  FROM  SAN  FRANCISCO 

To  various  points  : 

To  Fort  Point,  4  miles,  by  omnibus,  four  trips  a  day. 
Loue  Mountain,  3,  street  railway. 
Seal  Rock,  6,  cars  and  omnibus,  two  trips  a  day. 
Mission  Dolores,  street  railways ;  Ocean  House  8. 
San  Mateo,  "iO,  railroad. 
Crystal  Springs,  i3,  railroad  and  stage 
Halt-Moou  Hay, 29,     do.  do. 
Redwood  city ,  30,  do. 
Mountain  View,  38,  do. 
Santa  Clara,  47,  do. 

San  Jose,  50,  do. ,  or  6teamer  and  stage,  54. 

Alviso,  46.  steamer,  daily. 

Almaden  mines,  67,  steamer  and  stage ;  or  by  rail- 
road and  stage,  64. 
Santa  Cruz,  78,  railroad  and  stage. 
Oakland,  8,  steamer  and  railroad,  six  trips  a  day. 
Alameda,  11 ,  steamer,  tbree  trips  a  day.  * 
San  Loandro,  15,  steamer  and  railroad. 
Mission  San  Jose,  34,  steamer,  railroad  and  stage 
Warm  Springs,  37,  do.  do. 

Benicia,  30,  steamer  leaves  at  4  P.  M.  daily. 
Sacramento,  117,  do.  do. 
Stockton,  117,      do.  do. 
Martinez,  33,  <Jj>., 
Paebeco,  3S,  steamer-arid  stage. 
Diablo  Coal  Mines,  44,  steamer  and  stage. 
S'lisun,  50,  steamer,  or  54  by  steamer  and  stage 
Vallejo,  38  ;  Mare  Island,  57  ;  Napa  city,  50 
White  Sulphur  Springs,  67,  stage  from  Napa. 
Geyser  Springs,  1 18,  do.  do. 

Sonoma,  52,  steamer,  tri  weekly. 
Petaluma,  48,  steamer,  daily." 
Healdsbitrg,  80,  stage  daily  from  Pelalnma 
San  Quentin,  12,  steamer  ;  Farall-.me  Islands,  20. 


^LLEN'S 

LUNG 


BALSAM  ! 


J^R.  HUMPHREYS' 

Homoeopathic  Specifics 

Hare  proved,  from  the  most  ample  experience,  an 
entire  success — simple,  prompt,  efficient  and  reliable. 
They  are  the  only  Medicines  perfectly  adapted  to 
popular  use — so  simple  that  mistakes  cannot  be  made 
in  using  them  ;  so  harmless  as  to  be  free  from  dan- 
ger, and  so  efficient  as  to  be  always  reliable.  They 
have  received  the  highest  commendation  from  all, 
and  will  always  render  satisfaction. 

No.  1  cures  I'erers,  Congestion,  lnfiammations.O  25 

"  2  cures  W«r/ns,VVorm  Fever,  Worm  Colic,  25 

11  3  cures  Crying  Colic,  or  Teething  of  in- 

"  4  cures  Diarrhoea  of  children  or  adults.. .  25 

fonts  .   25 

"  5  cures  Dysentery,  Griping,  Bilious  Colic,  25 

"  6  cures  Cholera  Morbus,  Nausea, Vomiting,  25 

"     7  coxes  Cough*,  Colds,  Bronchitis   25 

"  8  cures  Neuralgia ,  Toothache,  Faceache.  25 

"  9  cures  Headaches, sick-IIeadache,Vertigo,  25 

"   10  cures  Dyspepsia,  Billions  Stomach   25 

"  11  cares  Suppressed,  or  Painful  Periods..  25 

"  13  cures  Croup,  Cough,  difficult  Breathing,  25 

"  14  cures  Salt  Rheum,  ErvsipelasFruptions,  25 

"  15  cures  Rheumatism,  Rheumatic  Pains...  25 

•'  16  cures  Fever  and  Ague,  (  bill  Kever,  Agues  50 

"    17  cures  Piles,  blind  or  bleeding   50 

"  18  cures  Oplhalmia, and  Soreor  Weak  Eyes,  50 

"  19  cures  Catarrh,  acute  orchronic,  Influenza  50 

"  20  cures  Wltooping-Couzh,  violent  coughs.  50 

41    21  cures  Asthmci,  oppressed  Breathing   50 

"  22  cures  Ear  Discharges,  impaired  Hearing  50 
"  23  cures  Scrofula,  Enlarged  Glands,  Swell- 
ings i   50 

"  24  cures  General  Dehility,  Physical  Weak- 
ness  50 

"    25  cures  Dropsy,  and  scanty  Secretions   50 

"  26ctu  es  Sea-Sickness, sickness  from  Riding,  50 

"    27  cures  Kidney  Disease,  Gravel   50 

"    29  cures  Sore  Month,  Canker   50 

"  31  cures  Painful  Periods, even  with  Spasms  50 

"    32  cures  Sujerings  at  change  of  life  $1 .00 

•'  33  cures  Epilepsy,  Spasms,  St.  Vitus'  Dance.  1.00 

"  34  cures  Viphllicria,  Ulcerated  Sore  Throat,  50 

FAMILY  CASES. 

35  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book  $10  00 

28  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book   8  00 

20  vialB,  morocco  case,  and  book   6  00 

These  Remedies,  by  the  case  or  single  box,  are 
sent  to  any  part  of  the  country,  by  Mail  or  Express, 
on  receipt  of  the  price. 

HOSTETTER,  SMITH  &  DEAN, 
401  and  403  Battery  street,  corner  of  Clay, 
ap27-3m      J  San  Francisco. 


J^ROOKLYN  HOTEL, 

1852.    SAN    FRANCISCO.  1866. 


The  Proprietor  of  the  above-named  Hotel  wishes 
to  inform  his  patrons  and  the  Travelling  Public  that  he 
has  opened  thai  elegant  Brick  Fireproof  Hotel,  situated 
on  tho 

S.  E.  Corner  of  Pine,  and  Sansome  sti-eels, 

SAX  FRANCISCO. 

It  was  built  expressly  for  a  Hotel,  with  all  the  modern 
conveniences  attached  to  it. 

Gas  and  w,tler  are  supplied  throughout  the  House. 
Rooms  are  well  ventilated,  and  the  Public  will  findi 
Hotel  all  tho  comforts  of  a  home.   The  Hotel  is  spacious, 
and  well  adapted  for  the  use  of  Families.   Suits  of  Rooms 
can  be  bad  on  reasonable  terms. 

LA.ROE  READING  ROOM 

Attached  to  the  Hotel, 

Containing  500  Volumes  of  Standard  Works, 

Which  is  entirely  for  the  use  of  patrons. 

THE  CITY  COACH,  with  the  namo  of  the  Hotel  on  it, 
will  be  in  readiness  at  the  Wharf,  on  the  arrival  of  each 
steamor,  to  convey  passengers  and  baggage  to  the  II  ■  •  : , 
free  of  charge.  JO   N  KELLY.  Jr., 

my6-3ra  Proprietor. 


^TOCKDaLE  house, 


Corner  Main  and  Oak  streets,  retaluma. 
mir24  6m  II  STOCKIST,  "-"orictor 


A  CERTAIN  CURE  FOR 

COUGHS,  COLDS,  INFLUENZA,  NIGHT 
SWEATS.  BRONCHITIS,  SPITTING 
OF  BLOOD,  ASTHMA,  WHOOPING 
COUGH, 

C  ONS  UMP  TION, 

And  all  Diseases  of  the 

CHEST   AND  LUNGS 

This  celebrated  Cough  Remedv  effects  a  speedy 
enre  bv  producing  a  free  and  easy  expectoration, 
heals  aliscesses  of  the  longs,  prevent*  unhealthy  se- 
cretion of  the  bronchial  tubes,  and  removes  from 
them  those  accumulations  of  morbid  matter  which 
cause  oppression  of  the  breast,  difficulty  of  breath- 
ing, etc  ,  soothes  irritation  of  the  respiratory  orgaus 
which  produces  cough. 

price  o»E  dollar  per  bottle. 

Sold  by  all  Druggists. 

HOSTETTER,  SMITH  &  DEAN,  Agents, 
401  Battery  corner  of  Clay, 
ap27-3m  San  Francisco. 


pACIFIC  MAIL   STEAMSHIP  CO.'S 

Through  Line  to  New  York. 

CARRYING  THE  U.  S.  MAIL ! 

Leave  Folsom-streot  Wharf  at  11  o'clock  ^.  M.  of  the 
following  dales,  for  PANAMA,  couueclmg  ria  Panama 
Railroad,  with  otio  of  the  Company's  splendid  steamers 
from  ASPINWAI.L  lor  NEW  YORK. 

On  the  10th,  18th,  snd  30th  of  each  month  that  has  30 
days. 

On  the  10th,  19th,  and  30th  of  each  month  thai  has  31 
davs. 

When  the  lot h,  19ih  and  30th  fall  on  Sunday,  they  will 
leave  on  Saturday  preceding  ;  when  ihc  18th  falls  on  Sun- 
day, they  will  leave  on  Monday  following. 

Steamer  leaving  San  Francisco  on  the  10th  touches  at 
Mauzanillo.    All  touch  at  Acapulco. 

Departure  of  19th  connects  with  FrcDch  Transatlantic 
company's  steamer  for  St.  Nazaire,  and  Euglish  steamer 
for  South  America. 

Departure  of  loth  connects  with  English  steamer  for 
Southampton,  and  P.  R.  R  Co.'s  slcamer  for  Central 
America. 

Departure  of  30th  connects  with  English  slcamer  for 
Tumaeo,  the  port  of  the  new  mines. 

The  following  steamships  will  be  despatched  on  dates 
as  given  below  : 

SEPTEMBER  18th, 
COLORADO,  Capt.  J  T.  Walking,  connecting  with  HENRY 
CUA  UNCEY.  Capl,  Gray. 
SEPTEMBER  29m, 
SACRAMENTO,  Capt.  .1.  M  Cavarly,  connecting  with  toe 
OCEAN  QUEEN,  Capl.  Weir. 
Cabin   Passengers  will  be  berthed  through.  Baggage 
checked  through — 100  pounds  allowed  each  adult. 

An  experienced  Surgeon  on  board.  Medicine  and  attend- 
ance free. 

The  steamer  will  positively  leave  at  11  o'clock.  Pas- 
sengers are  requested  lo  have  their  baggage  on  hoard  be- 
fore 10  o'clock 

fcS^The  splendid  steamship  COLORADO  will  be  dp- 
s patched  for  CHINA  on  TCE-DAY,  JANUARY  1,  1867, 
lor  HONGKONG  via  HONOLULU  and  KANAGAWA,  car- 
rying Passeiigeis,  M  il's  and  Freight, 
r  Passengers  and  Freight  will  also  be  taken  for  SHANG- 
AAE — to  tie  forwarded  from  Kana^'awa  by  steamer  leav- 
ing wiihin  a  few  days. 

For  Merchandise  Freight  apply  to  Messrs.  Wells,  Fargo 
&  Co. 

Fur  Passage  and  all  other  information,  apply  at  Pacini; 
Mail  Steamship  company's  ollicc, corner  of  Sacramento  and 
Lcidiwdorff  streets. 

OLIVER  ELDRIDGE,  Agent. 


0 


PPOSITION  STEAMER-DAY, 


TUESDAY,  SEPTEMBER  25,  1866. 

GREAT  REDUCTION  IN  RATES, 
VIA  NICARAGUA  ! 

THE  CENTRAL  AMERICAN  TRANSIT  COMPANY  will 
despatch  the  favorite  Steamship 

MOSES  TAYLOR, 
On  Tuesday,  -         -        -     Sipt.  25, 

From  Mission  street  Wharf,  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M.,  precisely 
Connecting  at  GREYTOWN  with  the  splendid  Steamship 
SANTIAGO, 
2.500  Ton,  rt>B  Ntw  Yobk. 
4fj-  For  Passage  and  Freight,  and  Insurance  on  Treas 
ure,  at  greatly  REDUCED  RATES,  apply  to 

I.  W.  RAYMOND,  Agent, 
Northwest  corner  Battery  aud  Pine  streets, 

Ul>  stairs,  San  Franciseo. 


CALIFORNIA 

Steam  Navigation  Company. 

STEAMER  CAPITAL  CAPT.  E.  A.  POOLE. 

CHRYSOPOLIS.CAPT.  A.  FOSTER. 

YOSEMITE   

"       CORNELIA  CAPT  W.  11ROMLEY. 

JULIA  CAPT.  E.  CONCKLIN. 

One  of  the  above  steamers  leave  BROADWAY  WHARF, 
at  4  o'clock  P.  M..  EVEHY  DAT,  (Sundays  excepted,)  for 
Sacramento  aud  one  for  Stockton,  tlie  Sicrameobi  steamer 
connecting  with  light  draft  steamers  for  Marysvillc,  Co- 
lusa, Chico  and  Red  Bluff. 

Steamships  PACIFIC,  ORIZABA,  CAlIFfjRNIA,  AC- 
TIVE,&w\  SENATOR, leave  as  advertised,  for  Portland, 
Oregon,  New  Westminster,  British  Columbia,  Victoria, 
[V.  I.,)  Santa  Barbara,  San  Pedro,  and  San  Diego. 

Office  ot  the  ^mpaoy,  northeast  corner  of  Front  and 
Jackson  streets. 

irar-J3  B  M  HARTSHORNE.r-etidr.nl. 


R.  H.  McDONaLD.  J  C.  SPENCER. 

h.  Mcdonald  &  co.,  importing 
Wholesale  Druggists, 

J  STREET,  SACRAMENTO, 

ASD 

CORNER  SANSOME  AND  PINE  STREETS, 

SAN  FBAXC1SCO. 

We  respectfully  beg  leave  lo  inform  our  customers  and 
the  public  generally,  that  we  have  opened  a  House  in  the 
city  of  San  Francisco,  where  we  will  be  pleased  lo  see  as 
many  of  our  old  friends  and  customers  as  can  make  it 
convenient  to  call  upon  us.  We  shall  keep  at  both  places 
a  largo  and  well  selected  Slock  of 

DRUGS  AND  MEDICINES,  SURGICAL  INSTRU- 
MENTS, DENTAL  GOODS,  FANCY  ARTICLES, 
BKUSHES  AND  COMBS,  SHOULDER-  AND  BODY 
BRACES.  LADIES'  BANDAGES  AND  SUPPORT 
ERS,  GUM  ELASTIC  STOCKINGS.  TRUSSES, 
PA  I  NTS  AND  OILS.  PATENT  MEDICINES, 
HERBS  AND  EXTRACTS,  B REIVERS'  AND  SO- 
DA STOCK,  CORKS,  (large  randy,)  ASSAYERS' 
MATERIAL,  BURNING  OILS  AND  FLUIDS, 
PLASTER  PARIS,  MARBLE  DUST, 
Together  with  a  large  and  complete  assortment  of  all 
Goods  kept  in  a  well  supplied  Wholesale  Drug  Store. 

We  respectfully  solicit  (bam  dealing  in  oui  line  lo  ex- 
amine and  price  our  Stock  before  purchasing  elsewhere. 

r.  h.  Mcdonald  fc  co., 

Sacramento  and  San  Francisco. 


E.  H.  M<  DONALD  &  CO., 

IMPORTING  WHOLESALE  DRUfiGISTS, 

J  street,  Sacramento,  and  corner  Pine  and  Sanfome  sis., 

San  Francisco, 
Importers  of  DE?mL  AND  SURGICAL  INSTRUMENTS. 

TEETH.  GOLU  KOIL,  KO IV  EPS  of  all 
kinds,  DENTAL  CHAIRS,  Han  1  and  FfK't 
LATHED,  Brush,  Cotton,  and  Corundum 
WHEELS,  Plupgcrs,  Scalers,  Files,  Rosp 
wood  DENTAL  CASES,  brass  buuud,  best  quality .  with 
dill  sets  Instruments ,  M'rrors,  etc.,  price  from  $T5  to 
&7S  each.  VULCANITE  MATERIAL.  Vulcanize*!*,  Vul- 
canite Base,  and  Impression  Gulla  Percha.  A  large  vari- 
ety of  VULCANITE  TEETH.  Scrapers  and  Packers;  to- 
gether with  a  large  and  complete  assortment  or  all  arti- 
cles of  the  latest  ami  most  Approved  Styles  of  Vulcanite 
Work.  DENTAL  BOOK.^— We  keep  constantly  on  hand 
a  supply  of  all  the  most  approved  Standard  Works  on 
Dcutistry.  .  Our  efforts  will  be  to  keep  a  large  and  well 
selected  slock  of  all  D  -nlal  Material,  where  the  Dental 
Profession  may  conlidently  rely  upon  having  their  orders 
tilled  in  the  best  j»ossible  manner. 

E.  h.  Mcdonald  &  co. 

Sacramento  :  J  street  ;  San  Francisco  :  corner  Pine  and 
Sansome  streets,  si 


vital  activitic- 
ils  orgaus,  purify  th 
purge  out  the  foul  hum 
per,  stimulate  sluggii ' 
natural  action,  and  im| 
to  the  whole  system. 


bio 


A  T  B  £ »  S 

Cathartic  Pills, 


ARE  THE  MOST  PERFECT 

purgative  which  wc  arc  able 
to  produce,  or  which  we 
think  has  ever  yet  been 
m  ule  by  anybo  y.  Their 
effects  have  abundant  y 
shown  to  the  community 
how  mcch  they  excel  the 
ordinary  me-  icines  in  use. 
They  arc  safe  nod  pleasant 
to  lake,  hut    powerful  to 

cure.  Their  penetrating 
properties  stimulate  ihe 
remove  the  ob«tru  lions  of 
I,  and  c.\pel  disease.  They 
lilffc'brcL'il  and  grow  dtslcm- 
di*-ore>red  organs  into  their 
Va»ilie3lthy  tone  with  stongili 
Not  only  do  they  cure  the  <  ve,  y 
day. complaints  of  everybody,  but  also  formidable  and 
dangerous  diseases.  While  they  produce  powerful  effects, 
they  are  at  the  same  lime,  in  diminished  doses,  the  s  ifest 
and  best  physic  that  can  bo  employed  for  children.  Being 
sugar-coated,  ihey  are  pleasant  to  take  ;  and,  being  pure 
ly  vegetable,  are  free  from  any  risk  of  harm.  Cures  have 
been  made  which  surpass  belief,  were  they  not  suli.-t  in 
tiated  by  men  of  such  exalted  position  and  character,  as 
to  forbid  the  suspicion  of  untruth  Many  emineot  cler- 
gymen and  physicians  have  lent  th°ir  Lames  to  certify  to 
the  public  the  reliability  of  our  remedies,  wh'le  others 
have  sent  us  the  assurance  of  their  conviction  that  our 
Preparations  comtrihute  immensely  to  the  relief  of  our 
afflicted,  suffering  fellow  men. 

The  Agent  below  named  is  pleased  to  furnish  gratis  our 
Amerlcnn  Almanac,  containing  directions  for  the  use  and 
certificates  of  their  cures,  of  the  following  complaints 

Coslivcness,  Billious  Complaints,  Rheumatism,  Dropsy, 
Heartburn.  Headache  arising  from  foul  si-mach,  Nausea, 
Indigestion,  Morbid  Inaction  of  the  Bowils  anil  pain  aris- 
ing therefrom,  Flatulency,  Loss  of  Appetite,  all  Diseases 
Which,  require  an  evaeuant  meuiciue.  They  also,  by  puri- 
fying the  blood  and  stimulating  the  system,  cure  many 
complaints  which  it  would  not  be  supposed  they  could 
reach,  such  as  Deafness,  Partial  Blindness,  Neuralgia  aud 
Nervous  Irritability,  Derangements  of  the  Liver  and 
Kidneys,  Gout,  aud  other  kindred  complaints  arising  from 
a  low  state  of  the  body,  or  obstruction  of  its  functions 

Do  not  be  put  Off  by  unprincipled  dealers  with  other 
preparations  which  they  make  more  profit  on  Demand 
AVER'S  and  take  no  others.  The  sick  want  the  best  aid 
there  is  for  them,  and  th«-v  should  have  it. 

Prepared  by  J.  C.  AVER  A:  flfD  ,  Lowell,  M  iss,  and  sold 

^>y  ' 

CRANE  &  BRIGHAM.  San  Francisco, 
si  2m  and  all  Dealers. 


c 


HARRINGTON  &  CO  S 


GENERAL   PURCHASING  AGENCY. 
No.  40  BROADWAY",  NEW  YORK. 
IF     YoiJ  WANT 
Books.  Prints.  Clotliinp,  Insmimrnts,  Music,  Tools.  Weap- 
ons, Stirling  Implements,  Fancy  Stock.  Jewelry, 
Silver  or  Platcri  Ware.  Wines,  Cigars,  Fiuo 
Groceries,  Furniture  ;  in  short,  any 
Article,  large  or  small,  singly  or 
in  quantity,  for  Ladies'  or 
Gentlemen's  us*-  or  wear, 
or  for  Dealers*  Supplies,  from  a  seal-ring  to  a  steam  englDe 
— a  Cameo  or  a  Cashmere  ;  lace  or  leather, 
*  -  SE.nU-OW'  YOCJh  ORDERS. 

Orders  may  be  given  in  French,  Spanish  or  German. 
COMMISSION"  CHARGE,      -      -      .     Five  ptB  Cent 
Address  :  • 

CARRINGTON  &  CO., 

40  B  oadway,  N.  Y. 


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SOCIETY  OP  NEW  YORK, 

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tra Premiums  for  Traveling  to  and  from  the  East. 

ACCUMULATED  KIND  $2,500,000 

R.  L.  &  F.  OGDEN, 

General  Agents  for  Pacific  Coast  and  Territories, 
S.  E.  corner  California  and  Montgomery  sts. 

Accidantal  Insurance ! 
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Insurance  nc,minst  all  kinds  of  ACCIDENTS. 
The  (July  Mutual  Ccmipany  in  America. 

Fifty  Dollars  per  annum  insures  your  life  against 
death  iiv  accident  for  $10,000  lor  one  year,  and  gives 
you  $."iti  if  disabled. 

Five  Dollars  per  annum  insures  you  for  $1,000  and 
$0  per  week  compensation. 

Insurance  for  any  period,  or  for  a  trip  or  voyage. 

Rates  as  low  as  any  good  Company  can  allbrd. 

R.  L.  &.  F.  OGDEN, 
S.  E.  comer  of  California  and  Montgomery  street*, 

si  3m  General  Agents  for  Pacific  Coast. 


gREWSTER  &  CO.'S 

Carriage  Manufactory, 

372  Broome  sleet,  2i~cw  York. 

We  desire  to  announce  to  our  California  friends  thai 

wc  have  made  extensive  arrangemeots  by  increasing 
our  works  lor  the  coming  mmou,  aud  with  a  view  to 

SUPPLYING  THE 

WANTS  OF  C  A  L  I  F  O  R*  N  I  A, 

will  manufacture  a  style  of  work  ptrtictiiurly  adapted  to 
city  aud  country  use,  and  in  view  of  the  destructive  ef- 
fects of  city  railroads  *>n  all  light  work,  w  ill  give 

CARRIAGES,  BUGGIES.  PHAETONS.  CO^TPK, 
and  Vehicles  of  every  rJeecriptlon, of  our  own  uuiiufac- 
lure,  on  hand  und  matte  lo  order. 
Orders  or  communications  fduoM  be  addressed  to 
BREWsTER  &  CO., 

Ol  Br**omc  street, 
The  firm  of  Brewster  .V.  Baldwin  Dot  being  in  any  way 
connected  with 

BREWSTER  &  CO., 
Of  A'o.  372,  Broome  street, 


IN  THE    DISTRICT     COURT   OF  THE 
Fifteenth  Judicial  District  of  lno8tMeof  California,  in 
aud  for  the  Citv  auu  County  of  San  Francisco. 
MARY  ,~MITH",  P  aintilf,  *i.  WILLIAM  SMITH,  Defendant. 

Action  brought  in  the  District  Court  of  the  Fifteenth  Judi- 
cial District  of  the  Suite  of  Calilorma,  in  aud  for  tin-  City 
and  County  ol  San  Francisco,  and  the  u  inplniiil  tiled  in 
s.ul  City  and  County  or  San  franciseo,  in  the  ollicc  of 
the  Clerk  of  said  District  Court. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  California  send  greeting 
lo  WILLIAM  SMITH,  Defendant  You  are  hereby  re- 
quired 10  appear  in  an  action  brought  ngaiust  you  by  the 
above-named  Plaintiff  in  the  District  Conn  of  the  Fift'-enlh 
Judicial  District  of  the  State  of  California,  in  ami  ror  the 
City  ami  County  of  San  Francisco,  an.!  to  answ  er  the  com- 
plaint l)l*id  theicin,  within  Ten  Days,  (exclusive  of  th*'  day 
of  service,)  after  the  Service  on  you  of  mis  Summons 
—if  served  within  this  County  ;  or,  if  served  out  of  this 
County,  but  in  this  District,  within  Twenty  D.iys  ;  other- 
wise, within  Forty  Days — or  judgment  by  default  will  be 
taken  agaiusl  you,  according  lo  the  prayer  of  said  Com- 
plaiut. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  decree  of  this 
Court,  dissolving  the  Bonds  of  Matrimony  existing  be- 
tween Plaintiff. and  Deiendaui,  ami  that  one  half  ol  tbo 
Defendant's  property,  if  he  have  any,  tic  awarded  lo 
Plaintiff, and  for  general  relief. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  il  you  fail  to  api*ear 
and  answer  the  said  complaint,  as  above  required,  the  said 
plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Courl  for  the  relict  therein  de- 
manded. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  Seal  of  the  District  Court  of  the 
Fifteenth  Judicial  District  ot  the  Statu  or  California,  in 
and  ror  the  City  aud  County  or  San  Fraocisco,  this  27lh 
day  of  June  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  sixty-six 

Seal.  Int.  Kev. Stamp,  1  TYM.  LOEWY, 

50  cts.,  cancelled.    ./  Clerk, 

Bv  G.  C.  Letcher,  Deputy  Clerk. 
A.  Wiluams,  Plaintiff's  Attorney,  I 

535  Clay  street.  J  jc30  3m 


NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS. — Estate  or  WILLIAM  MAC- 
Mlt'HASI  .  deceased. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  by  the  undersigned,  admiuistra 
tor  with  tho  will  annexed,  ol  the  above  named  estate,  to 
the  creditors  or,  and  all  persons  having  claims  against 
William  MacMlchael,  deceased,  lo  exhibit  the  same,  with 
the  necessary  vouchers,  within  len  months  trom  the  lirst 
publication  of  this  notice,  to  the  undersigned  at  bis  place 
or  busioosB,  No  12  Post  street,  Masonic  Temple,  in  the 
city  and  county  oi  San  Francisco. 
San  Francisco,  August  18, 1866.  * 

THEODORE  L  SCHEI.L, 
Administrator  with  the  will  annexed  of  the  estate  of 
William  MeMichael,  deceased. 
Wixans  k  Beikxap,  Attorneys  for  Administrator.  5t 


September  15th] 


THE  CALIF  OR.NIAN. 


13 


PEIRCE, 
*  FURNITURE  AND 


Bedding  Warerooms. 


QREAT  TRIUMPH!! 

STEINWAY  &  SONS 


Wore  awarded  the  FIRST  PRIZE  MEDAL  at  thelaU  eav 
INTERNATIONAL  EXHIBITION  AT  LONDON,  over  the 
two  hundred  and  sixty-nine  Pianus  entered  lor  competition 
from  all  parts  of  the  world. 

The  Special  Correspondent  of  the  New  YorK  Times  saye  : 

"  Messrs.  Steiuway  A:  Sons'  indorsement  by  the  Jurors 
is  emphatic,  and  stronger  and  more  to  the  point  than  that 
of  any  European  maker." 

A  constant  supply  of  the  above  superior  instruments  can 
be  found  at  the  Agent's, 

M.  GRAY,  613  Clay  street. 
PIANO  TUNING  done  by  a  first-crass  Workman,  from 
Steinway  &  Son's  Factory,  New  York.  my25 


Nos.  415,  417,  and  419  California  Street, 

NEAR  MONTGOMERY. 

THIS  STOCK  OF  FURNITURE,  etc., was  selected  with 
great  care,  ami  special  attention  given  to  the  wants  01 
this  market,  ENTIRELY  AT  THE  EAST.  It  is  NOT 
COMPOSED  OF  REFUSE  GOODS,  ODDS  AND  ENDS  OF 
OTHER  HOUSES  that  have  lately  closed  out  here,  bul 
CONSISTS  ENTIRELY  OK  NEW  GOODS,  made  after  the 
latest  patterns  and  in  the  most  durable  manner. 

The  present  Stock  is  fully  TWICE  as  large  as  that  of  any 
other  house  here.  Parties  having  any  doubts  of  this,  or 
that  the  assortment  is  not  superior  to  any  in  tne  city,  can 
easily  satisfy  themselves  by  calling. 

The  stock  of  Case  Goods  is  larger  than  ever  before. 

J.  PEIRCE, 
Ware-rooms  415,  417  and  419  California  street 

jel0-3m  SAN  FRANCISCO. 


J>  A  C  I  F  I  C  OCEAN  HOUSE, 
SANTA  CRUZ,  CAL. 

THIS  NEW  AND  COMMODIOUS  HOTEL,  built  and  Tur- 
uished  iu  accordance  with  the  must  modem  and  improved 
plans,  aud  with  a  view  to  the  comfort  and  convenience  of 
its  patrons,  is  now  open  for  the  reception  of  guests. 

To  those  who  have  visited  Santa  Cruz,  it  is  unnecessary 
to  speak  of  its  beauties  aud  its  natural  advantages  over 
all  other  places  of 

Summer  Resort. 

To  those  who  have  not,  the  Proprietor  can  only  yay 
COME  AND  JUDGE  FOR  YOURSELVES— giving  all 
whi>  may  cume  the  assurance  tnat  his  (jarnest  endeavors 
shall  be  /<•  make  the  Hotel,  in  all  its  appointments,  equal 
'to  the  surroundings  of  this  delightlul  Sea  sidu  Resoi  t. 

GEO.  T.  BROMLEY, 

Santa  Cruz,  April  4, 186tJ.  Proprietor. 


CALIFORNIA  BRASS  FOUNDRY, 

No.  125  First  street,  opposite  Minna, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 


All  kinds  of  Brass, 
Composition,  Zinc, 
and  B  abbitt  Meta 
Castings,  furnished 
at.  the  shortest  notice. 
Brass  Ship- Work  o 
all  kinds,  Spikes, 


Sheathing  Nails,  Rudder  Braces,  Hinges,  etc. ,  constantly 
on  hand  anil  made  to  order.  Also,  manufacture  Ship  aud 
Steamboat  Bells  and  Gongs  of  superior  tone. 

All  kinds  of  Steam,  Liquor,  Water,  Oil,  and  Flange 
Cocks  and  Valves  made  and  repaired. 

Hydraulic  Pipes  aud  Nozzles,  and  Hose  Couplings  and 
Connections  of  all  sizes  aud  patterns,  famished  with  dis- 
patch.   PRICES  MODERATE. 

JOHN  P.  GALLAGHER, 
JOSEPH  H.  WEED. 

jelO  3m 


MOOD  NEWS  FOR  THE  PEOPLE. 


Teeth  Extracted  Without  Pain 

HY  THE 

A NjESTHET 1C  SPRAY  PRODUCER, 

WITHOUT  EXTRA  CHARGE. 


Partial  to  a  full  Upper  Set  of  Teeth, for 
from  $10  to  $25,  as  usual.    Filling  with 
best  Cement,  $1  ;  with  Gold,  from  $1  to 
$3.    All  work  warranted. 
Office,  139  Fourth  street,  near  Howard. 
au4  3m  J.  P.  CROVVELL,  Dentist. 


(J    WIEDERH0LD  &  CO.'S 

Piano  Warerooms, 

685  Market  street,  corner  of  Third, 

WILL  BE  OPEN  ON  AND 
after  SATURDAY,  Aug.  25th, 
EVENINGS,  til^  8  o'clock. 

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR 
/.  B.  DUNHAM'S, 

F.  C.  LI G LITE  &  CO.'S, 

GEO.  STECK  &  CO.'S,  and 
ERNEST  G ABLER' S 
CELEBRATED  PIANOS. 


We  will  be  in  constant  receipt,  of  the  above  fine 
Pianos,  which  we  warrant  equal  to  any  imported, 
and  ask  our  friends  and  the  public  to  call  and  exam- 
ine for  themselves.  au25-3m 


JJATHANIEL  GRAY, 

UNDERTAKER, 
CITT  AND  COUNTY  SEJTTON, 
6-11  Sacuamento  sthket,  Corner  of  Webb 

^»lo  agents  for   BARSTOW'S  PATENT  METALLIC 
BURIAL  CASES  and  CASKETS. 

,   —  ( 

jel7-3m 


YANKEE  NOTIONS 

AND 

FANCY  GOODS! 

MERCH  ANTS  wanting  Goods  in  this  line  shouM  not  fall 
to  examiue  our  flock,  which  is  new  and  attractive,  before 
buying  elsewhere.' 

MEAGHER,  TAAFFE  &  CO., 

jy21-3in  Battery  stre<  t,  nearPinc. 


rji  h  E 

Accidental  Insurance  Co , 

OF  NEW  YORK, 
ISSUES  POLICIES  INSURING  AGAINST  INJURIES  OF 
all  kinds,  and  death  resulting  from  accident 

Incase  death  does  not  result  from  the  injury,  the  in 
sured  receives  a  weekly  co  jipeusatiou  as  long  as  he  is  dis 
ahled  (not  to  exoeed  twenty -six  weeks.) 


Policy. 
$1,000.. 
$2,000.. 
$5,000. . 
$10,000. 


Premium.     Weekly  Compensation 

..$  5  00  $  5  00 

..$10  00  $10  00 

..$25  00  $25  00 

.,$50  00  $50  00 


SEA  VOYAGE  POLICIES, 
Covering  risk  to  New  York,  cost  $2  per  $1,000. 

No  Medical  Examination  required. 

Life  Insurance. 

CONNECTICUT  MUTUAL 

LIFE  INSURANCE  CO., 

HARTFORD,  CONN 
For  Policies,  or  further  information,  apply  to 

A.  D.  SMITH  &  CO.,  Agents, 

Northwest  corner  Montgomery  and  Secrameuto  streets 
au4  3m 


Q.RAND  OPENING 

OF  TUB 

Circassian  Saloon, 

Comer  of  Dupout  and  Pacific  streets, 

(Formerly  "Diana Saloon,") 
ON  SATURDAY,  AUGUST  11,  1866. 


NOVEL  ENTERTAINMENT.  — Magic  aud  Gymnastic 
Feats,  free  of  chargo. 

■ea^The  host  of  WINEE,  LIQKORS,  LUNCH,  anil 
CIGARS  always  on  hand. 

N.  B.    Fine  Vocal  Music,  Polite  Waiters,  etc. 

aull  lm 


D 


YOU 


URN1TURE 

AND 


WANT  ANY 

Printing 

IF  YOU  DO,  GO  TO 

411    CLAY  STREET, 

BETWEEN  SANSOME  AND  BATTERY. 


Printing  of  every  description  done  on 

short  notice  and  in  the  best  style,  by 

M.  D.  CARR  &  CO. 

je30  3m 


B  ED  DING! 


LARGEST  STOCK! 

LATEST  STYLES! 

The    Best  Workmanship, 

AND 

LOWEST  PRICES! 

AT 

Goodwin    4*    C  o  .  *  s 

FURNITURE  WARE-ROOMS, 
Nos.  508,  510,  518  and  528  Washinglon-sl. 

jal8  SAN  FRANCISCO. 


QUINCY  HALL, 

545,  547,  549  WASHINGTON  STREET. 


HEUSTON, 


HASTINGS 


&  CO. 


The   Fashionable  Clothiers 


SAN  FRANCISCO, 

Are  now  engaged  in  enlarging  their  already  ex 
tensive  European  connections,  and  are  offering  the 
LARGEST,  FINEST,  AND  MOST  COMPLETE 


CUSTOM-MADE  CLOTHING, 

GENTS'  FURNISHING  GOODS, 

TRUNKS,  BAGS,  VALISES,  ETC., 
ON    THE    PACIFIC  COAST, 

AT 

REDUCED  PRICES. 

jel7-3m 


JjMREMAN'S  FUND 

Insurance  Company. 

PRINCIPAL  OFFICE, 

Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco. 

Capital  fully  paid  in  Gold  Coin  $500,000  00 

Surplus,  April  30,  1866   154,824  57 

Total  Assets  $654,824  57 

Insure  against  Loss  or  Damage  by  Fire,  on  Stores, 
Dwollings,  Merchandise,  Vessels  ami  Cargoes  iu  Port, 
and  other  insurable  property. 

$50,000  is  the  largest  amount  taken  on  any  one  risk. 
This  Companr  reinsures  whonovcr  the  risks  are  deemed 
too  large  for  tho  locality. 

INDIVIDUAL  LI  ABILITY  of  STOCKHOLDERS 

Under  the  Constitution  and  Statutes  of  California. 
ALL  LOSSES  PAID  PROMPTLY  IN  UNITED  STATES 
GOLD  COIN  _ 

W.  B.  BOURN,  Pre?ulent. 
D.  J.  STAPLES,  Vice  President. 
Cdas.  R.  Bond,  Secretary.  aul7  3m 


THE  LARGEST  CLOTHING  EMPORIUM  in  California. 

The  daily  sales  from  the  establishment  is  a  sufficient 
guarantee  that  the  prices  are  less  than  those  of  any  other 
house  on  the  Pacific  coast.  Here  you  also  find  clothing  of 
the  best  ol  California  Cloth,  both  lor  Wholesale  and  Retail 
trade.  Also,  particular  attention  paid  to  making  up  fine 
clothing  to  order.  jj  21 


ZRiixro-'S 

VEGETABLE  AMBROSIA 

IS  THE  MIRACLE  OF  THE  AGE! 


AMERICAN  HOTEL, 
Main  street.      .        -  -  Petaluma. 

mar24  6m   EMERSON  k  LAMBERTON,  Proprietors. 


Gray-headed  People  have  their 
locks  restored  by  it  to  the  dark,  lustrous, 
silken  tresses  of  youth,  and  are  happy! 

Young  People,  with  light,  faded  or  red  Hair, 
have  these  unfashionable  colors  changed  to 
a  beautiful  auburn,  and  rejoice ! 

People  whose  heads  are  covered  with 
Dandruff  and  Humors,  use  it,  and  have  clean 
coats  and  clear  and  healthy  scalps  1 

Bald-Headed  "Veterans  have 
their  remaining  locks  tightened,  and  the 
bare  spots  covered  with  a  luxuriant  growth 
of  Hair,  and  dance  for  joy ! 

Young  Gentlemen  use  it  because  it  is 
richly  perfumed ! 

Young  Ladies  uso  it  because  it  keeps 
their  Hair  in  place ! 

Everybody  must  and  will  use  it,  because 
it  is  the  cleanest  and  best  article  in  the 
market !  w,  . 


Por  Sale  by  Druggists  generally. 


For  sale,  wholesale  aud  retail,  by 

JOHN  F.  SNOW, 

Sole  Agent  for  the  Pacihc  Coast,  24  Post  street, 
je23  San  Francisco. 


J^JEAUIIER,  TAAFE  &  CO., 

IMPORTERS  AM)  WHOLESALE  DKALKBS  OF 

DRY  GOODS,  LINENS, 

FURNISHING  GOODS, 

YANKEE  NOTIONS, 

FANCY  GOODS,  ETC. 

AGENTS  FOB  THE 

MOUNT  YERON    DUCK  COMPANY 

NO.  107  BATTERY  STREET,  NEAR  PINE. 
RETAIL  HOUSE,  -  -  -  NO.  9  MONTGOMERY  STREET, 
Jy'SQ  3m  Lick  House. 


j^JR.  AND  MRS.  COGILL 
AND  SONS, 

Teachers  of  Dancing, 

CONGRESS  HALL, 
Ou  Bnsh-st. ,  adjoinin  Russ  Honse. 


SCHOOI,— MONDAYS  AND  WEDNESDAYS  Ladies  at 
8  p.  H.  Gentlemen  aud  Ladies  nt  7  1-2  v.  It  Forieoa 
every  Friday  Evening.  Hall  *.o  rent.  au5-3io 


14 


THE    CALIF  ORN  I  AN 


{September  15th 


KATES  OP  POSTAGE. 

Valuable  letters  may  be  registered  on  application 
at  the  office  of  mailing,  and  tUe  payment  of  20  cents 
registration  fee. 

Transient  newspapers,  periodicals,  blanks,  proof- 
sbeets,  book  manuscripts,  pamphlets,  and  all  mail 
able  printed  matter,  except  circulars  and  books,  2 
Cents  for  each  and  every  4  ounces.  Double  these 
rates  are  charged  for  books. 

Seeds,  cuttings,  roots,  etc.,  2  cents  for  each  4 
ounces  or  less  quantity. 

All  packages  of  mail  matter  not  charged  with  let- 
ter postage  must  be  so  arranged  that  the  same  can 
be  conveniently  examined  by  Postmasters;  if  not, 
letter  postage  will  be  charged. 

Unsealed  circulars,  to  one  address,  not  exceeding 
three  in  number,  2  cents,  and  in  the  same  proportion 
for  a  greater  number. 

No  package  will  be  forwarded  by  mail  which 
■weighs  over  4  pounds. 

All  postage  matter,  for  delivery  within  the  United 
States,  must  be  prepaid  bv  stamps  (except  duly  certi- 
fied letters  of  soldiei-s  and  sailors  ;)  otherwise,  double 
the  above  rates  will  be  charged  on  delivery. 

Weekly  newspapers  (one  copy  only)  sent  to  actual 
subscribers  within  the  county  where  printed  and 
published,  free. 

Letters  to  Canada  and  other  British  North  Amer 
ican  Provinces,  when  not  over  3,000  miles,  10  ceuts 
for  each  £  ounce.  When  over  3,000  miles,  15  cents. 
Prepavment  optional. 

Letters  to  Great  Britain  or  Ireland,  24  cents.  Pre- 
payment optional. 


T 


H  E 


AWARDED  the  HIGHEST  PREMIUM 

AT  THE 

State  Fair  of  California, 

The  ooly  Fair  on  the  Pacific  coast  at  wnicli  aiiy  two 
double-thread  Machines  were  exhibited  in  competition  in 

1865. 

If  there  is  a  FLORENCE  SEWING  MA- 
chine  within  one  thousand  miles  of  this  office 
that  is  not  working  well,  it  will  be  attended 
to  if  I  am  informed  of  it.  without  expense  to 
the  owner.  SAMUEL  HILL, 

General  Agent, 
111  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco. 

THE 


SEWING  MACHINE 

RECEIVED  THE  FIRST  PREMIUM,  A  GOLD  MEDAL, 
at  ttic  Great  Exhibition  of  the 

AMERICAN  INSTUTE,  -  -  -  New  York, 
1  8  6  5. 

mylO  3m 

\  CARD. 


Great  Sale  of  Fine  Clothing. 

OCR  WHOLE  STOCK  OF  FINE  CLOTHING  and  Gents" 
Furuishiug  Goods,  for  the  next 

THIRTY  DAYS, 
At  Prices  that  Challenge  Competition. 

IT  MUST  BE  SOLD,  TO  MAKE  ROOM  FOR  OUR  FALL 
AND  WINTER  STOCK. 

J.  R.  MEAD  &  CO., 

Corner  Bush  and  Montgomery  streets,  and  corner  Sausome 
und  Washington  streets, San  Francisco. 

au4 


DACIFIC 

BUSINESS  COLLEGE, 

751  MARKET  STREET, 

(BETWEEN  THIRD  AND  FOURTH,) 

SAN  Fit  A  If  CISCO 


AN  INSTITUTION  designed  to  prepare  boys,  young  antf 
middle-aged  men  lor  the  active  duties  of  business  in  the 
shortest  time  possible  and  at  the  least  expense.  For 
"COLLEGE  REVIEW,"  giving  Information,  Call  at  the 
College,  or  address  £.  P.  HEALD,  President. 

aull  3  ii 


rpUE  ONLY  LIVING  ASTROLOGER, 
PROF.  COHEN, 
530  California  street,  San  Francisco, 

THROUGH  HIS  NATURAL  Gil  T,  ran  give  correel  inior- 
matiou  on  the  Past,  Present  and  Future,  on  any  subject 
that  may  he  required  so  as  to  avoid  trouble.  As  evidence 
of  his  reputation,  ho  has  received  over  18,000  consultations 
during  his  residence  of  six  years  in  San  Francisco  I  Con- 
sultation fee,  $2.  By  letter,  $3.  Letter  box,  104.  It  is 
not  necessary  to  give  the  age.  Oitice,  530  California 
street.    Hours  trom  8  a.  m.  to  11  p.  x.  jel5  3ni 


£jMGHT  HUNDRED   THOUSAND       JrpHE   CALIFORNIA N, 


a  IN  USE! 

THE  ORIGINAL  P.  P.  STEWART'S  FUEL  SAVING 

Jlir-  Tight   Cooking  Stoves, 

FOR  WOOD  OR  COAL. 


IMPROVED  IN  1861  ; 

WITH  NEW  AND  EXTRA  LARGE  FLUES,  AND  BY 
THE  ADDITION  OF  THE  CELEBRATED  PATENT 
DOUBLE  SHEET  BOTTOM  FLUE. 


Attention  is  Invited  to  the  following  Poinliof 
Superiority  : 

1.  DURABILITY.— Lasting,  with  proper  care,  at 
least  twenty  years.  Stoves  are  now  in  use  that 
were  set  Dp  in  18!IS. 

2.  MAN  UFACTUR  E.  —  Every  portion  of  the 
Stove  is  thoroughly  constructed.  Each  Stove  is  suh 
mitted  to  a  critical' test,  and  none  leave  our  works 
unless  completely  and  perfectly  finished. 

3.  CAPACITY. — Baking,  Boiling.  Roasting,  and 
all  other  culinary  operations  performed  at  the  same 
time. 

4.  ECONOMY.— Saving  the  cost  of  the  Stove  in 
one  year  in  the  cost  of  fuel. 

5.  VENTILATION  OF  OVEN  — In  the  Stew- 
art  Stove  alone,  the  front  doors  open  direct! v  into 
the  oven,  (protected  by  letters  patent)  securing  a  di- 
rect draft  through  the  top  of  the  oven  by  means  of 
perforated  holes  in  the  doors  and  hack  Hues.  It  will 
lie  borne  in  mind  that,  as  the  heated  airahvays  rises, 
this  method  of  ventilation  is  the  only  one  of  any 
value  whatever. 

6.  ENTIRE  CONTROL  OF  HKAT— The  heat 
generated  by  the  Stove  may  be  held  therein  and 
used  or  thrown  into  the  room  at  pleasure. 

7.  THE  DOUBLE  SHEET  BO'lTOM  FLUE. 
— By  which  a  compressing  and  inverting  action  of 
heat  is  obtained,  and  the  oven  more  evenly  and  ef- 
ficiently- heated  than  bv  auv  other  known  invention. 

!).  HOT  WATER  RESERVOIR  AND  WARM- 
ING CLOSET. — Both  useful  and  convenient,  sup- 
plied bv  the  waste  heat  aud  without  extra  fuel. 

10.  WATER  BACK — An  arrangement  for  sup- 
plying hot  water  for  the  bath-room  equal  to  any 
range. 

*«*  Beware  of  numerous  imitations  in  the  market, 
any  of  which  resemble  the  "Steivart"  only  in  ap- 
pearance, and  noue  of  them  possess  auy  of"  its  pe- 
culiar qualities. 

See  that  the  name  of  P  P.  STEWART  is  on  e;.ch 
Stove.    None  other  genuine. 
For  sale  by  CALEB  M.  SICKLER, 

49!  Kearny  street, 
Between  California  and  Pine,  San  Francisco. 
Repairs  for  Stewart's  Stoves  constantly  on  hand. 
MfijMm 


TOWNE  &  BACON 

Book  and  Job  Printers, 
Book  Binders, 

Blank  Book  Makers, 
Paper  Rulers, 
536  Clay  St.,  opp.  Leidesdorff, 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 

This  Firm  are  large  importers  of  Paper, 
Printers'  Materials,  Ink,  &c. ;  and  with  ths 
largest  Printing  Office  ia  tho  State,  are  able  to 
do  good  work  with  dispatch,  at  very  low 
prices. 

Parties  sendine  orders  from  the  Interior  will 
be  served  as  faithfully  as  though  personally 
present. 

Samples  and  price  lists  furnished  if  desired, 
and  work  guaranteed  to  give  satisfaction. 

Agents  for  H.  D.  Wade's  Inks. 


^JANTY  &  AVAGXER, 

(SUCCESSORS  TO  J.  REGAN,) 
WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL 

Confectioners, 

111  Montgomery  street,  bet.  Bush  and  Suiter. 

N.  B. — All  candies  sold  by  us  arc  warranted  to  be  man- 
ufactured from  Stewart's  double  retiued  Sugai ,  anil  to  be 
equal  to  any  manufactured  in  the  State.  Couulry  mcr- 
chints  solicited  to  examine  our  stock  and  prices.  Goods 
delivered  to  any  part  of  the  city  free  of  charge.    >uy'24  3m 


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ASON  &  HAMLIN'S 


CELEBRATED 
CABINET  ORGANS. 
! !  New  styles,  with  Automatic  Bellows 
Swell,  at  warerooms  of  agent 

A.  KOIILER, 
si  3:u  No.  421  Sausome  street. 


TERMS— FIVE  DOLLARS  PER  ANNUM,  IN  ADVANCE 

A  PAPER  FOR  THE  TIMES 

DEVOTED  TO  LITE  TOPICS, 
THE  DISSEMINATION  OF  A  PURE  LITERA 
TURE,  DEVELOPMENT  OF  HOME  TALENT, 

AND  THE 

BEST  INTERESTS    OF  CALIFORNIA 
Piblisbcd 

EVERY   SATURDAY  MORNING 

532  MERCHANT  STREET, 
bt 

J.  P.  BOGARDUS  AND  C.  II.  WEBB. 


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to  appeal  to  the  Public  fur  support,  not  only  as  the 

BEST  JOURNAL  ON  THE. PACIFIC  COAST, 
But  also  as  being 
The  Equal  of  any  on  this  Continent 

THE  BEST  TALENT  OF  THE  STATE 
Is  employed  upon  Tub  Cauto&xux. 

The  voluntary  notices  bestowed  by  the  press  of  the 
Eastern  cities  have  been  no  less  warm  aud  con 
gratulatory  than  those  which  we  have  received  at 
the  hands  of  our  cotemporaries  of  the  Paeiti 
Their  verdict  is  unanimously  in  favor  of 

THE  CALIFORNIA^ 

and  all  join  in  pronouncing  their  unqualified  appro 
val  of  its  mieq  nailed  merits. 

Its  reputation  is  now  fully  established.  It  is  not 
EXCELLED  BY  ANY  LITERARY  JOURNAL 

on  the  ContineuL 
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to  subscribers,  invariably  in  advance  ;  50  cents  per  month 
served  by  carriers. 

All  communications  and  corresj>ondence  must  be  ad- 
Jresscd  to  the  Publishers  of  Tax  CaufoB-nian, 
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volume, $4.    Two  volumes  bound  together,  $7.  Uubuund, 
per  volume,  $3. 


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QCCIDENTAL 

INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

S.  W  Cor.  MONTGOMERY  and  CALIFORNIA  STREETS 

INDIVIDUAL  LIABILITY. 

CAPITAL  STOCK,  $300,000 

LOSSes  PAID  IN  UNITED  S7ATES  GOLD  COIN. 

THIS  COMPANY  will  insure  against  loss  by  Fire  on  any 
DwelliDg  House,  Buildings,  Merchandise  or  other  property, 
situated  in  tho  State  of  California.  The  largest  sum  they 
will  take  on  any  one  risk  is  thirty  thousand  dollars. 

CHRISTOPHER  CHRISTIANSEN,  President. 
J.  GREENEBAUM,  Vice  Prcsideut. 
B.  RoTnscniLU,  Secretary.  mh2o  If 


CORNER  OF 

Sacramento    and  Montgomery  streets, 

.  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
Post  Office  Address  :  Lock  Box  No  1477.        jcSO  3in 


rpiIE  LIGHT  OF  THE  WORLD. 

DR.  MAGGIEL'S 

Pills  and  Salv  e. 


These  Life-giving  remedies  arc  now,  for  the  first 
time,  given  publicly  to  the  world  For  over  a  quar- 
ter of  a  century  of  private  practice  the  ingredients  in 
these 

LIFE-GIVING   P ILLS  ! 

Have  been  used  with  the  greatest  success.  Their 
mission  is  not  onlv  to  prevent  disease,  but  to  cure. 
They  search  out  the  various  malades  by  which  the 
patient  is  Buffering,  anil  re  invigorate  the  failing  sys- 
tem. To  the  aged  and  infirm  a  few  doses  of  these 
valuable  PILLS  will  prove  to  be 

A  VERY  FOUNTAIN  OF  YOUTH, 
For  in  every  case  they  add  new  life  and  vitality, 
and  restore  the  waning  energies  to  their  pristine 
sttte.  To  the  young  and  middle  aged,  they  will 
prove  most  invaluable,  us  a  ready,  specific,  and 
sterling  medicine.  Here  is  a  dream  realized,  that 
Ponce-de-Leon  sought  for  three  bu.idreil  years  ago, 
and  never  found.  He  looked  fur  a  fountain  that 
would  restore  the  old  to  vigor  and  make  vouth  ever 

AN    ETERNAL    SPRING  ! 
It  was  left  for  this  day  and  hour  to  realize  the 
dreum,  and  show  in  one  glorious  fact,  the  niugic  that 
made  it  fair. 

THESE  FAMOUS  REMEDIES 

Cannot  stay  the  flight  of  years,  but  they  can  force 
back,  and  bold  aloof,  diseases  that  might  triumph 
over  the  aged  and  the  young.  Let  none  hesitate 
then,  but  seize  th'  favorable  epportuuity  that  otters. 
When  taken  as  prescribed— 

FOH  BILLIOIS  DISORDERS 
Nothing  can  be  more  productive  of  cure  than  these 
Pills.  Tiieir  almost  magic  influence  is  felt  at  once  ; 
and  the  usual  conixanilants  of  this  most  distressing 
disease  are  removed.  These  remedies  are  made 
from  the  purest 

VEGETABLE  COMPOUND. 
They  will  not  harm  the  most  delicate  female,  and 
can  be  given  with  good  effect  in  prescribed  doses  to 
the  youngest  babe. 

FOR   CUTANEOUS  DISORDERS 
And  all  eruptions  of  the  skin,  the  SALVE  is  most 
invaluable.    It  dues  not  heal  externally  alone,  but 
penetrates  witn  the  most  searching  effects  to  the  Very 
root  of  the  evil ! 

Dr.  Maggiel's  Pills 

Invariably  cure  tlte  futluu  ing  rh'llMHf  1 1 
Asthma, 

Bowel  Complaints, 
Coughs, 
Colds, 

Chest  Diseases, 
Cosliveness, 
Dyspepsia, 
Diarrhoea, 
Dropsy. 
Debility, 

Female  Complaints,  Fever  and  Ague 

Headache. 
Indigestion, 
Influenza, 

Inflammation, 

Inward  Weakness, 
Liver  Complaint. 
Lownoss  of  Spirits, 
Ringworm, 

Rheumatism, 
Salt  Kheum, 
Scalds. 

Skin  Diseases. 

NoTirE.  —  None  genninc  without  the  engraved 
trade-mark  around  each  pot  or  box.  signed  by  Dr.  .1. 
Maegiel.  -Ill  Fulton  et.,  New  York,  to  counterfeit 
wti'ch  is  felony. 

iy  Sold  by  all  respectable  Dealers  in  Medicines 
throughout  the  United  Stales— at  25  cents  per  box  or 

pot.  r.  n.  Mcdonald*  co., 

Coi  ner  Sausome  and  I'ine, 
apll-ly  Agents  for  Pacific  Coast. 

l^jJONEY  TO  LOAN! 

MONEY  TO  LOAN 


On  City  Real  Estite.  Dwellings,  Factories.  Shipping  and 
Merchandise,  for  such  lime  us  mav  be  agreed  lor.  lie- 
nosits  received  in  small  or  large  sums,  at  interest,  Of  tho 
CALIFORNIA  BUILDING,  LOAN  AND  SAV 
INGS  BANK, 
53  California  street,  (one  .io,.r  from  Snnwmc  street) 
uiy  THOMAS  MOONEY,  Pr  sidcul 


September  1 5th] 


THE  CALIFORNIA!*. 


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UNITED  STATES  STAMP  DUTIES. 
As  Amendeu  March  3,  1865. 

ABKFCU.Y  REVISED  AXD   CORRECTED    FOB   THE  CAUFOBN'IAN. 
PENALTIES. 

Penalty  for  making,  signing,  or  issuing  any  instru- 
ment, document,  or  paper  at  any  kind  whatsoever, 
■without  the  same  heiug  duly  stamped,  for  denoting 
the  duty  hereby  imposed  thereon,  $50 ;  and  the 
instrument  shall  he  deemed  invalid  and  of  no  effect ; 
or  for  counterfeiting  stamps  or  dies,  $1,000,  and  im- 
prisonment to  hard  labor  not  exceeding  live-  years. 
For  making,  sigoiug,  issuing,  accepting,  or  paying 
any  bill  of  exchange,  draft,  order,  or  note  without 
stamp,  $~'00.  Wot  selling  proprietary  cosmetics, 
matches,  photographs,  etc. ,  without  proper  stamps, 
$10.    For  removiug  stamps  on  these  articles,  $50. 

STAMP  DUTIES. 

Agreement  Contract  or  Appraisement,  not  other- 
wise specified,  each  sheet  or  piece  of  paper  .$0  05 

Assignment  of  Mortgage,  Lease,  or  Policy  of  In- 
surance, same  as  original  instrument.  Assign- 
ment of  Patent  Right   05 

Bank  Checks,  Drafts  or  orders,  exceeding  $10, 
at  sight  or  on  demand  ,   02 

Bills  of  Exchange,  (inland,)  or  draft  otherwise 
'  nan  at  sight  or  on  demand,  or  promissory  note 
except  bank  notes  for  circulation,)  or  any 
memorandum,  check  or  receipt,  or  any  evi- 
dence of  au  amount  of  money  payable  on  de- 
mand or  at  a  designated  time,  for  a  sum  not 

exceeding  $100   05 

Every  additional  $100,  or  fractional  part. .-  05 

Bill  of  Exchange,  (foreign,)  or  letter  of  credit, 
drawn  in,  but  payable  out  of  the  U.  S.,if 
drawn  singly,  the  same  rates  as  inland  bills  of 
exchange,  or  promissory  notes. 

If  drawn  in  sets  of  three  or  more,  for  each 
bill  of  the  set,  where  the  sum  shall  not  ex- 
ceed $100  or  its  equivalent  in  any  foreign  cur- 
rency in  which  such  bill  may  be  expressed, 
according  to  the  standard  value  fixed  by  U.  S.  02 
Every  additional  $100,  or  fractional  part...  02 

Bill  of  Lading,  or  receipt  for  any  merchandise 
or  eflects,  to  be  exported  to  a  foreign  port  or 
place   10 

Bill  of  Sale,  conveying  any  ship  or  vessel,  or 
any  part  thereof,  where  the  cousideratioudoes 

not  exceed  $500   50 

For  every  additional  $500,  or  fractional  part 
thereof  :   50 

Bill  of  Sale  of  personal  property  other  than 
ships  or  vessels   05 

Bond,  indemnifying  any  person  for  the  payment 
of  money,  where  the  amount  recoverable  is 

$1,000  or  less   50 

For  every  additional  $1,000,  or  fractional 
part  thereof   50 

Bond  for  the  due  performance  of  the  duties  of 
any  office   1  00 

Bond  of  any  other  description,  except  such  as 
may  be  required  in  legal  proceedings,  or  used 
in  connection  with  mortgage  deeds,  aud  not 
otherwise  charged  in  this  schedule   25 

Charter-Party;  snip,  vessel  or  steamer,  not  over 
150  tons,  $1  ;  150  to  300  tons,  $3  ;  300  to  b'00 
tons,  $5;  over  600  tons  10  00 

Certificate  of  Profits,  or  any  memorandum  show- 
ing an  interest  in  property,  or  accumulations 
of  auy  incorporated  company,  for  a  sum  not 

less  than  $10  nor  exceeding  $50   10 

Exceeding  $50  and  not  $1 ,000   25 

For  every  additional  $1,000  or  fract'al  part  25 

Certificate  of  Damage,  and  all  other  certificates 
or  documents  issaed  by  Port  Wardens  or  Ma- 
rine Surveyors,  or  other  persons  acting  as  such  25 

Certificate  of  Deposit,  not  exceeding  the  sum  of 
$100,  2  cents  ;  exceeding  $100   05 

Certificate  of  stock  in  any  incorporated  couip'y,  25 

Certificates,  other  than  specified   05 

Contract,  broker's  note  or  memorandum  of  Bale 
of  goods,  stocks,  bonds,  exchange  notes  of 
hand,  real  estate,  or  other  description  of  prop- 
erty, issued  by  any  person  acting  as  a  broker, 
for  each  note  "or  memorandum  of  sale   10 

Deed  or  Conveyance  of  Real  Estate,  value  not 
over  $500,  50c.  ;  every  additional  $500,  or 
fractional  part  thereof   50 

Entry  of  Goods  at  any  custom-house,  value  not 
over  $100,  25c;  over  $100  and  not  over  $500, 

50c;  over  $500  1  00 

For  the  withdrawal  of  goods  from  bonded 
warehouse   50 

Ganger's  Returns,  quarterly,  for  quantity  not 
over  500  galls,  gross,  10c;  over  oOO  galls,  gr.  25 

Insurance  (Marine,  Inland  and  File)  policy  or 
renewal,  premium  not  over  $10,  10c;  $10  to 
$50,  25c. ;  over  $50,  50c.  ;  Life  policy,  under 
$1,000,  25c;  $1 ,000  to  $5,000,  50c;  over  $5,000.1  00 

Lease  of  lands  or  tenements,  rent  not  over  $300 
per  annum,  50c.  ;  each  add'l  $200  or  fraction.  50 

Manifest,  cargo  to  foreign  port,  registered  ton 
nage  not  over  300  tons,  $1  ;  over  300  and  not 
over  600,  $3  ;  over  600  tons  5  00 

Measurer's  Returns,  for  quantity  not  over  1,000 
bushels,  10c;  over  1,000  bushels   25 

Mortgage,  Trust  deed,  or  personal  bond  for  pay- 
ment of  money,  $100  to  $500,  50c;  each  addi- 
tional $500   50 

Each  assignment  of  mortgage,  lease  or  pol- 
icy of  insurance,  or  renewal  of  the  same, 
is  subject  to  same  duties  as  the  original. 

Medicines  or  Preparations,  Perfumery  and  Cos- 
metics— Every  package,  box,  bottle,  etc.,  re- 
tailing for  25c.  or  less   01 

Each  additional  25c.  i  r  fractional  part  there- 
of, up  to  $1,  lc.i  each  additional  50c  or 
fractional  part  thereof,  over  $1   02 

Playing  Cards — Each  pack,  price  not  over  18c, 
2c;  from  18  to  25c,  4c.  ;  25  to  50c,  10c;  50c. 
to  $1,  15c;  each  additional  50c.  or  fractional 
part  thereof  05 

Photographs,  Ambrotypes,  Daguerreotypes  or 
Sun  Pictures,  upon  each,  retailing  for  25c.  or 
less,  2c;  over  25  and  not  over  50c,  5c. ;  over 
50c.  and  not  «ver$l,  3c;  each  additional  $1 
or  fractional  part  thereof   05 

Passage  Ticket  to  foreign  port,  cost  not  over  $35, 
50c:  over  $35  aud  not  over  $50,  $1 ;  every  ad- 
ditional $50  or  fractional  part  thereof  1  00 

Power  of  Attorney  to  sell  or  transfer  stock,  scrip, 

bonds,  or  collect  dividends  or  int.  thereon  25 
To  vote  for  officers  of  incorporated  comp'y  or 
society  not  religious,  charitable  or  literary, 

or  public  cemeteries.....   10 

To  receive  or  collect  rents   25 

To  sell.couvey,  rent  or  lease  real  estate  1  00 

For  any  other  purpose   50 


Probate  of  Will,  or  letters  of  administration,  es- 
tate  not   over  $2,000,  $1 ;    each  additional 

$1 ,000  or  fractional  part  thereof:   50 

Protest  of  note,  bill,  acceptance  check  or  draft,  25 
Promissory  Note — See  Bill  of  Exchange,  inland. 
Receipt  for  payment  of  money  or  debt  over  $20, 
not   being  for  satisfaction  of  mortgage, 
judgment  or  decree  of  Court,  and  receipt 

for  the  delivery  of  property   02 

Warehouse,  for  property  stored,  not  over  $500 
in  value,  10c.  ;  $500  to  $1,000,  20c.  ;  every 

additional  $1,000   10 

For  any  goods  held  in  storage,  and  not  other- 
wise provided  for   25 

Weigher's  Returns,  up  to  5,000  lbs. ,  10c;  over 

5,000  lbs   25 

Writs,  or  original  process,  for  commencing  suit 
in  Court  of  record,  and  in  Court  not  of  rec- 
ord, when  amount  claimed  is  $100  or  over, 
except  before  Justices  of  the  Peace,  or  in 
court  of  no  greater  jurisdiction  as  to  dam- 
ages, or  in  suit  commenced  by  the  United 

States  or  any  State   50 

Upon  every  confession  of  judgment,  or  cogno- 
vit, for  $100  or  over,  except  where  tax  for 

a  writ  has  been  paid   50 

Writs  or  process  on  appeal  from  Justice's 
courts  and  other  courts  of  inferior  jurisdic- 
tion to  courts  of  record   50 

Warrant  of  distress — rent  claimed  under  $100, 

25c;  over  $100   50 


Ijy  Y  L  E  R  BROTHERS, 

NO.  632  WASHINGTON  STUEET, 

AND  691  MARKET  STREET,  -  -  -  -  CORNER  THIRD, 

SAN  FRANCISCO, 
IMPORTERS,  WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL  DEALERS  IN 

SCHOOL  BOOKS. 

STATIONERY, 

PHOTOGRAPH  ALBUMS, 
BLANK  BOOKS, 

PORTFOLIOS, 

JUVENILE  BOOKS, 
FANCY  ARTICLES, 

CH1LDRENS'  PICTURE  BOOKS,  Etc. 
Especial  attention  given  to 

LADIES'  STATIONERY, 

Which  we  stamp  with 

I  N  I   T  I  A    L   S  , 

In  COLORS  or  PLAIN. 


WEDDING    AND  VISITING  CARDS 

ENGRAVED,  WRITTEN,  OR  PRINTED. 
je23   

E.  GOLDSMITH, 

Practical  Card  and  Seal  Engraver, 
AND  PLATE  PRINTER, 
No.  505  Montgomery  street,  over  Tucker's. 
au25-3m. 


gTERETT  &  CUBERY, 

PRINTERS, 

533  Clay  street,  San  Francisco. 

B.  F.  STERETT  WM.  M.  CUBERY: 


We  are  prepared  to  execute  in  a  prompt  anil  satisfac- 
tory manner,  all  kinds  of  Book,  Job  and  Cant  Printing;; 
also,  Blank  Books  manufactured  and  Paper  Ruled  in 
order.  aul5 


Edward  Bosqui  &  Co., 

Printers, 

And  Blank  Book.  Manufacturers, 
517  CLAY  STREET, 

Between  Montgomery  and  Sansome  Sts., 
San  Francisco. 


{JHILION  BEACH, 

Bookseller  and  Stationer, 

NO.  34  MONTGOMERY  STREET, 

Opposite  the  Lick  House, 
Paper  Stamped  with  Initials,  plain  and  colored ,  to  bor- 
der.   All  the  New  Books  received  by  every  stoimer  from 
New  York.  uu25  3m 


c 


CELEBRATED  BRADBURY  PIANOS. 


si  3m 


SIX  OF  THE  BEST, 
Just  received  and  for  sale  by  the  agent, 
A  KoflLER, 
No.  424  Sansome  street. 


BOWMAN  &  CO., 
Dealers  in  stoves  and  Tin  W  are, 
mar21  6m  Mai  street  Petaluma. 


QCCIDENTAL 

HOMESTEAD 

Association, 

305  MONTGOMERY  STREET. 


OFFICE, 


Capital  Stock,  $33,660. 


102  SHARES  $330  EACH. 

This  Association  was  formed  to  enable  its  mem- 
bers to  obtain  desirable  homestead  lots  in  this  city  at  a 
cheap  and  easy  rate,  paying  for  the  same  by  regular 
monthly  instalments. 

For  this  purpose  they  have  purchased  Blocks  409,  500, 
and  501,  in  the  Western  Addition  to  this  ci'y,  bounded  by 
Devisadero,  Piue,  Broderick  aud  Clay  streets. 
*  Subscribers  will  pay  au  initiation  fee  of  $5  on  each 
share  taken,  to  form  a  fund  for  defraying  current  ex- 
penses, and  $11  per  month  for  thirty  mouths,  commen- 
cing iu  April,  1S66. 

The  property  is  within  three  blocks  of  the 
TURK  STREET  RAILROAD, 

-  IS  NEARLY  ALL  ON  THE  GRADE, 

and  is  most  desirably  located  for  Homestead  purposes. 

It  is  directly  east  from  the  lauds  of  the  California 
Association. 

The  property  has  been  purchased  on  very  reasonable 
terms,  and  offers  a  rare  opportunity  for  investment, 

A  number  of  fine  houses  are  in  process  of  erection,  and 
streets  are  being  graded  near  this  property,  which  will 
greatly  increase  its  value. 

When  twelve  monthly  payments  have  been  made,  the 
property  will  bo  divided  among  the  members  in  the  usual 
manner,  and  each  shareholder  will  receive  a  contract  for 
a  deed  to  the  lot  or  lots  to  which  he  may  be  entitled,  and 
have  the  privilege  of  taking  immediate  possession  of  the 
same. 

The  lots  average  27  feet  iu  front  by  120  feet  in  depth 
The  whole  amount  due  upon  any  lot  may  be  paid  ai  auy 
time,  and  discount  at  the  rate  of  ono  aud  one  half  per 
cent,  per  mouth  will  bo  deducted  therefrom. 

Persons  wishing  to  visit  the  lands  of  this  Association 
will  take  the  Turn  street  cars  to  Devisadero  street,  and 
thence  go  northerly  along  Devisadero  to  Pine  street. 

Twenty  thousand  dollars  of  the  capital  stock  is  taken, 
and  the  books  are  open  for  subscription  to  the  balauce'at 
the  office  of  the  Secretary,  where  the  Official  Map  of  the 
Association  can  be  seen,  aud  lull  particulars  obtaiued. 

The  Title  to  this  Property  is  Perfect. 

J.  S.  LUTV,  Secretary, 
Odlce,  305  Montgomery  street,  corner  of  Pine, 
myl9-3m  Rooms  2  and  6. 


gTEREOSCOPIC  VIEWS  OF 

California  Scenery  ! 


ONE 


A  Series  of  over 
THOUSAND 


VIEWS  ! 


Illustrating  the  different  Processes  of  MINING, 
the  MAMMOTH  TREES  OP  CALAVERAS 
COUNTY,  the  Grandeur  of  the  Tosemite  Valley. 
Views  of  the  Principal  Cities,  and  many  other  points 
of  interest  on  the  Pacific  Coast— PHOTOGRAPH- 
ED PROM  NATURE,  and  published  by 

LAWRENCE  &,  HOUSEWORTH, 
Opticians, 

317  and  319  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco. 

N.  15  — Catalogues  containing  a  complete  list  of 
Views  scut  to  any  part  of  the  world,  free  of  post 
age. 


-1  l  in 


J^OYS!    BOYS!  BOYS! 

NOW  IS  THE  TIME 


H.  M.  LOCKWOOD  &  CO., 
New  No.  624)  CLAY  STREET,  (Old  No  17 

Have  received  a  Large  Stock  of 

GENTS'  AND  BOYS'  CLOTHING 

— ANO — 

FURNISHING  GOODS, 

Which  they  arc  selling 
AT   VERY   LOW  PRICES. 
Every  Garment  warrantod.    All  are  invited  to  call  and 
examine  our  goods. 


jal 


H.  M.  LOCKWOOD  &  CO. 

624  Clay  street,  San  Francisco. 


S' 


TOP  THAT  COUGHING. 


SOME  OF  Y>lU  CAN'T,  AND  WE  PITY  YOU.  You 
have  tried  every  remedy  but  the  ONE  destined,  by  its 
intrinsic  merit,  to  supersede  ail  similar  preparations  It 
is  not  surprising  you  should  be  reluctant  to  try  something 
else  after  the  mauy  experiments  you  have  made  ol  trashy 
compounds  foisted  on  the  public  as  a  certain  cure  .  but 

N  E  W  E  L  L  '  S 

PULMONARY  SYRUP 

is  really  the  VERY  BEST  remedy  ever  compounded  i*  or 
the  cure  of  Coughs.  Coids,  Sore  Throat,  Asthma,  Whoop- 
ing Cough,  Bronchitis  and  Consumption.  Thousands  of 
people  in  California  and  Oregon  have  beeu  already  bene- 
lited  by  the  surprising  curative  powers  of 

NEWELL'S  PULMONARY  SYRUP, 

and  with  one  accord  give  it  their  unqualified  approbation. 
We  now  address  ourselves  to  all  who  are  unacquainted 
with-this,  the  greatest  Pauacea  of  the  age,  for  the  healing 
of  all  diseases  of  the  Throat  ami  Luugs,  assuring  you  that 

Newell' s  Pulmonary  Syrup 

has  cured  thousands,  and  it  will  cure  you  if  you  try  it. 
This  invaluable  medicine  is  pleasant  to  the  taste,  sooth- 
ing, healing  aud  strengthening  in  its  effects  ;  entirely  free 
from  all  poisonous  or  deleterious  drugs,  and  perfectly 
harmless  under  all  circumstances. 

Certificates  from  many  prominent  citizeus  of  San  Fran- 
cisco accompany  every  bottle  of 

Ne well's   Pulmonary  Syrup. 

REDINGTON  &  CO.,  Agents, 

San  Francisco. 


J^EDINGTON'S 

Flavoring  Extract 

ARE  MADE  FROM  FRESH  FRUITS.  Each  bottle  holds 
twice  as  much  as  any  other  brand  iu  the  market ,  conse 
quentlv  they  are  the  cheapest  and  the  best.  USE  NO 
OTHER. 

REDINGTON  &  CO., 
Agents  for  the  Pacilic  Coast. 


lyjARTHA  WASHINGTON 

HAIR  RESTORER. 


THIS  IS  A  WONDERFUL  DISCOVERY,  and  stands 
above  comparison  with  any  other  article  tur  the  Hair  ever 
brought  before  the  public. 

A  PERFECT 

Hair  Restorer  *™  Hair  Dresser 

BOTH  COMBINED  IN  ONE. 

First — It  is  not  a  Dye. 

Second — Wi'l  not  Color  the  Skin. 

Thud — Will  restore  Gray  Hair  to  a  beautiful  Black, 
Browu,  Auburn,  or  whatever  might  have  been  its  original 
color,  and  cause  it  to  assume  its  former  beauty. 

Fourth — Will  cure  all  Humors  and  Diseases  of  the  Scalp. 

Fifth — Will  remove  Danarulf  and  Scurf  from  the  head, 
and  keep  the  hair  moist  and  silk  like  iu  its  appearance  as 
in  youthful  days. 

Sixth — Will  promote  a  healthy  growth. 

Seventh — Will  prevent  it  from  falling  off,  and  cause  it 
to  grow  ou  bald  heads  where  there  is  life  and  vitality  at 
the  roots,  but  where  these  are  gone  there  is  no  hope  of 
success. 

Eighth — The  best  testimony  that  can  be  given  will  be 
found  inside  of  each  bottle. 

Warranted  to  do  all  tee  claim  for  it,  or  llic  money 
refunded  after  using  two  bottles.  Try  it  and  be 
convinced. 

SOLD  EVERYWHERE. 

Price  One  Dollar. 

»  SIMONDS  &  CO.,  Proprietors, 

Fitzwilliam,  N.  H. 

REDINGTON  &  CO.,  Agents, 

San  Francisco. 


J^EDINGTON  &  CO.'S 

1   Essence  of  Jamaica  Ginger. 

THIS  VALUABLE  PREPARATION,  containing  in  a 
highly  concentrated  form  all  the  properties  of  the  Jamaica 
Ginger,  has  become  one  of  the  most  popular  domestic  rem- 
edies for  all  diseases  of  the  stomach  and  digestive  organs. 

As  a  tonic  it  will  be  found  invaluable  tn  all  persons  re- 
covering from  dehiliiy,  whether  produced  by  fever  or 
otherwise,  for  whilst  it  imparts  to  the  system  all  the  glow 
iiiitl  vigor  that  can  be  produced  by  wine  or  brandy,  it  js 
entirely  free  from  the  reactionary  effects  that  follow  lite 
use  of  spirits  of  at  y  kind. 

]t  is  also  au  excellent  remedy  for  females  who  suffer  from 
difficult  menstruation,  giving  almost  immediate  relief  to 
thespisms  that  to  frequently  accompany  that  period. 

It  gives  immediate  relief  to  Nausea,  caesed  by  riding 
in  a  railroad  car,  or  by  sea  sickness,  or  other  causes. 

It  is  also  valuable  as  au  external  application  lor  Gout, 
Rheumatism,  Neuralgia,  etc. 

REDINGTON  &  CO., 


au4  6m 


Sole  Agents  for  the  Paciflo  Coast. 


1 


16 


THE  CALIFORNIA!*. 


September  15ih 


jyjETROPOLITAN  THEATRE, 

Montgomery  street. 

Bianchi's  Grand  Italian 

Opera  Troupe. 

General  Director  J.  P.  Crowlv* 

Treasurer  A.  Birreil 

BENEFIT  OF  SIG.  G.  MANCUSI. 

SATURDAY  EVENING  SEPT.  15, 

Will  be  presented  Ricci's  Comic  Opera  of 

Crispino  e  la  Comare. 

Crispino,  a  Cobler  Sigaor  Mancnsi 

Annette,  Criapino's  wife  Signonna  Brainbilla 

La  Comare,  a  Fairy  Mile.  Louisa  Tourney 

Contiuo  Del  Flore."  Signor  E.  Biancbi 

Chorus  of  Doctors,  Apothecaries,  Shopmen,  Street 
Criers  ami  News  Venders,  Relatives  and 
Friends  of  Crispino. 

The  MADMAN'S  SCENE,  in  the  Comic  Opera  of 
COLA M ELLA! 
By  Signor  Maucusi  and  Chorus. 
The  BACTO  VVALTZEK,  by  Bignorina  Brambil- 
la,  and  a  Grand  Aria  from  La  Juive,  by  Sig.  Milleri. 

MONDAY  EVENING— List  Subscription  Night 
of  the  present  Season— DON  GIOVANNI. 

The  next  and  last  Subscription  Season,  of  twelve 
Nights,  will  commence  on  MONDAY  EVENING, 
September  24th. 


PRICES  OF  ADMISSION. 

Dress  Circle,  Orchestra  and  Parquette  $1  00 

Reserved  seats,  j0  cents  extra. 
Gallery  50 

flS,The  Box  Office  is  open  (ro-n  9  a.  m.  for  the  seeuring 
of  reserved  seats  for  season  tickets. 


jyjAGUIRE'S  OPERA  HOUSE. 

T  MAGUIRE,  -  -  -  Pbopbietob  a.vd  HUhagkk 
W.  STEVENSON  Tbeasubkb. 

SATURDAY  AFTERNOON  SEPT.  15, 

LADY  DON, 

SUPPORTED  BY 

Miss  Kate  Denin, 

AND  A  POWERFUL  COMPANY 
Will  appear  in 
GRAND-  MATINEE. 

SATURDAY  EVENING — 

RORY  O'MORE,  and  PERSEAUS  AND  AN- 
DROMEDA. 

MONDAY  EVENING—  Complimentary  Benefit  to 
Mr.  THOMAS  MAGUIRE,  tendered  by  Lady 
Don  and  the  entire  Company. 

PRICES  OF  ADMISSION: 

i).'.ms  Circle  and  Orchestra,  $1  00 

Reserved  seals,      -----      50c.  extra 

/arquet,    60' 

ilpper  Circle,  25 


JJ1HE   STYLES  FOR 

Fall  and  Winter  of  1866 

WILL  BE  INTRODUCED 
SA  TURD  A  Y  SEP  T EMBER  FIRST, 


MEUSSDORFFER'S 

HAT  MANUFACTORIES, 

C35  and  G37  Commercial  6treet  San  Francisco 

125  J  street  Sacramento 

Corner  of  D  and  Second  street  Marysville 

We  wish  to  direct  especial  attention  to  the  choice 
variety  of  LATEST  NOVELTIES  selected  by  Mr. 
K.  MEUSDORFFER,  at  Paris,  London  and  New 
York,  which  arrived  by  last  ste.amer.  Our  own  man- 
ufacture of  MOLESKIN  HATS  are  the  EXCEL- 
SIOR in  elegance  and  durability  in  the  State, 
si  -lm 


I  A  N  0  S  ! 


PIANOS! 


AT 

AT  PRICES  FROM  $150  TO  $G00, 
AT  WALTER  S.  PIERCE'S  PIANO  ROOMS.  530  MARKET 
STREET,  opposite  second. 
N.  B — The  highest  cj£h  price  paid  for  Second  hand 
Pianos  Bl6  3m 


Adams,  Dentist,  423  Montgomery  St. 


gLACK  SILKS. 

BLACK  SILKS. 

Meagher,  Taaffe  Co., 

ARE  NOW  OFFERING  AT  RETAIL, 

500  yarJs  good  BLACK  SILK  at  §1  50  per 
yard  ; 

2000  yards  good  BLACK  SILK  at  SI  75  per 
yard  : 

1500  yards  good  BLACK  SILK  at  82  00  per 
yard  ; 

1800  yards  good  BLACK  SILK  at  32  25  per 
yard  ; 

1000  yards  good  BLA.CK  SILK  at  82  50  per 
yard  ; 

1200  yards  good  BLACK  SILK  at  83  00  per 
yard  ; 

3000  of  "  BONNET'S,"  from  83  to  87  per  yd; 
2500  of  "  BISCHOFF  S,"  from  82  25  to  80 
per  yard  ; 

800  dresses  PLAID  .CHALLYS  and  DE- 
LAINES at  82  00  per  dress. 

ALSO,  •» 

600  doz.  GOLDEN  GATE  KID  GLOVES 
at  50  cents  per  pair. 

THE  ABOVE  ARE  ALL  OF  .-UPERIOR  QUALITY,  AND 
WERE  PURCHASED  AT  THE  LATE  AUCTION  SALES, 
AND  ARE  FROM,  TWENTY  TO  FORTY  PER  CENT. 
LESS  THAN  THEIR  REAL  VALUE. 

Laces  !  Laces ! 

FORTY-FIVE  DAYS  FROM  PARIS. 


MEAGHER,  TAAFFE   &  CO., 

OFFER  AT  RETAIL 

^The  following  Assortment  of  Laces  : 
CHANTILLY. 

LACE  COLLARS, 

LACE  BERTHAS, 
LACE  CAPES, 

LACE  BARBES, 

LACE  INSERTIONS, 

LACES,  Wide  and  Narrow, 
LACE  FLOUNCES, 
ONE  LACE  FLOUNCE,  worth  $1,000,  for  $350. 

GUIPURE. 

GUIPURE  COLLAR*, 

GUIi'URE  CAPES, 

GUIPURE  BARBES, 

GUIPURE  INSERTIONS, 

GUIPURE,  Wide  and  Narrow  . 
GUIPURE  FLOUNCE,  suitable  lor  Trimming  of  Shawls. 

CLUNY. 

CLUNY  WHITE, 

CLUNY  COLLARS, 

CLUNY  LACE  SETS, 

CLUNY,  Black  and  Wliito, 

CLUNY  INSERTIONS. 

APPLIQUE. 

APPLIQUE  LACE  COLLARS, 

APPLIQUE  LACE  HANDKERCHIEFS, 

APPLIQUE  LACE,  Wide  and  Narrow, 
ONE  APPLIQUE  LACE  FLOUNCE  for  $150,  worth  $500. 

valencienne; 

VAI.ENCIENNE  HANDKERCHIEFS, 
VALENCIENNE  INSERTION'S, 
VALENCIENNE  COLLARS  AND  SLEEVES, 
VALENCIENNE  LACES,  Wide  and  Narrow. 

POINT. 

POINT  D'ANGLETERRE.  by  tbe  Yard, 

POINT  D'ANGLE  IERRE  COLLARS  AND  SLEEVES, 

POINT  RoND  COLLARS  AND  SLEEVES, 

POINT  APPLIQUE  COLLARS  AND  SLEEVES, 

POiNT  IiE  DUi  HESSE  COLLARS  AND  SLEEVES, 

POINT  D'ALENCON  COLLARS  AND  .-LEEVES, 

POINT  DE  VENI-E  COLLARS  AND  SLEEVES, 

ONE  POINT  uk  VENISE  s«  COLLAR  asd  SLEEVES  for 

$150,  wonh  $300. 
CHANTILLY  LACE  SHAWL*, 

EMBROIDERED  CASHMERE  SHAWLS,  Trimmed  with 
Guipure, 

EMBROIDERED  CASHMERE  SHAWLS,  Trimmed  with 

Cnautllly. 
LAMA  LACE  SHAWLS, 

LAME  LACE  CIRCULARS, 

YAK  LACE  SHAWLS, 

YAK  LACE  CIRCULARS. 
The  above  invoice  of  LACES  w  ill  be  offered  at  FIFTY 
PER  CENT.  LOWER  THAN  CUSTOMARY  PRICES. 

MEAGHER,  TAAFFE  &  CO., 

No.  9  Montgomery  street, 
Lick  House  Block. 

WHOLESALE  HOUSE,  107  BATTERY  STREET, 
slo  lm  Neur  Piue,  San  Francisco. 


YY'ONDERS  OF  WONDERS  ! 

TO  BK  SEEN  ONLY  AT  THE 

Pacific  Museum  of  Anatomy  and  Science, 
Eureka  Theatre,  Montgomery  street, 
ja27-tf  between  California  and  PiDO. 


IANOS  RENTED 

FROM  $5  TO  $10  PER  MONTH, 
at  A.  KOIILER  S, 

!  Zsl  '3m  No.  424  Sausowc  street. 


J^IST  OF  LATE  PUBLICATIONS 

JUST  RECEIVED  BY 

A.   ROMAN   &  CO. 

History  of  the  Atlantic  Telegraph,  by  Henrv  M 
Field,  D.  D.  * 

English  Travellers  and  Italian  Brigands,  by  W.  J. 
C.  Moens. 

The  Magic  Mirror,  by  William  Gilbert. 

Men  I  Have  Known,  by  William  Jordan. 

Tbe  Journal  of  a  London  Playgoer,  from  1851  to 
1866,  by  Henry  Morley. 

Venetian  Life,  by  William  D.  HoweHfe 

Tbe  Hidden  Sin— a  Novel,  with  numerous  Illustra- 
tions. 

Internal  Revenue  Law,  compiled  by  Horace  Dresser. 
Jennj  Ambrose,  or  Life  in  the  Eastern  States. 
Co^as  De  Espana,  by  Mrs.  We  Pitt  Rvrne — 2  vols 
Our  Neighbors  in  tbe  Corner  House, byT.  S.  Arthur. 
Stories  that  Might  be  True,  etc.,  by  Dora  Greenwell 
Post  Rihlcal  History  of  tbe  Jews,  by  Morris  J.  Rap 

ball,  M  A  Ph.  Dr.—  2  vols, 
nio&trataons  of  Masonry,  by  Win.  Preston — New 

Edition. 

The  Spirit  of  Masonry,  by  Wm.  Hutchinson,  P.  S. 

A. — New  Edition. 
The  True  Masonic  Chart,  by  Jeremy  L.  Cross — New 

Edition. 

Fire,  Fire  Engines  and  Fire  Brigades,  by  Chas.  F. 
T.  Young,  C.  E. 

Hand  Hook  of  Geographical  Terms,  Geology  and 
Physical  Geography,  by  David  Page. 

Engineering  Facts  and  Figures  for  1865,  edited  by 
Andrew  Betts  Brown.  - 

Rules  and  Tables,  bv  Professor  Rankine. 

The  Exhibited  Machinery  of  1862,  by  D.  K.  Clark. 

The  Red  Doctor,  translated  from  the  French  of  J.  P. 
Lalitte.  by  Huon  D'Aramis. 

Homes  wilbout  Hands,  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Wood.  Amer- 
ican edition. 

Drift  ;  a  Sea  Shore,  Idyl  and  other  Poems,  by  Geo. 
Arnold. 

Fernley  Manor,  by  Mrs.  Mackenzie  Daniels. 
War-Chess,  or  the  Game  of  Battle. 
Parlor  and  Field  Croquet. 

The  Emerald,  a  Collection  of  Tales,  Poems  and  Es' 
Bays,  edited  by  Epes  Sargent. 

Stanley's  Mathematical  Drawing  Instruments. 

Harpers'  Hand- Hook  for  Travelers  in  Europe  and 
the  East,  by  W.  1'.  Fetridge,  fifth  year. 

Manual  of  Map  Making,  by  Alex.  Jamieson,  LLD. 

The  Year  Book  of  Facts.  1866.  by  J.  Timbs,  F.  S.  A. 

Aerosfc  Mexico  in  1861-5,  by  W  H.  Bullock. 

The  Embroiderer's  Book  of  Design,  by  Delamotte. 

Mediaeval  Alphabets  and  Initials,  by  F.  Delamotte. 

Examples  of  Modem  Alphabets,  Plain  and  Orna- 
mental, collected  by  F.  Delamotte. 

The  Book  of  Ornamental  Alphabets,  Ancient  and 
Media;val,  by  F.  Delamotte. 

Journal  of  Eugenie  De  Guerin. 

The  Mormon  Prophet,  by  Mrs.  C.  V.  Waite. 

Culture  of  the  Grape,  by  W.  C.  Strong. 

De  Profundis,  by  Win.  Gilbert. 


PUBLIC    AND     PRIVATE      LIBRARIES  SUPPLIED, 
ON   FAVORABLE  TERMS. 

A.  ROMAN  &  CO.. 
Publishers,  Booksellers  and  Stationers, 

417  and  419  Montgomery  street. 
s8  Sau  Francisco. 


^EW   DRY  GOODS! 


RUMMER  MEDICINE. 


PURIFY  THE  BLOOD 

AND 

Constitution, 

WITU 

LE  DOYEN'S 

SARSAPARILLA, 

YELLOW  DOCK, 

IODINE  ALTERATIVE, 

CRANE  to  BUIGUAM,  Agenta, 
yl9  lm  SAN  FKANC1SCO. 


GUARDIAN'S  SALE  OF  REAL  ESTATE. 

NOTICE  IS  HKRKBY  GIVEN,  that  in  pursuance  of 
Ibcontcrol  the  Probate  Court  of  Hit*  city  ami  county 
of  San  Francisco,  in  the  Stale  of  California,  made  on  the 
10th  day  of  September,  1SG6,  In  the  matter  of  the  estates  of 
David  Whipple  and  William  Whipple,  minors,  the  under- 
signed, guardian  of  the  estalci  of  said  minors,  will  sellat 
private  gale  to  the  highest  bidder  for  cash  in  United 
States  gold  coin,  subject  to  continuation  by  said  Probate 
Court,  ou  or  alter  TUESDAY,  the  2d  day  of  October,  1866, 
at  twelve  o'clock,  noon,  of  that  day,  at  the  ollice  of  D-  P. 
Barstow,  Esq..  No.  6  Montgomery  Block,  in  Mid  city  and 
county  of  Sau  Francisco,  ull  the  right,  title  ami  interest 
of  said  minors  of,  in  ami  to  the  undivided  two  sixth  part 
of  those  two  lots  of  land  situated  in  said  city  and  county, 
and  descrioed  respectively  as  follows,  viz:  1st.-— Com- 
mencing at  the  southeast  eorner  oj  Piue  and  Taylor  street**; 
running  thouce  southerly  along  thecast«rly  line  of  Taylor 
street  112  12  feet  ;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  81  1  2 
feet  ;  lhcnc«j  at  a  right  au^le  northerly  2a  feet  ;  thence  at 
a  right  angle  westerly  28  feet;  tneuce  at  a  right  angle 
northerly  87  1-2  feet  to  Pine  street,  and  thence  westerly 
fctong  Piue  street  53  1  2  leet  to  the  point  of  beginning. 
2d. — Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of  Pine 
street  81  1-2  tcet  easterly  from  the  southeast  coruer  of 
Pine  and  Taylor  streets  ;  running  theuce  at  a  right  augl<- 
poutherlv  1*7  1  2  feet  ;  thence  at  a  rigtit  angle  ea.-terly  56 
feet  ;  thence  at  a  right  an^Io  northerly  li7  1  2  feet.  UUJ 
thence  westerly  along  said  line  of  Pine  street  56  feet,  to 
the  point  of  beginning.  And  said  guard ian  will  re 
ccive  offers  or  bids  for  said  property  from  this  date  at 
said  ollice  of  D.  P.  Barstow,  Esq.,  No.  6  Montgomery 
Block,  in  said  city  and  county. 

ROBERT  L.  HARRIS, 
Guardian  of  the  Estate-*  of  iMvul  Whipple 

aud  William  Whipple,  Minors. 
San  Francisco,  September  15th,  I860.  41 


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ORIGINAL  : 

A  Now  Life  of  George  Washington, 

By  Potsbenl  Glimmer. 
The  New  Orleans  Massacre. 
Woman  at  the  Ballot-Box. 
Literary  Gleanings  and  Gossip,  with 
Copious  Extracts  from  New  Books. 
"Lion's  Month." 

Applications  for  the  Position  of  Editor. 
Mr,  Jeffersoa  Snort  on  Boston  School 

Manns. 
Drunken  Babies. 

The  D'.ity  of  a  District  Attorney. 

A  Birch  for  Americans. 

A  Live  Q  iecn. 

Amusements,  etc. 

Sparking  Sister's  Bean — Poetry. 


SELECTED  : 
A  Sin  Francisco  Midnight  Duel  in 

1850  ;  Story  of  the  Parker  House. 
"  M  irk  Twain"  at  the  Islands.  . 
"  Alligators"  in  England — A  Story. 
Bozaldal's  Vision-Au  Eastern  Talc. 
New  York  Misers. 
The  Wild  Woman  of  Snngi. 

A  Female"  Caspar  Hauser." 
Monkey  Tricks. 
A  War  Story  of  1S12. 
Scene  at  a  French  Cafe. 
Edmund  Burke's  Idea  or  a  Perfect 

Woman. 
POETRY — 
Embroidery. 
The  Enchanted  Isle. 


[For  the  CaUfornlon.] 

PARKING  SISTER'S  BEAU. 

"  TV"*'^  a'  home  'hia  evening,  Mister, 
Very  sorry,  sir,"  I  Baid, 
When  Ned  Collins  asked  for  sister, 

Just  as  chickens  go  to  bed. 
Can't  be  "  take  V  the  tiresome  fellow  ; 

Does  be  think  she'll  vet  come  in  ? 
Will  be  stay  till  blue  turns  yellow, 
And  bis  wi etched  small-talk  spin  f 
Stupid  things  are  many, 

Stupid  things  and  slow; 
Stupidest  of  any, 
Sparking  sister'6  beau. 

"  Does  your  sister  like  this  poet.? 
Did  she  bear  Miss  so-and  so  ?  " 
How  I  yawn  !    He'll  surely  know  it ; 
Will  be  never,  never  go  7 
"  Tell  Miss  Emma—"    "  Yes,  I'll  tell  her 
I'm  a  substitute  no  more, 
'Tis  tin-  last  time  I  will  '  spell '  her 
With  ibis  everlasting  bore." 

Eight — nine— ten — eleven ! 

Oh  !  the  weary  hours ! 
Send  me,  gracious  Heaven, 
No  such  poppy  flowers. 

Low  anil  cool  the  th  e  is  burning, 

Bright  the  moon  shines  on  the  snow  ; 
Wish  myself  a  sleigh  o'er-turning, 

So  I'd  spill  out  sister's  beau. 
One  eye  shuts — I  prop  the  other, 
Still  bis  voice  in  ceaseless  roll, 
Talks  of  Emma — oh,  the  bother! 

"  Emma's  beauty'' — "  Emma's  soul  ;" 

Yes,  he's  worse  than  nightmare, 

And  I'll  die,  I  know, 
Of  another  evening 
Sparking  sister's  beau. 

Wonder  if  the  ease  would  alter 

If  he  spoke  of  me  alone? 
Told  me  with  a  loving  falter, 
In  his  ri*h  and  manly  tone, 
That  his  heart  is  mine  forever  ; 

That  he  loves  and  loves  me  so  ? 
O,  good  gracious  !  shall  I  never 
Have  for  mine  some  "  killing"  beau  ? 

Think  it  would  be  different, 

Yes  it  would,  I  know, 
If  'twas  Johnnie  Snodgrass, 
'Stead  of  sister's  beau. 

Gone  at  last !  and  almost  midnight ; 

Well,  I'm  glad  to  creep  to  bed, 
Wonder  if  in  blessed  dream-land 
I  can  drive  him  from  my  head  ? 
O.  sweet  memory  !  bring  no  vision, 

Fraught  with  direst  woe, 
Into  Slumber's  realm  elyeian, 
Vision  of  my  sister's  bean. 

Let  me  fall  from  tower  ! 

Let  me  choke  with  tow  I 
So  I  never,  never  dream  of 
(Sparking  sister's  beau. 

Dennar  Steuart. 


"MARK  TWAIN"   AT  THE  ISLANDS. 

A  LUCRATIVE  OFFICE. 

T~T  THEN  I  woke  up  od  the  schooner's  deck  in  the  morn- 
V  V  ing.  the  sun  was  shining  down  right  fervently,  every- 
body was  astir,  and  Brown  was  gone — gone  in  a  canoe  to  Cap- 
tain Cook's  side  of  the  bay,  the  Captain  said.  I  took  a  boat 
and  landed  on  the  opposite  shore,  at  the  port  of  entry.  There 
was  a  house  there — I  mean  a  foreigner's  house — and  near  it 
were  some  native  grass  huts.  The  Collector  of  this  port  of 
entry  not  only  enjoys  the  dignity  of  office,  but  has  emolu- 
ments also.  That  makes  it  very  nice,  of  course.  lie  gets 
five  dollars  for  boarding  every  foreign  ship  that  stops  there, 
and  two  dollars  more  for  tilling  out  certain  blanks  attesting 
such  visit.  As  many  as  three  foreign  ships  stop  there  in  a 
single  year,  sometimes.  Yet,  notwithstanding  this  wild  rush 
of  business,  the  late  Collector  of  the  port  committed  suicide 
several  months  ago.  The  foreign  ships  which  visit  this  place 
are  whalers  in  quest  of  water  and  potatoes.  The  present  Col- 
lector lives  back  somewhere — has  a  den  up  the  mountain  sev- 
eral thousand  feet — but  he  comes  down  fast  enough  when  a 
ship  heaves  in  sight. 

WASHOE  MEN. 

I  found  two  Washoe,  men  at  the  house.  But  I  was  not 
surprised  ;  I  believe  if  a  man  were  to  go  to  perdition  itself  he 
would  find  Washoe  uieu  there,  though  not  so  thick,  maybe, 
in  the  other  place. 

"  MARK  "  WANTS  TO  STUDY  ANATOMY. 

At  noon  I  observed  a  bevy  of  nude  native  young  ladies 
bathing  in  the  sea,  and  went  down  to  look  at  them.  But  with 
a  prudery  which  seems  to  be  characteristic  of  that  sex  every- 
where, they  all  plunged  in  with  a  lying  scream,  and  when  they 
rose  to  the  surface  they  only  just  poked  their  heads  out  and 
showed  no  disposition  to  proceed  any  further  in  the  same  di- 
rection. I  was  naturally  irritated  by  such  conduct,  and  there- 
fore I  piled  their  clothes  up  on  a  boulder  in  the  edge  of 
the  sea  and  sat  down  on  them  and  kept  the  wenches  in  the 
water  until  they  were  pretty  well  used  up.  I  had  them  in  the 
door,  as  the  missionaries  say.  I  was  comfortable,  and  I  just 
let  them  beg.  I  thought  I  could  freeze  them  out,  may  be.  but 
it  was  impracticable.  I  finally  gave  it  up  and  went  away, 
hoping  that  the  rebuke  I  had  eiven  them  would  not  be  lost 
upon  them.  I  went  and  undressed  and  went  in  myself.  And 
then  they  went  out.  I  never  saw  such  singular  perversity. 
Shortly  a  party  of  children  of  both  sexes  came  floundering 
around  me,  and  then  I  quit  and  left  the  Pacific  ocean  in  their 
possession. 

The  ancient  heathen  temple  spoken  of  below,  stands  near 
the  scene  of  Capt.  Cook's  murder,  on  the  island  of  Hawaii : 

THE  FIERO  OF  THE  SUNDAY  SCHOOL  BOOKS. 

The  high  chief  cook  of  this  temple— the  priest  who  presid- 
ed over  it  and  roasted  the  human  sacrifices — was  uncle  to 
Obookia,  and  at  one  time  that  youth  was  an  apprentice-priest 
under  him.  Obookia  was  a  young  native  of  fine  mind,  who, 
together  with  three  other  native  boys,  was  taken  to  New  Eng- 
land by  the  captain  of  a  whaleship  during  the  reign  of  Kam- 
ehameha  I.,  and  were  the  means  of  attracting  the  atteution  of 
the  religious  world  to  their  country  and  putting  it  into  their 
heads  to  send  missionaries  there.  And  this  Obookia  was  the 
very  same  sensitive  savage  who  sat  down  on  the  church  6teps 
is  Connecticut,  and  wept  because  his  people  did  not  have  the 
Bible.  That  incident  has  been  very  elaborately  painted  in 
many  a  charming  Sunday  School  book — aye,  and  told  so  plain- 
tively and  so  tenderly  that  I  have  cried  over  it  in  Sunday 
School  myself,  on  general  principles,  although  at  a  time  when 
I  did  not  know  much  and  could  not  understand  why  the  peo- 
ple of  the  Sandwich  Islands  need  care  a  cent  whether  tin  y 
had  the  Bible  or  not,  as  long  as  they  were  not  aware  that 
there  was  such  a  book  in  existence.  This  was  the  same  Oboo- 
kia— this  was  the  very  same  old  Obookia — so  I  reflected,  and 
gazed  upon  the  ruiued  temple  with  a  new  and  absorbing  in- 
terest. Here  that  gentle  spirit  worshiped  ;  here  he  sought 
the  better  life,  after  his  rude  fashion  ;  on  this  stone,  perchauce, 
he  sat  down  with  his  sacred  (usso,  to  wait  for  a  chuuee.  to  rope 


in  some  neighbor  for  the  holy  sacrifice  ;  on  this  altar,  possi- 
bly, he  broiled  his  venerable  grandfather,  and  presented  the 
rare  offering  before  the  high  priest,  who  may  have  said,  "  Well 
done,  good  and  faithful  servant."    It  filleth  me  with  emotion. 

The  "  monument"  referred  to  in  the  following  paragraph, 
is  a  cocoa-nut  stump  which  was  severed  by  a  cannon-ball  fired 
at  the  natives  from  one  of  Capt.  Cock's  ships,  immediately 
after  the  murder  of  the  great  navigator.  Each  British  naval 
commander  who  has  visited  Kealakekua  Bay  during  the  past 
thirty  years,  has  nailed  a  rough  sheet  of  copper  to  the  stump 
commemorating  such  visit.  England  has  vouchsafed  no  more 
dignified  tribute  thau  this  to  the  great  services  of  her  distin- 
guished son  : 

the  shameless  brown. 

I  got  uneasy  about  Brown  finally,  and  as  there  were  no 
canoes  at  hand,  I  got  a  horse  whereon  to  ride  three  or  four 
miles  around  to  the  other  side  of  the  bay  and  hunt  him  up. 
As  1  neared  the  end  of  the  trip,  and  was  riding  down  the 
"  pathway  of  the  gods  "  toward  the  sea  in  the  sweltering  sun, 
I  saw  Brown  toiling  up  the  hill  in  the  distance,  with  a  heavy 
burden  on  his  shoulder,  and  knew  that  canoes  were  scarce 
with  him,  too.  I  dismounted  and  sat  down  in  the  shade  of  a 
crag,  and  after  a  while — after  numerous  pauses  to  rest  by  the 
way — Brown  arrived  at  last,  fagged  out,  and  puffiing  like  a 
steamboat,  and  gently  eased  his  ponderous  burden  to  the 
ground — the  cocoanut  stump  all  sheathed  with  copper  memo- 
rials to  the  illustrious  Captain  Cook. 

"  Heavens  and  earth  !"  I  said,  "  what  are  you  going  to  do 
with  that  ?" 

"  Going  to  do  with  it ! — lemme  blow  a  little — lemme  blow 
— it's  monstrous  heavy,  that  log  is ;  I'm  most  tired  out — go- 
ing to  do  with  it!  Why,  I'm  goiug  to  take  her  home  for  a 
specimen." 

"  You  egregious  ass  !  Match  straight  back  again  and  put 
it  where  you  got  it.  Why,  Brown,  I  am  surprised  at  you — 
and  hurt.  I  iim  grieved  to  think  that  a  man  who  has  lived  so 
long  in  the  atmosphere  of  refinement  which  surrounds  me  can 
be  guilty  of  such  vandalism  as  this.  Reflect,  Brown,  and  say 
if  it  be  right — if  it  be  manly — if  it  be  generous — to  lay  dese- 
crating hands  upon  this  touching  tribute  of  a  great  nation  to 
her  gallant  dead  ?  Why,  Brown,  the  circumnavigator  Cook 
labored  all  his  life  in  the  service  of  his  country  ;  with  a  fervid 
soul  and  a  fearless  spirit,  he  braved  the  dangers  of  the  un- 
known seas  and  planted  the  banner  of  England  far  and  wido 
over  their  beautiful  island  world.  Bia  works  have  shed  a 
glory  upon  his  active  land  which  still  lives  in  her  history  to- 
day ;  he  laid  down  his  faithful  life  in  her  service  at  last,  and, 
unforgetful  of  her  son,  she  yet  reveres  his  name  and  praise3 
his  deeds — and  in  token  of  her  love,  and  in  reward  for  the 
things  he  did  for  her,  she  has  reared  this  monument  to  hia 
memory — this  symbol  of  a  nation's  gratitude — which  you. 
would  defile  with  unsaiictified  hands.    Restore  it — go!" 

"  All  right,  if  you  say  so  ;  but  I  don't  see  no  use  of  such  a 
spread  as  you're  making.  I  don't  see  nothing  so  very  high- 
toned  about  this  old  rolton  chunk.  It's  about  the  orneryest 
thing  for  a  monument  I've  ever  struck  yet.  If  it,  suits  Cook, 
though,  all  right  ;  I  wish  him  joy  ;  but  if  I  was  planted  under 
it  I'd  higbst  it,  if  it  was  the  last  act  of  my  life.  Monument! 
it  ain't  fit  for  a  dog — I  can  boy  dead  loads  of  just  such  for 
six  bits.  She  puts  this  over  Cook — but  she  put  one  over  that 
foreigner — what  was  his  name? — Prince  Albert — that  cost  a 
million  dollars — and  what  did  he  do  ?  Why,  he  never  done 
anything — never  done  anything  but  lead  a  gallus,  comfortable 
life,  at  home  and  out  of  danger,  ami  raise  a  largo  family  for 
Oovernmcnt  to  board  at  £300.000  a  year  apiece.  But  with 
this  fellow,  you  know,  it  was  different.  However,  if  you  say 
the  old  stump's  got  to  go  down  again,  down  she  goes.  As  I 
said  before,  if  it's  your  wishes,  I've  got  nothing  to  say.  No- 
thing to  say.  Nothing  only  this — I've  fetched  her  a  mild  or 
a  mild  and  a  half,  and  she  weighs  a  hundred  and  fifty  I  should 
judge,  and  if  it  would  suit  Cook  just  as  well  to  have  her  plant- 
ed up  here  instead  of  dowu  there,  it  would  bo  considerable  of 
a  favor  to  me  " 

I  made  him  shoulder  the  monument  and  carry  it  back,  nev- 
ertheless. His  criticisms  on  the  monument  and  its  patron 
struck  me,  though,  in  spite  of  myself.  The  creature  has  got 
no  sense,  but  his  vaporings  sound  strangely  plausible  some- 
times. 

in  due  time  we.  arrived  at  the  port  of  entry  once  more, 

Mark  Twain. 


2 


THE  CAL1F0RNIAN. 


f  September  22d 


THE  ENCHANTED  ISLE. 

nril-IERE'S  a  magical  island  in  time's  troubled  eea, 

Where  the  softest  of  breezes  are  blowing, 
And  the  mild  zephyrs  dunce  o'er  the  lily  crowned  lea. 
Keeping  time  to  the  rhyme  of  the  rill's  silver  glee, 

As  it  laughs  over  pebbles  in  flowing. 
Blooming  in  beauty,  bright  amaranths  there 

Their  sweet  vernal  fragrance  e'er  bring  ; 
And  birds,  with  plumage  surpassingly  fair, 
Trill  out  their  rich  notes  on  the  tropical  air, 

With  a  free,  joyous,  musical  ring. 

There  are  evergreen  groves  in  that  fairy  land, 

Where  echoes  enchanting  are  heard  ; 
Waked,  by  naiads  that  sport  on  the  golden  strand, 
From  harp-Btrings  tuned  by  an  unknown  hand, 

More  charming  than  streamlet  or  bird. 
Then  talk  not  of  Araby's  spice-scented  gales, 

Nor  of  ludia'B  rose-hung  bowers, 
Nor  of  Killarney's  moss-grown  dales, 
Nor  the  bright  red  fruit  in  its  fertile  vales, 

Nor  Italia's  sunny  hours  ; 

But  come,  wander  with  me  on  this  magical  isle, 

The  beautiful  paths  aloug; 
Come,  sit  in  its  roseate  bowers  awhile, 
'Neath  the  'wildering  light  of  the  floweret's  smile, 
That  gladdens  all  the  enchanted  isle — 

The  magical  Isle  of  Song.  L.  SI. 

"ALLIGATORS"   IN  ENGLAND. 

"    A  LLIGATORS  in  England!    Come,  come,  major,  is 

_Z"A_    not  that  just  a  little  too— eh  ?" 

"  Well,"  cried  the  major,  throwing  himself  leisurely  back, 
and  taking  a  long  puff  at  his  cigar,  "  I  would  tell  you  all 
about  it,  but  that  the  telling  would  involve  something  of  a 
story  which  might  not,  perhaps  " 

But  he  was  interrupted  by  a  chorus  of  voices,  "  A  story  ! 
"What !  a  story  I"  "  The  very  thing  our  ears  are  all  thirsting 
for." 

"  Well,"  said  the  major,  "  when  I  was  some  twenty  years 
nearer  to  the  beginuing  of  all  things  than  I  am  at  this  present  " 
(here  followed  a  lengthy  puff),  "  1  was  staying  at  the  house  of 
an  old  friend  of  my  father's,  in  one  of  the  northern  counties 
of  England.  The  squire  himself,  our  host,  was  advanced  in 
years,  and  we  saw  little  of  him,  save  at  those  times  when  the 
master  of  the  house  is  expected  to  stand  somewhat  prominent 
in  doing  its  honors.  The  greater  share,  however,  even  of  this 
kindly  duty  devolved  upon  his  heir,  his  only  son,  a  fair  average 
specimen  of  his  clas-J,  gentlemanly,  well  informed,  rather  re- 
tiring in  disposition  ;  and,  I  often  thought,  more  likely,  if  left 
to  himself,  to  shut  himself  up  in  bis  studio  or  laboratory  for 
the  instruction  aud  benefit  of  mankind  than  to  interest  him- 
self actively  in  the  rough-and-tumble  of  life.  He  was  not, 
however,  without  an  occasional  stimulus  from  bis  lather,  who 
as  the  representative  of  an  ancient  and  well  endowed  family, 
deemed  it  incumbent  upon  himself  and  his  heir,  amongst  other 
■duties  by  no  means  neglected,  to  extend  the  hand  of  good- 
fellowship  to  his  neighbors,  and  of  hospitality  to  every  deserv- 
ing individual  (ahem  !)  who  came  within  the  quiet  sphere  of 
his  influence. 

"  Thus  comfortably  and  satisfactorily  things  went  on  with 
us,  till  the  near  approach  of  a  day  of  considerable  importance 
to  the  family  of  our  worthy  entertainer  :  nothing  less,  in  short, 
than  the  marriage  of  his  heir  to  the  daughter  of  a  neighbor- 
ing proprietor  ;  a  match  in  every  way  suitable  and  full  of  pro- 
mise for  coming  generations  of  Westerlons,  for  such  is  the 
name  we  will  now  know  them  by. 

"  The  family  estate  was  strictly  entailed,  and,  in  case  of  the 
death  of  the  younger  Westertou,  would  go  to  a  distant  cousin, 
then  in  the  army  and  on  duty  in  India.  The  old  gentleman 
had,  in  his  youth,  suffered  some  rather  severe  love  disappoint- 
ment, and  was  long  supposed  to  have  taken  an  irrevocable  vow 
against  any  further  dealings  with  the  traitorous  sex  ;  during 
this  period  it  was  that  he  had  his  nephew  and  heir  to  live 
with  him  :  aud  the  young  man,  seeing  the  fact  of  beirahip  re- 
flected on  every  side,  naturally  came  to  look  upon  his  ultimate 
accession  to  the  property  as  almost  a  thing  of  course,  and 
when  his  uncle  '  shook  off  the  dew-drops  from  his  mane,'  and 
provided  himself  with  a  wife,  and,  in  due  time,  a  direct  heir 
to  the  estate,  felt  no  doubt  a  deep  amount  of  chagrin  and  dis- 
appointment. He  bad,  however,  no  after-reason  to  complain, 
lor  his  advancement  in  life  was  as  carefully  looked  to  as  if  he 
had  been  a  younger  son  ;  which,  I  take  it,  is  all  that,  under 
the  circumstances,  could  reasonably  be  expected.  There  was 
not  much  cordiality,  I  fear,  but  a  certain  amount  of  all-very- 
well  sort  of  intercourse  kept  up  between  them,  their  relative 
positions  being  well  understood  and  appreciated  on  both  sides. 

"  There  was  some  troublesome  war  or  other  on  hand  just  at 
the  time  I  speak  of,  and  we  were  accustomed  to  look  over  the 
news  of  the  day  with  the  sort  of  interest  one  is  expected  to 
take  in  the  relatives  of  one's  host — a  kind  of  lazy  curiosity 
to  know  whether  they  are  going  to  be  made  field-marshals,  or, 
in  American  phrase,  had  already  'gone  under' — when  we 
were  startled  by  the  arrival,  totally  unexpected,  of  our  cousin 
himself.  IJl-hcaKh  formed  the  plea  for  his  arrival  in  England  ; 
the  contemplated  marriage,  heard  of  on  his  lauding,  for  bis 
presence  in  the  north. 


"  He  did  not  come  alone.  A  wonderful  collection  of  Orien- 
tal curiosities  accompanied  him,  from  the  wing  of  a  butterfly 
to  the  handkerchief  of  a  Thug  ;  curiosities  which  were  under 
the  especial  charge  of  a  Hindoo  retainer,  Gholab,  and  a  re- 
tainer's retainer,  who,  if  they  were  not  Thugs  themselves, 
looked,  1  could  not  help  thinking,  eminently  well  qualified  for 
the  dignity.  That  he  should  have  brought  these  worthies 
with  him  excited  our  surprise  :  but  that  he  explained  by  in 
forming  us  of  their  devoted  attachment  to  himself,  for  some 
vital  service  rendered  to  them  in  India.  I  think  it  was  the 
saving  Gholab's  life  :  but,  whether  from  a  tiger,  a  bullet,  or 
the  gallows,  I  will  not  undertake  to  say. 

"  Both  Gholab  and  his  master  were  much  occupied  about 
the  museum  of  curiosities  before  mentioned.  In  truth.  I  think 
1  never  came  upon  the  former  but  that  he  was  rubbing,  polish- 
ing, or  in  some  way  working  upon  some  queer,  uncouth-look- 
ing object  or  other.  Once  I  came  suddenly  upon  him  in  a 
plantation  at  some  distance  from  the  house,  and.  as  my  cu- 
riosity had  always  been  somewhat  excited  on  his  account,  1 
stood  for  s*ome  moments  observing  his  labors  before  advancing 
upon  him.    You  know  what  bangles  are?" 

"  To  be  sure.    Indian  ornaments  for  the  ancles." 

"  Just,  so.  Well,  our  friend  was  busily  engaged  in  altering 
and  shaping  what  appeared  to  me  to  be  an  ornament  of  this 
description,  adding  to  it  a  strong  clipping  spring,  and  a  link 
or  two  of  chain.  He  started  up  when  he  became  conscious  of 
my  vincinity,  with  a  greater  appearance  of  fright  and  more 
wildness  ol  gesture  than  I  deemed  the  occasion  justified, 
though  he  was  an  Oriental,  and  we  were  in  a  plantation  at  a 
short  distance  from  an  English  squire's  hall  ;  and  in  reply  to 
my  simple  question  of  what  lit!  was  about,  uttered  some  unin 
telligilile  gutturals,  and  gesticulated  in  a  manner  meant  possi- 
bly to  be  explanatory,  but  which  had,  to  me,  an  appearance 
wouderfully  resembling  the  passes  of  Her  Presto,  the  conju- 
ror, when  especially  bent  upon  a  process  of  bamboozling. 

"  But  this  and  many  other  small  matters  besides,  which 
have  since  acquired  significance,  passed  away  from  my  mind 
—at  least  from  the  surface  of  it— to  lodge  themselves,  how- 
ever, in  those  mysterious  receptacles  where  I  do  believe  every 
atomic  affection  ou  our  sensoria.  at  any  time  experienced,  is 
indestructibly  lying,  and  still  capable  of  being  made  promi- 
nent, cither  by  some  mental  magic  beyond  our  lesearch,  or  by 
some  sympathetic  and  appropriate  combination  of  external 
circumstances.  We  shook  ourselves  down  with  our  new  ar- 
rivals as  best  we  might,  and  returned  to  our  diversions,  among 
which  swimmimg  must  be  reckoned  one,  especially  with  the 
younger  portion  of  our  party.  1  don't  wonder  at  it  as  there 
was  a  beautiful  lake  in  the  grounds,  with  smooth  grassy  mar- 
gins along  the  rich  meadows,  and  shallow  enough  to  be  sate 
to  all,  but  winding  off  into  some  thick  plantations  on  high 
ground  where  it  became  cf  corresponding  depth,  and  where 
several  rocky  islets  broke  its  surface,  and  rendered  it.  if  some- 
what gloomy,  exceedingly  picturesque  and  solemnly  beautiful. 
Young  Westerton  was  an  excellent  swimmer,  and  especially 
delighted  in  the  refreshing  exercise,  so  much  so  that  he  would 
not  unfrequently  spend  the  greater  part  of  a  summer  after- 
noon in  and  about  the  lake,  striking  off  boldly  from  the  more 
open  parts,  and  revelling,  like  a  very  Triton,  amongst  the 
rocks  and  sunken  trees  of  the  deeper  and  less  accessible  por- 
tion. Sometimes  lie  would  lie  passive  on  the  surface  of  the 
water,  floating  almost  motionless,  or  gently  paddling  hither 
and  thither  in  the  full  enjoyment  of  youth,  health,  and  vigor. 

"  In  amusing  contrast  with  young  Westerton's  love  of  the 
water  was  the  extreme  horror  always  manifested  by  the  Hin- 
doo Gholab,  whenever  he  was  compelled  to  approach  its  banks. 
Nothing  less  than  the  most  positive  orders  of  his  master  ever 
brought  him  near,  and  it  was  ludicrous  to  see  the  speed  with 
which  he  hastened  from  its  vicinity  as  soon  as.  having  dis- 
charged his  service,  he  received  his  master's  permission  tore- 
treat.  The  latter  accounted  to  us  for  this  striking  dislike  by 
relating  an  incident  which  occurred  in  one  of  the  Indian  rivers 
near  which  Gholab's  childhood  was  passed.  He  was  one  day, 
in  company  with  another  youth,  paddling  about  in  the  stream 
when  suddenly  a  large  alligator  rose  close  upon  them,  seized 
his  companion,  and  disappeared  with  him  in  his  jaws  The 
shock  was  so  great  that  the  poor  fellow,  who  was  sincerely  at- 
tached to  the  unlucky  victim,  never  quite  got  over  its  effects, 
but  retiined  the  picture  of  that  horrible  incident  in  his  mem- 
ory, to  be  freshened  and  intensified  by  any  combination  of 
wood  and  water  at  all  resembling  the  scene  of  the  sad  catas- 
trophe, '  a  wonderful  resemblance  to  which,'  said  cousiu  Wes- 
terton, '  some  parts  of  my  uncle's  domain  do  certainly  ex- 
hibit.' 

"  We  were  now  within  a  fortnight  of  the  projected  marriage, 
and  I  was  one  day  out  on  a  shooting  expedition,  when,  hap- 
pening to  pass  near  the  turnpiky-road,  I  saw  a  gig  rapidly  ap- 
proaching from  the  direction  of  the  Hall,  and  soon  heard  my- 
self hailed  by  Cousin  Westerton.  1  felt  that,  under  ordinary 
circumstances,  he  would  hardly  have  taken  the  trouble  to 
greet  me,  as  we  somehow  had  not  grown  to  care  much  for 
each  other.  It  was  therefore  with  some  curiosity  that  I  went 
up  to  tho  gig,  which  he  had  drawn  to  the  roadside,  and  in 
which  he  was  standing  in  evident  expectation  of  my  approach. 

" '  I  have  stopped  to  say  good-bye,'  cried  be,  eyeing  me 


keenly  the  while.  '  I  am  called  off  by  business  of  the  very 
last  importance,  and  shouid  not  be  surprised  if  I  find  myself 
tossing  on  my  outward  voyage  to  India  instead  of  dancing  at 
my  cousin's  wedding.  By  the  way,  what  o'clock  is  it?  My 
watch  has  stopped.  Can  you  give  me  the  exact  time  ?  Yery 
provoking,  is  it  not?  I  mean  having  to  leave  just  at  this 
particular  juncture.  What  jolly  days  of  it  you  will  have. 
Half  past  twelve,  you  say.  Thank  you.  My  uncle  quite  sees 
the  necessity  for  my  going.  Good  sport,  I  hope.  Which  way 
do  you  return  ?' 

"  I  pointed  in  a  direction  which  was  not  towards  the  lake. 

"Ha!  I  see;  through  the  finest  covers  on  the  estate. 
Well,  I  must  not  detain  you.  Half-past  twelve,  you  say. 
Good-bye,  good-bye.' 

"  And  so  he  broke  off  his  almost  soliloquy,  which  either 
the  impatience  of  his  horse  or  his  own  excited  manner  lead- 
ing to  repeated  checks  at  the  bridle,  only  to  be  balanced  by 
compensating  touches  of  the  whip,  had  made  a  decidedly  un- 
comfortable proceeding.  He  was  soon  out  of  sfght,  and  I  on 
my  rounds. 

"  After  a  while  I  dismissed  the  keeper  and  his  dogs,  having 
determined  to  saunter  quietly  back  alone.  It  was  a  lovely 
afternoon,  with  warm  balmy  breezes  just  fanning  the  trees  and 
hedgerows  into  graceful  animation.  Westerlor  Hall,  with 
its  well-ordered  gardens  and  plantations,  stood  in  the  distance, 
and  I  was  just  wishing  for  some  bit  of  active  life  to  give  more 
human  interest  to  the  scene,  when  from  its  gates  emerged  a 
single  horseman,  who  galloped  not  merely  swiftly,  but,  as  it 
seemed  to  me,  frantically  in  the  direction  of  the  town.  Of 
course  I  hastened  at  once  to  the  Hall.  A  strange  dread 
came  over  me.  and  my  thoughts  settled  with  involuntary  te- 
nacity on  the  agitated  manner  displayed  by  Cousin  Westerton 
when  I  met  him  on  the  road  ;  but  he,  I  reasoned,  could  not 
have  been  cognizant  of  any  unusual  occurrence,  or  he  would 
at  least  have  informed  me  of  it.  Besides,  might  I  not  lie 
needlessly  alarmed  ?  Not  so.  however,  for  when  I  reached 
the  house  I  found  that  young  Westerton  had  just  been  brought 
in  dead — drowned,  as  it  appeared,  in  the  deepest  part  of  the 
lake. 

"  No  one  had  witnessed  his  death.  His  companions  on  this 
occasion,  as  had  often  been  done  before,  left  him  when  they 
saw  him  strike  off  into  the  wilder  and  more  secluded  parls, 
where  none  of  them  cared  to  follow,  never  doubling,  however, 
that  when  tired  of  exercise  and  exploration,  he  would  return 
as  usual,  and  join  their  party  when  evening  drew  nigh.  Be- 
fore this,  however,  accident  revealed  the  body  to  a  keeper  who 
happened  to  be  passing.  It  had  got  entangled  amongst  some 
roots  or  branches,  and,  but  that  it  was  lying  over  one  of  these, 
it  is  probable  that  the  discovery  would  not  have  been  made 
so  early,  as,  from  being  thus  caught,  as  it  were,  it  was  pre- 
vented from  sinking  into  the  depths  of  the  lake.  Life  was 
quite  extinct. 

"  '  At  what  hour,'  I  asked,  '  did  he  leave  the  house  ?  ' 

"  '  At  one  o'clock  ;  after  lunch-time.' 

"  '  Where  were  the  Hindoos  ?  ' 

"  '  In  their  master's  apartment?,  packing  tip  and  preparing 
to  be  goue.'  One  of  the  house  servants  had  seen  them  busily 
engaged  in  doing  so ;  indeed,  so  fully  were  they  occupied  with 
their  task,  that  they  plainly  showed  him  they  wished  his  ab- 
sence, and  immediately  after  he  left,  locked  their  door,  and  so 
had  kept  it  ever  since.  I  went  at  once  to  the  rooms,  impelled 
by  some  shapeless  suspicion,  of  what  I  scarcely  knew.  The 
door  was  now  unlocked,  and  I  went  in  to  find  them  both 
eagerly  engaged  in  the  manner  represented  to  me  by  the  ser- 
vant, and  as.  to  all  appearance,  they  had  been  ever  since  his 
visit.  I  It  ft  thein  to  themselves,  though  I  declare  1  think  a 
shepherd's  dog,  who  suspects,  but  is  not  quite  certain  that 
some  vagabond  curs  have  been  worrying  his  master's  sheep, 
and  longs  to  fly  at  their  throats,  must  feel  very  much  as  1  did. 

•'  An  inquest  was  duly  held.  AH  the  ordinary  indications 
of  death  by  drowning  were  of  course  exhibited,  and  there  was 
nothing  more,  with  the  exception  of  certain  bruises  about  the 
right  ancle-joint,  which  might  have  been  occasioned  by  strik- 
ing against  the  rocks  or  stubs  in  the  lake,  though,  as  one  of 
the  jury  casually  observed,  they  presented  a  remarkably  cir- 
cular and  band  like  appearance.  I  was  myself  present,  and  a 
good  deal  struck  at  the  time  by  the  words.  They  escaped, 
however,  without  comment,  and  as  I  could  not  connect  them 
in  any  way  with  anything  leading  to  suspicion  of  foul  play, 
nothing  further  was  said,  and  the  circumstances  passed  from 
my  mind,  to  return,  however,  with  terrible  distinctness  and 
meaning  thereafter.  A  sudden  seizure  of  cramp  was  taken 
as  the  cause  of  death,  a  verdict  returned  accordingly,  and 
young  Westerton,  just  about  to  step  into  the  arena  of  active 
life,  was  laid  stark  and  disfigured  in  the  vault  of  his  fore- 
fathers. 

"If  this  were  an  ordinary  tale  I  am  narrating,  I  ought  I 
suppose  in  this  place  to  descant  upon  the  dreadful  shock, 
(though  that  for  a  while  it  certainly  was)  this  sad  event  occa- 
sioned to  the  bereaved  bride— to  send  her  with  dishevilled 
hair  into  the  woods,  or  to  find  her  lying  lifeless  at  the  foot  of 
some  frightful  precipice.  There  rises,  however,  in  my  mind's 
eye  the  vision  of  a  still  comely  dame,  not  without  suudry 
olive-brauches  springing  around  her,  which  quite  precludes  the 


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propriety  of  that  usually  orthodox  termination.  Not  that  his 
intended  wife  was  heartless  or  unfeeling.  No ;  whilst  she 
mourned  for  him,  she  mourned  for  him  sincerely  ;  but  time, 
with  its  alleviations,  tempered,  though  it  might  obliterate,  the 
smart,  and  his  remembrance  faded  into  one  of  those  gentle 
sorrows  which  we  must  of  necessity  cause  to  stand  apart  from 
those  active  duties  life  still  brings  with  it.  As  to  the  heart- 
struck  and  hopeless  old  father,  let  us  draw' over  him  the  veil 
of  deep  and  silent  sympathy. 

"  More  than  two  years  now  passed  away,  and  I'was  on  the 
banks  of  the  burning  Ganges.  My  duties  carried  me  to  one 
of  the  le3ser  towns  .on  the  river,  where  time  soon  began  to 
hang  rather  heavily  on  my  hands.  Occasionally  I  would,  out 
of  the  merest  idleness,  turn  into  the  court  of  justice  there, 
but  was  seldom  rewarded  in  my  quest  of  adventure  by  any- 
thing more  than  the  most  petty  illustrations  of  the  doings  of 
the  Indian  Themis.  At  last  there  came  a  change,  and  of  so 
startling  a  character,  that  neither  during  the  remainder  of  my 
sojourn  there,  uor  for  a  long  time  after,  had  I  anything  to 
complain  of  in  the  way  of  listlessness  or  apathy.  It  chanced 
that  I  one  day  entered  the  court-house  at  one  door  just  as  a 
mixed  group  of  guards  and  offenders  were  leaving  it  by  an- 
other. I  had  just  time  to  recognise  amongst  them  the,  to  me, 
unmistakable  features  of  the  Hindoo  Gholab,  but  whether 
there  as  a  custodian  or  infractor  of  the  laws  I  was  then  uu- 
able  to  make  out.  It  mattered  little,  however,  as  I  knew 
where  to  obtain  easy  and  certain  information  of  any  and  every 
thing  connected  with  the  administration  of  justice.  On  my 
return  10  my  quarters,  I  found  that  the  very  men  whom  1 
wished  to  meet  with  were  there,  and  were  then  discussing 
with  some  brother  officers  the  details  of  a  crime  of  an  extra- 
ordinary nature,  which  had  just  come  to  light  in  that  district. 
Several  Hindoo  girls  had  suddenly  and  mysteriously  disap- 
peared under  the  waters  when  performing  their  ablutious  in 
the  sacred  stream,  drawn  under  and  devoured  by  alligators. 
Such  was  the  general  belief,  until  the  body  of  one  of  them 
chanced  to  be  picked  up  lower  down  the  river,  totally  uumu- 
tilated,  and  deprived  of  certain  valuable  ornaments,  which  the 
young  devotee  was  known  to  have  had  on  when  she  went  in. 
For  a  good  while  justice  was  completely  at  fault,  but  these 
ornaments  having  been  traced  to  the  possession  of  two  men, 
over  whose  doings  the  strictest  watch  was  preserved,  the  re- 
sult was,  that  they  were  apprehended  in  a  covered  boat  moor- 
ed in  the  centre  of  the  stream,  almost  in  the  act  of  despoiling 
one  of  their  victims.  It  was-  supposed  that  a  skillful  diver, 
watching  the  opportunity  of  one  being  separated  from  the 
rest,  rose  through  the  waters,  fixed  a  strong  liirature  to  one  of 
the  lower  limbs,  and  then  dived  off,  whilst  a  confederate  in  a 
boat,  by  means  ot  a  rope  and  a  hold  or  purchase  of  some  kind 
at  the  bottom  of  the  river,  drew  the  struggling  swimmer  ir- 
resistibly down,  when  death  soon  put  an  end  to  all  efforts  to 
escape. 

"  Whilst  these  particulars  were  being  narrated  I  became 
more  and  more  agitated,  until  I  could  no  longer  keep  my  seat. 
'  Why,  major,'  said  one,  '  you  seem  disturbed  ;  can  there  be 
auything  in  the  doings  of  these  wretches  of  sufficient  pungeu- 
cy  to  quicken—' 

" '  Stop,'  said  I,  for  I  saw  he  was  about  to  quiz  my  equan- 
imity, '  don't  treat  this  matter  lightly.  I  confess  I  am  not  a 
little  agitated  or  a  little  confused  at  present,  but — I  have 
heard  all  you  say,  and,  what  is  more,  I  have  seen  ' 

"  '  What  have  you  seen  ?  ' 

"  '  I  have  seen  the  face  of  a  man  whom  I  never  thought, 
and  certainly  never  desired,  to  meet  again.' 
"  '  Of  whom  do  you  speak  ?  ' 
"  '  Gholab.' 

"  '  Why,  that  is  the  name  of  one  of  the  villians  accused  as 
I  have  just  informed  you." 

'• '  Great  Heavens  !'  I  exclaimed  ;  '  but  no,  no,  it  is  impos- 
sible ;  he  could  not  approach  a  running  stream,  much  less — 
and  here,  here,  of  all  places  ;  his  dread  of  water,  his  pitiable 
shrinking  away  from  its  vicinity  ' 

"  Something  very  like  a  burst  of  laughter  from  all  assem- 
bled in  the  room  here  greeted  me. 

"  '  My  good  major,  dread  of  water !  Pitiable  shrinking 
away  from  its  vicinity  !  Why,  this  fellow  Gholab  is  one  of 
the  most  (if  u?t, the  most)  daring,  skillful,  and  enduring  divers 
of  the  East.' 

"  In  a  fever  of  agitation  1  demanded  to  be  shown  the  re- 
maius  of  the  latest  victim.  I  was  taken  to  where  they  lay. 
The  attendants  were  about  to  disrobe  the  upper  part  of  the 
body,  but  I  pointed  to  the  feet,  and  bade  them  uncover  it 
there.  They  lifted  the  mat  with  which  it  was  concealed,  and 
there,  round  the  slender  ancle,  was  the  circular  band-like 
mark,  the  exact  counterpart  of  that  which  I  had  beheld  long 
before,  when  the  happy  home  of  one  of  my  dearest  friends 
was  turned  into  a  house  of  bitterest  mourning. 

"  Unknown  to  the  accused,  I  was  present  at  the  trial.  Gho- 
lab— the  other  was  hardly  a  sane  being — in  turn  accused  the 
alligators,  many  of  which  monsters  infested  the  stream,  and 
vociferously  protested  his  own  innocence,  even  when  the  ban- 
gle-like fetter,  chain,  and  rope,  which  had  been  the  instru- 
ments of  murder,  and  which,  as  well  as  the  ornaments  of  the 
poor  victim,  had  been  traced  to  his  possession,  were  laid  on 


the  table  before  him.  When  these  things  were  produced,  I 
came  from  my  station  somewhat  in  the  rear  of  the  accused, 
advanced  toward  the  table,  keeping  my  face  averted  from 
them,  anil  then  taking  up  the  chain  and  fetter,  turned  slowly 
round  and  confronted  them  with  the  evidences  of  guilt  in  my 
hand.  For  a  few  seconds  the  gaze  of  Gholab,  though  piercing 
and  intense  to  the  last  degree,  was  evidently  more  of  wonder 
than  alarm  ;  but  suddenly  recognition  shot  into  his  brain,  and 
may  I  never  again  behold  such  terror  and  despair  in  the 
depths  of  a  human  soul  (for  in  his  glowing  eyeballs  it  seemed 
all  unveiled)  as  were  then  opened  up  like  a  visiou  into  Hades 
before  me.  He  stood  rigid,  immovable,  and  when  the  trial 
went  on  spoke  never  a  word  again,  though  so  fiercely  animat- 
ed before.  Still  the  trial  went  on,  and  the  Judge  was  about 
to  pronounce  sentence  of  death,  when,  starting  suddenly  from 
his  seeming  trance,  Gholab  threw  up  his  arms,  and  with  a  wild 
cry,  fell  back  in  a  fit  of  horrible  convulsions.  The  unspoken 
sentence  of  a  Judge  more  potent  had  not  only  gone  forth,  but 
had  been  executed  too  ;  the  man  was  dead  " 

"  A.nd  you  think  the  circular  abrasions  round  the  ankle  of 
young  Westerton  were  " 

"  The  marks  of  that  '  alligator's  '  teeth." 

"  And  what  became  of  the  other — the  cousin?" 

"  He  did  not  live  even  to  inherit.  The  old  squire  dragged 
on  a  broken  life  for  some  time,  evincing  little  interest  in  any 
thing,  and  rarely  showing  himself  beyond  his  own  doors,  never 
beyond  his  grounds.  One  day,  however,  he  seemed  suddenly 
to  have  formed  a  strange  resolution,  which  was  neither  more 
nor  less  than  to  drain  the  lake  ;  he  summoned  a  large  body  of 
laborers,  and  set  them  to  work  to  perform  the  almost  imprac- 
ticable task.  His  nephew,  who  had  not  been  near  the  spot 
since  the  catastrophe  which  restored  him  to  his  old  position 
of  heir  to  the  Westerton  estates,  as  soon  as  he  heard  of  the 
old  man's  doings,  urged  either  by  apprehended  damage  to  the 
property,  or  by  apprehensions  of  a  far  more  formidable  char- 
acter—namely, lest  something  might  be  revealed  — hasteued 
down  at  once  to  use  his  influence  with  his  uncle  to  stop  the 
work.  As  the  old  man  could  noS  be  prevailed  on  to  consent 
to  do  so,  steadily  refusing,  at  last,  to  utter  even  a  single  word 
on  the  subject  to  his  nephew  ;  in  fear  and  rage  the  latter  hur- 
ried to  the  workmen,  and  ordered  them  to  desist.  The  fore- 
man, however,  having  heard  how  matters  stood,  refused  to 
stop  without  the  direct  orders  of  the  Squire  himself ;  a  re- 
fusal which  so  enraged  Westerton  that  he  seized  the  man  by 
the  throat,  and  a  personal  altercation  and  struggle  ensued, 
which  ended  in  Westerton  being  thrown  backward  into  the 
water.  Of  course  he  was  quickly  extricated,  but  through  the 
neglect  of  proper  precautions,  a  severe  cold  and  fever  ensued, 
which,  passing  through  the  stages  of  a  delirium,  in  which  he 
uttered  words  now  best  forgotten,  tin  illy  led  to  his  death. 
Who  shall  say  whether  retributive  justice  did  not  show  itself 
in  this.  At  all  events,  whoever  they  were  who  participated 
in  the  death  of  my  friend,  they  are  gone  where  the  shortcom- 
ings of  human  justice  are  unknown,  and,  let  us  add,  where  the 
limits  of  human  long-suffering  and  human  mercy  are  far  ex- 
ceeded." C.  II.  Williams. 


The  Wat  to  Do  It. — A  number  of  years  ago,  Charles  H. 
and  Clara  S.  were  married  in  the  city  of  New  York.  Charles 
was  wealthy  and  in  good  business — very  comfortable  circum 
stances  for  a  young  man,  which  tended,  of  course,  to  develop 
his  naturally  liberal  disposition.  Feeling  thus  happy  and  in- 
dependent of  the  world's  frowns,  Jie  proposed  to  his  youthful 
bride  one  day  during  the  honeymoon,  to  give  her  five  thousand 
dollars  for  every  '  scion  of  his  house'  which  should  be  engraft- 
ed upou  the  family  tree — an  arrangement,  as  may  be  supposed, 
to  which  the  lovely  Clara  made  not  the  slightest  objection. 
Time  passed  on,  Charles  faithfully  performing  his  agreement, 
and  making  no  inquiries  as  to  the  disposition  of  his  money 
by  his  better  half,  until  they  had  been  married  some  teu  years  ; 
fortune,  which  had  smiled  with  constancy,  suddenly  turned 
her  back,  and  left  him  apparently  high  and  dry,  among  the 
breakers  of  Wall  street.  When  the  crisis  had  arrived,  he 
went  home  with  a  heavy  heart  to  announce  the  sad  news  to  his 
wife,  that  he  was  an  irretrievably  ruined  man — that  his  proper- 
ty had  all  gone  to  satisfy  his  creditors,  and  nothing  was  left. 
'  Not  exactly  so  bad  as  that,  my  dear,  said  Clar.  '  Wait  a 
minute  and  see  what  I  have  been  doiug.'  Thus  saying,  she 
ran  up  stairs,  and  soon  returned  with  a  deed  iu  her  own  name, 
of  one-half  of  an  elegant  block  of  houses  in  the  neighborhood, 
worth  thirty  thousand  dollars.  'You  see  I  have  been  indus- 
trious,' continued  she,  '  and  have  laid  up  something  for  a  rainy 
day.  If  you  had  been  as  smart  as  your  brother,  we  might  have 
had  the  whole  block  by  this  time.' 

Letting  Apartments. — "  You  have  no  children,  madam  ?" 
said  a  particular  proprietor  of  a  quiet  house,  before  letting  a 
lady  the  best  apartments.  "  They  are  in  the  cemetery."  A 
tear  was  attempted  on  the  part  of  the  landlord,  the  lease  was 
signed,  and  the  next  day  the  lady  arrived  with  a  bundle  of 
babes.  "  I  thought  your  children  were — were — in  the  ceme- 
tery ?"  "  So  they  were,  yesterday,  sir,  placing  a  few  flowers  on 
the  grave  of  our  former  landlord,  who  was  nervous,  aud  to  toll 
the  truth,  so  irritable,  that" — "  I  understand,  madam—  your 
children  killed  him." 


A  War  Story  of  1812.— The  folk)-  : 
upon  the  authority  of  Ogden  Hoffman. ;! 
advocate,  and  the  father  of  Judge  B 
States  District  Court  of  the  Northern  . 
The  narrator  was,  at  the  time,  a  mi 
Constitution,  and  was  in  the  great  G 
aud   the  Guerriere:    "As  the   B>  iti 
down  upon  them,  as  they  heard  the 
the  guns  were  run  out,  and  the  men  i 
with  their  match-locks,  an  officer  cai 
tain  Isaac  Hull,  and  asked  for  ordei 
was  the  quiet  response.    As  they  can; 
British  vessel  poured  in  her  fire,  the 
Constitution  came  on  the  poop,  and  b 
return  the  broadside,  saying  that  the  I 
strained  much  longer.    "  Not  yet,"  wi 
Still  nearer  the  British  ship  came,  a 
ers,  who  were  in  the  cockpit  of  the 
said  that  they  began  to  beiieve  that  t . 
were  afraid  to  measure  their  srength  wif 
and  this  thought  gave  them  more  pai  i 
which  some  of  them  were  still  suffering  ! 
the  Guerriere  gallantly  came  forward,  . 
ished  sides;  and,  as  the  swell  carried  !. 
muzzles  of  the  "  Old  Ironsides,"  Captain 
quite  fat,  and  dressed  in  full  tights,  bent 
deck,  and,  with  every  muscle  and  vein  i"' 
ment,  shouted  out,  as  he  made  another  g 
pour  it  into  them."    That  broadside  set'' 
and,  when  the  smoke  cleared  away,  the  c 
were  to  be  seen  split  from  waistband  to  !; 
modore  had  a  soul  "  too  big  for  his  breech 
to  add,  that  Hull,  nothing  disconcerted,  gi 
perrect  coolness,  and  only  changed  his  ti!'i> 
commander's  sword  was  given  up  to  hill 


g  anecdote  rests 
ious  New  \  ork 
1  of  the  United 
t  of  California, 
in  on  board  the 
eon  that  vessel 
lip  came  sailing 
;>  orders,  when 
be  seen  ready 
I  haste  to  Cap- 
e.    "  Not  yet," 
nearer,  and  the 
ieutenant  of  the 
1  permission  to 
.  could  not  be  re- 
indifferent  reply, 
merican  prison- 
rriere,  afterward 
own  countrymen 
i at  of  the  enemy, 
ilian  the  wounds 
th.    In  a  moment 
lowing  her  burn- 
r  close  to  the  very 
fullj  who  was  then 
If  twice  to  the 
ling  with  excite- 
ni,  "  Now,  boys, 
their  oppouents  ; 
lodore's  breeches 
Truly  the  com- 
s."    Hoffman  used 
vo  his  orders  with 
when  the  British 


,  such  an  excited 
a  !  yes,  the  555th 
I  hat  scar  from  an 
V  I  understand 
ou  saw  stars  for  a 


Scene  in  a  French  Cafe. — Let  us  I  i  with  this  group 
at  the  next  table.  These  blue-coated,  i 1  ousered,  epaulet- 
ted,  decorated,  close-topped,  curled,  moo  shed,  marked  and 
numbered  men — they  are  officers  in  tl  )5th  Regiment  of 
the  line.  No  great  perceptive  faculty  is  lary  to  see  that, 
for  there  are  the  figures  ou  their  shako  .  famous  corps  is 
this  555th,  and  many  the  battle  in  wbi  its  serried  ranks 
have  brought  down  to  the  charge.  Th  '.i-gray  man  with, 
the  scar  on  the  forehead,  who  is  speak] 
manner,  what  is  he  saying?  "  Solferino." 
was  at  Solferiuo,  I  recollect,  aud  he  gi 
Austrian  sabre.  Eh  ?  "  Plom  t  plom  I ; 
you,  my  dear  sir.  You  wish  to  infer  th  t1 
moment,  then  there  was  blood  in  your  e;.  ind  "pouf,"  down 
you  went — very  unpleasant  indeed.  A'.  lis  dark  man  with 
the  bald  head  and  moustaches,  like  a  coii  of  rats  with  their 
tails  curled,  I  must  know  him  ;  to  be  Sr.  I  do.  He  it  wa3 
to  whom  the  emperor  shouted,  when  >dy  of  Austrians 
threatened  to  surround  his  majesty  and  !  staff,  "Captains, 
enleve  moica;"  and  in  five  minutes  t  white  coats  were 
running  pell-mell  down  the  hill,  with  thi  mt  555th  at  their 
heels.  That  bit  of  ribbon  of  which  he  I  proud  was  his  re- 
ward. This  younger  fellow,  with  Ihe  bl  black  eyes,  well- 
cut  features,  aud  downy  upper  lip,  did  n  jet  that  medal  for 
nothing.  A  more  gallant  soldier  uevei  ew  sword ;  but  for 
no  deed  of  slaughter  was  that  decora!  i  '.warded.  When 
Jeanette,  the  fair  and  daring  vivandiere,  f  II  wounded  on  the 
field  of  Magenta,  who  was  it  but  the  lieutenant,  Jean 
Jaques  Dubois,  who  rushed,  mid  a  Btoi  millets,  and  right 
across  the  line  of  fire  of  an  Austrian  baf  to  bear  the  poor 
girl  out  of  the  way  of  further  harm  ;  an  doubt,  as  he  car- 
ried the  lovely  from  in  his  strong  arms.  It  a  hero,  and  he 
was  one.  

The  Baker's  Parrot. — Snake  stories  nag  become  worn 
out,  the  editors  of  the  Eastern  pape.  now  exercising 
their  ingenuity  on  "parrot  stories," — ti;  it  escape  valves 
for  their  irrepressible  imagination.  1  I  >wirjg  ia  a  speci- 
men purporting  to  be  narrated  by  a  \  la  negro.  "You 
see,"  said  be,  '•  d is  parrot  belonged  to  a  er  in  Richmond. 
Now  each  baker  is  'lowed  to  make  irtain  number  of 
loaves  ebry  day,  aud  no  more,  'cause  ii  y  do  dey  will  be 
serving  out  stale  bread  to  the  custom  Well,  this  baker 
had  baked  more  than  his  share  one  day.  hid  de  surplusum 
under  the  counter.  De  parrot  was  ha  '  in  his  cage,  an' 
seed  it  all.  Bimeby  in  comes  de  inspect  i  finds  the  bread 
all  right,  and  is  goin'  out  agin  satisfied,  de  parrot  cocks 
his  eye  at  him  and  sings  out,  '  Dere's  i  bread  under  de 
counter  !'  So  de  inspector  grabs  it,  'cord  i  law,  and  carries 
it  off.  Well,  den  thebakergoes  to  the  p  rot  werry  mad,  and 
takes  him  by  the  hod,  and  fotches  hi;  vitch  or  two  and 
flings  him  in  the  gutter  for  dead,  'longsi  le  ob  a  pig  just  dead 
ob  do  measles  Bimeby  de  parrot  begini  i  crawl  about,  his 
feathers  a  sticking  out,  and  his  head  U)|  id  on  one  side,  and 
den  stops  and  looks  at  de  pig  werry  pitiful,  and  sed  he,  'Did 
you  say  anything  about  de  bread?  '  " 

A  little  ncw3boy  drew  a  prize  of  $2  )0  in  the  Mobile 
lottery. 


4 


THE  CALIFORNIAN. 


(September  2  2d 


LITERARY  G  LEADINGS  AND  GOSSIP. 

[This  department  is  not  designed  to  be  strictly  "  critical,"  and  will 
not  supersede  our  usual  book  reviews  ;  nor  will  it  be  limited  to  notices 
of  new  publications  :| 

EVERY  one  who  has  been  in  the  habit  of  listening  much 
to  the  style  of  discussion  on  literary  and  art  topics, 
which  obtains  in  mixed  society,  will  appreciate  the  following 
remarks  on  *  Parlor  Criticism,"  which  we  Dnd  in  a  recent 
number  ot  the  London  Saturday  Review  : 

"  The  appearance  of  a  book,  such  as  George  Eliot's  new  novel, 
which  is  read  by  all  the  world,  always  affords  an  excellent  op- 
portunity of  measuring  the  taste,  judgment  and  discrimina- 
tion of  the  people  for  whom  books  are  supposed  to  be  written. 
A  novel  by  an  eminent  author  calls  forth  an  amount  of  un- 
written criticism  which  illustrates  the  force  and  diversity  of 
popular  opinion  on  literary  matters  with  more  completeness 
than  any  other  kind  of  composition.  A  man  or  woman  with 
ever  so  mean  an  understanding  and  ever  so  small  an  interest 
in  things  still  feels  perfectly  competent  to  crown  or  condemn 
a  novel.  It  is  the  same  with  paintings,  and  very  nearly  the 
same  with  music.  History,  philosophy,  science,  they  saga- 
ciously leave  alone.  These  are  delicate  subjects  lor  people 
who  know  nothing  about  them,  because  they  can  scarcely  ad- 
vance a  step  without  making  their  ignorance  conspicuous. 
But  in  what  are  called  light  subjects  the  case  is  different,  and 
all  art  is  looked  upon  as  a  light  subject.  With  a  vile  affecta- 
tion of  humility,  these  critics  of  the  parlor  ostentatiously 
avow  that  they  don't  understand  high  art,  and  are  entirely 
ignorant  of  grand  critical  principles  :  still  they  know  what 
gives  them  pleasure,  and  they  are  not  sure  whether  this,  after 
all,  is  not  as  good  a  test  a3  another  of  artistic  success.  This 
modest  way  of  putting  the  case  really  veils  a  profound  con- 
viction that,  though  not  learned  in  the  pedantry  of  academies, 
they  have  a  fine  natural  insight  into  the  true  and  beautilul 
which  is  worth  infinitely  more  than  all  that  academies  have 
got  to  teach.  At  bottom  they  sincerely  believe  that  the  pleas- 
ure which  they  derive  from  a  book  or  a  song  or  a  picture  is 
in  truth  the  standard  of  its  worth.  And  the  giving  of  pleas- 
ure is  unquestionably  an  end  of  all  artistic  composition  Only 
it  is  worth  remembering  that  everything  depends  on  the  sort 
of  people  to  whom  a  piece  is  fit  to  give  pleasure.  The  jovial 
song  which  fills  with  delirious  transports  the  dull  brain  of  a 
beery  clown  in  an  alehouse  may  not  be  very  admirable  in  ears 
polite.  And  the  young  ladies,  for  example,  who  pass  sentence 
so  unflinchingly  on  novels,  might  perhaps  usefully  remember 
that  neither  the  tears  which  the  woes  of  a  heroine  can  draw 
from  them,  nor  the  warm  sympathy  with  which  they  at  length 
see  her  united  with  a  constant  lover,  can  be  taken  for  a  con- 
clusive proof  that  the  novelist's  work  has  been  well  done,  any 
more  than  their  falling  asleep  over  the  middle  of  the  second 
volume  is  a  proof  that  he  has  done  his  work  ill.  Too  ofteu 
they  are  as  little  able  to  appreciate  the  best  and  highest  kind 
of  fiction  as  the  beery  clown  would  be  to  appreciate  one  of 
Beethoven's  sonatas  or  one  of  Mendelssohn's  Lieder.  The 
incapacity,  which  in  the  one  case  comes  of  beer  and  dullness 
combined,  is  in  the  other  the  simpler  fruit  cf  dullness  and  no 
beer." 

We  wonder  if  it  has  ever  entered  into  the  mind  of  any  cu 
rious  bibliographer,  to  ascertain  the  exact  number  of  books 
that  have  been  printed  in  the  nature  of  commentaries  or 
glosses  upon  the  text  of  Shakspeare.  Assuredly  there  have 
been  enough  of  them  to  constitute  of  themselves  a  goodly 
library.  And  yet  how  few  of  the  controverted  points  seem 
to  have  been  definitively  settled.  It  is  still,  for  instance,  a 
mooted  question  whether  Hamlet  was  really  mad,  or  only 
feigned  madness,  notwithstanding  the  hundreds  of  essays  on 
the  subject  that  have  been  written. 

In  a  recent  book,  entitled  Shakspeare's  Delineations  of  In- 
sanity, Imbecilly.  and  Suicide,  by  A.  0.  Kellogg,  at  present 
physician  of  the  State  Lunatic  Asylum  at  Utica,  New  York, 
the  point  is  taken  up  once  more,  and  argued  in  extenso,  the 
doctor  strenuously  maintaining  the  theory  of  Hamlet's  actual 
insanity.  Of  the  attempts  heretofore  made  to  analyze  the 
character  of  Hamlet,  he  seems  to  entertain  but  a  slight 
opinion  : 

"  Some  of  the  most  profound  critics  of  the  last  century,  and 
down  to  the  present  time,  have  in  the  play  of  Hamlet  found 
an  enigma  which  they  have  by  no  means  been  able  to  solve, 
and  which  has  been  to  them  a  stumbling-block,  and  perpetual 
rock  of  offimce.  Schlegel,  one  of  the  most  profound  of  Ger- 
man critics,  who  devoted  some  of  the  best  years  of  his  litera- 
ry life  to  the  study  of  Shakspeare,  and  who  has  pound  upon 
the  paces  of  our  great  dramatist  the  light  of  a  most  profound 
and  philosophical  criticism,  and  does  more  perhaps  than  any 
other  man  to  give  us  a  true  conception  of  his  powers,  has  not 
been  able  to  analyze  the  character  of  Hamlet  with  anything 
approaching  to  psychological  accuracy.  In  fact  the  idea  of 
Hamlet  as  a  genuine  madman,  seems  never  to  have  entered 
his  mind,  and  hence  his  perplexity,  and  labored  and  unsuc- 
cessful efforts  to  unravel  the  mysteries  and  apparent  contra- 
dictions he  meets  at  every  step,  and  the  extraordinary  mani- 
festations of  character  which  he  finds  in  his  hero." 

The  following  will  serve  to  furnish  a  general  idea  of  the 
Doctor's  lino  of  argument.  After  enumerating  the  disturbing 
influences  to  which  Hamlet  was  subjected,  he  proceeds: 

"  Here  evidently  ate  causes  sufficient  to  induce  insanity  in 
minds  far  less  susceptible  to  the  invasion  of  the  malady  than 
that  of  Hamlet  ;  and  simply  because  early  in  the  progress  of 
the  disease,  he  speaks  of'  putting  on  an  antic  disposition,'  we 
nrc.  not  to  suppose,  in  face  of  all  the  evidence  which  follows, 
that  we  have»to  deal  with  a  case  of  feigned  insanity,  and  that 
Vtho  poet  has\  fh  producing  the  counterfeit,  done  more  than  he 
intended,  and  made  the  stamp  so  perfect,  that  he  has  been 
able  to  '  deceive  the  very  elect '  themselves.  Upon  other  oc- 
casions, where  the  evidence  of  the  poet's  intention  was  quite 
palpatio  to  all,  and  where  he  most  certainly  intended  to  pro- 
duce a  counterfeit,  he  has  succeeded,  as  in  everything  he  un- 


dertakes, and  we  have  truly  u  counterfeit,  such  as  needs  no 
'  expert'  to  detect.  Shakspeare,  in  the  plentitude  of  his  know- 
ledge—a  knowledge  derived  not  from  books  and  the  accumu- 
lated experience  of  others,  but  from  the  closest  observation 
of  what  he  must  have  seen  in  actual  life — recognized  what 
none  of  his  critics  not  conversant  with  medical  psychology  in 
its  present  advanced  state,  seem  to  have  any  conception  of, 
namely,  that  there  are  cases  of  melancholic  madne.»s,  of  a  del- 
icate shade,  in  which  the  reasoning  faculties,  the  intellect 
proper,  so  far  from  oeing  overcome,  or  even  disordered,  may, 
on  the  other  hand,  be  rendered  more  active  and  vigorous, 
while  the  will,  the  moral  feelings,  the  sentiments  and  affec- 
tions, are  the  faculties  which  seem  alone  to  suffer  from  the 
stroke  of  disease.  Such  a  case  he  has  given  us  in  the  charac- 
ter of  Hamlet,  with  a  fidelity  to  nature  which  continues  more 
and  more  to  excite  our  wonder  and  astonishment,  as  our  know- 
ledge of  this  intricate  subject  advances.  Within  the  last  few 
years  our  knowledge  of  the  various  shades  of  insanity  has 
been  -so  much  advanced  that  what  we  conceived  to  be  the 
true  view  of  the  character  of  Hamlet  appears  now  to  be  well 
established,  and  whether  Shakspeare  himself  was  conscious  of 
what  In;  was  producing,  matters  little  ;  the  delineation  is  so  true 
to  nature  that  those,  who  are  at  all  acquainted  with  this  intricate 
disease  aie  fully  convinced  that  Hamlet  represents  faithfully 
a  phase  of  genuine  melancholic  madness.  Whatever  may 
have  been  the  intention  of  Shakspeare,  one  thing  is  evident, 
he  has  succeeded  in  exhibiting;  in  the  character  of  Hamlet.ja 
complete  revolution  of  all  the  faculties  of  the  soul,  by  the  over- 
whelming influence  of  the  intense  emotions  excited  in  it  ;  and 
whether  the  resulting  condition  of  the  mind  be  one  of  health 
or  disease,  sanity  or  insanity,  (and  the  line  of  demaikation  is 
by  no  means  accurately  defined.)  the  phenomena  exhibited 
are,  psychologically  considered,  of  the  most  profound  interest. 
We  are  convinced  that  the  change  wrought  is  so  great,  that 
the  resulting  condition  of  mind  must,  in  the  present  state  of 
our  medico-psychological  knowledge,  be  regarded  as  of  a  path 
ological  character,  and  that  Hamlet,  with  Lear  and  Ophelia, 
must  be  admitted  into  the  ranks  of  that  -  noble  army  of  mar- 
tyrs' to  a  mind  diseased,  too  many  of  whom,  alas!  are  found 
in  the  walks  of  everyday  life.  But  we  must  by  no  means 
forget  that  the  term  '  mind  diseased  '  do<-3  not  necessarily  im- 
ply a  mind  destroyed,  or  even  a  mind  deranged  in  all  its  facul- 
ties, but  one  changed  in  its  normal  operations  ;  a  change 
which  sometimes  consists  in  a  preternatural  operation,  or  ex- 
cessive activity  of  some  of  Us  nobler  faculties,  while  others 
are  more  or  less  paralyzed." 

It  is  a  change  of  this  kind,  the  author  insists,  that  Shak- 
speare meant  to  exhibit  in  the  character  and  conduct  of  Ham- 
let, as  delineated  in  the  play  ;  and  he  devotes  some  twenty- 
five  pages  to  the  task  of  tracing  this  change,  and  analyizing 
the  psychological  phenomena  developed  during  the  course  of 
it.  He  considers  that  the  appearance  of  his  father's  spirit 
was  tne  turning  point  in  Hamlet's  mental  and  moral  career, 
and  that  the  startling  disclosures  then  made  to  him  produced 
a  disturbance  and  excitement  under  the  strain  ol  which  his 
intellect  gave  way.  In  support  of  this  theory,  the  Doctor 
contrasts  the  dignity,  good  sense,  and  courtly  decorum  of 
Hamlet's  discourse  and  bearing  up  to  the  time  of  appearance, 
with  the  "  wild  and  whirling  words,"  as  Horatio  characterizes 
them,  in  which  he  thenceforth  expresses  himself.  His  man- 
ner of  addressing  the  ghost  whom  he  hears  below  when  he  is 
swearing  his  friends  to  secrecy,  is  particularly  adverted  to  as 
differing  most  significantly  from  the  tone  of  awe  and  rever- 
ential respect  which  had  characterized  bis  language  in  the 
earlier  part  of  the  same  scene,  and  particularly  in  the  sublime 
apostrophe  commencing, 

"  Angels  and  ministers  of  grace  defend  iib." 

Our  author  sees  something  more  than  mock  levity  in  such 
speeches  as  : 

"  Ila.  ha.  boy !  eay'st  thou  so  ?  art  thou  tbcre,  true  penny  ? 
Come  on — you  hear  this  fellow  in  the  cellarage  — 
Consent  to  swear." 

"  Hie  et,  nbiqtie  !  then  we'll  shift  our  ground." 

"  Well  said,  old  mole  I  can  st  work  i'  the  ground  so  fast? 

A  worthy  pioneer!" 

This  language,  he  thinks,  betrays  the  wanderings  of  a  mind 
affected  by  the  first  strokes  of  disease,  rather  than  a  healthy 
re-actiou  from  intense  excitement. 

In  regard  to  the  intimation  conveyed  by  Hamlet  himself  in 
this  scene,  that  he  may  hereafter  think  it  "  meet  to  put  an 
antic  disposition  on"  which  is  the  chief  basis  of  the  theory 
of  feigned  madness,  the  Doctor  suggests  that  it  may  "in  the 
commotion  of  his  mind  have  resulted  as  much  from  a  vague 
consciousness  of  what  was  impending,  as  from  any  intention 
to  act  a  part." 

Our  author  seems  at  times  inclined  to  claim  for  his  views 
on  this  subject  something  more  than  the  weight  attached  to 
a  merely  critical  or  literary  authority.  Nor  is  this  to  be  con- 
sidered unreasonable,  though  it  is  quite  curious  to  observe 
with  what  complete  seriousness  and  good  faith  he  throughout 
argues  his  case  precisely  as  if  Hamlet  were  as  genuine  a  his- 
torical character  as  Napoleon  Bonaparte,  and  as  if  his  acts 
and  idiosyncrasies  furnished  just  as  legitimate  material  for 
psychological  deductions.  Can  there  be  a  more  amazing  proof 
of  the  exceptional  power  of  Shakspeare  s  genius  than  the  fast 
that  the  majority  of  his  critics,  including  some  of  the  greatest 
names  in  literature,  have  quite  naturally,  and  almost  uncon- 
sciously, as  it  were,  fallen  iuto  the  same  habit  in  discussing  his 
ideal  creations? 

Doctor  Kellogg,  indeed,  talks  about,  Hamlet  in  precisely  as 
practical  matter-of-fact  a  style  as  though  he  had  him  under 
lock  and  key  in  one  of  the  wards  of  the  Utica  Asylum.  He 
speaks  quite  pointedly  of  certain  symptoms  manifested  by  the 
patieut,  us  being  perfectly  clear  to  the  professional  man,  or 


the  "  expert "  in  lunacy,  which  he  would  nevertheless  quite 
despair  of  making  equally  plain  to  "  those  critics  who,  having 
no  practical  kuowledge  of  the  more  delicate  shades  of  mental 
disease,  quite  mistake  the  character  of  Hamlet,  regarding  it 
like  Schlegel  as  '  a  riddle  not  easily  solved,'  or  like  Goethe, 
as  'an  illustration  of  natural  imbecility  of  will  and  purpose,' 
or,  what  is  more,  can  only  see  with  Dr.  Johnson,  in  the  '  pre- 
tended madness ''of  Hamlet,  '  a  cause  of  much  mirth.'" 

The  interview  between  Hamlet  and  his  mother  in  Act  HI, 
Scene  4th,  where  he  expressly  avers  that  he  is  not  mad,  only 
in  "craft,"  and  where  he  seems  to  talk  with  a  most  sane 
method,  is  summarily  disposed  of  by  our  author.  Hamlet'? 
declaration,  "  It  is  not  madness  I  have  uttered,  bring  me  to 
the  test,"  has  no  weight  with  him,  and  he  pronounces  the 
test  itself,  though  once  considered  infallible,  as  by  no  means 
a  decisive  one,  and  in  its  application  to  Hamlet's  case,  "quite 
worthless."  He  concedes  that  "  to  the  non  professional 
reader  "  this  scene  furnishes  strong  evidence  in  support  of 
the  theory  of  leigned  madness,  but  adds  :  "  To  us,  however,  he 
appears  like  a  man  who,  being  really  and  truly  insane,  has 
summoned  all  his  powers  tor  the  accomplishment  ol  his  pur- 
poses, one  of  which,  is  to  convince  others  that  he  is  not  inad. 
He  can  feign  either  sanity  or  insanity  as  best  suited  his  pur- 
pose at  the  time." 

Dr.  Kellogg's  argument,  taken  as  a  whole,  is  certainly  both 
interesting  and  ingenious.  But  we  doubt  much  if  it  will  prove 
convincing  to  "  the  non-professional  mind."  Indeed,  the 
probability  is,  that  the  question  of  Hamlet  s  madness  will  re- 
main a  vexed  one  as  long  as  our  literature  endures. 

Louis  Xapolkox  is  building  a  (5400,000  Opera  House  in 
Paris,  which  will  rival  in  extent  aud  grandeur  the  Coliseum 
at  Rome.  It  will  cost  about  S5.000.000,  and  will  be  con- 
structed entirely  of  stone,  brick,  and  metal.  Nothing  com- 
bustible will  enter  into  its  composition.  It  will  cover  seven- 
and-a-half  acres,  and  be  two  hundred  feet  in  external  height. 
The  auditorium  is  calculated  to  seat  only  about  three  thou- 
sand persons.  Kvery  box  will  have  its  separate  saloon  at- 
tached, fitted  up  like  drawing-rooms,  and  a  carriage  way  will 
be  constructed  to  the  second  story  from  the  street.  The 
most  successful  and  celebrated  artists  of  France — painters, 
sculptors  and  architects — will  be  employed  in  its  ornamen- 
tation and  erection.  It  will  be  entirely  unapproachable  in 
finish  and  richness  by  any  structure  at  preseut  existing. 

Cobiiett,  when  challenged  to  fight,  recommended  the  chal- 
lenger to  draw  a  Cobbett  in  chalk  upon  a  door,  and  if  he  suc- 
ceeded in  hitting  it  to  send  him  instant  word,  in  order  that 
he  might  have  an  opportunity  of  acknowledging  that  had  the 
true  Cobbett  been  there,  lie,  in  all  probability,  would  have 
been  hit  too.  But  hit  or  no  hit,  the  bullets  could  have  no 
effect  on  the  original  cause  of  the  quarrel. 


Ladies,  nr  vo  possibility  cuu  youobuiiu  so  perfect  a  toilet  article 
as  Davidson's  Circassian  Bloom — fragrant,  thoroughly  Harm  loaf,  and 
perfect  in  its  imitation  of  nature.  Use  no  other,  and  buy  no  other. 
Sold  by  all  Brat  class  Druggists.  " 

'•Headache,"  "bilious,"  "stomach  out  of  order,"  "food  does 
not  digest,"  etc  For  all  such  ailments,  go  to  Dr.  Bourne,  10  Masonic 
Temple,  Post  street,  before  breakfast,  (say  from  half  past  seven  to 
half-past  eight  o'clock.)  aud  let  him  give  you  one  of  his  water  emet- 
ics, and  if  it  does  not  give  you  new  hopes  and  aspirations,  and  a  con- 
scious satisfaction  that  you  have  done  well  by  yourself,  uothing  else 
can.    It  will  be  worth  ten  t.mes  all  it  will  cost.  • 

Who  recommend  the  Knabe  piano ?  The  New  York  Tribune  says : 
"  Thai  berg,  after  using  the  instruments,  wrote:  'I  find  them  equal, 
if  not  superior,  to  any  in  Ibis  country.  Among  the  great  qualities 
which  distinguish  them  is  the  evenuessof  tone,  the  easy  and  agreeable 
touch,  and  the  volume  of  tone.'  Gottschalk,  who  tested  theui  cure- 
fullv  a  few  mouths  since,  wrote  :  '  I  cannot  refrain  from  congratulating 
yon  on  the  important  improvement!  you  have  introduced  in  the  manu- 
facture of  pianos.  Your  instruments  combine  all  the  qualities  which 
are  required  to  make  a  piano  as  perfect  as  possible,  and  fully  deserve 
the  great  popularity  they  have  gained  all  over  the  country.'  The 
Tribune  adds  :  "These  instruments  are  ul»o  approved  by  Strakoscu, 
Anschutz,  Gustave  Suiter,  Vieuxtemps,  Muzio,  btobert  Heller.  G.  W. 
Mor-an,  and  many  other  lirst-clats  ui  tista.  Krisbee  Sc  Scott,  (Gustave 
A.)  No.  3  Montgomery  street,  arc  the  sole  agents  in  California  for  the 
Knabe  piano,  and  have  on  hand  some  of  the  choicest  aud  best  toned  of 
these  superior  instruments,  lie  sure  and  see  the  Knabe  piano  before 
buying  other  instruments. 

Steam  Bathing  having  been  scientitically  adjusted  to  human  neces- 
sities, by  Dr.  Bourne,  No.  10  Masonic  Temple,  Post  street,  is  admin- 
istered witti  the  certainty  of  successful  results  in  all  cases,  and  have 
been  verified  in  the  instance  of  children  from  three  years  to  youth, 
middle,  and  old  age  of  more  than  seventy  years ;  to  fat,  to  lean,  to 
tall,  to  thort ;  for  rheumatism,  neuru'gia.  paralysis,  fever  and  ague, 
dropsy,  erysipelas,  dyspepsia,  Panama  fever,  colds,  coughs,  bronchitis, 
consumption,  etc.;  and  Dr.  Bourne  undcrstnnds  his  art  so  thoroughly, 
and  is  so  eminently  practical  and  in  earnest  in  his  profession,  that  all 
praise  his  institution  and  his  happy  method  of  curing  the  sick  without 
medicine,  blistering,  bleeding,  plastering,  cutting,  maiming,  etc. 
While  baths  are  the  foundation  of  his  successes,  he  has  many  other 
aids,  including  electricity,  which  he  was  the  first- physician  on  this 
coast  to  introduce  as  a  remedial  aid,  aud  has  honorably  employed  it  at 
least  one  hundred  times  to  another's  once  during  the  whole  period, 
and  will  continue  iu  use  in  all  cases  in  which  it  is  not  injurious.  To 
"the  miilion"  it  is  furnished  free,  from  six  to  nine  o'clock  r.  n.,  Sun- 
days excepted. 


September  22dJ 


THE  CALIFORNIAN. 


5 


[For  the  Californluo.l 

A  NEW  LIFE  OF  GEORGE  WASHINGTON. 

AFTER  TIIE  MANNER  OF  M.  ERNEST  RENAN. 

THE  American,  Washington,  i3  not  to  be  viewed  by  the 
savant  as  a  mythical  character.  There  are  undoubtedly 
portions  of  his  early  history — traditions  of  his  childhood — 
that  savor  of  the  fabulous.  Such  are  the  puerile  legends  con 
ceruiug  the  hatchet  and  the  cherry  tree. 

Nevertheless  we  must  accept  Washington  as  a  real  person- 
age. It  is  the  function  of  the  "  critical  process  "  to  sift  the 
evidence,  decide  upon  the  authenticity  of  original  documents, 
the  credibility  of  witnesses,  and  in  fine,  to  eliminate  the  soli- 
tary grain  of  history  from  the  vast  mass  of  its  traditionary 
incrustations. 

Undoubtedly  Washington  existed.  Undoubtedly  he  was  a 
very  great  man,  and  played  a  considerable  part  in  the  estab- 
lishment of  the  independence  of  his  country. 

But  alas!  What  fondness  to  speak  of  him  as  "  The  Father 
of  his  Country !" 

This  is  sentimentalism  ;  it  is  enthusiasm,  though  doubtless 
an  amiable  enthusiasm  ;  nay,  it  is  superstition.  Yet  let  us 
concede  something  to  a  sublime  weakness,  to  a  loving  igno- 
rance ;  let  us  spare  illusious  in  which  so  many  tender  but 
credulous  souls  find  a  measure  of  happiness,  In  a  word,  let 
us  call  it  a  harmless  poetical  superstition  ! 

At  first  glance,  the  documents  relative  to  the  period  of 
Washington  would  seem  scanty  and  quite  insufficient.  As  to 
Jared  Sparks'  eight  or  ten  volumes,  and  Irving's  huge  duo 
decimo,  and  Bancroft,  and  a  host  of  others — they  possess  no 
historic  value  whatever.  All  these  are  the  products  of  a  later 
age  thau  that  of  Washington,  and  they  leave  an  oliscure  in- 
terval upon  which  no  light  is  thrown.  They  are  synoptical 
compilations  ;  compilations,  too,  from  unknown  or  lost  orig- 
inals, of  the  credibility  of  which  we  have  no  means  of  judg- 
ing. 

But  the  most  valuable  documents  for  history,  are  those  that 
possess  in  the  least  degree  the  historic  form.  Now  these  his- 
tories nossess  the  historic  form.  Therefore  they  possess  no 
value  at  all  as  historical  compositions.  Nothing  can  be  more 
logical  than  this.  Hence,  if  we  accept  Washington,  as  de- 
lineated in  these  histories,  we  must  accept  him  by  Faith,  not 
by  criticism  or  philosophy.  He  cannot  be  scientifically  de- 
monstrated ;  he  cannot  be  reached  by  any  purely  critical  pro- 
cess. 

Tet  it  is  doubtless  good  for  the  Americans  to  believe  in 
him.  And  certainly  he  is  a  great  ideal  creation  ;  a  glorious 
possibility  of  humanity.  Why  then  impair  tho  delightful  il- 
lusion ?  Let  us  leave  the  Americans  in  the  full  enjoyment  of 
their  Washington.  Poor  souls  I  it  does  them  good.  We 
cannot  all  be  savcuils. 

For  the  first  principle  of  the  critical  school  is  the  allowance 
in  matters  of  historic  belief,  not  merely  of  what,  is  true,  (which 
is  of  little  consequence  to  the  philosophical  mind),  but  of 
what  is  needed — the  adaptation  of  beliefs  to  individual  wants. 

If,  then,  the  popular  ideal  Washington  is  adapted  to  the 
wants  of  the  American  mind,  in  the  name  of  Heaven  let 
them  hold  fast  their  ideal.  If  not  true  philosophically,  it  is 
true  for  them. 

For  myself,  I  shudder  at  the  thought  of  striving  to  attract 
to  my  way  of  thinking  a  solitary  soul  contented  in  its  belief  ; 
the  idea  is  hateful.  I  prefer  to  sit  in  serene  liberty  in  the 
simple  and  joyous  contemplation  of  the  universe.  It  is  there- 
fore that  I  have  written  this  book  showing  the  folly  of  be- 
lieving in  Washington.    Here,  toor  is  logic. 

The  polemic  system  is  not  suited  to  my  taste.  I  detest  dis- 
putation. Men  deficient  in  erudition  may  suffice  for  that.  I, 
who  am  before  all  things  a  savant,  aspire  to  the  loftier  role  of 
a  "critical  "  historian.    If  I  am  not  critical,  I  am  nothing. 

Yes,  it  is  for  us,  who  possess  a  love  of  the  true,  and  an 
inquiring  spirit,  to  do  something  better  than  to  dispute.  Let 
us,  of  the  higher  and  serener  order  of  intellect,  guard  against 
a  vain  ardor.  Let  us  pardon  intolerance  in  opponents — let  us 
even  pardon  egotism. 

If,  then,  it  is  asked,  "  Did  the  man  Washington  live?"  I 
answer  unhesitatingly,  "  He  lived."  If  it  is  asked,  Did  the 
American  ideal  Washington,  who  "never  told  a  lie,"  the 
Father  of  his  Country,  the  grand  poetic  figure  embalmed  in 
legeud  and  tradition — did  this  Washington  live  ?  I  answer 
unhesitatingly,  He  did  not.  This  ideal  Washington,  this  noble 
and  sublime  image,  this  touching  and  pathetic  simulacrum, 
was  "  created  "  by  the  tender  and  loving  imaginations,  the 
patriotic  instincts  of  his  countrymen. 

Yet  peace  in  the  name  of  God  I  Let  the  different  orders 
of  minds  live  side  by  side,  each  holding  his  own  opinion.  For 
is  not  one  opinion  as  good  as  anot  her  to  the  philosopher  ? 
Let  stupidity  and  mediocrity  believe  in  their  ideal  Washing- 
ton, and  let  us  who  are  wise  laugh  at  them — but  serenely,  al- 
ways serenely,  remembering  that  the  true  harmony  of  hu- 
manity results  fiom  the  free  use  of  discordant  notes. 

"Vet,  upon  the  whole,  this  belief,  though  foolish,  is  rather  a 
good  thing.  Let  us  beware  that  we  are  not  accomplices  in 
destroying  it.  Doubtless  the  sum  total  of  patriotism  in  the 
world,  and  especially  in  America,  would  be  diminished  by  im- 


pairing it.  Our  disagreement  with  the  asses  who  believe  it, 
is  purely  scientific  ;  we  are  with  them  at  heart,  and  he  who 
would  rob  them  of  their  amiable  reverence  for  their  idol,  is  a 
moral  monster. 

To  sum  up,  then,  we  find,  paradoxical  as  it  may  appear  to 
the  uncritical  mind,  that  the  American  Washington  existed, 
and  at  the  same  time  that  he  did  not  exist  ;  that  to  believe  in 
his  existence  is  a  sentimental  weakness,  and  yet  that  such  be- 
lief is  the  highest  practical  wisdom.  For  the  foolish  ones, 
who  possess  the  capacity  of  belief,  it  is  well  to  believe  ;  for 
the  philosopher,  who  cannot  believe,  unbelief  is  better. 

In  a  word,  it  is  a  matter  of  indifference  ;  but  above  all,  let 
us  be  true  to  ourselves,  let  us  do  no  violence  to  our  convic 
tions.    Away  with  polemics  I  let  us  have  no  disputations ! 

Potsherd  Glimmer. 


AMUSEMENTS. 

LADY  DON  closes  her  season  of  seven  weeks  at  the 
Opera  House  with  to-night's  performance.  It  has  been 
an  extremely  prosperous  and  profitable  one — the  most  success- 
ful engagement,  with  the  two  exceptions  of  those  of  Forrest 
and  the  Keans,  ever  played  in  that  theatre.  Lady  Don  opened 
at  the  Opera  House  against  the  strong  counter  attraction  of 
the  Italian  Opera  season  just  inaugurated  at  the  Metropolitan, 
and  at  once  achieved  great  popularity  with  both  the  press  and 
the  public,  and  has  continued  to  draw  full  houses  all  through 
her  engagement,  which  is  only  reliucpiished  in  consequence  of 
binding  Celest-ial  contracts  on  the  part  of  the  management. 
The  pieces  produced  alternated  between  musical  dramas,  com- 
ediettas extravaganzas  and  burlesques  ;  interspersed  with 
ballads,  popular  songs  and  operatic  gems — the  musical  plums 
of  the  popular  pudding  that  Lady  Don  served  up  so  well.  The 
Lady  has  been  extremely  fortunate  in  being  so  well  supported, 
especially  by  the  subtile,  natural  and  graceful  Denin,  the  ver- 
satile Jackson  and  Courtaine,  and  the  musical  Barry — the 
season  being  distinguished  by  his  debut  in  tenor  parts.  The 
light  and  entertaining  character  of  Lady  Don's  pieces  justly 
entitled  them  to  be  classed  uuder  the  name  of  "  amusements," 
and  have  certainly  added  greatly  to  the  success  of  that  lady's 
engagement. 

Last  night  was  set  aside  for  Lady  Don's  benefit.  As  we 
went  to  press  every  seat  was  occupied,  the  lobbies  and  passage 
ways  crammed,  and  even  the  steps  and  doorways  preempted. 

For  this  afternoon  and  evening  the  bill  of  last  night  will  be 
repeated — Don  Caesar  and  Perseus  and  Andromeda — for  the 
lust  appearances  of  Lady  Don. 

On  Monday  Madame  Celeste,  the  famous  pautomimic  and 
melodramatic  actress,  in  praise  of  whom  so  much  has  been 
written,  wi'l  commence  an  engagement  at  the  Opera  House, 
appearing  in  the  Woman  in  Red.  which  is  almost  identical  in 
its  plot  and  incidents  with  Gamed.  This  play  has  been  in 
preparation  for  several  weeks  past  and  will  be  produced  with 
new  scenery,  dresses,  etc.,  at  an  expense  of  three  thousand 
dollars.  Among  the  other  pieces  in  which  Madame  Celeste 
is  so  great  maybe  mentioned  the  House  on  the  Bridge,  Satan 
in  Paris,  French  Spy,  Green  Bushes,  and  Flowers  if  the 
Forest. 

Alice  Kingsbury. — This  young  artiste,  who  has  won  an  en- 
viable reputation  in  her  line  of  acting  at  the  East,  arrived  in 
this  city  by  the  last  steamer.  We  hear  that  she  will  appear 
at  the  Opera  House  upon  the  termination  of  Mme.  Celeste's 
engagement.  She  is  said  to  possess  a  remarkably  pure  and 
suave  voice,  and  great  originality  of  style.  Unless  the  Sun 
is  an  arrant  flatterer,  she  is  also  endowed  with  rare  persoual 
attractions. 

Metropolitan  Theatre. — The  performance  of  Emani,  on 
Friday  of  last  week — put  on  the  stage  in  an  emergency  and 
without  preparation — deserves  to  be  recorded  as  the  mostsuc- 
cessful  of  the  whole  season,  if  delight  and  enthusiasm  among 
the  audience  are  any  measure  of  success.  Those  who  staid 
away  because  "  they  had  heard  Emani  before,"  certainly 
missed  a  glorious  treat  ;  but  the  absence  of  this  sort  of  opera- 
goers  is  not  (except  financially)  a  subject  of  regret  either  to 
the  management  or  to  the  really  music  loving  public.  It  is 
worthy  of  remark  that  the  best  perfot raanecs  by  this  troupe 
have  been  given  to  thin  houses,  and  generally  with  but  hasty 
and  inadequate  preparation — perhaps,  as  in  this  instance,  to 
fill  a  sudden  and  unexpected  vacancy.  But  the  spirit  of  the 
artists,  and  the  enthusiasm  of  a  sympathetic  and  appreciative 
audience,  re-acting  on  each  other,  combine  to  make  the  even- 
ing's experience,  spite  of  petty  drawbacks,  one  of  real  service 
to  the  cause  of  Music,  and  one  which  neither  actor  nor  list- 
ener would  willingly  forget.  We  shall  not  criticise  in  detail 
the  performance  of  Emani,  except  to  mention  the  accomplish- 
ment of  a  tour  da  force  by  Signor  Mancnsi,  who  took  the 
high  A  flat,  (as  on  a  previous  representation  of  the  opera,) 
with  electrical  effect.  On  Saturday  evening,  for  Mancusi's 
benefit,  Crispino  e  la  Comare,  one  act  from  Colomello,  and  a 
scene  from  Lucre.zia  Borgia,  were  given  to  a  well  filled  house. 

Don  Giovanni,  twice  unavoidably  postponed,  was  finally 
produced  on  Thursday  evening,  to  a  crowded  and  fashionable 
audience,  and  closed  the  second  season  of  twelve  nights. 


Not  having  witnessed  the  whole  performance,  we  defer  until 
another  opportunity  any  particular  notice  of  its  merits. 

Signor  Milleri  presented  Norma,  and  selections  from  11 
Barbiere  and  the  Huguenots,  for  his  benefit  last  night,  which 
was  deservedly  successful. 

The  third  and  last  season  of  twelve  nights  will  commence 
on  Monday  next,  and  should,  for  mauy  reasons,  be  even  more 
numerously  attended  than  its  predecessors.  We  are  promised, 
as  entire  novelties,  La  Juive  and  lone  ;  while  the  old  favorites, 
Rigolello,  Masnadieri,  (which  we  remember  was  performed 
eight  limes  by  the  Bianchis,  Fellini,  and  Grossi,  during  1863,) 
and  11  Poliuto,  will  be  revived  for  the  first  time  by  the  pres- 
ent company.  That  these  operas  will  be  presented  in  unex- 
ceptionable style,  the  experience  of  the  past  two  seasons  gives 
us  abundant  guaranty. 

The  public — even  the  subscribers — have  but  little  idea  of 
the  immense  amount  of  labor  and  expense  already  incurred  by 
the  management,  in  producing  fifteen  different  operas  within 
the  space  of  two  months.  Of  thirty-four  performances,  (in- 
cluding twenty-four  regular,  eight  extra  and  two  benefits,)  the 
record  shows  that  Crispino  e  la  Comare  has  occupied  five 
nights  ;  Norma,  four  ;  Emani,  TJn  Ballo,  Lucia,  and  Faust, 
three  each  ;  11  Trovatore,  Attila,  Lucrezia,  and  11  Barbiere, 
two  each  ;  while  La  Traviala,  Nabuco,  (which  was  produced 
at  great  expense,)  La  Sonnambula,  Belisario,  and  Don  Gio- 
vanni, were  given  but  once,  to  our  fickle  and  exacting  public. 
Verdi's  compositions  have  attracted  twelve  audiences  ;  those 
of  Donizetti,  six  ;  of  Bellini,  five  ;  Ricci  Brothers,  five  ;  Gou- 
nod, three  ;  Rossini,  two  ;  and  Mozart,  one. 

That  these  complete  works  have  been  brought  forward  in 
rapid  succession,  handsomely  mounted,  generally  well  per- 
formed, and  with  scarcely  an  instance  where  the  public  have 
been  disappointed,  indicates  an  almost  incredible  amount  of 
labor  on  the  part  of  both  artists  and  management.  Having 
hitherto  confined  ourselves  to  brief  remarks  upon  special 
points  in  the  performances  of  each  week,  we  take  this  oppor- 
tunity to  render  the  credit  which  appears  (from  before  the  cur- 
tain— for  we  neither  know  nor  are  known  to  any  of  the  ar- 
tists, nor  do  we  aim  to  unite  in  our  single  person  the  charac- 
ters of  manager  and  critic)  justly  due  to  each  of  those  who 
have  contributed  to  the  general  success.  Of  the  primadonna, 
Signorina  Brambilla,  we  have  not  thought  it  necessary  to  say 
much,  for  her  high  qualities  as  an  artist  have  long  since  made 
her  an  established  favorite.  Her  voice,  not  powerful,  but 
used  with  rare  judgment,  and  always  heard  when  a  significant 
note  requires  it ;  her  delicate  and  brilliant  execution  ;  her 
versatility  as  an  actress,  and  her  wonderful  correctness  and 
rapidity  of  study  ;  all  these  combine  to  make  her  an  invalu- 
able prima  donna  in  a  troupe  which  can  afford  but  one.  Sig- 
nora  and  Signor  Bianchi  are  also  too  well  known  here  to  re- 
quire extended  comment  on  their  efforts  duriug  the  past  sea- 
son ;  suffice  it  to  say  that  they  always  do  th  ir  best,  and  never 
disappoint  the  public.  The  two  new  artists,  Signor  Mancnsi 
and  Signor  Milleri,  have  surpassed  expectation  ;  each  has  his 
ardent  admirers,  and  it  would  be  difficult  to  say  which  has 
proved  the  greater  favorite.  In  secondary  parts,  our  resident 
artists  have  exerted  themselves  with  unusual  success.  MM. 
Charles  and  Roncovieri  deserve  especial  credit  for  their  care- 
ful singing  and  acting  ;  M'Ue  Louise  Tourney  lias  filled  one  or 
two  roles  well,  and  in  others  has  only  distinguished  herself  by 
not  knowing  her  part,  and  requiring  constant  prompting,  even, 
for  instance,  in  the  fifth  performance  of  Crispino,  when  Sig- 
nor Mancusi  had  to  give  her  the  cue  for  nearly  every  sentence. 
If  her  memory  is  naturally  poor,  hard  study  must  amend  it, 
or  she  will  never  succeed  on  the  stage.  Herr  Schraubstadter, 
in  his  infrequent  performances,  has  always  done  well  ;  and  in 
their  assumption  of  minor  characters,  Mrs.  Cameron,  M.  M. 
Guinde,  Hennecart,  and  others  deserve  favorable  mention. 
The  chorus  and  orchestra,  with  which  we  have  had  too  frequent 
occasion  to  find  fault,  has  lately  shown  signs  of  improvement  ; 
we  could  still  desire,  just  for  once,  to  hear  all  the  sixteen  in- 
struments in  tune  with  each  other.  Mr.  Herold,  a  thorough 
musician,  has  found  himself  obliged  by  ill  health  to  resign  the 
conductor's  baton  into  the  hands  of  Mr.  Evans,  who  has 
already  shown  a  singular  aptitude  for  the  position.  The  ar- 
rangement of  the  stage,  and  the  taste  and  energy  displayed 
in  many  noticeable  details  of  management,  (and  doubtless  also 
in  overcoming  a  hundred  obstacles  of  which  the  public  see 
and  hear  nothing.)  are  to  be  credited,  we  believe,  to  Mr.  Crow- 
ley, the  indefatigable  general  manager  ;  the  scene  painter,  and 
the  costnmers,  also  deserve  a  large  share  of  applause  ;  while 
the  courteous  Mr.  Birrell  and  his  assistants  have  done  their  ut- 
most to  satisfy  the  subscribers  and  the  public  in  regard  to 
seats  and  other  matters  in  front  of  the  house. 

Haviug  sometimes  felt  obliged  to  criticise  severely  the  short- 
comings of  both  artists  and  management  in  particular  per- 
formances, we  take  the  greater  pleasure  in  this  general  ac- 
knowledgement of  their  success,  and  in  the  expression  of  our 
belief  that  the  new  season,  to  commence  with  Don  Giovan- 
ni on  Monday,  will  be  the  most  attractive  and  satisfactory  ever 
given  on  this  coast. 

Signorina  Brambilla  will  present  //  Barbiere  fur  her  fust 
benefit,  on  Wednesday  evening  next,  and  will  doubtless  be 
greeted  by  a  host  of  lriends  and  admirers.  On  Friday,  the 
third  night  of  the  season,  La  Juive  will  be  produced,  lor  the 
first  time  in  Sau  Francisco. 

Dr.  Jordan's  Anatomical  Museum,  at  Eureka  nail,  con- 
tinues to  hold  out  its  warning  lights  to  the  uninitiated  in  the 
secrets  of  anatomy.  The  Hall  is  filled  with  anatomical  mod- 
els, and  a  single  visit  will  instruct  more  than  a  lifetime  of 
book  study  could  do. 


6 


THE  CALIF0RN1AN. 


(September  2Jd 


Her 

Of  ■ 

Glulici  I 

From 
Willi 
Flo:. 

Willi 

Ah  Ml 
And  1 1 
And  a 

Wit!. 

Those 
And  t 
And  :i 

Tlxr.-  • 

Wilj  I 
Not  :< 

Hill  I  r 

Of  ils  . 

No  b]i 
So  fair  a 
T!i.  ••• 

As  h!i  i; 

Did  ! 
How 

Igr.  ti 

Tlmt 
lis 
Anil  i 

Wi 

Oh,  I 

t 

'Eoin 

My  911 

THE  V, 

ONE  day  to 
being  enU 
appearance  pre. 
child  of  about 
skin  of  very  dui 
armed  with  a  B 
end  of  it ;  and 
her  sudden  ap;  . 
hid  themselves. 
By-and-by  som 
in  some  distant- 
to  be  seeking  I 
of  the  place  set  a 
as  the  animal  wa 
with  both  harj 
him  dead  at  her  fi 
then  danced  a  ■ 
after  which  she 
into  a  tree. 

There  was  aft 
The  lord  of  thi 
and'gave  instn, 
ertion  to  capture 
an  idea  of  the  v 
proposed  that 
the  tree,  to  indi 
from  thirst,  to  I 
and  drank,  la] 
watchers  COald  . 
wonderful  agilit; 
then  suggested 
and  children  1 1 
dren  were  sent 
the  wild  girl,  wl 
captured  by  the 
She  allowed  I) 
teau  without  m 
was  attracted  1 
and,  dashing  in  i 
captured  on", 
might  have  doi 
with  the  skin  i 
raw  flesh  with  ' 
the  blood.    It  ' 
were  unusually 
ing  remarkably  I 
ity  in  olimliii: ■ 
bound  with  the  I 

By  order  of 
singular  creature, 
effort  was  made  t 
a  long  time  in  vi  I 
Her  ouly  attefflj 
the  snarling  of  a  •• 
the  country  pi  | 


M  BROIDERY. 

lr  rosy  light  of  the  window, 

bo  bewitchingly  fair, 

lu-insf  out  from  the  shadow 
n  er,  old  fashioned  arm  chair. 

a,  with  her  face  like  a  lily, 

cnshionof  crimson  and  gold, 

listening  robe  of  white  satin, 
over  her.  fold  upon  fold. 

t'.iot  in  the  daintiest  slipper — 
gypsy  !  she  knows  how  it  charms  ! 
it.  slender,  tapering  fingers, 
iiuwy-white,  gem-circled  arms , 

earls  looping  hack  the  dark  tresses — 
i  in,  wavy  curls  of  brown  hair! 
.  i  k,  with  its  faint  tinge  of  opal, 
shoulders,  so  da/.zlingly  fair  ; 

sits  at  her  ease,  in  her  beauty, 
e  face  and  the  air  of  a  queen ! 
I  ad  she  daintily  fashions, 
Bathed  in  the  delicate  green 

ea,  nor  those  great  golden  lilies — 
>m  or  bud  one  can  name — 
the  lace  bending  over 
owing  embroidery  frame. 

d  ber  dark,  hazel  eyes,  then 

quick  glance  of  hers  understand 
illy  little  the  wiser 
::oui  the  book  in  my  hand, 

tpse  of  her  cheek  kept  unfolding 
Ate  crimson  the  while, 
ise  little  mouth  dimpled  over 
Gb  an  arch,  coquettish  smile  ? 

•  edlcs  are  Cupid's  own  arrows, 

garland  a  spell  which  she  weaves 
y  .-mil,  while  she  ruthlessly  stitches 
i\  ering  heart  in  those  leaves  ! 

,D  WOMAN  OF  SONGI. 

MALE    'CASPAR  HAUSER" 

month  of  September,  1731,  a  singular 
lie  little  village  of  Songi,  in  France.  The 
.1  by  this  creature  was  th  it  of  a  female 
ara  old,  scantily  clad  in  rags,  and  with  a 
',  nearly  approaching  to  black.    She  was 
tick  club,  having  a  heavy  knot  upon  one 
t  rifled  the  simple  people  of  the  place  at 
•  amoug  them,  that  they  ran  away  and 
( ried  that  "  the  devil  had  come  to  Songi." 
bem  plucked  up  courage  to  approach  with 
creature,  who  seemed  by  her  gestures 
■  to  drink.    Then  some  cruel  butcher 
..  with  a  spiked  collar,  at  her  :  but  just 
pringing  at  her  throat,  she  poised  her  club 
nd  striking  him  with  it  on  the  head,  laid 
Frantic  with  savage  exultation,  she 
nca  around  the  body  of  her  dead  foe; 
.  .  (viftly  away  to  the  woods,  and  climbed 

tease  excitement  at  Songi  after  this  event. 

ir,  M.  le  Comte  d'Kpinoy,  hoard  about  it, 
a  to  his  head  shepherd  to  make  every  ex- 
e  strange  visitant.  Some  person  who  had 
in  which  monkeys  are  sometimes  captured, 

of  water  should  be  left  near  the  foot  of 
ha  creature,  who  appeared  to  be  suffering 
:;id.    This  was  done,  and  she  descended 

the  water  like  a  beast  ;  but  before  the 

her,  she  again  ascended  the  tree,  with 
d  hid  herself  among  the  branches.  It  was 
wild  creatures  are  less  alarmed  at  women 
t  men  ;  so  a  woman  and  a  couple  of  ehil- 
iho  wood,  carrying  some  fish  as  a  bait  to 
'tor  a  while,  came  down  to  them,  and  was 

herd  and  his  assistants. 
If  to  be  taken  to  the  kitchen  of  the  cha- 
!  much  resistance.  On  arriving  there  she 
uinc  fowls  that  were  feeding  in  the  yard  ; 
long  them  with  wild  excitement,  she  soon 
nediately  began  to  eat  it,  just  as  a  fox 

a  hawk.  They  then  offered  her  a  rabbit, 
.  1  this  she  seized  with  avidity,  tearing  the 

th,  which  were  very  sharp,  and  sucking 
■marked  by  those  present  that  her  hands 

in  proportion  to  her  size,  the  thumbs  be- 
and  muscular.  This  gave  her  great  facil- 
>8,  from  limb  to  limb  of  which  she  would 
(y  of  a  squirrel. 

Kpinoy,  the  shepherd  took  charge  of  this 

He  carried  her  to  liis  home,  where  every 
•  an  her  from  her  savage  habits  ;  but  for 

n.    Cooked  meals  she  would  not  touch. 

.1  language  were  no  more  intelligible  than 
I  animal  ;  and,  indeed,  so  little  faith  had 
in  her  being  human,  that  for  a  long  time 


she  was  known  among  them  as  "  the  shepherd's  beast."  Al- 
though treated  with  the  greatest  kindness,  she  constantly 
tried  to  escape  to  the  woods,  digging  her  way,  with  her  long 
nails,  through  wall  and  roof. 

Once  in  a  very  severe  winter,  when  the  ground  and  trees 
were  covered  with  snow,  she  succeeded  in  making  her  escape, 
and  it  was  only  after  a  long  search  that  she  was  discovered  in 
her  favorite  retreat — a  tree  top — and  brought  back. 

Not  long  after  her  domiciliation  with  the  shepherd,  it  was 
observed  that  her  skin  was  gradually  growing  lighter  in  color, 
and.  upon  a  close  inspection  of  it,  there  was  reason  for  sup 
posing  that  it  had  been  dyed.  In  time  she  learned  a  few 
words  of  the  French  language,  and  her  repugnance  to  cooked 
victuals  began  to  give  way.  The  change  in  her  mode  of  living 
soon  began  to  tell  upon  her  health,  however,  one  of  the  first 
results  of  it  being  the  loss  of  her  teeth,  which  were  eagerly 
sought  after  iu  the  neighborhood  as  relics  or  charms.  Her 
teeth  grew  again  ;  but  she  never  entirely  recovered  her  health  ; 
and  the  doctor  by  whom  she  was  attended  prescribed  for  her 
an  occasional  allowance  of  raw  victuals,  for  which  she  long 
continued  to  show  a  preference, 

Raw  fish  was  her  favorite  diet,  and  she  would  frequently 
plunge  iuto  ponds  or  rivers  with  all  the  confidence  of  a  seal 
or  otter,  in  pursuit  of  the  finny  tribe.  More  than  once  she 
was  seen  to  emerge  from  the  water  with  a  carp  in  each  hand  : 
and  then  she  would  seat  herself  on  the  bank  of  the  river,  and 
tearing  the  fish  to  pieces  with  her  teeth  and  nails,  would  de- 
vour it  on  the  spot. 

As  soon  as  the  intelligence  of  this  unaccountable  being  be- 
gan to  be  somewhat  developed,  M.  d'Kpinoy  decided  upon 
sending  her  to  a  neighboring  convent.  Here  she  was  chris- 
tened by  the  name  of  Memmie  Le  Blanc,  and  her  education 
in  time  was  so  far  advanced  that  she  was  able  to  speak  and 
read  French  with  tolerable  facility.  Her  savage  predilections, 
too,  were  entirely  eradicated,  and  her  manners  gradually  be- 
came those  of  a  civilized  being. 

And  now  certain  reminiscences  of  her  early  life  seemed  to 
dnwn  upon  her  mind.  She  would  speak  of  a  country  where 
the  people  dwelt  in  caves  dug  in  the  ground,  or  in  huts  built 
in  trees.  She  described  a  certain  wild  animal  the  size  of  a 
large  dog.  having  a  round  head  and  very  prominent  eyes,  and 
provided  with  fore-paws  only,  with  which  it  would  paddle 
about  in  the  water  in  pursuit  of  fish.  Then  she  had  a  shad- 
owy remembrance  of  being  taken  to  a  ship,  with  a  companion 
older  than  herself,  and  of  the  same  dark  hue.  They  were 
each  armed  with  clubs,  and  had  beside  an  instrument  resemb- 
ling a  paddle,  which  was  carried  at  the  back.  She  related 
how,  while  voyagi.ig  in  this  ship. she  and  her  companion  made 
several  efforts  to  escape  by  jumping  overboard.  Then  they 
were  placed  in  the  hold  of  the  ship  for  security  ;  and  here  au 
unsuspected  danger  had  nearly  sealed  the  fate  of  the  passen- 
gers, for  the  two  little  prisoners  went  to  work,  tooth  and  nail 
and  had  almost  succeeded  in  making  a  hole  through  the  bot- 
tom of  the  ship  when  they  were  fortunately  discovered. 

Her  next  remembrance  after  this  was  that  she  was  on  land 
somewhere,  still  with  her  companion.  They  kept  through 
woods,  living  on  such  animals  as  they  could  kill,  until  they 
came  to  a  large  river,  supposed,  by  the  description  she  gave 
of  it,  to  be  the  Marne.  Into  this  she  and  her  companion 
plunged,  and  remained  iu  the  water  for  a  long  while,  where 
they  caught  several  fish. 

This,  so  far  as  could  be  ascertained,  occurred  only  a  few 
days  before  her  appearance  at  Songi,  and  evidence  was  given 
by  a  person  dwelling  upon  the  banks  of  the  Marne  that  about 
the  time  in  question  he  had  observed  two  creatures  of  dark 
color  swimming  and  plunging  about  in  the  water.  Supposing 
them  to  be  wild  acquatic  creatures  of  some  kind,  he  had  gone 
in  pursuit  of  them  with  his  gun,  and  had  oven  fired  at  them, 
though  without  effect,  as  he  saw  them  emerge  again  from  the 
water  at  a  considerable  distance  away,  alter  which  he  lost 
sight  of  them. 

After  this,  Mommie  used  to  say  that  she  remembered  how 
she  and  her  companion  landed  on  the  bank  opposite  to  the 
one  from  which  they  had  entered  the  river.  As  they  passed 
on  through  the  country  Memmie  found  a  string  of  beads, 
which  her  companion  tried  to  wrest  from  her  by  force.  The 
elder  girl  was  getting  the  better  of  her  antagonist,  when  the 
latter  struck  her  with  her  club,  stunning  her  and  cutting  her 
head  so  as  to  "  make  it  red,"  as  she  herself  expressed  it,  in 
reference  to  '.he  blood.  Then  she  was  frightened  at  what  she 
had  done,  and  running  to  a  pond  she  caught  a  frog,  and  hav- 
ing skinned  it  she  applied  the  skin  to  the  temple  of  her 
wounded  companion,  who  presently  revived.  After  this  they 
wandered  on  and  on,  until  they  got  separated  in  some  way  or 
another,  and  Memmie  could  give  no  clear  account  of  what 
happened  to  her  from  that  time  until  she  arrived  at  the  village 
of  Songi. 

While  at  the  convent,  Memmie  would  sometimes  recount 
to  her  companions  experiences  of  her  life  while  residing  with 
M.  d'Kpinoy,  who  had  taken  her  to  his  chateau  some  time  af- 
ter she  had  been  domesticated  in  the  family  of  his  shepherd. 
Once,  she  said,  there  was  a  large  party  invited  to  a  dejeuner 
at  the  chateau,  and  she  was  an  object  of  much  curiosity  and 
interest  to  the  guests.    She  could  speak  a  little  then,  but  had 


not  yet  got  over  her  preference  for  raw  food.  Going  among 
the  guests  she  bantered  them  playfully  for  eating  such  victuals 
as  was  set  before  them,  and  begged  them  to  restrain  their  ap- 
petites while  she  went  away  to  procure  some  better  viands 
for  them.  Then  she  ran  off  on  her  wonderfully  swift  feet,  to 
a  pond  in  the  neighborhood,  where  she  soon  caught  a  number 
of  frogs,  placing  which  in  her  apron,  she  returned  with  them 
to  the  dining-room,  and  tumbled  them  out  upon  the  table  be- 
fore the  astonished  guests.  When  the  frogs  tried  to  escape 
by  leaping  to  the  floor,  she  persisted  in  returning  them  to  the 
table,  and^at  last  wound  up  the  performance  by  swallowing 
several  of  them  alive. 

No  trace  was  ever  found  of  the  companion  described  by 
Memmie  as  having  been  with  her  in  her  wanderings.  The  old 
French  pamphlet  from  which  we  have  gleaned  the  foregoing 
particulars  was  published  during  the  lifetime  of  Memmie,  and 
there  is  no  record  relating  to  her  subsequent  career.  Her  ap- 
pearance at  Songi  and  the  circumstances  connected  with  her 
history  are  facts,  being  substantiated  in  the  pamphlet  referred 
,to,  by  extracts  from  several  of  the  papers  of  the  day.  For 
the  rest,  all  is  vague  surmise. 

Some  of  the  writers  on  the  subject  suppose  her  to  have  been 
taken  from  the  coast  of  Labrador,  and  carried  to  Europe  in  a 
ship,  from  which  she  escaped  in  the  manner  described  ;  and 
this  theory  would  seem  to  hold  good  from  her  description  of 
the  seal.  Against  this,  however,  is  to  be  placed  the  fact  that 
she  did  not  describe  ice  and  snow,  but  spoke  of  people  who 
dwelt  in  holes  in  the  ground  and  in  trees. 

A  more  feasible  theory  broached  about  her  was,  that  she 
had  been  taken  from  some  Butch,  American,  or  African  col- 
ony, and,  belonging  to  a  tribe  of  light  complexion,  had  been 
dyed  so  as  to  make  ber  saleable  as  a  negro  slave.  Some  Dutch 
skipper  might  have  purchased  her  and  her  companion  for  ex- 
hibition, and  taken  them  to  some  port  in  Holland,  whence 
they  had  made  their  escape,  a  thing  which  might  have  been 
possible  a  century  ago,  before  the  era  of  railroad,  of  telegraph, 
and  police.  At  any  rate,  her  story  is  a  curious  one,  and  ono 
cannot  help  wishing  to  kno>v  what  finally  became  of  poor  Mem- 
mie Le  Blanc,  and  of  the  companion  who  accompauied  her  fur 
a  while  her  wild  wanderings. 


The  Kansas  Yankee's  Ferry  Ticket. — You  know  the 
test  to  which  the  Missourians  subject  all  travellers  who  made 
their  appearance  at  any  of  their  ferries,  and  ask  to  be  crossed 
over  to  Kansas.  Some  years  since  a  slab-sided  Yankee  ar- 
rived at  one  of  the  Missouri  landings,  with  a  long  train  of 
"  plunder  "  of  various  sorts.  By  way  of  testing  him,  tiie  ferry- 
man asked  him  what  stock  he  had. 

"  Waal."  says  the  Yankee,  "  I've  got  two  horses,  a  yoke  of 
oxen,  and  two  '  keows.'  " 

'■  That's  enough,"  replied  the  ferryman  ;  "you  can't  cross 
here." 

"  Why  not?"  inquired  the  Yankee. 

The  ferryman  told  him  that  his  instructions  were  not  to 
cross  anybody  who  couldn't  pronounce  the  word  cow. 

"  But  I  said  '  keow,'  persisted  the  Yankee. 

"  Well,  you  can't  cross  here,"  rather  gruffly  replied  Charon. 

"  But  I've  got  ticket's  entitling  me  to  cross,"  urged  the 
Yankee. 

The  ferryman  replied  that  he  did  not  know  of  anybody  who 

had  a  right  to  sell  him  tickets. 
"  But  I've  got  them  anyway." 

The  ferryman  demanded  a  sight  of  the  tickets,  wherenpon 
Mr.  Yankee  stepped  back  a  little,  hauled  out  a  revolver  iu 
each  hand,  crying,  "  Them's  the  tickets,  and  I'm  boucd  to 
cross  this  ferry  '  keow  '  or  no  '  keow  !'  " 


Edmund  Bcrke's  Idea  of  a  Perfect  Wife. — She  is  hand- 
some, but  it  is  not  a  beauty  arising  from  the  features,  from 
complexion,  or  shape.  She  has  all  three  in  a  high  degree,  but 
it  is  not  by  these  that  she  touches  the  heart — it  is  all  that 
sweetness  of  temper,  benevolence,  innocence  and  sensibility 
which  a  face  can  express,  that  forms  her  beauty.  She  has  a 
face  that  just  arouses  your  attention  at  first  sight  ;  it  grows 
upon  you  at  every  moment,  and  you  wonder  it  did  not  more 
than  raise  attention  at  first.  Her  eyes  have  a  mild  light,  but 
they  awe  when  she  pleases  ;  they  command,  like  a  good  man 
out  of  office,  not  by  authority,  but  by  virtue.  Her  stature  is 
not  tall,  she  is  not  made  to  be  the  admiration  of  every  one, 
but  the  happiness  of  one.  She  has  the  firmness  that  does  not 
exclude  delicacy — all  of  the  softness  that  does  not  imply  weak- 
ness. He  voice  is  soft,  low  music,  not  formed  to  rule  in  pub- 
lic assemblies,  but  to  charm  those  who  can  distinguish  a  com- 
pany from  a  crowd  ;  it  has  it  advantage,  you  must  come  close 
to  hear  it.  To  describe  her  body,  describe  her  mind — one  is 
the  transcript  of  the  other.  Her  understanding  is  not  shown 
in  the  variety  of  matter  it  exerts  upon,  but  the  goodness  of 
the  choice  she  makes.  Her  politeness  flows  rather  from  a  na- 
tural disposition  to  oblige,  than  any  rules  on  that  subject,  and 
therefore  never  fails  to  strike  those  who  understand  good 
breeding  and  those  who  do  not. 


A  lad  in  New  Haven  died  of  41  green  pears, 
called  it  cholera. 


His  friends 


September  22d  | 


THE  CALIFORNIA^. 


7 


BOZALDAB'S  VISION. 

AN  EASTERN  TALE. 

Conduct  me,  thou  of  being  cause  divine, 
Where'er  I'm  destiu'd  in  thy  ureal,  design! 
Active,  I  follow  on;  for  should  my  will 
Resist,  I  m  impious  ;  but  must  follow  still. 

BOZALDAB,  Caliph  of  Egypt,  had  dwelt  securely  for 
many  years  in  the  silken  pavilions  of  pleasure,  and  had 
every  morning  annointed  his  head  with  the  oil  of  gladness, 
when  his  only  son  Aboram,  for  whom  he  bad  crowded  his 
treasuries  with  gold,  extended  his  dominions  with  conquests, 
and  secured  them  with  impregnable  fortresses,  was  suddenly 
wounded,  while  hunting,  with  an  arrow  from  an  unknown 
hand,  and  expired  in  the  field. 

Bozaldab,  in  the  distraction  of  grief  and  despair,  refused  to 
return  to  his  palace,  and  retired  to  the  gloomiest  grotto  in  the 
neighboring  mountain  ;  he  there  rolled  himself  on  the  dust, 
tore  away  the  hairs  of  his  hoary  beard,  and  dashed  the  cup  of 
consolation  that  Patience  offered  him  to  the  ground,  fie 
suffered  not  his  ministrels  to  approach  his  presence ;  but 
listened  to  the  screams  of  the  melancholy  birds  of  midnight, 
that  flirt  through  the  solitary  vaults  and  echoing  chambers  of 
the  Pyramids.  "  Can  that  God  be  benevolent,"  he  cried, 
"  who  thus  wounds  the  soul,  as  from  an  ambush,  with  unex- 
pected sorrows,  and  crushes  his  creatures  with  irremediable 
calamity.  Ye  lyin^  imans,  prate  to  us  no  more  of  the  justice 
and  the  kindness  of  an  all-directing  and  all-loving  Providence  ! 
He  whom  you  pretend  reigns  in  Heaven,  is  so  far  from  pro- 
tecting the  miserable  sons  of  men,  that  he  perpetually  delights 
to  blast  the  sweetest  flowerets  in  the  garden  of  Hope  ;  aud 
like  a  malignant  giant,  to  beat  down  the  strongest  towers  of 
Happiness  with  the  iron  mace  of  his  anger.  If  this  Being 
possessed  the  goodness  and  the  power  with  which  flattering 
priests  have  invested  him,  he  would  doubtless  be  inclined  and 
enabled  to  banish  those  evils  which  render  the  world  a  dun- 
geon of  distress,  a  vale  of  vanity  aud  woe.  I  will  continue 
iu  it  no  longer. 

At  that  moment  he  suddenly  raised  his  hand,  which  Despair 
had  armed  with  a  dagger,  to  strike  deep  into  his  bosom  ;  when 
suddenly,  thick  flashes  of  lightning  shot  through  the  cavern, 
and  a  being  of  more  than  human  beauty  and  magnitude,  ar- 
rayed in  azure  robes,  and  crowned  with  amaranth,  and  waving 
a  branch  of  palm  in  his  right  hand,  arrested  the  arm  of  the 
trembling  and  astonished  Caliph,  and  said  with  a  majestic 
smile — "  Follow  me  to  the  top  of  this  mountain." 

"Look  from  hence,"  said  the  awful  conductor;  "I  am 
Caloc,  the  angel  of  Peace.  Look  from  hence  into  the  val- 
ley." 

Bozaldab  opened  his  eyes  and  beheld  a  barren,  a  sultry,  and 
solitary  island,  in  the  midst  of  which  sat  a  pale,  meagip,  and 
ghastly  figure;  it  was  a  merchant  just  perishing  from  famine, 
aud  lamenting  that  he  could  find  neither  wild  berries  nor  a 
single  spring  in  that  forlorn  uninhabited  desert  ;  and  begging 
the  protection  of  heaven  against  the  tigers  that  would  now 
certainly  destroy  him,  since  he  had  consumed  the  last  fuel  he 
had  collected  to  make  nightly  fires  to  affright  them.  He  then 
cast  a  casket  of  jewels  on  the  sand,  as  trifles  of  no  use,  and 
crept,  feeble  and  trembling,  to  an  eminence,  where  he  was  ac- 
customed to  sit  every  evening  to  watch  the  setting  sun,  and 
to  give  a  signal  to  auy  ship  that  might  haply  approach  the 
island. 

*"  Inhabitant  of  heaven,"  exclaimed  Bozaldab,  suffer  not 
this  wretch  to  perish  by  the  fury  of  wild  beasts."  "Peace,' 
said  the  angel,  "  and  observe." 

He  looked  again,  and  behold  a  vessel  arrived  at  the  desolate 
isle.  What  words  can  paint  the  rapture  of  the  starving  mer 
chant,  when  the  captain  offered  to  transport  him  to  his  native 
country  if  he  would  reward  him  with  half  the  jewels  of  his 
casket?  No  sooner  had  this  pitiless  commander  re:eived 
the  stipulated  sum  than  he  held  a  consultation  with  his  crew 
and  they  agreed  to  seize  the  remaining  jewels,  and  leave  the 
unhappy  exile  in  the  same  helpless  and  lamentable  condition 
in  which  they  discovered  him.  He  wept  and  trembled,  en- 
treated and  implored  in  vain. 

"  Will  Heaven  permit  such  injustice  to  be  practiced?"  ex- 
claimed Bozaldab.  "  Look  agairi/'  said  the  angel,  "and  be- 
hold the  very  ship  in  which,  short  sighted  as  thou  art,  thou 
wishedst  the  merchant  might  embark,  dashed  in  pieces  on  a 
rock;  dost  thou  not  hear  the  cries  of  the  sinking  sailors  ? 
Presume  not  to  direct  the  Governor  of  the  Universe  in  his 
disposal  of  events.  The  man  whom  thou  hast  pitied  shall  be 
taken  from  this  dreary  solitude,  but  not  by  the  method  thou 
wouldst  prescribe.  His  vice  was  avarice,  by  which  he  became 
not  only  abominable,  but  wretched  ;  he  faucied  some  mighty 
charm  in  wealth,  which,  like  the  wand  of  Abdiel,  would  gratify 
every  wish,  and  obviate  every  fear.  This  wealth  he  has  now 
been  taught  not  only  to  despise  but  abhor;  he  cast  his  jewels 
upon  the  sand,  and  confessed  them  to  be  useless  ;  he  offered 
part  of  them  to  the  mariners,  and  perceived  them  to  be  pre- 
cious ;  he  has  now  learnt  that  they  are  rendered  useful  or 
vain,  good  or  evil,  only  by  the  situation  and  temper  of  the 
possessor.  Happy  is  he  whom  distress  has  taught  wisdom  ! 
But  turn  thine  eye3  to  another  and  more  interesting  scene." 

The  Caliph  instantly  beheld  a  magnificent  palace,  adorned 


with  the  statues  of  his  ancestors  wrought  in  jasper  ;  the  ivory 
doors  of  which,  turning  on  hinges  of  the  gold  of  Golconda, 
discovered  a  throne  of  diamonds,  surrounded  with  the  Rajas 
of  fifty  nations,  and  with  ambassadors  in  various  habits,  and 
of  different  complexions  ;  on  which  sat  Aboram,  the  much 
lamented  son  of  Bozaldab,  and  by  his  side  a  princess  fairer 
than  a  Houri. 

"  Gracious  Allah  !  It  is  my  son,"  cried  the  Caliph — "  0  let 
me  hold  him  to  my  heart !"  "  Thou  canst  not  grasp  an  unsub- 
stantial vision,"  replied  the  Angel.  "  I  am  now  showing  thee 
what  would  have  been  the  destiny  of  thy  son,  had  he  contin- 
ued longer  on  earth."  And  why,  returned  Bozaldab,  "  was 
he  not  permitted  to  continue  ?  Why  was  I  not  suffered  to  be 
a  witness  of  so  much  felicity  and  power  ?" — "  Consider  the 
sequel,"  replied  he  that  dwells  in  the  fifth  heaven.  Bozaldab 
looked  earnestly,  and  saw  the  countenance  of  his  son,  on 
which  he  had  been  used  to  behold  the  placid  smile  of  sim- 
plicity and  the  vivid  blushes  of  health,  now  distorted  with 
rage,  and  now  fixed  in  the  insensibility  of  drunkenness  ;  it 
was  again  animated  with  disdain,  it  became  pale  with  appre- 
hension, and  appeared  to  be  withered  by  intemperance,  his 
hands  were  stained  with  blood,  and  trembled  by  turns  with 
fury  and  terror;  the  palace  so  lately  shining  with  oriental 
pomp,  changed  suddenly  into  the  cell  of  a  dungeon,  where  his 
son  lay  stretched  out  on  the  cold  pavement,  gagged  and  bound 
with  his  eyes  put  out.  Soon  after  he  perceived  the  favorite 
sultana,  who  before  was  seated  by  his  side,  enter  with  a  bowl 
of  poison,  which  she  forced  Aboram  to  drink,  and  afterward.-* 
married  the  successor  to  his  throne. 

"  Happy."  said  Caloc,  "  is  he  whom  Provideuce  has  by  the 
angel  of  death  snatched  from  guilt !  from  whom  that  power  is 
withheld,  which,  if  he  possessed  would  have  accumulated 
upon  himself  yet  greater  misery  than  it  could  bring  upon  oth- 
ers." 

"  It  is  enough,"  cried  Bozaldab  ;  I  adore  the  inscrutable 
schemes  of  Omniscience !  From  what  dreadful  evils  has  my 
son  been  rescued  by  a  death,  which  I  rashly  bewailed  as  un- 
fortunate and  premature  ;  a  death  of  innocence  and  peace 
which  has  blessed  his  memory  upon  earth,  and  transmitted  his 
spirit  to  the  skies. 

"  Cast  away  the  danger,"  replied  the  heavenly  messenger, 
"  which  thou  wast  preparing  to  plunge  into  tby  own  heart. 
Exchange  complaint  for  silence,  and  doubt  for  adoration.  Can 
a  mortal  look  down,  without  giddiness  and  stupefaction,  into 
the  vast  abyss  of  Eternal  Wisdom  ?  Can  a  mind  that  sees 
not  infinitely,  perfectly  comprehend  anything  among  an  in- 
finity of  objects  mutually  relative?  Can  the  channels  which 
thou  eommandest  to  be  cut  to  receive  the  inundations  of  the 
Nile,  contain  the  waters  of  the  Ocean  ?  Remember,  that  per 
feet  happiness  cannot  be  conferred  on  a  creature  ;  for  perfect 
happiness  is  an  attribute  as  incommunicable  as  perfect  power 
and  eternity." 

The  Angel,  while  he  was  speaking  thus,  stretched  out  his 
pinions  to  fly  back  to  the  Empyreum  ;  and  the  flutter  of  his 
wings  was  like  the  rushing  of  a  cataract. 


Latitude,  Altitude, 

Dftj.  Min.  n 

Mount  Brewer,    36   44  13,000 

Mount  Goddard,  37   —  13,000 

Mount  Lyell,       37    45  13,500 

Mount  liana,       37    53  13,500 

Castle  Peak,       38   10  13,000 


The  California  Alps. — The  following  are  approximate  al- 
titude? and  latitudes  of  some  of  the  chief  peaks  of  the  South 
Sierra  Nevadas  : 

Latitude.  Altitude. 
De.g.  J/m.  I'M. 
Mount  Whitney,  35  33  15,000 
Mount  Cawiah",  36  29  14,000 
Mount  Sillimau,  36  40  11.800 
Mount  Tyndall,  37  40  13,000 
Table  Mountain,  36    40  13,000 

This  region  which  was  first  explored,  and  its  great  height 
ascertained  by  the  State  Geological  Survey,  will,  in  future 
years  be  resorted  to  by  numerous  visitors,  every  summer.  Th 
scenery  far  exceeds  the  European  Alps,  iu  grand  aud  varied 
character. 

Origin  of  Illustrious  Men. — Columbus  was  the  son  of  a 
weaver,  and  a  weaver  himself. 

Claude  Lorraine  was  bred  a  pastry  cook. 
Cervantes  was  a  common  soldier. 
Homer  was  the  son  of  a  small  farmer. 
Moliere  was  the  son  of  a  tapestry  maker. 
Demosthenes  was  the  sou  of  a  cutler. 
Terrence  was  a  slave. 

Oliver  Cromwell  was  the  son  of  a  London  brewer. 
Howard  was  an  apprentice  to  a  grocer. 
Franklin  was  a  journeyman  printer,  and  son  of  a  tallow 
chandler  and  soap  boiler. 

Daniel  Defoe  was  a  hostler,  and  son  of  a  butcher 


A  Prussian  Sf.ntinel.--A  story  is  told  of  a  Prussian 
sentinel  stationed  on  the  steeple  at  Troppau,  and  left  behind 
there  when  his  company  retreated.  The  citizens  attempted 
to  take  him  prisoner  ;  but  the  Prussian  easily  defended  with 
his  bayonet  the  narrow  winding  stair  by  which  alone  access 
could  be  gained  to  the  steeple.  They  then  decided  on  reduc 
ing  him  by  famine  ;  but  the  Prussian  having  with  him  a  good 
supply  of  cjrtridges,  announced,  that,  unless  he  was  regularly 
and  well  fed,  he  would  shoot  every  one  who  passed  in  the 
streets  around  the  church.  The  good  soldier  thus  contrived 
to  maintain  his  position  for  two  days,  when  Troppau  was  re 
occupied  by  the  Prussiaus,  and  he  was  relieved. 


MONKEY  TRICKS. 

I LATELY  had  a  little  monkey,  who  was  such  a  great  thief, 
that  if  he  had  been  a  human  being  he  would  have  been 
transported  over  and  over  again  for  numerous  acts  of  petty 
larceny.  I,  however,  turned  his  thieving  propensities  to  good 
account.  Master  Jack  (after  I  had  had  him  some  time) 
showed  evident  symptoms  of  phthisic  or  consumption,  and  I 
prescribed  cod  liver  oil.  It  was  placed  openly  before  him  on 
the  dtning-room  table,  but  he  refused  it  with  symptoms  of  dis- 
gust and  sundry  tail  shakings.  I  then  poured  a  little  into  a 
saucer,  and  placed  it  in  such  a  position  that  Master  Jack 
should  find  it  for  himself,  while  I  pretended  to  be  reading  and 
not  to  notice  what  was  going  ou.  The  trap  took  ;  Jack 
thinking  he  was  stealing  the  oil,  sucked  up  the  prescribed 
dose,  making  a  face  not  implying  nausea,  but  rather  high  glee 
at  his  own  cleverness. 

This  "  deceit,"  however,  was  after  a  time  discovered  by  the 
artful  creature,  and  one  day  I  found  my  friend  with  his  long 
tail  and  arms  tightly  coiled  round  the  table  lamp,  and  stealing 
the  colza  oil  as  it  dropped  down  from  the  wick.  He  managed 
to  get  one  of  his  long,  spider-leg-like  fingers  through  the  brass 
work  of  the  lamp,  and  held  it  till  a  drop  of  oil  fell  on  it ;  he 
then  put  it  in  his  mouth  and  sucked  off  the  oil  like  a  child 
sucking  sugar  candy.  How  he  could  manage  to  gaze  at  the 
intense  light,  which  one  would  have  thought  would  have  hurt 
his  eyes  when  so  near  the  lighted  wick,  I  know  not.  I  fancy, 
however,  that  the  light  bothered  him  somewhat,  for  he  used 
to  frown  dreadfully  while  he  was  waiting  for  the  oil  to  drop 
on  his  finger.  I  placed  colza  cil  before  him  ;  no,  he  would 
not  touch  it  ;  but  nevertheless,  he  had  no  objection  to  it  when 
he  stole  it  for  himself  from  the  lamp.  He  was  certainly  bet- 
ter and  fatter  for  his  medicine,  which  was  so  sweet  because 
stolen,  and  I  really  think  it  saved  his  life. 

Jack,  too,  had  a  marvellous  propensity  for  picking  things  to 
pieces,  and  smashing  articles  that  came  in  his  way  ;  strange 
to  say,  he  never  tore  a  useless  bit  of  paper  or  broke  a  com- 
mon or  valueless  bit  of  goods.  One  day  he  sneaked  out  of 
his  cage  and  had  a  good  morning's  work  to  himself,  tearing 
off  the  leather  and  pulling  out  the  lining  of  an  old  arm  chair. 
He  was,  after  an  hour  or  two,  discovered  in  the  act,  and  taken 
into  custody  to  be  duly  chastised  for  his  mischief.  He  cried 
■'  murder  "  when  he  saw  preparations  made  to  punish  him, 
but  at  the  same  time  he  held  out  his  hand  firmly  closed  upon 
something  in  it.  His  pickers  and  stealers  were  unclasped,  and 
in  the  palm  of  his  hand  was  discovered  a  half  sovereign, 
which  he  had  most  certainly  found  and  picked  out  of  the 
chair,  and  which  probably  had  been  buried  in  the  lining  of  the 
chair  (an  old  second  hand  one)  for  years.  His  proffered  ran- 
som got  him  off  his  punishment,  but  his  investigations  into 
the  structure  of  watches,  books,  ink  and  cruet  stands,  writing 
desks,  MS.  notes,  etc.,  hav6  not  since  produced  equally  valua- 
ble discoveries. 

Nothing  pleased  Jack  so  much  as  to  make  his  escape,  Jack 
Sheppard  fashion,  from  the  wire  cage  in  which  he  was  kept 
by  the  kitchen  fire.  He  would  pick  and  pick  with  his  long, 
skt  let  3ii -1  ike  fingers  till  he  found  the  staple  loose.  If  any  body 
happened  to  look  round  at  him  while  he  was  at  work  he  would 
drop  instantly  on  the  hay  and  pretend  to  be  asleep.  When 
he  managed  to  get  the  door  unfastened  he  would  not  bolt  out 
in  a  moment,  but  push  it  open  as  gently  and  gradually  as  a 
burglar.  He  would  then  sneak  out,  and  the  cunning  rascal 
would  carry  his  chain  on  his  tail  to  prevent  it  rattliDg  on  the 
stones  and  the  servant  detecting  his  pranks.  His  object  was 
to  get  to  my  room,  and  on  looking  up  I  frequently  found  my 
friend  nestled  inside  the  fender.  He  came  into  the  room  so 
quietly  that  I  did  not  know  that  he  had  escaped  from  his  cage 
till  he  called  my  attention  by  a  friendly  chatter,  as  much  as 
to  say — "  I've  got  loose  so  cleverly  that  you  really  must  not 
scold  me  for  it." — Frank  BuckluiuCs  Curiosities  of  Natural 
History. 

Importance  of  Right  Emphasis. — A  stranger  from  the 
country,  observing  one  of  Carpenter's  Roller  Counting-house 
Rules,  lifted  it,  aud,  inquiring  the  object,  was  answered,  "  It 
is  a  rule  for  counting  houses."  Too  well-bred,  as  he  construed 
politeness,  to  ask  unnecessary  questions,  he  turned  it  over  and 
over,  and  up  and  down  repeatedly,  and  at  last,  in  a  paroxysm 
of  baffled  curiosity,  inquired,  "  How  in  the  name  of  naturedo 
you  count  bouses  with  this?"  There  is  another  good  story  on 
the  subject  of  emphasis.  "  Boy,"  said  a  visitor  at  the  house 
of  a  friend  to  his  little  son,  "  step  over  the  way  and  see  how 
old  Mrs.  Brown  is."  The  boy  did  the  errand,  aud  on  his  re- 
turn reported  that  Mrs.  Brown  did  not  know  how  old  she  was, 
and  that  she  said  he  might  find  out  by  his  own  learning. 

Punch  slanderously  says:  "  The  sun  is  called  masculine, 
from  its  supporting  and  sustaining  the  moon,  and  finding  her 
the  wherewithal  to  shine  always  as  she  does  of  a  night,  and 
from  his  being  obliged  to  keep  such  a  family  of  stars.  The 
moon  is  feminine,  because  she  is  constantly  changing,  just 
like  a  ship  blown  about  by  every  wind.  The  church  is  femi- 
nine, because  she  is  married  to  the  State  ;  and  Time  is  mas- 
culine, because  he  trifles  with  the  ladies. 


Sure  to  harrow  up  the  sole — Peg  ends  inside  one's-boots. 


8 


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(September  22d 


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THE    NEW    ORLEANS  MASSACRE. 

OW  that  we  are  in  possession  of  all  the  official  docu- 
ments calculated  to  shed  any  light  ou  the  fearful  tragedy 
of  July  30th,  we  are  in  a  position  to  speak  of  it  intelligently, 
and  without  risk  of  being  misled  by  partial  information. 

The  documents  referred  to  consist  of  the  dispatches  of  Gen. 
Sheridan  to  Gen.  Grant,  the  correspondence  between  Mayor 
Monroe  of  New  Orleans,  and  Major-Genera!  Baird,  command- 
ing in  the  Department  of  Louisiana,  and  the  report  of  the 
Grand  Jury  "  of  the  Parish  of  Orleans." 

All  accounts  agree  in  stating  that  the  immediate  cause  of 
"  the  riot,"  as  the  Grand  Jury  are  pleased  to  designate  what 
seems  upon  the  evidence  to  have  been  a  preconcerted  massa- 
cre, was  the  assemblage  of  a  body  of  men  "  claiming  to  be 
members  of  the  Convention  of  lSo'i,  and  also  claiming  the 
legal  right  to  remodel  the  State  Government." 

Back  of  this  immediate  cause — which  seems,  however,  to 
have  been  rather  an  occasion  than  a  cause— (Jen.  Sheridan 
finds  the  real  origin  of  the  tragedy  iu  "  the  antagonistic  feel- 
ing" existing  in  the  community  between  the  Union  men  and 
the  sympathizers  with  the  rebellion. 

The  language  iu  which  Gen.  Sheridan  characterizes  the  al- 
fair  is  exceeding  strong.  He  says  :  "The  more  information  I 
obtain  concerning  it,  the  more  revolting  it  becomes.  It  was 
no  riot — it  was  an  absolute  massacre  by  the  police  ....  it 
was  a  murder  which  the  Mayor  anil  police  perpetrated  without 
a  shadow  of  necessity.  Furthermore,  I  believe  it  was  pre- 
meditated ;  and  every  indication  points  to  this."  Let  us  now 
endeavor  to  ascertain  whether  Gen.  Sheridan  had  sufficient 
grounds  for  employing  such  language  as  this. 

The  "  riot,"  as  already  stated,  occurred  on  the  30th.  On 
the  25th  Mayor  Monroe  addressod  a  letter  to  Gen.  Baird, 
mentioning  the  intended  meeting  of  the  Convention,  und  an- 
nouncing his,  the  Mayor's,  determination  to  "disperse"  it  as 
"  an  unlawful  assembly,  calculated  to  disturb  the  public  peace 
and  tranquillity."  The  Mayor  concluded  his  communication 
with  an  inquiry  which  was  its  sole  object ;  that  inquiry  was 
"  whether  the  projected  meeting  "  had  Gen.  Baird's  "  appro- 
bation ;"  in  other  word3,  the  Mayor  wanted  to  ascertain 
whether  the  Convention  would  be  protected  by  the  military 
authorities. 

To  this  letter,  the  real  significance  and  object  of  which 
Gen.  Baird  does  not  seem  to  have  understood,  that  unsophis- 
ticated officer  replied,  stating  that  the  "  assemblage  referred 
to  "  had  not,  so  far  as  he  was  aware,  "  the  approbation  of  any 
military  authority  for  its  meetings,"  and  adding  that  he,  the 
writer.  "  presumed  the  gentlemen  composing  the  Convention' 
had  never  deemed  it  necessary  to  ask  any  permission  or  sanc- 
tion for  their  proposed  meeting  from  the  "  military  author- 
ties."  The  General  further  says,  wil h  refreshing  simplicity  : 
"  When  asked  if  I  intended  to  furnish  the  Convention  with  a 
military  guard,  I  have  replied,  no  ;  the  Mayor  of  the  city  and 
the  police  will  amply  protect  its  sitting!"  Viewed  in  the  light 
of  subsequent  events  this  delightful  confidence  in  "the  Mayor 
and  the  police"  seems  touching  in  the  extreme.  The  Gen- 
eral then  proceeds  to  explain  to  the  .Mayor  his  theory  in  re- 
gard to  the  Convention.  "  If."  he  says.  •'  the  assemblage  in 
question  has  the  legal  right  to  remodel  the  State  Government, 
it  should  be  protected  in  doing  so  ;  if  it  has  not,  then  its  la- 
bors must  be  looked  upon  simply  as  a  harmless  pleasantry  to 
which  no  one  ought  to  object."  Moreover,  the  General  "can- 
not, understand  how  the  Mayor  of  a  city  can  undertake  to  de- 
cide so  important  and  delicate  a  question  as  the  legal  au- 
thority upon  which  a  Convention,  claiming  to  represent  the 
people  of  an  entire  State,  bases  its  action." 

Doubtless  Gen.  Baird  imagined,  after  dispatching  this  cpi=- 
tlu  defining  his  own  positiou  anil  suggesting  his  view  of  the 
proposed  Convention  to  Mayor  Monroe,  that  all  danger  MUpy 


j  interference  with  that  body  on  the  part  of  the  municipal  au- 
thorities was  at  an  end.  Assuredly  he  could  not  have  antici- 
pated the  possibility  of  what  occurred  a  few  days  afterwards  : 
otherwise  he  would  not  have  refused  to  furnish  the  military 
guard  asked  by  the  Convention.  Meantime  Mayor  Monroe 
had  attained  his  purpose.  lie  had  learned  that  the  Conven- 
tion would  be  without  military  protection  ;  he  saw  that  (Jen. 
Baird  cherished  the  idea  that  no  such  protection  would  be 
needed,  and  that  a  simple  intimation  of  his  views  would  be 
sufficient  to  control  the  action  of  the  authorities.  We  can 
imagine  the  sardouic  smile  with  which  the  Mayor  perused  this 
rather  complacent  epistle  as  he  revolved  the  surprise  he  was 
preparing  fur  the  unsuspecting  General.  The  letter  was  dated 
and  apparently  received  on  the  20th.  and  the  municipal  offi- 
cials had  four  days  for  organizing  their  plans.  To  do  them 
justice,  they  appear  to  have  made  effective  use  of  the  time. 

The  eventful  day,  the  30th,  arrived,  and  at  about  one 
o'clock  p.  m  ,  according  to  Gen.  Sheridan's  statement,  "  a  pro 
cession  of  from  sixty  to  one  hundred  and  twenty  colored  men" 
marched  toward  the  Mechanics'  Institute,  where  the  Conven- 
tion was  totmeet,  carrying  an  American  Flag.  This  would 
scarcely  seem  to  have  been  a  sufficiently  formidable  body  to 
endanger  the  peace  of  the  city.  About  "  every  tenth  man," 
says  Gen.  Sheridan,  "had  a  pistol."  Surely  it  would  have 
been  easy  for  the  authorities  to  have  dispersed  the  procession 
or  to  have  arrested  all  the  individuals  in  it,  without  killing 
forty  persons,  had  such  been  their  real  wish.  "  There  were 
many  spectators  in  the  streets,  and  their  manner  and  tone 
were  unfriendly:" — we  still  quote  Gen.  Sheridan's  statement — 
"  a  shot  was  fired,  by  whom  I  am  unable  to  state."  Under 
the  circumstances,  can  there  be  any  reasonable  doubt  as  to 
whether  the  members  of  the  small  and  almost  unarmed  pro 
cession,  or  the  •'  unfriendly  crowd  "  backed  by  the  police, 
were  the  aggressors?  A  difficulty  occurred  at  the  door  of 
the  Institute,  between  a  colored  man  and  a  policeman,  and  a 
shot  was  fired.  Then  followed  "  an  indiscriminate  fire  on  the 
building  through  the  windows  by  the  policemen."  Then  a 
white  flag  was  displayed  by  those  within,  and  the  slaughter 
ceased  fjr  a  moment — but  only  for  a  moment.  The  police 
rushed  in  and  "  opened  an  indiscriminate  fire  upon  the  audi- 
ence untii  they  had  emptied  their  revolvers."  Then  they  re- 
tired, apparently  to  procure  a  fre3h  supply  of  ammunition. 
Such,  at  any  rate,  seems  to  have  been  the.  belief  of  the  sur- 
vivors thus  far  of  the  massacre,  for  they  proceeded  to  barri- 
cade the  doors.  But  the  police  returned,  the  doors  were 
broken  open,  and  the  firing  recommenced.  Those  who  escaped 
from  the  building  were  fired  upon  by  a  circle  of  policemen 
outside,  and  by  the  citizens.  "  The  wounded  were  stabbed 
while  lying  on  the  ground,  and  their  heads  beaten  with  brick- 
bats." But  why  dwell  upon  details  ?  The  real  complexion 
of  the  affair  cannot  be  disguised  ;  it  was  a  massacre.  Possi- 
bly, the  testimony  upon  which  (Jen.  Sheridan  based  his  official 
communication  to  (Jen.  Grant,  may  not  have  been  accurate  in 
a!!  the  details  ;  but  on  all  hands  it  is  admitted  that  forty  per- 
sons were  killed  outright,  and  some  one  hundred  and  sixty 
wounded.  And  of  the  forty  persons  murdered,  all  were  cither 
negroes  or  Unionists.  None  of  the  policemen  or  citizens  en- 
gaged with  them  appear  to  have  been  killed.  The  slaughter 
was  all  on  one  side,  showing  that  there  was  no  effective  resist- 
ance ;  that  the  assailed  party  were  helpless,  and  that  they 
might  have  been  arrested  without  bloodshed  had  such  been 
the  plan  of  the  authorities.  But  Mayor  Monroe  and  his  con- 
federates had  unquestionably  resolved  to  make  the  Conven- 
tion, which  Gen.  Baird  in  his  simplicity  had  informed  them 
"  must  be  looked  upon  as  a  harmless  pleasantry,"  a  very  grim 
.and  ogreish  piece  of  "  pleasantry,"  indeed,  redolent  of  that 
peculiar  vein  of  humor  that  crops  out  occasionally  in  the 
Baying  of  a  negro  alive,  or  the  roasting  of  an  Abolitionist. 
In  the  report  of  the  Grand  Jury  on  "  the  riot,"  we  observe 
some  fine  touches  of  irony  in  quite  an  analogous  vein,  as  for 
instance  the  passage  where  it  is  stated  :  •'  There  seems  to 
have  been  some  unnecessary  loss  of  life,  and  some  unnecessary 
ferocity  and  brutality  .  .  .  but  the  police  with  a  few  excep- 
tions behaved  with  humanity." 


The  Palindrome  is  a  line  that  reads  alike  backward  and 
forward.  One  of  the  best  is  Adam's  salutation  to  Eve  : 
'  Madam,  I'm  Adam." 

Another  was  uttered  by  Napoleon  at  St  Helena,  when 
asked  if  he  thought  he  could  have  taken  London  :  "  Able  was 
I  ere  I  saw  Elba." 

The  best  are  found  in  the  Latin,  as  the  lawyer's  motto  : 
'•  Si  Nuinmi  immunis,''  and  the  best  is  as  follows  :  Sator,  arepo 
tenet  opera  rotas."  It  is  the  same  backward  as  forward  ;  all 
the  first  letters  of  the  words  spell  the  first  word;  all  the  second 
letters  of  the  words  spell  the  second  word,  and  so  on  through  ; 
and  also  backward  the  same. 

The  baker  at  Yreka  who,  years  ago,  very  naturally  called 
his  establishment  "  Yreka  Bakery,"  will  doubtless  be  aston- 
ished to  learn  that  he  is  a  palindromic  as  good  as  Adam,  and 
nearly  equal  to  Napoleon. 

Ouu  greatest  glory  is  not  iu  never  falling,  but  in  rising 
evvry  time  we  fall.  . 


WOMAN    AT    THE  BALLOT-BOX. 

WE  are  not  about  to  enter  into  any  discussion  of  the 
subject  of  Female  Suffrage  ;  our  present  purpose  is 
simply  to  note  the  significant  fact  that,  from  being  a  fanciful 
and  abstract  question  debated  without  serious  reference  to 
practical  results,  it  has  actually  come  to  be  regarded  as  one  of 
the  gravest  political  questions  of  the  day.  In  England  it  is 
no  longer  left  to  the  handling  of  theoretical  essayists.  Such 
men  as  John  Stuart  Mill  have  taken  it  up  in  the  most"  sober 
and  matter-of  fact  spirit,  insisting  upon  the  justice  and  expe- 
diency of  extending  the  suffrage  to  women  ;  and  several  of 
the  leading  London  journals  have  actually  ceased  to  regard  it 
as  a  theme  susceptible  only  of  humorous  treatment,  and  have 
commenced  discussing  it  in  the  same  serious  business  tone  in 
which  the)  argue  questions  of  parliamentary  reform  or  of  for- 
eign policy. 

And  notwithstanding  the  disturbing  novelty  of  the  idea, 
and  the  difficulties  of  detail  that  at  once  suggest  themselves 
when  we  approach  the  subject  in  a  practical  spirit  ;  notwith- 
standing the  thousand  obvious  perplexities  and  embarrassments 
that  we  can  readily  foresee  as  likely  lo  arise  from  the  actual 
extension  of  the  suffrage  to  women,  it  is  impossible  to  deny 
that,  regarded  as  an  abstract  question,  the  weight  of  the  ar- 
gument is  on  the  side  of  the  advocates  of  this  startling  inno- 
vation. In  this  country,  however,  it  is  clear  that  the  public 
mind  is  not  yet  prepared  to  consider  the  matter  seriously,  or 
even  to  regard  it  as  worthy  of  being  seriously  considered.  It 
is  a  natural  tendency  of  the  popular  mind  to  regard  whatever 
is  entirely  novel  and  without  precedent  in  political  institutions, 
as  absnrd  ;  and  it  is  only  after  becoming  familiarized  with  the 
idea  of  such  changes,  by  much  discussion  and  continued  agita- 
tion, that  the  masses  of  practical  men  learn  to  look  beyond 
the  commonplace  objections  and  superficial  difficulties  which 
readily  suggest  themselves  when  a  measure  is  proposed  which 
is  tntagoriistic  to  long-established  notions.  Meantime  we  see 
that  a  number  of  influential  journals  at  the  East  have  com- 
menced the  earnest  advocacy  of  •'  Woman's  Rights  "  in  this 
practical  form  The  New  York  Independent  declares  that "  all 
advanced  thought  is  tending  in  this  direction,"  and  professes 
to  "  see  everywhere  the  outcropping*  of  this  stupendous  ques- 
tion—a question  which,  sooner  or  later,  will  agitate  the  nation 
as  the  question  of  slavery  agitated  it." 

At  present  we  are  unable  to  discern  any  portents  of  such 
an  "  agitation  "  as  the  Independent  predicts.  But  should  it 
come,  we  shall  at  least  enjoy  the  consolation  of  knowing  that 
it  will  be  a  peaceful  one.  Whatever  may  be  the  "  rights  of 
woman,"  they  must,  be  freely  conceded  by  man  ;  and  fortu- 
nately there  need  be  no  apprehension  of  a  civil  war  or  a  war 
of  the  sexes  for  the  purpose  of  securing  them. 


The  Modern  Heroine. — The  change  which  has  came  over 
the  romantic  dreams  of  the  short  story  writer  has  been  slow 
but  insidious.  The  heroin?,  whose  statcliness  we  loved,  has 
becouie  arch,  vivacious,  and  witty  to  a  painful  degree.  In 
stead  of  thrilling  OS  with  that  melancholy  glance  which  was 
supposed  to  express,  in  some  orthodox  manner,  "  the  yearn- 
ings of  u  poetic  soul,  "  she  now  transfixes  us  with  sarcasm. 
Instead  of  those  conversations  magnificent  in  hyperbole  and 
lofty  sentiment,  we  have  now  badiuage  that  becomes  almost 
hysterical  in  its  intensity.  Her  head  no  longer  sinks  on  her 
lover's  manly  breast,  as  she  "  whispers  sweet  consent:"  "a 
9udden  expression  almost  of  paiu" — "a  cold  rigidity  of  the 
small  lips" — "a  mocking,  but  silvery  laugh,"  is  all  that  the 
bashful  lover  may  look  for.  Not  but  that  she  has  sentiment, 
but  it  is  of  a  singularly  perplexing  and  exasperating  quality  ; 
she  has  a  way  of  looking  at  yon  with  "  strange  dumb  eyes" 
— her  glance  is  "  trance  like  "  and  "far  off" — she  is  sybil- 
line,  ""  fateful."  She  is  no  longer  beautiful,  but  "  singular 
looking."  It  may  be  easily  imagined  that  a  heroine  of  this 
order  would  not  be  satisfied  with  that  one  devoted  lover  which 
in  former  times  was  her  predestined  partner.  She  loves  two. 
She  is  two  or  three  times  engaged.  She  is  justified  by  a  phi- 
losophy borrowed  from  our  lively  (Jallic  friends.  She  has  all 
the  benefit  of  those  "  extenuating  circumstances  "  which 
French  poetical  justice  admits  equally  as  its  literature  and 
law.  The  modern  short  Story  gives  us  details,  where  formerly 
we  had  mere  glittering  generalities.  The  dress  of  our  heroine 
is  described  with  feminine  precision  ;  the  writer  no  longer 
trusts  to  white  muslin  and  simple  "  rose  buds  "  for  the  hair. 
In  the  matter  of  accomplishments,  the  same  care  is  displayed. 
Our  heroine  no  longer  allows  her  lingers  to  run  carelessly  over 
the  piano  while  she  listens  to  her  lover's  conversation  ;  she 
deliberately  sits  down  to  Chopin  or  Schubert.  We  are  forced 
to  listen  to  an  enthusiastic  criticism  of  "  Beethoven,  choral 
symphony,  op,  125,"  or  a  duo  in  E  flat.  We  are  crushed 
with  her  knowledge  of  botany  :  the  "  simple  rosebud"  her 
lover  presents  is  technically  considered  ;  it  is  no  longer  pull- 
ed to  pieces  in  bashful  meditation— she  "  rvmoves  its  petals." 
In  the  more  pretentious  short  story,  she  generally  has  a  pro- 
fession— painter,  musician,  sculptor,  governess,  doctor. 

A  mondment  is  to  be  erected  in  this  city  to  the  memory  of 
the  dead  of  the  "California  Hundred,"  and  the  "California 
Cavalry  Battalion."  The  above  named  organizations  havo 
appointed  a  committee  to  collect  funds,  choose  the  location 
ot  the  monument,  and  superintend  its  structure.  ^ 


JN 


September  22d 


THE  CALIFORN1AN 


THE    LION'S  MOUTH. 


"  Thk  gravest  beast  is  an  ass,  the  gravest  bird  is  an  owl,  the  gravest  fish 
is  an  oyster,  aud  the  gravest  man  is  a  fool. 


'  I  will  roar,  that  I  will  do  any  man's  heart  good  to  hear  me  " 

A  Minsi'MMbU  Niuur's 


SIDNEY  Smith. 
Dream. 

«  I  will  aggravate  my  voice  so,  that  I  will  roar  you  as  gently  as  any  suck  - 
Ing  dove  ;  I  will  roar  you  an 't  were  any  nightingale."  Iran. 
"  Nil  falsi  audea;  nil  mri  non  audeat  dicere."  Cicrno 

More  Applications  for  the  Kditorship. 

HAVING  gone  so  far  in  the  publication  of  the  letters 
received  at  this  office,  in  consequence  of  the  rumored 
vacancy  in  the  Editorial  Chair  of  The  California*,  we  have  con- 
cluded to  publish  the  remainder  of  the  correspondence. 

To  Hie  Proprietor  of  the  Californian  : 

Dkar  Sir: — In  this  crisis  of  our  national  affairs,  politics  constitute 
the  nil-absorbing  topic.  Your  paper,  in  order  to  succeed,  must  have 
an  under  current  of  political  principle.  Literature  without  politics 
can  possess  but  little  interest.  There  are  now  for  all  practical  pur- 
poses, but  two  parties,  the  Democratic,  supported  by  President  John- 
eon  and  the  patriotic  masses  ;  and  the  Rump-ites,  supported  by  all  the 
"  isms."  Who  can  doubt  which  is  destined  to  acquire  the  ascendancy  ? 
The  Democratic  party  is  like  the  Roman  Catholic  Church,  it  has  prin- 
ciples, and  it  has  organization.  It  must  succeed ;  and  the  gates  of 
Hell  shall  not  prevail  against  it.  It  is,  Sir,  the  pride,  the  boast,  the 
enthusiasm  of  my  life,  that  I  am,  and  always  have  been  a  Democrat. 
The  first  utterance  of  consecutive,  words,  forming  a  sentence  in  our 
Language,  that  came  from  my  infant  lips,  was  "  Hurrah  for  Jackson  !'' 
Since  that  far  off  period  of  my  budding  existence,  I  have  constantly, 
pertinaciously,  and  vociferously  kept  on  shouting  that  war-cry,  which 
to  me,  symbolizes  freedom,  Union,  liberty,  progress  and  religion.  If 
I  accept  the  Editorship  of  your  paper,  that  cry  will  be  its  undertone 
— its  diapason.  As  to  my  literary  qualifications,  I  say  nothing.  Po- 
litical rivals  and  envious  Bohemians  have  accused  me  of  dealing  in 
platitudes,  "  hifalutin,"  "bosh,"  etc.,  etc.,  and  have  even  compared 
my  style  of  composition  to  that  of  "  Kuzzilbash,"  and  "Alphabet 
Kewen."  But,  Sir,  if  you  have  ever  enjoyed  the  felicity  of  listening 
to  my  campaign  speeches,  in  the  Fourth  Ward,  or  if  you  recollect,  as 
you  doubtless  do,  my  gushing  articles  in  the  Attn,  in  praise  of  Matilda 
Herou,  you  will  have  perceived  that  I  am  capable  of  soaring  into  a 
pathetic  region,  at,  once  higher  and  deeper,  more  humorous  and  more 
nebulous  than  any  in  which  my  detractors  could  sustain  an  unwearied 
wing.  It  was  I,  Sir,  who  wrote  all  those  brilliant  "leaders"  in 
John  McComb's  Argus  during  the  McClellan  campaign.  It  was  I 
who  more  recently  wrote  those  "  Letters  to  a  Friend"  in  the  Exam- 
iner ,  which  excited  the  jealousy  of  Ben.  Washington,  and  caused  him 
to  tremble  lest  Capt.  Moss  should  turn  him  adrift,  and  invite  me  to  oc- 
cupy the  vacant  tripod.  It  is  I  who  am  regarded  by  Casserley  and 
Huge,  and  all  the  rest  of  them,  with  Jiangs  of  envy.  Why,  Sir,  there 
is  more  line  witin,;  in  my  l  ist  Oration  before  the  Pioueers  than  all 
of  them  ever  got  off  during  the  period  of  their  aggregate  lives.  I 
may  add  that  any  one  who  has  ever  heard  me  talk,  must  be  aware 
that  I,  like  Bob  Rogers,  was  one  of  the  heroes  of  the  Mexican  War  ; 
aud  why,  Sir,  I  would  ask,  should  not  a  heroic  and  chivalric  element 
be  incorporated  into  The  Cai.ifokxian  ?  [  would  add  that  I  consider 
myself  the  wittiest  man  in  California,  with  the  exception  of  "  Mark 
Twain;"  though  my  wit  is  of  so  delicate  a  strain  that  it  has  never 
been  known  to  provoke  a  laugh.  I  have  made  but  two  puus  in  my 
life;  but  those  two-are  worth  all  that  have  been  made  during  that 
lifetime  ;  the  only  trouble  about,  them,  was  that  they  needed  too  much 
explanation.  Indeed,  my  famous  "  French -theatrical  "  pun  upon  the 
Soupt  Muigrc  (thin  supe)  has  never  been  understood  to  this  day.  The 
other  pun  was  got  off  when  Judge  Baldwin  urged  me  to  run  for  Con 
gress,  instead  of  Downey,  on  which  occasion  I  told  him  that  my 
'■feet"  were  so  fast  in  "the  stocks"  that  it  was  quite  impossible 
for  me  to  run. 

Finally,  without  further  nonsense,  I  offer  myself  as  a  candidate  for 
the  vacant  Editorship.  I  can  give  your  paper  what  it  most  lacks — 
point,  sparkle,  polish,  and  above  all,  a  sound  orthodox  Democratic 
tone,  of  all  which  it  is  sadly  in  need. 

I  remain,  Sir,  your  obedient  servant, 

T.  W.  Fr-l-n. 

Mr.  Jefferson  Snort  on  Boston  School  Maims  in  Our  Pub- 
lic Schools. 

Mr.  Editor  : — Are  we  living  in  San  Francisco,  or  in  Boston  ?  Is 
this  great  commercial  emporium  of  the  Pacific  to  be  Bostonized,  and 
to  be  brought  within  the  sweep  of  the  little  provincial,  six-inch  radius 
of  the  "  Hub  If  so,  I  want  to  emigrate,  and  see  if  it  is  impossible 
to  find  a  spot  anywhere  on  the  top  of  this  terraqueous  globe,  where 
the  tyrannous  influence  of  Puritanism  has  not  extended.  A  few  weeks 
since,  my  niece,  Letetia  Calhoun  Jefferson  Snort,  arrived  on  these 
shores;  though  not  educated  at  Mount  Holyoke  or  Oberliu,  she  is  a 
young  lady  of  culture  and  accomplishments,  thoroughly  qualified  for 
the  position  of  teacher  in  the  best  young  ladies'  seminary  in  the  laud. 
Soon  after  her  arrival  I  called  with  her  upon  several  members  of  the 
Board  of  Education,  with  a  view  of  obtaining  for  her  a  position  as 
teacher  in  one  of  the  Public  Schools.  I  presented  her  certificates  and 
credentials,  but,  before  es'cn  so  much  as  glancing  at.  them,  the  Hon. 
Members  of  the  Board  enquired,  "  Is  the  young  lady  from  Massachu- 
setts?" And  on  receiving  a  reply  in  the  negative,  intimated  that 
there  was  no  chance  for  the  applicant.  No  one,  it  appears,  is  con- 
sidered qualified  to  teach  in  our  Public  schools,  unless  he  or  she  hails 
from  Yankeedoui.  "  You  see,  sir,"  said  one  Hon.  Member  of  the 
Board,  "  we  have  so  many  thoroughly-trained  teachers  of  the  highest 
qualifications,  continually  arriving  here  from  Boston,  that  we  scarcely 
have  need  of  any  others  ;  iu  fact,  all  others  may  he  regarded  as  super- 
fluities, the  Boston  supply  quite  equals  the  demand;  the  Boston  arti- 
I  cle  is,  in  short,  so  superior  to  any  other  article  in  the  market,  that  we 
have  practically  adopted  the  motto,  '  None  other  need  apply.' " 

Now  Mr.  Editor,  I  ask  you.  in  all  seriousness  and  solemnity,  is 
not  this  monstrous  ?  I  repeat  it  sir,  are  we  to  be  Bostonized  7  Are 
the  educational  institutions  of  this  great  city  to  he  under  the  exclusive 
and  despotic  domination  of  a  parcel  of  narrow-minded,  snivelling, 
psalm-singing,  blue-bellied  Yankees  ?  .1  know  all  abost  these  model 
Boston  school  inarms  ;  nine  out  of  every  ten  of  them  were  Lowell 
factory  girls,  who,  ufter  saving  a  couple  of  hundred  dollars,  started 
for  Oberlin,  procured  what  they  call  an  "  education  ''  at  that  negro 
philistand  free-love  institution,  and  after  "graduating"  set  up  at 
strong-minded  women,  aud  went  into  business  as  abolition  lecturers 
OOOtresscB,  medical  clairvoyants,  or  fortuue-tcllors.    Failing  iu  these 


vocations,  the  "last  resort  of  the  tribe  is  to  start  for  California  and  ap- 
ply for  positions  in  our  schools.  Is  not  this  an  infamous  state  of 
things?   What  is  to  be  done  ?         Yours  indignantly, 

Jefferson  Snort. 

Drunken  Babies. 

The  great  question  is  settled.  In  spite  of  the  eloquence  of  F.  M. 
Pixley,  the  Board  of  Supervisors  have  decided  that  cows  shall  not,  be 
fed  on  distillery  swill.  The  learned  counsel  for  the  milkmen  and 
their  cows,  defended  his  horned  clients  boldly.  He  declared  that: 
"  When  the  Health  Officer  and  a  friend,  after  visitingthe  ranches  and 
seeing  the  cows  turned  out  full  of  life  and  spirit,  came  to  town  and  re- 
ported the  cows  drunk,  they  let  their  imagination  overcome  their  rea- 
son." Of  course  no  one  could  object  to  every  cow  having  a  couple  of 
"horns"  when  it  got  up  in  the  morning;  but  we  do  not  believe 
that  the  cows  were  in  the  habit  of  getting  so  terribly  intoxicated  as 
was  reported.  Pixley  said  this  opposition  to  the  use  of  distillery 
swill  aroBe  "  all  because  animals  have  been  reported  drunk,  when  the 
cavorting  which  was  seen  was  the  exuberance  of  spirits,  derived  from 
perfect  health."  Certainly.  They  wereu't  drunk— only  jolly.  Who 
ever  saw  a  cow  as  drunk  as  a  man?  A  cow  may  know  something 
about  buttercups,  but  who  ever  saw  a  cow  with  the  hiccups  ?  Bah  ! 
A  cow  in  its  cups  is  an  impossibility.  Dr.  Rowell  declared  that  cows 
got  "  gloriously  drunk."  He  said  no  animal  could  stand  whisky  hut 
man,  and  he  educated  himself  to  use  it.  Mr.  McCoppin  proposed  that 
the  cows  should  be  educated  also.  The  end  of  the  matter,  however, 
was  that  this  intoxicating  food  was  forbidden  to  be  given  to  cows,  and 
the  cows  are  henceforth  a  Temperance  Legion.  As  this  matter  is  set- 
tled we  can,  without  fear  of  frightening  any  fond  mothers  into  fits, 
allude  to  one  dreadful  effect  Of  this  swill-milk  on  babies.  We  don't 
believe  that  the  cows  got  drunk,  but  we  are  quite  sure  that  their  milk 
bad  a  terribly  intoxicating  effect  on  babies.  The  Round  Table  has 
published  a  statement  to  the  effect  that  the  majority  of  the  ladies  of 
America  are  drunkards.  What  of.  that '!'  While  BWill  milk  was  al- 
lowed to  be  sold  in  San  Francisco,  we  don't  believe  there  was  one  so- 
ber baby  in  the  city.  There  were  thousands  of  drunken  babies. 
Wherever  you  went  you  could  hear  the  yells  of  a  baby  who  hud  got 
howling  drunk  on  swill-milk.  It  was  a  fearful  state  of  thiugs.  It  is 
all  changed  now.  There  will  be  no  more  cases  of  delirium  tremens 
among  San  Francisco  infants  now.  No  more  inebriated  children  try- 
ing to  pull  Bnakes  out  of  their  socks.  F'or  the  future  it  will  be  safe 
to  speak  to  an  infant ;  hitherto  the  chances  were  that  the  little  dear, 
maddened  with  copious  draughts  of  swill-milk,  would  hit  out  from  the 
shoulder,  and  perhaps  give  you  a  black  eye,  at  the  same  time  using 
language  which  would,  if  you  could  understand  it, make  you  shudder. 
We  are  thankful  that  while  this  was  going  on,  we  had  no  Round 
Table  here  to  write  an  art'de  on  drunken  babies  We  have  remained 
silent.  Now  the  danger  is  past  we  speak.  The  babies  of  this  city, 
for  the  most  part,  are  becoming  reconciled  to  losing  their  morning 
dram,  though  many  have  entirely  refused  to  drink  their  milk  until  a 
spoonful  or  two  of  rum  has  been  added.  All  honor  to  Dr.  Rowell  and 
the  Bulletin,  who  have  freed  the  cows  and  the  babies  of  Sau  Fran- 
cisco from  the  terrible  curse  of  drunkenness. 


The  Duty  of  a  District  Attorney. 

As  it  appears  that  a  misunderstanding  exists  in  the  minds  of  certain 
editors  of  newspaper*,  and  of  many  thousands  of  persons  engaged  in 
various  pursuits  in  the  City  aud  County  of  San  Francisco,  as  to  the  du- 
ties incumbent  on  the  person  who  tills  the  office  of  District  Attorney, 
it  will  perhaps  be  as  well  for  us  to  explain  what  the  duty  of  a  Dis- 
trict Attorney  is— in  special  cases.  Of  course  when  Lung  Kee  is 
charged  in  the  Police  Court  with  having  stolen  a  chicken  and  thus 
committed  the  offence  of  petit  larceny,  it  is  not  necessary  for  the  Dis- 
trict Attorney  to  appear  iu  Court  to  guard  the  interests  of  the  people 
resident  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  ;  the  case  of  Lung 
Kee  can  be  attended  to  by  the  Assistant  District  Attorney.  If  Jenny 
Knuck  steals  a  handkerchief ,  it  is  the  duty  of  the  Assistant  District 
Attorney  to  prosecute,  and  his  superior  officer  need  not  trouble  himself 
about  the  matter.  Occasionally,  however,  a  case  may  come  before 
the  Police  Court  which  it  is  not  proper  to  leave  to  an  Assistant  Dis- 
trict Attorney— in  fact,  a  case  which  imperatively  demands  the  at- 
tention aud  "personal  presence  of  the  District  Attorney.  F«r 
instance  :  A  gentleman,  a  man  moving  in  good  society,  one  who  has 
always  been  able  to  lay  bis  hand  on  a  few  hundred  dollars  when  he 
wanted  it ;  a  man  who  was  never  known  To  appropriate  a  chicken, 
like  the  depraved  Lung  Kee,  nor  to  "  prig  a  wipe,"  like  the  dishonest 
Jenny  Knuck,  has,  for  the  purpose'  of  speculating— in  a  gentlemanly 
mauner— appropriated  to  his  own  uses  money  belonging  to  his  em- 
ployers. It  will  be  observed  that  we  are  speakiug  of  an  entirely  dif- 
ferent case  from  that  of  a  shop-boy  who  "  borrows  "  two  dollars  and 
a  half  from  the  money  drawer  of  the  storekeeper  by  whom  he  is  em 
ployed  and  trusted,  for  the  purpose  of  trying  his  luck  at  poker.  The 
gentleman,  in  the  case  which  we  are  supposing,  retains  thousands  of 
dollars  for  the  purpose  of  speculating  in  mining  stocks.  In  the  case 
of  the  abominable  little  gambling  shop-boy,  who  put  two  dollars  and 
a  half  received  from  the  sale  of  goods  owned  by  his  employer,  into 
his  pocket  instead  of  into  the  money  drawer,  the  presence  of  the 
District  Attorney  would  not  be  required  in  the  Police  Court ;  the  As- 
sistant District  Attorney  would  prosecute  the  boy  for  stealing.  In 
the  case  which  we  suppose,  however — that  of  the  gentleman  who 
has  "  invested  "  thousands  of  dollars  belonging  to  his  employers  iu 
mining  speculations— it  is  the  duty  of  the  District  Attorney  to  call 
upon  the  counsel  for  the  respectable  prisoner,  and  if  the  counsel 
seems  to  think  his  client  isnot  guilty,  it  is  the  duty  of  the  District  At- 
torney to  think  so  in  reality,  and  to  attend  in  the  Police  Court  to  pre- 
vent the  Assistant  District  Attorney— through  a  mistaken  notion  of 
his  duty— from  striving  to  convict  a  gentlemanly  man  ;  a  mau  who  has 
had  money  ;  a  man  who  has  friends  ;  and,  above  all,  a  man  whom  his 
counsel,  a  learned  lawyer,  seems  to  think  is  not  guilty.  Then  it  is  the 
duty  of  the  District  Attorney  to  tell  the  Judge  that  he  thinks  the  re- 
spectable prisoner  is  not  guilty,  aud  if  the  Assistant  District  Attorney 
dares  to  open  his  mouth— to  snub  him  severely.  We  believe  that  the 
above  imaginary  case  is  the  only  one  in  which  the  presence  of  the 
District  Attorney,  in  the  Police  Court,  can  be  positively  beneficial  to 
himself  or  to  uuy  one  else. 

A  Live  Queen. 
San  Francisco  has  for  nearly  two  months  been  honored  by  the  prcs 
cuce  of  the  widow  of  an  English  Baronet,  and  our  citizens  have  at- 
tended the  nightly  levees  held  by  Lady  Don  with  commendable  zeal. 
Her  ladyship  has  entertained  her  guests  bo  well  that  all  confess  that 


it  has  been  loug  since  bo  charming  a  lady  has  landed  on  these  shores. 
On  Sunday  the  loud-mouthed  cannon  will  probably  roar  a  welcome  " 
to  the  widow  of  a  King.    We  must  let  the  "Lion's  Mouth,"  in  an- 
ticipation of  her  arrival,  roar  its  welcome  to  Queen  Emma  of  the 
Sandwich  Islands.    The  Alta  gives  an  account  of  the  honors  which 
are  to  be  paid  to  this  distinguished  visitor.  The  Hawaiian  standard  is 
to  be  hoisted  on  the  Occidental  Hotel,  the  Mayor  will  receive  her,  a 
barouche,  drawn  by  four  white  horses,  is  to  be  in  readiness  on  the 
wharf,  and  the  Vanderbilt  i6  to  be  placed  at  Queen  Emma's  disposal 
to  convey  her  to  Honolulu.    So  far  the  Alia  does  very  well.    It  eon 
tinues  :  "This  action  on  the  part  of  our  Government  is  a  well-me:  ited 
compliment  to  our  Hawaiian  neighbors,  whose  trade  has  grown  to  bo 
one  of  the  leading,  and  is  among  the  most  important  to  the  Pacific 
coast.    In  the  one  item  of  sugar" — Sugar!   O,  this  is  terrible  !  The 
Hawaiian  standard  waving  over  the  Occidental,  the  Mayor  receiving 
Her  Magesty  on  the  wharf,  the  barouche  with  four  white  horses  ;  all 
these  were  described  iu  Fitz  Sun  the'B  best  style,  but  after  bringing 
thus  vividly  before  our  eyes  all  the  pomp  and  grandeur  attendant  on 
royalty,  to  say :  "  In  the  one  article  of  sugar  !  " — Oh  'twas  vile  !  We 
really  had  great  hopes  that  the  Court  Circular,  which  the  Alta  will 
no  doubt  publish  daily,  would  be  got  up  in  a  superior  style,  but  that 
Fitz  Smythe  will,  we  feel  convinced,  be  continually  dragging  in  some 
reference  to  sugar,  or  pulu,  or  trade  in  some  shape  or  other.  The 
Alta  must  engage  a  special  Jenkins.    If  Felix  O'Byrne  were  still 
with  us  he  would  do  capitally  ;  but  alas !  he  has  gone  to  join  the  Fen- 
ians !    We  still  hope  that  the  Alta  will  prove  itself  equal  to  the  oc- 
casion, and  that  in  addition  to  a  barouche,  four  white  horses  and  a 
Mayor,  Queen  Emma  will  be'honored  by  a  Court  Circular  iu  the  Alia. 

A  Birch  for  Americans. 

An  English  showman  has  arrived  in  this  country,  wdio,  we  are  glad 
to  observe,  has  a  good  opinion  of  America— at  present ;— he  is  anxious 
to  retain  this  good  opinion,  and  hopes  to  be  able  to  give  a  good  account 
of  the  men,  manners,  and  customs  of  America  on  his  return  to  En- 
gland.   Thus  : 

"  Mr.  Birch  bogs  to  say  that  from  Americans  abroad  he  has  experienced 
the  utmost  courtesy  and  kindness,  and  by  them  been  assured  o£  a  cordial  re- 
ception iu  a  country  which,  as  the  grandest  in  the  world  he  has  long  wished 
to  visit,  and  of  which,  as  an  observer  of  men,  manners,  and  customs,  he  is 
anxious  to  give  a  faithful  description  on  his  return  to  England." 

He  intends  to  give  to  those  who  vitit  his  show  a  number  of  tea-cad- 
dies and  other  articles, "  as  souvenirsof  Mr.  Birch's  visit  to  America." 
We  urge,  we  pray,  we  beg,  we  beseech  the  citizens  of  San  Francisco 
to  walk  up,  hurry  up,  tumble  up,  to  see  Mr.  Birch's  Diorama.  We 
beg  that  they  will  do  this,  not  for  the  sakeof  Mr.  Birch,  whose  enter- 
tainment has  been  "  honored  by  the  distinguished  patronage  of  Her 
Grace  the  Duchess  of  Beaufort,  the  Rt.  Hon.  the  Countess  of  Yurbo- 
rough,  the  Rt.  Hon.  the  Dowager  Countess  Cowper,  the  Rt.  Hon.  the 
Viscountess  Combermere,  the  Rt.  Hon.  the  Lady  Mary  Craven,  his 
Grace  the  Duke  of  Leinster,"  and  a  great  many  other  members  of 
the  nobility  of  England  who  have  a  particular  fancy  for  dioramic 
views ;  we  have  a  more  patriotic  end  in  view ;  we  are  anxious  that 
Mr.  Birch, 

When  he  returns  to  Albion  s  isle. 

His  toils  and  dangers  past — 
May  give  of  us  darned  Yaultees  here, 
A  good  account  at  last. 
If  the  people  of  San  Francisco  don't  go  to  see  Mr.  Birch's  dioramic 
show,  we  tremble  for  the  consequences.    The  reputation  of  our  coun- 
try is  at  stake. 


Beware  of  Widows. 

Weller  the  cider's  advice  to  Samivel,  "  Beware  of  a  vidder,"  might 
perhaps,  apply  in  the  following  case.  The  Alia  publishes  an  adver- 
tisement, which  runs  as  follows  : 

A YOUNG  WIDOW  LADY,  well  educated, and  a  good  musician,  just  ar- 
rived from  fb.iladelpb.ia,  desires  a  situation  as  housekeeper  ;  is  expe- 
rienced in  housekeeping,  having  been  acnistomed  to  living  in  the  best  of  style 
for  the  last  two  years  in  Germany,  and  entertaining  handsomely  ;  is  fond  of 
reading,  and  understands  driving  fast  horses.  To  savo  trouble,  no  notice  will 
he  taken  of  replies  to  this  advertisement  unless  enclosing  real  name  aud 
residence.    Would  he  willing  to  return  to  Europe.   Address,  etc. 

We  fancy  that  a  widow  who  understands  driving  "  fast  horses," 
and  who  has  been  "  living  in  the  best  of  style  for  the  last  two  years 
in  Germany  and  entertaining  handsomely,"  would  make  a  very  desir- 
able "  housekeeper"  for  an  old  gentleman  who  had  lots  of  money  and 
wished  to  get  rid  of  it  expeditiously.  This  advertisement  is  headed, 
"Housekeeper."  Would  not  "  Horsebreaker  "  have  been  more  ap- 
propriate ? 

Rather  Cool. 

In  Thursday's  Alta  was  published  an  account,  of  the  difficulties 
which  Cyrus  W.  Field  had  to  contend  with  in  starting  the  Atlautic 
Cable  enterprise.  This  occupies  about  half  a  column  of  the  Alta,  is 
published  without  credit  and  commences  thus  :  "There is  an  unwrit- 
ten history  of  the  connection  of  Mr.  Field  with  the  Atlantic  Cable 
that  may  have  a  peculiar  interest  at  this  time." 

This  "  unwritten  history"  is  extracted  from  a  volume  entitled,  "His- 
tory of  the  Atlantic  Telegraph"  by  Henry  M.  Field,  D.  D  v  pub- 
lished a  few  weeks  ago  in  New  York.  This  work  is  so  well  writteu, 
and  describes  so  vividly  the  hopes  and  fears  of  the  inaugurator  of  the 
enterprise  of  the  present  century,  that  papers  which  make  extracts 
from  it  should  give  credit  to  Henry  M.  Field,  who  is  entitled  to  honor 
as  having  faithfully  chronicled  the  labors  of  his  brother. 

Her  Majesty  at  Hand! 

At  last  San  Francisco  will  be  honored  with  the  presence  of  a  Queen ! 
"  Mark  Twain"  and  other  Sandwich  Island  missionaries, now  sojourn- 
ing in  this  city,  are  requested  to  be  on  hand  to-morrow,  immediately 
after  morning  Bervice,  at  the  Folsom  street  wharf,  to  assist  in  the 
"  Reception."  Inasmuch  asher  Majesty  is  rather  "  dark-complectcd," 
we  trust  that,  during  her  visit,  the  Street  Railway  conductors  will  bo 
careful  what  they  are  about.  It  wouldn't  sound  well  abroad  if, 
through  some  stupid  mistake,  "  the  Queen  "  should  be  ordered  out  of 
the  cars. 

Rather  Dangerous. 

Mrs.  Denny,  who  shot  at  Mrs.  Dc  Wolf,  has  been  acquitted  of  an 
assault  with  a  deadly  weapon  with  intent  to  murder.  If  Mrs.  Denny 
did  not  intend  to  murder  Mrs.  De  Wolf,  she  certainly  was  careless 
about  running  the  risk  of  doing  so.  Ladies  are  not  good  shots  as  a 
rule,  but  we  don't  think  it  is  quite  safe  to  allow  them  to  shoot  at  one 
another  with  pistols  without  fear  of  punishment.  Some  man  stand- 
ing near  during  one  of  these  feminine  shooting  scrapes  might  get 
hurt. 


THE  CALIFORNIA** 


|  September  22d 


A    MIDNIGHT    DUEL    IN    1  8  5  0. 

A  STORY  OF  THE  PARKER  HOUSE. 

WILLIAM  HENRY  WHITE,  who  evidently  sojourned 
in  California  in  the  early  days,  is  writing  "  Hope's 
Fruition,  A  Story  of  California,"  for  the  New  York  Alias; 
from  which  we  copy  the  following  sketch  of  the  fatal  duel  be- 
tween Bartlett  and  Burnett,  which  took  place  during  a 
drunken  orgie  at  the  Parker  House  in  the  summer  ot  1850. 
Bartlett  was  or  had  been  a  policeman.  Burnett  came  to  Cali- 
fornia with  the  Stevenson  Regiment,  and,  after  living  a  life  of 
dissipation  for  some  ten  years  after  the  duel,  died  on  the  pas- 
sage to  Panama  while  on  his  way  to  New  York.  Many  old 
residents  of  that  period  will  remember  the  event,  the  incidents 
of  which  are  related  with  the  closest  fidelity  : 

"One  evening  in  the  latter  part  of  the  month  Brodt  and  I, 
for  lack  of  anything  more  amusing,  visited  Dr.  Robinson's 
pretty  little  '  Dramatic  Museum,'  and  were  agreeably  enter- 
tained by  the  '  artless  simplicity  '  of  Mrs.  Birrell,  the  natural 
acting  of  Mr.  Yineent.  the  strict  propriety  of  Mr.  Everard, 
the  vagaries  of  the  comic  Fairchild,  and  the  quaint  humor  of 
the  whimsical  Robinson — Doctor,  and  lately-made  Alderman. 

"  When  the  curtain  fell  upon  the  last  act  of  the  '  Dead 
Shot,'  we  made  our  way  through  the  crowd  and  passed  into 
Kearny  street. 

'•  After  several  strolls  up  and  down  that  narrow  and  rather 
muddy  thoroughfare,  and  when  we  had  sufficiently  contem- 
plated the  beauties  of  the  moon-lit  heavens  from  the  classic 
precincts  of  Portsmouth  Spuare,  we  found  our  way  into  the 
public  room  of  the  Parker  House. 

"  The  place  was  full  of  revellers,  gamblers,  idlers  and  sight- 
seers. 

"  In  the  bar-room  Fairchild,  the  comic-singer  and  actor,  was 
holding  forth  in  his  peculiar  style  to  an  appreciative  audience 
of  '  fellow-pilgrims.' 

"  The  gambling-tables  were  crowded,  1  bankers  and  buckers' 
being  equally  busy  in  taking  up  and  laying  down  their  stakes. 
Pictures  of  classic  beauties,  in  primitive  costume,  hung  around 
the  walls  ;  music  was  sounding  from  the  orchestra-platformj 
canary-birds  sung  as  if  trying  to  burst  their  tiny  pipps,  gold 
rattled,  glasses  jingled  and  oaths  mingled.  Excitement  ran 
high  and  revelry  was  rampant.  There  was  nothing  remarka- 
ble in  all  this.  In  the  Parker  House,  or  in  any  house  or  ho- 
tel in  San  Francisco  at  that  time,  and  all  through  the  State, 
such  scenes  were  common.  But  the  events  which  occurred  on 
this  particular  night,  the  28th  of  July,  at  the  Parker  House, 
are  so  vividly  impressed  upon  my  memory  that  they  stand  out 
in  bold  relief  from  hundreds  of  others  less  salient  in  their  fea- 
tures. 

"  We  remained  seated  at  a  table  in  the  corner  with  a  bottle 
of  '  choice  Burgundy  "  between  us,  of  which  we  did  not  par- 
take very  freely. 

"  The  time  wore  away  till  the  clock  in  the  saloon  struck 
one,  and  the  crowds  in  the  rooms  were  begining  to  dispeise, 
when  we  were  suddenly  arrested  by  a  new  excitement.  A  quar- 
rel had  commenced  iu  the  bar-room.  Two  New  York  sport- 
ing men — Charles  Bartlett  and  Charles  Burnett— between 
whom  a  bitter  feud  had  been  for  some  time  festering,  met  on 
the  sidewalk  in  front  of  the  house.  The  former  was  accom- 
panied by  a  few  friends,  the  other  was  unattended.  After  a 
few  words  had  passed  between  the  two  B.'s,  somebody  pro- 
posed that  all  hands  should  go  in  and  take  a  drink  all  round. 
All  hands  went  in.  The  drinks  were  taken  and  repeated.  But 
the  liquor  did  not  soothe  the  passions  of  the  imbibers,  and 
the  quarrel  broke  out  afresh — Bar'lett  being  the  noisest  and 
most  belligerent.  Pistols  were  drawn,  and  nearly  all  the  idlers 
vanished  at  an  astonishing  rate  of  speed,  to  avoid  the  stray 
shots  that  they  thought  were  pretty  sure  to  follow.  It  was 
the  rule  for  spectators  to  disperse  when  shooting  was  about 
to  begin  ;  for  experience  had  developed  the  fact  that  the  bul- 
lets on  such  occasions  generally  fell  in  the  greatest  quantities 
among  those  who  were  the  least  interested.  The  pistols  drawn 
were  all  in  the  hands  of  the  Bartlett  party.  It  was  at  this 
juncture  that  Brodt  and  I  became  spectators  of  the  scene.  As 
we  entered  the  bar-room  from  the  adjoining  apartment,  one  of 
the  parties,  Bartlett,  pistol  in  haud,  was  loudly  asserting  that 

Burnett  was  a  d  d  poltroon,  and  wouldu't  fight. 

"  I've  got  no  pistol,"  responded  Burnett,  "  and  you  know 
it ;  and  I  don't  want  to  fight,  anyhow,  if  I  can  help  it." 

"  '  Of  course,  you  don't.  D — n  you,  I've  a  good  mind  to 
shoot  you  as  you  stand.'  "  And  Bartlett  brought  his  revolver 
down  horizontally.  Burnett  then  exclaimed,  excitedly, 
'  Gentlemen,  don't  let  hiin  murder  me  ;  if  I  must  be  shot  at. 
give  me  a  chance  to  shoot  back.  Will  somebody  lend  me  a 
pistol  ?'  A  pistol  was  produced  by  a  person  who  appeared 
to  be  a  stranger,  and  handed  to  Burnett.  It  was  a  six- 
shooter. 

"The  doors  leading  into  Kearney  street  were  closed  and 
locked  by  the  barkeeper,  to  keep  out  straggling  citizens  and 
officious  policemen,  I  suppose  ;  and  somebody  else  had  done 
the  same  to  the  door  between  the  rooms  on  the  other  side. 

"The  barkeeper  wa3  anxious  that  the  battle  should  be  fought 
out  without  interruption. 

"'Gentlemen,  must  I  fight?    Charley  Bartlett,  do  you 


mean  it  ?'  "  said  Burnett,  after  he  had  seen,  by  a  hasty  glance, 
that  the  pistol  was  loaded  aud  in  good  working  condition. 

"  '  Fight !'  "  '  Fight !'  was  the  excited  replies.  '  Fight  it 
out,  and  have  it  settled.' 

"  '  All  right.  But  remember,  all  of  you,  that  this  is  forced 
upon  me.  If  some  body  will  measure  off  five  paces,  I'll  be 
ready  for  you,  Charley  Bartlett.' 

"  The  stranger  who  had  lent  Burnett  his  pistol  then  stepped 
off  five  very  short  paces,  commencing  at  the  street-end  of  the 
bar-counter  aud  ending  at  the  office-safe  that  stood  near  the 
door  leading  into  the  gambling-room.  Burnett  took  his  sta- 
tion at  the  counter-eud  ;  Bartlett  placed  himself  near  the 
safe. 

"  '  Must  this  duel  go  on  ?'  "  exclaimed  the  stranger.    '  Is 
there  no  other  way  to  settle  the  quarrel  ?' 

"  '  No,  sir  !' "  shouted  Bartlett.    '  If  Charley  Burnett  won't 
fight,  d — n  him,  I'll  shoot  him,  anyhow!' 

"'  Well,  then,  go  ahead,'  "  replied  the  stranger, '  and  take 
care  that  you  don't  hit  the  wrong  targets  ;  we  object  to  be- 
ing bored  by  such  grave  mistakes.' 

"  The  spectators,  about  a  dozen  in  all,  crowded  away  from 
the  principals  as  close  to  the  walls  a3  they  could  get.  Some 
of  the  more  timid  took  shelter  under  the  counter.  Brodt  and 
myself  backed  up  into  a  corner  where  we  were  as  far  out  of 
range  as  it  was  possible  to  get  in  that  narrow  bar  room.  For 
a  moment  there  was  a  pause.  The  time-piece  over  the  bar 
indicated  that  it  was  now  within  ten  minutes  of  two  o'clock. 
The  duelists  stood  facing  each  other,  scarcely  a  dozen  feet 
apart,  in  the  full  blaze  of  the  brilliant  lamp-light.  Both  were 
inflamed  by  liquor,  but  neither  was  drunk.  They  were  fine- 
looking  young  men,  of  about  the  same  age,  were  well-dressed 
and  had  the  appearance,  at  least,  of  gentlemen.  Like  native 
New  Yorkers  generally,  they  were  intelligent,  if  not  intellec- 
tual. Both  had  the  air  of  persons  accustomed  to  the  lavish 
expenditure  of  money.  Bartlett  was  the  burliest  of  form  and 
ruddiest  of  face.  Burnett  was  more  shapely  and  of  greater 
apparent  refinement. 

"  Both  were  evidently  men  of  courage. 

"  Although  now  bitter  enemies  they  had  once  been  school- 
mates and  warm  friends.  Suddenly  they  raised  their  pistols. 
Crack  !  A  shot  came  from  Bartlett  and  crash  !  over  Burnett's 
head,  went  the  glass  fixtures  of  a  globe  lamp.  Crack !  A 
bullet  sped  from  Burnett,  and  the  woodwork  of  the  partition 
behind  his  opponent  flew  in  splinters. 

The  locks  of  all  fire  arms  except  dueling  weapons,  as  a  rule, 
work  stiffly.  Such  was  the  case  with  the  revolvers  used  in 
this  fight,  which  probably  accounts  for  the  inaccuracy  of  aim 
displayed  by  both. 

"  Bang  !  A  second  shot  from  Bartlett,  and  a  second  lamp 
was  shivered  to  atoms. 

Barelett  quickly  cocked  his  revolver  again  and  was  in  the 
act  of  pulling  the  trigger  when  Burnett  fired  his  second  shot. 
Both  explosions  blended  in  one  report.  Bartlett's  bullet  nar- 
rowly missed  his  old  schoolmate's  head  and  crushed  through 
the  bar-room  window  shutters  into  Kearney  street. 

"  Burnett's  shot  was  better  aimed.  Bartlett's  pistol  hand 
sunk  to  his  side,  his  weapon  dropped  to  the  floor,  he  stood  for 
an  instant,  staring  fixedly  at  his  old  friend  and  then  without 
a  word  fell  face  downward  upon  the  floor — dead. 

'.'  His  old  friend's  bullet  was  in  his  heart. 

"  In  the  confusion  which  followed,  Tom  and  myself  quietly 
left  the  room  to  avoid  an  arrest.  The  police  were  certain  to 
be  there  in  force  before  long. 

"  We  chose  to  give  our  evidence  at  the  inquest  at  our  own 
discretion,  rather  than  to  be  forced  to  the  same  result  at  the 
point  of  the  law  as  defined  by  over-zealous  policemen. 

"  We  were  not  required  at  the  inquest  the  following  after- 
noon, as  there  were  witnesses  enough  to  prove  a  clear  case 
without  us.  Burnett  was  exonerated  and  discharged  from 
custody,  and  the  remains  of  Bartlett  were  borne  from  the 
Parker  House  to  the  cemetery  with  a  grand  display  of  post- 
niortam  honors  that  would  have  astonished  the  poor  ftllow 
could  he  have  looked  from  his  rosewood  and  satin  surround- 
ings and  seen  the  pomp  and  pageant  of  his  funeral." 

A  Tragic  Novel. — Violetta  started  convulsively,  and 
turned  her  tear-drenched  eyes  wildly  upon  the  speaker  ;  for, 
to  her,  there  seemed  something  familiar  in  these  low,  rich 
tones.  Their  eyes  met ;  his  beaming  with  love  and  tenderness, 
and  hers  gleaming  with  wild  uncertainty.  "  Yioletta  !" — "Al- 
lendorf  I"  And  the  beautiful  girl  sank,  from  excess  of  joy, 
upon  his  noble  heart,  throbbing  with  the  pure,  holy,  delicious 
love  of  other  days.  Allendorf  bent  tenderly  over  her,  and 
bathed  her  pure  white  temples  with  thegushiug  tears  of  deepi 
though  subdued  joy.  While  doing  this,  Yioletta's  father, 
Rip  Yan  Snort,  was  seen  approaching  the  lovers  with  a  flail. 
The  aged  patriarch  saw  Allendorf,  and  just  as  he  was  turning 
the  corner  of  the  red  barn,  gave  him  a  lift  with  the  flail  that 
placed  him  on  the  "  other  side  of  Jordan."  Yioletta.  driven 
to  distractiou,  threw  herself  upon  the  grass,  and  for  a  long, 
long  hour,  was  deaf  to  every  consolation. 

Deeds  of  kindness  cost  but  little  of  themselves,  yet  who 
can  estimate  their  value  ! 


NEW  YORK  MISERS. 

IT  is  not  generally  known  that  New  York  at  the  present 
time  contains  a  large  number  of  misers  as  inveterate  and 
degraded  as  any  on  record,  aud  if  we  had  space  we  could  give 
a  series  of  portraits  of  wealth  and  avarice  which  would  make 
the  leader  shudder.  Many  of  these  misers  are  old  business  men 
who  have  withdrawn  from  active  lite  and  still  keep  up  their 
faded  and  weather-stained  signs,  and  beneath  the  garb  of  trade 
ply  their  money-saving  habits.  These  men  will  be  found  sit- 
ting solitary  in  dingy  offices,  filled  with  cobwebs  and  thick 
with  the  dust  of  years.  Money  borrowers  know  where  to  go, 
and  here  these  pale  and  threadbare  fossils  receive  the  best 
securities  for  their  daily  loans.  Some  of  these  half  staived 
wretches,  whose  trembling  hands  can  hardly  sign  a  check,  can 
draw  for  sums  that  would  shake  a  bank.  One  of  the  richest 
men  in  the  city  is  now  to  be  found  in  just  such  a  dingy  hole 
as  we  have  described,  where  he  loans  euormous  sums  daily. 
He  was  a  merchant  once,  and  his  old  sign  is  still  up  ;  and  in. 
side  all  things  remain  as  they  were  a  half  century  ago.  He 
suffers  daily  for  the  comforts  of  life  ;  but  all  this  is  compen- 
sated for  by  the  pleasure  of  accumulation.  "They  come  to 
me  to  beg,"  said  the  old  man  to  an  acquaintance,  "  and  there's 
not  a  beggar  in  New  York  that  does  not  live  as  well  as  I  do" 
— a  statement  which  was  quite  true. 

A  specimen  of  the  better  class  of  this  genus  was  given  in 
the  late  Exchange  place  robbery,  where  Rufus  Lord,  a  man 
upwards  of  fourscore,  was  the  solitary  occupant  of  an  office 
which  contained  between  one  and  two  million  dollars  in  stocks 
and  securities — all  bis  own.  Here  this  old  man  sat,  day  after 
day,  accumulating  at  the  rate  of  $2,000  per  week,  and  no 
doubt  hoping  iu  due  time  to  get  rich.  Such  a  hoard  was  worth 
tapping,  and  the  job  was  one  of  the  neatest  aud  most  success- 
ful ever  done  in  New  York. 

The  late  Stephen  Whitney  was  a  striking  instance  of  the 
commercial  miser.  Wheu  we  knew  him  he  had  made  about 
ten  millions,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty-five  was  trying  hard  to 
get  rich.  The  person  and  countenance  of  this  wretched  man 
were  a  study.  The  tremulous  form,  the  sharpened  features 
and  the  solicitous  eye  told  of  the  one  idea  which  mastered  the 
soul.  Mr.  Whitney  was,  in  his  day,  to  be  seen  habitually  in 
Wall  street,  picking  his  way  along  among  trokers  and  sharp- 
ers, and  buying  notes,  of  which  he  was  a  good  judge.  He 
bought  none  but  the  best,  and  seldom  made  a  bad  purchase. 
His  son  in-law  was  in  a  heavy  business  ;  but  his  paper  was 
not  considered  first  rate  ;  the  only  chance  of  his  success  be- 
ing that  the  old  man  would  keep  him  up.  This  chance  we 
used  to  hear  often  discussed,  and  on  its  probabilities  his  paper 
found  a  market.  But  the  old  man  did  not  keep  him  up  ;  and 
he  showed  himself  too  sharp  to  be  gulled  ei'en  by  so  near  a 
relative.  Mr.  Whitney  was  something  of  a  politician  ;  and 
on  one  occasion  the  leaders  of  his  party  came  with  an  appli- 
cation for  funds  for  electioneering  purposes.  "  Gentlemen," 
was  the  reply,  "  I  am  with  you,  heart  and  body.  As  for 
money,  I  have  none  ;  but  to  help  along,  1  will  come  and  sit  up 
all  night  and  fold  ballots." 

Some  of  these  New  York  misers  are  utterly  recluse,  while 
others  are  social  and  often  meet  to  discuss  methods  of  money 
making.  The  group  occasionally  seen  in  a  certain  old  rook- 
ery, where  a  few  millions  are  represented  in  hungry  forms  and 
seedy  raiment,  would  be  a  study  for  an  artist.  The  great 
complaint  with  this  class  is  that  "  interest  is  down,  money  is 
cheap  and  the  county  is  going  to  ruin.  Only  five  per  cent,  on 
good  paper,  and  six  on  bond  and  mortgage  ;  and  as  for  seven- 
thirties,  they  pay  well  enough,  but  one  may  get  his  throat  cut 
taking  care  of  them.  The  world's  made  up  of  thieves  and 
beggars,  and  there's  no  use  of  trying  to  get  along." — N.  Y. 
CilUen. 

Sights  in  Germany.— A  correspondent  of  the  New  York 
Turf,  iu  (Jermany,  writes  :  "  What  a  queer  sort  of  a  country 
this  is  to  a  man  fresh  from  America.  The  roads  stretch  away 
for  miles  and  miles  together,  under  the  shade  of  a  double  row 
of  cherry  aud  apple  trees  ;  there  are  no  feuces  beside  the  road, 
none  around  the  fields,  none  even  around  most  of  the  bouses. 
One  sees  no  cattle,  except  now  and  then  a  small  herd  watched 
by  a  keeper,  throughout  a  dreary  day  ;  no  sheep,  except  ju- 
der  the  same  conditions  ;  no  horses  at  all,  no  swine,  and  not 
even  any  geese  and  chickens.  All  are  kept  up  in  their  places, 
and  I  have  laughed  more  than  once  to  see  a  stout  Dutchman 
driving  a  flock  of  geese  or  a  brood  of  chickens  on  their  morn- 
ing or  evening  promenade. 

Robert  Ham.  did  not  lose  his  power  of  retort  even  in  mad- 
ness. A  hypocritical  condoler  with  bis  misfortunes  once  vis- 
ited him  in  the  mad-house,  and  said  in  a  whining  tone, 
"What  brought  you  here,  Mr.  Hall?"  Hall  significantly 
touched  his  brow  with  his  finger,  and  replied,  "  What  11  never 
bring  you  sir — too  much  brain." 

Speaking  of  a  young  man  who  is  in  the  habit  of  serenading 
the  young  ladies  of  that  city,  the  Selma  Messenger  says— 
"For  having  heard  him  declare,  in  tuneful  strains,  to  each  of 
six  young  ladies  in  one  evening  that  she  was  '  all  the  world'  to 
,  him,  we  can  safely  endorse  him  as  the  worst  '  harmouious  lyre' 
ot  our  acquaintance." 


September  22d 


THE  CALIFORNIA^. 


11 


Agca  de  Magnolia.— The  prettiest  thing, 
the  "  sweetest  thing,"  and  the  most  of  it  for  the  least 
money.  It  overcomes  the  odor  of  perspiration  ; 
softens  and  adds  delicacy  to  the  skin ;  is  a  delightful 
perfume;  allays  headache  aud  lnHammutiou,  and  is 
a  necessary  companion  in  the  sick  room,  in  the  nur- 
sery and  upon  the  toilet  sidehoard.  It  can  he  ob- 
tained everywhere  at  one  dollar  per  bottle. 


Lynx's  Magnetic  Insect  Powder  is  in- 
stant death  to  Fleas,  Ticks,  Roaches,  and  everything 
of  the  insect  species.  It  is  one  of  the  few  articles 
that  can  be  relied  upon,  and  for  a  mure  wo  bits  we 
can  save  the  bites  and  bills  of  these  little  pests. 
None  is  genuine  unless  signed  by  E.  Lyon,  aud 
bearing  the  private  stamp  of  Dennis  Darnes  &  Co., 
New  York. 


S— T — 1860— X.    DRAKE'S  PLANTATION 

BIT  T  ERS. 
They  purify,  strengthen  and  invigorate. 
They  create  a  healthy  appetite. 
They  are  an  antidote  to  change  of  water  and  diet. 
They  strengthen  the  system  and  enliven  the  mind. 
They  prevent  miasmatic  and  intermittent  fevers. 
They  purify  the  breath  and  acidity  of  the  stomach. 
They  cure  Dyspepsia  aud  Constipation. 
They  cure  Liver  Complaint  and  Nervous  Head- 
ache. 

They  are  the  best  Bitters  in  the  world.  They 
make  the  weak  strong,  and  are  exhausted  nature's 
great  restorer.  They  are  made  of  pure  St.  Croix 
Rum,  the  celebrated  Calisaya  Bark,  roots  and  herbs, 
aud  are  taken  with  the  pleasure  of  a  beverage,  with- 
out regard  to  age  or  time  of  day.  Particularly  rec- 
ommended to  delicate  persons  requiring  a  gentle 
stimulant.  Sold  by  all  Grocers,  Druggists,  Hotels 
and  Saloons.  Only  genuine  when  Cork  is  covered 
by  our  private  U.  S.  Stamp.  Beware  of  counter- 
feits and. refilled  bottles. 

P.  H.  DRAKE  &  CO.,  New  York. 

"In lifting  the  kettle  from  the  lire  I  scalded  my 
self  very  severely— one  hand  almost  to  a  crisp.  The 
torture  was  unbearable.  *  *  *  *  The  Mexican 
Mustang  Liniment  relieved  the  pain  almost  immedi- 
ately. It  healed  rapidly,  and  left  very  little  seal-. 
"Chas.  Foster,  120  Broad  street,  Philada." 


This  is  merely  a  sample  of  what  the  Mus- 
tang Liniment  will  do.  It  is  invaluable  in  all  case, 
of  wounds,  swellings,  sprains,  cuts,  bruises,  spavin, 
etc. ,  either  upon  man  or  beast. 

Beware  of  counterfeits.  Noue  is  genuine  uuless 
wrapped  iu  tine  steel  plate  engravings,  bearing  the 
signature  of  G.  W.  Wcstbrnok,  Chemist,  and  the 
private  stamp  of  Dkmas  Barnes  ce  Co.,  New  York. 


All  who  Value  a  Beautiful  Head  of 

Hair,  and  its  preservation  from  premature  baldness 
and  turniug  gray,  will  not  fail  to  use  Lyon's  Cele- 
brated KathairoN.  It  makes  the  hair  rich,  soft, 
and  glossy,  eradicates  dandrutf,  and  causes  the  huir 
to  grow  with  luxuriant  beauty.  It  is  sold  every- 
where.      E.  THOMAS  LYON,  Chemist,  N.  Y. 


Lyon's  Extract  of  Pure  Jamaica  Ginger, 
for  Indigestion,  Nausea,  Heartburn,  Sick  Headache, 
Cholera  Morbus,  &.C.,  where  a  warming,  genial 
stimulant  is  required  Its  careful  preparation  and 
entire  purity  make  it  a  cheap  and  reliable  article  for 
culinary  purposes.  Sold  everywhere,  at  50  cents  per 
hottlo.  ap/-ly 


No  Forfeiting. — Heretofore,  if  a  person  holding 
a  Life  Policy  became  unfortunate,  aud  could  not 
raise  the  sum  of  money  required  to  pay  his  next  pre- 
mium, his  policy  was  declared  forfeited.  The 
Brooklyn  Like  Insurance  Company  of  New 
York  has  decided  to  make  every  tolicy  it  issues 
NONFORFEITABLE,  giving  a  PAID-UP 
POLICY  to  the  party  if  unable  to  continue  his 
payments  of  premiums.  The  dividends  of  the 
Brookly  n  Life  Insurance  Company  are  settled  annu- 
ally in  cash.  This  plan  is  far  more  acceptable  to 
insurers  than  at  the  eud  of  three  or  live  years,  as  in 
other  companies.  The  Brooklyn  Life  Insurance 
Company  allows  thirty  days  grace  in  the  payment 
of  premiums.  Its  policies  are  incontestable,  aud  its 
losses  are  promptly  paid.  The  Brooklyn  Life  Insu- 
rance Company  offers  every  known  plan  of  Life 
and  Endowment  Insurance.  Get  a  pamphlet  at  the 
office,  240  Montgomery  street,  southeast  corner  of 
Pine,  from  Stephen  T.  King,  General  Manager,  or 
David  B.  Arrovvsmith,  Local  Agent. 


MEDJCAL  ADVICE. 
Dr.  Wit.  K.  Doherty's  Medical  and  Surgical 
Institute  is  becoming  a  sine  una  rum  to  the  welfare 
of  our  State  and  health  of  our  citizens  ;  and  his 
rapidly  spreading  reputation,  although  it  may  excite 
surprise,  is  hut  the  signal  of  skill,  and  follows  as  the 
natural  effect  of  such  a  cause.  We  are  personally 
acquainted  with  gentlemen  who  had  suffered  for 
years  under  chronic  disease,  and  who  had  taken  ad- 
vantage of  every  available  means  that  promised 
relief,  but  without  success,  until  they  called  upon 
Dr.  Doherty,  who,  in  an  incredibly  short  space  of 
time,  has  given  them  entire  relief.  It  is  gratifying 
to  announce  this  fact,  because  the  Doctor  is  a  gentle- 
man who  seeks,  not  by  defamation  of  others,  to  es- 
tablish his  leputation,  or  to  rear  the  superstructure  of 
his  own  upon  the  ruin  of  another's  fame.  The  Doc- 
tor conducts  his  Institute  in  a  manner  that  must  be 
gratifying  to  all  his  patients.  He  examines,  hears, 
advises,  and  recommends,  without  charge,  aud  the 
patient,  after  bearing  his  terms  for  treatment,  can 
accept  or  reject  at  pleasure.  In  no  case  does  the 
Doctor  make  a  charge  unless  he  effects  a  cure.  This 
he  is  able  to  do,  because  he  feels  the  confidence 
which  long  experience  has  given,  and  no  doubt  the 
consolation  which  appertains  to  that  confidence. 
Persons  afflicted  with  either  acute  or  chronic  disease, 
would  do  well  to  consult  the  Doctor  ;  at  all  events, 
it  can  do  no  harm,  as  for  consultation  be  asks  no  fee  ; 
nor  does  be  insist  on  obedience  to  his  advice  utiles* 
the  patient  places  himself  under  his  care.  His  office8 
are  on  Sacramento  street,  opposite  the  Pacific  Mail 
Steamship  office. — San  Francisco  News. 


Emperor  Max  has  received  important  news  from 
his  vrow,  Carlotta ;  though  his  having  no  children, 
accounts  for  his  not  having  heard  that  at  C.  A. 
KLETCIHiR'S,  No.  1  Montgomery  street,  can  he 
found  the  largest  and  most  elegant  assortment  of 
BOY'S  CLOTHING  there  is  in  the  city.  Boys' 
Suits  as  usual  made  to  order  from  a  superior  line  of 
Cloths  aud  Cassimeres,  always  on  hand,  after  the 
regular  Easteru  Fashion  Plates,  received  monthly  \ 
this  being  the  only  Boys'  Clothing  House  iu  receipt 
of  them.  A  large  assortment  of  Gentlemen's  Fine 
Clothing  aud  Furnishing  Goods,  Traveling  Trunks, 
Valises,  etc.,  at  all  times,  and  at  the  most  reasonable 
rates. 

Photography. — The  pictures  taken  in  this  city 
are  far  superior  to  those  taken  in  the  East  and  Eu- 
rope. We  account  for  this  simply  from  our  atmos 
phere,  which  is  lighter  and  clearer  than  any  other. 
And  this  is  why  so  many  arriving  here  have  noticed 
how  much  better  pictures  look  here  than  at  home 
The  best  gallery  to  seek  out  is  one  which  has  the 
most  light,  aud  with  few  high  buildings  surrounding 
it.  The  New  York,  on  the  east  side  side  of  Third 
street,  a  few  doors  below  Market,  has  more  light 
than  any  other  in  the  city,  and  their  pictures  give 
more  satisfaction,  aud  are  far  cheaper  than  those 
from  Montgamery  street  galleries. 


Ladies,  Attention! — Direct  Importation  from 
Paris. — Please  recollect  that  there  is  only  one  Shawl 
House  in  California,  J.  D.  Robert.  119  and  121 
Montgomery  street,  which  receives  direct,  Genuine 
Square  and  Long  Broche  Cashmere  Shawls  of  every 
description  and  price,  from  Robert,  Gosselin  &.  Son, 
manufacturers  in  Paris.    Don't  make  a  mistake. 

N.  B. — Cloaks,  Basques,  Zouaves  and  Dresses  of 
every  description  made  to  order  iu  the  latest  style. 
Prices  as  cheap  ;is  possible. 


All  Good  Judges  of  Pianos  agree  that 
Frisbee  &  Scott  have  the  finest  and  largest  stock  of 
Pianos  in  this  city.  They  are  agents  of  the  celebrat 
ed  firms  of  Calenbcrg  &  Vaupel,  of  New  York,  and 
Knabe  &  Co.,  Baltimore.  There  is  certainly  not  an 
instrument  equal  to  those  imported  by  them.  Mr. 
Gusvav  A.  Scott  pays,  also,  particular  attention  to 
having  their  stock  of  foreign  and  American  sheet 
music  equal  to  any  New  York  6tore.  They  keep  at 
No.  3  Montgomery  street,  Masonic  Temple. 


Jacob  Shew  &  Co.,  No.  315  Montgomery  street, 
near  Pine,  take  First  Class  Photographs,  of  all 
kinds,  at  the  lowest  scale  of  prices  adopted  by  the 
Associated  Photographers.  Photographs  retouched 
iu  the  highest  style  of  the  art. 


A  SUMMER  AND  WINTER  MEDICINE. 

"  Oreat  oaks  from  little  acorns  grow." 

The  wcrst  diseases  known  to  the  human  race 
spring  from  causes  so  small  as  to  almost  defy  detec- 
tion. The  volumes  of  scientific  lore  that  fill  the 
tables  and  shelves  of  the  medical  fraternity  ouly  go 
to  prove  and  elaborate  these  facts. 

Then  guard  yourselves  while  you  may.  The 
smallest  pimple  on  the  skin  is  a  tell-tale  and  indica- 
tor of  disease.  It  may  fade  and  die  away  from  the 
surface  of  the  body,  but  it  will  reach  the  vit  lis,  per- 
haps, at  last,  and  death  be  the  result  and  final  close. 
MaggieV  s  Bilious,  Dyspeptic  and  Diarrhwa  Pills 
cure  where  all  others  fail.  While  for  Burns,  Scalds, 
Chilblains,  Cuts,  and  all  abrasions  of  the  skin,  Mug- 
giel's  Salve  is  infallible.  Sold  by  J.  Maggiel,  43 
Fulton  street,  New  York,  aud  all  Druggists,  at  25 
centB  per  box. 

"The  Science  of  Life,  or  How  to  Live,  and 
What  to  Live  For." — This  is  the  title  of  an  inter- 
esting and  highly  useful  little  book,  published  by  Dr. 
Beck,  of  this  city.  It  is  especially  adapted  for  the 
perusal  of  young  men,  nevertheless  its  truthful  pages 
should  be  read  by  all,  as  they  contain  good,  sound, 
healthy  matter  which  can  be  easily  understood  and 
appreciated  by  every  reader.  This  work  is  issued 
gratuitously  on  application  to  the  Doctor,  or  will  be 
sent  free  to  any  address  on  receipt  of  postage  stamp 
or  envelope  addressed  to  Dr.  Beck's  office,  314  Kear- 
ny street,  or  post  office  Box  1599. 

Dr.  Beck  is  a  memberof  several  American  andEu- 
ropean  Universities,  and  has  published  numerous 
works  on  Anatomy,  Medicine,  aud  Surgery  His 
former  connection  with  the  principal  "  Anatomical 
Museums"  of  New  York,  Paris,  London,  etc.,  comb- 
ined with  his  experience  in  his  profession  render  him 
a  highly  desirable  person  to  consult,  aud  we  can  con- 
fidently recommend  him  to  the  public. 


Riud  the  Testimony  of  a  few  of  the  many  Eminent 
Clergymen  anil  their  Families  of  New  York  city,  who, 
having  used  the  Sozodont  fur  a  long  time  past,  are  con 
vineea  ot  its  excellent  and  invaluable  qualities,  and  give 
it  their  cordial  commendation  : 

Rev.  THOMAS  DEWITT,  Pastor  Collegiate 

Ref.  Dutch  Church,  Lafnyetle  Place. 
Rev.  J.  W.  ALEXANDER,  D.  D.,  Presbyterian 

Church,  Fifth  Avenue. 
Rev.  J.  B.  WAKE  LEY,  M.  E.  City  Missionary. 
Rev.  W.  F.  MORGAN,  D.D.,  Rector  St.  Thomas 

Church,  Broadway. 
Rev.  E.  H.  CHAP1N.  D.  D.,  Pastor  Fourth  Uni- 

versaiist  Church,  Broadway. 
Rev.  SAMUEL  COOKE,  D.D.,  Rector  St.  Bar- 
tholomew's Chinch,  Lafayette  Place. 
Rev.  SAMUEL  OSGOOD,  D.D.,  Pastor  Church 

of  Messiah,  Broadway. 
Rev.  B.  M.  ADAMS,  M.  E.  Church,  Duane  street. 
Rev.  HEM  AN  BANGS,  late  Pastor  Centenary 

M.  E.  Church,  Brooklyn. 
Rev.  W.  S.  MI K ELS,  Pastor  Baptist  Church, 

(Sixteenth  street. 
Rev.  GEO.  POTTS,  D.D.,  Pastor  Presbyterian 

Church,  University  Place. 
Rev.  E.  E.  RANKIN, Pastor  Presbyterian  Church 

Forty  second  street. 
Rev.  T.  E.  VERM1LYE,  D.  D.,  Pastor  of  Co 

Dutch  Reformed,  Lafayette  Place. 

FROM  G.  F.  J.  COLBURN,  DOCTOR  DENTAL  SUR- 
GERY, NEWARK,  N.  J. 
The  Popular  Deutrifice  kuowu  as  Vau  Buskirk's  "  SO 
ZODONT,"  besides  being  a  very  pleasant  addition  to  the 
toilet,  contains  ingredients  that,  if  used  according  to  the 
directions,  will  prove  of  the  greatest  utility  to  the  health 
of  the  mouth  and  teeth. 

BEWARE   OF  IMITATIONS  I 
Sold  by  all  Druggists  aud  Perfumers. 


je2  4m 


HALL  &  KUCKEL, 

NEW  YORK. 


IODIDE  OF  POTASS. 

THE 

Best  Blood  Purifier  Known. 

Persons  that  are  troubled  with  Rheumatism, 
Scrofula,  Neuralgia,  Morbid  Liver,  Salt 
Rheum,  Pimples,  Boils,  or  any  of  the  many 
diseases  that  originate  from  Impure  Blood, 
would  find  it  much  to  their  advantage  to  give 
this  justly  celebrated  article  a  trial.  One  or 
two  bottles  are  quite  sufficient  to  convince  the 
most  skeptical  of  its  merits.  It  contains 
neither  Spirit,  ARSENIC  nor  MERCURY 
which  cannot  be  truly  said  of  any  other  prepa- 
tion  called  "  Sarsaparilla." 

SHEPARDSON  &.  GATES,  Proprietors, 

ap7  3m      N.  W.  cor.  Sansome  aud  Commercial-streets. 


rj^HE  CALIFORNIAN'S 
SAN  FRANCISCO  BUSINESS  DIRECTORY. 

BOWLING  ALLEYS. 
Wholers  &  Steil.Pine  and  Montgomery,  (Russ  Bouse 

BOOKS. 
A.  Gensoul,  511  Montgomery. 
A.  Rumau  &  Co.,  417  and  419  Montgomery  street. 

BOOTS  AND  SHOES. 
Finch  &  Co. ,  133  Montgomery  street. 
Weutworth,  Hobart  k  Co.  (wholesale  manufac.)  210  Pine 

CLOTHING. 
H  M.  Lockwood  k  Co.,  624  Clay  street. 
J.  It.  Mead  kC<>., corner  Montgomery  and  Bushstreets 
William  Sherman,  412  Sansome.  corner  Commercial* 
Quincy  Hall,  545,  647,  aud  649  Wusbiugton  street. 

COAL  OIL,  LAMPS,  ETC. 
Dell,  Cranna  &  Co.  (wholesale)  513  Front  street. 
A.  C.  Diutz  k  Co.,  (wholesale,)  521  Front  street. 

DENTISTS. 
Dr.  Blake,  removed  to  Third,  eurner  Mission, 
Dr.  A.  N.  Clark  (late  Knowles  k  Clark)  removed  to  410 
Kearny. 

Dr.  Win.  B.  McAllister,  221  Third  street. 
N .  T.  Whitcomb,  205  Thin' ,  near  Howard. 

DANCING  ACADEMY. 
Coghill's.  Congress  Hall,  Bush,  above  Montgomery 
Fuller  k  McCarthy,  727  Market,  near  Third. 

DRY  GOODS. 
Meagher,  TaafTe  k  Co. .  9  Montgomery  street. 
Mosgruvc  k  Blakely,  £22  Third,  near  Howard. 
Buyee  k  Reich,  S  W  corner  Jackson  aud  Stockton. 

DRUGGISTS. 

R.  H.  McDonald  &Co.,  (Wholesale)  Sansome,  cor.  Pine 
Shepardson  k  Gates,  (successors  to  R.  Hall  k  Co.,)  cor- 
ner Sansome  aud  Commercial. 

EDUCATIONAL  INSTITUTIONS. 
Cal.  Collegiate  Institute,  Miss  M.  Lammond,  08  Silver. 
Miel  Institute,  Miss  Florence  James,  55  South  Park. 
Pacific  Business  College,  751  Market  street, above  Third, 
Prof.  Williams'  Commercial  Academy,  869  Mission  st 

FURNITURE. 
Goodwill  k  Co.,  510  and  528  Washington  streets. 
J.  Peircc,  415,  417  and  419  California  street. 

GROCERS. 
N.  Boschen,  corner  Filth  aud  Mini. a. 
SlOSflon  k  Ladd,  southwest  corner  Folsom  and  First. 
J  J.  Miller,  corner  Sutter  ami  Leavenworth. 
Haskell  &  Co. ,  Market  and  Sutter  sts,  below  the  Market 
W.  M.  Noble  k  Co.,  cor  Howard  and  Twelfth  streets 

HATTER. 

Lamott  (wholesale  and  retail)  227  Montgomery  street 
HOTELS. 

Brooklyn.  John  Kelly,  Jr., Sansome,  corner  Pino. 
Chicago,  E.  W.  Heimbui  g  ,*c  Co. .  22U  Pacihc  street. 

INSURANCE. 

Accidental  and  Casually,  R.  L.  k  F.  Ogden,  Montgom- 
ery street,  corner  California. 

Equitable  Life,  R.  L.  &  F.  Ogden,  Montgomery,  corner 
Calilornia. 

Mutual  Life  Ins.  Co. ,  H.  S.  Homans,  Agent.  609  Clay. 
Manhattan,  R.  B.  Swain  k  Co. ,  Ag'ts, 206  Front,  cor  Call 
National  Ins.  Co  ,  N.E  cor.  Montgomery  and  California. 
Occidental  Ius.  Co. .  S.  W.  cor.  Muutgom'y  and  California! 
Pacific  Ius.  Co. ,  436  California  street. 
Brooklyn  Life,  S  T  King,  agent,  S  E  cor  Montg'y  &  Pin 

LADIES'   BIJOUTERIE,  CLOAKS,  ETC. 
Rosenblatt's,  123  aud  125  Moutgomery  street. 

LIVERY  AND  SALE  STABLE. 

Philip  Morshead,  removed  to  Howard,  near  Fifth. 

MILITARY  GOODS  AND  REGALIA. 
T.  Rodgers  Johnsou,  Odd  Fellow's  Hall,  325  Montg'ry  St. 

MAPS. 

Paciflc  Map  Depot,  A.  Gensoul,  511  Montgomery. 

MERCHANT  TAILORS. 
J.  H.  Hammond  removed  to  328  Moutgomery. 

PHOTOGRAPHIC  GALLERIES. 
New  York,  B.  F.  How. aud  proprietor,  :o  Third  street, 
below  Market. 

PIANOS,  MUSIC,  ETC. 
M.  Gray,  613  Clay  street. 

W.  S.  Picice,  iemoved  (o  534  Market,  opposite  Second 

PHOTOGRAPHS,  CUTLERY,    SPECTACLES,  ETC 
Lawrence  k  Houseworth,  317  and  319  Montgomery  st. 

RESTAURANTS. 
Bivalve,  Nolting  k  Sp-een,  640  Market,  near  Kearny. 
Eureka,  C.  II.  Brickw  edell  ,S:  Co. ,  '"lay .  near  Mouigoin'y 
Ladies1  Refreshment  Saloon-,  Swain  k  Brown,  636  Market 
Magnolia,  143  Tblrd  street. 

Market,  by  Felix  and  Gustavo  Besson,  520  Merchant. 
Pbilaiielplna,  Jacob  Weiss,  308  Montgomery  street. 
Helvetia,  Johnjury  k  Bros.  ,524  Merchant  street. 
Saulmauu's,  506  Montgomery  street. 

SALOONS. 

Russell  k  Holding's  Exchange,  622  Market  street 
Charter  Oak,  Frank  Kelly,  N  E.  cor  Third  and  Howard 
Razzetti  k  Co.'s.  527  Washington,  above  the  Market. 
Jones'  Sample  Rooms,  S.E.  cor.  Montgomery  and  Cal. 
S  Myers,  332  Montgomery  street. 
V.  Squarza.  44  Loidosdorff  street. 

Sun  Burst,  Carol  in  &  McArdle,  cor.  Second  aud  Market. 
Coates  k  Henderson,  37  Sutter  street. 

SCALES. 

Fairbanks  &  Hutchinson,  Depot  for  Fairbanks'  Scales 
334  Montgomery  street. 

SEWING  MACniNES. 
Grnvor  &  Baker,  R.  '  .  Brown,  116  Montgomery. 
The  Florence,  olllcc  111  Montgomery  street. 
Wheeler  k  Wilson,  corner  Montgomery  aud  Sacramento 

TOYS,  ETC. 
Feldbush  k  Co.,  207  Montgomery  street. 
A.  Kohler,  620  Washington  street. 

UPHOLSTERER. 
T.  McAllister,  corner  Sutter  aud  Leavenworth. 

WATER-CURE  INSTITUTE. 
Dr  Bourne's  Pioueer,  10  Post,  near  Montgomery 


RHEUMATISM. 

Throughout  this  coast  a  great  deal  of  suffering  is 
experienced  from  Rheumatism.  Weeks  and  even 
mouths  of  protracted  and  aggravated  misery  is  en- 
dured hy  the  victims  of  medical  inefficiency  and 
ignorance,  which  could  he  cured  speedily. 

Dr.  Bourne  cures  without  medicines,  which  ac- 
counts for  his  extraordinary  success.  No.  10  Masonic 
Temple,  Post  street,  San  Francisco. 


12 


THE  CALIFORNIAN. 


J  September  22d 


DISTANCES  FROM  SAN  FRANCISCO 
To  various'  points: 

To  Fort  Point  ,  4  miles,  by  omnibus,  four  trips  a  day. 
Lone  Mountain,  3,  street  railwav. 
Seal  Rock,  0,  cars  ami  omnibus,  t  wo  trips  a  day. 
Mission  Dolores,  street  railways  ;  Ocean  House  8. 
San  Mateo,  'JO,  railroad. 
Crystal  Springe,  'Si,  railroad  and  stage 
Half-Moon  Bay ,29,    do.  do. 
Redwood  city ,  30,  do. 
Mountain  View,  38,  do. 
Santa  Clara,  4",  do. 

San  Jose,  50,  do. ,  orsteamer  and  stage,  54. 

Alviso,  46.  steamer,  daily. 

Almaden  mines,  67,  steamer  and  stage  ;  or  by  rail- 
road and  stage,  04. 
Santa  Cruz,  78,  railroad  and  stage. 
Oakland,  8,  steamer  and  railroad,  six  trips  a  day. 
Alameda,  1J ,  steamer,  three  trips  a  day. 
San  Leandro,  15,  steamer  and  railroad. 
Mission  San  Jose,  34,  steamer,  railroad  and  stage 
Warm  Springs,  37,  do.  do. 

Benicia,  30,  steamer  leaves  at  4  P.  M.  daily. 
Sacramento,  117,  do.  do. 
Stockton,  117,      do.  do. 
Martinez,  33,  do. 
Pacbeco,  38,  steamer  and  stage. 
Diablo  Coal  Mines,  44,  steamer  and  stage. 
Snison,  50,  steamer,  or  54  by  steamer  and  stage 
Vallejo,  'J8 ;  Mare  Island,  37;  Napa  city,  50 
White  Sulphur  Springs,  07,  stage  from  Napa. 
Geyser  Springs,  118,  do.  do. 

Sonoma,  52,  steamer,  triweekly. 
Petaluma,  4S,  steamer,  daily. 
Healdsburg,  80,  stage  daily  from  Petaluma 
Sau  Qiientiu,  VJ,  steamer  -  Farallone  Islands,  20. 


JgROOKLYN  IIOTKL, 

1852.    SAN    FRANCISCO.  1866. 

The  Proprietor  of  the  above-named  Hotel  wishes 
to  inform  his  patrons  ami  the  Travelling  Public  that  he 
has  opened  that  elegant  Brick  Fireproof  Hotel,  situated 
on  the 

S.  E.  Corner  of  Pine  and  Sanso7ne  streets, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

It  was  built  expressly  for  a  Hotel,  with  all  the  modern 
conveniences  attached  to  it. 

Gas  and  water  are  supplied  throughout  the  nouse. 
Rooms  are  well  ventilated,  and  the  Public  will  Bndi 
Hotel  all  the  comforts  of  a  hum.-.   The  Hotel  is  spacious, 
and  well  adapted  for  the  use  of  Families.    Suits  of  Rooms 
can  be  bad  on  reasonable  terms. 

LARGE  READING  ROOM 

Attached  to  the  Hotel, 
Containing  500  Volumes  of  Standard  Works, 
Which  is  entirely  for  the  use  or  patrons. 

THE  CITY  COACH,  with  the  name  of  the  Hotel  on  it, 
will  be  in  readiness  at  the  Wharf,  on  the  arrival  of  each 
steamer,  to  convey  passengers  and  baggage  to  the  Ho:cl, 
free  of  charge.  JO   N  KELLY,  Jr., 

my63in  Proprietor. 


jyu.  HUMPHREYS' 

Homoeopathic  Specifics 

Have  proved,  from  the  most  ample  experience,  an 
etitire  success — simple,  prompt,  efficient  and  reliable 
They  are  the  only  Medicines  perfect);  adapted  to 
popular  use — sc  simple  that  mistakes  cannot  be  made 
in  using  them  ;  so  harmless  as  to  he  free  from  dan- 
ger, and  so  efficient  as  to  be  always  reliable.  They 
have  received  the  highest  commendation  from  ail, 
and  will  always  render  satisfaction. 

No.  1  cures  Fevers,  Congestion,  Inflammations. 0  25 

"  2  cures  Worms, Worm  Fever,  Worm  Colic,  25 

"  3  cures  Crying  Colic,  or  Teething  of  in- 

"  4  cures  Diarrhaa  of  children  or  adults...  25 

fants   25 

"  5  cures  Dysrnlery,  Griping,  Bilious  Colic,  25 

"  6  cures  Cholera  Morbus,  Nausea.  Vomiting,  25 

"     7  cures  Coughs,  Colds,  Bronchitis   25 

"  8  cures  Neuralgia,  Toothache,  Faceache.  25 

"  9  cures  Headaches, sick-Headache, Vertigo,  25 

"    10  cures  Dyspepsia,  Billions  Stomach   25 

"  11  cures  Suppressed,  or  Painful  Periods..  25 

"  13  cures  Croup,  Cough,  difficult  Breathing,  25 

"  14  COiee  Salt  Rheum,  Erysipelas  Eruptions,  25 

"  15  cures  Rlieu malism ,  Rheumatic  Pains—  •  2) 

•'  1G  cures  Fever  and  Ague,  <  hill  Fever,  Agues  50 

"    17  cures  Piles,  blind  or  bleeding   50 

"  18cures  Op</(«/;ni«,andSoreor  Weak  Eyes,  50 

11  19  cures  Catarrh,  acute  orchronic,  Influenza  50 

"  20  cures  Whooping-Cangh,  violent  coughs.  50 

"    21  cures  Asthma,  Oppressed  Breathing   50 

"  22  cures  Ear  Discharges,  impaired  Hearing  50 
"  23  cures  Scrofula,  Enlarged  Glands,  Swell- 
ings   50 

"  24  cures  General  Debility,  Physical  Weak- 
ness   50 

"    25  cares  Dropsy,  aad  scanty  Secretions   50 

M  26cures  Sea.o&*neMtsicknessfroinBiding)  50 

"    27  cures  Kidney  Disease,  Gravel   50 

"    29  cures  Sore  Mouth,  Canker   50 

"  31  cures  Painful  Periods,  even  with  Spasms  50 

"    32  cures  Silverings  at  change  of  life  $1.00 

•'  33eaiesEpilcpsy,  Spasms, St.  Vitus'  Dance. 1.00 

"  34  cures  Diphtheria,  Ulcerated  Sore  Throat,  50 

FAMILY  CASES. 

35  vials,  morocco  case,  and  hook  $10  00 

28  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book   8  00 

20  vials,  morocco  case,  and  book   6  00 

These  Remedies,  by  the  case  or  single  box,  are 
sent  to  any  part  of  the  country,  by  Mail  or  Express, 
on  receipt  of  the  price. 

HOSTETTER,  SMITH  &  DEAN, 
401  and  403  Battery  street,  corner  of  Clay, 
ap27-3m  San  Francisco. 


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TOCKDaLE  HOUSE, 

Corner  Main  and  u.ik  streets.  Petal  tuna, 
ina.-24  6m  H  STOCKPi.'.^  "-"orictor 


^LLEN'S 

LUNG  BALSAM! 


A  CERTAIN  CURE  FOR 

COUGHS,  COLDS,  INFLUENZA,  NIGHT 
SWEATS,  BRONCHITIS,  SPITTING 
OF  BLOOD,  ASTHMA,  WHOOPING 
COUGH, 

C  0        UMP  TIO  N, 

And  all  Diseases  of  the 

CHEST    AND  LUNGS 

This  celebrated  Cough  Remedv  effects  a  speedy 
cure  by  producing  a  free  ana  easy  expectoration, 
heals  abscesses  of  the  lungs,  prevents  unhealthy  se- 
cretion of  the  bronchial  tubes,  and  removes  from 
them  those  accumulations  of  morbid  matter  which 
cause  oppression  of  the  breast,  difficulty  of  breath- 
ing, etc  ,  soothes  irritation  of  the  respiratory  organs 
which  produces  cough 

PRICE  ONE  DOLLAR  PER  BOTTLE. 

Sold  by  all  Druggists. 

HOSTETTER.  SMITH  &  DEAN.  Agents, 
401  Battery  corner  of  Clay, 

ap27-3m  ,     San  Francisco. 


pACIFIC  MAIL   STEAMSHIP  CO.'S 

Through  Line  to  New  York. 

CARRYING  THE  U.  S.  MAIL! 

Leave  Folsom-Streot  Wharf  at  11  o'clock  a.  m.  of  the 
following  dates,  for  PANAMA,  connecting  ma  Panama 
Railroad,  with  one  of  the  Company's  splendid  steamers 
from  ASPINWALI.  lor  NEW  YORK. 

On  the  10th,  18th,  rnd  30tb  of  each  month  that  has  30 
days. 

O.i  the  10th,  19th,  and  30th  of  each  month  that  has  31 

days. 

When  the  10th,  19th  and  30lh  fall  on  Sunday,  they  will 
leave  on  Saturday  preceding.  ;  when  the  lSlli  falls  on  Sun- 
day, they  will  lease  on  Monday  following. 

Steamer  leaving  Pan  Francisco  on  the  10th  touches  at 
Mauziiiillo.   All  touch  at  Acapulco. 

Departure  of  19th  conuects  with  French  Transatlantic 
company's  steamer  for  St.  Nazairc,  and  Euglish  steamer 
for  South  America. 

Departure  of  10th  connects  with  English  steamer  for 
Southampton,  aud  P.  R.  R.  Co.'s  steamer  for  Central 
America. 

Departure  of  30th  connects  with  English  steamer  for 
Tumaco,  the  port  of  the  new  mines. 

The  following  steamships  will  be  despatched  on  datts 
as  given  below  : 

SEPTEMBER  29th, 
SACRAMENTO.  Capt.  J.  M.  Cavarly,  connecting  with  the 
CUBAN  QITBBN,  Capt.  Weir. 
Cabin  Passengers  will  be  berthed  through.  Baggage 
checked  through — 100  pounds  allowed  each  adult. 

An  experienced  Surgeon  on  board.  Medicine  and  attend- 
ance free. 

The  steamer  will  josdively  leave  at  11  o'clock.  Pas- 
sengers are  requested  to  have  their  baggage  on  board  be- 
fore 10  o'clock 

33, The  splendid  steamship  COLORADO  will  be  de- 
spatched for  CHINA  on  TlTE:-DAY,  JANUARY  1,  1867, 
b.r  HOXGKO.VG  via  HONOLULU  aud  KANAGAWA,  car- 
rying Passengers,  Mails  and  Fi eight. 
"Passengers  and  Freight  will  also  be  taken  for  SHANG- 
AAF — to  he  forwarded  from  Kauagawa  by  steamer  leav- 
tag  wiilin  a  few  days. 

For  Merchandise  Freight  apply  to  Messrs.  Wells,  Fargo 
k  Co. 

For  Passage  and  all  other  information,  apply  at  Pacific 
M  ill  Steamship  company's  olfice, corner  of  Sacramento  and 
LoMosaorff  streets. 

OLIVER  ELDRIDGE,  Agent. 


Q P POSITION  STEAMER-DAY, 

TUESDAY,  SEPTEMBER  25,  1866. 

GREAT  REDUCTION   IN  RATES, 
VIA  NICARAGUA  ! 

THE  CENTRAL  AMERICAN  TRANSIT  COMPANY  will 
lcspatch  the  favorite  Steamship 

MOSES  TAYLOR, 
On  Tuesday,  -         -        -     Sept.  25, 

From  Mission  street  Wharf,  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M.,  precisely 
Connecting  at  GREYTOWN'  with  the  splendid  Steamship 
SANTIAGO, 
2.500  Tons,  fob  New  Yokk. 
For  Passage  anil  Freight,  and  Insurance  on  Treas 
are,  at  greatly  REDUCED  RATES,  apply  to 

I.  W.  RAYMOND,  Agent, 
Northwest  corner  Battery  and  Piue  streets, 
Up  stairs,  San  Francisco. 


CALIFORNIA 

Steam  Navigation  Company. 

STEAMER  CAPITAL  CAPT.  E.  A.  POOLE. 

"       CHRYSOPOLIS.CAPT.  A.  FOSTER. 

"  YOSEMITE   

"       CORNELIA. ...CAPT  W.BROMLEY. 
JULIA  CAPT  E.  CONCKLIN. 

One  of  the  above  steamers  leave  BROADWAY  WHARF, 
at  4  o'clock  P.  M.,  EVERY  DA  Y,  (Sundays  excepted,)  for 
Sacramento  and  one  for  Stockton,  the  S  icramcnlo  steamer 
connecting  with  light  draft  steamers  for  Marysville,  Co- 
lusa, Chico  and  Red  Bluff. 

Steamships  PACIFIC,  ORIZABA,  CAIIFORSIA  .  AC 
TtYE, and  SENAIOR.  leave  as  advertised,  for  Portland, 
Oregon,  New  Westminster,  British  Columbia,  Victoria, 
(V.  tj  Bants  Barbara,  San  Pedro,  and  San  Diego. 

OIHcc  of  the  tympany,  northeast  corner  of  Front  and 
Jackson  streets. 

mar23  B  M.  HARTSHORNE.  President. 

BOWMAN  &  CO., 
Dealers  in  Stoves  and  Tin  W  are. 
mar24-6m  Mai  street  Petaluma. 


R.  H.  McDONaLD.  J  C.  SPENCER. 

u.  McDonald  &  co.,  importing 
Wholesale  Druggists, 

J  STREET,  SACRAMENTO, 
A.vn 

CORNER  SANSOME  AND  PINE  STREETS, 

SAN  FBANC1S09. 

We  respectfully  beg  leave  to  inform  our  customers  and 
the  public  geuerally,  that  we  have  opened  a  House  in  the 
city  of  San  Francisco,  where  we  will  be  pleased  to  sec  as 
many  of  our  old  fricuds  and  customers  as  can  make  it 
convenient  to  call  upon  us.  We  shall  keep  at  both  places 
a  large  and  well  selected  Stock  of 

DRUd    AND    MEDICINES,    SURGICAL  INSTRU- 
MENTS,  DENTAL   GOODS,  FANCY  ARTICLES, 
BRUSHES  AND  COMBS,  SHOULDER  AND  BODY 
BRACES.  LADIES'  BANDAGES  AND  SUPPORT 
ERS,    GUM   ELASTIC    STOCKINGS,  TRUSSES, 
PAINTS    AND    OILS,    PATENT  MEDICINES, 
HERBS  AND  EXTRACTS,  BREWERS'  AND  SO 
DA   STOCK,  CORKS,   (large  randy.)  ASSAYERS' 
MATERIAL,    BURNING   OILS    AND  FLUIDS, 
-    PLASTER  PARIS,  MARBLE  DUST, 
Together  with  a  large  and  complete  assortment  of  all 
Gouds  kept  in  a  well  supplied  Wholesale  Drug  Store. 

We  respectfully  solicit  tho-o  dealing  in  oui  line  to  ex- 
amine and  price  our  Slock  before  purchasing  elsewhere. 

r.  H.  Mcdonald  &  co., 

Sacramento  aud  San  FrancisctK 


r.  h.  McDonald  &  co., 

IMPORTING  WHOLESALE  DRUGGISTS, 

J  street,  Sacramento,  and  corner  Pine  and  Sansomcsts., 

San  Francisco, 
Importers  or  DENTtL  AND  SURGICAL  INSTRUMENTS, 
TEETH.  GOLD  FOIL.  FoRCEI'S  of  all 
kinds.  DENTAL  CHAIRS,  Hind  and  Foot 
iiATHES,  Brush,  Cotton,  and  Corundum 
WHEELS,  PluggcrS,  Scalers,  Files,  Rose 
w.iod  DENTAL  CASES,  brass  bound,  best  quality,  with 
full  sets  Instruments,  M  rrors,  etc..  price  from  $75  to 
il75  each.  VULCANITE  MATERIAL.  Vulcanizers,  Vul- 
canite Base,  and  Impression  Guttapercha.  A  large  vari- 
ety of  VULCANITE  TEETH,  Scrapers  and  Packers;  to- 
gether with  a  large  and  complete  assortment  ol  all  arti- 
cles of  the  latest  and  most  approved  styles  of  Vulcauitc 
Work.  DENTAL  BOOKS— We  keep  constantly  ou  hand 
a  supply  of  all  the  most  approved  Standard  Works  ou 
Dentistry.  Our  efforts  will  be  to  keep  a  large  and  well 
selected  stock  of  all  Denial  Material,  where  the  Dental 
Profession  may  confidently  rely  upon  having  their  orders 
filled  iu  the  best  possible  manner. 

r.  h  Mcdonald  &  co 

Sacramento  :  J  street ;  Sau  Francisco  :  corner  Pine  and 
Sansomo  streets.  si 


A  TEB'9 

Cathartic  Pills, 


ARE  TUV,  MO>T  PERFF.CT 
purgative  which  we  arc  ftb!o 
to  pi-wliiee,  nr  which  we 
iliink.  has  ever  yet  heen 
nude  by  an\bo  y.  Tm-ir 
effects  have  abundant  \ 
shown  to  Hie  community 
how  much  lftii$r  ex'-**l  i  lie 
ordinary  medicines  in  use. 
They  are  safe  and  plea-ant 
to  UlkB,  but  powerful  to 
cure.  Their  jHMietrat'np 
properties  stimulate  the 
vital  activities  of,  the  body,  remove  the  ob*.. t.  o| 
its  "  .  it  -  purify  the  blood,  and  expel  di-case.  They 
purge  out  the  foul  humors  whii  h  bre»'d  pad  trruw  distem- 
per, stimulate  slufjpish  or  disordered  organs  iuto  their 
natural  action,  and  impart  a  heMlhy  tone  with  strength 
to  the  whole  system.  Not  only  do  they  cure,  the  every- 
day-complaints of  everybody,  but  also  formidable  and 
dangerous  diseases  While  they  produce  powerful  effects, 
they  are  at  the  same  tune,  in  diminished  doses,  the  safest 
and  best  physic  that  can  he  employed  for  children.  Being 
sugar-coated,  ihey  are  pleasant  to  take  ;  and,  being  pure 
ly  vegetable,  are  free  from  any  risk  of  harm.  Cur-  -  haw 
been  made  whit  h  surpass  belief,  were  they  not  substan- 
tiated by  men  of  such  exalted  position  and  character,  as 
to  forbid  the  suspicion  of  untruth  Many  eminent  cler- 
gymen and  physicians  have  lent  their  Lames  to  certify  to 
the  public  the  reliability  of  our  remedies,  wh'Ie  others 
have  sent  us  the  assurance  of  their  conviction  that  our 
Pre|mraiion.s  comtribute  immensely  to  the  relief  of  our 
afflicted,  sulfering  fellow  men. 

The  Agent  below  named  is  pleased  to  furnish  gratia  our 
American  Almanac,  containing  directions  for  the  use  and 
cerlificjiles  of  their  cures,  of  the  following  complaints 

Costiveuet-s,  Billi"US  Complaints,  Rheumatism.  Dropsy, 
Heartburn,  Headache  arising  from  f.-ul  st*  mach,  NuMa, 
Indigestion,  Morbid  Inaction  of  the  Bowt  Is  and  pain  aris 
iug  therefrom,  Flatulency,  Lops  of  Appetite,  all  Diseases 
whi-  h  require  an  cvacunnt  medicine.  They  also,  by  pari 
fyiug  the  blood  and  stimulating  the  system,  cure  m  iny 
complaints  which  it  would  not  b?  supposed  they  could 
reach,  such  as  Deafness.  Partial  Blindness,  Neuralgia  and 
Nervous  Irritability,  Derangements  of  the  Liver  aud 
Kidneys,  Gout,  and  other  kindred  complaints  ari-ingfrom 
a  low  state  of  the  body,  or  obstruction  of  its  functions. 

Do  not  be  put  oil"  by  unprincipled  dealers  with  other 
preparations  which  they  make  more  profit  on  Demand 
AVER'S  aud  take  no  others.  The  sick  want  the  best  aid 
there  is  for  them,  aud  they  should  have  it. 

Prepared  by  J.  C.  AYER  &  00  ,  Lowell,  Mhss.  ,  and  sold 

CRANE  &  BRIGIIAM.  San  Francisco, 
?1  2m  and  all  Dealers. 


^ARRIXGTOX  &  CCTS 


C 


GENERAL   PURCHASING  AGENCY 
'Xo.  40  BROADWAY,  NEW  YORK. 
IF     VOC    W  A  8  T 
Books,  Prints,  Clothing,  Instruments,  Music,  Tools.  Weap- 
ons, Sjmrting  Implements,  Fancy  Stock,  Jewelry, 
Silver  or  Plated  Ware  Wines,  Cigars,  Fine 
Groceries,  Furniture  ;  in  short,  any 
Article,  large  or  small,  singly  or 
in  quantity,  for  Ladies'  or 
Gentlemen's  ush  or  wear, 
or  for  Dealers'  Supplies,  from  a  seal-ring  to  a  steam  engine 
— a  Cameo  or  a  Cashmere  ;  lace  or  leather, 
SEND  ON  -iOOh  ORDERS. 
Orders  may  \*  avrn  in  Frenck,  Sjtanisli  or  German 
COMMISSION  CHARGE,      -      -      -     Five  I'eb  Cent. 
Address  : 

CARRINGTON  &  CO., 

40  Bnsdwsy,  K.  Y. 


rjlHE  EQUITABLE  LIFE  ASSURANCE 

SOCIETY^  P  NEW  YORK, 

AS   GOOD  A    COMPANY  AS  ANY  IN  THE 

UNITED  STATES! 

INSURANCE  on  Lives  on  nil  plans  anr]  on  as  fa- 
vorable terms  as  any  other  safe  company.  No  Ex- 
tra Premiums  lor  Traveling  to  and  from  the  East. 

ACCUMULATED  FUND  $2,500,000 

It.  L.  &  F.  OGDEN, 
General  Agents  for  Pacific  Coast  and  Territories, 
S.  E.  corner  California  and  Montgomery  sts. 

Accidantal  Insurance ! 
UNITE  D~S  T  A  T  E  S 

CASUALTY  INSURANCE  CO. 


Insurance  against  all  kinds  of  ACCIDENTS. 
The  Only  .Mutual  Company  in  America. 

Fifty  Dollars  per  annum  insures  your  life  against 
death  hv  accident  for  $10,000  lor  one  year,  and  gives 
you  Joii  if  disabled. 

Five  Dollars  per  annnm  insures  you  for  $1,000  and 
fS  per  week  compensation. 

Insurance  for  any  period,  or  for  a  trip  or  voyage. 

Rates  as  low  as  any  good  Company  can  allord. 

R.  L.  Sc.  V.  OGDEN, 
S.  E.  corner  of  California  and  Montgomery  streets, 

»1  iim  General  Agents  for  Pacific  Coast. 


gUMMER  MEDICINE. 

PURIFY  THE  BLOOD 

Constitution, 

WITH 

LE  DOYEN'S 

SARSAPARILLA, 

YELLOW  DOCK, 

IODINE  ALTERATIVE, 

CRANE  oc  BRIGIIAM,  Agent*, 
vl9  lm  SAN  FKANCISCO 


IN  THE    DISTRICT     COURT  OF  THE 
Fifteenth  Judicial  District  of  the  Stale  ol  California,  in 
ind  for  the  City  anu  County  of  San  Francisco. 
SiAKV  SMITII".  Paiuiiff.  r's.  WILLIAM  SMITH,  Deren'lant. 

Action  brought  iu  the  District  Court  or  the  Fifteenth  Judi- 
cial  District  of -the  Stalo  of  California,  in  and  for  the  City 
and  County  of  Son  Francisco,  and  the  complaint  tiled  in 
said  City  and  County  of  San  irancisco,  in  the  office  of 
the  Clerk  of  said  District  Court. 

Tie-  People  or  the  state  of  Califtirnia  fend  greeting 
to  WILLIAM  SMI  I'll.  Defendant :  You  are  hereby  re- 
quired to  appear  in  an  action  brought  against  you  by  the 
above-named  Plaintiff  in  the  District  Court  of  the  Fifteenth 
Judicial  District  of  the  State  of  California,  In  and  lor  the 
City  ami  County  of  San  Francisco,  aud  to  answer  the  com- 
plaint Hied  therein,  within  Ten  Days,  (exclusive  of  the  day 
ot  service,)  nrter  the  Service  ou  you  ot  tins  Summons 
— it  served  within  this  County  ;  or,  if  served  out  of  this 
County,  but  in  this  District,  within  Twenty  Days  ;  other- 
wise, within  Forty  Days — or  judgment  by  default  wlO  he 
taken  against  you,  according  to  the  prayer  of  said  Com- 

plaiut. 

The  said  action  is  brought  to  obtain  a  decree  of  this 
Court,  dissolving  the  Bonds  of  Matrimony  existing  be- 
tween PUinthT  aud  Defendant,  aud  that  one  half  of  the 
Defendant's  properly,  if  he  have  any,  be  awarded  to 
Plaintiff,  and  for  general  relief. 

And  you  are  hereby  notified  that  il  you  fail  to  appear 
ami  answer  the  said  complaint,  as  above  required,  the  said 
plaintiff  will  apply  to  the  Court  tor  the  relit-r  therein  de- 
manded. 

Given  un'lcr  my  hand  and  Seal  or  the  District  Court  of  the 
Fifteenth  Judicial  District  ol  the  State  of  California,  m 
and  ror  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  this  27lb 
day  of  June  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousuud  eighl 
hundred  and  sixty-six 

Seal.   Int.  Rev  Stamp,  1  WM.  LOF.WY, 

SO  els.,  cancelled.      /  Clerk, 

By  G.  C.  Lctoier,  Deputy  Clerk. 
A.  Wu.u.<Ms.  Plaintiff's  Attorney, 


535  Clay  street. 


jc30  3m 


NOTli'F.  TO  CREDITORS—  Estate  of  WILLIAM  MAC- 
HU  HAS1  ,  deceased. 
Notice  is  hereby  giveu  by  the  undersigned,  adtniuistra 
tor  with  the  will  annexed,  Of  the  above  named  estate,  to 
the  creditors  of,  and  all  persons  haying  claims  against 
William  MacMichael,  deceased,  to  exhibit  the  same,  with 
the  nrro-sary  vouchers,  within  ten  months  from  the  first 
publication  of  this  notice,  to  the  undersigned  at  his  place' 
or  business,  No   12  Post  street,  Masouic  Temple,  in  the 
city  and  county  or  Sau  Francisco. 
San  Francisco,  August  18.  1866. 

THEODORE  I.  SCHELL. 
Administrator  with  the  will  annexed  ot  the  estate  or 
William  Mi  Michael,  decea-ed. 
Wixans  ,v  Bklknap,  Attorneys  tor  Aduiuiistralor.  6t 


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ASON  &  IIAMLIN'S 


CELEBRATED 
CABINET  ORGANS. 
\'i  New  styles,  with  Automatic  Bellows 
Swell,  itt  warerooms  of  agent. 


el  3m 


A.  KOHLER, 
No.  -1Q4  Sansome  street. 


September  22d| 


THE  CALIFORNIA**. 


13 


J. 


PEIRCE, 

FURNITURE  AND 

Bedding  Warerooms. 


Noe.  415,  417,  and  419  California  Street, 

NEAR  MONTGOMERY. 


THIS  STOCK  OF  FURNITURE,  etc. ,  was  selected  witb 
grcit  cure,  and  special  attention  given  to  Hie  wauls  ol 
this  market,  EN'T  RKLY  AT  THE  EAST.  It  is  NOT 
COMPOSED  OF  REFU.-E  GOODS,  ODDS  AND  ENDS  OF 
OI'HEll  HOUSES  that  have  lately  closed  out  here,  but 
CONSISTS.  ENTIRELY  OF  NEW  GOODS,  made  alter  the 
lAtesl  patterns  and  in  the  most  durable  manner. 

The  present  Stock  is  fully  TWICE  as  large  as  that  of  any 
other  house  here.  Parties  having  any  doubts  of  111  is,- Or 
that  the  assortment  Is  not  superior  to  any  in  the  city,  can 
easily  satisfy  themselves  by  calling. 

The  stock  of  Case  Goods  is  larger  than  ever  before. 

#J.  PEIRCE, 
Ware-rooms  415,  417  aud  419  California  street 

jel6-3rn  SAN  FRANCISCO. 


J>  A  C  I  F  I  C  OCEAN  HOUSE, 
SANTA  CRUZ,  CAL. 

THIS  NEW  AND  COMMODIOUS  HOTEL,  built  and  fur 
Dished  in  accordance  with  the  most  modern  aud  improved 
plans,  and  with  a  view  to  the  comfort  and  convenience  of 
its  patrons,  is  now  open  for  the  reception  of  guests. 

To  those  who  have  visited  S  inta  Cruz,  it  is  unnecessary 
to  speak  itf  its  beauties  and  its  natural  advantages  over 
all  other  places  of 

Summer  Resort. 

Tn  those  who  have  nut,  the  Proprietor  can  only  say 
COME  AND  JUDGE  F;)li  YOURSELVES— giving  all 
*ho  may  ctiinc  the  assurance  tnat  his  earnest  endeavors 
shall  be  ti>  make  the  Hotel,  in  all  its  MppointYncnts,  cquaJ 
to  the  surrouudinga  of  this  delightful  Sea  side.  Resoi  t. 

GEO.  T.  BROMLEY, 

Santa  Cruz,  April  4,  I860.  Proprietor. 


(JALIFORNI 

No.  125  Fi 


A  BRASS  FOUNDRY, 

rst  street,  opposite  Minna, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 


Alt  kinds  of  Brass, 
Composition,  Zinc, 

and  Babbitt  Meta 
Costings,  f urnished 
at  the  shortest  notice. 
Brass  Ship-Work  o 
all  kinds,  Spikes, 

Sheathing  Nails,  Rudder  Braces.  Hinges,  etc. ,  constantly 
on  hand  and  made  to  order.  Also,  manufacture  8hip  and 
Steamboat  Hells  and  Gongs  or  superior  tone. 

All  kinds  of  Steam,  Liquor,  Water,  Oil,  and  Flange 
Cocks  and  Valves  made  ami  repaired. 

Hydraulic  Pipes  and  Nozzles,  aud  Hose  Couplings  and 
Connections  of  all  sizes  aud  patterns,  furnished  with  dis- 
patch.   PRICKS  MODERATE. 

JOHN  P.  GALLAGHER, 
JOSEPH  H.  WEED. 

jcIO  3m 


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00D  NEWS  FOR  THE  PEOPLE. 


QREAT  TRIUMPH!! 

STEINWAY  &  SONS 


Were  awarded  the  FIRST  PRIZE  MEDAL  at  the  lat«  cai 
INTERNATIONAL  EXHIBITION  AT  LONDON,  over  tbc 
two  hundred  and  sixty-nine  Pianos  entered  for  competition 
from  all  parts  of  the  world. 

The  Special  Correspondent  of  the  New  York  Times  says  : 

"  Messrs.  Steimvuy  &  Sons'  indorsement  by  tho  Jurors 
is  emphatic,  and  stronger  aud  more  to  the  point  than  that 
of  any  European  maker." 

A  constant  supply  of  the  above  superior  instruments  can 
be  found  at  the  Agent's, 

M.  GRAY,  613  Clay  street. 
PIANO  TUNING  done  by  a  first-class  Workman,  from 
Steinway  &  Sou's  Factory,  New  York.  my25 


Teeth  Extracted  Without  Pain 

BY  TDK 

ANAESTHETIC  SPRAY  PRODUCER, 

WITHOUT  EXTRA  CHARGE. 


Partial  to  n  full  Upper  Set  of  Teeth,  for 
from  $10  to  $-25,  as  usual.    Filling  with 
I  best  Cement,  $1  ;  with  Gold,  from  $1  to 
$3.    All  work  warranted. 
Olllce,  139  Fourth  street,  near  Howard. 
au4  3in  J.  P.  CROWELL,  Dentist. 


{J    WIEDERHOLD  &  CO.'S 

Piano  Warerooms, 

G85  Market  street,  corner  of  Third, 

WILL  BE  OPEN  ON  AND 
after  SATURDAY,  Aug.  25th, 
EVENINGS,  till  8  o'clock. 

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR 
J.  B.  DUNHAM'S, 

F.  C.  LIGHTS  &  CO.'S, 

GEO.  STECK  &  CO.'S,  and 
ERNEST  GABLER'S 
CELEBRATED  PIANOS. 


We  will  be  in  constant  receipt  of  the  above  fine 
Pianos,  which  we  warrant  equal  to  any  imported, 
and  ask  our  friends  and  the  public  to  call  and  exam- 
ine for  themselves.  aii25-3m 


G 


RAND  OPENING 


Circassian  Saloon, 


^ATUAMKL  GRAY, 

UNDERTAKER, 
CITY  AND  COUNTY  SEXTON, 
641  Sacramento  sthkkt,  Corner  of  Webb 

^Ole  agents  for   BARSTOWS   PATENT  METALLIC  [ 
BURIAL  CASES  and  CASKETS.  | 

i  o 

j  el  7  3m 


YANKEE  NOTIONS 

,AND 

FANCY  GOODS! 

MERCHANTS  wanting  Goods  in  this  line  BtaOuM  not  fail 
to  examine  our  stock,  which  is  new  aud  attractive,  before 
buyiug  elsewhere.' 

MKAGIIER,  TAAFFE  k  CO., 

Jy21-3m  Battery  strei  t,  ncarPine. 


Cornor  of  Dupont  and  Paciflc streets, 

(Formerly  "Diana  Saloon,") 
ON  SATURDAY,  AUGUST  11,  1866. 


NOVEL  ENTERTAINMENT. —  Magic  and  Gymnastic 
Feats,  free  of  chttlgO, 

«3,Tlie  best  id'  WINEE,  LIQUORS,  LUNCH,  and 
CIGARS  always  on  band. 

N.  B.    Fine  Yucal  Music,  Polite  Waiters,  etc. 

anil  lin 


TOWIE&BACOI 

Book  and  Job  Printers, 
Book  Binders, 

Blank  Book  Makers, 
Paper  Eulers, 
536  Clay  St.,  opp.  Leidesdorff, 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 

This  Finn  are  large  importers  of  Papor, 
Printers'  Materials,  Ink,  &c. ;  and  with  the 
largest  Printing  Office  in  tho  Stato,  are  ablo  to 
do  good  work  with  dispatch)  at  very  low 
prices. 

Parties  sending  orders  from  the  Interior  will 
he  served  as  faithfully  as  thongh  personally 
present. 

Samples  and  price  lists  famished  if  desired, 
and  work  guaranteed  to  givo  satisfaction. 

Agents  for  H.  D.  Wade's  Inks. 


D 


YOU 


FURNITURE 


BEDDING! 


LARGEST  STOCK! 

LATEST  STYLES! 

The    Best  Workmanship, 

AND 

LOWEST  PRICES! 

AT 

Goodwin    8f  Co.'s 

FURNITURE  WARE-ROOMS, 
Nos.  508,  510,  518  and  528  Washington-st. 


jal6 


SAN  FRANCISCO. 


Accidental  Insurance  Co 

OF  NEW  YORK, 
ISSUES  POLICIES  INSURING  AGAINST  INJURIES  OF 
all  kinds,  aud  death  resulting  from  accident 

111  case  deatn  does  not  result  from  the  injury,  the  in 
sured  receives  a  weekly  compensation  as  long  as  he  is  dis 
abled  (not  to  exoeed  twenty -six  weeks.) 


WANT  ANY 

Printing  ? 

IF  YOU  DO,  GO  TO 

411    CLAY  STREET, 

BETWEEN  SANSOME  AND  BATTERY. 


PoHcrj. 
$1,000. 
$2,000. 
$5,000. 


Premium.      Weekly  Compensation 

..$  5  00  $  5  00 

..$10  00  $10  00 

..$25  00  $25  00 

 $50  01' 


$10,000  ,$50  00  

SEA  VOYAGE  POLICIES, 
Covering  risk  lo  New  York,  cost  $2  per  $1,100. 

No  Medical  Examination  required. 

Life  Insurance. 

CONNECTICUT  MUTUAL 

LIFE  INSURANCE  CO., 

HARTFORD,  CONN 
For  Policies,  or  further  information,  apply  to 

A.  D.  SMITH  &  CO.,  Agents, 

Northwest  corner  Montgomery  and  Sccramunto  street;: 
au4  3m 


piREMAN'S  FUND 

Insurance  Company. 

PRINCIPAL  OFFICE, 

Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco. 

Capital  fullv  paid  in  Gold  Coin  $500,000  0( 

Surplus,  April  30,  1806   154,824  5; 


Total  Assets  $654,824  5' 

IusOYe  against  Loss  or  Dumigo  by  Fire,  on  Stores 
Dwellings,  Merchandise,  Vessels  aud  Cargoes  iu  Port 
aud  other  insurable  property. 

$50,000  is  the  largest  amount  taken  on  any  one  risk 
This  Cumpanr  reinsures  whenever  the  risks  are  deem 
too  large  for  the  locality. 

INDIVIDUAL  LIABILITY  of  STOCKHOLDERS 

Under  the  Constitution  aud  Statutes  of  California. 
ALL  LOSSES  PAID  PROMPTLY  IN  UNITED  STATE: 
GOLD  COIN. 

W.  B.  BOURN,  President. 
D.  J.  STAPLES,  Vice  P.esident. 
Chas.  R.  Bond,  Secretary.  aul7  3m 


Printing  of  every  description  done  on 

short  notice  aud  in  tho  best  style,  by 

M.  D.  CARR  &  CO. 

je30-3m 


AMERICAN  nOTEL, 
Main  street.      .        -  •  Petaluma. 

mar24  6m   EMERSON  i:  LAMBERTON,  Proprietois. 


GUARDIAN'S  SALE  OF  REAL  ESTATE. 

NOTICE  IS  HEREBY  GIVEN,  that  in  pursuance  ni 
the  order  of  the  Probate  Court  of  the  city  aud  county 
of  San  Francisco,  in  the  State  of  California,  made  on  lb 
10th  day  of  Septenibi  r,  1X66,  in  tbc  malter  of  the  estates  of 
David  Whipple  and  William  Whipple,  minors,  the  under- 
signed,  guardian  of  the  estates  of  said  minors,  will  sell  at 
private  sale  to  the  highest  bidder  for  cash  in  United 
states  gedd  coin,  subject  to  confirmation  by  said  Probate 
Court,  on  or  after  TUESDAY,  the  2d  day  of  October,  1866 
at  twelve  o'clock,  noon,  of  that  day,  at  the  Office  Of  D.  P. 
Bai  stow,  Esq. ,  No.  6  Montgomery  Block,  iu  said  city  and 
county  of  San  Francisco,  all  the  right,  title  and  intcres 
of  said  minors  of,  in  and  to  the  undivided  two  sixth  par 
of  those  two  lots  of  land  situated  in  said  city  and  county 
and  described  respectively  as  follows,  viz  :  1st. — Com 
menciug  at  the  southeast  corner  ol  Pine  and  Taylor  streets 
running  thence  southerly  along  the  easterly  line  of  Taylor 
street  112  1-2  feet ;  thence  at  a  rignt  angle  easterly  81 1  2 
feet ;  thence  at  a  right  angle  northerly  25  feet  ;  llieuce  at 
a  right  angle  westerly  28  feet ;  tneuce  at  a  right  angle 
northerly  87  1-2  feet  to  Pine  street,  and  thence  westerly 
along  Pine  street  63  1  2  feet  to  the  point  of  beginning. 
2d.— Commencing  nt  a  point  on  the  southerly  line  of  Pine 
street  81  12  feet  easterly  from  tho  southeast  corner  ol 
Pine  and  Taylor  streets  ;  running  thence  at  a  right  angle 
southerly  137  12  feet ;  thence  at  a  right  angle  easterly  56 
feet ;  thence  at  a  right  unglo  northerly  147  1  2  feet.  uid 
thence  westerly  along  said  line  of  Pine  street  56  feet,  t< 
the  point  of  beginning.  And  said  guardian  will  re 
ceivc  offers  or  bids  for  said  property  from  this  date  ul 
said  office  of  D.  P.  Barstow,  Esq.,  No.  6  Montgomery 
Block,  i"  said  city  and  county. 

ROBERT  L.  HARRIS, 
Guardian  of  tho  Estates  of  David  Whipple 

aud  William  Whipple,  Minors. 
San  Francisco, September  15th,  1860.  4t 


QUINCY  HALL, 

545,  547,  549  WASHINGTON  STREET. 


Li- 


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QUINCYHAXL  CLOTHING  EMBORXDM 


THE  LARGEST  CLOTHING  EMPORIUM  in  California. 
The  daily  sales  from  the  establishment  is  a  sufficient 
guarantee  that  the  prices  arc?  less  than  those  of  any  other 
house  on  the  Pacific  co:ist.  Here  yon  also  find  clotoicg  of 
the  best  of  California  Cloth,  both  for  Wholesale  aud  Retail 
trade.  Also,  particular  attention  paid  to  making  up  line 
clothing  to  order.  j>21 


j^jEAGHER,  TAAFE  &  CO., 

IMPORTERS  AXD  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  OF 

DRY  GOODS,  LINENS, 

FURNISHING  GOODS, 

YANKEE  NOTIONS, 

FANCY  GOODS,  ETC. 

AGENTS  FOB  TOE 

MOUNT  TERON    DUCK  COMTANY 

NO.  107  BATTERY  STREET,  NEAR  PINE. 
RETAIL  HOUSE,  -  -  -  NO.  9  MONTGOMERY  STREET, 
jy21-3m  Lick  Hinise. 


V 

VEGETABLE  AMBROSIA 

IS  THE  MIRACLE  OF  THE  AGE! 

Gray-headed  People  have  their 
locks  restored  by  it  to  the  dark,  lustrous, 
silken  tresses  of  youth,  and  are  happy ! 

Young  People,  with  light,  faded  or  red  Hair, 
have  these  unfashionable  colors  changed  to 
a  beautiful  auburn,  and  rejoice  I 

People  whose  heads  are  covered  with 
Dandruff  and  Humors,  use  it,  and  have  clean 
coats  and  clear  and  healthy  scalps  ! 

Bald-Headed  Veterans  hava 
their  remaining  locks  tightened,  and  the 
bare  spots  covered  with  a  luxuriant  growth 
of  Hair,  and  dance  for  joy ! 

Young  Gentlemen  use  it  because  it  is 
richly  perfumed ! 

Young  Ladies  use  it  because  it  keeps 
their  Hair  in  place ! 

Everybody  must  and  will  use  it,  because 
it  is  the  cleanest  and  best  article  in  tho 
market  1  j 

4  For  Sale  by  Druggists  generally. 

For  sale,  wholesale  aud  retail,  by 

JOHN  F.  SNOW, 

Solo  Agent  for  tho  Pacilic  Coast,  24  Post  .street, 
je23  San  Francisco. 


rjIHE  ONLY  LIVING  ASTROLOGER, 
PROF.  COHEN, 

530  California  street,  Ssm  Francisco, 

THROUGH  HIS  NATURAL  GUT,  can  givo  correct  iufor- 
[nation  on  the  Past,  Present  and  Future,  on  any  subject 
tiiat  may  bo  required  so  as  to  avoid  trouble.  As  evideuco 
of  his  reputation,  he  has  receivedover  '.0.000 consultations 
during  his  residence  of  six  years  in  San  Francisco  I  Con- 
filiation  fee,  $2.  By  letter,  $3.  Letter  box,  104.  It  is 
not  necessary  to  give  the  age.  Office.  530  California 
Dr.  Cuheu  has  been  very  successful  in  curing  all  disease, 
street. 

Hours  from  8  a.  u.  to  It  t.  m.  jel5-3in 


14 


THE    CALIF  0  RN  IAN. 


j  September  22d 


BY  LE  COUNT'S  INK. 


CORNER  OF 

Sacramento    and  Montgomery  streets, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 
Post  Office  Address  :  Lock  Box  No  1477.        je30  3ra 

fJIHE  LIGHT  OF  THE  WORLD. 

DR.  MAGGIEL'S 

Pills  and  SalY  e. 


These  Lifepivinf;  remedies  are  now,  for  the  first 
time,  given  publicly  (o  the  world  For  over  a  quar- 
ter of  a  century  of  private  practice  the  ingredient!)  in 
these 

LIFE-GIVING  PILLS! 

Have  been  used  with  the  greatest  success.  Their 
mission  is  not  only  to  prevent  disease,  but  to  cure. 
They  search  out  the  various  maladies  by  which  the 
patient  is  suffering,  and  re-invigorate  the  failing  sys 
tern.  To  the  aged  and  infirm  a  few  doses  of  these 
valuable  PILLS  will  prove  to  be 

A  VERY  FOUNTAIN  OF  YOUTH, 
For  in  every  case  they  add  new  life  and  vitality, 
and  restore  the  waning  energies  to  their  pristine 
state.  To  the  young  and  middle  aged,  they  will 
prove  most  invaluable,  as  a  ready,  specific,  and 
sterling  medicine.  Here  is  a  dream  realized,  that 
Ponce-deLeoii  sought  for  three  hundred  years  ago, 
and  never  found.  He  looked  for  a  fountain  that 
would  restore  the  old  to  vigor  and  make  youth  ever 

AN    ETERNAL    SPRING  ! 
It  was  left  for  this  day  and  hour  to  realize  the 
dream,  and  show  in  one  glorious  fact,  the  magic  that 
made  it  fair. 

THESE   FAMOUS  REMEDIES 

Cannot  stay  the  flight  of  years,  but  they  can  force 
back,  and  bold  aloof,  diseases  that  might  triumph 
over  the  aged  and  the  young.  Let  none  hesitate 
theu,  but  seize  the  favorable  epportunity  that  offers. 
When  taken  as  prescribed — 

FOR   BILLIOUS  DISORDERS 
Nothing^ can  be  more  productive  of  cure  than  these 
Fills.   T.;:tir  almost  n:  t,  ,ie  influence  is  felt  at  on.-s 
and  the  usual  concomitants  of  this  most  distressing 
disease  are  removed.     These  remedies  are  made 
from  the  purest 

VEGETABLE  COMPOUND. 
They  will  not  harm  the  most  delicate  female,  and 
can  be  given  with  good  effect  in  prescribed  doses  to 
the  youngest  babe. 

FOR   CUTANEOUS  DISORDERS 
And  all  eruptions  of  the  skin,  the  SALVE  is  most 
invaluable.    It  does  not  heal  externally  alone,  but 
penetrates  witu  the  most  searching  effects  to  the  very 
root  of  the  evil ! 

Dr.  Maggiel's  Pills 

Invariably  cure  the  following  diseases: 
Asthma, 

Bowel  Complaints, 
Coughs, 

Colds,  « 
Chest  Diseases, 
Costiveness, 
Dyspepsia, 
Diarrhoea, 
Dropsy, 
Debility, 

Female  Complaints,  Fever  aud  Ague 

Headache, 
Indigestion, 
Influenza, 

Inflammation, 

Inward  Weakness, 
Liver  Complaint, 
Lowness  of  Spirits, 
Ringworm, 

Rheumatism, 
Salt  Rheum, 
Scalds, 

Skin  Diseases. 

Notice.  —  None  genuine  without  the  engraved 
trade  mark  around  each  pot  or  box,  signed  by  Dr.  J. 
Maggiel,  411  Fulton  st. ,  New  York,  to  counterfeit 
which  is  felony. 

Sold  by  all  respectable  Dealers  in  Medicines 
throughout  the  United  States — at  25  cents  per  box  or 

pot.  r.  h.  Mcdonald  &  CO., 

Corner  Saiisome  and  Fine, 
apl4-ly  Agents  for  Pacific  Coast. 


jyjONEY  TO  LOAN  ! 

MONEY  TO  LOAN 


On  City  Real  Estate,  Dwellings,  Factories,  Shipping  and 
Merchandise,  for  such  time  as  may  bo  agreed  tor.  De- 
posits received  in  small  or  largo  sums,  at  Interest,  by  the 
CALIFORNIA  BUILDING,  LOAN  AND  SAV 
INGS  BANK, 

53  California  street,  (ooo  door  from  Sansome  street.) 

my  THOMAS  MOONEY,  President 


T 


HE  OALIFORNIAN 


TERMS— FIVE  DOLLARS  PER  ANNUM,  IN  ADVANCE. 

A  PAPER  FOR  THE  TIMES 

DEVOTED  TO  LIVE  TOPICS, 

THE  DISSEMINATION  OF  A  PURE  LITERA 
TURK,  DEVELOPMENT  OF  HOME  TALENT, 

AND  THE 

BEST  INTERESTS    OF  CALIFORNIA 

Peblishtd 

EVERY    SATURDAY  MORNING 
ai 

532  MERCHANT  STREET, 

BY 

J.  P.  BOGARDUS  AND  C.  H.  WEBB. 


No  effort  will  be  spared  to  enable  The  Caufoe-vus 
to  appeal  to  the  Public  for  support,  not  only  as  the 

BEST  JOURNAL  ON  THE  PACIFIC  COAST, 

But  also  as  bemg 

The  Equal  of  any  on  this  Continent 

THE  BEST  TALENT  OF  THE  STATE 
Is  employed  upon  Tan  Caufob-nias. 

The  voluntary  notices  bestowed  by  the  press  of  the 
Eastern  cities  have  been  no  less  warm  aud  con 
gratulatory  than  those  which  we  have  received  at 
the  hands  of  our  cotemporaries  of  the  Pacifi 
Their  verdict  is  unanimously  in  favor  of 

T  H  E    C  A  L  I  F  0  R  N  I  A  N 

and  all  join  in  pronouncing  their  unqualified  appro 
val  of  its  unequalled  merits. 

Its  reputation  is  now  fully  established.  It  is  not 
EXCELLED  BY  ANY  LITERARY  JOURNAL 

on  the  Contineut. 
The  Tebms  or  the  Caufoknian  are  $5  per  year,  mailed 
to  subscribers,  invariably  in  advance  ;  60  cents  per  month 
served  by  carriers. 

All  communications  and  correspondence  must  be  ad- 
lre3aed  to  the  Publishers  of  The  California*, 
No  532  Merchan  street 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

FULL  SETS 

FROM  THE  COMMENCEMENT  OF  THE  CALIFORNIAN 

TO  THE  CLOSE  OF  VOL.  IV. 
Can  be  procured  at  the  Office.  Price,  bound  in  muslin,  per 
volume,  $4.    Two  volumes  bound  together,  $7.  Unbound, 
per  volume,  $3. 


QCCIDENTAL 

INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

S.  W-  Cor.  MONTGOMERY  and  CALIFORNIA  STREETS 

INDIVIDUAL  LIABILITY. 

CAPITAL  STOCK,  $300,000 

LOSSES  PAID  IN  UNITED  STATES  GOLD  COIN. 

THIS  COMPANY  will  insure  against  loss  by  Fire  on  any 
DwelliDg  House,  Buildings,  Merchandise  or  other  property, 
situated  in  the  State  of  California.  The  largest  sum  they 
will  take  on  any  one  risk  is  thirty  thousand  dollars. 

CHRISTOPHER  CHRISTIANSEN,  President. 
J.  GREENEBAUM,  Vice  President. 
B.  Rotuscuili),  Secretary.  nih25-tf 


JglGUT  HUNDRED  THOUSAND 
IN  USE 

THE  ORIGINAL  P.  P.  STEWART'S  FUEL  SAVING 

Air-  TigJit    Cooking  Stoves, 

FOR  WOOD  OR  COAL. 
IMPROVED  IN  1861  ; 

WITH  NEW   AND  EXTRA  LARGE  FLUES,  AND  BY 
THE  ADDITION  OF  THE  CELEBRATED  PATENT 
DOUBLE  SHEET  BOTTOM  FLUE. 


Attention  is  Invited  to  the  folloxzing  Points  of 
Superiority  : 

1.  DURABILITY. — Lasting,  with  proper  care. at 
least  twenty  years.  Stoves  are  now  in  use  that 
were  set  up  in  1838. 

2.  MANUFACTURE. —Every  portion  of  the 
Stove  is  thoroughly  constructed.  Each  Stove  is  sub 
nutted  to  a  critical  test,  and  none  leave  our  works 
unless  completely  and  perfectly  finished. 

3.  CAPACITY.— Raking,  Roiling.  Roasting,  and 
all  other  culinary  operations  performed  at  the  same 
time. 

4.  ECONOMY.— Saving  the  cost  of  the  Stove  in 
one  year  in  the  cost  of  fuel. 

5.  VENTILATION  OF  OVEN.— In  the  Stew- 
art Stove  alone,  the  front  doors  open  directly  into 
the  oven,  (protected  by  letters  patent)  securing  a  di- 
rect draft  through  the  top  of  the  oven  by  means  of 
perforated  holes  in  the  doors  and  back  flues.  It  will 
tie  borne  in  mind  that,  as  the  heated  air  always  rises, 
this  method  of  ventilation  is  the  only  one  of  any 
value  whatever. 

6.  ENTIRE  CONTROL  OF  HEAT— The  heat 
generated  by  the  Stove  may  be  held  therein  and 
used  or  thrown  into  the  room  at  pleasure. 

7.  THE  DOUBLE  SHEET  BOTTOM  FLUE. 
— By  which  a  compressing  and  inverting  action  of 
heat  is  obtained,  and  the  oven  more  evenly  and  ef- 
ficiently heated  than  bv  anv  other  known  invention 

9.  HOT  WATER  RESERVOIR  AND  WARM 
ING  CLOSET. — Both  useful  and  convenient,  sup- 
plied bv  the  waste  heat  and  without  extra  fnel. 

10.  WATER  BACK.— An  arrangement  for  sup- 
plying hot  water  for  the  bath-room  equal  to  any 
range. 

*,*  Beware  of  numerous  imitations  in  the  market, 
many  of  which  resemble  the  "  Stewart"  only  in  ap- 
pearance, and  none  of  them  possess  any  of  its  pe- 
culiar qualities. 

See  that  the  name  of  P  P.  STEWART  is  on  each 
Stove.    None  other  genuine. 
For  sale  by  CALEB  M.  SICKLER, 

422  Keurnv  street, 
Between  California  and  Pine,  Sau  Francisco. 
Repairs  for  Stewart's  Stoves  constantly  on  hand. 
au25-4m 


(JANTY  &  WAGNER, 

(SUCCESSORS  TO  J.  REGAN,) 

WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL 

Confectioners, 

111  Montgomery  street,  bet.  Bush  and  Sutter. 

N.  B. — All  candies  sold  by  us  are  warranted  to  be  man 
ufactured  from  Stewart's  double  rellned  Sugai ,  and  to  be 
equal  to  any  ui  inutactured  in  the  Stale.  Country  mer- 
chants solicited  to  examine  our  stock  and  prices.  Goods 
delivered  to  any  part  of  the  city  free  of  charge.  my'24-3ni 


rpiIE   STYLES  FOR 

Fall  and  Winter  of  1866 

WILL  BE  INTRODUCED 
SA  TURD  A  Y....  SEPTEMBER  FIRST, 


MEUSSDORF  FER'S 

HAT  MANUFACTORIES, 

635  and  637  Commercial  street  San  Francisco 

125  J  street  Sacramento 

Corner  of  D  and  Second  street  Marysville 

We  wish  to  direct  especial  attention  to  the  choice 
variety  of  LATEST  NOVELTIES  selected  by  Mr. 
K.  MEUSDORFKER,  at  Paris,  London  and  New 
York,  which  arrived  by  last  steamer.  Our  own  man- 
ufacture of  MOLESKIN  HATS  arc  the  EXCEL- 
SIOR in  elegance  and  durability  in  the  State, 
slim 


ASON  &  HAMLIN'S 

CELEBRATED 
CABINET  ORGANS. 
I   \\  New  styles,  with  Automatic  Bellows 
it  warerooms  of  agent. 

A.  KOHLER, 
si  3m  No.  424  Sansome  street. 


RATES  OF  POSTAGE. 

Valuable  letters  may  be  registered  on  application 
at  the  office  of  mailing,  and  the  payment  of  20  cents 
registration  fee. 

Transient  newspapers,  periodicals,  blanks,  proof- 
sheets,  book  manuscripts,  pamphlets,  and  all  mail 
able  printed  matter,  except  circulars  and  books.  2 
cents  for  each  and  every  4  ounces.  Double  these 
rates  are  charged  for  books. 

Seeds,  cuttings,  roots,  etc.,  2  cents  for  each  4 
ounces  or  less  quantity. 

All  packages  of  mail  matter  not  charged  with  let- 
ter postage  must  be  so  arranged  that  the  same  can 
be  conveniently  examined  by  PostruaslerB  ;  if  not, 
letter  postage  will  be  charged. 

Unsealed  circulars,  to  one  address,  not  exceeding 
three  in  number,  2  cents,  and  in  the  same  proportion 
for  a  greater  number. 

No  package  will  be  forwarded  by  mail  which 
weighs  over  4  pounds. 

All  postage  matter,  for  delivery  within  the  United 
States,  must  be  prepaid  bv  stamps  (except  duly  certi- 
fied letters  of  soldiers  and  sailors  ;|  otherwise,  double 
the  above  rates  will  be  charged  on  delivery. 

Weekly  newspapers  (one  copy  only)  sent  to  actual 
subscribers  within  the  county  where  printed  and 
published,  free. 

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ican  Provinces,  when  not  over  3,000  miles,  10  cents 
for  each  J  ounce.  When  over  3,000  miles,  15  cents. 
Prepayment  optional. 

Letters  to  Great  Britain  or  Ireland,  24  cents.  Pre- 
payment optional. 


AWARDED  the  HIGHEST  PREMIUM 

AT  THE 

State  Fair  of  California, 

The  only  Fair  on  the  Pacific  coast  at  wr.icn  any  two 
louble-thread  Machines  were  exhibited  in  competition  in 

1865. 

If  there  is  a  FLORENCE  SEWING  MA- 
chine  within  one  thousand  milt  s  of  this  office 
that  is  not  working  well,  it  will  be  attended 
to  if  I  am  informed  of  it,  without  expense  to 
the  owuer.  BAMTJEL  II  ILL, 

Generul  Agent. 
Ill  Montgomery  street,  Sau  Francisco. 

THE 


FLORENCE 


S   E  W  ING     MAC  B   I   N  E 

RECEIVED  THE  FIRST  PREMIUM ,  A  GOLD  MEDAL, 

at  the  Great  Exhibition  of  the 

AMKRICAN  1XSTUTE,  -  -  -  New  York, 


18  6  5 


mylO  3m 


CARD 


Great  Sale  of  Fine  Clothing. 

OUR  WHOLE  STOCK  OF  FIXE  CLOTHING  aud  Gents' 
Furnishing  Goods,  for  the  next 

THIRTY  DAYS, 
At  Prices  thai  Challenge  Competition. 

IT  MUST  BE  SOLD,  TO  MAKE  ROOM  FOR  OUR  FALL 
AND  WINTER  STOCK. 

J.  R.  MEAD  &  CO., 

Corner  Bush  and  Montgomery  streets,  and  corner  Sansome 
Mot  Washington  streets, San  Francisco. 

au4 


pACIFIC 

BUSINESS  COLLEGE, 

751  MARKET  STRKET, 

(BETWEEN  THIRD  AND  FOURTH,) 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

AN  INSTITUTION  designed  to  prepare  boys,  young  and 
middle-aged  men  lor  the  active  duties  of  busiues.-  in  the 
shortest  time  possible  ami  at  the  least  expense.  For 
"  COLLEGE  REVIEW,"  giving  information,  "  «ll  at  tho 
College,  or  address  E.  P.  HEALD,  President. 

aull  3in 


I  A  N  O  S  ! 


PIANOS! 


AT  PRICES  FROM  $150  TO  $000, 
AT  WALTERS.  PIERCE'S  PIANO  ROOMS.  536  MARKET 
STREET,  opposite  Second. 
N.  B  — The  highest  cash  price  paid  for  Second  band 
Pianos.  »15  *m 


September  22d] 


THE  CAL1F0RNIAN. 


15 


UNITED  STATES  STAMP  DUTIES. 
As  Amended  March  3,  1865. 

■ABKFCLLT  REVISED  AND   CORRBCTED    FOB  THE  CAUFOK.VUN. 
PENALTIES. 

Penalty  for  making,  signing,  or  issuing  any  instru- 
ment, document,  or  paper  of  any  kind  whatsoever, 
without  tue  same  being  duly  stamped,  for  denoting 
the  duty  hereby  imposed  thereon,  $50 ;  and  the 
instrument  shall  be  deemed  invalid  anil  of  no  effect; 
or  for  counterfeiting  stamps  or  dies,  $1,0(10,  and  im- 
prisonment to  hard  labor  not  exceeding  five  years. 
For  makiug,  signing,  issuing,  accepting,  or  paying 
any  bill  of  exchauge,  draft,  order,  or  note  without 
stamp,  t-iOl).  Wot  selling  proprietary  cosmetics, 
matches,  photographs,  etc. ,  without  proper  stamps, 
$10.    Eor  removing  stamps  on  these  articles,  $50. 

STAMP  DUTIES. 

Agreement  Contract  or  Appraisement,  not  other- 
wise specified, each  sheet  orpiece  of  paper  -$0  05 

Assi  gnment  of  Mortgage.  Lease,  or  Policy  of  In- 
surance, same  as  original  instrument.  Assign- 
ment of  Patent  Right   05 

Bank  Checks.  Drafts  or  orders,  exceeding  $10, 
at  sight  or  on  demand   02 

Bills  of  Exchange,  (inland,)  or  draft  otherwise 
•,'ian  at  sight  or  on  demand,  or  promissory  note 
except  bank  notes  for  circulation,)  or  any 
memorandum,  check  or  receipt,  or  any  evi- 
dence of  an  amount  of  money  payable  on  de- 
mand or  at  a  designated  time,  for  a  sum  not 

exceeding  $100   05 

Every  additional  $100,  or  fractional  part.  -.  05 

Bill  of  Exchange,  (foreign,)  or  letter  of  credit, 
drawn  in,  but  payable  out  of  the  U.  S.,if 
drawn  singly,  the  same  rates  as  inland  bills  of 
exchange,  or  promissory  notes. 

If  drawn  in  sets  of  three  or  more,  for  each 
bill  of  the  set,  where  the  sum  shall  not  ex- 
ceed $100  or  its  equivalent  in  any  foreign  cur- 
rency in  which  such  bill  may  be  expressed, 
according  to  the  standard  value  fixed  by  U.  S.  02 
Every  additional  $100,  or  fractional  part...  02 

Bill  of  Lading,  or  receipt  for  any  merchandise 
or  elteets,  to  be  exported  to  a  foreign  port  or 
place   10 

Bill  of  Sale,  conveying  any  ship  or  vessel,  or 
any  part  thereof,  where  the  cousideratiouuoes 

not  exceed  $500   ...  50 

For  every  additional  $500,  or  fractional  part 
thereof   50 

Bill  of  Sale  of  personal  property  other  than 
ships  or  vessels   05 

Bond,  indemnifying  any  person  for  the  payment 
of  money,  where  the  amount  recoverable  is 

$1,000  or  less    50 

For  every  additional  $1,000,  or  fractional 
part  thereof".   50 

Bond  for  the  due  performance  of  the  duties  of 
airy  otlice   I  00 

Bond  of  any  other  description,  except  such  as 
may  be  required  in  legal  proceedings,  or  used 
in  connect  ion  with  mortgage  deeds,  and  not 
otherwise  charged  in  this  schedule   25 

Charter-Party,  snip,  vessel  or  steamer,  not  over 
150  tons,  $1;  150  to  300  tons,  $3  :  300  to  000 
tons,  $5;  over  600  tons  10  00 

Certificate  of  Profits,  or  any  memorandum  show- 
ing an  interest  in  property,  or  accumulations 
of  any  incorporated  company,  fir  a  Bum  not 

less  than  §10  nor  exceeding  $50   10 

Exceeding  $50  and  not  $i  ,000   25 

For  every  additional  $1,000  or  fract'al  part  25 

Certificate  of  Damage,  and  all  other  certificates 
or  documents  issued  by  Port  Wardens  or  Ma- 
rine Surveyors,  or  other  persons  acting  as  such  25 

Certificate  of  Deposit,  not  exceeding  the  sum  of 
$100,  2  cents  ;  exceeding  $100   05 

Certificate  of  stock  in  any  incorporated  coinp'y,  25 

Certificates,  other  than  specified   05 

Contract,  broker's  note  or  memorandum  of  sale 
of  goods,  stocks,  bonds,  exchange  notes  of 
hand,  real  estate,  or  other  description  of  prop- 
erty, issued  by  any  person  acting  as  a  broker, 
for  each  note  or  memorandum  of  sale   10 

Deed  or  Conveyance  of  Keal  Estate,  value  not 
over  $500,  oOc.  ;  every  additional  $500,  or 
fractional  part  thereof   50 

Entry  of  Goods  at  any  custom  house,  value  not 
over  $100,  25c;  over  $100  and  not  over  $500, 

50c;  over  $500  1  00 

For  the  withdrawal  of  goods  from  bonded 
warehouse   50 

Ganger's  Returns,  quarterly,  for  quantity  not 
over  500  galls,  gross,  10c;  over  500  galls,  gr.  25 

Insurance  (.Marine,  Inland  and  Fire)  policy  or 
renewal,  premium  not  over  $10,  10c;  $10  to 
$50,  25c. ;  over  $50,  50c.  ;  Life  policy,  under 
$1,000,  25c;  $1,000  to  $5,000,  50c;  over  $5,000.1  00 

Lease  of  lauds  or  tenements,  rent  not  over  $300 
per  annum,  50c.  ;  each  add'l  $200  or  fraction.  50 

Manifest,  cargo  to  foreign  port,  registered  ton 
nage  not  over  300  tons,  $1  ;  over  300  and  not 
over  600,  $3  ;  over  600  tons  5  00 

Measurer's  Returns,  for  quantity  not  over  1,000 
bushels,  10c;  over  1,000  bushels   25 

Mortgage,  Trust  deed,  or  personal  bond  for  pay- 
ment of  money,  $100  to  $500.  50c;  each  addi- 
tional $500  '.   50 

Each  assignment  of  mortgage,  lease  or  pol- 
icy of  insurance,  or  renewal  of  the  same, 
is  subject  to  same  duties  as  the  original. 

Medicines  or  Preparations,  Perfumery  and  Cos- 
metics— Every  package,  box,  bottle,  etc.,  re- 
tailing for  25c.  or  less   01 

Each  additional  25c.  i  r  fractional  part  there- 
of, up  to  $1,  la;  each  additional  50c.  or 
fractional  part  thereof,  over  $1   02 

Playing  Cards — Each  pack,  price  not  over  18c, 
2c;  from  18  to  25c,  4c.  ;  25  to  50c,  10c.;  50c. 
to  $1,  15c;  each  additional  50c.  or  fractional 
part  thereof   05 

Photographs,  Ambrotypes,  Daguerreotypes  or 
Sun  Piciures,  upon  each,  retailing  for  25c.  or 
less,  2c. ;  over  25  and  not  over  50c,  5c. ;  over 
50c.  and  not  over$l,  3c;  each  additional  $1 
or  fract  ional  part  thereof   05 

Passage  Ticket  to  foreign  port,  cost  not  over  $35, 
50c:  over  $35  and  not  over  $50,  $1 ;  every  ad- 
ditional $50  or  fractional  part  thereof  1  00 

Power  of  Attorney  to  sell  or  transfer  Btock,  scrip, 

bonds,  or  collect  dividends  or  int.  thereon  _  25 
To  vote  for  officers  of  incorporated  comp'y  or 
society  not  religious,  charitable  or  literary, 

or  public  cemeteries   10 

To  receive  or  collect  rents   25 

To  sell,  convey,  rent  or  lease  real  estate  1  00 

For  auv  other  purpose   50 


Probate  of  Will,  or  letters  of  administration,  es- 
tate  not  over  $2,000,  $1 ;    each  additional 

$i  ,000  or  fractional  part  thereof   50 

Protest,  of  note,  bill,  acceptance,  check  or  draft,  25 
Promissory  Note — See  Bill  of  Exchange,  inland. 
Receipt  for  payment  of  money  or  debt  over  $20, 
not   being   for  satisfaction  of  mortgage, 
judgment  or  decree  of  Court,  and  receipt 

for  the  delivery  of  property   02 

Warehouse,  for  property  stored,  not  over  $500 
in  value,  10c.  ;  $500  to  $1,000,  20c.  ;  every 

additional  $1 ,000   10 

For  any  goods  held  in  storage,  and  not  other- 
wise provided  for   25 

Weigher's  Returns,  up  to  5,000  lbs.,  10c;  over 

5,000  lbs   25 

Writs,  or  original  process,  for  commencing  suit 
in  Court  of  record,  and  in  Court  not  of  rec- 
ord, when  amount  claimed  is  $100  or  over, 
except  before  Justices  of  the  Peace,  or  in 
court  of  no  greater  jurisdiction  as  to  dam- 
ages, or  in  suit  commenced  by  the  United 

States  or  any  State   50 

Upon  every  confession  of  judgment,  or  cogno- 
vit, for  $100  or  over,  except  where  tax  for 

a  writ  has  been  paid   50 

Writs  or  process  on  appeal  from  Justice's 
courts  and  other  courts  of  inferior  jurisdic- 
tion to  courts  of  record   50 

Warrant  of  distress — rent  claimed  under  $100, 

25c;  over  $100   50 


rpYLER  BROTHERS, 

NO.  632  WASHINGTON  STREET, 
AND  691  MARKET  STREET,  -  -  -  -  CORNER  THIRP, 

SAN  FRANCISCO, 
IMPORTERS,  WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL  DEALERS  IN 

SCHOOL  BOOKS, 

STATIONERY, 

PHOTOGRAPH  ALBUMS, 
BLANK  BOOKS, 

PORTFOLIOS, 

JUVENILE  BOOKS, 
FANCY  ARTICLES, 

CHILDRENS'  PICTURE  BOOKS,  Etc. 
Especial  attention  given  to 

LADIES'  STATIONERY, 

Which  we  stamp  with 

I  N  I   T  I  A    L   S  , 

In  COLORS  or  PLAIN. 


WEDDING    AND  VISITING  CARDS 

ENGRAVED,  WRITTEN,  OR  PRINTED. 

jc23 


E.  GOLDSMITH, 

Practical  Card  and  Seal  Engraver, 
AND  PLATE  PRINTER, 
No.  505  Montgomery  street,  over  Tucker's. 


au25-3m. 


gTERETT  &  CUBERY, 

PRINTERS, 

533  Clay  street,  San  Francisco. 


B.  F.  STERETT 


WM.  M.  CUBERY. 


We  are  prepared  to  execute  in  a  prompt  and  satisfac- 
tory manner,  all  kinds  of  Book,  Job  and  Card  Priutiug  ; 
also,  Blank  Books  manufactured  and  Paper  Ruled  to 
order.  aul5 


Edward  Bosqui  &  Co., 

Printers, 

And  Blank  Book  Manufacturers, 
517  CLAY  STREET, 

Between  Montgomery  and  Sansome  Sts., 
San  Francisco. 


{jHILION  BEACH, 

Bookseller  and  Stationer, 

NO.  34  MONTGOMERY  STREET, 

Opposite  the  Lick  House, 
Paper  Stamped  with  Initials,  plain  and  colored,  to  bor- 
der.   All  the  New  Books  received  by  every  stc  oner  from 
New  York.  uu25  3in 


F 


IRST  PREMIUM  AWARDED 

TO  THE  BRADBURY  PIANO  AT 
the  Mechanics'  Fair,  by  a  Committee 
of  the  BEST  MUSICIANS  OF  SAN 


FRANCISCO. 


si  3m 


QCCIDENTAL 

HOMESTEAD 


Association, 


OFFICE, 


305  MONTGOMERY  STREET. 


Capital  Stock,  $33,060. 


102  SHARES  $330  EACH. 

This  Association  was  formed  to  enable  its  mem- 
bers to  obtaiu  desirable  homestead  lots  iu  this  city  at  a 
cheap  and  easy  rate,  payiug  for  the  same  by  regular 
monthly  instalments. 

For  this  purpose  they  have  purchased  Blocks  409,  500, 
and  501,  iu  the  Western  Addition  to  this  ci'y,  bounded  by 
Devisadero,  Piue,  Broderick  aud  Clay  streets. 

Subscribers  will  pay  an  initiation  fee  of  $5  on  each 
share  taken,  to  form  a  fund  for  defraying  current  ex- 
penses, and  $11  per  month  for  thirty  months,  commen- 
cing in  April,  1S66. 

The  property  is  within  three  blocks  of  the 
TURK  STREET  RAILROAD, 

IS  NEARLY  ALL  ON  THE  GRADE, 
and  is  most  desirably  located  for  Homestead  purposes. 

It  is  directly  east  from  the  lauds  of  the  California 
Association. 

The  property  has  been  purchased  on  very  reasonable 
terms,  and  offers,  a  rare  opportunity  for  investment. 

A  number  of  Quo  houses  are  in  process  of  erection,  and 
streets  are  being  graded  near  this  property,  which  will 
greatly  increase  its  value. 

When  twelve  monthly  payments  have  been  made,  the 
property  will  be  divided  among  the  members  in  the  usual 
mmner,  aDd  each  shareholder  will  receive  a  contract  for 
a  deed  to  the  lot  or  lots  to  which  he  may  be  entitled,  and 
have  the  privilege  of  talcing  immediate  possession  of  the 
same. 

The  lots  average  27  feet  in  front  by  120  feet  iu  depth 
The  whole  amount  due  upon  any  lot  may  be  paid  at  any- 
time, and  discount  at  the  rate  of  one  and  one-half  per 
cent,  per  mouth  will  be  deducted  therefrom. 

Persons  wishiug  to  visit  the  lands  of  this  Association 
will  take  the  Turk  street  cars  to  Devisadero  street,  aud 
thence  go  northerly  along  Devisadero  to  Pine  street. 

Tweuty  thousand  dollars  of  the  capital  stock  is  taken, 
and  the  hooks  are  opeD  for  subscription  to  the  balance  at 
the  office  Of  the  Secretary,  wlicre  the  Official  Map  of  the 
Association  can  be  seen,  aud  lull  particulars  obtaiued. 
Hie  Title  to  this  Property  is  Perfect. 

J.  S.  LUTY,  Secretary, 
Orflcc,  305  Montgomery  street,  corner  of  Pine, 

myl9-3m  Rooms  2  and  6. 


gTEREOSCOPIC  VIEWS  OF 

California  Scenery  ! 


A  Series  of  over 
ONE    THOUSAND  VIEWS! 

Illustrating  the  different  Processes  of  MINING, 
the  MAMMOTH  TREES  OF  CALAVERAS 
COUNTY,  the  Grandeur  of  the  Yosemite  Valley. 
Views  of  the  Principal  Cities,  and  many  other  points 
of  interest  on  the  Pacific  Coast— PHOTOGRAPH- 
ED FROM  NATURE,  and  published  by 

LAWRENCE  &  HOUSEWORTH, 

Opticians, 

317  and  319  Montgomery  Btreet,  San  Francisco. 

N.  B  — Catalogues  containing  a  complete  list  of 
Views  sent  to  any  part  of  the  world,  free  of  post- 
age, slim 


gTOP  THAT  COUGHING. 


SOME  OF  Y.iU  CAN'T,  AND  WE  PITY  YOU.  You 

have  tried  every  remedy  but  the  ONE  destined,  by  its 
intrinsic  merit,  to  supersede  all  similar  preparations  It 
is  not  surprising  you  should  be  reluctant  to  try  something 
else  after  the  many  experiments  you  have  made  01  trashy 
compounds  foisted  on  the  public  as  a  cei  tuiu  cuie  .  but 

N  E  W  E  L  L  '  S 

PULMONARY  SYRUP 

is  really  the  VERY  BEST  remerly  ever  compounded  f  or 
the  cure  of  Coughs.  Culds,  Sore  Throat,  Asthma,  Whoop- 
ing Cuugh,  Brouchitis  and  Consumption.  Thousands  of 
people  in  California  and  Oregon  have  been  already  bene- 
fited by  the  surprising  curative  powers  of 

NEWELL'S  PULMONARY  SYRUP, 

and  with  one  accord  give  it  their  unqualified  approbation. 
We  no*  address  ourselves  to  all  who  are  unacquainted 
with  this,  the  greatest  Panacea  of  the  age,  for  the  nealing 
of  all  diseases  of  the  Throat  and  Lungs,  assuring  you  that 

Newell's  Pulmonary  Syrup 

has  cured  thousands,  and  it  will  cure  you  if  you  try  it. 
This  invaluable  medicine  is  pleasant  to  ihe  taste,  sooth- 
ing, healing  nnd  strengthening  in  its  effects  ;  entirely  free 
from  all  poisonous  or  deleterious  drugs,  and  pertectly 
harmless  under  all  circumstances. 

Certificates  from  many  prominent  citizens  of  San  Fran- 
cisco accompany  every  buttle  of 

Ne  well's   Pulmonary  Syrup. 

REDINGTON  &  CO., Agents, 

San  Francisco. 


A.  KOHLER, 
No.  424  Sansome  street. 


gOYS!    BOYS  I    BOYS  I 

NOW  IS  THE  TIME 


H.  M.  LOCKWOOD  &  CO., 
New  No.  624)  CLAY  STREET,  (Old  No  17 

Have  received  a  Ijirgo  Stock  of 

GENTS'  AND  BOYS'  CLOTHING 

— AND— 

FURNISHING  GOODS, 

Which  they  are  selling 
AT   VERY   LOW  PRICES. 
Every  Garment  warranted.    All  are  invited  to  call  and 
examine  our  goods. 

H.  M.  LOCKWOOD  &  CO. 
jal  624  Clay  street,  San  Francisco. 


J^EDINGTON'S 

Flavoring  Extract 

ARE  MADE  FKOM  FRE.-H  FliUlTS.  Each  bottle  holds 
twice  as  much  us  any  other  brand  iu  tne  market,  couse 
quently  they  are  the  cheapest  aud  the  best.  USE  NO 
OTHER. 

REDINGTON  &  CO., 
Agents  for  the  Pacitic  Coast. 


[ARTHA  WASHINGTON 

HAIR  RESTORER. 


THIS  IS  A  WONDERFUL  DISCOVERY,  and  stands 
above  comparison  w  ith  any  other  article  tor  the  Hair  ever 
brought  before  the  pumic 

A  PERFECT 

Hair  Restorer     Hair  Dresser 

BOTH  COMBINED  IN  ONE. 

First — It  is  not  a  Dye. 
Second— Wi'l  not  Color  the  Skin. 

Tnird— Will  restore  Gray  Hair  to  a  beautiful  Black, 
Brown,  Auburn,  or  whatevei  inight  have  been  its  original 
color,  aud  cause  it  to  assume  its  former  beauty. 

Fourth — Wi  I  cure  all  Humors  and  Diseases  of  the  Scalp. 

Fifth — Will  remove  Dandruff  and  s-curi  from  the  head, 
aud  keep  the  hair  moisf-and  silk  like  iu  its  appearance  as 
ill  youthful  days. 

Sixth— Will  promote  a  healthy  growth. 

Seventh — Will  prevent  it  from  falling  off,  and  cause  it 
to  grow  on  bald  he.ols  where  there  is  life  ami  vitality  at 
the  roots,  but  where  these  are  gone  there  is  uo  hope  of 
success. 

Eighth — The  best  testimony  that  cau  be  giveu  will  be 
found  inside  of  each  bottle. 

Warranted  to  do  all  ire  claim  for  it,  or  the  money 
refunded  after  vsiug  ttco  bottles.  Try  it  and  be 
convinced. 

SOLD  EVERYWHERE. 

Price;  One  Dollar. 

SIMONDS  &  CO.,  Proprietors, 
Eitzwilliani,  N.  H. 

REDINGTON  &  CO.,  Agent?, 

San  Francisco. 


J^KDINGTON  &  CO.'S 

Essence  of  Jamaica  Ginger. 


THIS  VALUABLE  PREPARATION,  containing  In  » 
highly  concentrated  form  all  Ihe  properties  of  the  Jamaica, 
Ginger,  has  become  one  of  tbo  most  popular  domestic  rem- 
edies for  all  diseases  of  the  stomach  and  digestive  organs. 

As  a  Ionic  It  will  he  found  invaluable  to  all  persons  re- 
covering from  debilily,  whether  produced  by  fever  or 
otherwise,  for  whilst  it  imparts  to  the  system  all  the  glow 
and  vigor  Hint  can  be  produced  by  wine  or  brandy,  it  is 
entirely  free  from  the  reactionary  effects  that  follow  lb* 
use  of  spirits  of  at  y  kind. 

It  is  also  nu  excellent  remedy  for  females  who  suffer  from 
difficult  menstruation, giving  almost  immediate  lelief  to 
the  spasms  that  so  frequently  accompany  that  period. 

It  gives  immediate  relief  to  Nausea,  caesed  by  riding 
in  a  railroad  car,  or  by  sea  sickness,  or  other  causes. 

It  is  also  valuable  as  an  external  application  lor  Gout, 
Rheumatism,  Neuralgia,  etc. 

REDINGTON  &  CO., 

au4  6m  Sole  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast. 


16 


THE    C  ALIFORN  IAN. 


September  2  2d 


^METROPOLITAN  THEATRE, 

Montgomery  street. 

Bianchi's  Grand  Italian 

Opera  Troupe. 

General  Director  J.  P.  Crowly 

Treasurer  A.  BirreO 

First  Night  of  tlie  Final  Subscription  Season  ! 

SATURDAY  EVENING  SEPT.  22, 

Will  be  presented  Mozart's  Grand  Opera  of 

Don  Giovanni. 

WEDNESDAY  ENENING — 

1 1  Barbie  re, 

For  the  Benefit  of 
SIGNORINA  ELVIRA  1SRAMBILLA. 

FRIDAY  EVENING— 

1  he  Jewess, 

Will  be  produced  with  new  and  spleudid  scenery  and 
mountings. 


PRICES  OF  Alj.MlSSION. 

Dress  Circle,  Orchestra  and  Parquette  $1  00 

Reserved  seats,  50  cents  extra. 
Gallery  50 

ft=5_Tue  Box  Office?  is  open  from  9  a.  m.  for  the  seeuriDg 
of  reserved  seats  tor  season  tickets. 


M 


AGUIRES  OPERA.  HOUSE. 


T  MAGUIRE,  - 
W.  STEVENSON 


Pbopeietob  axd  Man-aokr. 

Treascrer. 


SATURDAY  AFTERNOON  SEPT.  22. 

LADY  DON'S 

LAST  MATINEE  SUPPORTED  BY 

Miss  Kate  Denin, 

AND  A  POWERFUL  COMPANY. 

SATURDAY  EVENING — 

Last  Appearance  of  LADY  DON. 
DON  CESAR  DE  BAZAN  and  PRESEUS  AND 
ANDROMEDA. 


MONDAY  EVENING— 

First  Night  of  MME.  CELESTE,  in  the  cele- 
orated  Scenic,  Sensational  Drama  by  Stirling  Coyne, 
Esq,  entitled  -'THE  WOMAN  IN  RED,"  which 
will  be  produced  in  a  style  of  Magnificence  never 
before  attempted  in  California,  at  an  expense  of 
Three  Thousand  Dollars. 


PRICES  OF  ADMISSION: 

D.-jjs  Circle  and  Orchestra,  $1  00 

Reserved  seats.      .....       50c.  extni 

parquet,  *-....._  50 

Jppcr  Circle,  26 


J^EPORT  OF  THE  COMMITTEE  OX 

SEWING  MACHINES, 

AT    THE   CALIFORNIA    STATE    EAIR,   18G6  : 

"To  the  Presdent  of  the  State  Agricultural  Society: 
Your  Committee  on  Sewing  Machines  beg  leave 
to  report  that  we  have  examined  the  Several  Sew- 
ing Machines  on  exhibition,  and  find  that, 

For  General  Family  Use,  The 


mm 


IS  THE  WEST. 


[Signed] 
B22tf 


J.  N.  ANDREWS, 
TilOS.  C.  McllALE, 
L.  ELKUS." 


AGENTS  WANTED  TO  CANVASS  FOR  THE 
only  official  Southern  History  of  the  War. 
THE  LOST  CAUSE,  by  E.  A.  Pollard,  the  popular 
Historian  of  the  South,  and  editor  of  the  Richmond 
Examiner  daring  the  war.  Complete  iu  one  large- 
royal  octavo  volume,  with 

24  FINE  STEEL  PORTRAITS, 
giving  a  full  and  authentic  accouut  of  the  rise  and 
fall  of  the  late  Southern  Confederacy.  Written  un- 
der the  encouragement  of  Generals  R.  E-  Lee.  John- 
ston, Beauregard  and  others.  The  work  is  being 
liberally  patronized  by  leading  men  of  all  classes, 
eager  to  hear 

"THE  OTHER  SIDE,'' 
and  thus  arrive  at  the  truth  of  history,  which  it  is 
impossible  to  do  from  the  many  histories  written 
only  from  a  Northern  stand-point. 

Agents  and  the  public  are  cautioned  against  any 
other  work  purporting  to  be  this  one.  To  energetic 
men  and  women  a  rare  chance  is  offered  to  make 
money.  Don't  fail  to  send  for  circulars  of  this  great 
and  important  work.  Adddress 

F.  E.  SHEAR,  General  Agent, 
No.  8  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco. 

Adams,  Dentist,  423  Montgomery  St. 


Robert  J.  Betge's 

BOOK  STORE. 
Russ  House  Block, 
San  Francisco. 
Receive  all  the  New  Publications  by 

EVERY  STEAMER. 
BIBLES  AND  PRAYER  BOOKS, 
MISCELLANEOUS  BOOKS. 
JUVENILE    AND    TOY    BOOKS,  etc. 

STATIONERY , 
In  great  variety,  Imported  and  Sold  at 
Lowest  Prices 

By  ROBERT  J.  BETGE, 

Bookseller,  Stationer,  and  Importer  of 

BOOKS,  fitf] 
417  Montgomery  st. — Russ  House. 


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v<?V^§S^<y _/i       ^ut  '8  now  opening 

$^-s$rle  S^7.'<*£»  ^ant  8,ock  of 

'  mSM^*  MUSICAL 

INSTRUMENTS, 
FANCY  GOODS, 

TOYS,  &C, 

Which  be  is  constantly  receiving  from  Europe  and 
the  Atlantic  States  by  every  steamer.  Now  is  the 
time  to  make  selections  of 

NEW  AND  BEAUTIFUL  GOODS. 
Traders,  Dealers  and  others,  call  at  the  largest  and 
only  place  on  this  coast  where  your  orders  can  be 
completely  filled. 

A.  KOHLER,  Sansome  street, 
(Extending  from  Clay  to  Commercial  street,) 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 


j^IST  OF  LATE  PUBLICATIONS 

JIST  RECEIVED  BY 

A.  ROMAN   &  CO. 

History  of  the  Atlantic  Telegraph,  by  Henry  M. 
Field,  1).  1). 

English  Travellers  and  Italian  Brigands,  by  W.  J. 
C.  Moeus. 

The  Magic  Mirror,  by  William  Gilbert. 

Men  I  Have  Known,  by  William  Jordan. 

The  Journal  of  a  London  Playgoer,  from  1851  to 
1866,  by  Henry  Morley. 

Venetian  Life,  by  William  D.  Howells. 

The  Hidden  Sin — a  Novel,  with  numerous  Illustra- 
tions. 

Internal  Revenue  Law,  compiled  by  Horace  Dresser. 
Jenny  Ambrose,  or  Life  in  the  Eastern  States. 
Co.'us  De  Espaua,  by  Sirs.  Win.  Pitt  Byrne — 2  vols 
Our  Neighbors  inthe  Corner  House, byT.  S.Arthur. 
Stories  thai  Uigbl  be  True,  etc.,  by  Dora  Greenwell 
Post  Biblcal  History  of  the  Jews, "by  Morris  J.  Rap 

hall,  M  A  Ph.  Dr.— a  vols. 
□ImtMtieaa  of  Masonry,  by  Wm.  Preston — New 

Edition. 

The  Spirit  of  Masonry,  by  Wm.  Hutchinson,  F.  S. 

A. — New  Edition.  - 
'1'Ih-  Ti  in-  Masonic  ( lliart,  by  Jeremy  L  Cross— New 

Edition. 

Fire,  Fire  Engines  and  Fire  Brigades,  by  Chas.  F. 
T.  Young,  C.  E. 

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CONTENTS 


ORIGINAL  : 


Origin  of  Illustrious  Meo. — By  "  Mark 

TWaiu." 
California  Humes. 
The  Constitutional  Bugbear. 
Literary  Gleanings  ami  Gossip,  with 
Copious  Extracts  from  New  Books. 
"Lion's  Mouth." 
The  Needle  Gun. 
The  Sandwich  Islands. 
The  Good    Times  "  Coming. 
The"  Alta's  "  Literary  Critic. 
Hippophagy. 
A  Military  Outrage. 
Poetry— My  Guide.—  By  "  Clytic." 
Amusements,  Paragraphs,  etc. 


SELECTED  : 

"  Mark  Twain"  at  the  Islands. 
How  Phil  Considine  Met  the  Ban- 
shee — Au  Irish  Story. 
Clinging  for  Life. 

An  Inside  View  of  tho  Evacuation 
of  Richmond. 

Au  Incident  in  Scott's  Life. 

Goodwin  S  inds. 

Rural  Delights — An  Essay. 

D.ih,  my  Amazons  Hunting  the  Ele- 
phant. 

Romance  vs.  Reality. 

Randolph. 

Poetry — Hope  ;  Sister  Grace  ;  and 
Cometh  a  Blessing  Down. 


iFor  the  Californian.] 

MY  GUIDE. 

T  QUESTION  not ;  I  doubt  thee  not— 

Oil,  Christ,  my  tender  guide, 
But  1  will  humbly  follow  thee 
Whatever  ill  betide. 

Walk  in  the  shadow  of  thy  cross, 
The  cross  thou  bear'st  for  me  ; 

Nor  murmur  at  my  lot — if  nought 
Divideth  me  from  thee. 

No  fears  shall  keep  my  tearful  face 

Upou  the  painful  road; 
But  I  will  cling  to  thy  dear  hand, 

And  fix  my  eyes  on  God. 

So  my  glad  heart  shall  straight  forget 

The  soreness  of  my  feet, 
And  find  its  happy  rest  at  last, 
Before  the  Mercy  Seat. 
September,  1806. 


Ci.ytie, 


"MARK    TWAIN"    AT   THE  ISLANDS. 

THE  HIGH  CHIEF  OP  SUGARDOM. 

I HAVE  visited  Haleakala,  Kilauea,  Wailuku  Valley,  the 
Petrified  Cataracta,  the  Pathway  of  the  Great  Hog  God 
— in  a  word,  I  have  visited  all  the  principal  wonders  of  the 
island,  and  now  I  come  to  speak  of  one  which,  in  its  impor- 
tance to  America,  surpasses  them  all.  A  land  which  produces 
six,  eight,  ten,  twelve,  yes,  even  thirteen  thousand  pounds  of 
sugar  to  the  acre  on  unmanured  soil  1  There  are  precious  few 
acres  of  unmanured  gruuud  in  Louisiana — none  at  all,  per- 
hapg — which  will  yield  two  thousand  five  hundred  pounds  of 
sugar  ;  there  is  not  an  uumauured  acre  under  cultivation  in 
the  Sandwich  Islands  which  yields  less.  This  country  is  the 
king  of  the  sugar  world,  as  far  as  astonishing  productiveness 
is  concerned.  Heretofore  the  Mauritius  has  held  this  high 
place.  Commodore  Perry,  in  his  report  on  the  Mauritius, 
says  : 

"  Before  the  introduction  of  guano  into  Mauritius  the  pro- 
duct of  sugar  on  that  island  wa3  from  2,000  to  2,500  pounds 
to  the  acre  ;  but  the  increase  since  the  application  of  this  fer- 
tilizer has  been  so  extraordinary  as  to  be  scarcely  credible. 
In  ordinary  seasons  the  product  has  been  from  6,000  to  7,000 
pounds,  and  under  peculiarly  favorable  circumstances  it  has 
even  reached  8,000  pounds  to  the  acre." 

It  was  "  scarcely  credible."  Guano  has  not  been  used  in 
the  Sandwich  Islands  at  all,  yet  the  sugar  crop  of  Maui  aver- 
ages over  6.000  pounds  straight  through,  all  the  time,  forevery 
acre  cultivated.  Last  year  the  average  was  7,000  pouuds  per 
acre  on  the  Ulupalakua  plantation;  this  year  the  "plant" 
crop  on  the  Wailuku  plantation  averages  8,000.  Portions  of 
the  Waikapu,  Wailuku,  Waihee,  Ulupalakua,  and  many  other 
plantations  have  yielded  over  11,000  pounds  to  the  acre,  and 
twenty  acres  on  the  fourth  named  averaged  the  enormous 
yield  of  13,000  pounds  per  acre  one  season  1  These  things 
are  "  scarcely  credible,"  but  they  are  true,  nevertheless. 

By  late  Pateut  Office  Reports  it  appears  that  the  average 
sugar  yield  per  acre  throughout  the  world  ranges  from  500  to 
1,000  pounds.  The  average  in  the  Sandwich  Islands,  lumping 
good,  bad,  and  indifferent,  is  5,000  pounds  per  acre. 

COMPARATIVE. 

In  Louisiana,  sugar  planters  paid  from  §20  to  $200  an  aero 


for  land,  $500  to  $1,000  apiece  for  negroes,  $50,000  to 
$100,000  for  stock,  mills,  etc.,  raised  1,000  to  1,500  pounds  of 
sugar  to  the  acre,  sold  it  for  5  and  6  cents— and  got  rich. 

In  the  Islands  wild  sugar  land  is  worth  from  $1  to  $20  au 
acre,  mills  and  stock  cost  about  the  same  as  in  Louisiana. 
The  hire  of  each  laborer  is  $100  a  year — just  about  what  it 
used  to  cost  to  board  and  clothe  and  doctor  a  negro — but 
there  is  no  original  outlay  of  $500  to  $1,000  for  the  purchase 
of  the  laborer,  or  $50  to  $100  annual  interest  to  be  paid  on 
the  sum  so  laid  out.  The  price  of  sugar  is  double  what  it  was 
in  Louisiana,  and  the  actual  net  profit  to  the  planter,  notwith- 
standing high  freights  and  high  duties,  is  also  double. 

When  the  production  of  a  staple  steadily  increases  and 
capital  sticks  to  it,  and  shows  confidence  in  it,  it  is  fair  to  pre- 
sume that  investments  in  it  are  considered  secure  and  profit- 
able. In  1839,  '40  and  '41,  the  yield  in  Louisiana  ranged 
along  iu-the  neighborhood  of  100,000.000  pounds  annually — 
price,  4,  5,  and  6  cents  a  pound.  In  1852,  '53,  and  '54,  her 
yearly  yield  fluctuated  between  350  000.000  and  500,000.000 
pounds — market  price,  3J  to  5  cents.  Thus  1,000  to  1,500 
pounds  to  the  acre,  at  3J  to  6  cents,  was  so  encouraging  as  to 
more  than  quadruple  Louisiana's  sugar  production  in  less  than 
thirty  years.  Six  or  eight  thousands  of  pounds  to  the  acre,  at 
10  to  15  cents  a  pound,  has  encouraged  the  extravagant  ad- 
vance In  the  Islands  from  3.000,000  to  27,000,000,  annual 
yield,  in  four  years  Against  this  argument  in  favor  of  the 
security  and  productiveness  of  capital  invested  there,  no  logic 
can  prevail. 

PLANTATIONS. 

There  is  more  than  ore  plantation  in  the  islands  which  is 
worth,  with  all  its  appurtenances,  $250,000,  and  will  produce 
a  $200,000  crop  next  year — perhaps  this— and  yield  a  profit 
of  $70,000,  after  deducting  all  expenses  of  cultivating,  ship- 
ping, and  disposal  in  San  Francisco,  and  interest. 

One  of  the  best  plantations  in  the  Islands,  though  not  one 
of  the  largest,  by  any  means,  cost,  with  its  appurtenances, 
$100,000.  All  bills  were  promptly  paid  and  no  debts  allowed 
to  accrae  and  breed  interest.  The  consequence  was,  that 
three  years  after  the  first  plow  disturbed  its  virgin  soil,  it  had 
paid  for  itself  and  added  a  dividend  of  $20,000. 

LABOR. 

The  principal  labor  used  on  the  plantations  is  that  of  Ka- 
naka men  and  women — six  dollars  to  eight  dollars  a  month 
and  find  them,  or  eight  to  ten  dollars  and  let  them  fiud  them- 
selves. The  contract  with  the- laborer  is  in  writing,  and  the 
law  rigidly  compels  compliance  with  it ;  if  the  man  shirks  a 
day's  work  and  absents  himself,  he  has  to  work  two  days  for 
it  when  his  time  is  out.  If  he  gets  unmanageaBe  and  disobe- 
dient, he  is  condemned  to  work  on  the  reef  for  a  season,  at 
tweuty-five  cents  a  day.  If  he  is  in  debt  to  the  planter  for 
such  purchases  as  clothing  and  provisions,  however,  when 
his  time  expires,  the  obligation  is  canceled — the  planter  has 
no  recourse  at  law. 

COOLIES  FOR  CALIFORNIA. 

You  will  have  Coolie  labor  in  California  some  day.  It  is 
already  forcing  its  superior  claims  upon  the  attention  of  your 
great  mining,  manufacturing  and  public  improvement  corpora- 
tions. You  will  not  always  go  on  paying  $80  and  SI 00  a 
month  for  labor  which  you  can  hire  for  $5.  The  sooner  Cali- 
fornia adopts  Coolie  labor  the  better  it  will  be  for  her.  It 
cheapens  no  labor  of  men's  hands  save  the  hardest  and  most 
exhausting  drudgery — drudgery  which  neither  intelligence  nor 
education  are  required  to  fit  a  man  for — drudgery  which  all 
white  men  abhor  and  are  glad  to  escape  from.  You  may  take 
note  of  the  fact  that  to  adopt  Coolie  labor  could  work  small 
hardship  to  the  men  who  now  do  the  drudgery,  for  every  ship 
load  of  Coolies  received  there  and  put  to  work  would  so 
create  labor — would,  permit  men  to  open  so  many  niinos  they 
cannot  afford  to  work  now,  and  begin  so  many  improvements 
they  dare  not  think  of  at  present— that  all  the  best  class  of 
the  working  population  who  might  be  emancipated  from  the 
pick  and  shovel  by  that  ship-load  would,  find  easier  und  more 


profitable  employment  in  superintending  and  overseeing  tho 
Coolies. 

People  are  always  hatching  fine  schemes  for  inducing 
Eastern  capital  to  the  Pacific  coast.  Yonder  in  China  are  the 
capitalists  you  want — and  under  your  own  soil  is  a  bank  that 
will  not  dishonor  their  checks.  The  mine  purchased  for  a  song 
by  Eastern  capital  would  pour  its  stream  of  wealth  past  your 
door  and  empty  it  in  New  York.  You  would  be  little  the 
richer  for  that.  There  are  hundreds  of  men  in  California  who 
are  sitting  on  their  quartz  leads,  watching  them  year  after 
year,  and  hoping  for  the  day  when  they  will  pay — and  growing 
gray  all  the  time — hoping  for  a  cheapening  of  labor  that  will 
enable  them  to  work  the  mine  or  warrant  another  man  in  buy- 
ing it — who  would  soon  be  capitalists  if  Coolie  labor  were 
adopted. 

The  Mission  Woolen  Mill  Company  take  California  wool 
and  weave  from  it  fabrics  of  all  descriptions,  which  they  chal- 
lenge all  America  to  surpass,  and  sell  at  prices  which  defy  all 
foreign  competion.  The  secret  is  in  their  cheap  Chinese  labor. 
With  white  labor  substituted  tho  mills  would  have  to  stop, 

The  Pacific  Railroad  Company  employ  thousands  of  China- 
men at  about  $30  a  month,  and  have  white  men  to  oversee 
them.  They  pronounce  it  the  cheapest,  the  best,  and  most 
quiet,  peaceable  and  faithful  labor  they  have  tried. 

Give  this  labor  to  California  for  a  few  years  and  she  would 
have  fifty  mines  opened  where  she  has  one  now — a  dozen  fac- 
tories in  operation  where  there  is  one  now — a  thousand  tona 
of  farm  produce  raised  where  there  are  a  hundred  now — 
leagues  of  railroad  where  she  has  miles  to  day,  and  a  popula- 
tion commensurate  with  her  high  and  advancing  prosperity. 

"MARK"   BECOMES  PROPHETIC. 

With  the  Pacific  Railroad  creeping  slowly  but  surely  over 
mountain  and  desert  and  prepaiing  to  link  her  with  tho  East, 
and  with  the  China  mail  steamers  about  to  throw  open  to 
her  the  vast  trade  of  our  opulent  coast  line  stretching  from 
the  Amoor  river  to  the  equator,  what  State  in  the  Union  ha3 
so  splended  a  future  before  her  as  California  ?  Not  one, 
perhaps.  She  should  awake  and  be  ready  to  join  her  home 
prosperity  to  these  tides  of  commerce  that  are  so  soon  to 
sweep  toward  her  from  the  east  and  the  west.  To  America 
it  has  been  vouchsafed  to  materialize  the  vision,  and  realize  the 
dream  of  centuries,  of  the  enthusiasts  of  the  old  world.  We 
have  found  the  true  Northwest  Passage — we  have  found  the 
true  and  only  direct  route  to  the  bursting  coffers  of  "  Ormus 
and  of  Ind  " — to  the  enchanted  land  whose  mere  drippings,  in 
the  ages  that  are  gone,  enriched  and  aggrandized  ancient 
Venice,  first,  then  Portugal,  Holland,  and  in  our  own  time, 
England — and  each  in  succession  longed  and  sought  for  the 
fountain  head  of  this  vast  Oriental  wealth,  and  sought  in 
vain.  The  path  was  hidden  to  them,  but  we  have  found  it 
over  the  waves  of  tho  Pacific,  and  American  enterprise  will 
penetrate  to  the  heart  and  center  of  its  hoarded  treasures, 
its  imperial  affluence.  The  gateway  of  this  path  is  the  Golden 
Gate  of  San  Francisco;  its  depot,  its  distributing  house,  is 
California  ;  her  customers  are  the  nations  of  the  earth  ;  her 
transportation  wagons  will  be  the  freight  cars  of  the  Pacific 
Railroad,  and  they  will  take  up  these  Indian  treasures  at 
San  Francisco  and  flash  them  across  the  continent,  and  the 
vessels  of  the  Pacific  Mail  Steamship  Company  will  deliver 
them  in  Europe  fifteen  days  sooner  than  Europe  can  obtain 
them  by  any  route  of  her  own  she  could  devise. 

California  has  got  the  world  where  it  must  pay  tribute  to 
her.  She  is  about  to  be  appointed  to  preside  over  almost  the 
uxclusive  trade  of  450.000.000  people— the  almost  exclusive 
trade  of  the  most  opulent  laud  ou  earth.  It  is  the  land 
where  the  fabled  Aladdin's  lamp  lies  buried — and  she  is  tho 
new  Aladdin  who  shall  seize  it  from  its  obscurity  and  sum- 
mon the  geni  and  command  him  to  crown  her  with  power  and 
greatness,  and  bring  to  her  feet  the  hoarded  treasures  of  tho 

ea'l  may  have  wandered  away  from  my  orginal  subject  a  little, 
but  it  is  no  matter— I  keep  thinking  about  the  new  subject, 
and  I  must  have  wandered  into  it  eventually  anyhow.— -"Mark 
Twain,"  in  the  Sao-amenio  Union, 


I 


2 


THE  CALIFORNIAN. 


(September  29th 


CLINGING   FOR  LIFE. 

I CALL  myself  an  old  married  man  now,  for  it  is  twelve 
years  since  Nelly  and  1  walked  arm  in  arm  out  of  Ward- 
borough  Church  man  and  wife,  and  Nelly  turned  her  head 
over  her  shoulder,  looked  up  at  the  spire,  and  then  turned  so 
pale  and  trembly  that  I  thought  she  would  have  fainted  away. 
Ah  !  it's  many  a  time  since  I've  looked  up  at  that  spire  in  my 
dreams,  and  shrieked  out  and  struggled  till  Nelly  has  woke 
me  up  and  I've  found  myself  bathed  in  perspiration  and  trem- 
bling like  a  leaf.  Always  the  same  when  I  get  one  o'  those 
nasty  feverish  colds  ;  it  seems  to  fly  into  my  head  and  make 
me  half  delirious,  and  then  at  night  comes  that  same  one  hor- 
rible dream. 

You  see  I  once  made  a  bit  of  a  fool  of  myself,  and  I  sup 
pose  I  don't  stand  quite  alone  in  the  world.  I  was  a  tall, 
stripping  young  fellow  in  those  days,  with  a  werry  strong  feel- 
ing of  admiration  for  somebody  as  we'll  put  down  here  as 
Number  1  ;  while,  to  be  just,  I  had  a  much  stronger  feeling 
of  admiratiou  for  somebody  else,  in  the  shape  of  a  bright-eyed 
workman's  daughter,  called  Ellen  Morris.  There  ain't  no  such 
person  now,  for  she's  grown  into  my  comely  wife — Nelly  Wel- 
lis,  thank  goodness— a  pretty  apple  blossom  growed  into  a 
sound,  handsome  fruit,  with  plenty  of  pips  in  the  core,  and 
every  one  a  virtue  such  as  is  a  blessing  to  a  staunch  English 
working  man. 

Well,  I'm  not  ashamed  to  own  it,  I  loved  Ellen  Morris  very 
dearly,  and  she  knew  it  too  ;  but,  like  a  great  many  girls  of 
her  age  and  education — ay,  and  I  think  I've  heard  say,  like 
some  of  better  education,  too — she  must  be  light,  and  skittish, 
and  coquettish,  and  play  off  a  young  fellow  named  Phil  Har- 
ris against  me  till  I've  felt  that  heart  sick  aud  miserable  that 
I  could  have  run  away  and  never  seen  her  again.  Many's  the 
time  since  that  she's  told  me  it  was  only  to  try  me  and  to  see 
whether  I  really  did  love  her  ;  but  if  I  ever  have  grown  up 
girls  of  my  own  I  shouldn't  recommend  the  plan,  for  it  nearly 
turned  my  love  into  bitterness  and  Ellen's  coquetry  into  re- 
pentance. I  knew  her  father  liked  me,  for  there  was  always  a 
hearty  slap  for  me  on  the  shoulder  whenever  I  met  him  ;  but 
the  more  Nelly  saw  this,  and  the  more  attentive  I  got  to  be 
the  more  willful  my  lady  grew,  until  she  almost  drove  me  mad. 

I  couldn't  help  it ;  it  was  my  nature,  I  suppose,  for  I  let  her 
snap  me  off  and  snub  me  without  ever  a  word,  for  I  was  hum- 
ble and  submissive  as  a  child,  and  followed  her  about  like  a 
dog — very  often  too  to  be  driven  away.  At  last,  though,  I 
determined  I'd  stand  it  no  longer. 

"  I  know  I  ain't  worthy  of  her,"  I  says  to  myself,  "  but  I'll 
know  one  way  or  the  other,  and  if  she  loves  Phil  Harris  bet- 
ter than  she  does  me,  why,  God  bless  her,  I  won't  be  the  man 
to  stand  in  the  way."  Then  I  walks  on  a  little  way,  and  I 
says  again — "  Sounds  werry  nice,  Fred  Wellis,  but  you'd  never 
have  the  heart  to  give  her  up." 

And  then  I  walks  along  the  lane  werry  sad  and  downheart- 
ed, wondering  at  the  feeling  that  had  come  over  me,  for  I  was 
quite  changed  then  and  a  different  man  to  what  I  had  been  a 
year  before  ;  and  the  evening  being  very  still — it  was  iu  June 
— I  slipped  out  of  the  path  into  the  copse,  aud  lay  down 
amongst  the  moss  under  the  hazel  stubs,  and  listened  to  the 
songs  of  the  birds.  It  was  hot,  and  heavy,  and  close,  and  as 
I  lay  looking  down  through  an  opening  in  the  trees  at  the  old 
church  I  could  see  behind  it  in  the  distance  the  faint  flicker- 
ing of  the  summer  lightning. 

I  felt  lower  and  lower  ad  I  lay  there,  and  wondered  what  it 
all  would  come  to,  when  all  at  once  I  felt  the  blood  rush  into 
my  face,  for  I  heard  a  merry  laugh,  and,  raising  my  head  a  bit, 
I  could  see  Ellen  Morris,  her  cousin — a  girl  of  her  own  age  — 
and  Phil  Harris  walk  by  ;  and  then,  instead  of  getting  up 
like  a  man  and  going  and  joining  them,  I  let  my  head  fall  and 
lay  there  groaning. 

Next  morning,  when  we  were  all  in  the  yard — Harris,  and 
Ellen's  father  and  me,  and  a  few  others — the  guv'nor  comes 
out  and  says  that  he's  got  orders  from  the  church  wardens  to 
refix  the  weathercock  on  the  top  of  the  church  spires. 

"  Now,  it  does  seem  a  pretty  affair,"  he  says,  "  to  spend  a 
week  or  two  fixing  and  unfixing  ladders  and  scaffolding  up 
that  are  sphere  to  do  a  torn  tit  of  a  job  that  a  trowel  aud  a 
bit  of  cement  would  finish  in  ten  minutes." 

Ellen's  father  said  it  did,  certainly,  but  if  it  warn't  done 
soon  the  next  high  wind  would  blow  the  vane  off,  when  it 
wouldn't  be  safe  to  fall  through  the  church  roof. 

"Ah!"  says  the  guv'nor,  ''it  only  want3  a  plucky  young 
fellow  to  go  up  outside  with  a  bit  of  that  patent  compo  ready 
mixed — that  as  doesn't  set  so  quickly — when  it  could  soon  be 
done,  and  cost  the  parish  a  sovereign  where  it  will  now  cost 
twenty  times  as  much  ;  and  I  don't  like  these  jobs,  for  they 
look  so  hard  at  a  long  bill  for  so  little  work."  And  then  the 
guv'nor  stands  up  with  his  hands  shading  his  eyes  and  look 
ing  up  at  the  great  towering  spire  with  the  vane  all  on  one 
side  and  looking  as  dangerous  as  could  be. 

Now  it  so  happened  that  the  morning  I  was  chislin'  away 
at  a  tombstone,  at  finishing  it  off  ready  for  letterin',  and  I 
felt  that  luw  and  miserable  that  I  could  have  wished  for  that 
stone  to  have  been  for  myself;  but  I  wasn't  going  to  let  Phil 
Harris  see  that  I  was  down,  and  so  I  begins  a  whistling,  but 
stops  all  at  once,  for  old  Morris  says — 


"  We"  shall  have  one  of  these  young  sparks  here  a  slipping 

up  and  doing  it,  I  know." 

But  the  governor  shakes  his  head  and  says — 

"  No,"  he  says,  "  I  shouldn't  like  to  set  one  of  ray  men  at 

such  a  risky  job  as  that  ;  and  then  there  was  no  more  said 

about  it. 

I  felt  better  that  night,  for  old  Morris  had  asked  me  to  go 
down  and  smoke  a  pipe  with  him  at  his  cottage  just  outside 
the  town  ;  and  smoking  a  pipe  with  him  meant  silting  for  a 
couple  of  hours  in  the  same  room  with  Ellen  ;  and  just  at  that 
time  I  was  all  up  and  down — clouds  and  sunshine.  I  was 
walking  along,  thinking  what  a  happy  life  it  would  be  if  Kllen 
only  liked  ;  how  hard  I  would  work — what  a  cottage  we  would 
have,  and  how  proud  I  should  be  of  earning  bit  after  bit  of 
furniture  to  put  in  it — how  bright  and  cheering  it  would  be  to 
go  home  from  work,  and  see  who  was  waiting  for  me  ;  and 
there  I  went  on  raooneying  along,  till  I  stops  short,  for  some 
one  says, 

"  Let  me  pass;  please." 

I  starts,  and,  as  I  said  afore,  stops  short,  for  there  stood 
Ellen,  looking  handsomer  than  ever. 

"  Now  or  never,"  says  I  to  myself,  for  we  were  standing  in 
in  a  narrow  lane,  with  barely  room  for  two  to  pass  between  the 
thick  hedges  ;  and  then  bursting  out  with  it  all  at  ouce,  or  1 
shouldn't  have  got  it  said  at  all — 

"  Ellen,"  I  says,  "  I  am  going  to  go  away." 
"  Are  you  ?"  she  says,  with  a  half  smile — it  really  was  only 
a  half  smile,  for  I  think  there  was  a  shade  of  darkness  iu  it. 
"  Yes,  unless  you  say  a  loving  word  to  stop  me." 
"  What  would  I  stop  you  for  ?"  she  says,  "you  know  your 
own  fancy  beat." 

"  My  fancy's  to  stop  liere,"  I  says,  "  Nelly,  if  you'll  let  me  ; 
but  I  can't  stop  here  to  have  my  heart  broke,  and  be  always 
miserable  Dear,  dear  Nelly,  I  cau't  talk  like  a  better  man 
would,  and  tell  you  how  I  love  you,  for  I'm  ouly  an  ignorant 
workman  ;  but  though  I've  nothing  to  offer  you  but  the  love 
of  an  honest  man,  1" — 

"  Hush  I"  says  Nelly,  and  she  slipped  by  me  aud  was 
twenty  yards  away  before  I  knew  what  made  her  run  off,  which 
1  now  saw  was  Phil  Harris,  who  had  just  turned  into  the  lane. 
I'd  have  given  my  ears  almost  to  have  stood  and  watched  em, 
but  I  thought  it  would  look  mean  and  shabby,  so,  making  up 
my  mind  that  I'd  trouble  my  head  no  more  about  the  affair,  I 
walks  on  to  the  cottage,  where  I  finds  old  Morris  busy  enough 
iu  his  garden  hoeing  his  potatoes. 

"  Now  theu,  lad,"  he  says,  "just  in  time  to  lend  a  helping 
hand." 

"  All  right,"  I  says,  and  directly  after  I  was  going  down 
one  o'  the  rows  earthing  the  things  up  at  a  terrible  rate. 
"  Gently,  gently,"  says  old  Morris,  "  you'll  be  cutting  'em 

to  pieces." 

But  I  couldn't  stop,  but  went  on  chopping  away  like  fury  ; 
for  I  could  see  in  a  distance  them  two  coming  down  the  road 
towards  the  cottage,  and  I'm  afraid  I  made  oue  peck  less  ol 
potatoes  in  the  crop  than  I  should  have  done. 

"  Here,  suppose  you  weeds  them  onions  Fred,"  says  old 
Morris,  "  I'll  finish  earthing  up  ;"  and  he  comes  over  and 
takes  away  my  hoe,  as  if  he  thought  it  wasn't  safe  to  trust 
me  with  it.  He  was  about  right,  too,  for  I  should  have  done 
no  end  of  mischief  amongst  the  garden  stuff. 

I  stoops  down  and  goes  at  the  onions  and,  besides  weeding, 
I  thinned  'em,  loo,  pretty  tidy,  as  1  dragged  at  'em, tor  1  could 
hear  steps  and  voices,  and  soon  after  them  two  came  in  at  the 
gate,  and  I  thought  old  Morris  didn't  look  best  pleased  about 
it  neither,  but  he  didn't  say  nothing. 

Bimeby  we  goes  in,  alter  having  a  good  wash  down  by  the 
pump,  and  then,  after  sitting  and  smoking  a  bit — Nelly  all 
the  time  keeping  as  far  off  from  me  as  possible — old  Morris 
began  to  talk  about  the  job  as  wanted  doing  to  the  spire,  and 
he  says — 

"  We're  to  begin  o'  Monday  morning,  unless  one  o'  you 
chaps  nips  up  first." 

"What's  that,  father?"  says  Nelly,  looking  up  from  her 
work. 

"  Why,  the  guv'nor  was  talking  about  mending  the  spire  up 
a  top  ;  and  1  was  saying  whether  Fred  here  or  Phil  Harris 
would  go  up  and  do  it  first." 

•'  Not  they,"  says  Nelly,  tossing  her  head  ;  "  they  haven't 
got  courage  enough." 

I  looks  at  Phil  Harris  pretty  sour,  just  to  find  as  he  was 
doing  the  same  to  me ;  and  then  old  Morris  says — 

"  Let's  see  ;  it's  a  hundred  foot  up  to  the  top  o'  the  tower, 
and  about  ninety-five  foot  up  to  the  weather-cock.  I  shan't 
go  on  the  job  anyhow,  if  I  can  help  it." 

We  spent  a  werry  dull  evening,  and  I  kept  thinking  more 
and  more  of  going  away  for  I  felt  very  discouraged  and  down  ; 
and  at  last  gets  up  to  go,  thinking  as  Nelly  would  ask  me  to 
stay  a  little  longer  ;  but  she  didn't,  so  I  went  off  to  my  lodg- 
ing aud  goes  to  bed. 

It  was  a  beautiful  night ;  and  when  I  had  pulled  up  the 
blind,  so  that  I  might  wake  early,  I  could  lie  there  and  see  the 
great  tall  church  spire  shining  in  the  moonlight,  all  as  clear 
and  distinct  as  could  be,  with  the  vane  all  on  one  side  ;  and 
then  all  at  once  I  begaD  to  think  what  Nelly  said. 


"They  haven't  got  courage  enough  ;"  aod  then  I  thinks  to 
myself  as  I  dare  do  it  ;  for  when  one  a  fellow  was  on  top  o' 
that  tower  he  might  climb  the  spire  by  the  ornamental  crock- 
ets as  was  carved  on  the  stone,  and  at  first  there  was  one 
about  every  yard,  but  as  it  got  higher  they  were  closer  to- 
gether ;  and  as  I  lay  thinking  about  it  I  felt  my  hands  turn 
damp  asd  hot  inside,  while  I  couldn't  help  shuddering. 

"  She  wouldn't  think  any  more  of  me  if  I  did  it,''  I  says  : 
"  but  1  would  show  her  as  I'm  more  game  than  Phil  Harris  ; 
and  if  I  was  to  fail,  why,  it  wouldn't  be  much  consequence." 

Just  then  I  falls  asleep,  aud  there  I  was  in  trouble,  for  Nel- 
ly was  up  atop  of  the  spire  crying  for  help,  and  as  fast  as  I 
tried  to  climb  up  and  briug  her  down,  something  kept  putting 
me  back,  till  at  last  I  jumps  up  iu  bed  with  my  hair  all  wet 
and  big  drops  on  my  forehead.  Then  I  goes  to  sleep  ;  but 
there  was  the  church  spire  in  my  dreams  every  time  I  dropped 
off;  and  at  last  just  at  daybreak,  Lgets  up,  shoves  my  head 
in  a  basin  o'  cold  water,  has  a  good  rub,  aud  then  looks  at  my 
watch,  and  finds  it  was  four  o'clock,  I  opens  the  window  and 
then  somehow  or  other  begins  thinking  about  how  would  be 
the  best  way  to  get  up  the  spire. 

"  Let's  see,"  says  1,  "  the  bell  house  door's  sure  to  be  fast, 
but  one  can  get  on  the  roof  o'  the  church,  and  then  there's  a 
door  into  the  tower."  And  then  I  stood  there  watching  till 
I  don't  know  how  it  was.  but  I  slipped  down  to  the  yard , 
shoves  a  trowel  into  my  strap  round  my  waist,  aud  then  goea 
to  the  shed,  which  1. found  open,  mixes  a  bitof  thecompo  and 
beats  it  up  well,  and  pops  it  into  a  handkersher,  and  ties  it 
up,  and  this  I  fistens  to  my  strap  too,  so  as  I  could  shove  it 
round  behind  if  1  liked  ;  and  then  1  slips  off  to  the  church- 
yard. 

The  gates  were  locked,  but  I  jumps  over  the  wall  and  across 
the  wet  grass,  while  I  cyuldn  t  help  thinking  it  werry  likely 
as  I  might  want  a  stone  myself;  but  something  seemed  to 
draw  me  on,  and  I  kept  on,  saying,  "  Haven't  got  courage 
enough,  ha  !"  till  I  reached  the  little  door  in  the  round  tower 
by  the  chaucel.  I  gives  it  a  push,  finds  it  open,  runs  up  the 
old,  worn,  co